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                        ALIEN TASK FORCE TOTANRANGER
                       (uchuujin sentai totaanrenjaa)

            Starring...
                       Drake Swift....... TotanRed !
                       Matt Baritowski... TotanBlue !
                       Kary Mitchel...... TotanPink !
                       Jessica Howell.... TotanYellow !
                       JT Fitzpatrick.... TotanGreen !
                 and...
                       Professor Sherman Franklin.

                                  Episode 8
                        "Rangers Just Wanna Have Fun"

Sunday night, Crosspoint High School, 8:15 PM.  Drake Johnothan Swift held the
red-orange basketball in his sweaty hands, aimed for the basket in front of
him, and shot the ball forward full thrust.  The ball hit the side of the ring
and and shot off as the buzzer sounded, announcing that the game had ended. 
The crowd was silent as it emptied out and Drake tipped his head down.
  "Hey, don't take it so hard."  He heard a voice say.  Drake turned around to
see his sister, Sargeant Jamie Swift standing behind him.  He hugged her,
leaving some sweat from his red tank-top on her uniform.
  "Jamie, what are you doing here?"  Drake asked.  "I mean, weren't you in
Orion?"
  "Hey, I couldn't pass up the chance to see my favourite little brother play
basketball."  Jamie said.  "Besides, I haven't seen you in ages.  How's life
been treating you?"
  "It's been pretty interesting."  Drake said, running his hand through his
sweaty hair, releasing his ponytail.  "I can't believe I didn't make that
shot."
  "Don't take it so seriously."  Jamie comforted him.  "You don't have to be
serious all the time."
  "I'll try to relax."  Drake said.
  "Have you seen any of those Alien Ranger people around?"  Jamie teased.
  "You really want to know?"  Drake asked.
  "What?"  Jamie asked.
  "Can you keep a secret?"  Drake asked, grinning.

-+-

Meanwhile, in orbit around Earth, the Shadow Syndicate ship loomed through the
stars, while inside-- DragonDogi had a flash of insight while watching these
events unfold on his viewing screen.
  "Yes..."  He mused.  "Relaxing..."
  "What are you planning this time?"  Matchmorou asked.
  "Why doesn't that little Red Ranger relax?  We could probably help him."
  "I'm not sure if I'm following you."  Matchmorou said.
  "We send ViroClown down to infect Drake and his ranger-pals with a virus
that will make them impossible to resist the temptation to enjoy themselves."
  "And they will not fight us."  Matchmorou caught on.  "Ingenious!"
  "Get to working on ViroClown immediantly."  DragonDogi ordered.

-+-

Monday Morning, Shady Grove, Valencia, 9:45 AM.  Drake Swift still had not
managed to cool off about his loss.
  "C'mon, man."  Charlie Hunter said.  "It happens to everyone.  Don't take it
so seriously."
  "I guess you're right."  Drake sighed as he headed off to class.  But before
he could get through, a disguised ViroClown appeared and sprayed him with some
unusual formula.  Drake stopped where he was and thought to himself.
  "What am I doing here?"  He asked himself.  "School's boring.  I'm gonna go
out and have some fun!"
  And with that, Drake Swift bolted down the hallway and out the doors.

-+-

In advanced Stiochiometry 101, Kary Mitchell looked out the transparent doors,
waiting for Drake to come.  He's sometimes late, but never 10 minutes.  And he
was at school today, she had seen him earlier.  As Mr Platau continued talking
about mole-to-ion ratios (or something like that), Kary began pondering
possibilities of Drake's absense.  Until ViroClown (still cloaked) sprayed
her).

-+-

In the hallway, Matt Baritowski bobbed his head up and down to the tunes on
his RiliDisk player, with the volume turned up to MAX.  He didn't care if he
looked stupid or if it was loud or damaging his brain cells, he was having
fun.
  _Guess I don't need to spray this guy._  ViroClown thought.

-+-

Jessica Howell sat in the student commons studying intently for her upcoming
exam in AP English.  The only thing that interrupted her studies were her red
lollipop... and that wierd smell that came out of thin air...

-+-

JT Fitzpatrick washed his hands in the male's bathroom, which for some reason
was always freezing, even in the summer.  As he dried his hands with the last
remaining paper towel, ViroClown snuck up on him and let loose the sweet spray
of freedom.

-+-

"Excellent!"  DragonDogi gleamed.  "The TotanRangers have been intoxicated by
ViroClown's chemicals.  Now they won't be able to fight me, they'll be too
busy having fun!"

-+-

Valencia Mall, 4:45 PM Monday.  Charlie Hunter entered, hoping to find some
trace of his friends.  They had dissappeared from school today, and they were
kind of intimate about this place.  He thought if they were anywhere, they'd
be here.
  Charlie entered the large glass doors and looked around.  In the
overlighted, noisy Arcade, he saw Drake, playing the TotanRanger video game. 
Charlie headed in.
  "Drake, where were you today?"  Charlie asked.  "I mean, I didn't see you in
any of the classes."
  "I'm taking a break from school for a while."  Drake said.  "Sure it's good,
but I've got to temporize.  You said to take it easy, so that's what I'm
doing."
  "But you need to have some responsibility."  Charlie said.
  Just then, the others appeared.
  "Responsibility sucks."  Kary said.  "Now we do what we want when we want."
  "I'm not believing this."  Charlie said.  "Something's wrong here.  We
should get to NOVA and have you checked out."
  "No way, man."  Drake said.  "I'm fine, except for someone who claims to be
my friend won't stop bugging me.  I've never gotten this far."
  "I'm heading to NOVA."  Charlie said.  "And if you have any sense in you,
you'll be following soon."
  Charlie left their hearing area and brought his communicator up.
  "Professor, I think something's wrong."  Charlie said.
  "Return to NOVA immediantly."  Franklin's voice came through.  "And try to
bring any of the others with you."
  "I can't talk them into it, but I'm on my way."  Charlie said.

-+-

Charlie rushed outside and found a squad of Vinadiums and ViroClown waiting
for him.  "I should've known a Virus was behind this."
  "Get him!"  ViroClown yelled.
  "Catch me if you can!"  Charlie yelled.  "TotanChange!"
  Charlie punched in his command code into his Alien Alternator.  <<Six Zero
Eight Two.>>
 Charlie appeared in front of the blue background and pulled his arms out of
 the X he had them in and brought them to his sides.  While that happened, his
 body spunaround and his black-gloved, black sideways-I-ed white suit appeared
 on him.
  TotanWhite leaped up into the sky and landed in the middle of the squadron. 
Thinking quick, he dialed in a command sequence.  Zero Five Two.
  What appeared to be a large white spinning top circled down from the sky and
TotanWhite leaped onto it.
  "Spiral Surfer, Full Thrusters!"  TotanWhite yelled, sending the moving
board forward as he used his arms to punch the Vinadiums out of his way.  He
collided with ViroClown, who managed to stop the board from spinning, sending
TotanWhite spinning back sideways onto the ground.
  "Man!"  He grunted as ViroClown stepped forward.
  "You're doomed, Totan Ranger!"  ViroClown laughed.
  "I don't think so."  TotanWhite said.  "Teleport Telebeam!"
  Charlie's suited body suddenly erupted into a large vertical shower of white
sparks, which all flew into the sky hard, leaving only smoke where the White
TotanRanger stood just seconds earlier.

-+-

Untransformed, Charlie Hunter limped back into the arcade, where the other
Rangers were playing at games, not intent on ever leaving.
  "Man, where were you?"  Charlie asked.  "I had to face a Virus Monsterman by
myself."
  "So?"  Drake asked.  "You've got powers.  You can deal with it."
  "But I can't do it alone."  Charlie said.  "What are you doing, anyway?  I
mean, you're the Red TotanRanger.  You should be helping those in need!"
  "Hey, I've got news for you."  Drake said.  "From now on, I just look after
number one, and that's me."
  "The Virus got to you."  Cahrlie said.  "I thought you were my friend."
  With that, Charlie stormed off, leaving Drake to stand there.

-+-

On his Spiral Surfer, TotanWhite looked through the skies, trying to forget
what his "friend" had done to him.  Not being able to keep his mind on where
he was going, he did not notice that ViroClown was following behind him, at
least not until he was shot in the back.
  TotanWhite went carreening towards ground zero, trying to keep his body limp
so he wouldn't be hamred too much by the impact.
  He landed with a grunt, rolling away as ViroClown landed.
  "Now to finish off this meddling Ranger."  He said, but before he could
blast Charlie into oblivion, ViroClown was shot hard, causing his to fall
back.  Behind him stood TotanRed.
  "You finally came to your senses?"  TotanWhite asked.
  "Yeah."  TotanRed responded.  "Now let's finish this guy off."
  "I'm all for that."  TotanPink said, appearing by thier side.
  When ViroClown finally managed to get up off his smoking body, he found
himself staring directly at the six costumed TotanRangers, all holding their
weapons.
  "Enjoy."  TotanWhite quipped right before they all shot forward, sending the
creature back to oblivion.

-+-

"The Rangers defeated ViroClown!"  DragonDogi growled.  "And it's all the
fault of that interfering White Ranger!"
  "Where did he come from?"  Nikita asked.  "It's like he appeared out of
nowhere."
  "But we have our newest target."  DragonDogi said.  "Charlie Hunter should
watch out, because his days are numbered."

-+-

Back in the Swift household, Drake hugged his older sister, who was at the
door with her suitcases.  Charlie then hugged them both.
  "It was great having you over."  Drake said.
  "You're my little brother."  Jamie said.  "I wouldn't pass up the
opportunity to visit."
  "How was your visit?"  Charlie asked.
  "Pretty interesting."  Jamie said.  "I even saw two of the TotanRangers." 
Jamie winked at them.  Drake winked back as she left.
  "She knows?"  Charlie asked.
  "Don't worry."  Drake said.  "She can keep a secret."

				THE END

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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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