Chapter 14: White Thunder (Part 3)

The air was thick and heavy with tension and dark power. Kaitlyn could feel all of it building up as she and the other three Rangers stood in the Thundersaurus's cockpit and stared at the source of dark power that had her and her friends on extreme edge.

"Let's do it!" the White Ranger called. "Drago Zord, show these fools what you can do!" he ordered and jumped off of the newly hatched Zord and landed onto a nearby building rooftop. The four Rangers braced themselves as the Drago Zord let out a shriek and began flapping its wings, causing winds that would be considered gale force to pick up and pushed the Megazord back.

"Hey! No need to get crazy here!" Conner yelled, struggling to keep the Megazord steady against the gust and the flying debris from the nearby buildings.

"I think we've past that part a while ago…" Kaitlyn muttered. The Drago Zord shot into the air, and flew towards them as one of its wings began to glow. It struck the Megazord several times, making the four Rangers cry out. "Okay, was that seriously necessary?" she yelled at the white and black Zord.

"Dr. O what do we do?" Demi asked, looking at the Black Ranger. "They're in serious trouble!" Dr. Oliver nodded.

"Stego Zord! Activate!" he yelled, and the crimson Zord appeared on command, however before it could help, the White Ranger caught it with his powers.

"Oh please tell me I did not just see that happen!" Demi groaned, her hands covering her visor as the White Drago and Stego Zord merged together, forming a new Megazord.

"He stole the Stego!" Conner cried out in horror.

"What?!"

"Whoa!"

"Oh we are so royally screwed!"

"Not bad for a new guy, eh?" the White Ranger taunted.

"Why are you doing this? You're losing it!" Kira growled at him.

"No, you're the one losing it," The White Ranger scoffed. "and you're losing it to me" he smirked, and before they had the chance to react, he slashed them with his Stego Stinger and they cried out as their Megazord staggered back. As he went to slash them again, they managed to block him with the Parasaur Zord.

"I say we go at him full on! Tricera Fist!" Ethan yelled, and threw a punch at the new Dino Stego Zord, causing it to stumble backward. The Parasaur Zord detached, and was immediately replaced with the Tyranno Tail.

"Tyranno Drill!" Conner yelled, as the drill started up.

"Dino Stego Zord stinger, Intercept!" the White Ranger yelled, calling on his own weapon as he fired it at the Thundersaurus, it slammed into them, and the force of the attack forced the Megazord to disassemble and threw the Rangers along with their Zords to the ground.

"Brutal!" Kira moaned.

"You're telling me" Ethan agreed with a groan.

"You guys!" Demi yelled, as she and Dr. Oliver ran over to them. "are you guys alright?" she asked, crouching beside them.

"Ask me again in the next year," Kaitlyn groaned, as Demi helped her sit up. "our Zords…" she muttered softly.

"They're seriously tweaked," Conner told them as he sat up. They all heard the four Zords all let out weak cries as they laid motionless on the ground.

"That was just low" Dr. Oliver growled, glaring at the Megazord that towered over them.

"Since when do they have bad Power Rangers?" Ethan groaned as he pushed himself up.

"Ethan, you're forgetting that your standing beside the person who was forced to start it from the beginning," Demi pointed out, gesturing toward the Black Ranger. After she had first joined, Demi had been shown the video diary and told about Dr. Oliver's past as a Ranger.

"Now, I'll take the rest of the Zords!" the White Ranger declared.

"Not gonna happen!" Dr. Oliver growled, as his students gasped in horror. He brought his morpher up and began pressing buttons, a loud beeping noise sounded from it.

"What are you doing?" Kira asked, noticing of the strange noise.

"Trying to break the Stego Zord away," he explained. After a moment, dark pink sparks of electricity flashed around the Dino Stego Zord, and Dr. Oliver's morpher switched to the Stego Zord's head, and the Megazord broke apart.

"You did it Dr. O!" Kaitlyn cheered, as she and the others watched the Stego Zord stomp away quickly from the White Ranger, who looked less than pleased.

"You'll pay for that!" he warned, and flew away with his Zord.

"Good save Dr. O!" Ethan cheered as they watched him disappear.

"Thanks, but I doubt if It'll last," Dr. Oliver sighed, glancing at the Blue Ranger and then at the sky. "the White Ranger's power over the Stego is too strong…"

"Well that was like the worst day, ever," Conner sighed, as he and the others sat in the lab. They were beaten, bruised, and their hopes were very low.

"Brutal," Ethan nodded in complete agreement.

"There's going to be a lot of days like this guys," Dr. Oliver told them as he walked past.

"Uh, whatever happened to the glass is half full?" Kira frowned at him.

"Sometimes it's not," he shrugged, looking at her. "sometimes it's empty," he shook his head and looked at all of them. "But that's when you gotta dig deep, that's when the qualities that made you guys Rangers, becomes most important," the five looked up in surprise, then glanced at each other for a moment before turning back to the teacher.

"You're right," Conner nodded with a sigh, then looked up at their mentor. "but what can we do?" he asked him.

"Go have a little fun," Dr. Oliver told them, and they stared at him with confused looks. "Ethan, isn't there a new video game you wanna check out?" he asked the Blue Ranger.

"I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I have no desire to go near a computer," Ethan admitted with a shrug.

"I know what you mean," Demi spoke up, looking just as depressed. "I haven't sketched a design or went for a swim in days," she sighed heavily, and Kaitlyn nodded in silent agreement. They knew their scales were begging for a swim through cool salted ocean water instead of soaking in lukewarm bath water.

"Go on. Teachers orders," Dr. Oliver instructed, but no one moved from their spots as they silently looked at him. "Go" he ordered, and the five slowly got up and walked out of the lab as he watched them go, his expression hardened and worried.

"Hey, you up for a swim?" Demi asked Kaitlyn as they walked out of Tommy's house.

"Sure, I could go for one," she nodded, then looked up at Conner who had an arm wrapped around her waist. "You mind?" she asked.

"Nah, go ahead," he shook his head. "I'm heading to the park to get some time on the field anyway" he told her.

"Alright, I'll see you later then," Kaitlyn smiled, and kissed him lightly before heading off to the beach with Demi.

Kaitlyn sighed as she and Demi glided over the deep ocean floor. While she could feel her body relaxing with each graceful motion through the beautiful ocean water, her mind couldn't shake off the thoughts of the White Ranger.

"How can he expect me to relax and have fun when that maniac could be attacking the city right now!" she thought bitterly. She stopped and looked over at Demi, who was swimming ahead of her, and sighed. "But I shouldn't stop Demi from relaxing just because I'm feeling extra paranoid" she scolded herself. As if she could sense the Silver Ranger's thoughts, Demi suddenly stopped and looked at her then gestured toward the surface, indicating that she needed air. Kaitlyn nodded and they swam up to the surface, gasping as air filled their lungs.

"I find it really weird that we're mermaids but we still need to come up for air," Demi commented, smiling lightly.

"I know right," Kaitlyn giggled. "but you've got to remember that we're only half," she pointed out, and Demi nodded then bit her lower lip.

"So…uh you ready to head back now?" she asked sheepishly, and Kaitlyn raised an eyebrow at her for a moment before giving the Purple Ranger a small smile.

"You're worried about the White Ranger, aren't you?" she asked, and Demi blushed for a moment then nodded. "It's okay. I'm really worried too," Kaitlyn admitted truthfully, earning a small yet grateful smile from Demi. "Okay, that's enough fun for now. How about we head back to the lab?" she suggested, and the brunette nodded. The pair then dove back into the water and torpedoed back to the beach.

As they headed down the labs stairs, Kaitlyn and Demi found Tommy sitting at the computer, clearly deep in thought.

"Hey," Kaitlyn greeted, as they walked towards the Black Ranger. He turned around quickly, looking completely surprised.

"Kaitlyn, Demi," Dr. Oliver blinked.

"Sorry, but that whole-kid-having-fun thing? Really tough to do when there's an evil maniac with a Megazord running loose," Demi pointed out, a hand on her hip. Dr. Oliver nodded with a sigh.

"Should've figured you guys would have a tough time with that," he admitted weakly.

"They're not the only ones," the three turned around quickly to see both Kira and Ethan walking toward them. Before anyone could say anything, the alarm went off, earning everyone's attention.

"What this?" Dr. Oliver wondered out loud, watching the screen as it changed to show a monster.

"No, not that clown again!" Kaitlyn groaned as she immediately recognized the monster, though it did look a little different, as the one they had destroyed just before the Drago Zord showed up. "I really hope Conner's isn't having too much fun right now," she muttered quietly. Just as she spoke, the alarm went off again, and her eyes widened in horror as the screen showed her boyfriend already morphed and laying on the ground.

"Hey Dr. O, I'm in trouble here!" Conner called.

"Hang on, Conner, I'll send you some backup," Dr. Oliver called to the Red Ranger as he rolled out of the way to dodge the White Ranger's boot.

"Leave that to me," Kaitlyn decided, her eyes blazed with fury.

"Ok, Kira, Ethan, Demi, looks like we're handling this one ourselves," Dr. Oliver told them, and the three nodded as they lined up together. "Let's do it!" he called, and their bracelets immediately changed.

"Dino Thunder Power Up, ha!"

"Dino Power!"

While the others went off to take care of the monster, Kaitlyn took her raptor cycle and rode through the forest as she headed toward the gorge to help Conner with the White Ranger.

"Don't worry Conner, I'm on my way," Kaitlyn said to herself, reaching the harbor. However, as she made a turn, a Tyrannodrone come out of nowhere and jumped onto the back of her bike, taking the Silver Ranger by complete surprise. "Hey! Get the hell off!" she snapped, as she struggled against the foot solider. As she continued to struggle to throw off the Tyrannodrone, Kaitlyn spotted a small group of them and immediately hit the brakes, forcing her bike to skid as it came to a complete stop and sent the Tyrannodrone flying off and crashed into another one.

"Sorry, end of the line for you," she smirked, and the rest of the Tyrannodrones launched themselves at her. "Oh for the love of—" Kaitlyn began to complain as she kicked away a monster. "That's it! Thundermax Saber!" pulling out her saber, the blonde mermaid slashed the fronts of the Tyrannodrones that tried to grab for her then fired lasers at the ones that were far away. Before long, the foot soldiers were defeated and disappeared through a Invisiportal.

"Finally, that takes care of that," Kaitlyn sighed with relief. "now time to go save a boyfriend" she determined, starting up her bike again and rode off to the gorge.

Arriving at the gorge, Kaitlyn spotted Conner as both Mesogog and Zeltrax disappeared through an Invisiportal.

"Conner!" Kaitlyn called, as she came to a stop. She jumped off of her bike and ran over to the Red Ranger who was lying on the ground. "Are you alright?" she asked worriedly, carefully helping him up.

"Yeah I think so," Conner nodded with a pant. "But just so you know, good guys do not wear white," he told her, making his girlfriend smile with slight relief. The pair looked up as the White Ranger's Megazord appeared, along with the monster that the others were supposed to be fighting off.

"Aw come on! Doesn't any of those morons ever take a damn vacation!" Kaitlyn growled, glaring at the gigantic pair that towered over them from across the gorge.

"Hey! They're fighting each other!" Conner exclaimed watching as the two began to square off.

"Okay, I'm seriously ready for this entire day to be just a bad dream," Kaitlyn complained, her head spun with confusion as she watched Angor wrap chains around Dino Stego Zord.

"You guys!" the pair quickly turned around to see the others racing towards them.

"You okay?" Kira asked, looking at the Red Ranger.

"Yeah," he nodded.

"We got here as fast as we could," Demi told them, before turning her attention to the fight. They watched as the chained up White Ranger broke free easily and started attacking Angor with relentless attacks.

"Ohh that's gotta hurt," Kaitlyn winced.

"Woah!"

"Brutal!"

"Ow!" Kira flinched as the Dino Stego Zord blasted Angor, destroying him instantly.

"I don't get it," Kira sighed, as they stood in Dr. Oliver's basement. "one minute the White Ranger's fighting us. Then the next moment he's blowing up one of Mesogog's freaks," the Yellow Ranger frowned.

"Whoever he is, he could definitely use an anger management course," Ethan shrugged.

"The same could be said for Mesogog," Kaitlyn muttered. During the ride back to the lab, Conner had filled them in on the fight he had with the White Ranger, including Mesogog's offer. "I'm pretty sure he's not happy right now" she commented.

"So, Dr. O, just what was that whole Super Dino Power thing?" Conner spoke up, having also explained the strange burst of power he had tapped into during the fight.

"Look, you guys have only begun to access your true potential," Dr. Oliver explained as he turned away from the computer.

"I like the sound of that," Ethan grinned brightly.

"I'm going to the warehouse to get the fossil finder that we left," Conner decided, but Dr. Oliver waved him off.

"No, you guys go home and get some sleep. I'll get the fossil finder," he told them.

"Thanks," Conner nodded, and the five teens turned around to take their leave. "I still don't know if Trent's alright…I left him a message," he sighed, clearly still worried for their friend.

"I'm sure he's alright," Kaitlyn soothed, slipping an arm around him. But her boyfriend didn't seem all that convinced by her words as they left the lab.

Well that's all she wrote for this one folks, hope you like it ^_^

Aquaprincess3 signing out ;)