Rex (Red Ranger) stood in the center of the charred valley, his knees sinking into the ash that was once Lyra (Yellow Ranger). He didn't scream this time. The air around him began to hum with a frequency that shattered the nearby rocks. His DNA, the hidden legacy of Ignis (Original Red Ranger), was beginning to rewrite itself.
Suddenly, a holographic projection flickered from his red germ. It was a pre-recorded message from Ignis (Original Red Ranger), triggered only by the specific genetic code of his offspring combined with a total loss of hope.
"If you are seeing this, my son, then I have failed to protect the world, and you have failed to stay hidden," the phantom of Ignis (Original Red Ranger) spoke, his voice cold but powerful. "You are a living battery for the Morphin Grid. Most rangers are just vessels, but you are the source. The Negative Zone is the waste of our creation, the shadow we cast. To defeat it, you must become the White Flare. You must burn until there is nothing left but light."
The hologram faded as the Ghost Grid opened around Rex (Red Ranger). He saw the shimmering spirits of Solara (Original Yellow Ranger) and Lyra (Yellow Ranger). They didn't speak; they simply touched his shoulders, passing their remaining "Spirit Sparks" into his soul.
Rex (Red Ranger) stood up. His red armor began to glow so brightly it turned a blinding, transcendent white. He tapped his communicator. "Verdan (Original Green Ranger), listen to me. This is no longer a war for one man. Lyra (Yellow Ranger) wanted a team. Build it. Find the most loyal, the strongest across every universe. I am the leader of this team, but I am going in first. Assemble the Rangers. Prepare for the final siege."
Before Verdan (Original Green Ranger) could even respond, Rex (Red Ranger) vanished. He didn't teleport. He punched a hole through the fabric of reality with pure speed, stepping directly into the Negative Zone.
The Siege of the Decagon
Rex (Red Ranger) landed in the heart of the Negative Palace. The ten members of the Negative Ranger Decagon were waiting for him, perched on obsidian pillars.
"The ant has returned to be crushed," Brutus (Negative Gold Ranger) roared, leaping from his perch.
Rex (Red Ranger) moved. To the observers, he simply stopped existing in one spot and appeared in another. He was the White Flare.
Toxin (Negative Green Ranger) lunged forward, his hands dripping with the same poison that had nearly killed Lyra. "I will melt the skin from your—"
Rex (Red Ranger) didn't let him finish. He moved faster than the eye could follow, grabbing Toxin (Negative Green Ranger) by the throat. The white heat radiating from the armor of Rex (Red Ranger) was so intense that the poison evaporated instantly.
"This is for the pain you caused her," Rex (Red Ranger) whispered. He closed his fist, and a localized sun erupted in his palm. Toxin (Negative Green Ranger) didn't even have time to scream before his body was vaporized into atoms. One down.
Shred (Negative Steel Ranger) and Scythe (Negative Silver Ranger) charged from both sides, their blades spinning in a dance of death. Rex (Red Ranger) didn't dodge. He stood still as the blades hit his armor, but the metal of the Negative Rangers melted the moment it touched the White Flare.
Rex (Red Ranger) grabbed the blades with his bare hands and snapped them like glass. He spun in a circle, his leg trailing white fire. He caught Shred (Negative Steel Ranger) with a roundhouse kick that was so fast it created a sonic boom inside the palace. The kick didn't just break the armor; it shattered the Negative Germ inside the chest of the villain. Shred (Negative Steel Ranger) exploded in a cloud of steel splinters. Two down.
"He's a monster!" Haze (Negative Grey Ranger) shrieked, turning into smoke to escape.
Rex (Red Ranger) looked at the cloud of smoke. "You cannot hide from the sun." He inhaled and released a pulse of pure thermal energy from his entire body. The heat was so high it turned the smoke into solid glass, which then shattered and fell to the floor as dust. Three down.
The Leader's Declaration
The remaining seven Negative Rangers recoiled in genuine terror. Even Brutus (Negative Gold Ranger) stepped back. They had never seen a power like this. This wasn't just a Power Ranger; this was the White Flare, the ultimate evolution of the Ignis bloodline.
Rex (Red Ranger) stood in the center of the palace, the white light of his armor illuminating the dark corners of the Negative Zone. He looked toward the throne where Malakor (Negative Warlord) watched with narrowing eyes.
"Seven left," Rex (Red Ranger) stated, his voice echoing through the entire realm. "I am the son of Ignis (Original Red Ranger), and I am the leader of the New Era Rangers. Malakor (Negative Warlord), you killed my family. You killed my love. Now, I am going to kill your world."
In the distance, a massive portal opened. Verdan (Original Green Ranger) stepped through, followed by a line of newly recruited rangers from across the stars, all inspired by the legend of the boy who refused to die. The team that Lyra (Yellow Ranger) dreamed of had finally arrived.
Rex (Red Ranger) raised his sword, which was now a pillar of white flame. "Rangers! Attack!"