Episode 6
"Thunder Strangers, Part II"
March the Fifteenth, Two-Thousand and Three
Teleplay (Written) by Ann Austen
Directed by Charlie Haskell

[introduction, then opening theme song and credits]
We get a quick recap of the last episode. The Rangers are surrounded by a blast, the Thunder Rangers are calling their new zords, with the Navy Ranger saying, "Old Rangers in, new Rangers out." Dustin tells Sensei the Thunders almost smoked them. Shane says they didn't, and wants to know why. During Shane's sentence, the Crimson Insectizord is shown firing at the Hawk Zord. We see the Thunder Megazord knock the final blow to the Storm Megazord with the stolen Spin Blade. The Navy Ranger says they've knocked out their Zords that it's enough for now. We see the downed Storm Megazord and Shane holding his head.

We see the waterfall and hear Sensei asking Cam if there's any sign of the Rangers. Cam is typing and says nothing but schorched Earth and a few fragments of Zord wreckage. We see Blake, Hunter, and Kelly running to their destination. The group stops. Blake points, "There", and they move again. Hunter claims they were running and saw the smoke. We see the three Wind Rangers, demorphed, and they look hurt. Blake helps Tori. Hunter asks what happened. Kelly says she was listening in the car on the way here, she says they think it's some kind of alien attack. Blake asks if it happens a lot around here. Shane asks Blake if he ever wondered why housing was so cheap (is there some more meaning to this? like, why Disney moved the geographic location of the set?). Kelly says they need to call someone like the police or the FBI, the CIA (the police never get involved with alien affairs, the FBI investigates stuff, and the CIA handles foreign information, why would you go to either of those three to fight the aliens?). Tori declines the offer and says they're fine. The six just look at each other.

The alien spaceship has the conversation on Earth on their viewing screen. Zurgane formally tells Lothor that the Thunder Rangers have failed. He asks Lothor to let him attack Earth while their enemy is still vulnerable. Lothor is sitting down with his nieces and Choobo by his side. He asks Zurgane if he ever listens to anything he says (doesn't anybody?). Zurgane asks, "Sir?" Lothor asks, "What did I tell you about the Power Rangers?" Zurgane is at a loss of words. Lothor tells him he will give him a hint. He says it's to do with their powers and how you destroy them. Lothor gets up and asks, "Anyone? Anyone?" Marah and Kapri just go, "Uhhhh". No one says anything. Marah comes up with an answer: "It has to be really really painful?" Lothor grades her answer by saying, "Wrong answer. But thanks for playing our game." Kapri seems to be running away. Lothor fires a blast that hits Choobo but and he's momentarily stunned. Kapri and Marah pop up in front of his legs. Kapri panically asks Marah, "What kind of answer was that? Huh?" Marah replies, "I don't know I just um..." Kapri interupts her and asks her what to do about thinking. Marah says, "Don't?" Kapri calms down and says, "Exactly." Marah puts on a sad face. Lothor preaches, "To defeat the Power Rangers, they must be in their Ranger form." Choobo tries to say something, but can't because of the blast he took. Lothor tells Choobo it's a laser beam, it's supposed to hurt. Choobo acknowledges. Lothor tells everyone to get outta here. Lothor adds to not do anything unless he tells them.

Shane, Tori, and Dustin are walking through the forest. Shane asks if everyone's alright. Dustin says it was way harsh. Dustin points to his morpher and says he thinks it's toast. A few wires hang out from the morpher. Tori says Cam is going to freak when he finds out they've trashed the Zords (I think he knows already).

At Ninja Ops, Cam, holding the damaged morphers, tells the Rangers that they've managed to destroy years of technological advance into a pile of scrap metal in a single afternoon. He adds, not to mention what they did to the Zords. Sensei tells Cam now is not the time. Cam tells the Rangers thankfully the auto-retreat allowed the reactor's time to reset the holographic portals. Cam says he's engaged the self-reconstruct functions. He walks away. The Rangers follow him, looking unhappy. Dustin tells Cam, "Dude, I've got no idea what you've just said." He scratches his hair. Cam says they're fixing themselves. Dustin comes in with a big, "OHHHH! OK, right, sweeet!" The Rangers follow Cam to his computer (maybe they'll play a game while they wait for their powers to be restored). Sensei flips onto Dustin's head and off of it to the desk. Dustin holds his head in pain. Shane asks Sensei, "Why didn't they finish them off?" Dustin says the Zords they had were "sick-o", and adds the word "bro" in the end. Dustin corrects himself and says, "Sensei". Sensei says that the Thunder Zords are created by the same technology that powers their own (well guys, you should have patented it). We see a video of the Thunder Megazord transforming on Cam's computer. Tori adds that the Thunder Ninjas work for Lothor. She says it doesn't make any sense. Shane says no more than Zurgane booking out when they showed up. Sensei says he expects with all evil alliances their is dissention in their ranks, dissention that can be used to their advantage when the time is right. Dustin holds his morpher and tells Cam he hopes the morpher has a warranty. Cam focuses his attention to Tori, who says that she feels totally hopeless and asks if there's something they can do. Sensei tells them for now, they must return to their daily lives. He says if Lothor suspects anything out of the ordinary, it would only give him more power (Dustin, don't do anything stupid!). Cam adds to be careful, he says that they've already managed to steal the Tsunami Cycle discs somehow. Cam tells them, whoever they speak to, be sure to trust them.

We see a bunch of waves. Tori is shown walking down the beach. She walks by Blake and Hunter. Blake holds his arms out and asks, "What, no hello?" Tori tells him, "Sorry, my mind is somewhere else." (in other words, "I'm seeing DILL"). Blake agrees and says "Rough day". Blake and Tori engage in conversation while Hunter just stands in the background. There is a moment of silence, until Tori tells Blake thanks for helping her back out at the forest. Blake tells her not to mention it (she already did). He says, "Anytime". Hunter looks confused hearing his brother's words. Tori says she'll keep it in mind. They just look at each other. Tori says she'll catch him later. Blake says, "Yeah, sure thing." Tori goes to her blue van. Hunter puts a hand on Blake's shoulder and says, "WOW! SMOOTH! You'll have to show me your moves sometime." Blake stands there with his hands in his pocket. He gets a pat from his brother. Blake pokes Hunter in the ribs to counter.

We're at Storm Chargers now. Dustin seems to have slacked off as he has his head resting on his hand at a table. A dirt bike is in front of him. He seems to be letting oil drip from his dirt bike. Shane tells him he's changed his oil four times already. Dustin gets up and says he doesn't know (did he ever find his backpack?). Dustin says he can't stop thinking why the "Thunder punks" didn't destroy them when they had the chance (well be happy they didn't). Blake and Hunter enter. Blake gives a hello to Kelly. Shane tells Dustin to "check it out" (maybe Blake is trying to hit on Kelly). Kelly gives Blake and Hunter some papers to fill out before the race and they're good to go. She adds be sure that their parents sign them. Hunter interupts (how dare you interupt the lovely Kelly?) and says they don't live with their parents. Shane and Dustin look on with suspicion. Kelly says she's sorry. Blake holds the form up and says they'll get them back to her tommorow. Kelly says, "Great, then I'll see you out there then." The two brothers leave. Dustin asks Shane if they can ask them if they want to hit the track later. Shane says he doesn't know, he says there's "something about those guys". Dustin puts a hand on Shane's shoulder. Shane immediately looks at Dustin's hand that's on his shoulder and sees a black mark. Dustin stutters and then runs away. Shane points to the direction where he should be going. Dustin sees Hunter and Blake walking out of Storm Chargers and tells them to wait up. They go behind a van. Dustin runs to behind the van but doesn't see them. Dustin looks around, but sees no one (maybe there's a secret room at Storm Chargers, that Dustin doesn't know about, because he's such a lazy employee!).

We see the alien spaceship, and Lothor asking, "Are you finished yet?" We see Marah, who is evidentially painting Lothor's nails. She says what she is going to do, is give him a light top coat to help prevent his nails from chipping and cracking. Lothor says, "For the last time, I'm an evil space ninja not a male model." Lothor adds, "Just a light buff." Kapri is sitting below Lothor's chair and whispers, "See, I told you, no fashion sense huh?" Zurgane walks in and asks to speak. Lothor says as long as he can vaporize him when he says something stupid. Zurgane holds his head and Lothor tells him he's kidding. Zurgane immediately gets his act together and is told by Lothor to have a sense of humor (something Zurgane is not familiar with). Zurgane replies, "Of course sir, very amusing, now that I've come to admit, can I deserve your most recent punishment?" Lothor says, "And?" Zurgane asks, "Please allow me to redeem myself. I have found an alien life form that will lure the Power Rangers into their morphed form and destroy them." Lothor looks on. He says, "All right. Let's give it a rib." Zurgane says "YES!" with excitement. Lothor though tells him not to blow it. He says he was only half-joking on the vaporizing thing. Zurgane bows and leaves, saying, "Yes sir." Marah continues on the nails and says, "Here we go! Just, don't pick your nose for awhile." (how can he with that hideous mask?). Kapri adds, "Or vaporize anybody for the next couple of hours." Marah says they have to dry first. Lothor looks at his nails with skeptic.

We see an alien fly out of a sewer tube out into what looks like a dam. This alien's name is Amphibidor. He's yelling, "I'm freeeee!" He tells himself he owes Zurgane one and tells him he's the man. Amphibidor has turrets for fingers and has a frog's head for the top of his head and an alien face. He says he's so thirsty. He coughs up what looks like a huge walnut. The object explodes and the pieces drop into the water. He says, "Bottles up my little poly trons." Amphibidor's eyes flash red. We see two fish in the water, and their eyes also glow red. Amphibidor yells from the surface, "Drink up! Drink it all!" The river instantly drains.

We see Tori, in a wet suit outfit. She looks to be going surfing. The lake she's at instantly drains, and she notices it. She asks, "What? The water..." (Maybe Homer Simpson and Mr. Burns are draining the lake to find the Lockness Monster). Tori walks where water once was. We see boats stuck everywhere. She asks, "What happened?" We see Amphibidor jump out of nowhere to the ground. We hear people panicking, and a lady yelling, "What is that?" He sees Tori, and says, "Ooh, a Ranger! How convienent! Time to make a splash!" Tori tries to morph but remembers that Cam took the Wind Morphers to enable them to fix themselves. Amphibidor jumps in the air and says, "Better hop to it!" While in the air, he fires yellow laser blasts at Tori. Tori rolls out of the way as Amphibador lands. Amphibidor says, "Guess it's not morphin time after all is it? Low tide for you Malibu Beach buddy." He fires some leeches which cause a minor explosion. Tori is sent down to the sand.

Amphibidor approaches Tori and tells her to come closer. He asks if she's not afraid of a few warts. We see Blake on his dirt bike. He yells out, "Hang on Tori! I'm coming!" Tori looks confused. Blake rides up to Amphibidor and turns sideways in time to knock him over. He says, "Eat beach." Blake rides over to Tori and tells her to run. Tori just realizes it's Blake. Blake says he will district him. Blake rides away. Tori tells him to stop. Blake speeds across the wet sand, popping a wheelie along the way. Amphibidor leaps over Blake and his bike. He lands and faces in the same direction Blake is riding. Tori yells to Blake to watch his back. Blake turns around as Amphibidor fires yellow lasers at Blake's bike. Blake falls off his bike and turns over as a result. Amphibidor laughs and says he got him. Tori lands a flying kick on the back of Amphibidor and rolls on the ground as a result of the momentum. Amphibidor says that hurt. He runs over to Tori. Tori tries a kick with her right kick but it ends up being blocked. She tries a back hand but ends up having to cartwheel to get out of harm's way. Amphibidor kicks Tori's legs which make her flip over. He tries to step on poor Tori but she rolls out of the way in time. Tori tries kicks with each leg which are blocked. He catches the second kick, and flips her over, sending her way back onto the ground. Tori struggles to get up, as Amphibidor laughs and says his polytrons will finish the job. He fires a bunch of leech looking creatures. Blake rides in at mid-air. He gets hit by the three Polytrons as he blocks Tori from harm. He falls off his bike as a result and Tori yells, "NO!!" Amphibidor says there's so little water so little time. He says, "Well, catch ya later, bye bye!" He jumps away and vanishes into thin air. Tori tends to Blake. Tori asks if he's alright, touching his upper and lower back with her hands. She turns him over, to discover the Polytrons have attached themselves to his motocross gear. Tori looks shocked as we get a closer look at these nasty looking, electric creatures.

We see the waterfall. Tori runs into Ninja Ops, telling Cam she needs help outside. Cam is working on the morphers and asks Tori if it can wait. He says he almost has the morphers back online. Tori says it's an emergency. She says her friend is hurt. Cam gets up and immediately and asks, "AND YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE? You ever hear of a hospital?" (didn't Jason Chan study medicine in college? so what's he babbling about?). Tori says she knows but he was hurt because of her (yeah, she broke his heart because she told him that she was seeing DILL). Tori tells Cam to please look at him (well, in the story, Cam isn't a doctor, he's a computer ner...expert). She adds it was one of Lothor's space freaks and says they have to help him. Cam finally agrees. Tori looks relieved as the two run out.

We're outside Ninja Ops. Cam pulls off one of the Polytrons from Blake's body. Tori asks what are they. Cam says some kind of cybernetic leech. Cam says they dehydrate the human body until it shuts down (wonder where all the fluids go?). Tori picks Blake's arm up and asks Cam if he got them off in time. Cam checks Blake's pulse on his neck and says he thinks so. Cam says "this guy" must drink a lot of water. Tori has a worried face. She tells Cam his name is Blake. Cam says he doesn't care what his name is. He says his dad is going to flip when he finds out she brought him here. Tori puts on a little girl attitude and says maybe his dad shouldn't find out (looks like a dare!). Cam shakes his head. Cam tells Tori the morphers are on the console inside and to go get them. He says he will stay there and watch him. Tori tells Cam thanks. She gives a kiss on Cam's cheek. Cam looks back and can't help but smile. He tells himself (or maybe Blake), "Men as a species, are doomed." We zoom in on Blake, whose eyes finally open (the mood also changes too). Tori is shown walking on the water and being transported into Ninja Ops. Blake smiles, then closes his eyes (we have "Scream" like music for that short period of time during Blake's open eyes).

Dustin has quit changing the oil and is now turning something with a wrench. Shane asks, "And when you went to the alley, Blake and Hunter were gone?" Dustin says, "Yeah man. What's up with that?" (maybe they wanted to ditch Dustin so they went through that secret entrance I was talking about earlier). Dustin touches his nose and stands up. He tells Shane maybe they are master illusionists like that guy on TV who makes the tanks disappear. He says that would be cool. Shane puts his head down in shame. Hunter comes along. He asks them if they've seen Blake. Shane asks, "Gee, second time today he's just disappeared?"

We see Blake in Tori's van. Blake tells Tori thanks for what she did back there. Tori unbuckles her seatbelt and looks uncomfortable (maybe she's praying that her boyfriend DILL isn't around). Blake says he didn't know what happened, he just blacked out. Tori says he took a nasty fall and tells him he's pretty lucky. Blake says he feels like a chump. He says he tries to save her but he ends up being saved by her. Tori tells him to forget it, it's no big deal. Hunter pops up in the passenger side window and asks what happened. Blake stares at Tori and says, "Long story." (something must have happened in the van that we didn't see...). Blake gets out and says he'll tell him later. Hunter helps close the door. Tori smiles.

We see Dustin tear it up at the dirt track. He's riding with a bunch of people. He passes a bike over a hill. He passes several more bikers as he rides up a hill. Blake and Hunter are approaching Tori's group, as Tori tells Dustin and Shane she has their morphers, and that they're gonna need them. They exchange heys. Hunter says he wanted to say thanks for taking care of his bro. Tori says, "Anytime." Hunter says they owe them one and they always make good on their promises. Tori nodds and says, "Ok. Good to know, thanks." Blake says they have to get home, their parents. He says they know how it is. Shane and Dustin don't look too thrilled. Tori says she'll catch them later. The groups exchange goodbyes. Tori goes into the van and gets a shirt which contains the morphers. She hands them out and tells them when they see Cam, to thank him. She says she thinks Cam is feeling a little underappreciated (maybe they should buy him a computer game to ease his stress). The three put on their morphers. Dustin asks Shane if Blake and Hunter told Kelly that they didn't live with their parents (hey, maybe Blake and Hunter LIED because their parents don't approve of their hobby, or maybe they got evicted and now live with their parents). Shane says that's right. Then, the morphers beep. Cam tells them that he's located the frog at the river bank. Dustin says if Cam wants a frog, they should stop by the pet store and get a tank full of them (he draws one up with his arms). Shane holds his head in frustration. Tori says she'll explain on the way. She asks if everyone's ready. Shane says they are. They morph (saying a very weak, "ha!"). Amphibidor fires some pink stuff which attracts the Rangers' backs to each other, making them unable to move. A chain and mace balls replace the pink stuff. Tori says she can't move. Amphibidor says, "Going up! Next floor houseware and sporting goods." Amphibidor's hands and the Rangers floating up is synchronized. He brings them up pretty high, and swings them to their left. He says he hopes they can swim. A little explosion occurs near the Rangers. The chain breaks and the Rangers take a swim in the lake (hasn't been drained). Amphibidor says he knew'd they make a splash. Shane flips back on and says to put it on rewind. Tori flips up and says she's flipping out. Dustin flips back up and says it's lucky it's wash and ware. The Rangers are back to confronting Amphibidor. Shane tells everyone to use their Ninja Beams. The Rangers just do that, and make Amphibidor disappear. The Rangers become confused. Amphibidor hops towards the Rangers and asks if they're into hip-hop. He hits the Rangers as he hops by. He spits out his Polytrons, three on each Rangers' chest. They make explosions on the Rangers and send them to the ground. Shane says he's tough. The Rangers and Amphibidor notice something. Two bolts of lightning hit the battlefield. It's the Thunder Rangers! Tori asks, "WHAT?!"

We see another shot of the Thunder Rangers. Dustin says fighting a giant frog wasn't hard enough. The Thunder Rangers get their Thunder Staffs from their backs. They point them in the direction of the Rangers. Behind the Wind Rangers is Amphibidor. The Crimson Ranger says to attack. Both charge in the direction of the Rangers. The Rangers embrace for an attack, but the Crimson Ranger just goes in-between Dustin and Shane and the Navy Ranger between Shane and Tori. Their business is with Amphibidor, who gets whacked. The Wind Rangers are stunned and confused. The two Thunder Rangers simutaneously slash Amphibidor's mid-section. Both Thunder Rangers then stick their staffs into Amphibidor's stomach. Amphibidor says he thought they were on the same team. The Navy and Crimson Ranger poke their staffs into Amphibidor's stomach and lift it up, causing him to be thrown into the air. He lands on his feet though. Amphibidor says he guesses not, and calls his Polytrons. He fires them, but both Thunder Rangers have made their Thunder Staffs so that they are in a octagon shape with a protective shield. The Polytrons bounce off and back to Amphibidor. They self-destruct at his feet, causing him to fly as a result. The Thunder Rangers then call for their Thunder Staffs to use Tornado Star. The Thunder Staff is two sections and made into an x. It is thrown at Amphibidor, which deals a big blow. The Crimson Ranger calls for the Crimson Blaster. The Navy Ranger gets out his Navy Antler. They call them the Thunder Weapons. Crimson Ranger asks Navy Ranger if he's ready. The Navy Ranger says he knows it. The Navy Ranger uses the Navy Antler and encloses him in the claws. He picks up Amphibidor by the claws and asks, "How about a lift?" He blows up a little bit. Tori is amazed. He throws him over his shoulder but Amphibidor seems to land on his feet yet again. Amphibidor says that didn't hurt. Crimson Ranger approaches holding his Crimson Blaster. Crimson Ranger fires his blaster and asks, "How about this?" The blasts send Amphibidor back. Dustin yells out, "DUDE!" Amphibidor is laid out on the ground. The two put their weapons together. The Navy Antlers go underneath the turret of the Crimson Blaster. The Crimson Ranger holds it and calls it, "Thunder Blaster". The Navy Ranger gets on his knees and holds the blaster over his left shoulder. The Navy Ranger tells his buddy, "Ready when you are." Amphibidor gets up and says he's too young to grow. The Crimson Ranger orders to fire, and a big ball of energy is sent to Amphibidor. The two Thunder Rangers' weapons separated. The Crimson Ranger says, "Undieth." They turn around and walk away, leaving Amphibidor to say, "NOOO!" as he falls forward and blows up. The Thunder Rangers walk right by the Wind Rangers, as Shane asks them to wait. He asks what's up with them. Tori asks them why did they just help them. Dustin gives a hello and asks if anybody's in there. The Crimson Ranger says they're even. They continue to walk past them. The Wind Rangers run up, then stop, and Tori thinks they may be the strong, silent type. Shane says he doesn't get it.

On the alien spaceship, the events that were just played out appear on the video screen. We see the Thunder Rangers walking away. Lothor asks, "What is it with these two? I need closes here, is anyone around here a closer?" (he's not the New York Mets, he has to have a closer!). Lothor pushes a button, presumably on the Personal Alien Manager. Kapri and Marah just stand in the background again. A scroll is released from the spaceship and down to earth, making Amphibidor grow. Amphibidor says he hasn't croaked yet. Dustin says to toast the toad once and for all. Shane tells Cam talking into the Wind Morpher, "Hey Cam! Guess what we need?" Cam says not to tell him. He hits the big, lady bug button. We see the Ninja Zords in the factory, and then materalize through everyday human objects. The Rangers board their Ninja Zords. They immediately form the Storm Megazord. The transformation is rather quick. Amphibidor is already ready, and fires his Polytrons at the Megazord. Three each are on both arms and the chest. The frog eyes on Amphibidor glow red and the Polytrons on the Megazord make some sparks fly. Shane is shown enduring the rocking in his cockpit. Dustin says they're getting schooled. Tori asks Cam if there's anything he can send their way. Cam thinks for a minute, and points out to try the Ram Hammer (it looked like he had something new but decided it wasn't worth giving out yet). Shane asks what does everyone think, and they all agree. The metal appears from the portal in Dustin's control panel. He holds it up and says, "Power disc recieved! Let's lock, and drop!" The Ram Hammer comes out in the ninja ball of the Storm Megazord's chest. The Ninja Storm theme music plays. Amphibidor says they had to go there. Amphibidor fires more Polytrons. Shane tells Amphibidor to bring it on. The Storm Megazord blocks the leeches by using the chain on the Ram Hammer linked to a blue ball. The Polytrons fly back and hit Amphibidor. Amphibidor falls to the ground. Dustin asks if he's down for good. Amphibidor claims he's just resting and asks what else do they got. We see a first person view from the cockpit of Amphibidor. The Rangers each say, Shane: "Ready", Tori, "Aim", Dustin, "Hammer!" The Storm Megazord has blazing fire in the background as it swings the Ram Hammer wildly and then gathers energy to extend the hammer's length and to hit Amphibidor with the blue ball at the end. He makes a noise with his mouth, then falls forward to blow up for the second time in a few minutes. The Rangers celebrate in their cockpits. Dustin says they rock. Tori says "Awesome", and Shane does a "YEAH!.

We see the three Rangers enter Ninja Ops. Dustin is saying they heard "them" tell Kelly, "no parents". Tori says Blake and Hunter lied to her. She then asks why. They look over and see the Thunder Rangers hold Cam hostage. The three Rangers engage for battle. Shane asks what are they doing there (maybe they're stealing more of Cam's CD's). The two Thunder Rangers demorph, revealing their human forms, which look SIMILARLY to Hunter (Crimson Ranger) and Blake (Navy Ranger). The three are shocked. Dustin has a serious face for once. Hunter's expressions don't look too cheerful. Tori looks confused, as Blake just looks on. Shane's facial expressions want a fight. Dustin asks what do they want and how did they get in. Hunter says, "Ask her." Tori asks, "Blake?" Blake says he's sorry, but they had to find the Ninja Ops. He claims he didn't mean to "use" her. Tori looks hurt by his words. Cam tries to move his shoulders to break free. Tori says if he hurts him she will hunt him down. Blake looks on. Hunter says to leave him, as he pushes Cam towards the Rangers. Hunter says they've got what they want. Hunter says evily, "Good luck Rangers, and good luck in your future BATTLES!" They cross an arm over their body and create an explosion, making themselves disappear. After the explosion, Cam goes over and looks in his father's temporary home. Tori asks if everyone is all right. Shane asks, "What do they want here?" (if they were nice, maybe they returned Cam's Tsunami Cycle disc and just stole other ones!). Cam takes his glasses off and says heartingly, "My father, they took my father." (maybe they wanted a pet, but didn't know it was Cam's father!). To be continued...

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