War of Time Episode 18: Rebel Invasion


Act 1
Scene 1
Setting: Onboard Transport 1. Commander Tigris, Raznor, Callard, Blizzard, and Tai are sitting in a conference room.

Blizzard: Am I correct in assuming nothing stands in our way now?

Tai: Even if the Rangers do fight back I can keep them busy while our forces do the rest. They'll never get through me. So yes, nothing stands in our way now.

Callard: You're overconfident Promethium Ranger. You should have destroyed the Rangers already instead of playing these games.

Raznor: I agree. They've proven to be quite resourceful when they're up against the wall like this. They could still pose a problem.

Commander: No, I don't think they will. Tell them Tai.

Tai: Gladly sir. You see, after my last demonstration, the Commander decided the restrictions in my morpher were no longer needed. I now have the full power of the Promethium Ranger. The Rangers have never seen my full power, therefore there is no way they can counter it.

Blizzard: This is excellent. All of our work is finally paying off.

Commander: Yes it is. And now it's time to finish what we've started. I order a full scale invasion of the planet Earth. I want nothing down there left out of my control. Do you understand?

Raznor, Callard, Blizzard, and Tai: Yes sir!

Commander: Tai, I have a special job for you.

Tai: Let me guess, I'm to hold off the Rangers while your forces invade.

Commander: Exactly. This all depends on you Tai. If you fail they will find a way to push us back. So do not fail, or I will kill you myself.

Tai just grins at him.

Tai: There's no way I'll fail. If the battle starts to turn in their favor I'll just unleash all my power on them at once. They'll never even know what hit them.

Commander: Good. Now go! All of you!

Everyone except Commander Tigris gets up and leaves the room.

Scene 2
Setting: The Tigris Megaship. The Rangers are pounding furiously at the controls.

Victor: We have to hurry and get those zords fixed. No telling how soon he'll be back.

Justin: Man, I can't believe how much damage he did to us.

Kara just has a look of rage on her face.

Kara: He may be powerful, but he's still cockey and stupid. We'll use that to beat him.

Max: Whoa there girl. I think you need to take a break and go relax some.

Kara: Don't act like you don't hate him for this. You have just as much of a grudge against him as I do.

Max: Yes I do, but I can't let that get to me right now. We have lots of work to do, and we can't do it if we're letting our anger get to us. Go rest, clear your head, then come back and finish up here.

Victor: He's right Kara. Take a break. We'll get your zord fixed for you while you’re gone.

Kara: I'll take a break, but it's not going to make me any less angry.

She turns and leaves the room.

Joe: This isn't just going to be the most demanding fight ever for us in terms of power. It's also going to be the most demanding emotionally.

Karen: We'll get through it. We always do.

Victor: I'm just afraid that this time everything won't be alright at the end. No more fairytale endings for us.

 

Act 2
Scene 1
Setting: On board Transport 1. Tai is standing on a stage in a large assembly room. On the stage with him are some of the head officers of the Rebel army. In the back of the room are panels displaying similar rooms in the other 2 ships. On the screens are the head officers on board those ships. Tai is giving out orders.

Tai: Today we fulfill our destiny and take full control of the Earth.

The crowds cheer.

Tai: Before today there was always someone more powerful than us standing in our way. But that day is passed. Now we are the most powerful force!

There is even more cheering, and it's much louder than before. Some of the troops are even waiving their hands in the air.

Tai: The Power Rangers are the last obstacle in our way. But not even they can stop us now. They can't even defeat me, much less the vast army we will bring against them today. Their fate is sealed, and the world will be ours!

Everyone, even the top officers, start yelling and raising their fists in the air in celebration.

Tai: Yes, rejoice everyone! Our finest hour is at hand.

The cheering goes on for several more minutes. Tai finally decides he needs to put a stop to it and give out the orders.

Tai: Settle down now everyone. Time for your orders.

Slowly the room quiets down.

Tai: The plan is simple. We will land the carriers all over the world. The Rangers will no doubt rush out to start fighting us. We will let them spend some time and energy fighting the army. Once they start to realize what they're up against I'll step in and fight them. This will free all of our forces to complete the takeover. The Rangers will never get past me.

Commander Tigris appears on one of the screens.

Commander: You have your orders. While on Earth you will obey Promethium Ranger as you would me. He is in charge of this invasion. Now go!

Everyone, Tai included, gives one final cheer before heading to the transportation vehicles.

Scene 2
Setting: The Tigris Megaship. The Rangers are sitting down in the control room of the ship.

Victor: Listen up guys. We have one very serious issue we have to deal with here. We have to decide now how far we're willing to go to stop Tai.

Justin: What do you mean how far we'll go?

Victor: Tai has more power than us. We'll never wear him or his powers down. That severely limits our options for stopping him.

Kara (coldly): I get it. You wanna know if we're willing to kill him to end this.

Victor has a downcast look on his face.

Victor: Yeah, that's what I'm asking.

Karen: We've always fought against monsters. We've never had to worry about whether or not we kill them.

Joe: What about with the Gridster Rangers? They were human and had more power than us. We beat them without killing them.

Max: Yeah, but we were able to negate their powers. We don't have that luxury with Promethium Ranger.

Kara: Have we looked hard enough for it though? There might be a way.

Victor: If we can find it in time we'll definitely use that option. But if it comes down to the Earth or Tai, which are we going to choose to survive? We can't stall this fight forever. Sooner or later it's going to have to end. It will be an all or nothing situation.

Justin: Well, what's your opinion Victor?

Victor: I hold myself personally responsible for his death if we can't find any other way. That being said, I'd rather lose Tai than to let the Rebels have the Earth. Tai is one man. Billions of innocent people will die if the Rebels win this.

Karen: It's really not a question Victor. If we have to destroy him we have to destroy him.

Kara starts crying.

Kara: I hate to say it, but she's right. As much as I love him, he made his choices and has to live or die with the consequences.

Max: I can't imagine how hard this is for you Kara.

Joe: I think we all agree we'll do whatever we have to. We won't like it, but we'll do it.

Victor: Trust me guys. We'll use every other option before we go that far. I'll even sacrifice myself if I have to.

The other Rangers remain quiet.

Victor: I'm gonna get back to work on the zords. The rest of you can join me when you're ready.

He leaves the room.

Justin: I can't believe I might have to kill someone. Especially another Ranger.

Max: That's the worst part about this job. You never know what you'll have to lose to save the world.

Scene 3
Setting: Just outside the Earth's atmosphere. Transports 1, 2, and 3 are visible. Thousands and thousands of smaller ships leave the main trio. The carriers begin to descend on the earth.

Scene 4
Setting: The cockpit of one of the carriers. Tai is alone inside it, manning the controls.

Tai: I'm so sorry it's come to this Rangers. I had hoped it wouldn't have to go this far. But it's too late to turn back now. I have to finish what I started. Things will be ok once it's all over. The world will finally be at peace.

The scene zooms out of his ship and shows the entire fleet. Ships begin spreading out all over the world. Once ships are all around the planet they begin to descend through the atmosphere.

Tai's voice: This is it Rangers. I hope you're ready for it.

Scene 5
Setting: The main control room of the Tigris Megaship. The Rangers are still working on their zords.

Max: I think we've about got it.

Karen: Looks like it. Ready to run the final tests Victor?

Victor: Just about. Just waiting on Kara to finish up.

Kara: I'm sorry I'm taking so long everyone.

Victor: Not a problem.

A few minutes pass.

Kara: Finished!

Victor: Running final tests now.

EECA: Virtual zord testing program online. Importing all status reports from zords. Import complete. Beginning simulation.

One of the viewing screens lights up. On it the Orange Time Jet starts to fly in a formation. The Blue and Black Jets fly on its left and right with the wings almost touching. The White and Purple Jets turn and fly backwards, lining up with the tail section of the Orange Jet. The Gold Jet flies a few dozen feet above the Orange Jet. The Orange Jet transforms its wings and tail fins into slots to hook arms and legs. The White and Purple jets fold their wings up and attach to the Orange Jet. Blue and Black do the same. The Blue and Black jets bend to form arms. The White and Purple Jets bend to form feet. The Gold Jet lands on top of the Orange Jet to finish forming the body. The Orange cockpit swings down revealing a head. The Megazord turns upright and lands.

EECA: Time Jet Megazord formation stable. Testing Lithium Warrior zord.

The Lithium Warrior zord appears on the screen.

EECA: Lithium Warrior zord stable. Testing Time Jet Warrior Zord.

The Time Jet Megazord and Lithium Warrior Zord begin to glow. The Megazord shrinks a little bit, while the Warrior Zord expands. The Warrior Zord then splits in two. The halves move in front of and behind the Megazord. They then close over the Megazord and become one piece again. The resulting machine stands the same size as the Time Jet Megazord normally is. It looks just like the Time Jet Megazord except the colors are that of the Lithium Warrior Zord. The glowing stops and the eyes of the zord light up.

EECA: Some anomalies with Time Jet Warrior Zord detected. Autofixing anomalies now.

A few seconds pass.

EECA: Time Jet Warrior Zord stable. Testing Ultrazord.

The Tigris Megaship appears in the sky above the Time Jet Warrior Zord. The Time Jet Warrior Zord jumps into the air. As it rises above the Tigris Megaship the Megaship begins to climb so that both zords are constantly the same height in the air. In a flash of light the Megaship breaks apart into 5 separate pieces. Two attach to then wrap around the arms of the Time Jet Warrior Zord like armor. Two attach to the legs and do the same as the arms did. The 5th piece molds itself around the head to form a helmet. The resulting machine is twice the size of the Time Jet Warrior Zord and looks very bulky. Out of the backs of the arms 2 guns rise and come up over the shoulders. Thrusters appear in the outside of the legs. The Ultrazord then comes crashing down to the ground and leaves a small crater where it lands.

EECA: Ultrazord stable. All zords stable and ready for use.

Justin: Cool, we did it!

Max: I'm beat, how about you guys?

Karen: I could use some rest.

Victor: Let's all go home and rest then. Hopefully things will be quiet here for a while.

The Rangers all start to leave. They make it to the main exit of the ship. Suddenly every alarm on the ship goes off.

Joe (very annoyed): Now what?

EECA: Rangers, report back to the control room immediately. This is an emergency.

Victor: Let's hurry.

The Rangers run to the control room. On the main screen is a scene showing the Rebel invasion army descending to Earth.

Max: You've got to be kidding me.

Kara has a blank expression on her face.

Kara: That bastard is really going to let them take over this planet.

Joe: There's no way we can fight that.

Victor: We'll stay put till we see what we're up against.

Justin: I've never seen anything like that. Not even when Divatox brought her whole army against the Power Chamber.

Karen: We're in trouble.

Scene 6
Setting: The city. The carriers start to appear in the sky. They slowly descend and begin to land in the streets. As they touch down doors open and troops pour out of them. The last one off each ship is that unit’s commanding officer. The scene focuses on one of them.

Officer: Fan out and take every inch of this city. Let not even one human get away from you.

The troops spread out and start searching all around. It isn't long before some begin to flush out people. The citizens look terrified, unsure of what is going on.

Scene 7
Setting: The city. Tai's ship lands. He steps out and looks around.

Tai: It won't be long now. Most of the major cities should be taken by nightfall.


Act 3
Scene 1
Setting: The control room of the Tigris Megaship. The Rangers are watching the invasion.

Victor: We can't just sit here guys. We have to go.

Joe: We'll never be able to stop that many though.

Max: It doesn't matter. Regardless of whether we can win or not our presence will give the people hope.

Karen: He's right. Let's get out there.

All Rangers: IT'S MORPHIN TIME!

All Rangers: IT'S MORPHIN TIME!

(Time Fire Morphing Sequence)
(Time Lightning Morphing Sequence)
(Time Diamond Morphing Sequence)
(Time Amethyst Morphing Sequence)
(Time Onyx Morphing Sequence)
(Gold Lithium Morphing Sequence)

Kara: Here we come Tai. You better believe you're going to pay for this.

The Rangers teleport away.

Scene 2
Setting: A section of the city where the invasion is just getting started. The Rangers arrive. The commanding officer in the area sees them.

Officer: The guests of honor have arrived.

He points to a few small groups of Tigris troops.

Officer: You there, keep the Rangers occupied until our leader shows up. The rest of you keep searching for people.

The groups split off from the rest and advance on the Rangers.

Justin: Here we go.

The Tigris troops speed up to a full run and charge the Rangers. Within seconds the Rangers are surrounded by the Rebels. The melee is fierce. Despite the Rangers superior powers they just can’t fend off the Rebels. The battle continues for a few minutes this way, until all 6 Rangers are pushed up against the wall of a building. The Rebels close in. All of the Rangers slump against the wall.

Max: This is insane.

Joe: We’re all too tired to even put up a fight.

Karen: It doesn’t help that we’re outnumbered either. For every one we take out I think 2 more show up.

Justin: Does anyone have any idea what we can do here?

Kara: I say we get out of here. We’re useless like this. We have to at least rest up before we fight.

Victor: NO! We stay and fight, even if it’s to the end.

Max: That’s stupid Victor. If we lose now we can’t help anyone. If we retreat we might have a chance later.

Victor: Fine. The rest of you leave, but I’m not abandoning the city.

Victor charges at the approaching Rebels. As he begins to fight them he yells out to the other Rangers.

Victor: You guys get out of here. I’ll keep them busy.

Karen: No way. You’ll be crushed in seconds.

Joe: I’m not letting him do this alone.

Joe rushes in to help Victor. In just seconds both Rangers disappear into the mass of Rebel troops. The only sign that they’re even still there are a few soldiers here and there rising up into the air after one of the Rangers completes a successful strike.

Kara: Do we run or do we try to get them out of there?

Max: We’ll all decide for ourselves. If you want to run then do it, otherwise get in there to help.

Justin: What are you going to…

Justin doesn’t get the chance to even finish his sentence before Max disappears into the fray.

Without another word the rest of the team charges into the fight. The sight of Rebel troops getting tossed around increases with the whole team fighting.

Victor: None of us have much energy left, so let’s focus on team effort instead of individual attacks.

Kara: Good idea.

The Rangers change strategies. Instead of each one fighting solo against one or two Rebels they begin to play off each others moves. Justin knocks one of the soldiers into the air. Karen has just grabbed another by the arms. Seeing Justin’s move she lifts the one in her grasp into the air. She swings the soldier like a bat, slamming the falling one. As it makes contact she lets go. Both soldiers fly away from the Rangers. They hit some of the others that are standing by with massive force. In all, the move takes down not only the two that were directly attacked, but a whole squad of six.

Joe and Max each have a solid grip on a Rebel. They nod to each other, then charge towards each other, dragging the Rebels beside them. At the last second they both push the Rebels to the front, forcing them to take the full force of the impact. Max and Joe both lift their feet off the ground and plant them in the backs of the Rebels to increase the force of impact. Then they use the force of the recoil to launch themselves headfirst into the groups of soldiers standing by. The soldiers can’t move fast enough and several are taken down as the Rangers fly into them.

Victor: Nice moves guys. That’s what I’m talking about.

Joe gets to his feet.

Joe: Thanks.

Victor: Hey Kara.

Kara: What?

Victor: I have an idea. Get ready to do some Rebel tripping.

Kara: Huh?

Victor: Just trip whatever I send at you, ok.

Kara: Um, ok.

Victor grabs the arm of one of the soldiers. He flings him towards Kara. Being off balance from the push Victor gave him, Kara has no problem tripping him. He lands hard in the dirt.

Victor: Now pile them up.

He repeats the last move several times with any soldier he can get his hands on. Within a minute there is a large pile of soldiers behind Kara. Some of the ones on top recover their wits and rejoin the fight, but the ones on the bottom are crushed under the weight and unable to move. Victor and Kara repeat this until Kara can no longer reach the top of the pile.

Max: 20 down, a million to go.

Kara: Very funny.

The Rangers hear a muffled yell from the back of the group of troops. Suddenly the group closes in around them. None of the Rangers can even move enough to fight.

Karen: Crap, we can’t get out of this.

Justin: There has to be something we can do.

A familiar voice rings out from the middle of the crowd. It’s Tai.

Tai: No, there isn’t Lighting Ranger. You’ve been defeated by my army.

The crowd around the Rangers clears and Tai steps out.

Tai: Soldiers, your fight is done here. Get back to your posts for the invasion. I’ll take care of the Rangers from here.

Soldier: As you command.

The soldiers turn and begin to leave.

Tai: I could’ve let my troops finish you off, but I’d rather have that job myself.

Victor: Do you have any idea what you’ve done Tai? The city is falling because of you.

Tai: Not just this city Victor. Every city on Earth. Now, even if you do defeat me, you will still fail to save the world. How does it feel to be the Rangers that finally failed to protect the Earth?

Kara: How does it feel to be the scum that betrayed his world, friends, and family?

Tai: I did only what I had to do. After this is all over I hope you’ll see that.

Max: No, we won’t. We’ll die fighting to save this planet. We’ll never stop until the Rebels are gone.

Tai: You have enough spirit, but lack the power to back it up. I, however, do have the power to back up my plans. And unless you surrender now, you’d better be ready to make good on your promise to fight to the death.

All 6 Rangers remain silent as they take up a fighting stance.

Tai: You’ve made your choice. So be it.

Tai take up his fighting stance. For a few moments no one moves. Suddenly the Eastern Rangers charge at Tai. Tai reacts instantly to this and begins his charge. Tai heads straight for the group, planning to take a few shots at each Ranger as he moves past them. However, at the last second the Rangers fan out in a circle. They have Tai surrounded.

Tai: You think it’ll take me even a second to break out of this trap?

Victor: Now!

Victor, Justin, Kara, Karen, Joe: ULTIMATE POWER, NOW!

(Ultimate Fire Transformation)
(Ultimate Lightning Transformation)
(Ultimate Diamond Transformation)
(Ultimate Amethyst Transformation)
(Ultimate Onyx Transformation)

Max: Thunder Split!

A gold glow surrounds the Lithium Ranger. His body appears to move to the side. There are now two bodies standing there. The glow vanishes and both the Thunder Ranger and Lithium Ranger are standing there.

Victor: Get him!

The Eastern Rangers move in towards Tai, thinking they have the upper hand at the moment. However, as they go to launch their attacks they realize they are all too close together to fight effectively. Tai watches as they bump into each other in mid-attack. Under his helmet a huge grin come on his face.

Tai: You losers can’t even get a simple strategy like that right.

He focuses his energy. His body begins to glow. Then there is a bright flash, and the energy surges outward. The Rangers are plowed back by the attack. They fight to keep their balance as the energy keeps moving outward.

Tai: Struggle all you want, it won’t do you any good.

In a final rush of power the energy knocks all 7 Rangers off balance and sends them flying through the air. As they land their Ultimate Powers give out and they return to their normal morphed states. The Thunder Split also gives out, leaving only Lithium Ranger.

Max: We’re just too weak right now for this.

Victor: We have to keep trying.

Kara: Why? As long as we’re messing around here with Tai we aren’t doing anything to stop the invasion anyway. Retreating and getting some rest won’t give the Rebels any advantage at this point anyway.

Tai: That’s a good idea Rangers. Why don’t you all go rest up. I’d rather fight you at your maximum anyway.

Victor: Never. As long as you’re here, we’re staying.

Tai: Can you honestly speak for the whole team when you say that Victor? What if some of them aren’t so ready to throw away their lives?

Victor: I’m the leader of this team, and I say we’re staying to fight.

Tai: It’s just that kind of attitude that drove me to quit. You get it in your head that there’s a certain way to do something, then you refuse to let anyone tell you differently.

Victor: I don’t see any of them rushing to join up with you, so I can’t be that bad of a leader.

Tai: All of you tell me now, what is your decision? Are you as stubborn as this moron, or do you value your lives?

Justin: I’m staying here.

Kara: As hopeless as this seems, if Victor thinks we can do it, I’m staying.

Karen: Me too.

Joe: I’m no wimp. I’m staying.

Max: It’s unanimous Tai. None of us is running from you.

Tai: How can you all be so stupid? I’m giving you a chance to get out of here and you won’t take it.

Karen: You were one of us long enough to know that we won’t quit.

Tai (thinking to himself): This is so dumb. They don’t understand my plan at all. They’re messing everything up. And I’m so close to my goal too. I wish they would just listen to reason and get out of here for a while.


Act 4
Scene 1
Setting: The battle. The Rangers are just starting to pick themselves up after Tai’s energy attack.

Tai: You realize that you’re forcing me to destroy you all by staying here.

Victor: The only one forcing you to do anything is you.

Tai: Enough of this. PROMETHIUM WARRIOR ZORD!

The sky turns black. Two funnel clouds touch down and converge on the Promethium Ranger. They draw into his body. He starts expanding to zord size. As he grows, his body changes from human Ranger to the Promethium Warrior Zord.

Victor: Our only chance is the Ultrazord, so we’ll form it immediately.

All Rangers: TIME JETS, ONLINE!

Scene 2
Setting: The Tigris Megaship. The cargo bay opens. A small runway extends out of it. The Time Jets engine's fire up. After building up pressure for a few seconds the jets launch out of the bay. The Rangers teleport to the cockpits.

Max: Let’s bring them together, then I’ll do my thing.

Victor: Right.

All Rangers: TIME JET MEGAZORD POWER, NOW!

Tai: Oh no you don’t Rangers. I won’t let you form your Ultrazord so easily.

The Promethium Warrior Zord begins firing blasts of energy at the Time Jets.

Joe: Oh crap!

The Rangers struggle to maneuver the Time Jets to avoid the blasts. After dodging several blasts the Orange Jet starts to fly in a formation.

Victor: Don’t move in to join up till you have a clear shot. We don’t want anyone getting shot down now.

Kara: I’m clear, coming in.

The White Jet turns and flies backwards, lining up with the tail section of the Orange Jet.

Victor: I’m gonna form up so you can connect. The less time we spend separated the better.

The Orange Jet transforms its wings and tail fins into slots to hook arms and legs. The White Jet fold up its wings, attaches to the Orange Jet, then bends to form a foot.

Justin: Blue coming in!

The Blue Jet flies into formation, folds up its wings, and attaches to the Orange Jet. It then bends to form an arm.

Victor: Halfway there guys.

Tai: I can’t hit the little guys very well, so let’s go for the bigger target.

The Promethium Warrior Zord begins firing at the half-formed Megazord.

Victor: Justin, Kara, listen up. I’m gonna try and dodge these blasts. When I start to pull, you make your jets fly in the same direction I’m going.

Justin and Kara: Got it.

Victor pulls hard on the controls just as a blast heads straight for the Megazord formation. As planned, Kara and Justin steer into Victor’s movements. The half-completed Megazord formation avoids the blast by a mere quarter inch.

Justin: That was close.

Victor: We can’t finish up with that thing shooting at us.

Max: Leave him to me. Autopilot on.

With the autopilot set Max leaps from the cockpit. He lands about 100 yards behind the Promethium Warrior Zord.

Max: Time to keep this guy busy. Thunder Split!

A gold glow surrounds the Lithium Ranger. His body appears to move to the side. There are now two bodies standing there. The glow vanishes and both the Thunder Ranger and Lithium Ranger are standing there.

Thunder Ranger: Time to get back to my jet.

Lithium Ranger: I’ll get my zord and get Tai’s attention.

Thunder Ranger teleports back to the cockpit of his Time Jet.

Thunder Ranger: Help is on the way guys.

Karen: Good job Max.

Lithium Ranger: LITHIUM WARRIOR ZORD, NOW!

A gold beam leaves the Lithium Ranger's morpher. The sky turns black. Three gold lightning bolts strike the morpher. Where Lithium Ranger was standing his zord now stands.

The Lithium Warrior Zord grabs the Promethium Warrior Zord from behind.

Tai: Huh? Hey! Let go!

Lithium Ranger: Not a chance.

Victor: Now’s our chance. Let’s finish this.

The Black Jet flies into formation, folds up its wings, and attaches to the Orange Jet. It then bends to form an arm. The Purple Jet turns and flies backwards, lining up with the tail section of the Orange Jet. It then folds up its wings, attaches to the Orange Jet, and bends to form a foot.

Thunder Ranger: Coming in to complete it.

The Gold Jet lands on top of the Orange Jet to finish forming the body. The Orange cockpit swings down revealing a head. The Megazord turns upright and lands.

Victor: Finally.

Victor, Justin, Kara, Karen, Joe, Thunder Ranger: Time Jet Megazord, battle ready.

Lithium Ranger: Now the tricky part. How are we gonna form up the Time Jet Warrior Zord fast enough to avoid him shooting us?

Justin: Leave that to me.

He presses a few buttons on the console next to him.

Karen: What are you doing?

Justin: Setting the transformation sequence to fast forward. If he can hit us at the speeds we’ll be moving, he deserves to beat us.

Joe: Pretty clever.

Justin: It pays to be a kid genius sometimes.

Victor: All set?

Justin: Yep, it’s good to go.

Victor: Let’s do it then.

All Rangers: TIME JET WARRIOR ZORD POWER!

The Rangers press the buttons under their consoles. The Lithium Warrior Zord lets go of the Promethium Warrior Zord and runs towards the Time Jet Megazord at hyperspeed. The whole transformation sequence looks likes its running in fast forward. The Time Jet Megazord and Lithium Warrior Zord begin to glow. The Megazord shrinks a little bit, while the Warrior Zord expands. The Warrior Zord then splits in two. The halves move in front of and behind the Megazord. They then close over the Megazord and become one piece again. The resulting machine stands the same size as the Time Jet Megazord normally is. It looks just like the Time Jet Megazord except the colors are that of the Lithium Warrior Zord. The glowing stops and the eyes of the zord light up.

Tai: Not bad Rangers, but you still have one more step to go, and I’m not about to let you finish it.

He fires a barrage of blasts at the Time Jet Warrior Zord.

Justin: Too bad for you my program is still running.

The Time Jet Warrior Zord runs along at hyperspeed dodging everything the Promethium Warrior Zord can throw at it.

Tai: Would you just hold still a minute! I’m trying to blast you.

Joe: Oh yeah, like we’re going to let you beat us just cause you asked.

Tai: AHHGG!

Justin: We better finish up Victor. My program can’t run much longer without damaging the zords.

Victor: Here we go then.

All Rangers: ULTRAZORD POWER!

The Ultrazord transformation also takes place at hyperspeed.

The Tigris Megaship appears in the sky above the Time Jet Warrior Zord. The Time Jet Warrior Zord jumps into the air. As it rises above the Tigris Megaship the Megaship begins to climb so that both zords are constantly the same height in the air. In a flash of light the Megaship breaks apart into 5 separate pieces. Two attach to then wrap around the arms of the Time Jet Warrior Zord like armor. Two attach to the legs and do the same as the arms did. The 5th piece molds itself around the head to form a helmet. The resulting machine is twice the size of the Time Jet Warrior Zord and looks very bulky. Out of the backs of the arms 2 guns rise and come up over the shoulders. Thrusters appear in the outside of the legs. The Ultrazord then comes crashing down to the ground and leaves a small crater where it lands.

All Rangers: Ultrazord, power up!

Tai: Impressive that you managed to get that thing formed without me destroying it.

Kara: You haven’t begun to see impressive yet. You’re going down Tai.

Tai: I seem to remember the last time we did battle. That zord may have a lot of power, but I know its weaknesses. You’ll never defeat me with it.

Joe: We learned from the last battle, and we’ve fixed the problem. You won’t be absorbing our blast this time.

Tai: Try it you wimps.

Victor: He asked for it.

All Rangers: Ultra Blast!

The guns on the shoulders of the Ultrazord begin to charge up. The zord and the guns start to glow, though the rest of the zord is glowing dimmer than the two guns are. After a few seconds 2 very thin beams of energy erupt from the shoulder guns. They strike the monster making it unable to even move. Then the rest of the energy from the zord follows, still in the shape of the Ultrazord. The energy passes through the Promethium Warrior Zord. Sparks erupt from every part of the zord. It looks like a walking sparkler.

Karen: Looks like he’s going down.

Kara: No! Look!

The sparks stop flying, and the Promethium Warrior Zord regains its balance.

Tai: Nice job. You actually managed to fry a few circuits on this thing. Too bad for I was able to shut them down before the overload could spread through the rest of the system.

Lithium Ranger: Impossible.

Thunder Ranger: We should fire again. We can’t beat him in one shot, but if we can slowly chip away at his systems, we can eventually bring it down.

Victor: No can do Max. That’s a one shot attack. We don’t have enough energy to fire it again and still keep the Ultrazord running.

Justin: We should try it anyway.

Joe: No. We didn’t do enough damage to risk a move like that. There’s no way a second blast will destroy him if that’s all the first did. And if we run the Ultrazord completely out of power we’ll have no defenses left. He won’t hesitate to destroy it.

Kara: Joe’s right. This is our best chance against him, so we can’t risk losing it.

Karen: Then what are we supposed to do?

Victor: I hate to say this, but I think it’s time for us to get out of here. We can’t fight anymore without losing our weapons and quite possibly our lives.

Thunder Ranger: This is quite a change of tone for you Victor.

Victor: I’m sorry guys. I was wrong about this fight. We should’ve waited until we were at full power.

Karen: Don’t worry about it. We’ll figure this all out.

Tai: Excuse me, but are we going to continue this fight or not?

Victor: You win Tai. At least for now. We’re retreating.

Tai: And who said I would let you. You had your chance.

Lithium Ranger: You want to fight us at full power don’t you?

Tai: Of course. I want the satisfaction of knowing I beat you at your best.

Lithium Ranger: Then let us get rested up. We never recovered from the last fight with you.

Tai (a bit surprised): You mean you didn’t recover from that last fight at all before this one?

Victor: No. With fixing the Ultrazord we didn’t have time to rest up.

Tai: That’s impressive. I never would have thought you could hold up that long with such limited energy.

Victor: So are you letting us go?

Tai: For now. We already have control of the planet anyway. But I assure you, the next battle will be the last.

The Promethium Warrior Zord vanishes, as does Tai.

Kara: That was close.

Victor: Let’s get out of here.

The Ultrazord breaks down and the Rangers power down. Then they teleport away from the city.
 

Act 5
Scene 1
Setting: A small command post that the Rebels have set up on the edge of the city. Tai, still morphed, walks up to a communications console. He presses a button and Commander Tigris appears on the screen.

Tai: Commander, I’m pleased to report that the invasion has been fully successful. Control of the planet is now yours.

Commander: Good work Promethium Ranger. You’ve accomplished what none before you could.

Tai: Glad to be of service sir.

Commander: And what of the other Rangers? Did you finish them off yet?

Tai: Sadly no. They escaped from battle before I could finish them.

Commander: It’s of no concern at this point anyway. Even the six of them can’t defeat our whole army.

Tai: That’s right Commander. They’ll never be able to stop you now.

Commander: I suppose it will soon be time for me to make an appearance to my newly conquered subjects. I want you to start getting ready for my arrival.

Tai: Right away sir.

The communication ends and Tai walks away.

Scene 2
Setting: The Tigris Megaship. The Rangers have patched through to Captain Logan in 3000.

Victor: Sir, we need you to send some kind of reinforcements. The Rebels have taken over the planet using a full scale invasion. We couldn’t get past Promethium Ranger to even try to stop them.

Logan: I’m sorry Rangers, but our sensors aren’t picking up any threats to the time-space continuum. Unless there is a threat, we can’t send troops back.

Joe: How can that be? The Rebels aren’t even supposed to be here, so they should be causing massive ripples in time.

Logan: I’m as confused as all of you are. The only explanation is that somehow the flow of time meant for the Rebels to be in your time period.

Max: But that’s insane. They aren’t even supposed to be in our universe.

Kara: Uh oh.

Victor: What is it?

Kara: I know why they aren’t causing any time ripples.

Max: How do you know that?

Kara: Think of when we ended up in the Tigris dimension. It was when we tried to time travel back to 3000 from this time period.

Justin: So you’re saying that the Tigris are actually from our own time period, not 3000?

Kara: Exactly.

Joe: Then why did they show up in 3000?

Logan: They probably followed your trail here, since this is where you came when you left their world.

Victor: Captain, can you at least spare the Time Force Rangers? Surly their presence wouldn’t be a problem.

Logan: I’m sorry Rangers. I can’t do that. Their trip back to 2001 caused enough problems. Scientists of that time have picked up on some technology that wasn’t supposed to exist for another 1000 years. If I send any of them back even farther, the consequences would be horrific.

Victor: So we’re on our own?

Logan: Not entirely. I’ll send you some computer chips that will upgrade your morphers and zords. It won’t increase your powers, but it will allow you to use them at full strength longer.

Max: Thanks. At this point we’ll take all the help we can get.

Logan: EECA will have the chips ready for you in the morning. For now Rangers, I suggest you get some sleep.

Karen: Gladly. I’m beat.

Justin: Me too.

Logan: Good luck Rangers.

The transmission ends.

Victor: Let’s all go get some sleep. See you all tomorrow.

The Rangers exit the room.

The End

 

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