Author's Note: Hi, sorry for being gone two whole months. But as you all know things are getting pretty hectic. Anyway, here is the next chapter of Behind the Scenes.
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is not recognizable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban... although Dino Thunder was created by Disney. Enjoy.
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Title: Prehistoric Storm
Summary: A tug of war begins between the humans and a mutant dinosaur named Mesogog for the control for Earth. It is now up to Power Ranger legend Tommy Oliver to stop him. With the help of three high school students and a reluctant Ninja student he just might be able to succeed.
"Check it out." Ethan grinned excitedly. He was browsing the web on his laptop, after hooking it up with Hayley's Wi-Fi at the Cyberspace. "It says here that brain waves are just electrical impulses that, if converted into a binary language can be downloaded."
"Yeah, I read about that," said Trent, looking thoughtful. "It means our eyes can become the video cameras of the future."
Ethan nodded at Trent.
"Game Geek TV," said Connor, nudging Aliyah awake. "I wonder if it'll become part of basic cable."
"I hope not," Aliyah yawned. "Cam bores me enough at night as it is. I mean, I get that he is passionate about what he does, and some of his gadgets are really cool and everything, but do I look like the girl who understands Nano-technology? Sometimes I do wonder if he's dating the right person because half the time I have no clue what he's talking about."
Connor smirked and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "If you're looking for a little extra excitement," he teased, "i'm free tomorrow night. We could go catch a movie or something?"
"Yeah, and we can sit there and talk about your amazing game last Monday." Aliyah said, sarcastically, shrugging his arm from around her shoulders.
"Well, if you want to talk about soccer," Connor shrugged.
"I don't," Aliyah muttered, burying her head once more in her arms. "I just want a nice pillow, a blanket and a little piece and quiet."
Kira looked down the bar at the platinum Ranger. "Tired, Aliyah?" she asked.
"Is it that obvious?" Aliyah asked, raising her head slightly.
"Late night?" Ethan asked.
"Not really," Aliyah answered. "I'm just being plagued by these weird dreams, they're keeping me awake all night, and with Cam back at the academy I don't have anyone to talk to, or snuggle with to get back to sleep - say nothing, Connor," she added quickly, as the red Ranger opened his mouth.
Connor huffed and held his hands up in defense. "Why ask for help if you don't want it?" he asked. "I'll snuggle with you if it means you're in a better mood the following day." He shrugged.
Aliyah rolled her eyes. "Maybe because I have a perfectly good boyfriend to snuggle with," she answered. "I don't need a little something on the side."
"You're no fun," Connor pouted.
"And you're desperate," Aliyah retorted, closing her eyes again.
Ethan, Kira and Trent chuckled at the antics of the two friends, before looking up as the doors to the Cyberspace opened. It wasn't unusual for more people to flood into the cafe, especially at this time of day, and it was an automatic response to look around to see who had just entered.
As all activity and noise ceased inside the cafe, Aliyah raised her head to see what had caught everyone's attention. "Hey, isn't that the girl from Ocean Alert?" she asked, pointing at the newcomer.
Connor whipped around, almost falling off of his stool in the process.
"The most popular television show of all time." Ethan breathed, mesmerized by what he saw. "Does anyone have a brown paper bag? I'm hyperventilating."
Kira rolled her eyes as Trent passed Ethan what he had asked for, and Nikki Valentina turned on the spot several times; behind her stood two of her people, they were carrying clipboards that Aliyah could only assume held signed pictures of the TV star.
"Welcome to Hayley's Cyberspace," said Hayley, running excitedly up to Nikki. "What can I get you?"
"I'm just dying for a wheat grass shake with a twist of lemon," said Nikki.
"Oh, sorry, but we just ran out of wheat grass," said Hayley, "how about a banana berry smoothie?"
"Did I ask for a smoothie?" Nikki asked. "I'm fairly certain I asked for a wheat grass shake!"
"And as I said, we -"
"All right, I'll give you $100 for it," said Nikki, interrupting Hayley before she could repeat herself.
Hayley chuckled lightly. "I'm sorry, you can't buy what I don't have," she said.
"Listen, I don't know if you noticed this," said the TV star, "but i'm Nikki Valentina. There is nothing I can't buy."
"Obviously there is or you'd have a wheat grass shake in your hand," grumbled Aliyah. She was already bored with the celebrity presence in the cafe and wanted to go back to sleep.
Nikki shot her a deep loathing look, but chose to not comment. Instead she turned back to Hayley and shook her head. "Never mind, I'm over this place." She turned to walk out, but was stopped in her tracks as Cassidy stepped in front of her.
"Miss Valentina. Cassidy Cornell, 'Reefside Reporter.' I'm a huge fan," Cassidy said, excitedly.
"Of course you are," said Nikki.
"Somebody I'm going to be a big star, too," said Cassidy, "except I'm going to be a news anchor, but, like, maybe we could work together. I know. I could be in 'Ocean Alert.'"
Nikki smirked and rolled her eyes. "Honey, you better get yourself a new dream," she said, "'cause being me - well, that's mine, and I'm not sharing."
She walked around Cassidy and led her people out of the cafe; one of them passed Cassidy a signed picture of Nikki before she disappeared.
Cassidy scoffed and tossed the picture to the floor, before storming back to where Devin was sitting.
"I have to meet her, or my life will never be complete." Ethan said, longingly.
"I'll introduce you at our wedding," said Connor.
"Oh, brother." Kira scoffed.
Aliyah rolled her eyes. "Wow, dude, you move on fast!" she said, punching Connor in the shoulder. "One minute you're all over me, and now you're fantasizing about Valentine."
"Valentina." Ethan corrected.
"Whatever." Aliyah scoffed. "She's just another bitchy diva, who thinks that because she has all this fame and fortune she can treat everyone else as if they're beneath her, personally, I hope she drowns in her next episode."
"Harsh." Connor winced.
Aliyah shrugged and turned to finish her smoothie.
"My shift is officially over," said Trent, wiping the smoothie foam from his hands. He tossed the napkin back onto the bar and turned to Kira. "Ready to go?" he asked.
Kira nodded and jumped down from her stool.
"Where are you two headed?" Ethan asked.
"Trent's going to show me some sketches he's done for my demo." Kira explained.
"In other words, Ethe," Aliyah smirked, "they have their first date."
Both Kira and Trent blushed crimson.
Aliyah snickered. "Hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of," she teased. "You're both young, good-looking kids, make the most of it. Just keep it simple, Trent, Kira doesn't need to worry about any teenager pregnancy problems."
Kira shot Aliyah a glare as she turned away from her friends; her face was the colour of Hunter Bradley's old Ranger suit. Aliyah snickered as she watched the yellow Ranger and Trent leave the cafe, before turning to Connor and Ethan.
"Either of you up for a drive?" she asked.
"Considering you said 'drive'," said Connor, "I'm guessing I'm in?"
Aliyah smiled. "Aw, thanks, Conn, you're a great mate," she said, grabbing his arm. "Let's go. You coming, Ethe?"
"Depends."
"On?"
"Where are we going?"
"Home."
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
Connor and Ethan shook their heads as they drove Aliyah out of Reefside. She was curled up in the front passenger seat, her head resting against the window and Connor's jacket over her shoulder.
"Tell me again why I had to come?" Ethan asked from the back seat, he had his laptop on his lap and was still researching random things on the journey.
"You didn't have too," said Aliyah, "I just thought you'd be a good friend and keep Connor company on the way back to Reefside, plus my grandparents always told me never to abandon a friend, who knows what would have happened to you if we had left you alone, even for an hour or two."
"I'd have been perfectly safe," said Ethan. "Tell me again what your dreams were about."
Aliyah groaned. "Ethe, I don't think you're going to find anything on the internet about my dreams," she said. "This is pointless."
"Amuse me," said Ethan, firing up the Google search engine.
"Fine," Aliyah grumbled. "It's dark and I'm alone in the middle of nowhere. There's a four walls so I assume it's a building, maybe a lock-up or something? I don't know. Anyway, I turn to find an exit and am almost blinded by a flashlight. I duck behind some cardboard boxes, which again makes me, think that I'm in a lock-up, and can hear voices."
Connor frowned and glanced sideways. "What are the voices saying?" he asked.
"I don't know," said Aliyah. "All I know is that there is one male and one female present, other than myself, of course, and they're talking to one another, their voices are too distorted for me to work out what is being said. Then an explosion rips through the entire building, and suddenly the woman starts screaming."
"An explosion?" Connor asked, slightly alarmed. "Are you sure?"
Aliyah nodded. "Yeah. There's an almighty BANG and suddenly flames flare to life right in front of me. I try to get away from them, but quickly learn that they can't harm me as I'm observing the situation happening, rather than experiencing it for myself."
"Can you make out her screams?" Ethan asked, typing furiously at the keyboard.
Aliyah heaved a heavy sigh and blinked. "Not at first," she said, "but last night I could."
"What was she screaming?" Connor asked.
Unfortunately, before Aliyah could answer their morphers beeped and Dr. O's voice sounded loud and clear.
"Guys, we have some Tyrannodrones downtown," he said, "and we have a little problem at the beach."
Aliyah groaned loudly and buried her head under Connor's jacket, as the red Ranger turned the car around and drove back to the city central.
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
"Whoa! This is just like some bad low-budget movie," said Ethan, as he and the others arrives just in time to see the Tyrannodrones harassing innocent people.
"Only this is for real, Ethan." Kira replied, glancing at the blue Ranger.
"Oh, yeah," Ethan nodded, sheepishly. "Right."
Aliyah groaned and pinched the bridge of her nose as a headache started to blaze to life. "All I know is," she grumbled, "if everyone doesn't shut up soon, my head is gonna explode."
"Let's deal with these freaks and go help Dr. O," Connor suggested, turning back to the Tyrannodrones. The Rangers prepared themselves and rushed into battle.
Kira and Ethan broke off from their friends and disappeared around the corner, chasing a group of foot soldiers has they chased down a group of civilians, this left Connor and Aliyah to deal with the group that remained.
"Am I the only one who gets the feeling that this is a distraction?" Aliyah asked, planting a kick in the chest of one of the Tyrannodrones.
Connor shook his head and ducked as a Tyrannodrone took a swipe at his head. "No, I think Dr. O may be heading to the main focus of this deal," he said. "We have to get to the beach."
"Let's double team them," said Aliyah. "We'll be done in half the time."
Connor nodded and held his hand out to her. Aliyah took it and allowed Connor to pull her up off of the floor; she had landed there when a T-drone swept her feet out from under her. Once back up on her feet, Aliyah jumped up from the floor and flipped over Connor's head, bringing her foot down on top of a Tyrannodrones head.
"Nice," Connor commented, running towards more T-drones. Aliyah grabbed the back of his jacket and pulled him backwards, spinning him around and shoving him towards the oncoming foot soldiers behind them. The red Ranger coughed as his t-shirt choked him, but planted a double kick to the chest of the Tyrannodrones, flipping over backwards in the process.
Connor grinned, popped his collar and turned to Aliyah, only to gasp and duck as she kicked up at him. "Whoa, dude," he cried, as Aliyah rolled over him and decked two more Tyrannodrones that had snuck up behind him. "A little warning next time?" he asked, as he straightened up and turned to her.
"My bad," Aliyah shrugged.
"Whoa," Ethan yelled as he and Kira were thrown through the air, crashing into Connor and Aliyah who had finished with their own monsters. "Who released the hounds?" he asked.
"I know who's putting them back where they belong!" said Connor, bringing up his wrist and activating his Dino Morpher.
The others nodded and followed suit.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
"Tricera!"
"Tyranno!"
"Ptera!"
"Sabre-tooth Tiger!"
"Let's do it!" Connor said breaking off the second they had morphed.
"Yeah!" Ethan agreed. "Tricera Shield!" he swung the weapon around in a circle as it appeared in his hands. Sparks flew as it came in contact with each of the Tyrannodrones.
Kira flipped over several times, each one avoiding a new attack from the Tyrannodrones around her. She landed back on her feet and blocked an incoming attack with her Ptera grips.
Connor groaned as he was kicked in the stomach by a T-drone; he rolled aside to avoid any more attacks, kicking up at two T-drones that had rushed in for an attack. "Tyranno staff!" he said, lifting the staff up to protect his head from any collisions from the monsters surrounding him.
"Lasers!" Aliyah shouted, firing her tiger sword at the Tyrannodrones around her. Sparks flew as the lasers hit their targets, but with every two foot soldiers Aliyah took down another four rushed towards her. "Oh come on!" she whined, ducking and summoning her Sabre blade from her belt.
With one final punishment attack, the Rangers regrouped as the Tyrannodrones disappeared, more bruised and battered than they had arrived.
"That got 'em," said Ethan.
"Yeah!" Kira nodded.
"We have to find Dr. O," said Connor.
"To the beach?" Aliyah asked, turning slightly to face her friends.
The others nodded. "To the beach."
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
Racing around the corner, the team of four skidded to separate halt as their teacher landed in front of them, he had just dived from the balcony above them were a shark monster was waiting.
"Dr. O," Kira said. "Are you OK?"
Tommy nodded as Nikki Valentina swayed out of an open door. She was examining her nails in the afternoon light.
Connor's hormones kicked into Overdrive. "Check it out, baby," he said, opening his arms and walked forward. "It's all about the Red."
"Unless you prefer a kinder, gentler Power Ranger." Ethan said, stalking forward and shoving Connor aside.
"What?" Connor asked.
Aliyah rolled her eyes and turned to Kira, despite not being able to see the yellow Ranger's face, she could tell that Kira felt just as annoyed as she did.
"I'm not finished with you yet!" the monster snarled, spotting the rangers and its prey. He fired his lasers at them, knocking Connor and Ethan backwards into Aliyah and Kira. "Come with me, Human!" he added, jumping from the balcony and landing behind Nikki. He grabbed her and disappeared into an Invisiportal.
"You guys OK?" Tommy asked, rushing to check on his students.
Aliyah grunted as she shoved Connor off of her. "Next time," she grumbled, allowing Tommy to pull her and Kira to their feet, "check your hormones at the door before you morph."
"Let's get back to the lab," Tommy suggested.
"OK," the team nodded rushing off.
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
"What did Shark bait want with Nikki?" Aliyah asked, leading the way into the Dino Lab.
"That's a good question," Tommy said, making his way towards the main computer. Hayley was there waiting for them, and already running a search for any monster activity in Reefside. But, upon closer inspection, Aliyah and Kira could see that a monster search wasn't all that was running.
"You're looking for a Dino egg?" she asked.
Hayley nodded. "Tommy got the reading this morning," she explained. "He asked me to carry on the search while he went to help you guys at the beach. So, Valentina's been kidnapped? Wonder how her publicist likes that?"
"They're probably freaking out," Aliyah snickered. "But then again, I'm hoping she survives and then drowns in her next episode."
"Why so hostile, Ali?" Tommy asked, patting her shoulder.
"Because celebrities piss me off," Aliyah answered. "I think the only celebrities that I actually like are those that produce music. If this situation were different, and Trevor McNevan from Thunder Foot Krutch had been kidnapped; then I wouldn't stop looking now."
Kira smiled and shook her head. "I actually agree with you," she nodded, "but I'd swap Trevor McNevan for Madonna."
Aliyah smirked and shook her head, before whipping around as a shrill scream, which sounded like a woman, came from the back of the room. Connor and Ethan had their backs to their friends and were inspecting their reflections in the mirror.
"Are you guys seriously that vain?" Kira asked.
"This is not good," said Ethan.
"What's not good?" Aliyah asked.
Connor turned on the spot and showed his face to his friends. Kira's jaw hit the floor, Hayley covered her mouth, but her eyes shone with amusement as Aliyah openly snickered at the craters on her best friend's face.
"You guys were lucky you were morphed," said Tommy. "It could have been a lot worse!"
"I can't believe this," said Connor, glaring at Aliyah. "How am I supposed to save Nikki now? Look at my face!"
"Mine looks like it should be delivered in 30 minutes or less," Ethan cried, mournfully.
Aliyah rolled her eyes.
"You know most of us could look past the rash," said Kira, "and see the person on the inside."
"OK, Nikki Valentina is not like most of us," said Connor.
"Two arms, two legs - all seems the same to me." Aliyah shrugged. "Besides, what makes you guys so sure that she'll even bat an eyelid at you? She doesn't even know you're alive!"
"Not yet," Connor corrected. "Once I save her -"
"How are you gonna save her, hot shot?" Aliyah interrupted. "You'll be morphed, so she'll only know you as the red Ranger, and it's not like you can tell her who you really are. Besides, you're only eighteen!"
"Age is just a number, my friend." Ethan shrugged.
"Yeah," Connor nodded. "Cam is older than you."
"By three years." Aliyah countered. "Nikki is in her mid-late twenties. My advice to you both is to find someone else to crush on."
Connor and Ethan rolled their eyes and turned back to the mirror.
"Hayley, any luck?" Tommy asked.
"He's thrown up a firewall around the Invisiportals," said Hayley. "Not even the Raptor cycles could get in."
"What about monster activity?" Aliyah asked.
Hayley shook her head. "Nothing yet," she answered. "It's like they're second guessing our plans before we even make them."
Aliyah sighed in frustration.
Kira squeezed her friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, Ali," she said. "Shark Bait will resurface soon."
Suddenly the computers beeped, startling the rangers and Hayley who had been halfway through searching for the new Dino Egg. "I don't know how," the red head said, spinning around in her seat, "but she just made it out. She's back at the beach."
"Yeah, go Nikki!" Ethan chuckled, before pointing at Aliyah and Kira. "I told you she was smart."
"Yeah, as a bag of hammers," Kira said, rolling her eyes.
Aliyah, however, was staring at the minicomputer as Nikki walked off screen. "Shark bait in counting," she muttered. "Three... two..." there was another flash on the screen and the Shark Monster returned. "Show time!"
"Hayley, keep tracking that egg," said Tommy.
"I will," Hayley nodded. "Good luck."
The others nodded and prepared to morph.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
Shark Bait growled as he grabbed Nikki's arm and pulled her back towards the sea. "You're coming back with me, human," he said.
"Hey," Connor yelled leading his team-mates onto the sand. "Let her go!"
"You again?" Shark Bait asked annoyed.
"You're safe now," said Connor to Nikki.
There was a whirr of energy and Zeltrax dropped out of an Invisiportal. "Not for long," he said, pointing his sword at the rangers.
"This is so not in my contract!" said Nikki, as Zeltrax ran forward to battle the rangers. She ripped her hand away from Shark Bait and stalked off.
"Huh? Come back!" Shark Bait shouted as Nikki run off. He tried to follow but was intercepted by the rangers.
Kira shouted as she was thrown into the air, spun around several times and landed back on the sand, before ducking down as Aliyah jumped over her, kicking the shark several times in the snout.
Shark Bait snarled and grabbed Ethan's shoulder as the blue Ranger aimed a punch at him, while holding Ethan, Shark Bait aimed his laser at the rangers and opened fire.
Aliyah sneezed as she rolled over onto her stomach. "Oh, the joys of having hay fever," she complained, as her nose tickled and she resisted the urge to sneeze again.
"Let's see how you look after a little flower power," Shark Bait said, aiming his laser at Nikki, who had just run past Devin and Cassidy, both of whom were filming something a few feet away.
Devin gasped and raced towards Nikki, abandoning Cassidy and giving the rangers time to deal with Shark Bait. With Kira and Aliyah down, Connor turned to Ethan. "Let's get him!" he said, causing Ethan to nod. The two boys kicked off from the ground, but before they could land a decent kick they were thrown into the girls for the second time that day.
"Why do I always end up with you on top of me?" Aliyah asked, as her helmet crashed into Connor's as he landed on her.
"Because we're magnetically attracted to each other," Connor joked, although he instantly regretted it as Aliyah roughly shoved him off of her.
Shark Bait laughed and run off. Nikki was long gone by now, taking Devin with her, but the rangers were far from through with Shark Bait.
"Uh-oh," he grumbled turning around to find that he hadn't escaped his enemies.
"It's time you learned a lesson," said Connor.
"Yeah, like, don't blast people with a ray that turns their faces into pepperoni pizza!" Ethan nodded.
Kira shook her head. "Good one, Ethan," she joked.
"Really?" Ethan asked.
"No!" Aliyah scoffed.
Shark Bait snarled and blasted the four Rangers again. To avoid the blast the four friends dived aside, Kira and Connor went left, while Aliyah and Ethan went right.
"OK, guys, let's give this freak a blast!" said Ethan, re-grouping with the others.
"Ready?" Connor asked, as he and the others leveled Shark Bait with their Thundermax lasers. "FIRE!"
The four beams collided with Shark Bait, knocking him back a few steps.
"Let's put 'em together!" said Aliyah, clenching her fists.
The others nodded and summoned their primary weapons. They combined them and leveled the Z-Rex blaster with Shark Bait.
"Anyone for sushi?" Aliyah asked, as Connor fired the blaster. The ball of energy hit Shark Bait, blowing him to bits.
No sooner had Shark Bait exploded, did the skies darken and rain clouds appear over his body. The rain poured down, re-energizing the shark and allowing him to grow to Megazord height.
"Now I'm the big fish!" Shark Bait laughed.
"Aw man," the rangers whined as Tommy joined them.
"Brachio, Zord time!" the black Ranger shouted into his morpher. The ground shook as the Brachiozord lumbered into view, depositing the Tyranno zord, Tricera zord, Ptera zord and Sabre-Tooth Tigerzord onto the beach.
"I'm the catch of the day!" said Shark Bait, rushing at the Megazord. He met the ranger's punches, hit-for-hit, before they managed to land to double attacks with the Tricera and Sabre fists. Shark Bait flew through the air and rounded angrily on the rangers. "You asked for this!" he said, splashing them with a tidal wave of water.
The Megazord sparked, dangerously, before ejecting the rangers in a shower of explosions.
"Whoa!"
"Whoa!"
"LOOK OUT BELOW!"
"What happened?"
"Guys! Are you alright?" Tommy asked, rushing to his students.
"Yeah, something's fishy!" said Connor, struggling back to his feet.
"Look at that swell!" Shark Bait said, summoning another tidal wave. "Surf's Up!"
Aliyah's attention, however, was drawn over her shoulder as the sound of squealing tires reached their position. "Hayley?" she frowned as the red head pulled to a stop in Tommy's jeep a few hundred feet away.
"Guys! I found the egg!" Hayley announced, tossing the object to her friends.
Aliyah caught it and looked down at the glowing green lights. "Here," she said, handing it to Tommy. Suddenly her morpher beeped; Aliyah raised her arm just as the Sabre-tooth Tiger head disappeared and was replaced by a purple Stego. "Whoa! Sweet!" she grinned.
The Dino Egg split in two, the shells rolling out of Aliyah's hands, as the miniature dinosaur shook his head and tail. He looked up at Aliyah and growled lightly, causing the others to chuckle and pat her shoulder.
"Look like someone else finds you attractive, Ali," Connor teased.
Aliyah bit back a growl as she elbowed him in the stomach, shoving him away from her. Connor groaned, hunched over and stumbled backwards.
"You're a bully," he said, raising his head to look at her. "Do you bully Cam too? Because if you do then that's abuse!"
"Cam's not as stupid," Aliyah muttered as the Stegosaurus jumped from her hand and landed at her feet. It glowed a faint purple and white before growing larger.
"It's growing!" Ethan gasped.
"OK, guys, we've got a new friend." Tommy said, turning back to the monster. "Aliyah, use your telepathy to tame the Stegozord and combine with it."
Aliyah nodded and raced towards the water's head. She brought up her morpher and traced the Stego-head. The creature in question seemed to croon at her touch, as if he could feel her. "Alright, buddy, you ready for your first big battle?" she asked.
The Stegozord roared his answer and lumbered forward.
"I'll take that as a yes," said Kira.
Aliyah nodded. "Let's do it!" she, along with the others, kicked off from the ground and melted into the heads of their Zords, which they then combined to form the Megazord. "Stegozord, its surfing time, baby!"
The Stegozord growled as it lumbered forward; the hump on its back expanded and folded downwards.
"It's working!" Connor grinned, maneuvering the Zord and jumping onto the Stegozord's back.
"Now it's our turn!" Kira said, as the Stegozord stopped at the edge of the water.
"Talk about a fish out of water!" Ethan nodded.
Shark Bait stumbled backwards as the rangers charged towards him on their new makeshift surfboard. "Huh? Hey! Where did you get that?" he yelled, as his tidal wave washed over him. The rangers surfed the wave, and cut through the Shark with the fins on the edge of the Stegozord.
"Tricera punch!" Ethan shouted, punching his controls forward. The Tricera arm hit the shark on the snout, causing him to fly backwards into the tidal wave.
Breaking the surf, Aliyah aimed her Sabre arm at the Shark. "Sabre strike!" she yelled, pushing forward on her controls. The monster rippled with energy then exploded, as the tidal wave, which towered over Reefside, disappeared.
"Yeah!" the rangers cheered. "We did it!"
~*Prehistoric Storm*~
"Let me do the talking," said Connor as he and Ethan approached Nikki. It was the end of the day and they were back at the beach; Nikki was preparing her make-up for her next take of Ocean Alert, while Aliyah and Kira sat on the rocks behind the two boys watching with looks of disbelief.
Aliyah shook her head. "After everything that we've learned about her," she said to Kira, "and those two are still drooling over her."
"I'm failing to see the attraction too," Kira nodded.
"Well, you know what they say about guys," Aliyah smirked.
Kira frowned in confusion.
"No upstairs brain." Aliyah answered. Kira sniggered as Connor and Ethan rejoined them, looking disheartened about something. "So, you guys put the moves on Nikki?" she asked.
"No." Ethan answered. "It turns out..."
"She is whack!" said Connor, glancing over his shoulder to where Nikki was kneeling on the beach.
Kira and Aliyah smirked and exchanged looks. "Well, guys, I'd say you've learned a valuable lesson." Kira said.
"What, sticking to cheerleaders?" Connor laughed.
Aliyah and Kira scowled.
"He's kidding." Ethan said, covering for his friend. "We know you can't judge a book by its cover. Even a prime one like Nikki's."
"Set... and ACTION!" the director called from the beach. Kira, Aliyah, Connor and Ethan turned to watch the scene unfold. Nikki, who was kneeling on the beach, swept her hair over her shoulder and leaned down to kiss the boy she had just rescued from the ocean; much to the Rangers surprise they saw that it was Devin.
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A/N: While writing this chapter, I realized that more and more of Aliyah's back story is conveyed. There was more in this story, but there is also a reference to any future stories in the Aliyah series. Did you see it? Don't worry if you didn't.
Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated Thursday, April 04th, 2013 at 02:55am