Disclaimer: Make a wish upon a star…

Well I guess things are going to start getting interesting from here; their problems need solutions and Grace could be that solution for all of them… It may be more complicated than that but I suppose you're just going to have to read on…

Chapter 12 – Nightmares can come true…

Conner yawned as Tommy checked his shoulder; not that there was anything there to check anymore. He had explained this, but Tommy had looked doubtful when he had said that something suspicious was going on. In return Tommy had mentioned his own wound had healed very quickly, for Conner this was just more proof.

Tommy sighed and sat back. "I guess we must have gotten a boost of power after the fight; after all we all healed quickly."

"Yeah," Trent replied. "I felt like crap but by the end of the day I was fine; I even managed to do some extra training in the evening." Kira, who was sat next to him, nodded her head in agreement.

"No," Said Conner, unable to keep the annoyance from his voice. "There is something going on." He turned to Tommy again. "Dr.O have you ever had a power boost before, I mean one that just happened on its own because you needed one?"

Tommy sighed, he wanted to say yes; to stop Conner's 'hunt for the truth' as Ethan had named it. The problem was the only boost he had ever gotten was either from a new power, another ranger or even Zordon himself. He looked over at Hayley and raised an enquiring eyebrow.

"It's possible," She said at last. "I mean your powers are incredibly sensitive to your needs; you use less power for the smaller tasks including everyday ones, and more power when you're in a tight spot. A power boost is the only logical explanation I'm afraid Conner." Seeing his unconvinced frown, she added; "I'm going to do some tests; since I wasn't monitoring the fight I can't know if there was a fluctuation in your powers. I'll run some tests and I'll go through the Power Rangers history to see if anything similar has happened."

Conner supposed it would have to do, after all no one else seemed willing to think any other explanation was possible; at least Hayley was willing to try another theory.

Grace rubbed her back with a groan of satisfaction, having put the last heavy book in the back of her car. She's been feeling less tired lately and figured the powers she now had were giving her a helping hand but even they couldn't save her from the amount of marking she had to do that night.

"So," Came a drawl from behind her. "You're the new one are you?"

Grace whirled round to be confronted with a woman dressed in black. She looked familiar somehow but she couldn't quite place her…

"New one what?" Grace replied with a nervous laugh.

"Don't play smart with me sweetie," Spat the black clad woman. "Don't you know who I am?" Grace had seen her before on TV, she was the one they all called Elsa and it was definitely no secret that she hated the Power Rangers. She felt a small ball of fear in her stomach appear at that thought but somehow managed to stay outwardly calm. She shrugged.

"Not really, I mean I'm not much good at remembering faces."

Elsa gave a short laugh at that but Grace wasn't sure that that meant she had a sense of humour. "I think you're in the wrong line of work then, but I assure you that you'll remember mine when I'm through with you!" Simultaneously she drew an enormous black sword and went into the fighting stance.

Grace felt the words come unbidden to her lips as she grabbed the green stone about her neck.

"Dino Thunder, power up!" She felt the familiar surge of energy run through her and knew that she had morphed into a power ranger. The fight had begun…

The alarms rang shrilly in the command centre and the team ran instantly to the screens Hayley had set up. "It's Elsa." Hayley stated. There was a sudden silence.

"Is that…" Ethan said at last. "Is that another Power Ranger?" They all stared in fascination at the screen in front of them, all except Tommy.

He wasn't seeing the screen anymore; all he could see was a green ranger. A dozen emotions were whirling in his head and all he could focus on was the fact that this new ranger was green.

'What the hell is going on with you man? How many times do I have to tell you in two weeks to pull yourself together? So it's another green ranger, you never acted like this when Adam became one or even the ones that came after him. You were okay with Trent when he was evil too… you were fine with it so DEAL!'

But the timing, he couldn't get over that; what were the chances of another ranger coming along, let alone a green one? It seemed ironic that all he could think of was his evil green counterpart and then quite suddenly one appears from no where.

'This one is good, this one isn't evil; see he's fighting Elsa. If he was evil he would be joining Elsa and fighting us.'

Tommy wished he could convince himself, but the coincidence was making his head reel. It seemed that his nightmares had come true…

He realized they were all staring at him.

"What?" He asked, realizing that they had been talking.

"Are you okay Dr.O?" Kira asked looking concerned.

Before he could answer Ethan said; "How is there another ranger? I mean did you even know about this, is it possible? Man this is sick!" Tommy realized vaguely that Ethan was actually excited about this.

"Er…shouldn't we be helping him?" Trent asked cautiously. "After all he is kinda' on our side."

"Unless it's a trap." Conner said crossing his arms and glaring suspiciously at the fight that was unfolding on screen.

"Who's winning?" Ethan said, ignoring Conner's words.

Hayley waved a hand vaguely at the screen as she watched Tommy. "Neither really, I mean they're both…well I guess the green ranger has a slight upper hand."

Ethan laughed and showed his bias. "Naturally, after all, we rock!"

"I still think we should help." Trent said, glaring at Conner. "He doesn't look evil."

"Yeah," Conner said sarcastically. "We didn't think you looked evil either and look how that turned out." Kira lunged for him angrily, narrowly missing the jock as Trent grabbed her about the waist.

Ethan turned to Conner angrily. "That was low man, I mean haven't you gotten over that yet?"

"It wasn't his fault!" Kira added indignantly.

"Kira," Trent said wearily. "It's not worth it; he's just being pissy because no one will take his 'theory' seriously."

"Now hang on – " Began Conner, but he was cut off by Hayley.

"You guys need to calm down and stop acting like four year olds. You may have just gotten a new team member and let me tell you, if they ever saw what they'd let themselves in for they'd run a mile. Now stop arguing and start acting like a team."

None of them had seen Hayley angry before so their argument immediately ceased. Hayley turned back to the screen and noted with disappointment that the fight had finished whilst they had argued, and now the screen was empty. She turned Tommy to ask why he hadn't said something and why he hadn't sorted out his team, but she caught sight of his face and thought better of it.

A/N Short but sweet I guess. Poor old Tommy's not having much luck is he? I like Hayley's short butt kicking speech though; she never really has one of those moments in the series and I always got the feeling she'd be good at it! Read and review as always! Xxx