White Thunder:
Part 2
He was on a hill. Looking down the slope, Bobby could tell that it was steep, and looking out into a valley and a city below. The city was clearly Reefside, he could just make out Tommy's house over near the woods, and as well as the museum and the Cyberspace. Turning around, he saw another valley, and like the previous one, he recognized this one as well. Arnavale was exactly the way he imagined it, with the youth center in the middle of town, Mark's house not far from it, and his own house, sitting atop a hill.
"Where do you want to be?" said a voice behind him, and Bobby spun back around to see Kira standing on the hill with him.
Bobby smiled as he saw her, and began to walk toward the Reefside Valley.
"Not that it matters," Kira suddenly snickered as she began to glow, transforming into Elsa.
"You can't have either of them!" she cackled manically as she raised her sword.
Bobby looked into the distance to see menacing black clouds begin to form getting closer and closer to him. Only these clouds didn't just pass over, these clouds consumed whatever land it passed, covering it in darkness. Frightened, Bobby spun around to see the same thing happen to Arnavale.
"It's all for nothing," grinned Elsa as the darkness came up the hill and consumed both of them.
Bobby woke with a start. Instinctively the first thing he did was check that he was physically there, before looking around to discover that he was back in his room above the cyberspace.
Someonemusthavebroughtmeback, he realized as he remembered his fight with the white ranger. Looking down at his wrist, he saw his silver dino bracelet, as well his green dino gem sitting neatly in its groove.
IhopeTrentdidn'ttaketoomuchpowerfromit,he hoped as he slowly climbed out of bed.
The throbbing that he had previously been experiencing was still there, but it was softer now, and Bobby could tell that it was beginning to fade. Pushing his nightmare out of his head, he stood up and went out into the lounge.
"Oh good, you're awake." Hayley smiled from behind the kitchen counter as she poured a bowl of cheerios, making Bobby smile as he realized that everything was fine.
"Yeah," replied Bobby drowsily, "how long was I out for?"
"You've been out like a light for the past eighteen hours."
"Eighteen?" Bobby realized, "how was I asleep for eighteen hours?"
"I think it was just exhaustion," Hayley told him as she poured him a bowl of cereal and pushed it towards him, "You did say you hadn't been sleeping properly, and that power drain that the white ranger used on you would've taken a lot out of you."
Throw fighting off a large hoard of Tyrannodrones and having already been unconscious, I guess that makes sense.
Suddenly Bobby noticed some movement out of the corner of his eye, and as he turned towards it investigate, he saw Kira, lying asleep on the couch, and a blanket draped over her.
"She refused to leave your side," Hayley commented, "Even called her mom to say she was studying late at a friends so she could stay here."
"Really?"
Hayley rolled her eyes and took another bite of her cereal, leaving Bobby to his thoughts. As touched as he was that Kira would care enough to watch over him as he lay unconscious, her couldn't help shake the feeling that it was more than just friendly concern.
Don'tberidiculous, he decided, she'sgoingoutwithTrent.
Casting his own feelings aside, he looked over at Hayley, and realized that although he was only just awake, Hayley probably wasn't.
"Hayley, what time is it?"
"10 am, why?"
"Why are you only now having breakfast?"
Hayley gave a guilty smile, as if she was about to tell Bobby something that he probably wouldn't want to hear.
"Well you were still out cold this morning when I got up to open the café, and I couldn't get a hold of Trent, so I had to get Ethan to mind the shop while I ducked up here to have some."
"You haven't had breakfast yet?"
"Sunday's are busy," she replied, "I need an extra person if I want be ready to open at nine andhave breakfast."
Bobby nodded and silently went back to his breakfast, ashamed that his recklessness had caused a major inconvenience to Hayley. But before Hayley got a chance to tell Bobby that it wasn't his fault, Kira began to stir on the couch.
"Morning sleepy head." Chuckled Bobby as Kira slowly sat up at rubbed her eyes.
Upon hearing Bobby's voice, Kira's eyes suddenly widened, and she leapt over the couch and gave him the biggest hug Bobby had ever felt.
"Bobby!" she exclaimed, "Thank God you're okay!"
"You know Kira," wheezed Bobby, "as much as I appreciate you're concern, I kind need to breath."
"Oh sorry," replied Kira as she let go, blushing.
"Come on," Hayley told them, "There's some downstairs who also wants to know how you're doing."
Smiling, both Kira and Bobby nodded and went with Hayley downstairs. Hayley hadn't been lying when she said Sunday was busy, as the place was filled with people, the last time Bobby had seen that many people in the Cyberspace was the day Anton Mercer had tried to take over the café.
"Well, well, well," chuckled a voice behind the counter as the blue ranger walked over to them, "it looks like sleeping beauty has finally awakened."
"Ha ha," replied Bobby sarcastically as he, Ethan and Kira sat down at the counter.
"Though seriously bro," continued Ethan, "it's good to see you on your feet, how're you feeling?"
"Like a freight train just ran over my head," replied Bobby, hoping his headache would soon pass.
"Speaking of headaches," said Kira, "I can't believe Hayley's got to run this on her own today. I thought Trent was meant to be working."
"Yeah I'm getting a little worried," Hayley told them, "he wasn't picking up his phone when I called him this morning, and he's never-"
"Ahem."
But almost like magic, Trent appeared behind her. He looked exhausted, and Bobby could only assume that the white ranger had been in control most of the night and he hadn't gotten any sleep as a result of it. He looked over at the people along the counter, and his eyes widened as he saw Bobby. Looking into his eyes, Bobby could read two things, relief, and regret.
"I'm sorry I'm late," he stammered, "I had a…"
"Are you okay?" asked Kira
"You look like you just ran into Grippleshank." Agreed Ethan
"Or spent a night with Mr. Hyde." Added Bobby
Trent sighed as he heard Bobby's comment, then turned to Hayley.
"I'm okay, seriously, now I have work to do."
And with that, he picked up and tray and moved to the opposite end of the room and clear tables.
"You know technically," Hayley told Ethan, "If he had run into Grippleshank, he wouldn't be here to talk about it."
Ethan nodded as he conceded that fact and went back to his smoothie.
"Don't feel bad," Kira smirked, "that's why it's her name on the wall."
But before they got a chance to mock Ethan, their communicators beeped.
"Not again," Kira groaned, "I'm still picking gravel out of my hair form last time."
"I just woke up from last time," Bobby agreed, before looking down at what he was wearing, realizing he was still in the clothes he'd slept in. "guys? Maybe I should change first."
*Dino Thunder*
The trio leapt down the stairs as fast as they could. All of them were on edge after the white ranger incident, all though Kira and Ethan seemed to be in a better mood after Bobby woke up.
"Hey Dr. O," said Ethan as they ran up to Tommy and Conner at the computer, "we came as soon as we got your message."
"You guys have got to see this," Conner told them, not taking his eyes off the computer, and Bobby could see why. The images of two dino eggs, one silver and green, the other white and red, shown up on screen, while the other screen appeared to be scanning for their definite location.
TheDragoegg, Bobby realized, ifwecangettothatbeforeTrent,maybewecansaveourselvessometrouble.
"It looks like it's ready to pop," Kira commented as she looked at the Drago egg
"It is," confirmed Tommy.
"Look we found another one too," added Conner
"Brilliant," sighed Kira, "Dino eggs all over the place."
"Hey do you think that this is what Easter was like millions of years ago?" Ethan wondered absent mindedly.
The rangers suddenly stared at their blue friend.
"How does he come up with this stuff?" Conner chuckled as he turned his attention back to the monitor.
"Conner, Kira, you go to the warehouse," Dr. O instructed, "Ethan, you come with me to the docks, you can tell me all about your Dino-Easter theory."
The rangers all nodded and began to move out, and Bobby was about to move with them when he realized that Dr. O hadn't mentioned him.
"I guess I'll go with Conner and Kira," he decided, "the one near the warehouse looks like it's ready to hatch, Mesogog's more likely to go after that one."
That and a certain white friend of ours.
But Tommy just looked back at him and shook his head.
"No," he stated, "you just woke up from eighteen hours of unconsciousness, I don't know if you're ready to get back out there."
"But-"
"No buts," Tommy insisted, "you just need some more time to rest up. We should be fine."
Bobby just rolled his eyes, he knew exactly what they were about to go up against, and Tommy knew that too. And now he was being benched.
"Besides," continued Tommy as he saw the look of disappointment on Bobby's face, "I need you in mission control. Hayley's running the Cyberspace on her own at the moment, apparently she had to send Trent home sick, and you're the only one who knows how to use the computers."
Dammit, I hate being beaten by logic.
"Fine," replied Bobby, then remembered that the others still had no idea who the white ranger was, "Tommy I need to tell you something."
"You can tell me when I get back," he replied, "this shouldn't take too long."
Ohyouhavenoidea, thought Bobby as Conner, Ethan and Tommy headed up the stairs to their cars.
"Hey don't worry," Kira told him, "he's just worried about you. You did get quite a heavy beating. Now cheer up, we'll be back before you know it."
And with that, she headed back up the stairs to join the others.
Sighing heavily, Bobby slumped down into the computer chair and began to monitor the two areas. Over the past few months Hayley and Dr. O had been showing him how to the use the computer systems in the base, probably in case anything like this ever did come up.
AtleastIcanbesomewhathelpful, Bobby thought to himself as he logged on and began trying to pinpoint the eggs locations.
He found it difficult to believe that only two months previously he would have scoffed if someone had told him he'd be adept at working a system like this.
Thenagain, he reminded himself,Ididn'tthinkrangersexistedtwomonthsago.
Now that he had time to spare, he tried to remember the dream he had had. Both towns, Elsa, Kira, the dark clouds closing in, just thinking about it made Bobby's head spin.
It'sprobablynothing, he told himself, and it wasn't as if most of the things in his dream hadn't been on his mind. Although he had pretty much concluded that what was going on was definitely real, he was still struggling to figure out why. And as much as he loved Reefside, he still missed home.
Iwonderifthey'restilllookingforme, Bobby wondered sadly, ormaybeI'vejustbeenlistedasmissingandthey'vegivenup.
He knew it was pessimistic, but he knew they wouldn't look for him forever, and there was no way that they would be able to find him.
"Wheredoyouwanttobe?"Kira's words from the dream echoed through his mind. That was the other thing on the brain. He knew that was starting to develop strong feelings for her, ones he knew she wouldn't return, especially while she was still with Trent. Plus if his arrival was anything to go on, he could return home at any point, hurting them both.
And then he remembered the final part of the dream, where Kira had transformed into Elsa.
Mymasterwantsyoudead.She had said to him, as if she meant it personally, not just the rangers on a whole. He knew the two were linked, even if he didn't know how yet.
"I don't know how to read this thing!" came Conner's voice through the computer, "Why didn't Dr. O give Ethan geek duty?"
"I think you'll find he did dude," chuckled Bobby as he opened the com line, "over at the docks."
Bobby pressed a couple of buttons and an image of Kira and Conner appeared on screen. Kira had taken the scanner from Conner and was beginning to search the warehouse with it. Suddenly one of the monitors near Bobby flashed.
"Looks like you're close," he commented as he saw Kira and Conner head down a dark corridor.
"Why does it always have to be a creepy abandoned place?" Kira groaned as she turned a corner, only to get the shock of her life.
The White ranger was standing over the egg, placing energy into it in a manner similar to how Bobby had hatched the Stegazord egg. Kira and Conner immediately stepped back behind the wall.
"So how we gonna handle this?" Kira whispered into the communicator so Bobby could hear her properly
"You could try talking to him," suggested Bobby from his seat, "because that went over so well last time."
"How about we morph, kick his but then take the egg," decided Conner
"I think I like his plan better," Kira replied and Bobby saw the screen in front of him flash as the two of them suddenly summoned their Morphers. Two more of the screen surrounding Bobby suddenly switched on, showing the vital stats of the two morphed rangers.
"Okay you guys are good to go," said Bobby, trying to hide the fact that he knew it wasn't going to go over well from his voice, "Be careful."
"Hey poser!" he heard Conner yell as he saw the two run out and face the white ranger.
"I don't have time to play," he chuckled as he pulled out his sword and fired them at Conner and Kira, sending them flying to the floor.
Ican'twatchthis, Bobby decided, silently reminding himself to be extra nice to Hayley next time she has to be on mission control, and then quickly moved over to what Ethan and Dr. O were up to.
"Hey guys tell me you have good news."
"Well it look's like we're getting close," replied Ethan, "the reading are off the scale!"
"I'll check it out."
Surprised Bobby went back over the scanners. He was still picking up two energy signatures, the first one was right next to Kira and Conner, and it looked like it was ready to hatch, unsurprising considering the amount of energy Trent would have been pumping into it. But to Bobby' surprise the other signature was just as strong, if not stronger. Suddenly the energy readings spiked dramatically, and Bobby suddenly knew exactly why the readings were so high.
"Ethan! Dr. O!" Bobby called into the com franticly, "You need to get to that egg now! It's hatching!"
Suddenly the readings dropped, and the egg disappeared off the scanners.
"Scratch that," he told them, "it has hatched."
Bobby went over to the next monitor, turning on a new scanner. Sure enough, the newly hatched Parasaurzord has starting to wreak havoc at the docks.
"He's all yours guys," Bobby chuckled as Tommy and Ethan stood in front of the large bright green zord.
"Easy fella," said Tommy calmly as the faceplate of his Morpher changed to that of the Parasaurzord.
"Hey guys!" Bobby heard, and looked at the monitor to see Connor and Kira running up to their team mates.
"Good news, we found the egg," Kira told them, "Bad news, so did the white ranger."
"It looked like he was feeding energy to it or something." Connor added.
"He's trying to hatch it," Bobby warned them, "Dr. O, you need to get down there."
"Dr. O?" Ethan asked, "Why not the rest of us?"
Suddenly as if to answer his question, there was a loud rumbling sound, and before the rangers eyes, a large monster appeared in the streets.
"Because bigger is always better," Bobby commented as he punched in a few keys to summon the Zords. "The Zords are on their way, Dr. O you need to get down there."
"Right."
I hate this, being on the sidelines. How can Hayley stand to do this every time?
But there and then, there was nothing Bobby could do about it. Well, almost nothing.
"Dr. O you've got incoming." Bobby warned. Luckily this had been one of his favourite episodes, so he knew it fairly well. He knew that ultimately, Tommy was going to fail to get the egg, due no doubt to the interference of Zeltrax. But maybe if Bobby warned Dr. O in time, he might gain a few precious seconds that could help him get to the egg.
"What?"
"Dr. O believe me on this, Zeltrax is going to get to you in about thirty seconds."
"What is it with that guy?"
Old rivalry or resentment for being a horribly mutilated cyborg, take your pick.
"If you want I can explain later," Bobby decided, "just ignore him and go straight for the egg."
Just as Bobby watched the black ranger turn the corner, Zeltrax stepped into view.
"Told ya."
Bobby sighed as he sat back and watched take on Zeltrax, again. As much as Bobby knew the reasons, it was starting to becoming increasingly irritating for the team. Tommy was easily the best on the team, and every time Zeltrax would show up to be a problem.
Damnit! Bobby realized, at this rate we've got no chance of getting to that egg. I knew I should have gone along.
There was a loud cheer as the Thundersaurus Megazord destroyed the monster with the Parasaurzord.
""We've got this situation under control Dr.O." Conner said, "How're you doing over there?"
Bobby looked over a the screen to see Tommy smash Zeltrax into a rack, and then run off back into the direction of Trent.
"Get a little sidetracked," he explained, "I'm heading to the white ranger now."
Bobby looked back at the readings, only to see the egg was seconds away from hatching.
"Tommy get out of there!" he ordered, "That egg's about to hatch and it's going to take that whole warehouse down around it!"
"What?"
But before Bobby could explain, the whole warehouse began to shake. Just as Bobby predicted, the Drago Zord had hatched and was growing at an alarming rate. Bobby shifted monitors to get an outside view, only to see the Dragozord, in it's full might and power, with the white ranger standing triumphantly on top.
"Hello again, Rangers," the White Ranger chuckled. "Well, what do you think? If you wear the suit; you gotta have the Zord, right?"
"Guys be careful," Bobby told them, "that thing's just hatched, and he's not going to go down without a fight."
"let's see what you can do," Bobby heard the white Ranger tell his zord, "Dragozord, activate."
The Zord shot into the air, before charging at the Megazord. As if picking up lightning speed, the Dragozord slashed past the Thundersaurus then sintantly turned around for a second attack. Striking like a whirlwind, with a similar manuver to the one the white ranger had used on them, the Dragozord slashed the megazord, forcing it to stumble back.
"They need help," Tommy decided, "Bobby, send them the Stegazord."
Bobby flashback to the episode, knowing exactly what happened there.
"Uh Tommy?" Bobby replied, "I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Bobby there's no time!" Tommy replied, "With the Stegazord we might be able to match it's speed, you should be able to control it from there."
Bobby sighed, knowing full well how much he was going to regret this.
He pulled up his sleeve and summoned his Morpher. The green Stega Face plate stared up at him and blinked.
"Okay boy," said as he willed his thought into his morpher, letting him communicate with his zord, "Let's give them a hand."
On the other side of town, the doors of the Brachiozord flew open, and the gargantuan Stegazord waddled out.
Then the white ranger said the words Bobby was dreading.
"I was hoping you'd say that."
Confidently, the white ranger stepped forward, sword outstretched. A thin golden beam shot out from the sword, wrapping itself around the Stegazord like a laso. Suddenly, sparks began to shoot out of Bobby's morpher, sending him and his chair flying across the room. Electricity shot up his arms, causing Bobby to scream in pain. His headache from before was returning, and his entire head was now throbbing as if there wasn't enough room for it in his head.
"BOBBY!" he heard Kira scream through the coms.
But then Bobby heard another voice, one much more terrifying. In his head.
"Now now green ranger," the white ranger chuckled, "There's no use fighting it. You're not strong enough to fight me."
Bobby felt something pull in his head. Looked up at the screens from the floor, and could see the Stegazord's colour constantly flickering between green and it's original crimson.
"The Stegazord is mine!" The white ranger chuckled, "And you, you are pathetic."
Bobby tried to struggle, to reach his hand over to his morpher, but the pain was now so intense that he could barely move. Suddenly the pain intensified, explosively convulsing through his body like electricity in water. The pulling continued, getting stronger and stronger. No matter what Bobby did, he couldn't keep his grip. Suddenly, there was a great heave, and Bobby's mind let go.
At that instant, the pain stopped. Bobby looked up at the screen, and to his dismay, the Stegazord had returned to it's original colour.
"Dino Stegazord formation!" the Whtie Ranger laughed as he leaped into his zord, and all the ranger watched in horror as the Dragozord and the Stegazord began to fold together, creating a giant mechanical nightmare for the other rangers.
"Stega Stinger!" the white ranger roared, and let it's weapon float in the air. With a mighty push, the blade fired forward, propelling itself into the Thundersaurus Megazord.
"NO!" Bobby exclaimed as he brought himself to his feet, watching as the resulting explosion split the Thundersaurus into individual zords.
"And now I take the rest of your zords!" the ranger grinned manically as he hopped out and lifted his sword again.
And that was where Bobby snapped. He'd had enough. Over the past three days, he'd been knocked unconscious, had his power drained, watched helplessly as his teammates stumbled into situations that he could have helped them avoid, and painfully had his zord stolen. Now it was payback
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" he announced as he got off the command centre floor and held up his Morpher.
"DINO THUNDER! POWER UP!"
He felt the power surge through his body, rejuvenating his energy. He stood alone in the command centre, ready for action.
"Get your hands off my zord!" he growled as he looked down at his morpher, and just like before, willed his thoughts into it.
"Do you really think you're strong enough to take it back?" the white ranger laughed as it returned to Bobby's head, "you don't deserve the power of the Stegazord."
"Oh yeah?" Bobby replied, "then why is it responding to me?"
Sure enough, as the white ranger looked at the Dino-Stegazord, the colour of half of it was beginning to fluctuate.
Bobby focused everything he had into his morpher.
Come on boy, he willed to his zord, come back to me.
His power was begginng to surge through the morpher, and his suit was begginng to glow. The white ranger turned as the Stegazord began to do the same. Bobby roared as more and more power began to flow through his body, and the light around him intensified. Suddenly, he heard another sound in his head. It was a roar.
"Yeah Boy!' Bobby laughed, "I knew you'd come back."
He looked over himself and for a moment, he could swear that he could see spikes on his suit.
"And as for you," he growled as he addressed the white ranger in his head, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ZORD!"
with a mighty roar the energy surged into his morpher, and the stegazord erupted with light. It broke away from the Dragozord, sending the flying zord crashing into the ground. The light began to fade, and in it's place, the Stegazord stood, high and mighty, and with a colour that Bobby and the rangers approved of, Green.
"You'll pay for that!" The White ranger roared as it flew away from the scene, leaving the rangers to cheer for Bobby.
"Yeah! Way to go Bobby!" Kira cheered.
"Thanks guys," Bobby replied as he de-morphed and collapsed into the chair, exhausted. "You guys didn't get to hurt did you?"
"Don't worry about it, we're fine." Ethan replied, gleefully.
"We better get back to my place." Dr. O told them, "The white ranger's going to be back, and he's gonna be pissed."
A/N:Okay, I'd just like to start this by apologizing for the severe lack of updates, I've had a a lot going on the last couple of years and and it affected my ability to write. I'm sorry that that's effected my writing. I'm not making any promises but I'm going to try and keep updating regularly from this point onwards.
