The Phoenix Series
Dino Thunder: The Secret Phoenix
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
A/N: Part 3 of the White Ranger arc; will old faces appear? Keep reading to find out.
White Thunder
Part 3
"Drago Zord, show these fools what you can do," the White ranger chuckled, as he jumped down from the beak of his Zord and landed on the rooftop near-by. The White Zord flapped its wings and released another cry into the air, sending debris flying at the Thundersaurus. Standing and watching from the streets below, Dr. O cursed as the Megazord stumbled with the wing, glass, roof tiles, cars and debris it was being batted with.
"Hey, no need to get crazy!" Connor yelled
The Drago Zord kicked off, flapping its wings furiously as it flew through the air towards the Megazord, funnelling forward, it smashed its beak into the Thundersaurus several times, and the several more times, each time worse than the last as sparks flew madly around.
"They need help!" Sabrina stated, turning to her Uncle "Isn't there something we can do?"
Tommy frowned and looked down at his morpher; it changed from the normal Brachio head to that of a purple Stego "Stegozord! Activate!"
What they didnt realize was the White ranger was expecting their move and ready for them "I was hoping you'd do that," he announced, as the blade of his Drago Sword turned into a sort of white whip that he launched towards the Stegozord. "Stegozord, you are under my command," and its eyes flashed a different colour as the White ranger leapt into his Drago Zord, a similar orb command centre around him like the Thundersaurus Megazord "Dino Stegozord formation"
"Uh-oh," Tommy sighed "Not good"
The two Zords combined to form the Dino Stegozord
"He stole the Stego!" Connor exclaimed
"I think im ready for him to take a hike," Kira muttered "Hopefully getting lost along the way"
The White ranger chuckled darkly "That's not a very nice way to treat the new guy at work," as the Dino Stegozord swung a large sword made up of Stegazord's tail at them, shooting sparks galore when it connected with the Megazord's chest.
The Megazord stumbled back a few feet before squaring up and preparing to face off against the Dino Stegozord.
"Why are you doing the?" Kira asked "You're losing it!"
"No, you're the one losing it" the White ranger stated "You're losing it to me"
The Dino Stegozord attacks, knocked the Rangers back inside the cockpit, while struggling to keep their ground, the two Megazords circled one another.
"I say we go at him full on!" Ethan exclaimed
Connor and Kira nodded
"Tyranno Drill!" Connor commanded
"Dino Stegozord Stinger!" the White Ranger countered and both attacks clashed in mid-air, but it resulted in the the Thundersaurus Megazord breaking apart into its individual Zords. The Rangers fell out, hitting the ground hard and grunting in pain.
Sabrina gasped as she and Tommy run towards their friends "Guys!" she cried, skidding to a halt beside them "Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah," Connor nodded "But our Zords are seriously tweaked!"
"That was just low," the Black ranger said, as he they all got to their feet. Their Zords were on the ground now, crying out as their eyes flashed and then dimmed.
The Dino Stegozord stood in the streets a little ways away, watching the fallen Zords "Now, I'll take the rest of your Zords!" he cackled, holding up a glowing Drago Sword
"No!" the Rangers yelled, before looking up and around as a screech was heard and Sabrina's Phoenix Zord flew in over head. The red head, meanwhile, flamed out and reappeared inside her Zord
The Phoenix Zord flew over the Dino Stegozord before circling back "If you don't know already, I control the Dino Zords!" she hissed, swooping in to attack the White Ranger's Megazord "and I dont like sharing!" she flipped a switch inside the cockpit and a soft humming sound was heard.
"What she doing?" Connor asked
Tommy smirked from beside the others "She's trying to break the Stegozord away"
The Purple Stegazord's eyes began to glow as red lightening zipped across it, both the White and Phoenix Rangers fighting for control, suddenly it broke away and the Dino Stegozord disassembled. It then proceeded in walking away from the Drago Zord.
"You'll pay for that," the White Ranger hissed angrily, as Sabrina pulled away and the Phoenix Zord disappeared along with the Stegozord, and the Red head re-joined her friends.
"Good save, Sabrina!" Ethan cried, wrapping an arm around the red head's shoulder
She nodded "Thanks," she smiled "But I dont think it will last. The White Ranger's power over the Stegozord was strong."
xXx
The White Ranger appeared in the warehouse district after leaving his Zord "Huh?"
He suddenly clutched his chest, glowing white and crackling with orange lightening. Unbeknownst to him, Devin came around the corner
"It's...it's...you're the White Ranger!" he stuttered excitedly, as he opened one his many bags and attempted to quickly pull out his camera "Please, baby, and dont it just yet. Hang on Mr. Ranger..."
As he struggled to get his camera ready, his head jerked up and smashed against a metal pipe. His eyes rolled upwards and he fell to the ground, having passed out. The camera landed beside him, pointing at the White Ranger as he demorphed.
xXx
"Well, that was like, the worst day ever," Connor muttered, leaning against the computer chair that Sabrina sat curled up in.
"There's going to be alot of days like this guys," Tommy pointed out, walking past.
Kira frowned "Uh, what ever happened to the glass is half full?" she asked
"Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't," Tommy stated "But that's when you've gotta dig deep. That's when the qualities that made you guys Rangers, become most important"
Sabrina perked up "I thought I was meant to be a ranger?" she asked "You know Destiny an all"
"You're not most people," Jason pointed out
The red head looked up at her uncle and shrugged before turning back to Connor who had spoken "What can we do?" the Red ranger asked
"Go have a little fun," he suggested "Ethan isn't there a new video game you wanna check out?"
Ethan shook his head "I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I have no desire to go near a computer" he confessed his shoulders dropping
"I know what you mean," Kira agreed "I haven't picked up my guitar in days"
Sabrina nodded "I even missed Soccer training, I never miss Soccer training!"
"She's right," Connor nodded, pointing at the red head behind him
Tommy sighed "Go on," he urged "Teachers orders"
The four teens exchanged looks and walked off, he kept the smile on his face, but once the doors to the Ranger base closed, it disappeared "Enjoy yourselves now, because this is only going to get worse"
xXx
Connor toyed with the opposing players on the field, kicking around the soccer ball at his feet and practically running circles around the rest of the team. It took him little to no effort to race from one end of the field to the other, passing it to other players now and then, before scoring. Sabrina was supposed to have come out with him for a game, but she had gotten a message from her mother and had disappeared in a shower of flames, with a small 'see you later' to him.
While the rest of the rejoiced behind him, he spotted Trent sitting on a bench a few ways away with his head in his hands "Hey, how long's that guy been sitting there?" he asked a fellow teammate of his.
"Dont know, didnt really notice," he shrugged before running off to play
Frowning, Connor walked over to Trent "Hey, Trent!"
"Huh?" the boy in white looked up, lost
"Are you alright?" the Reefside Soccer star asked as his counterpart rubbed his head, he was pale and sweaty, and his eyes looked swollen as if he'd missed alot of sleep
Trent nodded "Yeah, Im fine" he stated, but Connor knew it was a lie. He clearly didnt look it and Trent knew this as he looked up at a slightly blurry Connor.
"No offence, dude, but you dont look fine" Connor stated, reaching out to pat his shoulder, but the other teen knocked it away
"No!" he exclaimed "Im just resting"
"Maybe I should call your dad or something"
"No, dont!" he snapped "Just leave me alone!" and with that he was gone, pushing Connor aside as he run off.
Connor's teammate returned, frowning "You know that guy?" he asked
"Yeah," Connor answered "from school. Look, I better go check on it"
"Dude, forget it, he's gone!"
"I'll see you guys next time," Connor promised, running off in the direction Trent had gone.
-Scene-
Connor jogged down the path surrounded by grass and trees, he looked around for any traces of Trent. He knew he shouldn't have changed out of his soccer kit before going after him, but he didnt really feel the need to keep the soccer sweat on him. Shrugging, he noticed a small cliff that led down to the river with a small stony beach. Looking around and noticing no path, he figure it was as good as any "Trent!" he yelled, jogging off towards the cliff and looking over the edge "I know he went this way!"
Appearing out of nowhere was the White Ranger, jumping through the air and knocking Connor off the cliff. The latter attempted to morph in the air, and he managed, but couldnt land on his feet before it finished, and thus ended up face first on the ground after his uniform had moulded around him.
The White ranger somersaulted overhead, landing further down the beach as Connor got up off the ground, groaning "Oh great, it's you again"
"Tell you what," the White ranger began "This time I'll give you a sporting chance"
He pulled out his Drago Sword, and threw it away, where it landed in between them. Connor nodded, his hands balling it fists.
"You're going down!" he shouted, adopting a fight stance
"Oh, really?" he chuckled, before running super fast, hitting Connor a few times and knocking him to the ground within seconds "Looks like it's you that's going down"
Connor groaned "That's it," and he got back to his feet. He whipped out his Thundermax Blaster, pointed it at the White Ranger.
"Can fight me without a weapon, huh?"
Hesitating, Connor decided that his opponent had thrown away his weapon, so he did the same, tossing his Thundermax Blaster aside "Why do we have to fight?" he asked "We're both Rangers!"
"You're good," the White ranger pointed out "Im evil! It's a pretty simple concept!"
He ran at Connor in superspeed, and fed up at the point; Connor kicked his powers into action, meeting the White Ranger at Superspeed as well. They threw a punch after punch, kick after kick, before knocking one another backwards and smashing onto the ground.
xXx
"Blake!" Sabrina exclaimed excitedly as she flamed into the Thunder Academy grounds, and startling the student Ninja's who were around her practising. Hunter and Blake were standing in front of her along with Leanne who had been taking her class. Before either of the Thunder graduates had a chance to scold her for flaming in, the Red head had launched herself at the Navy clad boy and hugged him tightly.
Blake chuckled and hugged her back, dropping his scolding stance "Hey Sabrina," he greeted, he moved to pull away but she wouldnt let him "you can let go now"
"Nuh-uh," she said "6 whole months Blake!" she protested "6 months!"
He chuckled again, before she finally let go and fell into step beside Hunter who she also hugged "Why dont you greet me like that?" he asked his girlfriend
"Because I see you nearly everyday," she pointed out "6 months ago was the last time I saw Blake"
Blake smirked and turned to his brother "It's clear who she loves more,"
"She also does that when she sees Dustin, Shane and Cam" Hunter pointed out, as Sabrina nodded from beside him.
The former Navy Ranger's smirk dropped "Aw and here I was thinking I was special" he pouted causing Sabrina to giggle "Hows life in Reefside?" he asked, as the two of them moved off leaving Leanne to her training class.
"I love it," Sabrina answered, walking between the two boys, her arms looped through theirs "not the same as Blue Bay, but, eh...what you gonna do?"
"At least it's normal," Blake pointed out
Sabrina's smile dropped as she bit the inside of her cheek "Yeah," she said, she laughed nervously, glancing at her wrist "normal!" The Thunder brothers frowned at her sudden change in attitude, before she perked up again and turned to Blake "How long you in town for?" she questioned
"Until Friday," he answered
2 days Sabrina thought before smiling "Have you seen Tori?"
"No,"
"Are you going too?"
Hunter chuckled at the red head "Breathe, Sabrina, Breathe"
"I just wanna know," she pointed out
But before anyone could answer her, the bracelet on her wrist beeped causing Blake and Hunter to look at it "Freaky Bracelet," Blake commented, pulling up her wrist, the stone flashed and Sabrina bit her lip as she pulled it free of his wrist and pulled her sleeve down over it.
"I gotta go," she told them
Hunter stopped her "But you just got here," he said
"I know," she sighed "But I gotta go...I'll call you later" she kissed his cheek, before hugging Blake "Bye" she said, before flaming out.
The Thunder brothers stared at the spot where she had stood moments ago before frowning, Sabrina was hiding something. They were sure of it. "You dont think...?" Blake started
"She would have told us," Hunter answered, turning to his brother "Wouldnt she?"
"We didnt tell her!" Blake pointed out
Hunter sighed and nodded "True"
xXx
C'mon, I've gotta do something...Tommy thought to himself as he typed away at the super computer, trying to find some weakness to the White Ranger. Some advantage they could gain over him. As he continued to concentrate on this, he didnt notice as Kira appeared behind him.
"Hey," the yellow ranger breathed as she appeared at his side and he looked up
"Kira," he frowned
The yellow ranger nodded "You know that whole 'have fun' thing, well..." she began "Kinda tough when the fate of the world is hanging in the balance" she sighed
"Should've known you'd have a tough time with that," Tommy nodded, sighing as well
"She's not the only one," Ethan stated, coming in as well
Just then the alarm went off, and an upgraded version of Angor appeared on screen. He was giant size again, and the Rangers rolled their eyes. "Well you guys have good timing," Tommy stated "Hope Connor and Sabrina aren't having too much fun"
The alarm beeped again as an answer, the screen shifted to an image of Connor, morphed, lying on the ground. He raised his morpher, bringing the communication closer.
"Hey, Dr. O, im in trouble here," he wheezed, out of breath
"Hang on Connor," Tommy nodded "Im sending back-up"
On the screen Connor nodded, before swiftly rolling out of the way. White boots crunched on the dirt where he'd been and the camera panned upwards, revealing the White Ranger.
"Im on it!" Ethan stated
"Okay, then Kira" Tommy said turning to the Yellow ranger "Looks like we're gonna have to deal with this thing ourselves"
the three positioned themselves in a row "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
xXx
Somewhere in the city, Dr. O and Kira rounded a corner, running down a street as fast as they could. They quickly found Angor, in behind a building.
"Auxiliary Zords, online!" Dr. O called, and his morpher flashed between the Cephalazord and the Parasaurzord, as they bounded out of the Brachiozord, and down the street. Angor fired several times at them but did no damage.
xXx
"Going down," the White Ranger smirked, swinging his foot out and catching Connor's leg, thus tripping him. He groaned as he fell crashing to the ground - again "Look what I found" in the palm of his hand he summoned a Thundermax Sabre.
Stumbling to his feet and holding a curse of two under his breath, Connor held his shoulder "You're out of your mind!"
"Now, now" the White ranger scolded "Lets not judge, especially since I have the sword"
The White Ranger rushed forward, attacking the Red Ranger with the sword, hitting him across the chest several times. Struggling against the hits, Connor managed to grab onto his opponent's wrist "This is getting old. Let's finish it once and for all"
He raised his sword, hitting Connor a few times for every small hit he took, and sparks flew as the Red Ranger fell to the ground again. Holding his shoulder that throbbed with pain, he was on his knees as the White Ranger held up the Thundermax Laser.
"It also comes as a handy laser," he smirked, aiming it at Connor "Later bro"
Several white lasers shot from the Thundermax, blasting into Connor with waves of excruciating pain. Explosions went off behind him as some shots missed, but those that hit their mark brought him straight to ground once more.
-Scene-
Connor lay face down on the ground, fires burning the gravel around him. He tried pushing himself up, but at the moment it was no use, so he stopped trying, attempting to gather his forces.
"Its over," the White ranger chuckled, walking over "Dont even bother," he continued to taunt "You'll just lose again, anyway"
Slowly...very slowly...Connor got to his feet; the motion startled the White Ranger
"Huh?" he frowned, still standing
"It is so not over," he said through gritted teeth as a faint red glow surrounded him "Super Dino Power!"
Suddenly, the spike designs on his uniform grew into actually spikes, and strength filled up the Red Ranger as raw Dino Power coursed through his veins. He grinned, before taking off at a run towards the White Ranger.
"Stay back!" he shouted, and fired several shots that were simply in vain. In revenge for all those previous hits, Connor took his sweet time knocking the White Ranger around, before finally delivering a punch that sent him sprawling onto the ground near his Drago Sword.
"Whoa!" the red ranger breathed "Looks like I tapped into a whole new level of power!"
-Scene-
"You beat me at my own game," the White ranger groaned, as he got back to his feet "Congratulations" he stumbled towards Connor "Looks, like you won't have to worry about the White Ranger anymore" the Thundermax striker fell from his grip as he fell to his knees once more and landed with a thud on the gravel.
"Oh man," Connor sighed, racing forward "Hey, wait a minute!" he reached the downed Ranger's side and helped him into a sitting position "are you alright?"
The White ranger's body language changed suddenly, he snatched up the Thundermax striker and fired off a round at Connor who avoided the blast "I am now!" the Ranger said coldly, he kicked up before planting a kick in the chest and Connor stumbled backwards.
"I can't believe I fell for that!" the Red ranger complained
"And here's what you get for your stupidity!" the White ranger growled, he fired another two rounds at the Red ranger causing the ground to explode and Connor to hit it with a heavy thud. He then moved to pick up his Drago Sword "You put up a pretty good fight," he added, holding his own sword out at the fallen Ranger "but now its over"
He started his walk forward, when a flash of green appeared and Mesagog and Zeltrax appeared forming a triangle of sorts in the quarry.
"Dont let me interrupt," the dino-monster stated
The White ranger turned away from Connor to face the new-comers "Who are you?"
"I am Mesagog"
Connor scoffed "I can't believe you two haven't met," he spat "You have so much in common"
"Silence!" Zeltrax roared, firing a blue electrical blast from his sword that hit Connor in the chest, knocking him backwards onto the ground once more.
"Do not speak," Mesogog told him "unless spoken too" he then turned back to the White ranger "Now, we have some business to attend to"
"I have no business with you,"
"I'll make you a deal. I'll help you defeat the Power Rangers, and you can be one of my subjects when I rule the planet"
"I'll make a pass on that," the White ranger answered "Drago Zord, online!" his morpher beeped, and seconds later the Drago Zord hovered overhead, he jumped up into it. The two villains watched him fly away before approaching the red ranger
"Shall I finish him, master?" Zeltrax asked
Mesogog shook his head "No," he stated "Our new friend seems to have a fascination with this one. I will let him live in the hopes he will lead us to him again"
Connor watched as they walked away before disappearing a green light. Sighed, he dropped back to the ground, just then someone called his name.
"Connor!"
Ethan had arrived...finally.
"Ethan?" Connor questioned as he was hauled to his feet
"Are you okay?" Ethan asked
Connor nodded "I think so," he answered "Just so you know; Good guys, do not wear white"
xXx
Meanwhile, downtown Kira and Tommy had taken to firing their Thundermax Strikers at Angor as Sabrina let off a few fireballs in the making, just enough to help the Auxiliary Zords in their battle against the giant monster.
Suddenly Angor disappeared
"Hey!" Sabrina stated in surprise "Where did he go?"
"Something's not right" Tommy responded, as the two girls on the team exchanged glances
xXx
"Hey!" Connor exclaimed as he and Ethan arrived at the docks "They're fighting each other!"
As Angor shot chains around the Dino Stegozord, who struggled, Dr. O, Sabrina and Kira caught up to them. Angor was confident in his chains and pulled them tighter as the Dino Stegazord's mechanisms creaked loudly "Oh, you got me," he chuckled, before his Megazord began to glow white "Not!" the chains exploded, and he reared up to attack again.
"Oh no!" Angor groaned, as his opponent leapt through the air, swinging the sword made from the Stegazord's tail. As Angor recoiled, the White Ranger set up another attack from his Zord, this time using lasers to blast at the monster.
"That's gotta hurt" Connor commented
Sabrina shielded her eyes, despite her visor being in place as Angor glowed brightly "Whoa," she breathed, before he fell forwards and exploded.
xXx
"I dont get it," Kira stated, as she stood in the centre of the Ranger base, "One minute the White Ranger's fighting us, and the next he's blowing up Mesogog's freaks"
"Whoever he is, he could definitely use an anger management course," Ethan pointed out, as he walked around her to face Tommy who sat near the computer with Sabrina, and Hayley.
Connor sighed as he moved forward "So, Dr. O, what was with that whole Super Dino Power thing?"
Tommy got up from his spot my the computers and walked towards the teens as Hayley and Sabrina turned around on their chairs, the latter hugging a medium sized, Scarlet tiger to her chest "Look, you guys are only beginning to access your full potential"
"I like the sound of that," Ethan grinned
Connor nodded "Im heading over to the warehouse to find that fossil finder that we left" he told his teacher
"No, you guys head home and get some rest," Tommy told them "I'll get the Fossil finder"
Sabrina frowned "I am home!" she said from behind her uncle, who turned to give her a pointed look, she grinned sheepishly "I'll...be upstairs," she added, jumping up and darting for the stairs. Jason watched her go, chuckling and shaking his head as he stole her seat.
"Thanks," Connor nodded, as the three other teens followed after their red headed friend "I wonder if Trent's alright," he added "I left him a message earlier"
Kira shrugged "Im sure he's fine"
After the four teens had disappeared, Hayley approached Tommy from behind carrying a back-pack "Here you go, Tommy" she told him, handing it over
"Thanks," he nodded, taking it "I'll be back soon"
"Be careful"
"I'll be fine," he smiled before leaving
Jason frowned at the older red head "What is it?" he asked
"I dont know," Hayley answered, turning to him "I just have a real bad feeling about this"
Unknown to the two in the lair, Sabrina had re-appeared at the top of the stairs and heard every word that had been said, a small frown appeared on her lips as she moved away from the entrance quickly and disappeared back upstairs to her room. Her uncle Tommy would be okay...right?
xXx
Dr. O kicked down a door and stepped inside the warehouse, looking around slowly. Eventually he came across the fossil finder, which was now attached to some high tech equipment. He walked over, frowning "What's this?" he asked, reaching out to touch it before a crash behind stopped him as he turned.
Trent stumbled in, falling against a barrel as he moaned "Trent!" Tommy called, running over and trying to help him up "You okay?"
"What's going on?" Trent asked
"Come on, we gotta get you out of here" Tommy stated, and began to pull Trent away when he cried out, arching backwards. He tried to steady him, but was knocked away when the Dino Gem on Trent's wrist began to glow madly.
Tommy was knocked into a bunch of barrels and Trent fell to his knees, crying out in pain before a large flash of white took over him. When it faded, Tommy gaped at the sight "I never would have seen that coming"
"Fire or perish, Black ranger!" the White Ranger cackled
"This is not going to be pretty," Tommy muttered, morphing into the Black ranger and pulling out his Thundermax Sabre, he and the White Ranger clashed, Thundermax Sabre vs. Drago Sword, but it wasnt long until Tommy was knocked back into a barrel "We can help you!"
Ignoring him, the White Ranger kicked Tommy away, sending him flying into some boxes before turning to do something with the technical equipment "You're the one who needs help"
Holding up his morpher, Tommy turned on the communication as he rose unsteadily to his feet "Hayley, listen!"
"Yeah"
"The White Ranger is..." Tommy didnt get any further in his sentence as orange amber was blasted at him from the White Ranger's contraption. He was suddenly frozen in the substance, unable to move or carry out his message.
"Tommy! Come in, Tommy!" Hayley's voice pleaded over the com-link
"Let's keep this our little secret," the White Ranger cackled, walking away
A/N: Another update wow. Im on the ball today. :P
To apologize to DJ Scales who wanted Zack and Trini to make an appearance, I didnt see an opening to bring them in, but we already have Jason. What more could you ask for? More twists and turns coming up.
Review (thanks)
~*Kara*~
All OCs and anything unrecognizeable is copyrighted and belongs to me xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated 24th July 2010 at 10:14PM