TV-PG                    Gourmet Night presents...

                        ALIEN TASK FORCE TOTANRANGER
                       (uchuujin sentai totaanrenjaa)

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

                                  Episode 9
                      "Charlie Hunter:  ViroTargeted !"

Charlie Hunter sat impatiently in his plastic chair at school, waiting for his
friends, and fellow TotanRangers, to arrive with the prognosis from his battle
the previous day with ViroClown.
  Eventually, Drake and JT appeared and sat next to him.
  "So, what's the word?"  Charlie asked.
  "Well, you still have your powers."  Drake said, "but they're not stable
anymore.  You can change, but it'll only last about 20 hours before the power
fades."
  "Then what?"  Charlie asked.
  "Then you'll permanently turn back into a human."  JT said.  "Sorry, man,
but that's as much as we can give."
  "So I'm on borrowed time?"  Charlie asked.
  "Yeah."  Drake said.  "We can submit small fractions of our powers
temporarily to you, but aside from that, that's all we can do.  And you're now
too weak to use a mecha."
  "Great."  Charlie scoffed.  "My Ranger career is over before it even
begins."
  "Franklin's trying to find a way to re-energize the main power bank,"  JT
said, "but that clown did a lot of damage to your internal circuitry."
  "I understand."  Charlie sighed, sitting back.  "Thanks for everything,
guys."

-+-

"How did that clown do all that damage?"  Kary questioned Franklin.  "I mean,
there was barely enough energy to knock him out."
  "It was all an internal virus."  Franklin said.  "Look, to make his powers
last longer, I'm going to limit his exposed transformed time to 5 minutes a
battle... that's it."
  "Five minutes?"  Matt asked.  "Can't it last longer?"
  "Not without doing some damage to Charlie."  Franklin said.  "I'm sorry, but
if I don't limit his time he could die of radiation poisoning before his
Ranger time runs out."
  "You did everything you could."  Jessica said.
  "To think he would actually be the thing to changer the tide of the war." 
Franklin pondered.  "Now he's too weak to even pilot a mecha, let alone save
the galaxy."

-+-

Far above in the Shadow Syndicate ship, DragonDogi sat planning.
  _When the mob wants some one out of their way, they hire a burly hitman, so
if I want a Ranger out of my way..._  "Matchmorou!"
  "What?"  Matchmorou glared from his workstation.  "What do you want _now_?"
  "I want a hitman Virus to eliminate that White Ranger."  DragonDogi ordered.
  "I got one."  Matchmorou said unenthusiastically.  "ViroTargeter.  He's got
full armaments and never misses his target.  Happy?"
  "Very."  DragonDogi gleamed.
  "Good."  Matchmorou plopped his head back on his desk.

-+-

Charlie, Drake, and JT were walking past the drugstore, which was en route to
the diner that they were headed to for lunch.
  "I don't understand why I have a time lock onmy powers."  Charlie said.  "I
mean, I know I've got limits, but five minutes eems completely unfair.  How
can someone do anything in five minutes?"
  "That's how long it takes you to do your homework."  JT laughed.
  "Shut up."  Cahrlie responded.
  Suddenly, a large blast struck the three to the ground.
  "What was that?"  Drake asked.
  Out of the smoke came a Virus Monsterman.  His shoulders were armed with
missiles, firearms and ammunition belted around it's metal body, a large black
trenchcoat waving in the wind, and a target-lock device over his large red
eye.
  "Let's do it!"  Drake called out.  "TotanChange!"
  <<Two Zero Seven Four.>>
  Drake appeared in front of the red-gridded background and pulled his arms
 out of the X he had them in and brought them to his sides.  While that
 happened, his body spun around and his Red armour suit appeared on him. 
  JT appeared in front of the green-gridded background and pulled his arms out
 of the X he had them in and brought them to his sides.  While that happened,
 his body spun around and his Green armour suit appeared on him.
  <<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 spun around and his black-gloved, black sideways-I-ed white suit
 appeared on him.  A digital readout clock appeared in front of him, with
 large red numbers, reading 5:OO, 4:59, 4:58...

"Alien Task Force TotanRanger!"  The three posed in their TotanRanger armour.
  "You're all doomed!"  ViroTargeter yelled.  "But I'll let you live if you
hand over my true target... The White Ranger!"
  "No way!"  TotanRed yelled, dashing forward.  The two met in a stalemate,
each trying to punch the other, looking extremly anime.  But ViroTargeter
managed to shoot out one of his missiles at TotanRed, causing him to fall
back, smoke comign out of his red costume.
  "You'll pay for that!"  TotanGreen yelled.  "Dominant weapon... BattleAxe!"
  TotanGreen's battle axe appeared in his hands as he rushed forward, taking
several swipes at ViroTargeter.  But ViroTargeter managed to lock onto
TotanGreen's energy signature and blasted him with a chest laser.
  "Now it's your turn!"  ViroTargeter growled at TotanWhite.
  "I don't think so!"  TotanWhite said, checking his watch, which read 4:12,
4:11, 4:1O... _I got four minutes before the end of the world.  Better make
this good._  He thought.
  TotanWhite rushed up and laid a sucker punch directly into Targeter's face,
causing the creature to be shot back in a shower of sparks.
  "You'll pay for that!"  Targeter yelled, shooting out a laser, causing White
to be shot back.  Checking his watch, he noticed the power fluxuation cut his
time down to two minutes, eighteen seconds.
  "Prepare to meet your doom, White Ranger."  Targeter growled.  Suddenly,
three beams shot him back.  Looking up, TotanWhite saw TotanRangers Blue,
Pink, and Yellow flying above on their Spiral Surfers.
  "I was wondering when you guys would get here."  TotanWhite said.
  "We're not too late?"  TotanPink asked.
  "Well, he beat us all pretty good, but it's never too late."
  "I'll show you defeat!"  Targeter yelled, shooting out six missiles,
shooting the Rangers back into the street.
  TotanWhite began to check his watch, but then noticed his armour was
flickering on and off like a poor light, constantly showing his real arm.
  "Not now, not now..."  Charlie begged.
  "Looks like your time is up, TotanRanger!"  ViroTargeter growled.
  "Yeah?"  Charlie yelled.  "We'll see.  Spiral Surfer, full thrusters!"
  The White Spiral Surfer rocketed forward and swoped past ViroTargter,
shooting him back in a large shower of sparks.

-+-

"No!  We're so close!"  DragonDogi yelled, summoning up a red orb into his
gloved hand.  "Take this!"  He yelled, throwing it forward.

-+-

ViroTargeter caught the orb and crushed it with his hand, causing energy to be
released and thus enlarging him into gigantic proportions.
  "Whoa!"  Charlie gasped.
  "We need Dominant MechaTron power now!"  The six TotanRanger yelled.
  Dominant MechaTron appeared in the city, having just merged en route.  It
now stood in a battle pose against MegaTargeter.
  "You can't defeat me!"  MegaTargeter growled.
  "You made a mistake of messing with the TotanRangers and their friends." 
TotanGreen said from his console.
  "Says you."  MegaTargeter said.  "But let's see what my friends have to say
about it."
  "What friends?"  TotanBlue asked.
  "Why, these of course!"  megaTargeter growled, shooting a full barage of
missiles at the giant robo, causing it to shield itself while expolsions
rocked all around it.
  "Man, this guy's pure firepower!"  TotanPink exclaimed.
  "Magno-Sphere, power up!"  TotanYellow ordered.
  Suddenly, the glowing blue sphere appeared in Dominant MechaTron's hands.
  "Magno-Sphere, full power!"  The five Rangers yelled.
  Dominant MechaTron wound up it's arm and released the glowing blue sphere at
MegaTargeter, causing the missiles to power up and explode simultaneously,
destroying the monster in a huge explosion.  The robo turned around to avoid
being blinded by the explosion.

-+-

"Man, good work, guys!"  TotanWhite said.
  "Thanks, man."  TotanRed responded.
  Suddenly, the suit flickered again, and in a hiss of steam, disappeared,
leaving Charlie Hunter standing in his place.
 "Man."  Charlie frustratedly grunted.  "If I can't even keep up with the
battle, I can't be a Ranger.  I almost got you guys killed."
  "Don't worry about it."  TotanBlue said.  "You're our friend, and we're
always watching out for you."
  "Thanks, Ma-- Blue Ranger."
  "Let's just pray no one saw you untransform."  TotanPink said.

-+-

In the Shadow Syndicate ship, DragonDogi growled in rage and smashed a console
with his fist, leaving a humongous dent there.
  "Those Rangers defeated another monster using his own power."  He grunted. 
"But now we know that the White Ranger's powers are limited, and even now, his
time grows shorter."
  "Once the power is gone, the other Rangers will follow in kind."  Nikita
smiled evilly.
  "Yes..."  DragonDogi chuckled.

				THE END

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The  characters  and  events depicted  in  this  series  are  fictional.   Any
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