Billy tries to zero in on the next signal, but the antennas still were not ready, so no luck again. So the Rangers about the pending trap for their Zords. And, even worse, the other Rangers start to search for the King Sphinx monster still on the loose, and find him, hundreds of feet taller, attacking the city. Rita had already used her power to enhance the monster's size. So the Rangers head for downtown Angel Grove, to start quick evacuations of civilians before calling the Zords. Yellow Ranger is sent to divert traffic from the scene, and one car she has to divert is the Syber-squad's rental car, on their way to try and see Malcolm again.
Seeing all this destruction in person, is overwhelming to the Squad, despite all the crazy stuff they have seem until that point. It brings about severe feelings of helplessness, because of the nature of their powers, being online, rather than actual physical.
"Man! If only we could do something." Said Tanker.
"Yeah, but our vehicles are in the digital world, not the real world. Almost nobody knows who we are even." Said Syd.
"Yep, we fight viruses, and the Rangers fight monsters." Said Amp.
"Oh, well. We got to get a grip, guys. Let's just stay clear of danger, OK? The Rangers always win!" said Sam.
"Gotcha!" said Syd, as she managed to drive slightly ahead of the scene, to allow view and safety.
At the same time this was going on, The Rangers called their Zords.
"Log on!" said Jason as he entered the Tyrannosaurus Rex Zord.
"Zach here! Let's get him!" as he entered the Mastodon Zord.
"Billy here! I'm ready!" as he entered the Triceratops Zord.
"Trini here! Let's Do it!" as she entered the Saber-toothed Tiger Zord
"Rock and Roll!" said Kimberly as she entered the Pterodactyl Zord.
Then Tommy used his Dragon Dagger Flute to summon is awesomely incredible Green Dragon Zord. The five Dino-Zords have now combined to form Megazord, and were ready for battle, with Dragon Zord to back up the team.
The three start fighting, while Malcolm sees the fight from his hospital window, and then says,
"There, Kilokahn! There! Send this beauty into that large robot there. Not that Godzilla looking one, I mean that other one. The one that looks like Voltron." Then with but a gesture, the evil computer based villain brings his latest to life, and sends it on its mission:
To disrupt the Megazord.
CHAPTER 17 - Zord DisasterIn the meantime, the team of Dragon Zord and Megazord is too much for Sphinx, and they hold a successful chance of beating him. All this while the Phantomite virus enters the Digital World's grid, for the Power Ranger's Zords, and start destroying circuit towers, and replacing them with evil ones, and as he pushes his chest computer's buttons. Then, the five Rangers hear a strange noise, and then the Megazord starts moving on it's own outside the Ranger's control.
"What's going on?" said Kimberly.
"I don't know!" Jason said, just as the Megazord's control panels flickered, and stalled. Then, Billy, hit a monitor switch, and an image of the Megazord appeared, from outside. It showed it like it would be seen on the Viewing Globe, and then the next thing they saw shocked them. The Megazord acted like it was dancing.
A unanimous "Huh?" emerges from the five Rangers, as they contact Tommy.
"What's going on?" said Zach.
"I can ask you the same thing. This is hardly the time for Megazord to get down dancing. There's a monster destroying Angel Grove." Said Tommy.
"We're not doing it! Sphinx somehow jinxed the Megazord." Said Billy.
"OK. I'll distract the monster while you regain control. Dragon Zord missiles!" declares the Green Ranger followed by a fanfare blast from his Dragon Dagger.
It commands the Dragon Zord to project the missiles from its fingers at the monster. They stun the monster long enough, for an immediate Drill Tail attack, and therefore knock the monster on the floor. Meanwhile, the sabotaged Megazord is now moving with funny hand gestures that make it look like it's miming. Then, Billy tries to manually regain control, and seems to be winning.
"Almost got it guys...There!" He says, then, the lights go dim in the Control Room, and then a voice is heard saying "Enhanced Security On-line! T-Minus sixty seconds!"
"What! Oh, no! What happened?" said Jason.
Then the same voice says something, as an image comes on the screen, of the Phantomite monster.
"T-minus fifty five seconds turkeys, until this new security will fry you Rangers. I have control of your Zord from within cause Kilokahn wishes it. Now, you will be terminated! Forty-Five Seconds! Ha Ha Ha Ha! You little bitches! "
The Rangers try to open the door, and escape, but are unsuccessful, since the door wouldn't open. It locked shut on it's own. Then the countdown narrows, to the point where the newly enhanced security boots the Rangers from their own Megazord, in an explosion, which damages only the Megazord's head. Nothing major in the way of Zord damage, or injury to the Rangers, but enough to boot the Rangers from the Megazord. All the Rangers fly out, slightly injured, and crash onto the ground. Green Ranger goes to greet them quickly, and check on his teammates, who seem OK, but shaken up. They get up, and are understandably a little irritated.
"Man, I don't believe this!" said Kimberly.
"He took our Zords!" said Jason.
"Not mine!" declared Tommy.
Just then, the Megazord holds it hand up, and a loud annoying squeaking noise just appears and grows.
This disorients all the Rangers, as the wonder what purposed it served, but then in became obvious, when Tommy saw his Zord now mimicking the same mime movements the Megazord was doing. The sabotaged Megazord overtook the Dragon Zord's controls.
"He's using the Audio Over-ride interface to supercede your flute" said Billy.
"No!" he yells, as he tries to play his flute and regain control. He plays, and it's no good, and this makes the Rangers worry.
"What do we do now? Do we dare try Titanus?" said Trini, referring to their Titanus, the carrier Zord.
"Nope. He'll just be captured also." Said Billy.
Then the Rangers decide to head back to the Command Center and think up of a solution. Once there, the thinking process begins. And luckily for the Rangers, the Sphinx disappears ready for its orders.
CHAPTER 18 - Reaching out and touching someone"We got to go something!" says Jason.
"What? How? We don't even know what we're dealing with here with this Kilokahn whatever." Said Billy.
Then inspiration hit Kimberly, as she remembered the conversation she had with Amp, about personal ads.
"Why don't we find someone who does?" says Kimberly.
"How?" says Tommy.
"Placing a want ad." Said Kimberly.
"What?" said Zach.
"Not a real one, but a computer one of some kind, to get its attention. I'm sure it would have to look out on the computers and these channels, for these virus things." Said Kimberly.
"We don't even know what a "Servo" is, or if it's on-line or not." Said Jason
"No, she's got a point. It makes logical sense that an on-line virus eliminator would be present in cyberspace, and would be aware of any things happening on-line." Said Trini.
"They're right Jason. We need to try an attempt to get its attention." Said Tommy.
"Kimberly! You're a genius!" said Billy, hugging Kimberly.
She smiles, and pats him on the back. "Oh, go on! You're just saying that to make nice!" Kimberly said.
"OK, then. How?" said Jason.
"I may have an idea." Said Billy.
"What are you going to do?" said Zach.
Billy then turned around and then just stopped right then and there, as he knew the other Rangers, barring Trini of course, wouldn't understand his technical talk. "Let's just say I'm going to put out an online personal ad, saying:
'Attention: Servo. The Power Rangers Need Your Help Regarding A Virus. Please Contact Us By Following This Signal's Origin. Morphenominally Yours, the Power Rangers.' " Explained Billy.
"Well, if that don't get his attention, nothing will." Said Jason.
"Oh, it will, Jason. And I'll make sure that the secrecy of its origin is protected to all, but the one we want to answer it." Said Billy.
"Excellent! Send the transmission, now!" said Alpha.
"Sending now!" Billy said, as he accessed the terminal, and sent the transmission. And all the Rangers stood there, like they were almost holding their breath, and waiting for the clock to strike Midnight on New Year's Eve, unaware if the transmission was a success.
In the meantime, there is a serious backup of traffic in Angel Grove, in trying to avoid the monster. The four Syber-Squad members are still stuck in their rental car, with a line that isn't moving anywhere anytime soon.
"Sam, this is getting us nowhere fast!" said Syd.
"I know, but what can we do, Tanker? It's not like Servo can come here and direct traffic, and fight that real monster." said Sam.
"Yeah, we fought lots of viruses, and yet literally no one knows who we are." Said Syd, as her laptop, and Sam's Wrist Communicator both went off.
Then, Syd turned on her laptop, and put it her new program disk, and the screen came up with a short view of the Grid, and was replaced, by an access screen. She clicked on one of the buttons, and then up came a screen with the Ranger's message in large text, resembling a Las Vegas street sign. This gets an instant reaction from Syd, who lets out an instant "Whoa!"
"What is it, Syd?" said Amp.
"Uh, Servo, it's for you." Said Syd.
"Come again?" asked Sam
Then she turned the monitor to face Sam, as he read the screen's contents.
"Wow! A call for help, for us!" said Sam.
"How do we know this isn't a trick?" said Tanker.
"We don't yet. We'll have to check this out, but not here" she said, noting the traffic is at a standstill. She looks around, and then an idea of inspiration comes up. She sees the entrance to a large indoor parking lot right within her limited range. She turns the car, and then heads for the entrance. They come upon the gate, and a guard approaches them.
"Hey, $10, for a spot, for 2 days." He says.
"Yeah, OK. Man, this traffic is crazy." Says Syd.
"Only in Angel Grove, man. Spot 34, up one level" replied the guard. The heroes then drove up, and located their spot, which was surprisingly desolate, which worked to their advantage.
"OK, Sam, I have a plan. I'm going to have you take the bait, and check this signal out, but I'll have Drago standing by, in case this is a trap." Said Syd.
"Gotcha. Load it up!" said Sam.
"Ready?" said Syd.
"Ready!" said Sam.
"Let's Samuarize Guys!" said everyone. Then with a hit of the communicator, Sam is zapped, and pulled into the computer, as the digital superhero Servo.