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Jason and Carlos set Andros down in a seat of the shuttle and strapped him in. As they stood to move toward the front of the shuttle, the sight of movement caused them to quickly turn around. Standing before them was a small group of gray skinned humanoid entities with skin made of what appeared to be stone; they were the Putties, some of Lord Zedd's footsoldiers.
"What the-?!" Carlos let out in shock.
Jason formed his Psycho Silverizer and aimed it at the Putties. But he froze when another figure stepped between the Putties. He had blue skin, golden armor and a pair of wings coming from his back.
"Goldar..." Jason said in recognition.
"Ah, I see my reputation has preceded me!" Goldar let out in a deep growl. "It's time for you to face the wrath of Lord Zedd!"
Goldar held up a golden sword and took a step onto the shuttle. But, before he could take another step, a volley of blaster fire shattered the Putties into small stone fragments one by one. Goldar turned around in shock just in time to see Ecliptor, who grabbed him and pulled him from his feet, tossing him across the shuttle bay. Goldar quickly got back to his feet, brandishing his sword. But he was met by Ecliptor, who held his own sword up, standing between Goldar and the shuttle.
The person who had blasted the Putties, Astronema, looked from a still weakened Andros, up to Jason and Carlos.
"Go. Quickly." She told them.
"Thank you..." Andros said weakly.
Astronema looked as if she was about to speak again. But, instead, she just turned and walked away. Without wanting to waste another moment, Jason and Carlos took two seats at the front of the shuttle. Jason hit a series of buttons on the control console and the doors to the docking bay began to slide open. The shuttle lifted into the air and moved forward at great speed.
In a flash, the shuttle passed safely through the docking bay's forcefield and into the vacuum of space. Back in the docking bay, sword clashed against sword. Ecliptor and Goldar exchanged slash after slash, blow after blow.
"You and Astronema have betrayed Lord Zedd! You will pay for your defiance!" Goldar growled.
"Lord Zedd's reign is at an end. From this point on, Astronema will be Empress of this galaxy!" Ecliptor shot back, before the pair ran toward each other once again.
***
Lord Zedd swung his Z-Staff toward Psycho Green, who rolled out of the way. Green got back to his feet and conjured his Psycho Dagger into his hand. With a swift strike of his dagger, Psycho Green attacked Zedd, aiming for his torso. Zedd blocked the dagger's edge with his staff. But Psycho Green didn't let up, as their fight moved from the cargo bay down a corridor of the Nexi Cruiser.
Psycho Green levied slash after slash toward Lord Zedd. Zedd blocked the blows with skilled flourishes of his staff. Psycho Green's dagger and Lord Zedd's staff became engulfed in green and red electricity respectively. Zedd thrust out his staff and shot out a blast of red lightning toward the Psycho Ranger. Psycho Green ducked out of the way, hitting a nearby wall, as the blast left a large hole in the opposite wall. In retaliation, Psycho Green thrust out his dagger and shot a blast of green energy toward Zedd.
Zedd put up his staff, blocking the blast, as the green sparks cut into and charred the surrounding metallic walls of the ship. As Zedd and Psycho Green's battle waged on, they came close to the end of the corridor they were in. The pair soon found themselves in an intersection of pathways. As they fought, waves of figures poured into the chamber. They were groups of Putties and Quantrons.
The Putties and Quantrons began attacking those they viewed as their enemy, Psycho Green and Lord Zedd respectively. But they proved little more than a minor annoyance as Zedd and Green's battle quickly reduced the footsoldiers to gravel and scrap metal, not letting up their assault on one another for a moment. They were singularly minded.
"Do you honestly think you can defeat me?! You were pathetic then and you're even more so now, Green Ranger!" Lord Zedd mocked.
"I will make you pay!" Psycho Green uttered in fury, his body flowing with green electricity.
Without hesitation, Psycho Green ran at Lord Zedd and grabbed his Z-Staff. Zedd sent red lightning arcing through Green's body. But Psycho Green was unfazed. With a great shove, Green slammed Zedd into one of the ship's walls, causing the metal to buckle and bend. Then another slam and another, until the bent metal ripped open and the pair were blown into the vacuum of space. The Nezi Cruiser activated emergency shields to seal the rift in the hull, but it was too late; both warriors were already drifting through the empty abyss.
***
Goldar walked through the interior of the massive Zord ship Serpentera. Behind him walked Ecliptor, hands in shackles and arms being held by a pair of Putties, one on either side. They stopped along a hallway and a door slid open. With a harsh shove, Goldar pushed Ecliptor into the small and dingy cell.
"Did you really think you could defeat me?! Now you will await questioning by Lord Zedd!" Goldar taunted as the door to the cell slid closed.
Goldar continued from corridor to corridor until he arrived at the cockpit, manned by a pair of humanoid aliens.
"Scan the planet's surface for Lord Zedd's life signature! And prepare to transport me to his location!" Goldar ordered.
"Yes, sir." One of the aliens answered with a nod, as they began to press buttons on the console in front of them.
***
The door of the shuttle opened and a ramp lowered to the rocky Earth terrain beneath them. From the ship walked Jason, Carlos and Andros. They were greeted by Zhane, Cassie, TJ, Ashley, Zack Taylor and Waspicable.
"Andros..." Zhane said with concern in his voice as he viewed Andros' wounds; a concern expressed on the faces of the other Rangers as well.
"I'll be okay. We need to-" Andros' words were cut short when they heard a sonic boom and looked up into the sky to see an object hurtling quickly to the earth, looking to be coated in a mix of red and green energy.
"Son of a bitch!" Jason uttered.
"What is that?" Cassie asked.
As if to answer her question, the object neared closer and closer, until it was clear that it wasn't one but two figures; Zedd and Psycho Green. Before they hit the ground, Zedd shot out a blast of red lightning, slowing their impact. The pair hit the earth with a ground shaking crash. When the dust and debris cleared, both Lord Zedd and Psycho Green were lying in a large crater before them. Zedd and Green both slowly got back to their feet, staring each other down, before they turned to see the other Rangers around them.
"It's time to die, Power Rangers! And I'll start with the failed experiment!" Zedd declared, gesturing at Psycho Green.
In a flash, Goldar appeared at Zedd's side and, behind them, a small army of Putty foot soldiers. Zedd raised his staff and shot a burst of energy into Goldar. Suddenly, Goldar transformed. His armor was transformed into a more regal and spiked state and several extra protrusions grew from Goldar's body.
"Now I am Goldar Maximus!" Goldar declared.
"Sure, pal. Let's go!" TJ said and, all at once, the Rangers morphed into the six Space Rangers, with the addition of the Orange constellation and Chrono Rangers.
Both the Red and Silver Space Rangers were met in the battlefield by the newly enhanced Goldar. They summoned their Spiral Saber and Super Silverizer to take him on in a battle of blades. Goldar swung his arm out, knocking Zhane from his feet, before slashing at Andros with his blade. Andros was struck on the chest and fell to the ground on his back. A still injured Andros didn't recover as quickly as Zhane, who staggered to his feet.
"Andros! Stay back! I've got this!" Zhane called out.
"That's not your call, Ranger! Your friend Andros will die to my sword!" Goldar declared.
In response, Zhane switched his Silverizer to blaster mode and fired on Goldar, forcing the villain to back away and put his hands up against the blaster fire.
Lord Zedd walked calmly through the ongoing battle, until he stood over Andros. He raised his staff triumphantly.
"Goodbye... Red Ranger!" Zedd declared and brought his staff down, going for the kill.
But his staff was blocked by the staff of another. It was Astronema, gripping her Wrath Staff,
"You dare defy me?! You will pay for this, Astronema! Your pathetic fleet will face the full wrath of my armada!" Zedd threatened.
"Bring it!" Astronema shot back, turning her staff toward Zedd before launching an energy blast that knocked Zedd from his feet.
"If you're helping us, where's your friend Ecliptor? We could use all the help we can get." Zhane asked.
"He's where he needs to be for the moment." Was all Astronema would say.
Around them, on the battlefield, the other Rangers engaged with the unending onslaught of Putties. That was, save for two of them. Carlos and Psycho Silver faced off against Psycho Green. Despite their combined efforts, Psycho Green had the upper hand. With his Psycho Dagger, he blocked Carlos, the Black Ranger's, Lunar Lance.
Psycho Green then delivered a heavy blow to Carlos' gut and sent him to his knees. Psycho Silver switched his Psycho Silverizer into blaster mode and fired on Psycho Green. The blaster fire impacted his helmet, shattering it. When the smoke from the blast cleared, the face underneath was one many on the battlefield recognized.
"Tommy? Tommy Oliver?" Carlos uttered in shock.
But the figure didn't speak. He just glared at them, anger and hatred burning in his eyes.