White Thunder, part 1.

Yawning and stretching her arms, Hayley came out of one of the back rooms of Cyberspace, where she kept a room in case she ever worked too late and became too tired to drive home. Suddenly, a noise startled her, and she jumped, grabbing the jar on the counter beside her by reflex and instinct.

She looked down at it, seeing it was the jelly bean jar, and shook her head, putting it back. Looking around the nearest parts of Cyberspace, she spotted one of the microphone stands onstage, and grabbed it, walking towards the source of the noise.

Creeping towards it, she jumped out from behind the counter, yelling fiercely. Another startled yell erupted from the person sitting on a couch cushion, who then fell over.

"Hayley?" Trent frowned, looking up. "You're here? Why?"

"You see that sign outside?" she inquired, putting the microphone stand down. "The one that says 'Hayley's' Cyberspace."

"Right," he nodded, getting up. "Sorry."

Frowning, she noticed the large art easel in front of his previous seat and the drawing on the front of an intricately detailed alien. "Wow," she breathed, leaning forward and flipping the pages to see other creations and caricatures. "This is…you did this? This is really good!"

"Thanks," he smiled.

"So, here's the only question I have," she stated as they got up and walked towards the counter.

"What am I doing here at 7 in the morning instead of at home?" he guessed, pulling the bar stools off the counter and putting them in place.

"That would be the one," she nodded.

"I came here to draw," he told her. "Dad's not exactly supportive of my artistic endeavors."

"How do you know?" she inquired, flipping the power switch and causing lights to turn on.

"Well, I think his exact words were: Trent, I am in no way supportive of your artistic endeavors."

"I see."

"He doesn't think it'll get me anywhere."

"He'll come around."

"My dad's a great guy, but there are some things he won't budge on. This is one of 'em."

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

"We came as soon as we could, Dr.O," Ethan stated as he, Conner, Kaylee and Kira hopped onto the mound of rubble and rocks, where Tommy was already scanning the area with a little machine. "What'd you find?"

The three Rangers looked at Kaylee expectantly, used to hearing her ask about a Zord in a situation like this. "What?" she grinned. "Get used to the silence! I've got Ducky Jr, and he's the only Zord I need!"

"Some sort of storage unit," he answered Ethan's question. "The energy readings are so intense, this meter can't register them."

"Well maybe you need a new one," Kaylee stated, noticing how huge and awkward the scanning machine looked. "That one looks kinda…prehistoric."

"It was given to me by a fellow researcher in college," Tommy stated.

"Uh…totally modern, teach!" she grinned sheepishly.

"Nice one," Kira snickered, patting the shoulder of the fumbling Green Ranger. "So, what kind of energy, Dr. O?"

"The same kind that's in your morphers," he stated, turning to look at them finally.

"You're saying there's a Dino Gem in here?" Conner frowned.

"Not anymore, but there used to be."

"I thought you had all kinds of things that would pick up if there was a gem out here," Kira pointed out, and Kaylee giggled.

"See, told you, he needs new toys," she stated.

"No," Tommy shook his head. "Hayley designed our tracking systems, there's no way they wouldn't be able to pick something like this up. Someone must've hidden it, and when the cloaking signal faded, it finally came on the radar."

"So is this good news or bad news?" Conner inquired.

"Guess that depends on who's got the gem," Tommy told them.

"I really, really hope it's not some lame-o kid that stumbled across it when he got lost from his field trip buddies," Kaylee groaned. "Because not that I like being the shortest on the team or anything, but I don't wanna have to see some kid shorter than me in spandex!"

"Don't forget," Kira poked her in the shoulder. "Who keeps trying to kill us on a regular basis for our gems?"

"Oh, crap! Mesogog!" the blonde smacked her hand to her forehead.

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Trent wandered into his father's office slowly, and leaned in the doorframe. His father sat in the shadows of a bookcase, reading a small book.

"Did you have a good day at school?" he asked, apparently aware his son was there.

"It was alright," Trent nodded, walking in and scanning the bookshelves and surroundings with his eyes as his father continued to flip pages in his book.

"I trust you had further time to think about our earlier conversation?" he asked.

"Is that what it was?"

"I assume you're referring to the fact that you weren't happy with the…outcome?"

"I'm just not crazy about you telling me not to draw anymore," Trent stated, leaning on his father's desk.

"Trent when your parents disappeared, you and I agreed that I would act as your father. And fathers…are sometimes force to make decisions…for their children that their…children don't care for…"

"Dad I get that," Trent accepted. He frowned, noticing his father had begun to speak slowly, that he wasn't focusing his eyes properly and that beads of sweat were forming on his forehead. "Dad, are you alright?"

"Yes…," he stated weakly, before regaining some composure. "I'm fine."

"As I was saying," he turned away, beginning to loosen his tie as he put his book down. "I can only raise you the way I see fit. Now all I expect from you son is that you abide by my rules. Okay?"

"That's fine," Trent nodded.

"Now go," his father said absently. "I have work to finish."

"Yeah, me too," Trent agreed, before walking out. Anton got to his feet, sighing as he watched the doorway, before turning at the sound of a purple invisiportal opening. He walked towards it and reached out, being pulled into its depths moments later.

Trent watched from around the corner, and frowned as his father disappeared in a flash of purple light. Shaking his head, he walked further into the room, looking for the portal. "Hello?"

He searched for the portal, but could not find anything. "What are you up to, dad? What's going on around here?"

Suddenly, with an odd buzzing noise, the portal re-appeared. Trent walked over to it, frowning and examining the glowing purple wormhole. Slowly, just like his father had done, he reached out to it, being pulled through seconds later.

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

The place around him was odd and unfamiliar. Not a very well-lit place that seemed almost like a high-tech cave, the place was filled with jars of multiple colored liquids all containing disfigured and odd-looking creatures.

"What is this place?" Trent frowned, looking around the lab. Other than the jars, there was a throne chair that almost seemed out of place and a huge mechanical arm with a sharp piece pointed onto a table.

It was aimed at something that was faintly glowing white, and it caught Trent's attention. In confusion and awe, he walked towards it, and his left hand began reaching out towards without him knowing.

The strap of metal on the table kept moving, as if itching to move and the white stone in the middle began to pulse brightly as Trent got closer. Without warning, it flew towards his wrist and attached itself there.

He gasped, looking down at it as it flashed brightly and turned into a white-colored contraption in the form of a dinosaur-like bird. Without warning, a blast of pain and overwhelming energy attacked him mentally and he groaned, falling to the floor as flashes of a white-suited Ranger with black spikes and a red visor danced across his mind.

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

The Ranger Base computer beeped, and Hayley's gaze trailed up from her keyboard, resting on an image of a huge flower monster walking around downtown.

"Uh, guys, I think we may have something."

The four teenagers came over, and Kaylee groaned. "Not another flower monster! How many types of plants do Elsa and Zeltrax have in their evil garden of growable terrors?"

"Actually, he doesn't seem to be very terror-orientated," Kira point out as they watched the creature keep walking and look around. "It kinda seems to be looking for something."

"Well it's not gonna like what it's gonna find, c'mon guys" Conner stated, and they jumped down from the computer platform, standing side-by-side. "Ready?"

"Ready!" the other three agreed.

"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP! HA!"

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

"Where are yooooou?" the flower monster called.

"Hey!" Conner called, making it turn. "Over here!"

"Is there something we can help you with?" Ethan inquired.

"Red? Yellow? Green? Blue?" he counted their colors, before shaking his head. "No, I'm looking for something in basic White."

"Do you have any clue what he's talking about?" Kira asked, looking up at Conner.

"No idea," he shook his head, before they steadied themselves in a fighting stance. Seeing the laser beam headed their way, they back flipped, getting out of the way.

As they stood up, they heard the whistling of air as a blur zoomed up, hitting the monster over and over again as sparks flew. The other Rangers watched, confused but in awe.

"What's that?" Conner frowned.

"I don't know," Kira shrugged.

"The Easter Bunny?" Kaylee suggested.

"How'd you figure?" Ethan asked.

"It looks white!" she pointed. "And the Easter Bunny is white! Besides, it's gotta move fast to deliver all those eggs to houses the night before Easter!"

"And it's attacking the flower power guy because?" Kira laughed.

"Because it looks like a dandelion and since Easter is in spring it'd be all for spring-y stuff, and dandelions ruin the pretty grass and flowers of spring, it's gotta take it out before things get wild," Kaylee explained. She then went off on explaining how that worked, until Ethan placed a hand over the part of her helmet where her mouth was, evidently telling her to shut up.

Suddenly, the monster before them exploded, and the blur rushed off, running down another street, faint laughter following in his wake.

"You guys saw that, right?" Conner asked.

"Yeah," Kira nodded. "But…what was that?"

"I told you!" Kaylee stated. "It's the Easter Bunny!"

"You guys should try to follow it. See if you can find anything," Tommy stated over the morpher com-link they had turned on.

"C'mon!" Conner called and they rushed off in the direction the blur had gone. Within minutes they found themselves at the end of the path which led to the front courtyard of a building. "It should be around here!"

"Do you guys see anything, or am I going blind?" Kaylee asked as they looked at their surroundings.

"I got nothing," Ethan shook his head.

"Look harder," a distorted and threatening voice stated, and they turned to see a White-clad Ranger with huge shoulder blades, black spikes and a red visor standing there, arms crossed.

"Who is that?" Kira questioned.

"And how come he gets the fat helmet?" Ethan added.

"And the shoulder…thingies!" Kaylee pointed out.

"This guy a friend of yours, Dr.O?" Conner spoke into his morpher. When a definite 'no' came through, Conner nodded, running forward. "Okay!"

"Conner, wait!" Kira called, grabbing his gloved hand and tugging him back to them. "It's pretty stupid to go rushing off into battle against some unknown enemy!"

"Yes but see, he's not exactly the definition of smart, Kira," Kaylee giggled.

Conner would've liked to glare at her if it weren't for the helmet preventing that. So instead, he looked to Kira. "Why not?"

"Because, you saw what he did to that flower monster!" she cried. "God knows what he could do to you!"

"You saying you don't think I could take him?" Conner asked, his voice containing the necessary ingredients for accepting a challenge.

"No, she's saying she doesn't want you to, in case you can't and wind up on your butt," Ethan stated, chuckling.

"You should listen to your friends," the White Ranger stated, and Conner turned back to face him. "Because if you don't, I might be forced to do something I really don't want to."

"Like what?" Conner asked, despite Kaylee and Kira attempting to stop him from saying the very words that were just asking for it.

"Let me show you," he chuckled, drawing a white dagger from his belt. "White Drago Sword!"

Swinging the weapon in a series of formations, he created a series of little WHITE arrows that stayed floating in the air in front of him. "Laser arrows," he stated, and made them turn towards the other four. In a flash they ripped through the air, battering the Rangers with a series of sharp jabs, sparks and energy blasts.

As the last couple hit, they were thrown off their feet, and groaned as they landed on their butts.

"You couldn't have let Conner go butt heads alone, Kira?" Kaylee muttered, rubbing her butt. "Then we wouldn't have wound up being floored with him!"

"Is that really necessary?" Conner snapped, looking up at the White Ranger.

"Yeah it is!" Kaylee muttered, thinking he meant her teasing him.

"That was just a warning," the Ranger stated, before disappearing in a burst of white light that radiated from his dagger.

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"Anything?" Tommy questioned Hayley, who was running scan after scan on the computer in regards to the White Ranger.

"Nothing, I can't get any readings on his genetic makeup. It's like the Ranger Powers bonded with his own DNA and it's all jumbled into one," she replied, sighing.

"Hey, at least we know it wasn't the Easter Bunny," Kaylee said, trying to be positive as she and the other three arrived. "How's it going?"

As an answer, the computer began to beep and a screen came up showing the White Ranger teleporting into town.

"Oh great, he's back," Ethan muttered.

"And looking for more trouble, no doubt," Kira added.

"You guys better get over there," Tommy stated. "Make sure he doesn't go completely medieval on any civilians."

"I thought the expression was 'postal'," Kaylee frowned. "Oh well, let's go!"

"But we just got there," Conner sighed.

"Weren't you the one who was itching for a fight a few minutes ago?" Kira reminded him, and he grinned, following as they left the base.

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

"Hey!" Conner yelled as they arrived. "Back so soon? Thought you made your point last time!"

"Point. Arrows," Kaylee put the pieces together. "Heh, I think puns get worse with every generation that goes by."

"I've only just started," the White Ranger stated, turning to face them. "You want some more?"

With rallying cries they charged, and their opposing Ranger shook his head, grabbing his Drago Sword as they reached him. He sliced Ethan on the shoulder, Kaylee on the arm and Kira on the side before reaching Conner, who tried to flip him over before the White Ranger sliced his chest and pushed him away.

Kira and Kaylee stepped in next, launching forward with synchronized kicks that he merely dodged, before twirling around them, sheathing his dagger and grabbing their wrists, pulling them in close and in a hard-to-get-out-of position.

"Um, could you not grip so tightly?" Kaylee winced. "That's my bad wrist."

"Terribly sorry," he chuckled, tossing her and Kira into the oncoming Ethan. As the Rangers got to their feet, the White Ranger unsheathed his Drago Sword, forming a series of arrows again that he fired towards them, causing sparks and explosions to follow as they went crashing to the ground. "Weaklings."

He laughed maniacally, running forward and kicking into a super speedy overdrive as he ran through the Rangers, slashing out with his Drago Sword. He formed and "X" on each of their chests before jumping away as the markings left by his weapon exploded.

Once again the Rangers found themselves on the ground, writhing in pain as the White Ranger emitted an evil chuckle. "That's gotta hurt."

"Why don't you get your generalized-colored-butt over here and I'll show you something that hurts," Kaylee snapped, reaching a hand to summon her power weapon but Ethan's steady hand and head shake stopped her. Ethan got his feet, helping her up afterwards.

"Alright, what's the deal?" Conner groaned, pushing himself to his feet as all four Rangers had smoke billowing up from them like dying fires. He extended a hand, helping Kira up as he spoke. "I tried to be nice, extending a little Ranger love, and this is what we get?"

"Guess you're not so good at expressing your feelings," Kira stated, and Conner's focus on the task at hand faltered as he looked at her, frowning. Had she just…?

"I'm not here to make friends," the White Ranger's annoyed voice broke him from his thoughts.

"Then what is it?" Ethan asked. "What do you want?"

"That isn't something you need to know. All that's important right now is that there are four Rangers too many," he claimed, turning to face them.

"Wait…does that mean Tommy's safe? That's not fair! He's the old fart!" Kaylee complained.

"Well, I'm here to change that."

"What, him being the old fart? Wait, are you older?" she inquired, and Kira shook her head.

"I think he meant the overabundance of Rangers," she pointed out.

"Whoa, big words for someone so small," Conner chuckled, and instantly regretted it as she whacked him upside the head. "What is with hitting me all the time?"

"Guys…," Kaylee began, tugging on Kira's elbow.

"I don't know, guess you just bring out the violence in me," she grinned.

"Guys…," Kaylee was more worried now, but no one was noticing.

"Lucky me," Conner stated.

"Guys!" Kaylee yelled, and Ethan paid attention in time to pull the Red and Yellow Rangers out of the way of another flurry of arrows.

"That's it!" Conner snapped, looking at the White Ranger. "Bring it!"

They rushed forward to meet him, and he quickly slashed the girls across the chest, then Ethan, and then Conner. As he pushed the latter two away, the girls came back with punches. He blocked these with his sword, smashing it against their wrists and they cried out in pain, stumbling backwards.

Laughing, he flipped backwards and away from them, only to have Ethan and Conner come running. He dispatched them, too, quickly enough. And he soon laughed as the other Rangers began to push themselves to their feet again. "That should do it."

In apparent pain, the Rangers stood before him, attempting to make the best of the situation and remain in their dignity, keeping their fighting stances.

"Think we're just gonna walk away?" Kira snapped, who appeared to be the least hurt of the four, she drew her Thundermax Laser, pointing it ahead. "Not gonna happen!"

She fired off a blast, only to have him return fire and blast her away, where she flipped through the air and crashed onto the pavement. Glaring fiercely at the White Ranger, Conner stood and drew his laser while the other two made sure Kira was alright.

"That's it, now you're dead!" he yelled, aiming his laser.

"Wait, don't!" a morphed Tommy called, running up and lowering Conner's firing arm despite his protests.

"What are you doing?" Conner inquired.

"We don't know what he's capable of. He's got powers we might not be able to deal with." Tommy pointed out, before looking at the White Ranger. "We don't wanna hurt you…"

"Speak for yourself," both Conner and Kira muttered together as he helped her up.

"Why are you here?" Tommy asked, rolling his eyes at the other two.

"Why am I here?" the White Ranger pondered aloud. "Lemme see…to destroy you."

"That does it!" Ethan cried, and he and Kaylee drew their Thundermax Sabers, running forward despite Tommy's protests. They locked swords with their opponent, but as they began a duel, he quickly showed more swordsmanship, besting them both and causing sparks to fly as he slashed them across arm and chest.

They fell from the side of the raised parking lot building to the street below, where they recovered a moment as the White Ranger landed nearby.

"Nice flight?" he taunted.

"He's so going down!" Kaylee stated, hearing Ethan agree as he clenched his fists. They got up and rushed forward, but it wasn't long before the Blue Ranger, and then the Green Ranger, were thrown backwards into cars, nearly breaking the windshields.

"Pathetic," he spat, walking towards the hurt Rangers. "You're no match for me."

"Ethan?" Kaylee squeaked. "Thoughts?"

"Got it covered!" he cried, summoning his Tricera Shield.

"Good call," she nodded, cracking the whip that appeared in her hands. "Spino Whip!"

The rushed forward, leaping into the air with their attacks. As their weapons connected with the White Ranger's raised arm, power was suddenly sucked from them and into what appeared to be his morpher.

"Can't…hold…on," Kaylee muttered, before she and Ethan were thrown back and onto the pavement, where they lay, exhausted, as they powered down without consent. "Okay…that totally sucked!"

"Looks like game over," Ethan groaned.

"Not yet," she shook her head, looking up to see the Black Ranger arrive.

"Kaylee! Ethan!" Tommy called, rushing forward and bringing his Brachio Staff down through the air. The White Ranger merely brought up the morpher, making Tommy's weapon crash down on it, before grinning behind his mask.

"I'll take yours too!" he chuckled as Tommy was lifted into the air by the force of the energy drain. Seconds later, he too got to say hello to the pavement, before powering down.

As the White Ranger's attention was on the three de-morphed Rangers, he didn't see Conner and Kira come barreling into him. He was knocking sideways with them, and crashed into a construction site sign.

"Time for answers!" Conner snapped as they got to their feet. "Now!"

Roaring with anger, the White Ranger rushed forward, taking a strike at Kira, who was closest. The Yellow Ranger summoned her Ptera Grips to block his hit, but he kicked out beneath their locked weapons, hitting her in the side he'd already attacked with his Drago Sword once or twice. She cried out in pain, and he kicked her backwards, where she went flying into the side of a concrete wall, crumpling to the ground and powering down.

The White Ranger stalked over, and was about to swing down his sword, but Conner's Tyranno Staff connected with the side of his head and the Red Ranger stepped between them. "You're really pissing off the wrong guy. I'm giving you one last chance."

Ignoring his words, the White Ranger slipped away from his grasped, slashing Conner across the chest and kicking his backwards forcefully. He too hit the concrete wall, and fell to the ground before powering down, clutching at his shoulder in pain.

"You were saying?" his opponent laughed, towering above the pair. Kira, slightly less hurt than Conner, stood on her feet, helping the Red Ranger up just as the others arrived.

"You okay?" she asked, allowing him to use her shoulder as support as he used Ethan's as well.

"Yeah, I think so," he nodded weakly.

"You've been warned Power Rangers, stay outta my way or be destroyed!"

And with that the Ranger warped off, leaving the teens and their mentor totally confused.

"Guys, we've got big trouble," Tommy sighed.

"Ya think?" Kaylee groaned, rubbing her arm.

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

"It wasn't supposed to go this way," Ethan commented as they sat on the steps in the basement Ranger Base. "Was it?"

"An Evil White Ranger?" Kaylee frowned. "No…I thought it was Green last time. Oh wait…it was Green! But then he turned good and went White! Isn't that right, Dr. O?"

"Yeah…," Tommy sighed.

"So…this is weird…cuz I'm still Green…but I'm not evil…and there's already an evil White…so I can't turn evil," Kaylee used her fingers, calculating like math while the others watched, not understanding, but merely amused.

"So, what do we do?" Kira asked, drawing away from the girl's antics.

"How are we supposed to fight him if we can't get near him?" Conner added.

Tommy sighed. "We figure out who this is, and what he wants, before it's too late."

"It's not too late, it's never too late…," Kaylee hummed, and the others gave her incredulous looks. "What?"

"Three Days Grace? You?" Ethan inquired. "With such bad timing?"

"Heard it this morning on Kira's Ipod," Kaylee admitted. "Forgot mine for the bus ride, so we shared. Been kinda lodged in the back of my head all day."

"Ah," Ethan nodded, before smiling and shaking his head. Kira and Conner meanwhile, merely exchanged glances and shrugged.

xX-White-Thunder-Xx

"Whoa…," Devin breathed as he and Cassidy were stopped short at the sight of a seemingly hurt White Ranger stumbling off into an alleyway. "I didn't know they came in white—whoa!"

Cassidy suddenly pushed him forward, intent upon following the new Ranger that had just appeared out of nowhere.

From around the alleyway corner, the White Ranger fell over, and powered down into a bewildered and confused Trent. He stood up, dusted himself off and headed towards the way out – before crashing into Cassidy and Devin.

"Did you see him? Did he come this way?" Cassidy inquired hurriedly.

"Who?" Trent frowned.

"The White Ranger! He was here; I know it!"

"Naw, I-I didn't see anybody."

"Hello, how could you not?" she snapped. "Oh whatever!"

She groaned, stalking off in search of her Ranger. "Sorry dude, see ya!" Devin apologized before running off after her.

"Devin, he's gone!" Cassidy whined and Trent leaned back against the building as they left, sighing heavily as he closed his eyes, shaking his head.


Thanks for the mistake pointing out, dguice. It's much appreciated, and changed. :)