Thunder Storm Odyssey
Part of the Power Rangers: Worlds, Times and Distances Apart Universe
A Power Rangers Fanfiction
Chapter 2: Back In Business
by Lauraac2110
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Ninja Operations, very late in the evening, a few minutes later
"Ethan, wait!" Conner exclaimed. "I'm sorry about what he said. Eric can be quite a jerk at times."
Ethan, from where he was standing in the stairwell down to Ninja Ops, sighed as he turned to Conner whilst he headed down the stairs.
"I know, Conner, but I'm starting to get quite sick of it. He doesn't treat me seriously or respectfully at all," he replied. "To be honest, he doesn't take anything seriously. Not even the mess that we're in right now."
"I know. He's a complete and utter jerk," Conner sighed as he followed Ethan down the stairs. "When he acts that way, it makes me glad that I met you, Kira, Trent and Dr O.. If I hadn't, I could have turned out like he has."
Ethan smiled. "A complete and utter jerk too," he said.
Conner nodded. "But don't tell him that I said that."
"I won't," Ethan promised as he sighed. "Conner, I'm worried. Despite the Sensei's reassurances, they barely managed to hold off Lothor's army when they attacked the academy today. Without their Ranger Powers, they're fighting a losing battle and there's nothing that we can do to help them."
Conner sighed. "We've been here for two years and, despite learning all we can from secretly watching their techniques, it's still not enough to be allowed entry into the academy to learn more. Eric rejoined so why won't they let us join as well?"
"You're not allowed to enter the academy because Dr Tommy Oliver taught you everything he knew about an art long lost to us and we don't want his teachings to be corrupted," Cam replied as he revealed that he was sitting in the chair.
"What?" Ethan exclaimed. "So you're telling us that..."
"You're mysteries to us," Cam replied quite simply. "Let me explain. Long ago, the scrolls tell us that the first ninjas, under the command of a warrior known as Ninjor, learned and used a technique called Ninjetti. It was based upon the animal spirits within and those who used it were known to be formidable in battle. However, Ninjor left them and, after a few years, there was a split."
"What happened?" Conner asked curiously.
"A group splintered off from the first ninjas calling themselves Pai Zhua, the Order of the Claw, and continued to use the Ninjetti technique along with kung fu. As far as we know, they left because of an ancient evil known as Dai Shi during the first Beast War and never returned to our folds. Those left behind became the Order of the Elements because they turned away from Ninjetti and vowed never to use it again as it had caused so much destruction during the first Beast War. Both Orders faded into secrecy but, whilst Pai Zhua forgot completely about us and the general ninja techniques, we never forgot about them, although we did turn away from kung fu for some reason, as tales about our history were passed down from master to master down the ranks to the present day," Cam answered.
"How..." Ethan began.
Cam shook his head as he held up a hand to stop Ethan. "Let me finish. It was my father who first accidentally recognised your technique for what it was. He was watching you practice your skills one day and, at the same time, he happened to be pouring over some of our oldest scrolls."
"Let me guess, he was pouring over the ones which detailed what happened to those who practised Ninjetti," Conner said.
Cam nodded. "Yes. You both happened to use a set of moves known as the Falcon and Crane stances whilst he was watching and he recognised that you both practised Ninjetti. At first, my father and I couldn't believe it but, after we both watched you together, we realised that you were indeed using the lost techniques. We talked and, after arriving at a general consensus, we agreed not to let you enter the academy so that your technique would be preserved completely. It took us a while to work out that your teacher had taught you Ninjetti techniques along with a number of his signature moves but, when we did, we were puzzled. We don't know how he managed to learn it in the first place but we were hoping that you might."
Ethan shook his head. "I can't remember him ever telling us."
"Neither can I although..." Conner began.
"Cam, come quickly!" Tori yelled just as she rushed into Ninja Operations.
"Tori, what has happened?" Cam asked instantly.
"You won't believe it unless you see it. Come on," she exclaimed as she grabbed his arm and led him upstairs. Conner and Ethan looked at each other.
"Come on, they're not going to hide anything else from us any more," Conner said as he quickly followed after Tori and Cam.
"Yeah," Ethan agreed as he ran after Conner.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, Inner Sanctum, very late in the evening, a few minutes later
"Whoa..." Ethan said as they saw the glowing depiction of a warrior holding a shield with three spheres arranged in a triangle in the centre of it. The first sphere was also glowing. The writing around it identified the warrior as Ninjor and Ethan turned pale. "Talk about creepy considering..."
"What are they doing here?" Sensei Kanoi Watanabe demanded. Cam turned to see Conner and Ethan standing in the doorway.
"They probably followed me," Cam admitted as Hunter and Blake seized them. "I'm sorry, dad."
"Hey, let go! You're hurting me," Conner exclaimed.
"Get them out of here," Sensei snapped.
"No, dad, wait! They..." Cam began. However, before he could finish, Ethan suddenly managed to break free of Hunter, by knocking him to the ground with a powerful shove, as his skin began to glow with a blue tinge to it.
"Dino-Skin..." Conner breathed. "But that's..."
"Impossible," Ethan finished as he took a deep breath.
"It would mean that..." Conner began as he suddenly closed his eyes. A second later, Blake was on the ground as Conner managed to break free of him. He had also moved as far away as possible from the Wind and Thunder Ninja Rangers.
"Conner, are you thinking what I'm thinking at this moment?" Ethan asked with a smile. Conner nodded.
"I'm certainly thinking what you're thinking," he replied with a grin. "We're back in business."
"How is that possible?" Tori asked.
"The source of their powers must have been re-energized recently," Cam replied simply as he helped Blake and Hunter to their feet.
"Then, we're Power Rangers again," Ethan said. "And Dr O. is alive."
Conner nodded. "I knew that he would survive this."
"Get them both out of here. We can discuss the return of their powers later," Sensei Watanabe snapped to Shane and Dustin.
Shane and Dustin nodded but, before they could reach Conner and Ethan, Cam put himself between them. They stopped in their tracks.
"Dad, I won't let you send them away," Cam warned. "They already know about Ninjor and they know about the reason why they haven't been allowed to join either of the Ninja Academies."
"You told them, Cam?" his father said as he turned pale.
"Yes. And now you must tell them about the prophecy on the ancient scroll which has begun to come to pass this night," Cam replied. "Just as you must tell the others as well."
"Sensei, what prophecy does Cam speak of?" Hunter asked.
Sensei Watanabe sighed. "The ancient scrolls of Ninjor speak of a coming storm. A time of great destruction and despair where the force of Neutrality, which has so far remained uninvolved in the never-ending war between Good and Evil, will rise up to make the final decision about which side wins the never-ending war between them," he began as he took a deep breath.
"The scrolls speak of a Chosen One, marked by many Signs, who will come to us in a flurry of golden light with both the Protector and Messenger at his side during his quest for that which was split and hidden long ago. They also say that the Chosen One will be the one to finally put an end to the greatest of all the evil ninjas, my uncle, Lothor," Cam continued.
"Do you know who the so-called Chosen One is?" Tori asked.
"No, Tori, we don't," Sensei Watanabe replied. "The scrolls are unique in the fact that they don't record the prophecy in anything but words."
"Wicked," Ethan exclaimed with a smile. "A prophecy involving a mysterious Chosen One and the end of Lothor who is a great evil. It sounds like something right out of a comic book."
Conner sighed. "I had forgotten that you were obsessed with those things," he muttered.
"Sensei, how do we know when the storm will arrive?" Dustin asked.
"Good question," Hunter murmured.
"The shield has three globes on it," Cam replied. "The scrolls say that the first will alight with a glow when the Chosen One touches the first box of a great power which was split and hidden long ago. The second will alight with a glow when Lothor deals a great blow to the Elements. And, as for the third..."
"It will alight when the storm is finally approaching," Sensei Watanabe grimaced. "When all three are alight, the scrolls say that the Chosen One will have a matter of hours to stop Lothor before all is lost."
"I hate prophecies," Shane muttered. "Sensei, I know that this is a stupid question but, to be honest, are you sure that the scrolls aren't false?"
Cam sighed. "We're sure that they aren't," he replied as he pointed to the centre shield where two familiar symbols rested. "If they were, how would an ancient warrior be able to replicate these present day symbols?"
"Wow, is that..." Tori began.
"The insignia of the Ninja Academies. Yeah," Cam replied.
"And that's..." Conner said as he hesitantly approached it. "Our insignia. The insignia of the Dino Thunder Rangers."
As Conner touched it, the insignia burst into life. Instantly, Conner stepped back.
"What just happened?" he asked instantly.
"It reacted to your presence," Cam replied simply. "Hmm..."
There were a few moments of silence before Sensei Watanabe sighed.
"There's no more to see here," he said simply. "All of you must get some rest as we're going to have a difficult day tomorrow when Lothor returns."
Conner and Ethan nodded. Then, along with the Wind and Thunder Ninja Rangers, they left the inner sanctum. Cam looked to his father.
"Things are only going to become a fight for survival from now on, dad," he grimaced.
"I know, son," Sensei Watanabe sighed. "Let's just hope that the odds are on our side for a change."
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, McKnight/James Dormitory, very late in the evening, another few minutes later
When both Conner and Ethan returned to their dormitory, Eric was fast asleep.
"Thank goodness," Ethan sighed. "If he says one more horrible thing to me, I'll make sure that he regrets it."
"Don't worry," Conner assured. "I'll make sure that he regrets it until the end of his days."
Ethan yawned as he jumped into his bunk. "Good night, Conner."
"Good night, Ethan," Conner replied simply as he followed suit. Minutes later, they were both fast asleep.
Outside Corinth City, Brachiozord Command Centre, the next day, very early in the morning, some time later
"Are you sure that you can do this, Zordon?" Tommy asked with concern as Alpha handed Zordon the silver case which contained the restored Blue and Red Dino Morphers. The case also held the Shield of Triumph and a letter written by Tommy to assure Conner and Ethan that the other Dino Rangers were fine.
Zordon nodded. "Of course, Tommy. I will go there and be back in a matter of minutes," he reassured as he took up his staff with his free hand. Seconds later, he vanished in a flash of light.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, McKnight/James Dormitory, very early in the morning, a few minutes later
As Zordon crept into the room, all of its occupants were fast asleep. He gently set the case down at the side of Conner and Ethan's bunks. Then, he smiled as he looked upon the other two Dino Thunder Rangers.
"Blessings of Zordon, sage of Eltar,upon you both," Zordon whispered. "Sleep well, Rangers, as you are going to need to be ready to drive Lothor off tomorrow again."
Zordon sighed. Then, he quietly crept back out of the room again and, as soon as he was safely out in the corridor again, he vanished in a flash of light.
Outside Corinth City, Brachiozord Command Centre, very early in the morning, a few minutes later
As Zordon reappeared, he had a smile upon his face.
"Well?" Tommy asked anxiously.
"They are just fine, Tommy," Zordon assured. "And they are still safely within the Wind Ninja Academy."
Tommy sighed in relief at this and smiled.
"I was worried that Sensei Watanabe had thrown them out into the harsh wasteland because of the fact that they entered the sacred inner sanctum of the Wind Ninja Academy without his permission," he admitted freely.
"So, Zordon, what do we do now?" RJ asked grimly.
Zordon sighed. "We are now going to talk about everything else you saw and where we have to go from here. Come, this is not the place to discuss our plans," he said as he turned and made his way through to his bedroom with Alpha following close behind him.
Billy, Tommy and RJ sighed. Then, they grimly followed after Zordon and Alpha into Zordon's bedroom as they made their way to the Observatory.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, McKnight/James Dormitory, early in the morning, some time later
"Hey, Conner, Ethan, wake up!" Eric exclaimed. Conner and Ethan both groaned at the sound of his voice.
"Guys, you need to see this! Wake up!" he said firmly as he shook them both awake.
"What is it, bro?" Conner asked as he opened his eyes.
"It had better be important. I was having such a good dream for once," Ethan added.
"I woke up this morning and found this silver case sitting here," Eric replied. "I tried to open but I can't seem to get it to budge. Why don't one of you try?"
Both Conner and Ethan instantly looked down at the silver case on the floor. Then, Ethan looked to Conner.
"You should try," Ethan said to Conner. "If it'll open for anyone, it'll probably open for you."
Conner nodded. Then, he hesitantly pulled the case over so that he could attempt to open it. At his touch, the case instantly clicked open. Eric was startled.
"Open it," Eric urged. Conner opened the case instantly and both he and Ethan turned very pale when they saw its the contents.
"No way..." Ethan began.
"I know," Conner agreed.
"It's just a worthless shield, a pair of bracelets with two gems in them and a letter," Eric said with disgust. "What's so important about them?"
"Everything," Conner replied enigmatically as he took the bracelet with the Blue Dino Gem in it out of the case and handed it to Ethan. Then, as Ethan put the bracelet around his wrist, Conner took up the other bracelet with the Red Dino Gem in it and the Shield of Triumph.
"How could he have brought them here, though? There's no way that he could've..." Conner began.
"Perhaps the letter will tell us," Ethan suggested. Conner nodded and took up the letter.
"It's in his handwriting!" Conner exclaimed excitedly.
"I'm confused," Eric admitted. "Just who are we talking about?"
"A legend," Ethan replied simply with excitement. "A great friend and teacher."
"His pop quizzes were terrifying," Conner added with a fond smile.
"I aced every one of them," Ethan chuckled. "Whilst you failed almost all of them."
Conner groaned. "Don't remind me."
Eric was even more disgusted. "You're getting all excited about a letter from a teacher? Oh come on, bro, the geek I can understand but you as well?" he said.
"That's it," Ethan growled. "I've had it with you. You've never treated me seriously or respectfully since we came here and, to be honest, you're the biggest jerk that I've ever met. Even Conner, who was quite a jerk to begin with when I first met him, was never as bad a jerk as you are."
"You're asking for it, geek!" Eric warned.
"Conner?" Ethan asked. "Do I have your permission to...?"
"He's all yours," Conner replied simply. "And, to be honest, I don't have any sympathy for him either. He completely deserves what's coming to him."
Ethan smiled. "Thank you," he said as he cracked his knuckles. "Normally, I don't believe in using violence to solve any situations but, today, I'm going to make an exception."
"Bring it on," Eric replied with an amused expression as he got into a fighting stance.
"With pleasure," Ethan replied as he calmly fought Eric. They fought back and forth for a few seconds before Eric realised that he was completely outclassed by Ethan's skill. It was clear to both Conner and Ethan that Eric hadn't paid any attention to his ninja training as his fighting style was poor and sloppy. Eventually, Ethan knocked Eric to the ground, picked him up and threw him out of the dormitory.
"Oh, that's got to have hurt," Conner said as he flinched as he heard Eric crash into the wall. Ethan smiled.
"I think that I overdid it a little. Eric's unconscious," he reported. Conner shrugged.
"He'll come round soon. Sometimes jerks need to have the sense knocked out of them before they'll learn a lesson. I know that I did a few times," Conner replied. "Besides, with him unconscious, we'll be able to read Dr O.'s letter in peace."
"Fair point. Do you want to read it or shall I?" Ethan agreed as he sat back onto his bunk. Conner sighed.
"It's all right. I'll do it," he replied as he opened the letter.
Then, Conner continued as he began to read the letter aloud with, "Dear Conner and Ethan,
I thought that you might need these again. I know that you won't be able to use the Shield of Triumph fully without Kira but the powers of the Elements of Air, Earth, Thunder and Water might be able to be used as a substitute. I'm not too sure, though, so you should ask Cam whenever you find a chance to.
I also know about Lothor and I hope that you can hold him off long enough until I can get to the Wind Ninja Academy to give you both, and the Wind, Thunder and Samurai Rangers, some assistance but it's going to take me a while as I've got a number of other things that I've got to take care of at my end first.
Don't worry about Kira, Trent and I. We're perfectly safe right now. We're with a number of other Rangers and we're currently gathering together outside a city known as Corinth. Do you guys both remember the Brachiozord? Well... we're currently living in the Brachiozord version 2.0. Hayley and I spent most of our time before the Venjix invasion rebuilding it along with the Biozords and, although Hayley was captured, I managed to continue our work. You'll be pleased to know that your Zords have been restored but, unfortunately, I couldn't send them to you as well.
Before you wonder, I didn't leave the case by your bedside in person. Instead, my mentor, Zordon of Eltar did. And, if you're wondering how he's alive again, he was revived when a freak accident occurred. However, this freak accident, the destruction of the AI computer virus known as Venjix who was in command of the Grinders, has resulted in most of the great evils and their generals being revived as well. I believe that it has also overloaded the Abyss of Evil which is why Lothor and his forces are free.
I wish you both good luck today. I know that you'll make me proud of you both again.
May the Power protect you,
Dr O."
They sat in silence for several moments before Conner broke the silence with an exclamation of joy.
"Kira and Trent are alive!" he exclaimed.
"I knew that they would survive!" Ethan exclaimed happily. "Man, I can't wait to see them both again."
"Neither can I but..." Conner began.
At that moment, the ground shook violently and Ethan grimaced.
"It'll have to wait, Conner. Lothor's back," he said simply. Conner nodded as he hid the letter underneath his pillow.
"Let's go," Conner agreed as he stood up and, together, they rushed out of the room.
"Wait, where are you going?" Eric yelled after them. He had obviously returned to consciousness a few minutes before and he was sitting on the floor beside where he had hit the wall whilst rubbing his temples.
"To stop Lothor," Conner replied as he passed his twin brother.
"Are you nuts?" Eric began.
"No, we're Power Rangers, idiot," Ethan replied as he too passed Eric. "It's what we do."
Eric was visibly stunned by this but both Conner and Ethan ignored him.
"Let's hope that we're not already too late," Ethan exclaimed to Conner as the ground continued to shake badly.
"Let's," Conner agreed.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Wind Ninja Academy, early in the morning, a few minutes later
Outside, Shane, Dustin, Tori, Blake, Hunter and Cam were all lying upon the ground before Lothor, who had Zurgane and Choobo at his side, after being beaten back by the greatest of all evil ninjas. Each of them were clutching their shoulders in pain as they tried to get back up onto their feet again.
"You're not going to beat me, today, powerless Rangers," Lothor laughed. "I know about all of your tricks and I won't fall for them. This is your end."
At that moment, Lothor, Zurgane and Choobo fired at the six of them whilst Conner and Ethan arrived at the battleground.
"No!" Conner exclaimed as he leapt into the attack's path with the Shield of Triumph in hand. It absorbed the attack and sent it hurtling back at Lothor and his generals. When the attack hit them, they were thrown backwards away from the six Ninja Storm Rangers.
"Take that, Lothor," Ethan said with a smug expression.
"You meddling fools..." Lothor began as he got back onto his feet.
"Actually, we're meddling Rangers now," Conner corrected as he tossed the Shield of Triumph to Cam, who was still on the ground with the other Rangers, and looked to Ethan. "Ready?"
"Oh yeah," Ethan replied with a smile. Conner nodded as he held the hand with the bracelet upon it to his chest. Ethan also copied his gesture as the Red and Blue Dino Morphers appeared on their wrists.
"Dino Thunder, power up! Ha!" Conner and Ethan called as they activated their morphers. Seconds later, they had morphed.
"Kelzak Furies!" Lothor yelled as a dozen Kelzak Furies appeared in front of Lothor, Zurgane and Choobo.
Ethan grimaced. "Weapons?" he asked.
"Weapons," Conner agreed.
"Tricera Shield!" he called as he summoned his weapon from his belt.
"Tyranno Staff!" Conner called as he summoned his weapon from his belt.
Once both of them had their weapons, they stood ready.
"Attack!" Zurgane commanded.
As the Kelzak Furies attacked, both Conner and Ethan did as well. Whilst ducking and diving between Kelzak attacks, they managed to take out most of them by using their weaponry. Conner took out a few with a well-aimed strike with his Tyranno Staff whilst Ethan used the lasers built into the Tricera Shield to take out most of the remaining Kelzak Furies as they converged on Conner.
However, one Kelzak Fury managed to escape their attacks and, as Conner and Ethan began to advance upon it, Lothor decided to put it to some use.
"Mutate and grow, my monster!" Lothor commanded as he poured most of his evil ninja powers into it.
The six Ninja Storm Rangers got onto their feet at that moment just as the Kelzak Fury mutated into a hideous slimy bug and grew to massive proportions. Conner and Ethan instantly grimaced.
"Wow, that's one disgusting bug," Ethan grimaced.
"See if you can contend with that, Rangers!" Lothor cackled as he, Zurgane and Choobo vanished in a flash of shadowy black light. At that moment, the hideous slimy bug buzzed.
"I'll squash you and your precious Wind Ninja Academy like the bugs that you truly are, Rangers," the bug buzzed as it began to attack the Academy first.
"How are we going to fight that?" Dustin exclaimed as the six Ninja Storm Rangers got onto their feet.
"I think that it's time to go Triassic, Conner," Ethan said grimly. Conner nodded.
"Do you guys trust me?" Conner asked the six Ninja Storm Rangers. There was a moment of pause.
"Of course we trust you. Don't we, guys?" Tori said.
Shane nodded. "Yeah," he agreed. "But, why?"
"In order for Conner to assume the powers of the Triassic Ranger, two power sources are required. The powers of the Blue and the Yellow Dino Gem," Ethan explained. "However, since Kira isn't here, Dr O. reckons..."
"Wait, you've talked to him?" Hunter asked. Conner shook his head.
"Not exactly. It's a long story that we'll tell you all about later," he promised. "Anyway, Dr O. reckons that the Elements of Air, Earth, Thunder and Water should be a good enough substitute. We need you to channel your ninja powers into the Shield of Triumph."
Cam nodded. "His reasoning is sound. It could work."
Shane, Dustin and Tori conferred each other for a moment before Shane nodded. "We'll do it," he said quite firmly. "Blake? Hunter?"
Blake and Hunter nodded. "We're in."
Cam passed Conner the Shield of Triumph at that moment.
"When I start channelling my Dino Power into the shield, you all must start channelling your ninja powers into it as well. Ready?" Ethan asked.
The Ninja Storm Rangers nodded. Ethan sighed and closed his eyes to concentrate. Then, he began to channel his energy into the Shield of Triumph.
"Power of Air!" Shane called as he entered a stance to summon his ninja powers. Then, he channelled the power of Air into the Shield of Triumph.
"Power of Earth!" Dustin called as he entered a stance to summon his ninja powers. Then, he channelled the power of Earth into the Shield of Triumph.
"Power of Water!" Tori called as she entered a stance to summon her ninja powers. Then, she channelled the power of Water into the Shield of Triumph.
"Power of Thunder!" Blake and Hunter finally called together as they entered their stances to summon their ninja powers. Then, they channelled the power of Thunder into the Shield of Triumph.
They waited a few moments but nothing happened.
"It's not working!" Conner exclaimed after those few moments as the Shield of Triumph continued to drain the six Rangers of the power that they were supplying it. "There's something missing."
"Cam! Perhaps you should give it a try," Shane suggested.
"But I can't! The Samurai has no known power source," Cam replied.
"Well, now would be a good time for you to discover that power source," Dustin exclaimed. "We're not going to be able to keep this up much longer."
"Try light, Cam," Ethan suggested. "Many samurais have been known as Warriors of Light in the old video games."
"You want me to base an attempt to summon my inner ninja power upon your knowledge of video games?" Cam exclaimed incredulously.
"Just try it, Cam," Hunter snapped. "We're running out of time here."
Cam sighed. "Fine," he said as he closed his eyes and instinctively moved into a stance only a samurai could pull off. "Power of Light!" he called in an attempt to summon his ninja powers.
It was an attempt which worked as the power of Light burst forth from his hands and he quickly channelled it into the Shield of Triumph.
There was an instantaneous difference. As soon as the power of Light hit the shield, Conner morphed into the Triassic Ranger and all the power flowing into the shield abruptly halted.
Each of the six Ninja Storm Rangers fell back onto the ground in exhaustion as Ethan was forcibly powered down.
"Are you all right?" Conner asked them with concern. The Ninja Storm Rangers were so exhausted that they didn't reply but Ethan smiled.
"We're drained but I'm sure that we'll be just fine," Ethan replied. "Go squash that bug."
"With pleasure," Conner replied as the Triassic Morpher appeared in place of his normal one. Then, he quickly activated his Battlizer and was equipped with the Triassic Battlizer Armour before he finally used his super-stretch ability to leap up onto the roof of the Wind Ninja Academy.
"You fool. The Buzzinator will sting you like a bee!" the bug hissed as it revealed that it had several massive stingers in a cannon within its fingers. As it struck, Conner dodged around by using intricate leaps to avoid being hit. Eventually, though, he had finally had enough of dodging and decided to strike back.
"It's time for you to feel the heat, Buzzinator," Conner called as he summoned the Dragon Yo-Yo. "Dragon Yo-Yo!"
As he swung the Dragon Yo-Yo to gather up momentum before he struck, he used his super-stretch ability to dodge further attacks, this time blobs of sticky fluid, from the Buzzinator.
Then, as soon as he had enough momentum, Conner began to strike at the Buzzinator whilst he avoided the Buzzinator's attacks. Each time that the Buzzinator was struck, it buzzed in a high pitch frequency to suggest that Conner was doing some considerable damage to it.
Eventually, in a show of considerable strength, Conner gathered up even more momentum and struck the Buzzinator hard upon its chest. This caused a massive explosion which Conner barely managed to escape from by leaping back to the ground.
When Conner landed beside Ethan a few minutes later, he powered down as the explosion subsided to reveal that the Buzzinator had been destroyed.
"It's just like riding a bike," Conner said with a weary smile. "You never forget your Ranger instincts."
"Yeah," Ethan agreed. "We're definitely back in business, my friend."
"And we showed Lothor that we're not to be messed with," Conner agreed as Sensei Watanabe came running out of the Wind Ninja Academy towards them. "There's just one problem, though."
"What?" Ethan asked.
"Helping me to morph into the Triassic Ranger has left the Ninja Storm Rangers so weak that they can barely get up," Conner said as he looked over to them. "I don't think that we're going to be able to use the Shield of Triumph often."
"Oh don't worry about us," Dustin said wearily as he tried to get back up. A number of the other Ninja Storm Rangers voiced their agreement. "We're just fine."
However, he failed and collapsed back to the ground again.
"I see what you mean. It has affected them more than it ever affected me," Ethan noted before he turned pale. "But that means..."
"Yes, Ethan. We're either going to have to find a way to restore their powers or get our Zords otherwise, if Lothor attacks with a more powerful monster next time, we'll be done for," Conner said simply.
Somewhere near Blue Bay Harbour, Lothor's Secret Underground Hideout, mid-morning, at that very moment
"Rangers!" Lothor cursed. "Why must there always be stupid Rangers getting in the way of things?"
"I don't know, Lothor," Choobo admitted. Lothor roared in angry frustration and both Zurgane and Choobo flinched.
"Find a way to rid ourselves of those two Dino Rangers immediately. And don't come back until you've got it done!" Lothor yelled.
Both Zurgane and Choobo nodded and left as Lothor sighed.
Kanoi, I'll make sure that you, and your meddling Rangers, regret ever standing in my way. Lothor vowed silently to himself as he stood there.