DISCLAIMER – I do NOT own Power Rangers, Dino Thunder, or any character other than Austin.
(DinoThunder theme plays)
"Hayley's Cyberspace… Conner!" Kira said as she walked up in front of a building with a sign on it. She and Conner McKnight stopped next to each other in front of the building.
"Ethan call you too?" Conner asked.
"Yeah, said it was super important," Kira answered, "what is this place anyway?"
"No clue," Conner replied.
"Let's check it out," Kira responded. The two walked inside with Kira leading the way. Entering the building, they found it was full of people and included, among other things, a drink bar and an arcade.
"Woah..." Conner remarked, "you think he lives here?"
"I think he wishes he lived here," Kira responded. Suddenly, Ethan and Austin walked up.
"There they are, my other brother and sister in crime, or at least crime fighting," Ethan said, "welcome to my world. What do you think?"
"Well, I guess it's kinda cool, in a techno, retro, dorky kinda way," Conner remarked as Ethan and Austin began showing them around the place.
"You can do anything here; game, chat online, listen to music, even drink," Austin remarked.
"Who came up with the idea for this?" Kira asked.
"That would be Hayley; she's a techno legend, MIT grad, programming genius. Got tired of working for big technology and decided to open up this place," Ethan answered.
"Good thing for you," Kira responded.
"No lie," Austin cut in, chuckling.
"Anyway, what's so important?" Conner asked.
"I just figured hey, we're gonna be saving the world together, I wanted you guys to see what I'm about," Ethan answered.
"Okay, whatever dude," Conner remarked uninterestedly. Suddenly, Hayley walked up.
"Hey guys, what can I get you?" she asked.
"I'll just have a Coke," Kira answered.
"Oh, that's easy. Kira right?" Hayley responded.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" the Yellow Ranger asked.
"Oh I'm all about information, it's my business," Hayley responded, "now, you sing, don't you?"
"Yeah, I do," Kira replied.
"Great; how about this Friday you and your band play here. We'll call it an audition," Hayley responded.
"Uh, yeah; I mean, that would be great!" Kira answered.
"Alright, see you then," Hayley said, walking off.
"Okay, I love her," Kira remarked to her fellow Rangers.
"That's Hayley; there's not one kid in here she doesn't know about somehow," Ethan responded.
"Doesn't help me," Conner interjected.
"Conner McKnight, the soccer player. I'm surprised you're not at the open tryouts for the Reefside Wave," Hayley said, reappearing suddenly and handing Kira a Coke.
"Open tryouts?" Conner asked, gawking.
"Yeah, at their practice field right now," Hayley answered.
"You're kidding right?" Conner asked.
"No," Hayley answered, stifling a laugh.
"You were saying?" Ethan remarked. Conner made a beeline for the exit.
"Good luck bro," Ethan added as Hayley walked off.
"I gotta go too; I need to put setups together and re-string my guitar, here," Kira said, handing Ethan the soda she hadn't touched yet. Austin immediately took it off Ethan's hands.
"Bye!" Kira finished, heading out.
"Nothing like spreading the love," Ethan remarked.
"You can say that again…" Austin responded, taking a sip of what was now his soda. Suddenly their Dino bracelets went off. Knowing it must be important, they answered them immediately.
"Hey doc, you got Ethan," Ethan said.
"You got me too Uncle Tommy," Austin added.
"Hey, can you guys meet me at the end of Riverside Road in an hour?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah, sure, what's going on?" Austin asked in response.
"Just be there, I'll explain then," Tommy answered.
"You got it Dr. O!" Ethan responded.
Mesogog's Lair
"Well?" Mesogog asked.
"Well what sir?" His minion, Elsa, asked. Elsa was a short woman, clad in a black jumpsuit. Her hair was styled in thin braids winding around her skull, and she bore a strange resemblance to Principal Randall.
"Where's my explanation?" Mesogog asked.
"My lord, we offer no excuses and in apology we promise to improve our performance," Zeltrax answered.
"Is this correct Elsa? Am I to understand that you feel no need to explain yourself?" Mesogog asked.
"Lord Mesogog, it is in my humble opinion that it would be a waste of your valuable time; time better spent destroying Dr. Oliver and his new Power Rangers," Elsa responded, finishing her sentence quickly out of fear.
"Exactly the answer I was looking for," Mesogog responded, "now, have you had any luck in tracking down what we discussed earlier?"
"We know they're out there," Elsa responded.
"Oliver has not made his move yet, but when he does we'll be there to stop him," Zeltrax added.
"You had better be," Mesogog remarked evilly.
In the forest at the end of Reefside Road
As they walked towards Dr. Oliver's discovery, Austin and Ethan were filled in on his research.
"Some of my experiments were scattered all throughout this area… there!" Dr. Oliver said. He and his two companions crouched around four glowing silver objects with glowing centers, one being red, one blue, one yellow and one green.
"What are they?" Austin asked.
"Eggs," Dr. Oliver answered.
"Yo, it's cool Dr. O, I just had lunch a couple hours ago," Ethan remarked.
"No, we're not gonna eat them, we're gonna hatch them. Then you're gonna ride them," Dr. Oliver responded.
"Maybe it's all this quiet out here that's got me hearing things, but I thought you just said we're gonna ride these," Ethan said, standing up.
"I did. Trust me guys, when these things are ready they're gonna be a big help to us," Dr. Oliver responded.
"Alright, whatever you say," Ethan replied. The two of them went to put the eggs in a bag, and had one inside when something blurred past them. They stood up and took defensive positions.
"You saw that, right?" Ethan asked.
"Sure did," Austin responded. Meanwhile, Dr. Oliver scooped the other three eggs into his bag.
"We have to protect the eggs at all costs," he said as he slung the bag over his shoulder.
"Who would hurt them?" Ethan asked. Austin rolled his eyes as Elsa stepped out from behind a tree.
"I would," she said.
"And I. I'm sorry to have my doubts about your intelligence Dr. Oliver," Zeltrax said as a Tyrannodrone snuck up behind Tommy. It tried to steal the bag, but Tommy kicked it away.
"Attack!" Zeltrax ordered. Tyrannodrones swarmed the two Rangers and their mentor from all sides, and soon a full on brawl was underway. Dr. Oliver proved himself to be no pushover, using martial arts to defeat the drones. However, they just kept coming.
"Ethan, call the others!" Dr. Oliver cried. However, the Green Ranger was promptly kicked to the ground before he could utter a word.
"Guys, we could really use some help out here!" Austin said into his bracelet as he pushed over a drone with a swat of his hand.
With Conner
The Red Ranger, who had impressed the coach with his skill so far, was annoyed at the sudden beeping of his bracelet. Of all the times for it to go off, it had to be during tryouts.
"No, not now!" Conner said to himself. He ran off, shouting to the coach that he'd be right back.
With Kira
Kira was headed home with new guitar strings and a few other things when her bracelet went off. Sighing, she headed towards the other Rangers.
Back at the battle
Ethan stood from being knocked over, and glared at the Tyrannodrone responsible.
"Okay, you asked for it, not me," he said.
(Morph cutscene)
"Dino Thunder, Power up, ha!" the four Rangers cried. They morphed separately, pulling out their weapons.
"Cool, a Stega Sword!" Austin remarked, holding his weapon for the first time. Conner and Kira soon appeared, helping Austin save Ethan from a group of drones.
"You guys couldn't have done this another day?" Conner asked.
"Don't tell me, tell them!" Ethan answered, indicating the drones. Conner sighed.
"Let's make it quick!" he said. The four Rangers engaged the drones, using their weapons to help them. Conner's Tyranno Staff enabled him to nimbly kick down drones with ease, and Ethan's Tricera Shield did surprisingly well as both an offensive and defensive weapon. Meanwhile, Kira's Ptera Grips allowed her to dish out some serious pain, but not as much as the powerful blows dealt by Austin's Stega Sword.
Meanwhile, Tommy found himself holding off Zeltrax and Elsa, which he actually did a decent job of. Then, with the drones defeated, the Rangers came to back him up, outnumbering the two villains.
"You really like these odds? Cause you look busted to me!" Ethan declared.
"We're not through with you Power Rangers!" Elsa cried.
"Oh of course not," Austin remarked sarcastically, knowing they'd be back. The two villains retreated through an invisiportal, leaving Dr. Oliver and the Rangers alone.
"We better get these back to my place," the Rangers' mentor remarked, indicating the eggs.
"What are they?" Kira asked.
"We're going to ride them," Ethan responded awkwardly. Austin stifled a laugh.
"What?" Ethan asked.
"Nothing, go on," Austin responded, trying not to draw attention.
"Look, I have to go back to tryouts, can you guys handle this?" Conner asked suddenly.
"Yeah, the others can fill you in later," Dr. O answered.
"Thanks, bye!" Conner responded as he ran off.
"Good luck!" Ethan shouted after him. He and the other two Rangers then followed Dr. Oliver towards where they'd parked the Jeep and Austin's car.
Back at the soccer field
Conner arrived to see things being packed up, but rushed down anyway.
"Hey," he said to the coach.
"McKnight, I have you down as a DNF, did not finish," the coach remarked.
"Look I'm sorry, I had something really important to take care of," Conner responded.
"If there's anything more important than soccer, this isn't the place for you," the coach replied.
"Nothing's more important than soccer," Conner responded.
"Thanks for trying out," the coach said, patting Conner on the back and walking off.
"Oh man…" Conner said to himself. Suddenly a soccer ball rolled up to his foot, and a little African American girl with pig tails jogged up.
"Kick it!" she cried. He kicked it back to her, and she stopped it by putting her foot down on top of it.
"Good stop," Conner remarked.
"Thanks," the girl responded. She then ran off with her guardian. Conner sighed and shook his head.
Hayley's Cyberspace
Austin, Kira and Ethan sat around a table using three laptops they'd rented.
"Man, Dr. O is into some weird and funky stuff; I don't even want to think about what he's hatching down in that cave right now," Ethan remarked.
"Probably something related to dinosaurs," Austin commented.
"I have a feeling we won't have to wait long to find out," Kira added. She turned towards the entrance just in time to see a Hispanic boy wearing a gray button up over a white tee walk in.
"Whoa, who is that?" she asked.
"I don't know," Austin answered, looking at the boy. Ethan waved a hand in front of Kira's face.
"Hello, anyone in there?" he asked.
"He's really… wow, isn't he?" Kira asked.
"Eh, I've seen better," Austin remarked, smirking. Ethan laughed while Kira glared at him.
"Quiet, he's coming over here!" the female Ranger said in a harsh whisper. However, as the boy walked up she shied away and stared at her computer screen.
"Hey, I'm looking for Hayley, she said I'm supposed to start work today," the boy said, walking up.
"Um, she should be around here somewhere. Hey, haven't I seen you at Reefside?" Ethan responded.
"Yeah, I just moved here last week. My name's Trent," the boy responded.
"I'm Ethan, this is Austin and that's Kira," Ethan responded, shaking Trent's hand.
"Nice to meet you Trent," Austin added, also shaking hands with the newcomer. Kira seemed to be ignoring the three of them completely, and Trent noticed.
"Hey," he said, "are you okay?"
"She doesn't speak," Ethan said with mock sadness, "we've been trying for years but we just can't get through." Kira glared at him while Austin laughed and high fived him.
"I'm fine; nice to meet you," Kira said to Trent before turning back to the report she was writing. Suddenly, Hayley walked up.
"Trent, good timing, come with me and we'll get you started," she said.
"Cool," Trent said, turning back to the Rangers, "see you guys later." He and Hayley walked off, and then Ethan turned to Kira.
"He's just so wow," he said mockingly. Austin couldn't help but chuckle, especially when Kira slapped Ethan's leg. Just then, Conner walked up.
"Hey man, how'd it go?" Austin asked.
"How'd it go? It's over! The coach basically said forget it, and who can blame him; I mean, I left in the middle of practice!" Conner responded.
"It's not like you didn't have a good excuse," Kira responded.
"Yeah, cause the coach would totally believe that I was fighting freaky looking dinosaurs in the forest! Man, this whole saving the world thing is really starting to bum me out!" Conner remarked angrily, "I need to go talk to Dr. O."
"Um, I think he's kinda busy," Austin cut in.
"I don't care; I was busy today and he cut into my life!" Conner responded, storming off.
"Great, we better follow him," Ethan responded. The three Rangers headed after him on the way to Dr. Oliver's basement.
Entrance to Dr. Oliver's basement
As the door opened, the Rangers could see items flying everywhere as if a hurricane was blowing through.
"Don't come in, it's not safe!" Tommy shouted.
"We kinda got that Uncle Tommy!" Austin responded. Suddenly Tommy was flung across the room, landing in front of the Rangers.
"Is that what was in those eggs?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah, I'm trying to train them," Tommy responded.
"How's it coming?" Conner inquired.
"Slowly," Tommy responded, ducking another flying object, "very slowly."
"Look, I can see that you're busy and all, but I need to talk," Conner continued.
Suddenly, Tommy was thrown forward past the Rangers by what appeared to be a red tail. The Rangers closed the door to the basement and helped Tommy to his feet.
"I guess I could take a break," the Rangers' mentor said.
"Look, you gotta find someone to replace me," Conner remarked.
"What are you talking about?" Kira interjected.
"You're crazy!" Ethan cried at the same time.
"Alright, settle down you two," Tommy said. Austin stepped back, wanting to stay out of the conversation.
"What's the problem?" Tommy asked.
"Look, I'm a soccer player, that's all that I ever wanted to do. Now, every moment of my life has led up to playing for a pro team, and I get the greatest chance of my life, and I blow it," Conner responded.
"I understand, and you're right," Tommy responded.
"You're agreeing with him?" Ethan remarked.
"Conner, I know how you feel,because I've felt that way before; but I want you to think about this before you do it," Tommy finished.
"Look, I've got things I want to do too, but I'm here," Kira added.
"Good for you, I guess I'm just different," Conner responded, walking off.
"Different? If by that you mean more selfish, you're dead on," Austin remarked.
"Here and I thought the red guy was supposed to be the leader," Ethan added.
"I know right; guess I'm up now," Austin responded. Tommy just shook his head sadly.
Mesogog's Lair
"If Oliver tames those creatures, he'll be able to use them against us, and that would be… disastrous…" Mesogog said, "the time has come for Dr. Oliver to become a student instead of a teacher; Initiate the genome randomizer." Elsa and Zeltrax activated a strange machine, which produced a vicious looking, leaf adorned monster that would definitely be trouble for the Rangers. Mesogog smiled.
Practice Field
Conner was kicking balls into a net when the coach from earlier walked up behind him.
"McKnight," the coach said, catching Conner's attention.
"Coach, what are you doing here?" Conner asked, turning to face him.
"Got a call from one of your teachers, tells me that it was his fault that you had to leave today," the coach said.
"Does that mean I've got a shot?" Conner asked.
"You've always had a shot son, are you sure you really want this? You'll have to give up everything," the coach asked.
"Yeah, I am!" Conner responded.
"Well, I'll let you know," the coach said, heading off. Suddenly, the other Rangers walked up.
"Hey bro," Ethan said.
"Things okay with the coach?" Kira asked.
"I heard Uncle Tommy gave him a call earlier," Austin added.
"Yeah, I think so. Listen, I'm sorry you guys, you gotta understand," Conner said.
"Yeah, we do," Kira responded.
"She does more than me, but if that's what you really want," Ethan commented.
"Same here," Austin added. Suddenly, their bracelets went off.
"Guys, we have a situation; there's a monster attacking the city, people are in danger!" Tommy exclaimed.
"Okay, but this is the last time," Conner responded.
"Dino Thunder, Power up, ha!" the four Rangers cried, morphing.
In the city with the monster
"Nasty!" Conner remarked at the sight of the beast. The three Rangers engaged it, but were thrown backwards to the ground. The beast started after Kira, but was stopped in its tracks by Ethan's voice.
"Hey birdbrain, Thundermax!" he cried. He, Conner and Austin blasted the monster with their Thundermax blasters, and the big chicken fled.
"He's getting away!" Kira cried, getting up.
"We'll never catch it!" Conner responded, stopping her.
"God, you are so negative…" Austin added.
"Guys, you can catch the monster; Meet the Raptor Riders!" Tommy suddenly said over the morphers. Four semi-mechanical, black and Ranger colored Raptors dashed towards the four teens. They jumped on their respective colored raptors with joy.
"Oh yeah!" Conner remarked.
"Sweet, let's do this!" Austin commented.
"Yeah, great!" Kira added enthusiastically.
"Oh yeah baby!" Ethan finished excitedly.
"Go Raptor Riders!" the Rangers exclaimed together. They rode the raptors through the city, pursuing the monster. They came upon a massive wave of drones, and saw one attacking the girl Conner had seen at the practice field earlier.
"I'll help the girl, you guys follow that creep!" Conner remarked.
"Got it!" Kira responded.
"One 'creep' going down!" Austin added. He, Kira and Ethan rode off in pursuit of the monster while Conner jumped off his raptor and engaged the drone that was going after the girl. Taking it down with a powerful kick, he crouched next to the young soccer lover.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Mhmm!" the girl responded with a smile. Her guardian suddenly ran up to take care of her.
"She's safe now," Conner said before heading off to help his fellow Rangers. He caught up to them as they launched an attack on the monster. Kira started off with a couple slashes of her Ptera Grips, followed by Ethan blasting it. Conner then slashed it with his Tyrannot staff, which Austin followed immediately with a hard blow from his Stega Sword. The monster was blasted back to the ground, meanwhile Austin, Ethan and Kira jumped off their Raptor Riders and landed on either side and behind Conner on his. They combined their weapons immediately.
"Z-Rex blaster! Firing!" Conner cried. The blaster, now the more powerful Z-Rex version with the addition of Austin's sword, blasted the monster into oblivion.
"Awesome, we rock!" Ethan remarked.
Mesogog's Lair
"Must I do everything for myself?" Mesogog said, "activating hydro generator!" He pushed up a lever on his machine.
Back at the Battlefield
A strange storm cloud appeared and rained down some kinds of liquid on what used to be the monster, bringing it back together and causing it to grow to just about 30 stories tall.
"Whoa!" the Rangers remarked.
"Dr. O, we may have a problem," Conner said into his morpher.
"Lemme guess, the 30 story version of that guy you were just fighting?" Dr. Oliver asked.
"You've done this before, haven't you?" Ethan asked.
"Once or twice," Tommy responded, "I'm sending the Dino Zords." The four zords came charging in to help the Rangers face the monster.
"Bring it on!" Conner cried.
"Alright!" Ethan remarked.
"Yeah!" Kira added.
"You guys ready?" Austin asked.
"Let's do it!" Conner responded. The four rangers entered their zords, and then combined them into the Thundermax Megazord. However, the monster blasted them, sending the megazord stumbling back a couple steps.
"I have an idea!" Kira remarked, "Ptera-rang!" The Megazord pulled out a pterodactyl themed boomerang and threw it at the monster, knocking it back in a stunned state.
"Time to finish the job!" Austin remarked, "Stega Slash!" The Megazord used the Stegazord's tail like a sword and dealt the monster a powerful finishing blow. The monster self-destructed in a massive explosion, ending the battle.
"Now that's what I call monster busting!" Kira remarked.
"Yeah!" the boys responded. The Rangers exited the megazord, which separated into the four Dino Zords. As the zords returned to where they'd come from, the little girl from earlier ran up to Conner.
"Thank you," she said, hugging him.
"Anytime," Conner replied, "Anytime…"
Hayley's Cyberspace
Kira stood onstage, almost ready for her audition. Trent, now working as a waiter, walked up with a tray that held two drinks.
"Good luck Kira," he said, holding up the tray.
"Thanks," she responded, taking one of the drinks. As Trent walked off, Conner walked up to Ethan and Austin.
"Hey, didn't expect to see you here," Ethan remarked.
"Why not, we're partners in crime fighting right?" Conner responded.
"Are we?" Austin questioned.
"Yeah, we are," Conner responded.
"Hey, what happened with the Wave?" Ethan asked.
"I had to make a choice. That little girl made me realize that there's nothing more important than what we're doing," Conner answered. Suddenly, Hayley walked up with three drinks.
"Hey Conner, sorry you didn't make the team," she said.
"Uh, yeah," Conner mumbled.
"These are on the house," Hayley added. She set the drinks down and walked off.
"How does she do that?" Conner asked incredulously.
"Hayley knows all man, and I'm sorry too," Ethan responded.
"Same here," Austin added. With Conner's apology accepted, the three male Rangers watched as Hayley introduced Kira. The yellow Ranger and her band then began their audition, playing great music.
"Hey, wasn't Dr. O supposed to be here?" Ethan questioned
"Yeah, he was…" Austin responded, starting worry about his uncle.
Outside Hayley's Cyberspace
Dr. Oliver had just walked up to the building, when suddenly an invisiportal opened up and released a squad of Tyrannodrones. Along with Zeltrax, the drones overpowered Tommy and took him back with them to Mesogog's lair as a hostage.