It was a quiet night in Crosslands, as Anna returned to her apartment, locking the door and going to sleep for the few hours she had before she needed to get up and help Mrs. Riley needed her to help open up the store. Unless a new monster showed up, it looked to be another ordinary day. But what she didn't count upon was Technorg having chosen this street to carry out their next experiment. "Scanning for suitable objects.", the AI in a techno-organic body stated as they looked around the street, until they found a parabola transmitter. "Object suitability probability: 97.54%." They extended tendrils into the object, to infuse it with nanotechnology to upgrade its effect. "Object abilities: transmit signals, that could alter human brainwaves at certain frequencies. Conclusion: alter object to transmit waves that alter human behaviour." With its new capabilities installed, the device began transmitting the waves at the frequency it had been input with. "Now, I need merely wait a few hours and observe the results, before I get the three idiots to work their quote unquote magic." Technorg turned and leapt into the sky, surrounded by flames. In her bed, Anna turned over, unaware of the alterations to her personality that were to come.

The next day, Lee and Kit pulled up to the police station in the former's car. "What are we doing here?", Kit asked. "And why'd you bring me?"

"I don't know.", was Lee's answer. "I just got a text from Bobby telling me to head to the police station, bring you along and talk to the Comissioner. Whatever we've done, I'm sure it's a misunderstanding." He went over to the reception desk as they walked into the lobby. "I think Commissioner Wheeler wants to speak to me and my friend."

The lady checked the appointments, finding something of interest. "Ah yes, the two of you are his 9 o'clock. Funny, it doesn't list a name. It just says 'pr'. Are you public relations people?"

"Something like that.", Kit answered as he and Lee made their way into the building, searching for the office they had been called to. Eventually, they found one labelled "P. Wheeler. Commissioner" on the wall.

"Come in you two.", the voice of the Commissioner came from the other side of the door. Lee and Kit opened the door to see Wheeler sat at his desk, with his newly promoted deputy Anya Case sat to the side. "We have much to talk about."

"Look, Comissioner.", Lee began. "Whatever we've been accused of, we had nothing to do with it."

"You can drop the act, you two.", Case spoke up. "We know you're Power Rangers."

Lee and Kit were so shocked to hear this, the latter didn't even bother to offer a lie. "When did you find out?", he asked.

"Just now, actually.", Wheeler said in response. "Agent Malcolm informed me that Officer Peeler was the Black Ranger, so I asked him to tell the Red Ranger to come to my office today, and bring their new Orange member."

"So you have our attention and our identities.", Lee said, scornfully. "What do you want now?"

"Don't worry, we're not aiming to shut you down.", Case answered. "I admire your work too much to do that, and the Commissioner certainly appreciates it. No, we need you to answer some questions so we can get a full file on you."

Lee sighed. "Well, we might as well get this over with quickly. Who knows what's lurking out there?"

Meanwhile, George was in his garage, working on a bicycle for his neighbour's son. She noted that it had been having issues with the brakes, and for whatever reason, her son had stopped trying to repair it and was instead focusing on sitting in his room and listening to death metal. Thankfully, George had soundproofed the garage so he could work on his mechanical projects without distraction. Unfortunately, he hadn't banked on sounds inside the structure, like his Aunt Anita calling his phone. "Hello, what's your problem?"

"George, have you seen Anna today?", Aunt Anita asked. "She didn't come into work today and she hadn't called in to say there was an emergency. I'm worried."

"Don't worry, I'll look into it." George hung up, before sending Anna a text message. "I'm coming over to your place. Please for the love of god be decent when I get there." He then set off running towards the location.

Elsewhere, the Star Kats were waiting around for Technorg at a hog-rise. "It's not nice to leave people waiting.", K.P fumed.

"At least it's better than what Slashmark must be going through.", Grillion pointed out. "Getting sequestered in whatever hiding place we find must be rough."

"Let's just hope dere is a place when we get back dere.", Meowbile gulped. "Leavin' a guy wit' his blade arms ain't gonna make the place prettier."

"Or less functional." Grillion and K.P turned around to see that Technorg was standing behind them, clenching their fist. "I see you received my message." Both moved backwards in shock. "I forewarned you of my presence."

"We know.", all three said nervously.

"And you made sure to be very punctual. Excellent discipline.", Technorg commented. "Now then, I have a simple task for you. I have a modified antenna on the outside of this structure. I want you to use your Overclock Key to create an Automobeast out of it."

K.P was confused. "Don't you have your own Key? Roadhound said that the one he gave me was his."

"Yes, but mine is currently indisposed.", Technorg answered. "Now, accomplish this simple task and you may go home."

"Yes sir!", the three saluted.

K.P then ran outside and threw her Key at the antenna as soon as she noticed it. It merged into the object, creating an Automobeast with a chest and shoulders wrapped in wires and cables, a satellite dish on its chest, and an antenna on its head, which had a lightning-styled "mask" over its eyes and a set of open jaws. "Signaltron, online.", the new creation stated.

Technorg stepped forward to inspect the new creation. "Not a bad design, if I do say so myself. Though there may be room for improvement."

"Signaltron, let's go get those humans under our thumb.", K.P announced.

"Order input. Proceeding.", Signaltron declared as he ran into the town, with the Star Kats getting up to follow.

"Let's see how far my upgrades take my newest creation.", Technorg noted to themselves.

At Anna's apartment, George came up to the front door, knocking on it. "W-who is it?", Anna's voice came from within. "C-can you come back l-later?"

"It's George, and he's not going until he's talked to you.", George answered. "So if you want me to go away quicker, I suggest you open the door."

"O-okay." George opened the door to see Anna had changed her look to go with her new more nervous demeanour. Her hair was worn in pigtails rather than let down or in a ponytail, she was wearing glasses and a frilly shirt with a patterned skirt over it, along with stockings and boots on her legs. She then started crying. "I-I'm so sorry. I knew you wouldn't want to see me like this."

George sat down on the bed to comfort her. "It seems you've been going through some changes.", he noted. "Is that why you didn't call in to work."

"T-that, and I was afraid of getting some kind of germs from the door handles. Or a paper cut when I hand out the menus. Or that I'd drop a glass and get injured on one of the shards.", Anna began to ramble. "Something similar happened to me at my bartending course, wherein I."

"Woah. Somethings definitely wrong if you're talking about your past jobs.", George realised. He then manifested his Morpher to make a call. "Mover, there's something wrong with Anna. Overnight, she's been turned into a skittish geek."

"It's not just her.", Mover responded, as he observed footage of a break dancing grandma, a cop robbing a bank with a toy gun and a bird ravenous pecking at a cat. "People in her general area have all had changes to their personalities."

Anna spoke up. "T-t-that doesn't seem natural. Maybe there's a m-m-m-m…"

"Monster?", George suggested.

"Right.", Anna nodded. "A monster causing these personality shifts."

Mover checked the monitors once more. "Wait, I see one. He's blasting radio waves at people to put them under control. Looks like the personality alteration was a dry run. Luckily, I have a way out."

Anna was shocked. "R-really? You can turn me back to my old, more feisty self?"

"Yep.", Mover nodded. "The sonic waves generated by the pedals of your Morphers are at a frequency that cancels out the waves rewriting your brain. Just press it once against your ear and you'll be back to normal. Meanwhile, I'll conference the others into the problem. Mover out." He ended the call with George, before moving to contact the others.

"Well, you heard him.", George said as he held his Morpher up to Anna's ear. "Here goes nothing."

"W-wait a minute.", Anna blurted out in fear. "M-maybe we can - -." George pressed down on the pedal, sending the sonic wave into her brain. In a flash, Anna's head rocked forward, throwing her glasses off, before she undid her pigtails to let her hair down. "Thanks for that.", she sighed with relief. "That was a frustrating experience."

"You don't have to talk about it.", George assured her. "Now then, let's get back to the action."

At the police station, Bobby barged into Wheeler's office mid-conversation. "Officer Wheeler, I'm with…", the Commisioner began, before interrupting himself to gesture. "You know who I'm with."

"Sorry, but I'm going to need them both to cut this short." Bobby took out his Morpher. "We have an urgent call."

"Can't it wait?", Detective Case asked. "We still need Mr. Kent to sign some confidentiality waivers."

"If you just need me, then Kit can go.", Lee suggested. "But if it's urgent, then they do have to leave."

"Good idea.", Kit said as he got up. "Message us when you're done." He and Bobby then ran out of the building.

While Lee and Wheeler resumed their signing, Case got up without excusing herself and left the room. "Maybe I should see what they needed to go and deal with.", she thought to herself. "After all, it's not every day you get to see the Power Rangers in action." She then turned and ran to the parking lot.

In the city, Signaltron stood amidst a crowd of fleeing civilians, sending out a signal, that caused them to stop and stand up straight. "Humans, you have been recruited. Stand in formation." The crowd silently obeyed, moving into straight lines.

From the sidelines, the Star Kats watched the scene play out. "Instant indoctrination.", Grillion commented.

"We can take this planet in no time with this guy.", K.P laughed as she called out to the crowd.

It was then that the duo of George and Anna showed up. "Ah, two new dupes detected.", Signaltron declared, as a speedometer in his chest began to accelerate. "Increase signal! You will be recruited." He stood staring at the too intensely as he transmitted his waves at them. But it didn't affect them. "Error! Signal ineffective."

"Earplugs, baby.", George commented. "You won't reprogram us so easily again."

"And we're gonna cut your transmission.", Anna added.

"Don't just stand there, knock them off the air.", the three Star Kats announced in unison.

Signaltron growled at this. "Servants, attack.", he commanded of his controlled thralls, who all charged towards the two.

"Try not to hurt them.", Anna said to George as they ran in, beginning to beat back the hordes of people. George stayed true to the order by hitting nerve points to render his opponents unconscious. Anna meanwhile ran for a nearby trash an, picking it up and throwing it at the crowd, knocking them off their feet.

"Gangway!" The fight was interrupted as a police car came hurtling through the brainwashed people, causing them to disperse. Bobby and Kit then leapt out of the doors to knock more of the crowd back. "So, looks like we've got regular people fighting for the bad guys this time.", Bobby noted.

"They're under the monster's control.", George explained. "If we can take him out, they'll go back to normal."

"Then what are we waiting for?", Kit asked as he took out his Morpher. "Let's get in there."

The others took out their Morphers, pressing the pedals three times. "Ready! Set! Morph!" After spinning their wheels and pressing their buttons, the four became the Power Rangers.

From the side, Detective Case's car pulled up in an alley, with the woman herself getting out to watch. "Looks like I'm just in time.", she noted. "The Rangers are getting ready to battle."

"Let's rev it up!", George declared as the other three gathered around him.

"Power Rangers Turbo Boosters!", the group declared as they got into position.

While Signaltron stood there confused, K.P looked on dreamily, while Grillion applauded. "I didn't think they could pull it off without Red."

"But dey found a way.", Meowbile nodded.

"Drat, I got distracted by the cute Pink Ranger.", K.P realised. "Signaltron, keep going."

The four Rangers pulled out their weapons and ran into battle.

Elsewhere, Lee put the finishing touches on signing the agreements. "There. That should all be well and good.", he noted, before sighing. "Go, I hate bureaucracy sometimes."

"Yeah, it's annoying.", Wheeler agreed. "If I ran this town, I'd cut all of that down." He then noticed something. "Odd, Anya's gone out. When did that happen?"

"Probably when my friends did.", Lee suggested, as he picked up the signed documents. "I'll make sure that these get read over and agreed to by my teammates. Then I'll send them back." He turned and left the room, making his way back to the car, whereupon he summoned his Morpher. "Alright Mover, what's the emergency?"

"A parabola monster in Anna's district.", was the answer. "It's controlling the minds of the populace. You'd better get over there quickly."

"I'm on my way.", Lee said as he kicked the car into reverse to back out, before turning and driving off, not noticing that he was blowing the documents he was carrying away without him noticing.

Back at the battlefield, George leapt into the air and fired off shots that knocked two Robolts in amongst three people down. Anna then rolled out of the way of an attacking human to knock a Robolt down. "Let's hope we don't hit anyone we shouldn't.", she noted as she swept the shins of another Robolt.

"Don't worry.", Kit called out as he used his axe to cut through a Robolt, before narrowly avoiding two brainwashed humans to kick another pair down. "We can tell them apart."

"But they aren't fighting to wound like we are.", Bobby noted as he skirted a horde of people to kick a Robolt, before kicking and slashing at more. "We've got to aim for the source."

Bobby then ran towards Signaltron, who dodged attacks from him and the other Rangers. "Movements analysed. Evasion instigated.", he stated.

Eventually, George shot him with enough force to blow the Automobeast's antenna off his head. "You should've been watching your competitors. They might knock you off the air."

Without the brainwashing waves, the crowds of people returned to normal, confused as to what they were doing there. "They did it.", Case said with glee. "They stopped that thing."

As the last of the crowds were escorted out of danger, Signaltron rose up. "Upgrade in progress. Workaround damage to antenna. System output: 120%." His chest dish glowed red, as it transferred energy to its arm to turn it into a second antenna, much to the shock of the Rangers.

"How did he do that?", was all Bobby could ask.

The Star Kats looked on from behind a wall, shocked by the development. "Where'd he get that?", they all asked simultaneously.

"None of the other guys you made did that.", Grillion said to K.P.

"Don't you think I'm aware of that?", K.P asked, annoyed.

"It's probably one'a Technorg's add-ons.", Meowbile realised. He thought back to earlier, remembering that he had seen one of Technorg's tendrils touch the newly created Signaltron.

As Technorg's insignia formed on Signaltron's back, he ran in to fight the Rangers. "Time for you Rangers to be cancelled.", he growled with newfound emotion as he generated electricity within himself and knocked George back, before clashing with the other three. He then kicked Kit back, before turning to strike at Bobby, Anna and a recovering George, before turning back to Kit as he came back for more. "You just keep going after you've hit your stride, don't you." As, Anna and Bobby's swords all made contact with him, he sent his generated electricity through them. "I do have a spark with you. I think I'll keep you on as transplants to my show." George then fired a shot, which was absorbed into the satellite dish and redirected back to its sender.

"You're getting the axe now, for sure.", Kit called out as he tried attacking again, only to be repelled.

"And now to give you a rebrand for your new roles.", Signaltron declared as he generated volts in his new antenna, which he fired at the other three Rangers.

"That can't be good.", Kit realised.

"Now, it's time we saw this tired character off.", Signaltron decreed, as the other three arose, all under his control. George pointed and fired his Wheel Saber in gun mode, which Kit narrowly blocked, before Anna swung the handle end of hero own at him, which managed to knock Kit down. Finally, Bobby ran in to deliver a slash with his Stick Saber, which Kit's Stick Ax couldn't block fully.

Detective Case then got out of the hiding place she had found to try and help, by firing her pistol on the Rangers, causing them to take a step back. "Hang on, Mr. Boxer. I'll get you out of this jam."

"No, stop.", Kit urged. "Get out of here!" He leapt forward to push her towards a nearby building. But as he got up, he took a shot from George that sent him staggering forwards, away for her. Anna and Bobby then launched an attack at the building that caused the upper floors to begin raining down debris onto Anya Case, who could only scream as it fell towards her. "No!" Kit slammed the ground, before getting back on his feet. "Alright, no more messing around. Time I got serious and stop you."

"There's an easy way to do that.", Lee pulled up in his car, leaping out. "If we can take advantage of the weaknesses in their fighting styles, then we can make them unable to fight back against us. And then we can work on breaking the control."

"Good idea.", Kit nodded as he grabbed onto Anna's Wheel Saber as she swung it into him. "Hey Anna, thanks for using your weapon's trigger as a handle." He grabbed onto the wheel portion, folding it into gun mode and firing it at her, sending Anna reeling, as he pocketed the weapon. "That's one down."

"Good work.", Lee said as he materialised his Shift Morpher, removing it from its holder. "Ready! Set! Morph!" He pressed the pedal three times, before spinning the wheel, becoming the Red Ranger. "Acceleration Boost!" Pressing the pedal, he zoomed over to George and deprived him of his Wheel, dumping it on the ground. "Not so good without a blaster to shoot with." He then ran forward to engage his friend in hand to hand, managing to land a punch, followed by a kick to sweep him off his feet, with a piledriver to finish the job. "That makes two."

The two then moved onto Bobby, who began wildly swinging his Stick Saber at them. "He relies way too much on that weapon of his.", Kit noted.

"Then let's relieve him of it.", Lee decided, as he once more pressed on the pedal to trigger his Acceleration Boost. He noted that his caused Bobby to cover his ears, as if in pain.

"Right.", Kit nodded as he also pressed his pedal, causing Bobby to clutch his head even tighter. "Acceleration Boost!" He and Lee then moved at a high speed to relieve Bobby of his weapon and then knock him to the ground.

Bobby then pulled himself back up. "What was that for?", he asked.

Lee and Kit were confused by this outcome. "Bobby, you're back to normal?", the former asked.

"Yeah, one minute that freak was blasting me with his signals, then next, you were triggering your Acceleration Boost and attacking me.", Bobby answered.

"Wait a minute, Mover told me the Accel Boost emits its own sound-waves when activated.", Lee realised. "Maybe it counters the waves that the monster sends out to brainwash people."

"Crud, they're working out a counter.", Grillion lamented.

"Don't give up just yet.", K.P said as she pointed at George and Anna picking their weapons back up. "We still have two horses in this race."

The two brainwashed Rangers charged forward. "It might take more power to break these two up.", Bobby said. "They were wearing earplugs to block out the sound-waves."

"They didn't stop them from being bombarded with a higher dose.", Kit pointed out. "Meaning we need to do this all together."m

"Right.", Lee nodded. He prepared his Morpher by holding his arm in place. "On my mark, we trigger it together."

"Right.", the other two said as they got into position. The two brainwashed Rangers ran towards them.

"Acceleration Boost Wave!" The three Rangers not brainwashed pressed down on their pedals at once, causing the two that were to stop and clutch their heads as the brainwashing waves were neutralised. Signaltron was also pushed back by the force. "What's… going on…? Gaaaahhhh!"

With Signaltron knocked down, George and Anna recovered. "The earplugs failed, didn't they?", George asked, dejected.

"Yes, but we still got you out.", Kit pointed out. "Now if you want to redeem yourself, there's a police detective buried under that rubble."

"Enough!", Signaltron interjected. "It's time we went on to the grand finale."

"I couldn't agree more.", Lee stated as he and the others stood next to each other, with Lee himself pressing the trigger on his weapon. "Turbo Booster Obstruction Slash!" He drew a no entry sign, before he and the others zoomed forward to deliver slashes that knocked him into the sign, fatally wounding him.

"Thank you for tuning in, you've been a wonderful audience.", Signaltron declared as he fell down and exploded.

Meowbile took no time at all to come in and devour the energy. "Chow time.", he said as he grew giant and entered the Hyper Dimensional Road.

Lee lifted his Morpher to talk to Mover. "I think you know the drill, Buddy."

Sure enough, the Zords were all launched within seconds, with Lee locking into Mover's Turbo Trailer mode, with the others locking into the Super Shovel and Vision Van. "This time, I'll get away.", Meowbile announced as he zoomed ahead.

"Get after him quickly.", Anna barked at Bobby inside the Vision Van.

"Let's not rush into things.", Kit suggested as he and George sat inside the Super Shovel.

"Time to show you some real broadcast power.", Meowbile announced as he spat out several satellite equipment,ent pieces from his exhausts, which bounced towards the approaching Zords. All three narrowly dodged the debris before continuing. "That delayed ya enough. Yer'll never catch me now." He turned around to laugh at them.

"Keep your eyes on the road.", Lee earnestly tried to warn his opponent.

"Nice try, but I ain't fallin'…" Meowbile was interrupted as reversed into the edge of a lane, which sent him flying off the road and back into reality.

On Earth, Meowbile expelled his load, reassembling Signaltron as a giant. "And we're back on the air, ladies and gentlemen. With more pain for your viewing displeasure.", the monster announced.

Meowbile landed next to Technorg. "So that is how the Automobeasts become giants.", they commented. "Interesting."

Back on the Hyper-Dimensional Road, Mover had begun to transform. "Time for some Megazord action.", he announced as he assumed his basic transformation.

"Zords, combine!", the 5 Rangers announced.

The Shovel Zord locked into its usual place without transforming, while the Van Zord attached to Mover's left arm. "Random Parts Megazord, or whatever. Ready!", Mover declared.

Mover stood opposite Signaltron in the city. "Time to knock your ridiculous looks off the airwaves.", he monster announced as he unleashed hypersonic waves.

"Time we took shots back at you.", Lee said, as Kit and Bobby pressed buttons to fire bullets and missiles from their Zords, which created a smokescreen.

"Hey where'd you go?", Signaltron asked. "No-one ever thought smoke was good viewing."

"We're just using it to change unseen.", Lee said in response as he took out his recently rechristened new Zord's module . "Summon Inferno Racer!"

George likewise took out its partner to place in his Morpher. "Summon Crimson Saber!"

The latter Zord landed in Mover's hand as a sword, which the launch robot once more became a neck section, while Inferno Racer locked into Mover's right shoulder, the front half dropping down to form a pauldron, while the engine folder backwards 180 degrees, sideways 90 degrees and downwards another 90 degrees. "Crimson Knight Megazord, ready!", the Rangers announced.

"Prepare to perish, knave.", Mover said in a faux-British accent. Signaltron was then blown backwards by the dispersing smoke. "Let's see how red hot this is at full power."

"Stop stealing my limelight.", Signaltron growled as he ran in to attack. His antenna was blocked by the Crimson Saber, which then was thrust into his chest to knock him back. But he recovered quickly. "It's time for the Ultiamte ratings stunt." He then ran towards Mover.

"Let's send him off the airwaves with a fond farewell.", Lee said to the others.

"Right.", the other 4 responded as they did a sword motion together with their leader. "Final Attack!"

"Burning Saber Speed Slash!" Mover swung the sword around him clockwise to generate flames, after which he ran forward to deliver a slash to Signaltron.

"The ratings for this fight were terrible.", Signaltron bemoaned as he fell down and exploded.

"Another one biteth the dust.", Mover declared as he raised his sword.

The Star Kats all bowed profusely before Technorg back at their previous meeting place. "Please forgive us for failing, boss.", they all said together.

"There's no need for punishment.", Technorg said as they turned away. "I've gathered enough data today for future plans to be out into motion. Plans that will shake the Earth."

At the warehouse the Mafia had holed up in, Slashmark had viewed the whole scene with anger. "This wouldn't have happened if they'd got me to battle the Rangers!", he fumed as he slashed through a box with a kanji mark on it and an address beginning with "Co", causing the box to fall apart and reveal a figure with a military hat, two large shoulder pads and a body that res,bled a large pair of jaws with two eyes on top. "What the-?"

At the police station, Commissioner Wheeler came and picked up a page of the scattered documents. "Looks like Mr. Kent realised that these contracts would've allowed us total control of the Rangers' assets. Looks like I'll have to be more careful in future. The Rangers are smarter than I thought."

One of the junior officers came in. "Commissioner. Detective Chase was injured in a battle between the Power Rangers and a monster."

"What?", Wheeler blurted out. "Is she… alright?"

"She's alive, but in the ICU.", the officer answered. "She should regain consciousness in the morning."

"Get out!" The officer nodded nervously, before turning and running away. Wheeler then buried his head in his hands. "Now there'll be no more playing games. At the first chance, I'll shut down those Rangers before they cause too much damage to my city."

And at the Rangers' base, Kit was on the phone with the hospital. "Well, I'm glad to know she'll pull through, thank you." He hung up and turned to the others. "Detective Case will live, but they don't know whether she'll be fully alright."

"Well it's a relief to know we don't have murder on our rap sheets.", Bobby noted. "By the way, what did my boss want you two for?"

"He wanted signatures on some contracts.", Lee answered. "But I lost them before I could really read through them. Well, if they were important, the Commish will send me a duplicate."

"Back to the topic of rap sheets, I basically skipped work today.", Anna pointed out. "How will I explain that to Mrs. Riley?"

George stepped forward. "Don't worry, I explained everything to her. You had a psychotic episode that's passed now."

Anna got angry at this. "Oh sure, go and make me look crazy so I'm still risking unemployment, why don't you? Why you-!" She then began chasin a giddy George around the room as everyone else laughed.

"And here I thought I was beginning to understand humans.", Mover commented to himself.