09 White Thunder


DISCLAIMER – I do NOT own Power Rangers, Dino Thunder, or any character other than Austin.


(DinoThunder theme plays)

Early one morning at the Mercer residence, Trent spied worriedly on his father, who sat in his office reading a book. Suddenly, the man seemed overcome by something and stumbled weakly over to a certain wall. Right before Trent's eyes, Anton Mercer disappeared into an invisiportal. Trent paced the hall for a few minutes, trying to piece things together in his mind. Unable to come up with an explanation, he decided to try following his father.

Walking up to the same wall as before, an invisiportal opened in front of the teen. Trent reached out a hand like his father had and was sucked inside. Surprisingly, he found himself inside a strange lab, full of strange, foreign substances. Trent had absolutely no idea where he'd been teleported, but began exploring his surroundings anyway.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tommy Oliver and his son were met by the other Rangers at a now-destroyed shrine in the middle of the forest. Dr. Oliver was scanning the rubble with a drill-shaped device featuring what looked like a satellite dish on the end.

"Hey, Dr. O, we got here as soon as we could. What'd you find?" Conner asked.

"Some sort of storage unit. The energy readings are so intense, the fossil finder can't register them," Tommy answered.

"What kind of energy?" Ethan questioned. Tommy hesitated.

"The same kind that's in our Dino Gems…" Austin answered. The others were flabbergasted.

"You're saying there's a dino gem here?" Kira asked.

"Not any more, but there was," Tommy answered. Ethan raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you had all kinds of stuff that would've detected a gem here," he remarked.

"Someone must've hidden it," Tommy explained, "When the cloaking device deactivated, the readings went off the scale."

"So is this good news or bad news?" Conner questioned. The others rolled their eyes at yet another idiotic question from the Red Ranger.

"Well, that depends on who has the gem, now doesn't it?" Austin responded. Conner frowned before nodding in agreement.


Back in the strange laboratory, Trent came across a strange, white stone embedded in what appeared to be a thin strip of metal. As he neared the object, he was shocked to see the metal form into a bracelet and adhere itself to his left wrist. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remove the bracelet. As if that weren't enough, the stone embedded in it began to emit energy like no tomorrow, obscuring his arm in a ball of white light.

Trent fled the facility through another portal, the stone's strange energy overcoming him. He tried to head for home, but it wasn't long before he was overwhelmed and collapsed. He could feel the stone's energy surging through him, but could not control it. Whatever it was, it seemed that it was taking control of him. Soon the energy was in full control, and Trent Fernandez was merely an afterthought.

Back at the Rangers' secret base, Hayley alerted Dr. Oliver to a new monster who'd just appeared in Reefside. The creature, obviously created by Mesogog, resembled a giant, mutant, sunflower man. Both Olivers began to wonder if their enemies would ever create a monster that also looked dangerous. That aside, they were suddenly joined by the other three Rangers.

"Looks like we showed up just in time," Ethan remarked. Hayley nodded.

"You think there's a reason for this guy?" she questioned.

"Hard to tell; seems like he's actually looking for something," Tommy observed.

"Well he's not gonna like what he finds. Come on, guys!" Conner exclaimed.

"Let's do it!" Kira added. The four younger Rangers stepped back and assumed their usual morphing stances.

"Ready?" Austin questioned.

"Ready!" the others cried.

"Dino Thunder, power up, ha!" they cried in unison, activating their morphers. Once morphed, the Rangers located the sunflower monster on foot, engaging it in a small, open area.

"Hey, is there something we can help you with?" Conner asked somewhat sarcastically. The monster looked over each Ranger, something most unusual by Mesogog's standards.

"Red, blue, green, yellow; no, I'm looking for something in basic white," it responded.

"Do you have any clue what he's talking about?" Kira questioned.

"None," Austin answered. The monster then decided to attack anyway, firing a laser blast which the Rangers dodged. Suddenly and without warning, the monster was attacked by something moving so fast it could only be seen as a blur.

"Whoa!" Conner exclaimed. Within seconds the monster was destroyed, after which its mysterious opponent fled.

"What was that?" Ethan questioned. None of the Rangers could answer. Austin opened comms with his parents back at the base.

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

"Yeah, but we're still trying to figure out what it was," Tommy answered.

"We'll try and follow it; come on!" Conner cried. The four Rangers rushed off in the direction the blur had fled. Soon they came to a stop in another clear area.

"I don't see anything," Ethan remarked.

"Look harder." The four Rangers turned to see what appeared to be a white Power Ranger step out from behind a pillar. His spikes were black, he had strange shoulder armor and it, along with his gloves and boots, had gold edges.

"This guy a friend of yours, Dr. O?" Conner asked over the comms.

"Never seen him before," Tommy answered. The Rangers began to attack, but the White Ranger stopped them with a few words.

"I wouldn't come any closer if I were you," he spoke coolly.

"Or what?" Conner questioned.

"I'll give you an example," the White Ranger continued. He pulled a weapon out if its holster. "Drago sword, laser arrow!" he remarked, "Fire!" At least 50 arrows made of energy flew at the Rangers. Austin slid to the ground and dodged them, whereas the others were knocked back by the barrage.

"Was that really necessary?" Conner questioned. Austin resisted the urge to face palm.

"That was just a warning." The White Ranger then vanished into thin air.

"Great, what now?" Ethan asked aloud. Surprisingly, Tommy had an answer.

"Ignore him for the moment. I'm picking up two Dinozord Eggs. Austin, meet me at the docks; the rest of you head to this warehouse," he instructed giving coordinates.

"Got it, Dr. O!" Conner responded.


Arriving at the warehouse, the three teenage Rangers were led to the dino egg by Dr. Oliver's fossil finder. However, they also found the White Ranger feeding it energy from his morpher. A quick engagement proved futile, and only resulted in them losing the fossil finder before they were forced to retreat. The teens just hoped the Olivers had had better luck.


Over at the docks, Austin and Tommy were only half surprised to see workers running for their lives. Tracking down the source of the panic, they came across the Parasaurzord. It was light green in color, and Tommy almost immediately tamed it. Before they could celebrate, the other three Rangers rushed up behind them.

"Dr. O, we found the other dino egg, but so did the White Ranger!" Conner remarked.

"Guys, there's a giant, anchor-shaped monster attacking the city!" Hayley chimed in.

"Alright, you guys stay here and deal with this guy. Austin and I will go after the White Ranger," Tommy instructed. Morphing, the Rangers split up once again. Austin and Tommy headed for the warehouse, meanwhile the other three Rangers took on the monster known as Angor. Amazingly, the monster was able to defeat the Thundersaurus Megazord, sending the Rangers flying to the ground.

Meanwhile, Tommy and Austin got to the White Ranger just as the second egg hatched. The zord quickly began to grow, destroying the warehouse and forcing the Olivers to flee. Riding the newly hatched Dragozord, the White Ranger took control of the Parasaurzord, turning it crimson red in the process. The Dragozord and the Parasaurzord came together to form the Dino Parazord, which defeated Angor before disappearing much like its operator had before.

Back at the secret base, the Rangers met up after the hard-fought battle. Conner attempted to apologize for losing the fossil finder but was waved off. Tommy sent the others home to rest before heading out to retrieve the device himself. Hayley watched from the command center as he made his way back to what was left of the warehouse. After a few minutes of searching, he located the fossil finder, which had been attached to a machine that looked like an open briefcase.

"What's this?" he questioned aloud. Suddenly, Trent stumbled into the room. Tommy tried to help him before the teen was overcome again and morphed into the White Ranger. "Never would have seen that coming," Tommy remarked.

"Fight or perish Black Ranger," the White Ranger taunted. Knowing he had no choice, Tommy morphed and fought off his evil opponent. Hayley watched as Tommy was eventually knocked back.

"Hayley, the White Ranger… it's-!" Tommy started. He never got to finish as the White Ranger used the modified fossil finder to cover Tommy in amber, effectively fossilizing him.