MIKE

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Mike grabs his Spin Sword.  Mike:  Well, I'll just have to train harder.  Mike leaps back onto his feet and practices again. Later, there is a Nighlok attack in the city.  Green Ranger and the rest of the Rangers arrived.  They noted several citizens crying and acting dejected.  Red Ranger:  Hey, what is all this?  Green Ranger:  Everyone is so gloomy.  It's like they've all become Kevin.  Blue Ranger:  What?  Yellow Ranger:  Look!  Desperaino leaped in front of them.  Desperaino:  Isn't it wonderful?  Such delicious depths of despair from my rain.  They're so lucky.  They get to experience the purest, the cruelest, the loveliest misery of all, the loss of hope.  Yellow Ranger:  That's horrible.  Desperaino:  Yes, isn't it?!  Pink Ranger:  We got to get rid of this guy fast!  Green Ranger:  Oh, we will!  Desperaino:  Ewww, what an ugly, little, sunny outlook you have.  Especially when the forecast calls for rain, my rain of pain.  Red Ranger:  Not going to happen, Nighlok.  Let's go!  Green Ranger and the rest of the Rangers pulled out their Spin Swords and charged towards Desperaino.  Desperaino:  Enough talking about the weather.  Instead of rain, I'll just cut straight to the pain.  Desperaino blasted Green Ranger and the rest of the Rangers with his weapon.  They were hit and landed on the pavement hard.  Desperaino:  So, did that feel so delightfully bad?  Green Ranger and the rest of the Rangers got back up.  Blue Ranger:  Mia, we have to use the new discs.  Blue Ranger placed the Swordfish disc onto his Hydro Bow.  Pink Ranger pulled out her Beetle disc.  Pink Ranger:  Right!  Desperaino:  No!  Wrong as rain!  Desperaino used his weapon and fired it at the Rangers.  It hit the Beetle disc and it flew into the air.  Green Ranger leaps up and catches it.  Pink Ranger races up to Green Ranger.  Pink Ranger:  Wow, good catch.  Pink Ranger held up her hand, expecting the Beetle disc.  Green Ranger thought to himself:  I know I can do this.  Green Ranger placed the Beetle disc onto his Forest Spear.  Pink Ranger:  What are you doing?  Blue Ranger races up to Green Ranger.  Blue Ranger:  Mike, stop!  You're not ready!  Desperaino:  This is no fun.  I'll come back to fight when you're not fighting yourselves.  Desperaino had a propeller on top of his head and used it to fly up into the sky.  Red Ranger:  Guys, stop it!  Get him now!  Green Ranger and Blue Ranger raced forward.  Blue Ranger:  Mike, come on!  Blue Ranger fired his Hydro Bow several times.  Green Ranger kept trying, but his Forest Spear wouldn't fire.  Green Ranger:  Why isn't it working?  Desperaino:  It must make you sad to be so lame.  Desperaino flew away.  Blue Ranger was very frustrated.  Blue Ranger:  Mike, what were you thinking?!  After that battle, Mike and his friends returned to Shiba House.  Mentor Ji was furious.  Mentor Ji tells Mike how disappointed he is.  Putting yourself before the needs of the team, puts all of you in serious danger.  Here, I thought you were finally listening to me and training hard to strengthen the team.  I can't believe it's come to this.  You have become a risk to the others.  I'll have to ask you to turn over your Samuraizer.  Mike is stunned.  You're benching me!  Mentor Ji replies, it pains me to say it.  I don't think you are truly ready to become a Samurai.  Mike has had enough of Mentor Ji's lecture.  He tells him, you don't know anything about me.  If I'm not ready, then how can I do this?  Mike creates a symbol power.  It turns one of the leaves of a plant behind Mentor Ji, long and strong.  The leaf wraps itself around Mentor Ji's stick and tries to yank it from his hand.  Mentor Ji struggles to hold onto it.  Mentor Ji tells him to stop this.  The rest of the team is outrage.  Jayden tells Mike that is enough.  Mentor Ji yanks the stick hard enough that it causes the planter to fall and crash onto the floor.  Mike tells them, none of you understand.  I'm out of here.  Mike walks out, leaving his Samuraizer behind.  Mike ends up at the arcade.  He is playing a video game.  Mike isn't doing well in the game, because his mind is elsewhere.  He remembers Mentor Ji's words to him.  Mike loses the game and realizes he is so lame.  What was I thinking?  Mike starts heading out, muttering that he can't believe Mentor Ji took his Samuraizer.  Mike steps out of the arcade and is surprised to see Mentor Ji on a motorcycle.  Mentor Ji tosses him a helmet and tells him to get on.  Mike is reluctant, but he puts on the helmet and sits behind Mentor Ji on the motorcycle.  Mike and Mentor Ji take off.  As they drive along, Mike comments to Mentor Ji, that he always thought he would be more old school, like riding a horse or something like that.  Mentor Ji asks, have you ever had to clean up after a motorcycle?  Mike replies no and they both laugh.  They end up in the forest.  Mike and Mentor Ji walk through the forest.  Mike is concern that Mentor Ji brought him out here to yell at him.  But that is not the case.  Mentor Ji wanted to talk to him about his symbol power.  Mike looks around and gets that his symbol power is the forest.  Mentor Ji tells him he must look deeper.  Your power springs from the essence of the forest.  It's deepest meaning.  If you understand that meaning,  you will find it within yourself too, then you can give your symbol even greater power than it already has.  Look inside yourself and connect with what the forest means to you.  Mike stops and observes the forest silently.  After a few moments, Mentor Ji hands Mike his Samuraizer back.  Mike is very surprised.  Mentor Ji tells Mike it was his mistake not to teach him all of this from the start.  Even though I said you weren't listening, I clearly wasn't listening to your needs either and I'm sorry.  Mike apologizes as well and teaches Mentor Ji a new handshake.  Mike's Samuraizer goes off.  It's Jayden and they need Mike's help.  Mike takes off running.  When Mike arrives in the city, the four Rangers are already knocked to the ground.  Desperaino calls them fools.  Desperaino is about to fire his weapon again when Mike comes running up.  Mike quickly morphs.  Yellow Ranger calls out encouragement to him.  Green Ranger remembers what Mentor Ji told him in the forest.  Green Ranger considers what the forest means to him.  The forest is ancient, strong, and wild.  And at it's core, it's about renewal and freedom.  Green Ranger is confident he can free the full power of the forest in him.  Green Ranger transforms his Spin Sword into his Forest Spear.  Green Ranger runs towards Desperaino.  Desperaino uses his weapon to fire several times at Green Ranger, but Green Ranger is never hit.  Green Ranger uses his Forest Spear to launch up into the sky.  Desperaino is taken aback.  Once in the sky, Green Ranger transforms the Forest Spear back into his Spin Sword and fires it at Desperaino with a tree symbol strike.  Desperaino is knocked out of the sky and crashes back down on the pavement.  Green Ranger lands gently back onto the pavement.  Blue Ranger and Yellow Ranger race up to him.  Yellow Ranger tells him that was incredible.  Blue Ranger wants to know where did he get symbol power like that?  Green Ranger replies, he's always had it.  He just needed some help finding it.  Pink Ranger is the first to notice Desperaino is back and in mega monster mode.  Red Ranger warns the rest of the Rangers to not celebrate yet.  Desperaino tells them this is the calm before the real storm.  The Rangers summon their folding zords and leap inside them.  The Samurai Megazord is quickly formed.  Desperaino tells them he would be impressed, if that would do you any good.  But even now, you're no match for me.  Desperaino floats back up into the sky.  Green Ranger can't believe it will be another aerial attack.  Desperaino fires his weapon at Samurai Megazord.  The Samurai Megazord is hit a couple of times.  Red Ranger states, we just can't let him take shots from above us.  Red Ranger thinks it's risky, but it's time to try the Battle Wing combination.  Blue Ranger is ready and pulls out the Swordfish disc.  Red Ranger snaps down the Tiger disc.  Pink Ranger pulls out the Beetle disc and tells Green Ranger to take it.  Green Ranger is surprised.  Pink Ranger tells him, from what I've seen of your symbol power, you'll use it better than me.  Green Ranger tells Pink Ranger she is a true friend as he takes the Beetle disc.  Beetle Zord, Tiger Zord, and Swordfish Zord are summon.  The three zords race towards Desperaino.  Green Ranger enters the Beetle Zord, Red Ranger enters Tiger Zord, and Blue Ranger enters Swordfish Zord.  Red Ranger gives the command for the three zords to combine.  Samurai Battlewing is formed.  Desperaino is surprised to see they have turned into a bird.  He tells them, you would be wise to fly away, bird brains.  Desperaino fires his weapon at Samurai Battlewing.  Despite himself, Desperaino is impressed with how quickly Samurai Battlewing avoids his blasts.  Samurai Battlewing and Desperaino fly towards each other and Samurai Battlewing lands a blow on Desperaino.  Desperaino goes after Samurai Battlewing, firing his weapon and missing.  Desperaino accidentally bumps into a building.  Red Ranger gives the command for the vortex spin!  Red Ranger has Pink Ranger and Yellow Ranger fire at Desperaino with their zords.  Desperaino is hit.  Samurai Battlewing then uses the vortex spin to strike Desperaino.  Desperaino's propeller on top of his head is knocked off.  Samurai Battlewing uses charging flash for another strike.  As Desperaino falls towards the ground, he is hit and destroyed.  After the battle, they return to their base.  Mentor Ji enters Shiba House, with Emily and Jayden.  Mentor Ji pauses for a moment and asks, what's this?  He glances around, but no one says anything.  Mentor Ji walks towards Mike, Mia, and Kevin.  Mike has something hidden behind his back.  Mike tells Mentor Ji, it's a little something to say thanks and to let you know I'll be listening.  Mike presents the plant he had hidden.  Mentor Ji tells Mike, as will I, as he takes the plant with a smile.  Mike pulls out his Samuraizer and creates a power symbol and hits it towards the plant.  One of the leaves begins to stretch.  Mia becomes alarmed and asks Mike what he is doing?  Mentor Ji is not alarmed and watches the plant in amazement as several more leaves begins to grow and stretch.  Kevin becomes exasperated, not again!  Mike doesn't understand what all the concern is about.  Mike makes a fist and the plant does the same.  Mentor Ji pounds fists with the plant.  Mentor Ji laughs and everyone else grins.  

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