Episode 25: In the Driver's seat

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Guest ranger of this episode: Flynn McAllistair (RPM blue ranger)

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Guest ranger of this episode: Flynn McAllistair (RPM blue ranger)

Our episode opens up with a recap of the previous episode before opening the story proper with the rangers (and Alpha) receiving the transmission from Doctor K of the RPM universe. Orion asks "who was that woman?" and Jamie says "that was Doctor K, mentor of the RPM rangers, I learned about it from the Angel Grove power rangers museum" Jamie then takes control over the computer console and shows his teammates a clip show on the ship's computer monitor as he explains saying "In another dimension the RPM rangers defended the domed city of Corinth from an evil computer virus named Venjix who devastated the rest of their world, until they destroyed him. Or so they thought, as Venjix found a way to survive inside Scott the red RPM ranger's morpher. when Scott was transported into our universe where he befriended the Samurai rangers, his body was taken over by the Venjix virus which led to a clash of the red rangers. Once Scott was freed from Venjix's control the two ranger teams joined forces and defeated Venjix and Professor Cog. these events led to contact being established between the two universes" Austin then asks "okay so what does this ranger history lesson got to do with anything?" only for Lance to elbow him, Orion saying that if what this Doctor K is saying is true, then our universe is in a heap of trouble. we then cut to Professor Cog leaping out of a portal in the sky landing in Angel Grove park with a platoon of grinders, Cog exclaiming "ah it's good to be back. thanks to master Venjix rebuilding me, I'm off to conquer this world in his name!" while Fat Jack and Skinny Mack freak out before being attacked by grinders. Out of that same sky portal we see someone land on the deck of the sky ship where he is found by Alpha 8 who exclaims "ai-yi-yi, who are you?" and the man introduces himself as Flynn McAllister, saying "I'm just a simple mechanic" right when the six Legend force rangers arrive on the scene (along with Polly who's sitting on Orion's shoulder) with Flynn asking "is that a robot parrot?" Orion telling Flynn that she's sensitive. Flynn asks the six if they are this universe's current team of power rangers, and Lance says "we are. and what brings you here?" with Molly saying "you're not the first guy to come crashing onto our ship". Flynn introduces himself, saying "My name is Flynn McAllister, formerly ranger operator series blue. Doctor K sent me through the dimensional rift to find you guys to help stop Venjix from launching a full-scale invasion of your universe" with Austin asking "you mean that giant hole in the sky?" pointing up to the sky portal. Jamie then asks Flynn "so you're an RPM ranger? so cool" while Brenda says "we're glad to help" Flynn then says "good, because I need your help in my universe" Orion then says "then what are we waiting for? onward, rangers!" as Orion Starskipper takes the helm of the sky ship and flies it directly through the dimensional rift which Professor Cog closes, Cog contacting Venjix over intercom saying "now that those foolish power rangers are trapped in another dimension, this world is ours for the taking master!" we then cut to the new Venjix palace where Venjix tells Cog "excellent work professor Cog" Venjix creating a new attack bot known as the Gunslinger bot before extending a wire from the wall which plugs into the back of the Gunslinger bot's neck, Venjix exclaiming "begin the download". we then cut to the Sky ship traveling through the wormhole where on the bridge Alpha 8 tells Flynn "you said you were a mechanic right? well Jamie and I were attempting to hack this thumb drive containing encrypted Armada files to help our friend Robo Knight who's been turned into a brainwashed soldier by the Armada, none of us could do it. is it possible you can help us?" as she hands the thumb drive to Flynn who looks at it and says "you're talking to the wrong guy, robot. stuff like this is more up Doctor K's alley. she's the one you should ask" before we cut to Professor Cog and his grinder army rampaging through the streets of Downtown Angel Grove, which Prince Vekar watches on the computer monitor of the Armada flagship, Vekar demanding to know who the heck these invaders are trying to steal their occupied territory from them. Destro doesn't recognize them, saying that they're clearly not part of the Galactic Armada as his footsoldiers don't look like X-borgs. Vekar gets frustrated, asking why those pesky power rangers are nowhere to be seen which he finds to be incredibly suspicious. Vekar refuses to let some walking toolbox upstage him and tells Insidia, Destro, and Cyberon that they're going to earth to stop this nonsense. we then cut to the Sky ship landing in the RPM universe, our heroes stepping out to look around to see patches of flowers and greenery growing in the wastelands outside the domed city of Corinth with small human settlements being built, Jamie saying "so this is the RPM universe? I was expecting something more... post-apocalyptic" Flynn then explains that ever since his universe made contact with theirs, people from the main universe started to pitch in and help people in the RPM world rebuild civilization after Venjix's destruction at the hands of the RPM and samurai rangers. we then see the sky portal start to close, Lance saying "great, now we're stuck here with no way home" Flynn tells him "I had a feeling this was a trap set by Venjix" only for the Gunslinger bot to arrive on the scene causing the human settlers to scatter, Gunslinger bot saying "you're correct about that, powerless ranger" as he whips out a bazooka prompting the six to morph to protect Flynn followed by Gunslinger bot summoning the Grinders to attack the rangers (cue Gokaiger episode 35 fight) Gunslinger bot then fires a barrage of missiles at the six who morph into SPD exclaiming "SPD emergency!" (Orion morphs into Omega ranger) the six Legend force rangers then engage the Gunslinger bot with Orion punching the Gunslinger bot with Omega morpher hyper mode knocking him into a cliff face followed by the six reverting back into legend force mode for Orion to activate his gold mode armor while the core five summon the Legendary cannon to destroy the Gunslinger bot once and for all. Lance then says "piece of cake" before the six de-morph only for Flynn to say "uh guys, look behind you!" we then see the Gunslinger bot emerge from the explosion unscathed as his voice deepens exclaiming "You cannot destroy me that easily, for I am Venjix! I am immortal! every time you blow me up I'll always come back. there's nothing you can do to stop me!" the Gunslinger bot revealing himself to be Venjix in a new body, only for Colonel Truman and his soldiers to arrive on the scene to open fire on the new and improved Venjix who shrugs off their blasts like they're nothing. Venjix then lets out an evil laugh before his eyes go black and his Gunslinger bot body goes limp and falls onto the ground. Flynn shakes hands with Colonel Truman happy to see him again, the Colonel asking "and who might these six be?" Lance shakes hands with Colonel Mason Truman, saying "I'm Lance Taylor, the current red ranger in the other universe. this is my team Austin, Jamie, Molly, Brenda, and Orion. we're the Power Rangers legend force sir" Lance saluting Colonel Truman who smiles saying "you remind me of my own son". Flynn examines the disembodied Gunslinger bot and says that it appears Venjix has left this body and tells Colonel Truman that they should bring it to Doctor K for examination, Molly saying "take us to Doctor K as well, she was the one who summoned us here to help stop Venjix" we then cut back to the main universe where we see a standoff between the Prince's forces and Professor Cog, Vekar exclaiming "listen here buddy, this planet is mine I conquered it fair and square. now get off our turf!" Professor Cog asking "and just who do you clowns think you are?" Cyberon then tells him "watch your tongue, do not talk to the prince that way" Vekar says "thank you Cyberon. now bow before the mighty prince Vekar, firstborn son of Emperor malus and heir to the Galactic Armada!" Professor Cog then says "I bow to no one but my master Venjix! you guys are a joke" Vekar then gets all fussy and exclaims "whoever this Venjix guy is, he can't be as awesome as me, I'm royalty!" Insidia then says "calm down my love, don't let that bucket of bolts get to you" Vekar saying "It's a little too late for that honey, he's already gotten on my nerves" Professor Cog introduces himself, saying that he was sent to this dimension to conquer it in the name of his master Venjix and that there's no one who can stop him, Vekar exclaiming "alright buddy! this means war! Insidia, Cyberon, X-borgs! attack!" while Professor Cog exclaims "Grinders, destroy them!" leading to an all-out war breaking out between the two villain factions in the streets of Angel Grove while Fat Jack and Skinny Mack hide behind a bench and start filming the whole thing. we then cut to the Legend force team being escorted into the domed city of Corinth before being dropped off at the command garage where Flynn has a reunion with Doctor K, Flynn telling her that he brought the whole team with him with the six Legend force rangers eager to greet Doctor K in person. Colonel Truman tells Doctor K that he and his men had a run-in with Venjix before he bailed out of his current body and they brought the body to her for examination, a couple soldiers carrying the limp Gunslinger bot into the garage while K tells the Legend force rangers right this way as she escorts them into the garage, explaining to them that this place was the base of the RPM rangers. Flynn then hands Doctor K the thumb drive the Legend force team gave him, explaining to her that this ranger team could use her scientific expertise. Jamie begs Doctor K to help decrypt the files, saying that the fate of their friend Robo Knight is depending on it. Doctor K puts the thumb drive in her coat pocket and agrees to keep it, saying that she'll begin work on it once the Venjix problem is dealt with before examining the limp Venjix Gunslinger bot only for it to fall apart, Flynn saying "oh crud" noticing red lightning going up one of the cables and into the computer with Venjix's red eye appearing on the computer monitor exclaiming "hello creator, thought you've seen the last of me?" Doctor K saying "can't say I'm surprised, Venjix" Venjix then hacks into the files on K's computer as we see blueprints for a new zord briefly flash on the monitor with Venjix exclaiming "you are too late to stop me, now I'm about to turn your own inventions against you!" before the computer screen goes black. Flynn then says "I got a bad feeling about this" before our heroes all feel a massive earthquake that knocks everybody over as the Turbo Falcon zord erupts out of the ground and starts rampaging through the streets of Corinth the zord causing massive collateral damage (we're superimposing a nighttime cityscape over the machine world backdrop in the sentai footage) Doctor K gets back up and pulls up footage of the Turbo Falcon on the computer monitor explaining to our heroes that Venjix has taken control of the Turbo Falcon Zord and is turning it against the city. Austin then asks "Excuse me, but is that an F1 racecar with anime eyes on it?" Flynn tells the Legend force team "the Turbo Falcon zord was a project that me and K collaborated on, we built it for you guys to stop Venjix from taking over your world if he returned" Doctor K tells the rangers to stop the Turbo falcon while she works on an antivirus that'll free it from Venjix's control. Lance then tells the team "come on guys, let's take the sky ship" before we cut to the six teleporting back to the ship with Alpha exclaiming "ai-yi-yi! you guys are back already?" Polly exclaiming "back already, back already! sqwak!" Orion tells Alpha that they've got a runaway zord to catch followed by the Sky Ship rising out of the wasteland before crashing through the dome of Corinth to chase after the Turbo Falcon, only for the zord to fire a barrage of missiles at the Sky ship knocking Alpha over while Polly lands on her and asks "you okay? you okay? sqwak!" Alpha saying "I'm fine, just feeling a little dizzy" Orion helps the little robot up. meanwhile Doctor K is busy working on the antivirus while Flynn looks at the footage on K's computer and says "come on rangers, I know you can do it" the rangers then summon their individual zords to chase after the Turbo Falcon, Lance exclaiming "alright team let's stop Venjix and that zord right in its tracks" as the five zords open fire on the Turbo falcon causing it to take evasive action while Alpha, Polly, and Orion watch from out the window of the sky ship, Alpha saying "oh my" while Orion says "Indeed" while Polly just sits on his shoulder. the yellow and pink rangers's Legendary wheeler and sub zords catch up to the Turbo Falcon only for Venjix talking through the zord to say "resistance is futile!" firing blasts knocking over the two zords. Austin says "Molly! you'll pay for that!" with the Blue and Green rangers's Legendary jet and racer zords give chase the racer ramming the Turbo Falcon while the jet fires its lasers, however Venjix exclaims "activating flight mode!" and the Turbo Falcon Austin exclaiming "it can fly?" while Flynn tells the rangers over intercom "yeah, that feature was my idea so... my bad" while Doctor K sighs and says "great going, Flynn" in a passive-aggressive manner before informing the rangers that she's almost finished with the antivirus all they need to do now is capture and subdue the Turbo Falcon zord Lance exclaiming "easier said then done Doc!" as the flying Turbo Falcon dodges the Sky ship's laser blasts. Venjix talking through the zord taunts the rangers saying "I am Venjix! your world is now my world!" only for the Sky ship to catch up with the Turbo Falcon Lance saying "I don't think so!" ramming the Sky Ship into the Turbo Falcon causing the zord to return to its land configuration followed by the red, blue and green rangers zords combining to form the top half of the Legendary Megazord which attaches to the Turbo Falcon and ties chains around the zord with Venjix exclaiming "get off of me you puny humans!" Doctor K telling the rangers over intercom "good job rangers, the antivirus is complete and I'm uploading it to the Turbo Falcon right now" Doctor K presses the button uploading the Antivirus into the Turbo Falcon zord's interface with Venjix exclaiming "NOOO!!!!" as his conscience is deleted freeing the Turbo Falcon Zord from Venjix's control, Orion exclaiming "they did it!" while Alpha 8 says "Indeed, now I wonder how Doctor K is doing with decrypting the Armada files" Doctor K congratulates the Legend force rangers on a job well done, saying that now she'll attempt to re-open the dimensional rift so that they can get home and stop Professor Cog, informing them that he's wreaking havoc in their universe as we speak. Flynn looks at the footage of the grinders and X-borgs fighting each other with Flynn asking "Is that really Professor Cog? I thought we destroyed him when we teamed up with the samurai rangers" K then says "Venjix probably re-built him. that's the advantage to having robots as your invasion force, once they break down you can just re-build them" before looking down at the thumb drive on her desk before pressing the button re-opening the dimensional rift allowing the Sky ship to re-enter the main universe much to the shock of both Vekar's crew and Professor Cog followed by the six Legend Force rangers landing in front of the villains, Orion exclaiming "missed us?" with Lance saying "you're not getting away with this next time, Vekar!" Prince Vekar exclaiming "Power rangers? I won't let you steal my spotlight!" followed by the six rangers morphing and doing their roll call (cue Gokaiger episode 36 fight) Insidia tells Vekar "dear, mind if we take this opportunity to retreat and leave the rangers to fight Professor Cog?" Vekar saying "agreed. Destro, Cyberon, we're retreating!" Cyberon saying "yes boss" before the four retreat with Professor Cog exclaiming "you cowards!" while the six Legend force rangers fight off the Grinders and X-borgs followed by Lance shooting at Professor Cog. Professor Cog exclaims "power rangers are such a nuisance in ALL universes!" as he shoots at the six Legend Force rangers with Lance exclaiming "alright guys, in honor of Flynn let's morph into RPM!" prompting the team to morph into RPM with the six exclaiming "RPM, get in gear!" Professor Cog then exclaims "It can't be, RPM rangers!" while the six rangers fight off the Grinders and X-borgs with their RPM powers, Orion using both cloud hatchets and Lance using the street saber to take out the remaining footsoldiers leaving only Professor Cog left. Austin, Molly, and Brenda attack Cog with the Turbo Cannon, Rocket Blaster, and Zip Charger while Orion flies in and slashes at Cog with both Cloud Hatchets. Lance and Jamie then deliver a combo attack to Cog with the Street Saber and Turbo Axe followed by the six reverting back to Legend force mode for the five to summon the Legendary cannon to deliver the finishing blow to Professor Cog. however Cog gets back up and shouts "begin the download!" to grow giant prompting the rangers to summon their zords forming the Legendary and Q-rex megazords (cue Gokaiger episode 36 megazord fight) Professor Cog mops the floor with both Megazords only for Flynn to enter through a portal into Angel Grove with Flynn telling the rangers to use their RPM keys to summon the Turbo Falcon zord, saying that he and K programmed it to combine with their megazord for extra power. Lance says "got it Flynn" only for Professor Cog to fire a barrage of blasts at the two megazords only for the Q-rex megazord to block Cog's attack with its shield. the Legend force rangers plug their RPM keys into the megazord console summoning the Turbo Falcon zord and its engine cell, Flynn telling the rangers to plug the engine cell into the zord to activate it. the five Legend force rangers exclaim "engine cell, activate!" as they plug the engine cell into the Turbo Falcon causing it to awaken and grow to full-size. the Turbo Falcon zord then opens fire on Professor Cog before combining with the Legendary Megazord to form the Legendary RPM Megazord to destroy Professor Cog once and for all. after that, the rangers and Alpha in Angel Grove park thank Flynn for his help, and Flynn tells Alpha that K is working decrypting the Armada files on that thumb drive saying that she'll be here once she's done before hopping inside the Turbo Falcon and driving back through a portal into the RPM universe while our heroes smile ending our episode on a good note.

And yes, during the tribute morph and fight I would have an instrumental rock cover of the RPM theme playing in the background:

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