I have been dying to get into this, pretty much since I first started watching Dino Charge. And since I've finished writing my Night at the Museum fic, I've decided I'm going to put some focus on this, as it's all I've been wanting to write.

I hope you like it!

Chapter 1: Powers of the Past

The warm sun shone down over the city of Amber Beach; a sunny, pleasant day that had anyone who wasn't working outside enjoying the warm weather. Standing in the back garden of her still new home, a teenager with hair pulled back in long black pigtails practised moves that had her almost gliding through the grass.

"Hey Teddie!" as she landed, crouched low, the young woman glanced around to see her mother sticking her head out of the window. "Aren't you supposed to be on your way to the museum now?" Ari asked her. Teddie frowned, standing up to full height. Despite the rest of her family's height, Teddie only reached 5'4, leaving her the smallest.

"What? What time is it?" grabbing the towel lying on the table nearby, she rubbed her face with it.

"Uh," Ari checked her watch. "Half 9," Teddie's brown eyes widened in alarm.

"What? Dammit!" she groaned, rushing back inside. "Where's Chase? He was supposed to let me know when he was about to leave!" she complained as she ran through the kitchen.

"Don't run in the house Teddie," Ari spoke as she closed the window over. "Chase left an hour ago," she added, and heard Teddie's wail of irritation as she banged about upstairs, going to grab a shower. "Don't forget you've got that expedition with Ms. Morgan at twelve," she called up the stairs, and laughed to herself. "Well, she's definitely my daughter," Ari couldn't help but say aloud, grabbing her computer and opening it. She checked the messages that flashed up, and sighed heavily with a shake of her head.

It was coming up on ten years, that Mack, her former team-mate, had disappeared without a trace on an expedition. Nobody who had been on the dig with him knew anything more than he had disappeared in the caves where a supposed treasure was located. When his dad, as well as Rose, Ari, and the other Overdrive Rangers, had looked, all they'd found was a wreckage after a cave-in, and no sign of the former Red Ranger.

"This sucks!" Teddie cried as she banged out of the shower a few minutes later, smelling a lot better than she had done. She tugged on her shorts and a white top, before hurrying down the stairs as she pulled her favourite dark green jacket on over it. Ari glanced up from her phone as Teddie tucked the stone hanging from her neck under her shirt.

"Maybe start setting alarms?" the woman suggested, her amused smile only serving to embarrass Teddie further.

"You're mean," she complained. Ari couldn't help but laugh.

"And used to being on the other end of this," she commented, sending a text to Xander before sliding her phone into her pocket. "I'll be at the base later, so let me know if you find anything at the dig site," Ari requested.

"Will do," Teddie nodded as she pulled her boots on. "It's a triceratops we're searching for, right?" she asked.

"Yup. Ethan will be happy," Ari's voice was light, only paying slight attention as she read over a news article. Teddie couldn't help but smile at the comment, before calling out a goodbye and leaving the house.

Grabbing her bike, Teddie strapped on her helmet and began to cycle out of the garden and down the street, and despite the rush, she couldn't help but smile as a gentle breeze brushed against her gently.

It had been a little over two months since she'd moved to Amber Beach with Chase, and she couldn't help but love it. It was warmer than Briarwood, and at times seemed a little quieter, and definitely more normal without magical creatures roaming around. But she did miss her home. She missed being so close to the magical dimension and her friends and family there. She put a hand to her chest, and felt the crystal that was hidden under her shirt. A wave of determination passed her, and she sped up. She was needed in Amber Beach. Home would be there when she was finished.

"Whoa!" a young man gasped as Teddie almost veered into him after leaving her bike in the back.

"Sorry dude!" Teddie called as she glanced around at the startled young man. He had a mop of black hair, and his brown eyes were wide in an expression Teddie found vaguely familiar. "You alright?" she asked as she backed up towards the entrance of the museum.

"Yeah," his surprise faded and he smiled at her. The familiarity of him grew slightly and Teddie tilted her head. Then she remembered the reason for her rush.

"Oh! Gotta go! Sorry again!" Teddie turned and ran off. Watching her for a moment, he hummed to himself, finding her familiar too, minus the accent. He didn't know anyone from New Zealand.

"You're late!" Chase called as Teddie ran into the restaurant. She glanced to her brother, who was taller than her and, like their older brother, resembled their father, with the easy smile and laid back attitude. His eyes were dark brown, like her own, but his hair was brown, whereas she had inherited her mother's black hair.

"Maybe I wouldn't have been, had you reminded me!" Teddie snapped at him as she passed, and grabbed her apron from the back before attaching the name tag to her shirt. By her name, there was a picture of a Compsognathus, silhouetted out against the white of the badge.

"Oh yeah, sorry about that, I was talking to Amy about a date tonight," Teddie rolled her eyes and took the piece of paper from Chase.

"I thought you were seeing...what's her name...Megan?" Teddie tried.

"Nah, didn't work out," Chase shook his head.

"Of course it didn't," Teddie sighed, not surprised. Her brother was atrocious for being what she called a 'serial dater'. She couldn't keep up half the time. It was exhausting.

"Hi Teddie," she looked around and smiled brightly up at the tall, deceptively young-looking man with black hair. He wore a blue sleeveless shirt and a pair of cargo shorts; his usual attire that he seemed to have several of, which showed off his muscular build.

"Hey Koda," Teddie greeted.

"You late today," he commented as he stood in front of the grill and took the order from her. Teddie blushed, and Chase snickered as he passed through.

"Yeah, thanks to a certain airhead," Teddie glared at her twin brother.

"Hey, you're always late, it's not just my fault," Chase replied with a pleasant smile, taking the plates that Koda passed him and left.

"Why late Teddie?" Koda asked her curiously.

"I got too focused on training, lost track of time," she explained.

"Oh," Koda nodded, and smiled brightly. "I do too, Kendall always remind me," he nodded. Teddie laughed as she took another order from another waitress and read it out to Koda.

"I'll get more from the freezer," she told him. Koda smiled gratefully at her, and Teddie headed off, narrowly missing the young woman who walked in. "Oh, sorry Shelby," Teddie smiled at her. "I swear, I'm trying to kill someone today," she chuckled.

"It's okay, I wasn't paying attention either," Shelby smiled back at her. Her eyes then gleamed as she watched Teddie open the large freezer door. "Hey Teddie..." she started, following the young Ninja as she stepped into the industrial freezer to get more burgers.

"Yes, Shelby?" Teddie couldn't help but laugh, knowing what she was after.

"You guys are going on a dig today, right?" she asked as Teddie lifted the burgers and some buns. She hummed and nodded in confirmation, turning to leave. "Well, I was wondering..." Shelby continued to follow her out.

"Sorry Shelby, you know I haven't any say in the digs. It's up to Ms. Morgan," Teddie gave her an apologetic smile. She knew how desperate the young woman was to get out and help with archaeological digs. She had one of the most extensive knowledges of dinosaurs that Teddie had ever known, with only Kendall and Doctor Oliver beating her out. Shelby sighed, pulling her black hair from her face.

"I guess. But she's never going to let me," she complained as she pulled on her apron.

"Give it time Shelby. Prove you're good at waiting tables, earn her respect," Teddie told her. Shelby arched an eyebrow.

"As a waitress?" she asked dryly. Teddie couldn't help but laugh.

"Give it time," she repeated, and Shelby huffed as Teddie put the frozen food into the fridge.

"Teddie!" her smile faded and she groaned.

"Let me guess, late again?" Shelby smiled knowingly.

"Teddie always late!" Koda laughed from the grill.

"You guys suck," Teddie declared, turning and walking out of the kitchen to face Kendall Morgan, the owner of the Dinosaur Museum, and Teddie's boss. "Hi Ms. Morgan-"

"You were late again," Kendall cut straight to the point. "You can't keep doing this Teddie, I can't cover for you forever," she scolded. Teddie flushed.

"But...you're the boss," she frowned at the brunette who was a few years older than her. She always seemed very serious, but when she came across something new to do with what they were doing, she always forgot her composure and her real passion showed through.

"Yes, and just how do I explain it to say, Shelby, if she's late every date for two weeks straight?" Kendall challenged. Teddie hesitated. "How can I fire her when you've done the same?" she asked. Teddie looked away. She knew she was right. It wasn't fair.

"Sorry Ms. Morgan. It won't happen again," Teddie vowed.

"Make sure it doesn't, Teddie," Kendall told her, and seeing Teddie's expression, she sighed. Adjusting her glasses, Kendall relaxed slightly. "I believe you can do it Teddie. Just be more aware of time," she told her, and Teddie nodded.

"Thanks, Ms. Morgan," she managed a small smile, and rushed back into the kitchen to continue helping. Kendall sighed, shaking her head slightly, wondering just how they'd coped so far.

Sitting on a crate with a notebook in one hand and a pen in the other, Teddie hummed to herself and occasionally scribbled down more, sometimes scratching out what she'd written before.

"Still, this is the final frontier,

Everything is so clear,

To my destiny I-whoa!" Teddie's quiet singing was interrupted as the crate she was sitting on was lifted into the air and carried over to the truck. "Koda!" she couldn't help but laugh as the caveman set the crate down.

"Oh, sorry Teddie!" he smiled up at her. Still laughing, Teddie jumped down, and saw Chase walk into view with more equipment. As she went to greet him, she saw Shelby following, and laughed again, shaking her head.

"No can do," Chase told the passionate girl as she pleaded for him to let her come along. "Museum policy," he reminded her. Shelby huffed as Teddie lifted a crate and brought it out.

"Koda!" Shelby spotted the caveman as he easily carried another crate in one hand. "Look what I've brought," his eyes lit up and he set the crate down. "Your favourite Bronto Burger. Rare," Shelby waved it in front of him, and pulled it back as Koda snatched for it.

"She's never going to give up on this, is she?" Chase asked Teddie as they loaded up the truck while watching.

"Oh, never," Teddie shook her head as they walked over to the rest of the crates.

"Ms. Morgan!" Shelby, who was now on top of a large crate that Koda had lifted and put onto the truck, spotted the owner of the museum. Kendall looked up from trying to clean her jacket, which now had soup on it.

"I think your party in Booth 4 is missing a dinner roll," Kendall rolled her eyes as she tossed the napkin in the bin and set her things down in the back of the truck with the crates. "And no, you can't come," she added as Shelby went to speak.

"Museum policy," Shelby echoed what Kendall said.

"Still not giving up," Teddie told her brother as she took a seat on another crate and opened her notebook. Koda belched, making Teddie giggle as Chase attempted to balance his skateboard on his head. Kendall, who was watching them, sighed heavily as Shelby raised an eyebrow, wondering just how the three had managed to get onto the crew.

"Guys," Kendall snapped as she walked past them. "Let's go?" she raised an eyebrow, and the three quickly followed her to get into the truck.

"Triceratops, triceratops," Teddie sang to herself as they set up the dig site. "We found us a Pink Triceratops," she sang as she lifted a crate and brought it over.

"Teddie, really?" Chase frowned at her. The roar of the machines was loud, drowning out most of the noise around them, which was setting both him and his sister on edge. It was throwing off their senses and it made them both nervous.

"Sorry, just kinda hyped that we found it," she shrugged as she lifted the lid of the crate.

"Yeah, I can get that," Chase agreed, lifting the Pink crystal to the light. It shone brightly despite the poor light, and the young man grinned, before handing it to Teddie. "That's one more found," he said as she examined it curiously, before placing it into the crate and closing it over. She brought it over to the truck and set it down, before turning and walking back over, humming to herself.

"I wonder if there are any others around here," Teddie commented, looking around as she rested a hand on her hip.

"Teddie, if you wander off, we will leave you behind," Chase warned her as he saw her look around.

"One time!" she blushed. With a laugh, Chase joined Koda in continuing to dig up the rest of the Triceratops skeleton they'd found.

"He's getting away!" Teddie's head lifted as she barely caught the shout, turning around, her eyes widened as she saw Shelby on top of the truck, shouting at them and indicating in another direction.

"What are you doing here?!" Teddie ran over to her. "Ms. Morgan is going to-"

"Never mind that! Some guy just stole a crate!" Shelby interrupted her. "We need to stop him," Teddie frowned, before realising what was missing from the truck.

"No, no no!" she groaned, looking around. "Shelby, stay here, I'll-" before Teddie could finish, Shelby had jumped down from the truck and was running after the cloaked figure running off. "Great," she sighed, running after her. The two ran and ducked behind a bush, making the figure look up.

"Who's that?!" he roared, looking around, but didn't see anyone. He sighed. "I must be hearing things," he grumbled, and turned around to see Shelby grab the crate. "Hey! Get back here!" he roared, blasting at Shelby. Teddie kicked him from the side, and the cloaked figure tumbled to the ground.

"That's what you get for stealing things!" she shouted, and ran after Shelby, catching up to her as they ran through the forest. One blast got close to Shelby, knocking the crate from her hands, and knocking her and Teddie to the ground.

"No-one steals from me!" the cloaked figure roared as he approached the crate.

"Think again!" another figure swung through the air on a vine, grabbing the crate. The figure roared furiously again as the newcomer landed beside Teddie and Shelby.

"You okay?" he asked, helping Shelby to her feet as Teddie got up.

"It's you, the guy from the museum," Teddie recognised the young man in a red shirt, dirt streaked across his face.

"And you're the girl from the museum who nearly ran me over," he recognised, smiling at her despite the situation. "Hi. I'm Tyler, nice to meet you...uh," he saw the name tag on Shelby's shirt. "Shelby Triceratops, catchy name," he laughed.

"Where'd you come from?" Shelby demanded.

"Oh, you know, just in the neighbourhood," Tyler smiled back.

"Uh, we're in the middle of the forest," Teddie raised an eyebrow at him. "There is no neighbourhood around here," Tyler just laughed and held the crate out to Shelby.

"I believe this is yours," he offered.

"I don't have to hide!" the figure pulled off his cloak to reveal an ice-like monster with massive blue claws. "Time to destroy you!" he declared. Teddie swallowed, her eyes widening. This monster was new to her.

"What is that thing?" Shelby gulped, drawing closer to Tyler subconsciously.

"Dunno. Met him in a cave," Tyler raised his fists in a fighting stance. "But he sure wants that box," he commented.

"You guys need to get out of here," Teddie told them as she turned to them. "I'll hold him off. Koda and Chase are that way, go find them," she warned.

"What? And leave you against this creep alone?" Tyler stared at her. "No way!" he refused. Teddie groaned.

"Of all the days to find a hero. Just go!" she pleaded, but he grabbed the shovel from the side of his large backpack.

"What, you're gonna dig us an escape tunnel?" Shelby demanded, and the creature blasted them. Tyler deflected it with his shovel, and grinned.

"Cool," he commented. With a growl, the monster blasted them again, but Tyler deflected each blow before batting one back at the monster. Teddie stared at Tyler, amazed. Even with a shovel, the power needed to throw back the shot didn't seem normal. "Score!" Tyler laughed.

"Nice hit," Shelby nodded.

"Um..." Teddie pointed at the shovel, and their smiles fell as they saw that the shovel was mostly destroyed, and what was left was on fire.

"You'll pay for that!" the monster got back up.

"Uh...your turn for an idea," Tyler said as he tossed the melted shovel aside and fell back into a fighting stance. Shelby stared at him.

"Uh..." she gulped, and stepped forwards. "Fire at us, and you might destroy your precious...thing in this crate," she threatened. Teddie closed her eyes, sighing.

"You know what's in the crate?" Tyler asked her quietly.

"I have no idea," Shelby admitted.

"What I want will survive!" the monster told them. "You won't!" he blasted them, and the three were thrown off their feet. As Teddie landed a small distance away from them, the Pink crystal rolled out of the crate, and when Teddie looked up, her eyes widened as she saw a Red one just like it land in front of Tyler. "Two Energems! This is better than I'd hoped!" he laughed, and as Shelby and Tyler reached for the glowing crystals, the monster froze them.

"No!" Teddie cried, getting to her feet. "Hey icicle brain, guess what!" she called, earning his attention. "There's actually three Energems here!" she revealed her own White crystal that hung from around her neck. The monster inhaled in his shock. "And guess what?" Teddie pulled a small device from her pocket and smirked. "I know how to use it! ENERGISE!" she activated the charger, and inserted it into a blaster that materialised in her hand. "UNLEASH THE POWER!" the power surrounded Teddie, and when the light faded, she was left in a White suit.

"No!" the monster roared.

"Oh yeah!" Teddie laughed, and spun the side of her blaster. "Dino Morpher Blast!" Teddie fired a white blast that knocked the monster flying. Hearing a pulse of energy, she looked around, and her eyes widened to see the ice around the two had shattered, and they held the Red and Pink Energems. "But how?" she wondered, tilting her head. They lifted the Energems, which were shining even brighter, and Teddie stared at them. "They bonded to the Energems," she realised, and what looked like fossilised blasters appeared in their hands.

"What is this?" Shelby asked.

"Put the Energems into the front," they looked around quickly, and stared at Teddie.

"A Power Ranger?" Tyler gaped at her.

"Just do it," Teddie rolled her eyes and gestured to the front of her own blaster. Tyler did as she instructed, and the fossilisation fell away, revealing the real blaster underneath as it flashed red. Shelby then did the same, and her own blaster was revealed. "No, wait-" Teddie started as Tyler spun the side of his, making it flash red, before a red blast shot out and hit the monster.

"Nice shooting," Shelby rolled her eyes, having been narrowly missed.

"Sorry, I don't know how to use this thing," Tyler apologised.

"What did you do?" Shelby asked him as she stood out of the way of his aim.

"I just started spinning the thing and it started working I guess," the two began to do so, and Teddie laughed to herself.

"This is gonna be good," she commented, watching as they aimed at the monster and fired. To their surprise, the pink and red blasts curved up into the air, flying around before coming right back at them. They cried out in alarm, before the light surrounded them.

"What in the world?" Shelby gasped.

"They've become Rangers!" the monster cried out.

"Oh yeah! Which means you have no Energems to steal," Teddie aimed her blaster at him.

"What happened to us? I feel a surge of power," Shelby looked down at her gloved hands.

"Me too! It's awesome!" Tyler laughed.

"Give me those Energems!" the monster roared.

"No way!" Tyler shook his head.

"Guys, the three of us should be able to take him if we work together," Teddie called to the two, who nodded.

"Right!" Shelby and Tyler nodded. The three fell into fighting stances, and then leapt into the air to avoid his shot, and began to fight him. Working together, the three threw the monster around like a ragdoll, with Tyler and Shelby laughing, giddy at the power.

"Triple punch!" the three punched the monster and he crashed to the ground. "You're right, this is awesome!" Shelby smiled. "I've never felt such pow-" the ground suddenly shook, and they looked around in surprise.

"What is that thing?" Tyler gasped as they looked up at the massive red mechanical Tyrannosaurus that approached with a loud roar.

"It's the T-Rex Zord!" Teddie smiled. "It must have woken up when you bonded to the Energem," she told Tyler.

"Uh, what?" he blinked at her, not understanding anything she was saying.

"Look out!" the three dove aside, demorphing and watching as the T-Rex grabbed the monster in its jaws. After shaking him around, he then tossed the monster away into the distance, making them laugh. With another roar, the Zord then stomped off, leaving the three.

"You alright?" Tyler asked, helping Shelby up.

"Did we just fight an abominable snowman and almost get trampled by a t-rex?" Shelby demanded.

"Yep," Tyler smiled.

"Okay, just checking," Shelby sighed. "And Teddie, you're a Power Ranger?" she demanded, turning to Teddie as the dark haired girl brushed herself off. The White Energem hung over her shirt as she smiled at them.

"It's kind of an odd story," she nodded, before looking around as she heard a truck. "No...Chase..." Teddie groaned, her smile disappearing as she realised their ride back to town was gone. And while she could have gotten back herself quickly, she couldn't exactly leave the two others behind. "Well, there goes our ride," Teddie glanced to Shelby, who groaned, before turning to Tyler.

"You had a rope, shovel...you wouldn't happen to have a car?" she asked hopefully, and Tyler jingled the keys in his hand with a grin.

"So Teddie," Shelby started as they drove back towards the museum. "Can you please explain what is going on? What are these things?" she asked, lifting the Pink Energem. She looked to Teddie in the back of the jeep.

"Yeah, and how'd they turn us into Rangers? And what was with that T-Rex?" Tyler asked. Teddie, who was looking out at the forests they passed, just smiled.

"Trust me, you're better off waiting until we get back to the museum," she said to them. "I'll explain then, you know, after you explain about stowing away on the back of our truck?" Teddie arched an eyebrow, and Shelby had the decency to blush and look sheepish. "What about you? Why were you out in the forest?" she asked Tyler, who glanced at her quickly.

"Oh, I was up in Samson Caves, I was looking for something," he explained.

"And I'm guessing it wasn't the Red Energem," Teddie grinned.

"No," Tyler laughed, and passed Shelby a notebook. "It was my dad's. He disappeared a long time ago on an expedition. Just vanished. I really miss him. Maybe tomorrow, maybe ten years from now, I'm going to find out what happened to him," the young man said determinedly as Teddie frowned, finding the story as familiar as she found him.

"So you were in the cave looking for clues?" Shelby realised.

"Exactly. His journal says some creature was stalking him," Tyler nodded.

"You think that icy thing was it?" Shelby asked him.

"No..." Tyler shook his head. "I'm looking for...this one," he pointed to the drawing in the notebook. Shelby swallowed, scared by the drawing.

"Yikes...makes the monster we met look like the tooth fairy," Shelby looked up at Tyler, who smiled slightly. "You know, you didn't have to step in back there," she commented as Teddie took the notebook.

"My dad used to say 'helping is always the right thing to do'," he told her.

"This is your dad?" Teddie asked, lifting the photo from the book. Tyler glanced at it, and nodded. Teddie swallowed. No wonder she recognised him, and the story. Before she could say anything, she saw the image in the book, and her eyes widened. "Fury," she murmured, making the two new Rangers frown, not understanding the worry in her voice.

I hope you like it!

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