Back at Dr Oliver's house, Tommy Oliver was bored. There had been no disturbances reported on the monitors, he took off his glasses and looked at his watch, and Kira's band would have finished their performance by now.

"Maybe I should go to the Cyber Café myself" he thought, "I do need to relax or when Mesogog attacks I will be too stressed to handle it! Me, a former Ranger stressed, Ha!" he laughed to himself "No, no I better leave them on their own tonight, there not the only ones who has to come to terms with a new Ranger."

He made his way up to the confinements of his house, making sure to close the entrance to his laboratory, he looked outside the window. It was a calm and peaceful evening; still light as it was spring with not a cloud in the sky.

It was at that moment that Tommy Oliver made up his mind,

"Well there is no point in me staying here on a evening like this, I will just go out for a hour and stretch my legs, the computer auto response will alert me to any problems" he convinced himself.

Dr Oliver grabbed his jacket, his jeep keys and set off towards the soccer field.

Unknown to Connor, Dr Oliver liked watching Soccer; it might not be as popular as American football but the skill involved handling a ball was superb.

Dr O pulled into the car park and suddenly screeched to a halt. People were running and screaming towards him and away from the soccer pitch. He jumped out of his jeep and ran towards the pitch. What came into view slightly shocked him. There was a mass of 30 Tyrannodrones causing panic, with Elsa at the top end of the pitch leaning against the left goal post, looking bored. Tommy was about to morph, when he noticed a screaming Devin followed by a screaming Cassidy, running towards him from a nearby bush, followed by two Tyrannodrones, who at the sight of seeing him turned to charge. Dr Oliver looked around and saw that all the civilians had fled and all of the Tyrannodrones were heading his way. Even Elsa had stopped leaning against the goal post and had walked closer to look at him. What was most peculiar was that she had a smile on her face, she then spoke to him.

"About time Ranger, I thought that you had all gone into hibernation considering the amount of time it took you to get here" Elsa looked around "Where are your friends? I thought you rangers stuck together? Oh well Tyrannodrones, kill him and bring me his dino gem, now."

"Oh Elsa, you still stuck on getting my gem, well I'm gonna tell you now, that that isn't happening" Dr Oliver replied.

All the Tyrannodrones advanced slowly at once, trying to give the impression of a menacing evil team, while Dr Oliver stepped back for every step they took.

"Come on Ranger call your team mates, you cannot handle all of them, call your team" Elsa muttered under her breath.

It was vital that the whole team be here for when she released her secret weapon, so she could erase the world of the Dino Rangers in one big and glorious victory. She wasn't disappointed when Tommy lifted his left wrist and called the other Power Rangers, "Connor, Ethan, Kira, this is Dr O come in!"

"Hey Dr O what's up?" Connor replied as he moved to a secluded area outside the cafe, where he could talk into his communicator in private.

"I'm at the soccer field, just witnessing Elsa and the Tyrannodrone ruin Soccer practice."

"WHAT!" interrupted Connor "I missed soccer practice again, the only time I get to have a nice game of soccer with decent competition and I miss it!"

After hearing Connor shout loudly outside, Kira and Ethan followed the sound to see what all the commotion was about. After discovering where Connor was they listened to the conversation.

"Shut up Connor, get the others and morph over here, there are too many Tyrannodrones and I can't handle them alone" the annoyed Dr O replied.

"OK Dr O we are on our way" piped in Kira.

"All four members of the Dino Thunder team twisted their left arms to reveal their morphers.

Ready" asked Connor "Ready" replied Ethan and Kira.

At the same time Dr Tommy Oliver stood defiantly in front of his enemy.

"Let's dot this," he shouted.

"DINO THUNDER POWER UP!"

With the Red, Blue and Yellow powered up, they headed to the soccer field to join Doctor Oliver in battle.

When they arrived, the Black Ranger had already begun to fight the drones, while Elsa watched with great interest, the Black Ranger's performance.

Only about 5 Tyrannodrones were attacking him, while the other seemed to be holding back.

"Guys?" asked Ethan "What's going on? Why are they not all attacking?"

"Does it matter?" replied Kira, "it means that Dr O can handle the situation better."

While the three were having their conversation, Dr Oliver had brought out his Brachio staff and was making short work or the Tyrannodrones, hitting them squarely in the chest or sweeping their legs making them fall to the ground.

Once the other Rangers arrived, the drones retreated back to the side of Elsa, while the Rangers grouped closely together.

"What's up Dr O? I thought this would be more of a battle than you defeating 5 drones and then the rest retreating?" asked Kira.

"I haven't got a clue, when I wasn't morphed they all started towards me like they were all going to attack at once, but as soon as I called you and morphed, only 5 drones kept me occupied until you arrived. If I didn't know any better I'd say that Elsa was waiting for to group up, but for what I am don't know" replied Dr Oliver, and then Elsa spoke.

"Ah Rangers, you finally made it, I thought that you have abandoned the good Doctor here," she laughed "well, as we are all here I better not disappoint you Tyrannodrones attack!"

With the final command all the Tyrannodrones shot forward and attacked the Rangers. They split up from one another so they had more room to fight their foes, Connor back flipped twice to avoid the sweeping legs of a drone and then blocked a punch to the chest; the next attack was a surprise from behind, which caused Connor to fall forward flat onto his face "Graceful" he thought. The Red Ranger stayed still on the floor for a second, allowing the Tyrannodrones to get closer. He then pushed all of his weight on his hands and swung his waist around, keeping his legs out straight knocking over any of the drones that were in range. The end result of this fluid movement was Connor standing in attack position and a few drones lying, defeated, down on the floor. He took this break to call his Dino Saber and was ready for another attack.

Ethan, on the other hand, was fairing much better than Connor. He had managed to block or counter attack every punch the enemy had thrown at him. Unlike the Red Ranger, he had already called out his saber and was successfully scoring hits. Ethan bought his right hand, which contained the saber, across to over his left shoulder and struck the nearest Tyrannodrone diagonally across the chest, causing the drone to collapse to the floor, he too took a fighting stance ready for the next assault.

Kira was nimbly dodging all attacks concerning her, none of the other Rangers could beat her graceful agility, and neither could the enemy. She too had called on her saber and was scoring light but frequent hits. The combined attacks caused enough damage to make a Tyrannodrone collapse to the ground. A distant drone decided to charge at the Yellow Ranger, which she spotted and responded by performing a cartwheel to the right and then a high kick to the nearest Tyrannodrones face.

Elsa watched all this with great interest; for she was convinced that this would be the last time she would see the Rangers fight and spoil plans for her master.

Dr Oliver being the more experienced Ranger had no trouble dealing with the drones, with his Brachio staff in hand he quickly dispatched any drones that dared to attack him. Both his attack and defense power were equal and none of the drones could break through his defense. A quick punch to a nearby Tyrannodrones chest caused it to fly 5ft in the air backwards, landing in a cloud of dust, unable to move.

It wasn't long before all the Tyrannodrone had been destroyed and the four rangers faced Elsa on her own.

"Give it up Elsa, you and your master are no match for the Power Rangers combined strength," stated Connor.

Elsa started laughing, "Oh please, you are no match for my master and are certainly no match for my master's latest creation. Meet Phantom stinger."

An invisi-portal opened above where Elsa was last standing and Mesogog's newest creation came forth. The creature was a 6ft tall light brown humanoid, mainly composed of scorpion DNA with an hard exoskeleton covering it's body, but not constricting movement, and along it's back hard exoskeleton spikes leading down to the scorpion stinger tail. Its hands and feet were human which, at the end, curved into sharp talons, indicating bird DNA. The bottom half of the face, including the nose and mouth, was covered in an exoskeleton mask with a thin dark line protruding down the middle, and the top half of the creation's face contained two blood red eyes. At the top of his head were 3 large ridges which ran down to a point at the back of his neck. The middle ridge was twice the size of the other two which were of equal length. The only weapon that was being carried was an exoskeleton sword on his back.

"Are these the ones my master wants me to destroy, Elsa? No need to worry, It will please him greatly when I destroy them" Phantom stated in a threatening hiss.

"Yes, but remember the plan, wear them down then use the gift I gave you to finish the job." Elsa replied coolly.

"Yes, I will do as you wish, Elsa" the monster replied.

"Good, then I leave you to finish the job" An invisi-portal opened up and Elsa stepped through, just before she disappeared her last words could be heard.

"Goodbye Rangers" and then she vanished.

During this conversation the Rangers were readying for battle and were slightly offended at what the monster was implying, Connor had only listened to the insult and ignored the rest of the conversation, and was thinking of a suitable come back remark. Ethan and Kira just stood there in an attack pose, ready to attack. Only Dr Oliver had paid any attention to Elsa's side of the conversation and was slightly concerned about this "gift".

"Did he just insult us Dr O?" Connor asked noticing that Elsa had left and that the Black Power Ranger was not taking any notice of the others Rangers but was staring at the remaining monster.

"Nothing but the usual insults Connor, it goes with the uniform" he replied briefly remembering all the other times as a previous Power Ranger that he had been insulted, far worse that just now. Dr Oliver turned his attention back to the monster, "What did Elsa mean with gift Phantom stinger?"

"Nothing that concerns you yet Black Ranger, but you will know when I show it to you, now stop talking and I will bring about your destruction!"

"Just what I was waiting for," replied a slightly angered Connor, who ran towards the monster turning his Thundermax saber into gun mode and firing it at Phantom. Ethan and Kira followed suit just seconds after seeing the Red Ranger leap into action, then turning the sabers back into saber mode and slashing diagonally across the monsters chest. Dr Oliver rolled his eyes in his helmet, he knew from experience that Rangers do not rush head long in to battle, they have to find weaknesses in the enemy attack, there would have to be another Power Rangers prep talk about that during the next training session. He couldn't leave his three students to fight the monster, not while he was a fellow Power Ranger, so he called again on his Brachio staff and followed the Rangers' initial strike, with a thrust of his own.

Phantom stinger covered his chest to shield himself from the lasers as he stepped forward to challenge the Power Rangers attack. The lasers did nothing and he was prepared for the three Rangers saber attack, which he blocked with his exoskeleton left arm. The Rangers seemed shocked by the monsters resistance to the sabers, and so were unprepared for Phantom stingers counter attack, which was slashing at the Ranger's chests with his talons causing them to fall down to the fall at his feet. What he didn't expect was the sudden attack by the Black Dino Ranger with his staff, which caused the monster to stagger backwards. He had concentrated so much on the bright colors of the other Rangers that he failed to notice the stealthy attack by the fourth member. This fact alarmed him as he realized that he couldn't concentrate on the color black for very long, just on the other rangers colors. "No matter" he thought to himself, I will just destroy the Black Ranger first.

The monster recovered quickly from the assault and ran towards the Black Ranger, striking him with his claws across his chest, and then following up the attack with a punch which sent the doctor flying backwards, he landed with a hard thud. Kira ran to his side to help him stand while Connor and Ethan stood in front of them both defending the other two until they could recover and be ready for another attack.

"Um... Dr O, I think that a new plan of attack is needed as our sabers did not do any damage as his exoskeleton amour is too thick," Ethan stated.

"You think?" replied a sarcastic Connor

"Save it you guys, for the playground" Kira interrupted.

"Rangers, call on your weapons, mine seemed to hit and cause damage when I attacked him," suggested Dr O, who by this time had stood up and assumed an attack position.

"Good idea" all 3 Rangers replied.

The three Rangers called their corresponding weapons.

"TYRANNO STAFF! TRICERRA SHIELD! PTERA GRIPS!"

All four Rangers then started their assault on the enemy; each weapon scored a hit but not enough to cause heavy damage. Phantom stinger attempted to hit the Rangers but they had shifted up a gear in agility and so were much faster than before. All his attacks failed and the rangers continued the hit and run tactics, each connecting to the target about 3 or 4 times. All the minor shots were starting to annoy the mutation and so he waited for the Red, Blue and Yellow Rangers to begin their attack run again, and as soon as they were in range he spun on his feet and bought his stinger into play. The sweeping motion surprised the Rangers and the tail connected with their chests causing them to trip over at his feet. "That was fun while it lasted" Phantom thought.

"You are pathetic Rangers" he hissed "If you keep using the same tactic, I'm going to see a flaw in the attack soon and that will be the last mistake you make!"

Phantom stinger pulled out his exoskeleton sword from his back, it was a sharp katana, and he lowered it to the Red Dino Thunders neck, whish he froze at the sudden predicament that he was in.

"Do not move Yellow and Blue rangers, or I will made his death as painful as possible," roared the monster.

"Hey mantas mouth, what about me?"

"Huh?" enquired Phantom. He looked above him in to the sky.

At the last minute he saw the Black Ranger attack with his Brachio staff, and was too late to avoid the blow which hit him very hard in the chest, the rest of the Rangers took this moment to retreat back to there fellow Rangers side.

"What was in that attack Dr O? It did more damage than all of our attacks combined?" enquired the Red Ranger.

"Not much Connor, I just channeled a little bit more of my power into my weapon and you saw the result," replied Dr O.

"Can we do that?" asked Ethan.

"I don't see why not."

After Phantom stinger recovered from his hit he stared at the 4 Power Rangers. All the combatants were tired, the stress showing by the heavy breathing. He was once again amazed that he could only focus on Red, Blue and Yellow and had once again ignored the actions of the Black Ranger. Dr Oliver's three students had positioned themselves in a line behind the Black Ranger. "The Rangers are recovering together, this may be my only chance to get rid if them for good," he thought.

"This ends now Rangers, I will give Elsa's gift to you!" shouted the monster.

"What now?" asked Ethan.

Phantom stinger's right arm began to glow and a metal weapon surrounded the exoskeleton. It was so heavy he had to support it, where the elbow should be with his left hand. The weapon itself was smooth and completely silver and was in the shape of a small cannon. The mouth of the cannon was dark and gloomy with a faint blue tinge, while at the opposite end on top of the cannon was a small blue cube.

As soon as the weapon had completely appeared, Phantom Stinger fired the cannon; a thick white beam came shooting out of the gun and headed straight for the Rangers. The team only had seconds to react. Connor and Kira dived to their lefts, with the beam barley missing them, Ethan and Dr O, dived to their rights. The end result was all four Rangers sprawled out on the floor, with a rather startled monster standing upright at the end of the soccer pitch. The only thing that the weapon had hit was the goal post at the other end of the pitch, which promptly disappeared. He had missed, totally and completely. The only weapon that was sure to destroy the Rangers was in his grasp and he had missed. If he did return to Master Mesogog, he would surely be killed. Phantom's only hope of redemption was to keep firing at the Rangers, even if it destroyed himself in the process. In his eyes, it was his only way of pleasing his master and creator.

During Phantom stinger's recovery from shock the Rangers had also recovered.

"What in the world was that?" enquired a startled Kira.

"I don't know, but I don't wanna find out the hard way if that thing hits me" answered Ethan.

"What would happen if we came within close range of him?" enquired Connor "Would he be able to fire his weapon at us?

"Oh my god" exclaimed Kira "Connor just said something intelligent! I am impressed."

"Well, I am not just a pretty face," joked Connor

"Good idea," the Black Ranger stated "with us so close to him I don't think he will fire the weapon, he seems smarter than Mesogog's normal batch of monsters, lets go while he is still in shock."

Before the creation could think up an attack plan to destroy the Rangers, he noticed that he was surrounded by rangers on all sides. They circled him, constantly on the move to keep him off balance, every second closing the distance between him and them.

"So this is my fate" Phantom Stinger thought to himself, "I will serve my master by destroying myself and the Rangers, come closer my enemies, come closer to your death!"

As soon as he thought that the Power Rangers were close enough he let his right arm drop, and then fired at the floor. The white beam hit the floor and turned a shade of green, but instead of carving a beam hole in the earth the beam exploded outwards consuming both the Rangers and the Monster.

The last sounds that could be heard were the shouts of confusion from the three younger rangers and a surprised "An invisi-portal?!" from the Black Ranger. When the bright light faded, there was nothing left on the soccer field. No monster, no Power Rangers and no grass and topsoil of the soccer pitch where they had all been standing. The whole area where the beam had hit had completely vanished.

Mesogog was viewing the battle from the safety of his island laboratory and saw the result. Elsa and Zeltrax were also present and watching the battle from a different viewer. Mesogog turned to his servants "Are you sure they are gone Elsa?"

"Yes, my lord, no trace of the four Power Rangers, the Dino Gems or Phantom Stinger" Elsa replied.

An evil chuckle was emanating from Mesogog,"Ha Ha Ha, In one final stroke all of my problems have gone, there is no one left who can stop me returning the earth to its prehistoric days"

"I did it all to please you my lord, I will be forever your loyal servant" Elsa responded.

"Yes, it is a shame about the Dino Gems though."

Elsa gulped, she new how much her master had wanted to get his claws on all of the Power Ranger's Dino Gems, and she secretly hoped that he wouldn't punish her for failing to capture the gems.

"It doesn't matter about them, if I can't have them then no one shall and you Elsa have seen to that, well done" Mesogog stated.

Elsa was shocked. It had been a long time since her master had complemented her. She was in his favor at the moment above her equal Zeltrax.

"Elsa, Zeltrax, prepare the army of drones, my moment of victory has arrived" Mesogog commanded.

Elsa and Zeltrax bowed to their master and left the room to make preparations.

"All is going well" Mesogog said to himself.

Tommy Oliver was awoken to the sounds of birds and a clear blue sky with fluffy white clouds, "that strange" he thought "the birds rarely sing in the evening especially when a battle is waging." The battle, Tommy's mind suddenly became clear as he remembered the events from a few minutes ago, a bright green light and then nothing. Tommy sat up to view the destruction that had occurred from the weapon, it couldn't have been that bad as he had survived and nothing seemed to be broken or even hurt. Dr Oliver's eyes widened in shock, he was not on the soccer field any more, in fact he seemed to be in the middle of a forest, demorphed. He suddenly heard voices near by that were not of his fellow Power Rangers, he quickly knelt on his knees and crouched in a bush. Using stealth techniques he moved towards the sounds, he looked through the bushes and saw a group of children playing. "So I am in the park and the battle must be over, how long was I out for and where are the other Rangers?" he thought. Dr O tried his communicator, with no luck, "the other Rangers could still be unconscious" he thought, he tried calling Hayley with the same result, nothing "Where's Hayley? Probably had somewhere important to go, I'd better head back to the lab and wait for them all to check in" he moved away from the children just in case he scared them by his sudden appearance, and decided on a exit that should lead him to the entrance of Reefside park. As he walked through the park undergrowth he felt something in his pocket, he placed his hands in his trouser pocket and pulled out a small blue cube, with the Dino Thunder logo plastered on all of the cubes sides. "What is this? I didn't have this before the battle, another puzzle to be solved at a later date" thought Dr Oliver. As he emerged from the undergrowth he marveled at the city in front of him, and suddenly stopped in his tracks with his mouth and eyes open wide. The city was not Reefside, but one that he had left so many years ago, after his Ranger days...

"Angle Grove" he muttered to no one in particular.