[Backing music plays, leading into theme song]
(Five pairs of feet shown running up a hill one by one, they reach the top of the hill and are revealed to be Kyle, Nanene, Rei, Ritchie, and James)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(The Rangers all strike the screen with their Slash Batons)
Protecting Earth throughout the a-ages!
(The leaders of the Dinos Empire gaze down upon the Earth, their prize, from Dinos)
From the ancient past, to the distant future, we will fight as one!
(Rei, Yellow Ranger, Kabutops Zord shown. Credits; "Rei Danime created by Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity)
We will never rest; we will always fight, until our job is done!
(James, Black Ranger, Armaldo Zord shown. Credits; "James Masterson created by Yankee Blaze)
(Ritchie, Green Ranger, Cradily Zord shown. Credits; "Ritchie Smith created by Psyduck Ranger)
Dino Rangers, we sooooooaaaaaar!
(Nanene, Blue Ranger, Omastar Zord shown. Credits; "Nanene Valentine created by Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity)
Dino Rangers, we will win this war!
(Kyle, Red Ranger, Aerodactyl Zord shown. Credits; "Kyle Weaver created by Phoenix Espeon)
D-d-d-Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Dino Megazord shown battling a Dinosian)
Protecting Earth throughout the ages!
(Anna, Adelie, and Jimmy shown at Golden Youths, Tom and Sensei Omino shown at the dojo)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Screen diagonally split in two. Left side shows Kurtis and Kris fighting to be the main view on a phone call, right side shows Greg working on a computer, Clara stood behind him)
We will fight, and we will win!
(Tweetie shown working in BoO. Miborg sulking in the background)
With the power of the ancient po-ké-mon!
(Rangers shown riding Relicanth Riders)
We will make our enemies run!
(Whitney, Mime Ranger, Mr. Mime Zord shown. Credits; "Whitney Maple created by Psyduck Ranger)
Dino Rangers, we let out our roar!
(Mime Mega Dinozord shown battling a Dinosian)
Dino Rangers, beat the dinosaurs!
(Armoured Rangers using Superpower on Latirio)
D-d-d-Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Donny, Carl & Prof Trex stood in a T-Rex like footprint))
Protecting Earth throughout the ages!
(Everyone at a football match, either playing, cheering, commentating, or yelling)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Unmorphed Rangers facing an army of Zaroids)
We will fight, and we will win![Dino Force!]
(The unmorphed Rangers and Miborg all flee into BoO as the earthquake hits)
We will fight, and we will win![One more time!]
(Anna & Rei crying over their mother, Oday crying over Deoxys, Kyle crying over Whissy, Foster crying over Whissy, Trish crying over Daryl)
We will fight, and we will WIN!
(Rangers stand before series logo. Credits read "Characters created by Psyduck Ranger, Phoenix Espeon, Digimon Lantern 1, Yankee Blaze, Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity, Daniel the Dragonfly, RubyVulpix and Nintendo. Everything else by Psyduck Ranger")
Chapter 21; What's On Your Mind?
Donny, Carl & Trex were walking up to Goldenrod's Global Terminal. The two teens were stood either side of the Professor, utterly ignoring the other's presence.
"Here we are! The Global Terminal!"
"Has this place always been here? I don't remember ever seeing it before," Donny muttered. He stared directly at the camera.
"Well maybe if you got a BRAIN inside your face you'd remember to know to remember that it's always been here forever! Stupid," Carl hissed. Donny scowled, but quickly looked away.
"Did you hear something, Professor? Or was it just the wind? Ew, it's definitely wind, something stinks!"
Professor Trex looked from one to the other sadly.
"Boys, please, stop it! I don't what's gotten into you, but we're here for research! Maybe once we're in the library you'll quieten down…or maybe I'm just asking for a restraining order by bringing you to a library.
"A lie-berry? What do we need one of them for?" Donny asked.
"We're looking for information on the Mystri Bomb! Let's go!" Trex called, linking arms with both of his assistants, charging at the doors.
"You called, Juliet?" Latiken asked, walking up to Juliet in the throne room. She was in the middle of a conversation with another Dinosian.
"Yes. Backro, Latiken. Latiken, Backro."
Backro offered to shake Latiken's hand, but she ignored it. Backro was a tall, round creature. He was mostly purple, though his head was pink. He had two bright red eyes, though a red gym between them gave the impression of a third. He had a long nose, a white, furry ruff round his neck, and he carried a pendulum.
"It's a pleasure," Backro muttered.
"Backro has the ability to induce & manipulate dreams. But I need something a little bit more than that, and that's where you come in," Juliet said, grinning.
"You know I cannot transfer my powers to others," Latiken said.
"No, but I know you can cast spells on others."
Latiken grinned now too. "What do you need?"
Meanwhile, at Golden Youths…
"That's all we've got time for on today's show, but tune in again tomorrow morning, bright and early," Rei's voice said. Kyle, Nanene, Ritchie were sat around listening, whilst Anna was definitely working and not goofing off. "Hopefully J will be back with us again tomorrow – if you're listening, you'd better not pull another sicky, buddy!"
"Has James called any of you?" Anna asked, absentmindedly rubbing the same spot with a cloth on another table over and over.
"No, but he never calls me…" Kyle sighed wistfully. The others all stared at him for a moment, until James stumbled in to the club.
"Uhble fumble grah…" he muttered, blearily slouching down on the sofa, lying across Kyle & Nanene's laps. Nanene lifted him slightly, scooching out from under.
"Sorry?"
"I said "Uhble fumble grah!"" James groaned, rubbing his head.
"What's wrong, James?" Nanene asked.
"Exhausted. Couldn't sleep. Nightmares. Uhble."
"Aw, that sucks, sorry to hear that," Kyle said.
"Uh."
"Now get off me, man."
"What were they about?" Ritchie asked.
"Don't wanna talk about it. Wanna sleep. Shleepy shleepy shleep. Hey when did you all turn into Mareep?"
Suddenly James perked up, sniffing the air. "I think the coffee's done. I LOVE it when the coffee's done!"
He leapt up to find Jimmy holding a mug of steamy brown ick. No, wait, not that!
"I had a feeling you could use a pick-me-up," Jimmy said. James sipped at the coffee.
Jimmy returned to the kitchen as Ritchie's phone rang.
"Hi Ritchie!"
"Hey…Miborg, what's up?"
"Juliet & co. are causing trouble near the day care centre. Rei & Whitney will meet you there."
"Ok…how come you called me instead of Kyle?"
"What, am I not allowed to call you?"
"No, it's just- never mind, we're on it."
Meanwhile, at the Global Terminal Library…
Donny was casually walking down aisle after aisle of books with titles such as "The Legend of the Mystri Bomb", "A Complete History of the Mystri Bomb & How to Get It", and "Donny McDonald, Read This!" without paying more than a single glance to each.
"Hey, Donny!"
Emma rounded the corner, and Donny looked round, before quickly diving into the shelves. An old librarian stuck her head round the same corner, went "Ssh!", pointed to a sign asking for quiet, then vanished.
In that time Donny had managed to stand up, grinning at Emma over the book now in his hand.
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh! Emma! Hi! Oh, you know, I come here all the time, I'm definitely very liking the readings! Some might even call me literate!" he said. Emma giggled.
"I see… and that's what you come here to read, is it?" she asked, pointing at the book. Donny looked down at A History of Bras & Other Items of Humorous Clothing. A reviewer on the book had noted "Oh man, I'd be really embarrassed if a girl I liked caught me holding this!"
The book went flying over the shelf, landing with a thud, followed by an "Ow!" and a "Shh!" In the meantime, Donny was muttering and mumbling up some excuse.
"Donny! Come quick! I've found a book called The History Bomb, and I thought that sounds like- Oho! Who's this?" Trex asked, appearing over Donny's shoulder and grinning at Emma.
"Oh, hey, it's – it's Mr Trex! Yeah, he's this guy from the retirement home where I'm volunteering, he wanted to come visit the library, so, naturally, I offered to give him a hand.
Trex was squinting at Donny. "What are you talking about? I'm not retired! I'm a researcher, and you're my assistant!"
"Wait…Trex…Professor Adrian Trex!" Emma gasped. Trex beamed.
"That's me!"
"Your first name is Adrian?" Donny asked. Trex rolled his eyes.
"But – I mean – wow! Your research is amazing! I've read everything you've ever written – I only ever understood a third of it, but…" Emma said, trailing off. She stared at her shoes as Trex chuckled.
"My dear, if you understood a third of it you understood more than me. The secret to good research is to not have a clue what you're talking about!"
As Emma & Trex chatted away, Donny sighed, slumping off to a nearby table, where he buried his head in his arms.
"Figures she'd know all about him…"
The Rangers took their Relicanth Riders to Route 34, meeting Rei en route. They dismounted at the day care centre.
"Wait, what? Where are they?" Nanene asked. She stepped forward from the rest of the group. Route 34 was calm and quiet.
Then Latiken tackled her to the ground.
"Maybe there?" Rei suggested, running to help her out. Juliet & Backro appeared, the former shaking her head.
"Nice, very classy," the Dinosian Princess sighed.
"Whatever, let's just take care of business," Backro muttered, shooting a Focus Blast at the boys.
Ritchie & his metal skin took the brunt of the attack, whilst Kyle bounced over, summoning his Slash Baton and hitting home with a Night Slash.
"Guess that leaves you and me," Juliet said to James, pouncing at him with a Fury Swipes. He couldn't dodge the hit, but quickly struck back with his own close-range Rock Blast.
"Yeah. Who'd have thought it," James chuckled. His hand sparked and crackled as Juliet came at him again.
"Steel Wing! Latiken called. She span round as her wings became hard as metal and collided with the girls.
Nanene fell to the floor, but sat up and concentrated. Latiken slowed down to the point she was barely turning at all, allowing Rei to jump up, and come down with a High Jump Kick.
"AH! Backro, what are you waiting for, hurry up and release it already!" Latiken hissed.
Backro grunted. Pink smoke appeared from his gem as he span his pendulum round, cloaking the battle before Juliet could call "No wait!"
Kyle was stood in a white void, alone and morpherless.
"Well, aint this a cliché?" he said. He began strolling around leisurely.
"Got your hat!" a voice chanted, as his trilby was stolen from his scalp.
"Hey, what the-? Adelie! Get back here, you bothersome wench, you!" Kyle growled, chasing after his fleeing sister.
"My hovercraft is full of eels!" Adelie retorted in a German accent.
"What's an eel?" Kyle asked. He came to a total stop, as did Adelie.
"Um…no idea. But I know that you're an eel!"
"Your face is an eel!"
"Your mum's an eel!"
"Ha! Kyle declared, thrusting his hand in the air, pointing high. "We have the same mother."
"No we don't," Adelie said. Her face went blank. Then she went white and passed out, as the ground beneath her crumbled away, and she fell into a bottomless black pit.
"Adelie! NO! Ancient- oh, come on!" Kyle sighed, realising he was gloveless. He reached for his Poké Balls, but they too were missing. He took a deep breath, and leapt into the void.
The cries of wild Pokémon and the sloshing of the tides were the only sounds to fill the air over the tiny island. Ritchie, wearing nothing but a fur loincloth, looked down on it from a cliff edge.
"Sure is, beautiful, huh Sickle," Ritchie said to his Scizor brother stood beside him.
"Sure is, George. Now let's go, I'm hungry," he said, handing Ritchie a vine that seemed to dangle from nowhere.
Ritchie took the vine and jumped off the cliff, swinging down amongst the trees.
"That's weird. I don't remember my name being George. And I don't remember ever vine-swinging…"
"George! Watch out for that-!"
Before Sickle could finish his statement Ritchie collided with a tree, falling to the ground.
"That's what I get for not having an on-going storyline anymore," Ritchie sighed.
Nanene was sat on a throne in an elegant floor-length dress (powder blue, of course), smiling down at her guests, dancing in her ballroom. A man in a red suit & cape, hiding his face with a large hat, approached her and bowed.
"Princess Nanene. Forgive me for the impudence, but someone as beauteous as yourself simply should not be so separate from the festivities," the man in red said.
"Your lexical choices, though different from the norm, show you only of false intellect," the Princess said back. To add insult to injury, she had a courtier snap his fingers three times.
"Aw, come on, gimme a break, called myself impudent, would you just dance with me?" he groaned.
"That's better," Nanene said, standing, and allowing herself to be steered to the dance floor.
Rei, clad in bell-bottom jeans, a loose-fit shirt, and an afro, was dancing the swim alongside Donny & Carl. Many fish Pokémon were swimming around.
"All right, this is like totally far out!" Rei cheered.
"Dude!" the boys agreed. Carl leant in to Donny.
"What's going on? This is some weird dream. I thought we weren't even talking at the moment."
"Shut up, it's her dream! Stop acting like you're self-aware, we're just figments of her imagination in here," Donny said.
"Wait, you're right, dude! I've got to find the others!" Rei cried. She grabbed a nearby Milotic, and swam up into the blue with it.
"Ok, ow," James grumbled, rubbing his head. He looked around. He was in a white void, with nothing in every direction as far as his eyes could see.
He looked straight ahead and saw Juliet looking up at him. She was stood completely vertical, her feet held up in the air.
"Uh, hey, the laws of physics called, they told you to quit it."
"Hark who's talking, you're lying on the ceiling," Juliet said. With that realisation, James fell to the ground.
"Ok, OW. What's going on?" he asked, returning to his feet.
"Hmph. Fine. Latiken has given Backro – my ally – the ability to trap others here, in this "Dream World", and inflict nightmares upon them. Obviously, I didn't intend to be affected by this myself, but Latiken was too impatient. She seems to be more trouble than she's worth…"
"Ok, I have a question. WHY!"
Juliet shrugged, oblivious to James' dropped jaw and wide eyes. "Why not? Bit of fun. Mess with your psyches with some old home movies and what-have-you."
"Right. So did you know I've been having nightmares or is this all some great big Saturday-morning-cartoonish coincidence?" James asked. Juliet looked at him and smirked.
"Aw, poor baby been having bad dweams? There, there. Well, let's see what this place has in store for you," Juliet said, walking off into the void. James followed.
"Hold on, where are the others?" he said, standing in her way. She scowled.
"I don't know, and I really don't care, I'm just waiting to wake up. They'll be having their own dreams," she said, turning to walk another way, but James stepped in front of her again.
"Then why are we in this together?"
"You're boring me, Black Ranger. Faint Attack!" she called, slamming James straight to the ground.
On his back, he looked forward and saw, upside down, a baby, on all fours, wearing nought but a nappy.
"This is what you dream about?" Juliet sniggered. James moved away and saw a world form around the child. He was about to grab hold of a sleeping Luxray's tail.
Juliet scrutinised James as he studied the scene before him. He gasped as a woman rushed towards the baby, scooping him into her arms.
"No! You've got to be careful! You mustn't do that to daddy's Pokémon! You mustn't hurt them!" she said sternly. The baby's face was blank, his mouth hanging slackly. His eyes focused on the woman holding him.
He placed his fist in his mouth, making the woman laugh. She tickled him with a few fingers.
"Silly billy, silly Jammy!" she teased.
"Is that…you?" Juliet asked. James nodded.
"Yeah. And that's my mum. I've been dreaming about her a lot lately," he sighed. "Ever since…Nanene…"
James' mother placed him on the floor and he grew into a (fully-clothed) toddler in an instant chasing his mother, taking a few small steps and laughing all the way.
James tripped and began crying. His mother cuddled him as the memory faded to total darkness around James & Juliet.
Meanwhile, at the library…
Carl had fallen asleep, surrounded by stacks of books he'd never read.
"WOOOOOOOO! GURU!" Emma called, bursting into such hysterics that she fell to the floor as Carl leapt out of his seat, screaming, sending books flying.
The stern librarian looked round again, and hissed "Shh", pointing at another sign. Emma rolled her eyes and shook her head, still chuckling, as she stood up again.
"What – was that – all about?" Carl panted, trying to reclaim his stolen breath.
"Ah, just a bit of fun. What are you reading?" she asked. She sat down next to him.
"Uh…well…I've no idea. It's all just gobbledegook to me," Carl sighed. "It sent me to sleep!"
"Really?" Emma asked, picking up some of the texts, examining their covers. "Looks fascinating to me!"
"Oh, I never said it's not fascinating. It just sent me to sleep," he said, and Emma giggled. Carl grinned and picked something up from under the table. He showed Emma a small pile of books by Dr Seuss, such as The Zubat in the Hat. The blurb read "I wanted this book to be about a Meowth, but nothing rhymes with that stupid Pokémon!"
"These are more my style," he chuckled, and Emma gasped.
"I love those books! What do you make of the theory that Zubat in the Hat is one big metaphor for paedophilia, and, quite possibly, a subliminal message to children to accept it?"
Carl stared at her blankly. "I like the part where he rhymes "Zubat" with "hat"."
"Me too!"
Ritchie & Sickle were walking through the jungle, Ritchie rubbing his head where-
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"What was that?" Sickle asked. He raised his claws and looked round everywhere, ready to battle.
"I hope that was just a Chatot…" Ritchie said slowly. He bit his lip and ran through bushes towards the sound.
"Ooh, me too, I'm hungry," Sickle chuckled, flying alongside. Ritchie frowned.
His fears were confirmed as he came to a clearing that had not been there days before. Several people were taking chainsaws to trees with loud cries of "TIMBER!" Excavators were collecting the trees and stumps together, pilling them up on trucks nearby.
Ritchie ran up to a man with a hard hat and moustache who seemed to be doing nothing but grinning at the work.
"HEY! Whoa, what's going on here! You're destroying the forest!"
"Sure are, kid. We're gonna be building a new holiday resort here soon! Want me to get you a brochure?"
"NO! This is my home! And so many Pokémon live here! You're destroying the island! He hissed.
The moustachioed hard-hat man turned to face him, folding his arms and frowning. He stood two feet taller than Ritchie & Sickle, who held their ground under his stare.
"Scizor, Scizor Sci Scizor Zor!" Sickle growled at him, adding "And so's your dad!"
The supervisor chuckled. "Yeah? Well so what! What are you gonna do about it, little boy!"
He burst out laughing. He didn't notice the Milotic descending from the skies, not even when it reached the ground and Rei jumped off.
"Rei! Thank goodness you're here!" Ritchie cried, running up to her, "These people are trying to destroy the jungle! My home, and my family's, and all the Pokémon!"
Rei placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Ritchie, think. How do you know me?"
Ritchie frowned at her, but then gasped. "OH! OH! The Musharna guy! Then this – it's not real?"
Rei shook her head.
"In that case, Sickle, do what you like to him," Ritchie chuckled. He and Rei got on board the Milotic and left, as Sickle advanced on the shrinking construction worker. He cracked his claws where his knuckles would be.
"H-How'd you do that?" the construction worker squeaked.
"Let me show you."
The Man in Red held Nanene close as a slower song came on, but he soon released her. Another man, similarly dressed in white, had tapped him on his shoulder.
"Mind if I step in?"
The Man in Red wordlessly floated away to the edge of the room, lost in the crowd, as the Man in White took Nanene's hand.
"What? Who are you?" she asked, but smiled nonetheless.
"Your hero. Call me Wright," he said. She saw his smile beneath his hat and melted into his arms.
Everyone in the hall looked as the Man in Red very briefly screamed, before getting hold of himself.
Kyle took off his hat and looked round.
"ADELIE! Wait, where am I? What's going on? Hey, nice hat…wait, no, focus! Wait! Ah, it wasn't real! Duh! Who'd paint a room entirely seamless white, with giant void pitfalls of doom? That's just poor interior design," he muttered to himself, then saw Nanene at the centre of the dance floor. All attention was on her, and her partner.
"Hey, who's she dancing with!" Kyle grumbled. He smacked his head. "Focus! It's not real!"
The song ended and the hall applauded. The Man in White stepped back, and bowed to Nanene.
"You'll see me again soon, Princess Nanene," he said. He turned and walked off, fading to nothing, as Kyle ran up to Nanene.
"Nanene! Hey, you ok? Any idea what's going on around here?" he asked. Nanene turned her nose up at him.
"You'll address me as "Princess Nanene", thank you!" she said.
Kyle shook his head and sighed "No! Focus, Nanene! We were fighting Juliet & Latiken, remember!"
Nanene gasped, placing her hand over her mouth. "Oh gosh! You're right! What am I doing? We have to get out of here and find the others!" she said.
Kyle nodded and ran for the doors, but stopped as he heard a THUD. He looked round and saw Nanene had tripped on her high heels & dress.
Tears were running down the older James' face. He'd stepped forward to watch the scene, so Juliet was behind him. She looked at the back of his head as he spoke.
"That's the last memory I have of her. She died, in a car crash…I'm not sure how long after…"
He felt a hand on his shoulder, and turned. Juliet had taken on her violet-haired human form. She gently squeezed his shoulder.
"I'm sorry," she said. After a pause she added "What about your father?"
James turned away, staring at the ground. "I'd rather not talk about it."
"My Grandma reckoned that all that's why I am the way I am with girls," he said, letting out a slight chuckle.
"Really, I hadn't noticed," Juliet said. James gave the same chuckle again, but still didn't look up.
"I never even knew my mother…"
James turned round properly to look at her as she spoke.
"On Dinos most people don't have the same relationships for life as you humans do. My sister Jashinka and her husband are a rare case. Most have short relationships with many partners then move on, no love lost. My cousin Farrah is an example, as are all of our parents. None of us have the same mother. My father and my uncle had several partners over time. I'm the youngest Dinosian Royal – Relano and I were the same age. I don't know what happened to my mother after her relationship with my father ended, and my family refuse to tell me. It must have been shortly after I was born…"
James cleared his throat before saying "I had no idea…I'm sorry…"
They stood there in silence for a few minutes before James spoke up.
"Hey, how come you're being so nice? Why aren't you trying to kill me?" he chuckled. Juliet rolled her eyes.
"Jeez, you are so human! It's called showing you compassion."
James' stared at her, his face going pale. "What! You want to show me your passion!"
"Cool it, Romeo, you heard what I said," she sighed, turning away from him.
"That's another thing, all this "Romeo" business. You ever heard of William Shakespeare?"
"No. Why? Should I have?"
"Princess Juliet! Finally! I've found you!"
Backro appeared on the scene as if from a fog. James turned to scowl at it, whilst Juliet merely frowned.
"Psycho Shock!" Backro called. James saw nothing, but certainly felt the force of the attack send him crashing to the floor.
When he looked up again Juliet had returned to her natural form.
"Hmm. Well, looks like it's my turn to transform then, I'd say!"
"Hold your Ponyta!" Rei called. Everyone looked up and saw her and Ritchie dropping from Milotic.
"We want a slice of this action too!"
"Also us!" Kyle said. He ran up to the others from behind, carrying Nanene with a piggy back. He let her down as they reached the group.
"How'd you get there?" James asked.
"It's a dream, it doesn't have to make sense," Nanene said.
"Which brings me to the question of what on Earth you people are wearing."
Kyle was still dressed in his red cloak & hat, and Nanene still had on her formal dress and heels. Rei looked ready to disco, whilst Ritchie was barely wearing anything in his Tarzan attire.
"Copycat!" Juliet roared, causing her to unleash a Rock Blast on the Rangers.
"Did you honestly think I'd simply let you stand around and chat?" she asked smugly. James scowled at her, but she wasn't looking at him.
"I've had enough of being smacked around by these two. Kyle, any idea what time it is?" he asked.
The Red Ranger scratched his neck. "Uh…I dunno, not really sure how long we've been here, but I'd guess about- OH!" he said at James' stare. "Oh. It's morphin' time!"
As they clenched their hands into fists, their missing gloves returned.
"AncientPower! Fossil Power!"
"Follow my lead," James said, wordlessly summoning his Slash Baton. "Bone Rush!"
He charged at Backro, knocking him to one side, then immediately doing the same to Juliet. The other five Rangers followed suit.
"I'm ending this. Superpower!"
He dialled into his PokéGear, resulting in armour forming over his Ranger suit, giving James the appearance of an Armaldo.
"X-Scissor!" he called
"No, Prot-!"
Backro collapsed before he could finish calling his move. His body faded away just as it had arrived.
"Ok…" Ritchie said, as he and the other Rangers looked all around at the blank world. "Now…how do we wake up?"
A firm hand gripped James' shoulder, forcing him round. Juliet grinned at him.
"Wake-Up Slap!"
"Ok, ow," James muttered, rubbing his cheek.
"Uh, what just happened?" Kyle asked.
The Rangers had reappeared exactly where'd they been when Backro's dream smoke had taken them. James was no longer wearing his Superpower armour, but all were still morphed.
Latiken teleported to Juliet's side.
"I went and had Jashinka activate that RC-whatever thing. Now whilst the Rangers deal with Backro, I'm off for a little rampage in Goldenrod," she said, immediately turning-
-To find the Mime Ranger presumably holding the Invisiblaster aimed at her.
"You're going nowhere, missy," Whitney said. Latiken growled.
"Have fun getting tossed around like a rag doll. I'll let Backro take care of things from here," Juliet muttered. She gave James one final smile before leaving. He did a double take.
"Ok, Dino Megazord, online," Kyle called. James shook his head and boarded with the others.
"Sleep, Rangers!" Backro called, unleashing his fumes towards the Megazord.
"Dream on Backro!" Kyle said. Everyone, Zords included, groaned. "You're dealing with machines, they're not going to fall asleep!"
"Actually I think Zords have slept before…" Rei muttered. She didn't let anyone else hear her.
"Go for Astonish!" Ritchie commanded.
The Megazord raced at Backro and slammed him down. All the while the Cradily Zord was screaming "WARGH I'M A BIG SCARY MONSTER AND I'M GOING TO PLAY KEEPY-UPPY WITH YOUR KIDNEYS!"
"Dude, too much," Ritchie sighed. He covered his face and shook his head.
The smoke was now surrounding the Megazord, and the whirring and humming of its gears in motion began to slow down. The lights in the cockpit went out.
"Systems failing," the Kabutops Zord stated. "Entering Sleep mode."
"Of course, Backro's smoke has been enhanced by Latiken's magic! Nanene gasped. Kyle, James & Ritchie gasped with her.
"That does of course completely ignore the fact that it doesn't make any sense!" Rei screamed.
"Ah, but as a wise man once said, "A Wizard Did It"," Kyle said, nodding sagely.
"Nuh-night…" the Omastar Zord yawned, and the Megazord fell silent.
On the ground Latiken & Whitney were both firing Psybeam, with the two attacks colliding, each trying with no success at all to push to other back.
Latiken used her magic to make all kinds of objects appear and hurl themselves at Whitney, ranging from explosives to bunk beds to Wailmer. The Mime Ranger used her shield to block (and in the latter's case, safely remove) the items, but was hardly in a fit state to counter attack.
Eventually Latiken called on bolts of lightning (also known as "Thunderbolt") to strike Whitney, but she deflected them back at Latiken, breaking the cycle.
"Hmph. Whatever. You're no fun to fight," Latiken grumbled, retreating to Dinos. Whitney looked up at the bigger fight happening above.
A physical assault seemed to favour Backro as he pummelled the Megazord with various elemental punches. It eventually fell to the ground, but Backro continued has attack nonetheless.
"Ok, ow," James said, rubbing his neck as he stood up on the back wall of the cockpit. Rei had managed to land gracefully on the new floor, Nanene had hovered slightly until the Megazord settled, Ritchie had endured the hit, and Kyle simply headed to the back wall before the fall.
"Come on, Whitney, we really need you!" Ritchie cried, knowing he couldn't be heard.
Nonetheless, the Mr. Mime Zord appeared at his call. It used Baton Pass to switch positions with the Megazord, and the Rangers cheered as it forced Backro away with Doubleslap, and quickly got back on its feet.
"Wait, hold on, of course!" James said, summoning two TMs.
"What are you doing? The Megazord's offline, what good will TMs do?" Kyle asked. James merely grinned a hidden grin, as the Megazord booted up his moves.
"Initiating TM82-C: Sleep Talk," the voice of Rei's Zord called. The lights remained off, and even the engines stayed quiet, but the Rangers cheered once more.
"James, that's brilliant!" Nanene said.
"Huzzah….zzzzz…justice," the Armaldo Zord snored.
"Did it just say "zzzzz" instead of actually snoring?" Rei asked, though she was drowned out by her own Zord.
"Initating TM65-C: Shadow Claw."
The lifeless Megazord still inexplicably moved at Backro, weakened by the Mr. Mime Zord, as the Kabutops in its hand hacked the Dinosian into oblivion.
Shortly, at Golden Youths…
The Rangers and Anna were relaxing at Golden Youths as per usual as a familiar face walked in.
"Adelie!" Kyle cried, leaping from his seat to hug her. She hugged him back.
"Hey, are you ok?" Anna asked, offering her a gentle smile. Adelie returned it.
"Yeah. I think so. I… I don't know," she sighed.
"It's been too long girl, we haven't seen you in days!" Nanene chuckled.
"Not even I have, you've not been out of your room for days!" Kyle said, finally releasing her. They both sat down.
"Please oh God let her have taken toilet breaks," Rei mumbled.
"I know…I'm sorry…it's just…you know?" she asked. Everyone nodded, though Kyle had to fight his comeback urge.
"I don't care who gave birth to you. I don't care if you were the spawn of Satan, I don't care if you grew from the ground like a plant! You're my sister, and that's it," Kyle stated. Adelie hugged him again.
"Thank you. Although…I do still think I want to find my…biological parents," Adelie added.
"I might be able to help with that," Ritchie said, sitting forward.
"Hey, I'm surprised a certain someone hasn't spoken up and started flirting yet, knowing you don't actually share Kyle's DNA," Rei chuckled. Everyone looked behind her and saw James curled up asleep on a sofa, prompting many laughs.
"You know, I'm surprised, Donny & Carl are usually around for these kind of moments, they've not been around for a while, I wonder what they're up to…"
Meanwhile, at the library…
Donny & Carl were sat on opposite sides of a table, with Trex sat in the middle. They were surrounded by stacks of books to read & paper to make notes on, but the good professor simply kept looking back and forth between the pair nervously.
Emma walked past towards the exit, waving goodbye. The duo put on happy faces, smiling and waving her out, returning to their scowls once she was gone.
"Oh, I see, so this is all about her then, is it?" Trex sighed. "Look, boys, you can't let-"
The boys stood and angrily yelled their incoherent sides of the argument. The librarian appeared once more to shush them.
Donny took a piece of paper, wrote his message, and handed the paper to Trex, who took a brief look it at before handing it to Carl.
"Yoo beter just bak off all rite! Emma's the furst gurl I ever reely liked and I fink she likes me to and it cood be the reel thing!"
Carl took another piece of paper, wrote, and handed it to Trex, who passed it straight on.
"Wy dont YOO back off, DONALD. I like Emma too and it is for reel and I no she also likes me so giv up or yoo wil bea sory!"
Donny wrote Carl a final note.
"Wy don't yoo come ovar here and rite that on my fase!"
Carl scowled, approached Donny, and scribbled lines across his cheeks. He threw his pen away and stormed out. Donny stormed off towards the toilets.
Trex simply sighed.
What does the future hold for James & Juliet? Will Latiken be defeated? Can anything save Donny & Carl's friendship? Keep reading Poké Rangers Dino Force!
A/N: "Ok, ow" is James' new catchphrase.
James' mother died and he doesn't like to talk about his father…well, I doubt that back story will ever come up again! Incidentally, can anyone remember the first hint I laid down about that (in fic)?
And can you guess who's replying to this week's reviews? You wouldn't be crazy to suggest it's James.
My first generation V based Dinosian! I don't like Munna or Musharna, we simply don't need two families of psychic tapirs, but their connection to the Dream World and Dream Smoke was very helpful for this chapter!
So…why a library at the Global Terminal? Well, they just got back to Goldenrod, I'm not sending them all the way to Canalave for one chapter! Plus I wanted the joke about it not being there before, and…well, I'm not gonna use it for any other reason.
Those books were undoubtedly the most fun I've had writing since the return. Love it…although these dream sequences were good too. I wonder what Nanene's was all about - who was the mysterious man in white calling himself Wright? I couldn't imagine…
But yeah, they've been really separate from the Rangers for a while. They've shared but two scenes with them since the revival. Of course, Emma is a friend of Nanene's too…don't worry, next chapter will feature the stories finally mixing up a bit!
Also Adelie's back! Yeah…That scene could more or less have gone in any of the upcoming chapters…I chose this one mainly because I like having her around. She might be a little quieter than usual for a while though…
Coming soon: Episode 22; Viva la Reconnaissance!
Hold on a minute…that was never in the episode guide! Hehe! Yes, it's the first chapter that's new to the revival! The first time you can be truly surprised by a story, because you know NOTHING about it! :D It fills the episode slot that the second part of Super Dino Mode would have had. And of course, it's going to contain some info or plot elements that are VITAL to the grand scheme. Aren't you just the most excited right now? See ya!