Another smooth new Clock Tower exterior shot is shown, this time a straight-on
to the clockface scene. We see the skyline of Silver Hills behind it, dozens of
skyscrapers and office buildings. The sky is quite cloudy & dark, with the sun
barely peeking out behind them, as it's apparently quite early in the morning.
Inside the CT, Jen, in need of a head CT, opens her eyes at last. She has a
white bandage around her forehead, and a Band-Aid on her right cheek. Jen's got
her workout outfit on, somehow! Her lips look a little bit swollen, and she's
in need of some waxing as well. She turns her head slowly, before lifting
herself up into a sitting position. Jen has a bandage around her left bicep,
while another bandage is around her right forearm. She grunts quietly, her
whole body sore. Jen looks around, and notices that, not only has her pals made
a bed for her on the top of their table, but Wes has spent the night by her
side! He's sitting in a chair, with his head resting on his left arm right next
to her, and his right hand holding hers tightly. Jen is speechless at the sight
of Wes' compassion for her. She even seems to forget her pain for a moment, as
she looks down at his sleeping head, smiling slightly at what she sees. Jen
pulls her hand out from under his, before touching the top of his in a show of
returning the caring gesture. Meanwhile, in downtown Silver Hills, Frax has
somehow been lured out to meet with Fatcatfish! The golden robot is shoved
against a lamppost by the angry mutant, causing him to plead, "Wait! You've got
it ALL wrong!" Fatty aims his gatling arm at Frax's face, and boasts, "HA! You
thought a pathetic robot like YOU could double-cross ME?! Why, i'll melt ya
into a DOORKNOB!" Notice, Fatcatfish is now wearing his necklace again for the
first time since the battle back in the first segment of the episode. His
roughing up of Frax gets cut short, when the Pink Time Force Ranger, riding the
Time Jet solo through the air, zooms in and fires the front cannon at the both
of them. Fatcatfish takes the brunt of the blasts, allowing Frax to duck down
safely amid the sparking & smoke. The Pink Ranger flips off of the Time Jet,
and lands before the dazed mutant, pointing out, "You and I have some
unfinished business!" Frax makes an excuse to escape, "I think I left the
teapot on!" Fatcatfish pays him no mind, simply replying to Jen, "MY pleasure!"
He aims his gatling arm at her, and fires away. The Pink Ranger ducks down and
rolls to avoids the concussive bolts, before racing towards the mutant and
throwing a couple of kicks into him. Frax is shown one last time, whimpering as
he runs away, oddly not having teleported yet. Jen kicks and punches Fatty
furiously, despite how he's able to block most of the hits with his large arms.
At the Clock Tower, Wes' arm slips off of the makeshift table-bed, causing him
to jolt out of his snooze. He rubs his nostrils for a second, until he notices
Jen is missing! His leather jacket, which had been lying on the bed earlier,
must have been placed over Wes by Jen between scenes. Wes scrambles his hands
over the sheets, groggily looking for her (he even checks under the table, like
she might have rolled off). His jacket falls off his back, and he gasps, "She's
gone!" Wes stands up quickly and shouts, "Hey, Guys! Guys, get up! She's gone!"
(Wes has his standard outfit on, while the others are all back in pajamas)
Katie wakes up suddenly, as do Lucas & Trip, lifting their heads and looking
down to the impatient Wes (Circuit must be offline quite often to allow Jen to
sneak out as much as he has). Back in the city, Fatcatfish falls on the ground,
his body smoking from an attack. Pink Ranger leaps over to him, and sticks V-5
in his face at pointblank range, ordering, "Hold it right THERE!" Fatty wipes
his visor like he's crying, as he sobs in the face of destruction, "Please have
mercy, Pink Ranger!" Jen towers over the mutant, stating angrily, "I'll give
you the SAME mercy Ransik gave Alex!" The other four Time Force Rangers, likely
having tracked her there via the Time Jet, race onto the scene. They pause in
their tracks at the sight of their leader about to kill a mutant in cold blood.
They're still in the distance from her, with Red Ranger pleading, "Jen, NO!
STOP!" Green Ranger holds his hands up cautionally, and begs, "Don't fire! You
gotta think this thing through!" Pink Ranger, holding V-5 steadily towards
Fatcatfish, turns her head only slightly, before saying coldly, "Save it! This
guy deserves whatever I can GIVE him." Blue Ranger notes, "You'll be the same
as them!" Fatty tries to lie his way out of thing like always, nervously
telling her, "Come on, now. You know i'd never REALLY do anything to you!
W-e're buddies, right!?" Jen replies mercilessly, "We're not even CLOSE to
buddies, SLIME!" Yellow Ranger tries to appeal to her teammate's sense of honor
by saying, "Jen, you're TIME FORCE! You're sworn to bring him back ALIVE!" Pink
Ranger ignores her duties as an officer, and stresses, "THIS time, it is
PERSONAL!"
Pink Ranger aims V-5 deeper into Fatcatfish's face, causing the mutant to
shiver terribly. Jen reads him his list of charges, "You tried to DESTROY me
and Alex! You're as evil as Ransik, and it's TIME for you to PAY!" Fatty groans
frightenedly, as Jen's finger grips closer to the trigger underneath the
cannon. Red Rangers steps forward and speaks up understandingly, "Wait, Jen!
You're right!" Blue Ranger says with surprise, "She IS!?" Wes reasons with her
as best he can, "You've got every REASON to want revenge. But I wonder... WHAT
would ALEX do?" Pink Ranger pauses from her vengeful stance for but a moment,
before realizing calmly, "He'd say, 'Everything by the book.'" Fatcatfish moans
a little, until Jen lifts V-5 away from his face, and releases her grip on the
handle. She sighs in defeat by her senses and honor to the man she loved, "All
right." The four Time Force Ranger breathe a collective breath of relief, all
slumping down or falling to the ground from the tenseness of the situation. Wes
notes, "You made the RIGHT choice, Jen." Trip puts his hands to his helmet and
begs, "PLEASE do NOT scare us like that again! Whew!" Lucas rubs his shoulder
and says, "Yeah, it's too MUCH!" Katie concurs, "You could say THAT again!"
Fatcatfish takes advantage of the lull, by pushing V-5's barrel out of his
direction, and lifting his gatling arm in the air, striking Pink Ranger on the
chest with it! Jen rolls over and regroups with her team; Wes helps her remain
steady on her feet. Fatty stands up and remarks, "You should'a FINISHED me when
you had the CHANCE!" Pink Ranger holds her badge outward, causing it to gleam
with a golden light, as she shouts, "TIME FORCE! You're under arrest!"
Fatcatfish appears stunned, as Jen whips out her Chrono-Saber, connects them
together into double-blade form, and leaps into the air. She aims one end of it
at the mutant, firing off a blast of pink power into him before he can react.
Jen lands perfectly, hyah-ing vigorously. Fatcatfish recovers from the attack,
and asks (as the camera zooms into his necklace), "Is that ALL you got?!" Pink
Ranger runs her finger along the blade of her Chrono-Saber, as she commands,
"FULL POWER!" She gives him two straight slashes of pink energy, ripping into
his body directly. Fatty cries in pain, as his body explodes. Jen stands in
front of the eruption, posing triumphantly, and oddly gripping in her hand what
looks to be a bracelet swiped from his necklace! She turns around, and states,
"It's OVER." Her teammates regroup with her, and Wes confirms, "Yeah!"
Fatcatfish continues sparking nonstop, prompting him to slide his hand over
the gold & black patch on his belly, pulling it off. The purple stripped skin
beneath is exposed, causing a chain reaction on his mutant DNA to occur. His
body expands massively before their eyes, with Fatty noting, "It's NOT over,
not by a LONGSHOT!" Pink Ranger sees the grown creature, and gasps, "Whoah!",
before shouting into her Chrono-Morpher, "Circuit! We NEED you!" Inside the
Clock Tower, the robotic owl named Circuit is sitting on his perch. He informs
her, "The Megazord's on the way, Jen!" Indeed it is, as we see the year 3000,
and on the launchpad, one of the Time Flyers is already in place. The
Trans-Warp Megazord already has its arm up, and swings it smoothly into the
position to launch the Flyer. All five Time Flyers are shot into the Time Gate,
each entering the vortex one at a time. They pass through the multicolored time
tunnel, and exit through the usual spot atop the domed stadium. The five
Rangers then hop into the cockpits, with Pink Ranger commanding her ever
overused line of, "Let's DO it!" The quintet of Time Flyers soar through the
sky above the city, flanking together into the v-shaped Megaship style Time
Force Megazord in Jet Mode! It zooms towards the center of town, streaking past
hundreds of clouds. Fatcatfish sees the huge craft heading his way, and begins
to fire at it with his gatling arm. Each blast is avoided thanks to the sheer
speed of Jet Mode. Inside the standing control room, Red Ranger initiates,
"Cyclone Defense!" Jet Mode begins to curve its trajectory of travel, into a
tight loop, creating a whirlwind of dust and dirt in the center. Fatty's
stunned by the sight of this instant tornado, as it's drawn closer & closer to
him by the constantly circling Jet Mode. The mutant fires his gatling arm at
the twister, though all attacks are merely deflected by the intense updraft. A
gust of wind blasts back by slamming into Fatcatfish, nearly knocking him over,
and keeping his hands busily held outward to try in vain to block the rapid
air. Jet Mode cuts off from the cyclone, and shoots towards the mutant, firing
its lasers at full blast into him. Fatty sparks intensively from this attack,
quite so.
In the control room, Red Ranger calls for, "Megazord Mode Red, NOW!" The Time
Flyers try another configuration, this one being the standard predominantly red
combination. Red Mode pops its Saber out of the chest gem portal, and readies
for action. Wes hands the remote Saber over to the Pink Ranger, offering, "Jen,
this one's for you. C'mon." Jen takes it, and bids, "Thanks" as she steps
forward to use it. She looks out of the front window, and witnesses Fatcatfish
stumbling around in a daze from the recent bombardment. Pink Ranger holds the
remote Saber in the air, causing the side blades to drop as she summons,
"Megazord Saber, FULL POWER!" Red Mode copies her movements, creating a green
clockface with its own Saber. Jen grips the Saber and shouts, "YOUR time, is
UP!" She rips the weapon into the air, cutting a flash of gold & black energy
in the blade's wake. Red Mode mimics this, its eyes flashing green as it
slashes its Saber through Fatty's body. Fatcatfish screams as he's struck, and
his mutant DNA retracts to the smallest possible point. Soon at the park (time
unknown, since Jen is shown in her usual casual outfit, rather than the workout
outfit from earlier), Jen reaches down to the ground, unmorphed, and picks up
the tiny Chrono-Frozen body of Fatcatfish. She tells him, "You're under
arrest", as she places him in an already materialized capsule tube. Wes walks
over and closes the lid for her, the two then looking at each other and sharing
a quiet moment. He gives her a smile, to which she gladly returns (also of
note, all her bandages & Band-Aids are gone, yet the bloody marks remain).
Their staring into each other's eyes ends when Lucas says, "Good job, guys!"
She turns to see her other three teammates standing nearby, all smiling as
well. Wes puts his arm around Jen, and tells her, "C'mon! Let's go home." Jen
smiles wider, and walks off with him.
[commercials]
The usual palm tree laden upwards exterior shot of the Clock Tower appears.
Inside the top floor, Trip sticks the capsule tube holding Fatcatfish onto the
upper shelf within the lockup freezer. Trip snickers, "Home you enjoy your
stay!", before shutting the door and sealing it tight. He turns and notes to
Lucas, "That's ONE more down!" Katie enthusiastically grabs Trip by the
shoulders, shaking him excitedly while commenting, "Hehehe! And SOMEDAY, we'll
put RANSIK in there, too!" Lucas, his calmness in contrast to their happiness,
simply replies, "Let's hope it's soon." Outside on the balcony, Jen sits beside
the gargoyles, and gazes at the city below, her newfound calmness in contrast
to her behavior earlier in the episode. She doesn't sit along for long, when
Wes pops up in the window behind her and says, "I know i'm not Alex." Jen turns
around, and decides to come in. Wes takes her hand, and helps her reenter the
building gently. Jen, as she steps back down into the room, tells Wes, "But I
don't want you to be like him. In fact..." She bites her lip, and finally
admits, "I like you just the way you are." Wes exclaims joyously, "You DO!?"
Jen nods slowly, and confirms, "Yeah, I do." Wes is ecstatic over this
admission that she's accepted him as a person. He smiles as widely as possible,
and shouts to the top of his lungs, "Heheheh! YE-ES! YES! Woo-hoo-HOO!" Just
around the corner, Trip's crouched down and peeking over at them. Katie is
leaning above him, and Lucas is leaning over above her. They watch, seeing Wes
& Jen holding hands (as they failed to detach after he helped her down). Wes
then reaches around and gives her a deep hug, which, noticeable by the
awkwardness in her hands, she seems quite uncomfortable about. The three Time
Force Stooges end up knocking over a barrel, caused by their leaning against
it. Katie & Trip fall onto the floor, while Lucas is able to remain standing.
They're caught red handed in spying by Wes & Jen, though Lucas starts whistling
and trying to act inconspicuous. Katie helps Trip up, while never once letting
her eyes off the apparent lovebirds. Wes & Jen just a moment earlier
reconnected their hands together. Jen realizes their pals are watching, and
quickly breaks connection and pushes Wes away! Katie smiles and looks at Trip,
telling him in a mocking tone, "I like you JUST the way you are!" Trip gives a
mock voice as well, "You DO!?" Wes find this amusing, while Jen appears quite
angered. Katie confirms Trip's remark, "Yes!" She opens her arms wide and
shouts to Trip, "WES!" Trip opens his arms as well and yells to Katie, "JEN!"
They both grab each other and hug, sighing lovingly. Jen points her fingers at
them and rushes towards them. Wes urges the two to, "Run! RUN!" Trip & Katie
break off their mimicking, with Trip racing off in one direction, and Katie in
another. Jen follows her fellow female, chasing her around a wall playfully.
Lucas merely stands there with his arms folded and a smirk on his face. Katie
rushes past him, and his arms cease their holding due to her close proximity.
Jen keeps on Katie's tail, prepared to pounce the super-strong woman for those
overblown remarks.
[Scenes from "The Time Shadow"; End Credits]
_NEXT SATURDAY!:_
A purple big mouthed monster cocks his shotgun-type weapon!; Cyclobots, inside
of what looks to be the BioSynth lab, grab a few containers of golden dust! Mr.
Collins, held back along with other people, watches angrily as they steal his
work. Circuit sits in front of the holoscreen, while telling the Rangers in the
Clock Tower, "Although the powder is useless by itself, it can be made into a
POWERFUL crystal!" And it is, the powder is shot by a laser weapon, and turned
into a pufferfish shaped crystal!; Frax takes the crystal, and comments, "Soon,
my robotic masterpiece will come to life!" He inserts the crystal into a tall
beige one-eyed robot.; The robot, in giant mode, attacks the entire city,
blasting buildings to bits as our heroes watch helplessly.; Jen shouts, "We
need the Megazord, NOW!"; Seems in a fight with that purple monster from
earlier, the Time Force Megazord was taken out of commission. Circuit contacts
Captain Logan in the year 3000, and the man tells him, "The Megazord is too
damaged!" Circuit tells the Rangers, "The Captain can't send the Megazord!"; At
BioSynth, a technician in a labcoat meets with Mr. Collins. Collins tells the
man, "Bring the Raimei online."; A gloved hand flips a few switches on a jet
fighter style dashboard. We see a hangar similar to the one back in PRZ, with a
strange weapon sitting inside it. It's a long spiral-drill pointed machine,
piloted by an unseen person.; Red Ranger points to the sky, "What is THAT?!"; A
green digital-data type portal, different than the Time Vortex, opens up in the
night sky. From within it, soars the Shadow Winger! It swoops around the city,
before transforming into the Time Shadow Megazord underneath the light of the
moon. Katie hits the point home by noting, "If Time Force didn't send it, then
WHO did?!" Subplots collide as a new Megazord makes the scene, next time on
Time Force!
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