DISCLAIMER – I do NOT own Power Rangers, Dino Thunder, or any character other than Austin.
(DinoThunder theme plays)
After a shocking incident involving the White Ranger, Tommy has just arrived back at the Rangers' secret base thanks to his comrades. The Black Ranger, now encased in amber, was surrounded by his friends as they looked to their resident genius.
"Is there any way to free him?" Conner asked.
"I could try to get him out, but all the possible methods have a very high chance of killing him in the process," Hayley answered. The Rangers fell silent, Austin clinging sadly to his mother. Finally the Rangers split up for the night, Austin going home with Hayley for a change. The young Blue Ranger didn't sleep well that night, and almost fell asleep on the drive back to Tommy's house the next morning.
The four remaining Rangers began to converse before they were interrupted by Hayley, who'd made a somewhat frightening discovery.
"A new source of radiation just appeared in the forest, and it's really powerful. Go check it out!" she instructed. Nodding, the four Rangers set off without morphing.
Meanwhile, Trent was hiking through the forest in an attempt to distance himself from Reefside before his evil side took over again. He couldn't control the White Ranger and thought it best to go as far away as possible. However, as his trek continued, he was nearly blown to bits by something of decent mass rocketing through the sky. He dove aside as whatever it was crashed down about 100 yards away. Against his better judgment, he decided to investigate.
It took him about a minute due to the uneven terrain and various obstacles, but Trent finally reached the crash site. As it turned out, the object was a meteor, which now lay in a small crater. Just then, the Rangers arrived, only to be intercepted by Tyrannodrones and one of Mesogog's monsters. The Rangers morphed and began fighting off the drones, meanwhile the monster strangely cowered off to one side. Trent watched this all unfold, and noticed a strange glow coming from the meteor.
"Guys, that radiation doesn't look good, get away from there!" Hayley cried suddenly.
"Too late!" Conner responded. Austin, however, managed to back off a bit despite being attacked. Fighting a losing battle, the Tyrannodrones and the monster were sucked up by an invisiportal. The Rangers powered down as Trent backed off into the forest. Immediately they headed back to the secret base to see Hayley.
"How'd things go, guys?" the redhead genius asked as the Rangers entered the base.
"Our fight was a most glorious victory!" Conner answered.
"Yeah, we totally destroyed them!" Ethan added.
"Whatever; I broke a nail!" Kira complained. Austin almost gagged in disgust.
"I managed to get away from the meteor, but these three weren't so lucky and now they're acting weird," he explained.
"I can see that..." Hayley responded, shocked, "That aside, I want to investigate this meteor more, but we've got trouble. That monster is back, and it's in the city now!"
"I'll try to get these three to cooperate; wish me luck!" Austin responded, morphing with ethe others and leading them out of the base.
Arriving in the city, the Rangers faced off with the monster.
"I think we should formulate a plan," Conner announced.
"Screw that, let's launch an all out attack!" Ethan countered.
"If it involves getting dirty, I'll pass," Kira retorted. Austin sighed in annoyance as the three began to fight.
"Guys, we're not going to win this fight if you keep bickering! You need to fight the radiation and show your true selves!" he remarked. The monster launched an attack, so Austin stole Ethan's Tricera Shield and blocked it. Suddenly, something seemed to change inside the Rangers.
"He's right, we've got to fight!" Conner exclaimed.
"Let's give it everything we've got!" Ethan added.
"Dino power!" the four Rangers cried. Suddenly, they felt a surge of power as the white diamonds on their suits extended into full-on spikes.
"Super Dino Mode!" the Rangers exclaimed instinctively. Hayley applauded from the base as they took on the monster and destroyed it. As usual, it came back much, much larger.
"Mom, send in the zords!" Austin instructed.
"On their way!" Hayley responded. The Brachiozord arrived and deployed the other zords, which the Rangers combined into the Thundersaurus Megazord.
"Show him what you've got, guys!" Austin ordered.
"Dino drill!" Conner cried, launching the attack.
"Tricera punch!" Ethan continued.
"Ptera Rang!" Kira finished. The three attacks weren't enough to finish the monster, but it did try to flee. Suddenly, the Dino Parazord appeared and cut it off.
"Going somewhere?" the White Ranger taunted, not sounding evil for a change. The monster was blasted back again, so Austin seized the opportunity.
"Stego Sword, final strike!" he cried. The Megazord swapped out the Dino Drill for the Stego Sword and dealt the monster a pair of powerful blows, destroying it.
"Yeah!" the Rangers cried excitedly.
"You should be at the meteor site now," Hayley remarked.
"Alright! Pull it together guys; fire!" Austin cried. The four teens fired their Raptor Cycles' lasers, destroying the meteor.
"Finally… I was starting to have a hard time not acting smart," Conner admitted, relieved.
"I was about to stop on the spot and bench press my Raptor Cycle…" Ethan added, embarrassed.
"Well I was just about to head for the mall. Ugh…" Kira finished.
"Glad you guys are back to normal," Austin remarked, "Let's grab a meteor fragment and head back." Nodding, the Rangers did just that.
Back at the lab, Hayley inserted the meteor fragment into a machine, and then turned it on. A special ray blasted Tommy, and as expected he was freed from the amber.
"Yes! It worked!" Kira cried.
"Way to go Hayley!" Ethan added. The redhead just smiled as Austin ran and hugged his father.
"Great job guys; I'm glad to be out of there…" Tommy remarked, putting an arm around his son, "Power down!" Strangely, nothing happened. A second attempt proved just as futile. "Guys, I think we've got a problem…"