Episode 13 – Smile, You're on Camera!

"So, why did you want to go see that movie again?" Nick asked as they walked out of the movie theater again. He was still wearing his 3D glasses.

"Take those off." She calmly demanded. The fox responded by quickly tossing them off his face.

"There." He smugly said, giving a sarcastic smirk.

She rolled her eyes. "I wanted to see it because it looked good, and I think it was." She explained.

"I thought it was awful." Nick said in a direct tone. "I don't know what people see in animated films."

Judy stopped in her steps. "Seriously? Do you know how much animation can do as a medium?"

"I do, Carrots." He replied. "I just don't like it that much. Like, why would you make animated animals when you could just hire actors?"

She sighed. "I'm pretty sure they couldn't do the giant lava monster bits in live action." She said.

"It's called CGI, Fluff." Nick said. "It's like animation for adults."

"It's like animation, except most of the characters don't fit in." Judy retorted.

"Obviously you didn't see Dr. Strange." Nick said back. "Great effects."

"When I go to see a live action film, I like to see practical effects." Judy said. "CGI's just a cheap way to do bigger effects, even if they don't look as good."

"In the hands of a good director, CGI can be used to make bigger stories." Nick retorted. "Besides, all animated films nowadays are CGI anyway." He paused for a second. "Also they're all musicals, what's with that?"

"I thought the songs were good." Judy said.

"Eh, they were alright." Nick shrugged, before pausing again. "Actually, that one song was pretty good."

"Which one?"

"The one with the crab." He said. "Villains always get the best songs."

"I liked the main song better, actually." Judy admitted.

"They really didn't have to use it three times, though." Nick said.

"You have to admit," Judy started. "It was better than Floatzen."

"Carrots, a punch to the mouth was better than Floatzen."

The two continued walking back to the car, unaware of a suspicious looking figure standing by the entrance. A tan cheetah dressed in a movie theater uniform. He had heard everything they said.

"Thanks for the inspiration." He chuckled to himself as he strolled into the theater. He walked past the staff, who didn't seem to care about the stranger walking into their theater. He continued into one of the screening room, and walked up to the projection room.

He opened the door, spotting an antelope in there who quickly turned to him. "Oh, hello." He said. "Are you here to take over film projection duties?"

"In a way, yes." Enter replied.

"Okay, the projector's right over there." He motioned over to the side of the room, where a flat, boxy projector sat next to a window. The antelope started to leave the room, but then turned back as he exited. "Say, I don't recall seeing you here before, are you new?"

Enter chuckled, before rushing up and punching the antelope in the face, the mammal flying into the wall behind him, unconscious.

"Guess you'll never find out, mon amie."

Enter quickly grabbed the projector, cutting the wires connecting to it with his claws. "This form does come in handy some times." He mused, before disappearing with the projector in hand.

"…And THAT is why Nightmare Befur Christmas is the greatest animated film ever made!" Judy concluded as they approached the apartment door.

"You sure have a lot of opinions about your kid's films, Carrots." Nick joked.

"It's really all my parents let me watch when I was a kid." She admitted. "Mostly a lot of the old ones."

"Let me guess, you watched them on VHS."

"Yes, DVDs didn't exist back then."

"Good point."

She grabbed onto the doorknob, and paused. Her ears perked up. She heard footsteps inside the apartment. "There's someone in there." She stated, placing her head closer to the door.

"Thank you, super rabbit hearing." Nick said sarcastically. "Probably just some robbers."

"You do know that's not a good thing, right?" She asked quietly.

"There's nothing valuable in there to steal, Hopps."

She tried to respond, but couldn't think of anything really valuable in their apartment. All they really had was the bare essentials of living.

"Well, there's the time we spent together." She finally replied, jokingly.

"Don't make me puke."

"Alright." She said quietly. "On three, I'll open the door." She took a deep breath. "One…"

"THREE!" Nick yelled, running up and kicking the door open.

"Oh, come on, seriously?" Judy yelled.

"Hey, I always wanted to do something like that." Nick replied as he walked in. They spotted three odd looking figures in the apartment as soon as the door swung open. All three of them turned to face them.

The first was an odd mechanical creature, rounded and chunky. Its face resembled a steering wheel, and it rather delicately carried a cup on top of its large fist. It was walking through the middle of the apartment, and dropped the cup when the door slammed open,

The second was a tall silver creature sat on the couch. Hard to tell if it was mechanical, but judging by its very stilted head turn, it probably was. It had very angular horns over its body, and had sleek black streaks going over part of it, as well as golden sections.

The third was a tall blue creature, bending down near the window. It was definitely a Sentai Ranger, Judy could tell, though the spandex it wore looked a bit different. Its helmet was decorated with a similar face to the first robotic creature.

"Oh, it looks like they've returned!" The first creature said, waddling over to the Ranger. "What… what should we do, sir?"

"I say…" The silver figure started, standing up. It hit its head on the roof, and awkwardly bent downwards. "I say we introduce ourselves. So they don't panic."

"A bit too late for that." Judy said.

"That's a great…" The ranger started, trying to stand up. He hit his head on the ceiling. "That's a great idea, Beet."

"You aren't gonna sing, right?" Nick asked.

"Why would we sing?" The blue robot asked. "I think a simple greeting is all we need."

The ranger rubbed his head and nodded, shuffling up to the two mammals. "I'm Ryuuji Iwasaki, member of Spec-Ops Sentai Go-Busters. Blue Buster, to be exact." He extended his hand down towards them. "Pleasure to work with you both."

"Hello there, Ryuuji." Judy greeted, shaking his hand. Nick followed up, a bit awkwardly and wordless. "Who, uh, are your friends here?" She asked.

He motioned towards the first robot. "This is my partner, Gorisaki Banana."

"Hello!" Gorisaki said, bowing towards them.

"'Banana'?" Nick said, a bit amused. "Why's he named that?"

"Oh, you see," Gorisaki started. "I'm based on a gorilla, a primate, and primates usually eat bananas."

"We don't have any gore-las in this timeline, I guess." Judy said. "All the primates went extinct ages ago."

Gorisaki tapped his fists together. "I guess my pun doesn't work here…"

"It's okay, Gorisaki." Ryuuji assured. "And over there is Beet J. Stag." He continued, motioning towards the silver robot, who was now laying on the couch. "He isn't supposed to be here."

"Greetings." It said flatly.

"He's called Beet J. Stag because-"

"Yeah, stag beetle." Nick interrupted. "I get it. What's the J stand for, though?"

"Juice." Stag answered.

There was a moment of silence, before Ryuuji cleared his throat. "So, me and Gorisaki were sent here to help you with this next mission." He explained. "Beet kind of just stowed away on the Rainbow Line while I wasn't looking."

"It was getting boring."

Another moment of silence.

"But yeah, you can call me Blue Buster, and I already know who you two are." He continued. "Judy Hopps, ZooBlue, and Nick Wilde, ZooRed."

"That's nice and all," Judy started, a bit awkwardly. "But why did you, y'know…"

"Why did you break into our apartment?" Nick asked bluntly.

"The train stopped at your open window." Beet explained, getting up.

"Uh… huh." Nick let out. "You do know that's still illegal, right?"

All three of them nodded, letting out sounds of affirmation.

"Of course, we know you guys aren't here to do anything bad, so I guess we can't arrest you." Judy said.

"They still broke the law." Nick replied. "We really, really should."

"Let's just sit down, have some tea, and talk this over." Ryuuji said. "We really don't want confrontation right now."

"Time to get filming." Enter said, as he pulled out a small card.

He jabbed the card into the projector, and tossed it up into the air. The projector started expanding outwards, a humanoid, orange and silver body forming around it. The new monster landed, two large ridges protruding from its head, and a camera in its chest.

"Say cheese!" It said in a cheery voice, snapping a picture of the cheetah.

"Still as cheerful as ever, Filmroid." Enter said flatly, raising his brow. "I hope you don't mind working for a bit."

"Working?" The monster asked inquisitively, placing its finger on its closes approximation of a cheek. "What kind of work? Like a new movie?"

"I suppose you can call it something like that." Enter retorted. "I just need you to do something for a bit. Anything that can cause trouble."

"So, you want a disaster movie?" Filmroid asked. "Sorry, I don't have any scripts for that."

Enter's eyes dilated. He walked over to the robot and lifted him off the ground with one paw. "Then you'll have to come up with one, won't you?" He growled.

"Uh, wait!" The robot pleaded. "I-I think I have a script I can make work, don't worry Master Enter!"

He dropped the robot back to the ground. "Good." He said as the robot rolled on the ground. "Go do it, and fast."

Filmroid sat up. "But film making takes time!" He tried to explain. "I can't cause any decent destruction fast!"

"Think of it like this," Enter started. "I want you to do this first fil, and then I'll let you make whatever you want." He smirked a bit. "A real auteur, if you will."

"An auteur?" Filmroid whispered, thinking it over. He quickly got to his feet. "Deal! I'll whip up my next script, and then go for my masterpiece!"

"I do have one caveat, however." Enter said with a grin. "I have some specific actors I want you do work with."

"Hmm?" Filmroid leaned in closer. "Who would they be?"

"Well," Enter started, chuckling. "Have you ever seen Zootopia?"

A few minutes later, Nick, Judy, and their new guests were all drinking tea. The two mammals were sat on the couch, while Ryuuji was sat on the other side of their coffee table. He was still tall enough sitting down to look them directly in the eyes. Gorisaki was in the kitchen, preparing more tea.

Meanwhile, Beet was splayed against the wall, making… noises.

"Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt."

All three of them stared at him. "He pretends he's a beetle sometimes." Ryuuji tried to explain.

"I didn't realize it was possible for a robot to be eccentric." Nick stated, absolutely baffled.

"So, uh," Judy tried to start, attempting to draw attention away from the buzzing robot. "Why are you here, exactly?"

"AkaRed contacted me." Blue Buster explained. "Said you might be dealing with something tougher soon." He took a sip of his tea. "Something about you needing help."

"Sure." Nick said, sniffing the tea. "I don't feel like we need help right now, we have things pretty sorted."

Judy glared at him.

"What?"

"Are you forgetting about what happened last week?" She asked. "I wouldn't exactly say we have things 'sorted'."

"What happened last week?" Ryuuji asked.

"Her parents almost died." Nick answered, very bluntly. The rabbit quickly gave the fox a sharp nudge to his side.

"That's…" Ryuuji took a deep breath. "That's not something you joke about."

The fox's ears drooped a bit. "Uh, sorry." He said, completely sincere.

Ryuuji cleared his throat. "Anyway, if AkaRed says I need to help out, then I probably should."

"It's usually best to follow the advice of an interdimensional god." Gorisaki stated, bringing them in a few more cups of tea. Nick was now carrying two full cups of tea.

"Not always." Beet said, interrupting his… business.

Everyone turned to stare at him again. He quickly returned to buzzing at the wall.

Judy cleared her throat. "It's always nice to have help from one of you guys." She said, sipping her tea. "Hopefully Nick won't be a jerk to you like the last guy who wanted to help."

"Wait, which one are we talking about?" He asked. He took a sip of the tea, it was absolutely disgusting, but he had to gulp it down.

"Is there something wrong with the tea?" Gorisaki asked, his head spinning around.

"No, it's…" He bit his tongue. "It's great!"

Judy looked at him. He looked back at her with a fake grin.

"Oh, that's good!" Gorisaki said in relief. "I was worried you didn't like it! I would've been very upset if you didn't."

Nick gave a thumbs up.

Suddenly, the alarm on the Zoolizers began ringing, causing Nick to drop his drink to the ground, where it spilled across the crapet. "Aw man, now I'll never be able to finish it!" He said, feigning distress.

Judy rolled her eyes. "That means that a monster's been created." She explained, cuffing the incessant beeping with her paws. "Which in turns means we have to go stop it."

"How do you know when the Megazord's been summoned?" Ryuuji asked.

The two stared at him.

"Ryuuji," Gorisaki whispered to him. "I don't think they have Megazords."

"Oh." He said. He quickly stood up, slamming his head against the ceiling. "We should go stop it."

"Good idea." Nick said, getting up, kicking the teacup out of the way.

Beet quickly rushed over to the fox, knocking him to the ground. "I will go with you." He stated.

"Are you sure, Beet?" Ryuuji asked. The robot nodded in response. He sighed. "I guess we don't have a choice."

"What about Gorisaki?" Judy asked as they headed for the door.

"I'm just here for moral support!" He said. "Go team, go!" He pumped his fist up and down, smacking it against the ceiling.

Judy chuckled. "Alright, let's go stop a monster!"

"You have dishonored my family." One Bugler beeped robotically. It was wearing a very heavy set of samurai armor, complete with katana.

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us." The other Bugler beeped. This one was dressed in a cowboy hat and poncho. It carried a small pistol.

The two stood across from each other, and stiffly drew their weapons. The cowboy fired at the samurai, who attempted to cut the bullet in half with his blade, only for it to strike him in the head, causing him to blow up.

"Ugh, CUT!" Filmroid yelled through his megaphone, he got up from his director's chair. He stepped over the remains of the samurai Bugler. "That was just awful. BRING IN THE NEXT ONE!"

Another Bugler dressed in samurai armor quickly appeared in the burnt remains of the previous one.

"Alright, let's take this scene from the top!" He clapped his hands, and pointed to the cowboy. "You, shoot that building over there!" He pointed to the samurai. "And you, slice up that building. Chop chop!"

The two Buglers nodded, and turned to the buildings surrounding the plaza they were in. The cowboy fired a shot at one of the buildings, causing a massive explosion. The samurai quickly sliced with his blade, causing another building to be cut clean in half.

"Perfect!" Filmroid yelled, giving the okay sign with his hand. "Now, meet back up in the middle, and try the big showdown scene again!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Said a confused voice from behind the robot. He turned around to see the 3 rangers and Beet.

"It's called filmmaking!" He declared. "And you're interrupting me while I'm shooting for my epic spaghetti western samurai romantic comedy revenge story!"

The three tilted their heads in confusion.

Red shook his head. "Have you ever thought of trimming it down a bit?" He asked. "That might be too many concepts at once."

Blue nodded. "Audiences usually like something they can put into a singular genre."

Filmroid scoffed. "Please, I'm an auteur, I can do whatever I want!" He yelled, sounding insulted. "Now, if you excuse me, I'm waiting for my other actors to show up." He turned back to the Buglers, and yelled into his megaphone. "ACTION!"

"Let's cut this guy's film short." Red said, putting his blade on his shoulder.

"Hold it." Blue Buster said, stopping them. "I remember this guy."

"Mission 20, July 8th, 2012." Beet started. "That is when Filmroid originally attacked."

Ryuuji nodded. "He's tricky. His main power is that he can create illusions of your deepest desires."

"I don't entirely see what the big deal is." Red admitted. "That doesn't seem that dangerous."

"It is." Ryuuji said. "At least, it probably would be. We managed to not be distracted by them."

"Alright, so if he does that, just ignore it." Blue said. "Sounds easy enough."

She twirled her blasters around, and shot the monster in the back. He fell to the ground, and got up. "Hey, can't you see I'm working!?" He looked at them again. "Hey, wait a second…"

He hopped up, and walked over to the two animal rangers. He tugged at Blue's ears. "Rabbit ears…"

"Ow!"

He twirled the fox around, and tugged on his tail. "Fox tail…"

"Do you know how rude that is?" Red yelled, quickly jabbing his blade into the monster's face.

He stumbled back, and started laughing. "Aw man, you two are the actors I was waiting for!" He yelled, pointing at them. "Why didn't you tell me you were here? I have the perfect spot for you in the movie!"

He snapped his fingers, and suddenly an army of cowboy and samurai Buglers appeared around the plaza. "It's the scene where the cowboys and samurai join forces to take down the traitorous main characters, who are played by you two!" He explained. "It's the big finale, and, spoilers, the main characters don't live."

"I think your film needs a few rewrites." Red smugly stated, pulling out his blade. Blue spun her blasters around again.

"Especially when you have two extras to deal with!" Blue Buster yelled out.

Beet nodded. "Prepare to face the might of Beet Buster!"

"Wait, what?" Blue said, turning around.

"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" A voice yelled out.

"Let's morphin'." Beet said. Quickly, the gold sections of his body flew off, leaving him with a sleeker, more ranger-like form. The form was still silver, but now had blue highlighting instead of black and gold. The pieces that flew off tried to vaguely form into a humanoid shape next to him, but they collapsed on the ground.

"That happens sometimes." He said, before striking a pose. "BEET BUSTER!"

Ryuuji also struck a pose. "BLUE BUSTER!"

"CHAMPION OF THE SUN!" Red struck a pose as well. "ZOORED!"

"DEFENDER OF THE MOON!" Blue also yelled and posed. "ZOOBLUE!"

The four rushed into the army of Buglers, Blue Buster pulling out a pair of binoculars that he unfolded into a sword, while Beet Buster pulled out a steering wheel that also unfolded into a sword.

As they charged towards the army, Filmroid quickly ducked into the crowd, moving backwards through it.

Red slashed through a few of the cowboys and samurai, clearing out a clean circle of them in only a few seconds. Blue leaped onto one of their heads, and began blasting tons of the army in their faces, causing them to quickly clear out.

"Pretty good." Blue Buster said, giving his colored counterpart a thumbs up. "But let's see how they handle this!" He wound his arm up, and quickly slammed it into the pavement.

The ground cracked, and nearly the entire army, other rangers included, were launched into the air a bit. Ryuuji then prepared another punch, striking a Bugler in the stomach. It flew through the air, striking other Buglers as it went. A large section of the robots had been cleared out in only two swift moves.

Red hit the ground, and got up. "Holy smokes!" He yelled, getting his bearings. "What was that?"

Blue shook her head. "We can ask him later, let's just take care of the rest of these guys."

Beet Buster suddenly popped up in front of her. "Allow me to show off my own skills!" He swung his blade at a group of closing Buglers, eradicating a number of them in only one swipe. He turned back to the two. "How was that?"

"Eh." Red let out, shrugging. "Not as impressive as your friend over there."

"Then I will work harder to improve it." Beet stated. He rushed back into the fray, continuing to slice up the monsters.

"What a weirdo." Red said.

"Don't be rude to our guests, Nick." Blue retorted.

"But he is!" Red insisted. "I have never seen anyone act like that."

"He is a robot." She said back. "But, let's just finish these guys off, alright?"

Red rolled his eyes beneath the helmet, and the two dashed back into the battle. Red pulled out the Vickscannon, blasting a few of the robots away, while Blue effortlessly dashed through them with her blades.

In a few seconds, the army of cowboys and samurai had been completely cleared, leaving only Filmroid standing in the middle of the plaza.

"Time to finish filming!" Blue yelled, pointing her dagger at the monster.

Filmroid backed up a bit nervously as the four moved closer. He stopped, and fell to his knees, bowing down. "I'm sorry!" He yelled. "I won't do it again!"

"You aren't a good director, or a good actor." Red said, aiming the cannon at the monster.

"AH!" It yelled, getting to its knees. "I guess I'll just have to improvise!" It spread its arms out. "SAY CHEESE!"

The lens on its chest fired out two bursts of energy, which flew directly into the mammals and knocked them away. "Oh no!" Blue Buster yelled, watching as they flew off.

The two got up, in pain. Blue looked up, her eyes foggy, as a large figure walked up to her.

"Hopps, get up." Said a stern voice.

"Chief?" She said, a bit confused. Then she realized who she was talking to, and stood to attention. "Chief Bogo, sir! Why are you here?"

"I'm here to congratulate you on being the best officer on the force." He said.

"Wait, really?" She said, completely ecstatic to be hearing that from her boss. "How'd this happen?"

"It just happened." Bogo said. "And because of it, I have decided to hand over chief duty to you."

She let a gross sound of delight at hearing this. "This is so sudden, I don't even have as much experience as you…"

"Keep dreaming, Carrots." Said a voice from behind her. She turned around to see Nick. "Remember what Blue Boy told us?"

She smacked her helmeted head. This didn't make any sense because it wasn't real. The fake Bogo vanished into red particles as soon as she looked back. "Well, that was good while it lasted." She said sadly.

"You'll get over it eventually." Nick said.

"Wait, he hit you too right, what was your wish?" She asked.

"All it did was knock me out of my transformation." He shrugged. "I guess that says something."

The monster yelled in defeat. "That wasn't even good enough for a filler scene!" He shouted at them.

"Alright, let's finish you off." Blue Buster said, running up to the monster and punching him in the face.

There was a loud clang as it hit, and the monster stumbled backward. Blue Buster attempted to hit it again, but the monster quickly ducked out of the way. Another swing, another dodge.

"Looks like I'm too quick for you, Tarzan boy!" The monster mocked, dodging another strike.

Blue Buster's armor began to emit steam. Suddenly, the object on his wrist began to beep. "Ryuuji!" Gorisaki yelled through the device. "You need to take a break, or else…"

Blue Buster panted a bit. "Thanks for the reminder, Gorisaki."

"Oh, looks like you're having a bit of a malfunction!" Filmroid pointed out. "I actually have an appointment with my producer now, so see you!"

"Wait," Blue Buster said. "Producer?"

"You know, your old friend, Enter!" Filmroid gave a wave, and disappeared into a flash of light, film reels flying out.

"Enter!?" Blue Buster yelled. "We need to regroup." He stated, turning to the other rangers.

"So, you know about Enter?" Judy asked.

Ryuuji laid on the couch, covered in ice packs. He nodded. "Enter was one of the toughest, most scheming villains we had to face." He thought for a second. "Well, he didn't have much competition, but he was a nightmare to deal with."

"To put it simply," Beet said, turning from the wall he was still splayed against. "He betrayed his own master, Messiah, and nearly destroyed Earth."

"So, he betrayed his own boss?" Nick said. "Sounds like a scum bag."

"We've actually ran into him once." Judy said. "He nearly killed us."

"Something to know about Enter is that he always has an ulterior motive." Ryuuji said. "If he didn't kill you then, he's using you for something."

The two gritted their teeth, and stared at each other. What was this guy planning?

"Hold on a sec," Nick let out. "I thought you guys didn't have evolved animals in your world?"

"What?" Blue Buster responded. "Enter usually looked like a human, but he was more of a machine."

"When we encountered him, he was a cheetah." Judy explained.

"A… a cheetah?" Ryuuji said, sounding somewhat amused. "That's ironic."

"How is that ironic?" Nick started, a bit confused. "Did he lose to one in a foot race?"

Ryuuji sighed. "My friend, our team leader, Hiromu." He began. "He was Red Buster, he had powers based around a cheetah. Super speed and such."

"You know, not all cheetahs are fast." Judy started. "We know a cheetah who's pretty slow on his feet."

"I guess generalizations happen a lot here." He said.

"You have no idea." She replied, looking at Nick.

"Yeah, I have a question." Nick started. "What's the deal with your set up here?"

Before Ryuuji could answer, Gorisaki ran up with another ice pack. He placed the pack gently onto his chest. "Ryuuji has a condition where if he fights too much, he overheats and goes wild." He explained, turning to them.

"It usually happens when I use my super strength too much." Ryuuji continued.

"Hang on, that brings up something else." Judy stated. "Why do you have super strength?"

"All three of the original Go-Busters had special programs installed in them to fight against the Vagras." He explained. "I have super strength, Hiromu had super speed, and Yoko, Yellow Buster, had super jumping."

"Let me guess," Nick started, eyeing Judy. "Rabbit based?"

He nodded.

Please," Judy said, rolling her eyes. "Everyone knows that a rabbit's real super power is their hearing." She pointed to her ears smugly.

"Question numero tres." Nick started again, holding up three digits. "So, you also have a dangerous evil side?"

"Do you guys?" He asked. They nodded in response.

"It's not exactly… us, though." Judy said, rubbing her arm. "It's some kind of… thing that takes us over sometimes."

"Let me guess, this only happens during emotional stress?" Ryuuji guessed.

"Well…" Judy started, trying to come up with a situation where that wasn't the case. Nick's own stress when he thought she was dead, her own emotional reactions to being manipulated and having her parents attacked. That did seem like the most plausible theory.

"I suppose so, yeah."

"Yeah, that's also another way I overheat." Ryuuji continued. "I may not seem like it, but I'm very emotional. It only comes out when I get very angry, though."

"You must be good at controlling your emotions then." Nick said. "Unlike a certain bunny over here." She quickly nudged him in the side.

Ryuuji quickly sat up, the ice packs falling off him. Gorisaki quickly ran over, panicked. "Ryuuji, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I think I've cooled down enough." He said, stretching a bit. "Thank you, Gorisaki."

He turned to the two mammals, and let out a sigh. "It's hard to control your emotions after going what I've been through."

"Ooh, backstory time." Nick said, a bit too cheerfully.

"It all started one Christmas Eve, when a computer virus, Messiah, attacked the research center our parents worked at. They had to sacrifice themselves to prevent it from destroying the world, and to save us." He sighed again. "We spent the next 13 years of our lives training to defeat the Vagras, and save our parents."

"Well, at least there was a happy ending, and you saved them." Judy said, really, really hoping that was the case. Ryuuji looked at his hands, and clenched them. "Right?"

"Not everything can have a happy ending, Judy." He said, frustrated. "Our parents had been held captive in the digital world of Hyperspace, and when we finally managed to get in and save them…"

Judy braced herself for the worst.

"They had to sacrifice themselves again in order to stop Messiah for good." He sighed again, remembering it was clearly getting to him. "We managed to save the world, but…"

"Okay!" She yelled. "You don't have to tell us any more, alright?" She sighed, and walked up to him, placing her paw on his knee. "You don't have to make yourself uncomfortable just for us."

"Actually," Nick started, sounding a bit more serious. "I need to talk to him. In private."

"What?" Judy let out, confused. "Why do you want to-"

"That's for him to know, and you to not."

Nick stood on the roof of the apartment, staring at the sunset. Ryuuji walked up to him. "Why did you want to talk to me?" He asked.

"Your parents are… gone, right?" Nick asked back, ignoring Ryuuji's own question. "You… you know they're gone, forever?"

"Yes." Ryuuji said, a bit confused. "They're dead."

"You are so lucky." Nick continued, his tone dropping. "To know what happened to them, I mean." The Go-Buster looked at him, confused.

"Oh, I see." Ryuuji said, starting to understand. He sat down next to the fox. "You wanted to talk about… your own parents? What happened to them?"

"Well, I know my mom's alive." He stated, sitting down. "At least, last time I checked she was." He sighed. "But this isn't about my mom, it's about my dad."

"What happened to him?"

"No one knows." Nick said. "He stepped out one day, and… poof, vanished."

"Wait, do you mean nobody's seen him since?"

"Exactly." Nick sighed. "Nobody has seen him in years, no evidence of what happened to him."

"That's… strange."

"It's something that's haunted me every day." Nick stated. "You got to see your parents one last time, you got to find out what happened to them. I'm not that lucky."

"I imagine you'll find out what happened to him eventually." Ryuuji assured. "You just need to look for it."

"And you don't think I've tried that?" Nick asked, a bit irritated. "I'm a cop, I can actually look for him now, but there's nothing. Not even a case file."

"Have you… asked anyone else about this?" He asked.

"The only other person that knows about this is my therapist." Nick stated. "Judy doesn't even know."

"Maybe you should-" The fox raised a paw to the ranger's helmet.

"This isn't something she needs to know about right now." He said wistfully. "Not now."

"Well, why did you tell me?" He asked. "We've known each other for two hours."

"It's just…" He cleared his throat. "I never really had someone who could… relate, I guess."

Ryuuji nodded. "I guess that makes sense." He put his hand on the fox's much smaller shoulder. "But you should tell her. Open up a bit."

"Yeesh, again with the 'opening up' thing." He said, irritated. "I've been trying to be more open, but I know exactly how she'd react to something like this."

"How would she?"

"She'd get all upset at me for not telling her, then she'd spend all of her time trying to find out anything about where he could've gone." He explained. "She's a very determined little thing, and we have bigger stuff to worry about than my issues."

Ryuuji patted him on the back. "Your issues are important, Nick." He assured. "Maybe not right now, but they are. Tell her when you get a chance, she'll understand."

He sighed. "Thanks, blueboy."

The monster dropped to his knees. "I'm sorry Master Enter!" It pleaded. "I couldn't complete the film or destroy the Zoorangers."

"You did fine." Enter stated plainly, ignoring the pleading robot and walking to the side of the rooftop. "You did enough damage for right now. Just consider that a dress rehearsal."

Filmroid tilted his head in confusion. "But, they broke out of my illusions, how can I do better?"

Without warning, Enter quickly threw something at the robot, directly piercing its camera lens. Instantly, the robot fell to the ground, twitching with red electricity. It turned onto its back as the upgrades started.

Its lens got bigger, taking up most of its chest, and the symbol of the Chaos Badge appearing in the middle of it. Its orange coloring turned to red, and curved spikes sprouted across its arms and legs. A large lens grew over one of its blue, diamond shaped eyes, and a large ridge sprouted from the middle of its head.

The monster instantly hopped up to its feet, fist raised in the air. "Chaos Filmroid, now rolling!"

The newly upgraded monster looked around, in absolute awe at everything. "Holy smokes, I can see everything!"

Enter's feline ears perked up at this statement. The monster then turned to him, and walked over, groping at his body.

"This is an amazing model, look at the detail on the fur!" It said, completely enraptured.

Enter freed himself from the monster's grasp, and swatted him away. "What the hell are you talking about?"

The monster rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, Mr. Syo!" He apologized. "I just can't believe how detailed everything is!"

"I was expecting him to just power up," Enter muttered to himself. "Not go completely insane."

"So," Filmroid started. "What's the next scene?"

"I need you to trap the Zoorangers." Enter explained. "Your wish granting power has been upgraded, they won't be breaking out if you use it on them again."

"Again?" The monster said, sounding disappointed. "But everyone knows sequels aren't as good!"

Enter glared at the monster, and stepped forward. "This isn't a game, Filmroid." He growled. "I am your master, and you do what I say."

"I could just write you out of the script!" Filmroid said, turning his back to the cheetah.

Enter performed a single quick slash across the monster's back, leaving massive claw marks engraved into its back. Filmroid yelled out in agony.

"I'm still stronger than you." Enter declared. "And if you don't follow my orders, I'll have YOU CUT ENTIRELY!"

"S-sorry, Master Enter!" Filmroid apologized, absolutely terrified. "I'll go trap them, don't worry!" He turned to look at the city. "But first, I need to get some data!"

He aimed his lens across the city skyline, rapidly snapping pictures with his eye lens. The monster turned back to his boss, and gave a wave, which Enter did not return. Filmroid then leaped into the city.

Enter sighed. "Why are all the monsters I make so off?"

"So, what were you two talking about up there?" Judy asked as the two entered the apartment.

"We were talking about-"

"Nothing!" Nick interrupted. "Absolutely. Nothing."

Judy gave him a look from the couch. "Well, while you two were talking about 'nothing', I had to deal with Beetlejuice over there."

The two looked over, seeing Beet, strapped to the wall via duct tape. His mouth was covered up, but he was still trying to buzz.

"How do you put up with that guy?" She asked.

"To be honest, we usually don't." Ryuuji admitted. He rubbed his gloved hands together. "So, what's the plan to deal with that Metalroid?"

"Actually, this is the first time in a while we've had absolutely no leads." She admitted. "Usually the monster comes to us."

"So, that alarm thing only works once?" He asked. "That kind of seems… unintuitive."

"Eh." Nick let out as he sat on the couch. "We'll find him eventually." He flicked on the TV. "Behold, our advanced tracking technology."

"I guess I probably shouldn't have expected you two to have government level equipment." Ryuuji said.

"I'd tell you where the monster is," Gorisaki started, walking into the room. "But I'm not connected to HQ, can't get any data on it. Sorry."

"It's fine, Gorisaki." Judy assured. "This is how we do things."

Suddenly, her cell phone started to ring. She looked at the ID, something she usually did after the last few incidents. It was… Chief Bogo?

She held the phone up to her ear. "Hello, Chief?" She said.

"Hopps!" He yelled, causing her to pull back the phone. "We need you and Wilde at Baobab Avenue. NOW!"

He quickly hung up, and the second he did the rabbit sprung up. "WE HAVE TO GO!" She yelled, rushing towards the door.

"Whoa, where's the rodeo, Carrots?' Nick asked.

"Bogo called. We have to go to Baobab." She explained.

He nodded, and then turned to their guests. "Really sorry about this, but this is the life of an officer!" He shrugged, and the two ran out the door.

As soon as they left, Beet burst from the wall, shredding off all of the duct tape stuck to him. He tore the strip covering his mouth off as well. "I believe this is a trap." He stated.

"A trap? How do you know?" Ryuuji asked.

"It's just a hunch."

Ryuuji crossed his arms. "We can't be too lax on this." He said. "Let's follow them, just in case."

Beet nodded, and the two ran through the door, leaving Gorisaki behind.

"Oh, uh…" He said to himself. "See you guys later!"

The cruiser ground to a halt against the pavement, leaving thick marks. Judy quickly leaped out of the cruiser, and rolled across the ground. "ALRIGHT, WHERE'S THE EMERGENCY!"

She glanced around. There was nobody in street. She felt someone tap against her shoulder.

"I don't think there's anyone here, Fluff." Nick said. "You sure this is the right place?"

"Let's see, he definitely said Baobab Avenue…" She glanced around again, spotting one of the trees the road was named after, large and rounded, growing on the sidewalk. "And those are definitely baobabs."

"I think you might have fallen for a prank call." Nick suggested. "Probably someone pretending to be Bogo."

They turned back to the cruiser. "But it sounded exactly like him…" She said.

"You're right," A sudden, deep, gruff, familiar voice said from behind them. "It did sound exactly like him."

"Bogo?" Judy let out, turning around.

Instead of the buffalo, they saw the monster from earlier, with new upgrades. "Plot twist!" It cheerfully yelled, going back to its original voice. "It was me, I was pretending to be your Chief!"

"So, I was right then." Nick said to the facepawing rabbit.

"How did you even do that!?" She yelled at the monster.

"It's pretty easy, actually!" The monster started. "I just went to IMDB, figured out who Bogo's VA was, and pulled it from my infinite database of actors!" He pinched his throat. "And now I sound like Idris Elba!" It now spoke it what was clearly Chief Bogo's voice.

The two tilted their heads, absolutely baffled.

"I guess you guys don't understand what it's like to be enlightened." The monster said, a bit disappointed. "But I will say…"

He quickly skipped over to the rabbit, falling to his knees and clutching her paws. "It's an honor to be working with someone like you, Miss Ueto! You were great in Azumi."

Judy pulled her paws back from the monster. "Who are you talking about?" She asked, both backing away from it. "That's not my name."

"And you!" Filmroid pointed towards Nick, who felt his back slam into the car. "Mr. Morikawa, you're a wonderful VA, love your work!"

"I'd feel flattered if I knew what the hell you were talking about." Nick said, somewhat terrified at the nonsense the robot was spouting.

"Calm your language, this film is PG!" He looked up at nothing for a second. "Oh, wait, I guess this is rated T, you can swear a bit."

"Yeah, he's gone insane." Nick said aloud. He held up his wrist, flashing the Zoolizer. "Let's finish this guy off."

"Alright, we need a fight scene before the rest of the episode!" Filmroid said, clapping. He then spun around, pulling out a large spiked club, slamming its sharpened end into the ground. "Maybe we can actually finish it up before the deadline!"

"Oh, god do I want you to shut up." Judy declared.

They transformed and rushed at the monster with their weapons. They attempted to strike the monster, only for him to deftly twirl around, blocking their strikes with the staff. They locked weapons, and Filmroid pushed them backwards.

The monster laughed. "Martial arts are impressive, but audiences nowadays want to see spectacle! Like this!" He spun the club around, a trail of purple orbs trailing behind it. He flicked the club forward, causing the purple orbs to fly towards the two.

Due to them being in relative close range, the orbs managed to hit not only them, but also the cruiser. While the two rangers stood, Blue turned around, watching as the force of the blast lifted the car off of the ground, flipping it over. The glass sprayed behind them, Blue falling to her knees.

"Do you know how long that'll take to fix!?" She yelled. "That car was EXPENSIVE!"

"Props are meant to be broken, Goodwin!" The monster mocked.

She pounded her fists against the ground, and clutched her head, growling. "THAT'S NOT MY NAME!"

She leaped into the air, and gave the monster a swift kick to the head, knocking it back. She pulled out her blasters, and shot the monster in the chest a couple times.

"You know it was just a car, right?" Red asked, walking up to his angry partner.

"A car I spent a good chunk of our money trying to keep in decent shape!" She yelled, nearly fuming.

"I don't think you should take a car being wrecked so seriously." Said a flat voice.

They turned, seeing Blue Buster and Beet Buster walking towards them. "What are you two doing here?"

"We assumed, correctly it seems, that this was some sort of a trap." Blue Buster explained. "Sorry about your car, by the way."

"At least someone understands." She sighed.

"Well, if it isn't Mr. Ryouma and Mr. Daisuke, excellent that you could make it!" The monster cheerfully greeted. He ran up and shook Beet Buster's hand. "I thought I might have to 'pirate' you!" He quickly let go of the robot ranger's hand and burst into laughter.

"I don't understand." Beet said, monotone, but obviously confused. "I am not a pirate, and I am not named Daisuke."

Filmroid turned to look at… something. "Boy, he's a real fun killer, ain't he folks?"

Blue Buster walked up to the two mammal rangers. "What happened to him?" He asked, pointing towards the monster, who was starting to get into a verbal argument with Beet.

"We should've probably told you that the monsters here get upgrades." Blue said. "That's what happened to him."

"He also might have gone insane." Red chipped in. "I have no idea what he's even talking about at this point."

Filmroid quickly turned to the three, pushing Beet away. He stomped over and pointed angrily at the fox. "Uh, excuse you, Mr. Bateman, it's called 'enlightenment', got it?"

"Well, to me," Red started, stepping up to the robot. "You're talking in tongues, and I'd consider myself pretty smart."

"You're at the very least clever." Blue added in. "There is a difference."

Without warning, Blue Buster pushed the fox out of the way, and delivered a swift punch directly to the monster's face. The robot was not only knocked off its feet, but it spun around in the air a few times before landing on its back.

"You may be 'enlightened' or whatever, but you're still not that strong." He turned to look at Beet.

"…And if I was in a TV show, I feel I would be one of the most enjoyable, entertaining characters in-"

He turned to look at the three rangers staring at him. He then noticed that there was nobody in front of him anymore. "Sorry."

The monster crawled away as they were distracted, and hopped back up, instantly recovered. "Now it's time for the feature presentation!" He yelled, getting all of their attentions.

Filmroid spun around, and struck a pose. "Mind if I play something for ya?"

Before anyone could answer, he leaned over, hand cuffed to non-existent ear. "Sorry, I can't hear you!" He nearly tripped over in shock at his own words, and rubbed his head. "Wait, who am I again?" He popped back up, and did a little dance. "Oh yeah, Filmroid!"

Everyone stared at him, confused. "Did that seem… familiar?" Blue asked her partner, who shrugged in response.

"Sorry about that, got my continuities crossed." Filmroid apologized. "Now, it's time to play the greatest films ever made!" He placed his finger to his chin in thought. "I think I'll call them 'Zootopia 2', and 'Zootopia: The Wilde Chronicles'! I would've gone with 'Born to be Wilde', but that's already been taken."

Red rubbed his temples. "What are you talking about?"

"I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS!" the monster said quickly. Before he even finished, he fired two glowing balls of light towards the two mammals.

The orbs hit the two, instantly knocking them out and untransforming them. Blue Buster ran over to them. He tried to shake Judy awake, unsuccessfully.

"What did you do to them!?" He yelled at the monster.

He rubbed his eyes, wiping the tears away. Where was he?

He looked around. It was night, and he was cowering next to a building. There was a muzzle on the ground. He remembered.

He had just been laughed out of the Ranger Scouts, for no reason other than being a fox. He was mortified. He started crying again.

There was the sound of a car stopping, and he looked over. It was a familiar looking blue clunker, one of the lights seemed to be broken.

It was his dad's car.

An older looking fox stepped out of the car. "My god, Nicholas, is that you?" He shouted as he ran over to the young fox. He lifted him up and cradled the child over his shoulder. "What are you doing out here?" He asked.

The young fox cried into his father's shoulder. "I wanted to join the Ranger Scouts, but… they kicked me out."

"Why did they do that?' His father asked. "You'd make a perfect Ranger Scout."

"They did it because I was a fox." He sobbed. "And they put… that on me…" He pointed over to the muzzle laying on the ground.

His father put him down, and picked up the muzzle. He let out a growl. "Nicholas, we're going in there, and I'm going to talk to the supervisor." He tossed the muzzle at the wall. "How did a bunch of kids even get a muzzle?"

He stomped up the stairs, and looked at the young kit standing there nervously. "C'mon, Nicky." He said. "Everything will be alright, your dad's here."

The fox gave a nod, and followed his dad into the building.

She jolted out of bed.

She looked around. She was in her house, a rather moderately sized place with nice white furnishings. More specifically, she was in her bed.

She fell back onto her pillow, taking deep breaths.

"What's going on, Fluff?" A voice next to her groggily asked.

She turned to Nick, who was laying on the other side of the bed. "Nothing. Just had a bad dream."

"You'll have to tell me about it later." He replied, twisting around in bed. "Just head back to sleep."

"I need to get something to drink." She said, sliding out of bed. She exited the room, and headed down the hall to the bathroom.

She stopped to look at some pictures hanging on the wall. They showed her memories she thought of fondly. Her graduation, Nick's graduation… Their wedding day. She sighed, remembering them all. It had calmed her down from that dream. The contents of it seemed to have slipped her mind already.

She walked into the impeccably clean bathroom, and started to run the water. She took a sip from it, and swallowed.

She looked at her paw, placed on the counter. A diamond ring adorned her ring digit. She thought about how much Nick must have spent on it. It was absolutely beautiful, even after a few years.

She took a deep breath, and looked at her reflection in the mirror. The dream must've been caused by stress. "Tomorrow's the big day, Judy." She said to herself. "The day you've been working towards for years. Chief."

She couldn't contain her excitement, she was going to be police chief! She had never expected to get that far, but like her parents said, she was always a trier.

She walked into the hallway, and admired the pictures again. Tomorrow, another picture would be adorning the wall. A picture of her at her promotion.

She headed back to bed.

Filmroid laughed. "Your animal friends just got hit by the hit sequel to my original attack!" He explained. "I call it 'Sweet Dreams 2: The Revengening'!"

Beet's armor reformed back onto him, and he walked over to the two unconscious mammals, scanning them. "They're in some sort of hypersleep." He explained.

"I've granted them their greatest dreams!" Filmroid continued, dancing cheerfully. "They'll be asleep forever! Well, maybe not forever, at least until they-"

"Until they inevitably die." Beet finished for him.

"Aw, spoilers, no fun!" Filmroid whined.

Blue Buster clutched his fist, and pounded it into the ground, leaving a small crack. "You won't get away with this!" He yelled.

"Already have!" The monster said. "There's no way you can wake them up, ever!"

Blue Buster ran up to the monster, and gripped onto its club by the handle. They struggled, but Blue Buster managed to lift Filmroid off of the ground by the club, and slam him back into the ground.

He stomped on the monster's chest several times, it yelling in pain each time. "Ryuuji!" Gorisaki yelled from the communicator. "You're overheating again, you need to get out of there."

"But I can't just leave the Metalroid here!" Blue Buster said back. While he was distracted, Filmroid swung his club at the Buster's feet, rolling out of the way as he fell.

"Ha ha!" It laughed. "I've got this whole thing planned out, there's no way you can win!"

"I beg to differ." A deep voice said from behind the monster.

Blue Buster lifted his head from the ground, spotting a cloaked figure.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Filmroid asked, approaching the figure.

"Just a wanderer who wants to help."

Before the monster could say anything, the figure pulled out a blade and slashed at the monster, knocking it to the ground.

The figure leaped over the monster's writhing body, and helped Blue Buster up. "Go, I'll handle this monster while you take them to safety."

Ryuuji nodded. "Beet, take them and run, I'll be right behind you!" Beet responded by hoisting the two animals over his shoulders and… well, running wasn't exactly the best word to describe it. It was more like an awkward jog. He sighed in response as he watched.

Filmroid sat up and watched. "Y'know, that guy's pretty good at acting like a robot." He rolled onto his feet, watching as Blue Buster quickly ran off. "And there goes the other one." He glared at the cloaked figure. "And now I'm stuck fighting an extra."

"I'm not an extra, monster." The figure said, drawing its blade again. It used its free hand to throw off its cloak, leaving the monster stunned.

"Oooh hoo, nice plot twist!"

Blue kept running, only concerned about the safety of his new teammates. And about how slow Beet was moving, but he had fixed that by lifting the robot, still carrying the unconscious mammals over his shoulders, over his own shoulder.

"Gorisaki," Ryuuji yelled into the communicator. "We need you to bring the truck, we need all the equipment we can get!"

Maybe the truck was a bit too overkill.

The back of it was absolutely massive, especially considering it was currently only being used to carry two much smaller mammals. It was mostly what you'd expect the carrier of a truck to look like, but much bluer, many neon blinking lights lining the corners, and of course, a small table they had set up to place the unconscious animals on.

"Ryuuji, I think some kids are throwing fruit at me." Gorisaki's voice rang through the back of the truck.

The 40-meter-long truck hadn't exactly been conspicuous, especially when they parked it in the middle of an open field.

"It's okay, Gorisaki." Ryuuji said. "We won't be here for long. Hopefully." He walked over to Beet, who was scanning the two. "Can you figure out what's going on with them?"

"I said it before." Beet retorted. "They're in a hypersleep."

"And what does that mean, exactly?"

"Functionally, it's like the reverse of what happened to Jin." Their old teammate, and Beet's creator, Masato Jin.

He had become stuck in Hyperspace at the same time as their parents. He managed to survive by putting himself into stasis, and projecting an avatar into the real world. Beet must have meant the reverse of that, they were put into stasis in the real world, and projected into Hyperspace.

"But…" Ryuuji started, confused. "We destroyed Hyperspace. How can they be there?"

"Remember the Filmzord?" Beet asked. "It was able to project Hyperspace into the real world."

"But only the Megazord could have done that. How did the Metalroid do this?"

"It seems that its upgrades have made its projecting powers strong enough to project Hyperspace on its own." Beet explained. "It only seems to be a small projection of it, and I can't place the location."

"So, can we save them?"

"It's entirely possible." Beet stated. "We could make a neural connection to their minds, and find a way out for them."

"Do you know how to do that?" Ryuuji asked.

Beet nodded. "Jin programmed it into me. Just in case something like this happened."

"Okay then." He punched his palm. "Let's go do this."

"Incorrect." Beet said, causing the Buster to look at him, confused. "I will be going. As a Buddyroid, I have backup data. You do not."

"I can't just stand here and do nothing about this, Beet." Ryuuji responded. "How about you test it first, and then I'll go?"

Beet tried to let out a sigh, but it didn't happen, because he's a robot. Instead, it was more of a silent stare. "Very well. I'll take the fox, and you can take the rabbit."

Around a half hour later, they were all set up. Beet stood next to the table, a series of wires connecting from his head to Nick's, flat ends placed to both their temples. Of note was a special wire connected from beet's forehead to a large orb in the middle of the wires.

"The program to do this is inside me." Beet stated. "All I need to do is activate it. That's what this wire is for." He pointed to the wire on his forehead.

"But how will you get out?" Ryuuji asked.

"There should be some sort of exit inside of the Hyperspace." He explained. "If I don't return, then I have died."

"That's not very reassuring."

"Making neural connection in three, two, o-" The robot's glowing yellow eyes vanished and its arms fell to his sides.

"Good luck, Beet."

Beet looked around. He was standing in the middle of a lawn, in front of a very non-descript house, with a literal white picket fence. "The fox's dream is certainly a lot brighter than I expected." Beet said to himself as he stepped through the lawn.

"Judging by the fox's personality, data, he should be having a dream about the criminal underworld, not a middle-class family." He stepped to the front yard, and looked through one of the windows.

Inside were two… things. Glitchy, black and white things that shifted shape rapidly. "Interesting."

He looked at the road in front of the house, a large, yellow bus driving closer. He quickly ran to the side of the house as it closed in.

The bus parked, and a small fox skipped out, backpack clung to his back. He turned around and waved to the driver. "See you tomorrow!" He ran towards the house.

Beet peeked through a side window, watching as the glitchy blobs quickly molded themselves into a pair of much older looking foxes. One, a female, was dressed in a pink dress, and the other, male, was dressed in a nice suit.

The door opened. "I'm home!" The young fox yelled.

The older male fox walked over to his child, and patted him on the head. "How's my boy doing?" He asked.

"Great!" The kit shouted. "We had gym class, and art class, and…"

His mother laughed, getting up from her seat. "Nicholas, you'll have to save your stories for dinner."

"That's right, Nick." His father said. "I'm going to a business deal now. You can tell me all about your day when I get home."

The fox's ears drooped. "Alrighty." He put his bag down, and went to his room.

"Don't forget!" His mother yelled up to him. "You have a Ranger Scout meeting tonight!"

"So, this is Nick's dream?" Beet whispered to himself. "He's just living his life over, I don't entirely understand. But I need to get him out of here."

He ran to the back of the house, and started climbing up the wall, his metallic fingers digging into the concrete. He reached a window, and looked through. The small fox was laying on his racecar bed, reading a comic book.

He threw himself through the window, using the windowsill as leverage. He crashed into the room, startling the young fox.

"Who are you?" He asked, more curious than scared.

"I am Beet J. Stag." Beet declared, once again.

"Are you a super hero?"

Beet thought for a second, before nodding. "Yes, I am. And I'm here to rescue you."

"Rescue me?" The kit tilted his head. "From what?"

"This place isn't real, Nicholas." Beet continued, kneeling. "This is an illusion created by a monster."

The fox stared at him for a second.

"MOOOOOOOOM!"

Beet reacted quickly, leaping through the window again as the fox's mother entered the room. "What's wrong, Nicholas?" She asked.

"There was a weird bug man in my room." He explained, pointing to the window. "He jumped out the window."

She looked out the window, seeing nothing but the back yard. She laughed and turned back to her son. "Nick, you have such an imagination some times." She said. "Don't ever change that."

She left the room, and the young fox looked out the window himself, also seeing nothing. He quickly went back to reading a comic book.

Beet had run back to the side of the house. "That was close." He said. "I don't know what those things are, but they pose a threat. Perhaps I should stake it out until I get an opportunity."

It had taken what felt like hours, even though his internal clock only showed a few minutes going by, before Beet saw a chance.

Young Nick had exited the house, dressed in a uniform, alongside his father, now dressed in casual clothes. They entered a rather busted, old car. Nick's father attempted to start it up, but it sputtered in response.

"Ah, dumb old thing." He let out, smacking the dashboard.

"Ah man, I'm gonna be late!" The young fox cried.

Beet saw his chance. He crawled across the lawn and onto the driveway, heading to the underside of the car. He managed to fit underneath it, and grabbed onto the bottom of it, seconds before it started up.

"There we go!" The older fox said. "Let's get going."

The car drove off, skidding Beet's face and chest across the road. Luckily, he was made of the literal toughest stuff.

After a few minutes of driving, the car stopped. Beet dropped to the ground with a small thud, and the young fox stepped out of the car.

"Alright, Nicky, I'll pick you up in about two hours." His father stated. "And if anything goes wrong, just give me a call."

The young Nick nodded, and walked into the building, unaware of the body of the robot the car had left behind. Beet quickly got up, and dashed to the side of the building. He spotted a window to the basement, and peered through it.

He watched as the fox skipped down into the basement, and into a crowd of other children, all wearing the same uniform, as well as a much older yak, also dressed in the same uniform.

He continued to watch as they did a variety of activities, which lasted for nearly an hour. A normal being would have probably fallen asleep by this point, but Beet wasn't a normal being.

He was a Buddyroid. One named Beet J. Stag. And he was the best one ever.

The bot continued watching, until noticing young Nick head upstairs. "Chance get." He whispered, standing up. He rushed into the house, and grabbed the young fox as he walked down the hall. He clasped his metallic hand over the fox's muzzle, preventing him from yelling.

That didn't stop the fox from struggling though, and his claws were a lot sharper than he'd expected.

He rushed out of the building, and headed around the back. He let go of the fox's muzzle.

"AAAAAAA HELP I'M BEING KID-"

He shut the fox's mouth again.

"You need to stay quiet." He told the child. "You are in danger just by being here. I'm getting you out."

The fox clawed his way out of the robot's grasp and fell to the ground. "I thought I just imagined you!" The child yelled, terrified. "Why can't you just leave me alone, I'm happy here."

"That explains it." Beet said. "That was your dream."

The fox looked at him, confused.

"You wanted a normal life."

The fox continued to stare at him, but before he could say anything, a small voice sounded.

"Nick? Where'd you go?" They turned to see a small rabbit, dressed in a similar uniform. She turned down the alley. "Oh, there you are!"

"Judy!" The fox yelled, causing Beet to look at her closer.

She ran up to them, and looked at the robot. "Is this the bug guy you told us about?"

"Yeah, he tried to kidnap me!" The fox said.

"What!?" The rabbit yelled, kicking the robot in the foot. "How dare you?"

Beet looked down at the rabbit, scanning her. No vital signs, it was a fake, not the real Judy. This place didn't exactly mean much to her, after all, it was most likely part of Nick's dream.

"So, you're Judy Hopps, correct?" He asked.

She nodded. "How do you know my name?"

"I've met the real you."

"What does that mean?" She asked.

"I really don't want to do this to a kid." He said. "But I suppose I don't have a choice. Young Nick, watch."

He swiftly kicked the fake rabbit in the stomach, but instead of anything gruesome happening, she instead burst into a blob of static that parted out of the way of his foot. The fox let out a shrill scream at the sight of this terror.

"YOU KILLED HER!"

"She wasn't real, Nick." He said, kneeling in front of him. "None of this is real, it's all a dream. You need to remember."

He gripped onto the fox's shoulders, and stared him down. "Remember." He started repeating the word, over and over.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" The fox yelled, starting to cry. "I don't remember anything!"

Beet stood up. "Maybe I need to disrupt the dream more." He said to himself. "Maybe that'll help."

He turned to the side of the building, and delivered a quick kick to the building. It briefly flashed black and white, distorting into static. "Hmm. I have an idea."

He quickly ran into the building, the fox trailing behind him. "Don't hurt anyone else, please!" He pleaded.

"I won't!" Beet said, stopping at the entrance to the basement. "I have something a lot more disruptive in mind."

He kicked the door open, and ran down the stairs. Everyone there turned to him. "Excuse me, sir, I'm afraid you seem to be in the wrong-"

"No, I am in the correct destination." Beet said to the yak. "I am here to disrupt your meeting. Beet pounded his chest, and music started pouring out of him.

"Go on, Go-Busters!" He tried to sing, it coming off stilted and gravelly. As he sung, he performed an odd dance. "Soar high, Go-Busters! Today, tomorrow, and forever more!"

"What are you doing?" The young kit asked.

Charge up your smile, because I know if we have, we'll do a good job!" He stomped a few times and gave a thumbs up. "Go, let's go!"

Suddenly, everyone in the room began to flicker black and white, and then quickly turned into a static blob. "You're singing killed them!" Nick yelled.

"CUT, CUT, CUT!" a voice from somewhere yelled out. The two watched as one of the walls slid backwards, and split in two.

Filmroid strolled in, looking at the static blobs. "How'd this happen, everything was going on script!" It yelled, pulling out a stack of paper. He then spotted the two. "You!? How'd you get in here!?"

"I'm Beet J. Stag, I always have a plan."

The monster growled. "Alright, Buglers!" It yelled. The static blobs suddenly reformed into a small group of Buglers. "Get'em!"

"What's happening!?" The young fox yelled, hiding behind the robot.

"Don't worry." Beet assured. "I will protect you."

"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME"

"Let's morphin'."

Beet quickly transformed into Beet Buster, and pulled out a small, yellow cellphone. "Only around eight Buglers, difficulty level, none." The phone quickly unfolded into a gun, and Beet effortlessly shot most of the Buglers down.

"God, you guys are pathetic!" Filmroid reprimanded. "But you two will never escape! There's only one way out, and neither of you is going to figure it out!" The monster cartwheeled back into the black pit behind the wall, which closed behind him.

"Nick, I'll need your help." Beet said, turning to the fox, who was now in a fetal position.

He popped up quickly. "I remember!" The fox yelled triumphantly.

"Really?" Beet asked, confused. "How did that happen."

"Seeing the monster must have triggered my memory, and…" He looked down at himself. "And I'm still 9." He said, incredibly disappointed.

"That's most likely part of your mental projection" Beet suggested, shooting down the last remaining Bugler. "You'll return to normal once we leave this place."

"So, how do we do that?" Nick asked. "I don't have my Zoolizer, and Steven Fearburg over there said we can't escape."

"There's a chance it has something to do with your desire." Beet stated. "Maybe finding and destroying the basis of the dream will bring us back."

"Why do you think that?"

"There needs to be some sort of tether point, or else Hyperspace simply can't exist." Beet explained. "We just need to figure out what it is."

"It's my dad." Nick said, rather bluntly.

"Oh." Beet let out. "You'd know, wouldn't you?"

"Yeah." Nick said. "I've always wanted to see him again. In real life, though. Not some fake, virtual, dream place."

"Then we better hurry and find him." Beet said, heading up the stairs. "The more time we spend here, the more danger Hopps is in."

"There's probably a car up there we can use!" Nick suggested, following him up.

They ran out of the building. "There's one!" Nick yelled, pointing over to a red truck on the side of the road. He ran up to it, and hopped up, trying to reach for the handle. He missed, despite being right next to it.

Beet walked to the car as the fox continued trying to open it. He walked to the front of the car. It was completely flat, thin as cardboard. "Don't bother." Beet said. "It's just a background, we can't interact with it."

"What?" The fox said, confused. "How can we not interact with something?"

"When we're not meant to." Beet explained, hitting the car, causing it to tip over. "This is Filmroid's movie, if he doesn't want us doing something, he can change the rules."

Nick stepped onto the flat car, absolutely baffled. "Alright, how are we supposed to get to my dad?"

"I think I have an idea." Beet said, turning to look at the road. A large path had been carved into the ground from Beet's ride under the car.

"So, we follow that, and it leads to the house." Nick guessed. "Alright, let's get going!"

"What was that?" Nick asked, looking around. One second he was outside the Ranger Scouts meeting place, and as soon as he finished speaking, he was now at his dream house.

"I believe that was a scene change." Beet stated. "Filmroid's messing with us."

The front door slammed open, revealing Filmroid, who waved at them "Totally am!" He yelled, hopping down the stairs. "I don't enjoy people messing with me, but I love doing it to other people!"

Filmroid's cheery mood suddenly turned dark. "Now, I will give you one chance, Wilde." It stated, its blue eyes turning red. "You can stay here, in the perfect world I created for you, or you can go back to your awful reality. And spoiler alert, you're going to pick option two."

"How do you know that?" The kit asked. "I want to go home, obviously I'll pick option one."

Filmroid laughed. "It's because I know you don't have the heart to do what you have to escape." He motioned to the door, and a rather distressing sight appeared.

Nick's father floated out of the door, arms locked outwards, legs clamped together, and eyes dead white. "I know you can't bear to lose your dad again."

Nick stepped back at the sight. He couldn't do it. It was the first time he'd seen his dad in over 20 years, but he wanted… no, needed, to get out of here.

Beet Buster stepped forward. "He might not be able to do it." He stated. "But I can."

"Beet, you don't…"

Without a word, Beet aimed his cell phone gun up at the floating figure.

"Wait, don't!" The monster yelled.

It was too late, Beet had fired at the fake creature, causing it to explode. Filmroid let out an ear splitting shriek.

"YOU IDIOTS!" It yelled. "I HAD THIS WHOLE THING PLANNED OUT PERFECTLY!"

"Actually, it's very clear you didn't." Nick stated, trying to ignore what had just happened. "Like, what was up with Judy being here?"

The monster tilted its head, confused.

"At this point in time," Beet started, his armor reforming on him. "Judy wouldn't have been born."

"W-wait, seriously!?" Filmroid let out, genuinely surprised. "I was gonna have her be your childhood crush, but now it's just kind of weird."

"Your story obviously has no respect or consideration for the original." Beet said. "It's best you go back to the drawing board."

Filmroid growled. "It doesn't matter anyway, this whole place is going to come down around you, and you'll never get out!" It said, trying to sound happy, but failing. "See you chumps later!" It leaped into the air, a black pit forming beneath it, which the monster fell through.

The two looked around. Everything besides the house was gone, floating in a black void. Nick looked at the edges of the land mass they were standing on, noticing those were also rapidly disappearing.

"We need to find the exit."

"Follow me." Beet said, running into the house. The fox quickly followed behind him.

"So, you know where the exit is?" He asked.

"I have a hunch."

Beet slammed the door behind them, and then opened it again, revealing a mass of white light.

"The exit was the exit." Nick said to himself, dumbfounded.

The both ran through the mass of light, and vanished.

Nick burst up from the table, and Beet's eyes lit up again. They were back in the truck.

"Wow, that was fast." Ryuuji said, surprised.

"I was in there for what felt like years." Nick said. He clutched his throat, his voice was normal. "Oh thank god, I'm a rational adult again."

"According to my internal clock, we were there for exactly 7 minutes and 28 seconds." Bee explained. "It seems time moves both faster and slower in there."

"Alright." Blue Buster started. "I suppose I should head into Judy's head now?"

"Well, there's probably some things we should tell you first." Nick suggested. "Like, she isn't going to remember you."

Beet nodded. "You'll need something to jog her memory."

Nick pounded his fist into his paw. "I got it!" He took off his Zoolizer, and threw it into Ryuuji's hands. "Use my Zoolizer! That should get her to remember easily."

"Also, you need to find a tether." Beet continued. "An object holding the Hyperspace together."

Ryuuji nodded, strapping the Zoolizer to his wrist. "Alright, I'll keep that in mind." He pulled the wires connected to both of their faces off, aside from the one connected to Beet's forehead, and began setting them up for him and Judy.

"I think you just tore off some of my fur." Nick said, rubbing his temples.

"I am a robot, and do not feel such small pains."

"Trust me," Nick started, getting up from the table. "Having your fur pulled is the most painful thing in the universe."

Ryuuji laid down on the table, where Nick once laid. "Alright, Beet." He said. "Whenever you're ready."

"Ryuuji, are you sure you want to do this?" Gorisaki the truck asked, startling the fox. "It's super dangerous."

"Wait, where are we?" Nick finally asked.

"You're in by trailer!" Gorisaki said cheerfully, the fox not being able to respond.

"Yes, I am sure, Gorisaki." Ryuuji said. "Go-Busters never give up a mission."

"Activating neural connection in three, two-"

He blacked out before he could say one.

He opened his eyes, and looked around. He was in the middle of a field, a large stage set up on one side of it, a crowd of mammals watching, some crying, and some clapping.

"And in addition to my retirement," The buffalo on the stage announced. "I'd like to announce our new Chief of Police, Judy Hopps!"

Ryuuji quickly pulled out a pair of binoculars, and looked through them, seeing Judy hop onto the stage, and take the podium the buffalo was previously at. She cleared her throat. "It is an amazing honor to be here today, and to accept this promotion." She announced into the microphone. "But, honestly, I don't know if I'm the one who should be taking all of the credit for being one of the best officers in history. I feel part of the honors should go to my wonderful mate, NICK!"

She motioned to the fox, sitting in the front, a resounding cheer pouring through the audience.

Ryuuji pulled the binoculars down. "…Mate?" He shook his head. "Let's just get this over with quickly." He ran towards the crowd… but suddenly found himself running down an alley.

"What the?" He looked around at the dark alley. "How did I…?" He looked to the exit of the alley, and ran towards it… only to find himself back in the field, standing behind the stage this time.

"I already hate this." He said to himself. He noticed the two walking down the steps, and huddled to the back of the stage.

"Can you believe it, Nick?' Judy said, absolutely ecstatic. "Chief of Police already, I haven't even become a detective yet!"

"Well, that's what happens when you manage to stop almost every known criminal in the city in only a few years." The fake Nick said.

"Well, it wasn't all me, it was mostly you." She admitted.

"No, it was definitely mostly you."

"So this is her dream?" Blue Buster said to himself. "I need to get her out of here before her ego inflates too much." He tried to step out to confront her, only to find himself in the middle of a street. "Seriously?"

He heard a horn honk, and leaped out of the way as a massive truck passed by him. "What in the world is going on?"

He heard a ringing sound from behind him, and turned to a nearby manhole cover. The cover slowly raised, covering a cylindrical elevator. The doors on it slid open, and out stepped Filmroid, wearing a beret. "I'm going on!" It announced, tossing the hat off. "You're in my world, and I've made sure you're in the script, so you can't mess this up!"

"What script?" Ryuuji asked, confused.

Filmroid pulled out a stack of paper. "THIS SCRIPT!" He yelled. "Every film needs a script, and I'm the best screenplay writer in the universe!"

"Sorry, but your story seems very contrived so far." Ryuuji criticized. "I mean, Judy stopped every criminal in the city in only a few years? How does that happen?"

The monster scoffed. "Everyone's a critic. Doesn't matter though, I've got the perfect role for you!"

"Is it as the guy who kicks your ass?" He cracked his knuckles. "Because that's what's gonna happen right now!"

He rushed at the monster, striking it several times in the stomach, causing the script pages to fly out of its hands. Blue Buster finished with an uppercut, launching the monster into the air. As it fell down, he landed another punch on the robot's stomach, launching it into a nearby car. This caused an explosion.

The monster stumbled from the fire. "I guess you still have your free will in here." It mumbled. Filmroid spotted a piece of the script floating through the air, and grabbed it.

He pulled out a pen, and started writing down on it. "And then Filmroid was completely healed…" It said as it wrote. Suddenly, the monster spun around, revealing any injuries that Blue Buster had caused were gone.

"This is the power of the script!" The monster yelled. "I'm a god in here!"

"Great, another wannabe god." Ryuuji said sarcastically.

"So yeah, you'll be finding out what your role is when we get there!" The monster laughed. "Which should be…"

Ryuuji stepped forward, and then instantly disappeared.

"Now!"

"This has been really wonderful, Nick." Judy said, looking out to the pristine lake as the sunset shone down on it, making it sparkle.

Hey, what can I say." The fox said, putting his arm around her shoulder. "I just wanted to give the new chief a good first day."

She chuckled. "It has been a good day, don't worry."

There was a bit of silence as they continued to look out at the lake from the bench. It was eventually broken when Nick started laughing.

"What's so funny?" She asked.

"Oh, I was just remembering when we stopped a drug dealer here." Nick stated. "You know, the weasel who was trying to sell Nighthowlers just… in the middle of the park during broad daylight."

"Oh yeah, that was hilarious." She said. "What kind of a drug smuggler just shows up during daylight hours in the middle of a place thousands of people visit a day?"

Nick shrugged. "Remember the one guy who was trying to smuggle stuff through ice cream?" He said, laughing. "Now that guy was clever!"

"Not as clever as us when we took him down!" Judy said enthusiastically, hopping from the bench. "I didn't realize a bucket and a ball point pen could do that much damage to an ice cream truck."

"The best time was our wedding day." Nick stated. "Remember that?"

"How could I forget." She said, amused at the fox assuming she could. "Bellwether breaking out of prison and coming to assassinate us was definitely something I didn't expect."

The two continued reminiscing for a while after, walking around the park. Before they knew it, it was almost night.

"Holy smokes!" Judy yelled, starting to panic. "I have to get back to the station, I have important stuff to do now!"

"What?"

"I have to prepare assignments for tomorrow, read all the reports, file paperwork…" She listed off. "It's all very, very important duties!"

"Alright, I'll drive you over." Nick offered.

"That'd be wonderful."

Before the two could even step forward, Judy's radio began buzzing. "Hello?" She answered.

"Chief Hopps, we need your help over at the national bank!" Another officer yelled. "We need it ASAP!"

"Looks like we have one more case left, Nick." She said. The fox nodded, and they ran off to the cruiser.

"Great, where am I now?" Ryuuji said to himself, looking around. He was in what looked like a very large bank, very… plain looking.

What wasn't plain looking was the bag of money hoisted over his shoulder, and the number of injured people on the ground.

He dropped the sack, and ran over to a rhino in a police uniform. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Get away from me, you psycho!" The rhino yelled, swatting at the Buster. "When Hopps and Wilde get here, you'll be sorry!"

"What?" Ryuuji got up and looked around, measuring the evidence of the situation. "I suppose this is the 'role' the Metalroid was talking about. A bank robber."

He heard the door burst open, and the two mammals walked in. "Hold it right there, bank robber!" The fake Nick yelled.

"Hold what?" Ryuuji asked. "I haven't actually done anything."

"Good one, Supermammal." Judy snarked. "We know you're attempting to rob this bank, and have injured over a dozen innocents and officers!"

"No, I didn't." He replied. "I can guarantee you that it was like this when I got here. In fact…" He picked up the sack of money, and tossed it behind the receptionist counter behind him. "There, I returned your fake money."

"Fake money?" Judy said, confused.

"It's like these fake people here." He continued, motioning to the injured. "None of this is real, Judy."

"How do you know my name?" She said nervously, backing up.

"We met like 8 or so hours ago." He reiterated. "I was helping you fight a monster, and you got hit by one of his attacks, and are stuck here."

"That sounds like crazy talk." The fake fox stated.

"Nick's right, you're obviously not mentally well." Judy continued. "Just come with us, and we'll take you to a hospital."

"Alright, I have one question for you, 'Nick'." Ryuuji said, walking up to the fox. "What happened to your father?"

"What?" Judy let out, watching as the fox stared at the criminal, dead eyed. "What happened to your father, Nick?"

"he lives with my mother." The fox said, in an unusually monotone voice.

"Sorry, but that's wrong." Ryuuji said, shrugging. "You told me earlier that he disappeared."

Judy continued watching as the fox opened its mouth, as if to say something in response, but only a horrible screeching sound emerged. The thing that looked like a fox began to fizzle out, turning into a morphing blob of static.

"What did you do to him!?" She yelled, nearly bursting into tears. "Bring him back!"

"That wasn't Nick." He said. "None of this is real, like I said You need to trust me." He pulled the Zoolizer off his wrist, and handed it to her.

The bunny stared at it for a few seconds of silence, she had remembered everything. "Oh god, then that means that nothing was real?" She started crying. "But… I can remember everything, the last five years…"

"You've only been here for about an hour." Ryuuji said. "And now it's time for us to get out." He ran towards the door, but stopped, looking back the motionless rabbit, ears dropped. He sighed. "Take your time, I understand how you feel."

"Thank you, Ryuuji."

It took around 40 minutes for her to exit the bank. When she emerged, she was still wiping tears from her eyes.

"I'm sorry." Ryuuji said thoughtfully.

"It's…" She took a deep breath. "It's fine. None of it was real." She tried to hold back her tears. "So, what's the plan to get out of here?"

"Beet said there was some sort of tether connecting you to this hyperspace world. Something connected to the dream." Ryuuji explained. "If we destroy the tether, then we'll be able to get out."

"What do you think the tether is?" Judy asked.

"Well, I, uh…" He rubbed the back of his helmet. "I kind of assumed Nick was the tether."

She gave him a look. "Your first instinct was to kill him?"

"Look, it sounds a lot worse than it is."

She rolled her eyes. "So, the tether should be something connected to this… dream, right?" She pulled out a golden badge from her pocket. "This is the Police Chief badge, maybe it's the tether?"

Ryuuji grabbed it, and effortlessly snapped the piece of metal in two. Nothing happened, so he tossed the pieces over his shoulders. "Nope, that doesn't seem to be it."

"Then what could it be?" She wondered. He thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a bell sounding.

"CUUUUUUUUUUUUT!"

And a familiar shrill voice yelling.

Before their eyes, a piece of the air in front of them slid up, revealing a black void. Out of the void stepped Filmroid, holding a stack of papers.

"How many times do I have to tell you people, follow the script!" He shouted at them, smacking the stack of papers. "How did you even break from the part I wrote for you, Go-Buster!?"

"Maybe it's because I'm just an extra." He chuckled back.

The robot growled and threw the papers to the ground. "I gave you everything you ever wanted, you wretched rabbit!" He yelled at Judy. "I gave you a perfect utopia, I gave you a perfect mate, I even gave you the job of your dreams! What more do you WANT!?"

"But that's not what I wanted." She stated, stepping forward. "None of that is anything I ever really wanted."

"Hah, I read your mind, I know this is what you really want!" The monster retorted.

"Some of this would be nice at some point." She continued. "But not now. All I want to do now is to make the world a better place."

"Aw, but that takes WORK!" The monster whined. "Isn't it better to take the easy way out? Just stay here, it's great!"

"But I can't take the easy way out." Judy said. "I am a trier. I try, and what I'm trying to do now is protect the world!"

"Augh, I HATE stubborn actors!" It yelled. "Buglers, cut them out!" He motioned, and suddenly an army of Buglers appeared in front of them.

"Alright Ryuuji!" Judy yelled. "Let's take care of these bugs and get out of here! ZOO ON!" She slapped the button on her Zoolizer.

Nothing happened.

In a panic, she started slapping it repeatedly, as the monster and his minions looked on, confused. "Why isn't it working!?"

"This is just some sort of mental projection, Judy!" Ryuuji explained. "I don't think you can transform in this state."

"Well isn't that just…." She grunted. "What am I supposed to do?"

"Try to figure out what the tether is while I take care of these guys." He said, pulling out a pair of binoculars, which he unfloded into a sword.

As Blue Buster rushed towards the monsters, Judy stayed back, and thought to herself. "Something connected to the dream…" She muttered. If it wasn't the fake Nick, or the badge, then what could it be?

Blue Buster continued slicing through what seemed to be a never-ending swarm of Buglers. "I can do this all day!" He yelled.

It had to be something important to the dream, something valuable to her fake life. She stared down at her paw.

The ring.

"RYUUJI!" She yelled, pulling the ring off her digit. "DESTROY THIS!"

She tossed the ring into the air, where it soared right over the Buster. Blue Buster quickly pulled out a camera, which he unfolded into a gun, and shot at the ring.

"NO!"

There was a massive explosion, much larger than the tiny ring itself. A shockwave crashed through the area, causing everything to be reduced to a flat, gray block. The Buglers vanished as the shockwave hit, leaving only the monster, Judy, and Ryuuji standing in the featureless world.

"AUGH, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" It yelled at the two.

"What in the world just happened?" Judy asked, looking at the gray blocky world that now surrounded her.

"Looks like the Hyperspace has been disrupted." Ryuuji stated. "Now we just need to find the exit."

As soon as he finished, a gray block rose from the ground, a perfectly rectangular hole carved in the middle of it, emitting a light.

"The exit!" All three of them yelled.

"You're not getting away!" Filmroid yelled, picking up the script. He pulled out a pen, and started writing down on it. "And then the exit VANISHED, FOREVER!"

With that, the block disappeared back into the ground.

"And that's not all I've got!" He quickly wrote something down, and threw the script back to the ground again. He started laughing, and in a literal flash, was suddenly giant sized.

"Oh great!" Judy yelled, the two dashing out of the way as the monster attempted to squish them with its foot. "This usually doesn't happen until we beat the monster!"

Blue Buster glanced over at the script. "I have an idea!" He rushed over to the script, dodging another stomp, and grabbed the script. "I don't have a pen!"

"Here!" She yelled back, pulling out her carrot pen. "Take this!" She threw it to him.

He caught the pen, and wrote something down on the paper. "Alright, you're ready to go, Judy!"

"What?"

In another flash, Judy suddenly found herself staring directly into the monster's crystal-like eyes. She looked at herself, she was in her ranger form, and also, well, giant.

"This feels very unnecessary!" She yelled down.

"Just distract him for a minute!"

"Hey, I thought this was Super Sentai, not Ultraman!" The monster said in disbelief.

"I don't know what that second thing is at all!" She yelled, punching the monster square in the face.

"You'll pay for that!" Filmroid retorted, attempting to strike the rabbit. Blue quickly ducked under it, and kicked him right in the stomach.

"Even when I'm giant, I still have my agility!" She said, smugly. "You still wanna take me?"

The monster growled and tried to perform another swing, only for a bright flash to hit him. Suddenly, the monster was back to normal size, facing the massive rabbit.

"Uh oh."

She raised her foot, and promptly squashed the monster flat. She lifted iy up to check, and Filmroid had completely vanished. In another flash, she was suddenly back to her normal size. "Aw man, I was kind of enjoying being giant."

"That's weird." Blue Buster stated. Suddenly, the gray block that had previously risen rose again.

"How'd you do that?" Judy asked.

"I wrote it down in the script." He explained. "It has ultimate power here, I guess." He promptly tore it in two, and tossed the pages away. "Let's just get out of here.

She nodded, and the two ran into the light.

The two bolted up from the table. "We did it!" Ryuuji yelled, getting up.

"We can see that." Beet replied.

"What was going on in there, anyway?" Nick asked.

"What do you mean?" Judy asked. Nick awkwardly pointed at her. She looked at herself, she was in her ranger form. "How'd…?"

"You were transforming and untransforming in your sleep." Beet explained.

"Yeah, it was kind of making me worried."

She untransformed, and leaped from the table. "Alright, next objective," She started, pumping her fist. "Find that monster, and beat him good!"

"That might take a bit." Gorisaki said, his voice booming through the truck and startling Judy.

"Gorisaki? Where are you?"

"We're in Gorisaki." Ryuuji explained. "This is his vehicle form."

"And he's right." Beet continued. "It will take a while to track him, so two should relax for a moment." The two Busters walked through a door at the front of the truck.

Judy scoffed, and sat down. "I really wanna go kick that guy's ass." She stated, frustrated.

"Well," Nick started, sitting next to her. "Why don't we talk about what happened in our dreams?"

"I'd rather not." Judy replied quickly.

"Oh, come on," Nick shook her, trying to egg her on. "It couldn't have been that weird, right?"

"Oh, yes it was."

Nick looked at her, confused. "Alrighty. Just wanted to see if we could get any deeper meaning from our psyches."

"Well, there was one thing I found out in there that I want to talk to you about." She admitted.

He turned back to her. "Lay it on me."

"Why didn't you tell me about your dad?"

He stared at her, wide eyed, and mouth partially open. He wasn't ready for that.

"Seriously, why didn't you ever tell me about that?" She asked. "It's kind of an important thing."

"Because its none of your business, Carrots." He said rather forcibly, getting up. "How'd you learn that anyway? Did Ryuuji tell you?"

"Yes, actually." She said. "Is that what him and you were talking about earlier?" He nodded. "Listen Nick, we can find him, we-"

"This is the reason I didn't tell you!" He shouted. "We have more important stuff to deal with now, I don't want you getting distracted with my personal issues."

"Nick…" Before she could continue, the door at the back of the truck opened, Ryuuji running through.

"Alright, we locked onto the Metalroid!" He announced. "We're heading to his location right now!"

"Thank god." Nick mouthed. "Alright, so, where is he?"

"The middle of a field." Ryuuji said.

"Exciting." The fox sarcastically replied.

"We're heading out now, anyway." Ryuuji continued. "So, get ready."

"Wouldn't want to do anything else." He said, looking directly at Judy. She rolled her eyes, and got up.

The back of the truck quickly plummeted to the ground, letting natural light flood in.

Nick reacted in pain, quickly covering them. "AHHH! MY SENSITIVE NOCTURNAL EYES!"

Judy nudged him in the side. "It's not that bad."

"IT IS ACTUALLY!"

"Just transform." Ryuuji suggested. "It's like sunglasses."

Nick complied, transforming. He let out a sigh of relief as he stared into the light. "Much better."

Judy transformed as well, thinking that it would be weird for her to be the only one not transformed. The four rangers walked out of the truck, which quickly closed behind them.

"Hey guys, wait for me!" The truck quickly spun around, revealing its gorilla head. It popped off the truck, and unfolded into Gorisaki. "I want to help out!"

"This is dangerous, Gorisaki!" Ryuuji told him. "I don't want anything to happen to you."

"But we could use Powered Custom!" He suggested.

"If I was doing this by myself, then we would." He looked back to the other rangers. "But I have a team."

"Aw…" Gorisaki sulked, and walked back over to the truck.

Ryuuji sighed. "Alright, if we need your help, I'll come and get you. Deal?"

Gorisaki cheered, clapping his fists together. "I won't disappoint you, Ryuuji!"

He sighed. "Alright, let's find that Metalroid." The other three nodded, and they ran into the barren, desert-like field.

It wasn't exactly hard to spot the monster; a red and gray creature dancing around was definitely something that stood out against the beige and greens of the rest of the field.

"Well, if it isn't the Directator himself!" Red joked, swinging his blade around.

The monster let out a disappointed sigh, and shook its head. "Really? Is that the best you could do?" It asked, looking up at nothing. "A reference?"

"Who's he talking to?" Ryuuji asked.

"The voices in his head, probably." Judy responded.

"Alright," The monster started, pulling out his club and stepping forward. "Let's just finish this episode off already!"

The two mammals rushed towards the Metalroid, weapons drawn. They struck at the monster, who blocked with his club, pushing them backwards. It twirled the weapon around in the air, creating a circle of purple orbs. It swung its hand forward, causing the orbs to fly at them. The two deftly swung their weapons, knocking each orb away.

"I thought you of all monsters would realize using the same trick twice never works." Red said, dashing forward the monster and striking him in the leg.

"Hey, we need to pad out this fight scene somehow!" Filmroid retorted, kicking the fox away.

"Your self-referential humor is getting really aggravating." Blue stated, leaping into the monster with her daggers.

The monster smacked her back, and she tumbled to the ground. "I suppose you want to get straight to the climax, huh?" It asked.

"Ugh, please, no more climaxes." Red groaned, getting up.

"Too bad!" It yelled. "Prepare to face your worst nightmare!"

Before the monster could follow up on his threat, Blue Buster and Beet Buster leaped through the air, striking the monster in the chest at the same time. The Metalroid flew backwards, and crashed against the ground.

"Rule one of fighting a Sentai," Blue Buster started, pulling at the strap on his chest. "Always keep your eye on the entire team!"

The monster grunted and got up. "I'm going to finish those two off, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!" It declared. It then thrust its hands forward, an army of Buglers appearing in front of it. "Distract them, you extras!"

The group of robots rushed towards the two rangers. "This should be easy." Beet declared.

Blue Buster nodded. "Shouldn't even be much of a distraction, honestly. Alright." The two kneeled down a bit. "Busters, ready…" He slapped his wrist. "GO!"

The two rushed into the crowd of robots, Beet punching some away, while Blue Buster tossed and spun them around.

"Alright," Red started, hoisting his blade up. "Let's get in there."

"Not so fast!" The monster yelled, flipping into the air. It somehow managed to clear the entire crowd of Buglers.

"DRAMATIC EDITING KICK!"

It exited its curled jump into a jumping kick, flying directly into the side of Red's face. And as soon as it hit, it hit again. And then again. With the third kick, the fox smashed against the ground, and slid off.

Filmroid landed, however, and gave a laugh. "What the hell was that?" Blue asked.

"It's called movie magic rabbit!" The monster retorted. "Now, let's get this finale started!" The monster strained for a second, a large, red sphere emerging from its lens. The orb expanded, eventually enveloping the two.

Blue Buster looked back from the fight. "What the!?" He yelled, punching a Bugler away. "What is that!?"

"It's hyperspace." Beet announced, suddenly popping up in front of Ryuuji. "I didn't realize he could create hyperspace on his own."

"We need to get them out of there." Blue Buster said, tossing another Bugler away. "You handle the rest of these guys, Beet."

"I'm not sure if-"

Blue Buster rushed towards the orb of crackling red energy, and smacked right into it, a pulse shooting him back. "Alright, not a good idea." He stated, rubbing his head as he got up. "What could be going on in there?"

Judy opened her eyes. She was somewhere dark, but also bright. She tried to get up, but found her leg was killing her. She managed to sit up, though. It was a familiar place, trees lining the walls, it was trying to replicate a forest.

She turned, seeing Nick next to her, who was also getting up. "Where are we?" He asked.

"I think we're in the Natural History Museum?" She guessed. "But… why are we here?"

They heard chuckling, and looked up to the edge of the pit. "Well, you should've just stayed on the carrot farm, huh?"

It was Bellwether, carrying a briefcase, three rams standing next to her. "Oh, well this is just fantastic." Nick deadpanned.

"It's too bad, I did like you." The sheep continued.

"I highly doubt that." Judy said through gritted teeth, clutching at her leg.

Inexplicably, the sheep started laughing again. "Oh, no, of course not." The two trapped mammals looked at each other, before seeing her pull out a gun. "He is."

She shot at the fox, the blue projectile slapping him right on the face. "Ahhh. Oooh nooo." He scraped some of the juice off his face, and stuck it in his mouth. "Hmm, still tastes good."

"Yes, police!" Bellwether yelled into a phone. "There's a savage fox at the Natural History Museum! Officer Hopps is down! Please hurry!"

"What's happening?" Nick asked, incredibly confused.

"It looks like she's just repeating herself."

"Oh, but he can't help it, can he?" She continued. "Since preds are biologically predisposed to be savages."

"You know, this speech was a lot more effective when something was actually happening." Nick said, crossing his arms.

"How is this supposed to be our worst nightmare?" Judy asked as Nick helped her up.

"CUT!"

"Oh great, here comes Mr. Wood." Nick sighed. Everything around them froze, including Bellwether, who was mid-speech. Filmroid approached from above.

"Did you switch out the props, Mr. Bateman?" The monster asked, hopping down from the ledge. "That's just naughty!"

It walked up, and grabbed the fox by his green shirt collar, smacking Judy away before he lifted him up. "So, where's the real Nighthowler syrum?" He looked the fox up and down, before reaching into his shirt pocket. The monster pulled out a small, smooth blue orb. "Not good at hiding things, hm?" he dropped the fox to the ground, and leaped back up to the edge of the pit. "Alright everyone, from the top!"

Suddenly, the two were flung into the air, landing back to where they were originally laying. Bellwether, walking backwards, moved back to the point before she shot at Nick. Filmroid walked over to her, and opened the gun's back, flicking the blueberries out of it, and placing the Nighthowler bullet into it.

"There we go!" It said gleefully. "Absolutely perfect! Showtime!" It snapped its fingers, and everything began moving again.

"He is."

"Aw pumpernickel." Nick let out, just before the bullet hit him.

He fell to the ground, writhing and hissing in pain. "Nick!" Judy yelled, as the fox's eyes dilated, and he writhed onto all fours, growling at her, no mercy in his eyes.

"NO!"

She closed her eyes, waiting for the fox to finish her off. Instead, she heard a loud clang. Opening her eyes, she looked up to see Beet standing in front of her, blocking the fox.

"What!?" The monster yelled, leaping down from the edge. He snapped his fingers, and suddenly, Judy couldn't move. It walked up to Beet. "You're not supposed to be in this scene, you just ruined a perfectly good shot!"

"I apologize." Beet said. It was impossible to tell if he was being genuine or sarcastic. "But I felt that a star like me deserved some spotlight in the big, final scene."

"Star!?" The monster yelled. "You're not a star!"

"I have to at least be a good actor to distract you for this long."

"What?" The monster looked around, the rabbit and fox were gone.

"Up here!"

He looked up, seeing Blue Buster, now wearing a rather bulky piece of torso armor, and carrying the animals under his arms. "You tricked me!" It yelled up. "How did I not see that coming?"

"Because you're an idiot, and a bad director!" Blue Buster shouted down. The monster placed its hands to its head and gave an overexaggerated scream.

It stopped. "Wait a second!" The monster snapped its fingers again, causing time to become unfrozen. Meaning that Blue Buster was now carrying a very angry fox under his arm.

He accidentally dropped Judy to the ground as he struggled to contain the fox. "Beet! Catch!" He tossed the fox into the pit, Beet holding out his arms as he fell into them.

Now Beet had a rabid fox scratching and biting at him. "Please stop."

Blue Buster looked down at the rabbit. "Uh, sorry about that."

"No prob, bob." She replied. "How did you two get here, anyway?" she asked.

He motioned towards a large hole hanging in midair, leading out into the field. "I punched my way in."

Filmroid leaped up out of the pit. "Alright, big guy, you wanna go!?" He raised his fists. "Put up your dukes!"

"Please." Blue Buster dismissed. "I just need one punch to beat you, buddy."

"What?"

Before he could do anything else, Blue Buster rushed up to the monster, and punched him right through the lens in his chest. In a flash, the museum locale had vanished, replaced by the field.

Nick was still being carried by Beet, and the fox was gnawing at his hand. He quickly realized what he was doing, and awkwardly stopped. "Just put me down." He said. The Buddyroid responded by dropping the fox to the ground.

"MY LENS!" The monster yelled as Blue Buster pulled his fist from it. "MY BEAUTIFUL LENS!"

"Looks like your reel's been cut." Blue Buster quipped.

The monster growled, and hit the Go-Buster back with its club. "Just because I don't have my lens, doesn't mean I can't kill you!"

The other three rangers ran up to Blue Buster, Nick and Judy having transformed on their way there. "So, what's with the armor?" Red asked.

"This is Powered Custom armor." Blue Buster explained. "Gorisaki and my Go-Buster form fused together to make it."

"You guys must have a pretty special bond, huh?" Blue said.

"It's a lot like your bond with Nick." He explained. "We've been through a lot, and so have you two."

"Aw, that's sweet." Nick said in a faux-sing-song voice. "But let's get back to finishing this guy off."

Blue nodded, and pulled out her daggers, which suddenly started to glow. "This again?" She said, turning to Blue Buster, whose armor was also glowing.

"This is new." He said, as the armor pulled off of him and floated into the air.

"Not for us it isn't." Red replied.

Blue threw her daggers into the glowing piece of armor, causing them to form into a ball of light. The ball flew directly towards the rabbit, striking her.

She opened her eyes, and on her paws, were what appeared to be two slightly oversized blue boxing gloves. The gloves weren't made of leather, but instead felt like they were made of metal. On the front of the gloves were the face of an angry stylized gorilla.

She punched the gloves together, causing sparks to shoot form them. "Hey, you're a film expert, right?" She asked the monster, walking towards it.

"Uh, I guess?" It responded, taking a nervous step back.

"Well, have you ever seen Rocky Boarboa?" She continued.

"Which one?" Red asked. "Please say you've only seen Rocky Boarboa 4."

She rolled her eyes from behind her helmet. "Basically, I'm gonna box your face in!" She yelled. She rushed towards the monster, and leaped up, striking him in the face with one of the gloves. The force of the punch caused him to bounce off of the ground and land on his stomach.

"Holy mackerel." Red let out, stunned at the punch's power.

The rabbit's ears perked up as she heard a bell dinging. "What was that?" She looked at the monster, who was swaying from side to side. "Oh, I guess it means it's time to finish you!"

"Let's do this together, Judy!" Blue Buster yelled to her. She nodded, and ran to the Go-Buster, leaping up into the air.

The Buster punched her, launching the rabbit high into the sky. She pulled back her fist. "PUNCH DELETE!"

"BUSTERS EDITION!" Ryuuji finished for her.

The rabbit punched forward, launching her towards the monster. On the ground, Blue Buster ran to the monster. They met at the exact same spot, directly in front of the monster, and punched at the same time.

There was a visible shockwave as the two punches hit, nearly knocking the fox off his feet. The robot, who felt the full force of the two superhuman punches, smashed into the ground, and bounced off so hard that he flew through the air, and into the horizon.

"And he's going!" Red yelled, watching the monster's body. "And going! And going. And going."

The monster vanished into the horizon, the fox continuing for a bit as the two other rangers settled back down from the ridiculous punch.

"And going, and go-" Red was interrupted by a crash behind him. The monster's body flew over them, and fell into the ground, exploding. "And he's back!"

"Did we just punch that guy around the Earth?" Blue asked. Ryuuji nodded in response, about as dumbfounded as she was.

Suddenly, the gloves on Blue's paws flew off, splitting back into her daggers, and Gorisaki, who fell to the ground with a thud. "Whoa, what happened?" He asked, getting up.

"You just helped us beat the monster, Gorisaki." Ryuuji explained. "Thanks for that."

Gorisaki leaped up, and started dancing. Another, smaller object landed in the dirt. Blue picked it up, it was a ZooTag, with a picture of one of the boxing gloves on it.

"Now's not the time to celebrate, Wonder Bunny." Red said, walking up to them. "We still have the giant form to deal with before we're done for good."

She nodded, and the two watched as the red badge flew off into the distance, forming the monster in the distance. "TIME FOR THE SEQUEL!" It roared.

The two quickly plugged in the ZooTags into the Zoolizers, and in a few seconds, ZooRobo was staring the monster down.

"Everyone knows the sequel is worse than the original!" Blue yelled, thrusting the controls forward. The robot stepped forward, and lashed its sword at the monster, causing it to stumble backwards.

"Sorry, but I have a sequel you mangy animals will find really entertaining!" It said. Its lens, now completely restored, began to glow. It shot out a red orb, which quickly transformed into an exact replica of ZooRobo, down to the exact detail. The only difference was that it was now colored black and gold.

"Behold, ZooRobo, Legacy Edition!" It announced. "There's no way you can beat yourselves!"

"Ugh, what an ugly color scheme." Red let out.

"Yeah, it's a real eyesore." Blue followed up. "I feel like the red and blue of our version makes it stand out more."

The monster let out a series of noises, trying to imitate the two. "SIC EM!"

The black recolor stepped forward, and swung its sword at ZooRobo, who tried to block it with its own sword. They struggled, but the recolor proved to be more powerful, pushing the sword out of the way with little effort and following up with a slash.

"Oh, did I forget to mention he's even stronger than you?" Filmroid playfully said.

"I really hate this guy!" Red yelled, motioning the controls so that ZooRobo would jab its blade into the copy's midsection. The recolor simply knocked it out of the robot's hands.

"This is bad." Blue Buster said from the ground. "Gorisaki, I'm going to need you help again."

"Got it, sir!" He responded, folding back up into his head form and attaching to the truck. Ryuuji leaped into the seat of the truck, grabbing the steering wheel, which also happened to be Gorisaki's face.

"We might not have the other Buster Machines, but we can at least give some support." He stated as the truck drove towards the battle. It quickly flipped into the air, unfolding into a large primate-like form.

"Wait, the truck is also a robot?" Blue said, amazed.

"Wow, it's like Transfurmers." Red joked. "You here to help us, blueboy?"

The gorilla mech pounded its chest, and leaped towards the black recolor, striking it in the face with one of its fists.

"That's a yes!" Ryuuji yelled from the mech, raising his thumb.

Gorisaki let out a bit of a groan. "Ryuuji, I feel weird…"

Blue Buster watched as the cockpit began to glow white, eventually enveloping him and the rest of the mech. It formed into an orb of light, and flew into ZooRobo.

Their cockpits shuffled around, a third one rising. It had Blue Buster sat in what was basically a miniature version of the usual cockpit, complete with Gorisaki's steering wheel head.

"Ryuuji, I can't feel my legs!" Gorisaki whined.

"What just happened?" He asked the other two rangers.

"That's not entirely important right now." Blue said, turning to him. "Do you have a little tag thing on you now?"

He felt around for a second, and pulled out a ZooTag. He noticed a new slot formed in Gorisaki's mouth, and plugged it in.

"JUNGLE MIND!
BUSTING TIME!
UKI UKI OO!
ZOOSARU!"

A large blue gorilla robot appeared in front of them, resembling a slightly less hunched over version of Gorisaki's giant robot form. It raised one of its giant fists to the monster's knockoff ZooRobo, and punched it backwards.

It then leaped into the air, as the upper half of ZooRobo split off. The gorilla's arms extended out a bit, as the rest of its body folded up into a rather bulky body. The gorilla head slid down, forming a chest piece.

The upper half slammed back into the new torso, the arms folding into large spikes on the back. The robot punched a few times with its massive fists, as a crowd cheering and a bell ringing sounded from nowhere.

"ZOOROBO, SARU MODE!"

"Sweet, a new mode!" Blue said. "And it's blue!"

"Would've been better if it was red." Red voiced. "Or maybe green."

"Color doesn't matter right now, guys!" Blue Buster said. "With this, we can take care of both these guys!"

Blue nodded. "I bet your copy can't deflect this!" The robot punched the copy a few times, causing it to instantly shatter into pieces.

"Augh!" The monster yelled. It looked as the mech slowly approached. "Hey now, we can work out a deal, right?" It begged. The mech stopped for a second.

"Red, what are you doing?" Blue asked, confused at why the fox had stopped the mech.

He had his paw to his chin. "Let's see what his offer is, at least."

"How about, if you don't kill me," The monster started. "I tell you who ZooSilver is?"

"I thought you said you didn't like spoilers?" Red replied. "Are you assuming that WE like spoilers?"

"Well, uh, um…"

"Offer rejected." He finished. "Time to finish this."

"MUSCLE BUSTER BLAST!" The three yelled.

The robot punched once with a giant fist, launching a blast of energy at the monster. It then fired another from the other fist, which also struck the monster. Then, ZooRobo pulled the fists back, and launched both of them off. The flying fists flew through the monster, creating a massive explosion, before flying back onto the robot's arms.

Filmroid writhed and screamed for a second as it sparked. "And that's…" It started, raising its hands to the air. "A wrap!" IT teetered over, bursting into a massive explosion before it hit the ground.

"And that," Red started up. "Was Zootastic."

"Seriously?" Ryuuji started, baffled by the catchphrase.

"Just let him have it." Blue said, rubbing her temples.

"Here's your tag… thing." Ryuuji said, handing the rabbit a blue tag, with a gorilla engraved onto it.

"Thank you." She said, placing the tag into her pocket.

"That certainly was a day, wasn't it?" Nick chimed in from the couch. "Very mentally exhausting."

Judy chuckled, and then sighed. "I never want to go through something like that again."

"I enjoyed working with you both." Ryuuji said. "But we have to head out now. We have a train to catch."

"Totally get it." Nick said. "But can you take him with you?" He motioned to Beet, who was back to clinging to the wall and making buzzing noises. "I don't think we can take care of him."

"Beet, c'mon." Ryuuji said, exasperated. "We have to go right now."

Beet almost instantly stopped, and headed to the door. "Very well. We will head out now."

"Hey, I actually have a question." Nick said, tapping the robot on the leg. "You really didn't hesitate in destroying my fake dad in my dream, why was that?"

"It was my mission." Beet plainly answered.

"I doubt that." Gorisaki chimed in. "He probably didn't want someone else to die because of Hyperspace."

"Someone else?" Judy asked, a bit worried.

"Beet's creator, Masato Jin, was killed in Hyperspace." Ryuuji explained. "It kind of devastated Beet for a while."

"We're leaving." Beet said almost instantly after Ryuuji finished. "Goodbye, Zoorangers." He grabbed Gorisaki, by the arm, and pushed him through the apartment door.

"Ahh, goodbye you guys!"

Beet then grabbed Ryuuji, and pushed him out as well. "Good luck, and remember, you need to defeat Enter!"

Beet stepped out, and slammed the door behind him.

"I think I hit a chord with that guy." Nick said, a bit worried.

"I didn't even realize robots could feel emotion." Judy admitted. "I guess those guys proved me wrong." She cleared her throat, and turned to her partner. "I have a question for you, actually."

"If it's about my dad, then I'm not answering."

"No, it's about what happened during the big robot fight." She said. "Why didn't you let him tell us who ZooSilver was?"

"Did you actually believe him, Carrots?" Nick responded, amused. "I honestly doubt he actually knew."

"But what if he did?"

"Then we missed out, I guess." He shrugged. "I just thought beating the monster was the first priority."

She sighed. "You're such a dumb fox."

"Can't help it, sweetheart."

"Merde."

Enter kicked a rock rather hard, causing it to fly off the top of the mountain. "Not only did that idiot not destroy them, but I didn't even get to see Savage." He lamented. "What an absolute waste of a plan that was."

"Maybe you need to think ahead a bit more."

He turned around to face Long, who was chuckling. "Trust me, Long, I am." He stated.

"Considering your past failures, I doubt that." He smugly said. "At least, you aren't planning ahead as much as I am."

Enter was intrigued. "What exactly do you have planned?"

"I have the ultimate destruction of the Zoorangers planned." He said. "I will take away everything they love, everything they have, with the help of Savage."

"And how, exactly, will you do that?"

"As your idiot monster said," Long started. "I hate spoilers. Sayonara." Long vanished in a burst of fire.

Enter scoffed. It wasn't his fault that the Omnipotence kept choosing him to cause chaos. And it definitely wasn't his fault that the Go-Busters showed up.

His anger quickly turned to amusement as he thought. A grin crept across his lips as he started chuckling.

"Oh, trust me, Long. You have no idea how far ahead I've planned."

Who likes metahumor? I do!

I feel like this episode probably has some of my best Jokes in it, even if it's mostly just 4th wall breaking. Fun fact, this episode was one of the first I ever conceived, that's why it's so ridiculously long compared to a lot of other ones, I had it planned out more.

But yeah, actor jokes are pretty fun. And yes, this is going to result in something. Eventually.

Next time, more time travel. Yay.