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Chapter Two: Move Along

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"When using the future tense, all your going to do is add," Wes neatly wrote the closings to the verbs on the white board as he verbally told the class, "ia, ias, iamos, or ian to the end of the verb. Remember, unlike other tenses you don't drop the ending. For example saying I eat is 'comer', but the future tense, I would eat is 'comeria'. Travis what would the verb 'they would eat' be?"

"Comerian."

"Correct; Cassidy, can you tell me what the verb 'you would run' be?"

"Correrian?"

"No, but I bet if you stopped talking, when I ask you again, you'll know the answer."

"Senor Collins, pregunta?

"Yes, Cassidy?"

"What is a young guy like yourself doing teaching spanish at a high school?"

The loud ringing of the bell echoed through Wes' room as he watched his fourth period class jump out of their seats and rush to the door to file out. "Since I know you all are perfect students and I know you did your homework last night, just for your info I'm collecting it when you get back from lunch. So you have forty-five minutes to double check your answers."

After Wes cleared off his desk and made sure his classroom door was locked, he too left the room, heading towards the teachers lounge. As Wes strolled through the hallways of Reefside High School, he noticed a few of his students heading towards the lunchroom, and sent a few smiles in their direction. It had been exactly a month since school had started here at Reefside, and Wes couldn't help but realize how fast time had flown. Being a teacher had proved to be something that he really enjoyed and was looking forward to the rest of the school year.

Upon walking past a conversation between two students, Wes could hear them gossiping about what they thought about Reefside's new heroes, the Power Rangers. Wes let a small smile sneak up on his face as he thought about the multi-colored heroes. They not only brought back memories, but they also assured him that no matter where evil went, the Power Rangers would always be there. When they first had showed up, there had only been three. One red, another blue, and the last yellow, but a few weeks ago a black ranger had shown up as well. Wes could tell that he was much more experienced than the other three. His train of though was broken as he approached the lunchroom door.

Wes reached for the doorknob to the open the faculty entrance, but pulled back his hand as he saw it turning to the right. Wes took a big gulp as the mystery person came through the door.

"Ah. Mr. Collins, glad to run into you. I just spoke with Dr. Oliver, he tells me that you two are somewhat friends, is that so?"

"Yea. You could say that." Wes narrowed his eyes in suspicion as he wondered where Principal Randall was going with all this.

"Perfect. Dr. Oliver wants to take his science classes on a field dig this Friday, but without the correct number of chaperons, its not going to happen. District policy. Since you're his friend, I'll assume that you'll be more than happy to help him out. I'll have a substitute take over your classes on Friday."

With that Wes watched as she turned on her heel; the sound of her shoes echoing through the hall as she stomped off towards the cafeteria full of students. Wes heard his name being called back in the lounge and shifted his gaze from Randall to Tommy.

"Hey, man sorry about Randall. I tried to tell her that I could cancel the dig but she really insisted that we go. She even volunteered herself as a chaperon."

"Oh, come on," Wes and Tommy headed back into the lounge and took a seat at one of the free tables in the corner of the room to eat lunch. "She treats the rest of us teachers like the scum on her shoes, but when it comes to the great 'Dr. Oliver' I swear she puts you up there on a thirty foot pedestal. Besides, I would have gone anyway if you had asked."

They found other things to talk about for the rest of the lunch period, until the six- minute bell rang through the school, ending B lunch for both the students and the teachers.

"Do you know who has detention duty today after school?" Tommy's question came as a mystery to Wes, but he shook it off with a smile and answered his question.

"Actually, I have it today. First time this year. Is it as fun as they say it is?" Wes' sarcasm didn't go unnoticed as Tommy's laugh carried through the room.

"Depends on who've got in there. It's a Wednesday, so there really aren't that many people. Less than twelve if you're lucky."

"Alright, thanks. I'll see you later."

Wes parted ways with Tommy as they both made their way back to their respective classrooms. Unfortunately for Wes, B lunch was a split lunch, meaning you went to fourth period for thirty minutes, down to lunch, and then back to fourth for another thirty minutes. That also meant another thirty minutes with Cassidy Cornell. He took a deep breath as he opened the door to his classroom.

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Conner sighed for the millionth time, before slamming his locker shut and heading over to where Ethan and Kira stood. School was finally over, but just like the past two days, they had to stay after school for detention, due to truancy. It'd been like this ever since they had become rangers. Occasionally they would miss a class, or show up twenty minutes late to class. This was not a good start to their senior year. Dr. O had covered for them at first, but he too was starting to get some heat for his absences as well. They eventually learned to just take in whatever their teachers, or Randall dished out as punishment.

Once all three were together, they made their way towards the detention hall. Once again Conner sighed and with a look around he noticed they were the only people in the hallway. Assured that no one would overhear him, he quietly began to talk to his newfound friends and teammates.

"This is so unfair. We wouldn't miss so much of school if Meso-goon would lay off with the monster attacks. I have detention the rest of this week and next week for all my absences."

"We know Conner, we have detention with you too, remember? You're not the only fighting crime in primary colored spandex."

"Well look at the bright side, at least today we have Mr. Collins for detention."

"That's a bright side for you, not for us. You see the way I see it; Conner and I get locked up in a room with a Spanish teacher for over an hour in a quiet, isolated room. You, on the other hand, see it as being locked up in a room with quote on quote, 'the hottest teacher in school' and actually find that entertaining. Do you see the difference between the two?"

"Actually, I agree with Kira on this one. Mr. Collins is an awesome teacher. I have him right before she does for third period. Although, I don't see why girls make such a big deal about him, or Dr.O for that matter?"

"I think you're just jealous that all the attention is being taken off of you due to two gorgeous teachers. You finally have some competition."

"I am not jealous! I've dated a lot of girls and to be honest they're nothing to brag about. Besides I could use a challenge, it's getting pretty easy."

"Conner, you are the most pig-headed…"

The beeping of their communicators cut Kira off, at once they went and found an empty corner of the hallway to settle in; Conner answered his. "Yea?"

Haley's voice came from over the line in a rushed tone. "Elsa is in a wooded area of North Reefside. Tommy and I think she's looking for the other Dino Gems."

"Wait, there are more dino gems?"

"Now is not the time, Ethan. Just get down there and make sure she doesn't find or leave with anything."

"You got it, Haley."

"Be careful guys, chances are she's not alone. Good luck!" With that, the communication was cut and the rangers darted out of the school into a hidden area behind the building.

"Great. Now we'll get detention for not showing up for detention. See what I mean? Mesogog every time."

"We can worry about that later, Conner."

All three did a quick look around the area once again before flicking their left wrist and moving their hands through the air, "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

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Tommy dropped down into the chair that resided in front of the computer in the Dino Lab. Another battle won. And Tommy couldn't be happier. At first he had been worried about the kids going out and fighting on their own, but with him retrieving the Brachio Powers two weeks ago, he felt re-assured they would be safe. A whole month had gone by since he had given the three rangers their morphers, and they're were days where he seriously questioned his decision.

First, there's the school jock, Conner Mckinght. Conner is as arrogant and stuck up as high school guys come. A superstar on the soccer field and known to be a ladies man off the field, Tommy wondered if this kid really had would it took. But underneath Conner's façade, there was a strong, responsible young man that was starting to show up more and more with every battle they had fought. He still had his problems with leading the team, but he could tell that Kira and Ethan were slowly beginning to trust him with every fight they walked away from.

Then, there's the all too talented Kira Ford. The only thing to say about her is that she is an exact opposite of Conner. Kira is more independent than Conner, smarter than Conner, and more respectful than Conner. When he had first met Kira he had assumed she was a quiet girl, whose love for her guitar was the only emotion you would see come out of her. But she was also caring, thoughtful, intelligent, and most of all talented. The only time you would see her irritated or upset was when she was around a certain red ranger. Kira reminded Tommy of another aspiring singing/song writing female ranger of his past.

Lastly, there was technical genuis, Ethan James. Ethan with his quirky comments and sarcastic nature made a perfect barrier between Kira and Conner. Ethan had surprised Tommy by being not only the best fighter on the team, but also a great strategist. Although sometimes too easily distracted by the simplest things, Ethan made it up on the battlefield with his determination and strength of heart to do the right thing.

Together these three kids, including himself, made up the Dino Thunder rangers, defenders of Reefside. But with that thought another one made its way to the front of Tommy's mind. After the battle he had explained to the rangers that there were indeed more Dino Gems. There were six gems in total and four of them had already been found and put into good hands. But where were the other two? Mesogog had found the black Dino Gem from right under Tommy's nose, without even giving off a sign that he had known where it was. Had they already found them? Was that what Elsa was looking for? So many questions ran through his head, after twenty more minutes of trying to figure out a solution, Tommy decided his time wasted could go to better use like grading quizzes. With that, he shut down the lab and went upstairs.

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"Elsa. Once again you have failed me!" Elsa cried in pain as he mentally tortured her for the failure in her last assignment.

"Master, the rangers knew I was in search of the gems and I was completely outnumbered. I felt it best to return and conduct a wider search for the gems, than to risk more than a loss to the rangers."

"Find them Elsa. Find those gems, they are in this city somewhere so find them!"

Elsa struggled to her feet as she pulled herself off the floor, watching her master return to his quarters. Those gems had been right under her nose and if it weren't for those fucking rangers she would have had them! Once she got to her feet, she slowly walked over to the computer system and once again began to search for the signal of the dino gems. After more than two hours she had finally found what she was looking for, and even better, the gems were together. A grin spread across her face, her master would be proud. But before closing out of the file and writing out the coordinates, she realized something else in the corner of her screen. In an area to the north of Reefside and in a completely different region from the dino gems, there was a massive spike in energy surging in the ground.

"What have we here? Do you know what that could be?"

Elsa whipped her head around to see her master standing right over her left shoulder. "I'm not sure; whatever it is, it's giving off more power than the dino gems. Are you sure there are only six gems, Master?"

"Of course I'm sure, I'm the one that helped to create them!"

"I didn't mean to question you, Master."

"Leave now, Elsa and retrieve the gems. Take no one with you, its less obvious, and do not return to this lair without them in your hand."

"And what of this," Elsa pointed to the fluctuating readings on the screen, "power source, Master?"

"I shall send Zeltrax to retrieve it, he should be able to at least succeed with this. Where, Elsa is the source located?"

With a stroke of the keys Elsa pulled up a physical map on the screen of the computer, "Just outside of the city Silver Hills."

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She absolutely loved the house; the pictures the realtor had sent her didn't do it justice. Buying this house was a new phase in her life that she was more than ready for, and she finally felt as if she deserved it.

"Hey sweetie, what do you think?"

"I love it, its beautiful. And its only thirty minutes from L.A., so we'll still be close to the city."

"Yea. Although with those monster things running around, I'm worried about the safety in this city."

"Don't worry, Ryan. With the Power Rangers defending the city, I'm sure all will be fine."

Ryan walked up to her, placing his hands on her hips and pulling her closer to him so that their lips barely touched. "How can you have such blind faith in people you don't even know?"

"I just do," she stated with a knowing smile. "It's been a month since those goons showed up and the city is still standing. So the rangers must be doing something right."

Ryan smiled at her before leaning down the rest of the way to plant a soft kiss on her lips, pulling her into his strong, warm arms after it was broken. As he held her to his body she softly whispered in his ear, "I love you Ryan Thompson."

"I love you even more, Kimberly Hart."

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A/N: I know its moving kind of slow at the moment but I've got to get the base down first. In my last chapter I said that the story was going to be continued in a 'Second Chance' but I decided to scrap that. It's easier this way. Tell me what you think so far. So please REVIEW! Until next time!