Episode eight-"Gangsta's Paradise Lost"

On campus as usual, Kunio and Toni hang out at their favorite spot-the cafeteria at the Crusader Campus Center.

"Everything's okay, Mikey?" asked Toni. "Why the long face?"

"I'm sorry, Toni, but I'm really ticked off.. My professor flunked my class project!" said Kunio. "I left my project in the lab in order to pick it up the next day, since it was too heavy for me to carry.."

"What was it?"

"It was a robot spider.." continued Kunio. "I'd called him Kooky Kumo(Japanese word for spider)..and the professor accused me of not turning in the project..I couldn't get another one made in time.."

"A robot spider?" said Toni. "Wait a minute, that's weird, because.." Kunio and Toni paused for a moment, and flashed back to the times when the Scanrangers fought their last two cybercreatures-KuroDragon and KuroAnaconda. They put two and two together, and..

"My Gosh! I don't believe this! MAYHEM stole my robotic experiment!" cried Kunio. "No wonder Blackorg tried to distract us when we fought him!"

"I'm sorry, Mikey..but had it not been for that incident, Thunder Dolby wouldn't be in existence today.." said Toni. "And besides, you still have at least a B average in the class.. It's only the first part of the semester, and youy can make up for the project. Let's go downtown and check out that new sci-fi flick at the Leewood Park Superplex.. Anything else I can get you, buddy?"

"A chin.." said Kunio meekly.

"How about some hot milk?" said Toni.

Later, outside the outskirts of Leewood Park, a cable TV van drives through the neighborhgood, with three suspicious characters plotting a break-in. They proceed to climb upon the roof of the house, enter in and cut the wires of the security system, then begin to load up the valuables.

Meanwhile, a part time CJU student named Omar Johnson walks from school and witnesses the commotion. "That's Lisa's house.." he said. "She didn't say anything about having the cable guys coming over to her place. He checks out the open door as he sneaks in passing the driver in the van. Omar sees the TV gone, ande the place ransacked.

"HEY!" shouted Omar. The two thieves run out of the house, making their getaway, with Omar hot on their heels. A police car zooms by and the chase begins. A shootout occurs on the highway as one of the cops shoot one of the van's tires. It skids and crashes in a tree, with two of the crooks hurt. The driver injured by the crash, attempts to make a getaway, but passes out after the crash. The cops continue its pursuit of the other guys, and eventually catch them.

"I need an ambulance fast!" said one of the cops, calling up one on his radio. The driver, named Gee, is critically injured. The ambulance comes quickly, and takes 'Gee' to the local hospital. However, the first aid truck doesn't go to the hospital, and the EMS personnel is not who they seem...

"Yo, man..My boys left me hanging..What...What.." said Gee.

"Try not to talk, my man..." said the EMS technician."

Please, yo..This stuff can't happen to me.." Gee continued. "I..I don't wanna die.."

"Relax, bro..You're not going to die.." said the tech. "Don't worry..You're going to be fine..just fine.." As the tech gives Gee a shot from a hypodermic needle, Gee loses consciousness and falls asleep. At that point, the EMS tech takes off his mask, and reveals himself as Anark Key, while the other techs in the ambulance turn into Kinks!

"In fact, I will guarantee that after tonight, you will live forever!!" Anark Key laughs.

The next day, Omar runs into B.C. at the library, sorting out books back on the shelves. "Hey, B.C.. You wouldn't believe what happened to me last night.."

"What's up, Omar?"

"Somebody tried to break in my girlfriend's place last night.." Omar continued. "I thought that area was supposed to be safe.." The head librarian comes in, and approaches the two students. "Excuse me, Mr. Johnson, you can take a break..Can I see you in my office before you go?"

"It's the boss, B.C.." Omar said. "I hope its for that raise I asked about...I remember you saying, 'I want a raise..' to Mrs. Marion, and she replied ,'How much do you weigh?' That was funny.."

Omar goes into the head librarian's office and is appraoached by a campus cop as well. "Mr. Johnson.." said the cop. "I need to speak to you about a break-in last night.." "That's right, officer.. I was the one who reported it.." said Omar.

"Well, there was three suspects, and possibly a fourth..Two are in custody, and one is in the hospital..The fourth person fits your description.."

"What the heck are you talking about?" said Omar. "I weren't an accomplice!" "I didn't say if you were or weren't.. I need for you to come with me to headquarters..

"What's going on here?" B.C. thought. "This gun that was found in the house has your fingerprints, does it? Is it yours?" said the cop. "I tell you, sir! That's not mine! The guy threw a gun to me, and I dropped it as soon as I saw what it was!" continued Omar. B.C. cuts them off. "Omar was with me last night..We had finished studying for our mid-terms..."

"I'm sorry, but again, until we get more evidence, you have to come down to the station with me.." The policeman takes Omar and drives away. B.C. ponders on what's going on here, seeing his friend arrested..

Meanwhile, on Nebultopia, Anark Key and General Ug tends to the patched up Gee. "I told you that you'll be good as new.." said Key. "Now you can pay back those who left you alone to die.." "I'll have my revenge?" said Gee. "Soon enough, my brother...I'm giving you an extra formula.." continued Key. "Your face was also messed up after the chase. So I'm giving you some mechanical and electronic parts to help ease the pain.. And, I'm giving you a face lift..you can't see it just yet..I'll tell you when at the right moment..The police won't even recognize you.." Key speaks to himself. "Just the fact that your face, body, and soul now belong to MAYHEM..Heh Heh Heh Heh.."

Back on campus, B.C. sees Omar at the 2nd precinct. "B.C." said Omar. "I didn't steal nothing! I can't even call my aunt out in California, and she won't talk to me until I'd proved that I've gotten my life straight.."

At that moment, the police station started to shake. "What's happening?" said one of the patrolmen. A figure crashes in through the wall, knocking down a few cops. When the dust cleared,another CyberCreature came within their midst-KuroGangsta!

Using his hood, he zaps an eye beam towards another wall. "My homies! Where are my homies?!" the monster cried.

"What the heck is that thing?" said one of the cops.

"I don't know, but we need to stop it right away!" said another. The policemen fire their guns, but he bullets bounce off it.

"5-0 shooting me/can't be eluding me/Homeboys getting it/Try to stop me, just forget it.." rapped KuroGangsta. The CyberCreature sprays a paint can from his arm, blinding the cops, then threw them to the wall, knocking them out.

B.C. hears the commotion and sees the downed cops. "You all right, officers? Who did this?"

"Some monster! Keep away from the area! I'ts too dangerous!" said the first cop.

"Don't worry, sir.." said B.C. "I'm a trained professional!"

Meanwhile, KuroGangsta finds the other two robbers who left him. He busts down the bars. "Yo, what the heck is this, some jailbreak?" said the first crook. "Gee! Is that you, man? Where did you get the Halloween costume?" said the second. KuroGangsta pauses, and then slays his two accomplices in cold blood. The creature jumps out the window and confronts B.C.

"Homies sold me out now /Won't be hanging bout now, You better run, Charlie Chan/you know that I'm the man!" KuroGangsta raps."Ex-squeeze me, homeboy, but I'm Japanese.." replied B.C. "You should be the one running!" The second in command leaps and throws a flying kick to the CyberCreature. In mid-air, KuroGangsta spits out a beam that resembled curse words(abbrieviated like Taz's words when he speaks). The beam falls B.C., making him feel somewhat weakened.

"Not bad, bro.."said B.C. "I almost felt that! Play time's over,you hip-hopping homie!" Calling up his FilmBrace and VCP, B.C. transforms."CAMERA! ACTION! BLUESCANNER!"

BlueScanner leaps into the air again,as KuroGangsta brings our ranger down again with his curse word beam. "BLAGGAHHHHBLAAA!" it screamed. In the process, Blue turns back to B.C.! "What happened? I'm back in my civilian form!" At that moment as 'gangsta rap music blares in the background, a chorus of Kinks dressed as dancing women chant: "Ranger, ranger, can't you see? The gangsta says that you can't stop me! You'll be smoked, think ahead.. You'll get choked and you will be dead!" (sung to the chorus of "Hypnotize" by Biggie Smalls)

"You're rocked,shocked like the disco jock/Gonna keep banging, gonna leave you hanging!" continued KuroGangsta. "See ya,and I wouldn't wanna be ya!" KuroGangsta teleports away.

"Now I've seen everything!" said B.C. "Dancing robots and a Coolio wannabe!" He ponders on what will happen next after being so easily beaten by MAYHEM's newest CyberCreature.

Back at Cape Paramount Base, B.C. explains to the other rangers about the previous battle. "An urban warrior, huh?" said Vin. "In more ways than one, dude.." said B.C. "This guy can even frighten 'Ghostface Killer'..I don't understand it..My willpower was at full peak when I fought this guy, but with those curse word beams, it left me powerless..

"Just a minute.." said Nick. "Your film energies involve comedies, right?" "Not all comedies..I prefer classic slapstick.." said B.C.

"Like the Stooges, the Marx Bros.,Martin & Lewis, etc." said Kunio.

"Right.." continued Nick. "Now in society today, what can totally mess up a good, clean, fun-filled gag? Rosewood, do you still have that old Eddie Murphy-Raw tape?"

"Sorry, B.C., but I needed that just to prove that my theory was correct.." said Nick. "Anything with strong language will weaken you.. That was why that CyberCreature defeated you so easily.."

The emergency siren goes off as the Scanrangers witness KuroGangsta and a few Kinks terrorizing downtown Leewood Park. "The CyberCreature wreaking havoc on the city! I need you guys to scramble out and stop him!" said Rosewood.

"Right!" said the five rangers. "Except you, B.C." continued Rosewood. "You're still too weak from the last battle.. I need for you to stay behind..."

"But, they need me!" pleaded B.C. "I still need to find out what happened to Omar! You can't-"

"I'm sorry, guy.. This takes priority..The rest of the crew can handle him.. Come with me for a moment..I want to show you something.. The Paramount base techincians is installing a special weapon which can help you in your next battle..Special earplugs will be planted in your helmet. It can shut off the coarse language and its words will come out as if you were watching a feature film edited for network TV.."

As B.C. walk with Rosewood, Dr. Markby tackles B.C. to the ground. "LOOK OUT!!" Markby cried.

"W-what was that?!? B.C. notices that his hair was barely singed by a heat ray. "Our newest weapon system-the 'CamZooka'!" replied Dr.Markby. "I've been testing it for the past two weeks, and it's almost finished." The CamZooka was a giant human scaled video camera with the lenses acting as the cannon barrel. "Cool!" said B.C. "but I still need to find my friend! After that attack in the police station, he was said to have escaped during the chaos.. I hope that he didn't get into any more trouble!"

Act two

B.C. teleports back to the scene of the crime, and finds a mini tape recorder, which Omar had dropped when he chased the crooks. "A clue!" he said. "This is it! This should prove Omar's innocence! But where is he?"

"Right here.." said Omar as he comes out from hiding in the closet.

"Omar! What are you doing here?" asked B.C.

"I ain't going back, man!" said an angered Omar. "You know I didn't steal anything! I had nothing to do with this!"

"But you've got to turn yourself in," said B.C. "..even if you didn't steal anything..You don't realize how much more trouble you're in now that you broke out.."

Omar replied,"What do you know about the law here? At least your country doesn't have a gun problem! My friends have been oppressed for years, and to this day it's no different! Because of the way I dress, a lot of people around campus and on the job get the impression that I'm a thief! I'm surprised that you made that suggestion to go back! You're no different than the others, looking down on me!"

"Omar! It isn't like that at all!" B.C. replies. Omar then runs from him. "Omar! Wait!"

Meanwhile, actually not far away, the other four Scanrangers have their hands full with KuroGangsta. GreenScanner leaps at the monster, and the creature flips him backwards and lands on his feet. As Green pulls out his ScanLaser, KuroGangsta is quicker on the draw with his Graffti Gun. "GRAFFTTI GUN!" KuroGangsta shouted, shooting Green with a multi-colored AK-47 that sprayed a high pressure paint, knocking him to the wall. Red tries to get the jump on the CyberCreature, but he gets hooked on his leg and gets thrown to the side. "My brother, you're totally off the hook!" KuroGangsta replied. "Now Kinks! Deck them!"

The dancing Kinks dance around the Scanrangers. "Dancing Kinks? If they start doing the Macarena, start running for the hills!" said Yellow. The Kinks sing:

"Ready to get smoked?" said KuroGangsta. It gets out an AK-47 machine gun with an extra grenade launcher. It then shoots Red, Green, Pink, and Yellow, and all fly through the air.. The CyberCreature moves in for the kill. As B.C. continues to chase Omar, they both run into the midst of the battle, seeing KuroGangsta about to finish the Scanrangers off.

"B.C...Yo, what's happening?" asked Omar. "I recognize those clothes! It looks like that guy who framed me!" "Just as I figured.." thought B.C. "MAYHEM brought that dead criminal back alive and redone him with android and cybernetic parts.."

Omar runs to confront the monster. "Wait, Omar! Stay away from him! It's too dangerous!" cried B.C.

"HEY! Stop it!" cried Omar. "You screwed up my life and got me arrested, you bastion! I'm gonna kick your sorry butt!" KuroGangsta replies by spraying Omar with his Graffiti Gun full blast, and he flies to the wall, knocking the student out cold.

"You heard the man! Stop it!" said B.C. "It's B.C.!" said Pink as B.C. runs to help up the other fallen rangers. "It's now round two/I'm running you through! LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! BLUESCANNER!" As B.C. transforms into BlueScanner once again, the others strike a pose with Blue leading the way. "SOLDIERS OF THE SILVER SCREEN! MOVIE TASK FORCE-SCANRANGER!"

The Rangers, of course, mow down some of the Kinks, with the rest making a hasty retreat.As KuroGangsta pulls out its gun again, it is parried by Pink's Film Splicer. Green pulls out his Disc-Launcher. "Disc Launcher!" and hits KuroGangsta's face. The monster attempts to use its curse word beams on Blue again. But with his earplugs on now, it has no effect. Blue then leaps and lands a flying side kick to its face, knocking it down.

"DOUBLE FEATURE, RED!" Blue shouts to Red. In the process, they both call their individual film energies, becoming one with the movie,'Lethal Weapon. Red calls up his Bijou Bike, and with Blue on top of the bike, they go full speed(do not try this at home),and like from a scene from the movie where Mel runs way ahead of Danny in his squad car, stopping the criminal. Blue Runs full speed past Red, about 200 mph, and lands an energized punch at KuroGangsta. Red follows by running the CyberCreature over.

"Phew.."said Red, ready to quote Danny Glover. "I'm getting too old for this-" "Don't say it!!" cried Blue. The monster struggles to get up as the rangers regroup. "Yo, homeboy.." said Blue. "You've got some big guns, but we've got the heavy artillery! CAMZOOKA!"

The new weapon materializes as Blue and Pink hold the CamZooka on one side, Green and Yellow hold it on the other, Red is in the back. The five load the machine up with their film energies. "Set the focus!" said Red as he lines up KuroGangsta in its crosshairs.

"FAST FORWARD! FIRE!!!" the rangers shouted.

With alarming speed, the plasma beam from the CamZooka zaps the CyberCreature. "You...You dissed me big time, you Scumrangers..I'm..I'm gonna k-kick your aaAAAGGGHHH!" KuroGangsta falls and explodes into smithereens!

"CUT! THAT'S A WRAP!" the rangers shout, claiming once again another victory.

Later, B.C. visits Omar at the city hospital. "Yo,B.C...what hit me?" Omar awakens seeing him.

"You mean you don't remember?" replied B.C. "You don't remember saving my life from that monster you fought? I almost got killed! The guy who framed you got arrested, and was taken into police custody awaiting trial. It's a good thing that I found your tape player, after you mistakenly recorded the crook's voices, it matched his voice, not yours..In short, you're free! The guards have dropped all charges against you!"

"Are you serious?" said Omar.

"For once, dude, I am!" said B.C. "But what am I going to do about work? They've fired me, you know!" said Omar. "Not a problem, man.." B.C. replied. "I know one of the professors who can hook you up with a job." Professor Alex enters in. "Word came around the campus that you have some serious culinary skills.." said the professor. "I have an opening in the cafeteria up in North Jersey, if you're willing to travel..As soon as you're released from the hospital, call me.. Here's my card.. tell them "Alex" sent you."

"Thanks, ma'am.. I appreciate that.." replied Omar.

"You see, Omar?" said B.C. "Not everyone has a one dimensional view of you..especially pertaining to your background, or the way you dress, or how much money you make.."

"You know, B.C.?" continued Omar. "You're all right! You stuck in there with me..very few people has ever done that for me..you didn't give up..Your friends are all that, and a bag of chips.."

"No.." said B.C. "Nacho Cheese tortillas, actually.." Omar and B.C. then shake hands.

To be continued...

In our next Scanranger adventure, the rangers get a chance to show theit acting skills..They perform in the Shakespeare festival, and it turns out to be a comedy of errors. However, Anark Key wants to lower the curtain on the Eiga Sentai-permanently! Is this their final bow?

Next-Movie Task Force Scanranger-Episode Nine

"Good Morrow! The Joker Is Riled"

Roll that Film!