Herbie: DinoThunder- Chapter 4
By Ryan T. Morris
Category: Action/Romance/Comedy
Disclaimer: Power Rangers and Herbie, "The Love Bug" are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Notes: Please Read and Review! Thanks to everyone for the great comments. I guess I have finally found a storyline that people like. BTW, if you have any story ideas for this fan fic, please feel free to send them to me. I'll give you full credit for your ideas. Thanks!
"I've been helping Tommy create the Ranger energy since grad school," said Haley, "He's great with dinosaurs and rocks. But, a rocket scientist, he ain't."
"And you are," said Ethan.
"Among other things."
"OK," said Kira, "You know who we are. You know what we are. Do you know where Dr. Oliver is?"
"I have a pretty good idea," said Haley, as she took a disc out of her bag, and put it in the computer, "This is from the day of your gig, Kira." On the screen, they saw Tommy walking toward the Cyberspace then being ambushed by Tyrannodrones.
"What are those things?" asked Kim.
"Those are Tyrannodrones," said Haley, "They were Tommy's creation but Mesagog changed there programming and turned them evil."
"But, Dr. O's a Power Ranger, why didn't he just morph?" asked Conner.
"Not anymore," said Haley.
"We didn't get that far," said Kim, as she restarted the video. They watched as Tommy talked about the Rangers loosing their powers, the journey to get the Ninja powers, Kim giving Kat her power coin, the creation of the Zeo Rangers, Jason becoming the Gold Ranger, the creation of the Turbo Rangers, and the transfer of powers to the new Turbo Rangers.
"… After that, Tommy went to college where he met yours truly," said Haley.
"How do we find Tommy?" said Kim.
"I've got an idea," said Kira, "what about invisaportals? There must be hundreds of them all over the city."
"What are those?" asked Kim.
"It's what Mesagog and his goons use to get around the city."
"I've been working on something along those lines but I need some time," said Haley.
"Great, what should we do in the meantime?" asked Conner.
"Here, watch more of your heritage," said Haley, as she restarted the video, then she turned to Kim, "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure," said Kim.
Kim and Haley walked to the other side of the lab and then Haley said, "Kim, I need a favor."
"Sure, what is it?"
"I think I have a way to break into Mesagog's lab, but we need a very fast vehicle in order to do it."
"And you want to use Herbie?"
"I just need to make a few modifications to him."
"OK," said Kim.
The two women walked upstairs to the driveway where Herbie was sitting. Haley explained what she wanted to do to Herbie and he agreed to help. Haley and Herbie went into Tommy's garage. Before she closed the door, she looked at Kim and said, "I'll let you know when I'm done."
Then, Kim walked back downstairs, Kira, Conner, and Ethan were still watching Tommy's video diary.
"…with the return of Mesagog, it became necessary to invoke the power of the Dino Gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are in charge of protecting the planet…" said Tommy's voice. Then, on the screen, appeared pictures of Ethan, Conner, and Kira. Below each of there pictures was a picture of each ranger standing in front of their respective Zord.
"It's us," said Kira.
"…your in good hands."
"He really trusts us," said Conner.
"He does," said Kim, "and if Tommy can trust you guys so can I. It's time I told you all the truth."
The Rangers all looked at each other, "What are you talking about?" asked Ethan.
Kim looked at Conner and said, "Conner, It wasn't me that beat you in that drag race. It was Herbie, my car."
"You named your car?" said Conner.
"No, it's his name, maybe I should start at the beginning…" said Kim. Then she started telling the Rangers all about Herbie. She told them how Herbie (and her Aunt Carol) met her Uncle Jim and how he got his name (he was named by a friend of her Uncle Jim, Tennessee Steinmetz. Tennessee told Jim that Herbie reminded him of his Uncle Herb, who was a boxer, and after a couple of fights, he started to look like the little car).
She also told the Rangers all about Herbie's racing career, and about a man named Peter Thorndyke, the man who owned the car dealership that Uncle Jim bought Herbie from and he was also Aunt Carol's boss, who wanted Herbie so bad that he had Aunt Carol go on a date with Uncle Jim just so he could mess with the little car, and get Uncle Jim to sell Herbie back to him. Unfortunately, Thorndyke succeeded in getting Herbie drunk by poring Irish Coffee in his gas tank. Herbie lost the race he was in the next day and with that Uncle Jim lost faith in Herbie and Herbie lost faith in Uncle Jim. Herbie was so distraught that he tried to commit suicide by driving off the Golden Gate Bridge. Fortunately, Uncle Jim found him in the nick of time, but as Uncle Jim was trying to pull Herbie back onto the bridge, he slipped and grabbed Herbie's front bumper. Herbie realized what was going on and pulled himself back onto the bridge saving both himself and Uncle Jim.
As Kim was telling the Rangers all about Herbie's adventures, Kira and Ethan were hanging on to her every word. Conner couldn't careless. When she finished, he said, "Come on you guys don't believe all that?"
"Yeah," said Kira.
"It was great," said Ethan.
"It sounds like a Disney movie," said Conner.
"I'd go see it," said Kira.
"Me too," said Ethan.
Conner rolled his eyes as Kim suppressed a laugh.
Just then, Haley walked back into the lab, "Hey, guys. What's up?"
Kim turned and said, "I was just telling them all about Herbie. How's the search for Tommy going?"
"I think I found a way into Mesagog's lab," said Haley, "And speaking of Herbie, I have just finished the modifications I have been making to him."
"Modifications?" said Kira.
"What kind of modifications?" asked Ethan.
"You'll see," said Haley.
Haley opened the back entrance to the lab and there sat Herbie. Conner walked around him a couple of times, stood next to Herbie's right rear tire and said, "It doesn't look any different to me. It still looks like the same unattractive looking Beetle that Ms. H beat me in the other day." Conner felt something on his foot. He looked down and saw that Herbie was leaking a steady stream of oil onto his foot. Haley, Ethan, Kira, and Kim were all trying to hold back their laughter unsuccessfully, through her laughter Kim said, "Herbie! Stop that!" Herbie did as he was told and Conner walked back over to the others.
"OK. OK," said Haley, as she composted herself, "Now as you can see Herbie doesn't look any different than normal. But, watch this." she turned toward Herbie and said, "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" Herbie beeped the same six tones that Kim use to hear when she was still an active Ranger and a gold colored light surrounded Herbie. When it subsided , Herbie had changed. He was now gold and the red, white, and blue racing stripes where replaced with white diamonds similar to the ones the Rangers had on the sleeves of their power suits. The 53's were replaced by black versions of the emblem that was on the chest of their power suits. Herbie's license plates were replaced with a black license plate with a gold version of the emblem. Herbie was a little bigger and his regular tires were replaced with all-terrain tires. Then, Haley said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Herbie, The Gold Ranger BattleBug."
Kim and the Rangers walked up to Herbie and walked around him and looked inside. Herbie's simple dashboard was replaced with something that was right out of "Star Trek"
Kim looked at Haley and said, "How did you do this?"
"Well, I've had a morphing battle car on the drawing board for a some time now. The only thing I needed to make it a reality was the car. Now, Rangers, I've programmed Herbie's new onboard computer to have him take you to the coordinates of the closest unguarded invisaportal."
"Good luck, you guys," said Kim.
Haley looked at Kim, "Your not going?"
"Of course not. I'm not a Power Ranger."
"That's what you think," said Haley, with a smile on her face, as she walked over to another wall.
Kim and the other rangers stood there confused, and Kim said, "Can somebody come and pick me up because, I'm lost?"
Haley pushed a button and out of the floor rose a rock similar to the one that Conner, Kira, and Ethan found their gems in. But in this rock there was only one gem and it was pink. As Kimberly walked over to it, she felt as if she was being pulled towards it. She knew that this wasn't her choice, but she wasn't totally against it. She picked up the gem and closed her eyes. She saw the image of a pink pterodactyl Zord, then she opened her eyes and smiled. "Your going to need this," said Haley, as she handed Kim her morpher, it looked just like Kira's but was pink instead of yellow, "The command to activate it is 'Dino Thunder, Power Up.' And, you will pilot the Pink Pterazord."
"Thank you, Haley," said Kim.
"Your welcome," said Haley with a smile, "But, you guys better get going."
Kim's students and new teammates walked up to her and Conner said, "Would you like to do the honors?"
Kim smiled, "I'd love to. You guys ready?"
The other rangers stood behind her and flicked their wrist and the gem on their bracelets became their morphers. "Ready," replied the other Rangers.
"It's Morphin Time!" said Kim.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!" said the four rangers in unison. Kim's uniform was identical to Kira's but pink in color.
Kim could hardly contain herself, "This is great! I forgot how great it feels to be a Power Ranger."
"OK, guys," said Haley, "get going."
"Right," said the Rangers as they headed toward Herbie. Kira and Ethan got in the back seat, Conner sat in the passenger seat, and Kim got behind the wheel.
"OK, guys," said Kim, "Let's go get Tommy!" She stepped on the gas petal and Herbie shot out of the lab.
To be continued…
By Ryan T. Morris
Category: Action/Romance/Comedy
Disclaimer: Power Rangers and Herbie, "The Love Bug" are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Notes: Please Read and Review! Thanks to everyone for the great comments. I guess I have finally found a storyline that people like. BTW, if you have any story ideas for this fan fic, please feel free to send them to me. I'll give you full credit for your ideas. Thanks!
"I've been helping Tommy create the Ranger energy since grad school," said Haley, "He's great with dinosaurs and rocks. But, a rocket scientist, he ain't."
"And you are," said Ethan.
"Among other things."
"OK," said Kira, "You know who we are. You know what we are. Do you know where Dr. Oliver is?"
"I have a pretty good idea," said Haley, as she took a disc out of her bag, and put it in the computer, "This is from the day of your gig, Kira." On the screen, they saw Tommy walking toward the Cyberspace then being ambushed by Tyrannodrones.
"What are those things?" asked Kim.
"Those are Tyrannodrones," said Haley, "They were Tommy's creation but Mesagog changed there programming and turned them evil."
"But, Dr. O's a Power Ranger, why didn't he just morph?" asked Conner.
"Not anymore," said Haley.
"We didn't get that far," said Kim, as she restarted the video. They watched as Tommy talked about the Rangers loosing their powers, the journey to get the Ninja powers, Kim giving Kat her power coin, the creation of the Zeo Rangers, Jason becoming the Gold Ranger, the creation of the Turbo Rangers, and the transfer of powers to the new Turbo Rangers.
"… After that, Tommy went to college where he met yours truly," said Haley.
"How do we find Tommy?" said Kim.
"I've got an idea," said Kira, "what about invisaportals? There must be hundreds of them all over the city."
"What are those?" asked Kim.
"It's what Mesagog and his goons use to get around the city."
"I've been working on something along those lines but I need some time," said Haley.
"Great, what should we do in the meantime?" asked Conner.
"Here, watch more of your heritage," said Haley, as she restarted the video, then she turned to Kim, "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure," said Kim.
Kim and Haley walked to the other side of the lab and then Haley said, "Kim, I need a favor."
"Sure, what is it?"
"I think I have a way to break into Mesagog's lab, but we need a very fast vehicle in order to do it."
"And you want to use Herbie?"
"I just need to make a few modifications to him."
"OK," said Kim.
The two women walked upstairs to the driveway where Herbie was sitting. Haley explained what she wanted to do to Herbie and he agreed to help. Haley and Herbie went into Tommy's garage. Before she closed the door, she looked at Kim and said, "I'll let you know when I'm done."
Then, Kim walked back downstairs, Kira, Conner, and Ethan were still watching Tommy's video diary.
"…with the return of Mesagog, it became necessary to invoke the power of the Dino Gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are in charge of protecting the planet…" said Tommy's voice. Then, on the screen, appeared pictures of Ethan, Conner, and Kira. Below each of there pictures was a picture of each ranger standing in front of their respective Zord.
"It's us," said Kira.
"…your in good hands."
"He really trusts us," said Conner.
"He does," said Kim, "and if Tommy can trust you guys so can I. It's time I told you all the truth."
The Rangers all looked at each other, "What are you talking about?" asked Ethan.
Kim looked at Conner and said, "Conner, It wasn't me that beat you in that drag race. It was Herbie, my car."
"You named your car?" said Conner.
"No, it's his name, maybe I should start at the beginning…" said Kim. Then she started telling the Rangers all about Herbie. She told them how Herbie (and her Aunt Carol) met her Uncle Jim and how he got his name (he was named by a friend of her Uncle Jim, Tennessee Steinmetz. Tennessee told Jim that Herbie reminded him of his Uncle Herb, who was a boxer, and after a couple of fights, he started to look like the little car).
She also told the Rangers all about Herbie's racing career, and about a man named Peter Thorndyke, the man who owned the car dealership that Uncle Jim bought Herbie from and he was also Aunt Carol's boss, who wanted Herbie so bad that he had Aunt Carol go on a date with Uncle Jim just so he could mess with the little car, and get Uncle Jim to sell Herbie back to him. Unfortunately, Thorndyke succeeded in getting Herbie drunk by poring Irish Coffee in his gas tank. Herbie lost the race he was in the next day and with that Uncle Jim lost faith in Herbie and Herbie lost faith in Uncle Jim. Herbie was so distraught that he tried to commit suicide by driving off the Golden Gate Bridge. Fortunately, Uncle Jim found him in the nick of time, but as Uncle Jim was trying to pull Herbie back onto the bridge, he slipped and grabbed Herbie's front bumper. Herbie realized what was going on and pulled himself back onto the bridge saving both himself and Uncle Jim.
As Kim was telling the Rangers all about Herbie's adventures, Kira and Ethan were hanging on to her every word. Conner couldn't careless. When she finished, he said, "Come on you guys don't believe all that?"
"Yeah," said Kira.
"It was great," said Ethan.
"It sounds like a Disney movie," said Conner.
"I'd go see it," said Kira.
"Me too," said Ethan.
Conner rolled his eyes as Kim suppressed a laugh.
Just then, Haley walked back into the lab, "Hey, guys. What's up?"
Kim turned and said, "I was just telling them all about Herbie. How's the search for Tommy going?"
"I think I found a way into Mesagog's lab," said Haley, "And speaking of Herbie, I have just finished the modifications I have been making to him."
"Modifications?" said Kira.
"What kind of modifications?" asked Ethan.
"You'll see," said Haley.
Haley opened the back entrance to the lab and there sat Herbie. Conner walked around him a couple of times, stood next to Herbie's right rear tire and said, "It doesn't look any different to me. It still looks like the same unattractive looking Beetle that Ms. H beat me in the other day." Conner felt something on his foot. He looked down and saw that Herbie was leaking a steady stream of oil onto his foot. Haley, Ethan, Kira, and Kim were all trying to hold back their laughter unsuccessfully, through her laughter Kim said, "Herbie! Stop that!" Herbie did as he was told and Conner walked back over to the others.
"OK. OK," said Haley, as she composted herself, "Now as you can see Herbie doesn't look any different than normal. But, watch this." she turned toward Herbie and said, "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" Herbie beeped the same six tones that Kim use to hear when she was still an active Ranger and a gold colored light surrounded Herbie. When it subsided , Herbie had changed. He was now gold and the red, white, and blue racing stripes where replaced with white diamonds similar to the ones the Rangers had on the sleeves of their power suits. The 53's were replaced by black versions of the emblem that was on the chest of their power suits. Herbie's license plates were replaced with a black license plate with a gold version of the emblem. Herbie was a little bigger and his regular tires were replaced with all-terrain tires. Then, Haley said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Herbie, The Gold Ranger BattleBug."
Kim and the Rangers walked up to Herbie and walked around him and looked inside. Herbie's simple dashboard was replaced with something that was right out of "Star Trek"
Kim looked at Haley and said, "How did you do this?"
"Well, I've had a morphing battle car on the drawing board for a some time now. The only thing I needed to make it a reality was the car. Now, Rangers, I've programmed Herbie's new onboard computer to have him take you to the coordinates of the closest unguarded invisaportal."
"Good luck, you guys," said Kim.
Haley looked at Kim, "Your not going?"
"Of course not. I'm not a Power Ranger."
"That's what you think," said Haley, with a smile on her face, as she walked over to another wall.
Kim and the other rangers stood there confused, and Kim said, "Can somebody come and pick me up because, I'm lost?"
Haley pushed a button and out of the floor rose a rock similar to the one that Conner, Kira, and Ethan found their gems in. But in this rock there was only one gem and it was pink. As Kimberly walked over to it, she felt as if she was being pulled towards it. She knew that this wasn't her choice, but she wasn't totally against it. She picked up the gem and closed her eyes. She saw the image of a pink pterodactyl Zord, then she opened her eyes and smiled. "Your going to need this," said Haley, as she handed Kim her morpher, it looked just like Kira's but was pink instead of yellow, "The command to activate it is 'Dino Thunder, Power Up.' And, you will pilot the Pink Pterazord."
"Thank you, Haley," said Kim.
"Your welcome," said Haley with a smile, "But, you guys better get going."
Kim's students and new teammates walked up to her and Conner said, "Would you like to do the honors?"
Kim smiled, "I'd love to. You guys ready?"
The other rangers stood behind her and flicked their wrist and the gem on their bracelets became their morphers. "Ready," replied the other Rangers.
"It's Morphin Time!" said Kim.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!" said the four rangers in unison. Kim's uniform was identical to Kira's but pink in color.
Kim could hardly contain herself, "This is great! I forgot how great it feels to be a Power Ranger."
"OK, guys," said Haley, "get going."
"Right," said the Rangers as they headed toward Herbie. Kira and Ethan got in the back seat, Conner sat in the passenger seat, and Kim got behind the wheel.
"OK, guys," said Kim, "Let's go get Tommy!" She stepped on the gas petal and Herbie shot out of the lab.
To be continued…