Power Rangers Thunder Force #24: Electrolysis.
Power rangers are the property of Saban.
Previously on power rangers...
"Oh god you're finally awake. I was worried that the sound blast had put you into a coma or something."
"What?" Zanek looks confused.
"You were asleep for hours. I was afraid for you."
"I can't hear you."
-- --
"Oh dear. The sound blast has appeared to severely damage your eardrums."
Zanek looks confused. Auros brings up text on the screen and Zanek nods in understanding.
"What's going on?"
"The others defeated a monster created from the guy that did this to you."
Suddenly the others rush in and Carlos seems relieved to see Zanek conscious.
"Thank god you are awake."
Zanek shakes his head and points to his ears.
"He can't hear you. The same sound blast that knocked him unconscious also made him deaf, maybe permanently. Only time will tell." Auros both says and puts on the screen.
"Oh god Zanek."
Zanek doesn't need to hear to know the concern and sadness in his friends' faces.
"I'll be okay."
But the others can tell that Zanek is lying.
""And now for episode 24.""
On the explorer ship Turlok seems happy.
"Have you found the sound that did the damage?"
"Yes sir. I have isolated it and put it on this disk."
The crewman hands a small disk to Turlok.
"Excellent. I have a plan that will ensure that this sound will get to the rangers no matter where they are."
"How?"
Turlok pushes a button on his armrest and the screen comes to life showing a radio station.
"Simple, we'll just beam it everywhere."
Turlok smiles at the thought of the upcoming victory. Then he puts a serious look on his face. The young soldier walks on the bridge and Turlok turns to him.
"Take some drones down to the surface. But only to take out the workers in the station. Do not cause a commotion that may alert the rangers to our plans. And do not create a monster. I have a feeling that has found a way to be alerted when that happens."
"Anything to serve you." The young man bows.
The young man lets a bunch of drones out of the cargo bay and beams down to earth. They walk up to the radio station and enter it.
"Can I help you?"
The receptionist looks up and screams when she sees the drones.
"You can't but someone else can."
The drones knock out the receptionist.
"You two guard this area; the rest come with me."
The two drones the young man pointed to stand at attention and the others follow him out of the lobby. Along the way the drones knock people aside that freak out. They finally find the door to the transmitting room.
"What the hell?" A radio D.J. jumps up.
A drone punches the D.J. but misses. The punch hits the console and causes a short. Both the drone and the D.J. get electrocuted.
"Dispose of him."
The drone picks up the limp D.J.
"Wait I sense tremendous energy in him since that shock. Leave the building and make a monster out of him to distract the rangers long enough." Turlok's voice sounds over the communicator.
The young man takes the D.J. outside and drains his energy with a crystal. A monster that is crackling with energy appears.
"Those rangers should appear soon."
The young man looks serious.
"Deal with them."
The young man rushes back into the building. The monster starts shooting electricity everywhere; it overloads power lines and brings them down. It blows up phone booths.
"Earthquake!"
The ground tunnels towards the monster and knocks it to the ground.
"You've done enough damage. The Force rangers are here now."
Carlos says standing in a fighting stance. The other 4 appear as well ready to fight.
"Be careful. That thing is pure energy. It can fry your body big time."
"Well I have just the thing for that."
Karone raises her hands up.
"Water pressure!"
A water stream shoots out of her hands and strikes the monster. It writhes with pain as the water reacts badly to the electricity. Suddenly electricity starts shooting up the stream.
"Disengage!"
"I can't." Karone yells.
The electricity hits her hard and she screams in pain. Carlos takes out the device and shoots the monster with it. Luckily when it's energy is drained the electricity stops. Carlos and the others rush to Karone's side.
"Are you okay?"
Karone coughs and wheezes.
"Yeah just a little shocked that's all." Karone smiles.
"I can see it didn't affect your sense of humor."
Zanek shows up suddenly.
"What are you doing? You should be at the medical bay." Karone signs.
Zanek shakes his head.
"As long as the power rangers are needed than so am I."
"I'm getting a power reading in that building. Someone is in there." Carlos looks at his scanner.
Zanek rushes into the building and the others follow but they are forced back by a force field.
"Zanek!" Karone yells.
Zanek turns to see that his friends didn't make it. He tries to go back outside but is forced back by the field.
"Excellent the pray is here." The young man smiles.
Zanek spins around and takes a fighting stance.
"I have a sound you won't like."
Before Zanek can stop him the young man activates a device that puts a piercing sound. Zanek covers his ears and pain. But he lashes out with his sword and blows the device up.
"No way."
The young man takes off and Zanek heads after him.
"You won't get away."
Zanek follows him into the transmitting room but as soon as he enters, he is trapped in a force field.
"Excellent. Now you can see the end of your power and the others."
Zanek activates his communicator so the others can hear what the young man is saying.
"This sound will shatter the armor you and the others posses. Finally the captain will be free of you."
Zanek pounds on the force field but just gets hurt. Outside the others are shocked by what they just heard.
"Oh no. It's up to Zanek to stop them but it sounds like he can't do anything."
The young man sets the settings on the panel and prepares to push the transmit button.
"Prepare to say goodbye."
Zanek screams and starts pushing himself against the barrier with all his energy. To the shock of the young man his hand starts passing through.
"What? No way!"
A smirk appears on Zanek's face as his whole body slowly passes through inch by inch. Finally he stumbles though. But more force fields appear in front of him though he makes it through each one. But he is getting weaker each time.
"I won't let you hurt my friends anymore!"
Zanek takes out his sword and runs it through the young man. The young man looks down in horror.
"I wasn't supposed to be hurt." The young man whimpers before he falls down limp.
Zanek is gasping for air and is clearly badly hurt. He crawls to the console and weakly takes the tape out and throws it at the force field where it is destroyed. He stands up with his last ounce of strength and starts passing back through the force fields. Auros appears.
"I'm not going to make it am I?"
"Your life energy is slipping fast." Auros shakes his head.
"Zanek!" Cassie cries outside.
Zanek passes through the last force field and finally has no more energy left to stand.
"I made it!"
Zanek smiles and goes limp.
"Zanek." Auros looks sadly then disappears.
The others rush inside but don't find his body anywhere.
"Zanek!"
Later on the remaining 5 rangers are sitting around Carlos's living room watching the video he made the other day.
Zanek is frowning on camera.
"So how are the repairs going?" A voice asks.
"I told you already, not well at all."
Zanek looks at the camera.
"What the hell is that thing anyway?"
"It's a camcorder. It's used to record images."
"You better not be planning on recording secret stuff about us." Zanek frown gets deeper.
"Uh I can take a hint."
Ashley touches the TV screen sadly, Cassie cries the others just sit there wallowing in sadness.
The end.
The rangers have faced much hardship and tragedy in the past few months. But what is yet to come will put their powers and courage to the test. Coming soon the final ten episodes will have them facing much worse hardship all leading to the final battle against the ultimate evil, astayanax!
Power rangers are the property of Saban.
Previously on power rangers...
"Oh god you're finally awake. I was worried that the sound blast had put you into a coma or something."
"What?" Zanek looks confused.
"You were asleep for hours. I was afraid for you."
"I can't hear you."
-- --
"Oh dear. The sound blast has appeared to severely damage your eardrums."
Zanek looks confused. Auros brings up text on the screen and Zanek nods in understanding.
"What's going on?"
"The others defeated a monster created from the guy that did this to you."
Suddenly the others rush in and Carlos seems relieved to see Zanek conscious.
"Thank god you are awake."
Zanek shakes his head and points to his ears.
"He can't hear you. The same sound blast that knocked him unconscious also made him deaf, maybe permanently. Only time will tell." Auros both says and puts on the screen.
"Oh god Zanek."
Zanek doesn't need to hear to know the concern and sadness in his friends' faces.
"I'll be okay."
But the others can tell that Zanek is lying.
""And now for episode 24.""
On the explorer ship Turlok seems happy.
"Have you found the sound that did the damage?"
"Yes sir. I have isolated it and put it on this disk."
The crewman hands a small disk to Turlok.
"Excellent. I have a plan that will ensure that this sound will get to the rangers no matter where they are."
"How?"
Turlok pushes a button on his armrest and the screen comes to life showing a radio station.
"Simple, we'll just beam it everywhere."
Turlok smiles at the thought of the upcoming victory. Then he puts a serious look on his face. The young soldier walks on the bridge and Turlok turns to him.
"Take some drones down to the surface. But only to take out the workers in the station. Do not cause a commotion that may alert the rangers to our plans. And do not create a monster. I have a feeling that has found a way to be alerted when that happens."
"Anything to serve you." The young man bows.
The young man lets a bunch of drones out of the cargo bay and beams down to earth. They walk up to the radio station and enter it.
"Can I help you?"
The receptionist looks up and screams when she sees the drones.
"You can't but someone else can."
The drones knock out the receptionist.
"You two guard this area; the rest come with me."
The two drones the young man pointed to stand at attention and the others follow him out of the lobby. Along the way the drones knock people aside that freak out. They finally find the door to the transmitting room.
"What the hell?" A radio D.J. jumps up.
A drone punches the D.J. but misses. The punch hits the console and causes a short. Both the drone and the D.J. get electrocuted.
"Dispose of him."
The drone picks up the limp D.J.
"Wait I sense tremendous energy in him since that shock. Leave the building and make a monster out of him to distract the rangers long enough." Turlok's voice sounds over the communicator.
The young man takes the D.J. outside and drains his energy with a crystal. A monster that is crackling with energy appears.
"Those rangers should appear soon."
The young man looks serious.
"Deal with them."
The young man rushes back into the building. The monster starts shooting electricity everywhere; it overloads power lines and brings them down. It blows up phone booths.
"Earthquake!"
The ground tunnels towards the monster and knocks it to the ground.
"You've done enough damage. The Force rangers are here now."
Carlos says standing in a fighting stance. The other 4 appear as well ready to fight.
"Be careful. That thing is pure energy. It can fry your body big time."
"Well I have just the thing for that."
Karone raises her hands up.
"Water pressure!"
A water stream shoots out of her hands and strikes the monster. It writhes with pain as the water reacts badly to the electricity. Suddenly electricity starts shooting up the stream.
"Disengage!"
"I can't." Karone yells.
The electricity hits her hard and she screams in pain. Carlos takes out the device and shoots the monster with it. Luckily when it's energy is drained the electricity stops. Carlos and the others rush to Karone's side.
"Are you okay?"
Karone coughs and wheezes.
"Yeah just a little shocked that's all." Karone smiles.
"I can see it didn't affect your sense of humor."
Zanek shows up suddenly.
"What are you doing? You should be at the medical bay." Karone signs.
Zanek shakes his head.
"As long as the power rangers are needed than so am I."
"I'm getting a power reading in that building. Someone is in there." Carlos looks at his scanner.
Zanek rushes into the building and the others follow but they are forced back by a force field.
"Zanek!" Karone yells.
Zanek turns to see that his friends didn't make it. He tries to go back outside but is forced back by the field.
"Excellent the pray is here." The young man smiles.
Zanek spins around and takes a fighting stance.
"I have a sound you won't like."
Before Zanek can stop him the young man activates a device that puts a piercing sound. Zanek covers his ears and pain. But he lashes out with his sword and blows the device up.
"No way."
The young man takes off and Zanek heads after him.
"You won't get away."
Zanek follows him into the transmitting room but as soon as he enters, he is trapped in a force field.
"Excellent. Now you can see the end of your power and the others."
Zanek activates his communicator so the others can hear what the young man is saying.
"This sound will shatter the armor you and the others posses. Finally the captain will be free of you."
Zanek pounds on the force field but just gets hurt. Outside the others are shocked by what they just heard.
"Oh no. It's up to Zanek to stop them but it sounds like he can't do anything."
The young man sets the settings on the panel and prepares to push the transmit button.
"Prepare to say goodbye."
Zanek screams and starts pushing himself against the barrier with all his energy. To the shock of the young man his hand starts passing through.
"What? No way!"
A smirk appears on Zanek's face as his whole body slowly passes through inch by inch. Finally he stumbles though. But more force fields appear in front of him though he makes it through each one. But he is getting weaker each time.
"I won't let you hurt my friends anymore!"
Zanek takes out his sword and runs it through the young man. The young man looks down in horror.
"I wasn't supposed to be hurt." The young man whimpers before he falls down limp.
Zanek is gasping for air and is clearly badly hurt. He crawls to the console and weakly takes the tape out and throws it at the force field where it is destroyed. He stands up with his last ounce of strength and starts passing back through the force fields. Auros appears.
"I'm not going to make it am I?"
"Your life energy is slipping fast." Auros shakes his head.
"Zanek!" Cassie cries outside.
Zanek passes through the last force field and finally has no more energy left to stand.
"I made it!"
Zanek smiles and goes limp.
"Zanek." Auros looks sadly then disappears.
The others rush inside but don't find his body anywhere.
"Zanek!"
Later on the remaining 5 rangers are sitting around Carlos's living room watching the video he made the other day.
Zanek is frowning on camera.
"So how are the repairs going?" A voice asks.
"I told you already, not well at all."
Zanek looks at the camera.
"What the hell is that thing anyway?"
"It's a camcorder. It's used to record images."
"You better not be planning on recording secret stuff about us." Zanek frown gets deeper.
"Uh I can take a hint."
Ashley touches the TV screen sadly, Cassie cries the others just sit there wallowing in sadness.
The end.
The rangers have faced much hardship and tragedy in the past few months. But what is yet to come will put their powers and courage to the test. Coming soon the final ten episodes will have them facing much worse hardship all leading to the final battle against the ultimate evil, astayanax!
