Episode 442: Power Rangers RPM: Ghosts
Two days later, the teens are almost in Kenmore
"If you take a left up ahead we should avoid rush hour traffic" said Ziggy
"Rush hour? Are you serious!?" Flynn asked "Look around you man, we're in a post-apocalyptic abandoned city"
"Actually" said Ziggy "we're in the middle of an apocalypse"
"It's an expression" said Flynn "besides if you want to be technical, the apocalypse hasn't happened yet"
"Depending on your interpretation of Revelation" said Ziggy
"Interpretation?" Flynn asked "we're living it!"
"Where did those two Zords come from?" Scott asked
"There are still a few other Rangers left" said Summer
"That's just a rumor" said Dillon "besides, even if there are any, none of them have helped us before"
"They're probably spread pretty thin" said Summer "the entire universe has fallen to evil"
"Except for Corinth" said Dillon "if there are any other Rangers left, they should be helping defend the last place in the universe not to submit to Rossi's will"
"Rossi hurts others as well" said Summer "people that don't have any Rangers to defend them"
"Maybe the Zords are ghosts of previous Rangers and Zords" said Flynn
"I can't believe it" said Ziggy "first ripping on me about directions and eschatology and now you're suggesting ghosts?"
"Oh you have a better explanation now do you?" Flynn asked "Well it's not normal okay, it's a giant flying chicken that's shooting laser beams at people, really!"
"Okay, I'm with Flynn. This thing is so weird" said Summer
"Weird?" Ziggy asked "Okay, you cruise around in a giant yellow teddy bear, okay? I drive a big green fish. Look in the mirror, people. We're in no position to be sitting in judgment of anything weird"
"Man's got a point" said Dillon as they arrive and get out and look around "we should turn back. Somethings wrong, nothing looks familiar"
"Be patient" said Summer "it will come back"
In the Garage, Dr. K examines the notes she'd taken from the Venjix hardware inside Dillon. She discovers that while Venjix can't control Dillon yet, he can plant memories and dreams in him.
"They're headed straight into a trap" said K "and I can't contact them" and then all the screens in her lab went dark and words appear on them
"If you can get me the necessary power" read the screen "I can route your communication equipment through the Bio-Field to their Morphers"
"I'll get find the power" said K and she left
In the Corinth Control Center, Dr. K meets with Colonel Truman
"I need more power to warn the Rangers that they are headed into a trap" said K
"That means diverting primary power away from the city shield grid. You know I can't do that. Not even for my own son" said Truman
"Have I ever told you about my childhood growing up in the Alphabet Soup think tank?" K asked
"I get the feeling you don't like to talk about it" said Truman
"That's right" said K "But that's why, when I do, you can be sure that it's not just idle chitchat. You can be sure that there's real meaning behind it"
"Go on" said Truman
"In the years I've spent there, I was asked to create things without ever knowing their purpose. In some cases, I could never even imagine what possible real-world applications they could possibly have" said K
"Fascinating" said Truman
"When I was eleven years old" said K "I was asked to develop a colorless and odorless substance that when added to a person's beverage, it would instantaneously stricken the recipient with diarrhea a thousand times more extreme than the worst case of dysentery ever recorded. Now, Colonel, can you, in your wildest imagination, ever dream of a situation where someone would resort to using a substance like that?"
"Corporal Hicks" said Truman as he looks at his coffee mug
"Yes sir" said Hicks
"I want you to divert fifteen percent of the primary shield power to our outgoing communications transmitter for then next ten minutes" said Truman as he hands Hicks his coffee mug
"Yes, sir. Right away, sir" said Hicks
In Kenmore, Dr. K contacts the teens
"Rangers" said K "I can't talk long. Venjix downloaded false memories into Dillon. You're headed into a trap"
"Dr. K" said Ziggy "we saw two flying Zords, one gold, the other silver" and the transmission begins to fade
"Ranger Green" said K "repeat" but the transmission goes dead
"We need to go now" said Scott and Flynn begins to drive off when they hear an explosion
"There's a bomb back here" said Ziggy
"RPM, GET IN GEAR!" said Scott "RANGER OPERATOR SERIES RED, 1!"
"RANGER OPERATOR SERIES BLUE, 2!" said Flynn
"RANGER OPERATOR SERIES YELLOW, 3!" said Summer
"RANGER OPERATOR SERIES GREEN, 4!" said Ziggy
"RANGER OPERATOR SERIES BLACK, 5!" said Dillon and they jump out and GO-ONGER explodes. They get out to see Venjix, General Shifter, the Dyna Attack Bot, and Grinders
"Nitro Swords!" said Scott and they fight robots, but can't beat them. Venjix is about to finish them off when he is blasted by a Gold Ranger and a Silver Ranger
"Cloud Hatchets!" said the Gold Ranger and they fight Venjix, but can't quite beat him
"Let the Dyna Bot finish them off" said Shifter and he leaves with Venjix
"SKYSHIFT BLAZERS!" said the Gold Ranger as they combine their Cloud Hatchets with what looks like an aircraft's control stick "ENGINE CELL, ACTIVATE!" and he inserts Engine Cell 7 into his SkyShift Blazer
"ENGINE CELL, ACTIVATE!" said the Silver Ranger and she inserts Engine Cell 8 into her SkyShift Blazer
"FIRE!" said the Gold Ranger and they destroy the Attack Bot. The Gold and Silver Rangers prepare to go
"Wait" said Scott
"Do you" the Gold Ranger began
"Need a lift" the Silver Ranger finished and they all board their Zords
In the Corinth Control Center, Colonel Truman and Dr. K watch the monitors
"Two aircraft are approaching the Dome" said Truman "neither are showing any bio-signatures"
"Lower the shields" said K
"Are you mad?" Truman asked "Look at the instruments for yourself"
"Their bio signatures are hidden by a stealth organic cloaking device" said K
"And how do you know that?" Truman asked
"Because I built them" said K
At the Garage, the teens and the Gold and Silver Rangers approach Dr. K, Colonel Truman, and Corporal Hicks.
"Let me warn you" said Ziggy to the Gold and Silver Rangers "when you meet Dr. K, she's a bit icy and cold at first. But don't take it personally. It's, uh, she treats everybody like that. I, I think that's just the way she is"
"Power" said the Gold Ranger
"Down" said the Silver and they demorphed, revealing them to be Gem and Gemma
"Gem, Gemma!" said K and she runs up to them in tears and hugs them
"Hello, Dr. K" said Gem
"We've missed you" said Gemma
"I guess she's, maybe, trying kind of a new management style with them" said Ziggy
Next time on Power Rangers RPM:
As Dr. K introduces Gem and Gemma, Tenaya 7 makes a plan to kill everyone in Corinth without needing to take out the Dome. Will the Rangers see through her plan or will the entire City of Corinth fall into her trap? Find out next time on Power Rangers RPM!