Episode thirteen-"Debut of the Demolisher!!!"

In a hidden underground base somewhere off the Atlantic, the MAYHEM crew- Blackorg, Benedict's Brigade, the three lieutenants, and Byte look up at a shadowed hangar, with a crew of Kinks working up on top.

"Behold, Lord Blackorg, my greatest mecahnical creation.." said Benedict. "to help give the MAYHEM corps a sharp edge in their next battle-Phase Three-The Demolisher! The Kinks shall be putting the finishing touches on this mean machine.."

"Amazing.." said Key.

"Incredible.." said Vixen. "I've never seen seen anything like it.." Ug, looking passively, just grunts.

"My goal.." continued Benedict. "..is to do some damage..I stand corrected..major damage...then again..'DESTROY!' that meddlesome Scanranger robot: Thunder Dolby THX...seeing all the cybercreatures that has thus far failed to finish those children, I believe, my lord that it is necessary to fight fire with fire..."

"Hmmm..Indeed..I like and approve of this plan, Benedict.." said Blackorg.." Vixen, Key, and Ug look at the brigade with contempt.

"Once I am done, the deadliest phase of all will go into action..since I've told you what we're going to do with these Scanrangers." said Benedict.

"Not unless we've have a say, you won't.." replied Vixen to herself. The shadowed robot's eyes glow eerily.

Back on the campus of Central NJ University, Kunio scans a few of his newest sketches on a disc, about to use them for his Illustrator II class. While he does so, he ponders back on the battle a few days ago. He reflects back on the mysterious hero-SilverScanner, saving the ranger's lives. After Kunio heard the fighter shout out his final attack, he recognized Silver as his friend Takeshi as he disappeared out of sight.

He suddenly gets a message on the IRC screen. "Kunio-san..Please meet me downstairs in the back of DeVito Hall..I must talk to you ASAP..Takeshi"

"And he wrote it in Japanese.." thought Kunio to himself. "I want to talk to you too..I want some answers.." The yellow Scanranger didn't tell anyone about SilverScanner's secret identity, being he was the only one who spoke to him closer.

Kunio rushes over to rendezvous with Takeshi in the hallway of the DeVito Hall dorm. Takeshi walks up behind him. "Why? Why did you run away like that? We just wanted to help.." said Kunio.

" I-I'm sorry..but after the shock of remembering who I was and my purpose, I needed to gather my bearings.." said Takeshi.

"So, if you have the same type of uniform as with the other Scanrangers, then you must know Lt.Alexandria.."

"Daphne's alive?! Thank heavens! After all that has happened in the past three years, she'll be surprised to know that I'm alive as well..

Meanwhile, on the other side of campus, Professor Alex and Vin walk over to the TV lounge. "Remember that picture you saw on my desk a few days ago?" said Alex. "It's possible that you've saw your predecessor in battle.."

"Predecessor?" said Vin. "What do you mean?"

"Three years ago, as you know, I was in charge of the top secret project you know now as Project: Paramount. My husband Roger, his assistant named Takeshi Hayata, another apprentice, Damien Borghum, and myself were part of this team.."

"Kunio was mentioning to me about a guy he met named Takeshi.." thought Vin. "I wonder if he's connected with all this?"

"Anyway," continued Alex. "Roger stumbled onto some sort of glowing stone..possibly from a meteor shower that occured a few months before.. The scientists had tested the piece of rock, and once Roger held on to it one day, the next thing that I saw, he was clothed in 'Indiana Jones' garb; whip, gun and all. As you see, that was one of his favorite movies. What made it all intriguing was that the rock enabled the bearer to make solid light objects come to life!"

"Something along the lines of Green Lantern, eh?"

"Precisely..Roger, Damien, Dr. Markby and myself used Takeshi in the next experiment..He imagined himself as a Japanese super hero, and used its super powers to disintergrate the wall..Needless to say, the test was a success.."

Takeshi, at the same moment, explains to Kunio about his origin. "The next few weeks, after completing the tests, and also getting government funding for Project:Paramount, our untrustworthy apprentice tried to use the rock's energy for himself..Grabbing the rock, he was then bitten on the hand by some strange alien insect. As the three of us confronted Damien,he was then engulfed by the energy, and he quoted;' Hear me, humans! The time for chaos and mayhem has arrived! By unleashing the power and freeing me on this planet, you have the thanks of your lord now and forever, BLACKORG!!!'

" Blackorg?" said Roger. "What the devil are you talking about, Damien? Why are you talking in riddles for? Release the stone!"

"Insolent fool!" continued the possessed Damien Borghum. For all intents and purposes, the human named Damien Borghum is no more! His shell has served its purpose, and it shall be a mere sacrifice in the name of the MAYHEM corps!"

"Murderer! You won't get away with this!" Roger goes for his stun laser pistol. He hits the alien, but the laser had no effect. "A brave show, human, but a foolish one! Now pay the price for your imperitence!" Damien/Blackorg blasts Roger with an eye beam, critically wounding him. "Curse you, Damien! We trusted you!" cried Alex, enbracing Roger's broken body. "If Roger dies, I'll kill you!" Alex lunges towards the alien but is brushed back by a force barrier created by it.

"I've no time to deal with the rest of you!" Blackorg/Damien shoots more blasts, setting the lab on fire. "Let darkness fall on the end of this human planet, while dawn rises on the new era of mechanized humans!" Suddenly, out of nowhere, Takeshi tackles the alien. "NEVER!" he said. Blackorg then electrocutes Takeshi, then strikes him towards the wall, knocking him unconscious as well. The creature then teleports out of the lab. "TAKESHI! TAKESHI!" Alex shouts. Firemen rush in to extinguish the fire, and rescues the victims.

"The next day.." Alex chokes up emotionally and tries to hold in her tears. "..Roger died..by internal bleeding. He left me to continue the project, which brings the five of you here.."

The scene switches back to Takeshi and Kunio. "That was the last thing I remembered, until I saw the team on the local news.."

"I'm sorry about your husband," said Vin. "but surely this battle with MAYHEM isn't all about revenge?"

"Not at all, Vin..The good news, despite my personal tragedy, was that we had discovered the meteorite was split in different parts of the world after the shower..and the other rocks were not contaminated. Only Damien was the sole victim..which led to the five of you, since my Roger was a big movie buff. He, as well as you guys, enjoyed movies.."

"Besides the five Scanrangers and myself," said Takeshi. "..it is assumed that there are at least three or four others that possess Film energies.."

Back at the underground MAYHEM base, Benedict's Brigade prepare to take off. "Brigade! Your orders are as follows: instead of attacking the northwestern sector called New Jersey, terrorize the city called New York City!" said Blackorg. "You will find much to destroy and also to call out the Scanranger robot!"

"As you say, my lord.." said Benedict. "Demolisher! Ignition!" The evil robot's eyes light up, and then blasts off across the Atlantic Ocean.

Once more, we cut back to CJU. The Scanranger crew are at their campus base. Most of the team are studying, looking over their homework assignments from their other classes, and the others were studying.

Benedict's robot burrows underground to the middle of Central Park. As it approaches New York's largest playground, it rises up , standing in the middle of the Great Lawn. The deadly MAYHEM robot stood 250 feet tall, with silver and black armor.

"And now, Demollisher! Commence attack! Destroy the city!" said the dimensional fiend.

Hundreds of citizens and tourists alike flee panicly for their lives as the demonic mecha tear through Fifth Avenue, smashing department stores and skyscrapers.

The alarm goes off again at the campus base. The rangers witness the carnage in the Big Apple. "What the-?" said Kunio. "What's happening to the city?" cried Vin. The video monitor shows the Demolisher wreaking absolute havoc in Manhattan. Without hesitation, Professor Alex orders, "Scanrangers! Scramble! You know what to do!" "You don't have to tell us twice, ma'am!" said B.C. The eiga sentai teleport to their Hollywood Vehicles.

Meanwhile, Demolisher continues to stomp through downtown Manhattan, leaving scores of injured citizens in its wake.

Act two

Down in City Hall, the mayor(who for some strange reason looks like Roger Ebert)prepares to evacuate the town, again.. The mayor's aide(who for some reason looks like Gene Siskel) is by his side. "I don't believe this!" he said. "We've just spent 200 million last summer to rebuild this town! First a tidal wave, then a big giant iguana, then a meteor, now a robot! I can't win!"

"Perhaps we can call Reed Richards at the Baxter Building to keep these disasters happening in the future, sir!" replied the mayor's aide.

"If I wanted your opinion, I'll ask for it! Shut up!" the mayor said. "In the meantime, LET'S GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE!!!" The mayor and his aide bolt out to safety.

The Hollywood Vehicles zoom through North Jersey, about to reach the Hudson River. and set their sights on the brigade's robot. Benedict and his five henchmen watch in their cockpit. "That's right, rangers! Come and meet your doom!"

As in regular fashion, the HV's transform. Sphinx lowers itself down, Lion and Seahorse fold up their limbs, becoming the feet and legs, Pegasus folds up and lands into Sphinx, and finally, Peacock forms the helmet.

"ROLL 'EM! THUNDER DOLBY THX!" the rangers shout.They land back in Central Park, confronting the Demolisher..

Demolisher walks up to Dolby. Yellow gives the call to attack. "DOLBY BEAM!" The plasma blast makes impact, knocking the Demolisher to the ground.

"My turn!" said Pink. "FILM REEL WHIP!" The whip slashes through the robot's chest, and then overthrows it over Dolby's head.

"Lord Benedict!" cried KuroGrappler. "Patience, KuroGrappler.. Just giving Thunder Dolby an opportunity to feel good about themselves, until we bring them down.." said Benedict.

"SPHINX KNUCKLE!" shouted Red. The left hand of Dolby rockets toward the Demolisher. "NOW!" said Benedict. The demonic robo chops Dolby's rocket fist in half. "What the?!" said Red. The other rangers were shocked at this.

"DEMO SAW!" shouted the Brigade. The Demolisher's right hand becomes a buzzsaw, similar to Kurobuzzer's appendage. It slashes Dolby continuously with blurring speed, and finally slashes the Scanranger robo in the back.

Next, the Demolisher's hands elongate, pinning Dolby to a skyscraper. It sends out a jolt of electricity as it shorts out Dolby. As the team struggles, YellowScanner thought about Takeshi. "Takeshi..If we need you, we need you now!!"

Back in New Jersey, Takeshi awakens, as if he heard Kunio's voice in his head. He hears the TV reporter mention about a war zone in midtown Manhattan.

"It's a war zone down here near Central Park South!" said an News 4 reporter. "Absolute chaos is reigning as two giant robots duke it out near the reservoir area! The great Scanranger robot is trying its best to keep the peace, but the enemy robot seems to have the upper hand! I recommend for anyone in the Midtown area, TAKE COVER! Get to the closest shelter as quick as possible!"

"The Scanrangers!" he thought. "How in the world could I reach them in time? I have to try!" He runs out to the football field, and focuses his film energies. "IMA! HENSHIN! EIGACHANGER!!" Takeshi's belt charges up as he transforms into the 'Hikari no Senshi':SilverScanner! He barks out another chant, "SILVERSCANNER! J MODE!!"('J Mode' is short for jumbo). Silver enlarges himself to 225 feet, similar to the Ultra Heroes. He flies without hesitation to New York.

Meanwhile, Thunder Dolby is still struggling to escape from the Demolisher's clutches. "This demon robot is powerful! How was MAYHEM able to counter us with this monster?!" said Green. "The answer is quite simple, Scanranger.." said Benedict. "As I mentioned before, I come from the planet Kagamirron, a mirror Earth many light years from here.. We were able to study your plans and attacks when my Brigade destroyed a similar Thunder Dolby robot on our world..Now that we're here on Earth, your so-called invincible robot shall meet the same fate! The Demolisher pulls out a laser javelin, in an attempt to impale Dolby. With only the right hand to work with, Dolby struggles mightily to push the DemoJavelin back, yet it gets electrocuted.. "Guys! Don't give up!!" said Red. "Push them back!! Push them back!!"

"We're losing power!!" said Blue.

"Can't we utilize our energies to heal up Dolby?" said Green.

"I'm trying, guys!" said Red. "..but there seems to be some electrical interference that keeps us from counter attacking..Every time that robot punches Thunder Dolby, it sends a shock up in my brain! I can't concentrate enough to even summon the Great Editor Sword!"

"Thunder Dolby's in Condition Critical! It's overloading!!" shouted Pink. Dolby is on critically low power.

"It's over, Thunder Dolby! When we get through with you, you're going to look like a metallic piece of shish kebob!! HA HA HA HA!" laughed KuroLectronn. Demolisher was about to finish Dolby, until..

"STOP!!!!" shouted Silver, landing a kick into Demolisher's head, knocking the MAYHEM robot aside.

"Who the devil are you?!" said KuroGrappler.

"Watashi wa hikari no senshi! I am the warrior of light! SilverScanner!"

"Another ranger? This shall be interesting!" Benedict replies. "You're too late, silver hero! Your friends are about to bow for their curtain call!"

"Not if I have a say, you won't, villain!"

The Demolisher shoots an energy blast at Silver, but using his 'Silver Aura', his force field blocks the beam. "SILVER BOOMERANG!" shouts Takeshi. The silver weapon knocks out the controls on the Demolisher. " Give me tactical!!" shouted Benedict! "Main turban engine hit! We're losing power!" said Kuro Frost. The mute KuroBuzzer and KuroFrost dash over to the engine room to extinguish the fire.

"Blast it!!" said Benedict. "We had the Scanrangers and Thunder Dolby within our grasp! I'm no fool to battle the both of you right now!! Pull back!" The Demolisher retreats and burrows underground.

Back in Dolby's cockpit, the rangers, with the mighty robot in major damage, were about to abandon ship. "B.C's right!" said Red. "We have no choice but to abandon Dolby! I'll try to call Dr. Markby to send his crew over!" The five run out of the cockpit, and were about to leave through the escape exits, until a crew of Kinks block their way. Benedict and the Brigade make their appearance.

"Benedict!" said Red.

"Greetings again, Scanrangers..I take it my Demolisher has served its purpose in wrecking Thunder Dolby..My Brigade shall do the same after we're done with you!"

"On the contrary, Benedict!" cried Blue. "We're gonna wreck you!" The Scanrangers run towards Benedict's Brigade until they are all stopped with a flow of electricity zapping their heads."AAAAGGGHH!!" the rangers shouted. "M-MY mind! Everything's blacking out!! Can't keep-keep..." said Pink. They all revert to their civilian forms in the process.

"The electric transparent tape was a...pardon the expression..a stroke of genius, Mr. KuroLectronn.." said Benedict. "You weren't aware of my trap last time we met..It was child's play to apply the tape on the back of your helmets after the cybercreature distracted you...The electric shocks in your brains enabled us to keep you from utilizing your so-called film energies.. You are now ours, Scanranger!"

"You-You won't g-get away w-w-with this..Benedict.." said Nick, struggling and crawling with a lot of difficulty towards the Brigade. "We-We'll s-stop you-" Nick passes out right near Benedict's feet.

"I think not, Scanrangers.."

Takeshi runs into the escape exits and confronts the Brigade. "Benedict! How dare you show your face again! What have you done with the Scanrangers?"

"Nothing yet...But I will tell you this..Your friends are under my power.." Each of the Brigade members gather up one of the now unconscious rangers and all teleport save Benedict. "And when I'm finished with them, we will steal their lives!!!HA HA HA HA HA HA!" The dimensional fiend teleports as well.

"SCANRANGERS! NOOO!!!" Takeshi cried, helpless to stop Benedict in time.

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, we find out about Benedict's Brigade master plan..In the meantime, the rangers, without their powers, are stranded on a distant planetoid, forced to fend for themselves.. Can Professor Alex and Takeshi save the rangers in time?

Next-Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 14

"Marooned!"

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