Chapter Four

Andros & Nicole had already arrived on the moon, where Rita & Lord Zedd's Lunar Palace stood. Nicole knew that from her visions, she had to go down into the Caves of Deception in order to retrieve the Dragon Dagger. She heard about the Caves of Deception from Tommy & Kat when they went to reclaim the Falcon Zord as well as taking the Zeo Crystal too.

As she went down the steps that lead into the Caves of Deception, Nicole suddenly saw her green dino gem lit up. She didn't know what was causing it to react until she lifted her head & right there in front of her was a green glowing light exactly like her dino gem. Nicole rushed over to see what it was. When she arrived, there was the Dragon Dagger stuck in the stone, while giving off a powerful glare like her dino gem. When she grasped the handle of the dagger, the light instantly dimmed & as soon as she drew it from the stone; the intense glow went out like a candle.

Right away Nicole felt the same power of the dagger that her brother once had. It made her feel in control, as well as giving her strength. She finally smiled because she knew that both Tommy & Kat would be proud of her. Not only them, but her boyfriend Trent as well. Then she quickly left the Caves of Deception & up to the surface of the moon, where Andros was awaiting for her. She knew that he was giving her a smile underneath his helmet as she jumped onto his Galaxy Glider. Together they headed back to Earth, where her brother, Kat, & everyone she knew was waiting for her.

Tommy, Kat, & the rest of their friends were still sitting in the living room talking about what's been going on in their lives as they waited impatiently for the return of Andros & Nicole. Then suddenly Kat saw something coming towards their way through the window & she couldn't believe who it was.

Kat: "Guys! She's back! Nicole's back!"

Everyone quickly got up from their seats to look out the window. Indeed Nicole was back. She hopped off from Andros's galaxy glider onto the ground. She had already demorphed into her civilian form before landing in front of the house. Nicole gave Andros a hug before he took off & watched him disappeared into the sky. The moment Nicole stepped into the house, she was wrapped into her brother's & Kat's arms.

Nicole: "I promised I'd be back."

Tommy: "I knew you would."

Kat: "Did you…?"

Nicole: "Yeah, I did! Here it is."

Nicole was released from the confinement of her brother & Kat's arms to show them the Dragon Dagger. Tommy couldn't believe that the dagger that he had once held was now in the hands of his sister. He moved out of the way so that Jason, Kim, Billy, & Zack could see the legendary dagger that nearly destroyed them. Just then all eleven of them heard a familiar sound & Tommy brought his communicator / morpher to his lips.

Tommy: "Go ahead Hayley!"

Hayley: "There's a monster attacking downtown Reefside & the others are there already."

Tommy: "Got it! Thanks Hayley!"

He turned to look at Nicole who nodded her head. There was a spark in her eyes that he hadn't seen in a long time. Tommy faced his friends as well as Kat & they knew that you can't keep a ranger down. But they all had a smile on their faces.

Jason: "Go for it bro!"

Kim: "Be careful!"

Billy: "Go get them."

Zack: "Show them how it's done."

Rocky: "Man! I'm missing all the action out there."

Adam: "Time to save the world again."

Tanya: "Good Luck you two!"

Kat: "Come back safely!"

Justin: "It's back to action!"

Tommy & Nicole gave them a grin as they got into position with Nicole behind him before morphing. With a flick of their wrists, their morphers appeared as Tommy & Nicole called out.

Tommy & Nicole: "Dino Thunder Power Up! Ha!"

Then right there in front of their friends were the Black & Green Dino Thunder rangers.

Tommy: "If you guys want, you can go down to the Dino Ruins where Hayley is. She's our technical advisor. Cyberspace owner, very intelligent, an MIT graduate & she's always well informed about people. Especially you guys."

Kat: "I'll show you guys where it is & then I'll come down."

Kat showed them which way to go down to the Dino Ruins & then returned to where Tommy & Nicole were. Nicole let them have a moment before they rushed off to help the other rangers as well as her boyfriend. She watched as Tommy pulled Kat into his arms as Kat wrapped her arms around him & they hugged each other tightly.

Kat: "Please be careful Tommy! I just got you back & I don't want to lose you again."

Tommy: "I promise Kat."

Kat: "I know. You as well Nicole."

Nicole: "I'll be careful, Kat."

Kat: "Now both of you should go & save the world."

She gave them a smile before they rushed out to join the other rangers. Kat headed down to the command center underneath Tommy & Nicole's house. When she arrived, she saw all of them were sitting around the command center watching the intense battle between the rangers, Elsa, Zeltrax, another monster, & the Tyrannodrones.

Jason: "Watching the new team of rangers sure bring back old memories."

Kim: "I know, right. Who would ever thought that both Tommy & Nicole would be back as rangers again?"

Billy: "Once a ranger!"

"Always a ranger!"

Rocky: "I miss the good old days!"

Aisha: "I think we all do Rocky."

Kat: "Though I heard from Nicole that you Jason were on a red ranger mission to the moon to stop the rest of the Machine Empire from attacking Earth with Serpentera."

Jason: "In fact I was on that mission."

Tanya: "How did Nicole know?"

Kat: "Turns out she was training the new team at that time, when Carter Grayson showed up to get Cole in Turtle Cove."

Adam: "Who else did she mentor?"

Hayley: "Nicole mentored the Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force, & the Ninja Storm teams."

Justin: "She's always busy, but that's just Nicole."

Jason: "She also helped out with Andros & his team as well."

Billy: "Hayley! I've heard that both you & Tommy are trying to find a way for the rangers to teleport here, right."

Hayley: "That's what we've been aiming for, but unfortunately we don't know how."

Billy: "Maybe I might be able to help you with that."

Meanwhile on the battlefield, the rangers, Elsa, Zeltrax, the monster, & the Tyrannodrones were busy trying to finish their enemies off, when the arrival of Tommy & Nicole showed up. Tommy headed straight off to help his students while Nicole went directly to assist her boyfriend Trent. Tommy did a quick leap over to where Elsa was about to strike Kira & sent her flying with a kick. Kira looked up to see her teacher.

Kira: "Thanks Dr. O."

Tommy: "Anytime Kira!"

Conner & Ethan were busy fighting the monster that Mesagog had created to destroy the rangers. This monster was giving them a run for their money. Trent & Nicole had just finished defeating the Tyrannodrones before heading off to help the others with their battles.

Jason: "The new team's pretty good."

Hayley: "It's all because of both Tommy & Nicole have been training them."

Kat: "Every Saturday morning, they would come here & Tommy & Nicole would spar with them. Conner & Ethan, Tommy & Kira, & Trent & Nicole."

Tanya: "So Trent is Nicole's…"

Kat: "Boyfriend! He almost didn't but at least he took his chance to ask Nicole out. Besides Trent's a great guy to Nicole & he loves her. You know how Tommy is."

"Overprotective!"

Rocky: "Besides we all know that Nicole's been hurt before, especially with you know what & from that day on Tommy's been a bit protective of her."

Adam: "True. But he also knows that she can take care of herself."

Aisha: "What's your view on Trent Kat?"

Kat: "Like I said Trent's a great guy & he loves Nicole. He enjoys surprising her with gifts, romantic dates, & treating her like a queen."

Hayley: "Plus Trent's always whispering something or calling her babe, baby, sexy, & gorgeous. She would blush because she's never had anyone give her so much attention before."

Tanya: "I like him already. He sure knows how to make a girl feel special about herself. What about Tommy?"

Kat: "He has his moments but he sure knows how to surprise me among other things."

In the meantime, the battle between the rangers & their enemies were still going. Conner, Ethan, Kira, & Trent were battling the monster at the same time that Tommy & Nicole were exchanging blows with Elsa & Zeltrax. Tommy had his Brachio staff out blocking strikes from Zeltrax while Nicole had her Dragon dagger against Elsa.

Conner: "I've had enough of this monster! Let's show him how it's done. Z-Rex Blaster, Guys!"

"RIGHT!"

Soon their weapons were put together to form the Z-Rex Blaster. Nicole powered up her Dragon Dagger & together the rangers fired at their enemy; destroying him. Mesagog wasn't happy of course. So he decided to regrow the monster into a giant. When the rangers saw their enemy had become a giant, they knew exactly what to do.

Tommy: "It's Brachio Time!"

Then a few minutes later, Tommy's gigantic Brachiozord came into view. It stopped before opening all its doors to reveal the red Tyrannozord, blue Tricerazord, & the yellow Pterazord. Trent called upon his white Dragozord as well as his plum Stegozord. Nicole brought the dagger to her lips & began to play the tune to summon the legendary Dragonzord.

Immediately the waters of the Pacific began to boil as the Dragonzord came out up of the water. It let out a powerful deafening sound that made the monster scare a bit. Even Conner, Ethan, Kira, & Trent were impressed by it.

Trent: "Wow! That zord is incredible."

Kira: "That's the legendary Dragonzord that Dr. O. once had."

Nicole: "It's mine now!"

The monster knew that it was outnumbered & decided to try to destroy one of them before taking on the other. He made his move by going in for a strike at the Thundersaurus Megazord, but luckily Nicole saw what was going to happen & played her dagger to block the attack.

Tommy watched as his sister played the dagger that he once held. It brought back a few bittersweet memories that he had pushed into the farthest part of his mind. But now he didn't have to worry because he knew that his old Dragonzord was in safe hands. It didn't take that long to destroy the monster. Soon they were heading back to the Dino Ruins with Conner, Ethan, & Kira on their Raptor Cycles, Tommy & Trent on their ATV's as well as Nicole riding behind her boyfriend. Once they've reached the Dino Ruins, the rangers got off their vehicles & crossed their arms high above their heads to power down. That's when Trent wrapped his arms around Nicole's waist & pulled her back against his chest.

Trent: "You were incredible out there, babe!"

Nicole: "Always the charmer, huh?"

Trent: "No, just you! Besides you're the one & only for me."

Nicole blushed a bit as Trent told her that she's the only one for him. Hayley gave Kat, Tanya, Aisha, & Kim a knowing smile. Even Tommy was grinning too. Ever since that day, Nicole knew that her life will never be the same. It was the day she met Trent.

Flashback:

Cyberspace Reefside, California

Nicole & Kira were sitting at a table, working on their science homework, while listening to some of Kira's songs that she wrote. Suddenly, a guy appeared at their table. When Nicole saw him, she was instantly blushing because he was sexy.

"Hey! Do you know where Hayley is? I'm supposed to start working today."

Kira: "She should be around here somewhere. Haven't I seen you at school?

"Yeah! I just moved here recently. I'm Trent."

Kira: "Hi! I'm Kira & this one over here is Nicole."

Trent turned his head to look at Nicole & couldn't help but stare at her. Only one word to describe her. Gorgeous.

End of Flashback

Trent: "What were you thinking about babe?"

Nicole: "I was thinking about when we first met."

Trent: "The day that I showed up at the Cyberspace to work."

Nicole: "Yeah!"

Trent: "I was thinking on how I was going to ask you out. Even though I had just met you, you simply took my breath away."

Nicole: "I'd say the same for you."

Kat giggled. It was like as if she was taking another walk down memory lane. This one reminded her of when she first met Tommy at the Juice Bar. Just watching Trent & Nicole having their playful moment was perfect because she had a grin on her face, her chocolate color eyes were shining with delight, & she had someone who adores her for who she is. Tommy watched as Trent brought out his sister's teasing side with just being there & he knew that this was someone he could trust with his sister forever. Just as he was thinking about Trent being in his sister's life, Nicole was thinking the exact same thing only with Kat. She always dreamed of having Kat becoming her sister one day & Nicole knew that Tommy was still in love with her.

Billy & Hayley both came in where the rest of the team as well as those who were once rangers with smiles on their faces.

Tommy: "Hey Billy! Hayley! What's going on?"

Billy: "Hey Tommy! Nicole! I heard from Hayley that you've been trying to find a way to teleport into the command center like we did before, right."

Tommy: "Yeah, we've been figuring out ways for it but none of them worked."

Hayley: "You're in luck, Tommy because Billy here just found the way to let you guys teleport again."

Nicole: "Seriously Billy! YES!"

Tommy: "Thanks Billy for everything!"

Billy: "You don't have to thank me Tommy. You too Nicole."

Trent: "Care to fill me in babe?"

Nicole: "Sorry Trent. Billy here discovered a way for us to teleport into the command center."

Tommy: "That way we can disappear without anyone noticing us when there's trouble & get back as if we'd never left."

Ethan: "Sweet! This is gonna be awesome."

Conner: "You said it!"

While everyone was busy talking about other things, Nicole went over to Tanya & Aisha to talk to them about something.

Nicole: "Hey Tanya! Aisha! I want to talk to you about something or rather someone."

Tanya: "Who is it Nicole?"

Nicole: "Did Tommy spoke to you about Kira Ford?"

Aisha: "You mean the Yellow Dino Thunder ranger!"

Nicole: "Yeah!"

Tanya: "Why?"

Nicole: "She has an amazing singing voice. If you guys aren't busy tomorrow, then stop by the Cyberspace & you can watch her perform."

Tanya: "Okay! We'll be there as with everyone else."

Aisha: "You can count on that!"

Nicole: "You'll love her. If you don't believe me, then ask Kat or Tommy."