The moon was high and the sky was clear. In front of the same structure where Atsuon stood, Gruumm wandered around a corner and reached the large parking lot. Its black pavement reflected a little bit of the lunar rays as faint murmurs of the city echoed through the air, but the irritated groan from the Emperor's skeletal mouth broke the peaceful silence. Rubies glinted crimson through the shadows as the grip on his ax staff tightened.

He knew the King was there, hidden, and cloaked. "Finally. You took your time meeting with me," The familiar deep and clear voice hardly made the bony beast stir, for his glare toward a particular space several feet away proved his tenacity.

"If you hadn't wounded her, I would've come sooner! She profusely bled and if I hadn't done anything she would've died!" Through a furious roar, his eyes glowed brighter than usual and the staff in his hand was held by both, eager to lunge. The amount of threat he gave off would have been enough to scare anyone, save for the Power Rangers and Cruger.

"I stitched her while she was unconscious. But it seems my rough handling from before, re-opened it. Nonetheless!" From the King's back, the Trident was pulled off from a magnetic holder and skillfully twirled it. With a stance, both hands gripped the pole as he leaned over and pointed the tip close to the ground. "I will tear down your Empire and reign above all! You-- Troobian trash who hides behind an army! For an Emperor, you are lazy! Feige does not deserve to be with such a coward! Evil or no, it matters not!" Atsuon's voice grew more hatred and deeper, the more he spoke. At the last word, he screamed, sprinted at the Emperor, stabbed the tip of his Trident into the pavement, and leaped.

Gruumm had to lift his staff to block the strike, for two armored feet rammed into his chest and the Trident's head got caught by the pole of his ax staff. They flew backward by his strong lunge, tumbling until Gruumm could kick him off.

As the Emperor stood, he watched the King backflip several times, crouch, and race to him low to the ground. Gruumm's staff charged with red when he reeled it back, and within seconds energy shot from the tip toward the King.

Atsuon wasted no time to avoid it, for he whirled his Trident, caught the power by the head of it as before, and deflected it to the side. Twirling it, skillfully he sent a flurry of swings that clang against Gruumm's staff with amazing speed. "She would be safer with me, than you! Warriors all over the galaxy will seek her! Mercenaries, Hunters! Just like the Cerebral that old Bird had killed!" From a harsh thrust, the Trident clanked heavily against Gruumm's shield when the bony beast blocked it.

This time, the Emperor locked the head of the Trident in place with his staff. A nasty kick of his foot would have sent the King into a tumble if he hadn't blocked him and caught it. He didn't care what nonsense that spouted from his mouth, all he wanted was to skewer him alive and make sure that not even the very bones in his body were spared.

He didn't expect the King to ram his armored head against his skull, a headbutt. From a loud grunt, his head shot back and left him open, to which Atsuon took advantage. A stomp with both feet to his bone-armored chest sent him to the ground like a tumbleweed.

The second those red rubies looked up from his position, he had to roll out of the way to avoid the Trident that was chucked. It barely missed his head, for he watched it pierce the stone of the building nearby and saw it create a long crack. It wiggled loose until it was jerked out by a telekinetic force and flew back into the King's hand.

"Pathetic-- weak! I will commend you for not using a suit to boost your physical capabilities... Unlike those Power Rangers!" From the container on his hip, came the same cube and made it float into the air.

This caught Gruumm's attention and focused on the cube. As it lifted, he charged after the King with a thrust of his staff toward his abdomen. However, the charged beam from the cube zapped out. The Emperor's shield was thankfully immune to it, for he held it in place and felt his feet skid backward on the pavement. Its sheer power made it difficult to push past.

The fight was going on until sunrise. The beam was deflected with a mighty roar from Gruumm and managed to get close enough to jam his shield against his face. Sparks flew from the collision, Atsuon's head flew back but retaliated just as fast with a whirl of the Trident.

Skillfully he smacked the shield away, flipped his weapon, and jabbed Gruumm in his abdomen with the other end.

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Violet eyes opened to see an empty lap, which she groggily looked around and blinked. "Gruumm?" Weak and wobbly, her voice was since she had just woken up with a yawn. When she scooted out of bed and straightened out the blanket she sat on top of, she tiredly made her way out of the room.

"Grimly, where are you?" Another yawn. Feige wandered about in search of her bestie and passed by Morgana who strangely wore her purple suit. "M- Morgana? W- Where's Gruumm?" Worry made her lips frown and her brows knit, however, the look on the overgrown child's face worsened it.

"I just came from the Monitoring Room, it looks like he's battling it out with King Atsuon on Earth! Want to watch? I was planning on joining him," The hand on her hip and the confident smirk on her lips, told Feige that it wasn't serious to her at all.

"What?! Why didn't he tell me?! Take me with you! I can't let him do that alone! As his friend, I have to help him!" Desperation made the brunette clamp both hands onto Morgana's shoulders to shake her, and she saw her eyes widen.

"Friend?" Completely confused, with a curious tilt of her head, those dark eyes blinked and it angered Feige.

The scowl on her lips, the shakes in her hands, and the hard stare she gave were pretty convincing. The mere thought of Gruumm getting killed by Atsuon plagued her mind, she couldn't bear it.

"Fine-- fine!" The brunette heard her answer with a roll of her eyes and watched her lead the way. "I don't want lord Gruumm vaporizing me for doing something you're forcing me to do," Feige didn't see it, but when Morgana spoke, she didn't get to see the pleased smirk she donned since her back was to her.

"I'll explain it to him. Just send me to Earth!" No hesitation was in her feet when she sprinted past the childish adult and headed toward the teleporter.

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"Commander!" Kat Manx hollered over her shoulder to Cruger, returned her green hues to the screen, and appeared as dumbfounded as Doggie when he walked over. "Commander-- it's Gruumm. Atsuon was waiting for him! What do we do now?!" Fear filled her gaze, Cruger noticed it and growled at the news.

The Commander wasted no time and rushed to a console. With a press of a button, an alarm went off, and his voice boomed over the com. "Rangers! Report to the Command Center!" He knew something was strange the moment he heard the Gazin King was there.

It took little time at all for everyone to come in and stand in line professionally. "Rangers! It seems Atsuon and Gruumm are at each other's throats! I need all of you to go down there and make sure no one gets hurt! While you do that, I'll find out what their fight is about and get to the bottom of this! Sam-- go with them, they may need all the help they can get!" An order was given, and his attention went from his five rangers to the Omega Ranger who gave a salute.

"Yes, Sir!" In unison, they all spoke and pulled out their morphers. "SPD-- Emergency!" A flash of light covered them. Seconds was all it took for them to run out of the Command Center, along with Sam, and Doggie nodded at their behavior.

"Good. After getting Swat mode, it seems their teamwork improved. Now then," Out came Cruger's morpher, and just as the others did, he repeated the same motion. "SPD-- Emergency!" A flash of light that lasted a second, revealed his Shadow Ranger suit and the blade on his hip.

As fast as his feet could run, he sprinted past employees and through the halls. Down the escalator, he didn't want to spend another minute waiting for it to bring him to the main floor, so he swiftly jumped and landed at the bottom of it.

Across the floor and through the SPD front doors, he called for his fore-wheeler. It took some time to reach the location, for the sun had risen a bit higher and people started to wake up. However, it didn't stop him from speeding through the streets.

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"AAAH!" A piercing cry erupted from Atsuon when he sprinted along the side of the building's windows, jumped off of it, and chucked his Trident. The blast of energy from Gruumm missed him by a hair's width and hit an empty car far behind him, its explosion gave the King a push.

With a grunt, the Emperor blocked the weapon's strike with his shield and smacked it aside with his ax staff. "Your skills are getting predictable! Hahaha!" Evil laughter boomed from his skeletal mouth and pulled back his weapon, charging its orb.

"How many times do you plan on shooting me with your poor excuse of electricity?" Despite the anger behind his voice, Atsuon was thrilled to know he was predictable, for a chuckle left his hidden reptilian mouth. Of course, he wasn't going to tell Gruumm about all of his other tricks, for there would be no point and it'd put him at a disadvantage.

The electricity was redirected once more with the head of his Trident and sent the energy through the glass of the structure to his side. Shards from window panes clinked against the pavement when he strode towards the Emperor.

However, the sound of a fore-wheeler and a few other vehicles made both of their heads look over. The Red, Blue, and Green Rangers skid sideways to a halt on their bikes, while Omega used a ramp to launch himself over their heads and land near the edge on the other side of the parking lot.

Pink and Yellow Rangers locked their vehicle in place, far from the battle, and hopped out; to which Cruger came to an abrupt stop next to them.

"Great... It seems our battle caught the eyes of many," The Gazin King's words met Gruumm's nonexistent ears.

"As much as I'd love to fight you, Cruger, I am busy with someone else!" Gruumm, as furious as he was already, whipped his head to Doggie when he saw him make subtle steps closer.

"Gruumm! Why are you two fighting?! Others are going to get hurt! This is hardly a place to fight like this!" Cruger pulled out his blade and took a stance, as the Rangers behind him ran around in all corners to make sure citizens wouldn't come by.

"Ah... And the dog barks," Gruumm heard the Gazin speak, not only did he return his attention to him but the others did as well and watched the King lift his Trident in the distance. With a flick of his wrist, the weapon spun and returned to his hand with an effortless catch. "This does not involve the likes of you! We are fighting to see... Who will keep the Cerebral. And-- who will reign over the other! The lazy and pathetic excuse of an Emperor who hides behind an army, or the King who's a one-male army!" Moving his Trident to the other hand, he took another stance when he crouched a little and used both hands to position his weapon.

"Then-- let's see how you handle an army! My army!" Roared out the Emperor with a hand tossing up two large Crybot spheres. Down came forty of them behind him, for his rubies glowed with the unending anger. The next thing he knew, Morgana landed next to him and caught his attention. "Morgana, what are you doing here?! Stay out of this!" The jerk of his head toward her and the same emotion booming from his mouth, made the woman frown.

"I can't let you have all the fun, can I?~" Her smirk implied she wasn't going to listen to him. With a perk of her head, her signature helmet formed and her hands clamped onto her hips.

"Yes! Hahaha! This will make things easier for me! An army, an enemy, all of which will fall by my blade!" The cube from his container was pulled out by his telekinetic power and tossed high into the air. Swiftly the metal plates shifted about, exposing a gyro sphere in the center and his Trident was whirled in front of him. Harshly before his feet, the end of it slammed, on the side of its pole a button was flicked, and all around him appeared some sort of energy shield.

Out came millions of blue electrical bolts that rained down and caused the ground to quake. Gruumm lifted his shield to block the countless volts while Cruger did his best to smack them away.

Quite a few of the bolts managed to strike them and send them flying back several feet. "Commander!" The Rangers cried out, ran to and surrounded him. The Emperor who landed next to Cruger, groaned irritably and stood up as fast as he could.

"You were holding back this whole time, weren't you?!" His rubies examined what was left of his Crybots, which nearly all of them were destroyed in the process and only a few remained. He saw Morgana struggle to stand and took a stance.

"I have far more tricks up my armored sleeve..." Atsuon trailed off when he held his free hand out, dismissed his energy shield, and caught his cube after it fell. "All of you are pathetic. Look at you. You can hardly stand after I did that... Weak!" The cube opened up in his palm and just as fast he coated electricity over his Trident. Not only did it spark all over his weapon but it trailed up his arm and soon coated his entire body.

"What?!" Cruger took another stance with his blade in front of him to prepare for whatever would come next.

"Commander!" The sound of Jack's voice caught Gruumm's and Doggie's attention, and they saw him use his swat mode. The other rangers did the same, flashes of light covered them and revealed their gear. "We can't just stand by and let him do this!" His gun pointed at the sparking King who made dangerously slow steps toward them.

"Yeah-- he attacked us when you were just trying to get some answers! It's a crime to strike an officer!" Sky chimed in and nodded to his Commander, for he too pointed his gun at the Gazin.

"Yes, leave it to us, Sir!" Sam did a flip and landed next to Cruger, with a salute and prepped himself when he turned to face the enemy.

"No! We will do better as a--" Before Cruger could continue, Gruumm's voice overran him.

"Enough with your senseless talk! I never said I'd team up with the likes of you! If he defeats all of you, then he'll be doing me a favor!" Up in Cruger's armored face, he pointed his staff.

"Gruumm!" All heads, Atsuon included, moved to the morning sky and saw Feige. Floating above the building they fought near, violet hues were staring at rubies from the distance and he could see fear on her face.

"Feige! You too?! You weren't supposed to know I was out here!" He spoke a bit too fast, for his current emotion only worsened when he saw her. Gruumm knew that she could get hurt, that she'd get unneeded attention from the King.

"I... I can't just let you do this alone! I won't i- interfere much, I promise!" Her feet landed on the roof and in defense, her hands waved, most likely to try and reassure him.

"Fine-- but don't move!" It was too dangerous for her to be near the Gazin or their battle, so in the back of his mind, he hoped she wouldn't jump in at all.

"Feige, you shouldn't be he-- AH!" Z tried to reason but was zapped away by a lightning bolt from the cube in Atsuon's hand. The condensed energy shot her through the walls of another structure and into a room that was thankfully unoccupied.

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(It's his last character theme :D!)

"You are all fools to think you can fight a King!" As Atsuon ran, his Trident was tossed to the side and it spun all around him on his way toward Gruumm. The Rangers sent flurries of energy bullets when they sprinted around him but were hit by the Trident with its relentless spins.

Effortlessly he caught his weapon when it came back around to his side and lunged at the Emperor, who managed to block with his shield. They both soared across the large parking lot, into the grass on the other side and fought.

"Haa!" Morgana leaped into the air with her curved blades and sent waves of purple energy after the King, which were thwacked away with multiple swings of his Trident. She didn't waste any time, for she and Atsuon charged at each other head-on, both aimed to kill.

A roundhouse kick from the childish woman was met with the Trident's pole, to which the King spun it around, put his back to her, and jammed the end of his weapon into her gut. It was strong enough to send her a few feet away, but that didn't stop her from getting back up.

Gruumm saw an opportunity, for a few orange and blue-head spheres were tossed to bring out the robots he wanted. Countless bullets from the Rangers rained upon Atsuon and the robots charged after to ambush from behind, everyone decided to jump in at once.

Morgana sent flurries of purple energy and flew across, avoiding the bullets, and aiming one of her blades at the King's side. "You can't stop an attack that's all around you!" The overgrown child cried out and laughed just to see how well he timed it all.

"Weak!" Through the Gazin's strong voice, came a disappointed spit of anger. His Trident flew around him, deflected the bullets, and came back around. Then he jumped back to avoid her and the other robots, his weapon hit them simultaneously.

However, he didn't expect Cruger to appear out of nowhere and slice through his armor with his blade. A stream of light flew past when the King grunted from the strike and held his wound, however, a direct punch from Gruumm made him fly backward.

Even though he was hit a couple of times, the electricity hurt whoever touched him and sent waves of electricity through their suits. "Commander!" The Rangers all huddled close to him while he was on one knee and aimed their guns at the King.

"I'm fine! We need to do something about the electricity that's all over his body!" Gruumm heard the dog yell and saw the Rangers assist him into a firm stand.

"No! It's his absurd Trident that's getting in the way!" Roared the Emperor, for he charged after the King with a battle cry and thrust his staff when he saw Atsuon run back to them like a rogue close to the ground.

"Commander," Over the Ranger's and Cruger's com, came Kat's voice. "My scanners detected that the cube he's been using is an electromagnetic conductor! It has a Gyro Sphere inside and from what I've been seeing, he's making it spin with his telekinetic power. He makes electricity charge and by the looks of it, can direct its energy depending on the way the metal plates are moved! You need to get rid of it! It'll increase your chances of winning this fight!" She yelled, the sound of keys being tapped echoed as she spoke.

"Alright! Thanks, Kat!" Cruger nodded, looked to the Rangers, and over to Gruumm who kept the King busy.

Of course, the Emperor was too busy to hear it, he brought down his ax upon the King's head with a mighty roar and brought his face mere inches from Atsuon's. "You're growing tired, aren't you? Where did all of that confidence you had, go?!" His rubies glinted brightly as he fought against Atsuon's force. Staff to staff, their poles were until an amused chuckle was heard from his enemy's armored head.

From behind the King, he saw that the orange and blue robots he brought to his aid were torn apart. "For an Emperor, you sure are stupid.~" Despite the struggle of power over the other, a single armored, clawed finger pointed up and lifted the cube with his telekinesis.

Gruumm had to jump back, especially since he saw his Trident whirl about and do as before. In front of his feet, the end of it slammed, and the energy shield covered his body, but this time it was different.

"Everyone! Get back, now!" Cruger screamed out, pulled on the rangers, and ran as far as they could. "Kat said it's an electromagnetic dispersal!" Gruumm could hear him shout, which he too did the same but was yanked away by Feige in the sky.

"Feige?!" Close to the clouds Feige was seen and her violets were bright. Next to her was Morgana, he could tell by the contort of her face that she was focusing to keep them both in place.

"Don't worry, I have both of you!" Suddenly, she and Morgana gasped, it caught the Emperor's attention and looked down. Then and there, they bore witness to a large dome of electricity.

Countless volts sparked out of it as it expanded and disintegrated just about everything in its path. The sound it made was terrifying, or, at least it was to the others. Reverberating metallic and electricity filled their ears as they watched it grow more and more.

After half a minute, it finally faded away and showed Atsuon in the center of a giant circle of embers that was once the parking lot. The amount of distance it covered was insane, for it destroyed the structure nearby and a few others not far from it.

"G- Gruumm! Let me handle that cube!" Through a struggling breath, the brunette demanded. When he moved his attention to her, he saw a look of determination and expectation. Silence befell them both as they stared at each other for a good bit, only until he shook his head and grumbled.

"No! I cannot and will not have you get killed! I'll take care of it!" Angrily, he grabbed her jawline and pulled her close to his face. His action surprised her, for he bore his rubies deep into her violets and gave her an intimidating whisper. "Do not... Interfere," The quiver of her lips and nod of her head, was enough to say that she understood.

Carefully they were sat back down, but she never returned with them and stayed in the sky.

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Gruumm! No! No! No, no, no, no! He'll kill you! Tears started to trickle down her cheeks at the sight of him. She watched him charge after the King alongside Morgana and noticed the Omega Ranger who sent a turbo-charged blast across the ground.

She saw the overgrown child swing her curved blades and send more waves of energy, while Gruumm kept him distracted. The blast from the Omega Ranger and Morgana's waves of energy hit him pretty hard and made the King fly straight toward the Rangers.

She couldn't hear their grunts, or cries of pain, or the words they spoke from where she floated but it was easy to tell that they were struggling. I... I think I know how to... Help them win. If I can just take out his Cube, crush it with my power, and then grab a hold of him as I do with Gruumm on occasion, they'd be able to defeat him! Confidence sparked to life in her head, for she nodded to herself and flew down the moment she spotted the Cube in his hand.

I see it! Faster and faster, she flew. However, when she saw it charge up, it wasn't its usual blue color but crimson instead. It's red? Wait, wouldn't that mean it's losing power or something? Her brows knitted at the thought and raced after it. The sounds of the battle flooded her ears and the cries that called out her name went ignored, for she saw its condensed energy about to shoot. The sight sent alarms throughout her body and protectiveness fueled her to jump in without thinking; she saw it directed toward Gruumm who was on a knee.

Both hands reached out, the cube began to wiggle around, and the energy it tried to send was held tight inside. "Feige! Get out of there! What do you think you're doing?!" This time it was Z she heard. It still wasn't enough to deter her, the brunette was dead set on destroying it.

She was too high in the air for Atsuon to grab and saw Gruumm from her distance, race after the King while he was too busy staring at her. "Leave, Feige! You're going to make it--" The Gazin King tried to speak, however, a jolt of electricity was directed towards her and a horrific scream erupted from her throat.

Everyone stepped back, even the King, because never in their life had they seen someone jump in and willingly receive the damage from an attack. "AAAH!" Even though the pain was unreal, that her body felt like it was on fire, she tried so hard to use her power and made it push out what was left of the Gyro's energy.

After roughly ten seconds, the Gyro died, fell into pieces and she remained in the air. Not once did her gaze leave the view of the sky, the electricity that sparked all over her body eventually faded and so did her consciousness.

~~~

"Feige!" Gruumm didn't waste a second to run to her. The staff he held was quickly dropped, for he skidded to an abrupt stop with his arms out and caught her. "Why did you do that?! You could've redirected the electricity to the sky instead! Why--" He paused when he didn't see any movement. Seeing her in that state and hearing her faint breaths made his chest tighten with anger and protectiveness. She was alive, but barely, so he ran to the yellow ranger. No words were exchanged when he shoved her into the Ranger's arms.

"H- Hey! What do you think you're--" Interrupted, Z was, when his spout of anger fell from his skeletal mouth.

"Stand back here and stay out of this fight!" He didn't care to converse with them, his heavy stomps brought him back to his staff and picked it up. There he saw the Omega Ranger spin kick the Trident from Atsuo's grasp. All he needed was a few seconds to close the gap between them so when he saw the Ranger do that, he swung his ax staff sideways and made it shoot its energy point-blank.

"AAAH!" The cry of agony came from the King. It satisfied the Emperor to hear him scream like that. He watched his body writhe with pain as the energy tore him apart, vaporizing him into a pile of ashes.

Finally, it was over. Heavy breaths made his chest rise and fall rapidly. He let out all of his pent-up anger over the King, even the sight of his ashes pissed him off. To keep his word, he stomped the ashes into the ground and rubbed his armored foot into the scorched pavement that Atsuon created moments ago. He didn't stop until the ashes couldn't be seen anymore, quite literally making them disappear.

"Gruumm!" Behind him, he heard Cruger, for he peeked over his shoulder and glared daggers at the dog. "We were going to put him into containment! Why did you do that?!" He watched the dog's blade lift, albeit struggling since they just finished an intense fight.

"I kept my word! I wanted to make sure that not even his ashes remained by the time I was done with him! Unlike you, I make sure my enemies are thoroughly dealt with!" One look at Feige who stayed in Z's arms, he ran toward her but was quickly blocked by the Commander.

"We're not going to let you have her!" The sword was a few feet from his chest and threatened to fight despite the lack of strength he had.

"Just because we all fought him, doesn't mean we'll do it again in the future! I will have my revenge!" His hand lifted and one last Crybot sphere came down, making robots surround him. "Occupy the Rangers! Morgana, bring her to me!" Ordered the Emperor, for he gestured toward Z who kept a tight grip and watched the childish woman do as he demanded.

Left and right the Crybots fought to overwhelm them all, thankfully it was enough and Morgana carried the brunette over. "No!" Cruger's voice boomed over the metallic sounds of the robots and cut one down that tried to ambush him from behind.

"Next time-- Cruger!" Delighted, would be an understatement. He and Morgana teleported back to his warship with Feige in tow, leaving the Rangers to his robots.