Ep. 11: A Blast From the Past

Episode(s) Adapted: A Privateer Appears (私掠船現る)

They were all on the Galleon.

"This is bad, bad, bad, bad!" Doc yelled, everyone but Marvelous looked in his direction. He came running down the stairs.

"What!? What!?" Navi asked.

He held up his tablet, showing that morning's intergalactic headline was about them.

"I saw this on the intergalactic internet. Our bounties went up again!" he said, showing the news to Joe, then Robin, whom he handed the tablet to.

"Let's see here…" she said, reading. "It's 12,505,000 Woolongs for all five of us."

"That's quite a jump. It's more than that! Soon we'll be worth as much as the Red Pirates were!"

Marvelous threw a dart into the outer circle of the board he was playing darts on.

"The 'Red Pirates' that Marvelous once belonged to?" Vivi asked as she walked over & sat down next to them & Robin handed her the tablet. Doc took the tablet back as he stood up & started walking towards Marvelous.

"I think they were worth…" he started, then Marvelous took the tablet, then closed the case Doc had around it & threw it on the table. He walked toward his chair.

"Let's get looking for the next treasure. C'mon, bird," he sat in his chair.

"Sheesh, I'm not a bird. Let's see the future!" Navi said, then flew fast at the wall, then bounced off & hit the dartboard on the other wall. "Danger, danger, dangerous! You lot are in grave danger!" he said, freaking out. "Huh, that felt different this time…"

"Really? That was the same kind of weird prediction you usually make," Robin said.

"'Danger, danger, dangerous'?" Doc asked.

"What danger could it mean?" Vivi asked, looking at them both.

"Maybe we have to look for something dangerous," Joe said, standing up from his sit-ups.

"Sounds like fun," Marvelous said.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Navi said.

The red ship in orbit flew towards Earth.

Suddenly, the camera went inside & showed a human-sized monkey eating a banana, then started making a noise. It stopped at a computer console, jumping.

"Something wrong, Kairi?" the man asked, then let out a slight chuckle. "It's on this planet…" he said, then the monkey started typing.

On the Gigant Horse, the radar at Vekar's console started beeping, showing the red ship in orbit.

"What is this vessel headed towards Earth?" Vekar asked. "Did my father send reinforcements?" he asked, walking in front of his station.

"No…It's a privateer," Levira said.

"'Privateer'?"

"Yes, boss. A pirate that the Armada has authorized to operate," Biorg said.

"A pirate? Then he's an enemy?"

"He only attacks forces that oppose the Armada."

"That's the official agreement, but there's no telling what he might really be after," Levira added.

"What an annoying knave!" Vekar said. "Very well, we'll leave him be," he added, exiting through the door to his right.

"Yes, boss," Biorg followed him. Damaras just stared.

The rangers were walking along in front of an outdoor concert amphitheater.

"'Something dangerous, something dangerous'…" Robin said as they walked.

"I kind of hope we don't find it," Doc said, causing Robin to elbow him in the chest..

"Owww—!" he said, then looked down & stopped, seeing a banana peel. "What the-?" he asked.

"What is it?" Vivi asked.

"Is it dangerous?" Robin asked, as Doc picked the peel up. Marvelous chuckled slightly.

"Hello, Marvie," a voice called from offscreen.

"'Marvie'?" Robin & Doc asked, then they looked up at the seats to see the monkey.

"Long time, no see! You look good," the guy said.

"A monkey?" Joe & Robin asked.

"Marvelous, are you friends with a monkey?" Doc asked.

"I see you still have an idiotic sense of humor, Basco," Marvelous said, looking over.

He came out from behind the monkey.

"Oh, did you figure it out? I'm honored that you remember me…"

"How could I forget?"

"Marvelous, is he an old acquaintance of yours?" Vivi asked.

"Oh, Marvie, you're a Captain now I see…Well, you're quite the big boy now, aren't you?" Basco said, coming down a few steps.

"Yeah, no thanks to you. What are you here for?" Marvelous asked.

"It's not obvious? 'The greatest treasure in the galaxy,'" Basco said & everyone looked at him, worried. "It's on this planet, yeah? Did you think I'd given up on it?"

"I guess not. That's the kinda guy you are…" Marvelous said, then took out his blaster & fired several shots at him. Kairi got in front of Basco with cymbals & blocked the shots.

Marvelous then ran at them, drew his sword, then slashed Kairi away with it. He tried to get Basco, but Kairi quickly deflected his strikes with the cymbals. Basco watched, then looked down at the others.

"What is going on?" Vivi asked.

"No clue," Joe said.

Suddenly, Kairi looked up, as did Marvelous, & he jumped back as a laser fired on them. They all looked over & saw 3 giant Bruisers. They fired on them & they all avoided the lasers.

"Where did those Bruisers come from!?" Robin yelled. They ran behind the stage left-side of the amphitheater.

"Oh crud, they're after us!" Doc exclaimed, then the Bruisers fired again & they ran some more.

"Damaras, why did you send the Bruisers?" Levira asked hm.

"Oh, I see," Basco said. "Well, Marvie, I'll be seeing ya," he added as Marvelous avoided the lasers & saw him leave.

"Hold it!" Marvelous yelled, but was stopped by the Bruisers' attacks.

"Marvelous! We need the Galleon!" Joe yelled.

Marvelous looked up & the bruisers continued their firing. He took out his morpher & dialed the code.

5-5-0-1

"Red Galleon!"

"Pirate Megazord Combo, ready!"

The Bruisers ran at them. The Megazord braced itself. They tried to strike the Megazord. It avoided the first 2, but the third hit it. One of the other two tried to do the same, but they turned the Megazord around, then slashed it & the second one, then the third. It recoiled, then shot a few more blasts, which the Megazord deflected with its swords.

"Let's use these!" Robin suggested, holding up the yellow Mystic Force key.

"Ok!" three of the others said.

"Yeah," Marvelous said.

"What's wrong, Marvelous?" Joe said, holding his key towards him.

Marvelous looked at him, then took out his key.

"Right…"

"Ranger Key, set! Mystic Megazord formation, ready! Magical Bind!" they said, turning the keys, then the dragon went forth.

Basco & Kairi watched from the top of a tall building.

"Well, well…That's an ultimate power, then," Basco said, seeing the dragon put a binding circle around a Bruiser, defeating it. "Getting them to show it off for me…Old man Damaras is quite considerate."

"Megazord, SPD Form, ready! Pirate Full Blast!" they said, then started firing on the two Bruisers left. They went up in an explosion.

It went into the cockpit. Marvelous gripped the steering wheel with his right hand, then it faded to his hand on the armrest of his chair.

"Marvelous, who was that Basco guy? Where do you know him from?" Doc asked.

Marvelous stood up, the shoved him to the side & started walking forward.

"It's none of your business," he said.

"Yes, it is," Joe said.

"What?"

"He said he was after the greatest treasure in the universe," Robin said.

"Which means his actions concern us," Vivi added.

"Tell us," Doc said.

"Basco was a member of the Red Pirates," Navi said.

"Bird!" Marvelous said.

"But…"

"The Red Pirates?" Doc asked.

"Basco from Planet Dante. The man who betrayed the Red Pirates…& caused their destruction…"

It went to a flashback, as the Galleon sailed through space. Marvelous was mopping the deck.

"There were three of us traveling on this ship back then."

"Food's ready!" Basco said, coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles.

"Looks good!" Marvelous said in the flashback.

"Me, Basco," a guy in a red suit stood up from the chair. "And our captain, The Red Spirit."

"I was there too!" Navi said.

It went back to the present, as the ranger key chest was being opened, revealing many of the keys.

"We were gathering these, which were spread throughout space," Marvelous said, picking a handful up. "So that we could get the greatest treasure…"

"We were gathering these so that we could get the greatest treasure in the universe…but they were spread throughout space…"

It showed the three of them walking on a space backdrop. The Red Spirit held the Red Zeo ranger key in his hand.

"Look!" Marvelous said, showing it to Basco.

The Red Spirit had a sabre in his hand as he fended off some X-Borgs. Marvelous did the same, then them walking was faded over their fight, as Basco did the same.

"We traveled from planet to planet, gathering up the Ranger Keys. We fought with the Armada here & there, but it was a fun journey," it showed Marvelous & Basco eating their pasta, with the Red Spirit at the table, watching them eat.

"But…"

It showed the Galleon parked on a moon, then went to the chest as the Red Spirit opened it, revealing the keys.

"If we have these, then we should be able to manage," Red Spirit said.

"Then the greatest treasure in the universe is next, yeah?" Basco asked.

"That's right."

"All right!" Marvelous said. "Let's get fired up!" he added & he & the Red Spirit fist-bumped.

Suddenly, there were explosions outside the ship. Marvelous & the Red Spirit were shaken & fell slightly to the ground, as was Navi.

"What's going on!? What happened!?" Navi yelled.

Suddenly, X-Borgs all came down the stairs, then aimed at them.

"This is…" the Red Spirit started, then Basco picked up the chest & started walking back towards the X-Borgs..

"Why!?" Marvelous asked.

"It's the greatest treasure in the universe," Basco started. "Can you blame me for wanting it all?"

"And you'd betray us for it?" Red Spirit asked.

"Quite right."

"You son of a—!" Marvelous yelled, then tried to run at him with his blaster, but Basco took out his blaster & shot him. Marvelous took the shot in the shoulder, then rolled down the stairs behind him.

"Can't gain something without getting rid of something else. So, I'm getting rid of you lot," Basco said.

Marvelous clenched his arm as he started to get up.

"Marvelous, run!" Red Spirit said.

"But—!" Marvelous said.

"Quickly!" he said, then hit some buttons, causing the ship to tilt over. The X-Borgs & Basco were thrown aside.

The Red Spirit started to swing his sabre at them. Some X-Borgs came at Marvelous, but he kicked them away. He was against the wall & saw the Red Spirit battling them. Another X-Borg came at him, but he ran. He was then on the platform girder thing, avoiding them as there were flames all around them. A Bruiser then hit him & he was tossed to the ground. As it was about to fire, The Red Spirit came in & slashed it away.

"Our journey ends here," he said to Marvelous. "You need to live, for my sake," he said, showing him the chest. "And you need to find the greatest treasure in the universe!" he handed him the chest. "Got it?" he asked, then turned around & charged at the X-Borgs.

"Red Spirit!" Marvelous yelled, then there were flames engulfing his vision & it faded to Joe, then to Robin, then Doc, then Vivi.

"Afterwards, I got back on the ship with Navi," it showed the flashback. "I didn't know what to do other than run, so I did."

He set the autopilot on the computer & then sat the chest where it always was. He sat in the chair.

"What'll I do? Without the Red Spirit's guidance, I have no hope of getting the treasure," he said, head down, looking at the floor, but then saw a piece of an envelope under the chair. He kneeled before the chair, got the envelope, opened it, & read the letter. "'Marvelous I fear Basco may try to betray us. If you're reading this then it's most likely happened & I'm now gone. Under the chair is a case with Mobirates & special ranger keys I've made for you. To get the treasure, you'll need a team. Recruit who you think is best-suited for the job.
- Red Spirit.'"

Marvelous looked under the chair & found the case, then opened it & took out the red key & his Mobirate. He opened the Mobirate, then looked at the key & it flipped up its arms & legs. He hesitated, then inserted they key & turned it, activating the powers, creating a white light & then it faded back to the present. They all stood there. Vivi walked up to him.

"That was the promise to your savior that you spoke of…" she said as he held the keys in his hand. Marvelous clenched his fist, then looked straight ahead.

It went to Basco's ship hovering in the sky, then to him as he stood, looking out the windshield. He turned around & Kairi reacted to the sudden presence.

"Welcome, old man Damaras," Basco said as Damaras was standing right behind him. "I appreciate your unexpected consideration. So, what are you trying to pull?" he said as he turned around & looked back out the windshield.

"I simply provided you with information."

"The greatest treasure in the universe, The Ranger Keys, Earth, & the ultimate powers," Basco started, walking over to his chair & sat in it. "I've filled in all the blanks."

"I see. Excellent. So, how will you handle the pirates?"

"By taking them down. That's why you gave me all that info, right?" he then took out a Mobirate-looking phone with gold accents around it & dialed a number.

Marvelous' Mobirate rang & he took it out of his jacket pocket, then answered.

"Basco? I was just talking about you." he said.

"Truly? Oh, Marvelous. Y'know, I am amazed with how popular I am!" Basco said, proudly. "Sorry about earlier, we got a bit interrupted…" he looked at Damaras. "But if you're not busy tomorrow, maybe we could finish our 'talk,' huh?"

"I'm busy, but I'll make the time. Let's settle this, man-to-man."

"Tomorrow then, marvelous," he said, hanging up. (That was meant to be read as him actually using the adjective as a pun).

"Don't botch this up," Damaras said, turning around & exiting.

"Oh, like the way you botched killing Marvie-lous, forcing me to do your dirty work?" Damaras stopped & clenched his fists.

"Hmm. My apologies," he said, then continued walking.

Marvelous closed his Mobirate & started walking.

"Marvelous!" Vivi said, then he stopped.

"Don't lay a hand on him," he said, then continued walking down the stairs & went around the corner.

"That guy seems pretty tough...will he be ok?" Doc asked.

"I suppose we must simply have faith in him…" Vivi said.

"There's some things you just have to handle yourself," Joe said, speaking from experience.

"Well, then…I guess tomorrow, we'll go treasure hunting," Robin said. "Who knows, we could randomly, totally unexpectedly, run into someone while we're out there."

The Next Day...

Marvelous walked as he met Basco in a quarry. He stopped & looked at him. Basco stood there, doing the same, smirking.

"Hi there, Marvie. Glad you could make it," he said.

"I'm looking forward to shutting that arrogant mouth of yours."

"Oh, can you now?"

Marvelous smirked at the question.

"Marvie, you were really attached to Red, but how much did you really know about him or his plans?" he asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, you see…he left us in the dark regarding quite a few things. For instance...these," he held up 5 6th-ranger keys representing the Green MMPR, Omega Ranger, Quantum Ranger, Zeo's Gold Ranger, & Ninja Storm's Green Samurai ranger.

"Ranger Keys!? How'd you get those!?" Marvelous asked.

"There were more out there than the batch the three of us gathered, savvy?"

It showed Marvelous in confusion at the thought.

"Oh, you legitimately didn't know, did you? Well, what about this, then?" he said, throwing them up in the air. They all flipped up & he held out a trumpet-like device that they fell into. "Did you know you could use Ranger Keys like this?" he said, then they turned in the holders & he blew into the device & orbs of energy flew out of it & turned into the ranger suits as a trumpet tune played.

The Quantum Ranger then got its Quantum Defender & started shooting at Marvelous, who dodge-rolled out of the way. It lowered its arm.

"See, this is an important battle, so I don't wanna hear any, 'this isn't one-on-one,' hogwash, agreed? I've always been pretty bad at playing fair, anyway, but, then again, you already knew that, right?" he smirked.

Marvelous braced himself.

"You are one predictable bad guy!" Robin said.

Marvelous turned around & they were standing behind him. Doc was posed in an imitation of Kairi.

"Fancy running into you here, Marvelous," Doc said, standing upright.

"Guys…"

"We were just looking for something dangerous…" Joe said as they started walking forward.

"We'd better grab those new Ranger Keys while we're at it!" Robin added.

"Don't worry, we won't hold you back," Doc said.

"Do what you want," Marvelous said as they lined up.

"Yes, we shall do exactly that," Vivi said.

They got out their keys & morphers.

"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!"

Basco smirked, then snapped his fingers. The Quantum Ranger held his Quantum Defender in its sword mode, then it & the other four fired lasers at them. They deflected the blasts, letting them explode behind them once they hit the ground. marvelous looked at them, then they charged at the rangers.

"Let's make it showy!" Marvelous yelled & they charged at the key clones.

Marvelous dealt with the Quantum Ranger, Joe dealt with Green MMPR, Robin dealt with the Zeo Gold Ranger, Doc dealt with the Ninja Storm Green Samurai ranger, & Vivi dealt with Omega Ranger. They continually slashed &/or shot at each other, first Marvelous, then Joe, then Robin, then Doc, then Vivi. The Omega Ranger then grabbed Vivi's left arm & put it behind her back.

"Vivi!" Joe said, throwing her his blaster & she threw him her sabre.

"Right!" she caught it, then kicked Omega's arms & turned around & shot at it, blowing it away.

"I have you now!"

Joe dealt with the Green MMPR Ranger. The clone dodged his strikes, then he punched it in the chest, hitting it back, then ran at it.

Robin slashed at the Gold Ranger, but it clashed its staff with her blade.

"Doc, pass…Pass me your sabre!" she said as she was being pushed down.

"Gotcha!" Doc exclaimed, then threw it to her. It went at the gold Ranger, then twirled in the air, keeping it back, then she threw her blaster to him.

"Trade ya!"

He caught it, then dodged the Samurai Ranger's strikes. When he was sat on the ground, he shot at the clone & it was blasted back. She used the double blade to fight the Gold Ranger. She clashed blades with it, then kicked it.

"My business isn't with you!" Marvelous yelled at the Quantum Ranger as they clashed blades. "One side!" he yelled, shoving him passed him, but they clashed again.

Vivi tried to dodge the Omega Ranger's moves, but it punched her in the gut & she was sent backwards, rolling on the ground. It then revved its morpher & used its Electro Mode to send a shockwave at her. She fell to the ground after the blast hit her.

"This is the power of a Ranger Key…" she said.

The Samurai Ranger jumped in the air & used its behind-the-screen technique on Doc, who fell to the ground.

"This seems a lot harder than fighting the Armada…" he said, then the clone ran at him. He dodged its sword slashes & then clashed his blasters with it, but slipped over the edge of the hill they were on & sent them both down, the Samurai ranger even more so. It turned around & got up.

"Now's my chance!" Doc exclaimed, then shot at it, sending it back.

Vivi kept fighting the Gold Ranger. They both kicked each other, sending both tumbling. It then got up & charged at her.

"Not bad!" she said, getting up & used the sabres on their whips to stop it in its tracks, then sent it back.

The Green Ranger had its Dragon Dagger, then shot some lasers at Joe, who deflected them away & charged at it, coming through the cloud of dust that rose from the ground. He then slashed it, making multiple explosions hit it.

Omega Ranger then charged at Vivi. She twirled around, then held out a hand & caught its fist, then kneeled & shot it with the double blaster. She let go, then twirled again as she stood up, then shot it again, sending it backwards.

Marvelous still fought the Quantum Ranger. It tried to strike him with its blade, then Marvelous flipped back & shot at it. It was stunned, then he flipped forward & kicked it twice, the second time he sent it back & the clones were all in a line. He inserted 2 red keys into his weapons, as did the others as they lined up next to him.

"Come on, guys!"

They forced the cylinders down & charged up their weapons.

"Final Wave!"

Doc & Vivi shot their blasters at MMPR Green & Omega, then Joe & Robin slashed at Samurai & Gold, then marvelous shot & slashed at Quantum, defeating them & turning them back into Ranger Keys. Marvelous then turned around & held his sabre out.

"Basco! It's over."

"Not quite, sorry. And you were so close too," he said.

"Huh?" Marvelous wondered, then explosions went off behind him, damaging the others.

Marvelous looked behind him & saw Robo Knight, MMPR White, In Space Silver, the Lunar Wolf Ranger, the Drago Ranger, & the Mercury Ranger around the others. Joe tried to get up, but saw RPM Gold & Silver standing in front of him. They all looked around as the clones posed with their weapons. marvelous tried to get up, but the Samurai Gold Ranger kept him seated & Solaris Knight stood right behind him with his lamp. The other four started to fight the clones around them.

"Turns out I had more than five Ranger Keys!" Basco said as Kairi started hopping right next to him.

"Basco!" Marvelous exclaimed, then got up. Samurai Gold then started to slash at him. & Solaris Knight joined in.

Mercury slashed Vivi, as did Drago, then they both did at the same time, causing her to topple over & demorph. Drago picked her head up & Mercury smacked her with his Drive Detector fast, then she was turned around.

Robin slashed at RPM Gold & Silver, but Gold caught one of her sabres, taking it out of her hand, then when she blocked Silver's Cloud Hatchet, Gold slashed her with its own one & when she stuttered back, silver slashed her, then they both did together, demorphing her. She was still standing, so they hit her again & sent her falling forward.

Doc fought Lunar Wolf & Silver Space. He managed to cartwheel-dodge their weapons, but when he was on the ground, they picked him up & slashed him several more times, sending him forward, demorphing. Lunar Wolf then kicked him down when he was in a seated position.

Joe was dealing with Robo Knight & MMPR White. When he clashed with White's sword, Robo Knight struck him with his sword, then it kicked Joe's sabre out of his hand & they slashed him. He then fell downwards & demorphed. He tried to reach his sabre, but White put its foot on his hand & Robo Knight put its foot on his head.

Marvelous still fought Samurai Gold & Solaris Knight, clashing blades with Gold. He then backed up & dodged the Knight's kick. He then saw everyone getting kicked around. First Joe. Then Robin. Then Doc. Then Vivi. He tried to run to help them, but Gold stopped him & when Marvelous tried to block, Gold slashed him in the torso & Solaris kicked him, which sent him back. They both lined up, then Solaris shot at him with his lamp & Gold slashed at him, sending energy attacks at him. Explosions cam all around him, then he fell to the ground.

Basco turned around & smirked at him.

"Okay, let's pull out of this mess!" he announced as the clones rounded up the other four. "You can have those, Marvie," he said, referring to the keys that they defeated.

"You were after my crew the whole time—!" Marvelous strained, trying to stand up.

"Bingo! Don't you remember? Can't gain something without getting rid of something else. It's the basic law of alchemy!" he said as his ship came down over them. "Oh, plus I gave these guys a power boost. You really stood no chance at all. See ya!" he turned around & walked towards his ship.

"Hold it—!" Marvelous yelled, but Basco & everybody were beamed aboard & the ship took off.

Marvelous was left standing there. He then demorphed & fell forward then hit the ground & yelled in frustration.

END