A/N: Today on Power Rangers, the rangers run into the law. The law of the future. The time era stranded former SPD rangers arrest the 5 for a crime they didn't commit. All the meanwhile, another one of Zedd's monsters is running amok causing trouble. Will the rangers get out of jail to stop this new monster? Find out today on Power Rangers Universe!
Location: Ice Cream Parlor
Time: 5:50 PM
Date: May 4, 2013
The rangers, Link, and Mark are enjoying some ice cream while wearing Star Wars costumes. Link and Mark are C-3P0 and R2-D2, David and Mikey are Chewbacca and Han Solo, and John and Casey are Luke and Leia. Danni did not dress for the occasion, but she is looking a bit pale and wearing a dark hoodie, so we can assume she's Emperor Palpatine.
"Hey Danni, you okay? You look really, really pale." John asks. "I'm fine, child." She answers in a scratchy, calm voice. "She is Palpatine!" David smiles. "Yup!" She yells in her normal voice. 5 suspicious looking figures wearing similar outfits waltz in. The 5 even look similar to the rangers. The cashier looks at the 5 suspicious figures and then at the rangers. "Huh?" The cashier is confuzzled.
The 5 stand up and pull out laser guns. "Give us the money." The one dressed as Luke Skywalker demands. The cashier screams. He blasts a ray at the cashier, who dodges. The rangers stand up and kick the ray guns out of the other five's hands. Everyone but the rangers, the five potential criminals, Link, Mark, and the cashier evacuates.
The ten get into a brawl while the other 3 hide and call the cops. The ten fighting take the fight outside. The 5 potential criminals huddle together and make a monster. The rangers are surprised while Link freaks out inside.
The monster wasn't exactly a monster. It was more of a corrupt Rodian that had superpowers. "Zedd hired me to destroy you punks." The Rodian yells. "Copycat's the name."
"Well Copycat, you're never going to get paid then." John tells the Rodian. "It's morphin time!" The 5 teens morph into the Power Rangers. Copycat pulls out his gun faster than R. Kelly. "Universe Blasters!" John yells as their laser guns appear. "Universe Sword!" Mikey yells. "Nice job, Yellow. You brought a sword to a gun fight." Copycat sarcastically retorts.
Mikey switches to his Universe Blaster and John shoots Copycat, who dodges the ray. Copycat then shoots a more powerful ray at John, who gets demorphed because of that power. The other 4 rangers start to fight. Mikey shoots at Copycat. Copycat is injured a little bit. "There. Han shot first." David says.
The four charge at the Rodian with their Universe Swords, but he pushes them away. "Let's get in gear!" David yells. "How terribly corny." Casey tells him. From then on, they use the RPM ranger flash drives. They use the tire cuffs to further injure Copycat. Copycat shoots some more and demorphs the rest of the rangers. He is about to kill them, but then, police cars' sirens start wailing. "Bye for now."
Out of the police car steps a scaley, bipedal dog; an African American man with dreds and a jacket with some red on it; and a woman with long, dark hair and a similar jacket with some yellow on it. "Space Patrol Delta." The woman says as she and the dog show identification. She is Elizabeth "Z" Delgado. The dog is Anubis "Doggie" Cruger. The African American is Jack Landors. "You are under arrest for attempted robbery." Anubis points at John.
"No no no no no. This is all a big misunderstanding!" David flails his arms in front of his face. He is, unfortunately, cuffed. "This is no misunderstanding. A worker at this Ice Cream Parlor specifically said that 5 figures dressed up as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Han Solo, and Emperor Palpatine were attempting to rob the Ice Cream Parlor." Anubis explains.
"You don't understand Mr. Cruger!" David yells. "Commander Cruger." Anubis barks. "Commander Cruger." David cowers. "He's right, Commander." John says. "We were fighting with an alien that Zedd hired to destroy us. I'm not sure if you noticed, but we're the Power Rangers." "I've noticed as well. That's how the Universal Morphing Grid works. See a ranger in his or her civilian identity, you automatically know it's a ranger."
"Then why are you arresting us?"
"You still attempted to steal from this Ice Cream Parlor using lethal, alien technology."
"But it was one of Zedd's creeps. He can copy the appearance of anything."
"I am not hearing it! Get in the car. Nothing bad will happen on the way."
The 5 enter the police car. They car drives off. Inside the parlor, Link, Mark, and the cashier pop up from behind the bar. "Shouldn't we have told the cops the truth?" Mark asks. "Too late now." Link says. "Yes. Too late. I'm sorry guys." The cashier says. "Maybe you should tell me the truth then." A voice orders.
The three look up to see Jack.
Location: Underground Prison
Time: 6:20 PM
The underground prison is actually SPD's time traveling space ship. You see, this is the SPD we all know and love. The ones from 2025. Or at least in this case, 2027. "You don't understand it was a Rodian by the name of Copycat! He nearly robbed the place!" Mikey yells.
"Until this Rodian comes along, you're being kept under our surveillance." Commander Cruger tells the 5. Mikey continues to yell, "Get me outta here!" Everyone ignores him. David looks around. He only sees Cruger and Bridge. "Um. Isn't there more of you?" He asks over Mikey's pleas.
"Syd and Sky went out to get food, Z went to the bathroom, and I have no idea where Jack is. Oh, and Sam and Kat went with Sky and Syd." Bridge explains. "I'm going to go work on the bug in our time travel system." Commander Cruger tells Bridge. "Watch over them." "Yes sir."
Cruger walks away, and Bridge finishes buttering his toast. "Does anyone want any toast? It's buttery!" He wiggles his fingers. Danni wiggles her fingers, but with a confused look on her face. "So, you're all past rangers?" John asks. "Yeah." Bridge answers with his mouth full.
"Well, not really yet. I'm going to be a Power Ranger. In the future. I'm going to be the Green Ranger. And then the Blue Ranger. Then the Red Ranger, but back to Green once we go back in time to help fight this Alternate Universe Zedd." John scratches his head. "That. Was confusing."
"We can get one phone call right?" Casey asks. "Yeah, I guess so. If that's how 2013 does it. Sure." Bridge gives Casey a wired telephone. She dials a number.
Location: Ice Cream Parlor
Time: 6:27 PM
"I see. Cruger's a hardcase, so you can't really get it through him until he sees it. Luckily, I've seen Copycat a few times before. So I believe you." Jack tells the three. Link's phone rings. It's an unknown number. "Just let voicemail get it." Mark tells Link. "Konichiwa! You have-u reached Rinku Hayate. Porease reave a message after the beep." Voicemail Link says. It beeps.
"Link! You have to help us get out of here! You need to pay the bail of $600! Help us Link, you're our only hope." Casey says. "Hey, is Jack there?" Bridge asks. "I'm leaving a message."
"Oh, well, Jack, if you're there, Commander Cruger needs help with reconfiguring some of the wires here. Hurry up." Casey hangs up. "Do you guys want to go see a spaceship?" Jack asks. "Of course!" The three teens yell. "Worker, you stay here." Jack erases the worker's memories and leaves.
Once outside, Link's phone rings again. It's Casey. "Casey? Didn't you justo carr?" Link asks. "I was about to, but stupid 80s phone broke." Casey tells him. "Then it was a trap to get us out of the Ice Cream Parlor." Jack figures.
"Who's that scoreaming in the background?"
"It's Mikey. Ignore it."
"Jack, there's someone near your area. I'm picking up the bio signals of Sky, Syd, Sam, and Kat." Bridge explains. "Z and I will be on our way. The Commander will keep watch over the current rangers. Well, past for us."
"Roger that. Hurry up." Jack says. Z Putties appear. "We'll hold them off. Find your team!" Mark yells. "They should-o be near." Link finishes. "Here are the coordinates to the spaceship!" Jack yells as he tosses something to Link. "Arigato!" Jack runs to find his team. Z and Bridge arrive on their Delta Cruisers. "Hop on!" Z orders Jack.
Location: Warehouse District
Time: 6:47 PM
"Ah, there's the rest of you. Nice to meet you again red ranger." Copycat crosses his arms. "Let them go, Copycat!" Jack yells. "So the rangers were right." Z contemplates. "Yes. They were. If you want me to release them, hand in your Delta Morphers." Copycat bargains. "Don't do it guys!" Sam yells.
"We can always be replaced." Sky continues. "Is that would your father would've wanted if this were his team?" Jack asks. "My father valued his team like a family! He never would get them replaced! Of course he wouldn't hand in his morpher! He would find a way to save his team without the bargain!" Sky yells. "I have an idea." Bridge says. He whispers the idea in Jack and Z's ears.
"Well, what's it going to be?" Copycat asks. Jack, Z, and Bridge hand in their Delta Morphers. "Good choice." He lets the other rangers go. The rest of the SPD team, sans Cruger, join the former red, green, and yellow rangers. "Why did you have to do that?" Syd asks. "Don't you three remember?" Kat asks.
"Now, with this, I can become the red ranger to destroy the world. I will become the next evil ranger for Galactic Overlord Zedd!" Copycat holds up the Red Ranger Delta Morpher. "SPD! Emergency!" Copycat attempts to morph, but nothing happens. "There's your other way, Sky." Jack tells Sky.
"Why isn't anything happening?" The Rodian yells. "The ranger powers in those Delta Morphers were drained out during the War, if you hadn't remembered." Jack explains. "Agh! You've made me very angry!" Copycat multiplies himself enough times to match the number of rangers there. The SPD rangers fight the corrupt Rodian and his clones.
After a few minutes of fighting, Copycat gains the upperhand. He is about to shoot the former SPD rangers until his gun is shot out of his hand. "Han still shoots first." Mikey quips. "Ah, Power Rangers. Weren't you arrested?" Copycat asks. Commander Cruger steps up. "Copycat. You are guilty as charged. Arrest him." Cruger orders the Universe rangers. Link and Mark appear from behind Anubis, chuckling.
Location: Underground Prison
Time: 6:32 PM
"We'll be back later." Z tells the rangers and Cruger. Mikey continues to yell. "Commander Cruger, you have to let us out! We can help them." John pleas. "No. Now, we're going to watch the professionals at action with the use of security cameras." Cruger tells the 5. They look at the screen and see Bridge, Z, and Jack arriving at the Warehouse District.
Link and Mark arrive. "Copycat probably has the other former rangers captured." Mark gasps for air. "You have to ret them go!" Link yells. "Why should I trust you? For all I know, you could be accomplices to the crime." Cruger snarls.
"Agh! You've made me very angry!" Copycat multiplies himself enough times to match the number of rangers there. The rangers and the clones fight. They are shown to be losing the battle. "See that? That's your team. We could help them. They're going to lose if you don't let us go." Casey begins.
"You know that without them, you can't bear to live on." David continues. "What if that was your wife fighting to protect everyone? Wouldn't you want to help? But you know you couldn't because you're preoccupied and once you get there, it's too late. We want to get there before it's too late." Danni cries.
"The future needs these rangers. The future is in safe hands with these rangers. The timeline doesn't want this group of rangers to die because if they die, something might happen in the future." John finishes.
Anubis lets the 5 out, while Mikey is still yelling. Casey gets all up in his face. "Mikael, it's open." He stops yelling and looks around. "Oh."
Location: Warehouse District
Time: 6:40 PM
"And then a few minutes later, we morphed and teleported here. The end." David concludes. "So, he finally trusts them." Jack smirks. "You'll be fighting us now." John taunts. "Fine. Let's do this." Copycat and his clones charge at the Universe rangers while the SPD rangers, Link, and Mark escape.
The Universe rangers transform into the SPD rangers using the SPD Ranger Flash Drives. Anubis nods his head. They use swords, guns, and hand-to-hand combat to defeat him. They then use the Delta Max Blaster to contain Copycat.
They transform back into the Universe rangers. The SPD Flash Drives glow. "So, does he go into the future or to the underground prison?" Mark asks Anubis. "Underground prison. Sending him to the future will cause some disruption in the time stream." Anubis answers.
Location: Underground Prison
Time: 7:52 PM
"You've done well." Sky tells the 5 teens. "We trust that you use our powers for good, or else we're going to have a problem." Jack smirks. "We're not exactly sure what our grand power is, but use it well." Syd winks. "Don't get into more trouble." Z pushes David's forehead. "They probably will." Sam says. "They're rangers after all." Anubis agrees.
"Do you have our ranger flash drives?" Kat asks as she points to herself, Anubis, and Sam. "I've deduced that the only way for us to get back to 2027 is for the ranger flash drives to be inserted into the ship's main controls." "I don't think so. Sorry." John apologizes. "We'll find them. I'm sure of it." Danni optimizes.
Bridge comes from the kitchen. "All right, who wants toast? It's extra buttery!" He wiggles his fingers. "For the last time, Bridge..." Syd angrily says. "NO!" Everyone else chants. "Acturry." Link grabs some toast. For some reason, everyone else starts to laugh.
Location: Zedd's Palace
Zedd is facepalming in his throne. "I need a vacation." He grunts. His phone rings. "Hello?" He asks. "Father!" The voice answers.
A/N: I think everyone knows who Zedd is the daddy of. Oh, and whenever I write a tribute episode, I'm going to show the grand power in the next chapter/episode unless it's Alien Rangers or RPM.