Episode 26-"Scream If You Know What Urban Nightmarish Legend I Did Last Summer on Friday the 13th Street!"

(again, Whew!)

Once more, we cut to the villainous satelitte stronghold of MAYHEM-Nebultopia..

"As you see, my Lord Blackorg, those accursed Scanrangers continue to fight hard for their planet..With the power of movies under their belt, they continue to find a way to thwart our plans to conquer the Earth..I, however, have a foolproof plan to finish them once and for all.." said Anark Key.

"I see, Key.." said Blackorg. "And how, may I ask you, how do you plan to trap these children without failing as usual? I am growing impatient with these failed attempts of claiming this planet for my own!"

"Knowing that these rangers use their powers from motion pictures, I can do the same with envelope pushing, controversial movies the general public would not approve..That said, I have a new group to assist me..My Lord, I give you..Team Nightmare!"

Anark Key, using his Dark Movie Energy calls up five of his powerful warriors, one with a scarred face, a rumpled sweater, and long, sharp razor claws, similar to a certain dream killer from one of the infamous 'slasher' movies. The second had a hockey mask with a metal hockey stick and a rocket pack. The third was a copy of the 'Scream' masked killer, with a evil smiley face and fangs, but was dressed in crimson red instead of black. The fourth had a metallic bee head with a hook, like the so-called 'Candy Man'.The last team member had a mask on, but instead of leather. it was made of lace. She wielded a chainsaw!

"With Team Nightmare invading the dreams of the Scanrangers, it will be child's play to trap them all into another dimension! Of course, they are at full strength during the day..Thus, attack them at night, which will make them most vulnerable!"

"Intriguing.." said the dark master. "You may proceed with your plan..Anark Key.."

"Thank you...my Lord..You will not regret this.."

A month later after finals, the Scanranger crew stayed in an off- campus condo owned by Rosewood, while he still kept to his police duties at CJU.

“Toni, I’ve got to hand it to you..” Vin said. “You’ve reached a new low.. First time I’ve tasted adobo chicken like this…”

Toni felt very disappointed. “..And it was great!” Vin finished.

“You scared me, Vin. “I’ve put so much hard work into making this..”

“You did, Tone..” said Nick, although he didn’t really want to hurt her feelings. “Be a little sensitive to the lady, Vin! After all, with her being in the states for a couple of years and not going home, she needs some type of encouragement..”

“Well, at least someone appreciates my cooking. In fact, I have some more you can nibble on later..”

Nick whispers to Vin. “Let’s save this dish for Mikey..”

“Yeah..” He won’t eat it..He hates everything..” Vin fakes a rim shot.

The phone rang, and Toni answered it. “Hello?”

“Toni Montanez?”

“Speaking..”

“You’ve just been chosen to be a finalist in our all-campus contest! Answer this question, and you’ll be our first prize winner of a DVD player! The question is, who was Fred Astaire’s long time dance partner?”

“Too easy..Ginger Rogers, who else?”

“You’re absolutely correct! You’ll pick up your prize, but first, prepare yourselves for the shock of your life!”

Suddenly, a current of flowing electricity bathed Toni. She screamed, rendering her unconscious!

“Good Lord! TONI! TONI!” shouted Vin. He tried to revive her, but to no avail. He angrily picked up the phone.

“WHO THE BLAZES ARE YOU? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? ANSWER ME!” Vin yelled. Toni then disappears.

The voice changes over to Key’s as he laughed. ‘That’s not proper phone etiquette, sir!”

“Toni!” Vin continues to talk. “Anark Key! What have you done to her?”

“Heh! The same thing I’m about to do to you!”

“VIN!” cried Nick. “LET GO OF THE PHONE!” He realized that, and drops it. The phone disintegrated into dust, and goes into speaker mode. “Good move..” said Key. “..but it still won’t save you! If you want your pretty partner to stay alive, you will do exactly as you’re told!!”

“Forget you!” cried Nick. “If you harm a hair on her head…”

The TV automatically turns on. It was a live shot of Key standing there, with Toni still unconscious. “You mean, like this?” He literally plucked a single strand of her hair and snaps it. At that point, B.C. and Mikey ran into the apartment.

“We heard the distress signal!” said B.C. “Is Toni okay?”

“No..” said Vin. “ We’ve got to save her..The only thing is, I know for certain that Key is goading us into a trap!” Suddenly, the door slammed, and the windows locked. Then, the entire dorm room was taken into another dimension, and it spun like it was in a tornado, a la the Wizard of Oz. The velocity of the wind knocks the four men out, then scattered them in different areas of the new dimension.

Meanwhile, Toni finally wakes up, and finds herself in a suburb. “This looks creepy..” she thought. “I’m in someone’s kitchen..” She answers the phone. “Who is it?” Crashing through the window came ‘Shriek the Slasher’!

“Ready to become queen of the cut-ups, sister?” he said.

“And get killed by a nobody like you? As if!! LIGHTS-What? My FilmBrace is gone! I can’t transform!”

Shriek tried to cut her. Toni dodges, and retaliates with a kick in the face!

“WITCH!” cried Shriek. “I FELT THAT!”

“What the? That should’ve put him out for the count!”

“Now, you’re going to pay, my feisty female!” Shriek zaps with a electricity bolt from his hands! Toni was shivering, feeling very frightened!

“What have done to me? G-Get away from m-me!”

“It’s over, girl! Say goodbye!” Suddenly, out of nowhere, Nick jumps on top of Shriek, twists his arm, disarmed the monster, and body slammed him on the floor.

“Toni!” asked Nick. “Are you all right?”

“N-Nick? W-What happened?”

“Thank heaven I’ve found you! No time to lose! Let’s find the others and get out of this place!”

“NICK! LOOK OUT!” Toni cried. Shriek tried to stab Nick. His fast reflexes enabled him to avoid a fatal stabbing. Instead, Nick was slashed on his arm.

“That was my good jacket!” said Nick. “Take this. happy boy!” He punches Shriek out with his bare palms, and clotheslines him. Shriek was revealed as a robot, now out of commission.

“This is why I despise teen slasher movies!” said Nick, rubbing his hand.

Meanwhile, Vin was wandering around what looked like his old hometown, urban New Brunswick. He answers a pay phone, with extra precaution. “Hello?”

“VIN! IS THAT YOU?”

“Yes! Mikey? Where are you?”

Mikey was frantic. “I’m not far from Livingston Ave! There’s this..thing that’s shooting everyone in sight! I couldn’t use my powers, and HURRY-” The line went dead!

“Hang on , Mikey!” Vin ran up the block, and saw him down at the hands of Jetzun, the rocket powered slasher with a scythe shaped hockey stick. The villain blasted off towards Vin, swinging his hockey blade to behead him. Vin falls down before he could strike, and kicks him in the gut. Jetzun cringed in a fetal position.

“Come on, Mikey! Our communicator has picked up Toni and Nick..They shouldn’t be far from here!”

“Right, Vin! Let’s go!” They run around the corner and see Jetzun again.

“What?” said Vin.

Anark Key and Friedrick Kroger both laughed as they watched the helpless Scanrangers from their hideout.

Act Two

B.C. awakens in the middle of a cornfield. He sees a sign which read:

“This definitely isn’t Kansas anymore..” he thought.

Out of nowhere, a masked chainsaw wielding maniac named LaceFace attacked B.C. He dodged the saw before he himself was sliced in two. “No Film Energy?! I can’t even transform! Not a good idea to fight a guy who’s supposed to be dead.. Execute the better part of valor..RUN!” B.C. dashed to a shack in order to hide. He finds a pretty Midwestern woman sitting near a mirror and brushing her hair.

“Hey, lady! Listen to me! You’ve gotta get out of here! There’s a killer on the loose!”

The woman ignored B.C. She sings, “Oh, Sugar Guy..Oh, Sugar Guy!”

“Hey! Didn’t you hear me? You’re gonna be killed if you don’t get out right now! Come on!”

The woman still did not respond. She continued to sing, “Oh, Sugar Guy..Oh, Sugar Guy!”

As B.C. was about to leave to save himself, a creature called Sugar Guy leaped out of the mirror, pulling in the helpless lady. In shock, the woman screamed as Sugar Guy had slain her.

“NOO! YOU ANIMAL!” B.C. cried as he tried to break the mirror. At the same time, LaceFace crashed through the door. When B.C. turned, Sugar Guy grabbed him and was about to pull him in the mirror, with Laceface pushing him in.

“I..can’t break free!” said B.C. “Can’t concentrate on anything to attack them with..Looks like this is it…”

Suddenly, another shadowy figure appeared, His face was unseen, but he confronted the three. The stranger had a staff in his right hand, and with one wave, he sent a horde of locusts against Sugar Guy, who retreats back into the mirror.

The stranger then threw his staff , which turned into a snake, and bit LaceFace! The chainsaw slashing fiend made a hasty retreat!

B.C. was amazed. “Hey, dude! Whoever you are, thanks!” As he was about to shake his hand, the mysterious character interrupts him, replying,

“Come with me if you want to live…” quoting a line from Terminator 2.

“If you insist, buddy..” replied B.C.

Meanwhile, Vin and mikey ran around the corner-again, and confronts Jetzun once more. In the same fashion, Vin beats him up again. “Come on, Mikey! Our communicator has picked up Toni and Nick..They shouldn’t be far from here!”

"Right! Let's go!" Mikey then stopped in his tracks. "Wait a minute! Vin! I don't know how to explain this, but do you realize we've been going around the same corner for the past half hour, in the same routine? You beat up that cybercreature, and then you said, 'Come on, Mikey!' and I said, 'Right! Let's go!'"

"Good grief, you're right! At the same time we don't know what happened to the others!"

"You don't think they're.."

"No! Don't even think that! They've got to be alive! With these creatures of the night on the prowl, we're tougher than that, even with our FilmBraces on the blink! Let's find them..but first.." The two decide to go the opposite way and still saw Jetzun!

"This is getting very monotonous.." Vin said. Suddenly, Jetsun was about to blast off to attack but a few frogs jammed his rocket pack, enabling it to explode! Vin and Mikey looked up, and saw B.C.in his BlueScanner guise and the cloaked stranger as Jetzun retreated.

"Who are you?" asked Vin.

"Come with me if you want to live.." said the stranger.

"How do I know you're not in cahoots with MAYHEM?"

The mystery man answers by reactivating the two men's FilmBraces. "What? How?" Vin and Mikey transform into Red and YellowScanner respectively.

Blue walksp to the others. "It's all right..He's with me! He-" As B.C. looked again, the stranger disappeared.

"Let's find Nick and Toni..Yipes! I'm repeating myself again.." As the three dash to find the other two Scanrangers, they find themselves in a very high and dry situation.

Nick and Toni were both chained and were hanging on a rope overlooking a lake, where Anark Key and Friedrick Krieger watched. "This is so coolness.." said the evil MAYHEM captain. "Now with my Dark Energy, I too, have the power to command and control scenes just like you! Since you lovebirds intervened.." At the same time Toni and Nick were equally insulted at the lovebird remark, being that they were just friends. Key continued." ..I must eliminate the competition in order to take my share of conquering the world!"

"RedScanner and the other rangers will rescue us!" defiantly said Nick.

"The Scanrangers? Hah!" said Kriger. Last time I checked, he and his friend were stuck in continous time warp. They're going to repeat that same scene with my buddy Jetzun forever and ever! By the time they realize that, the two of you will be meeting in a watery grave!"

"And to give the lake some bite.." said Key. He used his Dark Film Energy to call up a school of flesh eating piranha fish from the B-movie of the same name, now circling Toni and Nick!

"This does not look good.." said Toni.

"You're telling me.." said Nick.

"Oh, heck.. You know what? Let's just cut to the chase and get it over with.." Key said nonchalantly. "Do it, Freddie!" Friedrick Krieger then uses his Freddy Krueger type claws and cuts the rope, sending them to impending doom! But, YellowScanner warps in the scene in his super mecha suit and catches Toni and Nick before the piranhas were able to get a taste!

"WHAT?!" said Key. "YELLOWSCANNER!" Red and Blue joined Yellow getting the others out of harms way.

"You thought you could beat us at our own game, Anark Key?" said Red. "In your dreams, pal!"

The stranger then tended to Nick and Toni, reenergized their FilmBraces, and were also transformed to Green and Pink.

"SOMETHING! ALWAYS SOMETHING!" cried Key. "TEAM NIGHTMARE! FRONT AND CENTER!" Jetzun, Shriek, Sugar Guy, LaceFace, and Krieger appear before the rangers.

The eiga sentai went into their fighting poses. "REDSCANNER! ATHLETE OF ACTION!"

"GREENSCANNER! SPFX SOLDIER!"

"BLUESCANNER! KING OF COMEDY!"

"YELLOWSCANNER! ANIMEMANIAC!"

"PINKSCANNER! MUSICAL MISTRESS!"

The team shouted, "SOLDIERS OF THE SILVER SCREEN! MOVIE TASK FORCE-SCANRANGER!"

Key then barks out, "HURT THEM!"

"I guess you got tired of saying, 'Destroy them!', eh?" said Blue. The Scanrangers picked a partner, and the battle was on!

Pink went up against Shriek. The imitation 'Scream' slasher took off his cloak like a cape, covering Toni and the creature. They end up in another dimension.

As Pink looked around, then Shriek appeared out of nowhere to slice her. PinkScanner's armor kept her from serious damage. "I'm gonna make you pay for the kick in the face! Here comes your final cut!"

"On the contrary, here comes your final cut!" Pink replied as she disappears. She used a hologaphic illusion and in no time flat, shouted, "CHARISSE KICK!" Shriek was out cold once again.

Blue took on Sugar Guy and LaceFace. LaceFace began swinging his chainsaw at B.C. "You know, I'm getting sick and tired of being chased by chainsaws! Enough that I had to deal with that KuroBuzzer guy!" B.C. then saw Sugar Guy lunge at him. He jumps out of the way, only to see Sugar Guy run into LaceFace.

"Get him!" said Sugar Guy. He and LaceFace ran towards Blue.

"Speed-Bo Staff!" He pulls it out, and using his 'Pause' button underneath his FilmBrace, he summons his Comedy Film Energy. Out of one end of his Speed-Bo Staff, was a giant mallet(similar to one of Goggle Yellow's weapons) STOP!" shouted B.C. as he froze LaceFace and Sugar Guy.

"HAMMER TIME!" Like the cartoons, BlueScanner pounded the two Team Nightmare villains on the noggin, and out for the count!

Jetzun and Fredrick Krieger went up against Red, Green, and Yellow. "Get ready, guys! You can take on the 'Jason' wannabe! The 'Elm Street' fake is mine!" said Red.

"Fake, you say?" replied Krieger. "That's your first mistake, boy! My master has given me powers beyond what Mr. Krueger couldn't imagine! Observe! Krieger then sent Red into yet another dimension to fight-alone!

"Now, where am I?" said Red. He was back in New Brunswick and witnessed his then girlfriend in high school being terrorized by a gang of thugs! "May? It can't be! HEY!" Vin shouted to the gang members. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY GIRL!"

"And what if we don't?" replied one of the thugs. His answer was a bullet that barely grazed Vin past his face. The impact pushed Vin to the wall, knocking him semiconscious. Moments later, he saw his girl also unconscious. He crawled to May, but it was too late. She was already dead! "No..not again.. I couldn't save her in time.." Vin began to get emotion, but stopped. He clenched his fist. Then a dark shadow appeared before Vin.

"Now who's gonna save you now, Mr.Scanranger?" said Krieger, about to use his razor claws on Vin. Vin was still, while Krieger moved in for the kill! "It's too late..AND TOO SLOW, KRIEGER!" shouted Vin. He grabbed Krieger's hand and in Steven Seagal fashion, and snaps his arm in half. The Team Nightmare member screamed in agonizing pain! "MY ARM! BLAST YOU! IT'S BROKEN!"

"Your stupid arm is the least of your worries!" said Vin. He was automatically back to his RedScanner persona. "Bringing back my past where my sweetheart was killed was a mistake! That event made me stronger and able to finally fight back! Nobody messes with my mind and gets away with it!" Red proceeded to whomp the tar out of Krieger, then went to his signature move.."ABARENBO SLASH!" Red then slashed Krieger down the middle, and as soon as the slasher went down they were back in the regular dimension with the other combatants. Krieger was on his knees, then passed out.

"Welcome to MY nightmare!" said Red.

Jetzun had Yellow and Green on the ropes. "And now, it's time for the Power Play! Mario has nothing on what I'm about to do next!" Jetzun began spinning his hockey blade. It spun faster and faster like helicopter blades! "HE SHOOTS.." The blade barely missed Yellow's head, but it boomeranged and came back at the two rangers. "No time to explain, RUN!" said Yellow. They ran for their lives as the spinning blade got closer to Green.

"When I give the signal and say 'Go!', run to your left! I'll go to the right!"

"What are you doing?" said Green.

"Trust me!" The two headed towards Jetzun, and at the exact last minute, using Green's SFX Film Energy, a Holoclone in Green and Yellow form stood in front of Jetzun. "GO!" he said. Then the two dodged left and right.

"WHAT THE BLAZ-YEARGHHH!!!" cried Jetzun as he took the full brunt of the spinning hockey blade, exploding and half dismembered. Thus, our heroes were able to make quick work of Team Nightmare.

"Rule number three in the good guys handbook.." said Red. "Good triumphs over evil! Give it up, Key!"

"That's it! You've forced me to play my trump card! KillerBytes! Activate!" Team Nightmare awoke, then shed their human shells, revealing their android forms! Krieger shouted to the others, "NOW, TEAM NIGHTMARE! UNITE!"

"YES, SIR!" the otherfour replied. They fly into the air, and merge into one being, forming arms, legs, torso, and head! In Japanese, they shout as one form, "NIGHTMARE GATTAI!(Combine) KUROSLASHER!" They grew giant, and was about to attack!

As Key teleported back to Nebultopia, the Scanrangers were left with no choice.."You know what this means, guys!" said Red. "ROLL OUT! BOX OFFICE SMASHERS!" shouted the rangers.

The Box Office Smashers blast off from the Hollywood Hills hideout once more. "Let's put 'em together, guys!" said Red. He and the others shout out "BOX OFFICE FORMATION! BLOCKBUSTER!" The mecha unite and form BlockBuster.

"Rrraraghh! KuroSlasher very angry! KuroSlasher bust..BlockBuster!!"

"Oh, sure, we've got a monster who speaks in Incredible Hulkese.." said Blue.

The mighty robot and KuroSlasher grapple, until the monster punches BlockBuster in the chest. KuroSlasher pulls out a double-bladed sickle-one side had a sickle, the other a chainsaw. With the sickle side, KuroSlasher blasted an energy beam at the center of BlockBuster's chest, causing serious damage.

"This guys too quick for us!" said Red. "THUNDER DOLBY!" Thunder Dolby THX flies to the scene and lands a side kick at KuroSlasher! Vin then jumps into Dolby as Green pilots BlockBuster. The monster blasts a beam at the two robots, but the Dolby Shield blocks the shot.Thunder Dolby runs and jumps into the air, giving KuroSlasher the..

"DOLBY SONIC SMASH!" shouted Red. The punch also snaps KuroSlasher's staff in half. The lead robot then throws KuroSlasher over and smashes him to the ground!

"ALL RIGHT, GUYS!" said Green. "LET'S DO THIS! BLOCKBUSTER ENERGIZE! The robot charges up and blasts off towards the combined cybercreature. The rangers shout, "BLOCKBUSTER BOMB!" The robot releases its energy, and eradicates KuroSlasher!

"No sequel for you, Anark Key!" said Yellow. The Scanrangers stand in victory with BlockBuster and Dolby standin triumphantly.

And what of the mysterious stranger who helped our heroes? He watched the rangers from a distance. "Well done, good and faithful servants of Hollywood..Until the next time.." He then dashes away.

Back in Nebultopia, Anark Key, obviously ticked off, turns and sees one of the Team Nightmare members. The others follow after Krieger. "On the contrary, Scumrangers..There will be a sequel..and it'll be called MAYHEM 2: The Wrath of Team Nightmare! We'll destroy you next time!"

Back at the apartment, where everything had all began, the team got back. "Are you all right, Vin Man?" said Nick.

"I'm not certain, after that battle..Key's powers must be more powerful than we ever imagined..since we fought them the past few times with their own version of our Film Energy..I thought that the professor had mentioned that there were only three or four other people spread over the world possessing the power of Film Energy..It can't be MAYHEM..because his henchmen, Key, Vixen, and Ug have something that's similar skills..

"Unless, that stranger who assisted us in that other dimension is one of the genuine recipients of Project:Paramount Film Energy.." said B.C.

"It's possible..but for right now, the battle's won, we can rest up.." said Vin.

"..And we can try out a little more of my Chicken Adobo!" finished Toni. "Mikey, B.C., I know you'll like it!"

Vin, with a smirk on his face, whispers to Mikey. "Whatever you do, Kunio, just chew and smile..chew and smile..." "Yeah, that goes double for you, too, B.C.," said Nick, sneaking in an antacid tablet in B.C's shirt pocket.

The battle with MAYHEM had almost drained our heroes. However, with some outside help from an inspirational source, they were able to win. What was the stranger's agenda? How did he know about the Scanranger's identities? More questions, but to be answered for another time...

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, just when you thought our heroes had proved that they can just act, just wait till you see them sing and dance! To replace five teenage heartthrobs, the rangers and a very popular boy band switch places for a week!

Watch out, 98 Degrees!

N*Sync, Eat your heart out!

Back off, Backstreet Boys!

You too, "Three Lights"!(for all you Sailor Star fans out there)

Here come the newest singing sensations of all time! Next time on Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 27

"Main Street Men"

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Episode 27