Power Rangers Thunder Force #21: hyperactivity.

On the explorer ship, the scanning officer is scanning the earth. His eyes brighten up with what he finds.

"Sir. I have found what the database says is the long lost emerald of Anastasia. It is worth millions of credits on the black market." The officer says.

"These idiot humans have a literal gold mine and they don't even know it." Turlok says.

"Actually they do sort of. I am picking up heavy security around the gem. It's nothing for us but they must know it's worth something." The scanning officer says.

"I want that gem. I need somebody that is fast and cannot be detected. Now whom could we get something like that from?" Turlok wonders.

On earth Karone is babysitting for a friend.

"Good luck. He's a real handful." The mom says.

"I want to go somewhere." Jimmy says.

"They told me that we had to stay home Jimmy. Do you want to play a game?" Karone asks.

"Nah. I have beaten them all so many times that they are boring." Jimmy responds shaking his head.

Meanwhile a floating orb is watching the scene. On the ship Turlok is watching the scene.

"He may be the one that can help us." Turlok says smiling.


And now for episode 21...

Finally Karone agrees to play a board game with Jimmy. Although the more appropriate way to spell it is bored cause it's a kids game. Karone looks at the wall and sees the time.

"Hey it's 9 o'clock. You are supposed to be in bed by now." Karone says.

"I'm not sleepy." Jimmy says.

"I'm sorry but I promised your parents." Karone says.

"Okay." Jimmy says.

Karone and Jimmy go upstairs to his bedroom and he lies down.

"Tell me a story." Jimmy says.

"What?" Karone asks.

"My mom always tells me a story." Jimmy says.

"Um okay." Karone says.

She tells him a fairy tell and sighs frustrated when he's still awake after she is done.

"Come-on now it's really time to sleep." Karone says.

"That story was stupid. It was for little kids." Jimmy says.

"If you really aren't a little kid than go to sleep and act like one." Karone says frustrated.

"Will you sit for me again the next time? I like you." Jimmy asks.

Karone blushes.

"I'll see." Karone responds.

Jimmy smiles and closes his eyes. An hour later his parents return home.

"Wow he's asleep? With the other sitters he's usually still awake when we get home and we're early." The mother asks.

"Yeah well it wasn't easy." Karone responds smiling.

She gets paid and leaves to go home. The next day Jimmy is racing all over the house more hyper than usual.

"Are you going anywhere tonight again?" Jimmy asks.

"Maybe. We haven't really thought about it." His mom answers.

"Can Karone come over and sit me?" Jimmy asks jumping up and down.

Jimmy's mother laughs.

"I'll see if she's available and only if we decide to go somewhere." Jimmy's mother responds.

Jimmy yells and jumps up and down. He nearly knocks over something.

"Okay please settle down now. Or you won't get a treat today." Jimmy's mother says.

Jimmy sits down quietly. Jimmy's mother talks to her husband and they make a decision. She calls up Karone.

"Can you come and sit for Jimmy again this evening?" Jimmy's mother asks.

"Uh okay yeah. What time should I be there?" Karone responds over the phone.

"5 o'clock would be good." Jimmy's mother responds.

Karone hangs up and breathes a frustrated sigh.

"Here I go again." Karone says.

Karone arrives promptly and hears the usual rules and bedtime.

"Is it alright if I take him somewhere? Like for ice cream?" Karone asks.

"Oh no. He can't have sugar. It makes him very hyperactive." Jimmy's mother responds.

"I'd hate to think of what he's like after eating sugar." Karone thinks.

Karone sighs.

"Well is there anything that he could go out for?" Karone asks.

"Well he could go out for a walk. He'd love that." Jimmy's mother responds.

"Walk. Walk." Jimmy says excitedly.

"Then a walk it is." Karone says smiling.

The parents leave the house and so do Karone and Jimmy.

"It's a beautiful evening isn't it?" Karone asks.

"Yeah. Come-on walk faster." Jimmy says.

"I love summer evenings. So warm and it stays light for so long." Karone says.

Meanwhile on the ship Turlok is watching the scene.

"He's outdoors. Jokor." Turlok says.

A tall skinny man with lots of weapons on his body appears out of nowhere.

"Yes my captain?" Jokor asks.

"I want that child to be my next servant. Go take this jewel and use it to turn him into a monster." Turlok says.

Jokor takes the jewel.

"It shall be done." Jokor says smiling.

He disappears. He reappears on earth around the corner that Karone and Jimmy are approaching. He jumps out and startles Karone.

"Hello young lady. Would you be interested in this beautiful jewel?" Jokor asks.

"No thank you. I could never afford that." Karone responds shaking her head.

"Let me look at it." Jimmy says.

He grabs the jewel.

"Jimmy don't take things." Karone says.

Suddenly the jewel glows and Jimmy yells. He slumps to the ground and a monster appears. The man smiles and disappears.

"Whoa we got a monster here." Karone says into her communicator.

"Force ranger, blue!" Karone yells.

The monster looks at her and disappears. A second later a huge blow hits Karone and knocks her down. She looks up to see a blur take off.

"Jimmy!" Karone yells at Jimmy's motionless body.

The others appear.

"What happened?" Cassie asks.

"He touched a jewel and just collapsed and then a monster appeared." Karone responds.

"Sounds like what happened to Janus when her energy got stolen." Adam says.

"Where is it now?" Carlos asks.

They hear screaming and an alarm go off.

"I think that answers our question." Adam says.

They rush over to the source of the alarm. A blur comes out the front door and it slows into a monster with a huge diamond in its hand. Suddenly a hand comes out of nowhere and takes the diamond then disappears.

"Why would it want something simple like a diamond?" Karone wonders.

"Destroy them hyper." A voice says.

The monster becomes a blur and knocks all the rangers down hard.

"Ouch. He's too fast for us to see." Karone says.

"I came up with a device to store his energy just in case we don't get the chance to use the ultrazord." Zanek says.

"But we have to see him first." Karone says.

"I think I can help." Janus says.

The rangers turn around to see Janus already morphed. Hypor appears and points his finger at Karone.

"Karone look out." Carlos yells.

A blast shoots very fast and hits Karone in the chest. She looks down at a hole in her chest in shock before collapsing.

"Karone!" Carlos yells.

"Let's get her back to the mobile lab now!" Zanek yells.

They pick up Karone and all disappear. They reappear in the med bay and Zanek places her on the bed. He scans her and shakes her head.

"There isn't much of a wound but for some reason she isn't responding. It's as if she doesn't have any energy." Zanek says.

Meanwhile outside the monster yells and splits into two.

"I'm picking up two energy signatures now." Zanek says frowning.

"Could it of used her energy to duplicate itself?" Carlos asks.

"It's possible. I am getting a similar energy signature from one of the monsters." Zanek responds.

"Great now we have two super fast creatures out there. We couldn't even deal with one of them." Cassie says.

"I said I can help. I can sense the monster's presence without using my eyes." Janus says.

"How? Never mind." Carlos starts to ask.

"Keep an eye on her. Don't lose her." Carlos says to Auro.

They all teleport once more to the battle. The two monsters become duel blurs and start knocking the rangers down again. Janus closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

"Grey saber." Janus yells.

She slashes down just as a blur is about to hit her. She gets a hit in and knocks down the monster.

"Be careful. We can't defeat them until we get the kid's energy and Karone's energy." Carlos says.

"Give me the device." Janus says.

Zanek gives Janus the device. She closes her eyes and senses where the two monsters are. She points the device at seemingly empty space and fires it. It hits its target and sucks energy from the monster. She does it again for the others.

"Okay let's finish this!" Carlos yells.

Zanek concentrates his energy.

"Fire power!" Zanek yells.

A huge fireball hits the monsters and incinerate them. Meanwhile on the explorer ship Turlok is happy but troubled.

"We got what we wanted but I can see that these rangers must be dealt with. We must do more than just plunder this planet." Turlok says.

Karone returns to the house with Jimmy who doesn't remember anything. She puts him in bed. He wakes up.

"Karone. I was just having a weird dream." Jimmy says.

"It's okay now. Time to go to bed and you're parents will be home soon." Karone says smiling.

The parents return home and pay Karone.

"You are the best babysitter we have had before. Would you like to sit for him regularly?" Jimmy's mother asks.

"I don't know. I think I need a break for now." Karone says.

The end.