Disclaimer: Guess what, this is a disclaimer, disclaiming all liability for the use of Saban's characters without permission. All the Power Rangers, Zeo Rangers, Turbo Rangers, Alien Rangers, Gold Ranger, Blue Senturion, Auric, Ninjor, Zordon, Alpha Five, Alpha Six belong to Saban entertainment. Also the Ninja Zords, Shogun Zords…. oh you get the idea! Anything you recognise is theirs, everything you don't is probably mine!

Author note: Ranger HQ, Ultima and his forces, Armageddon, and the Samurai Rangers, their Zords and weapons are all my own design. I apologise for any likenesses that may occur to anyone else's stories, but I promise they are all purely accidental. If for some bizarre reason, anyone wishes to use any of my characters or ideas, please contact me first. I won't refuse permission (not that I can actually stop anyone anyway) but new ideas for my plots are always appreciated. Thank You and May the Power Protect Us (from Ourselves!)

Time Scale: This takes place about one second after 'Part Seven – The Enemy Within' I'd say it's a good idea to read the parts leading up to this, or you'll probably be saying one thing – "Huh?"

Beyond Good and Evil
By Matt

The large group of Rangers stood facing Justin, or whatever he actually was now. Ultima and his group stood nearby, all were waiting for him to make a move. He looked like he was going to attack, he was standing in fighting stance, but instead he just stood up looked around at them all.

"Destroy me!" he said, "And I thought you didn't have a sense of humor!" He laughed at Tommy.

"Justin, it's not too late, we can still help you!" Cassie pleaded.

"Oh, but it is too late, pinky, much too late! The Justin you knew, the weak pathetic child is gone. I am more powerful than he, stronger than he ever could have been, strong enough to bend this Universe to my will!" he shouted. "And I have enough power to destroy all of you in just one finger!"

"You really must be joking. You could never have the power to destroy me! Maybe those weak Power Chumps, but challenge me and you will not live long enough to regret it!" Ultima sneered.

"Ultima, I have two words for you…" he said thrusting his hand out in front of him. A massive bolt of black energy fired at Ultima and knocked him to the ground. "SHUT UP!" he finished the sentence. "You should be glad I haven't killed you already. The only reson I haven't is because I'm not quite sure who I should destroy first. The 'Good Guys' or the 'Bad guys'." He sniggered as he said each of them.

Ultima got back to his feet and said, "You are really pushing it you idiotic Ranger!"

"Hey, why kill either first, when I can do you all at once!" he stated. "But this isn't a fair fight, fifty on one! You don't stand a chance!"

"We may stand more of a chance than you think," Ultima replied, firing a shot of his own at him. It just bounced off his armor without even phasing him.

"You know, I'd kill you if you didn't amuse me so much!" he said. "Now let's try a real fight!"

"Justin, please…" Cassie started again.

"Justin is gone, now there is only 'ARMAGEDDON!'" he said, revealing what he had decided he was to be called from then on!

"If Justin's gone, then it makes it a hell of a lot easier to do this!" Tommy said, firing his Zeo Laser Rifle at Armageddon. It had the same effect as Ultima's shot.

He looked down at where the shot had hit him, then looked back at Tommy. "I hate to tell you this, but that really was pathetic!" He held out his hand again and fired two shots, one at the group of Rangers and the other at Ultima and his cronies. All of them were hit quite badly and took a while to get back to their feet.

"Guys, I hate to say this, but… ATTACK!" Tommy shouted.

"Although it sickens me to say this, I agree with the Ranger. ATTACK!"

Both groups charged at Armageddon. All attempting hand-to-hand to begin with, he was showered with punches and kicks of all kinds. He didn't even bother to block them. He just stood, rooted to the spot. Each hit that made contact had more effect on the assailant than on him. He stood within the crowd and laughed to himself, their pitiful attempts barely even catching his attention.

"Okay, this is boring me now!" Armageddon shouted over the noise. He set off a charge around him. The explosion was so strong, they all flew about twenty feet awat from him. They landed hard, injured. They didn't know what to do. As some of them struggled to their feet they looked round at him again.

"Rangers, pick one to face me in a fight to the death. I have a craving to kill someone. Either sacrifice one or I swear I'll kill every one of you!" Armageddon shouted his ultimatum.

"How about us, you haven't forgotten we're here too have you?" Crush shouted to him.

"No, I haven't forgotten, I'm just going to deal with you later. Now go away!" Armageddon shouted. He fired an energy ray at Ultima's forces and they disappeared. "So Rangers, who's it going to be?"

They didn't have time to discuss it, Tommy stepped forward. "I don't want to fight you, Justin, but if we have no choice, then take me!"

He laughed at the Ranger once again. "How predictable. Tommy, the valiant leader, sacrificing his life for his team. Very well then!"

Tommy slowly walked forward until he was only a few feet away from the black-armord figure. "We don't have to do this!" Tommy insisted.

"Oh save the noble crap and fight me!" Armageddon snapped. "Unless you really just want me to kill you!"

"I'm sorry Justin!" Tommy said. "ZEO CANNON!" The Cannon appeared at Tommy's side and he fired it at full power. It hit him and again, had no effect.

"Tommy, try the Turbine Laser as well!" Carlos shouted.

"And the Power Cannon!" Jason added.

Tommy called for them and the two other weapons appeared. He fired all three together at Armageddon. As the three bolts of energy hit him, he actually appeared to move slightly, but they soon realised it was not due to his attack. He stepped one foot back turned slightly so his left side faced Tommy. He pulled back his right hand as if he were about to pitch a baseball. A ball of black energy appeared in his hands and he pitched it at Tommy. It struck him straight in the chest and he flew back into the crowd several feet behind him. The Rangers at the front of the group caught him so he didn't fall to the ground.

"Tommy, Tommy are you alright?" Rocky asked, holding Tommy from one side. He didn't reply and he wasn't moving either. "He's out of it! Let's get this guy!"

"Use your weapons!" Jason instructed.

The Five power Rangers brought out their Power Weapons and Tommy called on Saba. The Four conscious Zeo Rangers used their Zeo Weapons and Trey got his Power Staff ready.

"Turbo Thunder Cannon!" Carlos called out.

"Turbo star Chargers!" Ashley shouted.

"Turbo Wind Fire!" Cassie added.

The three Turbo Weapons appeared and Blue Senturion set his laser for full power. The Alien Rangers, Ninjor and Auric all got ready to attack, too.

"Everybody, Fire!" White Ranger shouted.

All but the eight Samurai Rangers fired at Armageddon. He was engulfed in a barrage of multi-colored power beams as the dozens of energy weapons. Eventually they stopped firing. As the dust thrown up from the stray shots that hit the ground cleared, they saw him, still standing there just casually lookingaround.

"Oh sorry, did you do something? I wasn't really paying attention!" he said sarcastically.

"This isn't happening!" Trini commented.

"You'd better let us handle this!" Matt, acting leader of the Samurai's said, moving to the front with his group. He was actually third in command of the group. Kane, the Black Samurai, their leader and Louise, the Red Samurai, his second in command were both still Ultima's captives.

"Let's bring out the big guns!" Sean suggested.

"Surfer Blade!" Matt called out. A massive broad sword appeared in his hand, built into the hilt was some kind of laser weapon.

"Storm Bow!" Michelle shouted. The large pink bow appeared in her hand and she immediately got the enrgy arrow ready to fire.

"Scorpion Stinger!" Lucy summoned. The curved blade appeared in her hand, the other Rangers couldn't help noticing how similar it was to Scorpina's weapon.

"Sentinel Scythe!" Chad called out, a long handle appearing in his hand, a mean looking three foot curved blade attached to one end.

"Searcher Staff!" Sara said. A staff appeared in her hand, ornately carved with inscriptions all the way up the handle. Attached at the top was a large purple gem.

"Spider Claws!" Lee called. On each hand, four long, sharp blades appeared, extending about a foot over the ends of his fists.

"Star Laser!" Niko shouted. The massive mean looking laser weapon appeared, positioned and ready to fire.

"Sentinel Sword!" Sean called finally. The Golden long sword appeared in a flash of energy.

"Let's do this!" Matt called out. The eight Samurai Rangers charged at the dark creature. Matt swiped at him with his weapon, but he blocked and countered with a punch to the abdomen. Lee was in next, slashing wildly with his claws. Sparks flew as metal hit metal, but he showed no signs of being affected. He knocked Lee away with a quick knock from his arm. Niko and Michelle stood back, firing their weapons continuously at him. He either blocked the shots with his arms when they were free, or he just let them hit him. Either way they didn't hurt him.

Chad swiped at Armageddon's feet with his scythe, but he jumped, avoiding the attack. He landed, kicked the weapon out of his hands and threw Chad away with the others he had already dealt with in less than a second. His speed was fantastic.

"Now!" Sean called out. Simultaneously, Lucy, Sara and Sean attacked him with their weapons. All three struck him and he looked at them. A quick kick to Sara's stomach and she was knocked to the ground. Before doing the same to Lucy and Sean, he took their weapons and threw them at Niko and Michelle. They struck their own weapons, knocking them to the floor and carried on moving to hit the two Rangers. They were hit hard by the two flying blades, and fell.

They moved back round to the front of him and regrouped.

"What now?" Lucy asked.

"Now it's my turn!" Armageddon interrupted. "Now, what one to use! Decisions, decisions… Aah, I know. Ranger Blaster!" as he said it, a massive cannon type weapon appeared at his side. "Full Power."

Inside the weapon, the power started to build. It started to glow and the rangers knew whatever it did, it was going to be bad.

Before it had the chance to fire, Tommy shouted, "Fall back!" At his command, the Rangers teleported away.

"Damn, I was looking forward to some crispy-fried Rangers!" Armageddon laughed to himself. The weapon disappeared, and he followed shortly afterwards.

———- X ———-

Ultima, Kraegor and Crush appeared back in the throne room of his base. None of them had been expecting it. Last thing they knew, they were standing ready to fight that weird Ranger. Then he pointed at them and they found temselves there.

"HOW DARE HE!" Ultima shouted.

"He didn't dare to even fight us!" Crush sniggered.

"You idiot, do you even realise the Power of that thing!" Ultima snapped at her, she immediately stopped laughing. "That shot he fired at me, it's power was immense, and it wasn't even using a fraction of it's power! We have to stop that thing before he stops us!"

"Just think how much stronger it would make our forces if we had him on our side!" Crush mused, pondering the thought.

"No. Normally I would agree with you, but not this time. That much power, in anyone's hands, is a threat to me, to this world and to this galaxy. It must be destroyed, no matter the cost. Track it down and prepare the troops, we're going hunting!" Ultima ordered.

———- X ———-

The Rangers landed in the Power Chamber, thankful to have escaped mainly unharmed. There were a few bumps and bruises and Tommy had regained consciousness. He wasn't hurt too bad, he was angry and upset more than anything. He had been sure they would get through to Justin.

"Zordon. We couldn't even move him!" Tommy told the Morphin master.

"I know Tommy. I was monitoring the battle." Zordon replied.

"Guys I think Justin's gone!" Kat said, trying to face up to the truth.

"I don't think he is!" Tommy replied. "He is powerful, apparently he really is powerful enough to destroy us, but he didn't. He had plenty of chance to destroy us all, but he just toyed with us. I think Justin is still inside and he won't let it destroy us!"

"Tommy may be right. If we can find some way to get through all of Armageddon's armor, we may be able to reach Justin." Zordon agreed.

"I'll get to work on fiding some way to do it, Zordon!" Billy said, immediately getting back to business.

"He's not showing up on sensors again!" Alpha Five said.

"We'll start searching for him again!" Adam said, moving over to the sensor controls.

"We have to find him, and save him. Our friend is still inside that thing and it's up to us to get him out!" Tommy stated.

———- X ———-

Over the next week, the Rangers continued to search for Justin, or Armageddon, they were'nt sure what they should call him. Billy continued development of something to get through his armor so the could reach their friend inside. Cestro, Alpha Five and Alpha Six helped. The other Rangers did as much as they could to help, but there really wasn't a lot they could do. The Samurai Rangers had been practicing twelve hours a day since it happened, they knew they'd have to be at their best for when they faced him again. The whole Ultima conflict seemed to be forgotten for the time being. Not only did they prioritise rescuing Justin over that, but it seemed Armageddon was the greatest threat to them all at the moment.

Carlos, Ashley and Cassie were taking things particularly hard. The five of them had come to this time as a team, now one was dead, and another had somehow changed into the monster they were now searching down. Three Turbo Rangers left and they couldn't help wondering the same thing as everyone else – who would be next?

It was good thing for Ultima that the Rangers were too busy chasing Armageddon to bother with him. If they'd attacked him, they would have doubtlessly defeated him. He had all his troops searching the world for Armageddon. His defenses had got so weak since he started searching, he had become obsessed with this creature. He knew it was more powerful than he was himself, and he couldn't stand that.

He could constantly sense the presence of Armageddon within the Morphing Grid, and his mere existence was a constant reminder that he was no longer, the best, the mightiest, the strongest!

With their 'project' completed, Crush was able to concentrate all her energy on tracking down Armageddon too. She was also a mighty warrior. In the right situation, her power could even match that of Ultima. Although she was very fond of Ultima, she had considered several times getting rid of him and taking control of his empire. Now was a very good time to do it, with him so distracted and his guard down,but she had her priorities right. What would happen if she did get rid of him, Armageddon would destroy her easily. No, now was not the time, there were matters of greater importance.

Armageddon was staying hidden for a reason, not because he was scared to face the Rangers or Ultima. He was plotting something much greater. He had thought of something better than destroying either, but he needed time to put it into action. When he was finished with them, they would never be the same again, and he would strengthen his hold over this world, this galaxy, this entire Universe.

———- X ———-

Billy slammed his hand down onto the control panel as another experiment failed. He had tried so many new methods to develop something to fight Armageddon, as well as improving old ideas and technology. Nothing seemed to work. They had created a holographic represntation of Armageddon in the Simulation Room. It was nowhere near accurate as they knew so little about him, but in terms of power and protection, it was very realistic. Billy had tried all of his new ideas on it and all failed. That morning he had come up with a new idea, and after running the equations through the computer, it proved to be as useless as all of his other ideas.

"Zordon, this isn't going to work. We just don't have the power to do this!" Billy said, angrily.

Tommy was standing nearby, he was one of the Rangers working at the sensor controls, searching for Justin. Adam, Kim and Aurico were helping him.

"Billy. How about some of the things Justin suggested before he changed, you know, the UniRanger idea." Tommy suggested. "Maybe that was the real Justin speaking, trying to let us know the way to defeat Armageddon before he took over completely!"

"It's possible!" Billy replied. "Maybe we should consider it."

"If it works, maybe we'll be powerful enough to stop him!" Tommy said.

"Zordon, is it okay if we try it?" Billy asked.

"I think it may be one of our only chances!" Zordon replied.

"All Rangers report to the Power Chamber!" Tommy said through the communicator.

Within seconds, there were the usual colored energy beams filtering into the room from all different directions. All the Rangers stood, waiting to be told what was going on.

"Guys, we're gonna try the UniRanger idea." Tommy said. "Billy, what do we have to do?"

"Jason, we'll start with us!" Billy said. "Who's gonna take the Power?"

"Tommy!" Jason suggested.

"I may be the White Ranger, but I'm not really that experienced. I think it should be you Jase!" White said.

"Yeah, I agree with that!" Zack said. Kim and Trini both agreed too.

"Okay, how do I do this then?" Jason asked.

"Unlike the Zeo Crystal, our Power Coins can't be joined into one unit, so you'll have to do it one at a time. All of you take out your morphers." Billy instructed. They all followed.

"Now morph, Jason!" Billy said.

"Red Ranger Power!" Jason called out. The transformation began and he was the Red Ranger.

"Now, Kim, hand him your morpher." Billy said next. She gave it to him. "Now use Kim's command and morph with it!"

None of them really knew what to expect. Pink energy swirled around him as he used it and his uniform changed to include the colour pink. Zack, Trini and Billy all gave him their morphers in turn and he used them. Within moments he bore the colours of all five. Finally, Tommy handed him his morpher.

"White Ranger Power!" Jason called out. The sixth colour was added to his uniform. Now on his belt, instead of just his morpher with his coin in, there was something similar bearing all six coins. The helmet also bore characteristics of the others. The shape of the visor was that of the Red Ranger, the teeth to either side of the centre were from the Yellow Ranger, the tusks to the sides of the visor were from the Black Ranger, the three horns on top were from the Blue Ranger, the pink strip around the back and topof the helmet were from the Pink Ranger, and from the White Ranger came the colour of the helmet.

Different parts of his costume were coloured from the others and he wore the White Rangers' chest shield. He looked very impressive, and they all stared at him in awe.

"Well that looks pretty cool!" Kim smiled.

"Wow, I feel incredible!" Jason said. "It's like… It's like… hell, I can't even describe it, I feel powerful!"

"Well you should do, if Justin's research on the multiplicity effect is correct, then you should have the equivalent power of…. sixty four Rangers!" Billy said.

"That'd explain this feeling then!" Jason replied.

"Okay, Zeo Rangers next!" Billy said, urging them to move on. "We need the parts of the Zeo Crystal."

The five Zeo Rangers held out their hands and concentrated their power towards it. The five Zeo shards appeared in their hands.

"Now they need to be re-joined!" Billy instructed. He was doing a very good job of sounding like he knew what he was doing. He really didn't know a lot about what they were messing with, he had just read Justin's research on the matter.

They moved together and held the pieces together, they began to glow as they fused to each other. Soon they were holding the completed Zeo Crystal. It brought back a lot of memories. That fateful day. The Command Center destroyed, and so ,they thought, was all chance of regaining their powers. Tanya remembered it most vividly. She had grown up in Africa and suddenly found herself in California, surrounded by the world renowned Power Rangers. The arrival of the Machine Empire and the new Zeo Powers were a strange way to end that day. Now they held it once again, complete and empowered.

"Tommy, will you be taking this one?" Billy asked.

Tommy looked round at Tanya, Kat, Rocky and Adam. They all nodded as he looked at them in agreement with Billy.

"Looks like I'm in!" Tommy said, all but Tommy let go of the crystal and he held it out. The crystal was absorbed into into Tommy and his Zeonizers appeared on his wrists.

"I guess you morph then!" Kat said.

"Okay, here goes." Tommy said. "Zeo Ranger, Power Up!"

The regular Zeo morphing sequence began. The glow of energy began at his feet and worked it's way up, below it, the uniform of the Red Zeo Ranger appearing. Eventually he stood there, looking like the Red Zeo Ranger.

"Is that it?" Rocky asked.

"Look!" Kat said, pointing at Tommy. The sequence began to repeat itself. The Green Uniform was next, merging itself with Tommy's. The sequence repeated itself until Tommy looked similar to Jason, but he bore green where Jason had black and white. His helmet was red, but instead of the star shape, he had the five shapes of the Zeo Shards.

"That's pretty impressive!" Tanya commented.

Trey stepped forward and handed Tommy his Golden Power Staff. "I want you to use this!" Trey said to the Zeo Ranger.

"Thanks!" Tommy said. He held it out and called out, "Gold Ranger Power!"

A quick flash of energy and the Gold Ranger's characteristics joined him. The colorings and chest shield joined Tommy. He was now complete.

Cassie took control of the Turbo Power. She used her Turbo key, as well as Ashley's, Carlos' and TJ's which had been taken from him after he died. She wasn't as strong as Jason or Tommy, but she still had incredible power. Delphine had used the power of the other four Aquitian Rangers to increase her own powers.

They stood there in the Power Chamber, fully charged and ready for action, the four UniRangers. They had decided not to try joining the powers of the Samurai Rangers. Zordon thought it could be dangerous for whoever took it to have so much Power.

As soon as they were all powered up, the alarm from the sensor controls sounded. Alpha Six ran to the controls and checked on the problem. "Yo, Rangers. It's Justin, erm… Armageddon… whoever he is he just showed up on sensors!" the mechanoid shouted over to them.

"You're all powered up, I suggest you go and try this out!" Billy said.

"Guys, don't you think it's a bit convenient!" Ashley said matter-of-factly.

"What do you mean?" Jason asked, his voice sounding strange through the helmets voice distorter. Not that it was really needed any more, but it came with the suit!

"Well, Justin suggested this idea, and at the time, he was probably under the control of Armageddon. He spends a week completely undetectable, then as soon as you do it, he shows up. I don't know about you guys, but this seems a lot like a trap to me!" Ashley explained, sounding much more intelligent than most of them gave her credit for.

"Why would he want to do that though?" Tommy asked.

"Maybe you were wrong, Tommy, maybe there isn't anything of Justin left. He could have suggested this UniRanger thing to lure you out where he could take your powers." Ashley said. "And then there's the other alternative. You said he was toying with us before, it could have been because he didn't like such an easy fight, maybe with this thing he was trying to even the odds slightly."

"No matter the reason, we have to go before we lose track of him again. No are we going like this, or are we transferring the powers back?" Tommy asked, eager to go.

"You should go as you are. We know we don't have the power with all of us as Rangers, maybe like this you may stand some chance!" Billy said.

"Let's go then!" Tommy said.

———- X ———-

"Sir, we've just detected Armageddon. He seems to be waiting for something. We thinkit may be some kind of trap!" Kraegor reported. He stood nervously in front of the powerful being. Since Armageddon showed up he'd been in a frightful mood, destroying all Drones who had brought him bad news. He had even destroyed some who brought him good news – just for the hell of it!

In a black blur, Ultima was standing in front of Kraegor. He was a clear foot taller than Ultima and built about twice as big, but he still knew to fear Ultima. The dark man took hold of the henchman round the neck, holding tight and pulling him down slightly. "You think someone could ever trap ME!" He pushed Kraegor away. "Call Crush. We're going to catch up with our friend Armageddon!"

———- X ———-

Armageddon was standing in a large empty expanse, similar to the one he had been confronted by the Rangers in before. This one, however, was covered in thick, lush green grass. He knew it wouldn't be long before the Rangers arrived – the UniRangers.

The four energy flares flew across the sky and landed in fron of him. The four stood together, in a defensive stance. Each one a mix of colours but bearing the obvious characteristics of their differing power sources.

Next, three others appeared. Ultima, Kraegor and Crush.

"Oh great! The three stooges! I hadn't counted on you three showing your sorry hides, but I can deal with you, too!" Armageddon sneered at the small group of newest arrivals.

"Save the small talk and defend yourself!" Ultima called out. He held out his hand and a sword appeared in his hand. It was quite a massive sword. It's blade was about four feet long and a foot wide. It was made of some kind of black metal, which glinted in the bright sunlight. He wielded it masterfully in one hand. Most people wouldn't have been able to lift it, but he was spinning it, swiping and generally practicing, ready to attack, all with the one hand.

He ran at Armageddon and sliced at the chest of his armor. Sparks flew as it grated down the black metal armor. It didn't pierce the protection and Armageddon pushed him away.

"Hey, that's a nice sword! It'll go well with my armor!" Armageddon said confidently.

"Ha! The Dark Sabre's magic works only in my control!" Ultima replied. He swiped again, this time at his legs. For the first time, Armageddon actually fell, only because he had been caught off balance though. He still hadn't been damaged.

"So, it only works for you! We'll see about that. It'll be mine!" he replied, getting to his feet.

"You have to get it away from me first!" Ultima said in retort.

"I'll pry it from your cold lifeless fingers if I have to. I always get what I want, but right now I don't want to kill you so I guess I'll have to find another way!" Armageddon said, looking away slightly. "Something like… THIS!"

As he said the word, he appeared next to Ultima, punched him to the ground and put his foot onto Ultima's throat. He reached down to take the sword, but he was stopped halfway down.

A bolt of green lightning struck him from above and almost phased him. "Watch it! You may have just bitten off more than you can chew!" Crush shouted, commanding another shot to hit him.

He got off of Ultima, who promptly got back to his feet, trying to retain as much dignity as possible. Armageddon walked slowly over to Crush. He took hold of her under the chin, his fingers resting on her cheek. He looked at her face moving it around, then looked down at the rest of her. "Hmmm!" he said quietly, nodding.

Kraegor stepped in, picked up Armageddon and threw him away. "That's now to handle a lady!" he shouted at Armageddon who was already back to his feet.

"Oh, how noble. You are a strange group. You're evil, but you have manners. Two superb qualities!" Armageddon mused, not even seeming to care about being thrown about by the giant.

"Kraegor, get him!" Ultima ordered. The large man (or at least that what he looked like – a man) ran to Armageddon, picked him up and gave a bear-hug. Mightier looking warriors had fallen from Kraegor's bear-hugs. To date, Kraegor had been unrivalled by any in terms of raw power and strength. Even Ultima himself could not rival him and had once lost in a private physical battle against him, but Ultima's other powers always gave him the edge.

Armageddon just hung there, looking slightly undignified, but unaffected. "Well this was disappointing!" he said. Spikes shot out from his armor and stabbed into Kraegor, making him pull away. Instead, he punched Armageddon's helmet, knocking him a few feet and down to the ground.

He stood up, suprised at actually being moved. "Well well well, you really are strong. Both of you could be very…" he stopped there. "We'll see!" He turned his attention over to the Rangers who had watched the whole exchange, hoping their intervention would not be needed.

"So, I see you used my idea!" Armageddon said to the four UniRangers.

"We have the power to defeat you, Armageddon!" Tommy said confidently.

"Erm, no no no no no! I really do hate to have to correct you, but that's a preposterous idea! You may be powerful, very powerful, but it's nothing to me!" he said in return to them.

"We'll see about that!" Tommy said. He spoke quietly into his helmet's communicator. "How do we use these powers. I've tried to call on my weapons and they won't work."

"Tommy, you are no longer the Red Ranger. Your powers are not the same and neither are your weapons. Just let the power guide you, listen to what it says to you and you will know what to do." Delphin said back.

"Gimme your best shot!" Armageddon taunted.

"Okay, you asked for it!" Tommy said, hoping he could actually do something to back it up. He concentrated and the knowledge that came with the Power flowed through him. "Zeo Ultra Blaster!" Tommy didn't know if he had been told the name of it, or whther he had imagined it, but fortunately a weapon appeared. It was massive laser similar to the Zeo Cannon. Tommy activated it and the six modules around the end of the laser fired their energy towardthe cantre, building up it's power before it was finally released in a monumental explosion of energy. About seven feet across of pure energy beam. Tommy was just glad he was not on the receiving end of it. It struck Armageddon who struggled to retain his balance, but soon failed after a few seconds and fellback to the ground. He had to struggle not to be blown away into the distance by the strength of the beam.

As it stopped, they all marvelled that he was still there. The grass had been burnt awa, and about a foot of the ground with it. Along the edges of where the shot had been, the grass was all singed or burning.

Armageddon struggled to his feet and looked at Tommy. "I applaud you, Zeo Ranger. That was a good shot!" He fired a shot at the weapon, knocking it to the ground and causing it to explode, knocking Tommy sideways from it. Then he shouted, "But when will you learn that nothing you can do can harm me!"

"Sorry, I guess we're slow learners!" Jason said, stepping forward. "Meteor Rain!" he called out. No sooner had he said it when dozens of small specks appeared in the sky, and they were getting bigger. Suddenly, the specks came down and started to bombard Ultima. They weren't specks any more, they were Meteors, only about a meter in diameter, but they were sure packing a punch. They were hitting Ultima and causing explosions all around him. After the last one hit, they looked down and saw Armageddon lying in a crater, several feet deep.

"Guys, I think we did it!" Jason said.

"Now I wouldn't say that!" Armageddon laughed, floating up from the crater. He floated about ten feet ovet the hole. "I thought you may have been more of a challenge, but it would seem not."

Delphine went next. She stood at the front of the group and held her hands together in front of her chest. A glow started to come from between her hands. She moved them apart and there was a ball of energy, it's color changing between the colors of the five Aquitian Rangers whose power she was using. As she pulled her hands slowly apart, the ball got bigger, and bigger. Eventually, with the ball about three foot across, she stopped. She pulled the ball right up to her chest, held it for a second, then pushed it away as hard as she could, releasing it. It flew up and hit Armageddon. He flew back up into the air as the energy exploded into him. He stopped, looked down, and came back to his place above the Crater.

He looked down at Cassie, the only one of them who hadn't taken a shot. "What's wrong, Cassie? Scared to hit your little blue friend?" He fired a weak shot at Cassie. It hit her in the stomach and she doubled over in pain.

She was crouched dwon to the floor, her head down and her arms across her stomach. They thought she was just nursing her injury, but she was planning something. She stood up abruptly. As she did so, energy fired from her. Every part of her was pulsating with energy and firing it at Armageddon. It hit him and he fell to the ground. She stopped an returned to normal, finally thinking she may have hurt him.

He stood up where he had fallen and said, "Well done Cassie, you caught me off guard, but better luck next time!"

"Man, this can't be happening!" Jason said angrily. "What are we gonna do?"

"The only sensible thing we can. Retreat and re-think our strategy!" Tommy answered. "This isn't over, Justin, we'll be back!"

The four UniRangers teleported out.

"Sir, can I suggest we follow their lead!" Kraegor said to Ultima. They didn't what had shocked them more. The Power of those Rangers, or the fact it hadn't affected Armageddon!

Ultima said nothing, he just glared at him and disappeared.

Armageddon was left there alone. "Well, I certainly have some powerful enemies, but we'll soon change that!" he laughed to himself. "Soon. Very Soon!"

———- X ———-

"How did it go?"

"Did you get him?"

"What did he do?"

"Where's he gone?"

They were all asking questions before the four of them had even materialised. They tried to quieten them while they powered down. They cahnged back and Tommy started to answer the questions.

"Ultima and his guys were there too. They attacked Armageddon. The big guy, Kraegor actually managed to knock him down, and Crush got in a good shot too. Ultima had this incredible sword that really seemed to interest Armageddon. They couldn't stop him though so he turned on us. We tried out our powers and they were incredible, but they still couldn't stop him!" Tommy explained, summarising the events of the last hour.

"Man, if that didn't stop him, what can?" Rocky asked. Nobody could answer.

———- X ———-

"This is not happening. I, and I alone, have the Ultimate Power in this Universe. Nobody can challenge me. I am Ultima and I rule this galaxy!" Ultima shouted, storming around the control room.

"It seems that is no longer true!" Crush said. She knew that in the furious mood he was in, it was dangerous to speak like that, but she knew she could protect herslf.

He glared at her, furious, but slowly calmed and said, "Yes. You are right. And that situation must be remedied!"

"And just how do you intend to do that?" Crush questioned.

"I have one idea that I do not like to entertain the thought of, but it could bo the only option!" Ultima mused quietly.

———- X ———-

That night, nobody really got much sleep. They were all thinking about the same person, although some differently to others. While some worried about Armageddon, could he be stopped, just how powerful was he, some worried about Justin, could he still be inside that thing, could they save him. They all had questions and none of them could answer. Either way, there were a lot of restless beds.

Tommy sat alone on the sofa in the rec room. He had the lights dimmed down low, so he hardly even noticed Cassie walk in. She came over to Tommy and tapped him on the shoulder. he jumped away and let out a loud yelp!

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you!" Cassie said.

"It's okay, I just didn't hear you come in!" Tommy replied. She took a seat next to him.

"Couldn't sleep?" she asked.

"No, thinking about Justin!" Tommy replied. "You too?"

"Yeah." Cassie replied. "Do you think he's still there, or is he all Armageddon now?"

"I really don't know. I hope he is still in there so that we can save him, but in a way I hope he's not!"

"Why?" Cassie asked, shocked.

"Well think how much he must be suffering! How about if we have to destroy Armageddon. We'll be destroying Justin, too. Then there's the worst possibility. If Justin is in there, conscious of what Armageddon is doing, but unable to stop him! If he destroyed us, that would be torture to Justin, to destroy his own friends." Tommy explained, he'd obviously been considering all the possible angles in the situation.

"If he is in there, we could be doing him a favor by destroying him!" Cassie said.

Tommy got on with Cassie quite well, it seemed to be strange, he hadn't got to know any of the other new Turbo rangers particulaarly well, but he got on so well with her. He seemed to have a natural rapport with Pink Rangers, first Kim, then Kat, now Cassie!

"How could we have not seen this coming?" Tommy asked.

"I don't think there was anything we could have done about it. He a hard life before he came here, then all the other things started to happen. The thing with the Drone, this whole war thing, then TJ dying. It all got too much. Some kids go off the rails a bit when things go bad, how were we meant to know that in Justin it would react with his powers and create that monster. Tommy, you may be good, but you're only human!" Cassie replied.

"You were as close to him as I was. Why didn't he talk to us?" Tommy asked.

"He never would have told you this, and I probably shouldn't, but he hated you for leaving. He never had stability. He loved his Mom and she died, he had his Dad but he left, then he cared about you like a brother. When you left, it was like his Mom and Dad all over again. We kinda helped him through it, but I guess TJ leaving him too was just the final step. Maybe he didn't talk to us because he felt he couldn't trust us. He thought if he let himself get close to any of us, we'd leave him!" Cassue said calmly.

"You know what." Tommy said.

"What?" Cassie asked.

"You'd make a great Psychiatrist!" Tommy said. They both started laughing about it. They enjoyed the moment while they could. Round there, laughter was more precious than Gold!

———- X ———-

That morning, those who had actually got to sleep were woken early by their communicators bleeping. They all responded and Zordon spoke through it to them all.

He spoke those oh-so-familiar words, "Rangers, come to the Power Chamber IMMEDIATELY, This is an emergency!"

They all teleported in immediately. Zordon usually didn't approve of using the teleporter for short distances like that, but they all knew he wouldn't mind this time, he sounded very serious! Most of them were still dressed for bed as they had just come from there. None of them had to ask what the problem was. As soon as they got there they saw Armageddon on the viewing screen.

"Oh good. Now you're all here I'll get to the point!" Armageddon said. "You will all come to the co-ordinates I will send you when the Sun reaches its highest point. Anyone who turns up before that time will be killed, anyone who does not come will also be killed, get the idea?"

"We've got it, now leave us alone!" Tommy snapped at him. The figure disappeared from the screen.

"I guess we have to turn up then!" Kim said in her usual sarcastic way!

"If that's not a trap then I'm Lord Zedd's long-lost Son!" Rocky said.

"It may be a trap, but we have no choice!" Tommy added. They all started walking back to their quarters.

"Hey, nice PJ's!" Lee said to Michelle, laughing at her pink PJ's.

"Shut Up!" Michelle said back.

"Make me, frilly-knickers!" Lee said, laughing. He started running and Michelle chased after him.

———- X ———-

Ultima was standing by his throne, waiting for Crush and Kraegor to arrive. When they walked in he sat down into his throne. There were a few Drones running about the place.

"You wanted to see us?" Crush asked.

"Yes, I want you to find Armageddon. I am going to destroy him, even if I have to sacrifice this entire world to do it!" Ultima ordered firmly.

"You may get your chance!" Armageddon said, appearing on one of the communication screens.

"What do you want?" Ultima asked.

"Well a friendly good morning would be nice!" Armageddon said sarcastically. "I've just decided to give you a fighting chance to defeat me. I'm sending you some co-ordinates now. Come when the Sun is at its highest point with your best troops and I'll give you all a fair go!"

"Oh yeah, and what's in it for us?" Ultima asked, immediately seeing what he thought was a trap.

"Look, do you want me to destroy you now. Watch this!" Armageddon said. He clicked his fingers and one of the Drones in the room exploded. "If you don't want that to be you, you'll do as I say!"

Ultima just glared at the screen.

———- X ———-

Later on that day, the Rangers had prepared to go.

"It's nearly time guys. we'd better be on our way!" Billy said, checking the Power Chambers scans on the Sun's position. Complicated way to do it, but the Power Chamber didn't exactly have many windows they could just take a peek out of!

"It's Morphin' Time!" "Let's Samurize!" Tommy and Matt said together.

"Sorry, after you!" Matt said.

"Thanks. It's Morphin' Time!"

"Black Ranger Power!"

"Pink Ranger Power!"

"Blue Ranger Power!"

"Yellow Ranger Power!"

"Red Ranger Power!"

"White Ranger Power!"

"Zeo Ranger One – Pink!"

"Zeo Ranger Two – Yellow!"

"Zeo Ranger Three – Blue!"

"Zeo Ranger Four – Green!"

"Zeo Ranger Five – Red!"

"Gold Ranger Power!"

"Desert Thunder Turbo Power!"

"Dune Star Turbo Power!"

"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"

"Blue Aquitar Ranger Power!"

"Red Aquitar Ranger Power!"

"Yellow Aquitar Ranger Power!"

"Black Aquitar Ranger Power!"

"White Aquitar Ranger Power!"

"LET'S SAMURIZE!" Matt said. "Samurai White!"

"Samurai Pink!"

"Samurai Yellow!"

"Samurai Blue!"

"Samurai Purple!"

"Samurai Green!"

"Samurai Silver!"

"Samurai Gold!"

Alpha Five and Six stared in awe. Seeing one Ranger morph was an amazing spectacle you would never forget, but seeing that many change at once was a true miracle of Nature. Ninjor, Auric and the Blue Senturion joined them. The Alpha's hardly had time to look at the large group of Warriors before they teleported out to attend their date with destiny.

"Good luck, Rangers!" Alpha Five said.

———- X ———-

Ultima had gathered his best as ordered. Some he would hardly call 'best', but they were powerful and they could be useful. He had virtually a small army. He had Rita and Zedd with Rito and Goldar, King Mondo with one of his greatest warriors, Garrison. Gasket and Archerina with the rebuilt and improved Mecha-Zen, Divatox with Porto and Rygog. Of course there was also Crush and Kraegor. Commander Striker was the Commander of Ultima's fleet of Space Battleships, Photon was a warrior with the ability to control electricity. Finally was Jandra, a vicious female mercenary who had been put under Ultima's control several years ago. She was an excellent fighter and totally ruthless too. Under the warrant of 'Wanted, Dead or Alive' she always picked the first!

"Everyone be prepared! We're walking into a trap and Armageddon is a powerful being." Ultima warned.

"Haaaa! The almighty Ultima actually being cautious. You're actually scared of this Ranger, aren't you?" Rita cackled.

"He is no Ranger, and you are the one who should be scared. If Armageddon does not destroy you, then after we are done I will kill you!" Ultima shouted back. Rita soon shut up.

They teleported away.

———- X ———-

The Two groups arrived at the exact moment the Sun reached it's highest point. To one side was a large cliff, there were rocky outcrops all over the place, but the rest was desert. The two groups looked round at each other warily, and probably would have said something to each other, but they had a more immediate problem, and it went by the name of Armageddon!

"I'm glad to see you were all punctual! Not that you had much choice, I apologise for my… forwardness, in ordering you all here, but I needed you all here together!" Armageddon said. They could not see him, but they heard him clearly enough.

"What do you want?" Tommy and Ultima called out together. They looked round and glared at each other.

"Why, I just wanted to give you all something!" Armageddon called out.

"We don't want anything from you!" Tommy replied.

"Oh, but you'll want this!" he said back.

Armageddon appeared behind them and they all turned round to face him. He held his hand in the air and the sky clouded over. There was a low rumble of thunder, they waited another few seconds and the clouds threw down a bolt of lightning at the cliff. A crack formed down the middle and the whole cliff split open to reveal some kind of enormous machine.

"I've got a feeling you're going to like this!" Armageddon said. "ACTIVATE!"

At his command the machine switched on and a large gem appeared from the top. The machine charged up and the gem glowed. Suddenly, before any of them could respond, it shot out a laser at every one of them. It flowed into them, and they were all expecting to feel some kind of pain with it. Instead, every one of them began to feel strong. Stronger than they had ever been. Tommy thought about the power of the UniRanger, this made it seem like nothing. It stopped and the all looked around trying to figure out exactly what had just happened.

"I have just given you more power than you could have ever imagined. Not one of you could tell me you don't like it." Armageddon called out over the general noise.

"Why?" Tommy asked. "Why give us this power?"

"Don't worry it is not permanent. It will fade within minutes and you will be back to your weak pathetic selves! I did this as an invitation!" he explained.

"Invitation to what?" Ultima asked.

"To join me!" Armageddon declared. "The power I bestowed upon you is a mere fraction of my own, and very little compared to what I can give you! Join me, swear your alleagiance to me and I will give you that power. Any of you are welcome to join. Together we can shape this Universe in our own image! Anyone who wants that power speak up now!"