Gourmet Night presents...

            ALIEN TASK FORCE TOTANRANGER
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With....
            Drake Swift....... TotanRed !

            Matt Baritowski... TotanBlue !

            Kary Mitchel...... TotanPink !

            Jessica Howell.... TotanYellow !

            JT Fitzpatrick.... TotanGreen !
and...
            Professor Sherman Franklin !

                            Episode 4:
                         "A B-I-G Problem!"

Matchmorou viewed his data files on his workstation's built-in computer.  He
viewed all the requirements and equipment needed for Project Enlarge.  After
ordering all the materials, he searched his databanks for the most probable
Virus Monsterman to send down to test this new growth ability.  He then found
one.
   "ViroTitan..."  He thought out loud.  "I've been saving this one for a
mission like this."
   Just then, Nikita entered the area.
   "Can I help you?"  Matchmorou asked, already at work at ViroTitan.
   "Yes."  Nikita responded.  "DragonDogi said that he needs this Virus as
soon as possible."
   "He's quite impatient."  Matchmorou said.  "Now if you could please hand me
my magno-welder so I can finish up this one?"
   Nikita handed him the welder and then looked upon the armoured monster
being created.  "The Titan?"  Nikita asked.
   "If this experiment is a success..." Matchmorou began.  "...Which it WILL
be, ViroTitan is the worthiest to destroy those miserable Rangers once and for
all."

-+-

Drake and Jessica headed through the slightly rebuilt city centre in order to
get to their actual destination.
   "They're really doing a good job rebuilding this area."  Drake noticed.
   "Yeah."  Jessica agreed.
   Just then, Matchmorou teleported in alone with a control device in his
hand.
   "Hello, Rangers."  He said.
   Jessica took a defense posture.  Drake just kept his cool.
   "What do you want, Matchmorou?"  Drake asked.  "A fight?"
   "Oh, obviously _I_ can't fight YOU!"  Matchmorou said.  "But HE can!"
   Matchmorou pressed a few buttons on his control device and ViroTitan
appeared next to him.  ViroTitan was about seven feet tall, fully armoured,
and full of muscle and might.  His eyes were protected by a visor that glew
dark red.
   "Let's go!"  Drake yelled.
   The two took their left wrists and crossed their arms, then jammed their 
right wrist to the side and dialed in 2-0-7-4.
 Drake and jessica appeared in the void side-by-side and their armour appeared 
 onto them simultaneously.
   "A face off!"  ViroTitan growled happily.  "I LOVE face-offs!"
   "Let's off THIS guy's face!"  Totanred said.
   "Hah!"  ViroTitan said.  "Can you beat my Sword?"
   "Love to!"  Totanred said.  "KatanaSlice!"
   Totanred and ViroTitan faced off about thirty feet apart, each clutching
their swords.
   "Are you going to strike first?"  Totanred asked.  "or shall I?"
   "You go first."  ViroTitan said.
   "Thank you."
   TotanRed lunged forward with his sword, but ViroTitan blocked it and gave
him a swipe with his sword and hit Totanred hard.  The ranger flew back and
rolled back to TotanYellow.

-+-

At the Baritowski household, Matt was showing JT the ropes on how to play
'Finite Fantasy VII.'
   "So I use the sabre?"  JT asked.
   "No."  Matt said, "You use the SWORD!  The SABRE is for a different level!"
   "What's the difference?"  JT asked.
   "There's a huge difference!"  Matt said.  "The Sabre was given to you by
the God of Peace, and the sword was given to you by the God of War, and they
each have different abilities and strikes.  If you can't master this, you
can't..."
   "Oh, give me a break, Matt!"
   Just then, the emergency communicators that were built into the Alternaters
beeped.  Matt brought his near his face.
   "I read you."  Matt said.
   "We've got a problem!"  TotanRed's voice said.  "A virus!"
   "We're on our way."  JT said.  "TotanChange!"
 The two appeared in the grid.  Matt's armour appeared on as JT's did.

-+-

TotanRangers Blue, Pink, and Green simultaneously arrived on their
VikingBikes, each wielding their Dominant Weapons.
   "Oh, the rest of the team is here."  ViroTitan noticed.  "Perhaps you'd ALL
like to take me on?"
   "Don't guys, he's too strong!"  TotanYellow called out.
   "Jesse's right."  TotanBlue said.
   "Well, what do we do now?"  TotanGreen asked.
   "Absolutely nothing."  ViroTitan said.  "Which is what YOU'RE about to
become!"
   ViroTitan began to glow red and then he managed to enlarge 60 times his own
size.  Standing 50 feet tall, MegaTitan looked down upon his enemies.
   "That thing is HUGE!"  TotanPink noticed.
   MegaTitan headed off to the high buildings and started wreaking destruction
there.
   "We've got to stop him!"  TotanRed said.  "NOVA Command:  VikingBikes
Yellow and Red, Power Now!"

-+-

DragonDogi viewed MegaTitan crush a building and cut another with his sabre.
   "So much more destruction than before."  he mused.  "Why didn't we use this
before?  Now we will be able to crush our enemies."

-+-

The five rangers brought their VikingBikes to a halt before the MegaTitan.
   "How're we going to destroy that thing?"  TotanPink asked.
   "First we have to get it away from the population."  TotanRed said.  "Then
we have to shirk him down and finish him off."
   "How're we gonna do that?"  TotanGreen asked.  "We don't even know how he
grew in the first place."
   "I think I have an idea on how he did it."  TotanRed said.  "Cover me."
   "What are you going to do?"  TotanYellow asked.
   "NOVA Command:  Teleport Telebeam!"
   TotanRed raised his sword to the air and teleported away in a red shower of
sparks.
   "Let's take this sucker."  TotanBlue said.
   MegaTitan pushed a billboard down and the Rangers had to roll to avoid
getting crushed.
   "You first."  TotanGreen invited.

-+-

Matchmorou viewed the destruction from the top of a building that was at the
City Centre.
   "This is so perfect."  He thought out loud to himself.  "MegaTitan is
destroying the city, my project is a success, and not a TotanRanger in sight."
   "Well, maybe one."
   "What the?"  Matchmorou turned around and saw the Red TotanRanger coming at
him with his KatanaSlice in hand.
   "Hand over that device!"  TotanRed ordered.
   "Or what?"  Matchmorou asked.
   "Or you'll get a nice quick study of my weapon."
   "I think not."  Matchmorou raised a hand to the air.  "VINADIUMS!  Attack
the Red TotanRanger!"
   Instantly, seven Vinadiums teleported in and started attacking.
   "I don't have time for this."  Totanred grunted.  He backward-handsprung
near a metal shed and kicked some Vinadiums off.  One tried to get a punch,
but Totanred grabbed his fist and threw it high into the air.  Another tried
to rush him, but Totanred stepped out of the way and the Vinadu=ium crashed
into the shed.  Pretty soon others followed him.
   "Your Vinadiums can't touch me!"  TotanRed yelled.  "Now hand over the
device!"
   "Never."
      Against a balck background, Totanred powered up his sword and it glew a
   bright menacing red hue.

"OK, OK, Take it!"
   Matchmorou threw the device to the ground and it broke into a millin
pieces.
   "See you in hell, Ranger!"
   Matchmorou teleported out and MegaTitan reverted back to ViroTitan.
   "Looks like I'm back at square one."  Totanred said.  "Oh, well.  NOVA
command:  Teleport Telebeam!"

-+-

"Nooo!"  ViroTitan growled.  "My powers!"
   "Let's take him, Rangers!"  Totanred said, appearing back with the others.
   "DOMINANT WEAPONS!"  They all called out while the background turned black.
"ULTRA MODE!"
      TotanGreen held his BattleAxe and the razor edge began glowing.  He then
   swiped it forward hard, causing green lightning to come forth.
      TotanYellow's GyrateJammers spun so fast they becam sharp metal discs.
   She took several swipes with them, causing yellow lightning to eminate with
   each deadly strike.
      TotanPink aimed her CrossFire and shot several lasers directly forward,
   each growing menacingly more powerful.
      TotanBlue held his LancePuncher and activated a switch, causing his
   staff to glow a blue hue..  He instantly made a long swipe that bursted
   electricity.
      TotanRed powered up his sword and it glew a bright menacing red hue.  In
   one hard electrical swipe, he managed to destroy the ViroTitan.

-+-

"The ViroTitan failed me!"  DragonDogi growled.  "You ASSURED me that he could
not fail!"
   "I had not counted on the Red TotanRanger destroying my device."
Matchmorou argued.  "But I can have a shipboard version installed in less than
24 hours.  This time, it will make our armies unstoppable."
   "I hope so, Matchmorou."  DragonDogi's eyes glowed menacingly bright.  "For
your sake, I hope you're right!"

-+-

The five Totanrangers temaed up at NOVA HQ, each with their helmets off.
   "So if they can enlarge their armies..."  Matt asked.  "How can we stop
them?"
   "I was pondering this very same question."  Franklin said.  "Follow me."
   Franklin led the five into a large holding bay, with the letters N O V A
printed quite large near the launch doors.  There were five spaceships there.
   "JT."  Fraklin began.  "As TotanGreen, you will command the Green Enforcer
MechaTron."
   JT vierwed a large, long green rocket-shaped heavily armoured machine.
   "Jessica, as TotanYellow, you will control the Yellow Defender MechaTron."
   Jessica's robo looked similar to JT's, but there were many differences.
Different driv thrusters, different weapons, different thrusters.  Actually,
it didn't look much like JT's at all.
   "Kary,"  Franklin said, "As TotanPink you will command the Rescue
MechaTron."
   Kary viewed the large ship, with large engines and swift wings.  It was
equipped with heavy artillery and was definitely the argest.
   "Matt, as TotanBlue, the Nitro MechaTron is yours."
   Matt viewed the double-engined glider.
   "And Drake, I can't think of anyone more worthy than the Red TotanRanger to
command the Leader MechaTron."
   Drake viewed the small, blunt red shuttle.
   "It's awfully small."  Drake said.
   "It is the most powerful of the five Mecha."  Franklin said.  "It has the
most power, but only as one can these mecha defeat your enemies.  I trust you
to use these weapons wisely."
   "We will, Professor."  Drake said.

                        T H E   E N D

NEXT TIME ON ALIEN TASK FORCE TOTANRANGER...
MegaTranantula  goes on the  ramapage  thorugh the  city,  and  not even  the
Totanrangers can stop it!   Will Franklin's  new mecha be enough to stop this
mechanical  beastie?   There's  only  one  way  to  find out,  read  the next
episode... "New Grounds"!

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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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