Previously, Benedict's Brigade had unleashed the power of the deadly Demolisher- a MAYHEM robot. Scanranger countered with Thunder Dolby THX..Dolby would have been soundly destroyed had it not been for the timely rescue by SilverScanner-in his giant-sized mode. Takeshi was able to temporarily drive the Demolisher back. However, as the rangers bailed out of the damaged Dolby robot, the brigade abducted them. Silver was too late to save the Scanrangers as they are taken back as prisoners of MAYHEM.

Back at Cape Paramount base, Alex, Dr. Markby,, and Rosewood ponder on the whereabouts of the Scanrangers. "Vin! Toni! Nick! Anybody! Come in! Can anyone respond? Is anyone there?" she said.

"It's no use, Alex!" said Dr.Markby. "We've lost all contact with the team! Either the frequencies are jammed or worse..They're way out of range for us to keep in touch with them!"

"Wait!" said Sarita, a CPB techinican. "I'm getting a visual! It's clearing up, but I don't know how long it will last!"

"Punch it up, Sarita.." said Alex.

Alex, Rosewood, Sarita, and Dr. Markby witness a damaged Thunder Dolby THX in midtown Manhattan, slumping aside a now abandoned skyscraper. "Thunder Dolby! The Scanrangers! Where are they?!" shouted Alex, witnessing the empty cockpit. "Dr. Markby! Send Damage Control to fix up the midtown section immediately! Also make arrangements to set coordinates to teleport Dolby back to base for immediate repairs!"

"Yes, ma'am!" replied the doctor.

"My gosh, what happened to you guys?" said Alex concerningly.

"They've been kidnapped.." replied a voice behind her. Alex looks, and sees SilverScanner.

The CPB crew arm themselves at the ready to open fire, but Alex tells the to hold their fire. "Wait! Stand your ground! He wants to talk.."

"Yes..the rangers have been abducted by Benedict.." said Silver. "I tried to save them, but I was too late..

"That voice.." thought Alex. "Could it be?"

"But before we can help them, I think we need to talk..face to face.." said Silver as he transforms back to Takeshi Hayata in mid sentence.

Episode Fourteen-"Marooned!!!"

"T-Takeshi! You are alive!!" They embrace briefly and try to focus on the danger at hand. "How did you know about the project continuing to this day?"

"It's a long story, but we have to talk about that later.." said Takeshi. "Right now, we need to find a way to rescue these college kids.."

Meanwhile,the five team members wake up from unconsciousness, all strapped in a machine that resembled a roulette wheel. "What happened? Where are we?!?" asked Vin.

"Live from Nebultopia..Welcome to our ship!" said Blackorg, with the rest of Benedict's Brigade aside him. "We would like to make your stay here as very uncomfortable as possible! HA HA HA HA!" Blackorg then walks away, leaving Benedict's Brigade in charge.

"Should we break down the details of Phase Four, Lord Benedict?" asked KuroGrappler.

"Of course, Mr. KuroGrappler.. being that they will not live to tell anyone about it... As you see, Scanrangers, I've see that your powers are based upon movies and other different forms of media." While he rabbles on, the three field commanders, Vixen, Ug, and Key sneak behind the machine with a pin connector, and connecting a few wires upon themselves.

"You have incredible power..Power that will soon belong to us!" Benedict continued. "With your film energies drained into our bodies, and adding it with our own capabilities, Benedict's Brigade-Excuse me, MAYHEM will be invincible!!"

"I told you, Vixen..He's not concerned about the honor of MAYHEM, he wants the glory for himself.." said Key. "No matter, all I neen do is to connect these last couple of wires, and we shall have the power to capture Earth for Blackorg..

"Yeah! Yeah! Go Go Power Mayhem!! Mighty Monstrous Powered Mayhem!!" sung Byte.

"Quiet!" said Ug, slapping Byte on his shoulder.

"Let me tell you something, Benedict," said Nick. "As long as our minds exist, you have no idea who you're messing with! You have no idea on what is our true source of power! Even as we speak, once the professor finds out we're missing, our people shall retailate!!"

"Oooohh!" said KuroGrappler sarcasticly. "I guess we'll be shaking in our boots when the power transfer is completed.." "Once we steal your lives, Scanrangers," said Benedict. "you'll be just plain normal humans, helpless before our power! Mr. KuroFrost, pull the switch!"

As he does so, the machine drains the eneries of the rangers. The five struggle with all their might, but to no avail. The energy flows through the five brigade members, but the rest are intercepted by the three field commanders, taking the rest of their film energy.

"It's incredible!" said KuroFire.

"All right! That's enough, brigade!" said the dimensional fiend. "Let's see what develops! Mr.KuroFire! Attack KuroGrappler!"

"What?"

"You heard me! Get him!" The fiery brigade member uses fireball attacks to strike KuroGrappler. He is knocked out by one of the blasts. "All too easy.." thought KuroFire. He goes to him and is about to strike the final blow, then..

"You're right! It was too easy!" replied KuroGrappler, knocking KuroFire out. He used Green's Holoclone techinques to then gang up on him and beat him up.

"ENOUGH!" shouted KuroFire. He leaps away, and using Pink's Maniac Stomp, the ground shakes, and KuroGrappler and its clones lose their balance.

"All right!" Benedict thought. "Now that I've seen a sample of your new power, this means whomever you fought recently, those particular Scanranger's powers are yours...The transfer is indeed a success!"

"So, Lord Benedict.." asked KuroLectron. "What do we do with these children?"

"They are no further use to us..With their powers drained, they've served their purpose... Brigade! Proceed to board the Scanrangers in the space pod! And to insure they will never again interfere with the Brigade, I shall hereby sentence them to their final fate..the planet Kabutle!!"

"What!? You don't mean the planet with..I mean, the one with the-"

"Yes! It shall be a fitting fate on that piece of floating rock, and I've heard that the natives are restless tonight..and very hungry! Heh heh heh heh...Set the coordinates for blast off, Mr.KuroLectronn.."

"Yes, sir..Countdown commencing..5..4..3..2..1..0! Blast off!"

"Goodbye! So long, Scanrangers! Farewell forever, rangers!" said the various Brigade members. "Don't forget to write! Heh heh heh hee hee hee hee hee.."

The pod lifts off, with the five rangers still unconscious, blasts out into deep space into a time warp-to the other side of the galaxy, landing on the planet Kabutle, albeit very roughly.

"What happened?!" Toni was the first to awaken. "Vin, guys..Wake up..

"What happened?" said Vin. "The last thing I remembered was that Benedict blasted us into deep space..Where are we?"

"Let me put it this way, guys..we're definitely not in Tokyo anymore.." replied B.C.

"Cute, B.C., But I'm serious!! It looks like.." Vin turns his head and sees the Earth from a far distance. "Wait..wait a minute.." Vin pauses. "We're on some marooned planet!"

"Not a problem, fearless leader.." said Mikey. "I'll just whip up a handy dandy armored Veritech fighter, and...What's going on? My energies are depleted!"

"All our energies have been drained! Benedict was serious abou draining our power! How can we contact Cape Paramount Base and the professor? They have no idea that we're not on the Earth at all!" As Nick speaks, Mikey looks, thinking to himself.."Takeshi-san..I don't know where the heck we are, but..Taskete...Help us.. At the same time, Nick looks across the horizon. "I thought I heard something..like a clicking sound, like a cockroach running across the floor.."

Back on Earth..Dr.Markby types away a design from Mikey's Illustrator II class. "It'll take another hour for the design to become solid form.." Takeshi feels a shock to his head, 'hearing' Kunio.

"This may sound weird, Alex..but I believe I know where the Scanrangers are..All this time, our satelites been searching far and wide around the globe, even in the deepest hideout.."

That's it! It's a possibility that the rangers may be in another dimension..somewhere in outer space.." said Sarita.

"Which means.." said Rosewood. "They're not on the earth at all!"

And back on the marooned planet.."I've heard it again.." said B.C. very nervously. The next thing they hear was a clicking, chirping sound. "Quit it, B.C., we're in serious trouble here.." said Nick. "That wasn't me!" B.C. replied. He and Toni look over the cave, and in total shock, they see in front of their face, a giant Stag beetle! B.C. was petrified with fear, while Toni screamed..

Act two

Back at the base, the downloads are completed, as well as the rescue ship. "Professor Alex! The ship is ready!" said Rosewood.

"Excellent! Now it's all up to you, Takeshi..Somewhere in this universe, the Scanrangers are out there..This craft has a mega hyper-warp drive and all the trimmings in order to get to your destination..We're all counting on you!"

"Right away, ma'am!" said Takeshi. "I hereby christen this spaceship..Widescreener!" Widescreener has ignition! Hatsu Shin!! Set coordinates on following five lifeforms.." The list of the rangers and their data appear on the WideScreener monitor.

"What's wrong, To- OH MY GOSH! GUYS! RUN!" shouted Vin, looking up at the giant insect. The planet Kabutle was actually an asteroid populated with giant insects(Editor's note:hence the mixed name Kabutle-Kabuto=beetle in Japanese).

"I don't believe this!" said Mikey. "Stuck on a distant planet with no film energies, and we've stumbled on the real set of 'Starship Troopers II'!"

"VIN! LOOK OUT!" cried Nick. He tackles Vin out of the way as the beetle spits out flame. Nick was thrown to the rocks on impact.

The spacecraft jets through space, setting its coordinates on the rangers. "What's this?" said Takeshi. "I'm being pulled into some time warp! Can't pull away!" The ship is pulled into the warp zone, and into another universe. However, it gets the silver hero right where he wants to go- the planet Kabutle. "All systems back on line.." replied the Widescreener computer. "Five lifeforms are locked in.."

"Excellent! I'm on my way, guys! Hang on!"

Back on Kabutle...

"Nick's out of it!" said B.C. "We've got to get out of here!" "We can't leave him here, either!" said Vin. "Get to that cave, quickly!" The team, with Kunio and Vin carrying Nick, run inside the cavern. The giant beetle reached out its arms to capture them. It then was about to use its flaming breath.

"My gosh! There's no way out! It's going to roast us!!" said Toni. The rangers cringe in a corner, awaiting the end.

As the bug was about to emit its flame, it suddenly explodes! "Wh-what happened?!" said B.C. Takeshi makes his appearance, jumping out of the spaceship. "I happened!" he replied. Seeing the dead beetle, Takeshi's response:

"I hated that movie,anyway.." (referring to 'Starship Troopers.')Takeshi said mockingingly like Tommy Davison on "In Living Color'. "You figure that with all that technology, the soldiers couldn't use lasers instead of bullets?!"

"Amen to that, brother..." said Kunio. "But how did you find us across the other side of the galaxy, and how will we get back to terra firma?"

"One..You called me, Mikey..when the Demolisher almost destroyed Dolby, and just recently here on this planet..Two, meet Dr.Markby's recent creation-I call it, the Widescreener!"

"This..this is too much for me..Takeshi-san..You're telling me that I'm mindlinked with you?"

"Whoa..Professor X action or what?" said Vin.

"Enough talk, rangers..Time's a wasting, and we've got an Earth to save.." continued Takeshi.

"So how, pray tell, are we to save the world without any film energy?" said B.C. "Benedict drained us dry!"

"Alex will just refuel the lot of you..It's that simple..." The other habitants from Kabutle see their giant insect dead and begin to go after the team. Dragonflies, beetles, grasshoppers zoom in on them.

"I have a feeling that we've worn out our welcome here, guys.." said Vin. "Let's get the heck out of here!!"

"And so we shall!" said Takeshi. The Scanrangers load up in the spaceship, with the semiconscious Nick fastened in the chair.

"All right! Set course for Earth..Like..Right now!!" said Takeshi. "Widescreener! Hatsu Shin! Ignition!" The ship blasts off, and escapes the giant insects clutches!

"Once the Professor rejuvenates you guys, I've a score to settle with MAYHEM!"

With Takeshi's and Alex's help, the Scanrangers were saved from destruction. But the question remains, how will the Movie Task Force battle Benedict's Brigade without their film energies?

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, It's round two with the Demolisher! Thunder Dolby does battle once more with MAYHEM's malevolent mecha. However, with the help of SilverScanner again, we shall witness Scanranger's greatest triumph, although it doesn't look like it right now..What plan does Takeshi have to stop Benedict's Brigade?

Next-Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 15

"The WideScreen Presentation!"

Roll that Film!