"The Scrambled Rangers"

by RanChan2k3


Chapter 1

"Oops! Butterfingers..."


(First chapter is kind of short. Consider this a prologue, testing the waters to see if this is well received.)


As Nimnul and the Rescue Rangers disappeared from the military bunker via the Modemizer, there was almost instantly a problem. Sure, Gadget's brain knew how to fix the problem, but Dale's inexpert hands and fingers didn't quite have the dexterity to perfectly execute it. When the group reappeared in Nimnul's lab, Nimnul and Zipper were back to normal...

...but the rest of them were not.

"Hey! Why do I still have Gadget's, uh...everything?!" complained Dale, whose head was still on Gadget's body.

"Golly," answered Gadget, "I guess Dale's hands must've messed up somehow. I've done that repair a hundred times with my own body."

Suddenly, the Rangers were shoved into a cage and locked in.

"At last," gloated Nimnul, "not only do I get back my manly physique, but I can exterminate you meddlesome pests once and for all!"

Zipper flew out and tried to force the cage open, but to no avail.

"Foolish fly," Nimnul seethed. "You'll be the first to go!" He then opened a desk drawer and pulled out a flyswatter. Zipper quickly began to dodge as Nimnul attempted to swat him.

"Zipper, get outta here!" Chip plead. "Save yourself!"

After a minute, Nimnul lost track of the rapidly dodging Zipper. Looking around for the fly, he failed to notice Zipper heading for the telephone that Nimnul and the Modemizer were still connected to. Zipper quickly began to dial.

9...

1...

Nimnul spotted him. "Aha!"

1.

"Oh nooo!" Nimnul disappeared from the lab to the 911 dispatchers desk, taking the flyswatter and the Modemizer with him. This gave Zipper time to get the key to the cage and release the other Rangers.


Some time later, with the gang outside on top of the police car that was transporting Nimnul, the Rangers finally had a chance to take stock of their new...situation.

"Well, gang, with Professor Nimnul's Modemizer now in the police evidence locker, I guess we're all stuck like this for the foreseeable future," noted Chip.

"I'm sorry," said Gadget. "I feel like I let you all down."

"Don't beat yaself up there, Gadget," Monty chimed in. "Ya're still the broightest gal Oi've evah known. Ya jes' need ta practice with ya new hands more, that's all."

"Monty's right," Chip agreed. "You'll be able to fix us eventually. For now, we'll just have to get used to this. Sure, I'll have to put Monty's body on a new diet and exercise regimen, but it's not that bad."

"Says you," grumbled Dale. "I have Gadget's body to live with now, and I think I might need to pee soon, so that's gonna be weird."

Gadget groaned and covered her face with her - Dale's - hands. "Oh, gosh, I hadn't even considered the bathroom stuff. That is gonna be so embarrassing."

"And it's not like we can avoid it," adds Dale. "Sooner or later, it's gotta happen. We can't just hold it in until we get...unscrambled."

Gadget sighed. "Right. And you've got a whole new bath routine to learn. You can't just not bathe until we get fixed, you could get an infec-...er, let's just say its a health thing."

Dale blinked. "Health issue?"

Fade to black...


(Author's Note: So! I was looking around and noticed that nobody wrote an AU story based on the episode "Fly in the Ointment," when everybody's bodies got scrambled. So I'm taking it upon myself to fill this surprising vacancy. Read and review please, and I'll see you all in the next chapter. Bye! ^_^)