Chapter 2: Back in Black

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~~~2 Months Ago~~~

"Doctor Thomas Oliver?" A man with silver-streaked brown hair stepped up to the once power ranger. Tommy nodded, standing and dusting off his knees. He and his assistant Professor Hassleberry had been on a dig just outside of Angel Grove for about two weeks. No one but his wife and the other rangers even knew he was here. "I'm here to charge you with a special task. New Domino City needs strong duelists to protect it from the United Alliance of Evil."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Tommy retorted. His classic ranger techniques kicked in causing him to hide his old identity.

"I think you do," the man pulled out a clipboard and flipped through the papers, "Mighty Morphin Green and White Rangers, Zeo Ranger 5, Red Lightning Turbo Ranger before giving your powers to one Theodore J. Jarvis Johnson, and most recently Dino Thunder Black Ranger. Have I missed anything?" Tommy's jaw could have hit the floor. "Your former partner Adam Park told me where I could find you."

"You have Adam in on this?"

"We are recruiting many rangers for this mission. Our Commander and the original creator of duel monsters worked very closely together to assemble your duel deck." The man pulled out a small black box with the Dino Thunder crest on it from his pocket. "Do you accept the mission?"

Tyranno Hassleberry had heard all of this with mixed emotions until he heard duel monsters. He shot up immediately, "If the Sarge goes, then I go too!"

"And who are you?"

"Professor Tyranno Hassleberry, Duel Academy graduate with honors and dinosaur lover, at your service." Tyranno extended his hand. The strange man did not take it, merely scoffed at his eagerness.

"You can stay on stand-by, but you won't be part of the force unless you are needed. Tommy, do you accept? You will be well paid and your family will be taken care of."

"I can't leave them behind without notice. Give me a chance to call and then I'll go with you." The stranger shook his head and turned to walk back towards his jet.

"You have 10 minutes Oliver." The stranger returned to a large jet that resembled a white dragon. Tommy walked back to his tent. A small computer was set up inside. He turned on the monitor and adjusted the webcam as he tried to get ahold of his wife.

~~~Reefside, California~~~

A woman in a yellow tank top was feeding her daughter breakfast when her computer started chiming. She grabbed the little tyke and answered her Skype call. "Hey beautiful," the familiar voice on the other end felt soothing to her, "hi Melanie." The baby cooed at her father speaking her name.

"Tommy what's going on," the mother asked softly. He never called this early.

"Honey," he began, "I've been asked to go on a mission. The Alliance is back. They need my help, but I don't want to leave you and Melanie."

"They need you Tommy. We'll be fine, I promise. We still have responsibilities as power rangers even if we don't have our powers anymore." She absentmindedly looked away from the screen to her morpher sitting on the mantle, its power still active, but useless to her right now. "Go with them my Brachio." She smiled and he returned it.

"I love you," he said blowing a kiss to her and his daughter.

"I love you too, Tommy. Be careful." The phone clicked off. The woman went back to the kitchen and placed Melanie back into her high chair. She took her own seat and for the first time since her wedding day, Kira Anne Ford-Oliver could not stop herself from crying.

~~~Back at the Dig~~~

Tommy and Tyranno loaded up their equipment ad boarded the jet. Tommy noted a faded KC on the side. With everything squared away, the three men were off flying fast towards another adventure.

~~~Present Day~~~

Tommy morphed for the first time in years. He was getting too old for this, but he wouldn't let anyone else be hurt by his old enemy. His Brachio Staff converted to a duel disk and he placed it on his right arm. "Now or never," he mattered as the disk flashed to life, "I'll take the first move Rito. And I'll start by activating the continuous spell card Black Dino Gem. With this spell activated, I can add one Dino Thunder Black Brachio Ranger or Brachiozord to my hand. Now I'll summon Dino Thunder Blue Tricera Ranger and when he's summoned he is switched to defense mode."

""Dino Thunder Blue Tricera Ranger is a level 4 Earth Attribute monster with 0 attack points and 1500 defense points. When this card is normal or special summoned he is switched to defense mode. You may discard a card from your hand to special summon a Dino Thunder monster with half of that monsters level from your deck to the field. This card cannot be destroyed by battle.""

"I'll also activate his special ability. By discarding two cards from my hand, I can special summon his teammates from my deck. Meet Dino Thunder Red Tyranno Ranger and Dino Thunder Yellow Ptera Ranger. Since I control three Dino Thunder Rangers, I can special summon Dino Thunder Black Brachio Ranger from my hand." Tommy watched as images of his team and of himself appeared before him. The Dino Rangers were almost reunited and none of them were even there.

""Dino Thunder Yellow Ptera Ranger is a level 3 Wind Attribute monster with 1200 attack points and 500 defense points. Once per turn she can inflict damage to her opponent equal to the number of Dino Thunder monster cards on your side of the field times 500. She cannot attack the turn she activates this ability.""

""Dino Thunder Red Tyranno Ranger is a level 4 Fire Attribute Monster with 1900 Attack points and 1500 Defense points. If you control at least 3 other Dino Thunder monster cards you can reduce thus monsters attack by 900 until the end phase and it can attack your opponent directly.""

""Dino Thunder Black Brachio Ranger is a level 7 Light Attribute Warrior monster with 2800 attack points and 2000 defense points. While you control 3 or more monsters with Dino Thunder in their name's you can special summon this card from your hand to the field. This card cannot declare an attack the turn it is special summoned this way. You can discard 1 card from your hand when an opponent's master declares an attack to change the target to this card.""

"Are you done yet?" Rito groaned, "I have people to kill and cities to topple."

"Not yet Rito, you see my yellow ranger has a special ability, her ptera scream. For every ranger on my field you take 500 points of damage."

"What!" Rito grabbed at his skull as the terrible scream ripped away half of his life points.

Tommy: 4000 Rito: 2000

"I'll set my last two cards face-down and end my turn Revolto."

"It's about time, now if only that ringing would stop." Tommy laughed which made Rito growl in anger. "My turn. Since you control a monster and I don't, I'm able to summon an old friend of yours. Come forth Winged General Goldar!" A winged ape in golden armor with ominous red eyes materialized on Rito's field.

"Hello White Ranger," it growled, "changed colors again I see. Maybe we need another candle!" Goldar laughed evilly.

"I activate my spell card Tengu Eggs! Now for each creature you control more than I do, I can summon a Tenga Warrior from my deck. Look familiar?" Three eggs appeared and shattered. From them appeared three human sized black bird creatures. The cawed loudly. Yusei watched on in awe. "Then I activate Rita's Calling which gives me an extra normal summon this turn. By sacrificing one of my Tengas I can summon Venom General Scorpina. Then I'll tribute two to summon Dark General Rito."

An Asian woman in gold armor with a crescent blade in her hand appeared beside Goldar, as well as a copy of Rito. Behind his visor, Tommy's eyes widened as his old foes stared him down.

""Winged General Goldar is a level 6 Dark Attribute Beast-Warrior monster with 2100 attack points and 1200 defense points. When your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters you can special summon this card without a tribute. You can send a dark monster from your hand to the graveyard to increase the attack of this card by 300 points.""

""Venom General Scorpina is a level 8 Dark Attribute Insect-type monster with 3000 attack points and 1200 defense points. If this card battles a monster and it is not destroyed by battle an alien venom counter is placed on that monster. During its owners second stand-by phase, a monster with an alien venom counter is destroyed.""

"Since I sacrificed two tengas, Rito also gains 1000 attack points. I'll equip Golar with his Golden Shadow Sword, which gives him an extra 800 attack points. Time to say goodbye Tommy!" The three monsters charged forward to Rito's call. "Destroy all but his blue ranger! Rito attack Black, Goldar finish Red, Scorpina infect Yellow!"

"I activate both my face-down cards," Tommy shouted, hitting a button on his duel disk, "The Shield of Triumph! Now none of my Dino Thunder Rangers can be destroyed by battle this turn. In addition, I can send my Dino Thunder Red Tyranno Ranger to the graveyard and summon Dino Thunder Triassic Ranger from my extra deck." The red ranger's armor changed and the shield appeared in his hand. It was in the shape of a mezodon's head with a blade extended as a horn, "and Super Dino Mode, which increases all of my rangers' attack and defense points by 1000."

"I may not destroy them by battle, but your little yellow girl gets infected by scorpina's poison and you take 800 points of damage." Tommy winced as Scorpina took her wrath out on Kira's image.

"My turn," Tommy shouted drawing his card. "Now I'll activate my Black Dino Gem spell card to add the Brachiozord to my hand. I summon Dino Thunder White Drago Ranger to the field."

"Dino Thunder White Drago Ranger is a Light Attribute Warrior monster with 2000 attack points and 1700 defense points. Once per turn if there are four or more Dino Thunder monsters on your field or in your graveyard, you may discard a card from your hand to destroy one card on the field.""

"By discarding my Brachiozord card, I can destroy your face-down card."

"No! What?" Rito shouted, his eyes glowing bright.

"Now it's over Rito, I activate my Yellow Ranger's Ptera Scream ability and you take 2500 points of damage." The yellow ranger screeched. Rito roared in pain as the power shattered the bones of his duel disk. The holograms fade as Tommy stepped forward, his Brachio Staff now in hand. "You won't hurt anyone again Revolto."

"Oops gotta go," Rito stammered as his bones exploded, separating him, and he teleported away.

"Damn," Tommy muttered before turning back to Yusei, "You okay kid?"

"I'm fine, but who are you?"

Powering down, Tommy replied, "Tommy Oliver, Black Ranger. We need to talk Yusei."