Abby Holloway Series
Dino Thunder: Abby Strikes Back
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: What's Abby to do when she gets hit by some freaky energy and can't help but do the responsible thing?
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my OCs and anything unrecognizable.
Personality Swap
Abby glared at Hunter as he smirked back at her from across the desk, he wasnt making it any easier for her to apologize; not that she wanted to anyway. He didnt deserve her apology, not only had he practically demanded that she tell him her true reasons for being in Reefside, like some possessive boyfriend. He had also set his sister on her tail, like some private detective. Oh, how she wanted to reach across the desk and wipe that silly smirk off his lips, but she knew that wouldnt sit with Kelly and most definitely not with him. But, hey, atleast she would feel better. "Quit it!" she snapped
He chuckled "Im still waiting Abby," he told her
She clenched her hands into fists I wont do it she thought I will not apologize for something I didnt do!
Kelly shook her sisters shoulder "Go on Abs," she pressed
"No!" Abby responded, her eyes narrowed in on Hunter "I wont! Give me one good reason why I should apologize to him?"
"Because you lied to me," Hunter remarked
The White ranger growled "I did not!"
"You aren't enrolled at Reefside University," Hunter told her "I did a background check. They've never heard of you"
If possible Abby went from angry to livid. "Your checking up on me?" she spat, slamming her hands down on the table "Why you -"
"Then tell me the truth!" Hunter sneered, getting to his feet and leaning across the table so that his face was inches away from her's "Tell me, why you are in Reefside. Why you decided to train at the Thunder Academy. Why Abby! That's all I want to know! Why!"
Kelly frowned and looked back and forth between Hunter and her sister, this was not the clueless couple she had known last year. This was not harmless flirting. This was vicious fighting. When did this happen? she wondered, when did her sister and Hunter suddenly become enemies? Last year it was like they couldnt get enough of one another, Hunter was always looking for ways to spend time with Abby, and Abby was always talking about Hunter. Always complaining that she couldnt work out her feelings for him. Kelly remembered how Abby would sit for hours and mull over her thoughts about the blonde in front of her and how she found it difficult to admit the truth behind her musings. She liked Hunter. Hunter liked Abby. It was clear for everyone to see...everyone except these two.
There was a beep. Abby's morpher flashed.
"I gotta go!" Abby spoke, turning to Kelly "Come on..." she threw Hunter one more glare, before storming out of the door
Kelly sighed "Hunter, im sorry" she apologized "I'll talk to her, again. But -"
"Its okay," Hunter sighed
The red head nodded and left hurrying after her sister. Hunter watched them go before sighing and dropping back into his seat, as his door swung shut. Why did Abby confuse him so much? God she drives me crazy! He thought, but I wouldnt have it any other way he smiled.
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"Guys!" Hayley's voice sounded over the morpher, as Abby Ninja streaked through the trees; over a running away Cassidy and Devin and straight into the clearing where the others were fighting. "I've been analyzing the radiation from the rock and it's really freaky! Get away from it!"
"Its a little late for that," Kira replied, ducking under an attack from a Tyrannodrone; and aiming a kick at another as she hit him in the gut knocking him to the ground. The fight progressed before the monster slammed its mace-like arm into Connor's back knocking him towards his friends.
"I want a piece of the action!" he growled, his whole cowardly demeanour gone. He raised his arms again, ready for another attack, before he was kicked backwards as Abby burst out of the trees planted a double kick in his chest before she flipped over backwards and landed in front of the others.
She smirked dropping her stance "Guess who" she smirked
"Abby!" Kira grinned
"You guys ready?"
They nodded "Ready!"
"Dino Thunder! Power Up!"
Once the Rangers were morphed, the monster issued another attack and the Tyrannodrones rushed forward all at once.
As the Rangers fought they failed to see the Meteor send off four beams of purple energy, until they faltered as it entered their bodies. But it didnt last long as they kicked it up a notch once more.
The monster took a few hits from the four rangers, before stepping back with his drones "I'll be back for round two!" he shouted at the Rangers, who had re-groued and he disappeared in a flash of green.
"Power down!" the rangers yelled
"Well that was a challenging altercation," Connor stated
Ethan frowned "I was just getting started!" he complained "I wanted to annhihilate that goon"
"Ew," Kira groaned, looking at her nails "I got dirt under my nails! That's like, totally disgusting"
Abby frowned as she looked around at the teens "What you three complaining about now?" she asked, she shook her head "Never mind. Come on, lets go home" and she lead the way back through the trees towards the Dino Lab.
-Scene-
"It's a meteor fragment," Hayley explained as she brought up the image of the rock on the screens behind her; Kelly frowned at the glowing purple rock, as the Rangers who had returned stood behind them, two out of four werent even paying attention and the other two were engrossed with the explanation.
"Fascinating," Connor breathed "It must have broken off during some sort of galatic collision," he paused, seeing the confused looks he was recieving "What?"
Hayley shook her head "Im just afraid coming in such close proximity to it might have some strange side effects. D'you guys feel okay?"
Ethan ignored her and started flexing his arms, as Kira grimaced and Abby looked bored.
"I for one am going home," Kira spoke up "If I don't swab my cuticles in an aloe bath, my nails will never grow back"
"I gotta hit the gym," Ethan added "Gonna work on my pecks"
"I wanna get home to watch that great documentary on the pyramids," he grinned "It looks quite fascinating"
The three nodded and left the base; Kelly, Abby and Hayley watching them go.
-Scene-
The next day, Hayley paced around the Ranger base, watching as Ethan; now decked out in sweats, lifted weights "'Sup Hayley?" he grinned
"Ethan, are you sure you feel okay?" she asked
"Oh, yeah" the blue ranger shouted happily "Im pumped and ready to rock!"
Just then Connor entered, dressed like he was a complete studious college boy. His red shirt was buttoned up for once, and he was wearing a suit jacket as well as black dress pants and shoes. "Good morning all," he greeted, walking up "The weather is particularly pleasant today. Excessively low humidity"
"Whatever, bro" Ethan chuckled
Hayley frowned before looking up as Kira and Abby walked in, the former wearing a spaghetti strap yellow summer dress and high heels; with her hair back in a neat ponytail and carrying a multitude of shopping bags around either wrist.
"And who exactly is gonna pay for all this?" Abby was asking
Kira sighed "Good morning, all" she smiled cheerfully at the rest of her friends
"Good morning Kira" Connor responded
"Sorry i'm late," Kira interrupted "there was a sale and I just couldnt, well, you understand"
"Hey, you guys think im ready for the Iron Man competition?"
Abby turned to him "I think you're ready for some homework, young man!"
Hayley glanced her way, yesterday Abby seemed like her normal self. Like the meterorite hadnt affected her or something...but today "I think there were definitely side effects from that meteor" she told them "We need to destroy that rock and get you guys back to normal"
"Side effects?" Connor asked, his interest peaked "I find that highly improbable"
Ethan nodded "Yeah, I feel like I could kick Mesogog's butt all by myself"
"Well, you're gonna have too" Abby nodded "I only came here to let you all know that...I quit!"
"You what?" Hayley asked "You cant quit!"
The White ranger shrugged "I have too! I dont have time for these childish games anymore...If I want to work for the FBI, I have to start taking this seriously. Starting with my life, I need that grade C or above in Maths; and Im not getting enough study time in between fighting freaky dinosaurs and monsters" she explained
The others were stunned into silence.
"Well, I guess that's that" the White ranger smiled, turning to leave "See ya guys. Good luck"
And she left.
As soon as Abby disappared the monitors beeped, and the monster from before appeared on the screen, he fired a small blast at the ground "Look whose back," Hayley stated, walking over to the computer.
The three Rangers left exchanged looks, before dropping whatever they had in their hands to the floor and standing in fromation "Ready?" Connor asked hesitantly
"Ready!" Ethan and Kira agreed
"Dino Thunder! Power Up!"
-Scene-
The Rangers arrived just as the monster went about blowing up a flowerpot
"Let's devise a strategy of attack," Connor suggested
Ethan shook his head "I got a strategy," he said "We crus him!"
Kira frowned "The lines on my suit are so completely wrong!" she whined "Why doesnt anyone make superhero costumes for petite?"
"Colourful annoyances!" the monster yelled, turning to face them "Prepare to be destroyed!"
He fired at them as Kira let off a girlish scream. Ethan dodged but Connor was knocked off his feet "That was totally uncalled for!" he exclaimed, looking up at Kira "Kira, a hand?"
"I just know I'm going to have the worst helmet hair after this!" she groaned
Just then more lasers were fired at them and Kira and Ethan hit the ground with groans "You're no match for me silly suckers!" the monster cackled "Later, posers!" and in a flash of green he was gone.
"I told you!" Connor complained getting to his feet "we should've thought this out!"
"My business, you go big, or you go home!" Ethan challenged
"Well, I say we got to the mall" Kira stated
"Whatever!" the three grumbled and walked off in different directions.
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Connor nearly tripped over a barstood as he walked up to the counter at the Cyberspace, his noise in his book. He frowned, looking up to see a dressed-up Devin Del Valle onstage with a 80s disco ball and strobe lights flashing around him as well as a crowd of girls and a nerdy looking Cassidy swarmed around the edge of the stage. Devin looked his way a grin on his face, as Connor returned to his book; before his gaze caught Abby who was sitting at the bar leaned over a maths book and scribbling away at a notebook in front of her.
A little ways away, Ethan was doing a series of arduous push ups; his trusty weights close by.
"Hi, Abby" Connor smiled, dropping down beside "Lovely day isnt it?"
The White ranger looked up at him "If you say so" she nodded, turning back to her work and flipping the page of the maths notebook
"So, why did you quit this morning?" he asked
"I dont have time for games anymore, Connor" she answered, rubbing out a mistake "I have more important things to do with my life." before glancing at her watch "Oh; I gotta go! Im gonna be late for class!"
Connor frowned as she hastily collected up her book "Will we see you later?"
"Highly doubt it" she smiled, patted his shoulder and left the Cybercafe. Passing Kira who had just entered, her arms ladened with more shopping bags.
But before either of the four infected Rangers could take another step, their Dino bracelets went off.
Kira rolled her eyes ands talked out.
Ethan growled and got to hsi feet, bringing his weights with him.
Connor slammed his book shut in annoyance.
Abby looked down at her bracelet, shook her head and carried on walking. She didnt have time for Mesogog. She had to be somewhere.
-Scene-
"Rat?"
"Check"
"Bat?"
"Check
"Spider?"
Abby looked down at the list in her hand once more and nodded "Check"
Kelly smiled as she closed up the box of Halloween items and placed them into the back of the Storm Charges van ready to take up to Reefside, the Halloween party that Abby had decided to throw was supposed to happen tonight in Hayley's Cyberspace; but with everything that had happened in the past couple of days, Abby hadnt had a chance to put anything into action. And now with Abby's new attitude on life things were starting to move alone. Although Kelly couldnt figure out what had caused Abby to change her attitude on life over night; one minute she was the hyperactive 19-year-old that everyone loved and the next she was the 19-year-old serious teen who wanted nothing more than the best for her future.
"Uh...what's this?" the red head asked, holding up a jar of slimy green goo
Abby eyed the jar and shrugged "I have no idea," she mumured "Ask Dad..."
"He's in a meeting," Kelly answered
The younger teen nodded "So, what are you going to be?"
"Huh?"
"Costume wise"
Kelly shrugged "I havent dressed up since I was 12," she pointed at her sister "The year of the vampire and werewolf"
"Fun night" Abby grinned, looking over the decorations in the box beside her and checking it off on the list
Her sister nodded in agreement "So what are you going as?"
"Dunno," the Ninja sighed
"A Ranger maybe?"
Abby frowned "I cant wear my Ranger suit" she dropped her voice to a whisper
"You can on Halloween," Kelly pointed out
Abby chuckled "Good point. Hey, why don't you go as a Ninja? Im sure my Ninja uniform would fit you"
"I'll think about it"
"Okay"
The Dino bracelet beeped on Abby's wrist causing her and Kelly to stop what they were doing, Abby looked down at it and shook her head "Lets get this up to Reefside" she said to her sister, ignoring the flashing. "We got a party to set up"
"But arent you gonna go help the others?" Kelly questioned
Abby sighed "I told you; I have more important things to deal with"
"Abs, I know you want your future to be perfect; but you have responsibilities. If Mesogog wins...you wont have a future to deal with"
The Snow Ninja pondered her sisters words before growling "I hate it when you're right!" and she passed over the check list and took off
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"Z-Rex Blaster!" Kira, Connor and Ethan called "Fire!"
The energy blast slammed into the monster destroying him instantly
Seconds ticked by before a dark rain cloud appeared overhead; drowning the remins of the monster in purple acid which made it reform and grow to Megazord heights
"Its Zord time!" Connor called
Kira hesitated "We need Abby to create the Megazord!" she responded
"We've done it before without her" Ethan pointed out
There was a small 'pop' "Well, if you dont want my help..." Abby trailed, a smirk on her face, which was hidden beneath her visor "Then I guess I'll just leave"
"Abby!" the others exclaimed
"What you doing here?" Connor asked "I thought you didnt want to be apart of these childish games anymore?"
The White ranger smiled "I guess I had a good reminder of what's at stake," she responded "Now, how about we destroy this sucker?"
"Yeah!" the others agreed
The Zords lumbered into view and came together creating the Thundersaurus Megazord. The Rangers jumped up and took to them instantly. As the battle took place, Trent soon appeared.
"Its Trent!" Kira exclaimed "He came to help!"
The battle continued to rage on until finally the Rangers used the Drill Blade attack for the final attack.
"Im out of here," Trent said, turning his Dino Stegozord away and walking off.
-Scene-
Ignoring the angry glare she was recieving from Leanne, Abby stormed towards Hunter and grabbed his hand "I need to talk to you" she told him pulling him away from the class he was watching train. She heard him say something to Leanne before he was pulled away by her towards the entrance to the forest surrounding the academy. "You want the truth?" she asked, once they were safe from any prying eyes or ears for that matter "You really want to know why im in Reefside?"
"Yeah" he nodded "I do"
She breathed in heavily "Okay...here's the truth" Its the responsible thing to do she reminded herself, although she was wishing the guys would hurry up and destroy the meteor "At the beginning of the year I was recruited by Tommy Oliver to train the Dino Rangers! That's the reason im in Reefside" she told him "Im not here because I was enrolled at the Reefside University, I told you that as a cover story so you wouldnt find out the true reason behind me being here" she sighed "The reason I was at the Thunder Academy, was real though; my Sensei thought it would be easier for me to finish my training here as opposed to streaking back to Blue Bay Harbour every day for my classes."
Hunter stood frozen. He never really expected her to tell him the truth.
"So your a trainer for the Dino Rangers?" he asked
Abby chewed her lower lip
"Or is there more?"
She rolled her eyes when did he get so curious? she asked herself "Yes, there's more" she answered "You know the White Ranger on their team? The good one..."
He nodded "Yeah? What about him?"
"Its not a him," Abby corrected "Its a her..." she sighed "Its me"
Hunter's eyes widened, but Abby didnt give him a chance to respond.
"I didnt tell you the truth sooner because it wasnt my place to blow the secret," she explained "but since I already told Kira or my past...Ranger history and all; Kelly figured it would only be fair that someone on the old team knew about my new team" she stated "For some reason, she suggested you. And the way you were digging into my life, I knew there was only a matter of time before you found out for yourself. And Kelly suggested that it would be better if you heard it from me rather than someone like Leanne, for example"
The older blonde nodded numbly, he opened his mouth several times before no words came out; for the eighth time, he actually spoke "Why didnt you tell me this sooner?"
"Because I didnt to get..." she inhaled "...I didnt want you to get hurt"
He smirked "Im a big boy, Abs" he teased
"I know" she shook her head "I know. And I know it was stupid to keep it from you...but..." she exhaled "I care about you too much, I dont want you to get hurt. If Mesogog found out that you and Kelly knew about me being a ranger it would be disastrous; he'd try and use you against me. And I didnt want to put the others in danger of Mesogog being able to inflitrate us..."
He nodded as he realized her true reasons behind lying to him; despite him knowing the truth he couldnt help but feel slightly guilty. He had pushed her into tell him the truth making her worst nightmare a reality.
Suddenly her Dino bracelet beeped, she sighed and raised her arm "Whats up Hayley?"
"Abby, we need you back at the Dino Lab," the red head's voice "We have a problem"
"When do we never have a problem?"
There was a chuckle
"I'll be right there" she closed the communication and looked up at Hunter "I gotta go...see ya around" she smiled and took off
Hunter watched her go before smirking - Now he knew why he put up with her.
She drove him crazy, yes.
But that's why he liked her.
A/N: Yay! What some of you have been waiting for! Abby finally told Hunter the truth...well, about what she was doing in Reefside, yes. But not her true feelings. Nope, that's still to come. But maybe things will be a little easier between them now? One can hope though, right?
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Chapter updated 12:57am on 02/11/2010