So the 5 rangers teleport from the Command Center, to visit the hospital. In the meanwhile, the Syber-Squad has arrived at Malcolm's hospital room, and is just greeting him at that moment.
"Malcolm?" asks Sam
"Huh...ugh...? ...You...? What happened?" he says waking up.
"You were attacked by Putties, according to the police, but saved by the Power Rangers." Says Tanker.
"The Power Rangers? My laptop! My Formula! :Cough:Cough: " Malcolm said, as he tried in vain to get up.
"Formula? What formula?" says Syd.
"Never you mind! It's beyond your comprehension! And I got to get it back...!" said Malcolm.
"You ain't going anywhere, buddy. You're hurt badly, and besides, I'm sure it's right there at the festival, where you left it. Why don't you let us help you out? Tell us what you need, and we'll get it for you, and bring it here. Sound good?" says Sam.
"Never!" said Malcolm.
"Or maybe we can tell them about your name mix-up, Mr. Frank Malcolm." says Syd.
"How did you...!" said Malcolm.
"Look at your chart." Sam said, handing Malcolm the medical chart.
"It was to protect my project...I...all right. What do you want?" he said.
"Nothing. We don't want anything, or care about stealing your project. We just want to see if you're OK, and if we can help. You may not deserve the help, but are offering it anyway." Said Sam.
"All right...thanks...guys...um...my laptop...bring me my laptop. My formula is in there...ugh..." he said as he lost consciousness.
"Hello? Wow! And I thought only my cousin could fall asleep that fast" said Amp.
"OK, so this damn formula is important to him." they said, as they walked out of the room, and just clear of the doorway, bumped into five of the Rangers in civilian form.
CHAPTER 11 - Clash of the Titans"Ugh, excuse us" said Sam
"Sorry. Hey, are you friends of Frank Malcolm?" asked Jason
"Uh..kinda..Who are you guys?" said Sam
"We're with...the festival council, and we were trying to investigate what happened to your friend." said Jason.
"Yeah, how is he?" said Trini.
"He's sleeping now, but still in one piece." said Sam.
"Good. Well, we looked at security tape and found that that monster stole his laptop, despite the best efforts of the Power Rangers. Any idea what he may have had in his laptop that anyone would have wanted?" said Zach.
"He's a very secretive person, and he didn't tell us what he had done. He requested his project be separate of ours in the Festival." said Amp.
"Hmm..guys?" says Trini, as she motions for her friends to step aside
"What?" said Jason, as they all stepped aside.
"Well, if his friends don't know what he was doing, then it kind of registers as fishy. I say that we find out as much as we can about him from his friends, and it may give us a clue as to a next course of action." Said Trini.
"Yeah, but I'm starving, man" said Zack.
"I say we treat them to lunch, and visit Mr. Malcolm afterwards." Said Kimberly.
"OK." Then the Rangers turn around, and Jason steps front, to ask the four others to lunch.
" Hey, let's discuss this more. Let's treat you to lunch." Said Jason.
"Sure, OK." The Squad replied.
CHAPTER 12 - Lunch on the Rangers - Kimberly and AmpSo everyone headed to Ernie's Juice Bar, and start getting to know one another. Billy was called to join them by the others, given he knew the most about what was going on. He did, and met them at the juice bar.
Billy seemed to find an interesting new person to chat with in Sydney, as they sat next to each other, and started chatting. Sam found a great conversation in Jason and Tommy. Tanker ended up chatting with Zack and Trini, while Amp just sat next to Kimberly.
"OK, So I use gel, a little bit of hairspray, and a tiny dash of talc powder, and that's how I get that hold effect." Said Kimberly, explaining about her newly self-done hair.
"Wow! My cousin surely could have used that before. He tried to invent a hold formula, but instead made some stuff that keeps bugs away from you. It was good that his hair never got mosquito bites, but it fell out in the rain." Said Amp.
"Really? Ouch! So, are you one of the lucky brains who have an invention in the festival?" said Kimberly.
"Nope. I was going to put my invention in there, but no one will believe that I invented the arm." Said Amp.
"Uh..Anyway...so any lucky girls back home?" said Kimberly.
"Yeah, my mom, and my cousin Sally..." said Amp.
"I meant girlfriends Amp." Said Kimberly.
"Nope. I tried getting one, through a personal ad, but when they saw me, they ran in terror. Hmm, maybe I should have not set up a date on Halloween. Well, just a bit of warning, classified ads are good only for finding people you don't know how to find, and jobs" said Amp.
Then, Kimberly sighed, and then a sudden look of surprise came over her, as if an artist found some true inspiration. "Hey! Now that's an idea." She said.
"What?" he replied.
"Oh...nothing. I was thinking about some guy that we wanted to find, but don't know how. Maybe we can give that a try."
"Oh, that's good. But I don't see you needing to look for a guy. I imagine all the guys are trying to find you.". Kimberly smiled and blushed at the sweetness and sincerity of his comments. She reached out and held his hand, on the table. Amp just froze there, unable to move. Nor did he know what to do. Amp smiled and just looked at Kimberly.