Up in space, Cogs was in the lab with several monsters.
He was currently attaching strange collar like devices to them, either around their necks, arms or waists. "There," he said after strapping the collar around Blizzard's neck. "That should do it."
"What the heck are these things?" Rabbit Fire asked.
"What they are doesn't matter to you."
Everyone turned to see Chaos step into the room, followed by Havoc and Dust.
"All you should care about is stopping those Rangers."
"Yes master!" They all said.
"Good," Chaos said, "now go get ready."
They all nodded and left the room, all having their own means of preparing for battle. Once they were gone, Chaos chuckled. "Even if they fail, I'll still end up victorious."
Dust nodded. "Today is the day we finally defeat the Power Rangers."
Havoc just nodded.
"To the bridge," Chaos said. "I wish to watch this." He left the room, followed by his two minions.
Being the only one in the room, Cogs rushed over to his computer and started typing into it. He was working to hack into the one area he was not permitted, the prison block.
Finally the screen beeped and showed the words, 'access granted', before showing the images of the security system. He flipped through the cameras, until he finally found the one he was looking for.
"Doom...Heart."
Doom and Heart sat in the dirty prison cell, both wearing Control Collars that were suppressing their power.
"How long do you think it's been?" Heart asked him.
"I don't know," Doom replied. He then got up and started walking around the room, looking for someway out of it. "Hopefully Cogs will find a way to get us out of here."
"He will," Heart told him. "Cogs is the smartest monster in the multiverse. He'll find a way to save us."
"Maybe," Doom said, "but he'll have to be careful. The only reason we're still alive is because he's following Chaos's orders. If that bucket head thinks Cog's going to betray him, he won't hesitate to destroy him."
"I have to think of a way to save them," Cogs said. "But how?"
Suddenly his computer beeped, alerting him to a transmission the station was picking up.
"What's this?" He asked as he looked into it. The typed away at the computer, seeing the transmission was not being sent to the Dark Fortress. Instead, it was being sent to the ship that was currently being broken down and used as scrap metal that would be used to fix the station if needed. The communication system was on the few things that had yet to be dismantled, and now it was picking up a transmission.
Cogs continued to type away at it, deciding to send the message to him instead of redirecting it to the bridge. The message appeared on screen, allowing Cogs to read it. In doing so, he became very confused. "Who's...Void?"
Down on earth, the school was abuzz with news that one of the biggest events of the years was drawing closer. The Fall Formal.
Right now, Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Lyra, Sweetie and Sunset were in the library. They were all helping work on preparations for the dance, with Pinkie and Applejack showing them what they had come up with for the decorations.
"Beautiful," Rarity cried as she saw the design that Applejack and Pinkie had managed to come up with.
"You like it?" Pinkie asked showing them Applejack's vision board.
"We love it," Sweetie said as she took it to take a closer look. "You really think you can build this."
"Eeyup," Applejack said. "With Rainbow using her speed to lend me a hand, it'll be done in a jiffy."
"I got it AJ," Rainbow said. "I'll get it done in ten seconds flat."
"That's good," Fluttershy said. "What about decorating it?"
Pinkie smiled. "With my party cannons, I'll be able to decorate it before you can say PARTY TIME!"
The girls all covered their ears at that, laughing once she stopped. "Love the enthusiasm," Lyra told her.
"And Flash's band agreed to provide the music again this year," Sweetie said. "And maybe you Rainbooms can play as well."
Everyone nodded, as Rarity sighed happily while sitting back in her chair. "Hard to believe it's almost been a whole year since the last Fall Formal."
"Yeah," Sunset said with a frown. "Almost been a whole year since I stole Princess Twilight's crown and brought magic into this world."
Pinkie was suddenly right next to her, putting an arm around her. "Don't be down Shim-Shim. If you hadn't stole her crown, we might not have our incredible magical abilities."
"Yeah," Rainbow said. "I mean, I'm already awesome. But with my geode, I'm twenty percent more awesome."
"And I might not be here," Twilight said. "The whole reason we became friends is because I was interested in the magic here. If you hadn't released the magic, I'd probably still by at Crystal Prep."
Lyra nodded. "And if you didn't have your powers, who knows where we'd be. You might not be Rangers, but you've helped save our butts a ton of times."
Sunset smiled hearing all this. "Yeah, you're right. I might not be proud of what I did, but it did lead to a lot of great things."
Everyone smiled at that.
"Now," Rarity said, "let's talk about what we plan on doing on the night itself. For instance, dates."
The girls all went rigid at that. "Aw no," Applejack told her. "Ya'h keep me out of it."
"Us to," Lyra and Sweetie said in unison. "We're not looking for boyfriends right now," Lyra told her.
Rarity pouted before turning to the others. "You girls?"
"Where's the fun in only dancing with one person?" Pinkie said. "I'd rather dance with everyone."
"Well what about the rest of you?" Rarity asked them. "I know for a fact that three of you have a young gentlemen that would love to be your escorts." She was of course smiling at Twilight, Rainbow and Fluttershy.
"Oh my," Fluttershy said. "You mean us?"
"Who else darling?"
Rainbow folded her arms. "I've got no idea what you're talking about." Though the girls could tell she was lying.
"I'm talking about Soarin my dear," Rarity told her. "Imagine it. The two of you on the dance floor, your bodies moving in perfect synchronicity. Your eyes then lock, as you draw closer to each other and then-"
"STOP!" Rainbow said said she covered the girls mouth. Everyone laughed seeing her face go bright red.
Rarity gave her a coy smile as she moved the girl's hands away. "I rest my case."
Rainbow frowned, while the fashionista turned to Fluttershy and Twilight. "And of course it's the same with you two."
"Don't be silly Rarity," Twilight said.
"We're not dating anyone," Fluttershy said.
"But you want to," she told them. "Flash and Sandalwood. Don't tell me you haven't been fantasising about it."
The two girls began to mimic Rainbow, their faces turning so head they could blend in with Sunset's hair. Everyone laughed at this, while Applejack turned to Rarity.
"What about you?" She asked her. "Ain't there a certain glasses wearing Ranger ya'd like to ask you to the dance?"
Now it was Rarity's turn to blush. "A lady never tells."
Lyra rolled her eyes. "Even if its true, those idiots won't ever build up the nerve to ask."
Out on the back field, the Ranger boys were all kicking a ball around each to other.
"Alright," Flash said as he kicked the ball to Micro, "we're all in agreement. We're each going to ask them to the dance."
"Yes," Micro said as he kicked the ball to Sandal.
"You got it," Sandal said as he kicked the ball to Soarin.
"No chickening out," Soarin said as he stopped the ball.
In that moment, their communicators all beeped. Flash opened the channel. "What's up?"
"Good news," Celestia said. "Come to the base and we'll explain."
"On it," Flash replied before closing the channel. The boys then rushed into the school, heading to the entrance of the base. There they saw the girls heading their way, making them all get really nervous. "Hey."
"Hey," Twilight replied while looking down to hide her blushing face.
The rest of the group remained quiet, looking at each other awkwardly.
"Er guys," Applejack stepped up. "Ain't we meant to be somewhere?" She pointed to the wall that hid their base.
"Right!" Flash said. "Let's go." They turned and headed towards the wall, passing through it into the base. There they saw Starswirl, Dusk, Celestia, Luna and one other person they weren't expecting.
"Cadance!" Twilight cried as she rushed over to the woman and hugged her. "What are you doing here?"
"What?" Cadance asked, "I can't come see my favourite team of superheroes."
"How many superhero teams do you know?" Flash joked.
"Including you guys...one."
Everyone laughed.
"Plus I hear there's gonna be a dance soon," the overly pink woman said. "So...who's going with who?"
Everyone stopped laughing and began to blush.
"Anyway," Celestia said, "we called you here because we have news."
"Good news apparently," Soarin said.
"What is it?" Lyra asked.
Celestia did not reply, instead she moved over to a computer and pressed a few buttons. Second later the screen turned on and showed it split screened, with two people on either side.
"Dad," Flash said happily seeing his father.
"Hey son," Trail said.
"What's up punk," Shining said from his screen.
"So this has something to do with finding Chaos's station," Micro guessed.
"Exactly," Luna said. "Trail has managed to get his hands on some software that we can use to locate the Dark Fortress, even if its cloaked."
Dusk stepped up. "Once we locate it, we can wage an attack on them and finally finish this."
"Sounds great,"Flash said.
"Yeah," Sweetie agreed, "send it over and we can get to work."
"Not that easy I'm afraid," Trail told them. "This software is highly classified. It took pulling several strings and actually talking to them as a Ranger to get it. The only reason I have it is with strict guidelines, one of which prevents me from sending it to you digitally."
"Which would leave a digital imprint that someone could use to steal it," Twilight finished.
"Exactly," Trail said, "which means I'll need to bring it to you personally."
They all smiled hearing this, both because they would have the data they needed and they would now by one Ranger up.
"Great to hear dad," Flash said.
Twilight noticed the nervousness she had seen on his face was now gone, replaced with joy at the prospect of seeing his father again. This in turn made Twilight feel happy.
"So how long will it take you to get back?" Sunset asked him.
"Actually," Trail replied, "I'm already on my way to Canterlot. Another government contact got me a police escort."
"Which includes me," Shining said. "I'll be meeting up with their convoy and bringing him the rest of the way."
Trail nodded. "I should arrive in the city in the next hour."
"Awesome," Sandal said. "That means we're closer to ending this then ever."
"Indeed," Starswirl said. "Which means we should begin working on a battle plan for when we find the Dark Fortress."
However, in that moment the base was filled with the sound of alarms. Twilight kicked into action and started typing away at the computer, making her gasp.
"What's wrong?" Lyra asked.
"Shades," Twilight replied.
"That's not so bad," Rainbow said.
"Except their not just attacking one place," Twilight explained. "I'm picking them up in nine different locations. They're in big groups too."
"Looks like Chaos decided to stop fooling around," Luna said.
"What do we do?" Pinkie asked before everyone turned to Flash for an answer.
The Red Ranger thought for a moment before nodding, and then turning to the others. "Nine groups of Shades, nine Rangers in the city. We'll have to split up and take one section each."
"That's a lot of Shades for you all to take solo," Cadance told him.
"We can handle it," Soarin said.
"Especially if we help," Rainbow agreed.
The others in the mane six agreed, causing the Rangers to agree.
"Alright," Starswirl said, "good luck Rangers."
Flash nodded before he and the other Rangers lined up and took out their gear. "It's Morphin Time. Magi-Chargers!"
"Ready!" The others yelled as they activated their Chargers and placed them in their Morphers.
MAGI-CHARGER...ENGAGED!
"Energise!" They pointed them up. "Unleash the Power!" The eight Rangers pulled the trigger and fired the energy shots, which transformed into their Zord heads and bit down upon them before exploding in a burst of light. Then the light faded, revealing the Rangers suited up and ready for action.
"Let's get out there," Sweetie said.
"YEAH!" Everyone cried before the eight Rangers and six magical girls rushed out the room.
"We'll send you each the coordinates," Celestia told them as she, Luna and Cadance turned to the computers.
"Shining," Cadance spoke up, "we'll send you the location closest to you."
"On it," the Silver Ranger replied before his screen went dead.
"Trail," Luna told Flash's father. "When you get to the city, I'll direct you to the closest team so you can lend assistance."
"Understood," the Orange Ranger replied before his screen was shut off.
Luna then turned to the others. "Looks like Chaos is finally making his move."
"Yes," Starswirl replied, "but I worry what kind of move it is."
Up in space, Chaos and Havoc were on the bridge of their ship.
Both were staring down at the planet, whose populous would soon be kneeling at their feet. Chaos stared at it with no doubt in his mind, while Havoc simply stared at it.
His mind flashed back to what Sunset had told him before.
"You must know what your father's doing is wrong, so why help him?"
He wanted to forget about it, but what she said kept replaying in his head.
"Are you alright Havoc?" He turned to his father. "You seem...preoccupied."
"Just anxious," Havoc replied. "I just want this to be over and done with."
"Patience my son," Chaos replied before looking back out the window. "Nothing good comes from rushing." He then reached into his cloak and pulled something out, which he held out to his son. "Here, take this."
Havoc took it and looked it over, seeing it was an ear communicator. "This is."
"It's linked directly to my helmet. This way we can communicate one on one, instead of over an open channel that anyone can listen to. Should you feel the need to talk, this will allow you to."
Havoc nodded before placing the device in his ear, then transforming into his armoured form.
In that moment, Dust arrived on the bridge. "We just picked up the signals of the Rangers. They're all on their way to the locations."
"Good," Chaos said before opening a portal. "Then let us begin." The three stepped into it, leaving the bridge empty.
Seconds later however, the doors opened and in stepped Cogs. He rushed over to the console and began pressing several buttons. "Things are about to change."
All over Canterlot, people were screaming as large groups of Shade marched out of portals to cause mayhem and anarchy.
But in that moment, in each of the locations, the sound of engines revved through the air. This caused the Shades to turn towards it, seeing the Rangers racing down the streets on their Magicycles.
The magical bikes came to a stop with the Rangers, six of whom had arrived with their friends, got off and prepared for battle.
"Magitech!"
"Summon Thunder Sabre!"
Weapons in hand, the Rangers and their friends stared the horde of cloaked monsters down.
"Alright guys," Flash said over the open channel. "Lets show Chaos what happens when you mess with our city."
"RIGHT!" The others yelled before charging forwards.
One by one the Rangers and their friends reached the group, colliding with it and beginning their battles.
"Element of Courage!" Flash yelled as he smashed his Dragon Breaker into a Shade, sending it flying into several more. "Power Ranger...RED!"
"Element of Trust!" Lyra cried as she grabbed a Shade in her staffs mouth and tossed it at Applejack, who used her strength to punch into smoke. "Power Ranger...BLUE!"
"Element of Knowledge!" Micro yelled from within Rarity's shield dome, Shades surrounding it. Every few seconds an opening appeared in the dome, allowing him to fire through and shot a several Shades. "Power Ranger...YELLOW!"
"Element of Love!" Sweetie cried as she blocked the attacks of the Shades before pushing them back, allowing Pinkie to toss a tubful of sprinkles at them that exploded. "Power Ranger...PINK!"
"Element of Will!" Sandal yelled as he used his blades to slash the Shades down, while Fluttershy used a Replica Blaster to shoot them from a safe distance. "Power Ranger...GREEN!"
"Element of Selflessness!" Soarin called out as he slashed several Shades down, while Rainbow used her super speed to punch and kick them at high velocity. "Thunder Ranger...READY!"
"Element of Justice!" Shining yelled as he used his martial arts to knock the Shades around, kicking and punching them with extreme precision. "Power Ranger...SILVER!"
"Element of Forgiveness!" Sunset cried as she used her Duel Morphin Blaster to cut and blast the Shades, while Twilight used her magic to toss them all over the place. "Power Ranger...GOLD!"
"Element of Darkness!" Dusk yelled as he used Nightfang to cut down several of his Shades. "Power Ranger...BLACK!"
"PROTECTORS OF RIGHT, READY TO FIGHT!" The nine Rangers called out, as they and their friends jumped away from the Shades.
"Power Rangers!" Flash cried.
"LEGENDARY GUARDIANS!" He and the rest yelled as explosions appeared behind them all and consumed the Shades, annihilating them all.
"Excellent work everyone," Celestia said.
"Wait," Luna said, "I'm picking up more non-humanoid life signs in each area."
"Did they miss a few Shades?" Cadance asked.
"Hard to tell," Celestia said.
"Be on guard Rangers," Starswirl said.
"Alright," Flash said as he looked around. Suddenly his instincts kicked in and he spun around, just in time to see something flying at him.
Acting fast he used his Dragon Breaker to punch it, causing the projectile to explode in a burst of powdered snow.
"Awe great," Flash said as he knew who it was that attacked him. "Come on out Blizzard!"
A chuckled made him turn to a nearby alley way, where not only Blizzard, but Heatwave and Reflector stepped out.
"You three again?" He asked. "Didn't you learn your lesson from the last several times I whooped your butts."
"We'll see who whoops who this time," Reflector said.
"Today's the day we beat you," Heatwave said.
Flash opened the channel. "I know what the life signs are."
"Let us guess," Lyra replied.
"Monster?" Micro said.
"You too?" The Red Ranger asked.
"Yeah," the others all said.
All the Rangers were watching as the monsters stepped out of their hiding places, ready to fight them.
Lyra and Applejack against Reaper.
Micro and Rarity against Physchofist.
Sweetie and Pinkie against Terror Card.
Sandal and Fluttershy against Forecast.
Soarin and Rainbow against Rogue.
Shining against Magnetron.
Sunset and Twilight against Rabbit Fire.
And Dusk against Riptide
Each was wearing the unusual devices on their bodies.
"Figures," Flash said, "you guys know what to do."
"RIGHT!" The others cried as they cut the call.
"You can't beat us alone," Blizzard told the Red Ranger.
"Pretty sure I have before," Flash replied as he pulled out his Legendary Charger and activated it. "Summon," he threw the Charger in the air, "Legendary Dragon Zord!"
MAGI-CHARGER...ENGAGED!
The Dragon Zord shot out of its hiding place and then shrank to its miniature form, before racing over to Flash and jumping in his arms. Flash changed him into his blaster form and pointed his at the sky. "ACTIVATE!" He pulled the trigger and unleashed the energy form of Drago, who flew around him before biting down and decking him out in his battlizer. "Red Legend Ranger...READY!"
The three monsters prepared for battle, as Flash spread his wings and flew forwards while firing at them.
Reflector guarded, while Blizzard and Heatwave threw their attacks at the Ranger.
"Let's go!" Lyra cried as she and Applejack rushed towards Reaper.
"You got it partner!" Applejack said as she did the same.
"Bring it!" Reaper cried as he swung his scythe around, trying to hit the girls who managed to either dodge of block his attack.
"Gotcha!" Lyra cried as she grabbed his weapon in hers.
"Take this!" Applejack cried as she tried to punch him, but the monster transformed into a cloud of smoke that he fist went right through.
The cloud flew up and away, leaving the two girls on the defensive. "You'll have to do better then that."
Micro and Rarity were fighting against Psychofist, who was currently pounding against Rarity's shield.
"Any ideas?" Rarity asked the Ranger.
"Working on it," Micro said.
"Don't forget he can read your thoughts," Rarity told him. "You'll need to fight without thinking."
"Yeah I know," Micro said.
"Arcana of the Sun!" Terror Card cried as she tossed a card at Sweetie and Pinkie. "FIRE!"
Sweetie used her shield to block the fireball, while Pinkie tossed a handful of sprinkles at the monster.
"Arcana of the Chariot!" The monster held up a card, "WIND!" A powerful gust shot out, sending the sprinkles back at them.
"Not good!" Pinkie cried as Sweetie blocked the explosion that occurred.
"Take this!" Forecast cried as he switched the symbol on his head to that of a lightning cloud before firing a beam in the air, creating a cloud which rained lightning down on Sandal and Fluttershy.
"Look out!" Sandal cried as he tried to keep Fluttershy out of harms way.
"I'm fine," Fluttershy told him. "Focus on the monster.
Soarin was not really fighting right now, as both Rogue and Rainbow were rushing around him at high speed.
Finally the two blurs came to a stop, both panting heavily.
"No one's faster then me," Rogue told her.
"Wanna test that?" Rainbow asked.
Once against the two started zipping around the Thunder Ranger, who was still unable to keep an eye on them for more then a few second.
"Gotta think of something."
Shining and Magnetron were fighting hand to hand, the metal monsters hard body proving difficult for him to get through.
"Try this!" Magnetron cried as he tossed his magna-disks at a bunch of different object, the disks all turning red. He then threw a bunch of other disks at the ground, them too turning red and causing the objects to fly into the air.
"What the?" Shining asked as he watched them floating above his head.
Magnetron pointed at the objects. "Positive, change to negative!"
The disk changed from red to blue, causing the objects to be sucked towards the earth and flying towards Shining like meteors.
"Not good!" Shining cried as he leapt out of the way of the large objects while punching away the smaller ones.
"You can't keep this up forever," Magnetron said.
"FIRE!" Rabbit Fire yelled as he launched several rockets at Sunset and Twilight.
Twilight tried to use her magic to stop them, but all she could do was slow them down enough for them to leap out of the way.
"Their moving to fast," Twilight cried.
"Don't give up Twilight," Sunset said. "We can beat him.
"I'd like to see you try!" Rabbit Fire cried as he launched another round of missiles, which the girls were once again forced to dodge.
Sunset leapt at him, firing her blaster but kept hitting his armour.
"Useless!" The rabbit monster cried.
Dusk and Riptide were fighting sword to claw, Dusk's superior skill allowing him to keep up with Riptide's speed and greater number of weapons.
"So this is the great Black Ranger," Riptide said as he swiped at him. "I hear you used to be a murderous monster."
"That was in the past," Dusk replied as he blocked the claws and slashed at him. "I've put that behind me and am fighting for the side of good."
"We'll see where that get ya," Riptide replied.
Up on the roof, Chaos watched as Dusk and Riptide fought. He then waved his staff, creating multiple small portals that he watched the others through.
"That's right Rangers," he said. "Fight. Fight with everything you have. In the end, all your doing is helping me." With that he opened another portal and stepped into it.
"Activate!" Flash fired his blaster, unleashing a blue and pink energy blast. Those blasts then transformed into the heads of the Sea-Serpent and Sphinx Zord, which flew around him before biting down on his arms. In a flash of light his gauntlets transformed, turning into the two Zords shaped gauntlets. "Red Legend Ranger, Sphinx-Serpent Formation. Ready!"
The Red Legend Ranger charged forwards, using his shield to block the monsters attacks before slashing Heatwave and Blizzard. He then slashed at Reflector, who raised his shields to defend.
Flash stopped his blade before it hit the shield, allowing him to spin around and kick the shield away before slashing at the monster.
As Heatwave and Blizzard picked themselves up, they saw a flash of light and Flash's Sphinx arm became the Griffon. Aiming at them, he fired off a flurry of laser fire that struck them and sent them back. His Sea-Serpent arm then became the Fenrir, as he charged at Reflector before slashing him and breaking both his shield.
His Griffon arm transformed into the Minotaur, which he used to grab Reflector and toss him towards the other two. His Fenrir arm then became the Manticore, which he used to whip all three monsters and send them flying back.
"Time to end this," Flash said as his upgrades disappeared and he pulled out his two blasters before linking them. "Legendary Dragon Morph Blaster! Final...STRIKE!" He pulled the trigger and unleashed a powerful blast, which flew at the three.
Flash spun around as the three monsters were consumed by an explosion.
Flash did not notice the device fly out of the explosion, completely undamaged.
Lyra and Applejack were currently battling Reaper, Lyra using her staff to slash at the monster while Applejack threw things at him.
Reaper however was remaining in his smoke form, allowing the attacks to pass right through him.
That is until he suddenly reformed into his physical form and fell to the earth, landing with a thud. "Not good."
Lyra and Applejack shared a confused look, until they realised what had happened. "You can't stay in that form permanently," Lyra said.
"And now a'm guessing ya'h can't retake it for a while either," Applejack said.
"Um..." Was all Reaper said.
"That's all I needed to hear," Lyra replied before charging forwards and began slashing Reaper again and again. She then leapt back as Applejack threw a dumpster at Reaper, who momentarily retook his cloud form to dodge. "Morphin Blaster!" Lyra cried as she spun the barrel and pointed it at Reaper. "FIRE!" She fired a blaster, morphing into the Sea-Serpent, that struck Reaper and sent him flying before he exploded.
The device fell out of the cloud and landed on the ground.
Micro and Rarity were still stuck in her shield, which Psychofist was pounding on.
"I can't keep this up much longer," Rarity said.
"I know," Micro said as he placed a Magi-Charger inside his blaster. He turned to Rarity. "Listen, I was wondering."
"Yes?" Rarity asked.
"Um...do you...wanna go to the Fall Formal with me?"
Rarity gave him a shocked look. "You're asking me now?"
Micro shrugged. "Seemed like the best time."
Rarity looked at him, then smiled. "Beat this brute, then I'll give you an answer."
Micro smiled as the dome suddenly shattered around them.
Psychofist charged at them.
"Magi-Drill Blade!" The drill gauntlets appeared on Micro's arms, ready to help him slice and dice. He leapt at the monkey and started slashing him, his mind was again blank as he did so. His thoughts focused entirely on getting Rarity's answer.
Psychofist staggered backwards before Micro shot towards him and started spinning.
"Spiral Attack!" He cried as he struck the monster, drilling right through him and destroying him.
The device landed on the floor, as Rarity rushed over to him.
"Marvellous!" She said as she hugged him. "By the way. Yes, I'll go with you."
"Arcane of the Moon!" Terror Card threw the cards at Sweetie and Pinkie. "ICE!" They transformed into icicles, which Sweetie once again blocked with her shield.
"NOW" Sweetie cried as Pinkie threw another tubful of sprinkles at the monster.
"Chariot!" The monster cried as she created another gust of wind, which blew them back as they exploded.
Sweetie rushed at the explosion, using her shield for cover as the ran through it. She then leapt out it, her Spirit Sabre powering up. "Power Slash!" She cried as she slashed at the monster, causing her to lose her cards and leave her defenceless and Sweetie stuck her with several more slashes.
The power flew through her body and was to much, causing her to explode. The device fell to the floor
Sandal and Fluttershy were hidding behind a car, waiting for Forecast's attack stop.
Finally, the lightning ceased. "Ready?" He asked her.
"Ready," Fluttershy said confidently.
"Alright. Um...before we do this. Do you...wanna go to the Fall Formal with me?"
Fluttershy's face grew bright red, but she then smiled and nodded her head.
Sandal smiled. "Righteous!" He stood up and leapt over the car, as Fluttershy stood up and pointed her blaster at the monster. She fired a flurry of fireballs at the monster, striking it as Sandal rushed forwards with his blades. "Spiral Slash!" He cried as he struck the monster with both blades, doing enough damage to send it flying before exploding.
The device fell to the floor.
Soarin continued to watch as Rainbow and Rogue raced around him, waiting for his moment.
Then the two blurs headed straight at him, Rainbow infront of the monster.
"Now!" He cried as he swung his sword through the air. "Thunder Sabre Strike!" He unleashed the lightning bolt, which flew at them.
In that moment Rainbow came to a stop and ducked down, causing the bolt to fly overhead towards Rogue. Not being fast enough, Rogue was struck and at his heightened speed the force of the attack was doubled.
He exploded, The device falling to the floor unnoticed, as Soarin helped Rainbow up.
"Listen?" Soarin asked.
"Do you wanna go to the dance with me?" Rainbow asked quickly, shocking Soarin.
He was surprised, but then smiled. "Sure."
Rainbow smiled. "Great...but just know, I don't do slow dances."
Shining was still dodging the objects Magnetron threw at him.
In that moment however, a blast struck the monster in the back and caused him to lose focus.
This allowed Shining to get out of the danger zone before looking at what blasted the monster, seeing Trail in his Ranger suit.
"You look like you could use a hand," he said.
Shining nodded before they turned to Magnetron and both charged at him.
"Ultimate Justice Punch!"
"Manticore Tail Whip!"
The two attacks struck the monster on either side, causing him to explode as the Rangers leapt back. The device fell to the floor
Twilight and Sunset were still dodging Rabbit Fire's attacks.
In that moment, an idea popped into Twilight's head. Using her magic, she lifted up all the debris created by the missiles explosion and sent them flying at the monster.
Rabbit Fire saw them coming and blasted them to dust, but that was exactly what the girls wanted.
"Phoenix Flame Burst!" Sunset cried as she fired her attack, which flew through the dust and transformed into a firebird before flying at Rabbit Fire.
The rabbit monster did not have time to react or load another rocket, causing the attack at hit him and explode.
The device fell to the floor, but this time it was noticed. "What's this?" Twilight asked as she levitated it over to her.
Dusk and Riptide continued to fight, but Dusk's skills were starting to prove superior to Riptide's.
Dusk dodged one of his swipes before using his sword to slash through the claws on his right gauntlet, then using that surprise he cut of the other claws.
Riptide staggered back, looking at his destroyed weapons before turning to Dusk.
The Black Ranger drew a circle through the air, the moon appearing behind him. "Full-Moon Slicer!" He spun around and slashed through the air, sending an energy wave which struck Riptide and destroyed him.
The device fell to the floor.
"YES!" Celestia, Luna and Cadance all cheered.
"Excellent work Rangers," Starswirl said.
"Thanks," Flash replied.
Before they could celebrate however, another alarm went off and Celestia looked to see what it is.
"I'm getting another reading. It's not in any of your locations."
"We'd better check it out," Lyra said.
"Right," Flash agreed, "send us the coordinates. Twilight, you and the others head back to base and be ready for anything Chaos throws at us."
"RIGHT!" Everyone said.
Soon enough, the Rangers all arrived at the coordinates.
"Guys!" Flash called out, as he pulled his Magicycle to a stop alongside the others and got off. "Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah," Lyra replied.
"It was touch and go for a few minutes," Shining said.
"But we managed to pull it off," Trail finished.
"Those monsters didn't stand a chance," Soarin said.
"Just shows how strong we are," Sandal said.
Dusk however, looked worried. "I'm not sure that's the case."
"What do you mean?" Sweetie asked him.
The Black Ranger turned to them. "Did anyone else feel like their battles weren't that difficult, or at least less difficult then they should have been."
The Rangers all thought about this, only to realise he was right.
"Yeah," Micro said, "you've got a point."
"Those monsters shouldn't have gone down so easily," Sunset finished.
"So why did they?" Flash asked. "Chaos had to have a reason to have done all this."
"Oh how right you are."
The Rangers all spun around, only to see Chaos, Havoc and Dust walking towards them. They each got into a battle pose, ready for anything they intended to throw at them.
"What's your game Chaos?" Dusk asked. "Why go through all this trouble."
"Oh Dusk," Chaos chuckled. "After everything we've been through, I thought you'd know me by now. Did any of you notice the device my monsters had on them?"
The Rangers shared a strange look, with Sunset finally speaking up. "Twilight did. She took it back to base to analyse it."
Chaos chuckled again. "Then she'll be in for a big surprise." He raised his staff, which began to glow.
"Well Twilight?" Rarity asked the glasses wearing teen. "What is it?"
Twilight was studying the device's circuitry, trying to figure out what it is. "It seems to be an energy storage device."
"What type of energy?" Rainbow asked.
Twilight looked at the computer the device was hooked to, scanning the energy it was storing. Her eyes then went wide. "Oh no."
"What is it?" Applejack asked.
"We've been tricked," Twilight replied as she looked back at the device. In that second however, it started beeping before a burst of energy shot out of it.
"What's going on?" Pinkie asked in panic as the energy flew up and through the roof.
All over Canterlot, the devices that had been strapped to the monsters activated. One by one, they unleashed the energy that flew off in the same direction. Towards Chaos.
The Rangers watched as the energy flew towards them before focusing on Chaos.
"What's happening?" Flash asked when he saw the energy strike Chaos's staff and bath him in an aura of light.
"Fool!" The armoured being cried. "You put everything you had into defeating my monsters, never realising you were helping me."
In that moment, three of the Rangers realised what was going on. "He used us," Micro said.
"Those devices were gathering our Element's power," Sunset went on.
"That's right," Dust said. "With every attack you used on the monsters, the devices absorbed the energy from them."
"And now my father is calling upon that power," Havoc called out.
"I knew it was too easy," Dusk said.
Chaos's chuckles evolved into a fit of menacing laughter. "You're through! How will you win, against your own power!" Finally he the lights stopped flying into him, showing he had absorbed all the power he had stole. "Witness my power!" He smashed his staff into the ground, causing an explosion that engulfed him, Havoc and Dust.
When the explosion faded, the three were shown to have grown into giants.
"Not good," Shining said.
"It's Zord time guys!" Flash cried as he and the others pulled out their Magi-Chargers, activated, then threw them in the air. "Summon Zords!"
MAGI-CHARGERS...ENGAGED!
The ten Zords activated and headed towards their Rangers, who leapt into the cockpits and activated their Mega-Drive.
ZORDS COMBINED!
GUARDIAN ULTRAZORD...READY!
THUNDER-CHARGE MEGAZORD, MANTICORE FORMATION...READY!
PHOENIX-WING MEGAZORD, MINOTAUR FORMATION...READY!
The three Megazords stood against the three monsters, ready to fight what was hopefully the final battle.
"Come on guys," Flash said. "Let's put an end this...once and for all!"
"RIGHT!" The others cried as the Megazord's charged forwards.
"This will end," Chaos cried as he charged forwards. "With your defeat!" He swung his staff, which the Ultrazord countered using its own.
Phoenix-Wing rushed towards Havoc, throwing a flaming punch at him. The teenage monster countered by grabbing the mecha by the wrist, stopping the attack. "That ain't happening!" He cried as he pushed Phoenix-Wing back. He then raised his sword, prepared to slash it down. Luckily the Megazord raised its Mino-Claw and grabbed the blade.
"Cotton Swab Kunai!" Dust cried as her threw his explosive cleaning product at Thunder-Charge, who swung its electrified tail whip around to counter. The Megazord then swung its sword at him, but he used his own sword to block and push the Megazord back.
Chaos managed to push the Ultrazord back before unleashing the stream of energy, which struck the area around the Ultrazord and barely missing the Mecha.
"Fire!" Micro cried as his Zord unleashed a flurry of laser fire, but Chaos slammed his staff into the ground and created a force field that protected him.
"Okay," Flash said. "That didn't work."
"Now what?" Lyra asked.
"Now you die!" Chaos cried as the field dropped, while Havoc and Dust pushed the other two Megazords towards the Ultrazord. He then raised his staff, unleashing a powerful burst of energy which struck all three giant robots.
"AAAARRRR!" The ten Rangers cried out as the energy surged through their cockpits, electrocuting them and causing the mechs to overload.
"Oh no!" Fluttershy cried as she and the rest of the team watched from the base.
"This is bad," Cadance said before turning to the others. "Isn't there anything we can do."
Celestia sighed "Against giants like that...no."
"Only the Rangers stand a chance," Luna told her.
"Come on guys," Rainbow almost yelled at the screen.
Twilight was unusually quiet, unsure on how this battle would turn out. She placed her hands together and closed her eyes. "Please be okay. Shining, Sunset...Flash."
Flash fell to his knees as the energy from Chaos's attack faded, with him and the others in the cockpit all panting and either laying on their backs, sat down or on their knees as smoke came of their suits.
He had a feeling that the Rangers in the other Megazords were the same way, and he was right.
Chaos once again laughed seeing the Megazords power down, overloaded from the attack.
"I warned you," he said. "You can't beat me. I have all your power, plus my own. I'm invincible!"
"He's right," Dusk said. "I'm not sure how we can beat him as he is."
"There has to be a way," Trail asked from Thunder-Charger.
"But how?" Shining asked from Phoenix-Wing.
No one could think of anything. It truly looked like they had lost this time.
"Is this the end?" Sweetie asked.
"It looks like it," Micro replied with a defeated sigh. "He and his cronies are supercharged, while we've used everything he had in the others fights. I can't see a way out of this."
Flash looked around the cockpit, seeing all his friends looking down in defeat. "No," he moaned as he tried to pick himself up. "I refuse to die like this." Using his pillar as support, he got back to his feet. "I can't die yet, not while I've still got stuff to do." The image of a certain girl flashed infront of his eyes. "When I die, it'll be when I have no regrets. Nothing left unsaid." He stood tall, staring out at Chaos. "So until then...you can consider me IMMORTAL!" And in that second, something happened.
From out of his body shot a burst a red energy, which filled the cockpit and began to power it back up.
Outside the monsters saw the Dragon Zord begin to glow. "What?" Chaos asked.
"The Dragon Zord's power is beginning to rise," Luna said.
"How's that possible?" Cadance asked.
"I don't know," Celestia replied. She then turned to Starswirl, who also appeared perplexed.
"Could it be," the wizard said. "Has Flash tapped into a new source of power?"
The other Rangers were just as amazed.
Seeing this, Lyra began to pick herself up. "You're right Flash. I can't let it end like this. I gave up my dream to be here, and I won't let it be wasted." She too began to glow blue, along with her Zord.
"I'm not dying either," Micro said as he stood up. "I want to see what my future holds. I can't let it end here." A yellow aura surrounded both him and his Zord.
Sweetie picked herself up. "I've lived for over a hundred years, but I never had anything worth living for until now." She turned to her friends. "I don't want to lose any of you, so I'll fight until the end." She and her Zord began to glow pink.
"And its not just us," Sandal said as he picked himself up. "Everyone in our world is looking to us for protect them." A green aura appeared around him and the Fenrir.
"And if we lose," Soarin picked himself up. "There'll be no one left to stop Chaos. I won't let that happen." He and his Zord began to glow dark blue.
Trail nodded and picked himself up. "I just got my family back. I won't lose it now." He and his Zord glowed an orange aura.
"I became a Ranger to protect people," Shining said as he got to his feet. "If I lose now, I'll be letting those people down." He and Minotaur began to glow silver.
"This world might not be where I was born," Sunset said as she picked herself up. "But it's become just as much as a home to me. I won't let it be destroyed." Both she and Phoenix began to glow a golden light."
"What is happening?" Chaos asked seeing all but one of the Zords glowing.
"Something you'll never understand," Dusk said as he picked himself up. "True power, is not something that can be taken. True power, comes from inside each and every one of us. All that's required to use it, is a true and just reason to." He and his Zord glowed a black glow, completing the power. The Megazords all stood tall, fully restored with more power then ever.
"GET THEM!" Chaos cried, with Havoc and Dust rushing forwards.
But in that second, Thunder-Charge and Phoenix-Wing rushed forwards and either slashed or punched them. The force of the attacks sent the two flying back, landing on either side of the two.
"Useless!" Chaos cried before turning back to them, then unleashing another burst of energy. This time however, the glow from Megazord form some kind of barrier. The blast stuck the barrier, not even denting it.
"What?" Chaos cried. "This is impossible, I have all your power."
"And that's why you'll lose!" Micro cried.
"None of the power you have is your own," Dusk told him. "It's all been hijacked, so it will fail you in the end."
"Let's show this guy what true power looks like," Flash said.
"RIGHT!" The others cried as the two Megazord disconnected and the Rangers warped into the Ultrazord.
"Activate Union Blaster!" Dusk cried as the weapon detached and flew infront of the Ultrazord, unfolding into its blaster form.
The Rangers pulled out their blasters and pointed them at the super weapon, as the Zords glow increased. "HARMONIC DESTROYER!" They cried as the light flew into the tail of the weapon, charging it. "FINAL...STRIKE!" The multicoloured beam of light shot out of the weapon, flying towards Chaos and his minions.
"No!" The monster raised his staff and created a force field, which the attack struck. However, the attack was so powerful that it caused the barrier to begin cracking. "This can't be happening!" He cried before the shield finally broke, causing the blast to strike both him and his minions. "NOOO!" He screamed before being consumed by an explosion.
BOOM!
The force of the explosion was so powerful, that the three were all sent flying and reverted back to their original size. The Rangers watched as they landed on the ground.
"We're not letting them get away," Flash said. "Come on."
Down below, Chaos and his minions were moaning on the ground.
A now humanised Havoc and Dust were beginning to pick themselves up, while Chaos looked around to see where his staff had fallen.
It was then he saw it a few feet away from him, causing him to slowly crawl towards it. "They think this is over, it isn't. With this staff...I'm invincible." He reached out for it. "And those Rangers, when I'm through they'll be...history." He grasp the staff, but before he could pick it up something pinned it down. A boot.
"Speaking of history."
Chaos looked up, right into the eyes of a being he had not seen in centuries. The same being who had originally defeated him, stolen his ship and trapped his son.
"Guess who's back," Darklight said.
Chaos froze at the sight of him, while Dust and Havoc were in shock.
Darklight's fist sparked with energy, which he struck Chaos with sending him flying back.
"Father!" Havoc cried seeing Chaos be blown away. He tried to run to him, but Dust grabbed him and kept him back.
Chaos moaned as he picked himself up and looked back at Darklight, who had just picked up Chaos's staff. "No."
Darklight looked at the staff, chuckling as he did. "I'm well aware of this staff's abilities. Including how to take them for myself."
"But how."
"I told him."
The three turned to see Cogs, along with Doom Raizer and Heart Breaker. The three stepped onto the scene, walking next to Darklight.
"You traitor!" Havoc cried out.
Cogs chuckled. "I was only ever loyal to you and your father, so my friends would be safe. Now that my true master has returned, I have no fear of you."
Darklight chuckled. "And now that the bands back together, nothing will stop me from taking the Elements." He then pointed the staff at Chaos. "But first things first. Some...unfinished business." Energy surged around the staff, which then fired a bolt of lightning out the head towards Chaos.
Chaos was struck by the lightning and lifted off the ground before being pulled over to Darklight.
"There's something I think you should know before the end," he said before whispering something into the monsters ear.
Chaos's hidden eyes went wide. "No...that's impossible."
Darklight chuckled. "Impossible or not, I did it. Now it's time to end this little dance." He threw Chaos into the air before unleashing another bolt of energy, which struck Chaos in midair.
The armoured monster did not have time to react before he was struck, consumed by an explosion. "AAARRR!"
BOOM!
"FATHER!" Havoc once again cried, but was held back.
"No master," Dust told him.
The explosion finally faded, revealing no trace of Chaos. He was gone.
Darklight chuckled, as in that moment the energy from the staff shot out and surged around his body. Seconds passed and it stopped, leaving Darklight feeling more powerful then ever.
"The staff has bonded to you master," Cogs told him. "Now you are invincible."
"More then I already was you mean," Darklight joked before turning to Havoc and Dust. "Who's next."
Dust stepped infront of Havoc, pulling out his Broom Blast and Duster Blade. "Master, get out of here. I'll hold them off."
Havoc turned to him in shock. "No Dust."
"GO!" Dust cried before rushing forwards.
Doom stepped up. "Master. May I?"
Be my guest," Darklight told him.
Doom chuckled before pulling out his sword and rushed at Dust.
Dust fired his blaster, but Doom deflected the blasts. They then clashed, locking swords. "I've been waiting for this," Doom said.
Dust was not focusing on him, instead looking back at Havoc. "RUN!"
Havoc did not want to go, but knew they did not stand a chance. And so he turned, and ran.
"Be safe master," Dust said before Doom pushed him back.
"Focus on me!" Doom cried before slashing him in the chest, followed by another slash and another. He then did something Dust could not recover from, stabbing him in the chest.
Dust gasped in pain, as Doom pulled his sword out and stepped back.
"It's over," Doom said as he swung his sword around. "Apocalyptic Doom!" He fired the red energy, which struck Dust and caused an explosion. When the smoke faded, Dust was gone.
"That blast came from over there!" Soarin yelled as they raced through the streets. They had been searching for Chaos when they heard the first explosion, causing them to rush towards it.
Finally they had arrived on the street and when they saw who was there, they froze in shock.
"Darklight," Flash whispered.
Darklight chuckled seeing the Rangers, but he would not fight yet. Instead he raised his new staff and created a portal, which he and his minions stepped through.
"NO!" Flash cried as he rushed towards it, only for it to close just before he got there. He fell to his knees and slammed his fist in the ground. "Darn it!"
The other Rangers sighed. So much for ending it today.
Havoc was resting in a dark alley.
He leaned against the wall before sliding down it, tears filling his eyes. "Father." Once again he was alone, both his father and Dust gone. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve before looking up, his eyes now sharp and angry. "Darklight, I will have my revenge!"
"Darklight's back?" Twilight asked in shock.
"Yeah," Shining replied. "I'm afraid so."
"I had hoped we'd seen the last of him," Starswirl said.
"Well we haven't," Flash replied. "So we're gonna have to take him out along with his cronies."
"Darklight," Cadance spoke up, "he's the monster you all fought during the summer, right?"
"He is," Sunset told her. "What's worse, he's more powerful then Chaos."
"But not as smart," Lyra said.
"That's his weakness," Micro went on.
"And that's why we'll beat him," Sandal finished.
The others all nodded at this.
"It'll take him some time to get settled in," Celestia said. "That gives us time to work on a counter attack."
"Including finding his base," Trail said as he pulled out a disc. "Which this program can help us with."
Rarity then stepped up. "In the mean time, the rest of us can get ready for the Fall Formal." She grabbed Micro's arm. "Come on. I need to find you something that'll match my dress."
Micro blushed. "Er...great."
"You guys are going together?" Cadance asked.
"We are," Rarity said proudly.
"What about the rest of you?" Celestia asked.
The boys, minus Flash, all began to blush as their partners stepped up besides them.
"I'm so happy for you all," Cadance told them.
"Come on darlings," Rarity said. "Let's all go find what we're going to wear." With that, she pulled Micro out the base. The other couples quickly left, along with Lyra and Sweetie.
Twilight and Flash slowly turned to each other, only to look away when they made eye contact while blushing. "Well," Twilight said, "I'd better get to work with that program."
"Yeah," Flash said, "and I'm suppose to meet up with the guys so we can practise."
With that the two walked away from each other, leaving Cadance frowning. "Someone still needs a little push."
"Don't worry about him," Shining told her. "I have a feeling he wants to ask her, but something holding him back."
"Remember what he said in the battle?" Trail told them. "I bet that's what he meant when he said he didn't want to die with regrets."
"Asking Twilight out is probably what's gonna drive him to keep fighting," Sunset told them. "It sounds like something he'd do."
"I suppose," Cadance said. "But still. I hope he doesn't end up regretting waiting."
Chaos was gone, Darklight was back. Once again the Rangers find themselves facing a powerful enemy. Can they defeat him? Or will Darklight rule over all.