[FangRX]

“It won’t end like this!” Lothor yelled. “NOT AGAIN!” Pulling a device from his pocket, he flipped open the remote-like controller. He hit several buttons, smirking. “Scroll of Empowerment! Descend!”

The sky darkened again, a weathered scroll appearing in the sky before it opened up, the Japanese script on it glowing before it hit Lothor, forcing his body to grow to gigantic proportions. Laughing, the newly giant villain started smashing buildings, hearing screams be silenced before he kicked down a school, burning the children inside.

“Now try and stop me, Rangers!” Lothor laughed, stomping towards the five Rangers who were steadily retreating.

“Geeps…let’s hope you’ve got the Combinlocks calibrated again,” Thomas mumbled, taking his Caller in hand to summon the Rangers last hope.

As the Galleon sailed into view, the five Rangers leapt up and grabbed ropes that were lowered down, flipping up into the cargo hold of the ship. Running into their individual cockpits, Demi and April took a minute to get familiar with everything.

“Launching!” Thomas yelled out, hitting a few controls and sending the other four Zords out of the hull. “Uchuu Galleon, ready for battle!”

“Uchuu Jetter, flying up for a fight!” Alec said, clicking a few controls and getting his stabilizers ready once again.

“Uchuu Carrier, haulin’ ass!” Demi smirked, adjusting her seat and making her ride more comfortable.

Taking his seat in his Zord, Richmond grabbed the controls. “Uchuu Racer, ready for action!” Tapping a few buttons, he managed to get April. “You ready, girly?”

Smirking to herself as she sat down, April took control of her wheel and nodded to the monitor where Richmond’s face was. “You know it!” she said. “Uchuu Sub, nice stereo.”

Shaking his head, Thomas led the fleet of Zords through town, keeping his cannons pointed and firing in Lothor who was busy taking on Alec in the Uchuu Jetter. Alec fired several blasts, keeping himself in a far pattern around Lothor. Demi zoomed in with her Carrier, ramming into Lothor.

“Bitch!” Lothor growled, kicking Demi’s Carrier away, the Yellow Zord rolling backwards and to a stop, the young woman inside growling as she managed to get flipped upright.

“Oh, you ain’t seen a bitch yet, ugly!” Demi snapped. “If I didn’t have this helmet on, these earrings would be comin’ off!” She fired several blasts from her lasers, opening a channel to Thomas. “Can we take his ass out already?”

“Way ahead of you, Demi,” Thomas said, tapping a few keys on his controls before the Zords lifted up. “Unleashed Combine! Megazord Mode!”

As the Galleon lifted up higher to accommodate the space needed to make the legs form, the head of the ship separated, forming giant shoulder pads as the main mast compacted onto the chest. The Sub lifted up, it’s cockpit splitting in half like a mouth, forming the right leg of the Megazord, the Carrier’s trailer flipping up and latching into place on the cab, forming the left leg as the Racer’s back wheels spun down, the axel forming a hold that kept it in place as it became the left arm. The Jetter didn’t have much of a transformation, just the pirate hat unclipping from the back as the right arm formed. As every Zord connected, the Rangers were moved from their individual cockpits into the main cockpit behind the blue eyes on the Megazord. Five steering wheels, similar to what used to be on Pirate ships, appeared before the Rangers, each one holding onto the wheel in front of them.

“Unleashed Omnizord!” the five yelled out, twin Hyper Swords in the hands on the Megazord.

Thomas, however, looked around. “Something….doesn’t add up,” he mumbled. “Lothor.”

Out of the skies, a shadow grew larger. As Lothor tackled the Megazord, sparks erupted from the shoulder joints. “Have you hugged these things lately?” he laughed, driving his knee into the chest of the Megazord. Leaping backwards, he stood ready for the Rangers, hoping to have some fun. “Come on, little dudes. You think you can beat me with that brick!?”

“Thomas, pressure’s dropping in the left leg. We can’t keep the combo together long,” April said, furiously flying her fingers over some keys. “Micropressure in the red. We’re losing power!”

“We have to hold on,” Thomas growled. “We can’t let him get back to Serpen alive.”

Lothor laughed, firing several blasts from his crossbow. “All the kiddies watching at home want me to win! I got cheated years ago by the Ninja Storm Rangers, and since I can’t take pleasure in killing them like I wanted, I’ll have to settle for their cheap imitations! It’s like a bad Chinese bootleg.”

“THOMAS!” April yelled, Demi screaming as her console blew up in her face, the Yellow Ranger shielding her eyes from the blast.

“Damn it!” Thomas growled, spinning his wheel and throwing one of the two Hyper Swords. “Get out! Now!” He didn’t give the Rangers a chance to argue, ejecting his teammates before rushing Lothor who vanished. “Come out, bastard.”

“Sorry, Red Badge of Bloody!” Lothor laughed, standing in his normal sized look on a building a few feet from the Omnizord. “The Scroll’s power only works for a little bit on me. But it’ll be a nice gesture if you blow up right now!” As Lothor laughed and vanished in a burst of black smoke, the Megazord seemed to implode on itself, shrinking back down as the Zords collected back inside of it.

Thomas felt himself fly out of the cockpit, landing hard on the ground, his suit falling from around him as Demi and Richmond helped him up, anger in the Red Ranger’s eyes. “I’ll kill him,” he growled. Wrenching himself away from the Yellow and Green Rangers, he started towards the ship, hitting his knees about five feet away.

“Easy,” Richmond said, sighing as he helped Thomas up again. Flipping open his Caller, he opened a channel to Geeps. “Geeps?” After a few minutes, the mechanical parrot didn’t respond. “Geeps? Geeps, come in.”

“Still nothing?” April asked, looking Richmond. “Let’s get onto the ship and find out what’s going on.”

As the five Rangers ran back to the ship, Demi turned and saw a glint of silver on the horizon, running the other way. “Um, guys?”

“Not now, Demi,” Thomas said.

“Guys, listen to me!”

“DEMI! Not right now!” Thomas snapped, the Yellow Ranger flinching back and dropping back behind April.
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Stepping back into the main chamber on the Blizkon, Lothor landed into the wall as Dimas knocked him backwards. “Why did you not kill the Rangers!?” the former leader of the Empire asked.

“Because I’d like to test them at full strength,” Lothor growled. “I do need answers, though.”

“To what?” Serpen snapped, her snake headed hair growling and hissing. “What answers could a lackey need?”

Lothor picked himself up out of the wall, cracking his neck. “For one, who killed the Ninja Storm Rangers? Two, you said my niece was working for you. Why? Three, where the hell do you get off thinking you can order me around?”

Tapping on her keyboard, Serpen brought up footage of the Legends War, all of the Rangers fighting to save their planet. “In one of the first assaults on the planet, the Rangers themselves charged all of their power up to destroy the fleet. The Commanders, consisting of myself, Furyblaze, Dimas, and Dracon, were able to escape before the Wave. It killed the Rangers, and their powers were turned into those Keys that they use,” she said. “As for your niece, she came to me wanting the power to find you. After a few weeks of “training”, she went to find Marah. They found you in Mesogog’s laboratory, which led to today. And I get off on ordering you around because this is my Empire, and unless you wish to be a FOOTNOTE on that Empire, I suggest you shut up and fall in line, you bastard!”

Lothor nodded, bowing his head. “My apologies,” he said. “I was merely curious.”

“Lady Serpen,” Dimas said, stepping forward. “Vexacon and Shinmazu’s ships are arriving. Landing Bay one.”

“Thank you, Dimas. Go and meet them. I have something in the Sci-Lab to see to,” Serpen said. “And take the sniveling freak Lothor with you. Seeing as he wanted them here.” She stood and stepped around Lothor, heading down three levels in the ship towards the Science Labs. “Is he almost ready?”

“Just about, Lady Serpen. A few more modifications, and the first CyborEx will be ready,” the head of the Lab said, bowing his head in respect. “On a plus note, the Eternaks conversions have been going smoothly, and we have two dozen of them ready for battle.”

“Thank you, Mitagas. Finally it is some good news out of this Empire,” Serpen sighed, shaking her head. “Between the idiots in my employ and the morons that we’ve gathered lately, it isn’t often that we get good news.”

“It is my pleasure to give good news, my Lady,” Mitagas said, turning back to his work. “If you would excuse me, my Queen, I need to return to the CyborEx chamber and continue the conversion.”

“Go,” Serpen replied. “I must see to our newest arrivals.”

In the Landing bay, Lothor and Dimas watched, one with baited breath and the other with hated exasperation as the two ships landed, their occupants stepping out and looking exactly like Vexacus and Shimazu.

“Lothor!” Shinmazu, the more brightly colored and exuberant of the two exclaimed, shaking the mutated ninja’s hand. “It’s good to see you.”

“And you, Shinmazu. Vexacon! You look good as ever,” Lothor said, shaking the shark-headed ninja’s hand.

“I feel better then the last time you saw me, Lord,” Vexacon said, nodding his head. “Tell me. Why are we here instead of on your ship?”

“Ah….that would be a tale best for another time. Let’s just say that had twelve legs and came in assorted colors.”

“The Rangers,” Shinmazu laughed. “The six Ninja Storm Rangers, yes?”

Lothor, growling at the same time, just nodded. “Now I’m afraid we’ve bigger fish to fry. More of the Skittles Rainbow has sprouted, and this time it’s only ten legs with the Rainbow. Our goal is to destroy them.”

“Are you not the one giving the orders?” Vexacon asked.

“Unfortunately not,” Lothor admitted, anger in his eyes. “This time I am merely a pawn in the bigger picture.”

“Oh, demotion!” Shinmazu laughed.
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Running into the ship, Thomas covered his face as sparks flew from broken mechanical hinges and shattered screens. “The hell happened?” he asked, looking around before he and Alec pried open the door to the main room.

“Lothor, probably,” Demi said, sighing. She looked around, seeing Geeps’ wing sticking out of some rubble. “Geeps!” She ran over and started moving the fallen planks and walls, finally uncovering the mechanical parrot. “Geeps, say something. Please.”

“Bloody hell, that hurt,” he groaned, flapping his wings and sitting up in Demi’s hands. “Thomas, I told you that the Combinlocks were not ready to be used, you damn fool. So what’s the first thing you bloody do?! You activate the Megazord. What the hell is your problem!?”

“I did what I had to in order to try and save the freaking city,” Thomas said. I don’t care that the Links weren’t working. I had to act fast, and I wasn’t about to let more people die. I’ve seen too much death and been the cause of too much of it! I can’t let it happen again! Do you understand that!?”

The room fell silent, nobody speaking or looking at the Red Ranger as he and Geeps confronted each other. April stood with her head down beside Richmond while Demi had put the parrot on the table, walking out towards her room. Alec sighed, shaking his head.

“You both are pig headed lunk nodes,” the Blue Ranger said, looking between his leader and the bird. “And you both need to grow up.”

“Oi! I’m the one that he asked for help about the Megazord. If he wants to get all of you killed and cause this ship to blow up and lose your powers with it, then so be it. I was trying to make sure that nothing bad happened,” Geeps said, flapping his wings and going to his perch, steam coming from his beak.

“If you want to blame it all on me, then blame me, but I won’t be held responsible for anyone else’s death!” Thomas snapped, throwing his Caller at Geeps and knocking him off of his perch.

“ENOUGH!” Richmond snapped, standing in the Red Ranger’s way as he lunged before throwing Thomas backwards. “Thomas, that’s enough. Go cool off. And Geeps, you should know Thomas’s past enough to know when he’s going to do something brash.”

Everyone stood by sheepishly looking down and away from Geeps as Thomas’ door was heard slamming. “What the hell was that all about?” Demi asked. “Clearly someone has issues, but we don’t know that Thomas is the one with the issues.”

Richmond and Alec shared a look, both men starting to work on repairing the monitors. “He used to work for the Empire,” Alec said, Demi and April gasping in surprise. “He’d been born and raised around there. But…one day he suddenly grew a conscience and left the Empire. It was after the Legends War, I know that much. But…the problem is he doesn’t like to talk about it. He says, “It was the worst times of my life, and the less you know about me the better. I’m not what you think I am.” Shaking his head, the Blue Ranger looked at the two women who were looking very shocked. “He isn’t such a boy scout, is he?”

Demi sighed softly, looking at her hands. “It’s not that. It…why doesn’t he want us to know?” she asked. “I mean…we’re his team. We’re his friends. I’d have thought we’d have had a right to know.”

Alec shrugged and sighed, looking at his friend in the Yellow. “I don’t know,” he said. “I just know that…there’s something that happened that he doesn’t want to talk about.”

Geeps, after being silent and listening to the conversation, flapped and fluttered over to the Rangers, landing on the console. “So, I’ve got something to tell you guys,” he said, his head lowering as regret went through him.

“What, Geeps?” Richmond asked.

April, who had gone to find a way to figure out how to fight against Lothor, screamed out . “The Silver Ranger Key’s gone!”

“What?” Richmond asked, running over and looking in the chest. “Goddamn it!”

Demi kept her head down, her arms around her stomach. “I tried to tell you,” she whispered. “When we were running back to the ship, I…”

Thomas, who had heard April’s exclamation, ran out and got in Demi’s face. “Why didn’t you say something before?!” he yelled, making the Yellow Ranger flinch backwards again. “Why!?”

“I tried,” Demi whispered, steeling herself before looking up at Thomas. “I tried to tell you, but you fucking yelled at me that it wasn’t a good time to tell you what I saw!”

Thomas stepped back, sighing. “Go into town and find it,” he said. “We split up. Anything happens, call the others and we’ll meet up there.”

“Like hell,” Alec said, tapping against the keys on the main console, pulling up a map. “Each Key has an energy signature. Look. Here’s ours.” He pointed to a concentrated section of the map, several rings of energy flashing around in several different colors. “And…here’s Silver.” He dragged the map and enlarged an area, the Silver ring of energy flashing around a small restaurant on the south end of town.

“We know where we need to go,” Richmond said. “Let’s move.”

Thomas nodded, looking at Geeps. “Geeps…I’m sorry. I should have listened to you the first time, and…it almost cost our lives.”

Geeps scoffed in surprise, shaking his head. “It takes a big man to admit he was wrong, Thomas. Something you’ve done several times over the last two years. I’ll get the Repairgram online and get everything working smoothly, making the Combinlocks one of the top priorities. Right now, get that Key back. Or bring him here. Whichever works,” Geeps said. “Go. Now!”

Thomas nodded, leading his Rangers out of the ship again and through downtown. Hearing a guy laughing about how he’d stolen from a group of Rangers, April growled as she led the Rangers through the crowd. “Hey!” the Pink Ranger snapped, standing in front of the guy in the middle of the crowd.

“Speak of the devils!” the man laughed, pointing at the five Rangers. “Ah…let me guess. You want this back?” He held up the Silver Ranger Key and the Silver Cell, putting the Key into the main case of the Cell. “Silver Shift!”

In a flash of Silver light, the young man was swiftly transformed into the Silver Unleashed Ranger, a six foot long spear in his hand. Thomas growled, holding his own Key in hand. “You need to return that,” the Red Ranger said, stepping forward. “Now, please.”

“I don’t think so,” the Silver Ranger said, lunging forward and slamming into Thomas, knocking the Red Ranger backwards before he skidded to his feet.

“Let’s Ranger up!” Thomas said, flipping open his Caller and letting his Key flip up into its Key Mode.

"UNLEASHED ENGAGE!" the five Rangers yelled out, their suits forming around them in multi-colored flashes of light.

Rushing forward, Thomas locked his Saber with the spear the Silver Ranger had, trying to gain the upper hand, but Silver was proving an unmovable force.

“Is that really all you’ve got, Red?” Silver asked, kicking Thomas backwards. “For being born into the Empire, you’re really pathetic. No wonder Fury was told to kill you.”

“What?” Thomas growled, holding his side. “What do you know about the Empire?”

“Little boy Red doesn’t even know his own history!? Oh, this is rich!” Silver laughed, lunging again.
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“Vexacon, Shinmazu. We need to being our assault on Earth. You have the Poisons that I need, yes?” Lothor asked. When he didn’t get an answer, he spun around. “Vexacon! Shinmazu! Wake up!”

Snorting and jumping up from their chairs, the two newest Generals nodded to Lothor. “We’ll summon the Kelzak Poisons, sir!” Vexacon said, bowing at the waist before running out, Shinmazu on his heels.

“Idiots,” Lothor growled. “My idiot nieces would have been better…”

“Discord in the ranks, Lothor?” Dimas asked, stepping around the corner with a solid smirk on his face. “If that’s the case, I’m sure we can come to an agreement.”

“Agreement about what, Dimas? Other then you being Serpen’s lap dog?” Lothor asked, pushing past Dimas who grabbed the former Ninja Leader’s arm. “Release me or lose that arm.”

“You cannot even comprehend what we’re planning. The Outlying are nearing this Sector every single day, and when they arrive, the Deletion will commence. Once I have the Keys of Babylon, my Lady Serpen,” Dimas spat with hatred, “will be nothing more then a footnote in the Empire’s history. If I can convince my brother to return to the Ranks, and bring his Rangers with him, then we will be the last remnants of the Empire to stand.”

“What is the Deletion?” Lothor asked, clearly intrigued. “Or is it a need to know while I don’t need to know?”

“Oh, you’ll find out soon enough, my friend,” Dimas said. “You’ll find out soon enough.” Stepping towards the door, Dimas unsheathed his sword and swung it around, Lothor blocking easily with his crossbow. “Not bad for an old washed up mutant.”

“Tell me something, boy,” Lothor growled, shoving Dimas back. “Does Serpen know you plan to betray her?” Firing several rounds, he rushed Dimas and slammed into him, causing him to drop his sword. “And don’t let this appearance fool you. At least I wasn’t beaten by some pirates. Ninjas, on the other hand…that’s a different story!” He kicked Dimas hard in the chest, earning a slug to the crotch for his trouble.

“But these Pirates are a lot more then you think,” Dimas growled, diving down and grabbing his sword before breaking Lothor’s kneecaps. “This time…you won’t be coming back.” Lothor’s yells of agony were music to his ears, and as he looked over the blade of his sword, he pointed it at Lothor’s neck.

“What are you--!?” Lothor started to ask, his words cut short by the blade slashing his head from his shoulders, his body falling to the ground as his head rolled away.

“Vexacon,” Dimas said, the shark-headed soldier coming from around the corner. “Dispose of this trash and then get to Earth. Scans picked up a sixth Ranger. Kill him, and bring the main five here.”

“Yes, sir,” Vexacon replied, turning and dragging Lothor’s body off, the head stuffed under his arm. Throwing the body into the furnace, he closed the door and smirked, watching the fires for a moment. “An ill fitting end, Lothor. Especially for you.”

Motioning towards the end of the hall, Vexacon stood near Shinmazu, nodding to his friend and ally. “Let’s go,” he said, snapping his fingers and taking himself and Shinmazu, as well as the Kelzak Poisons, down to the surface of the planet again.
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“Stop it!” Demi yelled, trying to get in the middle of the fight with the Red and Silver Rangers only to get elbowed in the gut by Silver and knocked backwards into Alec. “Thomas! Goddamn it, stop! We’ve got bigger problems right now! And weren’t you the one that said we needed a Silver!?”

Thomas slammed his elbow into Silver’s throat, making him hit the ground and cough. “Concede.”

“Like hell!” Silver growled, sweeping Thomas’ legs out and knocking the Red Ranger onto his back. “I’m keeping the Key. You don’t know what the Empire did to my family…to my planet.”

“They’ve screwed us all over in a lot of ways,” Thomas said, getting back up and standing beside his team again. “Why? Why steal the Key? And why should we let you keep it?”

“I stole it because…I needed a way to fight. I can’t do much with my hands, but I’m a hell of a fighter,” Silver said. “Yellow said it best. You need a Silver if you want to stop Serpen and Dimas, right? You’ve got someone standing five feet in front of you holding onto that Key. Why can’t you just say “OK, You can join” and let it be?”

Thomas, knowing that Silver had a point, nodded and shook his head. “I hate when people are right. For now…we need to keep an eye out for Lothor. No telling when he’ll be back,” he said.

“Lothor won’t be coming back!” Vexacon laughed, landing in front of the Rangers, while Shinmazu landed beside him, white bodied Kelzaks right behind them. “Not for a long time.”

“Vexacon,” Silver growled, his hands clenched around his Staff. He went to move forward and kill Vexacon, only to get stopped by Thomas. “Get out of my way. He deserves to die.”

“Then work with us,” the Red Ranger said, looking at Silver. “He does deserve death for what he’s done, but we work together.”

Growling, Silver nodded rather reluctantly. “Fine,” he said, looking at the Rangers. “Let’s end him.”

“You can’t win against us,” Vexacus laughed. “Shinmazu, let the Poisons go!”

As the multi-colored ninja thrust his arms forward, the Kelzaks--weapons in hand--rushed the six Rangers. Shinmazu, taking the chance to attack as well, drove towards Demi and April, catching the Pink and Yellow Rangers off guard. Thomas and Silver started slamming around at Kelzaks, their weapons turning a rusted maroon as they slashed and hacked, not even their Blasters doing any good.

“What the hell are these things?” Thomas growled, Richmond throwing his sword to the Red Ranger.

“Kelzak Poisons!” Shinmazu laughed, dodging a swing from Demi before “tripping” and falling forward, his hands catching the Yellow Ranger’s chest. Being the perverted clown that he was, he couldn’t help but squeeze, Demi’s yell of harassment making him laugh.

“Hey!” the Yellow Ranger yelled, driving her foot out and kicking Shinmazu right in the crotch, his pained laugh worth it before blood soaked her chest. “Um…didn’t think I kicked him that hard.” Turning her head, she saw Alec standing beside her with his sword covered in blood, Shinmazu’s severed left arm laying on the ground. “Oh…that’s what happened.”

“Help April and Richmond with Vexacon. I’ll deal with the clown,” Alec growled, his voice dangerously low. His hands seemed to shake, and Demi just nodded, knowing it was a good idea to just go before Alec really blew his top.

“Can’t we talk about this!?” Shinmazu asked, trying to snap his fingers to get some Kelzaks to help but to no avail. “Guess not. Breath Blast!” He jumped backwards and fired a poison cloud from his mouth, cloaking Alec in it before he landed, kicking the Blue Ranger hard in the chest and knocking him backwards.

“Ugh, that’s nasty!” Alec growled, shaking his head to get the fuzziness out of his mind. He rushed forward again, driving his fist into Shinmazu’s head, knocking him backwards.

Demi, having been keeping an eye on Alec as she fought beside April and Richmond, slashed backwards and cut off Shinmazu’s head piece, multicolored tendrils falling to the ground. “Nice haircut,” she laughed, driving her foot backwards into Vexacon’s crotch, April slamming her elbow into the back of his neck.

“Nice kick, Kanojo!” the Pink Ranger laughed, throwing Vexacon into Shinmazu, Richmond getting several shots off at the two while they stood up slowly and shakily.

“Thomas! What do you say about getting some new hardware?” the Green Ranger asked, driving a kick into a Kelzak’s chest, knocking it away from the Silver Ranger. “Let’s make Time ours.”

“Oh, I like that idea,” Thomas said, hitting his belt and taking the Red Time Force Key.

"UNLEASHED ENGAGE!"

TIME FOR TIME FORCE!

As the Rangers transformed once more into a new set of Rangers entirely, each one took out their weapons.

“Chrono Sabers!” Thomas, Richmond, and April called out, summoning the twin swords of the Red, Green, and Pink Time Rangers.

“V-Blaster!” Alec and Demi cried, summoning the rather large guns of the Rangers before firing several shots. The two provided cover fire for the three with the short range weapons, each one timing their shots for under the Rangers’ arms.

“Time Strike!” Thomas yelled out, an image of a red clock appearing around him before he slashed down, killing several of the Poisons in the slash.

“Time Strike!” April called, slashing her arms in different directions and causing Shinmazu to yell out in pain.

“Silver!” Richmond called, slashing around before throwing one of his Sabers past Silver and spearing another Poison that was trying to sneak up.

“Whoa!” Silver yelled, spinning around. “Thanks, dude!” He slammed into a Poison, knocking it backwards before flipping up and clipping one from behind as it went after Demi.

“Change up!” Thomas yelled out, driving his foot into the back of Vexacon who landed hard on the ground before Thomas caught up with his team.

As the Rangers went to summon new Keys, the sky darkened as a weathered scroll appearing in the sky before it opened up, the Japanese script on it glowing before it hit Shinmazu and the remaining Poisons, forcing them to grow to gigantic proportions. Shinmazu’s arm with sickening crunches and bones sprouting, causing him to yell out in pain.

“The Scroll,” Shinmazu growled, looking around as Vexacon ran off, the device Lothor used in his hand. “Bastard!”

“Sorry, old friend. I’m not going out like my father did,” he said, vanishing.

"Rangers! Good news!" Geeps' voice called out from the Callers. "The Omnizord is ready to go! Everything is set and nothing is going to break this time!"

“Awesome!” Demi said, grinning. “Thomas, let’s do this!”

Thomas nodded, hitting his Caller and summoning the Galleon, Silver looking up in wonder. “Awesome,” the Silver Ranger said, smirking as the Rangers leapt up into the Ship. “Hey! What about me!?”

“We don’t have one for you, I’m afraid,” Thomas said, looking down at Silver. “Sorry, dude. Unleashed Combination! Megazord Mode!”

As the Galleon lifted up higher to accommodate the space needed to make the legs form, the head of the ship separated, forming giant shoulder pads as the main mast compacted onto the chest. The Sub lifted up, it’s cockpit splitting in half like a mouth, forming the right leg of the Megazord, the Carrier’s trailer flipping up and latching into place on the cab, forming the left leg as the Racer’s back wheels spun down, the axel forming a hold that kept it in place as it became the left arm. The Jetter didn’t have much of a transformation, just the pirate hat unclipping from the back as the right arm formed. As every Zord connected, the Rangers were moved from their individual cockpits into the main cockpit behind the blue eyes on the Megazord. Five steering wheels, similar to what used to be on Pirate ships, appeared before the Rangers, each one holding onto the wheel in front of them.

“Unleashed Omnizord! Online!” the Five Rangers called out, Shinmazu not really impressed.

“Really? That’s the best you’ve got to deal with me?” he asked, drawing a pair of daggers from behind his “cape” and rushing the Megazord, not intimidated until getting kicked in the chest as his daggers went flying. “It isn’t possible!”

“Oh, it’s possible,” Thomas growled. “Chest Cannon!” Spinning his wheel, the center mast fell and revealed a cannon. The sides and front of the individual Zords opened up to reveal several dozen cannonballs, each one loading and firing at the same time.

Landing backwards, his anger reaching new heights, Shinmazu stood and launched himself forward, colliding with the Megazord and breaking the cannon before throwing the Megazord into some buildings, the explosions engulfing the Rangers. “Suck on that!” Shinmazu growled, standing away from the flames as rubble shifted. “No! Come on, don’t you people ever die!?”

“Once,” Alec growled, helping stand the Megazord up with the rest of the team. “Thomas. We need to use the Advent Mode.”

The Red Ranger nodded, holding up a Key. “Guys, take this set of Keys,” he said, holding one up.

“Got it,” the rest chimed in, taking a Key from their belt.

"UNLEASHED ENGAGE!" they yelled as they slotted the five Keys into the Steering wheels.

GALWIT MYSTO UNIOS the Megazord’s consoles rang out, a Mystic Circle appearing around the Megazord before it descended, changing the entire thing.

“Titan Megazord!” the five Rangers called out, the Megazord pushing up its “Magician’s hat” and holding the Mystic Saber in hand.

“That’s new,” Shinmazu said, impressed this time. “But it still won’t help you. Magic against a Ninja? Ha!” He rushed forward, slamming against the Megazord before getting bounced backward, not able to budge it this time. “Ok…”

“Are we through playing around?” Demi asked, leaning over her console and looking down at Thomas. “Leader-man?”

“Oh, yeah,” Thomas said, the Rangers spinning their wheels and slamming the fist of the Megazord into Shinmazu’s face, making the Ninja fighter spit out a mouth full of broken and bloody teeth.

“My smile! My beautiful smile!” he wailed, slamming his fist into the roof of an office building, the occupants inside screaming as their lives were snuffed out. “I’ll kill you for that!”

“I don’t think so,” Richmond said. “Turn the Keys a second time! That’ll let us do an even stronger attack.”

Turning the Keys again, the Megazord drew up it’s Saber. “Ancient Titans! Mystic Spell Seal!” the Rangers called out, slashing down with their right arms as the Seal came from the wings of the Megazord, flying through and slashing into Shinmazu again, his screams echoing as he fell backwards and became engulfed in a burst of fire.

As the Rangers leapt out of the Megazord, they landed beside Silver who seemed very impressed. “Not bad,” he said, letting go of his Morph and revealing a young man of roughly twenty five, a silver shirt covering a chiseled chest. Alec and Richmond growled lightly when they noticed Demi and April staring, both of them starting to drool.

“Hey,” Alec growled, kicking Demi in the ass and making her jump. “His eyes are up here!”

Silver laughed lightly, shaking his head. “Sorry. It happens every where I go. I’m Drake Holmes. And…I’m sorry for taking the Key,” he said, holding his hand out with the Key in his palm. “You can have it back…I don’t deserve to be fighting with you guys. Not when you’re a lot more courageous then I am.”

“Keep it,” Thomas said, nodding to Drake. “You earned it today. Come on. Let’s all go back to the ship and get something to eat. All the fighting made me hungry.”

“We hear that!” Demi laughed, hugging Alec and kissing his cheek. “Hey, you know I’ve only got eyes for you. I thought he was cute.”

“Yeah, sure,” Alec chuckled, rolling his eyes.

Drake laughed, shaking his head as he walked back towards the ship with the five Rangers, hoping he could fit in.
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On the Blizkon, Vexacon handed Serpen the device that summoned the Scroll of Empowerment, and he stepped backwards. “You have my undying allegiance, Lady Serpen.”

“Good. Now…the CyborEx program is just about complete, Eternaks are ready for combat, and the Outlying are reaching this Sector with every passing minute. Things are going according to plan,” Serpen laughed, looking out of the window of her ship, stars twinkling in the distance.

Deep within the belly of the ship, a soft groan was heard, as well as a body falling from a table…