A/N: Okay! So obviously it's been awhile. This little special we finished ages ago and we recently tweaked and modified this little special. It's a non-canon special, by the way. So sit back, enjoy this filler for Season 2!
POWER RANGERS MYTHIC KNIGHTS
ONE-OFF SPECIAL 1: Mega Rescue
Aka Mythic Knights/Samurai/Megaforce Team-up
WRITTEN AND EDITED BY: Jimmy Maeher, Joey Turner, and Zak Kayes
(HARWOOD COUNTY)
(In the not so far away town of Harwood County, home to the recently christened Megaforce Power Rangers, said rangers were fighting off an army of Loogies. They blocked the army left and right with their weapons and fierce kicks. But as soon as they turn around, even more showed up. GIA the Yellow Ranger and EMMA the Pink Ranger worked back to back, blasting and slicing at Loogies left and right.)
GIA: Nothing like fighting a bunch of Loogies to get the heart pumping. (She sliced at another Loogie with her Tiger Claw.)
EMMA (She blasted a few Loogies with her phoenix shot, and bashed a few over the head with it as well): Yeah, though I was kind of hoping to use the weekend to snap some pics of the deer in the woods.
(Emma quickly blasted another duo of Loogies while NOAH, the Blue Megaforce Ranger, shot a bunch of Loogies with his shark bow, landing on the ground.)
NOAH: Well I could've been helping Mr. Burley with his crypto zoology studies! We were gonna look at signs for moth man!
(JAKE, the Black Megaforce ranger, leapt into battle with his snake axe and slammed through the Loogies with ease.)
JAKE: Noah, please. Why would you want to sit in a room, STUDYING aliens, when you can be out here experiencing it?!
(Jake then spun his axe into the air and kicked it into a line of Loogies, knocking them over. Meanwhile TROY, the Red Megaforce ranger, stood toe to toe with Warstar general CREEPOX. Troy delivered a slash with his Dragon Sword, but Creepox countered with a slice of his own. Troy then jumped up and fiercely kicked Creepox back, though not very damaging it at least drove him back some. Creepox prepared to deal another slice, but Troy blocked his claws with his swords and turned towards his teammates.)
TROY: Guys, stay focused! We need to drive these bugs back!
CREEPOX: Drive us back?! HA! (He pulled his claws back and forcefully shoved Troy back, and then fiercely sliced at him) You humans can never drive us back! This world shall soon belong to the INSECTOIDS! And we'll start by destroying its only protectors! (He raised his claws as a large fireball began to form.) And unless there are more rangers out there, you're out of luck Red!
TROY: More rangers out there?
(Then right there, Troy began to daydream. His dreams have been the same as they've been since the day he first moved to Harwood: an entire army of Power Rangers, fighting an attack of strange silver creatures. And the weirdest part of his dream: he would see himself and his fellow Megaforce Rangers fighting alongside this army of rangers. Then suddenly, a new dream popped into Troy's head: of what appeared to be a team of Knights: knights of Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, and White: The Mythic Knight Rangers. But his dream was short lived when the sound of Creepox snapped him out of it, by now Creepox had a super-large firebolt formed in his claws.)
CREEPOX: What's this!? Falling asleep there Red Ranger? Well then allow me to wake you up! METEOR SHOT! (The fireball is then fired at Troy.)
NOAH (He quickly loaded a blue card with a picture of a shield into his Gosei morpher.) Defenstream! Activate!
(He quickly closed the morpher, causing a large wall of water to appear in front of Noah. Creepox's fireball collided with the wall, trying to force Noah back.)
NOAH: quick! I can't hold it for too long, use the cards to hit him back!
JAKE: You got it buddy! (He pulled a yellow card with his and Gia's land symbol on it out of his belt buckle, looked to Gia.) May I?
GIA (She pulled out a yellow card with a picture of thunderbolts on it.): Be my guest.
JAKE (He turned towards Creepox, placed the card in his morpher): Okay Creepox, here's where a whole lot of Soccer practice pays off! Rockcrush! Activate!
(Jake closed the morpher and a giant piece of rock flew out of the ground. Jake leaped into the air, and delivered a flying power kick to the rock, sending it flying into Creepox, knocking him down.)
GIA: My turn! Megaquake! Activate!
(Gia closed the morpher with the card in the slot. Suddenly the earth started to shake, and beams of electricity at Creepox.)
EMMA: How about another shock to your system? (She loaded a pink card with her and Troy's symbol on it into her morpher.) Lightning Strike! Activate!
(Emma closed her morpher, and a large cloud appeared overhead, sending a large thunderbolt at Creepox. He quickly recovered and growled menacingly.)
CREEPOX: You miserable humans are more trouble than you're worth! You've made an enemy of the Insectoids, and we won't stop until your world is ours!
(When Noah's wall and Creepox's blast faded away, Troy stood back up and all 5 of them draw their weapons.)
TROY: That's enough Creepox! We're taking you down for good this time!
(Suddenly a mocking chuckle was heard. Then who should appear out of thin air then VRAK, the Warstar's second command, in his earth armor.)
VRAK: You've done well Rangers. Course it doesn't take much to beat Creepox.
TROY: Vrak! What do you want?
GIA: Whatever you're up to, we're here to send you back where you came from!
VRAK: Are you really? I'd LOVE to see you try Rangers. But for now, I have a challenge. (He raised his arm and out from the ground came three insectoids. One of them was a brown Japanese stag beetle monster with silver claws with the two pinchers on its head emitting static. The second was a black and yellow hornet with golden wings and a staff with the blade resembling his stinger. The third was a red-orange spider monster that stood on her hind legs while rubbing her six arms together menacingly.)
JAKE: What the…?
VRAK: Allow me to introduce the latest additions to the Warstar. (He pointed to the beetle, hornet, and Spider in succession.) Bruchus, Crabro, and of course, Araña.
CREEPOX: What!? I wasn't informed on these three showing up! I'm as powerful as any one of them.
BRUCHUS: From the way we saw it, it looked like your power was running low. Now we're taking over.
CRABRO: But don't worry, this won't take long, now that we're here. Just stand back and leave this to the experts.
TROY: You think a few more bugs are going to stop us? Think again!
(The rangers pulled out cards with their individual zord heads on each one and placed them into their morphers.)
ALL 5: Mega Blaster! Activate! (They closed the morphers and their blasters appeared, with their zord head appearing on their respective blaster.)
ARAÑA: A few little toy guns are nothing compared to our power.
EMMA: Don't be so sure! Ready Gia?
GIA: As always! Let's get her! (They charged in.)
TROY: Noah, Jake, you guys handle the hornet. The beetle's mine.
NOAH/JAKE: On it!
(The others charged in to fight their enemies. Vrak teleported away with Creepox on top of a building to watch what would happen.)
VRAK: Ah yes, exactly what I wanted.
(Emma and Gia charge in to fight Araña. The rangers threw quick swings followed up with a few kicks while the Insectoid went on the defensive by blocking their hits. Emma delivered a hard side kick to the monster, causing her arms to drop. Gia leaped up and fired an uppercut at Araña.)
GIA: TIGER BLAST! (She launched her yellow energy beam at the monster, and Araña screamed as the beam made contact. Gia then extended her arms out.) Go for it Emma!
EMMA: Thanks! (She jumped onto Gia's arms and sprang up, her legs kicking through the air to help her fly.) PHOENIX BLAST! (Her pink energy beam fired and was about to make contact, until one of Araña's arms shot up and through the beam, destroying it in the process.) What!?
(Then, the same arm Araña used to destroy the Phoenix Blast shot a white web at Emma as she landed. It wrapped around the ranger and a strange black aura began to glow around her.)
ARAÑA: Perfect, feel your power getting smaller and smaller. (She tightened the grip of the web, making Emma groan louder as the aura got darker.)
GIA: Emma! Hold on, I'll get you out!
(Gia ran forward blasting shot after shot at the spider, only to have each one swiped away. As she got closer, one of Araña's other arms released another web and grabbed Gia as well. She began to glow with the same aura as well. She struggled to free herself, but she could barely move.)
ARAÑA: Don't bother trying to escape. My web begins draining energy the moment it makes contact. You're doomed girls! (She laughed as the rangers tried to move.)
(Meanwhile, Jake and Noah were having their fight with Crabro. The two rangers started on the defensive with the hornet swinging his staff at them, trying to stab each of them with it. Noah managed to fire a few shots at Crabro, forcing him to step back a bit. Jake lunged forward and leaped up, performing a roundhouse kick to Crabro's head.)
JAKE: And THAT is why it pays to play soccer! (He fired a few shots from his blaster, but Crabro countered with his staff, sending each blast flying off.)
CRABRO: Don't get too cocky Black Ranger! I'm only getting started with this fight! (He extended his staff and fired electricity from the staff. Jake was quick to raise his own weapon.)
JAKE: SNAKE BLAST!
(He fired the purple energy beam at the Crabro's incoming electricity and the two collided with equal power, each attacker holding their ground. Noah held up his blaster and spun it, rushing in.)
NOAH: How about a bit more? SHARK BLAST!
(His blue energy beam shot through Crabro's electricity and hit Crabro, stunning him, allowing Jake's blast to overtake Crabro's, sending him back a few feet.)
JAKE: Awesome shot! (He high fived Noah.)
NOAH: Just saw an opening and took it, played the situation perfectly.
CRABRO: Sneaky moves don't matter to me. Try to handle this! (He flapped his wings and ascended to the sky.) STATIC STING!
(A massive ball of electricity flew from his stinger and struck the ground, creating an explosion that sent Noah and Jake flying back towards a wall. They both slowly tried to get to their feet.)
JAKE: I wasn't expecting that.
NOAH: Never knew a bee could use its stinger like that.
CRABRO: Well that was fun. I'd hate to end this fight so quickly, but orders are orders. (He chuckled to himself before turning to Araña.) Araña, if you don't mind?
ARAÑA (She walked over with Emma and Gia trapped in her web): Gladly! (She shot two more webs from two of her other arms, wrapping around Jake and Noah. The dark auras glowed around the rangers as they yelled as their energy was drained.) And that should just about do it.
(Troy was still having his fight with Bruchus. He threw a series of swift kicks and jabs to the monster's chest, with Bruchus slashing at Troy with his claws. The monster attempted to punch Troy, but the ranger raised his right arm at the right moment, shoved the oncoming punch away, and proceeded with a blaster shot.)
BRUCHUS: So that's how it's gonna be!? (He extended his arms out and moved in for an oncoming slash.)
TROY: DRAGON BLAST!
(He continued running as the red energy beam shot across toward Bruchus. Suddenly, Bruchus's head pinchers opened up and dark electricity launched from each pincher. They pierced through the energy beam and zapped Troy on the hand, making him drop his blaster. With Troy stunned, Bruchus slashed Troy across the chest, first with his right claw, and then his left. Troy fell over but as he got up, he was grabbed by the throat.)
BRUCHUS: Don't tell me thats all you got! What kind of leader are you anyway? (He sent Troy flying through the air and hit a car, forcing him to demorph.)
VRAK: Excellent work my insectoid friends. Bringing down four rangers in one go is mighty impressive.
CREEPOX: Shall I finish the Red Ranger off now?
VRAK: Not yet Creepox, you'll be needed later. Now return to the ship.
CREEPOX: Will do. (To Troy) You better be a challenge the next time I see you, Red Ranger.
(He disappeared out of sight. The three remaining insectoids gathered around Vrak. Troy looked up and saw his friends demorph as Araña cut the web lines and threw the still-wrapped rangers to the ground, unable to move. Troy tried to get up, holding his chest in pain.)
TROY: Let them go Vrak! …You better not hurt them!
VRAK: Ah-ah-ah, easy now red ranger. Don't do something you might regret. Araña still has two arms available if you would like to join your friends, but you barely have any power left to drain, so it'd only be extra weight. (He looked to the Insectoids) Take them to the cave.
INSECTOIDS: Right! (They disappeared with Troy only looking on, unable to save his friends from vanishing.)
TROY: Where are you taking them, Vrak? Tell me or I'll…
VRAK: You'll what, try to take me on with not even enough power to stop an army of loogies? Don't worry, your friends will be okay…that is, if you wish to complete my challenge.
TROY: What challenge?
VRAK: You and your friends took on three of the latest insectoids along with Creepox, with power greater than what you've seen so far. They may have lost right now, but they make an amazing challenge prize.
TROY: What, a prize?
VRAK: Exactly, the prize for whoever wins. If you can defeat me, Creepox, and those three insectoids, you get to have your friends back. However, if you lose…well, let's just say I hope your fellow rangers can live long enough for you to save them before they're permanently destroyed.
TROY (He thought for a moment in his head): 5 vs. 1? May not be the best odds, but I don't have a lot of choices right now. I can't let my friends suffer. (To Vrak) I accept.
VRAK: Just what I wanted to hear, but keep in mind Red Ranger, you'll need the power of at least four more rangers to take us on. So unless you manage to gather enough strength to equal five, you'll be the only hope you're friends got in order to stay alive. Meet me at the old cave near the end of Harwood Forest in three hours, unless you're too weak to show. Until then!
(He laughed as he disappeared, leaving Troy determined but nervous.)
(OPENING CREDITS)
(GOSEI COMMAND CENTER)
(No sooner had the new monsters appeared on the battle field, then Troy re-appeared inside the Center of operations for the Megaforce rangers: a cave home to a display of miniature statues of the last 20 years of Power Rangers, the large and mystical statue of his mentor Gosei, and the little robotic creature Tensou, rolling around in a rather annoying way, panicking)
TENSOU: Oh boy! Oh boy, oh boy! 4 of the rangers are captured! We're all doomed! Doomed I tell you!
TROY (He groaned): Tensou, we don't have time for this! (He turned to Gosei.) Gosei, can you find the others?
GOSEI: Fear not Troy. I am connected to the Gosei morphers, and they tell me that the others are safe for now. Tensou, prepare a scan for the other rangers.
TENSOU: Alright, but it'll take some time.
TROY: The others don't have time, Vrak says I need enough power to take on him and all 4 of his goons in 3 hours! Where am I supposed to get the power of five without…(Before Troy could finish his sentence, he remembered what Creepox said earlier in the battle)
CREEPOX: And unless there are more rangers out there, you're out of luck red!
(Troy then looked at all the ranger statues, and again the dream flashed into his head. It was then he had an idea.)
TROY: …Gosei? Are there any other rangers besides us out there right now?
GOSEI: Indeed there are Troy. (One of the panels lit up, and displayed images of rangers as Gosei referenced them) There are rangers in other parts of the country (Lightspeed Rescue/Wes and Eric) Rangers fighting evil in other parts of the universe as we speak (In Space/Lost Galaxy), and even rangers who remain on standby should their enemies ever return (Ninja Storm/Mystic Force/Jungle Fury/Samurai). But they are of too great distance for me to teleport you to either of them. However, I know of one team, still in its prime, very experienced with fighting dark forces, BEYOND the aliens you have faced.
TENSOU: WHAT?! Oooh no, no, no, no, no! I know which rangers he's talking about! And they're INSANE!
GOSEI: TENSOU! They are NOT insane! They are just unique. They stand for justice and protecting the earth just like any ranger, they just prefer to do it in their own unique way.
TROY: ….where can I find them?
(KNIGHT RANGER BASE)
(All the way at the Mythic Knight ranger base, Vance, JT, Curtis, Gale, and surprisingly Antonio Garcia – the gold Samurai ranger- all sat around a round table, a large deck of Power Rangers Action Cards in front of Curtis, and in the middle of the table lay a pile of M&M's. Alexis sat on the couch reading her book. Curtis dealt Vance, JT, Gale, and Antonio 5 cards each.)
VANCE: Alright, I call. (He threw more M&M's in the pile.)
GALE: I'll raise! (He tossed more M&M's in the pile.)
JT: Alright Sugar Schnaps! I bet 20 blue M&M's, and 8 reds! (He pushed the huge pile of M&M's in the pile.)
GALE (She flopped her cards): Too much candy for me.
VANCE (He also flopped his cards): Forget it, it costs less just to buy a bag.
ANTONIO: Not so fast, chico de loco! (He pushed in a whole bunch yellow M&M's.) I bet the lot, saying I got better cards than you!
(Everyone gasped, except Alexis who wasn't listening, and Vance who just shrugged.)
JT: You wouldn't dare boy!
ANTONIO: Try me! (He threw his cards down, revealing a pair of Red Lost Galaxy cards, and a pair of Shadow SPD cards) 2 pair!
JT (He showed his cards, revealing the Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, Pink, and Green Mighty Morphin cards) Green high Straight, I win.
ANTONIO (He flopped his cards in annoyance): Hijo de puta! That's 5 rounds in a row! How does he do that?
CURTIS: Well he DID invent Power Rangers poker.
JT (He grabbed Antonio's pile): YEAH I did! (He looked to Alexis with a bright smile.) That reminds me, Lexi? You sure you don't wanna play too?
ALEXIS (She looked up from her book): Uh, thank you for the offer Jack, but I think I'll pass. My mother taught me never to resort to gambling.
JT: Aw come oooooooon! Not even for- (He grabbed a handful of M&M's.) ze caaandyyyyy?
(Alexis looked up from her book in intrigue. She never told anyone except JT this, but of all the things she was introduced to in the new world, nothing caught her attention/delighted her taste buds more than candy.)
ALEXIS: C-candy? Uh… no-no thanks, I'm good. A warrior does not give into… sugary… temptation so easily. (Shiftily looked left and right, JT only smirked.)
ANTONIO: Yes well…I wanna thank you mis amigos for inviting me over to your base.
VANCE: Hey, you helped us out in 2 fights, programmed Sondre's morpher, and made us dinner. It's the least we could do… besides I was hoping you could make us another fish dinner.
ANTONIO: You got it man.
GALE: (She noticed the booklet on the side of the table and picked it up): Wait guys. These cards are for the new Power Rangers Action Card Game; why didn't we just play that instead of poker?
VANCE: You kidding? That game is like an overly confident, less thrilling version of Yu-Gi-Oh! I mean sometimes you can use the cards in your training deck to power up your cards, sometimes you can't, and only ONE card on the field at a time?
JT: Ah Vance you forget…. Yu-Gi-Oh is basically the only card game kids…. And really immature young adults like me, can understand. Plus I don't play by the card game RULES MAAN! I MAKES MY OWN CARD GAME RULES MAAN!
CURTIS: ….then why promote the cards at all?
JT: We have to, or the big guys at Saban are gonna cut our budget for guest stars….. You know the budget they blew on cheesy special effects?
VANCE (He bitterly rolled his eyes): Oh yeah I remember. The budget that they said they'd use to bring back special guests like…oh say…certain rangers they invited and then just say, PSYCHE-HEIL HITLER, because they had to have the cheesy special effects? Yes, special effects make the WORLD go right around huh?!
ANTONIO (He just looked confused, looked towards Curtis and Gale.): Who are they talking to?
(Curtis and Gale gave a deadpan look.)
CURTIS (He whispered to Gale): Don't tell him, he might crack.
ANTONIO: …well I don't mind a little promotion. (He pulled 4 cards from the pile, unfolded them to reveal that they are all the Gold Samurai Ranger cards.) Especially since they captured my GOLDEN features!
ALEXIS (She shot an annoyed look at Antonio): You know making gold puns every 5 minutes isn't always clever right? We get it, you're the Gold Ranger: do you want an award or something?
JT: Oye! Don't hate him because he likes to put on a show, I say embrace the inner showboat! (He patted Antonio on the head.)
ANTONIO: Muchas gracias… (He slapped his hand away) but DON'T pat me on the head again, amigo.
(Suddenly, an alarm sounded off. However this was unlike the alarm that warned the knights of an attack on Sundraville.)
CURTIS: What kind of alarm is that?
VANCE: That…doesn't sound like an attack on the city.
ALEXIS: It's worse than that. Someone, or something's, has gotten too close to the area near the base.
VANCE: Oh crap, we've been found out!
GALE: Is it the demons?!
ALEXIS: Hold on, I'll check! (She rushed over to Terretto's crystal ball and looked into it. The image showed just outside the base, where Troy was slowly approaching)
JT (He screamed in terror) it's worse than demons! WE'VE BEEN DISCOVERED BY SUPER MODELS! (He pulled out his axe and started heading for the exit.) Welp, this one's gotta go, I'll be back in an hour.
VANCE (He pulled on the axe, holding JT back): Hold it, JT. What did we say about trying to kill super models?
JT (He lowered his head in shame): It's illegal and rude.
VANCE: That a boy. (He suddenly noticed something in the crystal ball. He got closer and noticed the strange object hanging from Troy's pocket.) hey, look at that thing he's holding.
GALE: it looks like some kind of tiki. Where've I seen that before?
(Vance thought for a moment, then hastily ran back to the table, and got a closer look at some of the cards. He then noticed a card labled "Megaforce Red Ranger," featuring a red ranger that none of the Mythic Knights had never seen before, holding the very same object.)
VANCE: Guys…I think that guy may be one of the new rangers from the news.
CURTIS: …The Megaforce Rangers?
JT: (He groaned loudly): THAT guy!? He doesn't look like a "teenager with attitude," he looks like he just got outta Sunday school! Yeesh, they'll let any pretty boy become a ranger nowadays.
ANTONIO: Oh you have no idea. (He looked away casually, slightly embarrassed.)
VANCE: Though just to be safe, we better check this guy out.
(The six stayed close as they approached the entrance, and opened the door. Meanwhile, Troy looked around the clearing, and brought his morpher to his mouth and pressed the button.)
TROY: Gosei? Are you sure this is the right place?
GOSEI: Yes Troy, I can sense their presence even now. They are approaching.
(Right at that moment, the 5 Mythic Knights and Antonio ran into the clearing and found themselves face to face with Troy. For a long time nobody said anything, none of them knew what to say: on the Knights and Antonio's side, they could very well have just met a civilian who got too close to their base. On Troy's side, he may have accidentally revealed himself talking to his morpher to a bunch of civilians.)
TROY: Uh…
JT: Hold it right there super model guy! THOU SHALT NOT PASS!
VANCE: (He pinched JT's lips shut): Cool it JT. (He sighed and crossed his arms and approached Troy.) So. You're one of the Megaforce Ranger?
(Troy was taken aback. He didn't know how to answer but then he got a look at 3 of the "civilians'" belt buckles, and the other two's strange bracelet devices. Putting two and two together, he showed them his morpher)
TROY: I'm Troy Burrows, the Red Ranger.
JT (He groaned loudly): Then it's true! WE'VE GOT RANGERS OUT OF SUNDAY SCHOOL!
TROY (He awkwardly rubbed the back of his head): Uh…yeah, are you guys the Mythic Knight rangers?
VANCE: That would be us.
JT/CURTIS: Yo.
ANTONIO: Well, actually I'm not a Mythic Knight. (He spun his morpher in his hand.) You're looking at the one and only Gold Samurai Ranger, Antonio Garcia.
ALEXIS (She frowned, looking to Troy): …how do you know who we are?
TROY: My mentor Gosei told me to come search for you guys. My team needs your help.
(The Mythic Knights all looked towards each other, and then nodded their heads in agreement. They then lead Troy to the inside of the base.)
VANCE: How can we help?
(The 7 entered the base and sat around the sofa and poker table.)
TROY: Our enemies, these giant alien bugs who call themselves "The Warstar" captured my teammates and are holding them somewhere. And I've got less than 3 hours to gather up enough power to take on all 5 of them to save my friends.
GALE: Wait, you and your friends are still new rangers, but you're gonna try and take on 5 insect aliens at once?
CURTIS: Plus 4 of you got captured at once pretty easily, aren't you a BIT over your head?
TROY: Hey, we'll do whatever we can to protect the earth! Even go a bit over our heads! Haven't you gone over your heads to save the earth?
(Vance and JT looked awkwardly at each other.)
VANCE: ….Well-
JT: …On rare occasions.
TROY: Case and point. Anyways, Vrak was specific and said that for this challenge, I needed the power of 5 rangers to try and save my friends. So I figured there must be other rangers still around that could help me and automatically Gosei sent me here. He figured you guys could help me.
ALEXIS (She sneakily took a handful of M&M's): Us? Well I mean no disrespect Troy, but we have our own mission to worry about. If we leave Sundraville unprotected, I can guarantee that Grieger would seize the opportunity for an attack.
CURTIS: But what about Sondre or Terretto- (He noticed that neither Sondre or Terretto were there with them.) Wait WHAT!? Where are they!?
ALEXIS: They had some work to do deep in the woods.
JT: Okay, that is just too convenient…. even for this show!
ANTONIO: Well technically I'm a free agent so, I'll be happy to go on this mission amigo!
VANCE: And I figured that since lately Grieger's been holding back, Sundraville wouldn't need all of us to protect the city, so… what the hell? I'm in!
TROY: Thanks man. but we still need…
JT: WAAAIIIIT….so is you taking Antonio AND Vance off to battle against a hoard of angry ba-crazed alien bugs with no goal except conquering the earth for no apparent reason and save a bunch of noobie rangers?
TROY: …Uh, that's right?
(JT suddenly started hugging Troy's legs.)
JT: I WANNA COME TOO! I WANTS TO FIGHT THE GIANT BUGS TOO! OH PLEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEEEE LET ME COME TOO!
VANCE: I don't know about this Jack. I think it's better if you just sit this one out this time.
JT (He stood up quickly.) Very well Vance, you leave me no choice! (He made his eyes and face into a sad puppy face and started whimpering like a dog.)
VANCE: Sad JT puppy eyes have no effect on…(JT's face and eyes got even bigger and sadder, with louder whimpering, with "rain" pouring on him.)
ALEXIS (She started cringing when having to see JT look so desperate): ...OH JUST LET THE BOY GO WITH YOU!
VANCE: … (He sighed.) Alright, I'll take you.
JT (His face returned to normal, and he threw the watering can he was holding over his head away): AAAAHHHH! (He hopped up and down in a giggly manner.) YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! (He continued hopping as Troy, Antonio and Vance continue talking.)
TROY: …Are you sure we have to take him with us?
VANCE: Hey, what can I do? He's my best friend, he knows more about Power Rangers than anyone I know. So at this point if you want me, you'll have to take him too.
ANTONIO: Well I got no problem with it; every good team needs one loco amigo.
TROY: Well okay, if we must, but we still need one more ranger to meet Vrak's challenge.
ANTONIO (A smirk sneaked across his face): Oh don't worry about that, I know just the ranger to help us out. (He pulled out his morpher and exited the room.) Just give me a minute, I gotta make a call.
JT: In the meantime, (He pushed out a chair and spoke like a poker shark.) Sit down my model-faced compadre, sit down. I'll teach you how to play Power Rangers poker.
VANCE: No way! Troy just walk away while you can! This guy's won 5 games in a row. That's statistically impossible!
JT: W-what? Nahh, how DARE YOU GOOD SIR! You're just uhhh-Lexi, help me out.
ALEXIS: He's right, it is statistically impossible.
JT: TRAITORRRRRRR!
(Suddenly a few cards fell out of JT's sleeves. Vance cocked an eyebrow at this, then grabbed Alexis' wand. Before JT knew it, he was levitating upside down, then being shaken vigorously. A giant pile of cards fell out of JT's hoodie, pockets, and even his pants. Once Vance was sure all the cards were out, Alexis snatched the wand back and JT fell into the pile face first. When he came to, he found himself being stared down by Vance with a wicked grin on his face.)
JT: …uh, now Vance, I can explain. You see what happened was…
VANCE: Ah, I don't wanna hear it. Instead I have a new bet for you, I bet if you don't give me all my M&M's, (He playfully tapped JT's forehead.) You're…Gonna…Die.
JT: Awwww, man! You takes the fun out of the fake gambling and…. (He noticed that the M&M's are missing.) wait, where the M&M's at?
(They then saw that the M&M's were stolen by…. Alexis?)
JT/VANCE/GALE/CURTIS: ALEXIS?!
JT: You were gonna make off with those M&M's? ….THAT IS AWESOME!
ALEXIS (She looked ashamed): I'm very sorry. I should have more self-control, but I can't help it. I've never had anything this delectable back in my time. It's just so delicious, I can't help it…
JT: …that is adorable! (Alexis blushed furiously in response.)
CURTIS: But maybe for your sake, we should take the candy back and…
ALEXIS: NO! MY CANDY! (She dashed upstairs into her room, leaving the others looking very confused.)
JT: …I love her in so many ways right now.
(OUTSIDE)
(Outside, Antonio was talking into his Samurai Morpher)
ANTONIO: Hello? ….Hey, what's up my man? It's me again! Listen, how would you like to join me, in one last golden adventure? Great! You remember where the Mythic Knight base is right?
(HARWOOD FOREST CAVE)
(The inside of the cave was lit up with candle lights on the cave walls while the ground was covered in white smoke that made the bottom nearly invisible. In the far back of the cave, there lay Jake, Noah, Gia, and Emma, still unconscious from their fights. They were placed in a large circle area surrounded with stalagmites spaced apart with a red static bolt circling around the rock formations. Jake slowly began to awaken.)
JAKE: Oh man, what-what happened? Feels like I got slammed by a truck. (He began to notice his surroundings) Whoa, this is…pretty weird. (He looked to the others and trued to rustle them awake.) Gia, Noah, Emma, guys get up.
(The others began to open their eyes and slowly move.)
GIA: Huh, what's up? What's going... (She looked around.) …on? Where are we?
NOAH (Slowly he stood up as well): Must be some type of cave, at least, that's what I think it is. (Looking at the static on the stalagmites, he tilted his head in confusion.) Hmm, no science book ever talked about these formations giving off a red spark before. (A sudden spark jump off and hit Noah's hand, making it recoil.) Ow! Yeah, might have to look into that…
VRAK: Well hello rangers, did you have a good sleep? (He laughed.)
(The rangers stood up.)
NOAH: Vrak!? Where are we? What is this place?
VRAK: It's just a small little cave on the far side of the forest. Don't you just love how I decorated the place? The fog might be a bit much, but still.
EMMA: That's impossible. I've biked through this forest my whole life, taken pictures of everything this forest has, and I never saw this cave once.
VRAK: That's because you've never noticed it until now. It's amazing what you can do when you blow a hole into the side of a mountain.
JAKE: That's enough, you're gonna pay for this! It's morphin'… (He reached for his morpher but didn't find it.) Hey, where's my morpher!?
(The others looked for their morphers but didn't find them either.)
NOAH: Mine's gone!
GIA: Same here!
EMMA: Me too!
VRAK: Oh, you mean those morphers? (He pointed to the morphers lying on a rock-carved table.) No need to worry yourselves about that, your morphers are fine…but then again, you won't need them after about 3 hours.
GIA: What do you mean we "won't need them"?
NOAH: And where's Troy?
VRAK: Your teammate is fine. He was spared for now, but if he's not here when the time comes, your lives won't be spared like his was.
EMMA: And what's that supposed to mean!?
VRAK: It's all part of my challenge for the Red Ranger, a challenge in strength and determination. If he can defeat me and my four insectoids by the time he arrives, I'll let you all go. But if he doesn't show, or even loses to any of us, you'll make quite a meal for my insectoid army. A bit of human flesh and blood will give these creatures the extra kick they need to grow in power.
JAKE: So we're just a bunch of bargaining chips to you!? That's pretty low, but it doesn't matter anyway.
EMMA: Yeah, Troy WILL find us, and make you and those freaks regret capturing us.
VRAK: Is that a fact? Don't get too confident, pink ranger. One hero versus five insectoids is more than anyone can swallow. So you can drop whatever thoughts you have on getting out of here alive.
(Bruchus entered the cave.)
BRUCHUS: Still no sign of the Red Ranger, Master Vrak. Everyone else went to go recharge. I'll do the same and then… (Then he noticed the rangers.) Ah, our little meal tickets are awake at last. Please sir, can't I just have one little nibble before the 3 hours are up? The one in yellow looks just right for the picking.
JAKE: (Backing up to cove Gia) Hey watch it beetle face! Gia may look good, but there's no way you're not gonna eat her! I won't allow it!
GIA: Aw, thanks Jake!
JAKE: Eh, anytime!
VRAK (He chuckled, looking to Bruchus): Don't get impatient now, Bruchus. Your time to feed will come soon enough. Go out and recharge your power. You'll need it when the Red Ranger arrives.
BRUCHUS: Understood. (He left the cave quickly.)
VRAK: … (Slowly his gaze turned back to the rangers.) That is, if anyone does come to save you. I'll be seeing you again very soon. Farewell for now…or maybe forever!
(Vrak laughed to himself as he left the cave while the rangers nervously exchange faces of fear with each other.)
(KNIGHT RANGER BASE)
(All 7 of the rangers gathered outside, waiting for Antonio's guest to arrive. Alexis now had a chocolate smudge all over her mouth).
GALE: Almost an hour of poker winnings, all that precious chocolate… (She glared at Alexis.) Gone!
ALEXIS: Excuse me; don't get mad at me Gale! It was Jack who introduced me to candy, I just failed to realize how…sugary sweet and delicious it is. (Her eye twitched.)
TROY (To Vance, JT, and Antonio): So, you guys know a lot about other Power Rangers, right?
ANTONIO: (Pointed to Vance and JT) Well they know more than I do. I'd ask them, why?
TROY: Well ever since I moved to Harwood, I've been having these weird dreams.
GALE: What kind of dreams, exactly?
TROY: Dreams that I'm with an army of Power Rangers, rangers that I've never even seen before.
VANCE (He muttered under his breath): Well that doesn't say much. (He cleared his throat and looked to Troy.) Well I don't know what it can mean. It could be a vision of the future or a warning?
JT: Or just really cheap editing that will never be properly exploited.
VANCE: ….or that. That sounds more realistic. But just out of curiosity, are we in the battle?
TROY: No actually but-
VANCE: Then who cares?
JT: Now hold on a second there, boy. (To Troy) Now uh…. What rangers were uh… in this battle?
TROY: I can't remember, I mean I have this dream every night, but it's still so vague.
JT: How vague can it be? Did you see any specifics about the rangers in the battle?!
TROY: I don't know, for some reason I always see me and my teammates with these guys, why would I…
JT (He started to shake Troy violently): WERE THE MIGHTY MORPHINS THERE!? WERE THE MIGHTY MORPHINS….
(Vance then squeezed JT's shoulder, and he fell over.)
VANCE: Sorry about that, he's insane.
(Suddenly, a horse neigh was heard, and in galloped a large white horse with red armor. Riding upon the back of the horse was Jayden, the Red Samurai Ranger!)
JT/VANCE: Jayden!
TROY: …who's that?
ANTONIO (He smirked): The one and only Red Samurai Ranger, and a personal amigo of mine.
JAYDEN (He dismounted from the horse.): Somebody called the cavalry?
ANTONIO: Jayden! You made it! (He gave Jayden a bro hug.) I was starting to wonder if you'd show up at all.
JAYDEN: Well I couldn't let you go through this alone Antonio, Samurai or not, we're a team. (Noticed the Mythic Knights) Good to see you all again.
VANCE: Hey, (He and Jayden high fived.) It's been awhile, man.
JAYDEN: And uh…JT is it?
JT (He giggled like a school girl): He remembers me!
JAYDEN (He Noticed Troy): So you must be the new red ranger. Good to meet you.
TROY (He shook Jayden's hand): Same with you. Quite an entrance you made though, was the horse really necessary?
JAYDEN: Hey, it's the best way for a Samurai to get around. And the entrance was Antonio's idea.
ANTONIO: What can I say? I know how to make an entrance, and it's time to pass on what I know to others!
JT: (Noogied Antonio) That's my boy! So how we gon' get to this mystical Zordon wannabe tiki-m'n?
TROY: Gosei said there's a shortcut just not too far from here that can take us back to the lair easily, though it's a long way on foot.
JAYDEN: That's why I'm packing these. (He wielded his Samurizer and drew a symbol.) Symbol power, horse! (Another horse suddenly appeared in a flash of light.) We're gonna have to buddy up though-
VANCE: No need to worry, I got my own. (He snapped his fingers and then his Jet Streamer flew in from above and landed right next to him. He immediately got on and revved the engine.)
CURTIS: Wait, if things get hairy, you'll call on us right?
ALEXIS: Because we won't hesitate to back you up if these insectoids get to be too much.
VANCE: You guys'll be the first we call upon. (He noticed JT getting on a horse with Antonio.) Wait, JT aren't you gonna get your Jet Streamer?
JT: You nuts!? If I'm gonna learn to embrace the Samurai lifestyle, I'm gonna live it up on HORSEBACK BABY! (He sat in the opposite direction, back to back with Antonio.)
ANTONIO: …any particular reason as to why you're sitting backwards?
JT: Enemies could sneak up behind you Baron Barracuda!
ANTONIO: …Can't argue with that, wouldn't even know how to.
VANCE: Yes well with that in mind, LET'S RIDE!
(Troy mounted on the horse with Jayden and they rode off, followed by Vance. Antonio's horse let out a loud whinny, and then JT rolled off the horse and landed face first to the ground. Antonio dismounted to help JT get up but the horse swiftly galloped off, leaving Antonio and JT to start chasing after it.)
(GOSEI COMMAND CENTER)
(The five rangers walked down the corridor of the base and rounded the bend, leading to the main chamber. The newcomers looked around with amazement.)
JAYDEN: Nice looking command center. Too bad the Shiba House never had anything like this.
ANTONIO (He looked at the colored consoles in amazement): Magnifico!
TROY: I'm glad you guys like it. I'm still getting used to this place, but I think it's all good.
JT (And then he began to notice the ranger keys):OH MAH JEEVUS, IT'S …LITTLE TINY RANGER KEYS! Muuuuuust touuuuuch. (He tried to run over to them, but Vance restrained him.)
VANCE: Easy there, lil' crazy. I know you wanna touch them, but now just isn't the time to go all fanboy-ish.
JT: But they're just so MAJESTIC AND KEY-LIKE! And this place is no Mighty Morphin Command Center or Astro Megaship, but is still super AWESOME! Why don't rangers come in here more often?
TENSOU:Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, the rangers are here! The rangers are here!
JT (He screamed in terror and kicked Tensou): CREEPY LITTLE ROBOT THING!
TROY: …Was that really necessary?
JT: …It had to be done. (Vance nodded in agreement)
GOSEI: Welcome rangers. I am Gosei. And I am honored to have you all here.
VANCE (He felt the need to bow in respect): So you're Gosei? Never thought I'd be talking to a giant tiki head, but still, thanks for having us.
ANTONIO: Same here. I like the technology you got around this place. For over 1,000 years, it looks like this stuff hasn't aged at all.
JAYDEN: Although I would like the complete tour, I'd appreciate it if we just cut to the chase. We have rangers that need our help.
TROY: Absolutely. Tensou, have you been able to pinpoint the location of the others?
TENSOU: Oooh, it's still taking a long time to process!
ANTONIO: Then allow me to give it the golden touch. (He began typing away at the console.)
TENSOU: Pfft. Good luck, if a highly sophisticated robot like me cannot find them, that makes you think you…
ANTONIO: Found them! Coming on screen now!
(The others walked over to the console to see the rangers still trapped inside the prison of the cave.)
TENSOU: Pfft, lucky search. They're being contained in a force field at a cave on the far end of Harwood Forest.
VANCE: We better get a move on then. If I know one thing about monsters, they won't wait forever.
JAYDEN: I agree with Vance, time is of the essence. Troy, how much longer did you say we have?
TROY: Two minutes, not a second more.
VANCE: Damn, my jet streamer won't make it there that fast, neither will Jayden's horse.
GOSEI: Never mind that, rangers. I will be able to teleport you there in less than a minute.
TROY: Thanks Gosei. We won't let you down.
VANCE: …wait, why didn't we just do that before?
ANTONIO: No time to worry about that! Time to exterminate some bugs! You ready, mis amigos?
JAYDEN: Always.
VANCE: You don't have to ask me twice. How about you JT? ….JT? (Looked around) …JT?
(JT secretly snuck off and mischievously began putting some ranger keys in his hoody pockets.)
JT: (Grabbing the MMPR keys) And you'll be going next to my flip-head figures, (grabbing the Space ranger keys) and you'll be going next to my model Astro Megaship, (individually grabbing the five main Lightspeed Rescue keys) and I'll take you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and…(stops) wait, there's no titanium ranger key!? THIS IS BOW SHITTERY! How can you have a 20th anniversary without the first American-made ranger!?
VANCE: PUT. THEM. BACK. NOW!
JT: Fine! … (He mumbled quietly as he put the keys back and rejoined the others.)
GOSEI: Good luck rangers, and may good fortune be in your favor.
(And at that instant, the rangers vanished in a mist of red, yellow, and gold colors smoke.)
(HARWOOD FOREST)
(Vrak, Creepox, and the three other insectoids entered the cave to see the rangers still nervous about their impending situation. They noticed the monsters and got into a stance.)
VRAK: Well rangers, only one minute remains and you're teammate has still not arrived. Looks like you're not going to live to see the end of this day.
CRABRO: So sorry your lives have to end this way, but your friend had his chance to redeem himself, and he failed!
CREEPOX: Enough of all this talk, it's time to feed!
ARAÑA: Let us begin with this pink ranger over here! (She reached one of her arms into the force-field prison and the arm embraced Emma.)
NOAH: Quick, don't let it pull her!
(The other three rangers grabbed onto Emma and Araña's arm in an attempt to keep Emma from being pulled toward the insectoid. The rangers struggled, but Araña's strength was too strong.)
GIA: I…can't…keep this up.
JAKE: Come on Gia, you got this. Just keep going.
(Suddenly, a fireball shot through the cave and struck Araña in the stomach, making her loosen her grip on Emma, who fell free from the monster's arm.)
NOAH: Emma, you okay?
EMMA: Yeah, I'm fine. But where did that fire come from?
JAKE (He looked toward the cave exit): I think I know who was.
VRAK: What was that!? (He called out.) Who's there? Identify yourself!
(The insectoids raced to the outside of the cave to see Troy, Vance, Jayden, JT, and Antonio all standing around the entrance.)
VANCE: A little something I like to call, a challenge.
TROY: Here Vrak, you said to enlist four more rangers, and now I have, and we're ready.
VRAK: Very commendable work, Red Ranger. You managed to gather a full team just in time. But let's see if your team is truly up for the challenge.
JAYDEN: As rangers, we're always ready to take care of the evil. You're no different from Nighloks.
BRUCHUS: Feeding time will have to wait. Time to crush some rangers!
JT: Oh THIS is gonna be fuuuuun!
TROY: Ready?
OTHER 4: READY!
TROY (He pulled out his card and morpher, placing the card in the slot): It's morphin' time! GO GO MEGAFORCE! (Morphing sequence.) MEGAFORCE, RED!
JAYDEN: SAMURAIZIER! (He drew his Samuraizer and rose it up.) GO GO SAMURAI! (Quickly drawing his symbol, Jayden spun the symbol around with the Samuraizer and morphed. He took his disc and placed it on his sword, wielding his weapon.) Samurai ranger, ready!
ANTONIO: SAMURAI MORPHER! GOLD POWER! (Spinning his special morpher, Antonio selected his symbol and morphed, wielding his barracuda blade.) Samurai ranger, ready!
JAYDEN/ANTONIO: Rangers together! (They slashed their weapons through the air and got into a pose.) Samurai forever!
VANCE/JT (Both of them nodded towards one another, raising up their morphers): MYTHIC KNIGHTS, UNITE!
VANCE (He summoned his Red Dragon Sword, putting it on his shoulder): Dragonheart of Dancing Flame, Red Mythic Knight Ranger!
JT(Summoning his axe, he posed with it in a battle stance): Thunder's Fury, Yellow Mythic Knight Ranger!
TROY: Earth defenders never surrender!
ALL 5: POWER RANGERS, READY! (They all struck a pose, a larger red and yellow explosion happened behind them.)
VRAK: And the challenge may now commence! Go my insectoids! (Creepox and the three other insectoids charged in with Vrak following behind, while the rangers drew their weapons.)
TROY: Spread out guys! Take whoever you want. I know who I'm going for!
OTHER 4: Got it! (They all charged in to battle different insectoids.)
