Episode 18-"Hit the Beach! The Super Sentai Spring Break"

It was a quiet weekend in downtown Leewood Park. The town was bustling with shoppers at the mall, until..

A car explosion ripped through the once peaceful square! Another explosion followed! The citizens ran for safety towards the nearest shelter. Out of the smoke came General Ug, withn a few Kinks terrorizing the people! MAYHEM chose the opportunity to attack the earth in broad daylight!

"Ha ha ha ha!" laughed the general. "This time the city shall be ours, and the entire country to follow! Ug uses his battle axe to destroy a nearby skyscraper. He also grabs an innocent bystander and kills him instantly.

Ug and the Kinks look up and witnesses..The Scanrangers motoring in for the rescue on their Bijou Bikes!

"I've been waiting for all of you.." said Ug. "I was concerned that you wouldn't show up!"

RedScanner shouts out, "UG! I can't believe that you dare to attack the city now! Your master really must be desperate to take our world! There's only one problem..It's not going to happen!" At the same time, Vixen, Andy Roy, P.B. Floyd, and Anark Key appear from the vortex, confronting our heroes.

"The score is even now!" continued Ug. We've got you outnumbered, five to five! ATTACK!"

"LET'S GO, SCANRANGERS!" shouted GreenScanner. The battle rages in the heart of the townsquare; a no-holds barred fight to the finish! The Scanrangers had the upper hand, but suddenly, as our heroes began to call upon their film energy attacks, they dissipate and return back to their civilian identities!

"What happened?" said Kunio. "Our powers are gone! Our film energies have been depleted!"

"Ha ha ha ha!" laughed Vixen. "Which now belongs to the MAYHEM Corps! Now you shall get a taste of your own medicine! Ohh, yes!" As Vixen uses her new power, in mid sentence, she transforms into a copy of Jennifer Lopez, distracting Mikey with a 'come hither' look. For that brief moment, he hesitates. Yet, the next thing he knew was that Vixen had thrust her sword into his chest, killing Kunio instantly.

"KUNIO! NOOO!" cried Toni, also in her human form. "YOU KILLED HIM!" She runs to try to revive him, but it was too late. "BLAST YOU, YOU WITCH!" She runs to attack the warrior woman.

"That's right, Scanranger.." replied Anark Key. "And you're next!" Key uses his energy chain to strangle Toni. With a swift yank, he breaks her neck.

"Good Lord! Toniii!!" cried Vin, also noticing that B.C. and Nick had also been slain by the hands of Vixen's cyberguards. They toss Blue and Green's dead bodies aside like trash on the ground. "SilverScanner! Professor! Anybody! Help us!"

"Sorry..if you're waiting for the calvary to arrive, it's gonna take awhile.." said Key. Cape Paramount base laid in ruins, as Takeshi laid dead under heavy rocks, and Professor Alex strangled by Blackorg, standing triumphant over the dead CPB bodies.

Swiftly, without warning, Ug grabs Vin by the neck, with a crowd of shocked onlookers witnessing the battle. Ug pins the now former RedScanner to the wall.

"As of now, human, this city, this planet, this universe shall belong to MAYHEM, now! And forever! GOODBYE, SCANRANGER!" Ug was about to split Vin's head in two like a ripe fruit! Vin screams, and...wakes up!

Fortunately, it was only a dream, but it startled the Scanranger leader. In a cold sweat, he again recalls the time he lost his special film energy attacks fighting KuroSpider. "That was some serious nightmare! What if MAYHEM actually had the same power as we did?" As Vin straightens himself up, he prepares himself and notices a pamphlet that was slid under the door. He picks it up and immediately forgets about the dream..Vin had a startled look on his face after he opens up the pamphlet.

In the other dorms, B.C., Nick, Toni, and Kunio receive the same package under the door. Even Takeshi got the same pamphlet from his faculty mail.

The campus was almost quiet. Only a few students and faculty members remained there. After the last class finishes, Central NJ University will go on Spring Break.

A little later at Cape Paramount Base, the six meet up together. "Can't you believe this?" said an excited Vin. "Professor Alex gave us a ticket to Hawaii for our break! Isn't this cool?"

"Indeed.." said Takeshi. "I may even get an opportunity to see Mom and Dad after all these years! What do you think, Kunio-san?"

"It's all right...For one thing, it beats being on those crowded beaches in Florida, you know, Ft.Lauderdale, Miami Beach..It was all right until those beach parties made Spring Break so decadent..in my humble opinion..

"That's what I like about you, Mikey..Always thinking with a pure heart.." said Vin.

"I ask you, What's the catch?" said Nick, questioning the round trip plane tickets that Alex sent them. In addition to the tickets, Alex left a note.

"Sorry to spoil your plan, but for me, myself, and I..this is a great opportunity to meet girls!" Kunio sighs, shaking his head.

The next day, the six rangers take off on a plane out of Newark Airport, and fly on their way to the islands.

Vin sat near the window aside Toni. He asks, "Toni..How were you able to create that attack a few days ago?"

"Well, fortunately, with our new ally Danger Woman, I was merely inspired and thought about that movie..The 'Titanic Attack was something I've been working on since we first lost our intital film energies from Benedict and his henchmen..I still can't utilize my original attacks, like the 'Charisse Kick', for instance.."

"That's it! That's why I couldn't use the 'Abarenbo Slash' on that cybercreature..But I guess it won't matter for the time being..Number one, we do indeed have an entire film vault where we can summon our special movie genre fighting techinques..Number two, Arno Benedict and his Brigade were destroyed with their robot..We don't have to worry about those villains anymore..."

Unfortunately, Vin was half right..because in a remote base on the dark side of the moon...

"SOON! VERY SOON, SCANRANGERS! WE SHALL HAVE OUR REVENGE!" said Arno Benedict, obviously alive and well with his four remaining Brigade members aside him. "It'll be a matter of time until I recover from my wounds..And once we provide you with our special surprise, Then I, at that moment, shall finish you forever!!!"

Meanwhile, on the Nebultopia base...Anark Key was ogling the TV screen, looking at the women on the Florida beaches in their bathing suits via the MTV Spring Break special. "Heh! One advantage to being a terrorist and having wealth beyond imagination..You get your own choice of satelitte channels beamed from any part of the world!" he thought. Key gets a holographic message from Blackorg. "Key! Report to me at once!" said the overlord.

"Key, Ug..I have a very special mission for the two of you..I am in the process of experimenting certain humans on your planet..Blackorg notices the TV show which Key was watching.."May I ask what was that you were viewing, Key?"

The earth villain was somewhat nervous. "Uhhh, nothing my lord, uhh, just watching and viewing how females enjoy themselves on the beach."

"Where is this ritual occuring at?"

"Tropical beaches..Not just the state what we call Florida, but also other 'hot spots' like California, the city of Rio, even Hawaii.."

"Interesting..Anark Key..As I was saying..I am experimenting on certain humans and I want you and Ug to bring me two humans..male and female..The right human may prove worthy for possible future subjects from our army to be..Heh heh heh heh heh heh..."

Hawaii..a tropical paradise..(if not a very expensive paradise) While most college students travel to Florida or Mexico for campus antics, a few choose to go further out to the islands. After the team rests up and settle down in their hotel, they hit the sands about two hours later. Kunio, not content with going swimming or meeting girls, breaks out his sketch pad and draws the beautiful scenery. Vin relaxes aside him. Nick, as expected, goes out to flirt with the women. Toni gets involved in a hot beach volleyball match with a few other athletic students around the country. Takeshi and B.C. ride the wild surf. Takeshi(the pro) showing B.C.(the novice) how to hang ten.

"YEEEHAAAA! COWABUNGA, BABY!!" shouted B.C. as he adjusts to riding a surfboard. He then starts singing the 'Hawaii-Five-0' theme song.

"YOU'RE GETTING THE HANG OF IT, B.C.! KEEP IT UP!" said Takeshi.

"Thanks! It's not so bad at all! How long have you been doing this?"

"My dad taught me when I was only 12..He claimed to be the best hotdogger this side of the Pacific! To get to where I'm at, I just want to give you a quick tip, B.C..."

"What's that?"

"Look out!!" As Takeshi surfs away from the oncoming giant 25 foot wave, B.C. however, wasn't so lucky. He gets swallowed by the wave, causing a wipe out! He then flies to a couple relaxing in the sun, unaware of the inpending danger.

"This is gorgeous, Kotaro.." said the woman as he rubs suntan lotion on her. "Who recommended this vacation getaway for us?"

"My friend, Mieko, helped me to arrange this as a gift for our fifth year anniversary, Rika..And I've got it for a very inexpensive price, too..We-" Suddenly, a flying body was about to crash on their parade.

"AAUGHH! ABUNAI! LOOK OUT! HEADS UPPP!" cried B.C. He crashes on top of the couple, landing with his head in the sand. "Forgive me! I'm sorry..Are you all right?" B.C. looks at Kotaro for a brief second. "Sorry..You looked like someone I met very briefly.." He runs back to the water.

"Are you all right, Kotaro-kun?" said Rika.

"I guess so..For some reason, I thought I'd seen that face before myself.." He brushes the sand and spilled lotion off his body. "No..Couldn't be him..We're probably been in the sun too long ourselves.."(Editor's note for you super sentai experts: Can you guess the alter egos of this one time future task force couple? E-mail me! Hint: She broke up with the biker; he was mourning his lover who fought on the bad guy's side! V.J.)

On another part of the island, Anark Key and General Ug make their appearance. They search the island hoping to find two able bodies for the experiment. "I don't get it.." Key said. "Where are the bikini babes? I thought I'd set the coordinates for Daytona Beach..It looks like we're on some deserted island.."

Byte crawls out of Ug's scabbard. "Excuse me, Mr.Key..but did you ask the general to set the controls?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Didn't Lord Blackorg tell you that Ug can't r-e-a-d?" Key realizes his mistake and curses himself. Ug hears them and grunts. "Arggh..No wonder.. he hit the wrong button..." he said.

"According to my calculations, we're on one of the Hawaiian Islands.." Byte points to a dormant volcano.

"Hawaii, huh? Well, it'll have to do, since they're also bodies beautiful over here as well..No thanks to this neanderthal and a Steve Urkel wanna-be.." Key muttered. "I'm surrounded by idiots.."

Meanwhile, Nick was checking out the view of the women himself. Attempting to meet someone, the unlucky lover sets his sight on another college student soaking up some rays. She was wearing a Stanford University T-shirt. "Hmmm.." he thought. "She looks like she has a very 'quiet' type personality like myself.." Before Nick made his move, two muscular guys, slightly taller than him, gets in his way.

"Hey! What gives? I just want to introduce myself to this young lady.."

One of the men grabs Nick's wrist. "Sir..Miss Clinton does not prefer to be disturbed at this time..If you will, please step back.." Nick then briefly notices that the two had earphones on one of their ears. Then it struck him. He then recognized who was the pretty lady. "I could think of nineteen different ways of removing that guys hand off my wrist...but 'out of respect..' I'll cut them a break..for now.." Of course, the bodyguards wouldn't have been aware of Nick being GreenScanner. He then non-chalantly walks back to where the rest of the crew was sitting.

"Back from the hunt, lover boy?" said B.C.

"Yeah, yeah..No such luck..Aquaintance with a new friend from another campus was firmly within my grasp.."

"And then the girls ran for their lives.." replied B.C.

"You wouldn't have done any better!" said Nick in a very defensive tone. "I...Aggh, never mind!"

"Chill out, Nicky.." said Vin. "I think you've had enough excitement for one afternoon.. Hang out with us..."

"Yeah, whatever.." Nick sits down drawing on the sand..

"Think he's a little steamed after not being picked to go out with Toni recently, Vin?" asked Takeshi.

"Probably so..but let that be our little secret, okay?"

Toni had finished her volleyball game. She joined Vin and Kunio near the water. "That was exhilarating..I need a rush after that long trip."

"Hey! Hey! Down in front! I'm trying to sketch here!" said Kunio. He brushes Toni out of the way. "What's wrong with you, Mikey?" she replied, snatching Mikey's pad and pencil. "Ever since you've set foot on this tropical paradise, you haven't let go of that pencil! Come on, man! Put the sketch pad aside! Lighten up and play! This is a vacation, you know! Relax and have fun!"

Nick rises from his brief pity party. "You know what? The pretty lady has a point..Like the old saying, 'All work and no play makes Mikey a dull boy..' You need to cool off a little yourself, sketch boy.." As Nick lifts up Mikey above his head, the others watch. "AAGHH! HALP! SOMEBODY CALL HIM OFF!! Hey, Takeshi-san! Do something! Help me! Call me a lifeguard!"

Takeshi watches and replies, "Okay.. You're a lifeguard!" Nick throws poor Kunio into the water. "Someone's gonna pay for this!!" said the drenched ranger.

On the other side of the island, the three MAYHEM minions continue their quest. Anark Key detects two lifeforms approaching. "Two people are coming! Ug! You know what to do! All you have to do is to press that button, and we'll have two captives for Lord Blackorg!" Key hands Ug a remote control device of some sort. The general was also dressed up in some native witch doctor type outfit(Key's idea to scare the victims).

Ug grunts and replies, "That's all?"

"That's all! No need to worry!" A couple had wandered away from the other side of the island hoping to spend some romantic time alone. "Are you sure you know where we're going?" asked the girl. "No sweat, baby! Joe told me about this getaway island when he and his wife went away here..No one else knows about this piece of beach, but us!" said the guy.

At once, Ug jumped out of nowhere, surprising the two lovers. They make a 160 degree turn to escape his clutches. Soon thereafter, something else jumped in their way. The man immediately got in front of his woman in order to protect her.

"What the devil are you?!?" he said. In response, the thing slapped the man a few feet. The being revealed itself as another MAYHEM cybercreature: KuroShark! The monster approaches the fallen couple slowly, laughing as it was about to capture them. The woman then screamed.

Act two

Back at the hotel, Kunio finishes his e-mail back to Cape Paramount Base. 'Having a blast here in Hawail, Profess! Thanks again! Signed, The Scanranger crew'

"So, gang! What's on the agenda, today?" asked Takeshi. "Window shopping? Back to the beach? Maybe downtown has some big events going on.." He picks up the paper, and reads the front page. The headline read, 'COUPLE SLAIN NEAR REMOTE BEACH AREA..Possible Shark Attack'.. Takeshi sighs. "That's very sad for those tourists, considering the north part of the island was infested with deadly sea creatures.. Wait! What's this? ' No sign of foul play,the dead bodies seemed to be mummified but authorities admit to being puzzled.. This requires checking out..Come on, Mikey.." The two run down to the scene of the crime.

The general, Key, and Byte were getting very impatient as they stack up two more bodies intended for Blackorg. "They're not the ones we're looking for, either!" said Key. "These victims' will seem to be weaker than what Lord Blackorg wanted!"

"STOP!" shouted Takeshi. He and Kunio run towards the edge of the hill, confronting the MAYHEM crew. "What the devil are you doing this time, Anark Key?"

"Just collecting a few samples of weak-minded humans for the next phase of world domination..Any objections? KuroShark!" Key orders the cybercreature to attack.

"Yes, Master Key!" KuroShark replied. "THRESHER TORPEDOES!" The monster fires his double barreled missiles at the edge of the cliff Takeshi and Kunio were standing. They leap in the air and transform. "CAMERA! ACTION! YELLOWSCANNER!" "HENSHIN! EIGACHANGER!" Yellow and Silver prepare to battle the cybercreature. They attack with their swords, but didn't faze the monster.KuroShark slaps Yellow aside, then grabs SilverScanner and overthrows him near the edge of the water. Kunio recovers and fires his Valkyrie Vancer missiles at the monster, but it also didn't dent its skin either.

"What?" said a surprised Yellow.

"Heh heh heh heh!" laughed KuroShark. "You can't hurt me! Not as long as Master Key protects me with his Scanner-Proof cartilage formula! You can throw an A-bomb at me and still can't scratch this body!" Out of nowhere, a DVD disc lands and explodes in KuroShark's mouth. This signaled the appearance of GreenScanner and the other remaining Scanrangers.

"As you were saying, Misterjaw?" Green said.

"The Scanrangers? Here in Hawaii!? But how?" said Key. "We're got to stop them before they find out about our diabolical plot! Ug! Do something!" Ug hestiates for a moment and actually thinks for once! He remembered watching Key's satelitte TV and saw a war scene, not knowing what it was all about.. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Ug remembers seeing a high-tech 'Maser Cannon' from a Japanese movie. It materializes as the Scanrangers had the upper hand against KuroShark. Ug thinks the cannon to fire, and it does! It hits Red and Green, causing them to fly in the air!

"What the-?" said Key. "Good grief, Ug! What did you do?"

"I don't know..I thought about how to destroy those rangers and a cannon came about.."

Key thought.."Wait..if Ug was able to think of a battle scene from that dim-witted mind of his, then I could do the same thing, but for now, let's shake them up a little more.." He then commands Ug, "Ug! Fire another volley!" He does so and hits the other rangers!

"Ha ha! We've got you right where we want you, Scanrangers!" said Key. Red then flashed back on the dream a couple of days ago. "No..It can't be real!" he thought. "If the three MAYHEM captains possess the same film energies as we do, the project would be doomed! I've got to-"

As soon as the two MAYHEM captains were about to make the next move, Blackorg interrupted the fight via hologram. "Key! Ug! I have the human specimens necessary! Return to base!"

"My lord! The Scanrangers are down! Now is the opportunity for you to finish them off! They're defeated!

"Do not question me, Key! We can destroy those accursed Scanrangers at our leisure, when I will it! Return to Nebultopia! I shall not ask you again!!!" Blackorg's hologram fades out.

"Blast it! Rather I feel his wrath than these beaten fools! Come on, Ug!" Key said, replying to the rangers. "But we're not yet finished..I shall leave all of you a parting gift to remember us by! Byte!"

Byte then charges KuroShark with Kuronium energy, enlarging the monster! The robot spider joins Key and Ug in their escape.

Silver was about to call in WideScreener. Before he could complete the call, the giant cybercreature slapped him towards a cliff face, rendering him unconscious.

The Scanrangers promptly shout out, "THUNDER DOLBY!!!"

The Scanrangers' mighty robot prepares for battle once more. Using its Film Reel Whip, it continues to strike KuroShark's most vulnerable spot: Its mouth! The cybercreature shoots its Thresher Torpedoes at Dolby, throwing the robot off balance.

SilverScanner recovers in the meantime. "That was a humbling experience.. No time to get WideScreener..SILVERSCANNER! J MODE!!" he shouts. He enlarges Ultraman size to help out Thunder Dolby. He kicks KuroShark on the chin nearby an active Hawaiian volcano, knocking the monster to the ground.

"GATLING REEL GUNNER! FIRE!" shouted the Scanrangers. Silver gives the crew a hand and holds KuroShark. "Finish him off, RedScanner! Do it now! Can't hold him much longer!!"

"Right! GREAT EDITOR SWORD!" Red shouted. "Make sure you don't get in the way of the blade!" "Don't worry!" Silver replied. "I'll be all right! Dolby starts to spin. At the same time, Silver loses its energy, shrinking back to regular size. He runs to get out of the way.

"FINAL CUT!" the rangers shout. They slice through KuroShark, and the monster falls into the volcano's mouth. It explodes on impact of the molten lava. Dolby then reaches out to pick up SilverScanner.

The next day, the gang prepare to pack at their hotel. "Some Spring Break this turned out to be!" said Kunio. "I was looking for rest and relaxation, and what happens? We barely escaped with our lives near an active volcano!"

"Sorry you were disappointed, Mikey.." said Vin. "I'm a little discouraged myself..As the old saying goes, We need a vacation from a vacation!" To encourage the two, B.C. decided to lighten them up a tad.

"Hey! Mina! Guys! Theres always summertime! We've only got about a month to go! Meanwhile.." B.C. breaks out a ukelele, doing an impression of Bugs Bunny's Hawaiian song(Think of the end of 'Acrobatty Bunny') He sings, "Honolulumelakimimakakimkimmonotikitiaaaa, pineapple shag, withtommagnum p.i, Ukulelebobbybradyhuladiamondheadrealworldwereasinging some Don Ho, aloha poi, k-i-k-utveeee!"

Seeing that B.C.tried to lift up their spirits, the other five gave in to his humor, and sang along. He concluded.."Also available for comic cons, lodge meetings, children's parties, and smokers.." The rangers sing to the camera, "Good evening, friendsss!"

To be continued..

KuroGrappler: GreenScanner..I'm going to kill you in the next Scanranger adventure..I can hardly wait!(laughs maniacally)

Benedict's Brigade is back with a vengeance! In the meantime, KuroGrappler focuses on one target: GreenScanner! Can the Scanrangers help Nick in this drag down, one fall, steel cage, Texas Death Match?

Next time on Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode 19

Power Upgrade Part One-"One Shall Stand:One Shall Fall!"

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