Ep. 10: Tell Me

Episode(s) Adapted: Showing the Way (道を教えて)

The team was on the Galleon. Doc was working on a contraption, Joe was doing sit-ups, & Robin was looking at her jewelry. Marvelous came up the stairs after waking up, as it was morning.

"Man, I'm starving," he said, then sat. in his chair.

"Good morning, Marvelous."

"Morning, Marvelous," Doc said. "How are your wounds treating you?"

"That stuff that samurai chick & her brother gave me worked wonders," he answered, going to the kitchen to get some cereal & milk. "Someone's missing. Is she still sleeping?" he said, coming out to the table with the box, a bowl, a spoon, & the milk.

"Nope," Joe said, still doing hit sit-ups as Marvelous poured the cereal into the bowl.

"Vivi went downtown for a walk with her puppy," Navi said as Marvelous then began pouring the milk on to the cereal.

"She enjoys that sort of thing. Probably wants to see how 'commoners' on Earth live too," Robin said as the shot showed Vivi & her puppy walking in a city sidewalk outside a marketplace. "When she was a princess, she couldn't just wander around like that."

Vivi walked through the open market with the pup. As she got out the other side, a man saw her & started following her. She started walking up a staircase. There was no one around.

"Um, pardon me," he said, stopping her & she turned around. "Which way is the bus station?"

"The bus station?"

"Yeah."

"Well, shall I guide you there myself," she offered.

"I appreciate it," he said as they started walking again.

"I've only recently learned the way myself."

"Yeah?" he asked as a few people went around a corner, then grabbed her by the arm & stopped her. "Stay quiet. Don't make a fuss. If you wanna live, then keep quiet & do as I say," he said as he had a gun-shaped object sticking out of his jacket pocket.

"What?" she asked, confused.

On The Gigant Horse…

"Prince Vekar, I have excellent news," Levira said, entering through the door "A meteorite that fell to Earth the other day has been confirmed to contain White-Point Star metal."

"'White-Point Star metal'?" he asked.

"It's a type of metal usually found in White-Point Stars that produces a deadly neurotoxin when an electrical current runs through it," Damaras explained.

"I knew that! Stop over-explaining things!"

"Conquering the Earth would be simple with a piece of the White-Point Star metal," Levira added.

"Then we must procure it immediately!"

"Yes, boss," Biorg said. "Lamprey, you may enter."

"So, it's finally my turn," he said, entering the room.

"You can use this device to locate the White-Point," Levira said, holding up a device. "Simple, right?" She attached it to his arm cannon.

"Leave it to me!" he said.

Vivi & the pup, whom she was carrying, were being lead into a warehouse by the guy, holding the gun-shaped object in his pocket to her back.

"Stop! Now...tell me your phone number," she didn't answer & he walked around her to face her. "Didn't you hear me!? I've got to demand the ransom! Now tell me! Hurry!" he yelled, holding the gun-type weapon at her. She put the pup down, then smiled. She then put a finger in the bullet hole, then kicked it up in the air. She then backed him up a few steps with her kicks & a punch, then caught it.

"This is a toy, isn't it?" she asked. "Disgusting that you'd use it like this. Here," she said, handing it back. he took it back, then she grabbed her puppy's leash & started to walk out.

"Who the heck are you?" he asked.

"In spite of appearances, I'm a pirate."

"A pirate? You mean...those space pirates everyone's talking about?"

"Correct."

"I'm so sorry," he said in a low volume. "Please forgive me. I was acting on impulse. I'm in a situation where I had to do something!"

"What kind of situation?"

"Well, I quit my job to open my own business, but the place I got my loan from turned out to be one of those stereotypical crooked money lenders," it went to a flashback as a guy held his sales recording book. "They took my meager savings, threatened to take my business, & now they say I'm in debt to them…"

"Ok, we'll be back for the remaining $30,000 next month. See you then," he put his book on the desk the guy was sitting at.

"Wai—!" he said, then the guy turned around to face him. "I'm begging you, please, give me a break."

"You know what's gonna happen if you don't pay…" the guy said, patting his right breast pocket of his suit jacket.

"I don't have a single dollar to my name. I can't possibly pay you!"

"Shut your trap!" he said, then struck him.

It went back to the present.

"Shouldn't you have gone to a bank?" she asked. "I'm given to understand they give out loans."

"My credit rating is shot. It would've been more interest than it was worth."

"So, you went with the mob instead?"

"I didn't know who else to go to."

"I understand," she said, then got out her Mobirate, then dialed a number. "Doc? I'm with this gentleman who has kidnapped me…"

"Kidnapper!?" he said, loudly so everyone else heard.

"He apparently needs money, so can you prepare 300,000 American dollars?" she said & he looked at her.

"Hey!" he said, taking the phone.

"Vivi!" Doc said as he heard something happen.

"Vivi?" Robin asked into the phone.

The guy hung up the phone.

"Wait...what are you doing, lady!?"

"I shall prepare the money. You'll be all right."

"No, I won't! That totally sounded like a call for ransom!"

"Ransom? I didn't intend for it to."

"And what the heck, 300,000!? I only need 30!"

"Would it not help to have more?" she said, taking back the Mobirate.

"Probably…No, no, no, no! Oh man, I dunno, I dunno," he said, taking it from her again. "I don't know how pirates are gonna react! What are you…H-how do you redial this thing?" he asked, opening it.

"This is bad, this is bad!" Doc said.

"W-w-w-what do we do!?" Navi said, flying about, panicking.

"Vivi was kidnapped!" Doc added.

"Wait! Calm down," Joe said. "Vivi is pretty decent in a fight. There's no way she could be kidnapped that easily…"

"Well, it happened, so deal with it!" Robin shouted.

Marvelous ate another bite of his cereal, then the Mobirate's ringtone went off.

"Hello?" Vivi answered, since she was still holding Doc's. Marvelous took it from her.

"Hey…" he said.

"Um, hello? About that previous call…" the guy started.

"So you're the kidnapper, huh?"

"Uh, no...well, I suppose I, technically, am, but not really…"

"You got some nerve kidnapping a member of my crew. Wait right where you are & don't you move."

The guy closed the Mobirate. marvelous then lowered the phone & closed it.

"Doc, can you find Vivi?" Robin asked.

"I'm looking!" he said, typing on the console.

"I'm doomed," he said, head down.

"Do not worry. When Marvelous arrives, I'll simply explain the circumstances to him."

Lamprey then came into view & the device beeped.

"I'm so awesome! I got lucky. Never figured I'd find it this fast."

"Hey, you! You've got the White-Point Star metal, right?" he asked the guy. "Hand it over, quietly."

"'White-Point Star'…? Uh, what are you talking about?"

"White-Point? As in, the metal that can be used to create a deadly neurotoxin?" Vivi asked.

"Well, what a shock! If it isn't the ex-princess pirate? I guess I was a little careless with my words."

"You mustn't let him have it," she told the guy.

"Wait, not let him have what?"

"If that's how you want it, I guess I don't have a choice. I'll take it, along with your life!"

"Look out!" she yelled, then jumped to the side & moved him over fast as Lamprey shot lasers at them, causing a necklace to fall off Vivi's neck. She took out her blaster & shot at Lamprey.

"We must escape!" she exclaimed, shooting out the lights, then they ran out the door. Lamprey started running in a few directions.

"Ow! Oh, this way? Hold it!"

Marvelous broke down the garage door to the warehouse, then shot a few warning shots.

"Coming through!" they all ran in, firing warning shots, holding their weapons, then stopped.

"Hey...there's nobody here," Doc said, then opened his Mobirate. "But the readings said that she was right here."

"You're right, Doc," Joe said, seeing the thing on the floor, then bent down & picked it up. It was a necklace. They all looked at each other.

The Mobirate then rang again.

"Guys!" Navi yelled. "Bad news! The Action Commander was where you are a second ago! Are you thinking what I'm thinking!?"

"Then the ones who took Vivi…" Robin started.

"It was the Armada," Marvelous & Joe said, looking at each other.

Vivi & the guy ran away from Lamprey as he tailed them.

"I see," Joe said. "If it was them, then that explains how Vivi could've been kidnapped."

"Huh…" Robin started. "But the ransom was in American dollars? Wouldn't they ask for Woolongs?"

"Maybe they're up to some sort of scheme," Doc said.

"We can worry about the details later," Marvelous said. "First, we have to get Vivi back. Got it?"

"Right," they all said in agreement.

"Navi, track Vivi's signal!" Robin said into the Mobirate as they ran out the way they came.

"Roger that!" Navi said, then started typing.

Vivi & the guy kept running until they came to a dead end.

"Got you cornered…" Lamprey said, then fired more lasers at them & engulfed them in explosions. "You guys like that?"

"Pirate Crew!" the morpher voice called & Vivi was transformed. The guy saw.

"Here, keep my puppy safe!" she said, handing him the leash, then she jumped in the air & fired her blaster at Lamprey. He fired some more lasers at her, causing her to be deflected back. The guy & her pup were still there.

"Maybe I should finish you off…"

"We'll be unable to escape at this rate," she said, pulling out a key. "Power Switch!"

"Mighty Morphin!"

"Are you ready for the Power Bow!?" she said, shooting some energy arrows at him & they exploded at his feet. He got knocked back, then she got out another key. "Power Switch!"

"Megaforce!"

She held the Megaforce morpher with a card in it.

"Wind Drive Card, activate!" she said & got all 3 of them out of there in a pink wind vortex.

"Fools!"

"As long as you have the White-Point, you'll never escape me," Lamprey said, activating his arm detector device.

"Man...this is the worst day ever!" the guy said as they hit under a bridge.

"Are you certain that you don't know where the White-Point is?" she asked.

"I'm telling you, I don't have it!"

"Then, have you received or found anything strange recently?"

"An old coin?" he said in a flashback, picking it up off the sidewalk. "Aw, man…" he said, throwing it at a lamppost as it was blank, then it came back to him & landed at his feet. "Is this—?" he said, holding it in his hand.

"The Armada would use it to create neurotoxin & eradicate life on this planet," she said.

"I can't believe it…All because I picked up this stupid thing. My debt will never go away," he sank to a seated position. "I've failed at kidnapping, pirates are after me, & now the Armada…Why is my luck so bad!?" he said, starting to sob. "It's just the worst…" he sniffed.

"I disagree. I believe you're quite lucky," she said, kneeling next to him. He handed her the metal. "By stumbling upon this, you've saved yourself & the lives of countless other people on this planet. Compare that to the plight of a princess who lost her people & was forced to powerlessly flee her planet…I assure you, it's very preferable."

"Are you talking about—?"

"But, so long as you live, you'll find a new path in life! Therefore, you're quite lucky!" the puppy was sitting in front of the guy, wagging her tail.

"I'm the lucky one!" Lamprey said, entering with some X-Borgs. "Because I get to collect the White-Point, & a bounty at the same time! Take them!" he sent in the X-Borgs.

Vivi held them off, then grabbed one's hands, giving the weapon it had to the guy, who promptly bonked it on the head, knocking it out.

"Pesky little—!" Lamprey yelled, running at them. He grabbed her. "Hand the White-Point over!" he added, then got shot at.

The camera panned diagonally up to see the others, Marvelous holding his blaster forward & his sabre over his shoulder.

"So it was you guys…" he said.

"Everyone…" Vivi said, then Marvelous jumped over the railing on the upper level & slashed at Lamprey. He then slashed, kicked, then blasted him. Lamprey got hit back, rolling on the ground.

Joe slashed some X-Borgs, as did Robin. She slashed a few more, then headbutted one. Joe jumped down to the lower level & continued his one-armed slashing. He then grabbed hold of one of the X-Borgs, then brought it about & started punching it several times. Doc rolled on the ground as he punched the X-Borgs away. He then got up, grabbed an X-Borg's leg, then flipped it over on the ground & put it in a leg-lock. Marvelous then pegged one against the stone wall behind it, holding his blaster to its head, laughing, then turned around & started slashing the other ones. The one against the wall tried to come at him, but he shot it away. He dealt with a few more, then shot a few on an upper level in front of him. The remaining X-Borgs then regrouped with Lamprey.

"That was pathetic, you guys!" Lamprey said.

"Are you okay Vivi? Are you ok?" Doc asked.

"Yes. Thanks for your concern."

"The Armada…how dare you kidnap a member of our crew!" Robin said.

"What? Kidnap? Who? Me?" Lamprey asked, confused. Vivi & the guy, who was standing behind them a few steps with her pup, looked at each other.

"Don't play dumb," Joe said. "You're gonna pay for this, big-time."

"Uh, no, no no no. I'm not playing dumb…You guys, did I do something to tick them off?" he asked the X-Borgs.

Marvelous flourished his sword.

"I don't wanna hear it," he said, then held his sabre forward. "You're not getting away with this."

"Now...now hang on! Chill out for a second!"

"Oh well. Everyone, please, assist me," Vivi said as they lined up.

"You got it!" Marvelous responded & flipped his key.

"It's Morphin Time!"

"Pirate Crew!"

"Pirate Crew Red!"

"Pirate Crew Blue!"

"Pirate Crew Yellow!"

"Pirate Crew Green!"

"Pirate Crew Pink!"

"Power Rangers…Pirate Crew!"

"Let's make it showy!" Vivi called out, then they leapt into the fight.

Marvelous dealt with some of the X-Borgs, Joe dealt with his own group, as did Doc, then Robin & Vivi as a team.

Marvelous slashed a few, then flipped one over & kicked it several times.

Joe held one against the wall, punching it.

"You—!" he yelled, then slashed at another.

Doc slashed & shot a few, then rolled off the brick wall he was on.

"Whoa there…" he said, then shot another one.

Robin & Vivi dealt with their own group.

"Vivi!" Robin said, throwing her blaster.

"Understood!" Vivi said, throwing her sabre.

Vivi kicked another X-Borg, then shot it. She then caught the arm of another, taking out one behind her with the blasters, then elbowed it away. The guy watched from behind a tree adjacent to where they were fighting with the pup in his arms.

Suddenly, he saw X-Borgs right in front of him, so he quickly moved in front of the tree as they lunged at him. Vivi saw, then shot her blasters in that direction. She ran over, stood in front of them, & shot the X-Borgs away.

"Look out!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Are you two all right?" she asked.

"Yeah…though she's probably a little shaken," he answered, holding the pup in his arms.

"Be careful with her," Vivi said, then ran back at the X-Borgs she left to defend them. She got them as she shot.

'I see…So this is the new path in life that the princess made for herself…' he thought.

Marvelous slashed, then they all finished the remaining X-Borgs off, letting them explode around them.

"H-hang on...what's going on here!?" Lamprey asked.

"You're the only one left, kidnapper!" Robin exclaimed.

"Yeah, but...wait just wait a second! Time out! You guys have got the wrong idea! Right, Pink?"

"Whatever could you mean?" she asked, shrugging.

"Oh, come on—!"

"Can it! You kidnapping scumbag!" Marvelous shouted, then shot at him.

"W-w-wait—! Ow ow ow! You guys are gonna pay!" he said, shooting lasers at them, blowing them away in an explosion.

"You little…" Marvelous said.

"Serves you right!"

"Everyone, let's use these," Vivi said as she took out a key.

"Power Switch!"

"Lost Galaxy!"

Lamprey charged in. They drew the Quasar Sabers & charged in.

"Let's go!"

They all slashed at him with the sabers.

"Blast you!" he spun around in a cyclone & forced them back.

"Galaxy Red!"

"Galaxy Blue!"

"Galaxy Yellow!"

"Galaxy Green!"

"Galaxy Pink!"

They all then shot energy attacks at him, blowing him away in an explosion. They then charged at him. He got up, then they all did slow slashes as they came up to him. After that, they transformed back & got out their regular keys & blasters, then popped up the cylinders, inserted the keys, then forced them down.

"Finish him!" Marvelous said.

"Final wave!"

"Pirate Blast!" Marvelous said, then they pulled their triggers.

"Chew on that!" Robin said.

"So sorry," Vivi said, bowing.

Levira then got the Maximizer trigger.

"We're not done yet," she said, then pulled it.

"Curse you all! You'll pay for this!" Lamprey said, growing big.

"I find this persistence to be just boring," Vivi said. Marvelous pulled out his morpher.

5-5-0-1

"Red Galleon!" the guy ran out from the trees a few steps, watching.

"Pirate Combination! Megazord, ready!"

"Pinning me with some crime I don't even remember committing…I'll blow you away with my sweet moves!" Lamprey said, shooting his lasers.

"We've got some pretty 'sweet moves' of our own," Robin said, then flipped up her SPD key.

"Ranger Key, set!" the Megazord sprouted the Delta Runner attachments. "SPD form, ready!" Lamprey launched some more lasers at them.

"Let's go!" Marvelous said, turning his wheel, & the Megazord jumped to the side to avoid the lasers & shot at him. After the shots hit, Marvelous spun the wheel the other way & the Megazord jumped in the air, flipped, then shot at him more as they came towards him in the air. They landed & Lamprey was punched back on to the ground.

"A shooting match seems kinda dull to me…" Marvelous said, then they got other keys.

"Ranger Key, set!"

"Red Lion!"

"Ranger Key, set! Let's go! Megazord: Samurai form, ready!"

"It's do or die now!" Lamprey said, running at them. "Hand over the White-Point Star metal!"

"White-Point Star?" Doc asked.

"I'm afraid we must refuse!" Vivi said, spinning her wheel & the Megazord batted away Lamprey's hand with the sword, then struck him. It then walked up to him & slashed him once more. Marvelous then spun his wheel & they delivered a more powerful hit to him.

"Giant Fire Smasher!" they said, summoning it.

"Pirate Samurai Strike!" Marvelous exclaimed & the Megazord slashed, defeating Lamprey again. They were still in the cockpit.

"Why was he talking about White-Point Star metal?" Joe asked.

"I need your consultation regarding something, Doc…" Vivi said, standing up.

"When White-Point Star metal's exposed to salt water, it breaks down into its composite, harmless elements. Deadly, but oh so fragile," Doc said, throwing the metal into the nearby harbor & it glowed blue for a few seconds then faded. "So, that should take care of it."

"Pretty impressive, Doc!" Robin said. Vivi looked behind her & walked a bit. Marvelous was turned around & watched her. Vivi walked up to the man & he handed her the puppy.

"Thanks. You can rest easy now."

"Not really. I still have my debts with the mob."

"Vivi, who's this?" Robin asked as the others approached.

"There's something I elected not to tell you. He's the man who kidnapped me, not that Action Commander."

"What!?" Marvelous said, cracking his knuckles.

"But he did it for a reason. He has a huge monetary debt to the mob & he thought kidnapping me for ransom would help pay it off. But he's a good man, just beaten down by some, rather harsh, luck. He found the White-Point Star metal. That's how I got it. We should help him somehow. I was thinking of giving him some of my share of the treasure we have in our treasure room on the ship…"

"Nah. We can think of something better," Marvelous said. "Robin, you still have a way with card games?" he asked her.

"Oh yeah…" she answered.

It cut to Robin in a pantsuit & glasses.

"So, you're not going to release my client from this unjust loan interest?" she asked the mob boss.

"Oh no. As long as we have leverage on people, they'll always be sheep for us to shear," he answered.

"All right," she said, taking off the gasses. "I was hoping to settle this the nice & easy way. Now we've gotta do it the hard & painful way. Got any cards?"

"Of course," one of his boys behind him took out a deck from his jacket pocket.

"You any good at poker?"

"Of course."

"Blackjack? Crazy 8's? Go Fish?" she asked.

"Oh, definitely."

"How about we play for my client's freedom from paying off your debt?"

"And if I win?" he asked.

"Triple the debt," she said & the guy quivered.

"Oh, triple, hmm?" he said. "With a debt like that, you'll never be out from under our debt," he told him. "You've got a deal," he held out his hand. She shook it.

An hour later…

"All right, that's my client's freedom, all the cash in this room, your rings, & a puppy from your Pug's 8-week old litter," she said, gathering up the cards & straightening them out. "You have anything else you wanna bet, or are we good?"

"We're good. Go pick one out," he said. She looked back at the guy & motioned her head & he walked over to the pen & picked one out.

"You, uh, might wanna give us any medical info too, just for records' sake," she said & he snapped his fingers & one of his assistants went to their desktop computer, searched up the scanned file, & printed the paged out.

"Just answer me one thing. How'd you get so good at cards?" he asked.

"I'm one of the space pirates. I've played cards on other planets just to survive," she said, getting the sack of money on his desk. The guy walked up next to her with one of the pups.

"Listen, man. No hard feelings?" he asked.

"Of course not. Hiring a pirate to help you out? I can respect that," he said & the assistant handed them the papers. Robin took them in her hand.

"Listen, come by the restaurant sometime & I'll have my chefs cook you up a reasonably-priced meal."

"I might take you up on that the next time the wife wants to go out."

They walked out & back to his restaurant.

"You still need any more money?" she asked.

"That'd be nice…" he started & she took some of the money out of the sack & laid it on the table.

"Here, the rest is to cover my fee," she said, then took the sack & walked to the door.

Vivi walked up to him.

"Now, you're free," she said.

"Thanks. Sorry about all this, really," he said.

She nodded, then joined Robin at the door as they walked out.

On a small red ship in the atmosphere, there was a man standing near the windshield. His back to the point of view.

"So, this is where the Red Spirit wanted us to bring the Ranger Keys. Well, Marvie, looks like we're gonna have a Red Pirate reunion."

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