Epic Power Rangers: Episode 4
King Sphinx! Jason's Two-On-One Battle!
Up on the moon, Bandora's forces were preparing for her latest plan. The way she saw it, the Rangers had been victorious so far because they always fought together, thus the obvious plan was to split them up and she had the best monster for the job: King Sphinx. His powerful wings could blow the Rangers away to far away distances and at each destination an army of Putties would be waiting for the Ranger to land and attack them immediately. That would just leave Jason the Red Ranger, the team leader. Goldar and King Sphinx would deal with him. After all, it took the entire Ranger team to drive Goldar back last time and King Sphinx was an excellent warrior in his own right.
Bandora relaxed on her throne and awaited word from Finster once the monster was ready.
At the Youth Center, Jason was trying to break the bench press record. The record was over two thousand reps. However, Ernie was having trouble keeping count, Kim was blowing bubble gum bubbles and Zack came skateboarding in. Trini and Sarah were sparring while Billy was reading a textbook. One thing lead to another and...
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DISASTER!
The bar slipped and Jason lost his grip on it, it fell down on his chest and then onto the floor. He rubbed his chest. That would have hurt a lot but thanks to the boost they got ever since receiving the Morphers, Jason barely felt it even after such a long workout. He sat down for a drink with Zack and Kimberly. "Hey man I'm really sorry about that." Zack said.
"It's not a problem. Besides, if you think about, I must have broken the record several times over after that workout. I'll just get it for real next time."
"And we'll support you all the way. For now, drinks are on us." Kim smiled.
The trio was interrupted by the arrival of Bulk and Skull.
The two walked up laughing. "Hey girlie man, I heard you choked at the big workout."
"Yeah, choked." Skull made some gagging noises.
Jason rolled his eyes, ignoring the two as he continued his talk with Zack and Kimberly. Bulk smiled at Skull as he walked up behind Jason. "The benchpress record." He suddenly grabbed Jason up out of the chair and squeezed as hard as he could. "Is Still MINE!" Bulk and Skull laughed.
Jason struggled for a moment. He could easily break Bulk's grip but decided to mess with him a little instead. Reaching down, Jason began tickling him. Bulk began cracking up and then burst out laughing, dropping Jason. Jason then put his hand on Bulk and bent him over, causing a rip to open in Bulk's pants. Bulk immediately stopped laughing. Skull, not noticing at first, kept laughing. Bulk cleared his throat and motioned for Skull to get over there. Skull got the picture and ran behind Bulk as they scooted out of the Juice Bar.
The teens laughed.
Trini and Sarah walked over. "You alright?" Trini asked.
"Yeah it's no big deal. I'll just get the record next time." Jason smiled.
"That's the spirit man." Sarah added.
"If you don't succeed, try and try again." Billy said.
As the teens went about their day, Bandora sat in wait on the Moon.
Finster walked into her throne room, flanked by the Sphinx monster. "Your highness, everything is ready."
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Bandora smiled. "King Sphinx. Welcome back."
Goldar looked up at his old ally. "Hello Sphinx."
"Queen Bandora. I am honored to serve you again. Sir Goldar, it will be a pleasure to fight beside you once more."
The armies of Putties entered next.
Bandora smiled. "Excellent. Now, here is our plan...."
The teens were headed to the mall when they got a call from Zordon. Seeing a place to get out of sight, they ran to the side. "Come in Zordon."
"Rangers, Bandora's Sphinx Monster has arrived at the local theater. You must stop him but beware his powerful winds!"
"We're on it. It's Morphing Time!"
The Rangers teleported to the outdoor theater to see the Sphinx Monster waiting for them with several putties by his side.
"So you must be Bandora's next monster. How about you just surrender and we can end this quickly?" Jason asked.
"How arrogant. You will address me as KING Sphinx!"
"You're a king?" Sarah asked.
"YES!"
"But, if you're a king, and Bandora's an Empress....who outranks who?" Billy asked.
The monster replied by blasting at the Rangers, who avoided the blasts. "Enough talk, to battle my warriors!" Several dozen Putties charged them from the front. As the Rangers got ready to take them, more of the Putties appeared from both sides and from behind them and jumped the Rangers, splitting them up and forcing them to go on the defensive.
Jason super punched a putty through the air into another one and then hit two others in the necks and kicked another in the stomach.
Kimberly did a hand stand, grabbed a putty with her legs and threw it through the air into the others and then pushed off her hands and kicked two in the air as she came back down.
Trini did a spinning kick in the air, knocking down a few of the putties and she landed down and elbowed another in the head.
Zack was knocked to the ground but just used this to set up himself and started break dancing on the ground, spinning around and kicking the Putties back, jumping back up and doing a spinning back punch on another.
Billy threw Putties off of himself and drew his blade blaster, shooting one to get some breathing room and then kicked another into the air. He jumped backwards over the heads of the Putties and continued firing at them.
Sarah grabbed a Putty and flipped it to the ground and then grabbed another and kicked at the back of it's leg before punching at the back of it's head. Several more jumped on her back. Sarah went down on one knee before gritting her teeth behind her helmet and pushing them off of her.
The Putties had numbers but the Rangers had the strength and skills. However, as they were fighting with them, they lost track of the monster. Sphinx teleported behind Billy. Billy kicked a putty away and then noticed the monster. "Goodbye Blue Ranger!" King Sphinx laughed and flapped his wings, sending out a magic blue wind that picked up the Blue Ranger and blew him up into the sky.
He then teleported behind Trini and blew her away with a yellow wind. "What the? Guys!"
The Rangers turned just in time to see their friend blown away. Sarah was next as the monster teleported behind her and blew her away as well.
"SARAH!" Kimberly called out.
"What did you do to them?" Jason asked the Sphinx. "Now, now, there's no need to worry about them. You have your own problems Rangers!" He mocked as the numerous putties recovered and went on the attack, grabbing and punching and kicking at the Rangers. The Rangers were knocked around but soon recovered and started beating down the Putties.
Jason and Kimberly just started to make headway when they saw Zack be blown away as well. "ZAAACK!" Jason yelled. "That's enough!" Kimberly yelled at the Sphinx. She tossed a Putty away and super jumped over to him, shooting at the monster with her blaster. The monster summoned up a staff and blocked the blasts. Kimberly kicked at the monster but he knocked her away and blew her away, the Pink Ranger disappearing up into the sky.
"You sonnova....where are they? What did you do to them?! Answer me!" Jason demanded.
"I simply sent each of them to a far away place where they will each be greeted by a welcome party: An army of Putty Patrollers all waiting to ambush each Ranger the moment they land. And you as well!" Jason jumped the monster but before he could make contact, the monster blew him away with a red wind.
Jason crashed down in a desert in Egypt.
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He shook off the impact. Just as he was getting up to take a look around, dozens of grey hands popped up out of the sand and grabbed him.
Zack landed face first in the snow in an Arctic desert.
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He was just getting to his feet when Putties leaped up out of the snow and punched him backwards. They threw him to the ground and began kicking and punching and stomping on the Ranger.
Sarah landed in a mountain range.
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She was immediately kicked in the head by a Putty and rolled along the ground to be kicked by three more.
Trini landed in the ruins of a village, breaking stones on her landing.
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She shook off the impact and got up just in time to see three Putties leap out at her with sword arms. They slashed down at, sparking the Yellow Ranger.
Kimberly crashed down through a couple tree branches and hit the ground of a deserted island.
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Just as she was picking herself up Putties leaped down on top of her.
Billy broke through the glass ceiling of a building and fell to the ground.
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He was getting to his feet when he noticed the army of Putties glaring at him from all directions. "Uh oh."