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The battle seemed to drop to a lull as the corrupted zord charged up its attack. The moment before the Megazord fired its blast, twin laser cannons fired on the zord, rocking it to its foundation.
"WHAT?!" Psycho Green uttered in shock.
From overhead flew the Astro Megaship. On the ground, Andros stood, controlling the ship remotely via his morpher.
"Guys, continue fighting! I'll take Psycho Green!" Andros declared.
In a flash, Andros leapt upward into the ship, as it began changing shape. Before long, the ship had transformed into the Astro Megazord, a megazord of near equal proportions to the Silver Sentinel. Once Andros was in the zord's cockpit, he initialized the controls.
"Astro Megazord at the ready!" Andros said.
"Time to die, Power Ranger!" Psycho Green declared, before unleashing a blast of green energy at the Astro Megazord.
Out of thin air, the Astro Megazord conjured a large shield, narrowly blocking the energy blast. In its other hand, a large blaster appeared and the Astro zord returned fire with a spray of plasma bolts. The Sentinel put up its arms to defend itself. The possessed Silver Sentinel was staggered by the blast. When the dust settled, the Sentinel launched a combination of its own energy cannon and Psycho Green's energy.
The Sentinel's dual blast hit the Astro Megazord, causing it to stumble backwards. The resulting blast caused the zord to shake and drop its massive shield, which demanifested.
"Agh!" Andros uttered as he was shaken within the cockpit.
***
Astronema looked up from the ground, a mix of emotions spreading across her face, as she witnessed the attack on the Astro Megazord. Before she could return her gaze to the battlefield, Astronema was struck by a blast of red lightning, causing her to drop to a knee in pain.
"You have such human sympathies for your brother! That is why you are weak!" Lord Zedd mocked as he approached Astronema.
Before he could take another step, Zhane opened fire with his Silverizer, causing Zedd to stagger backwards, blocking most of the blasts with an energy field.
"Compassion isn't a weakness, Zedd. It's the reason you'll never win!" Zhane announced.
Astronema got to her feet and looked at Zhane, before the two of them turned to face Zedd once more.
***
"You can't win, Red Ranger! I will be victorious!" Psycho Green announced.
"That's where you're wrong! I haven't lost until I've taken my final breath! Astro Megazord Blaster!" Andros called and hit a button combination on his console, causing a massive blaster to appear in his Megazord's free hand.
The Megazord lunged forward, impaling the Sentinel with the sword. Then, after pulling the sword free, it blasted into the wound at the Silver Sentinel's chest. The blaster fire focused at the damage caused the zord to overload, blowing apart in a massive explosion, before falling to the ground. In a surge of green energy, Psych Silver demerged from the zord and fell to the ground, unmoving.
"Thank you Rangers! For doing my work for me! Now it's time to face your end!" Zedd announced, before turning around and shooting a bolt of red lightning at the Rangers who were busy fighting Zedd's forces.
The blast missed the Rangers, instead hitting Goldar. But, rather than injure the alien warrior, it caused Goldar to grow to the size of a megazord,
"Now, Goldar Maximus, destroy the Space Rangers' megazord!" Zedd ordered.
"Yes, my Lord!" Goldar answered obediently.
The megazord raised its blaster; but a much swifter Goldar grabbed the barrel and pulled it from the zord's grasp. Then, with a swipe of his golden sword, he landed a direct blow to the megazord. The cockpit filled with sparks and fire as the zord stumbled backwards, taking heavy damage.
***
"Just give up!" Zack pleaded with Ben.
"Not a chance!" Ben uttered, before firing on Zack.
Zack rolled out of the way, returning fire with his own blaster. Ben put up his arms in anticipation of impact. But the blaster bolts narrowly missed him, hitting the ground at either side of Ben. The impact of the blaster fire on the ground caused dust and debris to fly into the air. The moment Ben looked back up, he saw Zack running toward him.
Zack leapt into the air, delivering a double kick to Ben's chest. Ben flew from his feet and hit the ground hard on his back, immediately demorphing.
"It's over." Zack said simply, aiming his blaster down at Ben.
"It'll never be over." Ben shot back.
Around the pair of Rangers appeared four other figures. They were Lucas Kendall, Katie Walker, Trip Regis and their leader Jen Scotts; the Time Force Blue, Yellow, Green and Pink Rangers respectively.
"Benjamin Mitchell, you are under arrest by the authority of Time Force." Jen told the villainous Ranger as Lucas and Katie pulled him from his feet and Trip removed his morpher.
"Thanks. I was wondering when you guys would show up." Zack declared in a grateful tone.
"More Power Rangers?!" Zedd uttered in shock at the appearance of Time Force, halting his battle with Zhane and Astronema.
"Lord Zedd?! What's he doing on Earth right now?!" Lucas asked in confusion.
"It must be due to changes caused by Ben." Jenn reasoned.
"It won't matter in a moment! Charge up Serpentera's weapons! Bombard the surface of the planet!" Zedd called up to his massive zord.
The Power Rangers looked nervous, as the seconds ticked by. But nothing happened.
"Attack, now! That's an order!" Zedd growled; but still no response.
"Problem Lord Zedd?" Astronema asked with a wry smirk.
"What did you do...?" Zedd asked, glaring at her.
"That's what I wanna know." Zhane said, partly to himself.
***
Onboard the zord Serpentera, many of Zedd's loyal soldiers and minions lay dead on the ground. On the bridge, the weapons console sparked and burned in flames from an overload caused by damage from a bladed weapon. Standing amidst the carnage was a now freed Ecliptor.
"No, please..." One of the pilots begged.
But, not heeding his pleas, Ecliptor raised his sword and plunged it down into the being's chest, killing him instantly. Then with a cold, uncaring chuckle, Ecliptor vanished from the ship.
***
"THIS ISN'T OVER POWER RANGERS!" Zedd shouted in abject fury, before vanishing from sight.
Along with him, Goldar also disappeared. The battle was over. Or so it seemed.