A/N: So it's been a while since I've done any Dino Charge stories. I figured why not have a little more fun with my favorite trio of characters and put a classic sci-fi spin on it. This little short story is set during Dino Super Charge, and connected to my other fic "The Good Guys Wear Black."

That said, I do not own Power Rangers, its characters, or any of its related intellectual property.

"Chase! Are you even paying attention?"

Chase Randall turned away from his idle daydreams as he felt Koda give him a little nudge in the side, bringing him back to reality. All the Black Ranger could do was give an apologetic smile to the young bespectacled woman behind the lab table. "Oh! Sorry Kendall, um... what were you saying?"

The scientist sighed and shook her head again as she regarded the other Dino Charge Rangers gathered in the lab for a quick morning meeting. "I was saying that I'm going to need some help with a new charger I'm developing. If I can get some work done today, it may be ready for testing by this afternoon."

"Oh. You have another experimental device?" Tyler asked with a hint of nervousness in his voice, "Um... yay?"

Kendall stopped and gave the Red Ranger a slight frown, "Is something wrong? You don't sound too happy to hear it."

Shelby stepped forward and put a hand on Tyler's arm, "Ms. Morgan, we're not unhappy. We're just nervous... and maybe a little terrified. Remember the Super Charger Mark 1 incident?"

Kendall gave Shelby a scowl as Ivan leaned over toward Riley and asked in a whisper, "Super Charger? What trouble is Lady Shelby referring to?"

The young Green Ranger crossed his arms and explained quietly, "The last time we helped Ms. Morgan with an experiment, we wound up dealing with an evil clone of Chase from an alternate reality... um, trust me. It wasn't a fun experience for any of us."

Kendall cleared her throat, "All right. The last experiment was a bit of a disaster... but the important thing is, I fixed it, right? You have my word, this time my goal is a little more reasonable."

The other Rangers exchanged a skeptical look before Koda asked, "Uh, what does new charger do?"

Kendall held up a turquoise colored charger along with a new gunmetal gray prototype morpher and gave a proud little smile, "Along with this upgraded revolver, this little charger is designed to create a limited 10 second bubble that will allow you to suspend the fabric of space time."

"Wait! The charger slows down time itself?" Shelby gasped incredulously, "Oh sure, that sounds a lot more reasonable to me."

While the others wavered, the Black Ranger stepped forward and picked up the new prototype morpher, "Sounds fun to me. Count me in."

Tyler put a hand on Chase's shoulder, "Chase, do you really think this is a good idea? I mean, remember what happened last time you volunteered to be Ms. Morgan's guinea pig? We almost mistook you for Bizzaro Chase."

"I have to concur with Sir Tyler on this," Ivan added with a serious expression, "Is this really wise?"

The Black Ranger shrugged and gave his friends a confident smile, "Probably not, but Kendall needs our help."

The other Rangers stared at him until he continued, "Listen, I know there are dangers involved when we're trying out new tech, but think about it. She's developing these weapons and gadgets to help us fight the monsters and keep us safe out there. If this works, can you imagine what we can do if we're able to manipulate time during a battle... even for just a few seconds?"

"For once, he actually has a good point," Riley grudgingly conceded, "We could set up a finishing attack, or prevent some major disaster."

"Exactly," Chase grinned clapping Riley's shoulder, "So, that's why we have to try and trust Kendall... is anyone else with me?"

The others continued to hesitate until Koda stepped forward, "If Chase not scared, then I help Kendall too."

Kendall gave a surprised look, then graced her first two Rangers with an appreciative smile, "Thanks you two. If everyone else is still uneasy with the idea, then I won't force you to help. In the mean time, I'm going to finish this project, so I'll need everyone's help around the museum today."

Later that day after work, Chase and Koda entered the basement lab to find Kendall putting the finishing touches on her newest charger. As they entered, she shook out her hands from handling her delicate instruments and took one last look at the charger, "Chase and Koda… there you are. I just finished up with the last calibrations so you're both right on time."

"Right one time? Me?" Chase laughed as he picked up the new dino morpher from the lab table and studied it, "That can't be a good sign."

He began twirling it around like a cowboy gunslinger before Kendall grabbed the gun away and gave him a reproving frown "Please don't joke about that. I'm being serious right now."

The Black Ranger raised his hands contritely as Kendall began hooking up cords and plugs to the revolver so she could take data readings while in use.

"Uh… what we do now Kendall?" Koda asked curiously as he studied the turquoise charger and gave it a little sniff too.

"Like I said, this charger is designed to create a small bubble in which you can suspend the flow of time for 10 seconds," she answered stepping clear and connecting her laptop to the other cables, "I'm going to need one of you to test the charger and create a time bubble around you while the other keeps watch from outside."

Both Rangers looked at each other for a long moment before Chase sighed and shook his head, "Oh, fine! I'll try the charger out."

As he took the charger in hand, he morphed into his ranger suit and stood clear of the others at the opposite side of the lab.

To his surprise, Koda stepped forward and tied a sturdy cable around the Black Ranger's waist. "Just in case something go wrong… I pull you out."

Chase nodded appreciatively and loaded the charger into the new morpher with a gulp, "Thanks mate. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that, ok?"

After a few more moments of punching keys on the laptop, Kendall looked up and gave a nervous nod.

"Here goes nothing," the Black Ranger muttered pointing the blaster at an empty wall and pulling the trigger. To his surprise, the pistol kicked back with a powerful recoil and a bright orb of blue light erupted in front of him, enveloping the Ranger in a shimmering bubble of energy.

"Sweet as…" Chase exclaimed looking outside the bubble in real time only to see both Kendall and Koda move in slow motion. They might have been speaking, but to him it sounded distorted and muffled.

Meanwhile, outside the bubble, Koda watched in fear and wonder as the time bubble glowed and Chase's movements within appeared to flicker in and out of phase. Glancing over to Kendall, he saw the scientist begin to frown and type feverishly at her keyboard.

"Everything ok, Kendall?"

"No Koda... it's not," Kendall replied as she checked the new data and felt her pulse quicken, "Something's happening to the time bubble... it's destabilizing."

Koda wasn't quite sure what that meant, but based on Kendall's expression and the tone of her voice, it sounded like a bad thing. If something bad was happening, that meant Chase was in danger too, so he did what he believed to be the most reasonable thing... he pulled at the tether cord.

As he gave a hard tug, the caveman blinked in surprise as the cord flew from the bubble while the Black Ranger remained within, looking about in confusion. While the unstable pocket of energy began to ripple, Kendall watched in horror as Koda moved toward the bubble and reached out.

"Koda! No! You'll get caught in the rift, and we don't know what's going to happen!"

The cavemen shook his head resolutely and turned back toward his fellow Ranger. "No. Chase is my friend. I help him too!"

From his place inside the swirling time bubble, Chase blinked as he saw Koda suddenly appear in front of him and begin to move normally again.

"Koda... mate, what are you doing? What's happening?"

The Blue Ranger looked around in confusion before giving a frown at the bubble. "I not know."

Whatever was going on, Chase decided to end the experiment. He hit a lever to disengage the charger from the gun but found that it was stuck in place. The charger wouldn't budge at all! Had there been some malfunction with the equipment? They didn't have any more time to speculate. In an instant, the two friends grabbed each other as the time bubble surged and dazzled them both with a blinding white light.

*Loop*

"Chase! Are you even paying attention?"

Chase blinked again as he met the glare of Kendall from across her lab table. He abruptly turned his head to look around and realize he was back in the lab, unmorphed... with the other Rangers again. Beside him, Koda looked about seemingly just as confused. As the others stared at him, Chase blinked and looked around in confusion, "Um... no. Sorry. What were you saying?"

Kendall shook her head with a sigh, "I was saying that I'm going to need some help with a new charger I'm developing. If I can get some work done today, it may be ready for testing by this afternoon."

Before Tyler could speak, Koda frowned in confusion, "But we did already! We just helped you right now."

Kendall blinked in surprise, "I'm not sure how Koda. I haven't even told you what the new charger does yet."

The Black Ranger put a calming hand on Koda and gestured for him to be silent as Kendall held up a new prototype morpher with a gunmetal gray color, "I've developed a turquoise dino charger that creates a limited 10 second bubble allowing you to suspend the fabric of space time. The charger needs an upgraded dino revolver, but it seems to be a little jammed in there at the moment."

From where he stood, Chase felt a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach as he listened to a variation of the same conversation repeat itself. This was sounding all too familiar.

"Wait! The charger slows down time itself?" Shelby gasped incredulously, "Oh sure, that sounds reasonable to me."

This time, Koda began to frown to himself recalling the same line of conversation from that morning. Out the corner of his eye, he also saw Chase glance at his wristwatch. Before anyone else could make a comment, he heard the Black Ranger speak up again,

"Sounds great Kendall! Koda and I will help you."

The other Rangers stopped and stared at Chase prompting him to squirm impatiently, "I know what all of you are going to say, but just trust me... it's fine... really... Koda and I will help. Right, big guy?"

The caveman gave a hesitant nod as the others cast strange looks and Kendall cleared her throat in confusion, "Um... ok. Thanks. I'll be working on the finishing touches today so meet me back in the lab this afternoon."

As the meeting adjourned awkwardly, Chase whirled around and grabbed Koda by the shoulders, "Koda... mate... something is very wrong here."

"I not understand," Koda grimaced in confusion, "We have same conversation this morning."

Chase pointed to his watch, "That's because it is this morning! Look! It's 8 AM again!"

The caveman blinked as Chase suddenly remembered his friend still hadn't quite grasped the concept of time. He decided to put it into simpler words, "I think we're right back to where we started Koda. Whatever happened to that dino charger, it screwed something up... badly."

"What we do now?" Koda asked with a worried expression spreading over his face.

"We pray that Kendall can fix this problem."

To be Continued...