Power Rangers Thunder Force #9: the perfect human part 1.
Previously on Power rangers…
Steve picks up a large block of cinder and throws it straight at Ashley.
"Ashley. No!" T.J. yells as he shoves her aside.
The Cinder falls on top of T.J. crushing him below his head.
In Zanek's mobile lab the others are standing over T.J.'s badly crushed body on a table. Zanek is furiously
working at the instruments, trying to save his life.
"Come on. Don't leave us. We need you." Ashley says in tears.
The monitor suddenly goes flat line.
"No!" Ashley yells.
Zanek starts shocking his chest.
"Come-on. You aren't meant to go this way. I know it." Zanek yells.
He pounds T.J.'s chest. The monitor finally starts beeping again. Zanek steps back and wipes the sweat
from his forehead.
"Well he's not dead. But his insides are a mess. I have the technology to fix his insides but it will take
time and hard work on his part." Zanek says.
"Do it. Whatever it takes to bring him back to us." Ashley says.
On the explorer ship, the whole sordid scene is being watched.
"Finally one of your monsters did something right." Thunder says.
"Wait. I sense something in this one. A tremendous power unlike anything I have ever felt before. He is
the one. He is the person that will make the perfect monster." Astayanax says.
"Get him them." Thunder says.
"Yes my master. But I suggest we wait until he is partially recovered. Then I have the perfect plan to turn
him." A servant says.
"Then we will wait. For it will be worth the wait." Thunder says.
"Oh T.J. you are strong. I know you will get through this." Ashley says onscreen.
"Well worth it."
And now for episode 9…
Three months later…
T.J. is at a specialist that is helping him walk again. He is on a walking machine. He is doing fine until he
stumbles.
"Arghhh. I can't do it." T.J. yells frustrated.
"I have seen so many people go through this. And you know what? You aren't the first that has felt like
giving up." The doctor says.
T.J. just sits there.
"Now please. For your friends. Get up and try again. You can do it." The doctor says.
T.J. reluctantly gets up and tries again. He walks a big further this time before he collapses.
"It's so hard and tiring." T.J. says.
"Of course it's tiring. Your muscles shrunk a lot when you were in that body cast for so long. But you are
showing so much progress." The doctor says.
The session ends and T.J. returns home. His friends are waiting for him.
"Surprise." They all yell.
"What's going on?" T.J. asks as he stumbles through the door on crutches.
"Oh it's nothing. Just a party to celebrate your great recovery progress." Carlos says.
"I haven't known you very long but I sense great strength in you. You have progressed greatly." Zanek
says.
"Heck. Soon maybe you will be able to be a ranger again." Ashley says holding out T.J.'s sword.
But when T.J. sees the sword, the memory of him being crushed and nearly dying comes back.
"No!" T.J. screams shoving the sword away.
"What's wrong?" Carlos says.
"It must be the memory of him almost being killed while being a ranger." Zanek says.
"Can't you see. I will never be a ranger again. First of all I will probably never walk or move as well as I
once did. Another thing is that I will never forget what almost happened to me. That memory will always
haunt me." T.J. says.
T.J. storms out of his house while the others try to comfort him.
"Let him go. This is his test and he must face it himself." Zanek says.
"But can't we at least give him emotional support?" Ashley asks, her voice breaking.
"Not unless he wants it. Otherwise it will just stress him more." Zanek responds.
Ashley cries and the others stand there in deep thought. Outside T.J. is walking with his crutches. One of
his crutches suddenly slips on a patch of oil and he falls on his butt.
"Damn it." T.J. yells, throwing his crutches against the wall of a building.
"Hey do you need any help?" A man walking by asks.
"No. Get away from me. I don't need help from anybody." T.J. answers.
The man looks at him weird and walks away quickly. He finally takes his crutches again and gets back up.
He decides to return home. He is partially glad when he sees that the others have left. He just gets in bed
and sleeps, even though it's only five o'clock.
A monster is fighting the rangers but the rangers are easily beating it. Suddenly a huge cannon appears in
its hand and it points the gun at Ashley.
"No!" T.J. yells and jumps in front of her just as the cannon fires.
The cannon vaporizes T.J.
"Ayyyeee." T.J. yells as he wakes up with a start.
He gets up with his crutches and picks up one of his swords. But he drops it suddenly as if it were hot as
lava.
"No! I can't. Never again." T.J. says over and over as he curls up in a fetal position on the floor.
The next morning he hobbles out on his crutches again
"Now is the time. Send down some Virii." The servant says.
"Why? Why don't we just infect him now?" Thunder asks.
"You will see. Trust me." The servant says.
"Transport a group of Virii to his position." Thunder orders
The transporter officer nods. A bunch of pods appear near T.J. and change to become the ugly energy
Virii.
"This is T.J.. I need help. A group of Virii have appeared at my position." T.J. yells into the
communicator.
The other rangers appear and start to attack. The virii get the upper hand and take control of the others.
"They need me." T.J. says.
"Force ranger, blue." T.J. says.
But nothing happens.
"Arghhh. What am I doing? Do I want to die this time." T.J. screams then takes off.
"No T.J." Ashley yells.
"He can't morph. Not with his extreme fear and uncertainty." Zanek says.
The anger of seeing their friend like that, gives the rangers the power to overcome the Virii and dispatch
them.
"T.J." Ashley says softly.
"See what I did. I just wrecked his already ruined psyche even more. Now is the time to close the trap."
The servant says.
"Transport a spore to his position now." Thunder orders.
The servant disappears and reappears nearby where T.J. is.
"Damn it. What's wrong with me? Why can't I fight or walk without help?" T.J. yells.
"Excuse me. I couldn't help overhearing that you are having trouble walking." The servant disguised as a
man says.
"What's it to you?" T.J. snaps.
"Well I have something that will help you walk without those nasty crutches." The servant responds.
"I don't need anybody's help." T.J. screams.
"Look. I will just leave this here. If you want to use it then do so and you can pay me later. If you don't
want to use it then I will come back and get it." The servant says.
He takes out some strange looking boots that are very long and seem to fit over the whole leg. He puts
them on the ground and leaves. T.J. still rejects them for a minute or so. Then something inside of him
decides that he should at least try them. Those crutches do chafe his armpits bad.
He looks at the boots and puts them on reluctantly. He tries taking a few steps without the crutches and
finds that he can walk easily and without any effort.
"Wow. They really do work." T.J. says walking around happily.
T.J. rushes home and jumps for joy. He calls on the other rangers and they come.
"What are those on your legs?" Carlos asks.
"They are some kind of enhancements to help me walk." T.J. says.
"Where did you get them?" Zanek asks suspicious.
"Some salesman gave them to me. Said I could pay him later." T.J. says.
"I don't like that at all. That doesn't sound right." Zanek says.
"I knew you wouldn't be happy for me. You just want me to stay the way I was." T.J. says angrily.
"You know that's not true." Ashley says.
"I am great, and all you care about is how I got the thing to make me great." T.J. says.
He kicks the wall in anger and takes it out.
"Whoa. Those things are making your feet too powerful." Zanek says.
"Get out of my house now. If you can't be happy for me then I don't want you here." T.J. yells
"Okay. If that's what you want. But we still care about you and don't want anything to happen to you."
Ashley says, voice breaking.
They leave T.J. reluctantly. T.J. starts kicking stuff around in anger but his kicking breaks stuff and starts
putting more holes in his walls.
"What's going on in there." A police officer asks, peeking in a hole.
T.J. just yells and kicks a cushion at the officer.
"Okay that's it. Put your hands up now." The officer yells drawing his gun.
T.J. just rushes him. The officer fires but the bullet is pulled in by the boots and reflected.
"What the?" The officer says.
The officer fires a couple of more times but each time the bullet is reflected. T.J. yells and kicks the officer
out of his house and into the street.
"I need backup now. Suspect is black and is wearing green. Identifying clothing, boots that cover his
whole legs." The officer says.
T.J. walks up to him and draws back his leg.
"Need assistance no…" The officer starts to say.
T.J. kicks him over and over and over again. Doesn't stop when the officer is obviously dead.
"Sir. Where are you? Sir? Sir? Calling all cars. Calling all cars. Officer down. Officer down in the
vicinity of… 5th and Monroe. Be on the lookout for a black male wearing green and leg long boots.
Possible the one that put the officer down." The dispatcher says over the radio.
T.J. takes the radio and crushes it under his foot. He then starts yelling. Janus comes upon him. When she
sees the downed officer she gasps.
"T.J. what have you done?" Janus asks shocked.
"I don't need anybody's help." T.J. yells in a deep voice.
"Please let me help you. If you did this then I will help you through this." Janus says reassuringly.
"No!" T.J. yells kicking at Janus.
Luckily Janus is able to dodge his kick. T.J. screams and runs away. Janus starts to run away but she is
stopped by a harsh voice.
"Freeze police." An officer with her gun drawn says.
To be continued…
Next week the rangers will face the most powerful monster ever. But the host is one of their own. Don't
miss the exciting but tragic conclusion.
Previously on Power rangers…
Steve picks up a large block of cinder and throws it straight at Ashley.
"Ashley. No!" T.J. yells as he shoves her aside.
The Cinder falls on top of T.J. crushing him below his head.
In Zanek's mobile lab the others are standing over T.J.'s badly crushed body on a table. Zanek is furiously
working at the instruments, trying to save his life.
"Come on. Don't leave us. We need you." Ashley says in tears.
The monitor suddenly goes flat line.
"No!" Ashley yells.
Zanek starts shocking his chest.
"Come-on. You aren't meant to go this way. I know it." Zanek yells.
He pounds T.J.'s chest. The monitor finally starts beeping again. Zanek steps back and wipes the sweat
from his forehead.
"Well he's not dead. But his insides are a mess. I have the technology to fix his insides but it will take
time and hard work on his part." Zanek says.
"Do it. Whatever it takes to bring him back to us." Ashley says.
On the explorer ship, the whole sordid scene is being watched.
"Finally one of your monsters did something right." Thunder says.
"Wait. I sense something in this one. A tremendous power unlike anything I have ever felt before. He is
the one. He is the person that will make the perfect monster." Astayanax says.
"Get him them." Thunder says.
"Yes my master. But I suggest we wait until he is partially recovered. Then I have the perfect plan to turn
him." A servant says.
"Then we will wait. For it will be worth the wait." Thunder says.
"Oh T.J. you are strong. I know you will get through this." Ashley says onscreen.
"Well worth it."
And now for episode 9…
Three months later…
T.J. is at a specialist that is helping him walk again. He is on a walking machine. He is doing fine until he
stumbles.
"Arghhh. I can't do it." T.J. yells frustrated.
"I have seen so many people go through this. And you know what? You aren't the first that has felt like
giving up." The doctor says.
T.J. just sits there.
"Now please. For your friends. Get up and try again. You can do it." The doctor says.
T.J. reluctantly gets up and tries again. He walks a big further this time before he collapses.
"It's so hard and tiring." T.J. says.
"Of course it's tiring. Your muscles shrunk a lot when you were in that body cast for so long. But you are
showing so much progress." The doctor says.
The session ends and T.J. returns home. His friends are waiting for him.
"Surprise." They all yell.
"What's going on?" T.J. asks as he stumbles through the door on crutches.
"Oh it's nothing. Just a party to celebrate your great recovery progress." Carlos says.
"I haven't known you very long but I sense great strength in you. You have progressed greatly." Zanek
says.
"Heck. Soon maybe you will be able to be a ranger again." Ashley says holding out T.J.'s sword.
But when T.J. sees the sword, the memory of him being crushed and nearly dying comes back.
"No!" T.J. screams shoving the sword away.
"What's wrong?" Carlos says.
"It must be the memory of him almost being killed while being a ranger." Zanek says.
"Can't you see. I will never be a ranger again. First of all I will probably never walk or move as well as I
once did. Another thing is that I will never forget what almost happened to me. That memory will always
haunt me." T.J. says.
T.J. storms out of his house while the others try to comfort him.
"Let him go. This is his test and he must face it himself." Zanek says.
"But can't we at least give him emotional support?" Ashley asks, her voice breaking.
"Not unless he wants it. Otherwise it will just stress him more." Zanek responds.
Ashley cries and the others stand there in deep thought. Outside T.J. is walking with his crutches. One of
his crutches suddenly slips on a patch of oil and he falls on his butt.
"Damn it." T.J. yells, throwing his crutches against the wall of a building.
"Hey do you need any help?" A man walking by asks.
"No. Get away from me. I don't need help from anybody." T.J. answers.
The man looks at him weird and walks away quickly. He finally takes his crutches again and gets back up.
He decides to return home. He is partially glad when he sees that the others have left. He just gets in bed
and sleeps, even though it's only five o'clock.
A monster is fighting the rangers but the rangers are easily beating it. Suddenly a huge cannon appears in
its hand and it points the gun at Ashley.
"No!" T.J. yells and jumps in front of her just as the cannon fires.
The cannon vaporizes T.J.
"Ayyyeee." T.J. yells as he wakes up with a start.
He gets up with his crutches and picks up one of his swords. But he drops it suddenly as if it were hot as
lava.
"No! I can't. Never again." T.J. says over and over as he curls up in a fetal position on the floor.
The next morning he hobbles out on his crutches again
"Now is the time. Send down some Virii." The servant says.
"Why? Why don't we just infect him now?" Thunder asks.
"You will see. Trust me." The servant says.
"Transport a group of Virii to his position." Thunder orders
The transporter officer nods. A bunch of pods appear near T.J. and change to become the ugly energy
Virii.
"This is T.J.. I need help. A group of Virii have appeared at my position." T.J. yells into the
communicator.
The other rangers appear and start to attack. The virii get the upper hand and take control of the others.
"They need me." T.J. says.
"Force ranger, blue." T.J. says.
But nothing happens.
"Arghhh. What am I doing? Do I want to die this time." T.J. screams then takes off.
"No T.J." Ashley yells.
"He can't morph. Not with his extreme fear and uncertainty." Zanek says.
The anger of seeing their friend like that, gives the rangers the power to overcome the Virii and dispatch
them.
"T.J." Ashley says softly.
"See what I did. I just wrecked his already ruined psyche even more. Now is the time to close the trap."
The servant says.
"Transport a spore to his position now." Thunder orders.
The servant disappears and reappears nearby where T.J. is.
"Damn it. What's wrong with me? Why can't I fight or walk without help?" T.J. yells.
"Excuse me. I couldn't help overhearing that you are having trouble walking." The servant disguised as a
man says.
"What's it to you?" T.J. snaps.
"Well I have something that will help you walk without those nasty crutches." The servant responds.
"I don't need anybody's help." T.J. screams.
"Look. I will just leave this here. If you want to use it then do so and you can pay me later. If you don't
want to use it then I will come back and get it." The servant says.
He takes out some strange looking boots that are very long and seem to fit over the whole leg. He puts
them on the ground and leaves. T.J. still rejects them for a minute or so. Then something inside of him
decides that he should at least try them. Those crutches do chafe his armpits bad.
He looks at the boots and puts them on reluctantly. He tries taking a few steps without the crutches and
finds that he can walk easily and without any effort.
"Wow. They really do work." T.J. says walking around happily.
T.J. rushes home and jumps for joy. He calls on the other rangers and they come.
"What are those on your legs?" Carlos asks.
"They are some kind of enhancements to help me walk." T.J. says.
"Where did you get them?" Zanek asks suspicious.
"Some salesman gave them to me. Said I could pay him later." T.J. says.
"I don't like that at all. That doesn't sound right." Zanek says.
"I knew you wouldn't be happy for me. You just want me to stay the way I was." T.J. says angrily.
"You know that's not true." Ashley says.
"I am great, and all you care about is how I got the thing to make me great." T.J. says.
He kicks the wall in anger and takes it out.
"Whoa. Those things are making your feet too powerful." Zanek says.
"Get out of my house now. If you can't be happy for me then I don't want you here." T.J. yells
"Okay. If that's what you want. But we still care about you and don't want anything to happen to you."
Ashley says, voice breaking.
They leave T.J. reluctantly. T.J. starts kicking stuff around in anger but his kicking breaks stuff and starts
putting more holes in his walls.
"What's going on in there." A police officer asks, peeking in a hole.
T.J. just yells and kicks a cushion at the officer.
"Okay that's it. Put your hands up now." The officer yells drawing his gun.
T.J. just rushes him. The officer fires but the bullet is pulled in by the boots and reflected.
"What the?" The officer says.
The officer fires a couple of more times but each time the bullet is reflected. T.J. yells and kicks the officer
out of his house and into the street.
"I need backup now. Suspect is black and is wearing green. Identifying clothing, boots that cover his
whole legs." The officer says.
T.J. walks up to him and draws back his leg.
"Need assistance no…" The officer starts to say.
T.J. kicks him over and over and over again. Doesn't stop when the officer is obviously dead.
"Sir. Where are you? Sir? Sir? Calling all cars. Calling all cars. Officer down. Officer down in the
vicinity of… 5th and Monroe. Be on the lookout for a black male wearing green and leg long boots.
Possible the one that put the officer down." The dispatcher says over the radio.
T.J. takes the radio and crushes it under his foot. He then starts yelling. Janus comes upon him. When she
sees the downed officer she gasps.
"T.J. what have you done?" Janus asks shocked.
"I don't need anybody's help." T.J. yells in a deep voice.
"Please let me help you. If you did this then I will help you through this." Janus says reassuringly.
"No!" T.J. yells kicking at Janus.
Luckily Janus is able to dodge his kick. T.J. screams and runs away. Janus starts to run away but she is
stopped by a harsh voice.
"Freeze police." An officer with her gun drawn says.
To be continued…
Next week the rangers will face the most powerful monster ever. But the host is one of their own. Don't
miss the exciting but tragic conclusion.
