Power Rangers Animal Force Ep-3 "In Like a Lion" Part 3
Ding dong, The sound rings through the large house. Maria can hear the front door open from her room. She tries to listen to the voices talking but is unable to make anything out. Soon after giving up she hears a knock at her door. "Maria! You have a visitor," calls her father.
"At eight in the morning?" she complains. She stands up and forces herself to take a couple of painful steps. Right when she gets a hold of walking, she trips over some unpacked boxes.
"It's almost eleven sweetie, come on out," Mr. Moreno softly speaks. She pulls the door open with an attitude, expecting to see her father. She is surprised to see Ryan standing there as well.
"Oh, hi Ryan," she manages to speak. Mr. Moreno walks off leaving the two alone.
"I thought I'd, you know, show you around today," Ryan nervously mutters.
"Oh, of course, let me change real fast," says Maria.
"That's it,"
"What do you mean?"
"Look in the mirror," Ryan laughs. Maria walks down the hall and opens a door to see her brother unpacking.
"Knock much?" He asks.
"Oops, wrong room. Sorry," says Maria. Ryan laughs as she opens the door to the left of her brother's room. "What? I just moved in yesterday," Maria defends. She looks in the bathroom mirror to see half of her hair flat and the other have standing taller than the Eiffel Tower. "Oh Jesus," she says.
"You might as well take a shower," says Ryan.
"Go downstairs, I'll be out in ten," says Maria. She closes the door and Ryan smiles before turning around.
"Strike three, you're out!" shouts the Umpire. Jack throws his bat down and goes back into the dugout.
"Dude, what's wrong? Your game has never been this bad," says the coach.
"I know Coach Waters," says Jack, "I just have a lot on my mind,"
"Well get rid of it. One more out, and the game is over. If we want to go undefeated for the first time ever, we need to catch up,"
Jack sits down on a bench and drinks from his water bottle. "Rough night?" asks his friend.
"Yeah, Niall," says Jack.
"Maybe it's the extra weight?" guesses Niall but Jack is confused. Niall points to his morpher, "What is that thing anyway?"
"Uh, honestly I have no idea," Jack laughs.
"Niall, you're up," calls coach. Niall stands up and walks into the field.
In the park Ryan and Maria are sitting against a tree talking. "So how do you say cop?" asks Ryan.
"Policía," replies Maria, "Why do English people combine their words?"
"What do you mean?"
"I heard some people say don't. Mi papá said it was the same as do not,"
"Uh, well, I guess it is to make it shorter and easier," explains Ryan, "There is a word for it but I forget."
"Oh, well I 'do not' understand," says Maria with a laugh. Ryan laughs back. He looks at his watch and frowns.
"I may have to go home soon," says Ryan.
"Does the son of a cop have to check in?" Maria teases.
"It's because I'm adopted, the cop you met yesterday isn't my real dad."
"Oh. Well isn't Jenelle adopted too? I think she said so,"
"Who knows," They stand up and begin walking.
"Will you walk me home?" asks Maria, "I forget where to go,"
Ryan laughs, "Yeah, sure." They walk out of the park. That's when they hear a small explosion behind them. They turn around to see a giant caterpillar with arms and legs. The bug spits up poison in different directions. "I guess I'm not going home yet."
Ryan throws his arms to the side and shouts, "Ready?" Maria repeats his actions.
"Animal Force! Let's roar!" They shout corresponding with the hand movements. The two morph into the red and pink ranger.
"As noble as a hawk, Red Animal Ranger!"
"As focused as a mountain lion, Pink Animal Ranger!"
The monsters attention is then focused on the two rangers. Maria begins talking into her morpher, "We have a strange bug monster, please come to the park," she says calmly, "Now!" she finishes with no calmness.
Jenelle's voice booms over the speaker, "Be there in a few."
"I'm on my way," says Kirzan.
"I can't," says Jack, "I am in the middle of a game. I can't just ditch. I'm already sucking."
"Get here as fast as you can Jack," Ryan orders.
The two rangers take off at the monster. Before they can reach him the monster throws his right hand in the air and chants, "Karrionites!" A crowd of Crow-like creatures then appear and sprint after the rangers.
Maria slams her foot into the jaw of one. She then drops to a low sweep kick. A Karrionite grabs her by the shoulders, but she grips its wrist and flips it over her. She grips two of them by the neck and bangs them together. "Wow, I did not know I had this in me," she says to herself.
Ryan grabs the wings of one of them and does a back flip, kicking it and one behind him in the head. He elbows one in the face, and then kicks another in the gut. He grabs a Crow by the neck and twists. "Maria, are you okay?" he calls to her rhetorically.
The morphed Jenelle and Kirzan come running to their aid. Jenelle immediately begins punching various Karrionites. She roundhouse kicks two of them in the head. She punches another in the stomach. Kirzan places his right foot into the neck of one of the Karrionites, her then turns and places his forearm under the chin of another behind him. He sends his free hand into it, then he does a mid air spin, pulling his right foot out and hitting with his left. He talks into his morpher saying, "Jack, get your butt up here!" He then immediately continues fighting.
With Jenelle and Kirzan dealing with the Karrionites, Ryan and Maria go into combat with Leevy. Simultaneously, the two leap at the monster landing their feet into his sides. They bounce off of him with a back flip.
"Do you really think that hurt?" The monster says in a whispered voice. The monster spits the acid out at the colored beings but they are able to leap out of the way.
"Do you really think that hit?" Maria mocks.
"No, but this will," says the monster. He spits another blob of acid and it lands on Maria. The force of it knocks her to the ground. She begins to shake out of control.
"Are you ok?" asks Ryan running over to her. She quickly grabs his neck with her right hand.
"I'm fine," she says in a low voice. She throws Ryan into a wall and stumbles up to her feet. "But you're not."
"Uh, Kirzan," Ryan yells, "I'm going to need you to take care of the bug. I got my own problem."
"Okay," says Kirzan, "Maybe if Jack was here we would have an easier time."
Ryan stands up and takes off after Maria. He swings his right hand at her but she blocks it by grabbing his arm. She takes her free hand and slams it into his torso.
"I don't want to hurt you," says Ryan.
"That's okay," says Maria, "You won't," She leaps onto him and throws punches at his face.
"Strike three, you're out!" calls the announcer, "The Lions win!" Half the crowd goes wild at the announcement. The other half begin to get ready to leave. Coach Waters walks up to Jack.
"I want you to come back to my place and practice. I'll drive you home later," He says.
"I can't," says Jack, "I, uh, have somewhere to be." A low voice booms over the speakers.
"All citizens are to evacuate the city. Downtown is being attacked. Evacuate the city now." People begin running.
"Come on, I'll get you out," says Coach Waters.
"No, I, uh, have to find my mom. I'll ride with her," says Jack.
"Fine, but be safe." Coach Waters takes off towards the parking lot. Jack runs to the concession stand. He goes behind it and looks around to see if anyone is around. After assuring himself he throws his left hand to the side. He then does the quick hand movements while calling, "Animal Force! Let's roar!" The morphing sequence takes place, and he appears inside the yellow suit. He takes off running.
Once he arrives at the fight scene, he can see every ranger—excluding Maria—on the ground.
"I'm here!" He shouts.
"You're a little late," Maria says. She kicks Ryan, and begins walking to Jack. When they meet face-to-face she says, "You cannot defeat Master Scorchius," She pulls back her fist, but before she can send it forward she shakes and falls. Behind her, Kirzan stands holding his blaster out in the direction of her.
"And now to finish off the monster," says Kirzan.
The four rangers get into formation.
"With the power of the hedgehog," Kirzan says with a pose.
"With the power of the hawk," Ryan says also posing.
"With the power of the jaguar," Jenelle repeats.
"With the power of the tiger," Jack finishes.
Simultaneously, the put their feet together, and pulls their hands to the left side of their head. They then put their hands forward, and open them up, but keeping their wrists connected. A spirit of their animals—the Hawk, Jaguar, Hedgehog, and Tiger—rip out of their hands and begin sprinting at the monster. They absorb into him. The monster explodes.
In the meteor, Astral confronts Scorchius, "Leevy was destroyed. Shall I maximize him?"
"No," says Scorchius, "Not yet. We must give the rangers a false sense of safety. He will carry out another attack soon."
"Yes sir," she says retreating out of the room.
The rangers look over to Maria. They watch her force herself to her feet. She is forced to de-morph. She turns around to face the rangers. "What happened?" she asks. The rangers smile, and take off towards her, embracing her in a hug.
NOTES
-The end was kind of rushed but here it is.