Episode 30-"Assault On Cape Paramount Base!"(Part 1)

It was a somber time on campus, after the events of the previous episode. Takeshi. however, was taking it really hard a few days after the funeral. He felt he was to blame for Peter's death after he wanted to help defeat Blackorg. He thought about how Peter had the upper hand, about to destroy the evil overlord once and for all. Takeshi remembered shouting to Peter despite his injuries.."PETER! LET ME HELP!" At that point, Blackorg caught Peter and blasted his Oblivion Beam through his body. "You didn't have to do this, Peter..Why?"

"I am honored to fight by your side for these brief moments..I ask of all of you..Keep the..keep the faith! It..is..finished.." Peter then died. Takeshi then punched the blackboard with his fist in anger! "I should have been the one to die in his place! It was my fault! My fault! My-" Suddenly, the pain from the battle in Takeshi's chest began to worsen, and suddenly, he collapsed.

One of his students found Takeshi unconscious, and immediately called 911.

Meanwhile, back up in Nebultopia, the MAYHEM captains discovered the bad news, seeing their leader fall in battle. "NO! IT CAN'T BE! HE CAN'T BE DEAD!" cried General Ug.

"I can't believe this! Lord Blackorg has been destroyed! How can this be?" said Anark Key.

Vixen took it even harder. "NO! MY LORD! HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?" she wailed, falling on her knees. "THOSE VILE SCANRANGERS SHALL FORFEIT THEIR LIVES FOR THIS!" Vixen was blubbering with emotion.

Key continued. "They will pay for their lives, indeed, but it is up to us to find a way to smash them once and for all time! But how? Our mighty leader is dead!"

"There is a way, Anark Key.." said a deep voice. The three captains turn their heads.

"..AND I LIVE!!!" said a newly reconstucted Blackorg with new, dark, powerful armor, flowing with dark energy through his veins.

"Lord Blackorg! Thank the Dark Ones you're all right!" said Ug. "But how were you able to survive?" He, Vixen, and Key bowed to their master.

"The human called Peter Emmanuel destroyed my battle shell..He almost destroyed me..Yet, at the last possible moment I was able to teleport back to Nebultopia unannounced. Yet, it shall take time to heal, then I shall wreak havoc on the Earth and claim it for our own!"

"There is a way to smash these Scanrangers as you say, Key..once and for all time! With my spy cameras and homing devices, I was able to detect the location of the Scanranger headquarters.."

"With this new discovery, as my heals wound, I shall establish a temporary leader to lead this mission..Colonel Trilobyte shall be in charge of this operation.." the overlord continued. As he returned to his quarters, Blackorg felt a disturbance through his body, then clutching his chest, almost stumbling over himself.

Vixen ran to him. "My Lord! Are you okay?"

"Fear not...Just adjusting to the battle shell..It is nothing..." Blackorg then left the area. "That..was not expected.." he said to himself.

Out of nowhere, a voice whispered, "...ree me!"

"..ee me! Yo..can't! Free me!" said the voice again. Blackorg then shut the thoughts of the voice down, never to be heard for awhile. Yet, the voice once belonged to one who possessed a human body. Who was the voice?

Back at Cape Paramount Base, Takeshi was still breathing heavily, gripping on his chest. After Blackorg zapped him in the chest, Takeshi tried to fight, but his breathing got worse.

"How about it, doc?" asked B.C.

"Well, B.C.," said Dr. Brolin, an assistant to Dr. Markby. "It looks like after the fight, Takeshi almost used all of his energy within that last punch. Aside from that, I'm still going to have to do more tests on him. He's certainly not in the position to fight at this time..Even then, I wouldn't advise it.." In the other room, Carmen wakes up, and realizes this isn't the St.Peter's Medical Center. "Where am I?" she said, with a bandage on her left arm after being abducted by Blackorg. She overhears B.C. and Dr. Brolin talk about Takeshi's condition.

Carmen was puzzled. "What's one of the Main Street Men doing here? Is he visiting a sick kid or something?" She listens near the door.

"That doesn't sound too good, doc.." said B.C. "Takeshi's hurt, but don't forget, Vin has a sprained arm..It was good it wasn't broken.. We gonna need his leadership..Speaking of leadership, where is your lead doctor, anyway?"

Dr. Markby and Professor Alex are back on campus..She's trying to focus her energies on the other classes, since it's getting closer to the end of the semester.." The two headed towards the door. Carmen heard the footsteps and was about to go back to her room. A CPB guard heard her and got her attention. "Excuse me, miss, May I help you?"

Carmen was at a loss for words, as the guard approached her, but he escorted her back to her room. She stayed there, biding her time until she could attempt to find out what was going on.

The robot bugs that were spying through the base began to make its move. One was located near the IMAX briefing room, one was situated in the main security area, and one was located near the secret hangar where the Scanranger mecha was stored, although they couldn't see the actual robots.

"The insectroids are in position, TriloByte.." said Key. "What's the next move?"

Colonel Trilobyte was a very confident and demanding figure. He had battle armor simliar to Blackorg's, but his had an insect motif to his.

"We shall descend the base..In another hour, we shall wreak havoc on the human headquarters of the Scanrangers..I also see that two of the strongest Scanranger warriors are also out of commission..." continued Trilobyte. "The insectroids have witnessed them, and see that they will not interfere with our plans.."

Meanwhile, Vin and Takeshi were about to be transferred to another hospital. "I'm okay, Rosewood.." said Vin. "I may've had my arm almost twisted off, but I can still fight!"

"Sorry, Vin..Doctor's orders...You need a few hours until we go through some more tests..Then you can join the others..."

"I want a second opinion! Can't I at least get back to class?"

"Nothing doing, Vin. "If MAYHEM attacked, and Blackorg began terrorizing the city in your condition..he's liable to do more serious damage besides your arm!" Rosewood replied.

"Hurry up, then!" Vin showed a rare form of impatience. He really couldn't tell there was danger on the horizon, but he was anxious to get out of sick bay.

Carmen was still in her room, trying to find a way out of the room. A custodian came in to take care of the linen sheets and straighten out the room. While the lady straightened out the beds, Carmen jumped into the bin. The CPB custodian felt a little bit of heaviness in her cart. "The sheets really must be heavy..No matter..." She went to the laundry bin, and then unloaded the cart. The lady heard Carmen screamed going down the chute.

One insectroid activated, and shortened out the power to the defense mechanisms at CPB. Trilobyte then barked the order. "Now, before their backup power recharges, Commence Attack!"

A Kink launched a giant missle,aimed at the base. At Cape Paramount Sarita called up the auxillary power. When it activated, She saw the radar and the missile on its way. "EMERGENCY RED ALERT! RED ALERT! ENEMY MISSILE APPROACHING! ALL CPB PERSONNEL TAKE COVER UNDER FILM SHELTERS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! REPEAT! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

Various crew members scattered through the emergency exits. The others ran to prepare to defend the base. A tractor teleportation beam ascended from what came out of the rolling clouds-Nebultopia!

The CPB guards were armed and ready! At once, a flash of light from the teleportation beam blinded the soldiers, and at once, an army of Kinks attack! The only difference, their power were augmented by TriloByte's newest formula, which made them taller and stronger than the normal foot soldiers. The CPB guards aimed and fired, but the lasers bounced off them. One Kink grabbed a soldier and threw him through the computer console where Sarita normally sat. Another Kink pair took another guard by the hand, strangling him until he couldn't breathe any longer! One more Kink soldier slashed a CPB guard across the chest, and another right in the face. As the guard screamed, unable to see, the powered-up Kink then used the guard's gun and decked him with it!

Nick, Toni, and B.C. saw everything on the console. "What the blazes? We are under attack! How did MAYHEM infiltrate our defenses?" Nick questioned.

"Where's Mikey?" asked B.C.

"I've already called him, but for some reason, he haven't responded..Hopefully, he hadn't been affected by the attack..If he's fighting that cannon fodder by his lonesome, he's really in trouble.." The three dash to the main room in order to do combat with the MAYHEM minions.

Actually, his FilmBrace was on the fritz, and he was on the other side of Cape Paramount Base "Nick! Toni! B.C.! ANYONE! Come in! Professor! No good! I can't get through anyone! I can't even teleport! I could still transform, but something's really wrong, and.." Kunio then sees the base smoking! "Kore wa? That's...It can't be! MAYHEM's attacking! They really must be ticked about us defeating their master!"

Mikey ran down the stairs, remembering it was a short cut to the IMAX briefing room, where he could rendezvous with the other Scanrangers. He abruptly bumped into someone, and both of them fell on the ground! When Mikey caught his breath, he saw someone he never expected. "It's you!"

Act two

Mikey, getting his thoughts back, couldn't believe it. "Carmen! What the heck are you doing down here?"

"Jason?" replied Carmen.

"Jason? I'm Mikey! You know, your fellow art classmate back on campus!"

Carmen's enthusiasm then diminished. "Oh, you.." It just seemed that you favor my favorite Main Street Man so much.."

Mikey felt he had it with her attitude. "You know, Carmen, all I wanted was just a little respect from you! From day one, you just treated me like gum at the bottom of a shoe!" Mikey then grabbed her arm. "But since we're in trouble and under attack, I will be merciful! We're being attacked, and I can show you the way out! Now, come on, let's go!"Mikey grabbed Carmen's hand firmly.

"Sorry, in your case, honey, there is no escape!" said a voice, which belonged to..

"VIXEN!" said Mikey. "Why? Why now?" General Ug teleported alongside her.

"Why? Why not? I've got you right where I want you! With two of you out of the way, I plan to add a third to the list, which will certainly cripple your power all the more, as you have already crippled my Lord Blackorg!"

"What's she talking about?" questioned Carmen.

"SILENCE!" said Ug. "No one is to question Lady Vixen, especially you, lowly human! Lest you shall feel the true wrath of MAYHEM!"

"Leave her alone! It's me you want! Let her be!" cried Mikey.

"He's only a big dumb jock under that demon mask..In fact, he looks like that defensive tackle on the football team!" Carmen ran after Ug, but not knowing his strength, he swatted Carmen-hard! She hit the wall, barely conscious.

Ug then picked her up, and pressed his hand onto her neck! "Heh! No sudden moves, boy! A neck is a very easy thing to snap!" he said.

"Surrender, or the general will crack every bone in her pretty body!" commanded Vixen. "In fact, I'll give you until the count of ten, or she's finished!"

"Blast! This is bad! If I know Vixen, merciless as she is, she'll murder Carmen anyway! I need to buy a couple of seconds..." Kunio thought. He looks up as Vixen began the countdown, then grabbed a convienient rock and threw it above him, hitting the lights, shattering it.

"The lights! What happened?" Ug said, distracted at the same time, letting Carmen go.

"Idiot!" shouted Vixen. "It was a trick!" Mikey was able to rescue Carmen from Ug's clutches.

"I've got no choice..I don't want to let Carmen know, but now, I must protect her! Kunio prepares himself and poses. "LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! YELLOWSCANNER!" He transforms in front of his stunned classmate.

Carmen gasped. "I can't believe it! Kunio is YellowScanner! He's one of the Scanrangers!" Yellow attacked Vixen with his FilmBlade, knocking her on the side, and proceeded to attack Ug. "Try picking on someone your own size! Like me!!" Mikey relentlessly slashed the general before he raised his FilmBlade for the finishing blow. However, Ug stops him with his battle axe! Ug aimed his axe at Yellow's chest, and blasted him at close range about twenty feet! The strike detransformed Yellow back to Mikey.

"Use your other powers, Ug!" said Vixen, getting up after being hit. "Think of a war machine or something!",

"Tanks.." said Ug, which he meant to say 'thanks', but a mini cannon materialized before him, and blasted the ceiling. When Ug fired, it hit a steel beam, and then it fell. Mikey didn't have time to react, as the heavy beam fell directly-on top of Mikey's right leg! A part of the beam cut through his thigh! He cried out in extreme pain at the top of his lungs!

"You were very brave trying to save your girlfriend.." said Vixen. "A pity your bravery has to come to an end..Once I drain you, she'll be finished as well!" Vixen walked over to Mikey.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" cried Mikey.

“There is a girl I really want you to meet..She’s sweet and she’ll be worth your while..” continued the evil woman. Vixen then uses her Dark Seductive Film Energy to get into Mikey’s mind.

“YAMERO!!STOP!! GET OUT OF MY MIND!” Kunio shouted.

“Her name is Xenia(the power hungry lady killer from the James Bond movie-Goldeneye), and I want you to know the pleasure will be all hers..and mine! Oh, yes!” Mikey, despite his helplessness, was determined to fight her off. Vixen grabbed his chin, about to kiss him and in the process, drain him dry of his Film Energy!

Carmen lunged at Vixen in order to stop her, but the warrior woman was easily too fast for her. Vixen grabbed her throat in midair.

“Patience..You will be next..” Vixen then headbutts Carmen. Ug kicks and tortures Mikey. Vixen then got into position , sitting on top of his chest.

“Nnnghh..no..Yamero..Stop it..you..you witch…”

“Smile when you say that, Scanranger.." Vixen proceeds to kiss Mikey. Carmen looked helplessly, fought to get up, but her severe injuries caused by Ug kept her lying on her back. Then, seeing the fallen Scanranger being drained, she was able to get a word out. “..stop it..”

It got a little louder..Carmen, with what strength she had left, pushed herself up, and said, “Stop it...” Vixen and Ug ignored her and continued to steal Mikey’s energy. She couldn’t believe her eyes. For the first time in her life, she felt pity for her classmate, and wanted to fight back, but how? She was hurt herself, and was completely angry at herself for not listening to Mikey. Carmen then reminicsed the time how she disrespected Mikey, from the time she took the last text book from Mikey and not thanking him, from the time she continued to ignore his greetings every class, to the insult she made about comparing Jason Jefferson; the lead singer of the Main Street Men superior to him. She pounded her fist on the ground, and continued to do so until she screamed at the top of her voice..

“STOP ITTT!!!” Suddenly, teeming with anger, Carmen went through a radical transformation! Her hair, which was once dark brown, became red, and her body glowed with a powerful burst of energy as she went in a hellish fury. Somehow, she thought about Dragonball Z, thought about the mighty Goku, who became a ‘Super Saiyan’ with blonde hair and green eyes. Carmen was glowing with red hair and blue eyes! In the blink of an eye, Ug looked at her, and the next thing the dimwitted general saw was his own body flying towards the wall, leaving an impression and stuck on the wall. Ug struggled to open his eyes after the powerful blow, but passed out.

Vixen was impressed, but also shocked. That made her stop the energy transfer. “What the-?”

“I SAID, LEAVE HIM ALONE, BLAST YOU! STOP IT! GET OFF OF HIM, NOW!” shouted Carmen.

“And what if I don’t?” Vixen then used her sword and lunged at Carmen. She stopped the sword with both hands, then broke the blade!

“It’s impossible! How can a mere human, destroy my weapon?” said the surprised warrior woman.

Carmen then punched Vixen in the stomach, slapped her in the face,then used the broken blade, and slashed her in the face, leaving a nasty cut on her cheek!

“YOU! YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FACE!?? HOW CAN YOU-”

“WHAT PART OF ‘STOP IT’ DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?” said Carmen, slapping Vixen over to where Ug was still unconscious and stuck to the wall. “Enjoy your comeuppance, human.." said the evil commander. "You’re still good as dead." The MAYHEM villains teleport.

As the bad guys left , Carmen had a brief flashback. In the outskirts of Santo Domingo, D.R. she was sixteen years old, and her boyfriend was playing around, seeing the sites of the mountain. As her boyfriend read her romantic poems, she was sitting on a rock. It glowed briefly, but she wasn’t paying attention at the time. The flashback ended, and Carmen then powered down, using up almost all her energy. then crawled over to Mikey. He looked at her and grinned. “I didn’t think you had it in you, Carmen..”

“I couldn’t take it seeing someone being treated like that, even you..” Kunio deducted that somehow, in some way, Carmen herself possessed the power of Film Energy. Considering the only way to gain that power was through the meteorite fragments scattered all over the earth, it must have meant the rock landed somewhere in her home country of the Dominican Republic.

"J-just as a matter of curiosity, what did you do?" asked Mikey.

"I don't know..I was shocked that you were tortured, and I vented my anger towards those two.."

"You realize that you briefly possessed the power of the Super Saiyans, aka Dragonball Z?"

"How?"

"You know how Goku's, Gohan's, and Vegeta's hair turns blond when they power up? Yours turned red..Must be a Latino thing..Muy Caliente.."

"Very hot, huh?" laughed Carmen. "Well, my kind happens to have that sort of charm..I'll take that as a compliment..Thank you.."

Obviously, Kunio couldn't move, but Carmen helped him up, and tied a hand made torniquet onto his right leg. "You know there's only one other bad thing about powering up via DBZ.."

"What's that?"

"What I wouldn't do for a senzu bean to help my bones knit and my muscles to heal.." he chuckled.

"You're funny, did you know that?" Carmen said.

"You have no idea..I'll eventually introduce you to my friend B.C." said Mikey. "..assuming we find a way back to the base upstairs.."

The attack intensified, with Nebultopia fire more volleys onto Cape Paramount Base. The shields were weakening.

"BLAST IT!" said Nick, fighting off the Kinks with Toni and B.C., the three remaining rangers. "What can we do? Our defenses are weakening, and even we can't hold off all these super powered Kinks! Profesor Alex is nowhere to be found, Vin and Takeshi are out of action, and Mikey is still missing!"

"Hang on, Nick!!" said B.C. "We'll get to our HV's soon! We just need to buy some more time!"

Colonel Trilobyte ordered, "Key! Get your Team Nightmare to begin the next attack wave!" "Right!" Key replied to Krieger. "Now! Team Nightmare! Move in for the kill!"

"You heard the man!" said Krieger. "TEAM NIGHTMARE, UNITE!"

Like privates, the rest of Team Nightmare reply, "YES SIR!" They shed their synthetic skins, revealing their mechanical forms, and powered by their internal KillerBytes, they enlarge and merge into one giant cybercreature!

"NIGHTMARE GATTAI! KUROSLASHER!" they shout.

Nick heard the commotion. "It can't be! KuroSlasher's back!" said B.C.

"But I thought we destroyed Team Nightmare with the BlockBuster Bomb!" said Toni.

"We can't wait around for Mikey! We've got to take on that robotic horror show before it does any more damage to the base!" said Nick, pulling out his FilmBrace and shouted, "ROLL OUT, BLOCKBUSTER!"

B.C. and Toni agreed to do the same, pulling out their FilmBraces. "ROLL OUT, THUNDER DOLBY!" They do so, confronting the giant cybercreature. In full uniform, Green piloted Thunder Dolby, while Blue and PinkScanner led BlockBuster.

The merged monster growled, "KuroSlasher is outnumbered, but KuroSlasher shall win!"

"We have not yet begun to fight!" replied Blue. "This time we'll make certain you stay buried!" The three combatants go into battle!

At the same time, the insectdroids countdown was about to end, and the injured Mikey was carried along by Carmen, as they see the exit, about 30 feet away. However, the bombs counted down to 18 seconds! Carmen fell for a moment but got Kunio back up again. The countdown continued..7..6..5..4..3..Carmen was about to reach the door..2..1..then..

The impact of the explosion ripped through Cape Paramount Base, with the underground caving in, with Mikey covering Carmen..The explosion could be seen for almost 15 to 20 miles!

To be continued..

In our next Scanranger adventure, the awful aftermath of CPB's fall..How can our heroes fight back with only three active rangers, who are fighting the battle of their lives, holding KuroSlasher at bay? Where is Professor Alex in the midst of this crisis? And has Mikey and Carmen already met a grisly end as well?

Next time on Movie task Force Scanranger-Episode 31

"Assault on Cape Paramount Base!" (Part 2)

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