"Tell him he has a new assignment: To cripple the Power Rangers…and destroy the home planet of Doggie Kruger in the process."

The Legacy Galleon crashed across an ocean and slid to a stop against a sandy shore.

Tyler joined his teammates in the crew hold, where they used the ship's sensors to search for DECA Base, but found nothing.

Mat shook his head while standing at the main station. "They may have vanished. Literally vanished. That’s not exactly uncommon."

Not only did the dreadnaught disappear, but so did Nat, Z and the boarding party.

Seth crossed his arms over his chest and looked out the nearest viewport. "Can’t say I’ll miss them."

"Do we know where we are?" Kym asked as she stood alongside Seth. "Is this another Earth."

"Nope," Mat said. "And not a floating island either. It’s a world called Sirius."

"A Flux World?" Kira asked.

"I thought that was a given," Mat said. A Flux World referred to a planet with areas that shifted back and forth between the past, future and alternate realities.

Their navigation droid, Navi, fluttered through the crew hold. "This is it!" the droid shouted with excitement. "The next clue is here! For the Ultimate Secret!"

"What’s the clue?" Tyler asked.

"Tresa navigato!" Navi floated back onto his pedestal. "For the next Grand Power…look for the enforcers of justice."

"Enforcers of justice?" Kym asked.

Seth shook his head. "You’ve got to get better at this, Navi."

"I do what I can!" the droid protested.

"Come on," Tyler said. "Let’s head out and see what we can find."

The rangers entered a city of spiraling skyscrapers and domed buildings. Various races walked across the streets, although most belonged to the race called the Anubiseijinn, natives of the planet Sirius.

"Well…" Mat said. "We won’t stick out at all."

They moved into the crowd and tried to ignore the suspicious stares. Apparently the planet’s inhabitants didn’t have much experience with human-looking races.

Kira noticed armed guards patrolling several street corners, and she narrowed her eyes at the sight. "These people don’t seem friendly…"

Seth shook his head. "They look like they’re at war."

Mat arced an eyebrow. "How can you tell?"

"They just have that look," Seth said. "Of people living in fear…for too long."

Suddenly, a piece of trash hurled through the air and smacked Tyler against the head.

"Go back to your own planet, freaks!" shouted a female Anubiseijinn. "You aliens aren’t welcome here!"

Tyler knitted his brow at the woman. "We’re just passing through."

Someone growled from behind the teen. "Passing through?" a stranger asked. "Is that what you call it?"

Someone else shouted. "You people are terrorists! We were happy here! Protected!"

"Go back to your own home!"

"Get off our streets!"

"Offworlder scum!"

"Pirates!"

Mat sighed. "We apparently crashed into the middle of a hate crime."

"Come on…" Tyler said as he grabbed Mat’s arm and started to lead the rangers through the crowd.

They didn’t make it far before a stranger bashed a rifle upside Tyler’s head, knocking him to the ground.

Tyler rolled into a crouched stance, snapped to his feet, and attacked. He kicked the rifle away and punched the stranger upside the head.

He glanced over his shoulder. "Run," he told his teammates. "Now."

The crowd surged around the teens and attacked relentlessly, unleashing pent-up anger, rage and fear. The rangers did their best to defend themselves without causing too much harm.

Several guards parted their way through the crowds to subdue the rangers. Each wore an elongated, black helmet with a black faceplate. Tyler tried to intercept them before they could reach his teammates.

The teen grabbed a guard’s rifle and kicked his legs, knocking him to the ground. The teen kicked another soldier, and then another, knocking them back before they could attack.

The last guard swung the butt of his rifle towards Tyler’s chest. Tyler blocked and kicked, but the guard sidestepped and bashed Tyler in the gut.

The ranger staggered backward, and the guard pushed forward. The soldier wielded his gun like a club, smacking Tyler on the shoulder as he struggled to dodge in the middle of the mob.

Cursing beneath his breath, Tyler spun with a round-house kick that bashed the helmet off the guard’s head. Tyler noticed the guard immediately: Doggie Kruger.

"You again?"

Kruger growled. "Have we met before, offworlder? Do you work for Grumm?"

"Do I- What?" Tyler lost sight of his teammates, and Kruger took advantage of the distraction.

The soldier kneed Tyler in the gut and swung his rifle towards the back of Tyler’s neck. Tyler dodged just in time, and he knocked the rifle from the soldier’s hand.

Kruger unsheathed his saber: D-Sword Vega. He kicked the legs out from under Tyler, who crashed onto his back. Kruger leaned down and placed his blade against Tyler’s throat.

"Yield," Kruger said, "and this will go a lot easier."

Tyler narrowed his eyes. "I liked you better when you were bottled up on your spaceship."

Kruger cuffed Tyler and led him along the side-streets, towards a patrol cruiser.

Tyler shifted his wrists against the cuffs. "I don’t suppose you’ll tell me what this is all about."

"You nearly caused a riot."

"By walking?"

Kruger growled with annoyance. "These are tense times. Grumm and his agents have infiltrated the entire system. He’s building up for something big…an attack. But rest assured…we’ll be ready."

"What’s a Grumm?"

"You know very well what I mean," Kruger said.

"No, that’s why I asked," Tyler said.

They stopped at the patrol cruiser. Kruger slid the back door open. "Get in. I’m taking you back to base."

Tyler stepped inside the cruiser, then pushed off, flipping backward and landing behind Kruger. The teen kicked the soldier’s legs out and ran.

Kruger growled with annoyance, hopped into his patrol cruiser, and sped off to pursue the ranger.

Even while cuffed, Tyler managed to pull out his morpher and open a comm-line. "Navi," he said. "What happened to the others?"

"Tyler!" Navi said. "They lost track of you when they broke away from the crowd. Are you alright?"

"Great," Tyler said. "Just running from a big, talking blue dog."

"I’ll have the others meet you!" Navi said.

"Can you find us somewhere clear to-"

Patrol sirens blared from around the corner. Kruger’s cruiser zoomed into the alley and sped towards Tyler.

The teen cursed beneath his breath and kicked down the nearest door, busting into a warehouse.

"I need someplace safe, Navi," Tyler said.

"Keep moving forward!" Navi shouted. "You’re in a cluster of unmanned storage buildings. I’m picking up a sensor blackout in the heart of the area. Head there, and you can hide until you escape!"

Tyler sprinted ahead, moving from building to building. He reached the blackout area and moved in between stacks of spherical containers, trying to hide from sight.

Suddenly, the pursuit cruiser smashed into the warehouse and charged through containers, scattering them everywhere and hurling Tyler through the air.

Tyler crashed and tumbled across the floor.

Kruger skid his cruiser to a halt, hopped out, and armed his sword.

"You're coming with me," the warrior said.

Tyler climbed to his feet and smirked. "You want to fight me while I’m unarmed and handcuffed?"

"You’re a terrorist and a pirate," Kruger said. "I’m not worried about whether you get a fair fight."

"Fair enough," Tyler said. "But I have to warn you…I’ll be taking your car."

"You’ll be what-"

Tyler lunged, spun past Kruger with a kick, and bolted towards the soldier’s speeder. Kruger moved faster than expected, bashing Tyler across the head and sending him staggering aside.

The teen reached into his jacket for his morpher, but Kruger kicked the transformation device out of his hand. The morpher skipped across the floor as Kruger pressed forward.

Kruger slashed and chopped; Tyler sidestepped and dodged, moving back with each blow. The ranger spun and kicked low. Kruger dodged and chopped, bringing his blade towards the teen's collar bone.

Tyler lifted his hands to block with his cuffs; he smirked and waited for the blade to slash the bindings. But Kruger stopped his sword less than an inch from the cuffs.

"Did you really expect me to fall for that?" Kruger asked.

"That was the idea..." Tyler pounced and snapped a kick.

Kruger blocked and swung his pommel, bashing the ranger to the ground.

"I suggest you stay down," Kruger said.

"Noted," Tyler said as he climbed to his feet. "Are we about done? I’m getting bored."

Kruger growled and started to pounce, but before he struck, a clattering sounded from the other side of the warehouse. On instinct, the ranger and soldier ducked into the shadows.

Buramudo entered the other side of the warehouse with an army of X-Borgs. The villain pointed to the center of the warehouse.

"Set up the device there," he ordered.

The X-Borgs carried a massive console equipped with sensors, torpedoes and seismic disruption packages. The soldiers manned the console and started a series of activation sequences, arming the device.

Tyler now understood why Navi marked the area as a sensor black-out zone. The Armada must have blocked scanners in the area to set up their strange weapon.

"Wonderful…" he muttered.

Buramudo snapped around, having heard the ranger. "You…How did you find me here?!"

The villain armed his blaster and opened fire. The blasts nearly tore through Tyler; but Kruger pushed him away, and a bolt of energy tore through the soldier’s side.

Kruger growled with pain. He quickly snapped Tyler’s cuffs around a pipe to hold him in place.

"Stay here," Kruger said.

"Are you serious?" Tyler asked.

"We’re not through." Kruger unsheathed his sword, turned towards the X-Borgs, and charged.

Buramudo growled with annoyance and barked orders at his underlings. "Move the weapon! And kill the dog!"

Kruger slashed through a group of X-Borgs that moved close. Meanwhile, a second group of X-Borgs started moving the weapons array, and Buramudo went with them.

Kruger tried to fight his way closer to the villain, but his injury slowed his movements. By the time he cut down the last of the X-Borgs, Buramudo had fled.

Kruger growled with annoyance and looked over his shoulder for Tyler. But the ranger had broken free from the pipe and disappeared.

The soldier’s fur ruffled with anger. He walked across the warehouse, picked up Tyler’s morpher, and ran after Buramudo, heading deeper into the warehouse area.

Seth, Mat, Kira and Kym ran to the warehouse area. Mat flipped open his morpher and zeroed in on Tyler's location.

"He's that way," he said as he pointed ahead.

They didn't make it far before a trio of Zergs and group of X-Borgs blocked their path.

"The Armada..." Kira cursed beneath her breath. "Great."

Seth pulled out his morpher. "Looks like Tyler's gotten himself into trouble." He clicked open his Ranger Key. "Let's do this."

The four teens armed their morphers and Ranger Keys. "It's morphin' time! Ultimate Transform!" They inserted their keys into their morphers: "POOOOOWER RANGERS!"

The Rangers morphed into their armor, unsheathed their swords, and charged to attack.

Kruger moved silently across a catwalk. He leaned against the railing for support, to keep from falling. His injury seared through his side.

The solider looked down to see Buramudo and an army of X-Borgs gathered around the weapons platform.

There...he thought as he crouched deeper into the shadows. I need to destroy that platform before-

His pain intensified. He didn't realize it, but the wound seeped with blood that dripped downward and splattered onto the meta-criminal's head.

Buramudo laughed softly. "I thought I smelled wounded dog."

He snapped around and opened fire, blasting the catwalk with bursts of spark that sent Kruger hurling through the air.

The soldier crashed and tumbled across the cement.

Buramudo lifted his guns and stalked towards the fallen warrior. "The Great Dog of Hell? Hah. You're nothing but a-"

Suddenly, Tyler swung from the shadows. Gripping a chain, he kicked Buramudo hard, slamming the villain off his feet.

Tyler landed and knitted his brow at the criminal. "Back away from the dog."

The criminal rolled onto his back, aimed at the ceiling, and opened fire. His blasts tore through the ceiling; the roof collapsed and showered rubble towards Tyler and Kruger.

Tyler grabbed Kruger by the arm. "Come on."

They scrambled aside as the rubble crashed onto the floor where they had stood.

With one hand behind his back, the Ultimate Blue Ranger twirled his saber, swatting aside X-Borgs with bursts of spark that buckled their armor.

Nearby, the Ultimate Green Ranger armed his Power Saber and Power Blaster. He hopped and dodged a group of X-Borgs while slashing and blasting, whipping X-Borgs through the air.

The Ultimate Pink Ranger blasted a group of X-Borgs that charged toward her. She switched to her saber when they moved closer, and she slashed them aside with bursts of spark.

The Ultimate Yellow Ranger stood nearby. She carried her sword in one hand and blaster in the other. She blasted a group of X-Borgs, then slashed through another group, snapping a side-kick that bashed the last grunt away.

The remaining grunts regrouped, as did the Rangers.

The Ultimate Yellow Ranger sighed. "This is taking too long..."

She flipped her belt buckler open and pulled out her RPM Yellow Ranger Key. The other Rangers armed their RPM Keys, and they pulled out their morphers.

"RPM! Get in Gear!" They slid their Keys into their morphers: "RRRRRRPM!"

They morphed into the RPM Task Force Turbo Rangers. Kym shifted into RPM Ranger Black, Mat shifted into RPM Ranger Green, Kira shifted into RPM Ranger Yellow, and Seth shifted into RPM Ranger Blue.