"Is this the right place?" Charlotte asked skeptically. "This is where

the Vice Mayor told us to meet her" Henry answered. "In an alley?" Jasper

remarked. "She asked to meet just the three of us in secret" Henry said.

"Are we safe here?" Charlotte asked. "As safe as anywhere in Dystopia"

Henry remarked.

Suddenly a swirling blue light appeared in the middle of the alley and

grew to envelop the team. Before they could run, they were engulfed in a

blinding light. When the light was gone, they found themselves in a

strange place.

Henry, Charlotte, and Jasper looked around. They were in what looked

like an auto shop with a table and chairs and a pool table. "Welcome to

Corinth" a female voice greeted them.

Henry turned to see the owner of the voice and a tall man in uniform

standing next to her. "Dr. K?" he said confused. "Where are we?"

"You're in Corinth" she said. "Specifically, my main base of operations."

"You brought us here!" Charlotte said angrily. "Correct" Dr. K replied.

"Allow me to introduce Colonel Scott Truman" she said introducing the man

standing with her "You can call me Scott" he added.

"You can't do this!" Henry shot back. "This is not okay! You tricked us

into thinking the Vice Mayor was meeting us and then kidnapped us."

"Sorry for the deception," Dr. K answered dryly. "Desperate times call

for desperate measures."

"Well, whatever is going on I want no part of it" Henry said. "You can't

just grab people from another dimension whenever you need help!" Charlotte

chided. "Let's at least hear her out" Jasper suggested.

"OK, fine!" Henry remarked. "Why did you bring us here?" "I need you to be

Power Rangers" she said. "I knew it!" Jasper shouted gleefully. "I want to

be red this time!"

"We have our own lives!" Charlotte argued. "Yeah, don't you have your own

Ranger team?" Herny added. "Ziggy is the only one left" Scott said. "What

happened to the others?" Jasper asked.

"The Blue ranger went home to Scotland, the yellow ranger left to start a

new life, black went on a quest to find himself, and the silver and gold

rangers are overseas developing renewable energy technology." "What about

red?" Jasper asked. "That would be me" Scott replied.

Suddenly there was an explosion in the distance. "What was that?" Henry

asked. "The city is under attack" Scott said. "Our defenses can't hold

them off for much longer. That's why we brought you here."

Another explosion echoed through the garage. "I'll do it on one condition"

Henry said. "I get to be red." "Aw, man!" Jasper groaned. "I've already

configured the ranger operator suits to your individual DNA" Dr. K

explained. "How did you get our DNA?" Charlotte asked. "I have my ways"

Dr. K said mysteriously.

"As for the color assignment; Henry is red, Jason is blue, and Charlotte is

yellow." "It's Jasper, not Jason!" Jasper corrected.

Ziggy entered the garage already morphed. "What are we waiting for?" he

demanded. Dr. K handed the team their Cell Shift morphers. "How do these

work?" Henry asked.

"Insert the engine cell to activate the morpher" Ziggy explained, "then

shout 'RPM! Get in gear!' To use your weapon insert the engine cell."

Suddenly there was a loud explosion just outside the garage. The lights

flickered for a moment and there was a sound of electrical discharge.

"They're here!" Ziggy remarked.

The team powered their morphers and shouted "RPM! Get in gear!" Just as

they morphed the garage door was blown open to reveal a group of

grinders ready to attack. "Robots!" Jasper shouted.

Ziggy advanced wielding his axe and took out two grinders. Henry destroyed

a grinder with a tornado kick. A couple grinders entered the garage.

Charlotte and Jasper fought them hand-to-hand.

"Use your weapons!" Scott shouted. A grinder approached Dr. K and she

blasted it with her sonic cannon. Henry fired his Nitro Blaster and blew

apart one of the grinders entering the garage.

Suddenly the grinders retreated. A group of armed uniformed soldiers

entered through the opening followed by an austere looking officer.

"Dad!" Scott shouted. "Status report" the officer replied. "We've secured

the area, thanks to the new ranger team" Scott informed him. "Excellent"

the officer replied.

The rangers de-morphed. "Let me introduce the team" Scott said. "This is

Henry, Charlotte, and, um…" "Jasper" replied Jasper meekly. "This is

my dad, General Truman" Scott explained.

"What were those things?" Henry asked. "Those are Beta Grinders, or BGs"

Scott explained. "A second-generation android foot soldier produced by

the Venjix virus."

"The Venjix virus has returned" Dr. K explained. "And it's evolved." "The

city is on the brink" General Truman added. "Without your help the city

will fall."

"Why don't I show them around." Scott suggested. "Good thinking, son" the

General replied. "I'll going back to headquarters." General Truman and his

entourage departed.

Scott drove the team around in a military style vehicle and took them to

a park. Scott and the team took a walk. They could look up and see the

skeleton of a dome over the city. The dome was damaged and under repair.

"We never finished repairing the dome after the last war" Scott remarked.

"Until the repairs are completed the city is still vulnerable."

"We need a vehicle" Henry said. "The troop carrier is yours" Scott

replied. "It is armored to withstand blasts from attack bots."

"What is an attack bot?" Jasper asked. "They are stronger and have more

powerful weapons than BGs. They may look silly, but don't let that

fool you. They can do a lot of damage."

Just then they heard whirring and grinding sounds coming from the bushes.

Suddenly a group of BGs and a bucket attack bot jumped out of the bushes.

"I guess this is what you call an 'ambush'" Jasper quipped.

The BGs advanced on the rangers. "It's morphin' time!" Ziggy declared.

"RPM! Get in gear!" they shouted and transformed. Henry went after Bucket

Bot as the other rangers fought the BGs.

Jasper was caught off-guard when the Bucket Bot tipped forward and fired a

barrage of lasers which sent him flying. "My horoscope warned me this

would happen" he said. "I got you dude!" Henry assured Jasper as he

blasted a BG to pieces.

Henry, Jasper, and Charlotte concentrated their fire on Bucket Bot. "One

more bucket for my collection!" Jasper declared as Bucket Bot exploded."

The team posed heroically in front of the explosion.

"Good job everyone" Scott congratulated them. "Let's return to base."

Scott and the rangers climbed aboard the troop carrier and drove away.