MMPR - Hyena Hijinks (Black Ranger)

At the Command Center, the Power Ranger guys convened over some concerning matters. Billy has been missing for a few hours now and wasn't responding to his communicator. This was very out of character for him.

"I know Billy can get caught up in his research, but it's really unlike him to go completely quiet like this" Rocky muttered.

"Alpha, were you able to track the signal of Billy's communicator. Maybe he sent out a distress beacon?" Tommy asked, trying to piece together any clues.

"There's no signal coming through from his communicator unfortunately, but my reports are showing his morpher was activate earlier today. Ai yi yi, what if he was attacked!" Alpha alarmed as he frantically examined his computer monitor.

"This could be a trap devised by Lord Zedd. Ranger you must proceed with caution." warned Zordon.

"Right Zordon. Rocky, Adam, head down to the park where Billy's morpher signal last came from and see if you can find any clues. I'll stay here with Alpha and monitor for any more signal. Report in if you run into any trouble." Tommy delegated.

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Down at the park, Rocky and Adam arrived to the area Billy's morpher had been activated.

"I don't see anything to out of place. I'm going to head over to the lake and check things out there." said Rocky.

"Sounds good, I'll keep checking around the trees." said Adam, both growing more worried by the mysterious circumstances around Billy's disappearance.

As Rocky ran off to check other areas of the park, Adam searched around the trees and clearing. It's there he noticed some odd, out-of-place feathers scattered around the group. Feathers might not be a weird thing to find in the park if they were normal bird feathers, but these were large bright red feathers. A trail of feathers seemed to be leading out of the park and to a nearby warehouse area. As Adam reached the end of the feather trail, a pack of Putty Patrollers jumps out to ambush him.

"Putties?! So this is a trap from Lord Zedd. This guy just never learns." Adam sighed as he grabbed his morpher. "Mastadon?" shouted Adam as he transformed into the Black Ranger.

"HO HO HO oh Lord Zedd has learned quite a bit about you Rangers, and he's going to defeat you fools this time, with my special help HE HE HE!" cackled the maniacal Hyena Quinn as he appeared in a puff of smoke behind the Putty hoard.

"So Zedd has a new monster? What'd you do with Billy, you clown freak!" shouted Adam.

"Oh you mean your little blue friend? We've been having lots of laughs together HO HO HO! If you want him back, you'll have to win my little game HE HE HE!" chuckled the menacing monster.

"A game, seriously? Fine, I'll take you on in whatever dumb game you have." Adam said, hoping he could keep the monster busy until Rocky found his location.

Hyena Quinn cackled as he waved his scepter around in the air. Out of a puff of smoke, a giant slot machine appeared in front of Adam. The bright lights of the machine flashed and wild music played. "My game is very simple, just get a jackpot and I'll bring you to your friend HO HO HO" explained Hyena as he danced around.

Adam was hesitant, but reached out and pulled the slot machine lever down. The slot wheels began to spin round and round, each stopping one by one. A cherry, a bar, and finally a 7.

"Oh no match, sorry, try again HE HE HE!" chucked Hyena.

With an irritated grunt, Adam pulled again. The wheels spun and again no match. Adam pulled again and again, growing more frustrated with the silly game and the endless taunting from Hyena Quinn. Finally the wheel stopped on a different symbol. One by one the wheel showed a Hyena Icon, setting off the machine's alarm. The words "Jackpot" flashed on the screen as the light flashed.

"There I got a jackpot, I beat your dumb game!" shouted Adam.

"HO HO HO no no little Ranger, you go the Hyena Jackpot!" explained Hyena.

Suddenly, bright red feathers began pouring out of the prize slot. The rush of feathers knocked Adam back and quickly buried him. Once the feathers had complete covered the Ranger, the pile disappeared in a puff of smoke, taking Adam with it.

When Adam opened his eyes again, he realized he was unable to move. He looked around and found himself strapped down to the video screen of the giant slot machine. "What the hell is going on?! Let me go, you creepy clown!" Adam shouted as he struggled in his bound.

"HO HO HO Sorry little Ranger, but it's my turn to try my luck HE HE HE!" Hyena chuckled as you pulled down on the slot machine lever.

The wheel spun and stopped on 3 feather icons. To Adam's shock, fluffy feather duster levers positioned on either side of him began swiping up and down his sides. The duster tickled over his armpits and down his sides, sending the poor Ranger into wild laughter. Hyena pulled the lever again, winning another set of feather icons. This caused another feather duster positioned between Adam's legs to start waving back and forth too. Adam pulled at his metal cuffs with all his might, but couldn't budge an inch. He was completely helpless to the endless tickle attacks.

Another pull of the lever and the slot machine wheels revealed another set of Hyena icons. The jackpot alarm sounded again, which started up a giant furry brush bar down at Adam's feet. This through Adam into completely wild laughter as his body was tickled ruthlessly. Hyena Quinn laughed maniacally as he continued pulling the slot machine lever over and over.