Trapped in the net
(Bobbie and Maria are walking down the street, discussing.)
Maria: ...And that's how I was hired in the Facilities. First in my class, not even Jack could beat me.
(Bobbie smiles)
Maria: What is it? What are you smiling at?
Bobbie: Nothing.
Maria: What do you mean nothing? You can't smile at nothing. There must be something.
Bobbie: Hey, calm down, no reason to get hysterical! It's just that, I learned more about you in a night than I've learned in a year now. I realised that we lost so much time for no reason.
(They stop walking.)
Maria: Maybe we did. And it's my fault.
Bobbie: No it's not.
Maria: Yes it is. I sould have given us the chance to get to know each other better.
Bobbie: Well...
Maria: But I won't waste any more time of my life.
(They come closer, ready to kiss. Before their lips connect, an intense light from across the street traps their attention. They both turn and look at it. Soon the light fades and a bug robot appears right in front of them)
Bobbie: Crap!
Maria: Not now!
Bugbot: I'm sorry to intrude and interrupt your touching moment!
Bobbie: Sorry doesn't cover.
Maria: What is it this time? Stealing weapons, sinking ships, or is it just a fight?
Bugbot: I'm afraid you have to come with me.
Bobbie: Don't count on that. Ready?
(His chip appears on his right hand and his morpher on his left wrist. Maria's too)
Maria: Ready.
Maria and Bobbie: Digitil...
(Suddenly some Skeletobots appear behind them and grab them before they complete the morphing call.)
Bobbie: Hey!
Maria: Let go of me!
Bugbot: Stop fighting Rangers! It's no good.
(With a sudden move wires fly out of Bugbot's body and tie Bobbie and Maria. They all disappear with the two Rangers leaving a huge scream for help behind)
-Patricia De Santo's appartment, 66:15am
(The doorbell rings. Patricia walks out from her bedroom a little dizzy.)
Patricia: Whoever you are, go away!
Xenon: Patricia, it's Xenon. Open up!
(Patricia opens the door)
Patricia: Xenon, it's 6:15 in the morning!
Xenon: Is Maria here?
Patricia: What?
Xenon: Bobbie maybe?
Patricia: What are talking about?
Xenon: She didn't sleep at home last night. She never does that! I worry so much.
Patricia: You didn't wake me up for these crap, did you?
Xenon: Yes I did. Aren't you worried?
Patricia: For God Sake, she was on a date. Where do you think she could be?
Xenon: You think they're still together?
Patricia: Where have you been for the last 15 fifteen years?
Xenon: Trapped in a computer!
Patricia: Ough. Coffee?
Xenon: Yes please.
(She falls on her couch)
Patricia: Good. You know were the kitchen is. Go make some and get one for me too.
-Computer Research Facilities of NNasada, 12:45pm
(Xenon is working on his computer. He anxiously looks at his watch. He stands up and runs to Patricia)
Xenon: It's almost 1 pm.
Patricia: Xenon, I'm working.
Xenon: And I'm worried.
(Jack enters the discussion)
Jack: Worried about what?
Xenon: Bobbie and Maria. I hadn't had news since they left last night.
Jack: So...?
Xenon: It's strange!
Jack: No it's not. They probably spent the night together and they decided to stay home today. They both deserve it.
Xenon: But...
Patricia: Xenon, sweety, haven't you ever fallen in love?
Xenon: In love with what? My motherboard?
Jack: You have to learn how to adjust in this world.
Patricia: Bobbie and Maria can be a perfect couple. If they found that out last night, they will probably have celebrated.
Xenon: I hope you're right. If you have any news, just tell me, ok?
Patricia: We will. No get back to work. Go go!
(He leaves)
Patricia: Poor Xenon. He lost so much from his life.
Jack: Yes he did. But he gained others. He knows Vinabot better than anyone and if he thinks there's something wrong with our friends...
Patricia: Not you too, Jack!
Jack: I'm not saying that there is something wrong. But if Xenon has a reason to worry, I think we should keep our eyes open just in case. Besides, I know Maria for quite many years and no matter what happens she always calls.
Patricia: But this is a different situation.
Jack: I hope so.
(He leaves and Patricia seems a little worried too)
-Unknown dimension, same time
(Bobbie and Maria are laying on the floor, unconsious. The room has videowalls instead of common walls. Thousands of advertisments and messages appear and disappear on the videowalls. The floor and ceiling are the same. The room is very small. Bobbie comes back to consiousness)
Bobbie: Huh...?
(He looks around. He turns to Maria)
Bobbie: Maria, wake up. Wake up!
(Maria opens her eyes and tries to stand on her arms)
Maria: Bobbie? What's going on?
Bobbie: We're in trouble.
(They both stand up)
Maria: What is this place?
Bobbie: I've no idea.
(On one of the videowalls Bugbot's head flies into the screen)
Bugbot: Good evening Rangers.
(They turn to him surprised)
Bobbie: You again.
Bugbot: I hope you like your room. Vinabot hopes you enjoy your stay!
Maria: Enough with this attitude! What do you want from us?
Bugbot: I was programmed to destroy you. But Vinabot ordered me to make it slow and painful. He's got his reasons.
Bobbie: You're not expecting us to beg for our lives, are you?
Bugbot: It would be no good anyway, Red Ranger. I just wanted to inform you that you are trapped far from your friends, so don't count on them. Besides this room is so well locked that nothing can penitrate its walls from inside. All your efforts will sink.
(Maria and Bobbie have an expression of worry)
Bugbot: Now, excuse me, but I have some other Rangers to go after.
(His image flies out and other messages fly in)
Maria: What are we going to do?
Bobbie: I wish I knew.
-Hideout, 1:35pm
(Patricia, Jack and Michael storm in the Hideout. Xenon is waiting for them.)
Michael: Xenon, what going on?
Jack: What's the emergency?
Xenon: We're in real trouble.
Patricia: Speak up.
Xenon: Apparently Maria and Bobbie are together, but not as well as we hoped.
Michael: What do you mean?
Xenon: I tried to find them via their morphers but I got no signal. It's like the morphers don't even exist.
Patricia: What, they just disappeared?
Xenon: Along with Maria and Bobbie.
Jack: You know where they are?
Xenon: I shall know in a few seconds.
(He starts pressing buttons on the computer)
Xenon: Every time we activate our morphers, a signal is transfered to our computers, recording the start, the duration and the end of our morphing.
Michael: So if they tried to activate the morphers, we'll find out.
Xenon: Exactly.
(after a while he speaks again)
Xenon: Bingo. They tried to morph late last night. However they didn't complete morphing sequence.
Jack: Someone stopped them.
(Xenon nods)
Xenon: I know where they are.
Patricia: You do?
Xenon: They are far from here, so far that nothing, except our technology, could trace them. They are trapped in the Internet.
Michael: Wow, you mean The Internet. Our Internet?
Xenon: Vinabot found a way to send them into a server, store them like files. It sounds crazy, I know, but it's not impossible. As a result of being Digital Force, sometimes faults of computers become our faults too. Vinabot used their morphers to lock them into an Internet server in digital form.
Michael: So, let's get there and save them.
Xenon: It's not so simple. Your powers don't support such actions.
Jack: Our powers?
Xenon: Because of the connection of my powers and the net, I can get there and find Bobbie and my sister. I know which server they are in. I'm going to need your help from here. Once I'm there, I won't be able to conntact you or activate any other program, which means that I must load my weapons now. I will need you to get us out of there, once we're ready.
Patricia: Save them... and take care of yourself.
Xenon: I will. DIGITALIZE!
(He morphs)
Xenon: Ok, here it goes.
(He takes a deep breath and presses some buttons. He starts glowing and he turns into a line of light that goes through a monitor.)
-Vinabot server, Prison folder
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(The two Rangers are trying to find a way out)
Bobbie: This is getting rediculous.
Maria: Tell me about it. I think it's time for the big guns.
Bobbie: I love it when you say that. Let's do it.
Bobbie and Maria: DIGITALIZE!
(Nothing happens)
Bobbie: What's wrong?
Maria: Something is blocking our signal.
Bobbie: Great. We can't morph, use our weapons or call the others.
(Maria sits on the floor disappointed)
Maria: I'm open to ideas.
(Bobbie sits next to her)
Bobbie: I wish I had some.
-Vinabot Server, main folder
(Xenon is wandering)
Xenon: Cool server. And what a great design. Vinabot is a real psycho.
(He spots something like a gate)
Xenon: It's got to be the portal to the next folder.
(Only a few steps away from the portal, a beam hits the ground in front of Xenon and a robot appears)
Xenon: Cryocell?
Cryocell: You are not any of the Rangers I fought against.
Xenon: But... You have been defeated!
Cryocell: Not entirely. You, the Rangers, destroyed our bodies but not our database, which was stored in this server. You realise that you have to go through me to enter the next folder.
Xenon: Gladly.
(He runs against Cryocell and they start fighting)
- Prison Folder
(Bobbie and Maria are on the floor, looking worried)
Maria: Bobbie?
Bobbie: Yes?
Maria: I'm scared.
(Bobbie moves closer to her and holds her in his arms)
Bobbie: Hey. We're going to make it. Ok? Don't worry. The others will find us . I bet my life on that.
(Maria still concerned, closes her eyes to relax in his arms.)
-Main Folder
(Xenon and Cryocell are still fighting. Cryocell shoots beams against Xenon, but he dodges and with his blaster he shoots Cryocell a few shots. Before the robot recharges, he shoots a few more and Cryocell falls on its knees and explodes.)
Xenon: All data erased.
(He runs and goes through the portal. He appears to a similar folder. He spots five new portals that lead to five different folders)
Xenon: Great. What folder now?
(Suddenly more robots appear in front of him. Computhief, Predatron, Unsurity, the B.D.Generator, Tyrahead, Silo, Trapaway and Brawn, they are all there aiming at the Net Ranger, ready to vanish him).
Xenon: That's not my day...
-Hideout
(The alert goes off)
Michael: What happened?
Jack: Another robot. It's attacking Angel Grove downtown.
Patricia: But Xenon and the others are still in there. They'll need our help.
Michael: You guys stay here and help Xenon. I'll go get this robot.
Jack: Wait! If this robot captured Maria and Bobbie, it'll make short work of you.
Michael: Don't worry, I'll get my Jet Cycle and keep him busy. He can't capture what he can't spot.
Jack: I'm going with you.
Michael: But Xenon...
Jack: Patricia will stay here and help the others.
Michael: Ok, let's do it. Digitalize!
Jack: Download Digital Force, Blue
Michael: Download Digital Force, Black
-Angel Grove Downtown
(Bugbot spreads terror when suddenly he is hit with lasers. He raises his eyes to the sky to spot the Rangers flying with their Jet Cycles)
Bugbot: Power Rangers!
Jack: You better watch out for us robot-scrap...
Michael: ...because we are going to be the very last thing you'll ever see.
Bugbot: Your friends had the same big mouth, but it turned to be very... unhealthy.
Jack: Is he the rudest robot we've ever fought or what?
Michael: Let's shut his mouth... or whatever his voice comes out of anyway.
(They start firing at the robot. Bugbot dodges the laser beams and starts shooting against the Rangers. They fly in a great performance and shoot Bugbot. The robot doesn't give up and fires back Michael and Jack. They dodge and fly away to recharge)
- Vinabot Server, Second Folder
(Xenon is fighting against all the robots. They all fire against him)
Xenon: I can't hold on any longer. They are too many for me. And there are five folders ahaid. I can't try every single one of them. There might be a trap or a virus waiting for me right in there. I'm like a computer file now. If something goes wrong, Vinabot could just delete me.
(He decides to go through one of the portals and starts running toward one of them. The robots stop firing as harsh as earlier. Some of them even start laughing)
Xenon: Huh?
(Xenon doesn't go through the portal. He runs toward the others to realise that the robots started attacking very harsh again only when he got to the last portal.)
Xenon: That's got to be the right one. Let's hope I'm not mistaken.
Computhief: No! Don't let him go there!
Trapaway: Get him!
Xenon: See ya amigos.
(Xenon goes through the protal before the robots get him. He soon ends up to the last folder. He glances behind)
Xenon: I'm glad that they can't follow.
(He spots the cell where Maria and Bobbie are trapped.)
Xenon: And now, to shut this server once and for all...
(He fires with his blaster at one of the walls totally destroying it. Maria and Bobbie who are laying on the floor, stand up and run to him)
Maria: Xenon!
(She runs and hugs him. Bobbie shakes his hand friendly)
Xenon: So, how did the navigation go?
Bobbie: Our browser stopped responding in here... I'm glad you came for us.
Xenon: I'm sure you are. Are you ok Maria?
Maria: Yes. But we have to get out of here.
Xenon: The others are watching this show. They probably get us out of here in a few seconds.
-Hideout
(Jack and Michael storm in, morphed, helmets off)
Jack: This robot is far too powerful for the two of us.
Michael: We'll need full power. What about the others?
Patricia: Xenon found them. They're ok. They'll be here about.... now.
(She presses a button and three lines of light fly into the Hideout from the monitor. The lines transform into Xenon, Maria and Bobbie.)
Bobbie: That was a fun ride.
Maria: If you like feeling like a zipper.
Bobbie: What happened here?
Michael: We got a new robot on the loose.
Jack: And it's strong.
(Maria looks at the monitor)
Maria: Bugbot.
Bobbie: Ok, let's stop it. Digitalize!
Maria: Download Digital Force, Yellow
Patricia: Download Digital Force, Pink
Bobbie: Download Digital Force, Red
-Angel Grove downtown.
(The Rangers drive into the scene, riding their Jet Cycles.)
Bugbot: Who is it this time?
Michael: It's me honey, I asked the guys from work to come over to watch the game. Hope you don't mind!
Bobbie: Fire at will!
(The Rangers start firing against the robot. Bugbot is trying to dodge all the blasts but he fails and falls on the ground. He tries to stand on his feet again)
Bobbie: Not so fast! Electro Sword!
(Bobbie jumps away from his Jet Cycle and activates the electro sword. He slashes the robot, making it explode.)
Bobbie: Bug exterminated.
(the robot suddenly grows into a giant)
Michael: Wow! Talk about coakcroach in the kitchen!
Bobbie: Ok, I've had it. Digital Force Zords, online!
Xenon: Net Lightship, power up!
(The Zords holding bay opens and all the zords fly toward Angel Grove. the Rangers jump into the cockpit)
Bobbie: Digital Force Megazord, transform!
(The zords combine and the Megazord is activated)
Bugbot: Your time's up Rangers.
Bobbie: You think?
(The Megazord punches Bugbot)
Bobbie: That's for capturing me.
(The Megazord puches again)
Bobbie: That's for knocking me unconcious...
(...and again!)
Bobbie: And that's for my lost kiss!
(Bugbot grabs the megazord)
Patricia: What's going on? Nothing works properly!
Jack: It's like there are bugs in our program!
Maria: Bugs? I got it. We have no Bugs but he IS one.
Bobbie: Maria is right. Our program is perfect. His program has bugs. If he's trying to send those bugs to us, we must send them back to him, only reeinforced
Jack: Let's do it.
(Suddenly Bugbot starts punching himself and loses control of his body. The Megazord tosses him and stands up)
Xenon: Let's finish him off!
(the Megazord jumps on the Lightship. Both the Megazord and the Net Lightship fire against Bugbot)
Bobbie: Time to delete it!
(The main cannon loads and fires the beam that destroyes Bugbot in a huge explosion)
-Hideout
(The Rangers are standing there, unmorphed, passing the file for the robot in the computers)
Xenon: And that's all for Bugbot.
Michael: What about Vinabot's server? It can be quite a threat for us if he keeps storing his robots' database in there.
Patricia: Don't worry. When I got Maria, Xenon and Bobbie out of there, I sent a virus so powerful, that will totally scrap the server.
Bobbie: So everything's in order again, thanks to us.
Jack: And now that it's all over, we have to work a little.
Patricia: What's wrong with you and work anyway?
Jack: Excuse me but with all these Ranger buisiness, our department in the Facilities is far from the level it should be.
Xenon: He's right. We have to work too. Let's go.
(The all leave the Hideout. Bobbie and Maria are the last to leave. As Bobbie walks toward the exit, Maria walks faster. When she is in front of him she stops, touches his face with her palm and kisses him on his lips. Bobbie is astonished, paralysed)
Maria: Thanks. It was a wonderful date. We should do it again sometime.
(Bobbie smiles)
Bobbie: Yes we should.
(She smiles at him and leaves the Hideout. After a while he leaves too)
Executive Producers
Eric Freeman
Andrew Calhoun
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