"Curse him...CURSE him....CURSE HIM!", Tirek bellowed! "I never thought I would meet a being like that man! One who shares his blood!" Tirek's mind then flashed back to that day. The day he came so very close to defeat. "Those eyes...those blasted eyes! If he should face me now...I'd be destroyed in an instant! I must find a way to slow them down." Tirek then got an idea. "The rangers work as a team. So if I separate them...then I'll have all the time I need to restore my power!" Twelve monster shilouettes appeared in Tirek's viewing globe. "You three shall be the perfect distractions. Each of you shall be made to fight one ranger in the zone I trap them in! AHHHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!" The next day, the rangers found a massive energy spike! They tracked the energy to its source, but found nothing there!
"This doesn't make any sense!", Steel griped. "The readings said the energy spike was off the charts! It doesn't make any sense!"
"Actually, I think it makes perfect sense now that I think about it.", Gold said firmly. "We're all alone..."
Sunset's eyes widened. "And we're out in the open..."
"Then that can only mean one thing...", Ace added.
"It's a trap!", Inferno cried out as twelve pillars of light shot up from the ground! Each trapping a single ranger! Then they all heard Tirek laughing.
"Welcome rangers! Welcome to your destruction! The twelve monsters you shall soon face will be the ones to finally defeat you! Farewell! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" The rangers were teleported to different zones! Each one fated to clash with one of Tirek's elite monsters! The toughest battle were about to begin!