Minutes later the Commando Rangers find themselves inside the Empire homebase suprising She-Lion and Dahli Llama who are stocking energon cubes to be used later to revive power. Dahli cannot believe the enemy showed up on his front doorstep unannounced and uninvited.

But the Rangers make their escape out the main doorway but not before Combo creates a diversion to slow down the mutants from following them.

He releases a spray of the glue-substance into the shamen and Copy Cat and it covers their bodies and flows over the floor and hardens. Now both mutants are unable to move or do anything.

At the same moment Archer radios more of his fellow warriors to takedown the Rangers before they can carry out their project.

Archer speaks. Security on Alpha Prime has been breached. Destroy all intruders with rain, acid rain.

Within seconds the SkyHunters (Robotic air-to-ground attack aircraft) zoom into the skies to seek and destroy the enemy. At the same time the Rangers stand outside the main doors of Nitro's workshop with Team Rocket hoping to break into the building and locate the first aid kit to save Lyle Rourke.

We got to get into Nick's workshop. Don't give up I know you can do it.

There's one last sequence I can try. <Inputs the password>

Suddenly as if by magic the doors hiss open deactivating the boobytrap self destruct system.

Hey, no problemo. <Grins> I was nervous I would never break the code.

Now if my detectors can only find that cosmo-whatchamacallit.

Within seconds the bodybuilder spots the first aid kit in the supply cabinets.

Then the Commandos exit the workshop carrying the cosmotron and hoping to find the spacebridge and return back to Earth.

Suddenly from above the SkyHunters swoop down startling the Rangers who look up in shock & suprise and watch as the machines open fire into nearby clouds releasing deadly downpour of acid rain onto the heroes.

Acid rain! If it hits our circuits, we're goners. And so is Rourke!

Unfortunately the acid rain continues falling and soon the Rangers are wincing, grimacing, and staggering painfully until they fall to hands & knees.

Alarmed both James & Jessie look on in horror. They cannot believe their friends are about to perish.

All over for them but for us it is just starting. Everything is going according to my plans. The Rangers are without their mighty leader and four of their number have been vanquished on Alpha Prime.

Then I humbly suggest. We attack their base now while we have the advantage.

For once Ninjara we agree. And I shall personally lead the assault. The new age of Syndicate supremacy is about to begin. <His warriors cheer>

Back at the headquarters of the Elite...it does not look so good.

We've done all we can Mrs. Ketchum. Lyle Rourke needs a new cosmotron and if we don't get one soon all hope is lost.

The mutants streak skywards to attack & destroy the Rangers once and for all!