"Okay, Dr O " Danielle started hesitantly "Hear us out"
Tommy folded his arms over his chest "Okay...let's hear it"
"He's not going to believe us," Connor said
Ethan shrugged "Its the truth," he pointed out "he'll believe us"
The boy in red sighed "Kira's gone" he said
"She was taken by these freaky dinosaur things" Ethan elaborated
Tommy was silent, as the three teens exchanged looks "He doesn't look convinced," Connor murmured to Danielle, causing her to nudge him with her elbow.
"They're called Tyrannodrones" Tommy spoke
"Oh," Ethan said "and you know this because -"
Tommy sighed "I help create them!" The teens looked at him in shock "Its a long story,right now. We gotta figure out what they want with Kira"
The three teens exchanged another look "Uh, it may have something to do with..." Dani dug into her pocket and pulled out her Gem "...these" Tommy's breath caught in his throat, as he looked towards Ethan and Connor as they both dug out their own gems. Kira's yellow one, in Ethan's palm next to his own.
xXx
"Give me the gems..." and eerie voice whispered in the small dark place. Kira Ford, sat up on the chair she had been laying on and looked around, as a low growling sneer sounded.
"Who's there?" she asked, sliding off the chair and edging around it slowly "come out so I can see you!"
"Give...me...the...gems..."
Kira frowned "This is about Jewelry?" she asked, as she looked around for some sort of exit "Look, You clearly have the wrong girl; I may wear a friendship bracelet once in a while...but -"
"I have waited far too long," a voice said from right behind her. Kira jumped and spun around as she came face to face with a freakishly tall figure in a black cloak, his face was scaled and full of ridges and looked hell of a lot like a Dinosaur. His eyes were hollowed out and hard to see and his teeth were sharp. "To allow an insignificant teenager, to get in my way! Now...where are the Dino Gems?"
"You mean those rock things we found in the cave?" Kira asked,
The freak hissed "Yes!"
"Hate to break it to you pal, but you captured the wrong teen" Kira told him "I gave mine to Connor, Ethan and Danielle." she bit her lip nervously "So sorry; you'll have to ask them. Can I go? My mom's gonna freak if i'm late for dinner. It's taco night."
In a whoosh of air the freaky dinosaur-man was suddenly gone. Kira sighed heavily "Okay, that's it!" she groaned "no more cafeteria food!"
She turned around and saw that a woman dressed in black with heavy black eye shadow and lipstick with gelled black hair, stood there. "You'll be lucky if you ever see food again" she threatened.
xXx
"Look, we're really sorry" Connor apologized as the three teens and Tommy continued to circle one another in the basement, the three teens supporting guilty looks. "How were we supposed to know those things had super powers and those lizard dudes were gonna come looking for 'em?"
Tommy sighed and looked away from the teens "I guess this isn't exactly something you see everyday" he stated, turning the gems subconsciously in his hand
"Sorta like a science teacher with the ruins of an ancient civilization under his house?" Ethan inquired,
Dani just stared still trying to understand how this man in front of her was her biological father, and how he clearly was about to become her mentor in this power ranger business, and how she was going to tell her mother all this.
While Dani was thinking about all that Tommy too was trying to understand how Kimberly, his Kimberly had a daughter, who looked a lot like himself when he was younger, he had a feeling deep in his stomach that he had to find a way to get in touch with her, or at least Jason.
"Look, not that this isn't all really cool," Connor spoke "But seriously dude, you gotta come clean!"
Tommy turned to the jock "First of all, don't call me dude. And second, as hard as this may seem you three seriously need to forget all about this!"
Dani and Ethan had started their own conversation, stopped and turned back to Connor and Tommy
"This isn't something you can pass as a vivid nightmare," Dani told her science teacher, and you'd be surprised how normal this sounds to me she thought
"I'll find Kira!" Tommy said, glancing down at her. He then turned and moved to walk away.
Dani turned to Connor who used his super speed and came to a stop in front of Tommy
"The Gem's power is already starting to bond with you," Tommy said, stopping quickly as Connor appeared in front of him
"You can tell us about it now," Connor spoke "or at my next parent/teacher conference"
Dani and Ethan exchanged looks as they stood behind Tommy
xXx
"You got a name?" Kira asked, attempting to strike up a conversation as she backed away from her tall black clad woman "You kinda look familiar"
The woman sneered at the blonde "My master calls me Elsa" she stated
"Master?" Kira questioned "Okay, whatever, Im gonna let myself out" she turned towards the door but Elsa grabbed her shoulder and spun her around. Kira reacted the only way she knew how and that was to fight back. The two fought a small battle, until Kira knocked Elsa down "Whoa, I so did not mean to do that!" she said, turning quickly and heading for the door. It slid open to reveal a tall and heavily armored figure on his heels were a few of the lizard creatures from the forest.
"Meet Zeltrax," Elsa said from behind
"You two dating?" Kira asked nervously "or just friends?"
Elsa glared at the back of Kira's head, and the blonde must have felt it. Zeltrax lifted the axe he had with him, and aimed to chop the blonde's head off. Deciding to give this a try again, Kira opened her mouth and a ear splitting scream followed by a wave of yellow sonic energy at the monster and Zeltrax went flying backwards onto the floor. Kira looked over her shoulder before racing out of the room.
Running down a hall Kira came to a stop when she saw a greenish orb in front of her. Slowly she walked towards it, before glancing over her shoulder as she heard Elsa, Zeltraxs and the horde of lizard creatures, she reached out and seconds later she disappeared.
xXx
"So when you said you helped create those Tyranno -" Ethan cut off, as he realized he couldnt remember the names of the creatures in the forest "Whatevers...you were just kidding right?"
Tommy looked in the rearview mirror "They weren't supposed to be used like this," he told them, as he came to a stop in front of a stop sign "Someone's modified their programming"
"Do they have anything to do with those digs and that cave explosion that happened a few years ago, they said some unexplainable stuff was going on involving dinosaurs fossils and such" Dani asked
Tommy nodded "Yeah," he turned to the teens "A few years ago I was doing research on combining Dinosaur DNA with technology. My partner, a scientist named Anton Mercer -"
"The Rich guy who disappeared years ago," Ethan cut in
"Yep," Tommy nodded "Shortly after Mercer disappeared. Our lab was attacked, all the research was destroyed. Or at least I thought it was"
"And the guy who did this is back?" Connor asked from the backseat, beside Ethan.
"He calls himself...Mesagog," Tommy continued,
"Mesagog?" Danielle repeated "And you think he's after the Gems?"
Tommy glanced across at her "It looks like it"
"This is all totally fascinating," Ethan inputted, leaning forward slightly "but how is it helping us find Kira? I mean, its not like she's gonna fall right out of the sky and land right in front of us"
As if on cue; a greenish light appeared in front of them and seconds later Kira landed on the hood of the Jeep. Dani yelped in surprise, causing Kira to gave a startled jump as she looked up at the four in the car. The occupants in the car exchanged looks before jumping out immediately, and pulled the blonde from the jeep.
"How did you do that?" Ethan asked, looking at the sky as he and Connor pulled her off
Kira shrugged "I have no idea," she told them "one minute I'm being chased by frankin-lizard through this creepy lab and the next thing I know…I'm a hood ornament"
"Invsi-portals" Tommy confirmed
"Whatever. Next time, I'm calling a cab" the blonde pointed out "What are you guys doing here?" she finally asked
The three other teens exchanged looks "We came to rescue you," Dani answered
"Nice job. Way to show up when I don't need you anymore!"
There was another bright green light as the lizards reappeared followed by Zeltraks. "You sure about that?" Connor asked, as he spotted them.
The four teens struck a defensive pose in front of the jeep as Tommy came to a stepped in front of Dani in a slight protective manner. "I see Mesagog found a new good to do his dirty work," he said, narrowing his eyes at Zeltrax
"You are not fit to speak my master's name," Zeltrax growled "Come with me peacefully or suffer the consequences"
Kira and Dani exchanged looks as the red head turned back to Zeltrax "We're gonna have to say, No!"
Zeltrax growled and swung his axe at Dani who ducked to avoid decapitation; Dani flipped over several times and when she landed she was swarmed by Tyranodrones. Jumping up she kicked out planting kicks in the chest plates of the lizards as they tumbled backwards she flipped over onto her hands and then back up onto her feet, before spinning around and aiming a high kick to their scaled heads. Dodging an attack she stumbled backwards and landed with a thump against Connor's back.
"Double team?" she asked
The boy in red nodded as they both dodged the rush of sliding Tyrannodrones by jumping away. Up over another lizard that he kicked in the back when he landed. Dani landed behind him as she pushed up on his shoulders and flipped over, she landed in front of him and spun kick a Tyrannodrone sweeping its feet out from underneath him.
Connor scrambled to his feet and blocked the arm of one before Dani kicked it in the chest and it fell to the ground. "Now you see me..." Connor began with a smirk
The lizard growled and rushed forward, only to find nothing there. Connor zoomed past in Super speed, crossing his arms and looking relaxed like there was nothing to it. As it turned and ran at him, he kicked backwards, making it falter as he flipped over its head; his foot connected with its head and they both came crashing down. "Now you're unconscious!"
"Show off," Dani smiled, before firing off a series of fireballs at the last remaining Tyrannodrones that were in her and Connor's group "and you'll stay down if you know what's good for you!" she baited them.
-Scene-
Kira was over by the grass fighting; she blocked an oncoming attack and grabbed the Lizards arm; flipping him onto the ground. She then flipped backwards again and again before jumping forward and kicking one lizard while punching the other. When she landed she twirled her arms at her sides, punching another lizard in the face and back-flipping to kick another in the head. As the monsters re-grouped, the girl in yellow threw back her shoulders and let out another sonic blast scream, sending them sprawling to the ground.
"Okay, that's just crazy" she commented
-Scene-
Ethan ducked the swipe of a monster and kicked another behind him before running towards a stack of boxes beside a wheelbarrow on the side of the road. Seething with adrenaline, he kicked into a box flipping it through the air where it connected with a monster's head and brust open.
Chuckling to himself, Ethan rushed at the nearest monster, planning to attack but merely ending up with a knee to his stomach and asphalt to the face. He growled angrily, pushing himself to his feet as another Tyrannodrone attacked.
This time he was ready; he brought up his arms that had covered itself in scaly blue scales. Smirking, he used his free scaled hand to smash into the creatures face, knocking it out as others rushed forward. Continuing to use his scale-covered arms, Ethan blocked more attacks and thrust his arms out againt, smashing them into the faces of the lizard monsters.
-Scene-
After the battle, the four teens and Dr Oliver re-grouped in front of the jeep, all sporting fighting stances as Tommy grinned "Make sure you tell your master...Doctor Oliver's back"
"I will inform him that this battle is over," Zeltrax growled "but the war has only just begun!" and he brought his sheld up in front of him as he and the Tyrannodrones disappeared in a flash of green light.
"That's the best he could do?" Ethan inquired as they walked back to the Jeep
Dani jumped into the front seat and turned to the boy in blue "I wouldn't complain," she told him "just be thankful he's gone..."
"Let's get outta here," Tommy spoke, before Ethan could respond "Its getting late. I dont want your parents to worry"
"I bet you don't," Connor stated "You might have to explain something"
Tommy sighed "I'll fill you in tomorrow after school," he promised
Kira, Ethan, Dani and Connor sighed and climbed into the back of the jeep, as Tommy started the car.
-Scene-
Dani decided to walk to practice a few drill sets before heading home, while she was kicking and walking down the path with her soccer ball she saw Conner sitting on the bleaches staring at his red gem.
"Hey, want some company" Dani asked
"Oh hey, sure, long day huh" Conner said
"Long and strange, but its only the first day, its only going to get better or worse" Dani said as Conner gave a small laugh
"Yea I guess your right, so what do you think of our new roles in society." Conner said staring back at his gem
"Its going to take time to adjust but, we'll adapt" Dani said
"How can you be so optimistic, this is life changing" Conner said
"Life is full of surprises, this is a new challenge, you never know this may be the best thing thats happened to you" Dani said
~…~
"Is she why Kimberly wrote the letter" Tommy demanded from his best friend and former teammate Jason
"Where, how, where did you get this" Jason stuttered at the picture of his niece Tommy threw in front of him
"She's one of my students, and she has the last name Hart" Tommy said pacing the floor
"Yes she is Kimberly's daughter" Jason carefully worded his response
"Jason…Is she…Is Danielle…my daughter" Tommy whispered and turned to Jason
"Tommy…" Jason said
"Please Jason you're my best friend, you have to tell me"Tommy begged
"Its not my place" Jason avoided
"Dammit Jason please, is this girl my daughter, my child" Tommy demanded
"Yes, Danielle is your daughter" Jason said as Tommy grabbed his keys and started for the door "Wait where are you going" Jason said
"You know where I'm going to see my daughter" Tommy said
"Wait Tommy, you can't, Kim doesn't know you're here, and Dani doesn't know your her father" Jason said
"I've missed 16 years of my child's life, Kim kept me from our child" Tommy said frustrated
"Kim didn't want to pressure you, you were both young, you were still in the ranger business, she was looking at colleges, she knew that if she told you, you would have felt trapped, she wanted you to live your own life" Jason explained
"Kimberly was my life, I had planned on marrying her after college, I wanted to settle down with her, and the ranger business, I would have stepped down, chosen someone to take over, I would never let harm come to them" Tommy explained
"I know that, but Tommy barging into her life, may not have the outcome you want, just let me tell Kim that you're here and that you know and maybe we'll set something up. Tommy I know this is hard but in the end we're doing whats best for Dani" Jason said as Tommy nodded and Jason left to go find Kim
Scene
The following day at school, inside the science room Kira was cornered by Cassidy
"Kira Ford, Cassidy Cornell; Reefside News Network" the blonde introduced herself swiftly
"I know who you are Cassidy," Kira growled "We're in Homeroom together"
Cassidy ignored her "Yes, anyway," she continued "What can you tell me about the mysterious goings-on at Reefside? For example, the sudden friendship between you, Connor McKnight, Ethan James and new kid Danielle Hart?"
"Look, I -" Kira started, but Cassidy cut across her
"Or better yet the strange creatures that appeared out of nowhere," Cassidy pressed "and they just attacked you in broad daylight, what about that, huh?"
Kira sighed "Look, I have no idea what you're talking about" she told the reporter "but as you can see I'm just fine. But you, you're looking a little...um...pasty" she smirked and headed to her table and sat down.
"Pasty?" Cassidy cried "are you serious? I hate flourscent lighting"
At that moment Tommy entered the room; he closed the door behind him and politely asked Cassidy to take her seat as the girl checked her reflection in the mirror.
As he was about to speak the door opened once more and Dani rushed in "Sorry," she apologized not making eye contact with her teacher as she quickly walked off to a table. Connor motioned for her to sit by him, which she did
"You're late," Connor mumured to her
"Im surprised I showed up at all" Dani sighed
""Is everything ok" Conner asked
"No, I just want this class to be over with" Dani continued looking down
"Okay," Dr. O started "Today we'll be talking about the Mesozoic period. Who can tell me when it all began?" he asked
Ethan was about to raise his hand with a sudden Earthquake ripped through the classroom; causing the lights to flicker and go out everywhere. There was screams and yells from around the room, and some echoing around the entire school. Conner had his arms wrapped around Dani to prevent her from falling backwards off her stool; when the back-up generators kicked in and the lights returned in a dimmer stage, most of the students run to the windows to investigate what was happening. The sky outside was pitch black, like someone had turned off the sun.
"What's happening?" someone demanded
Lightening clashed outside, sparking bright lights across the darkned sky; Thunder rumbled to life seconds after the crash. Sabrina turned to Connor who stood beside her, and then around at Kira and Ethan who stood at their tables. The door crashed open and Devin entered the room.
"Cas, you are not going to believe this!" he said, a goofy grin plastered on his face
The blonde looked annoyed "Lemme guess, the sky just went black in the middle of the day?" she asked
"It did?" Devin sounded confused, he looked out of the windows "Cool...but no...I just heard this whack report about mechanical dinosaurs attacking downtown!"
Tommy's head snapped up at hearing this
"Oh, grab your camera" Cassidy said, heading to the door with him
"Wait, hold it you two!" Tommy stopped them
The intercom sprang to life as Randall sounded loud and clear "Students remain calm. The mayor has declared a state emergency. Please report to the front of the school for immediate dismissal!. Again, remain calm"
As the rest of the class piled out, Dani, Kira, Ethan and Connor approached Dr. Oliver "Now would be a good time to have that chat," Dani pointed out annoyed as the group looked at her confused by her attitude "I mean before something else happens…" Dani said before she fell backwards into a set of stools and hit the ground when the building shook again
"Are you alright?" Tommy asked, as he and Conner helped her up
"Yeah…, I'm fine" Dani said looking away
"We're out of time for that chat," Tommy continued "If Mesagog revived the Bio-zords we gotta act fast. Come on" and he led them out of the room
~…~
"So these mechanical Dinosaurs, they're your friends?" Kira asked, as the stepped into the underground cave once more.
"The Biozords," Tommy stated, turning to face the four teens "Fusion-powered relicates using actual Dinosaur DNA for neural functions"
"And lemme guess, you helped build them?" Ethan asked
"Im afraid so," Tommy sighed, now standing in front of a large computer system "But right now we...I mean you, have to tame them"
Unbelieving laughter rippled through the teens, and Ethan began to turna way "I'll BBL if its all the same to you"
"What's that mean?" Tommy asked
"Be Back Later" Ethan stated
Dani hurried after Ethan and caught his wrist turning him around "Ethan, wait!" she said "You can't leave...if you do, innocent people are gonna die!"
"She's right," Tommy added "You can do this, but you wont have to do it alone. Ever since I found the Dino Gems," he continued "I've had these waiting, in case I ever needed to harness their powers"
"Into what?" Kira asked
Tommy looked across at Sabrina who shrugged "Dino Morphers," he answered "Use these to become Power Rangers," Tommy continued. Inside the box he had just opened sat four Morphers. Each was a different colour and designed after a different Dinosaur
Ethan backed up slightly "I think I may need to sit down," he said, clearly in a state of shock
"Breathe, dude, breathe," Connor chuckled
Kira looked across at Dani who was staring at the box "We cant be Power Rangers," she stated "Arent you supposed to fly, or have superhuman strength and stuff like that?"
"You do," Tommy reminded her
She nodded "Oh yeah" she remembered "I forgot"
"You're Gems are from the asteroid that crashed into Earth millions of years ago, wiping out the entire Dinosaur population" Tommy explained "When I found them, I recognized their power and hid them, so that they wouldnt fall into the wrong hands"
Connor frowned "How do you know these are the right hands?" he asked
"The Gems are yours...You didn't choose them, they chose you" Dani said softly hoping no one heard her but instead everyone looked at her
"That's right Danielle" Tommy said
Kira followed "Cant they unchoose us?" she asked
"They've already bonded with your DNA" Tommy told them "Its what gave you your powers"
"So if they've already bonded with us," Ethan began "How come Mesagog and his creeps are still after them?"
Tommy sighed "The only way these powers can be taken away; is if your destroyed"
"Okay, for future reference that's not a good selling point" Ethan pointed out as Connor and Kira exchanged looks.
"Look, all I know is that I dont remember asking to be a superhero" Connor exclaimed
Tommy turned to him "The Gems wouldnt have bonded with you if you didnt already have something inside you that could handle the power" he explained, he returned to the briefcase and pushed it towards them "Please"
Exchanging glances, the four teens nodded and each took the morphers with their matching Gems and examined them. Connor's morpher, was in the shape of a red Tyrannosaurus head, with grey spokes on its face and a yellow eye. Ethan's was the shape of a blue Triceratops head, its great nose and head horns sticking out contrasting with a green eye. Kira's was much more pointed, in the image of a yellow Pterodactyal with a pale grey bump on its head and flashing red eye. Danielles was the shape of a white Stegosaurus with blue eyes
"So now what?" Ethan asked "Do we need some secret password or command?"
"All you need to do is say 'Dino Thunder, Power Up' and you'll be transformed. You'll know what to do"
Connor chuckled "Dino Thunder..." he said turning to Ethan "What, did you come up with that?"
"I kinda like it..." Ethan smiled
"You would," Connor smirked
Tommy interrupedt the two "Look, I know you four are from different worlds, I get it. But you are going to have to work together," he told them "Or this will never happen. This wont be easy; nobody knows that better than I do."
"That's an understatment," Dani mumbled if what she saw and heard were true
"But you're gonna have to believe in yourselves," Tommy continued "'Cuz I believe in you
Connor looked up at his teacher "Really?" he questioned
"Really" Tommy nodded
~…~
Downtown, three large Biozords re-grouped near one of the main parks. The flyer landed on a building nearby while the large two-legged creature lumbered by and the four-legged one followed. Tommy pulled his Jeep as close as he could to the area "Okay, this is it" he stated, as everyone climbed out
"That must be them," Connor breathed, looking up
"Wow, good call Connor" Kira quipped
A strange noise was heard and in a flash of green Zeltrax appeared, "You'll have to get past me if you want those Zords"
"That's the part im looking forward too," Connor smirked
Ethan looked down at the others "You guys ready?" he asked
"Oh yeah," Dani and Kira nodded
"Ready!" Connor yelled, bring his wrist up near his chest
"Ready!"
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!" They called out
Their morhers glowed, and with a series of twists, turns and a rush of power, latex suits moulded to their bodies and each in their own Dino Gem colour. They stood morphed, new flashy suits on and in their battle stance before breaking their concentration to examine their new attire.
"Whoa!" Ethan breathed
Kira smiled "This totally rocks!"
"Nice!" Dani agreed
"Oh yeah!" Connor punched his fists into the air
Zeltrax growled "So you're Power Rangers," he clenched his fists
"Call your weapons," Tommy instructed "they're in your belts
~Battle Scene~
Kira was able to block the sharp arms of the creatures with her Ptera Grips, before swinging one down and slashing it across the chest creating a shower of sparks. She repeated the process against a handful of others before crouching to her knees and swinging her daggers against two passing Tyrannodrones, flipping them over in a flurry of sparks.
She stood up and kicked and blocked a monster with her feet before thrusting her baldes into its chest and kicking it to the ground. She turned, going on her knees again and swinging all around her, meeting blade and arm and flesh as she went.
Kicking a creature in the shin she jumped backwards, flipping through the air until she landed a few feet away and taunted a monster to attack "That all you got?"
One monster attempted to take her on, but she jumped through the air, kicking it backwards again and again until it hit the ground admist more of its kind.
Ethan was next to test his new weapons, swinging it in a circle around him and smashing its sharp horns into monster after monster. He kicked upawards, catching one in the jaw before bringing the shield down on it. It blocked with an arm and kicked him in the stomach, making him skid back a few steps.
They swarmed him, forcing him into a crouching position before he cried out, swinging his shield wildly as it connected with him and caused sparks to burst forward as they went flying towards the asphalt.
Getting to his feet he drove the spike into the chest of a monster before pulling and throwing it off behind him into a row of its own kind, and sent them all crashing to the ground.
"See ya!" he grinned
Connor swung the staff around, keeping the monsters at a safe radius before smashing it against the legs of a few and causing them to fall in a shower of sparks "Have a nice trip," he grinned, before proceeding to jab a few others with the staff and send them flying off "See you next fall!"
With the Tyranno Staff perched across his shoulders he ran through a group of them, hitting them in the face and flooring them. He brought it back to his hands just in time to block a joint kick from two monsters and push them away.
Spinning the Staff around again, sparks burst into action whenever the Tyranno head on the end of the Staff connected with a monster and it bit down with sharp teeth. Connor smirked, driving it into the chest of a rushing monster and showering it with sparks as it fell.
He spun his weapon in his hands before flipping through the air overtop of a few monsters. When he landed, he swung the staff forward, flooring them all as brightly-coloured sparks erupted from their chests.
"Freeze!" Dani called, stepping up to Zeltrax
"You first!" he cried, sending a purple-coloured beam of light at the white ranger, it wrapped around her and slammed her into a fence and then to the ground.
"Dani!" Kira called, as she and Connor jumped in, standing protectively in front of him
This did nothing as seconds later Zeltrax fired off small lasers, blasting them all off their feet as they were hit by the beams and sparks went flying.
"Rangers!" Tommy called "Combine your weapons!"
Connor nodded, pusing himself up "Right!"
Using Ethan's Tricera shield as the base, Connor's Tyranno Staff folded in half and he placed it, T-Rex head facing Zeltrax, onto the shield. Kira's Ptera Grips and Dani's Stego Bow were then added, creating a tunnel for which the laser to fire through, and thus formed the weapons. As Connor and Dani held the triggers to the weapons, Kira and Ethan steadied it underneath and aimed it at Zeltrax "Z-Rex blaster!" they cried together "Ready! Fire!"
A multi-coloured beam shot forward, smashing into Zeltrax and sending him sprawling as the weapon broke apart into four seperate pieces, returning to their owners hands.
"We did it!" Ethan exclaimed
Zeltrax growled "You've showed me your weapons," he said, backing up "Now meet mine!"
They nodded
"Concentrate," Tommy told the four newbies "Your morphers will connect you're thoughts with them"
"Lets go guys!" Connor said, and he, Dani, Ethan and Kira hurried towards the Bio-Zords, as a soft humming was heard once more. "They're huge!" the red ranger breathed, skidding to a halt in front of them
Ethan was the first to step up "Calm down boy," he said to the Triceratops, which turned its attention its rightful owner "That's right…I'm you're friend..." sensing it was the right time, Ethan thrust his arm into the air "Tricera Zord!" he called, echoing his call with its roar, the Zord, which had been gray up until now, stood on its hind legs as it turned blue, green eyes flasing.
"It worked!" Ethan grinned
Kira was next "Okay, my turn," she stated, "Ptera Zord!" she thrust her hand into the air "We can be friends. Right?"
The Zord expanded its wings, crying out in the dark sky as its colouring became yellow and its eyes flashed in understading.
"Awesome!" Kira smiled
The Stego flew over head avoiding the lasers from Zeltrax, but the T-Rex Zord was out of control. Its tail collided with the two other Dino-Zords, and also clipped the Stego zord sending it spiralling off course. "Connor!" Kira cried "You're Zord, its out of control! Do something!"
"C'mon, I need you to work with me here!" Connor yelled Connor clutched his morpher "Tyranno Zord!" it stopped in its tracks as its head swayed slightly, before roaring as red covered its body and its yellow eyes turned from ferocious to calming "Yes!" Connor smiled, and Tommy rejoined them. Seconds later followed by Dani.
"Well done, Only one more thing to do," Tommy said "Bring them together!" All together they jumped high into the air and were drawn into their Zords, phasing into the cockpits designed on the inside.
"Combine Power!" they called together, and soon their Zords were assembled and ready, having made the Thundersaurus Megazord.
~…~
The group headed back to the underground cave, that would become their new headquarters. Tommy was by the briefcase that their morphers had been in earlier, and were in once again, he opened the case and revealed four silver bracelets instead of morphers, each with the Dino Gem carefully fitted onto the top. "Keep these bracelets with out at all times," he told them, as one by one, Ethan, Danielle, Connor and Kira picked up their respective bands and examined them carefully. "They'll access your morphers when you need them. And you can use these to communicate with me, or with each other"
"Dr. O, I know you're real smart, being a science teacher and all, but this is..." Kira trailed off, frowning "I mean how did you...?"
Danielle looked uncomfortable knowing exactly how her science teacher knew so much
"I'll fill you in," Tommy promised "in time"
"Speaking of time," Ethan began "Think Mesagog's gonna stick around for around for a while?"
"Unfortunately," Tommy sighed "they always do"
Connor frowned "They?" he asked
"I know this is a lot to take in" Tommy told them
Ethan nodded "That's for sure"
"You're lives are changing in ways you probably couldnt have imagined," he went on "But as long as you work together, and remember, you're a team. No one can defeat you. No one"
The four teens exchanged glances, their teachers words settling in on exactly what their futures held for them.
~…~
Night fell and Danielle laid on her back on her bed, staring up at the ceiling hearing over and over the conversation she overhead the night before
"Kim he's here and he knows" Jason said kneeling beside Kim who looked ready to pass out
"You told him Damnit Jason, I spent 16 years trying to protect her, and now…" Kim said
"Protect her…from her own father, Kimberly, Tommy loved you he was ready to spend his life with you, he wanted this, he wanted a family with you, you should have told him the truth" Jason said
"I was scared, we had enemys, he was still in the business, I wasn't going to put our child in danger" Kim argued
"And when he left for college, what then, Kim I love you, you're my little sister and I would never let anything happen to either of you, but you need to tell Danielle, that Tommy is her father" Jason said
"Tommy is her father, Dr Thomas Oliver." Those words kept ringing in her head all day and all night. Her science teacher, and now mentor is her biological father