Ep. 12: Know Your Enemy
Episode(s) Adapted: Clash! Sentai vs. Sentai (激突！戦隊VS戦隊)
"Previously on Pirate Crew…"
"The crew set forth to find another power of the past teams, unaware they were to be met by Marvelous' old 'friend' Basco. In order to steal the ranger keys from Marvelous & the others, Basco laid a trap by unveiling a surprise. He had ranger keys of his own of the Sixth Rangers. Unveiling a surprise of their own, the others joined Marvelous in his fight against Basco & the ranger key clones so he could deal with Basco more directly. Unfortunately, after they defeated the clones, even more appeared & really wore them down. Outmatched & out classed, Basco kidnapped the others & left Marvelous the 5 ranger keys as a trade. What will Marvelous do next to get them back?"
Marvelous was typing on the computer console.
"What do we do!? What do we do!? What do we do!?" Navi said, freaking out.
"Shut up!" Marvelous told him, typing more. "It's no good...I can't track their Mobirates..." he said, slamming his fist on the console.
"Don't you remember? Can't gain something without getting rid of something else," Basco's voice came through in his mind.
He walked over to the new ranger keys he had on the table & roughly pushed them off it. His Mobirate then rang. He answered.
"Hello, Marvie. How ya doing?"
"Basco..."
(Basically where the theme song would go. If I had one)
"Basco. You haven't messed with my crew, have you?"
It went to Basco's ship. Kairi had their Mobirates on a necklace. Basco was sitting in his chair, the rangers sat behind the chair tied up.
"Of course not! You wanna say hi?"
"Marvelous!" Vivi said.
"Marvelous!" Doc said.
"We're fine. Just a little tied up. Nobody's hurt," Robin said.
"For now..." Joe added.
Basco got up & then chuckled at him. He then kicked him in the chest.
"My bad, my leg just went & slipped!" he said. "Terribly sorry. So, Marvie, fancy a trade? The four of them, in exchange for everything that I'm rightly owed."
"What!?"
"All the Ranger Keys, the Galleon, & Navi. Everything you'd need to find the greatest treasure in the universe, savvy? Simple enough, right?" Marvelous was silent. "Oh? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear..." he said, softly. "Not sure of what to do, Marvie? Actually, I don't care either way. If this exchange doesn't work out, I'll just think up something else. I'll turn this lot over to the Armada. I'll at least get the bounty, that way. I'll give you a bit of time to consider it. I'm looking forward to your answer. Until then…"
Marvelous closed his Mobirate.
"Marvelous…" Navi said as he sat in his chair, then slammed his fist on the armrest.
It went back to Basco & the others as he closed his Mobirate.
"Wow, you're a surly looking bunch," he said, turning to look at the others.
"It's his dream to get the greatest treasure in the universe…" Joe said. "He swore an oath to someone important to him. There's no way he'd abandon his dream!"
"Then he just needs to forsake you all. Can't get something, without forsaking something else. The law of alchemy applies to everything, even you."
"Yeah…" Robin started. "You're right. Say Basco, why don't I work for you?"
"Robin?" Vivi questioned.
"Well, I don't wanna die! So I'll choose to survive, by forsaking Marvelous," she added, standing up.
"Robin…" Vivi said again, then Robin gave an "ok" sign with her hands.
"Right? So…"
"Very good, then!" he said, putting his hand on her shoulder, then bend forward & whispered in her ear. "Did you honestly think I'd say that?" he bent back away from her ear. "Terribly sorry, but I have trouble trusting people."
"Trouble trusting? Why?" Vivi asked.
"'Why?' Imagine if you end up trusting someone like me," he said, sitting in his chair. "You'd lose a whole lot, wouldn't you? Just like Marvie…Kairi! Throw them in the brig, would you?"
Kairi walked over to them & got Joe & Doc to their feet. She dragged them along, Vivi got to her feet as well & they began walking.
"Hey!"
It then showed them in the brig. Robin was struggling with the chains on her wrists.
"Man!" she said, kicking the wall, then sat down.
"To consider trust purely by a measure of gains & losses…" Vivi said.
"I am not gonna let that scum wreck Marvelous' dream," Joe whispered.
"But Marvelous will try & bargain for us," Doc said.
"We need to escape before that happens," Robin said. "That's our only option."
They all nodded & Doc got up. He began trying to get Kairi to come over to them by making monkey noises. Kairi was busy peeling a banana to eat.
"Say, Doc...is this really gonna get us anywhere?" Robin asked.
"I dunno, but if we can get her on our side, she might open the cell," he answered.
"Doesn't seem too interested," Joe said.
"Don't jump to conclusions! Since we can't use our own limbs, we have to do something."
"Well said! I shall assist you," Vivi said.
"You better not!" Robin said, pushing her back a bit as she started to get near the door.
Doc made louder noises.
"The monkey—!"
Kairi came up to him & then smacked the peel on his forehead, then ran off. Doc then walked forward & slipped on the peel.
"Hey, wait!" he said.
"So stupid," Robin said.
"No...at least the monkey's gone now," Joe said, then walked over to the corner of the cell. He pointed out an air vent.
They pushed themselves through the vent. First Joe, then Vivi, then Robin, then Doc.
"This is harder…than I thought!" Robin said.
"Robin! Watch your feet!" Doc said as she accidentally kicked him in the face. "Ow!"
Joe kicked the vent bars off & they came out in a storage room.
"We're out! Doc!" Robin exclaimed as he had landed on her. "Get off!" he rolled off her.
Joe tried to walk out the door, but when it opened, Basco was on the other side.
"Hey, nice work!" he said, pointing his blaster at him.
The others were still on the floor, Doc & Vivi fell to their sides.
"Marvelous…" Navi said. Marvelous opened the key chest, putting the 5 new keys in it, then looked at them. The camera highlighted the red MMPR key.
He thought back to a time before he joined the Red Pirates…
He was fighting some X-Borgs in a warehouse on a distant planet. He managed to slice them down one at a time. He then used his sword to open a crate & saw lots of golden coins & other valuables. He reached in & grabbed a handful of coins.
"Nothing but the cheap stuff, as usual…" he said, putting them back. He looked again & saw the red MMPR key.
"What's this?" he asked, picking it up.
"Would you kindly give that to me?" the Red Spirit asked, appearing behind him. He turned around.
"The Armada? Nah, couldn't be. Who're you?"
"I'm branded as a pirate, at the moment."
"Ah, another professional!" he said, walking towards him. "So, this yours or something?" he said, holding the key up.
"No, but I need it."
"I see. Then I'd better not give it to you," he said, then ran at him, slashing at him, then doing a flip as he dodged.
Red then used his fists, disarming him by flipping his sword up in the air, then catching it. He pointed Marvelous' sword at him.
"Ya got me," Marvelous said, then Red lowered the sword. He handed him the key. "Here, it's yours."
"This isn't what you wanted, is it?" he asked Marvelous. "What do you want?"
"Nothing in particular,…but I think the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy would be something worth looking for. You're a pirate, so you've heard about it, right? Meh, it's probably just a legend."
"It's not just a legend," Red said, throwing the sword on the ground. "If you give up, then you can never get it," he added, then walked the other way. Marvelous looked at him. Red stopped, then looked back at him. "It's your decision to make," he said as a pirate flag came rising up behind him & the Galleon was revealed. Marvelous walked towards him, looking at it.
It went back to the present as he walked forward, then turned around & looked at the living area, picturing his friends.
"If you give up, then you can never get it…It's your decision to make."
He clenched his fist.
"That's right…" he said. "I'm the one calling the shots."
It went back to the others as Basco put them back in the cell, a big 'Keep Out' sign on the vent with red tape forming an 'X.'
"You lot made a pretty good effort! That was a fun little diversion," Basco said. His Mobirate rang. "There he is, there he is!" he answered. "Hello hello? Marvie?"
"I'm going to bring what you're looking for to the location I'm about to tell you," Marvelous said, holing on to the chest. "And you bring my crew."
The others heard.
"Thanks, come again!" Basco said, then hung up. "So, that's that. Good for you."
"'To gain something, you must forsake something else…'" Vivi said.
"Marvelous...he'd sacrifice his dream for us…" Doc said.
Joe slammed his head against the wall.
The ships sat by, floating in the air, as Marvelous & Basco stood n the ground.
"Marvelous…" Doc said, walking forward a bit & Kairi pushed him back.
"Don't look so depressed," Marvelous said, holding the chest.
"Thanks a bunch!" Basco said. "Now, why don't we take a look inside of the treasure chest?"
Marvelous held the chest in front of him & opened it, showing the keys.
"All right, now if you'd kindly put it down & back off."
Marvelous closed the lid.
"Oh, I'm not giving this to you."
"So, you'll abandon them?"
"No. I'm taking my crew back."
"Listen here, Marvie…Trying to gain something without giving anything up...That's not possible."
"You think I care? I take everything I want for my own. That's what it means to be a pirate."
The others looked at him, then he threw the chest high up at them. The chest flipped over & the lid came open, letting the keys out, but also his Mobirate.
"I get it...Doc!" Joe said, kicking Doc in the back of his leg, giving him a Charlie Horse.
"Ow!"
Doc lunged forward with his mouth open, catching the Mobirate with his mouth. Kairi tried to get him, but Robin tripped her. Vivi then bit her hand, making her let go of the chain. Marvelous slashed at Basco, distracting him. Joe caught the Green Samurai key in his mouth. Doc then looked his way, then Joe put the flipped key in the slot on the morpher & turned it, turning Doc into Samurai Green.
"Power Swish!"
"Samurai!"
He changed & used the spin sword to bat Kairi away as the chains on him ripped away. Vivi & Robin turned around & hie slashed their chains off. Marvelous slashed at Basco more, who dodged his attacks. Basco then caught his arm, then pushed him away. He then saw Kairi being launched at him. Doc held the necklace with the Mobirates.
"Nice job!" Robin said as she & Vivi took theirs back. Joe stood there, still chained.
"You're as reckless as usual," Doc said to Marvelous , who stood there with his sabre over his shoulder.
"Forget somebody?" Joe said as Vivi ran up to Marvelous.
"But...it suits you, Marvelous," she said.
"What were you gonna do if we didn't catch on?" Robin asked,
"I figured you guys would catch on," he said.
"Well, yeah," Joe said, walking up next to him & handed him his mobirate back.
"My, my...what an unexpected twist," Basco said. "Oh, well…" he said, getting his trumpet. He inserted more keys & blew into it, summoning the clones.
From left to right, RPM Gold, MMPR White, Solaris Knight, Lunar Wolf, & Mercury.
He then inserted more & summoned them.
From left to right, RPM Silver, Robo Knight, Samurai Gold, Silver Space, & Drago.
They all stood right next to each other, as Basco was right behind them.
"Marvelous...we're gonna grab all of those, right?" Robin asked.
"He. You know it," he said, flipping up 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!"
Marvelous drew his blaster.
"Let's make it showy!" he exclaimed & they all shot at the clones. The clones started charging & they did as well.
Vivi was dealing with Mercury & Drago, Doc had Silver Space & Lunar Wolf, Marvelous had Samurai Gold & Solaris Knight, Joe had MMPR White & Robo Knight & Robin had RPM Gold & Silver.
Basco walked through the battle.
"Now if you excuse me, I'll get these Ranger Keys…" Navi popped up with a few keys in his mouth.
"Heave, ho, heave, ho, last one!" he said as he fastly put all of the keys back in the chest. "Goodbye!" he exclaimed as he closed the chest & flew it back up to the Galleon
"Blimey, Navi…Dedicated, aren't ya?" Basco said.
"Of course!" Navi answered from a distance.
Marvelous shot at Solaris Knight, who blocked the shots with its cape, then shot at him with its lamp. Marvelous deflected the shots, then Samurai Gold came in & he slashed at it. Gold then tried to use the Barracuda Blade, but Marvelous blocked its strikes.
Joe dealt with his two on a hill & so did Doc on a lower plain. He rolled around as Lunar Wolf tried to swing at him, then got up & ran a few steps, then turned around & saw Lunar Wolf & Silver Space about to swing at him. He blocked them, then Wolf swung at him again. Joe then got close to the edge MMPR White tried to jump & swing at him, but he blocked the sword & fell to the ground, letting White somersault.
Vivi was with her two & Robin with hers, but on a higher level. RPM Gold & Silver tried to strike her with their Cloud Hatchets, but she blocked them. She then stepped on Silver's arm, then twisted her leg over her. Gold then tried to get her, but she sidestepped the attack. Silver then swung at her, connecting with her sabre & sparks flew, then Gold did the same, only striking her, then she went rolling down the dirt hill.
"Ow... hey!"
Drago tried to swing at Vivi, but she deflected it & sent him flipping to the side. mercury went behind her & she used her sabre to defend from them as Robin came in to view. Vivi then got struck away & sent tumbling.
"Vivi!" Robin said, seeing, then looked back to see Gold & Silver jumping at her.
She defended herself against their strikes, then kicked Mercury away from Vivi.
"Hey, out of the way!" she kicked Drago away too.
"You okay?" she said, lowering herself to Vivi.
"Robin…" they both stood up.
"Let's do it."
"Right."
Vivi jumped in the air, spinning as Robin used the sabre's whips. Vivi shot at them while Robin slashed them. They got Gold & Silver down, then jumped at Drago & Mercury, then slashed them twice each, reverting them to keys.
"Two down!" Robin said as they ran at Silver & Gold.
"Indeed," Vivi agreed as they slashed them
"All right!" Doc said as he took the grappling hook & swung it at Silver Space & Lunar Wolf. It wrapped around them. "Like this, & like that, & like this…Gotcha!" he said, twisting the rope around his waist, then went to get his weapons, but they pulled him away before he could grip them.
"Whoops! Hey, wait a second!"
Joe saw, then jumped all the way to them & slashed the clones. Doc untied himself.
"Joe!" he exclaimed, getting his weapons.
"Darn it…" Joe said as Doc somersaulted towards him, then they shot at MMPR White & Robo Knight, who were blown away. They got up & charged at the other two.
They both slashed them several times, then they reverted to key form. They ran at the other two.
Marvelous was still dealing with Samurai Gold & Solaris Knight. He slashed, then shot at Gold, then Solaris Knight shot a blast at him & he saw & dodged it. He then clashed blades with Gold, but Solaris jumped up at him & tried to kick him, but he made Gold switch places with him, having the kick land on it instead. Solaris somersaulted & Marvelous deflected its blasts as it rolled, then shot at it & deflected more blasts when it tried to shoot him. He then kicked it away. Gold then jumped over it & came at him. Marvelous clashed blades a few times, then shot it & slashed it twice, reverting it to key form. He then charged at Solaris, who tried to shoot him, but he deflected the blasts, then kicked it away & shot it. It then rolled down a rock hill & they all lined up.
"Let's do it!"
"Yeah!"
He popped up the cylinders, then got keys out. Solaris got up as the other clones left joined it & the rangers twisted the keys & forced the cylinders down.
"Final Wave!" they all charged up.
They all blasted, then slashed, sending an energy attack right at the clones, reverting them to key form.
"Marvie's gotten a bit more rugged than he used to be," Basco said, standing on a hill above them. "I'll leave them be for today. Kairi!" Kairi stood right next to him & he twisted a lock on her torso, then opened a door, revealing a monster. "Bring him about!" he exclaimed as the water came rushing out.
"Something popped up!" Doc said, cowering behind Marvelous.
"This is Aguo (Aug-whoa), the Liquidroid. Show him a good time, would you? Bye!" he said, then walked off.
"Hold it!" Marvelous said.
"Wait!" Vivi said.
The monster then shot at them with electric waves, enveloping them in explosions.
"Better deal with this first…" he said, getting out the morpher.
5-5-0-1
"Red Galleon!"
"Pirate Combination! Megazord, ready!"
The monster tried shooting them with more electricity as the Megazord came down. The Megazord then came at it & tried to strike it, but it dodged. They tried some more, but no luck.
"Quit dodging!" Robin exclaimed.
The Megazord then tried to slash it, but it caught the blades. it then stretched its arms, forcing them back.
"Aguo, right?" Robin started. "You're pretty tough!"
"He's more powerful...that you'd expect!" Vivi said as she struggled to turn her wheel.
"If pushing won't cut it, then we'll pull," Joe said.
"Sounds good," Marvelous said, letting go of his wheel, causing the Megazord to jump & be pushed away. The monster then fell on its face. The Megazord had its cannon out.
"And now let's push 'em back!" Doc said, then they fired on it as it got up, then was pushed back. "We've got a lot more where that came from!" he said, holding up his Samurai & Wild Force keys.
Marvelous held his Wild Force key.
"Ranger Key, set!"
"Red Lion!"
"Let's go! Samurai formation, ready!"
The monster then got up.
"Enough playing around. Let's do it!" Marvelous exclaimed.
"Giant Fire Smasher! Pirate Samurai Strike!" they spun their wheels & the Megazord then slashed the monster.
They were sailing through the air.
The new keys were sitting on the table. Robin picked one up.
"We didn't find a new ultimate power, but we got 15 new Ranger Keys!" she said, excited. Joe picked one up & she got another.
"Looking back, maybe Navi's prophecy wasn't about an ultimate power, but about these keys," he said.
"It sure was!" Navi said.
"Sorry, guys…" Marvelous said as he looked out a window. They all looked at him. "I dragged you into this mess."
"What are you babbling about?" Joe asked. Marvelous looked at him. "It's not like this is the first time…" Joe added, looking at the key in his hand.
"He's right. We're used to it," Doc said.
"Every day is quite stimulating. It's very fun," Vivi added. "Right?" she asked Navi, who was in her lap.
"Yup! She's right," Navi said.
"If we get fed up, we're just gonna leave. So, don't mind us," Robin said.
"Now, let's eat!" Doc said, standing up & walking towards the kitchen.
"What's for dinner?" Robin asked, following him.
"What is it?" Vivi asked as she & Joe got up too.
"Well, I was thinking about doing a special salad mix…"
Marvelous turned around, smiling.
"Forget the salad! I want steak! Steak!"
"But I wanted to try it out!"
"Thank you all…" he said quietly, then walked towards them.
"Think about the dietary value in—"
"Steak!"
Basco sat down in the chair on his ship.
"Well played, Marvie," he said. "But…" he took out more keys from his jacket pocket. "I guess I had more!" he said, then laughed.
END