Carmen was blown away. She felt a stream of energy go through her body. "Wow..this is hot!" she said to herself. Carmen was in the exact same yellow power suit Mikey was in, and due to the unstable molecules of said suit, it fitted her like a glove.

"Kinks! Take out the Scanrangers!" commanded Trilobyte.

"Carmen! Listen up! This is Kunio! The professor had just added in this communicator within your helmet! I'm going to help you through the battle while you use your powers! For right now, stop that cannon fodder coming after you!" At that moment, a Kink tried to sneak her from behind, then she elbowed the creature in the gut, then gave it a judo chop in the neck!

As the other rangers defended themselves, Carmen recalled the skill her father taught her back in the D.R. "Capoeira.." she thought. With a 'ginga' one of the many basic skills of that martial art, she applies it to the unfortunate Kink, and then follows with an 'armada', kicking the Kink in the face, her right foot pointing straight up. "Behind you, Carmen! Two more!" said Mikey. She ducks, about to do a cartwheel, finishing with an 'au malandro', striking the two foot soldiers down!

"Wow, it looks like our new teammate's holding her own.." PinkScanner said as she kicks a Kink in the stomach. The others used their regular skills. Blue swinging his Speed-Bo staff like a helicopter, smashing a few Kink faces, Green with his Disc Launcher locked, loaded, and sent some more soldiers flying. Red's FilmBlade sliced through some more, Silver clipped a Kink, stabbed it with his MagnumSabre, then switched his weapon to MagnumLaser mode, gunning down the last of them.

Anark Key got into the battle, using his energy chains, and began swinging them. Using his Dark Film Energy, he blew fire, aiming at the rangers, scorching Green and Silver. Yellow got more directions from Mikey. "Listen, Carmen! Your teammates are in trouble, but I've got something for him! Think about your favorite anime, and think of a super-powered action scene!"Carmen had to think. She already became one with DBZ, and utilized that attack..then she was reminded of another show her father introduced to her when her family traveled with him through South America.

"Los Cabellaros del Zodiaco..Yes! And he was hot for a Japanese kid.." she thought. She tapped into the power of the Latin dubbed version of Saint Seiya, became one with the show, and went flying towards Key!"

"Heh! How about a little fire, Scarecrow?" said Anark Key mockingly. He blew on the swinging chains, and the flame got hotter! Yet, that didn't stop Carmen. "NOW! PEGASUS RYU SEI KEN!" cried Carmen. Key saw nothing but a hundred fists per second pummeling him, putting him out for the count!

Trilobyte thought, something different about that yellow SCanranger's moves..I cannot put my finger on it, but it's different than what I witnessed before.." He saw Key and the other Kinks down and out. "The battle goes to you for now, Scanrangers, but the war continues! Your base is destroyed neverthless! You shall be next! KuroSlasher shall finish the job!" Trilobyte teleports, as does Key and the fallen Kinks!

Behind the rangers came the giant KuroSlasher, about to finish where it had left off! The rangers step back and shout, "ROLL EM! THUNDER DOLBY!" Silver follows suit. "ROLL 'EM! WIDESCREENER!" The two robos come and confront the merged Team Nightmare creature!

"Turn thosec robots into scrap, KuroSlasher!" said Key, watching from a safe distance. Dolby and WideScreener both attack, but the monster retailiates with his double sickle/chainsaw blade, first slashing Dolby, and then pushing him aside to do the same to WideScreener! WS then uses his Screener Magnum to slow KuroSlasher down, but the creature stops then all with his whirling blade, which bounce off and hit both robots!

"Hey, Silver! We need to combine our strength again!" said Red.

"I'm right on it! Let's go!" Silver programmed WideScreener to separate, and becomes the armor of Thunder Dolby, merging once again as Dolby WideScreener! The combined robo was about to throw a punch at KuroSlasher, but it was stopped in its tracks!

"What? What stopped us?" asked Pink.

The answer came in the form of KuroOctopus, back from the dead! The cybercreature held Dolby Screener as KuroSlasher made a direct hit within the chest area!

"Yes!Kuroslasher activate-Slasher Fog!" The nightmare team spread a thick fog in front of Dolby Screener! At the same time, KuroOctopus began to drain our heroic robo!

Back at Mt. Columbia Catacombs, Alex dashed over to Sarita's console, and loaded the disc Vin and Takeshi retrieved earlier. She, without a word, began punching numbers. "Come on..This isn't good..The Scanrangers are definitely gonna need your help!"

"What's she going to do?" asked Sarita. "BlockBuster's out of commission after that monster smashed the leg form of DivaScanner.."

"This is Lt. Commander Daphne Alexandria we're talking about here.." said Rosewood. "Where there's a will, there's a way! And I think she's getting it now!" On the screen showed schematics of what looked like another robot..She downloaded the info, which read on the screen- "Project StuntMaster Online". "Initiate Scanranger Robot 3 Sequence-Now!" In the hangar, The robot's eyes lighted up, and was activated! The hatch up above it opens, and the mecha flies to its destination-the giant robot battle!

Meanwhile, the six rangers are helpless as KuroSlasher sucker punches Dolby Screener, and KuroOctopus holds the robot. The tenacled creature swings DolbyScreener and throws the robot to the ground. As the cybercreatures began to deliver the final blow, KuroSlasher was kicked aside by a streak of light, while the streak ricocheted off the mountain and punches KuroOctopus. Dolby Screener comes to and sees for the first time..

"Kore wa?! That's.." said Silver.

"That's it! That must be that 'StuntMaster Project' the professor was talking about.." said Red.

"Quite correct, Vin.." Alex replied from the catacombs. "Scanrangers, Meet StuntMaster!" The robot was smaller than Dolby and WideScreener, yet it was more nimble and powerful as well. It bounced back and forth ready to go into action, and it did! First, as KuroSlasher attacked with its blade, StuntMaster easily dodged it, and it started delivering mid-air kicks to Kuroslasher's face. The cybercreature tried to grab it, but StuntMaster flips over and kicks the monster in the back, knocking it on the ground. KuroOctopus tried to attack StuntMaster, but it eluded its tentacles and threw spinning punches at the cybercreature, knocking it down. StuntMaster then continued spinning, throwing off the two monster's balance!

"Wow! This is what you have for battle! That robo's way wicked cool!" said Yellow, in awe of seeing the new robot. Dolby Screener and StuntMaster confront the dazed KuroOctopus and KuroSlasher.

"It's not over yet.." Alex said. With a touch of her remote, she commanded, "Activate-StuntMaster Blaster!" With a high jump into the air, StuntMaster transforms into a giant plasma gun, simliar to the designs of the Decepticon named Shockwave. Stuntmaster is perched upon Dolby Screener, locking on its two targets!

The rangers shout, "STUNTMASTER BLASTER! FIRE!"

KuroSlasher was about to recover. "KuroSlasher wounded in fight! Shiny robot too powerful! KuroSlasher go!!" The Team Nightmare creature got out of the line of fire, leaving poor KuroOctopus at the mercy of StuntMaster's signature move! The cybercreature was disintergrated, exploding as it perishes once more!

The team celebrated, the crew at the Catacombs cheered, except Alex, of course, giving a nod of approval, and Mikey, back in his hospital bed, shouted, "YATSU TA! ALL RIGHT, STUNTMASTER!" He then remembered his injury, grasping his leg. "I knew you could do it, Carmen.." he said to himself.

The next day, the entire crew of what was formerly Cape Paramount Base all gathered for a brief meeting, with Alex addressing to the entire Second Unit.

"My friends..for the past week, it has been indeed a trying week for all involved in this cowardly attack on our planet. We've suffered many losses of our own; 58 of our own Second Unit who died protecting our country and saved others in the process. Know this, we have not lost the war! Cape Paramount shall carry on within our hearts forever! Yet, it will live on, as shall our new Scanranger base..That said, I shall dedicate our new headquarters-Mount Columbia Catacombs!" A loud applause drowned the entire meeting area. The rangers, their civilian form, applaud as well, and waving the rest of the MCC members. Even Mikey, who was able to listen to the live feed back at his dorm, still recovering from his injuries.

An hour later, the team offically christened the new headquarters, part of the base in Upstate New York, the other, where the mecha was located, hidden within the Palisades of New Jersey/New York, not far from Fort Lee.

Alex went off to excuse herself, paying her respects at Roger's grave, and lain flowers on the ground. "Thank you, Roger..thank you.." A lone tear fell from the normally hard-lined military lady. "He already said, 'you're welcome..', said a voice. Alex turned, and saw Vin and the others, B.C.,Toni, Takeshi, Nick, and Carmen.

Alex was happy to see them, after the intense battle with MAYHEM. As Vin went to Roger's grave, he said. "I wish I'd met you..You have one heckuva woman who's leading by example. If she didn't stick by us, this planet would've fallen..Thank you for everything.."

With that, the Scanrangers began to move on to the next threat to the Earth. And they shall be ready, which Alex is counting on that.

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, Carmen is beginning to get adjusted to her new life as a Scanranger, and yet she must learn hard and valuable lessons before taking her super-heroics seriously.

Mikey (to Carmen): You know Spider-Man's famous line: With great power comes great responsibility..

The Scanrangers will need her help, since Colonel Trilobyte has trapped the team, only she can save them. Will Mikey be able to help and train her in her new Anime abilities?

Next time on Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 32

"Comes The Time of Testing..Carmen's Baptism of Fire"

Roll That Film!

Episode 32