Previously, the Scanranger crew were prisoners of Benedict's Brigade..The dimensional teleporting captain had drained the ranger's film energies, leaving them for dead on the planet Kabutle,an insect infested world. The quick thinking crew from Cape Paramount base sent SilverScanner to rescue them in the nick of time..Now, the rangers zoom back to Earth, despite their lost power, with a vengeance..

Episode Fifteen-"The Widescreen Presentation!"

Unaware of the rescue, Arno Benedict and KuroGrappler report to Blackorg about their victory. Blackorg looks out into space at the deck of Nebultopia.

"Lord Blackorg.." said Benedict. "Mission accomplished!" Blackorg turns and blasts the two with an Oblivion Beam from his eyes.

"AAAGGHH!" they screamed.

"MISSION UNACCOMPLISHED, YOU UNMITIGATED FOOLS!" shouted the overlord.

"I-I don't understand, my Lord.. We had left them to be cut to ribbons by the giant insects on Kabutle.."

" Consider yourself fortunate that I set my Oblivion Beam on low power...While you fools were celebrating pre-haste, I received a report from Anark Key that the SilverScanner saved them and have returned to Earth!" continued Blackorg. Even now, word also came to me that their accursed Professor is still alive as well!(Blackorg presumed Professor Alex dead way back in Episode 5-v.j.)If your team wants to live after the dawn, I suggest you find those Scanrangers! They're powerless now! Search the city! Level them all if you have to! Unleash the Demolisher again aand finish them off! NOW!!"

Back at Cape Paramount Base, Professor Alex has the power-depleted rangers inside a containment room. Takeshi wonders what's going on. "Keep in mind, Takeshi, that after all the tests we went through, the rangers actually didn't lose their powers, but the fact that the recent attacks they've used against MAYHEM are no more..."

"You mean, their most powerful attacks have ceased to exist?!"

"Prescisely...According to what you've told me, the film energies are within the other five villains...I can't tell them right away that the Brigade has their stolen energy, but with their restored movie knowledge, the Scanrangers can create new attacks! For example, suppose one of the MAYHEM members have RedScanner's Abarenbo Attack..it means he needs another action movie scene to counter it..Once a movie scene ceases to exist, the storer of that film energy can create another, depending on his or her willpower..." said Alex.

Vin and the other four rangers have headphones on, as well as a TV console in front of each of them. "In order to shock them back in full power again, I have to do what I really regret doing.." continued Alex. "..but to revive the Scanrangers again, I have no choice..Rosewood, go into the film vault and retrieve 'Tape X!!'"

Rosewood does so, and puts it into play. The five hear rock music basting into their ears as they wake up, then watch in horror the worst possible TV show that they tried to escape from. Instinctively, they all let out a blood curdling scream and destroy the consoles. Without delay, the five repowered Scanrangers run out of the containment room in a panic.

"Professor Alex!! Help us! It was terrible!" cried Mikey.

"What happened?" said Alex, pretended not to know.

Nick replies, "The last thing I remembered was that we were on this deserted planet full of giant bugs, and I tried to save Vin, then I wake up, and hear this corny music and that dreaded TV show..it w-was..it was..."

"Don't hold back, I can handle it, guys..." said Alex.

Said the five members together, "POWER RANGERS!!!"

"The only show that the entire team despises...I told you, Takeshi..that was the only show/movie that shocked your film energies back into their systems...

"I don't get it.." said B.C.

Alex replies,"You don't have to, B.C...the way you destroyed that console, the first thing that came to mind was a huge cartoon-type mallet, and you smashed the set two..

"Cool!"

Meanwhile, back in New York City, the Demolisher materializes and attacks Manhattan again. "Where are you, Scanrangers?" said Benedict in a panic. "We're calling you out! Show yourself, or we'll destroy what's left of New York!!" The rangers hear the emergency siren sound, and watch the demonic robot attack. "Is Thunder Dolby THX repaired and ready to go, Dr. Markby?" asked Alex.

"Just say the word, ma'am, and you can get the team in action!"

"Rangers! Scramble! Stop the Demolisher!" Alex said.

"Yes, ma'am!" said the team. The movie task force, as in regular fashion, summon their FilmBraces and shout, "LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! SCANRANGER!" They proceed to run to Thunder Dolby.

"Do me a favor, Takeshi-san.." said Mikey. "In my dorm room, up on top of the computer, there's a CD-ROM there...Bring it back to the professor as soon as possible! The CD will read 'EMERGENCY!!!' In case Thunder Dolby is in danger again, load it in your battle cruiser! Make sure that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands!

"You got it, Kunio!" Mikey runs to join the rest of the team in Thunder Dolby.

Takeshi teleports in Kunio's dorm, and dashes in to retrieve the CD. "Where is it?" he said. He said it was near his computer..There it is! That's the one..it says 'EMERGENCY!!!' Now to get back to the base as soon as possible..." As soon as runs around the corner, he is intercepted by a pair of Kink soldiers. "What the?" said Takeshi. Anark Key makes his appearance before him.

"What's the rush, mate?" replied Key. " Looks like you've got something important in your hand there..Top secret info, right? Well, we can't have that CD fall into the wrong hands, can't we? I'll take that CD, if you please.."

"Over my dead body!"

"We can arrange that! Hold him, Kinks!" The Kinks grab Takeshi from behind as Key swipes the CD from him. "Stop! Don't do it! Don't destroy it! In fact, that's not the real CD! It's here in the bookbag!"

"Ha! Some hero! You were willing to sell out your allies in order to permit MAYHEM to rule supreme! Thank you, fool..and for the record, I'll destroy the fake one! Ha ha!" Takeshi glances in shock as Key smashes the CD-Rom. "Thank you, now that you've helped us seal the Scanranger's doom! Ha Ha Hah!" As Key and the Kinks release Takeshi, they teleport, and he falls on his knees, feeling very disillusioned.

Act two

Takeshi, with his head hanging, lifts it up. He runs back to Kunio's room, and grabs the real 'EMERGENCY!!! CD.."Ha! Who's the fool now, Anark Key? I figured that you anticipated myself having two discs, I never took the real one.. even if he did, it was set to be teleported to base anyway." Immediately, he warps to Cape Paramount and hands Markby the disc.

"Sorry about that, Dr. Markby," said Takeshi. "I was caught in traffic."

"No problemo, sir..I think your friends are going to need a little help in Manhattan..." They witness Thunder Dolby and the Demolisher battle toe to toe on the island.

"They still might need a hand just in case..I'd better get over there just in case.." said Takeshi. He runs outside of the base and gets into his transformation pose. "IMA! HENSHIN! EIGACHANGER!" Takeshi becomes SilverScanner once again. With a second command, "SILVERSCANNER! J MODE!"; he enlarges to size of Ultraman, and flies off to Manhattan.

Meanwhile, back up in Nebultopia, Blackorg and the three lieutenants watch the battle. "We cannot have that interloper get in our way like before..Unleash the CyberCreature Kuroparrot, and enlarge it to stop that new Scanranger!" Blackorg commanded.

"There they are! Now I can-" Silver was slashed from behind by KuroParrot, then falls to the ground. Swiftly, KuroParrot zooms in rapidly to slash Silver with its wings back to back. Silver recovers quickly.

"Get out of my way! I don't have time for you!" said Silver. The cybercreature responds by attacking. Silver grabs his wings and applies a 'SILVER CHOP!' on KuroParrot's left wing, disabling it, and flipping it over his head.

KuroParrot shoots its feather darts again, but the 'Silver Aura' stops them in its tracks. The monster swings at Takeshi with its other wing, trying to slice him, yet Silver suddenly disappears.

"What happened?!" said Silver. "I was just about to punch him, and now I'm back to normal size!" The next thing Takeshi saw was that he was about to be crushed underfoot by the cybercreature. Suddenly, he was teleported in the cockpit of his space cruiser."SilverScanner, listen!" said Alex."Hey, Professor! What happened? I seem to have lost my giant power!" said Takeshi.

"Don't worry!" she said. "I'll explain later!"Sorry to get you out in the heat of battle, but I've made a new adjustment to your cruiser...You're back in the cockpit again..Load the disc that you retrieved earlier today and shout out 'Presentation! Widescreener!' and take that metal bird out! Dolby's in trouble! And one more thing..Good luck!"

"I've had enough out of you, already, bird! Time to even the score! PRESENTATION! WIDESCREENER!"

The wings of the WideScreener releases itself during the transformation. The booster rockets become the feet and legs, and the middle engines become the arms. The nose flips forward and the head rises out from inside. The WideScreener is ready for the first time in robot mode!

"SCREENER HAWK!" Silver shouts as he uses his giant tomahwk to slash KuroParrot, and in the process, slashes its right arm so it wouldn't fly. Next, he utilizes the 'SCREENER MAGNUM!', a laser rifle that fires 300 rounds a minute. KuroParrot is weakened, unable to stand. The Widescreener then calls up its final attack."Polly want a cracker?" said Takeshi. "Well, I've got something better..Focusing all its might in its fists, WideScreener unleashes the finishing blow. "SCREENER CROSS NOVA!" The aforementioned attack with SilverScanner crossing his hands, and releasing a powerful laser blast, is based on the great Ultraman's Spacium Beam, blasts a clean hole through the cybercreature. KuroParrot falls to the ground and explodes.

Meanwhile, Thunder Dolby was holding its own against the Demolisher, this time evening the odds with its Great Editor Sword. Dolby slashes away at the evil robot.

"Lord Benedict!" shouted KuroFire.

"Relax, Mr.KuroFire...We're not defeated yet! KuroBuzzer! Release the side saws!" From the Demolisher's knees, a flying buzzsaw ejects and clips the heroic robot. Demolisher then shoots a missile underneath Dolby's foot to trap it beneath the ground. Using the DemoJavelin, the robot knocks the GE sword out ot Dolby's hand, then beats on it with the javelin.

"Hang on, team!" said Alex from the cockpit console. "Silver's going to give you a hand!"

"We need more than that, Prof!" said Red. "We need help!!"

And sure enough,Demolisher was about to thrust its DemoJavelin through Dolby. "It's over! Scanrangers!" said Benedict. "Prepare for the end!" As the javelin was thrown, WideScreener intercepts it and throws it back at the Demolisher.

"NO! NOT AGAIN!" shouted Benedict.

"Step up, Dolby!" said Silver as WideScreener lifts Dolby from the ground. "Swing your partner, and do-si-do! Jump up, Dolby! Time to go!" WideScrenner swings Dolby in the air towards the Demolisher and delivers the...

"DOLBY SONIC SMASH!" The Demolisher is critically damaged.

"The engine rooms damaged!" said Benedict. "KuroBuzzer! Fix the problem immediately!!" The mute Brigade member nods and runs to the control room.

WideScreener continues to do damage to Demolisher. "SCREENER STARS!" shouted Silver as he throws explosive shurikens at the robot. "Red! Look!" said Yellow. "There's its weak spot!" He points at the torso area where Dolby smashed, and was the same area where KuroBuzzer was fixing the engines.

"Scanrangers! SilverScanner! Wait!" said Alex from their consoles. "This is an opportunity to use Dolby and WideScreener in a combination attack! I'll download the info and take out that evil robot before it recovers!"

Meanwhile, the Demolisher was almost at full strength. KuroBuzzer gives the signal to the rest of the Brigade.

"Ready to do this, SilverScanner?" said Red.

"Issou!" Let's go!" Thunder Dolby and WideScreener line up back to back of each other, locking themselves arm to arm, then both blast off in the air. "What are those fools doing?" thought KuroGrappler. "They're leaving themselves open for us to destroy them!" Suddenly, the Demolisher was being dragged along with them.

"Remember the tests, guys!" said Red. "Can you take this, Silver?" "No problem.." Silver said. "Let's go!" The two robots make a freefall, and began to spin like a tornado towards the Brigade robot.

"I-I can't get Demolisher out of this wind tunnel! It's locked in! We can't move!" said KuroGrappler. They're heading straight for us!"

"CURSE YOU, SCANRANGERS! I CAN'T BE BEATEN LIKE THIS!" cried Benedict. The two robots target the torso area where the damage was made earlier, and KuroBuzzer was still trapped in the engine room.

"NOW!" shouted all the rangers. "DOLBY SCREENER CYCLONE!" Like a spinning Class 9 hurricane(times ten), Dolby and WideScreener smashes through the Demolisher. The Brigade screams as their cockpit explodes, and KuroBuzzer was burning inside the engine room, unable to get out. Demolsher falls toward the ground, and explodes!!

"ALL RIGHT! WAY TO GO, SILVER! THAT'S A WRAP!" shouted the rangers.

"As you Americans say, Thumbs Up!! It is ended.."

Meanwhile, on the moon, five forms teleport to the surface. It seemed that Benedict's Brigade had escaped at the last possible second. "All present and accounted for, Brigade?" asked Benedict, almost hyperventilating."Wait! Where's KuroBuzzer?"

As soon as he asked, KuroBuzzer's severed robotic head warped aside the Brigade, bouncing from hyperspace. "No! He's dead! KuroBuzzer didn't make it! He's dead!" cried KuroLectronn.

"BLAST YOU, SCANRANGERS!" shouted Benedict. "YOU DESTROYED OUR PRECIOUS DEMOLISHER! YOU DESTROYED KUROBUZZER! WE ARE BEATEN FOR NOW, BUT ITS ONLY A SMALL SETBACK! INDEED, MY BRIGADE SHALL BE AVENGED! YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF US! YOU WILL PAY, SCANRANGERS! I SWEAR YOU SHALL PAY MOST DEARLY!!" Benedict's voice echoes along the surface of the moon.

Back on terra firma, the Scanranger crew meet up with Takeshi and Professor Alex on the CJU campus. "Takeshi, mere words can't describe how much we appreciate your help.." said Vin.

"Just say, thank you, Vin..I'm honored to help you guys out in any way, now that my full memory has returned..I think you should thank Kunio-san..He's actually the one who helped give MAYHEM a punishing defeat."

"Everyone had a role to play in this victory.. It was all a team effort, in the same way on how a feature film, or a TV sitcom is made. The stars of the movie didn't do it by themselves. The director, or the writer, or the producer didn't do it by themselves..All of them made the movie possible.In the same way, the CPB 'Second Unit',you guys,and Takeshi all have their part."

"However, I think it's high time to get back to campus life.." said Alex. "A lot of your instructors are probably worried sick about your disappearance from classes.."

"Which is probably a good idea, since I have a paper due..tomorrow.." said B.C.

"And I have an oral exam to finish up for Physical Therapy 200.." said Vin. The other rangers thought about studying and other stuff to catch up on. Swiftly, the five team members rush back to their dorms.

"I'm glad that everything had all worked out for the best.." said Alex. "One more thing, Takeshi..What happened to the phony CD-ROM that Anark Key was supposed to destroy?"

"Funny you should ask that, Daphne.." chuckled Takeshi.

Up in Nebultopia...

"The Brigade had lost the battle, but the war will be won by MAYHEM!" thought Key. "Once I load this top secret infomation, the secrets of the Scanrangers shall be ours!" Key loads it, and on the screen it reads: "THIS IS A CLASSIFIED CD-ROM REVEALING THE CODES TO THE MOVIE TASK FORCE-SCANRANGER-"

"Yes, yes..go on.." he said.

The screen then reads: "YOU ARE SMART, BUT I AM SMARTER!! YOU ARE SMART, BUT I AM SMARTER!!",like a child's taunt.

"What the devil is this stuff?!" said Key in shock. "B-But all the classified information was supposed to be there!" As Key watches the words repeat down the screen, Blackorg walks in the door.

"ANARK KEY!!" shouted Blackorg. "YOU MORONIC FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS??" "I don't believe this stuff.." Key thought. "I wanted the Scanranger's secrets, and what did I get? A gosh-darned computer virus!!" The next thing we hear outside the Nebultopia satellite was Oblivion beams blasted all along the stronghold..with Blackorg punishing Anark Key for yet another failure...

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, a new day begins as our campus heroes are back in classes. However, MAYHEM unleashes a deadly computer virus that nearly destroys the campus students at CJU! Can the Scanrangers stop MAYHEM'S latest threat, or will the Y2K panic become an early reality?

Next-Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 16

"O, What a Tangled World Wide Web We Weave!"

Roll that Film!