Author's Notes: Once again, thanks to all my readers and reviewers. I'm glad you all liked the Ranger Mothers' Support Group; it was one of my more ingenious ideas for this fic so far. And no, Tommy is not in trouble with the moms. They have no intention of intervening unless absolutely necessary. I'm not completely pleased with this chapter, but I had a sequence of events that I wanted to happen, and wrote it out to what I think is the best of my ability. I'm not sure what I could have done to improve it, though. I really don't like the ending, but couldn't figure out what else to say that wouldn't just be padding. This should feed into what I'm planning for the next chapter quite well, though. I'm going to be doing a slightly different style for the next chapter, so it's experimental in some ways. Oh, and I have no intention of injecting any songs or lyrics into my story. I may be a music lover, but I have no good sense when it comes to matching songs with situations, nor am I talented enough to write my own stuff.

Disclaimer: Power Rangers is owned by Saban. Power Rangers Dino Thunder was owned by Disney at the time. I only own the story and the words. Oh, and that Jen character that isn't in this chapter.

Three days had passed since the last attack on Reefside. It was now Friday, and Trent was moving that morning. He had spent the last two days packing all of the furniture and things that he was taking, and Conner, Ethan, and Tommy had volunteered to go with Trent and his father to help him move. Because the city was still in danger, Conner and Ethan planned to morph and take their newly repaired Raptor Cycles so that should an attack occur they can quickly return.

Conner, Ethan, Kira, and Angela arrived at the Dino Lab early that morning to find both Dr. Oliver and Hayley already awake and preparing for their day. Hayley was already working on Kira's Cycle, and Dr. Oliver was waiting with directions for the boys to follow. As soon as everyone was ready, Conner and Ethan morphed and headed out, Tommy left to go to the Mercer mansion in his jeep. Angela tended the computer while Kira sat off to the side, playing her guitar quietly.

After doing some preliminary scans of the city, Angela finally turned to Kira to strike up a conversation. "So," she started, "what's up with Conner? I noticed that he honestly didn't seem all that concerned the other day when Krista disappeared. I thought they were going out?"

Kira looked up at her and gave her answer some thought before answering. "They were. Krista was at the café on Tuesday. She gave him an ultimatum, which he didn't meet, and she broke it off. He wasn't too broken up about it, though. It's almost like he wanted it to happen, just without doing it himself."

"I see. And now he's going off to help the ex move away."

Kira glared at the other girl. "It was never like that. We never got that far. I've come to terms with it, so if you'd kindly drop it…"

Angela held her hands up in front of her and shook her head. "Whatever you say. I just wanted to get my facts straight. Ethan has tried to explain what all is going on, but I figured I should hear it from more than one person. For perspective, of course."

"Ah. Well, there's not much to say. Conner now appears to be happily single, and I'm not particularly interesting in looking right now…"

At this they let a silence settle around them for awhile, then Kira went back to her notebook to jot a few lines down that this conversation brought up to her.

The trip up to Trent's new apartment was uneventful to say the least. Conner and Ethan found an out of the way place to hide the cycles, where they demorphed and walked the rest of the way to the building. They found a bench to sit and wait for the arrival of the others with the moving truck.

"Seems like a nice place." Conner commented.

Ethan studied the area around them and agreed, "Yeah it does. I can see why he picked this area to move to."

"We'll have to come visit him some time after he's settled."

They sat there for a few more minutes before Ethan finally decided to ask the question that's been burning in his mind since Tuesday. "So, when are you gonna make your move? You're both available now, you know."

Conner just shook his head at his best friend's bluntness. "Not yet, bro. You can't rush this stuff. Despite the fact that I've wanted this for a long time, if I say something now, she'll just think something is up and it'll drive her away from me. It'll happen eventually, I'm just gonna give it time."

"Sounds good to me. I just want to see my best friends happy."

They bantered back and forth for some time, generally enjoying each others' company until Trent, Dr. Mercer and Dr. Oliver showed up with the moving truck. By now it was mid-morning and they were just starting to unload the truck, laughing and having a good time. They continued working into the afternoon and stopped to eat lunch after a couple of hours. At approximately three in the afternoon, however, Conner's bracelet chimed…

"Conner, trouble in Reefside. There's a monster attacking and Kira's in trouble." Angela said over the communicator.

Conner looked up at his companions with pleading eyes. Ethan nodded to him and said, "Go on, Conner. If you need any more help, just call me." Conner nodded back gratefully and rushed out of the new apartment, kicking up his super speed to get to the bikes quicker. He slowed down as he approached them and morphed, climbing onto the red cycle and sped back to Reefside.

Earlier that day, things were relatively quiet in the Lab when suddenly the alarm started blaring. Angela whirled into action, locating where the attack was taking place and what was causing it. "Looks like a swarm of 'drones downtown, causing random destruction. Should I call the guys?"

Kira scoffed at the girl. "For just 'drones? Please, this is gonna be simple."

Hayley made her presence known at this time. "You're in luck, as I just finished repairing your Raptor Cycle."

"Thanks, Hayley."

Kira morphed and sped off downtown. She hopped off and dived into the swarm of 'drones. In a matter of minutes, she took them all out without coming close to breaking a sweat. A new Invisiportal opened up and sucked the Tyrannodrones away, depositing a new monster in their place. It looked to be a cross between a snake of some type and an armadillo.

"Upping the ante, eh? Let's see how you like my Ptera Grips!" Kira rushed the monster and got a few solid hits in before being thrown back. She took minimal damage, but was still on the ground. As she attempted to rise to her feet, the monster curled into a ball and spikes protruded all around it. It rolled around gathering speed and charged the Yellow Ranger, slamming her back into the side of a building. Before getting back up, she spoke into her morpher, "Angela, I could really use some help here!"

"Already on the way. I contacted them when the monster showed up."

The monster was revving itself back up for another charge when all of a sudden, a voice cried out "Tyranno Staff!" The monster did not heed this call and started towards the battered Ranger. Before it could connect, however, the Red Dino Thunder Ranger was already there, holding his staff from the end, looking prepared to swing. He shouted, "Fore!" and sent the monster flying far away.

Kira stood up and looked to her rescuer, saying, "I didn't know you could play golf."

"I can't." He replied. "Did you see how bad a hooked that shot?"

They chuckled for a moment, getting their bearings before the monster was able to recover. It uncurled and made its way back to the Rangers, squaring off against them.

Conner regarded his new adversary for a moment. "Snake, Armadillo, and… what, Pineapple?"

Kira shrugged, "Who cares? Let's kill it and get out of here."

This was apparently the cue for both sides, and they both charged, The Red and Yellow Rangers working in unison, managing to keep the monster more or less unbalanced for some time. Finally, the monster got an opening and managed to bite Kira's arm. It stayed latched on for a moment before Conner managed to beat it away from her. She shook her head for a moment before getting back into a ready stance. The monster once again curled up and started rolling around to build up speed again. Conner tried to intercept it to stop it, but it was able to dodge around his advances. Kira seemed to be having a hard time keeping track of where the monster was, as such she wasn't prepared for when it charged her again. This time she was slammed hard enough to force her to demorph.

"Oh, you did not just…" Conner was furious. He ran up to the monster that was still in ball form. He gripped two of the spikes and twirled around in place, throwing it as far away as he could before turning to regard his fallen companion. Upon verifying she was still breathing, he turned back to his foe and shouted, "Super Dino Mode!" The diamond pattern on his uniform appeared to grow spikes, and his power grew exponentially. He charged the uncurling enemy and started going ballistic on it. The monster wasn't able to get an attack in through the Red Ranger's rage. Within mere moments, the monster was no more, and not even a single piece of it was left to be grown to giant size. Wordlessly, he powered down from Super Dino Mode and walked back to where Kira was still knocked out. He gently picked her up and strapped her onto his back, walking over to her Raptor Cycle and driving her back to the Dino Lab.

Darkness. Well, darkness and a splitting headache. That was the first sensation she had when she came to. The last thing she could remember was Conner arriving to help her take down the latest monster. Something about a pineapple, she thought. She groaned and opened her eyes, instantly regretting it, as it aggravated her headache even more. She sat up and looked around. She was in the Dino Lab, she realized.

Angela sensed the movement and walked over to Kira. She had a glass of water and a tablet of some kind ready and handed them to the girl. "Here," she said, "this should help with the headache. How are you feeling?"

Kira took the pill and blinked a few times before answering. "A little dizzy and queasy. What happened after I was out of it?"

"You demorphed and Conner went all berserker on it. He grabbed it by the spikes and tossed it away, went Super Dino Mode and proceeded to kick the crap out of it. There wasn't enough of it left to grow to super sized form. I was rather surprised to see him like that, though…"

Kira adopted a thoughtful expression at this. She said, "Conner's always been like that, though. He takes it personally when any of us get hurt. It makes him a little reckless, but it seems to cause him to draw on much more strength than ever before."

"Hmm… I've gone over the footage from the last year, and he's never been that enraged before, though. Are you sure it's not just you he wanted to protect?"

Kira wasn't liking the direction of this conversation, and made to try to stand up. She wobbled for a second before sitting back down again.

Angela smirked at this and told her, "That might not be a good idea. Conner says you were bitten by that monster and suggested we test your blood for any toxins. It seems you're currently being affected by a mild neurotoxin which makes you dizzy and nauseous. Apparently its purpose was to keep you off balance, rather than be lethal."

"Ah."

"Hayley is working on synthesizing an antidote, but she says it might take a couple of days. You should probably try coming up with a cover story for why you're feeling that way. In the meantime, you'll want to get plenty of rest until we can find a way to neutralize the poison."

"Yeah… sure…" Kira laid back down and decided to try to get some more sleep.

Conner made his way back up to Trent's new apartment, leaving his Cycle in the same place as last time. He used his super speed to return to the others, who had just finished getting the last of the furniture in. Once he made his presence known, they rushed up to him to ask of the battle.

"What happened? Is Kira okay?" Ethan asked.

"Kira's alright. I got there in time to help…" Conner started.

"What kind of monster was it this time?" Dr. Oliver chimed in.

"Weird, like usual. Some cross between an armadillo, a pineapple, and a snake. Unfortunately, it bit Kira. I think it injected something into her system. When I got her back to the Lab, I asked Hayley and Angela to check her blood for anything unusual."

"Good thinking." Trent said. "Well, we're done here, so why don't we go get some dinner, and you guys can head home."

"Sounds good to me, son." Dr. Mercer replied.