It had been 24 hours since Keldor's dramatic reveal, and the Rangers were trying to get back to business as normal. So today, Tora was the one cooking. "Here you go.", she said as she served up everyone's meal. "I took extra care to meet each of your dietary needs when making this."

"Don't tigers have a poor sense of taste?", Luke asked. He then took a bite out of the meal served for him, and instantly changed his tune. "Because this actually tastes pretty good. You could open a restaurant."

"Well my mom does have one back on Cubalia.", Tora pointed out in response. "It would make sense that I've picked up a few things. I just don't do it very often."

"Then what's brought this about now?", Marina asked. "Feeling a bit nostalgic?"

"That, and I thought it would cheer everyone up." Tora nodded. Then she put the last plate on an empty seat. "But it only works if everyone's actually here. Where's Lenny?"

"It's funny that you were talking nostalgia before.", Johnny offered as an answer. "Because Grandma discovered a relic from her wild years in the garage and Lenny decided he'd check it out."

Trunks shrugged at this. "Well, if it helps stave off the boredom between battles, he can do whatever."


In the garage, Rose was indeed explaining her find to Lenny. "So with a motorcycle, instead of pedals that you continuously press against to generate motion, you use the handles the same way you'd perform the steering in a car. You then press on the pedals to accelerate as fast as you want. And the brake on the handles let you stop if you think you're going too fast."

"That's so cool.", Lenny said excitedly. "Can I take her out for a spin?"

"You could.", Rose pointed out. "But you'd have to wait a while. It hasn't been refuelled in years."

Tora then entered the room. "While you wait for it to refuel, I suggest you come and eat the meal I prepared just for you."

Lenny was shocked at this. "Wait, you cooked?"

"That's right.", Tora nodded. "And if you aren't in the dining room in 5 minutes, your dinner will be given to Manfred." Manfred was the zoo's main lion exhibit. He and Lenny notably didn't get along.

"Oh no you won't.", Lenny announced as he set off running to the dining room after her, while Grandma Rose stood there laughing.


Elsewhere, Savannah City's resident biker gang the Abyss Demons pulled into their usual hangout, where they saw two people waiting for them. "Hey, there's a guy and chick in our hangout.", one of them who answered to the name Tantrum said.

"I think I know that guy.", the gang's muscle Scrawny commented as he pointed at the male of the pair. "He works down at Mrs, Mack's place sometimes."

"Correction: I WORKED at Mrs. Mack's place sometimes.", Keldor corrected him. Since abandoning his identity as Adrien, he had now donned a leather jacket and jeans as his ensemble. "I got into a disagreement with my coworkers, and now they're after me. I need all of you to act as my bodyguards."

"Oh yeah?" Big Boss, the leader of the Abyss Demons, a middle-aged man with a prominent scar across his forehead, stepped forward. "Listen creep. Nobody but NOBODY walks in here and thinks he can boss around my crew." He reached forward to throw a punch.

But the woman of the two - who unbeknownst to all but Keldor was Metal Alice with a disguise kit and some reprogramming to make her able to assume different personas - stepped forth to block the punch with her bare hand. "Ain't nobody messes with the K-man while I'm around." She then released her grip and delivered a flying kick that sent Big Boss flying out of the building and into a rock. "Now then, it's your choice if you want to say no to our generous offer, gentlemen."

The gang members were now visibly nervous. "We-we'll do what you say.", Scrawny stated, with everyone else nervously nodding.

"That's good.", Keldor smiled. "Nice to see that some of you have brains. I look forward to making use of you."


Up on the Arrowhead, things had finally settled down since Keldor's sabotage the other day. "Are you sure you're alright, Lord Archris?", Cuborg asked.

"I'm fine.", was the snarled response he received. "The robot's attack barely pierced my skin. But Keldor's act of sabotage has ultimately deprived us of every soldier in my army."

"Not all of them.", Ignoblia stated as she entered with an alien with a large pompadour, dressed in a black leather outfit with large shoulders and legs, along with a butterfly-themed chest plate. "Radpunch here just so happened to arrive later than the rest. So he missed the massacre."

"Archris baby, that Keldor jerk like totally toppled our legions.", Radpunch stated. "Lemme go down to Earth an' I'll totally rebuild our band with some new dudes."

Archris was intrigued. "Are you saying that you can build us a new army from the humans?"

"Yeah. I can totally make humans into the Radpunch gang using my powers. Like a totally tubular social butterfly.", Radpunch answered.

"It might be fortuitous for us to send him to Earth.", Cuborg said to Archris. "After all, any lead we can get on Keldor is better than no lead."

Archris sighed. "Well, as of right now, he is the best soldier we have." He gestured for Radpunch to step onto the teleport. "But you'd better prove your worth, or face termination."

"Don't worry, my man. I totally won't let you down." Radpunch then stepped onto the pad, warping away.


Down on Earth, the Rangers had gone to a municipal park. "Is this… also part of the cheering up?", Marina asked.

"Partly.", Tora answered. "It's also my way of getting us to just hang out. You know, outside of lunch breaks or monster battles. We just sit here and take in the scenery of the park."

"You have to admit, it is something more relaxing than our usual fare.", Trunks said. "The vast greenery. People walking around without a threat to their lives in the air. It's just so… peaceful."


As if on cue, Radpunch appeared and blasted two women who were in the middle of a conversation. "So he said he called me, and then he never did."

"What a jerk.", the other said as the two of them were hit by the beam. After the light cleared, the two women were now wearing coloured headbands, leather jackets and spiked collars.

"You cats are the first I've invited to sit in on this mix.", Radpunch announced. He then conjured up three motorcycles to sit on, with the ladies mounting two of them, while he sat on the last one, giving it a butterfly themed windshield. "Now let's make the band totally bigger."


The Rangers heard the screams from nearby. "Well, so much for peaceful.", Luke commented. "It seems that the Hunters don't take days off."

"Well it seems that neither do we.", Johnny responded as he darted up off the bench. "Where is this guy?"

As if on cue, he got hit by one of Radpunch's beams, giving him a Mohawk, torn sleeves and a tattoo beneath his left eye. "Johnny?", Marina asked with confusion as she approached him. "What happened to you?"

"Aw, shaddup, hoe.", Johnny announced as he slapped her backwards. "I'm not gonna sit here and let you treat me like your little b-."

Marina was then hit by another beam, causing her to gain a leather sleeveless top, a blue headscarf and several large necklaces hanging down. "Hey, you think you've got game, boy?" She tore off a piece of wood off the bench. "Then how about you come at me?"

"Guys, what's wrong with you?" Tora asked as she ran into the fray between the two. "You're not acting like yourselves." Then she was hit with another beam, resulting in her hair growing out and becoming messier, fingerless leather gloves appearing on her fingers and her clothes becoming grimier. "You two need a leader to set ya straight. And I think I've got the strength to knock some sense into ya."

"Now now, kids. Let's totally not make a big fight out of this.", Radpunch said as he approached. "All you cool cats can join my club." He generated motorcycles for all of them."

"Hey, you.", Lenny called out as he strode over to the Hunter. "What do you think you're doing turning our friends into your flunkies?"

"I've got a large crew to build up, but you totally weren't invited to sit in, child.", Radpunch answered. "So fade."

"Oh yeah?", Lenny called out as he took out his Morpher, becoming the Lion Ranger, and striking a battle pose. "Let me show you this cat has bite."

"Ah, you're the cats we're supposed to deal with.", Radpunch as he flexed his arms. "Looks like I've gotta drop some science on y'all." He threw a punch at Lenny, who dodged and threw a flurry back at him. The Lion Ranger then moved out of the way as Radpunch tried attacking again, with Lenny launching one at the same time, resulting in the two connecting simultaneously. "Looks like we"re both spinning the same track."

"Yeah.", Lenny said in agreement. "We're too evenly matched. There has to be a better way."

Nearby, Trunks and Luke were trying to hold off the brainwashed Rangers. "You think there's a better way than fighting?", Trunks asked as Marina swung her wooden plank at him.

"Well whatever it is, I hope they come up with one soon.", Luke said as he tried defending from Tora's kicks and Johnny's punches.

"I'll tell you guys what.", Radpunch stated. "You'll get to see your friends back safe and sound if your cool cat here can beat me in a motocross race tomorrow. You pick the location, and I'll set the rules. But if you don't finish the run before me, then your friends here will say 'peace out'."

Trunks then moved forward and grabbed him. "How about we keep you on hand to ensure no funny business."

"Uh uh. I'm dropping out of this jam session.", Radpunch answered as he clicked his fingers, causing the gang he had assembled to teleport away. "I'll be back to check out the final mix." He then teleported out with them.

Luke sighed. "So in order to save our friends, we're putting all our eggs in the basket of Lenny somehow winning in motorcross.", he summarised. "You know I dreamed of living a quiet life once I got turned normal again."

"Relax, it shouldn't be a big deal. I just have to win this motocross race.", Lenny said confidently. "How hard can it be?" He then asked a question on his mind. "What's motocross?" Luke sighed, while Trunks facepalmed.

From the sides, Keldor had observed the whole thing. "So those two are having a race? This should be interesting.", he noted as he turned away. "Not to mention I could use it to further my plan."


Elsewhere, Radpunch had retreated to a racing track, with his crew handling both maintenance and timing his runs around said track. "3 minutes, 22 seconds.", Tora read off the stopwatch. "Not a bad time, boss."

"Yeah, but remember that this just a practice run.", Radpunch told her. "We still have no idea how the actual race will be mixed."

"Then allow me to add a new track to the record." Metal Alice appeared, initially still in disguise before reverting to normal. "My master has decided that he will join in your race, with the caveat that if you beat him, then he will turn himself in to Archris for execution." She then placed her hand on Johnny's back momentarily. "What do you say?"

"Hey?", Johnny hissed at her. "What was that about?"

"Oh nothing that concerns a mere biker.", Alice answered him.

"Eh, why not? I'll totally take on your man Keldor as part of the race. And like you said, if he don't beat me, then I let Archris beat him."

"It's a deal then." Alice then turned and teleported away.

Ignoblia soon teleported in a second later. "You fool.", she berated. "She knows where Keldor is currently. Why would you let her go?"

"Hey, the DJ spins the story in a way that pleases everyone.", Radpunch answered her. "I'm offering the Yellow Ranger a chance to get his little friends back, just as I'm giving Keldor a chance to try and escape again. But I don't intend to allow either of them to escape."

"You'd better not.", Ignoblia warned. She then turned away. "Perhaps it might be worth it to have another horse in this race, so to speak."


Back at the zoo house, Grandma Rose had fuelled up the bike. "Ok Lenny, I explained the basics to you earlier. Let's see what you've got."

"Ok." Lenny leapt on the bike and immediately put his foot down on the pedals, speeding off. "Whoah, how do you stop this thing?"

"Pull on the brakes.", Rose yelled out. "The lever next to the right handlebar." Lenny pulled the brakes suddenly, launching him forward into a tree. "This might take a while."

"Maybe I could look over the manual for this and help coach him.", Trunks suggested. "I might be able to give him some direction."

"That might not give you enough time." Keldor said as he stepped forward. "I know a thing or two, perhaps I can coach Lenny."

"You really expect us to trust you again?", Luke asked. "You spent months lying to everyone else. I barely know you, which doesn't give me a lot to go on."

"If you don't beat this guy, then he'll go after me next.", Keldor pointed out. "And you'll never get your friends back."

Trunks growled. "You do make a good point. Though I'm still reading the manual in case we need to make repairs during the race. And at the first sign of any funny business, I won't hesitate to have you meet the business end of my Rock Quaker, 'Adrian'."

"I understand.", Keldor nodded as he went over to Lenny, grabbing his hand. "Get up, Lion Boy. We have a lot to work on before tomorrow."

"That reminds me.", Luke realised. "We also need to pick a location for the race. Preferably one where Lenny has the advantage."

"I think I know a good place.", Grandma Rose realised.


And so, after a whole night and morning spent training and memorising the course, the three remaining Rangers with their minds intact set up a start line at the edge of the woods. "Alright Radpunch, we have a starting line!", Lenny called out. "Perhaps you'd like to go over the course."

As if on cue, Radpunch teleported down, along with his gang of brainwashed flunkies. "Right kids. I'm here on the floor. Now I'll sit back and watch while you spill the beans."

"The path is simple." Jeremy said as he brought up a map. "We start here, in the Savannah Woods, and then go straight for 1 and a half miles, before turning right and driving off the cliff. After landing on the rocky terrain beneath, the racers will then ride forward until they come to the river, and then drive alongside it for the next 5 miles. At that point, you'll drive up to the city limits, whereupon you'll head through the back alleys heading east until you reach the entrance to the woods, and then get back to the starting line by going 30 feet in."

"We'll be doing one lap around that whole course then.", Radpunch stated. "Ain't no way the three entrants' bikes will survive that sheer fall more than once."

Lenny was confused. "Wait, did you say 'three' entrants?"

"That's right.", Keldor stated as he and his gang appeared. He was now wearing his armour, while Alice had resumed her disguise. "I sort of agreed that Radpunch could bring me back to Archris for punishment if I lost against him in this race." He then waved his Anima Arm, creating copies of Dartshooter, Professor Nozu possessing Medullum, Poachhitter, Knockout, Lockup, Boomix, Wrestler and Sketchpest. "Which is why I'm entering multiple horses in this race."

"As are we." Ignoblia said as she stepped forward with Cuborg. "Cuborg here will also be in this race, representing our party."

Seeing all the aliens present, the biker gang Keldor had recruited turned and ran away. "Ah no, I didn't sign up for no ETs.", Scrawny stated.

"Cowards!", Alice called after them. "When the boss man's done here, he'll hunt down you dogs and make you pay."

Ignoblia then went over to Lenny. "Well, Lion Ranger. If you wish, you can also appoint a second member of your Ranger team to join you in this race."

"That's nice of you to offer, but everyone's busy with other duties.", Lenny answered.

"I'm the pit crew.", Trunks clarified.

"And the two of us will be providing the colour commentary.", Luke said as he indicated himself and Jeremy. "Because we know you guys probably have a way of watching us from your ship."

"Indeed we do.", Ignoblia stated, as she clicked her fingers to reveal multiple probes, with camera lenses installed. "And for this, I'm going to transmit this to the entire universe. "So move over. I shall also provide commentary."


And soon enough, on every televisual viewing screen from Earth to Andromeda, the image was hijacked with images streamed from the race. "Hello to our intergalactic audience, and welcome to this, the first and hopefully only Intergalactic Racing Circuit, coming to you from Savannah City on Earth. I'm your host, local Power Ranger Luke Perry, and these are my two co-hosts to provide colour commentary, Jeremy Ironbeak from Cubalia and Ignoblia, from some race I don't know."

"Neither do I.", Jeremy commented.

"What species I am does not matter.", Ignoblia stated. "But as my Dear Chimera stated, we're here to race with various things at stake. Our main three contestants are Lenny, the Wild Fury Lion Ranger, aiming to free his friends from heir brainwashing at the hands of Space Hunter Radpunch, former Hunter Keldor, aiming to try and win his freedom from Radpunch's clutch, and Radpunch himself, who aims to both defeat the Rangers and capture Keldor by winning this race. And to add some tension to the proceedings, Keldor has used his transplanted Anima Arm, a rare genetic mutation known only to have appeared in Mantack and Reaghoul, to revive some of the Space Hunters' most challenging warriors. And fellow Hunter Cuborg has been entered into the race."

"It ain't gonna be easy making a set of wheels for all these cool cats.", Radpunch stated, before his eyes glowed, as he created a set of motorcycles for every contestant other than himself, all of them seemingly customised accordingly. Dartshooter's had a bow on the windshield, Professor Nozu's had a brain theme, Knockout's had bowling balls instead of wheels, Lockup's was coloured like a prison uniform, Boomix had a larger version of his shoulder cannon on both sides of his, Wrestler and Cuborg both had quad bikes themed around their motifs, Sketchpest's had exhausts shaped like tubes of paint and Lenny's had a lion themed design, and was coloured yellow. "But don't say I totally didn't try."

"Thanks for the wheels.", Lenny commented as he leapt onto the bike provided for him. "There'd better be no funny business regarding these bikes."

"Just be lucky he gave you one.", Keldor snarked as he climbed onto another bike he had lying there. "Luckily, I brought one of my own."

"When I say these bikes are tight, you can totally trust me." Radpunch assured Lenny. "I want to drop some science on you when you're at your top game."

"A surprising show of sportsmanship there from the current Hunter.", Jeremy commented. "But that hasn't stopped Lenny from having his pit crew look over the bike."

Trunks looked over the bike and turned to Lenny. "Everything seems in order with this thing. No bombs, or cut brakes or anything. At most, I can't tell if it's a cool colour."

"But then again, neither can I.", Lenny assured him. "Now we just need to focus on winning the race and getting our friends back."

Nearby, Keldor and Radpunch were talking with their respective pit crews. The former's consisted solely of Alice. "Do you remember the plan?", he asked her.

"Don't worry, Boss. It'll all work like a charm.", Alice assured him.

Radpunch went for a pit crew made of the Rangers he had brainwashed. "So if you win, you get to keep us forever, while if the yellow guy wins, we get to go free from your control.", Marina surmised.

"Either way, seems like we're gettin' a bum deal from this race's results.", Johnny commented.

"Freedom, slavery, either way it'll be different from whatever we did in the past.", Tora said. "Probably, since we've lost our memories."

"Your old memories won't be a bother after today.", Radpunch assured her. "They'll peace out once I get that yellow bellied kitty cat knocked out."


With the preparations finished, all the racers moved to the starting line. "Alright, and it appears that we're about ready to begin.", Luke commented. "We just need to signal the start of the race."

"That's no problem.", Ignoblia commented as she took out and pointed one of her laser nunchaku into the air. "3, 2, 1, go!" She fired a shot into the air, with everyone taking off racing. "And they're off, with Keldor taking an unfortunately early lead, with Radpunch fortunately catching up and Lenny trailing behind."

"But that hasn't stopped the other contestants from trying to take a place at the top.", Jeremy took over. "Dartshooter's firing projectiles at the other contestants, and about 6 out of 7 are hitting their targets. It seems that Wrestler's taking the brunt of them. Oh, oh! And Wrestler is the first elimination, as he crashes into a tree just before the big turn. And it seems that Professor Nozu sees a threat and knows it, since he's abandoning his body to take over Dartshooter's, bringing another contestant technically out of the race."

"And we're coming up the first major obstacle, in the form of the cliff drop.", Luke announced. "This will truly test the racers both in whether they even survive the fall and whether they can pick themselves up from this. And everyone's going over, and the ones who've made it are… Radpunch, Lenny, Keldor and Sketchpest. Cuborg survived the fall, but since his ride got totalled, he will not be continuing. And with Nozu left without an easy body to take over, he's just floating around, also unable to continue in this race."

"Urgh, no-one told me we'd lose our vehicles at some point.", Cuborg fumed as he teleported away.

"He's trippin', 'cause he got served.", Radpunch surmised. "Now I've got less cats to totally destroy."

Ignoblia then continued the colour commentary. "And the racers are now heading up the track, with Sketchpest trying to get the lead by creating obstacles with his paint. But Lenny and Radpunch are both coursing through the track changes, and speeding on ahead irregardless of the obstacles. But Keldor doesn't seem to be trying to win, even as he goes past the obstacles."

But Sketchpest doesn't seem to be doing much better.", Jeremy pointed out. "A little advice, maybe don't put the paint in front of your path." Sure enough, the copy of Sketchpest crashed into one of his creations, exploding on impact. "And that just leaves our three original racers in the last few legs of the course."

And soon enough, the 3 racers came back to Savannah City's outskirts. "And the racers enter the penultimate race of the course.", Luke called out. "But wait, we have an upset. Keldor seems to be heading the other way to the race track." Sure enough, Keldor turned left while everyone else turned right.

"Why that little-!", Ignoblia fumed into the mic. "Anyway, that means we're down to our last two. Radpunch and Lenny are neck and neck. Neither side is giving the other an inch in this showdown."

Radpunch then began to ram into Lenny multiple times. "I may not have given you a wrecked bike at the start of all this, but you'll totally have one by the time I'm done with you.", he announced.

"I should've known you were too good to be true.", Lenny growled as he pulled the bike away. He then pulled out his Primal Blaster. "If you're gonna cheat, then so am I." He fired a few shots that damaged Radpunch's engine, before zooming off.

"Ooh, we have an upset.", Jeremy called out. "Lenny has damaged Radpunch's engine without fully destroying it, allowing him to gain a substantial lead. He's heading into the forest now while Radpunch is quite literally running on fumes. I can't believe it, Lenny's only seconds away from victory."


Sure enough, Lenny quickly burst into the main starting area, running past the finish line. "Ladies and gentlemen, we've just seen the come from behind victory of the year. Oh, words truly cannot do it justice.", Luke announced. "Lenny Leonidas is the first champion of the Inter 500." His co-presenters stared at him for this name. "Because you see, it's like the Indy 500, but with Intergalactic instead of Indiana."

"Oh!", the two of them nodded.

Radpunch then hobbled in on his bike seconds later. "No! No, no, no, NO!"

On the sidelines, Johnny, Tora and Marina clutched their heads, before they reverted to normal. "What happened?", Johnny asked. "Why are we in the woods?"

"Last thing I remember, you two had been hit by a beam that changed your clothes and personalities.", Tora said groggily. "I was trying to stop you two, before I blanked out."

"That monster got all three of you.", Trunks answered them. "Lenny got you out, but now he's stuck in a fight." Sure enough, when they looked over, Lenny was in the midst of swinging the Cheetah Hammer at Radpunch. "He needs our help."

"Don't need to tell me twice.", Johnny said as he led the others in pulling out their Wild Morphers. "It's Morphin' Time!"

"Primal Spirits, Awaken!" The 4 completed their Morphing and ran in to do battle."

Luke saw this and turned to the cameras one last time. "Well fans, I'm gonna have to sign off now. Hero stuff and all that. Until whatever next time we have." He leapt out of the booth, taking out his Hunter Morpher and setting it to the Rhino face. "Predator Spirits, Awaken!"

Ignoblia fumed and stood up. "Now that this farce is over, I have more important matters to attend to." She then teleported out, as the feed cut off, leaving Jeremy to shrug and walk home.


The fight with Radpunch soon moved to under the bridge near the warehouse district. "I might not have a formal dance crew, but these guys will totally suffice in taking down you punks.", Radpunch declared as he threw down some coins, summoning a group of Bacteri.

"You want to see who's toughest, gel head?", Johnny asked. "In that case, Primal Change: Gorilla!" He changed forms by pulling up his mask. "Let's get them."

Lenny launched his own attack before the others could. "Sonic Howl!" He unleashed a roar to stun the Bacteri, before running in with the others. While the others occupied themselves with the Bacteri, Lenny ran through them to make his way to Radpunch. "If you want to recruit a crew, then don't steal mine." He then changed into Primal Mode. "When I'm done with you, the only sound on your mix tape will be your moans of pain."

"Big talk.", Radpunch commented. "Let's see you back it up."

A fight began between the two, with Lenny launching his attack first. "Lion-tning Slash!" He managed to deliver this attack twice, but Radpunch began attacking to disrupt him.

"Let's just say that Radpunch ain't just a stage name.", he commented as he continued punching. The fight between the two continued for a while, with neither side allowing the others to dodge their hits. After a while, Lenny's lightning powered punches managed to leave them both exhausted. "We should do this more often, Lion Ranger."

"Yeah, you're a pretty good opponent.", Lenny said in response as the two once more ran into each other. The two then ran forward and head butted each other, a confrontation which Lenny won out by sending Radpunch flying through his Bacteri group, slamming into a lineup of rafts. Lenny then walked up to Johnny. "Let's finish this freak off."

"Right.", Johnny nodded as he summoned the Whale Morpher, transforming into the Whale Ranger. "Primal Evolution!" He then pumped the handle of the Morpher 6 times. "Alright, let's bring 'em together."

The 6 Rangers gathered around to pool their powers into Johnny. "Ultimate Primal Burst!"

The blast flew around Radpunch and his gang before crashing into them. "Totally not cool, man.", Radpunch cried out as his Bacteri were vaporised and he was blown up.

Ignoblia soon made an appearance. "I really have better things to do, but I'll keep your mix alive, Radpunch." She then inserted the growth coin into Radpunch, before departing.

Radpunch then enlarged to the point he could crouch next to the bridge. "It's time for us to make the final mix. And it'll be a big one."

"Let's do this.", Johnny stated as everyone took their Cubezords out. "Genesis Ultrazord, Ultimate Formation!"

"Zords, combine!" The 14 main Zords came together as one. "Genesis Ultrazord, ready!"

"Time to send this guy to the bottom of the charts.", Luke declared.

The Ultrazord stepped forward, getting close up with Radpunch. "You've totally got too many artists in your current mix.", he growled, before pulling out a sword and slashing the robot.

The Rangers inside were buffeted. "Wow, that felt powerful.", Tora commented. "Looks like this guy was holding out before."

"But we can't let him beat us.", Trunks reminded her. "Mostly because it would be embarrassing for the wannabe DJ to beat us."

"Who are you calling a wannabe?", Radpunch announced as he began slashing at the Ultrazord several more times. But this time, it had some resistance, and he ended up tiring himself out after a while. "Probably not the best move."

"Ya think?", Lenny asked as he had the Ultrazord throw a punch with the Giraffe Arm, before head butting him. "Let's try something more your speed. "Squidzord!"

The Squidzord soon appeared, with the Eagle, Shark and Lion Zords separating from the Ultrazord to combine with it. "Cephalo Force Megazord, ready!"

Johnny soon found himself forced back into his Eagle form, with the appropriate Primal Burst armour. "Well, I guess that's how it goes."

Radpunch then recovered from the concussion. "Hey, where'd the rest of you go?"

"They just stepped back.", Marina answered. "We're enough to finish you off. Lenny?"

"Right.", Lenny nodded as he grabbed the control weapon and inserted his Morpher into it. "Savage Squid Slash!"

The Megazord flew down to cut through Radpunch. "Good tapes don't cut like this.", he cried as he exploded.

"Top of the food chain!", the Rangers all declared.


Later, back at the zoo house, the other Rangers were throwing Lenny a party. "Honestly guys, you didn't need to do this.", Lenny insisted.

"You saved all of us from that freak's control.", Marina pointed out. "You deserve this."

"Though it still feels weird to be missing a whole day.", Tora commented. "Who knows what we got up to in the time?"

"Well I did pick up some shots of what you were up to during the race.", Jeremy stated as he walked forward. When everyone met him with confused gazes. "It got boring during the race." He showed off the pictures on his Morpher, which among other things, featured Tora making her hair messier (or as the case was, even more messier), Marina biting her own nails and Johnny licking his own armpit. "And these were the motions I thought looked photogenic."

That didn't stop the three from being disgusted. "Please delete those.", Johnny urged.

"Too late.", Trunks informed him. "We already uploaded them to the Ranger network with the hashtag 'embarrassing brainwashing'. Surprisingly, there's quite a few similar photos from other Rangers."

Tora then saw that Lenny was laughing as well. So she picked up the food in front of him. "That's it. I'm giving this to Manfred. At least he affords me some dignity."

As she left the room, Lenny got uo and ran after her. "Now wait, let's not be hast.", eh called out as everyone burst out laughing.


In the city, Keldor stood atop a building, staring out at the city as Ignoblia approached. "The industrial park near the Mayor's office?", she asked. "Are you really so unimaginative at hiding?"

"I have my reasons.", Keldor answered her as she pointed her laser nunchucks at him. "Just as I assume you have one for being an exact genetic match for another alien."

"Squid Ink Inc. buys DNA to clone their employees on the cheap.", Ignoblia answered him. "I just happened to shop in the same place, though I had intentions beyond creating dim-witted minimum wage slaves." She then pointed her weapon at him again. "I was going to be lenient, but I can't have you spilling my secrets. I'm sorry."

"So am I.", Keldor said as he fired at her with his own weapon, the KelShot. But Ignoblia leapt out of the way of half of them, while using her nunchaku to deflect the rest back at Keldor, making him collapse onto his knees.

"Did you really think I wouldn't know how to counter your weapon?", Ignoblia asked as she stepped forward. "I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of everyone to set foot on the Arrowhead."

"I know." Ignoblia then saw explosives near her feet, which went off and disorientated her for long enough for Keldor to converted his weapon into the KelSaber and disarm her. Before she could react, he blasted her with the KelShot on a low power level, rendering her unconscious. "Which is why if I'm to create an ultimate army of the strongest Hunters, I'll need your memories." He then knelt down and pressed his Anima Arm against her forehead.