Captain Blues: The Final Part!


Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Final Mix
Crossover II Final Episode: Might Morphin x SPD


[Location: Angel Grove (Westside) – Ruins of Downtown
POV: Swan Song]

Swan Song slowly rose to his feet, blood dripping from the hole in his chest as the beam of energy sent from Rita slammed into his body, which greedily sucked the energy in. Swan Song cackled at the familiar feeling of power, but a strange pulse rippled through his body before he could speak.

Then there was pain.

White hot searing pain filled his veins as he let out an inhuman scream. He fell to his knees as red sparkling energy exploded from his back where two large wings of bone unfurled and flapped and a long bone-made tail sprouted from his back and cracked against the ground.

Swan Song could feel the feathers and skin rise and separate as his screams began to die out, and all of his thoughts, personality, and feelings began to fade into nothingness.

Another burst of red energy exploded from Swan Song's body, melting his skin and feathers, leaving him nothing but a humanoid-shaped skeleton with large bone wings sprouting from its back.

The body hunched forward on its knees, red smoke rising from its empty eye sockets and body. Just then, red energy formed around the skeleton, creating a new body with the skeleton visible. The red energy wrapped around the bone wings as red orbs appeared in the empty eye sockets of the monster.

The monster rose to its feet and let out an inhuman scream, its voice echoing as its glowing wings spread out as a pulse of red energy left it and caused the building around it to crumble.


[Location: Angel Grove (Westside) – Ruins of Downtown
POV: General]

"What is going on?" Pink breathed as the rest of the rangers came and watched the horrifying transformation of their enemy take place.

"This is bad…" SPD Pink said, an edge in her voice.

"No matter! We need to kill it all the same!" Red shouted as he summoned his Power Sword.

"He's right," SPD Shadow said as he gripped his saber. "In this form or the last, he's going down!"

"Let's hope it doesn't kill us," SPD Pink said.

"It won't," SPD Yellow said. "We've fought worse."

Blue followed up with "And we will probably fight worse after this. We can't let this hinder us now."

"Then I take it we're all in agreement on taking this thing down," Violet said as she summoned her weapon.

"Rangers! Let's take it down!" Red and SPD Shadow yelled in unison.

"Right!" The rangers yelled before they charged forward towards the monster, who let out a roar and flew towards the rangers at top speed.

The monster lunged its arms forward and collided with the swords of SPD Shadow and Red, who skidded back from the impact but kept the monster from advancing.

The monster roared and grabbed the swords before swinging his arms back, whipping Red and SPD Shadow off their feet and sending them behind it before launching energy feathers at the remaining rangers.

Pink leaped into the air while SPD Yellow and Violet rolled to the left and SPD Pink and Blue rolled to the right to avoid the feathers. Pink launched several energy arrows at the monster and each one managed to hit the monster, causing it to roar with each strike before it flew towards Pink.

Seeing this, Blue and SPD Yellow jumped up and grabbed its legs before it became out of reach but instead of pulling it back, both rangers were yanked off their feet and dangled as the monster flew to Pink. Pink lifted her bow and fired repeatedly at the monster, nailing it with each strike but the monster roared and whipped its right arm and clawed Pink's chest hard, causing glowing red gash to appear on her chest.

Red electricity flowed from the gash and Pink exploded with a shriek of terror of pain and as the monster flew high into the air, Pink fell to the ground. Seeing this. Violet jumped into the air and caught Pink and as she turned her back and crashed through a window, Pink demorphed into an unconscious Kimberly.

Blue and SPD Yellow screamed as the monster flew higher and higher into the air until the entire city was nothing but sparkling lights in the darkness and then turned around and flew straight down, twirling its body rapidly.

Blue and SPD Yellow's grip began to lessen due to the speed the monster was flying and twisting its body.

"Oh hell!" SPD Yellow screamed as she lost her grip and flew into a building to the left. "This is not going to end well!" Blue screamed as he lost his grip seconds later and he was sent flying into that same building. The monster roared and turned just before it hit the ground and began to fire energy feathers at SPD Pink and Violet.

The two rangers vaulted away to avoid the feathers, which seemed to embed themselves in the ground before exploding. The monster continued to fly before Red and SPD Shadow leaped and swung their blades against the shoulders of the monster, sending it to the ground. The monster roared and thrashed wildly, its wings clipping both Red and SPD Shadow's chest, causing sparks to fly from their forms as the pair flew backward through the air. The monster rose to its feet and roared only to be blasted in the back twice.

The monster turned around to see SPD Pink's Delta Enforcer smoking. The monster roared and dashed towards SPD Pink but without warning, Violet jumped out from a window and landed a solid knee to the monster's head, sending it to the ground while Violet landed into a roll and then got back onto her feet.

The monster scrambled against the ground and launched itself at Violet. SPD Pink threw herself toward the lunging monster and hit him with her shoulder, sending them both to the ground. SPD Pink rolled on against the ground, rose to her feet and aimed her Delta Enforcer at the monster but the monster's tail lashed out and nailed SPD Pink in her armored chest, sending her skidding against the ground at a fast pace before she pushed herself off the ground and began to fire at monster.

The monster yelled as the blasts slammed against his body before he flew towards the airborne SPD Pink. Violet shouted "Oh no you don't!" and lunged her Power Whip-Sword forward, causing it to break apart and wrap around the monster's neck in an attempt to stop it but like Blue and SPD Yellow, she flew off her feet as well as the monster flew.

SPD Pink saw the monster flying her away and braced for impact but without warning, SPD Red jumped on the car and tackled just before the monster could slam into her, sending them both crashing into the ground, sparks flying from SPD Red's armored back as they ground to a stop. The monster whipped its body to the left, which caused Violet to smash into a window where her body collided with several cubicles and pillars before she crashed through another window it was there, the unconscious ranger plummeted to the ground and crashed against the roof of a bus, where she demorphed into Katherine.

The monster flew high into the air and let out a roar as SPD Red and Pink rose to their feet. "Why is Swan Song so strong now? I don't get it!" SPD Pink exclaimed.

"That's not Swan Song," SPD Red said. "When I tackled you, I looked at it straight in the eyes, there was nothing there…This thing is driven by instinct. It's like a wild animal when it's cornered."

"I agree," Red's voice said, prompting the two rangers to turn around to see him leaning against a car, red electricity streaking across his battle-damaged suit repeatedly. "I've only seen that look once and it didn't end well for any of us…W-We need t-"

"Look Jason, I love the never-say-die attitude but look at yourself," SPD Red said. "You need to back down before you get yourself killed."

"I can't," Red replied angrily. "This is my city and I refuse to let that thing beat us down…" Red pushed himself out of the car. "I already failed to take one opponent down, I refuse to make this a habit."

The three heard the monster roar again as it flew down towards the three rangers. With seconds to spare, Red leaped over the monster while the other two rangers attempted to leap away but the two SPD Rangers were snatched by the hands of the monster by their heads.

Red twisted his body in the air and sliced the monster's back, causing sparks to fly from it, causing the monster's body to waver from the strike as it flew away.

The Monster continued to fly straight and managed to get some distance and with a roar, it spun its body before tossing SPD Pink at a wall, causing her to explode through it and collide against the street light where she demorphed into an unconscious Sydney and fell to the ground. The monster then released SPD Red, who flew straight into a window and flew through several pillars before crashing against an oak desk, where he demorphed into an unconscious Jack.

The monster flew straight but without warning, SPD Shadow jumped onto the hood of the car and then the roof before he sprung in the trajectory of the monster with his blade in the air, shining a bright white. "Shadow Saber: Shadow Strike!" The Commander shouted and with a mighty swing, SPD Shadow's blade collided the monster's head but instead of slicing it in half, the force of the swing caused the monster to crash into the ground head first.

The monster roared as SPD Shadow ground his feet against the ground and then charged forward. He landed three quick strikes to the monster's chest and upper shoulder but the monster took the hits and immediately swiped its claws forward. SPD Shadow blocked each swipe with his Shadow Saber but was caught in the chest by the monster's tail lunging out from the right of the monster.

SPD Shadow skidded backward and swayed from left to right to avoid the rapid lunges of the monster's tail before he bounced into the air and slashed the monster's head, causing a deep gash from the jawbone to the forehead of the skull, causing the beady glowing orb in the right eye socket to vanish.

The monster roared at the pain before it lunged forward and began to lunge its arms and tail at the ranger. SPD Shadow deflected as many strikes as he could before the tail slipped through his guard and pierced his right shoulder.

SPD Shadow growled at the pain and delivered a dropkick to the monster's head, causing the monster to skid away while removing the tail from his shoulder. SPD Shadow crashed to the ground and rose to his feet, gray electricity streaking against his wounded shoulder, along with his navy blue blood.

The monster roared and thrashed in place as energy began to form around it. Finally, the monster looked directly at SPD Shadow and roared as a beam of red energy shot from its mouth and straight toward the ranger.

SPD Shadow jumped to the right to avoid a beam of energy then dashed forward as he moved his blade to the left side of his body. As he ran, he pressed the trigger on the hilt of his saber, causing the wolf's head to open and his blade to shine bright. "Shadow Saber: Shadow Strike!" SPD Shadow yelled as he skidded down to one knee to avoid the lunge of the tail and slashed his weapon at the left side of the monster.

With a yell, SPD Shadow sliced through the side of the monster and skidded forward until he stopped. He rose to his feet as the monster screamed in pain behind him. "Time to contain!" SPD Shadow exclaimed as pressed the trigger on his hilt again, this time, causing his blade to become a bright red. SPD Shadow swiftly turned around, raised his blade into the air, and shouted "Containment Str-"

He was cruelly interrupted by the monster's tail piercing through his stomach. The Shadow Saber fell from SPD Shadow's hands as he gasped out in white hot pain. The Monster let out a loud roar as it opened its mouth, red energy forming within it but before it could fire, Red's blade collided with the tail and cleaved through it, disconnecting the stretched-out appendage from the monster.

The monster roared in agony as it raised its head and fired the beam of energy into the sky. The tail vanished in a red wisp, leaving only the gaping hole in SPD Shadow's stomach as he fell to one knee, demorphing into Commander Cruger, whose eyes were completely white.

Cruger then fell face first into the ground, navy blue blood seeping from his mouth. Red stepped in front of the downed Commander and panted heavily, red electricity streaking across his battle-scarred suit.

The monster growled heavily as Red panted softly, his Power Sword in his hands. "Come on, Beasty…" Red urged. "I failed to kill Goldar and I failed to take down Robogoat…I won't fail at killing you."

The monster roared as it ran forward, which caused Red to run towards it with a scream, and when the two met, Red slashed at its chest twice before ducking a wide swipe from the monster's right arm then he leaped up and delivered an uppercut, nailing the monster in the jaw before he reared his blade back and attempted to stab it in the chest with but the monster used its left hand to take the stab.

The monster reared its right hand and smashed it against Red's chest, causing sparks to fly from his body before delivering an upward claw strike, which sent Red flying above Cruger's downed body and landing on the ground. Red punched the ground and rose to his feet only for the monster to tackle him off his feet and fly through several cars, each one causing an explosion before the monster stopped suddenly, sending Red crashing against the side of a bus, nearly tipping it off.

As Red rebounded off the bus and began to fall to the ground, Red saw a beam of energy shooting out from the monster's mouth and it was heading his way. Red's eyes widened in horror but before it could hit him, a figure tackled him out of the way, sending them both rolling against the ground as the beam of energy shot straight through the bus.

Unable to stop it, Red finally demorphed back into a wounded Jason, who looked at the woman with surprise in his eyes.

"W-Who are you?" Red asked.

"Names Morgana," Morgana replied as she stood up and faced the monster. "I was only out of the fight for a minute and this happened?"

"Yeah…That thing is no longer Swan Song…" Jason winced out, his body feeling weak.

"I see…" Morgana said as she faced down the monster. She could feel that the power was lessening as the glow of the red energy began to dull.

It was going to die. "Then stay back. I'll handle this," Morgana told the ranger with a confident tone.

"B-But you aren't…" Jason tried to start but it was then he noticed something in her right hand.

It was the SPD Rangers Morpher…

"Trust me," Morgana said as she gripped the Morpher in her hand.

The monster roared as Morgana smirked and said "I doubt you're in there Swan Song but I told you that I would be seeing you soon…And I'm a woman of my word." Morgana lifted up the morpher and said "I've seen them do this enough. Now let's see if it'll work for me!"

Mimicking the actions she's often seen, Morgana shouted "SPD: Emergency!"


[Morphing Grid
Morgana]
(Theme of Morphing: SPD Morphing theme – Power Rangers: SPD)

Morgana battle suit exploded into a bright purple light, leaving her body from the down glowing as a golden ring with the SPD insignia appeared beneath her before golden light exploded all around her, which caused her hair to flow with the light that was rising around her.

When the light faded a Gold SPD suit was on her body, with the left side of the suit having a dark purple "X" with a white outline around it along with a dark purple sleeve.

A golden beam of light shined on Morgana's forehead as she shouted "Helmet on!" this caused the light to wrap around Morgana's head, forming her helmet, which had a long, stretched out oval shaped visor that arched up at the ends with two curved triangles above the visor along with a smooth silver mouthpiece.


[Location: Angel Grove (Westside) – Ruins of Downtown
POV: General]

The entire area shined as SPD Gold stood in place in front of the shocked Jason. SPD Gold looked at her hands and then touched her head, feeling the helmet in place before she said "That bloody worked…"

SPD Gold punched her right hand into her left palm as the monster roared in the distance. "I don't think those rangers will like that I have this power but for now, I'd better take down this beast…"

She then looked back at the Red Ranger and said "So sit back and enjoy the show." Without waiting for a response, SPD Gold dashed forward as the monster launched itself as the new Ranger.

SPD Gold threw herself into the air and landed a solid blow to the monster's face, the impact causing a gold flash to appear. The monster crashed to the ground and swung its arms repeatedly, trying to land a blow on SPD Gold, who avoided each swipe while landing a blow on the monster. After leaning back to avoid a swipe, SPD Gold landed a straight blow to the monster's face, causing another flash of gold to appear from the strike. The monster staggered backward from the blow at SPD Gold and smirked beneath her helmet.

The monster twisted its body to hit SPD Gold with the remainder of its tail but SPD Gold blocked the strike before she grabbed the tail and with a yell, she twisted her body and launched it into the air.

The monster twirled as it flew backward into the air but then it stopped and roared as energy flowed into its open mouth. SPD Gold narrowed her teeth and dashed backward to avoid the beam of energy striking her before she skidded to a stop and pulled out her Delta Morpher.

"Okay…how did they do it?" SPD Gold asked herself as she clicked on the button in the middle of the Delta-Morpher until a setting appeared that said "S.W.A.T Mode" which made her grin.

"I'll take that!" SPD Gold exclaimed. Once again, she mimicked the actions of the other rangers and shouted, "S.W.A.T Mode!"


[Morphing Grid
SPD Gold Ranger]
(Theme of S.W.A.T Mode – S.W.A.T Mode from Power Rangers: SPD)

With a flourish of gold particles, SPD Gold stood in place as the gold particles floated to her chest, arms, and legs, and with a burst of energy, a metallic vest with a Gold "X" on the left side and a Morpher holder on the right side of it, metallic elbow pads and leg armor.

From the right side of her helmet, sensors sprang out while a communication headset came from the left side of the helmet.

Above her, the Delta Enforcer appeared in a burst of gold particles and landed in SPD Gold's right hand. SPD Gold slid her Delta Morpher into the holder on the vest and a large Riot Shield with a large Golden "X" emblazoned in front of it appeared in her left hand.

"SPD Gold: S.W.A.T MODE!" SPD Gold shouted as the left side of her helmet flashed Gold along with the "X" on her chest.


[Location: Angel Grove (Westside) – Ruins of Downtown
POV: General]

The Monster roared as he flew down towards SPD Gold, who lifted her Riot shield and blocked the charge of the monster, which caused her to skid against the ground before she lifted her Delta Enforcer and fired a shot at its head, which caused it skid against the ground, the side of its right head smoking. The monster opened its mouth again and fired another beam of energy at her. This time, SPD Gold slammed her shield against the ground and used it to block the attack, which caused the energy to flow around her before she felt a trigger on the handle of the shield.

She pressed it, which caused two jets to appear on the sides of the shield, and with a yell, she rocketed forward with her feet skidding against the ground, the energy shooting around her before she felt her riot shield slam into the Monster. Unfortunately, the monster refused to budge. "Come on..." SPD Gold hissed as the monster roared

"Magi Magika Pink Storm!" a voice shouted from behind SPD Gold, followed by a gust of pink wind. The monster screamed in panic as SPD Gold felt the monster not only skid back but also start to slice the pink rose petals from the powerful gust of wind against its face. SPD Gold felt the pressure from the wind grow harder against her back as the monster struggled against her riot shield and the intense wind.

"Just lose!" SPD Gold screamed, causing the jets on the sides of her shield to combine with the pink wind, finally giving her the push she needed to take the monster off its feet, where both of them flew through the streets of the ruined downtown until they crashed into a bank. The two rocketed through several wooden desks before they crashed against a steel vault. The monster roared but SPD Gold shoved the barrel of her Delta Enforcer into its mouth and let a smirk appear on her face.

"Got you!" SPD Gold shouted before she repeatedly pushed the trigger, causing repeated rounds of energy to explode from the back of the monster's head. The monster slumped, the dull red energy fading away, and the red orb in the left eye socket disappearing as well, leaving the defeated skeleton. SPD Gold pulled her gun from the skull's mouth. "Goodbye...Swan Song," SPD Gold's S.W.A.T mode deactivated, leaving her at her base ranger form before she demorphed into an exhausting-looking Morgana.

Exhaustion fell over her as she fell onto her back and shut her eyes. "Did it…" She said before she finally drifted off into unconsciousness, just as a warm light surrounded her.


[Location: Planet Earth – 10,000 Years Ago
POV: Lamie]

"Lamie…Don't you ever announce yourself?"

Lamie rolled her eyes and walked towards the holder of the Dragon and her love, Barza, and placed her hands on her hips.

"Well, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't disappeared. Lady Rita and Goldar were requesting your presence. I offered to find you. What are you doing out of camp Barza?" Lamie asked with a stern tone.

She watched as Barza turned his head and looked at the sun setting and replied "Simple…I'm thinking."

"What are you thinking about?" Lamie asked him while taking a step closer to him.

Barza shook his head and sighed as he continued to gaze out at the sun before him. "It's nothing."

Lamie shook her head while rolling her eyes at the same time before pushing his left shoulder lightly, causing him to stumble forward as she replied "We both know that is not true Barza…You have been distant quite distant with our men….With me…"

She felt him take her hand into his own as he muttered sadly "I am sorry for being so distant with you Lamie…I've just been thinking about what we'll do once Zordon and his forces lose this battle… I didn't mean to keep you at arm's length. Forgive me?"

Lamie didn't respond with words but instead, she fell against him and pressed a small kiss upon his lips, which he returned with a small smile on his lips.

"Yeah…I forgive you but if you keep wandering off like this, I'm not going to be so nice next time," She warned with a toothy grin, which was rewarded with a grin from her beloved.

After he placed an arm around her shoulder, the two of them began to walk back to camp, her head resting against his shoulder.

The final battle between Zordon, the Aura Red Ranger, and Rita's forces was a tough one.

There were many sacrifices that were made but in the end, Rita's top commanders, Barza and herself, along with a myriad of putties, had finally broken of inside of Zordon's base, preparing to capture Aura Red.

After a brief kiss of hidden promises and good luck, Lamie changed into her monster form known as Scorpina and Barza morphed into the Dragon Ranger and together, the two warriors led a group of putties into the large building.

But instead of the final ranger, the two found themselves locked onto a different figure.

The figure was a cyan-colored ranger.

The suit had metallic gold boots, gold armor sleeves that were attached to the gold gauntlets that were around his wrists that also had white gloves beneath them, and a belt. On the ranger's chest was a gold and white breastplate with a large "Z" in the middle of the armor. The armor also had a white and gold armored shoulder pad on the right side of the armor and a flowing cyan blue cape was attached to the armor but inside the cape was gold as well. Finally, His helmet was cyan colored with a thin "V" shaped gold colored visor with intricate gold and white armor around the visor that bulged out from the armor along with smaller gold visor spikes beneath the larger visor.

"You've arrived," The figure said softly as he turned to face Scorpina and the Dragon Ranger. The Ranger let out a faint sigh and said "A hoped Rita and Goldar would be the ones to face me but for them to send my son and his beloved…It's a tragedy."

"You gave up the right of being my father when you gave Galon the powers of Aura Red instead of me," The Dragon Ranger hissed out as he summoned the Sword of Darkness and his Dragoon Dagger. "We end this once and for all, Zordon!"

"Very well…" The ranger replied with remorse as cyan-colored lightning began to build in his hands. "Then Lamie of Planet Scorpia. Barza, Disgraced Prince of Planet Eltar..." Come and face your better."

"Putties! Attack!" Scorpina shouted, causing the putties to run towards Zordon but the ranger merely lifted up his hands, and with a snap of his finger, a brief burst of cyan-colored light rippled through the room and all of the putties changed into dust.

"You must do better than that," Zordon told the pair. Dragon Ranger growled and launched himself at Zordon as he swung the Sword of Darkness but Zordon caught the blade with his left hand and held his right hand to the Dragon Ranger's armored chest.

"Your rage is what caused me to gift Galon the power of the Aura Red Ranger. The very same rage that allowed me to do this," with those words, Zordon blasted Dragon Ranger backward through the Command Center's wall and outside into the desert.

"Why you!" Scorpina screamed as she lunged her weapon at Zordon but like the Dragon Ranger, he caught her blade and easily blasted her out of the Command Center as well, sending her skidding to a stop beside him.

Scorpina looked up and saw the ranger step out of the hole and remain standing, his cape flowing in the breeze.

Scorpina hissed as she stood alongside the Dragon Ranger and with a nod, the pair dashed towards Zordon and began a fierce battle with the strong wizard but no matter what they threw at him, he was easily able to avoid or counter them.

Finally, Zordon ducked a roundhouse kick from Scorpina and launched her away with his Cyan lightning to the chest, which sent her soaring backward away from the pair. She rolled on the ground and lost her monster form, putting her back in her Lamie form.

She whimpered in pain as lightning streaked across her body

"Lamie!" she heard Dragon Ranger exclaim and with hazy eyes, she watched as the pair entered into a brutal fight. After five minutes of battle, she watched as Dragon Ranger managed to kick Zordon away from him to whip out his Dragon Dagger.

But just as he put the flute up to the metal lips of his helmet, he was suddenly blasted into the air by cyan-colored lightning before said lightning shot the ranger down to the ground, causing a large explosion of green flash and fire.

"Barza!" Lamie screamed in panic as the flames faded away to reveal a demorphed Barza.

She watched as Zordon removed his ranger helmet and sat it on the ground before he began to advance on the downed ranger, who began to crawl backward away from the wizard, his clothes ripped and torn and the green armor on his chest that went to his shoulders was cracked and broken and there was blood flowing down his forehead.

She watched as Barza stood up on his shaky feet and let a brief streak of green lightning form through the space of his fingers but before he could do anything, a powerful burst of lightning came shooting towards him.

"Barza, look out!" Lamie screamed as she scrambled to her feet and began to run towards him but it was then the lightning from Zordon's palm began to slow down, as well as the fierce wind that had picked up.

She slowed to a stop and looked around in confusion.

She waved her hand and it was moving normally but everything was frozen.

"Lamie of Scorpia…" A voice said from behind her.

Lamie turned around to see a familiar face.

"Chronella….You're alive?" Lamie asked curiously.

"I-I am…" Chronella replied, albeit weakly. "It seems I have made it just in time…Lady Rita…The future Lady Rita needs your help."

"Future Lady Rita?" Lamie questioned.

"Yes…I was sent here to acquire you but watch…" Chronella pulled out a small orb and let it float out of her hand. The orb flew in between Chronella and Lamie and suddenly, a screen appeared and Rita was within it.

"Lamie…If you are seeing this then Chronella arrived before it was too late. The war on Zordon will end on the day you storm the Command Center…All of you will lose…we all lose…" The Future recording of Rita said, which caused Lamie to gasp in horror.

"I know that it must be shocking to hear it but we do…All because of the Intel we had. We were told that the Aura Red would be at the Command Center while Zordon would be at Eltar…But we were wrong. Zordon was at the Command Center while Goldar and I found Aura Red on Eltar. Because of this, Aura Red dies but so do you andBarza is put in a near death state that he will never recover from…."

Lamie felt her heart drop as she fell to her knees.

Barza dies…And she dies as well…

"And with your deaths against Zordon and news of his son's death, Zordon passed the hurdle he had and managed to defeat the remainder of our armies and seal Goldar, Squat, Baboon, and Finster away. I managed to defeat as well however by banishing him into a time warp, never to have his powers again."

"As you can tell, we have been freed from our seal and he has new rangers but these rangers are tougher than before and have managed to defeat every single one of the Ranger Killers. Even Goldar was not exempt…And that is why I have requested Chronella to return to the time of your death…"

"Originally, I was going to send Chronella to meet with my past version to stop all of this from happening and win the war but because of how Chronella's time ability works, the closest time scar available was moments before your death so I came up with a new plan…And that was to save you and bring you to the future..."

"You must be wondering why I decided this instead of just abandoning the plan and continuing forward…." Lamie watched as Rita's face took on a look of remorse as she said "You're someone that I see as my daughter and your death weighed heavily on both my mind and Goldar's…When Chronella told me of this, my first thought was bringing you to the future. To save you from the death you didn't deserve…I wanted to save Barza as well but Chronella only has energy for one and I chose you…"

"But knowing you, you would want to know the other reason why I'm choosing you other than my own feelings and I will give you that. Goldar was defeated by the new Red Ranger. Shocking, I know…And he would have been k-killed by that ranger. However, a ranger I had never seen before appeared and stopped his death only to steal him and no matter what method I use, I am unable to find him…It was then I realized that you're the only one that can find him..."

"But I will not take this choice away from you Lamie…Will you come to the future and be with your Empress and the Knight you see as a father…Or will you remain and die by the man you love? It's your choice and I will understand either way…I hope I see you but if I don't then I want you to know…From the bottom of this blackened heart…I love you and I miss you every day…"

And with those final words, the energy from the orb died out, causing the screen to shrink into non-existence once again Lamie felt tears fall from her eyes. She was good at finding out if someone was telling the truth, even her Empress wasn't exempt from this ability.

It's how she knew that Lady Rita cared for her when she tried to hide it to not show favoritism when in front of her other monsters. But to see someone as powerful as Rita acknowledge her as her daughter and mean it…It meant the world to her.

To know that her Empress had sent Chronella back in time to save her because she missed her first and for her master Goldar second was also a wonderful feeling….But then she looked back at her beloved…

Would it be right for him to be left here?

But then she realized what Rita had said about him. He was left in a near-death state so at some point, they must've found him…So he's still alive but him waking up his slim…But still, he was still alive and there was a chance in the far future that he would awaken again.

And when he did awaken, she wanted to be the face he saw…

"I'll do it," Lamie said after she nodded her head. "I will return to the future with you."

"Very good…However….You won't be returning with me," Chronella said as she ripped out the hourglass that was her stomach, leaving her stomach empty. "I will be taking your place to perish…"

"Chronella…" Lamie whispered.

"It is okay. Being able to assist my Empress one last is a gift to me. Besides, I've been on borrowed time when Lord Vile sealed me away in my weakened state to help Rita. I am ready to die like my other Time Priests."

Chronella lifted her right hand to reveal a ring placed her hand on the hourglass and with a smile, the Time Priest began her enchantment.

"Under the Gaze of the mighty Empress Rita, hear my plea…Return Lamie of Scorpia back into my Empress' loving embrace 10,000 years from now…." The hourglass began to glow as Chronella removed her hand and pressed a button on the ring and with a flash of light, Chronella was now Lamie herself.

"I have taken your place completely….Goodbye, Lamie of Scorpia. May your journey be a safe one," Chronella said before the world became a bright purple and white light.


[Location: The Command Center – Healing Chambers
POV: Jason Lee Scott]

"If I gotta be in here one more damn time. I'm so going to lose it," Jason growled as he stepped out of the healing tank.

"It could be worse. We could be dead," Syd offered as Jason stood in between her and Jack. "I gotta say though, it's comforting to know that the big glowing head has so many of these healing tanks available to use."

"Right? Makes us lucky," Jason replied tiredly. "And it plus it feels nice to have myself in piece again. How is your team doing by the way?"

"I mean, other than our enemy being chosen as the SPD Gold Ranger? Going pretty good," Jack said wryly.

"I'm surprised you two are here instead of my friends," Jason said.

"Well, Everyone wanted to join but this place is cramped as is. Besides, they know they'll see you in a little bit so you can see us off so I offered for Syd and I to grab you. Thankfully, Zordon agreed and sent us in but I have a feeling he knows there's something more to our request…"

"Yeah…Speaking of which, what were you going to tell me after Dawnbreaker appeared?" Jason asked.

"Right to the point. It seems you and Jack share that red ranger trait of impatience," Syd snorted.

"Hey!" Jack exclaimed with some offense.

Syd gave him a grin before she said, "Let's get this on the road before Commander comes in here."

Jack nodded before he became serious. "A few months from now, a villain known as Drakkon will appear. We don't know much about him or how he came to be but what we know is that he will take over the world with anyone in his way being stomped out."

Jason frowned at this.

"Stomped out?" Jason repeated.

Suddenly, the lights flickered before coming back on. "What the hell?" Jason asked.

"Oh yeah, before we came in to grab you, Katherine asked if Zordon could permanently keep Dr. Manx's SPD Morpher at full power without losing it. I guess he said yes."

"Huh…That's nice to see…." Jason said.

"Back to the topic at hand," Syd said. "When he shows up, you guys all will die and your power coins will be used to fuel his army, creating ranger sentries, on the exception of the pink power coin…Which becomes the power coin of the Ranger Slayer…" Syd continued on.

"Ranger Slayer…That was what Future Ashley called Kimberly…" Jason murmured thoughtfully.

"We caught that too which means she's from the future as well but I don't think Kimberly is the Ranger Slayer but we don't know who she is," Jack said. "She disappeared years into Drakkon's reign but it didn't matter. He ruled the world. Any ranger group that stepped up to fight him, they were defeated, killed and their powers used as more ranger sentries…"

"Was he ever defeated?" Jason asked.

"He was eventually by the Star Force Rangers but by that point, the power he had was worn out…But we can't wait for something like that…" Syd told him. "Even with him dead, his hand is still felt in the future. When not handling Grumm and his army, we're dealing with Drakkon Fanatics trying to keep his reign going…It's difficult admittedly…"

"We're not supposed to be telling you this because it can change our future to the point that none of us could be born or have different lives but if you could only see the darkness that would come from Drakkon and his reign….You'd understand why this is worth the risk. So, please…Find out who Drakkon is and do what you need to do…That's all we ask…"

"You two are taking a big risk in telling me this. Millions of lives are at risk just from you telling me this…How can I say no to that? I'll stop Drakkon and I'll save the future," Jason said with a determined grin.

The pair smiled at him and said "That's all we ask…"

"Come on, let's see you guys off," Jason said.


Command Center – Main Chamber
Power Rangers

"So this is goodbye," Commander Cruger said as he shook Jason's hand. "You have a mighty fine group of Rangers. I hope you lead them well."

"I plan to," Jason replied. "I wish we could have hung out like we did with Pirate Force but I have a feeling that sooner or later, we'll see you guys again."

"If it was up to us, we would have hung out a bit again, we may meet again," Jack said as he and Jason shared a fist bump. Jason smiled and collided his fist with Jack's.

"It's a bummer we didn't get to talk to you guys at all," Z said with a grumble.

"Yeah, knowing about our direct future would have been nice," Trini said with a grumble.

"It's….Something else, I'll tell you that much," Z warned with a serious look, something Trini picked up on.

"I will say, it was cool teaming up with you guys," Zack said as he gave Bridge a high five. "Don't be strangers!"

"We sure won't. Promise," Bridge said with a smile before he looked at Cruger, who was saying goodbye to Zordon, quickly leaned close and whispered to Zack "You guys just be careful. The future is wrought with danger."

"Oh I know," Zack said. "You guys stay safe as well."

"It was nice to team up with the original Power Rangers. You guys are a big inspiration in the future," Sky said as he shook Billy's hand.

"I'm sure am excited to see how much of one in the future," Billy said. It was then Billy saw a sad expression on Sky's face, which told him that something was gravely wrong.

"Wow…When I saw you in the helmet, I didn't expect you to be so beautiful," Katherine said to Dr. Manx, who let out a gentle laugh.

"Thank you, Katherine. I will forever treasure that compliment," Dr. Manx said sincerely. "Also, thank you for convincing Zordon to repower my SPD Morpher to keep me a permanent ranger. I enjoy being able to cut loose."

"It's why I asked," Katherine said with a smile. "Just tell me something…Our future…Is it bright or not? You don't have to answer. Just blink once for yes or two for no…"

Dr. Manx chuckled but gave two blinks, which made Katherine wince.

"Oh I'm sure you guys will be able to fix it," Morgana said as she hung her arm around Sam's shoulders. "Don't fret."

"I'm trying not to," Katherine said.

"Good…Besides, if I can change my evil ways and save the goodie-goodies from Swan Song, you guys can handle whatever is coming your way," Morgana said in a sassy tone, which made Katherine laugh.

"You guys will do fine," Sam said with squinted eyes. Morgana tilted her head at him curiously which made Sam reply "Being out of the suit feels so damn weird…Everything is so bright…"

"I'm sorry I nearly shot you," Syd said to Kimberly. "You attacked Jason and your suit brings up some unfortunate history."

"My suit? It can't be that bad, can it?" Kimberly asked.

Syd merely winced, which caused Kimberly to wince. "Oh, that's bad."

"Aye-Ai-Aiiiiii. The portal is ready," Alpha said.

"Perfect," Cruger said as he walked to the portal with the other rangers. "Well, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Thank you for your help. Unfortunately…" Cruger reached into his jacket and pulled out an item only to blink when the device broke apart.

"That's not good," Dr. Manx said. "That was the memory eraser…It must have been damaged during the battle…We have no time to fix it. We need to go before we find the future destroyed."

"Damn it," Cruger said before he let out a sigh and said "At least no one said anything that could threaten the future. Let's go."

"Goodbye, guys!" Syd said as she waved her goodbye to the group.

"Goodbye!" The group of rangers said as they waved the SPD Rangers goodbye.

The moment the rangers disappeared, the group heard Grace's voice say, "Well Zordon…It has been a while."

The group turned around to see Grace Walker, with a stunned Rocky and Ashley behind her.


[Location: Rita's Palace
POV:
Rita Repulsa]

Rita sat on her throne nervously.

It had been what felt like an eternity since Chronella left for the past.

Had Scorpina decided to remain? Had something happened to Chronella while she was on her time trek? Why was it taking so long to get an answer?

It was then Rita heard a crackle of lightning come from behind the throne. She stood up and watched as a purple orb of pure energy suddenly came to life, which caused the entire throne room to be bathed in light.

Rita covered her eyes to shield herself from the light and once it faded, her heart fluttered with joy as she gazed upon her surrogate daughter, who lay in the small crater that the orb of energy had created, unconscious.

"Thank you Chronella…" Rita whispered in a prayer before she walked to Lamie, knelt down, and gingerly touched her cheek. "Lamie…Honey, wake up…"

Lamie opened her eyes slowly and drowsily looked at Rita's face and gave her a drowsy smile. "Hi, Mother. When can we save Father?"

No matter how prepared Rita was, she was unprepared for the happy tears that fell down from her eyes.

"When you are fully awake," Rita whispered. "In my father's name, I am so happy to see you again."

Lamie smiled and drifted back to sleep as Rita held her in her arms. "Thank you Chronella for giving me her back," Rita whispered happily.

Once she had her Knight back, they would be together as a family once again.