30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce, Episode XXIII: "The Power Within"

by William "Blissey" Raymer

Based on the Lionsgate Entertainment/SCG Films motion picture Saban's Power Rangers

Screenplay by John Gatins

Story by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney

Based upon "Power Rangers" Created by Haim Saban

and

"Super Sentai" as Owned and Created by Toei Company, Ltd.

"Scarlett Warrior" concepts taken from the Sofia the First fan-fiction series The Scarlett Saga

Created by Ben10Man

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story features the official return of The Doctor from Doctor Who; however, it will be of the new Thirteenth Doctor as played by Jodie Whittaker (as teased in the final scene of 30 Worlds: Megaforce, Episode XIX: "The Ashes of Destiny"). As only the brief scene of her at the end of the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special "Twice Upon a Time" was available to me at the time of this story's writing, my interpretation of the Thirteenth Doctor may not mesh with the eventual Series 11 of the revived Doctor Who series (set to air in the fall of 2018).

Previously on 30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce...

The Enterprise arrived in the Unaligned World of Independence Day to assist the Earth Space Defense organization in their final assault on the aliens known as the "Harvesters," who had twice attacked the Earth and were both times repulsed by the combined forces of the world's nations. However, while en route to the Harvester homeworld, members of the Enterprise crew learned that the Harvesters were manipulated into these attacks on Earth by the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos.

Alongside the crew of Earth's first capital ship, the crew of the Enterprise were able to defeat the A.I.C. and liberate the Harvester homeworld. In honor of the deeds of the ESD vessel Thomas Whitmore, King William removed the "Unaligned" designation from the world's data and provided the ESD with data on all of the Scarlett Army's technological innovations.

PROLOGUE

World of Sofia the First

Kingdom of Cinnabar, Cinnabar Royal Castle

King William of Cinnabar yawned in his throne as the last of the audience members filed out of the throne room. "Are you all right, Your Majesty?" a voice from behind him said. William leaned over and saw Isabelle, his royal secretary.

"Oh, yes. I'm fine, Isabelle," William said. "Just was up half the night working on my address to Parliament later. Would you be so kind as to get me a cup of black coffee from the kitchen?" "Right away, Your Majesty," Isabelle said.

As William waited for Isabelle to bring him the coffee he asked for, he had no idea of what was awaiting him in the next world he had to visit.

Unaligned World of Power Rangers 2017

In Orbit of Earth

Mission Report, Dimensional Defense Vessel Bishop, Captain Son Videl recording, Mission Date 1,247.

We were almost done with our scanning mission to the Unaligned World of Power Rangers 2017, in preparation for King William and the Enterprise's actual mission, when it happened. Just as we were preparing to depart for Challenger Base to report to High Commander Flynn about what we discovered and did not discover, our sensors detected an anomalous energy surge.

"Captain Son, we are picking up a massive surge of energy at coordinates 362 mark 7," the Bishop's science officer said. "On screen," the woman in the Bishop's command chair said.

On the Bishop's main viewscreen, a blast of golden energy appeared over a nearby city. "Oh, my God," Captain Son Videl said. She recognized the source of the energy surge from perusing the Enterprise's records on a being known only as The Doctor. It was his time-traveling machine known as the TARDIS...and it was severely damaged.

"Captain, a life-sign reading has been thrown from the TARDIS and is approaching terminal velocity," the science officer said. "Computer, initiate Holodeck Program Son-34 on Holodeck 2," Videl said. "Program complete," the Bishop's computer said.

"Transporter Room, this is the Captain. Lock on to the life-form at the following coordinates and beam it to Holodeck 2," Videl said, tapping a few keys on the arm of her command chair. "I'm on my way down there."

Videl stood from the command chair and ran off the Bridge.

A few minutes later, Videl arrived at the doors to Holodeck 2 and walked in. She watched as a blond-haired woman trudged out of the holographic ocean, sopping wet. "Where am I?" the woman said. "Stay where you are," Videl called out.

The woman looked up and saw Videl. "I am Son Videl, commanding officer of the Scarlett Army Dimensional Defense Vessel Bishop," Videl said. "The Scarlett Army?" the woman said. "You know of it?" Videl said.

"Of course I know of it," the woman said. "I served with King William on the Enterprise—back when he was a prince, of course." "Who are you anyway?" Videl asked. "Why, I'm The Doctor, of course," the woman said.

"Oh boy," Videl said. "Son to Bridge." "Go ahead, ma'am," a voice from the Bridge said. "Send a priority-alpha message to Challenger Base," Videl said. "Let them know that The Doctor is aboard." "Yes, Captain," the voice from the Bridge said. "However, he—I mean, she—has regenerated," Videl said

Back in Cinnabar Castle, Isabelle pushed a cart up to William. On it was the cup of coffee he asked for...and a display p.a.d. William picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip with one hand and the p.a.d. with the other.

William then spat out his coffee in surprise when he read Videl's report about The Thirteenth Doctor's arrival on the Bishop. "Are you all right, Your Majesty?" Isabelle said.

"Tell Sofia I need her to get to Gavan's Glory immediately," William said. "If she asks, tell her I'll explain when she gets there."

Isabelle nodded before William used the powers of the Scarlett Warrior to dissolve in a cloud of red mist.

World of Sofia the First

Aboard Scarlett Army Starfighter Gavan's Glory

Landed at Cinnabar Royal Castle Landing Pad

William sat at the controls of Gavan's Glory, readying it for departure when the voice of the craft's computer spoke. "Queen Sofia is at the embarkation hatch," it said.

"Let her board," William said as he continued to work. Moments later, the cockpit doors hissed open to reveal William's wife, Queen Sofia. "I got your message from Isabelle, William," Sofia said. "What's going on?"

And so, William described the contents of the message he had received from Videl regarding the appearance of a female Time Lord claiming to be The Doctor, a former friend and colleague on the DDV Enterprise.

"You can't be serious!" Sofia said as she sat at a station and began to activate her restraints. "Apparently, she has given Captain Son and the crew of the Bishop details of our missions to the World of Descendants and the Unaligned Worlds of Godzilla and Star Trek that only The Doctor and I could know," William said.

Sofia thought about William's words as Gavan's Glory began to lift off. "So, will we be heading to Challenger Base?" Sofia asked. "No," William said. "The Bishop is holding position in the Unaligned World of Power Rangers 2017, waiting for us to investigate personally."

And so, moments later, Gavan's Glory sailed into a dimensional fold.

Unaligned World of Power Rangers 2017

Aboard Dimensional Defense Vessel Bishop, Main Bridge

Two Hours Later

Videl watched as, on her ship's viewscreen, Gavan's Glory came out of a dimensional fold. "Gavan's Glory is hailing us," her Tactical officer said. "On screen," Videl said.

William and Sofia appeared on the viewscreen from the cockpit of Gavan's Glory. "Bishop, this is King William aboard Gavan's Glory," William said.

"This is Captain Son," Videl said. "A pleasure to see you again, Your Majesties." "Likewise, though I wish it was under better circumstances," William said. "Request permission to land." "Granted," Videl said. "Bridge to Main Shuttlebay. Prepare for incoming landing craft. Honor guard to Main Shuttlebay."

The members of the honor guard saluted William and Sofia as they stepped through Gavan's Glory's embarkation hatch. "Request permission to come aboard," William said as Videl approached him. "Permission granted, Your Majesty," Videl said. "Welcome aboard."

William and Sofia stepped onto the deck and each shook Videl's hand. "You got my report," Videl said. "Yes, we did," Sofia said as they stepped into the corridor. "Where is she?" "I have The Doctor in guest quarters under guard," Videl said as she led William and Sofia up to a waiting turbolift. "Level, please," the Bishop's computer said.

"Deck 4, V.I.P. Quarters," Videl said. The turbolift began to move. "I understand your concerns about her identity, Videl. Clearly, your father, Hercule Satan, raised you well in that regard," William said. "However, her revealing to you of mission details that only The Doctor and I could know proves who she really is. Though, if it pleases you..."

William reached into a pocket on his utility belt and withdrew a small silver cylinder with a blue tip. "...if she recognizes this, then we'll know for certain," William finished. "What is that?" Videl asked, looking at the cylinder.

"This is a reproduction of the sonic screwdriver that The Doctor's tenth form once used," Sofia said. "As you may or may not be aware, that form's humanized duplicate from the Time Crisis incident helped found the kingdom of Cinnabar." "When he left the Enterprise prior to the Ashes of Destiny incident, The Doctor gave this to me as a parting gift," William said.

The turbolift doors slid open. Videl led William and Sofia to a suite of guest quarters that were being guarded by two Security division officers. Videl tapped the door chime control. "Who is it?" a voice said.

"It is Captain Son," Videl said. "I bring guests who wish to speak to you." "Come in," the voice said. The doors slid open, allowing William and Sofia to gaze upon a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair.

"King William! It is you," the woman said. "If it is you, Doctor, then..." William said before pulling out the Tenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver once more. "So you kept it," the woman said. "I couldn't throw it away, Doctor," William said before handing the sonic screwdriver to Sofia and running to hug The Doctor.

"It's so good to see you again, Doctor," William said. "You too, William," The Doctor said. "I was worried that when I regenerated, I would forget all about you and the Enterprise." "Well, if you had forgotten, I could have remembered for both of us," William said.

Sofia placed the sonic screwdriver on a table and moved over to hug The Doctor as well.

::TBC::