The Fate of Lightspeed

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Fate of Lightspeed
Series = Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Season = 8
Episode = 377-378
Airdate = November 17-November 18, 2000
Writer = John Fletcher, Judd Lynn
Director = Isaac Florentine, Worth Keeter
Prev = Rise of the Super Demons
Next = N/A

The Fate of Lightspeed was the two-part finale of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", the 8th season of the "Power Rangers" franchise.

Part 1

Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger, finds the golden key in the Tomb of Forever, which uncovers the prophecy of what would happen when Queen Bansheera releases the demons from the Shadow World. Ryan radios the Lightspeed Aquabase, but his transmission is cut off when Queen Bansheera appears and captures Ryan. Carter decides to rescue Ryan from Skull Cavern on his Mobile Armored Vehicle.

In the previous episode, Jinxer placed a card on the just before it returned to base. Jinxer activates it, releasing hundreds of Batlings into the Aquabase. The Rangers try to fight them off, but there are too many. Some of the Batlings take control of the Lifeforce Megazord and begin attacking the base from the outside.

Carter makes it to Skull Cavern and frees Ryan before Queen Bansheera finds out. Jinxer and the Batlings hijack the repaired Omega Megazord and use it to place stones all over Mariner Bay to begin the ceremony in which Bansheera would release the monsters. Carter and Ryan are ejected from Skull Cavern as water seeps into the Aquabase as the Lifeforce Megazord continues to destroy the base.

Part 2

Captain Mitchell, Ms. Fairweather, and the other Rangers find a water-filled shaft, leading to an escape submarine. They grab air cans to use when diving through the shaft to the submarine. Once there, they make it into the submarine. However, Batlings prevent the escape. They launch torpedoes to flood the room and escape. They launched more at the Lifeforce Megazord as that and the Lightspeed Aquabase explodes behind them.

Meanwhile, Queen Bansheera brings Skull Cavern into view at Mariner Bay. Carter and Ryan arrive to take out the Omega Megazord with Carter's Mobile Armored Vehicle. Because their firepower isn't enough, they bail out and launch the vehicle directly at the Megazord, destroying it. However, the final stone landed in the correct position and the ceremony begins.

The Rangers reunite and storm the Skull Cavern, fighting through Batlings to prevent Queen Bansheera from opening the tomb. Queen Bansheera opens the tomb and tells the demons in the Shadow World to arise. Carter charges toward Queen Bansheera, who blasts off his helmet as he kicks her into the tomb. Queen Bansheera grabs Carter to bring him in with her. Carter holds onto a ledge and urges to watched several monsters the other Rangers to close the lid. The other Rangers refuse and try to pull him up. Just at that moment, Diabolico's ghost appears; because Diabolico was betrayed before, he blasts Queen Bansheera into the Shadow World (with Diabolico following her), where the demons pounce on her. Carter climbs out of the tomb and the Rangers close the lid. The Rangers make it out just as Skull Cavern crumbles.

The Rangers later meet up to give up their morphers to Captain Mitchell and continue with their ordinary lives. However, when a fire truck races by, the Rangers can't help but to take off to the rescue. As they hurry to the fire, Captain Mitchell yells, "You forgot these!" referring to their morphers.

Monsters

* Among the monsters seen in the entrance from the Shadow World are.
** Eye Guy
** Hatchasaurus
** Dramole
** Rhinoblaster
** Oysterizer
** Invenusable Flytrap
** Doomstone (from "Zedd's Monster Mash")
** Silver Horns
** a smudgy swirl monster (from "Alien Rangers Of Aquitar (2)")
** the black & furry version of Robogoat (from "Fire In Your Tank")
** a Craterite Monster
** Crocovile
** Lunatick
** Coralizer
** Lizwizard
** Spikey
** Psycho-Monster Blue
** Radster
** Horn
** Rojomon
** Ghouligan
** Thunderclaw
** Shockatron
** Cyclopter
** Freezard
** an unused Megaranger monster Mushroom Nejire (unused in PRIS)
** Beetleborgs monsters Torch Mouth Hagfish of Gar and Emily The Seed Of Evil