Power Rangers Hyper Speed

[Smallville]

(A Power Rangers adaptation of Kosoku Sentai Turboranger)

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Premise:

A dying hero from another dimension chooses a group of college students to become the Hyper Speed Power Rangers, using incredible powers and weapons to defend Earth from vile invaders from a parallel universe.

Focus:

Hyper Speed focuses not only on the team using their abilities and arsenal to combat the villains, but mainly on the individuals within the group and how their lives are affected by the struggle to balance college, jobs, and relationships, all while being protectors of the planet.

The Rangers:

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Lee Thompson Young as Chris Mill

Chris is the leader of the Hyper Speed Rangers. A journalism major, he works as a reporter for the Central University newspaper. He has a great strategic mind and is always keeping the team in order, while trying to balance his friendships with the others. He pilots the fast and sleek GT Hyper Zord.


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Allison Mack as Brittany Crowell

Brittany is the second in command. A business major, she is the voice of reason in the group and often quells many disputes, gaining her the nickname "Momma Ranger". Brittany has a strong relationship with Chris and is often by his side as his confidant. She directs the small and shifty Rover Hyper Zord.


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Gregory Smith as Eric Mercer

Eric is the most reluctant of the Rangers. A theatre major, he's a self proclaimed "starving young actor", although life as the Black Hyper Speed Ranger cuts into his work. Love has never been kind to Eric, and he always finds comfort in talking with Traci. He commands the heavy duty Transport Hyper Zord.


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Shia LaBeouf as Nick Spince

Nick is the tech wizard of the team. An engineering major, he's always tinkering with everything mechanical. Nick has deep buried feelings for Traci and struggles with telling her how he feels. He controls the balanced Rugger Hyper Zord.


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Emmy Rossum as Traci Reynes

Traci is the most joyful about being a Ranger. A pre-medicine major, she cares for others far more than herself, and feels that as a Ranger she has the power to help protect the world. She's currently in a relationship, but her heart may truly lie with Eric. She guides the sturdy Wagon Hyper Zord.



The Villains:

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Christopher Lee as General Morlon

The ruthless commander of the Darrar Empire, Morlon defines the term vile. An adept warrior and brilliant strategist, Morlon oversees the forces of Emperor Darrar.


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Ellen Page as Sororix/Sara

Sororix is the ruthless princess of the Darrar Empire. A shape shifter, Sororix has the ability to change her appearance and mimic others. Upon discovering that the Rangers are in fact college students, she takes on the guise of a student, Sara, to uncover the mystery behind the Rangers' identities.


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Kevin Conroy as the voice of Xokan

A cunning warrior, Xokan is the Darrar Empire's number one henchman. His heart desires nothing more than to obliterate those who challenge him. He develops a deep hatred for the Rangers, and specifically, the Red Ranger.


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Will Sasso as the voice of Bobis

Goofy and troublesome, Bobis is one of the leaders of the Darrar Empire and is often found by the side of Sororix. He has the power to transform himself into a cycle which Sororix can use in battle.


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Jestars

The freakish looking foot soldiers of the Darrar Empire, the Jestars serve Emperor Darrar without question.



Supporting:

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Julianne Moore as Sondra

The defender of Earth in her dimension, Sondra is dying of a rare, uncurable illness. A telekinetic, she and Dudley designed the Hyper Speed Powers and arrive on Earth, months before the Darrar Empire do, to make preparations in finding the right wielders of the power. Strong and noble, she wants nothing more than to ensure peace throughout the Parallels.


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Jeff Goldblum as Dudley

The brilliant scientist and inventor who designed the Hyper Zords, Dudley traveled with Sondra to Parallel 3 (our dimension) to help protect Earth from the Darrar Empire. He becomes the mentor to the Hyper Speed Rangers and helps them get a grasp of their weapons and powers.


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Brooke Nevin as Lela Legend

The loud and obnoxious editor of the Daily U, the newspaper for Central University, Lela will stop at nothing to get the story. Once the Power Rangers arrive in Oson City, she makes discovering their secret identities the number one focus of her staff.


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James Lafferty as Ian Hartman

Traci's boyfriend, Ian is an all around excellent student, but possesses a wild side that strains his relationship with Traci.




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"Hyper Speed, Accelerate!"

[Smallville]

Episode 01: "Genesis" (Part I)

In a barren valley outside of Oson City, dark clouds and lightning crack the sky. But this is no ordinary thunderstorm. Out of nowhere, an explosion of red light pummels a large section of the area, causing dust and sand to spill out across the plain.

And suddenly, the storm stops and light returns to the valley. But as the dust clears from the rocky surface, three figures appear (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6466/darrararrival4ih.gif). One, a bearded man wielding a large staff and a headpiece in the shape of a deformed shell. Another, a warrior clad in thick, heavy rust colored armor, wielding a sword. And the last, a young woman clothed in tight black armor, wielding a whip. The dust finally clears, and the warrior is the first to speak.

“General Morlon,” he says, “It worked!”

The bearded man replies, “Fool. Of course it worked. I created it!”

The woman finally says, “Well. Now that we're here, what's our first order of business?”

General Morlon smirks evilly, “Destruction.” The three share a cold, sadistic laugh…

**********

It was another gorgeous afternoon on the campus of Central University. Students are flocking to and from classes, chatting with friends, and making their way to the library for a little study time.

Inside the main ballroom of the Student Union building, colorful photos and brochures adorn large poster boards sitting atop tables across the room. The titles on the boards range from “Amateur Radio Club” to “Swing and Jazz Lovers of America” to “Kappa Alpha Psi”. Standing in front of one particular poster board is Chris, a handsome, mellow brown skinned teen wearing a crimson Central U t-shirt. He reads the title over and over again: “The Daily U”, the Central University student newspaper. But as he begins daydreaming, a familiar voice breaks his focus.

“Hey, if you stare at that thing long enough you might have to ask it out on a date.”

Chris can only grin, and turns around to see a perky blonde in a comfortable sunny yellow long-sleeved shirt. “Brittany?” They hug. “I haven't seen you since…”

“Our high school graduation” she finishes. “Yeah, it's been a while. We didn't even get to hang out all summer.”

“Well, it's been kind of hectic.” His mood drops down.

“How's your dad?” she asks.

“He's still overseas. He doesn't know when he'll be back. The war is…well…it's…”

“I understand. How's your mom holding up?”

“Besides having to run the house and help me transition here, she's been a warrior. I have no idea how she does it.” He changes the subject, “So, what about you? I'm sure you had some exciting adventures over the summer.”

“Took a cruise, filled out over a thousand financial aid forms, worked at a Burger King. I guess you could say it was pretty fulfilling.” They both laugh out loud. She looks at the poster board for The Daily U. “So, you're thinking about joining the paper here? I don't see why not. I mean, you were awesome on The Paw Print.”

From out of nowhere, a harsh, nearly screeching female voice utters from behind them, “The Paw Print?”

The two turn around to see an older student, a girl in a dark green business dress with long dirty blonde hair and thick brown glasses, staring at Chris coldly. “You may have been good at your little high school, but this is the big leagues now. A paragraph 'report' on the new sloppy joes in the cafeteria ain't gonna cut it. If you want a position on The Daily U, you'll have to earn it.”

Chris doesn't really know what to say, “And you are?”

The girl smiles, “Lela Legend. Editor.”

She smiles, and walks away. Brittany is in awe, “Wow. Caffeine much?” Chris' cell phone rings and he picks it up, “Hello?” A pause as he listens on the other end. “Hey, mom.” A longer pause. “Okay, great.” A shorter pause. “Perfect, I appreciate it. Thanks.” He hangs up, and looks at Brittany. “My mom’s taking care of some of my tuition bills downtown today.”

Brittany chuckles, “God bless her.” They both laugh.

Across the ballroom, Nick Spince, with his hair ruffled and uncombed and wearing a blue plaid shirt, has his eyes locked on one thing: a trio of girls in hot pants and tight tank tops. They’re standing close together, giggling and looking in Nick's direction. Suddenly, they begin moving towards him. He gulps. They're individual strides are long and undeniably sexy. A bead of sweat slides down Nick’s forehead towards his lips. They're walking closer. Nick's body tightens. Then, he rotates his head to watch them walk completely past him and towards a display where a buff, clean-shaven junior in a tight navy t-shirt is holding pamphlets from the ROTC program. The girls place their hands on his arms squeezing his muscles. Nick can only sigh. Then, as he turns back to look at the mass of people in front of him, he catches sight of Traci Reynes. A light from heaven seems to illuminate her presence. She's like perfection: slender, beautiful but not flashy, wearing a loose and flowery rosy pink blouse. Like a dove, she’s docile and majestic.

And on the other side of the ballroom, Traci's entrance has caught the eye of another young man: Eric Mercer, with short dark brown hair and clad in a black jacket. Eric watches her as she makes her way to a particular poster board titled, “Campus Crusade for Christ”. He rubs his hands together in confidence, puts a mint into his mouth and walks over to her. Nick watches as Eric stands next to Traci.

“Hey.” Eric says.

Traci looks up and smiles in confusion, “Eric? I didn't know you were going here. I thought you were going to NYU.”

“Well, I was kinda sorta rejected by NYU. I guess I wasn't artsy enough.”

She chuckles, “I'm sorry to hear that. Are you still going to study theatre?”

“Yeah, this place has a pretty solid theatre program for a state school, so I decided to keep pursuing it.”

“Well, that's good to hear. I'm just, really surprised.”

“Good.”

“Good?” she asks.

“Well, I mean, um…not 'good', but…”

But before he could finish his thought, a guy appears behind Traci, grabbing her waist. She turns, smiles, “Hey,” and they kiss. Eric is completely puzzled and uncomfortable. Traci looks at Eric. “Eric, this is my boyfriend, Ian. Ian, this is Eric. We went to high school together.”

Ian, clean cut, with slick light brown hair, nods to Eric, “Hey, what's going on?”

Eric is pretty quiet, “Nothing much.” Ian looks at Traci, “I'm going to be heading back to my apartment in a bit, so come on by, okay?”

Traci is hesitant, “Yeah, but I'm probably going to be hanging around here for a while, so…”

“Well, whatever. Just give me a call when you're coming over.”

Traci nods, “Okay.” Ian kisses her on the cheek and walks off. Eric is obviously feeling awkward.

**********

In the valley, General Morlon sets his plan, “The city. Over this range. Let's start there. But first…” He raises his staff, and a beam of light projects from it, and out from the light arises a creature, ten feet tall and built literally like a rock. (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2249/granitonisborn8fo.gif) Morlon is pleased, “My powers are fully functional in this world. Perfect. Graniton, are you ready?”

The monster nods its massive head, “Yes, master.”

Morlon grins, “Good. And now for phase two.” Morlon raises his staff into the air, and the sky seemingly rips in half as a squadron of menacing fighter jets zooms through the sky and towards Oson City. As the fighters make their way to the downtown area, tanks with protracting horns storm across the valley (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7780/dtanksarrive3yd.gif) and towards the city streets. General Morlon can only smile, “R-Fighters, D-Tanks! Attack!!”

The R-Fighters scream towards the city and open fire on buildings (http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1091/cityattack4nd.gif), sending massive chunks of debris, metal, stone, and fire towards the streets. Shouts of fear and panic pervade throughout the city…

*********

As the Freshman Clubs and Organizations social begins winding up, Chris and Brittany are checking out a few more displays, when suddenly someone bursts into the ballroom and shouts, “Downtown is being bombed!!”

All of the commotion in the room suddenly comes to a screeching halt. Brittany grabs Chris' arm, “Your mom!” Chris' eyes widen. He picks up his cell phone and dials his mother's number. But he gets no response. He dials again, and still no response. Looking down on his phone, he looks back up to Brittany. “I have to get downtown!” Brittany tries to stop him, but he pushes her back, “I have to go!”

She tries to reason with him, “But what about YOU?!”

He snaps back, “I don't care! I have to go!”

She can only say one thing, “Then we'll take my car. Let's go!” The two jet out of the ballroom.

Traci and Eric are standing together by a display. Eric is looking around as people begin to panic. “What the hell is going on?” he remarks.

Traci shakes her head, “I have no idea. But, I'm going into the city.”

Eric looks at her, “What?”

“People may need help. I'm going.”

Eric hesitates, “Then...then…I'm going with you.” She looks at him, both confused and somehow touched by his courage. They both leave the ballroom.

Amongst all of the anxiety and trepidation, Nick can only think of one word: hero; the opportunity in front of him to do something…big. He walks out of the ballroom and heads for the student parking lot.

**********

Downtown, a duo of R-Fighters maneuvers over and around the skyscrapers (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5636/rfightersfly5ze.gif), firing their blasters on buildings. Chris and Brittany arrive inside the city in Brittany's jeep as a crowd of people run in the opposite direction. The two jump out of the jeep and begin walking closer into the city. A police officer grabs their attention, “Where are you going?! Get back here!” But they run right past him.

Chris pulls out his cell phone and attempts to call his mother again, but there's no answer, “Come on…”

As they rush through the city, Brittany spots Eric and Traci running, heading in their direction. Out of nowhere, an explosion sends the two flying in the opposite direction, landing hard on their backs. Chris and Brittany rush over to them, and help them up. “You guys okay?” Brittany asks. “We'll be fine.” Eric replies, obviously feeling stinging pain. Suddenly, the group looks up in horror as a D-Tank, a weapon of sheer intimidation, sits in front of them. As they back up slowly, they hear a rolling behind them. They each turn their heads and gaze in horror as another D-Tank inches closer towards them. They're cornered, and with nowhere to go…

TO BE CONTINUED

[Smallville]

Episode 02: "Genesis" (Part II)

It seems hopeless. Chris, Brittany, Eric, and Traci are trapped between two terrifying D-Tanks and with an escape nowhere to be found. The tanks look poised to fire, and slowly crawl closer and closer, boxing the four students in.

But suddenly the tanks stop moving, and out of nowhere they begin to float. The group stares in awe, as the tanks rise higher and higher, passing the height of the city lamps. The students each spot something out of the corner of their left eye, and they turn to see a woman in a tight grey body suit, similar to a scuba diver’s, with long vibrant red hair. Her left hand is raised, and her eyes are sharply focused on the D-Tanks. Her face is shining from sweat, and veins are noticeable on her hands.

The group focuses back on the tanks and watches as the two pieces of unknown machinery are sent flying in opposite directions, crashing down and shattering on the concrete at least a hundred yards apart. The mysterious woman falls in exhaustion, clenching her chest tightly with her left hand. The four rush over to her.

“Are you okay?” Traci asks immediately.

The woman replies out of breath, “I’m fine.”

Eric’s eyes are completely wide from what he’s just witnessed, “How on earth did you just do that?”

The woman responds by only looking directly into Eric’s eyes.

Suddenly, a R-Fighter swoops down into the streets and fires near the group, barely missing them, but the blast rocks the five to the ground. As they begin picking themselves back up, Chris looks up into the sky and watches as the R-Fighter buzzes through the air and makes a move, preparing to turn back into the street for another attack.

Eric looks at the woman. Her hand is still clenched to her heart. She looks back at him, “I can’t do it.”

Brittany is in disbelief and looks at the others, “Now what?”

Chris’ mind begins racing, trying to figure out what to say or do. He finally shouts, “We have to find cover!”

But before anyone can move, the R-Fighter swoops back down into the street and fires at them.

Chris exclaims, “Get down!” The group jumps to the side as the R-Fighter’s lasers just miss them, demolishing a small clothing store just behind them; debris and dust blankets the group. The R-Fighter returns to the air and attempts to make another run.

The woman finally says, “My powers are fading. I don’t know how much left I can muster.”

Eric looks at her perplexed, “You just sent those two things flying and now...”

The woman finishes his thought, “ - I can’t stop this jet? It’s a bit complicated, kid. It’s going to take me just a few more seconds to get enough strength back.”

Chris watches as the R-Fighter banks back in, “I don’t know how many seconds you need, but we don’t have many.” The R-Fighter is zooming in.

And out of nowhere, the group sees someone run into the middle of the street. It’s Nick. He stands straight in the center of the beaten concrete road watching the R-Fighter zip towards the street.

Traci cries, “Get out of the way!”

The R-Fighter targets Nick, and just as it fires at him, an invisible force pushes him out of the way, and he misses the blast.

The four around the woman watch as she moves her hand from Nick’s direction to the direction of the R-Fighter. The veins in her hands seem ready to burst, and her face is nearly as red as her hair.

The R-Fighter suddenly begins to shake back and forth, then plummets towards the ground and crashes down on an unoccupied van, creating a huge explosion.

The woman collapses to the ground. And the four attempt to help her. Nick picks himself up off the ground, “Whoa.” He slowly walks over to the group.

The woman is breathing heavily and is clenching her heart again.

**********

General Morlon stands atop the dirt hill staring at the smoke rising from Oson City.

The black clad woman remarks, “You’re calling off the forces? We’ve just begun.”

General Morlon smirks, “My dear Sororix, you don’t feel it? Sondra is here.”

“What? In this dimension? How?”

“She was here before us.”

“So now what?”

“Her powers are fading. If she’s going to strike, it won’t be long. We’ll wait for her here.”

Morlon begins to make his way back down the hill as Sororix is left to glare at the destruction they have caused in the distance.

**********

The five students huddle around this mysterious hero. She looks at them, sweat still dripping from her face. She looks into each of their eyes, seemingly peering into their minds.

“You’re the ones.” she finally says.

Chris looks at the others, then back at the woman, “The ones?”

“We don’t have much time. I need you to touch me.”

Nick raises his eyebrow, “Say what?”

The woman repeats herself, “Touch me. We have to hurry!”

The five look at one another not knowing what to think, but Traci places her hand on the woman’s shoulder. Brittany puts her hand on the other shoulder. Chris puts his hand on her left arm. Nick puts his hand on her right arm. The four of them look up at the last one left: Eric. Traci looks Eric in the eyes, seemingly urging him to follow them. Eric looks back at her, shrugs his shoulders, and places his hand on the woman’s left wrist. Suddenly, the woman begins to glow and a flash of white light illuminates the street.

**********

As the light fades away, the six are standing inside what appears to be a high-tech command room. The five students can only gape.

“What the heck just happened?” Eric asks.

The woman remains on her knees, when out from behind a control panel a man wearing a white lab coat and thick goggles jumps down from a small platform and races over to her.

“Sondra!” he exclaims.

She replies, “Just get me a shot.”

“Right, right. A shot.” He runs around, both frantically and yet under control. He grabs a vial and a syringe from a counter, injects the liquid from the vial into the syringe, and injects the needle into the woman.

“There you go, there you go.” He says.

The woman sighs and her breathing slows down. All the while, the students are sitting back watching, not having a clue as to what is going on.

The man rubs the woman’s arm, “What happened?”

She replies, “I couldn’t maintain my powers at all. I don’t...” She can’t seem to finish the sentence. The man helps her up, and she turns to the group of five.

Chris is the first to speak up, “So...where exactly are we?”

The woman smiles, still a bit exhausted, “Well, you ARE on Earth.”

They let out a sigh of a relief.

“You’re in the Hyper Garage.”

Brittany replies, “The Hyper what?”

The woman smiles, “This is going to be a lot to understand, but I need you to listen to me, and listen to me very closely. My name is Sondra, and this is my assistant, Dudley. We’re from the 4th Parallel. Essentially, another dimension.

We’ve traveled here to your dimension because this world as you know it is in grave danger. A vile evil has invaded your Earth, and it calls itself the Darrar Empire. They’ve come here from my dimension for the sole purpose of taking control of yours. They destroy anyone and anything that stands in their way, and they show absolutely no mercy.

In my dimension I was a part of a team responsible for defending our world against them. But it soon came to our knowledge that they had discovered the technology to travel through the Parallels, a power that only my force possessed. We knew we didn’t have much time before they would slip into this world. And so I was sent here to prepare a task force capable of defending this planet from the Darrar Empire.” She clenches her chest again. Dudley steps to her, but she waves him off.

Traci asks, “What’s wrong with...”

Sondra finishes, “my heart? Before my departure into this world, I contracted an illness that began deteriorating my abilities. It’s an incurable disease.”

Nick is puzzled, “So what’s going to happen to you?”

Sondra looks down, looks up, and smiles weakly. Dudley’s head drops down.

“No,” Traci says, “There has to be something we can do.”

Sondra can only reply, “There’s nothing you can do. Well...for me, there’s nothing you can do. But for this planet, this dimension...”

Eric is quick to interject, “You said something about a task force. Who are they?”

Sondra grins, “You.”

TO BE CONTINUED

[Smallville]

Episode 03: "Genesis" (Part III)

“Us?” Brittany inquires. “We’re the task force?”

Sondra smiles, “Yes. The courage you showed leaving your school and entering the city to help others was remarkable.”

Eric’s eyebrow raises, “Wait, how did you...”

“As well as my telekinetic abilities, which I used to destroy the D-Tanks, I am also a telepath.”

Chris tries to get his head around all of this, “So, how exactly are we supposed to fight this empire? We’re not soldiers.”

Sondra turns to her assistant, “Dudley?”

Dudley nods, “I’m on it.” He walks over to the counter, grabs a rectangular box, and brings it to Sondra.

“Open it.” Sondra commands.

Dudley opens the box, and inside lies five pairs of metal bands, one shaped like a rectangle and with a similar “T” insignia as the one on Sondra’s suit, and the other smaller with a blue lens built in.

Sondra remarks, “These are the Hyper Speed morphers. Once placed on your wrists, you will use them to transform yourselves into the Hyper Speed Power Rangers, granting you increased strength, speed, agility, and hand-to-hand combat abilities. You will also have access to a vast arsenal of weapons and vehicles, some of which you will possess immediately, and others you will discover over time.”

Nick is puzzled, “So wait. We just wear these things, and we can...morph into superheroes?”

Sondra nods, “Yes.

“I don’t get it,” Brittany says, “Why us?”

“Young, ambitious, courageous,” Sondra answers, “You have everything it takes to serve this planet well.”

Dudley, who is back behind his control panels, shouts, “Sondra, I’ve got an energy reading. It’s Morlon.”

Sondra acknowledges this, “Then, you all have to hurry. Take your morphers.”

The five look at one another. The rectangular box staring at them. Their destinies in front of their eyes. They’re hesitant, but Traci reaches for a morpher.

“I’ll do anything to help protect this planet.” she says.

Nick takes a morpher, “The world needs a hero.”

Chris takes a morpher, “If it’s us...it’s us.”

Brittany takes a morpher, “This is pretty crazy, but I guess we don’t have much of a choice.”

However, Eric is still hesitant, “Are you kidding me?”

Everyone turns to him. Sondra looks at him, “Eric...”

Eric shakes his head, “We’re college students. We have jobs. We have lives. We’re not warriors. We’re not fighters.”

Traci looks Eric in his eyes, but it doesn’t seem to shake his stance.

Sondra puts her hands on Eric’s shoulders, “Eric, you have a destiny far greater than you can imagine. You’re meant for bigger things than merely acting on a stage. If you don’t join these four, the life you say you have will cease to exist.”

Eric sighs heavily, taking in her words. He takes a deep breath, and reaches for the last morpher, “Whatever. I’m in.”

Sondra smiles, “Good. Place the morphers on your wrist.”

They follow her command.

“To activate the morphing sequence, you use the command call: ‘Hyper Speed, Accelerate’, click the blue disc on your morpher, and the transformation begins.”

Sondra clenches her chest again, “Behind you are five teleporters. Step onto them, and they will take you where you need to go. Good luck...Rangers.”

The five nod, and make their way to the tubular shaped teleporters behind them. But as Chris begins to turn, Sondra stops him.

“Chris,” she steps close to him and in a low voice that only he can hear, “When we were faced in a dire situation back in the city, you carried yourself strong and fearless. There is such greatness in you. I want you to lead the rest of the team.”

Chris doesn’t know what to say, “I...but...”

Sondra smiles, her hand clenching tighter to her chest, “Don’t worry. I have faith in you. Now....go.”

Chris nods and enters his teleporter, and the five are beamed out of the Hyper Garage.

**********

Back in the valley, General Morlon stands beside Xokan (the armored warrior), Sororix, and Graniton atop a hill, waiting for Sondra. And out of nowhere, a flash of light catches their attention below. And as the four look down (http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5190/morlonreacts3ky.gif), the five students are standing strong.

“Huh? And who might you be?” Morlon asks.

Chris grins, “The ones who are going to finish you off for good!”

Morlon laughs, “You? Don’t make me laugh, you pathetic children. What could you possibly do?”

Suddenly, an explosion of red light flashes near the students. The light moves towards the group, hovers around them, and sends bolts of energy around them, knocking them to the ground. (http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7660/lightattacks1hr.gif) The light floats back towards its point of origin, and begins taking shape. The light finally gives way to a large, round, deformed looking creature with a large striped tail. (http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8345/bobisarrives4dn.gif)

“Bobis!” Xokan shouts, “He got through the portal as well?!”

The creature then pulls out a salmon colored ocarina shaped instrument and blows into it, emitting darts of energy towards the students, knocking them back down to the ground. (http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/1668/bobisattacks2px.gif)

The five pick themselves up from off the ground. Chris shouts to the team, “Enough’s enough! You guys ready?”

The others reply back, confidently, “Ready!”

And together, they all cry, “Hyper Speed, Accelerate!”

A flash of light blinds General Morlon and the others. Morlon exclaims, “What?!”

Eric morphs, “Black Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1334/blackmorphhyperspeed2ww.gif)

Traci morphs, “Pink Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7833/pinkmorphhyperspeed5uc.gif)

Nick morphs, “Blue Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/414/bluemorphhyperspeed7cs.gif)

Brittany morphs, “Yellow Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/984/yellowmorphhyperspeed3gj.gif)

And Chris morphs, “Red Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5048/redmorphhyperspeed8sw.gif)

The flashes of light illuminate the barren plain, and when the light fades, standing in the middle of the valley are the Hyper Speed Power Rangers. (http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4958/hyperspeedisborn3dn.gif)

Morlon, Sororix, and Xokan stare in disbelief. “Impossible!” they all exclaim.

Chris, behind his red helmet, declares, “You will not take over this world!”

General Morlon exclaims back, “Is that so? Sororix, strike!”

Sororix opens her mouth wide, and a beam of energy discharges out, exploding just behind the Rangers. The team leaps into the air and attacks. (http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/7550/sororixattacks7xo.gif)

Chris goes straight for General Morlon, but the powerful general thrusts his staff into Chris’ chest, sending the Red Ranger flying. But Chris catches himself mid-air and lands atop a hill on his feet. (http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7462/chrisattacks0rb.gif) Chris pulls out a blaster from his holster and fires at General Morlon, but Morlon deflects the shots with his staff. (http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/8064/redrangerblaster5xl.gif)

Across the plain, Sororix’s whip turns into pure energy and ties up Traci. She carries the Pink Ranger into the air, then emits two dragon-shaped bolts of energy from out of her mouth, striking Traci. (http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/134/traciisattacked8th.gif)

At the bottom of a hill, Brittany exchanges blows with Xokan, but the Darrar warrior smacks her down to the ground. Brittany attempts to strike him with her sword, but Xokan merely grabs it with his left hand, unsheathes his sword with his right, and slashes Brittany across the chest. (http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9120/xokanslashes1iv.gif) She falls down to the ground, and attempts to pick herself back up. But as she does, Bobis appears on her right side and blasts her with energy shots from a slingshot. (http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6646/yellowhurt2ds.gif)

Twenty yards away from Brittany, Graniton sends a rock fist flying into Eric and Nick (http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1991/granitonattacks6id.gif), sending the two to the ground. The other Rangers join them in an attempt to stop Graniton together, as General Morlon and the others back off, simply relying on Graniton to finish the job.

Chris exclaims, “If we’re going to do this we have to do this together....as a team.”

Suddenly, Chris can hear Dudley in his helmet, “Red Ranger, can you hear me?”

Chris replies, “Yes, I can.”

“Fire your blasters into the air all at the same time to form the Sphere Attack. It should be enough to take down that creature.”

“You got it.” Chris turns to others, “Guys, use your blasters in the air, and fire in the same direction.”

The five Rangers stand together, and pull out their blasters from their holsters.

“Fire!” Chris shouts.

They each fire their blasters into the air, and the energies combine to form a sphere of energy. They drag the sphere with their blasters down towards Graniton, blasting the rock creature and destroying him. (http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/757/granitondestroyed1qy.gif)

General Morlon looks on from atop a hill and shouts, “Impressive! But this isn’t over Rangers! This world WILL be ours!” Morlon, Xokan, Sororix, and Bobis escape in a flash of light.

*********

Moments later, the team finds themselves beamed back into the Hyper Garage, demorphed. Dudley walks over to them, “Great job, team.”

Traci sighs, “Yeah, but we let them go.”

Eric remarks, “And we got our tails handed to us.”

“You can’t feel bad about struggling in your first battle,” Dudley replies, “You guys beat Graniton and that’s all that matters right now.”

Nick looks around the control room, “Where’s Sondra?”

Dudley sighs heavily, “She...”

The five wait for an answer.

Dudley sighs again, “Come with me.”

The six enter a small, dark, cold room. And inside, they find a cryogenic chamber, and in it, Sondra.

“What happened?” Traci asks.

Dudley responds, “The pain was becoming too much. The only choice we had was to place her in this chamber. It’s the only thing that could keep her from...”

He doesn’t have to finish the sentence. They know what he will say.

Dudley continues, “Sondra was a noble woman. She fought to defend our worlds and never once gave up hope. And I’m hoping that you all will carry her spirit with you in battle. There’s a lot you all have to learn about being Power Rangers. And I’m going to do everything I can to help you. If we’re going to defeat the Darrar Empire, we’re going to have to do it together. As a team. As a family.”

The five nod their heads in agreement, and in the back of their minds they each mourn the fall of the woman that had saved their lives.

But the word “family” seems to ring in Chris’ ear, “My mother!”

He turns to make his way to the teleporters, but Dudley stops him.

“Chris,” he says, “I know where she is.”

Chris turns, staring into Dudley’s eyes.

**********

In Oson General Hospital, Chris makes his way through a chaotic hallway and towards room 89. He opens the door, and his mother is lying on the hospital bed, with a few cuts and bruises on her arms and head. She’s sleeping.

Chris sighs, and sits next to her bed. She opens her eyes, and sees him. “Hey, sweetheart.”

Chris’ eyes widen, “Mom.” They hug.

“How are you?” he asks.

“Nothing serious,” she replies, “Doctor says I’ll be out soon. Just a few scrapes. Hit my head pretty good, though.”

“What happened?”

“I was in the bank, and I heard an explosion, and the next thing I knew, the roof began collapsing in. But...how did you find me?”

“It’s a long story. But the important thing is you’re alive.”

“Thank god.” she replies and smiles.

Chris smiles back.

His mother’s face then expresses inquisitiveness, “But how are you feeling? Are YOU okay?”

He holds her hand and smiles, “I’m...fine. Just fine.”

[PHAETON]

Great Start...Keep it comming

[Dark Knight]

I really like the animated gifs.

Very unique idea.

[FlashmanX]

simply awsome
keep it coming

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

nice stuff

[Seibukan Ranger]

its pretty cool, like the clips,

[Smallville]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. They are mucho appreciated. :023:

An all new episode will be up later today. I'm currently finishing up the GIFs and editing for this week.

[ElementMaster149]

i love this fic, very original, i've never seen a fic like this.

[Smallville]

(All new episodes will be released every Friday)
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Episode 04: "Balance" (Part I)

It’s a calm and peaceful afternoon outside Oson City. However, that calm is quickly evaportated by the sound of the screaming engines of a squadron of R-Fighters.

As the fighters fly over a valley, they spot their target on the ground: the Hyper Speed Rangers. Chris, Brittany, Eric, Traci, and Nick dash across the plain, fully morphed, with their suits glistening in the afternoon sun.

“We’ve got to find some sort of cover!” Chris shouts.

But before the team can reach any further, a pair of R-Fighters fires down upon them; explosions rock behind the team, and they're blanketed by dust and sand. (http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8805/rifightersattackteam2ba2.gif) They continue to dart across the valley, and Eric shouts to Chris, “Hey, Red! You got any ideas?!”

Chris exclaims back, “One!”

The Red Ranger puts his glove to his mouthpiece, activating his communicator, “Dudley! We could use a little help here!” (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6164/chriscallszordsct9.gif)

Dudley responds back from the Hyper Garage, “I don’t think you guys are ready yet. I mean, you’ve only had a week’s practice and...”

Chris interjects “Just do it!”

Dudley sighs, “Alright, alright. I’m sending the Hyper Zords.”

At the Hyper Garage, the doors to the docking bay open, and all five Hyper Zords release (http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/4544/hyperzordsreleasevt8.gif), making their way to the Rangers’ location.

As the Zords arrive, Chris and the others leap into the air and into their respective cockpits.

Eric reports, “Transport Hyper Zord, online!”

Traci reports, “Wagon Hyper Zord, online!”

Nick reports, “Rugger Hyper Zord, online!”

Brittany reports, “Rover Hyper Zord, online!”

And Chris reports, “GT Hyper Zord, online!”

As the team zips across the plain in their Zords, the squadron of R-Fighters quickly changes direction and turns into attack position towards the Zords. (http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/2771/rfightersquadronkh8.gif)

“Alright, let’s see if all that training payed off.” Chris says.

A pair of R-Fighters fires down upon the Rugger Hyper Zord, but are unable to get a direct hit. (http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/9128/ruggerattackedmr3.gif)

Nick quickly counter attacks, “Let’s try out the tow cables.”

He pulls a lever, launching the cable from the front of his Zord, latching onto a rock wall. (http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/599/ruggerlaunchescablebg1.gif) The duo of R-Fighters slams straight into the cable, and they’re sliced in half. (http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2163/cablecutsfk2.gif)

Meanwhile, Eric drives the Transport Hyper Zord across a bridge, but as he begins moving across it, two R-Fighters blast the bridge, and it begins to crumble. (http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9098/transportattackedwu5.gif) Eric jams his foot on the gas and makes it across as the bridge collapses behind him. (http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9387/bridgecollapsessj9.gif)

“My turn!” Eric shouts.

The twin cannons on the sides of his Zord fire back at the R-Fighters and nail them, blasting the two fighters out of the sky. (http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/7378/transportattacksaa2.gif)

On the other side of the plain, another duo of R-Fighters fires at Traci in the Wagon Hyper Zord, giving it a quick beating and rocking Traci inside the cockpit. “Oh, man!” she exclaims.

She gets herself together, and spins the Zord to a stop. (http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/3364/wagonbreakslt0.gif) “Alright. Assault Missles!”

A hatch slides open on the top of the Zord, revealing two cylindrical slots. A pair of missles rises from the holes (http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9917/tracipreparesmisslesxp1.gif) and launches into the air, hitting the last of the R-Fighters directly, and disintegrating them. (http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9288/wagonattackssa9.gif)

“We’re not out of this yet!” Chris shouts, spotting a pair of D-Tanks rumbling across the valley and towards the city. “Brittany, how about a tag team?”

“You took the words right out of my mouth!” Brittany responds.

The D-Tanks motor between two hills attempting to cross through towards the city. But the Rover Hyper Zord jets across one hill and jumps down onto the plain firing a pair of missles from cannons mounted on each side of the Zord, while the GT Hyper Zord fires four laser bolts from its headlights. The attacks rock the D-Tanks, complete shutting the two vehicles down. (http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/1505/rovergtattacklv8.gif)

Chris exclaims, “Nice job, everybody! Now let’s head home.”

**********

It’s a beautiful morning on the campus of Central University, and inside her dorm room Traci lies in bed, her face buried in a pillow. Out of nowhere, her cell phone begins ringing. She groans, and slowly reaches for it. She picks it up and in a deep, exhausted voice, “Hello?”

“Traci.” It’s her boyfriend, Ian.

“Ian?”

“It’s 10:30! You were supposed to meet me over an hour ago, where are you?!”

She looks at her alarm clock, confirming the time. She turns on her back, and puts her hand on her head, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Give me ten minutes.”

She hangs up the phone, and crawls out of bed.

**********

Inside the Communications building, Chris stands with his hands in the pockets of his brown leather jacket. Standing in front of him is Lela Legend, with her hands on her hips and staring at Chris coldy.

“Nothing?” she asks, “You’ve got nothing?”

“Look, Lela, I’ve been...”

“It’s Ms. Legend, thank you.”

Chris is confused, “Um, sure, whatever. Look, I know I’ve been behind with my stories, but if you just give me a chance to...”

“Carl, I’ve given you chances...”

“It’s Chris...” He corrects her.

She ignores him and continues, “...and all you’ve done is continuosly and perpetually bring me absolutely positively nothing.” She sighs, “Maybe you should rethink what you want to do with your little life.”

Chris sighs, and walks out of the room.

**********

Meanwhile, across campus, Nick rushes towards the cafeteria in a white polo shirt. He flings open the doors and comes to a sudden stop as his manager, a bald man with a thick mustache and glasses, stands in front of him, tapping his foot and staring at his watch.

“You’re late,” he says, “Again.”

Nick is flustered and out of breath, “I’m really sorry, sir. It’s just...”

“It’s just nothing. This is the second time this week, and if my math’s correct, the fourth time this month. This is your last warning. Be late again, and you’re fired.”

Nick sighs, “It won’t happen again, sir.” He makes his way to the kitchen, with his head hung low.

**********

Just a few short blocks away from the cafeteria, Eric stands on a stage, staring at a theatre full of empty seats. Two casting directors sit in front of him, staring at him heavily and seemingly scrutinizing every movement of his mouth.

Eric recites, “I shall not give in to the temptations of war. It seduces the weak; those who see no way out but conflict. Those who...”

He pauses.

“Those who...”

He can’t remember the rest of the line.

“Those who...”

One of the casting directors raises her hand, “That’ll be all.”

Eric sighs heavily, “I’m sorry. I’ve just been really swamped lately, and I...”

“You don’t need to say anything. That’ll be all.”

“But, listen, I...”

“Next!”

Eric throws his hands to his side in frustration and walks out of the theatre.

**********

A couple of buildings away from the theatre, and in a classroom of over 200 students, Brittany shakes her head in disgust as she stares at her test score. An obnoxious student looks over her shoulder and shouts, “A 32?! Ouch!”

Brittany throws the guy a nasty look, then slowly sinks into her seat, embarrased, as the other students turn to look in her direction.

**********

Later that afternoon, Chris and Brittany are walking together inside the Student Union building.

“This can’t get any worse.” Brittany says, referring to her test score. “What is that, like an F-?

“Normally, I would tell you to cry on my shoulder, but I feel a tear comin’ on myself.”

“What’s killing you?”

“Well, not only am I completely lost in Spanish, Sociology, AND History, but I had to suffer through a chew-out session with the ‘great Ms. Legend’.”

“Ooh. Wanna cry on mine?”

“Ugh. There’s something seriously wrong with that chick. I think my chances of being a regular staff member are pretty much dead.”

“You? What about me? Instead of trying to figure out conics or studying parabolas, I’m busy combat training in a bright yellow costume with a laser gun and an oversized Hot Wheels car.”

Chris sighs and stops walking, “Listen, I’m complaining just like you are. It’s tough. But we made a choice, and we have to live with it.”

“Says who?” Brittany responds. “If it’s becoming too much, why can’t we just walk away from it?”

“Yes, and leave the planet completely defenseless from a group of interdimensional invaders.”

Brittany rolls her eyes.

Chris continues, “We can’t just walk away from it. We all made this decision.”

Brittany sighs, “But why us? Why not someone else with ‘courage’ and ‘youth’ and ‘ambition’? It’s not like we’re the only ones on the entire planet who have those things.”

Chris looks at her, and in his mind he tries to find the answer.

**********

Underneath Oson City, General Morlon stands in front of an army of deformed, grotesque, clown-like foot soldiers as they tirelessly move rock and gravel, constructing what looks to be a throne.

Standing beside him is Sororix, observing the situation.

“I have to ask,” she says, “What is this all about?”

Morlon grins, “The final piece to our transition, my dear.”

“A throne?” She pauses. “HE isn’t....”

Morlon’s grin widens, “Yes.”

“So how do you expect to pull this off? If you manage to open a portal to the other dimension you’ll only attract the Rangers.”

“That’s why I spent the time devising a little...scheme. The Rangers won’t even be a problem.”

Sororix can only say, “So, it’s true.”

Morlon nods, “Yes. Emperor Darrar is coming...”

He laughs evily, echoing throughout the caves of their underground base.

TO BE CONTINUED

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

nice stuff bout the indiviual slip ups

[Smallville]

Thanks for the comments. As a reminder, I'll be posting new episodes on Fridays. It takes a lot of time not only writing each installment, but editing and putting together the GIFs (frame by frame). So, thanks for sticking with me. :D

[Lin Date]

Keep up the good work.

[Smallville]

Thanks for the comment, Lin. I appreciate it, and I'll try my best.

An all new episode will be up tomorrow. I'm finishing up the story and GIFs now.

[PHAETON]

Cool episode...It looks being a Hyperspeed Ranger is taking a toll on the teens...Keep it comming

[Smallville]

(All new episodes every Friday)
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Episode 05: "Balance" (Part II)

On the campus of Central University, and inside the student cafeteria, Traci holds her tray out in front of her, as a server places a large spoonful of chicken alfredo onto her plate. She looks up to acknowledge the server, and to her surprise, it’s Nick.

“Nick?” she asks.

“Hey...Traci” Nick answers awkwardly. He’s wearing a black hairnet and plastic gloves.

“I didn’t know you worked here.”

“Yeah...I...uh...it’s...I needed a job, so...”

“That’s really cool. Now I know who to go to get all the updates on the Banana Blueberry muffins.”

Nick laughs a little too out loudly, and the other cafeteria workers stare at him, confused. His face turns an embarrassed red.

“Traci?” a voice calls from behind.

Traci turns to find Eric standing there with his tray in hand. “Hey, Eric. What’s going on?”

Nick is left watching from behind the serving station.

“I’m good, just catching a bite to eat.” Eric responds. “Um...you want to join me? I got a table over by the window.”

Traci smiles, “Well, I appreciate it. But I’m kinda meeting Ian.”

Eric’s tone drops from enthusiasm to disappointment, “Oh. Okay. That’s cool.”

“Well, I’ll see you around.”

Traci begins walking away, but as she does, her communicator buzzes, as do the ones of Eric and Nick. They each look at one another. Eric stares at his tray, carrying a chicken breast fillet sandwich, hot golden french fries, a slice of red velvet cake, and a glass of ice cold Coca-Cola, and lets out a long sigh.

He and Traci put their trays down on an empty counter, and walk out of the cafeteria. Nick takes off his apron and hairnet, tosses them aside, and begins following them out. His manager notices him walking away.

“Nick!” he shouts, “Where are you going?”

Nick, rushed, responds, “I’ll be back in a minute, sir. A bit of an emergency!”

The three make their way to the vacant back lot of the dining hall. Eric raises his wrist to his lips, and speaks into his communicator. “Go ahead, Dudley.”

Dudley responds from the Hyper Garage, “We’ve got a situation.”

**********

Eric, Nick, and Traci arrive inside the Hyper Garage where Dudley, along with Chris and Brittany, huddle around the control panel.

“This better be good.” Eric remarks. The three join the others around the control panel.

“Well, it’s weird,” Dudley says, “I’m picking up multiple energy signals in the valley outside the city. But it’s been static. Just...”

“Waiting.” Chris interjects.

“You think they’re waiting for us?” Traci asks.

Dudley shrugs his shoulders, “I don’t know.”

“Well, they’re not attacking anything.” Brittany says, “I mean, who the heck attacks the middle of nowhere?”

Nick states, “I think it’s a trap.”

“And I say we spring it.” Chris asserts. He moves towards the center of the room, followed by Brittany, Traci, Nick, and reluctantly, Eric.

“I’m missing my lunch for this?” Eric groans.

Chris replies, “You can eat later. Let’s roll.”

Dudley notes, “Keep your eyes open, and be careful, team.”

Chris nods, “You got it.” He turns to the others, as the five stand in position, “Ready?”

The four exclaim back, “Ready!”

They all call, “Hyper Speed, Accelerate!”

Eric morphs, “Black Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1334/blackmorphhyperspeed2ww.gif)

Traci morphs, “Pink Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7833/pinkmorphhyperspeed5uc.gif)

Nick morphs, “Blue Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/414/bluemorphhyperspeed7cs.gif)

Brittany morphs, “Yellow Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/984/yellowmorphhyperspeed3gj.gif)

And Chris morphs, “Red Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5048/redmorphhyperspeed8sw.gif)

The team is teleported, and in a flash of light, they arrive in the valley. (http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1138/rangersarrivein4.gif)

**********

In the forest just outside of downtown, Sororix, Xokan, and Bobis follow closely behind General Morlon as the four make their way towards the center of the woods. Morlon quickly stops, and looks up into the sky.

“Perfect.” he pronounces. He turns to Bobis and points his finger towards a spot close to his feet. “Here.”

Bobis is carrying a large, white, projector-like piece of machinery, and he places it on the ground.

Morlon grins, “Once Emperor Darrar arrives, our conquest of this dimension will be complete.”

**********

The Rangers stand strong in front of a grotesque creature and an army of clown-like foot soldiers.

The creature, with a long, centipede shaped right arm, a single orange eye, and large menancing teeth, barks, “Ha, ha, ha! You must be the Power Rangers.”

Chris asserts, “You better believe it! And I don’t know what you and your friends are up to, but consider this the end of the line!”

The creature laughs, “Ha! You have no idea, do you? I am Quorlock, and ‘my friends’ call themselves the Jestars!”

Eric interjects to Chris, “Look, I’m all for the fun, cheesy, tough talk, but can we get on with this?!”

Chris nods, “Fine by me.” He turns to the others, “Let’s go!”

The five Rangers charge at Quorlock and the Jestars. The creature cries back, “Attack!” The Jestars charge at the Rangers.

Chris dashes across the plain swinging his sword, slashing his way through a quartet of Jestars. (http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5622/redrangershackandslashgj9.gif) The Red Ranger turns to find nearly ten more of the freakish foot soldiers ready to pounce him on. He quickly grabs his blaster from its holster, and fires a charged blast at the group, blanketing them with debris and sending them flying. (http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6567/redrangerblastslj6.gif)

On the other side of the valley, Quorlock slams his long, spiked arm into both Brittany and Eric, stunning the Yellow and Black Rangers. (http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8750/quorlockstrikesyandboy9.gif) He quickly spins himself, gains momentum, and slashes the two Rangers across the chest with his arm, (http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8645/quorlockstrikesagainws4.gif) sending the two to the ground. But before he can land another blow, Traci and Nick swoop in and land two flying kicks, dropping the creature to the dirt.

The Pink and Blue Rangers join Brittany and Eric, along with Chris, and gather themselves to strike Quorlock.

“Alright!” Chris shouts, “Sphere Attack!”

The five Rangers stand together, and pull out their blasters from their holsters.

“Fire!” Chris shouts.

They each fire their blasters into the air, and the energies combine to form a sphere of power. They drag the sphere with their weapons down towards Quorlock, blasting the creature and destroying him. (http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5707/quorlockdestroyedqk8.gif)

**********

General Morlon declares, “It’s time.”

Bobis flips a switch on the machine, and in the blink of an eye, lines of bright white light beam into the sky. (http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/108/portalmo8.gif) The atmosphere immediately begins to darken. Red lightning flashes in the sky. The clouds begin to fuse together, and start to take the shape of a gateway. (http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/3583/portalopeningjw6.gif)

**********

In the Hyper Garage, Dudley’s eyes widen as he reads the energy ratings. “What on Earth?”

**********

In the valley, Chris can hear Dudley in his helmet, “Chris?”

The Red Ranger responds, “We stopped the monster. It looks like everything is...”

“We’ve got a big problem! I’m detecting a huge energy signal in the woods just outside of downtown. It looks like a....”

But before he can finish, the sky begins to darken above the valley. The clouds turn a crimson red, and a bright, blinding vortex slams into the ground where the remnants of Quorlock lie. In a flash of bright light, the vortex disappears and gives way to Quorlock, reborn and as tall as a skyscraper. (http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5817/quorlockgrowsjv7.gif)

The Rangers gasp, “No way!”

Dudley proclaims, “The energy signal is a portal! They’ve opened a portal!”

Brittany asserts, “This was a diversion!”

Quorlock slams his insect-like arm into a hill, collapsing it into dust and rock. He stomps across the valley, kicking another hill and sending boulders falling to the ground. (http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4195/quorlockdestroyswa8.gif)

“Now what?!” Nick asks.

Chris is quick with an answer, “We take care of this first! We can’t let Quorlock get into the city!” He puts his wrist to his mouthpiece and calls, “Hyper Zords, online!”

At the Hyper Garage, the doors to the docking bay open, and all five Hyper Zords release, making their way to the Rangers’ location. (http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/4544/hyperzordsreleasevt8.gif)

As the Zords arrive, Chris and the others leap into the air and into their respective cockpits.

Eric reports, “Transport Hyper Zord, online!”

Traci reports, “Wagon Hyper Zord, online!”

Nick reports, “Rugger Hyper Zord, online!”

Brittany reports, “Rover Hyper Zord, online!”

And Chris reports, “GT Hyper Zord, online!”

The five Zords race towards Quorlock.

**********

General Morlon lifts his hands into the air in an embracing fashion, “Emperor Darrar!”

The clouds begin to spark with red light, and out from the light emerges a large warship, with its two engines protracting from the rear and propelling it out from the atmosphere and through the Earth’s sky. (http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6947/warshiparrivesem9.gif)

Xokan remarks, “It’s the ship!”

Sororix quips to Morlon, “I guess we won’t be needing that throne after all.”

Morlon smirks and laughs wildly.

**********

In their Zords, Eric radios to Chris, “I say we use a missle attack formation to take him down.”

Chris radios back, “No. It won’t be enough.”

“What do you mean? We’ve got to at least try it!”

“No! We can’t waste time! There’s only one thing we can do! I say we go to the Megazord.”

The others all chime in, “What?!”

Eric responds to Chris, “We’ve only tried it once! We don’t...”

But Chris interrupts him, “We don’t have a choice! We’re going Megazord!”

Eric growls, “Who the hell died and made you the leader?!”

Chris pauses and responds, “I really don’t think you want me to answer that! We’re doing it!”

The Red Ranger flips a switch in his cockpit, and shouts, “Initiating Megazord sequence!”

The GT, Transport, and Wagon Hyper Zords rise into the air in a straight line, as the Rugger and Rover Hyper Zords follow below. The lower half of the Transport Hyper Zord transforms into the legs, (http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/315/megazord1ih5.gif) as the Wagon Hyper Zord splits in two and connects to the legs, forming thighs. (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7149/megazord2xs1.gif) The remainder of the Transport Hyper Zord fuses with the top of the thighs to form the arms and body. The massive piece of machinery then descends downward and at the feet connects with the Rugger and Rover Hyper Zords which form skates. Finally, the GT Hyper Zord swoops in and splits in the middle, covering the body as an armor and revealing a head. The Zords make their final connections, and the Hyper Speed Megazord is formed. (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4838/megazord3pq2.gif)

In the cockpit of the Zord, Chris sits strongly in the middle, with Nick and Eric at his immediate sides, and Traci and Brittany behind them.

Chris declares, “Hyper Speed Megazord, online!”

Nick, controlling the legs, sends the Megazord skating towards Quorlock, and he quickly breaks leaving a swift trail of dust and dirt. Quorlock swings his long right arm at the Megazord, and misses. But he quickly spins around and strikes down on the Zord with his left arm, creating sparks and smoke from the Megazord’s chest. Quorlock then spins himself twice and slashes the Megazord across the chest with his long arm, rocking the Rangers inside the cockpit.

Chris responds to the attacks, “Okay. Let’s try the Piston Pistols!”

The Hyper Speed Megazord equips itself with two silver plated hanguns and fires multiple shots at Quorlock, blasting the creature and stunning him in his place. (http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9905/pistonpistolsof7.gif)

Eric asks, “And now?”

Chris looks at Nick, “Jet us straight into Quorlock!” He then turns to his own controls, “Hyper Sword!”

The Hyper Speed Megazord equips itself with a long, metal sword.

Chris exclaims, “Now, power up!”

A streak of energy rises through the sword. (http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7599/megazordswordpowerupti7.gif) The Hyper Speed Megazord thrusts towards Quorlock and slashes right through him as it skates past him. Quorlock screams in pain, and plummets to the ground, exploding in a ball of fire, eliminated for good. (http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7386/quorlockdestroyed2vf3.gif)

Nick, Brittany, Traci, and Eric cheer in the cockpit. Eric slaps Chris on the back, “I can’t believe we pulled it off!”

But Chris quickly drops everyone back to Earth, “Yes. But we’ve got a bigger problem...”

**********

The skies begin to clear, but the warship is now sitting high in the sky, above the clouds. Morlon turns to the others, “Let’s go greet our master!”

Morlon, Xokan, Sororix, and Bobis transform into light and beam themselves up into the air and towards the ship.

**********

Back at the Hyper Garage, the Rangers stand in front of Dudley, still in their uniforms but with their helmets held to their sides.

Dudley can only sigh, “I have a very bad feeling.”

Traci asks, “So they opened a portal to their dimension. But who could have gotten through?”

“I did a recording of the energy levels present when the portal was opened and closed, and my guess is that they opened a portal for Emperor Darrar himself.”

“The Emperor?” Nick asks, “Of the Darrar Empire?”

Dudley nods his head, “I’m afraid so. He's their supreme leader. General Morlon and the others answer to him.”

Eric groans, “We were setup. We ran straight into a pointless fight, and we just let them get the upperhand on us.”

The others have their heads down, all feeling a sense of despair. But Dudley clears his throat and responds, “Look. You guys can’t kick yourselves for this. They out-thought us this time. But look at it like this: you beat that monster out there today. You took on the challenge, and were able to use a power in the Hyper Speed Megazord that you didn’t even think you could control. You guys are gonna make mistakes. All good warriors make mistakes. But it’s the great ones that learn from them.

Look, Emperor Darrar being here is not good news. They may have won this battle and tipped the scales a bit. But...this is going to be a long war. If we’re going to do this, it’s going to take everything we have. But....I believe...somehow...we’ll find a way.”

Dudley’s words seem to bring a bit of confidence to the hearts of the Rangers. Their heads are lifted, seemingly accepting the challenge that lies before them.

*********

Inside the Darrarian Warship, Emperor Darrar sits on his throne before an army of Jestars.

The Jestars wave their hands in the air, “All hail, Emperor Darrar!” (http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2239/emperordarraryi7.gif)

General Morlon, Sororix, Xokan, and Bobis bow before the dark emperor. Darrar, a large black beast with tall white hair, razor sharp teeth, and tentacles surrounding his body, proclaims with a deep, satanic voice, “My minions! We have fought mercilessly throughout the Parallels. But, now, the time has come for this dimension to be ours! This world will belong to the Darrar Empire!!”

The Jestars cheer wildly, as the four commanders wickedly laugh.

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

nice stuff dude

[Smallville]

Thanks, Metal lion. I appreciate it.....

ANNOUCEMENT

Okay, folks. So I spent the last few days going over my Turboranger episodes, and getting a good grasp on all of the footage at my disposal.

And after thinking it over, and plotting out the plot (:)), I decided to essentially break Hyper Speed into two seasons. Season 1 will wrap up in December/January, and Season 2 will likely pick up in February/March. The "first season" will end on a cliffhanger of sorts, and because of the nature of this said cliffhanger (and the events that follow because of it), I figured I'd stop there, and then come back a few weeks later and begin the second season (which will likely be just a tad bit shorter than the first).

Okay. Now I know this is confusing (it's confusing me). So I'll wrap this up with some good stuff. Here's a look at the episode titles and dates all the way through November:

Episode 06: "Roll" Part I (August 4, 2006)
Episode 07: "Roll" Part II (August 11, 2006)
Episode 08: "Janus" Part I (August 18, 2006)
Episode 09: "Janus" Part II (August 25, 2006)
Episode 10: "Superstar" Part I (September 1, 2006)
Episode 11: "Superstar" Part II (September 8, 2006)
Episode 12: "Patriarch" Part I (September 15, 2006)
Episode 13: "Patriarch Part II (September 22, 2006)
Episode 14: "Hearts" Part I (September 29, 2006)
Episode 15: "Hearts" Part II (October 6, 2006)
Episode 16: "Web" Part I (October 13, 2006)
Episode 17: "Web" Part II (October 20, 2006)
Episode 18: "Neutral" Part I (October 27, 2006)
Episode 19: "Neutral" Part II (November 3, 2006)
Episode 20: "Cannon" Part I (November 10, 2006)
Episode 21: "Cannon" Part II (November 17, 2006)
Episode 22: "Infirmary" Part I (November 24, 2006)

[PHAETON]

Cool Episoe Smallville...I know that the Shits gonna hit the fan know that Emperor Darrar has shown up

[Angelfox]

cool

[Lin Date]

Nice job.

[Smallville]

(Another all new episode next Friday)
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Episode 06: "Roll" (Part I)

The sun is beginning to set on another day at Central University. On the recreational field, an intramural flag football game is just beginning to wrap up. In matching navy uniforms, the Blue Bombers break out of their huddle and march to the line of scrimmage, led by the team’s quarterback, Ian Hartman. On the sideline, Traci sits on a white lawn chair supporting her man.

“Whoooo-Hooooo! Let’s go, Bombers!” she cheers.

Behind the team’s center, Ian shouts, “Down, set....hut....HIKE!” He drops back, looks to his left, then looks to his right. An opposing player suddenly rushes towards him, and Ian takes off in the opposite direction. He jukes left, cuts inside, makes a few players miss and dashes straight into the endzone.

Traci throws her hands into the air in celebration, and the team’s friends and fans cheer on the sideline.

On the other side of the field, and just outside of the crowd of people, Nick Spince stands with his hands in his pockets, wearing a white polo shirt covered with splotches of grease. He watches as Ian, the hero of the game, walks over to Traci with the football, hands it to her, and kisses her on the lips.

Nick lets out a huge sigh, and turns to walk away. He stops, noticing a flyer stuck on a light post. ‘Blue Bombers Looking for Extra Players IMMEDIATELY - Call Ian at....’

A light flicks in Nick’s head. He pictures himself hoisting the intramural championship trophy, with the game ball in his hand and receiving a kiss on the cheek from Traci.

The referee’s whistle suddenly snaps him back to reality. He takes the flyer off the post, and heads for his dorm room.

*********

High above the clouds hanging over Oson City, the Darrarian Warship floats in the sky. Inside, General Morlon makes his way through a cold, dark corridor and into the throne room. He approaches the throne of Emperor Darrar, where the vile overlord has been awaiting his arrival. Morlon kneels before Darrar.

“Rise.” the emperor commands.

“My lord?” Morlon asks.

“General, it’s time for us to make our prescence known in this world. If this city is the base of operations for the Hyper Speed Rangers, then we will make it our first target.”

“I agree, my lord. What would you have me to do?”

“I want you to send a creature into the city. One that will prey upon these humans. Inject fear into their hearts.”

Morlon nods, “Yes, my lord. And I have just the creature.”

“Good. Now, go!”

**********

Inside the Communications building on the Central University campus, Lela Legend is packing up her laptop bag and heading out of the Daily U office. Chris, in his usual brown leather jacket and crimson t-shirt, enters the office. Lela looks up, rolls her eyes, and sighs.

“What is it now?” she groans.

“Lela, look, I know that I haven’t exactly been the most consistent reporter in the world these past couple of weeks, and things have just been a bit hectic for me. But...my life is starting to settle down a bit, and I think I can be that dependable writer you need me to be. So...I’m asking you to give me another shot.” He lets out a deep breath, anxiously awaiting her response.

Lela shrugs her shoulders, “Well. I’ve got to say, you certainly don’t give up do you?”

Chris raises an eyebrow.

“I’ll tell you what. I’m in a decent mood right now, and this may just be your lucky day. Adam Marsh, who usually covers sports, kinda partied a little too hard yesterday and let’s just say he’s not going to be back for a while. So, the assignment’s yours.”

Chris is surprised, “Wow. Sports?”

“Well...intramural sports. Flag football. Recreational stuff.”

“Oh...that’s great. I’ll take it.”

“I bet you will.” Lela responds snootily. “There’s a couple of games today and tomorrow. I want reports on Friday.” She slings her bag around her shoulder, “This is your last chance. Don’t let me down.”

**********

It’s a beautiful, clear afternoon, and Nick is jogging onto the recreational field in a navy blue t-shirt, bearing the emblem of his old high school, and short black mesh shorts.

The rest of the Blue Bombers are standing in a circle, as they get ready for the game. Ian nods at Nick, and Nick nods back.

“Guys,” Ian announces to the team, “This is Nick. He’s going to be joining the team now that Adam’s out.” He focuses on Nick, “You’ll be playing wide receiver, so just follow my calls.”

Nick slaps his hands together a little too enthusiastically, “Alright! Let’s do it!”

The other players look at him like he’s nuts. Nick turns a slight shade of red.

*********

In Downtown Oson City, an older woman in her late sixties drives her 1972 Lincoln down the road at about 35 MPH. On her dashboard, a picture of her two freckle-faced, red-haired grandchildren lies taped onto it. She looks down at it, smiles, and focuses back on the road. And out of nowhere, she’s forced to slam her breaks, as the ground begins to rip open in front of her. (http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/6596/groundopenslg6.gif) She screams in terror, as the many cars around her come to a screeching stop. A group of people standing at the bus stop just adjacent to her stare in dread.

As the crack begins to widen, a pair of skeletal-like arms punctures out from the ground, and in a split second an entire creature bursts out from below the asphault and stands in the middle of the busy intersection. (http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9017/ballurusarrivespc9.gif) Panic rushes through all of the citizens in the area, and they begin to run in terror, screaming with blood curdling frightfulness.

The creature, with large orange armor strecthing from his head down to his lower back, three vermilion colored eyes, and a skeletal, bug-like appearance, laughs as he watches them run away.

“Run as far you want, humans! I, Ballurus, love a challenge!” he shouts.

He puts his two arms together, and an orb of bright energy appears. He fires the energy at a group of people, and in a flash of light, men and women, including the grandmother, are fused together and form a large ball of molded flesh. (http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8194/ballurusballslp3.gif)

The sight of this heinous act creates even more fear in the onlookers attempting to run away...

*********

As the flag football game gets underway on the recreational field, Chris, with notepad and pen in hand, watches the game closely.

“Hey, Chris.” A voice calls from behind him.

He turns, and it’s Traci. “Hey, what’s going on?”

“Did the game start already?” she asks, seemingly out of breath.

“Yeah, they just started.”

She sighs in relief, “Good. If I missed anything Ian would kill me.”

“Yeah...” Chris adds.

Traci looks onto the field, and does a double take. “Is that...Nick?”

Chris turns and looks for himself. Nick is on the field lining up at wide receiver, standing right next to Ian, who's behind the center.

“It is him.” Chris remarks.

Ian snaps the ball, and drops back. He looks to his right; no one’s open. Nick runs as fast as he can on the left side of the field, and stops at about 15 yards, turning to get Ian’s attention. Suddenly, Nick looks to his right and notices Traci. He looks into her almond eyes, and smiles. Traci looks back at him and smiles. And in Nick’s mind, it’s a “moment”; the whole world seems to be in slow motion.

But as he slowly turns his head back towards the field, a spiraling football is rocketing towards his face. And before he can react, it smashes into his eye, knocking him out and to the ground.

Chris and Traci rush onto the field from the sideline, and Ian throws his arms into the air in exasperation.

Nick moans, holding his hand over his left eye.

“Are you alright?” Traci asks, as she and Chris kneel by Nick.

“Maybe...” Nick mutters.

From behind them, Ian remarks, “Pay attention, retard!”

Traci turns to look at him and snaps, “Ian!”

Ian rolls his eyes and walks off. Chris and Traci help Nick to his feet. But suddenly, their communicators each buzz. Chris and Traci look at one another, then at Nick.

“You think you can make it?” Chris asks.

Nick sighs, “If duty calls.”

The three of them walk off the field. Ian calls out to Traci, “Where are you going?!”

Traci shouts back, “We’re going to get him some ice!”

Ian shakes his head and turns back to the rest of his team.

Chris, Traci, and Nick make their way behind a vacant storage building, and Chris speaks into his communicator, “What’s up, Dudley?”

From the Hyper Garage, Dudley responds, “We’ve got a situation downtown. A monster is attacking civilians. Eric and Brittany are already on their way.”

“Alright, we’ll get there as fast as we can.” Chris turns to Nick, “You good?”

Nick nods his head.

Chris stands ready, “Alright!”

And together the three call, “Hyper Speed, Accelerate!”

Traci morphs, “Pink Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7833/pinkmorphhyperspeed5uc.gif)

Nick morphs, “Blue Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/414/bluemorphhyperspeed7cs.gif)

And Chris morphs, “Red Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5048/redmorphhyperspeed8sw.gif)

**********

Downtown, Chris, Traci, and Nick race towards the scene. They finally arrive just in front of Ballurus, joining the Black and Yellow Rangers.

“Nice of you to make it.” Eric quips.

“Sorry we’re late.” Chris replies.

Traci notices the two human spheres. (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/2599/humanballbd3.jpg) “Are those...”

Brittany responds, “I think so.”

Nick is disgusted, “Human balls? That’s so wrong in so many ways.”

Ballurus quickly interjects, “Ah! The Power Rangers are here!”

“Alright, you freak!” Chris shouts, “Release those people now, and we might go easy on you!”

Ballurus scoffs, “Not a chance! If you want to work out a deal, talk to my representation!” Ballurus points to his right, and on the road a cloud of smoke explodes out of nowhere and fades away revealing a gang of Jestars. (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/738/jestarsarrivelh0.gif)

“Fantastic.” Eric groans.

A Jestar springs into the air and attempts to strike down on Chris, but the Red Ranger hooks the Jestar’s weapon with his sword and tosses him aside. Chris then takes a swipe at another Jestar, and then spin kicks another. Just in front of him, Eric cartwheels and lands a low kick on a Jestar, sending him to the ground. (http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/8964/jestarsbattleop4.gif)

In front of Eric, Nick pulls out his blaster from its holster, sits on a knee, and fires laser bolts at a pair of Jestars, blasting them down. (http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/8543/blueblastsis9.gif)

However, on the other side of the road, a pair of Jestars garbed in red, instead of the seemingly standard black, get an advantage on Traci and Brittany, kicking and slashing the Pink and Yellow Rangers down to the ground. (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/3395/pinkandyellowattackedjm9.gif) The two Jestars then backflip away, seemingly having mercy on the girls.

Meanwhile, across from them, Ballurus is sent flying back, as Chris and Eric land a leaping kick into his face. (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4480/redandblackkickqb7.gif) The other Rangers rejoin them, and stand strong in front of Ballurus.

“Time to end this!” Brittany exclaims. She pulls out her blaster, but before she can fire a shot, Ballurus sneaks behind the human spheres.

“Hold your fire!” Chris shouts to Brittany.

Ballurus laughs, “Yeah, but I won’t!” The creature throws a grenade at the Rangers, and it explodes in front of them (http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/1584/ballurushidesandattacksak0.gif); the shockwaves knock them to their backs.

“See ya!” Ballurus shouts, and the monster places his hands on the two balls and teleports away.

The Rangers slowly begin to pick themselves up from the concrete. Chris punches the asphault in frustration, “He got away!”


Just thirty yards away from the scene, Lela Legend is kneeling beside her car, unable to be seen by the five heroes. A digital camera is in her hands, and she’s snapping pictures of the Rangers, on the ground and defeated...

TO BE CONTINUED

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

hmmm, i wonder what that means...

[PHAETON]

Wow Interesting...Emperor Darrar is not the type of Demon-king to mess around, That Ballarus monster turns Human Beings into Balls(That's something Disney would never have the Balls to do) is very cool. Keep it commin

[Angelfox]

wicked

[Smallville]

(All new episode next Friday night)
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Episode 07: "Roll" (Part II)

Inside the Darrarian Warship, Ballurus places the two human spheres before Emperor Darrar and bows.

General Morlon grins, “Excellent work, Ballurus.”

“Ah, it was nothing.” Ballurus replies. “Capture a few humans, beat the Rangers. All in a day's work.”

Bobis enters the throne room and catches sight of the two balls of human bodies. “Ooh!” He slips on a bib and pulls out a foot-long fork and knife, “Dinner time!”

“Enough!” Emperor Darrar snarls. Everyone in the room, including Sororix and Xokan, snap to attention. “You bring me only two?! This isn’t enough! You will not stop until I have a ship’s worth!”

General Morlon inquires, “But, my lord, where are we to store them?”

“Find a place on the surface!”

Morlon sighs under his breath, “Yes, my lord.” He turns to Ballurus. “Go back down and capture more humans.”

Ballurus claps his hands together, “No biggie! I’m always game for another hunt!”

**********

“Okay. Anybody got a plan?” Eric asks, as he and the others stand around the main control panel inside the Hyper Garage.

Dudely answers, “Knowing Emperor Darrar, you can count on one thing: he’s never satisfied. He’ll send Ballurus back soon enough.”

“But how do we release those people?” Traci asks.

On the main video screen on the front wall in the Hyper Garage, Dudley pulls up a profile of Ballurus with several lines of analysis on the creature, “Well, I recorded Ballurus’ energy levels. And according to this, the only way you’re gonna free those people is to destroy him. The best thing would be for you guys to split up and patrol downtown. And if anything happens, you contact the others. Oh, and I’m going to need one of you to stay here and help me monitor the energy scanners.”

Brittany nods in agreement and turns to the others, “Alright. I say Traci and I take the west end of the city. Eric and Chris take the east end.” She turns to Nick, “And...Nick, you stay here with Dudley.” She winces looking at his black eye, “And put some ice on that.”

Chris folds his arms together, impressed, “Wow. Look at Brit taking charge.”

“I’m a business major. It’s what I do.”

Chris, Eric, Traci, and Brittany make their way into their respective teleporters and beam out of the Hyper Garage.

Nick sighs.

“Everything okay?” Dudley asks.

Nick nods, “Yeah...yeah...I’m...fine.”

*********

Lela Legend bursts through the doors of the Daily U office, catching the attention of one of her staff members, who’s sitting at her desk filing. Lela reaches her desk, opens her bag, pulls out her laptop, and flips it on, all in a matter of seemingly nanoseconds.

The staff writer stands in front of Lela’s desk with a puzzled expression on her face, “Um...Lela? Is everything okay?”

Lela’s face is sporting a Kool-Aid grin and her head is down towards her workstation, “Oh, everything is just spectacular!” She pulls out her digital camera and connects it to her laptop through a USB cord. “We’ve been sitting here these past few weeks trying to figure out how to spice up the paper: bringing in new writers, new columns, different...layouts.” On her computer, she clicks open a photo program. “But we’ve been missing that...something. That something that pushes us over the top.” She uploads the pictures from her digital camera onto her computer, and on the screen one of the images from her camera is displayed. She looks up at her writer and turns the computer so that she can see for herself, “I think we just found our new top story.”

**********

Downtown, Traci and Brittany walk through the park area, keeping their eyes and ears peeled for any sign of danger. As they glance around, Traci catches sight of something, and taps Brittany on the shoulder, “Look.”

The two walk towards a wooden bulletin board placed near a lamp post. A middle-aged woman is placing a picture on the board, with a slip of paper attached to it.

Concerned, Traci politely asks the woman, “Mam?” The woman turns and Traci continues, “May I ask who that is?”

The woman has a tear in her eye, “My husband. He’s a schoolteacher. I was on the phone with him, and he was driving down the road when that...” She’s fighting back tears, “...and...I could hear screaming on his end of the phone...” She can’t seem to continue.

Traci and Brittany look at one another, feeling sympathy for the woman’s plight.

The woman tries to restrain her sniffling, “I just hope he’s okay...” She tries to gather herself together, “This city.....we need heroes....People who will be there....to protect the innocent, like my husband...”

Traci and Brittany both take this in heavily. They place their hands on the woman’s shoulder.

“We’re going to do everything we can to bring your husband back.” Brittany says.

The woman looks into their eyes, struggling to find what to say.

*********

On the other side of town, Chris and Eric are walking down the busy sidewalks of the city.

Looking around, Eric asks, “What are we supposed to be looking out for, again?”

Out of nowhere, frightful screams pierce the air.

Chris looks at Eric, “Something like that.”

The two race towards the direction of the scream and make their way in front of a bank, where Ballurus stands before them. A flash of light forces them to cover their eyes, and when the light subsides, another pair of human spheres are manifested.

Ballurus notices the two, “Ah! More for my collection.”

“This is the end of line!” Chris shouts.

“Ha! And what are you gonna do about it?!”

Chris puts on a lopsided grin, “Time to show you our work clothes. Ready?”

Chris and Eric move their wrists into the ready position.

They call, “Hyper Speed, Accele....”

But before they can finish, a blast of energy explodes right in front of them, dropping the two to the ground. The duo looks up, and on top of a ten story building they find General Morlon with his staff pointed in their direction.

“You’re not interfering this time!” Morlon declares.

Chris and Eric turn their heads to watch as Ballurus places his arms on the two new spheres, and teleports away. The two turn back to Morlon, but the evil mastermind is gone. They pick themselves up from off the ground.

“Now what?” Eric asks.

Chris speaks into his communicator, “Dudley, we found Ballurus, but he got away!”

Dudley responds from the Hyper Garage, “I picked up his signal. He just reappeared a few miles outside the city.”

“Alright, we’re on our way!”

**********

Inside the Hyper Garage, Nick takes a pack of ice from off his eye.

“Are you gonna be okay?” Dudley asks.

Nick makes his way to the center of the room, “Well, I’ve got one good eye. I think I’ll manage.”

Nick moves his wrist into the ready postion.

He calls, “Hyper Speed, Accelerate!”

Nick morphs, “Blue Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/414/bluemorphhyperspeed7cs.gif)

**********

In the valley outside of Oson City, Ballurus and an army of Jestars attempt to move a group of spheres into a cave, but before they can, their eyes catch sight of a dreadful sight: the Hyper Speed Rangers storming towards them.

“Them again!” Ballurus groans. He hops behind a line of spheres, hoping to use them as a shield. (http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/5966/ballurushidesbehindof9.gif)

Chris, behind his Red Ranger helmet, exclaims, “Not this time!”

The Red Ranger leaps into the air, over the line, and thrusts his fists straight into the face of a Jestar sending it to the ground. He turns, chops another in the shoulder and spin kicks the Jestar to the dirt. (http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2467/redleapsattackspl9.gif)

Across from Chris, both Brittany and Traci launch themselves into the air and land flying kicks into the stomachs of a pair of Jestars. (http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7882/pinkandyellowattackkl4.gif) They flip into the air, and land right on their feet. Brittany then spins and trips a Jestar to the ground, while Traci backhand slaps another, causing the Jestar to leave its feet and fall on its back. (http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2558/yellowandpinkbeatdownje4.gif)

A few yards away from the girls, Eric grabs a Jestar by its side and throws it into the air. Suddenly, from behind the Black Ranger another Jestar attempts to strike him with its club, but Eric puts his hands together and smashes the Jestar across its face. (http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/3792/blackattacksrj2.gif) Eric turns and locates Nick, who’s kicking down a pair of Jestars.

Nick sees Eric, and Eric looks at Ballurus. He turns back to Nick and nods. Nick nods back, receiving the message. The two leap into the air and attempt to land a pair of flying punches on Ballurus, but the creature shoves the two back down to the ground with his arms. (http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/2415/balluruspushesoa8.gif)

As the Black and Blue Rangers pick themselves from off the ground, the others join them to face off with Ballurus.

“Has anyone ever told you how annoying you Power Rangers are?!” Ballurus grumbles.

Nick replies, “No. But we’ll think about that while we’re blasting you into a million pieces.”

“Alright!” Chris shouts, “Sphere Attack!”

The five Rangers stand together, and pull out their blasters
from their holsters.

“Fire!” Chris commands.

They each fire their blasters into the air, and the energies
combine to form an orb of power. They drag the orb with
their weapons down towards Ballurus, blasting the creature and destroying him. (http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/9422/ballurusdestroyedkh0.gif)

As the smoke clears from Ballurus’ remains, the human spheres immediately begin to glow brightly. And as they dim, Ballurus’ victims are reverted back to their normal selves. (http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/7585/victimsreleasedgf4.gif) Each one is puzzled, and looks around trying to figure out where they are.

The Rangers race over to the citizens to provide them with aid. Traci and Brittany stare at one particular man who seems familiar.

“Hey, isn’t that...” Traci asks.

“That woman’s husband!” Brittany finishes. The two Rangers walk over to the man. The husband looks up at them, and Brittany helps him to his feet, “Sir. We need to get you to your wife.”

A few feet away from them, Nick helps up the same elderly woman who had been in her car when Ballurus first attacked.

“There you go, mam.” The Blue Ranger says.

The woman is relieved, “Oh, thank you, dear. Wait till I tell my grandchildren about this.”

But out of nowhere, the sky begins to darken into a red tint.

The Rangers take notice. “Not this again.” Eric remarks.

From atop a hill behind them, General Morlon lifts his staff into the air, “This isn’t over!”

A bright, blinding vortex slams into the ground where the remnants of Ballurus lay. And in a flash of bright light, the vortex disappears and gives way to Ballurus, reborn and as tall as a skyscraper.

Brittany turns to the crowd of people, “Take shelter. Now!” The citizens turn in the opposite direction and run for cover.

Chris lifts his glove to his mouthpiece, “Hyper Zords, Online!”

At the Hyper Garage, the doors of the docking bay open, and all five Hyper Zords release, making their way to the Rangers’ location. (http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/4544/hyperzordsreleasevt8.gif)

As the Zords arrive, Chris and the others leap into the air and into their respective cockpits.

Eric reports, “Transport Hyper Zord, online!”

Traci reports, “Wagon Hyper Zord, online!”

Nick reports, “Rugger Hyper Zord, online!”

Brittany reports, “Rover Hyper Zord, online!”

And Chris reports, “GT Hyper Zord, online!”

The five Zords race towards Ballurus.

Chris flips a switch in his cockpit, and declares, “Initiating Megazord sequence!”

The GT, Transport, and Wagon Hyper Zords rise into the air in a straight line, as the Rugger and Rover Hyper Zords follow below. The lower half of the Transport Hyper Zord transforms into the legs, (http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/315/megazord1ih5.gif) as the Wagon Hyper Zord splits in two and connects to the legs, forming thighs. (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7149/megazord2xs1.gif) The remainder of the Transport Hyper Zord fuses with the top of the thighs to form the arms and body. The massive piece of machinery then descends downward and at the feet connects with the Rugger and Rover Hyper Zords which form skates. Finally, the GT Hyper Zord swoops in and splits in the middle, covering the body as an armor and revealing a head. The Zords make their final connections, and the Hyper Speed Megazord is formed. (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4838/megazord3pq2.gif)

Chris reports, “Hyper Speed Megazord, online!” Nick pulls back on his controls, and the Hyper Speed Megazord charges forward.

“Bring it on, chumps!” Ballurus taunts.

The Zord skates towards Ballurus and slams its fist straight into Ballurus’ gut. (http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/3783/megazordpuncheslb4.gif)

Ballurus counterattacks, leaping into the air and swiping down on the Megazord, then slashing it across the chest (http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6331/ballurusstrikesmegazorden7.gif), rocking the Rangers in the cockpit.

“Let’s get it together!” Chris exclaims. “Hyper Sword!”

The Hyper Speed Megazord equips itself with a long, metal sword.

“Power up!”

A streak of energy rises through the sword. (http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7599/megazordswordpowerupti7.gif)

“X Slash!”

The Megazord slashes Ballurus diagonally, then again from the opposite direction, forming an ‘X’.

“NOOOOO!!!!” Ballurus screams in pain.

The energy from the attack succumbs him, and he explodes in a flash of brilliant light. (http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/2218/ballurusdestroyed2fv4.gif)

**********

Emperor Darrar sits on his throne inside the Darrarian Warship, with General Morlon kneeling before him.

“This defeat was unacceptable, General.” Darrar growls.

Ashamed, Morlon nods, “I underestimated the Rangers, my lord. But that won’t...”

“And your underestimation cost you dearly today. Take some time to think about this failure.”

Morlon sighs, “Yes, my lord.” He exits the throne room.

**********

On the recreational field on the Central University campus, the flag football tournament is underway with the Blue Bombers facing the Crimson Crew. Just outside of the crowd area, Nick stands off to the side with his hands in his jean pockets, and his black eye nearly healed.

“Hey, I thought you’d be in the game.” A voice remarks from behind him. He turns, and it’s Traci.

“Um...” Nick is trying to choose his words carefully, “Yeah, I...I just guess, football isn’t my game.”

“How’s your eye feeling?”

Nick smiles, “Better. Thanks...thanks for asking.”

Traci shrugs her shoulders, “What are friends for?”

“Friends?” Nick asks.

“Yeah. I mean, we are a part of a team. I just think we should...get closer. I mean, get to know each other a bit better.”

“Um...yeah...I...yeah. I agree.”

Traci smiles, “Good. Oh, by the way, you’re a chemistry whiz, right?”

“I guess you could say that.”

“Well, I’m really having a hard time with this whole molecular bonding thing. I was wondering if you could tutor me.”

“Um....yeah, absolutely. I mean...sure.”

“Great. How about the library? Monday night, about eight o’clock?”

“Sounds good to me.”

“Awesome. I’ll see you there.”

Traci walks past him and heads towards the field. Nick wipes the sweat off his forehead, and begins walking away...with a big fat smile across his face.

**********

Inside the Daily U office, Chris lays a manila folder on Lela’s desk.

“And that is?” Lela asks.

“The flag football coverage you asked me to do.” Chris replies.

“Oh, okay.” Lela grabs the folder, opens it, and reads a few lines.

Chris waits for her response.

“Hmm.” Lela closes the folder and hands it back to him. “Don’t need it.”

Chris is in disbelief, “What?”

“We don’t need it. We’ve got a big story to cover. We don’t have space for little intramural games.”

“The monster attack? That's the big story.”

“The monster? Pfft. Who cares about that? We've got something bigger.”

Chris raises an eyebrow “Bigger?”

**********

Brittany is walking out of the campus bookstore, with a fresh cup of coffee and a copy of the morning’s Daily U in her arm. She sits down near a tree and opens up the paper to read the morning headline. When she glances at the front page picture (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1061/rangersonthegroundav0.jpg), she nearly spits out her coffee. The headline reads, “Who Are These Mystery Avengers?”

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

nice one dude

[Angelfox]

very nice

[Lin Date]

Pretty good.

[Smallville]

Thanks for the comments, guys. Most appreciated.

Oh, and I forgot to announce that this week's episode has been pushed back to Sunday (due to me moving into my new dorm and whatnot). ;)

[Smallville]

(All new episode next SATURDAY)
_____________________________

Episode 08: "Janus" (Part I)

It’s a Monday afternoon along the docks on the south end of Oson City. Boats and yachts sit quiet and still along the water. The shops in front of the river are completely empty; it’s seemingly a ghost town.

Entering the docks, Chris, Eric, Nick, Brittany, and Traci, each suited up in their Ranger uniforms, examine the area but can’t seem to find anything. They’re walking close together, braced for any danger, but none seems to be around.

“Ugh. I’ve got an audition in twenty minutes.” Eric grumbles, “I don’t have time for this.”

Chris speaks into his communicator, “Dudley. We don’t see anything. Are you sure you picked up a beast signal?”

“Positive.” Dudley responds from the Hyper Garage, “And I’m still picking it up. You’re close to it.”

“This doesn’t make any sense.” Brittany remarks.

Suddenly, Traci turns her head, hearing the sound of a pair of feet sloshing through water. “Guys? Do you hear that?”

The others turn to listen.

“It sounds like it’s coming from behind that wall.” Brittany points to a stone brick wall just behind the team.

The five race towards the structure and arrive behind the wall, dashing across a muddy terrain. As the Rangers look in front of them in the direction of the noise, they each stare down a hideous looking creature with a head in the shape of a wide jaw with sharp teeth, two yellow eyes, and scaly black paws.

“Power Rangers! I’ve been waiting for you clowns to show up.” The creature announces in a screeching voice.

“I don’t know what you’re up to,” Chris shouts, “But if Emperor Darrar sent you, we’re shipping you right back to him! And you’re not going to like our delivery method!”

Eric raises an eyebrow under his helmet, “Dude, you’ve seriously got to work on some new lines.”

But before the Rangers can make a move, the jaw on the monster’s crown splits open and begins to glow a golden hue. Suddenly, the light begins to take the shape of a beam of energy and emits from out of the beast’s jaw and onto the large puddle in front of the Rangers. The energy seperates, and as the light fades, standing before the Rangers are five dark, slime covered, zombie-like creatures. (http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8711/swampcreaturesbornhu1.gif)

“Not good.” Nick remarks.

Before the Rangers can react, the five swamp soldiers lunge toward each of them. Chris attempts to brace himself, but before he can, he’s tackled hard to the ground. (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8072/swamptackleul3.gif)

A few feet away from Chris, Nick leaps into the air and attempts to land a flying punch into the face of one of the creatures, but he’s sent back to the ground as the minion lands its own punch into the Blue Ranger’s gut. (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7570/swampslapsblueai5.gif)

In front of one of the empty buildings, Eric charges forward towards another creature, but before he can land an attack, the slimy beast discharges a long black tendril from its right wrist, grabbing Eric by the arms and throwing the Black Ranger straight into the wall of a nearby shop. (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5700/blackthrownwalliy7.gif)

Across from Eric, the fourth creature slashes Brittany across the chest, flinging her to the grass.

The five Rangers regroup and huddle together closely staring down the five seemingly indestructable swamp creatures.

“What are we gonna do?” Traci asks, nearly out of breath, “Nothing’s working.”

The five swamp zombies stand together and slowly begin sauntering through the grass towards the Rangers.

But out of nowhere, Dudley radioes into the Rangers’ helmets, “Guys, help is on the way!” The Rangers gaze into the air and watch as five individual weapons zip towards them. Each hero raises their hand into the air and snatches a weapon. (http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8755/powerweaponsarrivewo4.gif)

From the Hyper Garage, Dudley continues, “These are the Power Weapons. They should be enough to help you take those guys down. Chris, you’ve got the GT Saber. Eric, the Truck Hammer. Nick, the Axle Blaster. Brittany, the Aero Bow. And Traci, the Break Baton.”

The Rangers grip their weapons tight in their hands, feeling a sense of renewed strength.

“Alright!” Chris exclaims, “Time to turn the tide!” The Red Ranger grasps the GT Saber tightly, facing down one of the swamp creatures and a gang of Jestars. “Wheel Slash!” The GT Saber begins to glow as Chris moves the sword in a counterclockwise motion forming a circle of energy. And as he reaches the starting point of the circle, he grabs the sword tightly and slashes the group of soldiers with a strike of energy, disintegrating them in an instant. (http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6727/gtslashic0.gif)

Nick points his Axle Blaster in the direction of a gang of enemies and fires a rapid spray of laser bolts straight at them, blasting them all to the ground.
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8533/axelblasterbw0.gif)

Eric leaps into the air, and with his Truck Hammer in hand smashes down on the head of one of the swamp creatures, splitting it right down the middle. (http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1594/truckhammerjx6.gif)

Feeling himself being overwhelmed by the Rangers, the original monster regroups with his slime soldiers in front of the Rangers.

“This isn’t over!” He declares.

“Actually, it is.” Chris responds. He turns to Traci, “Finish this.”

Traci nods, and holds her weapon tightly, “Break Baton, power up!” She slides her hands across the baton, as a beam of pink energy rises through it. She immediately flings it like a boomerang towards the gang of freakish creatures, and it explodes, disintegrating each one of them in a swift streak of fire and energy. (http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7512/breakbatonrc7.gif)

“Takes care of that.” Chris remarks.

As the dust settles from Traci’s attack, Eric immediately begins darting off out of the dock and towards the city.

“Where’s he going?” Nick asks.

**********

Inside the Darrarian Warship, General Morlon exits the throne room with his head down, both ashamed and infuriated. As he walks down a dingy corridor, he stops as Sororix stands along the wall seemingly waiting for him. She begins clapping slowly, mocking him.

“That was a wonderful show.” She says.

Morlon growls, “Save it.”

“Oh, I don’t have to say anything, really. Emperor Darrar’s unhappy with your inability to finish off the Rangers, so he’s sending me to do the job you couldn’t. And after I’m done tearing each one of those pests limb by limb, I’ll be the new second in commmand.”

“You underestimate their power. The Rangers are growing stronger with each battle.”

“No. You’re simply growing too old and weak to even give a wannabe task force in spandex a good challenge.”

“I don’t have time for this.” Morlon begins walking away.

“Fine then. Take that attitude. But after Scaresum and I are done with the Rangers, you’ll be answering to me.”

Morlon walks out of the corridor, as Sororix can only grin.

**********

On the campus of Central University, Eric races inside the theatre and towards the auditorium, nearly knocking over a sign reading “Romeo and Juliet Auditions”. As he approaches the door to the auditorium, he attempts to pull the door open, but it’s locked.

“Great.” He mutters.

“You’re a little late, Mr. Mercer.” A voice remarks from behind him. Eric turns. It’s one of his theatre professors.

“Professor Mason.”

“The auditions ended a half an hour ago. I’m sorry.”

“Sir, it’s just...”

“It’s just what? Look, I know you have a passion for theatre. All the community plays and work you did in high school; you had an impressive resumé. But you haven’t showed the dedication it’s gonna take at this next level. Maybe you should rethink your priorities if you truly believe this is your thing.” Professor Mason walks off.

Eric is left standing alone. He sighs heavily and walks out of the theatre.

**********

Inside the dining hall, Chris and Brittany are sitting at a table by one of the two big screen televisions enjoying their lunches.

“So, would you like to explain this whole ‘us being on the cover of the Daily U’ thing?” Brittany asks.

Chris shakes his head as he takes a sip of Coke and tries to keep his voice low, “I don’t know how she got that picture. I didn’t take it.”

“Well...duh.”

“Now that’s all Lela wants to cover. I try to give her a story, and she’s like, ‘If it’s not about the Rainbow Avengers, I don’t want it.’”

“The Rainbow Avengers? Wow. We need to fire our publicist.”

“But that’s not the worst part. She told me that if I don’t start turning in stories about...us, then she’ll officially ‘stop caring about my input’. Whatever that actually means.”

“So, you’ve basically got to start reporting on yourself. You’re gonna turn all Peter Parker on us, aren’t you?”

Chris places his empty plate and cup onto his tray and gets up to leave, “Yup. Except my J. Jonah Jameson wears capri pants and lip gloss.”

**********

Sitting in his dorm room alone, Eric flips through the pages of his high school yearbook. He stops at a page with the heading “Angel Grove Theatre Troupe”, and looks at a pair of pictures of himself on stage. Suddenly, his cell phone begins to ring, breaking his moment of nostalgia. He picks up the phone, recognizing the number, “Stefanie?”

“Come outside.” The voice on the other end responds.

Eric leaves his dorm room and stands outside the courtyard of his residence hall. He turns around and standing in front of him is a pretty brunette in a black turtleneck shirt.

“Eric Mercer.” She says.

Eric smiles and walks over to her. The two hug tightly.

“Wow. I can’t believe...” Eric remarks, “I mean, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to NYU.”

“I am, but I thought I’d take a couple of days off. Come see a friendly face. So let’s go. Come on. Show me the town.”

Eric laughs, “I wish I could, but I’m kinda swamped.”

“Good. You can tell me all about your swampedness in the car.”

She begins walking towards the parking lot. Eric sighs a reluctant sigh, and follows her.

**********

“So, how many plays have you starred in already this semester?” Stefanie inquires, sitting in the passenger seat of Eric’s 1995 Saturn.

Eric is hesitant to respond, “Well...um...none.”

“Hmm. Well, how many have you at least been in?”

“Um...none, actually.”

“Whoa. What? What are you talking about?”

Eric sighs, “Things have just been...there’s been a lot going on in my life that I’ve kind of lost control of.”

“Look, when I think of Eric Mercer, I think theatre. I think of a guy owning the stage, being ‘the man’. What could possibly be in your life that’s overtaken that?”

“I couldn’t explain it to you even if I tried.”

“What? I mean, if you can’t even explain it why is it still in your life?”

Eric puts his hand on his forehead, frustrated, “I just...” But before he can finish his sentence, a blast rocks in front of the car, causing the vehicle to spin to an abrupt stop.

“What the hell was that?” Stefanie looks up as she tries to gather herself from the impact.

“Not now...” Eric looks straight ahead through the windshield and gazes upon the sight of Sororix, a gang of Jestars, and a monster seemingly made out of straw.

“What are we gonna do?”

“Just...get out of the car, and start running!”

“What about you?!”

“Just go!!”

Stefanie immediately opens the passenger side door and rushes away from the scene and towards a crowd of people also fleeing in terror. Eric gets out of the car and moves towards the Darrarian villains, standing in front of them alone.

Sororix laughs, amused, “And what exactly are you gonna do, kid?”

“I’m sick of this!” Eric exclaims. He moves his wrist into the ready position, displaying his morpher in front of Sororix. He calls, “Hyper Speed, Accelerate!”

Eric morphs, “Black Hyper Speed Ranger!” (http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1334/blackmorphhyperspeed2ww.gif)

Sororix’s eyes widen, “A Ranger?!” She turns to the Jestars, “Get him!”

Eric leaps into the air and with his Speed Sword in hand, slashes down on a Jestar, then spins and slashes another across the chest. (http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9885/blackslashesiy7.gif)He turns, takes his blaster out of its holster and shoots a pair of Jestars straight down to the grass. (http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8854/blackblastsxd8.gif)

The Black Ranger turns to look back in the other direction to fire his weapon, but before he can attack, Sororix slides her hands across her whip as a beam of energy streams through her weapon. She then strikes Eric across his chest, sparks flying from the Black Ranger’s suit. He falls to the ground, and the energy from the attack forces him out of his Ranger powers.

Sororix grins, “Go and tell your friends to surrender, and I’ll consider sparing your lives.”

Eric, breathing and sweating heavily, leaves the area.

**********

Inside the Hyper Garage, Dudley is monitoring the energy readings and is preparing to contact the other Rangers. As he does this, Eric suddenly beams inside the garage and approaches the control panels.

“Eric, are you alright?” Dudley asks. “I picked up your fight on the scanners, and I’m sending the others.”

Eric stares at his morpher, then looks up and stares into Dudley’s eyes. “I don’t care.” He takes the two metal bands off of his wrists and places them onto the control panel. “I’m done.”

He walks back into his teleporter and beams out of the Hyper Garage.

TO BE CONTINUED

[[]V[]etal []_ion]

ooo

[Silver Thunder]

This is alsome. What day does this show come on.

[Smallville]

This is alsome. What day does this show come on.

It's not an actual tv show, if that's what you mean. :005: :023:

The footage/GIFs used are from Sentai Turboranger.

The next episode will be up tomorrow.

[Kali_WolfChilde]

cool, 'cause PRE has been acting up lately, and i can't get into the forums there to post. KIU, with the good work and all

[Kali_WolfChilde]

BTW, how do u make those GIF's?

[Smallville]

cool, 'cause PRE has been acting up lately, and i can't get into the forums there to post. KIU, with the good work and all

Thanks, most appreciated. Yeah PRE's been up and down this week, so I'm hangin' here for a bit.

BTW, how do u make those GIF's?

Well, I don't have the greatest software in the world so:

-I get the Turboranger AVIs.
-Pull the AVIs up in GraphicConverter
-Go frame by frame creating the GIF file
-Upload them to the net, get the links, log the links, hyperlink within the story, and presto.

EDIT: Oh, and in case for some reason the Turboranger thread dies here on RangerBoard and I can't get anymore episodes (because I don't have them all right now), I do have enough footage to finish the series all the way through as I currently have it planned.

[Silver Thunder]

Great. Looking forward to it.