TV-PG                    Gourmet Night presents...

                        ALIEN TASK FORCE TOTANRANGER
                       (uchuujin sentai totaanrenjaa)

                                  Episode 11
                                 "Seperated"

"Those new TotanDrivers are increadible."  Drake gasped, viewing through the
transparent aluminum glass into the larger holding bay.  Four large machines,
which resembled humanoid robots, stood there.  They were Blue, Green, Yellow,
and Pink.
  Each of the machines was heavy-armoured and metallic, each one having it's
own special defenses.  Despite the fact that they all looked identical, each
of them looked capable of merging togther, much like the old mecha machines
they used.
  "When did you build these?"  Kary asked.
  "We've been preparing for emergency situations."  Franklin said.  "But that
was back when we only had four Rangers planned.  That's why there's no Red
TotanDriver."
  "I understand."  Drake nodded.
  "Don't worry.  That's why you have command of the TotanLoader."
  "The what?"  Matt asked.
  "It's a sub-mecha tank that's capable of personnel transport and battle when
monsters are not enlarged."  Franklin explained.
  "Alright!"  Drake said.
  "Trying not to stray from the topic, where is Jessica?"  Franklin thought.
"We need the Yellow TotanRanger if we're going to test the machine."
  "She's home."  Kary said.  "I don't think she got the page."
  "Where did these TotanLoaders come from?"  JT asked.
  "Our sister station in Japan."  Franklin said.  "They're hoping to make
their own version of our TotanRanger programs, and maybe even advance them."
  "We'll have to check that out sometimes."  Charlie said.

-+-

Jessica entered her living room barefoot, her toes digging into the rug, but
couldn't shake off the suspision that someone was watching her.  But her
parents were out, so it couldn't be them.  But she still felt that something
in the dark shadows was watching her.  She moved over to the lamp and turned
it on, but it barely illuminated the darkened house.
  Suddenly, something moved in the shadows.
  "Hello?"  She asked.
  Suddenly a hand extended from a shadow and grabbed her mouth shut.
  "mmummph!"  Jessica struggled, trying to get the hand off her face.
  Nikita stepped out from the shadows with two Vinadiums.  Jess tried to
fight, but the two Vinaduims picked up the struggling girl and began to cart
her off.  Jessica squirmed and managed to activate her Alternator before she
was teleported out of her house.

-+-

"What is she doing?"  Franklin asked, checking out the computer moniter.
"She's going back and forth across the city."
  Then, the main viewer screen flicked to life and the hooded form of
DragonDogi appeared.  "TotanRangers!"  It yelled.
  "Whassup?"  Drake asked, looking up.  "Can't see out your black hood?"
  "You jest now, but I have something you may want."  DragonDogi said.
  "What could he possibly have that we'd want?"  Matt asked.
  DragonDogi stepped back, and the Rangers could see Jessica chained up behind
him.
  "Give her back!"  JT yelled.  He had to be restrained by Matt and Charlie.
  "I shall."  A new voice said.  "But only after you surrender!"
  "Who are you?"  Drake asked, bery Captain Kirk-like.
  "I am Phantom-Shadow."  The being seemed to be a hominid composed mainly of
mist, but with a long flowing crimson cape and evil gleaming eyes.  "And you
WILL submit to my armies."
  "No way!"  JT yelled.
  "Dude, don't worry, we'll get her back."  Charlie said.  The group rushed
out of the building and looked around the desert.
  "Let's do it."  Drake said.
  "I'll stay here and keep the scanners working."  Charlie said.
  "Good luck."  Drake said.  "TotanChange!"
  2-0-7-4.
  The four individually transformed into theirm costumes and then glowed in
their appropriate colours as their powers engaged.
  "How are we going to do this?"  TotanRed asked.
  "I'll go get Jess."  TotanGreen said.  "You guys take the new weapon."
  "Will you be OK?"  TotanPink asked.
  "Better than they're going to be."  TotanGreen answered.
  "Alright, let's get to work!"  TotanRed posed, "TotanLoader activate!"
  Suddenly a large blueish tank dug out from the ground and parked right in
front of the three.  It was a basic van-like construct, with an odd J-like
orange bar, six wheels, two cannons, and a ceiling-mounted grappler claw.
  "Let's get going!"  TotanRed ordered.  The three entered the main command
room and took their seats in the smallish command room.  TotanRed took the
centre, with TotanPink and TotanBlue on either side of him.  Clutching the
steering wheel, he piloted the tank into battle.

-+-

Inside an abandoned warehouse in a deserted district, Jessica, still barefoot,
was chained up with Vinadium guards watching her, with the others pacing and
planning their next attack.
  Jessica's hands were chained tightly behind her back, and her bare ankles
(which she was sitting on) were also ironed together.  One of her guards had
the keys that could free her on his belt, but was standing too far away from
her for her to reach.
   "To think..."  Phantom-Shadow thought out loud, pacing in front of his
struggling captive.  "We finally have the Rangers' achilles heel right here."
The shadowy figure moved in and held the Ranger lady by her chin.  "It brings
some... pleasant possibilities..."
  "You're sick!"  Jessica yelled back, shaking her head out of the dark one's
grasp.
  "Silence!"  DragonDogi whupped the back of her head.
  "Don't touch me!"  Jessica yelled.
  "Who's going to stop me?"  The shadow-being asked, apparantly grinning
evilly.

-+-

Meanwhile back at the other battle site, the three Rangers headed in inside
the TotanLoader.
  "There's rubble in the path."  TotanPink pointed out.
  "Not for long!"
  The claw from the roof extended and pushed the debris out of the way.
  "That was cool!"  TotanBlue exclaimed.  Suddenly he heard a beeping sound
and activated his helmet-vision.  "Uh-oh, virus at 2:00!"
  "Fire lasers!"  TotanRed ordered, pressing another button.  This one caused
the front-mounted cannons to fire at ViroSupreme, but the shots only bounced
off his body.
  "Man, what was THAT?"  TotanRed asked.  "It barely fazed them!"
  "Hahaha!"  ViroSupreme laughed.  "You can't defeat me!  I'm the master of
the universe!  Vinadiums... attack!"
  An entire platoon of Vinadiums appeared and began to attack the tank.
  "We can't fend them off in here."  TotanRed said.  "Let's go!"
  The three Rangers launched themselves out of the cockpit and landed in the
street and began fighting the Vinadiums.
  TotanRed leaped into the air and landed a punch on three of the Vinadiums,
and then spinning-kicked another two away.
  TotanBlue punched two out of the way, then kicked one, attacking from
behind, and then leaped back.
  TotanPink high-kicked two in the head, then back-flipped and then managed to
elbow three out of the way.
  "OK, losers!"  ViroSupreme said.  "Now you've got to try ME!"  ViroSupreme
shot fire from his shoulders and blasted the Rangers back.
  "That was good."  TotanRed said.  "But this is taking too long.  We need to
get to Jessica!"
  "I don't think so!"  ViroSupreme thrust his hand forward and shunted the
explosions again, and the rangers leaped into the air to avoid being blasted.
  "OK, KatanaSlice!"  TotanRed's sabre appeared in his hands and he made a
cutting maneuver with them, but ViroSupreme's arm-blades managed to deflect
the metal's energy.
  "You're going to have to do a lot better than that if you want to defeat
me!"  ViroSupreme yelled as he threw the Red ranger back onto his companions.

-+-

Laying on her side, Jessica watched a sideways version of Phantom-Shadow
ordering his squad of special Vinadiums about the next battle strategy.
Jessica had been drugged by DragonDogi, then her neck chained up as she was
laid on her side and put to sleep.
  Jessica's eyes began to close as she wondered whether or not she would be
saved, not knowing how close her rescuers were.

                T O    B E    C O N T I N U E D . . .

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These  stories  are Copyright (c) 1997 - 1998 Gourmet Night and Chris Neumann.
The  characters  and  events depicted  in  this  series  are  fictional.   Any
similarity to actual persons,    living or dead,  is purely co-incidental  and
unintentional,  unless otherwise indicated.   This series is in no way related
to Saban, Toei, Asahi-TV, or the "super-sentai" series.
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