Disclaimer: I own nothing about Power Rangers. Oh, wait, I own Theresa and Kyle. Yay, me!
Backstory: Tommy and Kimberly made love before she left for Florida. She became pregnant with twins. I added more years between Zeo/Turbo and Dino Thunder so the twins' age would make sense. No real mention of anything Zeo/Turbo in the beginning. Maybe an episode plot or two. Kim is also a Zeo Ranger, but not really that important.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed this latest part of this adventure. Hope you continue on the journey with me!
Green Thunder Part 2
Tommy read and re-read his daughter's letter.
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am beyond sorry for what happened earlier today. Clearly, I had no control over my actions. I didn't mean for things to go so far. By the time you read this, I will be in Blue Bay. I can't be in Reefside right now. I'm too much of a liability to the team.
I am staying with Tori at the academy. I'm hoping Sensei will be able to aid me in controlling my mind and emotions. Kira will help me with schoolwork and keep me apprised of what goes down in Reefside.
I love you both so much. It tears me apart to leave but I don't trust myself if I stayed. Today was evidence enough. I'll call when I'm able. Please don't call me before I'm ready.
All my love,
Theresa
He fiddled with the Orange Ranger's bracelet. A lone tear fell down onto the gem. His family was falling apart. Tommy wiped his face. Beside him, Kim clutched his hand.
"She really left? In the middle of the night?"
He could only nod. He barely trusted his voice not to break. "She knew we'd have stopped her if she waited."
"Darn right! I would lock her in her room until Christmas!"
Tommy chuckled humorlessly. "I doubt that would solve anything."
Kimberly grumbled. "I'd feel better. I'd know where my daughter was. We'd at least have some semblance of a family left."
He planted a kiss on her forehead. "Billy and Hayley are working on a way to save Kyle. We just have to be patient."
Kim stood up and paced. She looked slightly silly with her enlarged belly. "I'm not good at patience! I want my kids back!"
He held her close. "I do, too."
Kyle held out his hand. Electricity crackled between him and the egg in front of him.
"This energy transfer should activate the dinozord egg."
He lowered his hand. The egg pulsed.
"Soon, you'll be ready for your debut."
He picked up his egg.
"When this hatches, there will only be one color left in the rainbow."
Cassidy stormed out of the café. She didn't even notice she hit Trent with the door.
"Aah!" The White Ranger rubbed his wrist where his bracelet banged into the wall. It beeped sadly. "What's going on with this thing?"
In the café, Hayley met up with Ethan and Kira. "Hey, have you guys seen Trent or Theresa? I'm a little worried. He hasn't shown up and she was supposed to be helping Billy and I with Kyle's gem separation."
Kira sighed. Apparently, Hayley was slightly out of the loop. "Theresa took off for Blue Bay last night. She's staying with her friend Tori until she gets her head on straight."
Hayley blinked. "Theresa ran away? That doesn't sound like her."
"She almost killed her own brother. If I did that, I'd want my head examined," Kira replied.
"And Tommy and Kim were okay with her going?"
Kira shook her head. "They didn't know until this morning. She left a letter and her gem."
Hayley grimaced. "What about Trent? He's never-"
"Ahem."
"-Late."
Hayley turned to face her tardy employee.
"Sorry about that. Dr. O had me over early so he could train me."
Kira peered over Hayley's shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, man. I mean, you look like you've just seen Grippleshank."
Trent's brow knotted in confusion at the Blue Ranger. "Who?"
"From Black Night's Castle? Just came in last week," Ethan explained to the computer game illiterate. "Grippleshank is this massive dude with, like, black eyes and yellow teeth. He spits this toxic stuff that dissolves you if you look at him."
Trent nodded, despite not understanding what Ethan was talking about. "Okay…I'll watch out for him. But back on Planet Reality, I got a lot of work to do."
Hayley looked at him sideways. "Mm-hmm." She watched Trent depart for another part of the café. "You know, technically, if he'd seen Grippleshank, he wouldn't be here to tell you about it."
She left the teens alone at the bar. Kira swatted her friend's arm. "Hey, don't worry about it. That's why her name's on the wall."
Ethan conceded the point. "So, Theresa really just took off in the middle of the night?"
Kira nodded. "Yup. Left a note for her parents and her gem. She's hoping her friends' sensei will aid her in controlling her power."
Ethan shuddered. "I hope it works. She was scarier than Kyle. And he's evil!"
Their gems beeped, interrupting their conversation. Kira rolled her eyes. "Please don't tell me he's back! I'm still picking gravel out of my hair from last time."
"Well, there's only one way to find out," Ethan relied as he and Kira exited the café.
The pair rushed down Dr. O's basement steps. He and Kim were already at their typical places in front of the computer. Conner was with them.
"Hey, Dr. O, came as soon as we got the message," Ethan panted as he and Kira joined them by the computer.
Conner pointed at something on screen. "You guys have gotta see this."
Kira shot a glance toward Kim. "Please tell me you know where the Green Ranger is."
Tommy shook his head.
"Not quite. But look at this," stated Kim. She manipulated the mouse to focus in on a red, black, and white dinozord egg.
Ethan's eyes widened. "It looks like it's ready to pop!"
"It is," Tommy replied.
Conner noticed something else. "Whoa! What about that one?"
Kim zoomed in on another zord egg.
"Dinozord eggs all over the place," Kira muttered.
"Hey, you think this was what Easter was like millions of years ago?"
Conner rolled his eyes at his blue-clothed friend. "How does he come up with this stuff?"
Kim pointed at the Red and Yellow Rangers. "Kira, Conner, you two head to the warehouse. Ethan, you and Tommy head to the docks. You two can discuss Ethan's dino Easter theory."
Kim remained in the lab as all four headed off. She patted her extended stomach. "At least you can't run off on me."
The baby kicked in response.
Kyle walked down an alley, completely lost in thought. He didn't look good. Dark circles under his eyes indicated his lack of sleep. His dreams, when he did sleep, were haunted by attacks on his friends, sister, and father.
He nearly got run over by rushing kids. They were pursued by Cassidy and Devin.
"I want my money or a tape of the Green Ranger!"
The group disappeared quickly. Which was good, since his head suddenly felt like it exploded. He fell onto all fours and groaned in agony. He rolled over onto his back, already in full morph. He couldn't control whatever Mesogog infected into his gem. The evil took over.
Conner held out the scanner. "This makes no sense."
Kira stopped. "Are you getting anything?"
He held up the scanner in frustration. "I don't even know how to read this thing. Why didn't Kim give Ethan geek duty?"
Kira held out her hand. "Here. Let me see that."
He handed over the scanner. She waved it in various directions. It began beeping steadily when she aimed the scanner in a particular direction. She pointed. "It's coming from over here."
They jogged off in the direction indicated. They stopped at a tunnel entrance.
"Why does it always have to be a creepy abandoned place?" She muttered.
He agreed. "Let's just get it and get out of here."
They followed the tunnel deep underground. Before they turned a corner, they noticed yellow lightning playing off the concrete walls.
"At least we know it's not abandoned," she muttered to him.
The Green Ranger came into view, feeding the dinozord energy from its morpher.
"Uh, terrific," moaned Conner.
They backed around the corner.
"You wanna try talking to him?" Kira asked.
"How 'bout we just morph, kick his ass, and take his egg, instead?"
Kira nodded. "Yeah, I like that better."
They emerged from their hiding spot.
"Hey!"
The Green Ranger barely glanced at them. "I don't have time to play, Rangers. I'm busy."
Green Ranger lowered his hand. The electricity stopped. He raised his axe and bolts flew toward them.
"We're not here to play!" Conner groaned. He and Kira returned to their feet.
"Oh, really?"
The pair morphed. Kira nodded her helmet. "Oh, yeah!"
They rushed but Kyle was faster. He landed several axe strikes and kicked them both down the corridor.
"Best two out of three?" Kyle taunted his former friends.
"Okay, this is getting old," Kira groaned. Getting her butt kicked on a daily basis was beginning to wear on her.
"No doubt."
Hayley inhaled and shared a look with Kim. Mesogog sent a monster already full grown to skyscraper size.
"What? Is he skipping normal size all together now?" Kim grumbled as she watched the Angor monster tear through downtown.
Hayley activated communications but said nothing. "Guys, you've got bad news coming your way."
Kira glanced around the crumbling building. "Worse than this?"
Conner growled, "Oh man, that's all we need!"
Kyle slashed Conner into a bunch of empty boxes. Another axe blow landed Kira beside him.
"Are you okay?" Conner wondered of his teammate.
"Just great!"
The Green Ranger stood over them. "This isn't even a challenge. Take a hike before you really get hurt."
"Not a chance!" Conner placed a hand on Kira's shoulder. "We're not leaving without that egg!"
Kyle considered this. "We can stay here and fight but I thought you'd want to save the city."
Kira turned her helmet to face Conner's. "I hate to admit it, really I do, but he's got a point."
Conner stood. "We'll deal with him later. Let's go."
Kira followed. "Right."
Kyle watched them go. "Good answer, Rangers. Leave me and my egg alone."
He glanced at the pulsing egg. "Not long now. Too bad Lil Sis left town. She's missing all the fun."
Tommy stopped his Jeep by the refinery on the docks.
"I'm getting some curiously strong readings, Dr. O."
"Let's get out and search on foot."
Ethan scanned again once both got out of the car. "That egg has to be around here somewhere." He pointed the scanner in another direction. "This thing's going nuts!"
The refinery's alarm went off and workers fled for their lives.
"Oh no, that doesn't sound good," Tommy groaned. He stopped one of the fleeing workers. "Are you alright?"
The man pointed. "T-there's a giant…thing! I don't know what it is! But it's comin' this way!"
"Thanks," Tommy told the worker. "Come on," was directed at Ethan.
The pair made their way along the rocks outside the refinery. They stopped between warehouses as the new dinozord stomped everything in its path.
"Looks like we got here just in time," Tommy told Ethan.
"Now what?"
Tommy's morpher beeped. Kim's voice came through loud and clear. "This one's all yours, Handsome."
The Black Ranger smiled. "Good timing as ever, Beautiful." His gem bracelet transformed into his morpher. The new dinozord's head replaced the brachio's head.
Ethan glanced between his gem and Tommy's morpher. "How come mine doesn't do that?" He asked, indignant.
"It's the parasaur zord."
Hayley took over for Kim. "Sometimes, you just need a little something extra."
Ethan smiled. "I hear that."
Tommy gazed up at the green dinozord. "Easy, fella."
Kim couldn't help herself. "Is that what you said when you flipped the Tigerzord its first time out?"
Tommy closed his eyes and shook his head. "I'm never going to live that one down, am I?"
Kim cackled. "Nope!"
"At least I figured out quickly how to use my Megazords. How long did it take you guys to figure out your first Megazord had a battle mode?" Tommy flung that back at his wife.
Kim groaned. "We could spend all day trading insults but you need to tame that zord."
Kira and Conner ran up to them. "There they are!"
Conner reported their situation. "We found that egg. Only problem is, so did Kyle. He's trying to hatch it!"
Tommy grimaced. The last thing he needed was Kyle evil and with a zord. He was gladder than ever he and Kim transferred Kyle's zord controls to Trent. Trent now controlled the Mastodon zord.
He and Ethan morphed as Kim called for the zords. Tommy stayed by the refinery to tame the new zord while the others dealt with Angor.
Tommy brought his morpher up. "Hang in there, guys! I'll check out Kyle!"
Kyle poured more electricity into the egg. "It's almost time. You will soon be mine!" Kyle's evil laugh was almost as bone chilling as his dad's.
Tommy saw the tunnel entrance and headed towards it. He was stopped by a blast of electricity and landed face down. Zeltrax calmly walked toward him.
"You're not going anywhere, Black Ranger."
"Zeltrax!" Tommy stood.
"What an unexpected pleasure."
Tommy pulled his weapon. "Brachio Staff!" He and Zeltrax faced off. "We gotta stop meeting like this."
The duo fought and this time, Tommy had the advantage. He sent an energy orb from his staff. It engulfed Zeltrax. The cyborg fell on his face.
"Come on, Zeltrax! Give it up!"
"You will never defeat me!" The cyborg growled and attacked again. They re-engaged, trading sword blows and kicks. Tommy flipped Zeltrax and flung him into a group of barrels.
"All right, now, are you going to tell me what this is all about?"
Zeltrax growled again. He disappeared into a portal. Tommy sped down the stairs as fast as he was able. He had to reach that egg before it hatched! He turned a corner.
"Oh, no!"
He watched the shadow play on the concrete wall. The egg hatched. The zord grew. Tommy fled before the warehouse caved in on him. Once outside, Tommy stood in awe.
"I don't believe it! Dragozord!"
The Green Ranger flew up and landed on Dragozord's beak. "Hello again, Rangers."
"Oh, no." Tommy moaned again from the ground.
Kyle motioned to his new zord. "Well? What do you think? If you're gonna wear the suit, you gotta have the zord, right?" Kyle glowered down at his father. "Isn't that how this goes?"
The Green Ranger stood, turning his attention back to the Megazord. "What? Don't look so shocked. Now, let's see what this bird can do. Dragozord, activate." Kyle glanced at his opponents. "Let's do it!"
TBC
