(Last time, the GammaRanger team ventured to the ends of the universe to find the Satellite and save Bryan. Unfortunately, they met with a powerful Betamon, the Beta Guardian. Not even the combination of MD Cannon, the DriverCycle, and the BlastSaber was enough to fall the mighty warrior. It was then that the Rangers got the idea to blow up the Satellite! Did they make it out in time?)
(The scene: The Satellite, where the last few seconds of the Satellite are ticking away.)
Voice: Ten... nine... eight... seven... six...
RedJupiter: There's the transload site! Let's go!
(The seven people are transloaded onto the deck of the attached Station.)
Voice: five... four.... three... two... one...
(Then, the inter compartments of the Satellite begin to explode in a fiery ball of napalm. The explosion then spreads through the corridors until it reaches the core of the Satellite, where it causes a spontaneous combustion of the entire vessel! Switch to the Gammaproject HQ, Where Koike and some technicians are watching.) Koike: Did the GammaRanger make it?
Technician: I don't know. Wait. What's that?
(Out of the explosion of the Satellite comes the Station with all the Rangers and Eli on board!)
Bryan: Come in, Gammaproject. D'ya miss me?
Koike: Very funny, Stone. Now get back in here.
Bryan: In a moment. Now, let me speak to Peter.
Koike: Acknowledged.
(Koike lets one of the technicians on the ComLink.)
Peter: Bailey here.
Scottie: Bailey? Peter Bailey?!
Peter: Scottie? Man it's great to hear from you!
Bryan: Pete, open up the time hole!
Peter: Got it! (Peter pushes a button and opens a rift in the time-space continuum for the Station to enter.)
Eric: This so reminds me of Stargate.
(The Station enters the hole. In an instant, the ship is transported to the year 2023 while in flight.)
Jill: Do you see it?
Bryan: Not yet... Wait. I think it's over there!
(The Station focuses on Earth, with a giant research station there. It is the GammaProject Headquarters.
Scottie: Guys, won't we burn up on reentry into Earth's atmosphere?
Bryan: Not if we use a cyberjump.
Laura: What's a cyberjump?
Bryan: It's a way to travel at fast speeds in small time. Amy, push the gree lever forward slowly.
(Amy pushes the lever while Bryan punches up a code.)
Amy: Activating Cyberjump protocol. Hold on, you guys.
(The ship speeds into Earth's atmosphere unharmed. The Rangers are astonished at that, and the fact that Eli Namrock woke up from his comatose state.)
Eli: What... Where... Bryan?
Bryan: I'm still here, Eli. You okay?
Eli: My head's still ringing.
Laura: Don't worry. You're gonna be better soon. We're going to the G-Project Headquarters.
Eli: You better hurry then.
Bryan: Sei, how long would you give Eli?
Sei: Twelve User hours, if we don't do anything.
Eric: You heard her, Bryan. Whatever we have to do, we have to do it fast.
Bryan: Correct. Scottie, prepare to stop the Station. We're going in.
Scottie: Done.
(The Station proceeds to the docking bay, while slowing down to a stop. The Rangers take Eli and transload to the GammaProject's transloader system cars. The cars careen through tunnels and caves until they reach the final destination: GammaRanger Project Command Central.)
Koike: Bryan, come in.
Bryan: Stone here. Prepare for entry of seven.
Koike: Seven?
Bryan: Correct, sir. Eli's with me.
Koike: You found Eli Namrock? We all thought he was dead!
Eli: (wearily) Do I sound dead to you?
Koike: That's enough convincing for me! Preparing for arrival.
(Cut to the Digital Outpost in Cyberspace. After the destruction of the Satellite, the Namrocks have decided to continue their operations here.)
Galevan: Where is Beta Guardian? Did he make it out of the Satellite?
Rhexus: He must have. My scanners still indicate an active Betavirus in Userspace. However, it has entered the time hole and is now in the future pursuing the Gamma Users.
Namrock: My virus is in the future?
Chouzo: Are you mad?
Namrock: Are you kidding? I couldn't be happier. With the virus in the future, it has access to Cyberproject HQ. If it does, then it can destroy the base, therefore riding me of the Rangers altogether!
(cheers from the Namrocks.)
My minions! Prepare for the final assault!
(The Balzac scatter around the place while the other Namrock begin final preparations for a descent onto Earth. Cut to the G-Project HQ.)
Scottie: (getting out of his hyperlink car) You think they could get just a tad bigger?
Laura: I don't know. I thought it was comfortable.
Jill: You also contort your body into various positions, remember?
Amy: That's more than I needed to hea.
Bryan: Guys, will you quit clowning around? We're here on business.
(Koike walks out with Peter.)
Koike: Welcome, GammaRanger, to the twenty-first century.
Eric: Nice place you got here.
(Laura, curious for a peak, taps on Peter's shoulder while his back is turned.)
Laura: Peter?
(Peter turns around to reveal a 33-year-old version of the eight-year-old that the teens left behind.
Peter: Laura?
Laura: It is you! I still remember you have that scar on your wrist when you tried to ride my brother's skateboard.
Peter: You still remember.
(They have a laugh as Scottie **ahems** in the background.)
Scottie: Umm, guys... I hate to break this reunion up, but we're here on business. (turns to Koike) So how's Eli?
Koike: You got him here just in time. He's resting comfortably and is on his way to sick bay.
Bryan: Well, guys. We have a week. Let's make the most of it. (Peter butts in)
Peter: You mean you guys are staying?
Eric: Yeah, but it's only a week.
Peter: That's not the problem. I'm just going by the book here, but you can only go around the compound in Gammaproject-validated attire.
(Peter reaches into a locker and grabs some standard issue uniforms, each a different color.)
There. Aqua for Laura, green for Eric, black for Jill, blue for Scottie, and yellow for Amy. I knew you guys would come sooner or later.
Scottie: I always thought that you knew us too well.
(Meanwhile in space, the Beta Guardian is floating toward Earth at an accelerated rate.)
Beta Guardian: I could've kept holding onto the Stations, but nooooo, I had to let go the first time I heard "burning up through Earth's atmosphere." Now what am I supposed to do?
Namrock: (through a DWC) What else are you supposed to do?
Beta Guardian: Sire!
Namrock: The Gamma Users have landed and are now at the GammaProject Headquarters. I've sent a squad of Balzac to investigate. I suggest you catch up with them!
Beta Guardian: Whatever you say, lord.
(Beta Guardian begins to move a bit faster as soon as Lord Namrock closes the DWC. Back on earth, the Rangers have reentered the command central with their standard issues on.
Eric: So, how does yours fit?
Scottie: Well, mine's okay, but dn't you think Amy's is a little tight?
(Amy struggles with her yellow jacket trying to put it on what seems to be a black spandex sweater.)
Amy: Oh, quiet you.
Koike: A perfect fit.
Bryan: Yes it is.
Scottie: OK. Now that we're suitable for the situation, what's the next course of our plan?
Bryan: We have to find out how to beat Namrock.
Laura: But if we blew up the Satellite, didn't we also blow the Namrocks up as well?
Scottie: Namrock may be annoying, but he's not stupid. For all we know, he might have a digital outpost somewhere in Cyberspace.
Bryan: Good possibility, Scottie. But it's only a possibility.
Peter: Actually, Scottie might be right.
Bryan: Oh?
Peter: Yeah. I mean. Last week, before you came, Bryan, we saw an area of the Internet concentrated with viral activity.
Scottie: Another useless "New Kids on the Block" site?
Peter: I wish.
Amy: No you don't.
Peter: Good point. Anyway, I analyzed the content of that area and it is teeming with viral footsoldiers from an unknown origin.
Bryan: Balzac.
Jill: And speaking of which, there's a band of Balzac that just landed in Userspace and ... Oh man... they're headed this way!
Bryan: We can take them.
Koike: You might want to stay here and let the others take them.
Jill: He's right, Bryan. You were just in a jail cell, almost dying. I'll stay with you. Scottie: You sure?
Jill: Trust me.
Scottie: All right. Come on, guys.
(They walk outside into the cold night air. The Balzac become visible. When the Rangers begin to fight them, they find that the Balzac are stronger for some reason.)
Amy: The Balzac have never been this strong before. It's as if they're more powerful in this time frame!
Bryan: And that's not half our problems either! Look!
(Bryan points to the sky as a giant Beta Guardian enters the atmosphere.)
Scottie: All right. (Rangers in a huddle) Bryan, you, Laura, and Jill will have to keep fighting these Balzac.
Bryan: Meanwhile the rest of you will fight off the Beta Guardian in the Drivers.
Eric: Sounds like a plan to me. On three, you know what to do. One... Two.... Three!
Rangers: Ranger files, download!
(Everybody transforms.)
GammaRanger ready!
BlueNeptune: Neptune Driller, download and initiate DrillerDriver sequence!
(The Neptune Driller transforms into DrillerDriver. Scottie jumps inside.)
DrillerDriver, ready!
YellowVenus: Venus Walker, download and initiate WalkerDriver sequence!
(The Venus Walker transforms into WalkerDriver. Amy jumps inside.)
WalkerDriver, ready!
GreenMars: Mars Tracker, download and initiate TrackerDriver sequence!
(The Mars Tracker transforms into TrackerDriver. Eric jumps inside.)
TrackerDriver, ready!
(While the ground forces fight the Balzac, the other Rangers fight the Beta Guardian, using everything in their stockpile of weapons. Nothing seems to work, but each blow seems to have some effect as to the energy conserves of the Drivers.)
I sure hope that the others are having more luck than we are.
BlueNeptune: I think they are. Look!
(Scottie points to the distance as MegaDriver, GridTitan, and the other two NetMechs join the fight.)
YellowVenus: How were the Balzac?
RedJupiter: I guess in our time or yours, they can't stand laser fire, if you know what I mean. Now let's concentrate all our energies on this monster.
(Their entrance seems to be the turning point in the war, because they begin to overcome the armored monster.)
AquaMercury: Wait! I might have something! GammaScan, download! (her belt buckle GammaCell flashes)
Rangers: What are you doing?
AquaMercury: Checking for vital points. We triangulated our powers and nothing worked, right? What if we didn't hit the right places?
GridRanger: Great idea!
(The scan shows three vital spots on the monster's neck, heart, and groin.)
Now download NetDriver sequence!
(The five NetMechs fuse together to form NetDriver. The quickly form the Antirod.)
RedJupiter: I hope this plan of yours works, Laura.
(The Antirod powers up and lets loose a tri-blade attack. The Antisaber also powers for a finish move. The GridTitan's TitanLancer begins to whirl and glow until it is let loose. The three weapons hit the right points and return to their respective robots. The Rangers celebrate another victory as Beta Guardian tumbles and explodes.)
Chalk up another one for the good guys.
(Meanwhile in the G-Project HQ, Eli begins to fare well in regaining his strength, when a neural probe behind his ear begins to flash. Namrock's voice is heard in the distance.)
Namrock: And now my finest creation will spawn from the energy that flows through your body. (silent maniacal laughter that slowly gets louder...)
What will be the fate of young Eli? And how will the GammaRangers think of a plan to destroy Namrock once and for all now that he has escaped into Cyberspace? Find out in the third episode of Betapocalypse Now, "Playing the Devil's Game"
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