Episode 28-"And Voodoo to You Too"

Vin was practicing his aikido moves at the gym, Nick, Mikey and B.C. was watching an anime movie, and Toni was at the gym working out. Professor Alex was doing research on the internet, in a rare occasion, killing time.

Meanwhile, up in Nebultopia, we see a completely furious Blackorg, venting his anger towards his three MAYHEM captains. The dark overlord envelopes them in his deadly plasma blast. They all felt the excruiciating pain, with Anark Key, Vixen, and Ug screaming from the top of their lungs!

"FOOLS! EVEN WITH THE EXTRA POWER I GIVE YOU, YOU STILL CANNOT ELIMINATE A BAND OF CHILDREN! I CAN EASILY DESTROY YOU ALL IF I WILL IT!" shouted Blackorg. "Now, Vixen, shall I simply take away your free will and have you serve me, even love me forever? And Ug, shall I send you back to what you call the Cro-Magnon period and have those dinosaurs rend you limb from limb? At least, Key, you still have your 'Team Nightmare' to assist you for now, yet I'm losing patience, and I want that planet, now! Very well, for this time, I shall take matters into my own hands.." Blackorg scans the globe, and focuses on a small island off the Atlantic, namely Haiti, then west towards New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Fascinating.." said the evil MAYHEM overlord. "There are humans who ultilize magic in order to control others..Since I have yet to use a magical-based monster on the Scanrangers, it is high time that I involve myself to destroy these movie-based humans.."

Blackorg then teleports to the CJU campus. Rendering himself invisible to human eyes, he scopes the area, and finds Toni coming out of the gym, talking to a couple of her friends. "Ah, PinkScanner..You shall be the first I shall study and investigate. My disguise should be enough to elude detection." He transforms into a human with shades, black hair, a leather jacket with a similar resemblence to the body he consumed: Damien Borg. Under his shades, with his nonexistent eyes, he mindscans her. "And now, PinkScanner..soon your greatest desires, and your greatest weaknesses shall be mine!"

Toni stops and turns as she felt something. "Hmmm..what was that? Felt like someone was stalking me..Hope it wasn't that creep from algebra class, because i'll give him the what for!"

Blackorg then goes to Kunio's dorm. Hovering over the window with Nick, Mikey, and B.C., the evil one was rendered invisible as the three rangers were occupied watching an anime tape. He proceeds to scan them.

"I told you, Nick! I told you that Dragonball Z is much more effective watched subtitled!" said Mikey.

"But the music, the heavy metal guitar rift, it's not all there! I don't get it! It's all different BGM music! Why?" asked Nick.

"Simple explanation.." said B.C. "Kids watch this stuff now, don't want to shock their psyches..They have Cartoon Network to watch their version, while we grown adults watch it in all its unedited glory..

"To wit: You can't say 'die', 'dead', or 'kill' to the kids of today.. You've got to be sensitive to what they watch in this generation..." he added. Blackorg completes mindscanning the three rangers. As he teleports, B.C. somewhat felt a prescence. "Not to be funny, but like Bugs once said, Did you ever have the feeling you've being watched?"

Finally, Blackorg heads to the gym. He finishes the scanning, taking advantage of Vin as he rests up after finishing his kata. "It is done.." said Blackorg. He returns to Nebultopia.

"Now, with the stolen bodies injected with the Metalbonic Virus, I can ultilize the black magic of what you earthlings call-Voodoo, and combine it with our MAYHEM technology, thus creating the ultimate cybercreature!" Out of the chamber came said cybercreature, dressed in tribunal wear, warrior makeup, somewhat like a witch doctor; Enter: KuroHoungan, for it referred to the name of a head voodoo witch doctor.

"KuroHoungan! Awaken! It is time to serve MAYHEM in its highest glory! Your orders are basically simple, to crush the Scanrangers! Your magic which I have programmed into you shall be enough to subdue them! Go! Go and serve me well!"

"As you command, my Lord Blackorg.." replied KuroHoungan, with a grin on his face.

Meanwhile, at the cafeteria, where the Scanranger crew hung out at, all sit at a table killing time in between classes.

"Congratulations, Mikey! You did it! You did it!" said Vin.

"Did what?"

"Well, for starters, you passed your summer class..We know it's kind of late and all, but this is an opportunity to let you know that we all pulled for you to make this happen." At the same time, Nick rolled in a cake to begin the celebration.

Meanwhile, KuroHoungan watched from outside the campus. "Now, with the dolls my lord had given me, I can attack the Scanrangers with ease. Who shall I start with first..maybe the Scanranger leader? Ah! Perfect!" The cybercreature saw Nick bringing the cake to Mikey. KuroHoungan then pulls out a voodoo doll of Nick. "Time for our friend to go on a trip! Heh heh heh!" The monster then made the Nick doll slip. At the same time, as Nick himself was about to hand the cake to Mikey, he slips, hitting Mikey with the cake!

"HEY!" said Mikey. "Is this your idea of a joke?"

"Yeah,what's up, Nick? If someone was to hit you with a cake, it would be me!" said B.C.

"Just a second!" said Nick. "I didn't mean it! I'm sorry! It was an accident!" Mikey retailiates by throwing a slab of cake in Nick's face.

"Ha! The poor kid didn't know what hit him!" said KuroHoungan. at the same time, the mysterious man named Peter walked down the campus. Peter then stopped and looked around. "Weird.. I feel a prescence.. but maybe I'm seeing things.." He then walks away.

"Strange, it felt like that human knew what I was up to, but he didn't see me..I must be seeing things.." said the cybercreature, who then leaves.

Later, in class, Vin was finishing his anatomy class as one of his female classmates approached him. "Vin, you got a minute?" She was an attractive young woman. "Listen..I need one more guy for our study group tomorrow..Are you available?"

"Well, Samantha..I guess I could make some time to study your body-Aggh-I mean study with somebody tomorrow, since I don't have to work out, so.." At the same time, KuroHoungan saw Vin, and using a Vin voodoo doll which matched his fetish type, the cybercreature then lifted the dolls hand, and slyly stroked it. At the same time while Vin was talking, he was stroking Samantha's hair, then stroking her shoulder. She then noticed Vin doing so, and then slapped him!

"Wha-what happened? Why did you slap me?" said a puzzled Vin.

"Forget it!" Samantha said. "Don't bother till you get your mind out of the gutter.." She then walks away.

"Wait! I didn't..Dang it! What's going on around here?!?"

Act two

KuroHoungan plotted his next move to sabotage the other Scanrangers. Meanwhile, Blackorg seemed to be pleased at the mishaps his cybercreature has wrought. "My plan is working..it is time to exploit these children..then these terran heroes shall be ended..." He watches from above the hill of the school.

B.C. and Toni walk along to the library. "Hey, Tone, I don't know if you noticed, but have you realized that most of us had fallen into some type of mishap..you know, sort of like some kind of sabatoogie(Curly's way of saying sabotage).."

"No, not really..I mean that accident with Mikey and the cake was normal..Nick didn't mean anything toward it.."

"Let me share something..I was asleep last night, and dreamed I trashed my entire dorm room, only to wake up and saw muddy footprints all over the wall..The strange thing about it was that it was my shoes, and I spray painted the word "BANZAI!!!" on my window.."

At the same time, another student with a campus cop approached the two rangers. He points to B.C., "That's him, officer! He's the one who spray-painted my dorm wall last night!" B.C. was puzzled. "What in blazes are you talking about? I was asleep in my bed after studying! Tell him, Toni!"

"That girl was his accomplice!" continued the guy. She was with him, too!"

"Me?" said Toni.

The officer gave a slow smirk on his face. His name tag read K. HOUNGAN.

"I've some questions for you, but we'll discuss this at the station, people..This way, please!"

As B.C. and Toni entered the police car being driven off, they realized they had passed the campus police office. The car were transported into another dimension.

"Hey, officer! This isn't the station! You're going the wrong way!: said B.C.

"On the contrary..This is the right way... to your doom!" The officer reveals himself to be KuroHoungan!

"What the-It's a cybercreature!" said Toni.

"Yes, I am..created by my master Lord Blackorg..I assure you, this shall be your last battle! You're finished!"

"Better watch your P's & Q's..You have no idea who you're messing with, right, Tone? Let's take care of Mr. Witch Doctor.." said B.C.

"Right!" Toni and B.C. began to transform. "LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! SCANRANGER!" The two became PinkScanner and BlueScanner respectively.

"I'm ready for you both! Unfortunately, you have no idea who you're messing with! As long as I have these in my possession, you cannot stop me!" KuroHoungan shows them two Blue and PinkScanner dolls!

"So, you plan to destroy us with a couple of action figures that look like us? You're joking, right?" said BlueScanner. He was about to run towards the cybercreature.

"I never joke, Scanranger! This is not a child's toy! Observe!" KuroHoungan uses the Blue doll and grabs both of his legs together. Blue falls down.

"Wh-what happened?!? I can't move!"

"A small sample of the power of voodoo.." said KuroHoungan. "I can control every move that you can use..I can make you all my personal puppets on a string.." The MAYHEM monster crushes the Blue dolls legs. B.C. then screams." I can do this.." KuroHoungan then pulls the doll's legs apart.

"AAAGHH!" cried Blue.

"And this!" The monster then uses a lighter and lights the bottom of the doll's feet!

"YEEOWW! I HATE FIRE! IT'S HOT! HOT! MY FEET'S BURNING! HE'S NOT PLAYING FAIR!" Blue then runs to the brook nearby to try to soothe his feet.

"You won't get away with this, creature!" said PinkScanner. "SCAN-"

"Uh uh uh! Not very ladylike..You need to cool off yourself!" KuroHoungan pulls out a PinkScanner doll, and magically pulls out a glass of water. "Have a nice dip, my pretty!" The cybercreature dips the doll into the glass of water, making her drown!

Toni finds she was unable to breathe! She was gasping for air in a panic! "Can you breathe out there?" said KuroHoungan. "No? Excellent!" Suddenly out of the blue, a shot rang out! "SCANLASER!" It broke the glass, the doll fell out of harms way, and Pink was able to breathe again! The shot came from RedScanner as he, Green and Yellow arrive on the battle scene!

"Pink! Are you okay?" asked Red.

"I am now..Thanks.. Be careful..that cybercreature has some kind of magic dolls.."

"Voodoo dolls? He can only handle two at a time..This way at least if he attacks two of us, the other three can stop him! Let's get him!"

"Wrong again, Scumrangers!" KuroHoungan then evolves with two more pairs of arms, then pulls out dolls of Red, Yellow and Green!

"Wait a second! That explains how I accidently hit Mikey with the cake!" said Green.

"And my uncontrollable hands harassing my classmate.." said Red.

"That's it then! That cybercreature must have controlled Blue and I while we were sleeping, forcing us to vandalize the dorm!" said Pink.

"You have all guessed right! But it won't save you! You Scanrangers are in a serious bind, and I do mean bind!" The cybercreature pulls out a piece of what looked like sharp barbed wire, and tied the five dolls together! He pulled the wire slowly, and it tangled the team.

The rangers struggled with all their might, unable to escape the cybercreature's deadly trap! KuroHoungan had about to fatally stab the rangers in the heart with a voodoo needle! "One quick stab, and it'll all be over! Farewell!" said KuroHoungan.

"NOT SO FAST!" said a voice. The monster pauses and sees..

..Peter! "Those are my friends you've trapped there! I suggest you release them at once, if you know what's good for you!"

"Miserable human! You dare to face the power of darkness? You dare to challenge the power of vodou?"

"Which according to what I've read, is the typical, Hollywood-based stereotype that you tried to oppress upon my colleagues..And the answer is, yes!"

"Fool! You've just sealed your fate! I may not have a doll to match your fetish type, but my Samedi Zombies shall work just the same!" KuroHoungan throws a bunch of seeds, and instantly came up a pair of zombies! The Scanranger crew, still tangled, watch.

"Who can resist the power of the true almighty God?" Peter replied as he calls up his Inspirational Film Energy. He summons a plague of flies and gnats that ate on the attacking zombies as quickly as they appeared.

"Whoa.." said Green. "Is this guy a messenger from God?"

"More than you know, GreenScanner.." replied Peter.

"Not bad, but your best still isn't good enough..." said KuroHoungan. "My victory for MAYHEM is already in the cards! The cybercreature pulls a pair of tarot cards, one a devil, one a reaper, representing death, and one a chariot. The three cards were Kink soldiers in tarot uniforms. They explode and rise in human form, then run to attack Peter.

Peter didn't flinch. He instead raised his hand in the sky, and connecting onto his body was armor, including a helmet, a breastplate, a sword, and a shield. "I CAN do everything through him who gives me strength!" quoting a scripture, he flips through the air, and slices the devil through, while running through the reaper as it disappears into smoke.

Peter then remembers the movie, 'Ben-Hur' and creates a chariot to joust with the other evil chariot, which had a Kink soldier on it. They both race each other as the Kink chariot tried to rip through Peter's chariot with its wheel. Peter throws the shield, knocking the soldier off balance, which then the chariot runs over KuroHoungan. In the process, the Scanranger voodoo dolls are scattered away.

KuroHoungan began to feel fear. He then remembered that Peter was the same guy who passed him as he attacked the individual rangers. "BLAST IT! STAY BACK! I WARN YOU!" He threw the tarot cards like they were shuriken stars. At the last minute, RedScanner got in Peter's way and intercepted them!

"Thanks, RedScanner! Now, I must ask of you..Do you have faith?"

"I do now! All I had to do is to overcome his tricks!" RedScanner then summons up his Action Film Energy, and becoming one with the movie, "Enter The Ninja", he gains the abilities of Sho Kosugi, and throws back the cards, which transformed into exploding shooting stars! KuroHoungan was crippled with the attack.

"Scanrangers! Go for it!" yelled Peter.

"Right! CAMZOOKA!" shouted the rangers. In the usual fashion, the giant-sized video camera set its focus on KuroHoungan, as RedScanner shouts to fire. The plasma beam destroys the cybercreature!

Up in Nebultopia, Blackorg and the three MAYHEM captains watch in awe, seeing the monster defeated. The overlord shouted, "KILLERBYTE! ACTIVATE!" On Blackorg's command, KuroHoungan resurrects itself and grows into a giant!

The rangers respond and shout, "ACTIVATE! BOX OFFICE SMASHERS!" The five transport to their individual mecha, and then combine into BlockBuster! They then activate the Cine Vortex, to take the duellists to a soundstage in another dimension. The two combatants grapple as KuroHoungan kicks BlockBuster aside, then throws out more exploding tarot cards!

"I forgot to play my trump card, rangers!" said KuroHoungan. He pulls out a card representing darkness! He throws the card above BlockBuster, and it envelopes the giant robot into nothing but pitch blackness. At the same time, KuroHoungan attacked from all sides, pounding BlockBuster! The robot threw punches, but couldn't connect!

"Scanrangers!" said Peter from the other side of the dimension. "You can do it! RedScanner! What did the almighty say when he created the Earth?"

"Why are you speaking in riddles at a time like this?! We need for you to put some light on the subject!" Vin pauses for a moment. "Wait! That's it! That's the answer! Thanks, Pete!"

"Focus, guys! Let's combine our energies! Only one thing that darkness cannot stand..LET THERE BE LIGHT!" shouted Vin. At once, BlockBuster glowed with the power of a hundred suns, blinding KuroHoungan, and smashing the card above the robot like glass!

"BLOCKBUSTER V BEAM!!" shouted RedScanner. The blast singed the cybercreature, and knocked it on the ground. "PSI-TEK WAVE!" shouted GreenScanner. The mighty robot levitates KuroHoungan, making the cybercreature unable to move or perform its magic by expanding its arms and legs so it won't weave any more spells. BlockBuster then shakes all the tricks and potions off the monster.

"Five seconds is all we need.." said Blue. "Let's do it!"

"Right! BLOCKBUSTER ENERGIZE!!" shouted the rangers. The robot blasted off towards his target and in usual fashion, released the "BLOCKBUSTER BOMB!" as it destroys KuroHoungan. With the help of Peter, another victory has been scored by the Scanranger team!

And up in Nebultopia, Blackorg silently watches his cybercreature go down in defeat, as does his three captains. He clenches his fists, pauses with his nonexistent eyes lighting up in a fury, then walks away disappearing into his private quarters. Within, he ponders.."This is the third time the same human has interfered with our plans! Who is he? I must know! I must find a way to research this meddling earthling, and then I shall annilhilate him!!!"

Back at Cape Paramount Base, the rangers were walking through the corridors on their way to rendezvous with Professor Alex. "Well, guys..it's good that things are back in its proper order...." said Vin. "Yeah, said Nick. "It's certainly good that everthing was resolved after that incident..No hard feelings after that cake incident, huh, Mikey?"

"You weren't in control. but then again, when were you? No problem, but you still owe me after that RuPaul caper.."(episode 25)

"Uh, yeah..of course.." The crew enter the IMAX briefing room and all had taken a seat. Alex enters in.

"I just wanted to review the previous battles with MAYHEM involved..If any of you have any concerns or questions before I start, now is the time..

"Yes, Professor.." said Vin. "What do you know about this 'Peter' guy?"

" I anticipated you asking me that, Vin.. In a very indirect fashion..Peter Emmanuel was once a Scanranger.." The team looked at each other, yet to an extent wasn't really surprised..But the question remains, why did he choose this time to help the movie task force? While the team pondered that question, not far away, a very tiny ant was crawling on the CPB wall. At first, it looked very harmless, but magnified 300 times it was a homing device from MAYHEM, spying on our heroes. Blackorg laughs across the horizon...

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, the team finally learns the origin of Peter Emmanuel! At the same time, the sinister Blackorg confronts our heroes in a fight to the death! In this intense battle, one team member will NOT make it alive!! Will our heroes be prepared to defend themselves against the merciless overlord?

Next time on Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 29

"If I Die, Let It Be With Honor!!"

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