Evil Cliffy!

Chapter 21

"Move, move, move!" he said, continuing his weak attempt at moving the crouched ranger in front of him.

"Conner!" Kira said, leaning down to grab the arms that were weakly attempting to push Dr. Oliver away. "Conner! It's okay!" she repeated over and over.

Tommy placed a restraining hand on Conner's chest, waiting for the words to sink in and the red rangers brain to catch up with the current events. After a few seconds the light cam on and he calmed, looking up into Kira's helmeted face. "Kira?" he asked, unsure as to what he was seeing and not sure how he could be talking to someone when they should have been squashed by now.

"Yeah, Jockboy. Who else were you expecting?" She asked, taking her helmet off so that he could see her face.

"Why aren't we dead? And why are you all looking at me like that?" he asked with a childlike quality that made Kira smile and think that all the lights must not be back on yet.

"Well, what do you remember last?" She asked.

"Being slammed into the wall by Lavaboy followed by seeing the quarry wall coming down on us. I did see the quarry wall collapsing right? I'm not imagining that am I?" he asked, confusion clear on his face as he tried to connect all the jumbled images in his head.

"No Conner, you didn't imagine the wall collapsing," Tommy said, squeezing his shoulder. "You were down and Kira was defending you from the monster."

"Lavaboy!" Conner said with urgency trying to push himself upwards.

"Calm down, he's gone. At least I think he is. For now anyway." Tommy calmed. "One of the workers had set the wall to blow, which was set right above your heads. I'm still not sure how you two survived that." He gave Kira a questioning look.

All heads turned to look at Kira. "I'm not sure how I did it but I think I channelled into a new part of the dino gem. It gave me enough juice to release a powerful scream that deflected the falling rocks." She gave the black ranger a look that said she wasn't entirely sure that that was possible.

"I have seen times where in dire need a ranger has managed to tap the deepest recesses of their powers. Most have no idea how they managed it and some are never able to do it again. Lets just be thankful you could, or we would be short two rangers" he replied.

"Don't you mean flat?" Ethan asked, earning a groan from them all, followed by a gasp from Conner.

The red ranger raised a hand to his head and said "I have the mother of all headaches" as his eyes went slightly glazed.

"Conner?" Kira asked, leaning closer to him, worry all over her face.

"He'll be okay Kira, we just need to get him back and get you both checked out." The black ranger soothed. Picking out his com he called Hayley for a pick up.

Good ol Hayley huh?

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