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Icon-magirangerThis article is about a two-part episode in Power Rangers Mystic Force.

Stranger Within is the two-part episode and the eighth & ninth episodes of Power Rangers Mystic Force. It features the showdown between the Titan and Centaurus Wolf Megazords.

Synopsis[]

Part 1[]

A new DJ, DJ Fly, comes to town. Chip finds out that DJ Fly is really turning the teens of Briarwood into vampires, and to make matters more serious, Vida is among the victims. Soon it becomes learned overtime that DJ Fly is actually the human disguise of the Underworld's newest monster, Flytrap, after destroying whom the teens turn back to normal all with the exception of Vida who mysteriously still remains a vampire. As time passes by during the events of Vida's vampire state's continued presence, it is found out who Vida's true vampire is.

Part 2[]

Flytrap has been destroyed, but Vida is still a vampire despite the fact that Flytrap's destruction from existence should have meant an instant reversal of the effects of his vampire-themed manipulation spell and therefore the free-setting of all of his victims so far. The Rangers find out that Necrolai is the true vampire who bit Vida. Chip is determined to save her from being a vampire.

Plot[]

Part 1[]

Nick is closing up Rock Porium when Leelee squeezes through the door - she wants him to come with her to see DJ Fly, but he tells her he can't. Xander and Vida are there as well. Xander walks up and tells Leelee he would like to go and Leelee reluctantly agrees - he is thrilled, but Nick puts an end to it by telling Leelee that Xander can't go either which leaves him dismayed; Nick reminds him that they have to find out the secret of the Fire Heart. Vida walks around and takes a look at the flyer Leelee is holding; Leelee is surprised Vida has not heard of DJ Fly - Vida wants to go with Leelee, but Nick tells Vida that she herself, like him and Xander, can't; Nick starts escorting Leelee to the front door, reminding Vida that she has plans as well. Nick and Xander start to leave as well, but Vida stays behind, telling the guys she will catch up later.

Vida attends DJ Fly's show with Leelee. Vida becomes entranced with the music. Leelee receives a call on her cell phone: it's her mom wanting her to come home - Leelee tries to talk her mom into letting her stay, but her mom refuses. Leelee tells Vida she has to go, and Vida is ready to leave with her, but Leelee tells Vida to stay - at least one of them should be able to enjoy the show, and so Vida does as requested, becoming hypnotized by DJ Fly, who is really the human disguise of Flytrap.

The following evening, at Root Core, Nick, Madison, Chip and Xander are going through several books, trying to figure out the puzzle of the torn scroll. Vida strolls in very casually; the rest of the teens give her a hard time, but Vida tells them they are overreacting. Nick clenches his head in pain. Koragg has issued a challenge.

The teens race into the woods where several Hidiacs come out of hiding; much to the amazement of Madison, Chip, Xander and Nick, Vida takes on the Hidiacs alone - displaying impressive strength, she soon has the Hidiacs destroyed. Chip, Xander, Nick and Madison race over to Vida to praise her. Koragg appears out of the woods, telling the Rangers he intends to show them a real challenge and uses his magic for self-enlargement - in response, the teens morph to Ranger form and then the Mystic Titans to battle him.

Even when they fight against one, Koragg is able to hold his own and keeps the battle evenly matched. Koragg decides to pile on the pressure and summons Catastros, forming the Centaurus Wolf Megazord. The Ranger prepare to form the Mystic Dragon as the sun rises, and once the sunlight hits Vida she suddenly becomes weak, demorphing from both her Mystic Titan and Ranger forms. As the other Titans worry about Vida, Koragg is able to blast Xander before leaving, declaring the Rangers to be too weak for him and that the battle isn't worth his time or effort. The Rangers demorph and race to Vida's side.

The next day, at Rock Porium, the guys question Leelee about what had happened the previous night. Leelee tells them she couldn't stay at DJ Fly's show as her mom wanted her home. Madison and Vida enter the Rock Porium. Vida is acting strangely, although she reassures everyone that she is okay, just a little light-sensitive - she then walks away; Madison, Nick and Xander are concerned. Chip takes out his "How To Spot a Vampire" book and starts reading. With her back towards her friends, Vida removes her sunglasses - her eyes are blood red.

At the pit, Morticon gives Koragg a hard time about not finishing off the Rangers. Koragg tells Morticon he will battle with honor and only when the Rangers are at full strength. Necrolai has no issues with honor and continues with her plans.

At Root Core, Vida joins her friends, who are concern, but she reassures them that she feels great; Chip offers her a red liquid-filled drink which she eagerly takes and begins drinking, quickly spitting it out and revealing to Nick, Xander and Madison what it actually is: tomato juice - Chip asks her if she thought it was blood. Chip tells Xander, Nick, and Madison that all the clues point to Vida being a vampire. Vida is worried, until Nick, Madison and Xander bust up laughing - Chip is disappointed. Madison, Xander and Nick leave Root Core. With their backs to each other, Vida tells Chip that he was right: she is a vampire. Vida goes after Chip who then holds up a garlic glove that keeps her back. Chip is happy to realize that he is right, but also knows that he has to do something to help his friend.

That night, Chip and Vida sit together as Chip pours over the information that he has. Chip is trying to find a way to help his friend and at the same time trying to stop Vida from attacking. Vida protests that she can't help herself. Chip feels they need to go to DJ's Fly's show as that is when the trouble started. Chip wants to enlist the help of their friends, but Vida tells him they already think he is off his rocker; she wants to get more information first and then tell their friends - Chip agrees.

Chip and Vida head off for and then enter DJ Fly's show. After a few moments, Chip tells Vida that she is much better than DJ Fly, but soon he notices that Vida is in a trance, which he takes a look around to notice that everyone is in. Soon it appears that Chip himself is in a trance as well. Necrolai approaches from behind and tells Vida she has done well, bringing her another Ranger. Before Necrolai can do anything, Chip reveals that he has been wearing ear plugs and is unaffected by the music. Chip and Necrolai then clash in battle, but Chip soon finds out that his garlic glove is not powerful enough to keep Necrolai herself at bay in the same fashion it did for Vida's own vampire state. Chip morphs and the battle continues. Necrolai decides to send the teens out to attack the rest of Briarwood and then tells Flytrap to destroy Vida, leaving straight after. Flytrap blasts at Vida, but Yellow Ranger leaps in front of Vida and takes the blow, demorphing as a result to the floor. Vida snaps out of her trance and is upset to see that Chip is hurt.

Vida races to Chip's side and relieves that Chip is okay. Vida tells Chip that he shouldn't have taken the blow for her - Chip tells her he had to and reminds her of the time, when they were kids, that he wore his superhero costume to school and the kids laugh; Vida stuck up for Chip in such a case and they have been friends every since.

Meanwhile, Madison, Nick and Xander enter Root Core, which Udonna herself is at. Nick, Xander and Madison laugh as they tell Udonna about Chip's theory that Vida is a vampire - the laughter ends when Udonna takes what Chip had said seriously. Madison plays the tape she had made earlier in the day - she, Xander and Nick are stunned to see that Vida cast no reflection in the tape, confirming what Chip had told them. Madison, Nick, and Xander race from Root Core to stop Flytrap.

Pink and Yellow Rangers arrive in the city, soon followed by the rest of the Rangers. Pink Ranger assures the rest of the Rangers that she is okay. Flytrap and several teen vampires are in the city - Flytrap sets the vampire teens on the Rangers; the Rangers focus their efforts on battling Flytrap and soon the battle escalates to Zords - with their Zords, the Rangers destroy Flytrap. The sun comes up and the vampire teens are back to normal; the Rangers are thrilled that everything has returned to normal.

The following day, the teens are working at the Rock Porium. Music is playing and Vida and Leelee start dancing. Chip is trying to get Nick interested in joining his club which he shows him the various items you get for joining, such as, for example, the vampire chalk which he tells him no vampire can get out of the circle once it's drawn with; Chip starts to demonstrate what he means with Vida and Leelee as his subjects and Leelee steps out, claiming she doesn't want her expensive boots ruined with the chalk - to this end, he finishes the circle around Vida. Xander calls over and asks Vida if they have something in stock. Vida goes to get in, but cannot leave the circle chalk; a great bolt of energy then goes through Vida - Madison, Xander, Nick and Chip stare at her in horror: she is still a vampire.

Part 2[]

In the pit, Morticon is very pleased with Necrolai as the Pink Ranger is still under her power; Koragg, however, seems displeased with what Necrolai has done, remarking that Necrolai's way had no honor before he leaves.

At Root Core, Vida is trapped within the circle of vampire chalk and pleads with her friends to release her. Clare is sympathetic and wants to help Vida who then snarls at her. Chip suggests to Nick that he try to contact Koragg with his mind - Nick tries and Koragg responds; Nick tells them that Koragg is in the field. Udonna leaves. As Nick recovers from contacting Koragg, the others notice that Chip has slipped away. Nick, Xander and Madison want to go after Chip, but don't know what to do about Vida, who Clare volunteers to keep an eye on; Xander warns her that Vida will try any trick to get away and she assures them that she can do the job.

Yellow Ranger has located Koragg and they do battle - Koragg soon realizes that Yellow Ranger has become more powerful. Blue, Green and Red Rangers soon join Yellow Ranger in their battle against Koragg, who tells the assembled Rangers that Necrolai is the one responsible for Vida's condition.

Back at Root Core, Necrolai contacts Vida via her mind, urging her to break free. Vida pretends to feel sick and falls to the floor - Clare hurries over and watches her in alarm. Xander, Madison, Chip and Nick return to Root Core, where they find Clare trapped within the circle who apologizes to them for leaving Vida unattended for a time and asks them to set her free; Xander erases a bit of the line and Clare slips through before she quickly leaves as Madison, Nick, Chip and Xander wonder what to do. Clare walks in and tells them how she didn't fall for any of Vida's tricks. Nick, Chip, Xander and Madison are frustrated as they realized that "Clare" was really a disguise of Vida and that they were the ones to fall for her trick and let her get away.

Vida goes straight to Necrolai, who is very pleased with Vida and tells her since she is serving her, she will be able to walk in the sunlight and share the same powers as Necrolai; next she gives Vida a bag of apples to take to her friends.

Meanwhile, at Root Core, the other Rangers are trying to figure out a why and a how to destroy Necrolai without destroying Vida; Xander comes up with the suggestion of asking the Xenotome, which the Rangers gather around and ask the question - the answer appears on its pages: they need to make a crystal, and Chip immediately ponders as to how they will get the ingredients, Udonna enters and tells them they can't, and so that is why she has the ingredients herself. Udonna urges the teens to hurry and starts to say before it is too late, but stops herself. Madison becomes worried and asks Udonna if that was what she was going to say. Udonna stresses to them that they are in very real danger of losing one of their own, especially when who they are on the verge of losing is also Madison's sister - Nick assures Madison that they will not let that happen. Nick wants to make the crystal while the others search for Vida, but Chip states that he wants to make the crystal as he owes it to Vida - he stays behind as Madison, Nick and Xander leave to search for Vida; all through the night, they search via flight on their Mystic Racers, but cannot find her. Chip works furiously through the night to make the crystal - soon he is successful and Udonna is proud of him.

The following morning, Xander, Nick and Madison are at Rock Porium; Madison is feeling very discouraged that Nick and Xander will never find her sister - Nick therefore assures her once more that they are not giving up on Vida, who then walks in and Madison runs towards to give her a big hug; Madison asks her what has been happening and Vida replies that she has had a rough night, but she is okay.

Madison, Nick and Xander walk to Root Core with Vida, claiming they don't need the crystal anymore. They watched Vida walk in the sunlight. Vida tells Chip and Udonna that she defeated Necrolai on her own, which Udonna is suspicious about. The teens are ecstatic to have Vida back. Chip does the 'V' pose, saying 'V' is vampire slayer and Vida looks at him confused... Chip begins to realize that this is not Vida while she then hands out apples as gifts to her friends, making sure each has one - Chip tells the others this is not Vida as this type of apple is not grown in Briarwood, but Xander, Nick and Madison do not believe and so he therefore knocks the apples out of their hands before they can eat them; Madison gets upset with Chip and bends down to retrieve an apple which, before she does, turns into a liquid mess - Nick, Madison and Xander realize Chip is right.

Vida takes off and the others chase her down into the city; Vida then turns around and faces her friends. Necrolai soon arrives and it is very apparent that Vida is working for her. Necrolai commands Vida to destroy her friends and so she, after morphing into Ranger form, races to Chip, Madison, Nick and Xander with the intent to destroying them.

Chip tells Nick, Madison, and Xander to contain Pink Ranger; he is going after Necrolai. Yellow Ranger races forward, as if to take on Pink Ranger, and leaps over her to start battling Necrolai. Madison, Xander, and Nick grab hold of the Pink Ranger but soon lose control of her; they morph and continue their efforts in Ranger form.

Yellow Ranger has the crystal and is ready to fire at Necrolai, who then calls Pink Ranger over. Pink Ranger immediately gets in front of Necrolai, ready to take the blow for her mistress. Koragg, from a building top, is the quietly hidden audience of the scene's unfolding. Yellow Ranger is unable to fire with Pink Ranger in the way. Necrolai is amused and sends Pink Ranger to battle Yellow Ranger and soon the battle stirs. Yellow Ranger tries to get Pink Ranger to remember who she is; for a moment, it looks like Pink Ranger remembers, but quickly returns to the protective defense of Necrolai. As Pink Ranger stands in front of Necrolai a second time, she gives Yellow Ranger the V pose and so Yellow Ranger wonders if Pink Ranger has broken the spell.

The other Rangers plead with Yellow Ranger to not fire at Pink Ranger. Yellow Ranger fires at Necrolai, who Pink Ranger successfully moves out of the way of to let her take the blast as Yellow Ranger intended. Pink Ranger urges the Rangers to continue to battle Necrolai who is now furious over Pink Ranger's betrayal and then punishes - the end result is a demorph. Vida tells the Rangers to battle Necrolai; the Rangers do as asked and seemingly destroy Necrolai - this causes Vida's Ranger powers to return and she is back to normal.

Suddenly a giant Koragg appears, telling the Rangers that they have shown great power in defeating Necrolai and he is ready to test that power himself - he summons Catastros and forms the Centaurus Wolf Megazord; in response, Vida morphs and the Rangers form the Titan Megazord. The Rangers battle Koragg but are still outmatched when it comes to magical power. Chip is determined not to give up, and his determination unlocks a new spell for the Rangers. Calling on their newest power, the Rangers are able to have the Titan Megazord use a new finishing move, calling on the Spirits of the Ancient Titans. A surprised Koragg takes the full force of the hit, badly damaging him and Catastros. Rising, he admits defeat to the Rangers for the first time but warns that just as they're getting stronger so is he and he doesn't intend to lose to them again before dissapearing.

On the ground, Necrolai reforms and destroys the Dawn Crystal, commenting that getting rid of her would never be so easy. 

At Rock Porium, Vida tells her friends she needs to straighten things out with Leelee. Vida walks up to Leelee and tells her the other night, she was just pretending to be a vampire as a gag to her friends. Leelee tells Vida that she knew that Vida wasn't really a vampire and asks Vida if she thought Leelee did. Vida quickly assures Leelee that she did not. Leelee tells them she has to go and walks out. Vida and her friends burst out laughing.

Leelee walks alone on the streets of Briarwood. Necrolai steps out and tells Leelee that it is dangerous to walk alone at night. Necrolai and Leelee fight, with Leelee showing some surprising fighting skills. Eventually Necrolai gets the best of Leelee. Leelee goes flying through the air and lands on some boxes. Necrolai walks over and tells her that these months with the humans have made her weak. Leelee accepts her mother's hand to help her up. Mother and daughter smile at each other and flick their hair.

Cast[]

Errors[]

  • During the Mystic Titan sequence, the spell code is activated as 1-0-7 instead of 1-2-5.
  • When Vida tricks the Rangers into letting her (disguised as Claire) out, the Rangers forget only a vampire can be trapped by the circle.

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1 & 2: Broken Spell • 3: Code Busters • 4: Rock Solid • 5: Whispering Voices • 6: Legendary Catastros • 7: Fire Heart • 8 & 9: Stranger Within • 10: Petrified Xander • 11 & 12: The Gatekeeper • 13: Scaredy Cat • 14: Long Ago • 15: Inner Strength • 16: Soul Specter • 17: Ranger Down • 18-20: Dark Wish • 21: Koragg's Trial • 22 & 23: Heir Apparent • 24: The Light • 25: The Hunter • 26: Hard Heads • 27: The Snow Prince • 28 & 29: Light Source • 30: The Return • 31 & 32: Mystic Fate

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