"Still angry, GreenScanner?" said KuroGrappler.

"No..."

"Is that all you're going to say? No matter..Why should I sully my hands when I can have my boys take you out like before?" The last standing Brigade member calls up his last bit of stolen film energy and sends his Grappler Gang clones to attack Nick. Without even flinching, Nick raises his hand, summoning up a scene from 'The Matrix'. Becoming one with the character Morpheus, he leaps away from the clones and up on top of the rocks. He bounces of the rocks and screams, radiating a pure white light. Nick proceeds to singlehandedly decapitate the robot clones one by one, using Morpheus' karate moves like the movie, although Nick himself was a wrestler.

The battle was now only Nick and KuroGrappler remaining. "You..you..You destroyed my men! I'll destroy you! I'll stain my hands with your blood! Prepare for battle!" KuroGrappler shouted, running towards our hero.

"No.." Nick repeated. He finally pulls out his mini-video, and transforms into his GreenScanner battle suit. The Brigade android attempted to punch Nick. He grabs his fist, and slowly crushes it, putting KuroGrappler in agonizing pain.

Nick then grabs KuroGrappler's shoulder and head butts him, cracking the monster's skull. He follows with a knee into the chest, crushing it, and delivers a drop kick into his face.

Nick then runs towards KuroGrappler. Finally speaking a word aside from 'No', he shouts, "THIS IS FOR SILVERSCANNER!" Nick runs through KuroGrappler with a clothesline.

"THIS IS FOR THUNDER DOLBY!" Nick follows with an atomic spinebreaker, lifting KuroGrappler up and knees him in the back. "AND THIS IS FOR ME!" Finally, Nick, using his bounding skills, jumps high into the air, with KuroGrappler semiconscious about to do a serious piledriver, about 500 feet into the air. They both descend upon the moon's surface. An explosion was a result, spreading for miles like a mushroom cloud. Moments later, out of the smoke came GreenScanner, none the worse for wear.

It wasn't finished yet, however! KuroGrappler grew into a giant! "WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET, HERO! I'LL SMASH YOUR PUNY BODY!"

Nick shook his head and sighed. With a wave of his hand, something materialized on the moon. As Nick escapes, KuroGrappler was stunned! He saw..

"THUNDER DOLBY THX! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! YOU WERE DESTROYED!" KuroGrappler cried. The mighty Scanranger robot returned, much more streamlined than its predecessor. The other four Scanrangers appeared with Nick.

"With help, hope and faith, nothing is impossible!" said Vin. Quoting a phrase from an old Steven Seagal movie, he says "How does it feel knowing you're about to die?"

"BLAST YOU! I'LL SMASH YOU AGAIN!" KuroGrappler screams as he ran towards the robot.

"LET'S DO THIS! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS KNUCKLEHEAD!" said B.C.

"You're right!" said Vin. "ACTIVATE PEGASUS WING!" Materializing from inner space, TS Pegasus wings clamp on to Dolby's back. "HEAVY EDITOR SWORD!" The saber was an upgraded version of the Great Editor Sword. Dolby flies towards KuroGrappler, about to run through each other.

In the usual buzzsaw fashion, Thunder Dolby easily slices KuroGrappler. The robot returns and does the same thing as Dolby descends towards the Brigade member. The Scanrangers then shout, "DOUBLE FEATURE FINAL CUT!" Dolby slices KuroGrappler down the middle, in addition to the side slash.

"I-I can't believe it.." said the fallen Brigade android. "How can they beat us like this? HOWWARRGHHH!" KuroGrappler falls for the final time!

Meanwhile, back at Nebultopia, the critically wounded Benedict lands in front of Blackorg. One of the Kink soldiers grabbed him in the midst of battle, teleporting him back to the MAYHEM base. "What? B-Blackorg?"

"Did you truly believe that you could conquer my base of operations so easily, Benedict?" said the dark lord. "We only made you think you've defeated us!"

"Did you also forget that we too possess a fraction of the Scanrangers' energy also?" said Key. Using his 'dark energy', Key chains Benedict to the wall.

"You are such a fool, Benedict.." continued Blackorg. "First by underestimating these earthlings...and second, underestimating the might of the MAYHEM corps!" He proceeds to crush Benedict's shoulder as he screams in pain.

"AAGGHHH! B-BLACKORGGG!"

"I beg your pardon? What did you call me?" The overlord then crushes Benedict's other shoulder! The pain felt like white hot knives going through his body.

"YEAARRRGHHH! L-LORD BLACKORRGGGG!!"

"Yes! I am your master! That is the reality you will face, and you will learn not to question your betters!"

"M-Mercy..Lord Blackorg..Mercy.. Please..I will serve you..Spare me! I beg of you!"

Blackorg stops the torture, releasing his hand. "Indeed..I shall grant you mercy..at the hands of my MAYHEM captains!" Blackorg turns and walks away. Vixen then approaches the wandering fiend. Yet the sultry warrior woman was unaware of his secret power.

"I can yet escape this.." he thought. "All I need do is to absorb her energy by kissing her, thus draining her of all her power.." Vixen uses her new energy, disguising herself into a clone of Elizabeth Hurley.

"Mmmmm..It's been a long time, honey.." she said seductively. "Let me end and comfort your pain. Vixen kisses Benedict, but instead of Benedict draining Vixen, she drains his energy instead!

"That was very refreshing..Ohhh, yes!"

Anark Key was next. "How the tables have turned, my fellow Brit.." Benedict could only mumble in a slurred fashion. "But, Lord Blackorg did say we will show you mercy..as only MAYHEM can!" With Key's Dark Energy, he calls up a Mexican firing squad armed with lasers, and a hard light image of the criminals responsible from slaughtering the man who would be Robocop.

"ON MY SIGNAL.." said Key. "READY!"

"No..I-I am Arno Benedict..the dimensional wandering fiend! I can't lose my destiny all in one day..I can't go out like this..No.."

"AIM.." The squad and the criminal band aimed their guns, about to execute him. Before Key shouted to fire, Benedict screams, loud enough to echo out of Nebultopia.

Three weeks later...

The hospital nurse gave Nick his release papers. Now that he was completely well again(although two weeks before he was already healed), He walks out the main entrance and met Alex and the rest of the team, with Toni creating a musical band made out of her film energy.

"Awww, how touching..you shouldn't have.." Nick pretended to be sentimental, wiping his tears jokingly.

Vin nods at Nick. "I never thought I'd say this, but welcome back to the world of the living..even though we knew you were still kicking.." He grasps his ahnd in a firm handshake. Mikey was next.

He turns to Toni. "Hey.."

"Wait.." she interrupts him. "I'm just glad you're safe and sound..no more words, okay?" Toni then embraces Nick.

"Whatever you say, lady.." Nick already began to have deeper feelings about Toni. However, after the experience that the movie task force had went through, he concluded that he should treat her as her little sister, which in a way, the other male rangers had already treated her as such. Nick turns to B.C.. He had his hands folded, and stared at the green ranger.

"Hey! Is that a way to treat a sick man after being released? You're gonna diss me like that?" Nick joked.

"Even this laughing boy gotta be concerned about you..Who else can I get permission to smack me otherwise?" In response, Vin smacks B.C. in the back of his head! "Wait, if you didn't, then.."

"Now we're even.." Vin said. "Forunately for you, I'm not a vengeful guy.." He was referring to the punch in the face by B.C. after Nick was hospitalized. Professor Alex was happy that the team was together again.

As our heroes walked back to Cape Paramount Base, they see Thunder Dolby THX and BlockBuster standing together. "It's not over yet, guys.." said Nick. "As you know, we still have to find Takeshi..I know that you're concerned about him..especially you, Mikey..but we need to resume the search as soon as possible! The reason is because he's the last person to complete the upgrade..If we don't find him soon, he himself will perish.."

"Nick's right!" said Alex. "We'll resume the search, but first the CPB techs shall start off, and after you complete classes for the day, you can report back here..Are we in agreement?"

"Right!" the Scanrangers responded.

To be continued..

In our next Scanranger adventure, the team comb the countryside for the missing SilverScanner and WideScreener. Takeshi has lost his confidence and will to fight, but an outside source inspires him to return to action, only if he can find his Eigachanger. Can our heroes find Takeshi before MAYHEM attacks again?

Next time on Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 23

"Man In the Wilderness..Takeshi Hayata-M.I.A."

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