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Author's note: I don't own Power Rangers. Once again, this is a fan-fictionialized version of one of the many unproduced Powers Rangers episode scripts.

This script was written when the cast were in Australia filming Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: the Movie, but got shelved because of production problems.

You can place this story between "The Wedding" and "Return of the Green Ranger", due to the Mighty Morphin' Rangers still being in the Land Down Under. Please rate and review, now let's set sail and begin the story...

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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of... Rangers?

originally written by Tony Oliver

turned into a fanfic by Piston1984

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Act 1

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The sun shined at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia, as the six Power Teens, Bulk and Skull, their chaperon, an Australian tour guide, and some travelling companions approached a boat docked at the pier.

As they boarded the ship, the Tour Guide filled the group in on the day's agenda by saying, "Today, we're going to learn how Australia got its start and how sailing ships played a part in our history."

Billy stepped onto the vessel, adjusting his glasses as he said, "Wow! I've always wanted to sail on one of these."

Rocky looked down at the beautiful sails and commented, "This is so cool!"

Adam touched one of the ship's finely-crafted masts and said, "Whoa! Check out the masts!"

Aisha wondered as she looked at the ship's steering wheel, "I wonder if they'd let me steer."

Kimberly said while taking pictures with her camera, "I've got to get some pictures of this."

Tommy looked out to the horizon and said with great pride, "Imagine being captain of this ship."

Skull suddenly jumped off the gangway and onto the deck, wearing a patch over one eye and a three-pointed hat, saying to the teens, "Argh! Avast ye mateys! Baton down the hatches! Hoist the mansail! Spin the spinmaker!"

Bulk followed on board, asking, "Skull, what are you doing?"

Skull flipped the patch off his eye and replied, "Getting ready for pirates!"

Being a party pooper, Bulk grumbled, "This is a harbour cruise, numbskull. There are no pirates."

"No pirates? Aw, I never get to have any fun." said a pouty Skull, as the Tour Guide was the last to board and adresse the group, "Alright. If you would all find a place to settle, we'll be off straight away."

Meanwhile, at the Lunar Palace, Rita Repulsa and Goldar both flanked Lord Zedd (with Squatt and Baboo both huddled off to one side to listen), as he finished gazing down to Earth and turned, while saying, "Pathetic humans. They make such a big deal about primitive wind-powered boats."

"Humans make a big deal about everything." said Rita Repulsa.

Squatt said, "I liked those big sailing things."

Baboo agreed by singing, "Yeah, me too. Yo ho ho and a bottle of..."

Goldar interrupted the bumbling duo with a stare and a growl, as Zedd suddenly had an idea in his head and said, "Bottle? Yes, of course, a bottle!"

A confused Rita asked, "So are you gonna tell us what you're thinking or do I have to guess?"

Zedd told his wife, "I want you to have Finster prepare a magic bottle. We'll use it to neutralize the Rangers, leaving our way clear to overrun the planet and make it mine!"

"Ahem!" said Rita, as Zedd reacted, then corrected himself by saying, "Uh, sorry. Ours... dear."

With that said, the couple gave off a big evil laugh.

Back in Sydney Harbour, the ship sailed through the coastline of Sydney, sails full of wind. The Power Teens, their companions and the Chaperon stood at the front rail, listening to the Tour Guide giving a talk about the sights they were seeing.

The Tour Guide said, "Over there is the place where the first fleet from England brought the first settlers to Australia on 26th January 1788. That day is celebrated as Australia Day every year."

Rocky asked Billy, "What was the name of this ship?"

"The Svannen." answered Billy.

"Well she sure is a beaut." said Rocky.

Aisha took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Mmm, the sea air is great."

"I love it out here." agreed Adam.

Kimberly then told her friends, "Let's face it guys, we're in Sydney Australia, on a tall ship and we're all together. This is a perfect day!"

Tommy smiled and nodded in agreement, as Skull was sneakily listening in on the teens' conversation, as he laughed his laugh and told Bulk, "Ha! Hey Bulk! Those dweebs think this is a perfect day. What do you think?"

Bulk, who was obviously sea-sick with a slightly green pall coming over him, groaned, "I don't... I don't feel... feel so well." Then he quickly leaned over the rail to lose his lunch, although Skull barely noticed and started to wonder, "See? This is not a perfect day. A perfect day for me would be a lot different." With that said, a dream sequence started to form in Skull's mind...

In this fancy dream sequence, Skull was the captain of this vessel, as he stood proudly at the aft of the ship. Standing by Captain Skull's side was Mr. Bulk, who had a bandanna around his head and was at the helm. In the background, the barefoot Power Teens were in ragged clothes and were swabbing the deck. This whole scene should take on the feeling of sped-up surrealism.

Captain Skull barked out orders to his crew, "Alright, swabbies! Put your backs into it!"

Tommy said, as he scrubbed as hard as his hands could scrub the decks, "Aye aye, Cap'n Skull!"

Billy also joined in the brown-nosing by saying, "Thank you for your words of wisdom, Captain Skull!"

Kimberly looked up dreamily, saying, "Captain Skull is my hero!"

Captain Skull confidentally turned his attention to Mr. Bulk and said, "Mr. Bulk!"

Mr. Bulk saluted, as he responded, "Aye Captain!"

"Did you baton all the hatches?" asked Captain Skull.

"No Cap'n. I forgot!" answered a cringing Mr. Bulk, as Captain Skull gave him a menacing look and yelled at him, "Bad form, Mr. Bulk! This is mutiny, Bulk! Mutiny I tell you! MUTINY!!!"

"Skull! What are you doing?" asked Kimberly, as a look on confusion came over Skull's face to reveal in a quick snap that we are back in reality. Skull stood with his arms raised surrounded by Kimberly, Aisha, and Adam.

Skull tried to explained, "I was just... uh... you know... uh...

"Yeah, right." said a frowning Aisha, who, along with Adam and Kimberly, just walked away.

Back at the Lunar Palace, Zedd shouted to Finster from his throne, "Finster! Isn't that bottle ready yet!?"

In his workshop, Finster was quickly working around his bench, putting the finishing touches to the bottle, while telling his master, "Just a few moments more, my liege. Now the finishing touch, voila! It's finished!"

Once done, Finster entered the throne room and handed the bottle to Zedd, as Rita and Goldar both stood nearby.

Zedd grumbled, as he took the bottle from Finster, "It's about time."

"Yeah slowpoke! Now, how does it work?" asked Rita.

Finster explained, "All you have to do is point the bottle in the direction of the Rangers and open it. The bottle will release a powerful energy field which will surround them and put them into a deep sleep."

"Excellent! By the time Zordon figures out how to release them, it will be too late to save the world from our grip." said Zedd, who held the bottle with a tight grip.

Rita then told her husband, "Quick! Bottle 'em up!"

Zedd cockily said, "Yes, my dear. A few Putties should be able to handle this."

Meanwhile, back aboard the ship, Billy and Adam were walking down the stairs and entered the hold of the ship.

Adam said, "I can't imagine anyone spending months aboard a ship like this, trying to cross an ocean."

Billy explained, "Well, if it weren't for ships like this and the people who sailed them, there would have been no exploration, no trade, and no basic understanding of our world."

"Now that you put it that way, I guess what they were doing was pretty important." responded a flabbergasted Adam.

Up on the deck, Tommy stood at the bow facing the wind. Kimberly and Rocky stood near him while the others stood closer to midships.

Feeling the wind on his face, Tommy told his friends, "This is really something else."

Rocky agreed, "Yeah. Great sights and fresh sea air. It's the best."

"It was the best. Look!" said Kimberly, who pointed at four Putty Patrollers, who appeared on the rigging of the ship. One of them was carrying the bottle. The other passengers began to panic, as Aisha cried out, "Putties!"

Tommy gave Kimberly, Rocky, and Aisha the following orders, "Keep the passengers safe and get rid of those Putties. Let's do it!"

"RIGHT!" said Rocky, as the Power Teens broke off to do their stuff. Aisha and Rocky quickly got between the Putties and some of the panicked passengers. Kimberly and Tommy concentrated of the other Putties in a swashbuckling fight with lots of swinging from the rigging. Every so often, a Putty tried to use the bottle against the Mighty Morphin' Rangers, but it got bumped or kicked out of the Putty's hand before they had a chance to activate it.

Meanwhile, down below the deck, Billy and Adam were continuing their conversation, both oblivious to what was going up on the deck.

Adam asked, "Now, Captain Cook was the first European to land in Australia, right?"
"Well, not quite. He was the first Englishman to land here. The first European to land in Australia was a Dutch sailor named Willem Jansz 164 years before Captain Cook" explained Billy.

Suddenly, a huge thud was heared, Billy and Adam both reacted to the noise, with Adam quipping, "I guess they're having a good time up there."

Back up on the deck, the fight was still continuing. One of the Putties almost got the bottle open, but it got kicked, once again, out of his hands and, this time, rolled to a corner of the deck away from the fight but next to Bulk, who grabbed it. Finally, the Rangers began to dispose of the Putties one by one, and were left a bit breathless. The other passengers emerged from their hiding places, a bit shaken, but OK.

Kimberly asked the passengers, "Is everyone alright?" There were some positive responses from the group, prompting Aisha to point out, "They're all a bit shaky, but they're OK!"

Rocky took Tommy to the side, away from earshot of the others and asked, "What was that all about?"

"I don't know. I'm gonna go forward and contact Zordon." answered Tommy, who then went off with Aisha, while Rocky helped Kimberly attend to the other passengers.

Back at the Lunar Palace, as they were both at the rail, Zedd was angry as Rita ranted at him, "Those stupid putties lost again!!! Can't they do anything right?!"

Zedd just back to the rail and looked down at the Earth, as he said, "How dare you talk to me... wait... look!"

From what Zedd could see, Bulk and Skull were sitting on the deck examining the bottle they retrieved from the Putties.

"Those foolish humans have the bottle. If they open it, our plan might yet proceed." said Zedd with a snarl.

Rita quipped, "Give it up Zedd. Nobody's stupid enough to even think about opening that bottle."

Back on the ship, Bulk and Skull continued to examine the bottle, as Skull asked, "Hey Bulk. Maybe we should open it?"

Bulk responded, "I don't know. This came from those clay dudes."

Meanwhile, Tommy and Aisha huddled in an empty corner of the deck, as they were talking to Zordon on their communicators, while Rocky and Kimberly were in the background tending to the other passengers.

Zordon told the two Rangers Teens, "I have insufficient data to determine the purpose of the Putty attack. However, there are indications that they brought a device with them. Have you seen anything that might confirm that fact?"

"I did." answered Aisha, as she told Zordon and Tommy, "I saw one of those Putties carrying a bottle of some sort."

Tommy then added, "Yeah, me too. I think I saw it over near Bulk."

"Retrieve it immediately. If it is opened, the bottle could spell disaster." said Zordon, who then cut transmission, as the Rangers reacted to Bulk and Skull still examining the bottle, as Bulk said, "I can't stand it. I gotta find out what's inside."

With that said, Bulk began to open the bottle, as Tommy and Aisha both rushed up to him, with Tommy screaming, "BULK! NO!!!"

But it was too late! Bulk had opened the bottle. As he held it up, a strange stream of energy started to flow out of it. Bulk screamed and flinged the bottle away. The bottle landed on the deck and started to spin around, spreading energy as it turned. An electric charge began to surround the ship, as it creaked and groaned. The entire scene took on an eerie red glow. Everything seemed to be at a strange tilt and a gauzy texture surronded our heroes, as Bulk paniced and shouted, "Abandon ship!!!"

Bulk and Skull each tried to run off in the opposite directions, but ran back into each other and ended up falling on the deck

"What's happening?!" yelled Kimberly, as the entire ship began to spin into infinity.

The ship was surrounded by an electrical field. Suddenly, the field became opaque and covered the entire top deck of the ship. Only the hull and the masts could be seen.

Back at the Lunar Palace, Zedd and Rita rejoiced at their apparent victory, as Zedd proudly proclaimed, "Yes!! Those stupid humans have caused their own destruction. Now we can begin our conquest of Earth."

Rita suggested, "Oooo. Let's send down a really nasty monster, right away!"

"Patience, my dear. I have a special monster in mind. It will take some time to prepare him." replied Zedd.

"Then send Goldar down there. I want to see some destruction now!" suggested Rita.

Zedd responded, "Of course, my dear. I wouldn't want to make you wait."

With that said, both Zedd and Rita broke out into evil laughter.

Alarms were blazing in the Command Centre, as Alpha 5 rushed around to determine the cause, as Zordon looked on and said, "Alpha, sensors show a power shift in the Morphing Grid!"

Alpha said, "Aye, yai, yai! The Rangers' ship has been surrounded by an energy field! I can't penetrate it!"

The Viewing Globe showed the ship floating in the harbour, covered in an energy field, as Zordon guessed, "The bottle must have been opened."

Suddenly, more alarms went off, and Alpha rushed about again, looking at the Viewing Globe (which showed Goldar attacking the city) and saying, "Aye, yai, yai! Goldar is attacking the city!!"

Zordon said, "Quick, Alpha. There's no time to lose. You must find a way to break through the energy field and free the Rangers."

"What if I can't?" asked Alpha.

Zordon answered with a grim look on his face, "Then the world is doomed."

"Aye, yai, yai!" sighed Alpha, who got to work, pressing various buttons.

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