A/N:Okay, What I wanted to do here is try and play with the structure of Dino Thunder, one of my favorite seasons. I figured that I should put a new ranger in about halfway through the season, and yes I will be using this to do some pairing. Yes, I know there are a lot of these around, but they're usually about bringing Kim into the series or the ew characters there from the very beginning. Other than that, enjoy. This is set after Fighting Spirit, I need Tommy out of his suit.
Shit I'm going to be late!
Greg ran down the street with his bag on his back. He slept through his alarm because he'd had an exhausting week, which wouldn't be to bad in this situation, only this was his first day at his new school. And from what he'd seen of the principle he was not going to get a warm reception. He ran through the gate just as he heard the bell for first period ring. Increasing his speed, he made it through the building door, panting heavily.
"Interesting way to start your time here Mr. Grayson." Said a snide voice
Greg looked up to seem a woman with short black hair and thick glasses staring down at him. Great, he thought, Principle Randall.
"I'm sorry Principle Randall. My body clocks still a little out of sync. You know, time zone differences."
Randall glared at him, and Greg could already tell that this would come back to haunt him very quickly.
"Well I'm sorry but you need to realize that we at Reefside High do not take well to lateness, you have detention this afternoon."
"What?" Greg was astounded; there was no way that she was giving him a detention for being thirty seconds late. On his first day!
"That's right; I think it's important that we get the message across quickly. Now go on, get to class, but report back here after school for your detention."
Greg looked at Randall, first class? He had no idea where to go. Randall must have sensed his confusion because she immediately grabbed him by the arm, sighing.
"This way."
Greg followed her down the corridor and then took a left, before they arrived at one of the science classrooms. Randall didn't even bother to knock, she just barged in.
"Dr. Oliver could I speak to you for a minute?"
There was murmuring in the class as the teacher walked outside.
"What can I do for you Principle Randall?"
"Two things. Firstly, this is Greg Grayson, he just transferred here from Briarwood, and he will be in your class."
"Pleased to meet you." Said the teacher, outstretching his hand. Greg shook it.
"And secondly I would like to remind you that you have detention duty this afternoon. I'm sure you and Greg would love to get to know each other then."
Dr. Oliver opened his mouth to argue, but Randall held up her hand in dismissal.
"I'm sorry Dr Oliver but you've weaseled out of it plenty of times, and seeing as this time there is actually someone on detention, I think that it's about time you did it."
And with that she spun around and left, leaving a stunned Dr. Oliver and Greg behind her. Dr. Oliver turned to Greg.
"Sorry you got detention on your first day, I'll try not to make it miserable for you. Knowing Randall you got it for something trivial."
"Thanks Dr. Oliver."
"Please, call me Dr. O."
"Sure thing."
Dr. O looked back at the classroom.
"Come on, I'll introduce you to the rest of the class."
They both walked in to the class room. Greg was immediately met with about thirty smiling faces.
"Guys we've got a new student, His names Greg and hopefully he'll be staying with us."
"Hi." Said Greg nervously
Dr. O was looking around the classroom.
"There's only one seat left, over there next to Connor." He said, indicating towards a boy in a red t-shirt. Greg nodded and walked over to the table. He sat next to the boy. At his table was a girl with long brown hair, a dark skinned boy wearing a blue jacket and looking down at a laptop, and a dark haired boy in a white shirt. The girl looked over at him.
"Hi, I'm Kira."
"Greg."
"Hi," said the dark haired boy, "I'm Trent, this is Ethan."
"Hey," said Ethan, barely looking up from his laptop.
"Dude," said the boy named Connor, "at least pretend to be interested in people."
"Sorry," smiled Ethan, closing his laptop. "I'm Ethan."
"Hi." Replied Greg, he'd only been in the school for a few minutes but it was starting become automatic.
"So are you knew here?" asked Kira, ignoring her Connor and Ethan entirely.
"Yeah, just transferred. Hoping for someplace a little more quiet."
Connor let out a laugh.
"Oh this place is anything but quite."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see soon enough." Replied Trent
*****
Luckily for Greg, the rest of the day went pretty smoothly, all of his classes had either Connor, Kira, Ethan or Trent in them, so he had someone to sit with in all of them. He spent his lunch hour talking with his new friends, mostly with about music with Kira, which they both had a strong interest in. The end of the day came quickly and Greg headed off to meet Dr. O for detention. He was sitting on the bench in the corridor when his four new friends came up to him.
"So Randall nailed you for being late this morning?"
"Yeah, why are you guys here?" he asked, curious as to why his new friends were waiting for detention instead of leaving school at the first chance they got like normal teenagers.
"We're helping Dr. O with a few things."
Before Greg could ask any more questions Dr. O arrived.
"Hey guys, glad you could make it."
Dr. O looked at the teens.
"But I haven't got enough room in my car for all of you."
"That's okay," said Connor, "I've got mine."
"I'll go with you." Said Kira, moving to Connors side. Greg looked over at Trent, who was smirking.
"Great," replied Dr. O, "See you at the museum."
"So where are you from Greg?" asked Dr. O, keeping his eyes on the road
"I
just moved here from Briarwood, I've only been here a few weeks, it
took a while to get my enrolment
down."
"Yeah that happens." Commented Trent
Greg looked behind him to see Connors car behind them.
"Hey can I ask you guys a question?"
"Shoot."
"What's the deal with Connor and Kira?"
Dr. O let out a loud snort, clearly trying to hold back his laughter. Trent was also laughing, but at Ethan.
"I told you dude! I told I wasn't the only one who thought that!"
"Told him what?" Greg asked in a confused tone.
Dr. O looked back at Trent, who was still too busy laughing at Ethan, who now had an annoyed look of defeat on his face, to answer Greg's question.
"Connor and Kira like each other." He said with a smirk, "Of course, neither of them will admit it."
"If they like each other, why do they always argue?" asked Ethan, determined to prove his point. Greg just looked at him.
"Dude? Do you know anything about girls?"
Before Ethan could ask what he meant by that, Dr. O stopped the car over by the museum.
"Here we are."
Connor and Kira pulled up beside them, and they all huddled around the entrance.
"Okay guys, you know what to do. Let me know if you find anything. Greg, come with me."
The group split, Connor was with Kira (neither of them noticed Trent, Dr. O and now Greg smirking as they volunteered to go together), Ethan was with Trent, and Greg was with Dr. O.
"So what are we looking for?" he asked as they reached the edge of the woods.
"Well there have been rumors lately of some pre-historic artifacts around here, so I figured I'd check it out. So I'll make you a deal, you find anything, I'll try and get you out of detention."
"Sounds good to me." Greg replied, This teachers pretty cool, though explaining to Uncle Rick why I'm home late isn't going to fun. I can't believe I got detention on my first day!
*****
Mesogog was observing his plants when Elsa entered.
"Master, I have discovered the location of the green dino gem."
"Good," he hissed "Make sure you get it before the rangers do."
"Of course master, I'll set up the geno randomizer right away."
Elsa turned to leave, only to have Mesogog stop her.
"And Elsa, make sure that this time it doesn't end in failure."
*****
They had been walking for nearly half an hour and hadn't found anything. Greg just talked to Dr. O about martial arts. He was amazed to learn how proficient Dr. O was at it. Soon they came to a ditch in the ground. They were just about to pass it when Greg noticed something.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing to a white rock about twenty feet from where they were standing.
"What we're looking for." He replied
They both walked over to the rock. It was more crystallized than rock, but inside Greg could see something glowing. Dr. O bent over to pick it up.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Dr. O and Greg turned around to see Elsa, the evil white ranger and a horde of tyranodrones standing behind them.
"Can't you just say hello? Like a normal person?" asked Dr. O. He was all serious now, if looks could kill, Elsa would have been a pile of smoldering ashes.
"Greg," he whispered, "Grab the stone and run. I'll try to hold them off."
"But I can help you." He responded, not wanting to let one of the few sane people he knew get killed on his behalf.
"Right now, the priority is stopping Elsa here from getting that rock, I'll explain everything later, I promise."
Greg paused for a second, then nodded, he ran back to grab the stone, only to be followed by the Tyranodrones and the evil white ranger, leaving only a few behind with Dr. O and Elsa.
""Alright Tommy," she taunted, "Now that your students gone, lets see what you've got."
Tommy held his left wrist up, letting his Morpher appear on the band on his arm.
"I thought you'd never ask. Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
Greg ran like he'd never run before. Although he hadn't known Dr. O for very long, he knew what ever was happening had to bad. What else would instantly turn such a laidback guy into the most serious guy on earth. Suddenly there was a white blur in front of him, and the evil White Ranger was standing before him.
"It was foolish for you to run." He said in a deep, sinister voice. "It would only lead to a quicker demise."
He lifted his blade to strike, but before he could deliver the blow he was hit with a barrage of laser bolts. Greg looked behind him to see four Power Rangers, red, blue, yellow and white, standing with their blasters pointed straight at the evil ranger.
"How you going fake?" yelled the good white ranger.
"Ah rangers," snarled the clone, "I was wondering when you were going to make an appearance."
"Well you're not going to need worry about that for much longer," taunted the red ranger, "Because we're taking you down!"
"You can spend as much time as you like fighting me, but as a consequence your city will perish!"
The rangers looked at each other.
"What are you talking about?' asked the yellow one
"Even as we speak our monster is preparing to rampage through your city, there wont be enough time for both your battles."
The rangers looked at each other, then the blue one spoke up.
"You two take the Mezodon and the Dino Stegazord and take out that monster, we can handle this."
"Are you sure?"
"Don't worry," said the yellow ranger, "we'll be okay."
The red ranger nodded, pulling out a large red and gold shield.
"Shield of Triumph!" he called as the blue and yellow rangers put bursts of energy into it. The red ranger's uniform became trimmed with gold. Within seconds, the red and white rangers disappeared.
"And now we have you all to ourselves." Said the yellow ranger.
"You don't stand a chance!" retorted the clone.
Both rangers assumed a fighting stance.
"Super Dino Mode!" the yelled, and suddenly spikes appeared all over their bodies.
"You were saying?" taunted the blue ranger.
All three rangers charged and began to battle. Greg just lay on the ground and watched in amazement. Power Rangers? In Reefside? So much for things being simpler here.
*****
"Connor, get him round on the left!"
"Got it!"
The two Megazords charged at the monster, weapons drawn. Ganging up seemed to be the way to go, as the blows hit with enough ferocity to send the monster flying backwards.
"Ready to finish this Trent?"
"You bet!"
The Megazords charged at the monster, destroying it with the mighty blows of their weapons.
*****
The
clone staggered back, having just been pummeled by the two dino
rangers.
"You may have won here rangers, but that doesn't mean
this is over."
*****
Connor and Trent were just about to jump out of their Zords when Trent's started moving erratically.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Trent
"My turn." Said a sinister voice behind him.
Suddenly, Trent was ejected from the Megazord. Picking himself up, he saw Connor in the Mezodon fighting his Zord.
Dammit! He thought to himself, not again!
*****
"Guys!" Greg heard a voice coming from the small communicator on the rangers wrists. "We've got a problem, we need the Thundersaurus Megazord!"
The Yellow ranger looked over at Greg.
"Think you can handle yourself? Just go straight that way until you get to the museum, you'll be safe there."
Greg nodded and began to run in the direction the ranger had just pointed. He could see the car when another figure jumped in his way. It looked like some sort of robot.
"It appears you have something I want." It said in a very deep voice.
Greg looked around, nothing to save him this time. He took a deep breath and faced the cyborg.
"Well you'll have to face me first!"
The robot immediately lunged at him, knocking Greg to the ground. Holding up a mighty sword, the cyborg brought it down hard. Reacting without thinking, Greg held up the rock in an effort to block the blow. As the blade came into contact with the surface of the rock, the force seemed to be absorbed back into the sword, sending the cyborg flying. Greg looked down at the rock. There was a massive crack in it. But before he could do anything, the rock began to glow and Greg was consumed by light.
