Author's Note: Long time, no write! I am so sorry for disappearing from you guys! This semester was one of the hardest semesters I've ever had. Not only have I been putting all my energy into school because it is my last year, but I've just been dealing with a lot of personal issues. It was taking a toll on me, both emotionally and physically, but now that I'm done with school, I'm gonna try and put all my energy into writing. Even though I suck at responding, I've been getting all your reviews and I truly appreciate it. I am thankful for all the support you guys show for this story and I truly love each and every one of you.
This isn't my favorite episode of Dino Charge but it is vital to the purple energem arc, so I went through it for you guys. In this chapter, the rangers search New Zealand for the Plesio zord, before Fury and Sledge can destroy it.
Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I ONLY OWN TESS SUTTON, HER FAMILY, MY STORYLINES, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE!
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Chapter 23: Deep Down Under
Back in the deep dark bowels of space, Fury and Sledge were regrouping, trying to figure out their next plan against the rangers. They were at a significant disadvantage now that the rangers had the purple energem. But there was one thing that Sledge knew for sure, he wasn't gonna give up without a fight.
"Trust me, the purple energem bonded to a ranger. So, the Plesio Zord must be awake! Once I find it..."
"The Ptera Zord was in your hands and you lost it! I'm not taking any chances" Sledge's patience with Fury running thin. "This time we're gonna destroy the rangers' zord before those teenage twerps can control it!"
"I know! That's exactly why I told Wrench to reanimate Meteor! Fury informed Sledge. "His fireballs are exactly what we need to destroy the Plesio Zord" Sledge and Fury walked to the main control room to check on Wrench's progress.
"What are we waiting for? Wrench pull the lever!" Sledge commanded Wrench.
"Yes Master Sledge" Wrench complied, pulling the lever to bring Meteor back to life. With one blast from his reanimation machine, Wrench brought Meteor back to life.
"I'm alive!" Meteor exclaimed. "Meteor at your service, Master..."
"That's what I like to hear. Now destroy the Plesio zord" Sledge instructed Meteor.
"Yes sir!"
"And finish any ranger that gets in your way" Sledge said menacingly as Meteor got into a transport pod and began his search for the zord that bonded to the purple energem.
"My pleasure..."
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Back at the Command Center, Kendall was on her laptop communicating with the rangers, who were still in New Zealand. Now that the rangers were in possession of the purple energem, it was vital they find the Plesio Zord before Sledge can capture it or destroy it. While the purple energem is powerful, the Plesio zord is just as powerful as well. "I know you were all set to come back, but it's vital that you stay in New Zealand until we find the Plesio zord" Kendall instructed the rangers.
"We're trying but even after he bonded to the energem, Albert never saw the Plesio zord" Riley informed Kendall.
"Fact: Albert became the purple ranger. Fact: the Plesio zord must be awake" Kendall said to the rangers.
"Okay, say if the Plesio zord is awake, New Zealand is a huge place. Where would we even start to look for it?" Tess asked Kendall. New Zealand is a large country and it would take the rangers a long time to find the Plesio Zord.
"I'll run a scan from the base to see if I can find any leads" Kendall informed the rangers.
"We're about to talk to some scientist named Dr. Runga. Shelby thinks he can tell us where to start looking for the zord" Tyler added.
"Dr Runga? Really?" Kendall asked, intrigued. "If anyone knows about Plesiosaurs, it's him. Keep me informed" Kendall finished her call with the rangers before going to do more research on where the Plesio zord could be.
"Is that the guy?" Chase asked, noticing an excavation team and some photographers being lead by a single man.
"I think it is..." Tess squinted her eyes, trying to get a better look. Tess had met Dr. Runga a few times when she was a little girl. William and Emma have done a lot of work with Dr. Runga in the past back at Eden Hills University and is one of the most reputable paleontologists in the world.
"Wow, that's really him. I've only seen him on TV and in books" Shelby said in awe. Dr. Runga was one of Shelby's heroes. "Look guys, Dr. Runga has hundreds of fossil discoveries to his name" Shelby lined up her friends in a straight line. To say she was nervous was an understatement. "We have to be professional!" Shelby instructed her friends as she fixed Tyler's hair and removed Chase's hat.
"Shelbs, you're freaking out for nothing" Tess tried to reassure her best friend, but she wasn't listening.
"Koda! I thought we agreed you were gonna wear shoes today!" Shelby screeched at her troglodyte friend.
"But shoes squished toes, it very much pain" Koda explained to Shelby. Koda always tried to avoid wearing shoes and limited to wearing shoes in the cafe. Shelby just let out an annoyed sigh as she made her way to the excavation sight with her friends trailing behind her.
While the rangers were looking at all of Dr. Runga's research, the doctor was posing with the fossil of a dinosaur head for the cover of his new book. "And now this is for the front cover right?" Dr. Runga asked.
"Ah, just the back cover, sorry" the photographer informed him.
"Suppose it'll have to do" Dr. Runga let out an annoyed sigh as he posed for the shot. But before he could get the shot, he looked over his shoulders to see the rangers going through his things. "Hi..." Shelby greeted the doctor, rather nervously.
"I'll be right back" the doctor told the photographer as he went to go deal with the rangers. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Excuse me, this is a restricted area."
"Hi Dr. Runga, I'm Shelby Watkins and I called you earlier" Shelby introduced herself to the doctor, but he doesn't recall. "From the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum..." But the doctor still didn't recall. "From the United States..."
"Ah yes..." the Doctor finally recalled. "You're my competition."
"Competition? No! We're huge fans, I read all your books, twice" Shelby showed Dr. Runga the copy she had of his book.
"You and three million others..."
"Talk about rude..." Tess whispered to Chase.
"Right?" Chase agreed.
"Now please, I'm a very busy man. What is it that you want?"
"Well to be blunt, if Plesiosaurs were alive where would they live?" Riley asked him. The rangers didn't have time to beat around the bush. The rangers needed to start the search for the Plesio Zord as soon as possible if they wanted to find it before Sledge does.
"Let me understand, you're looking for a living dinosaur?" Dr. Runga asked, amused. But, the rangers were being serious. "Wait, I know what this is. You're hunting for taniwha, aren't you?"
"Oh, gesundheit" Tess blessed Dr. Runga, thinking he sneezed.
"He didn't sneeze" Chase looked her.
"What's a taniwha?" Tyler asked.
"Taniwha is a New Zealand myth, like the Lochness Monster. It's an ancient creature that lurks in oceans and rivers" Chase explained to them.
"Experts, like myself suspect that if taniwha actually existed, they were really Plesiosaurs" Dr. Runga showed the rangers a tattoo of a Plesiosaur he had on his forearm.
"Pretty cool bro" Chase commented on his tattoo.
"That's a taniwha?" Koda asked, lifting the doctor's arm to get a better look at the tattoo.
"It does rather resemble a Plesiosaur" Ivan commented.
"So, Plesiosaurs would've lived where exactly?" Tess asked, curiously trying her best not sound suspicious.
"Coastlines, islands, sea caves..." Dr. Runga named some of the places Plesiosaurs would've lives. "Good luck" Dr. Runga spat at the rangers, bemused. Dr. Runga just thought the rangers were playing some sort of joke on him "Let's get one of me in the dig" Dr. Runga instructed the photographers.
"What a peach" Tess said, with sarcasm dripping off her tongue. Tess didn't appreciate how the Doctor talked to the rangers, particularly Shelby.
"Coastlines, islands, sea caves, that's where we'll look" Tyler instructed the rangers.
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Now that the rangers had an idea of where to look for the Plesio zord, they split up to cover more ground.
Chase, Tess, and Riley were riding up and down Piha beach to see if the Plesio zord was there. So far, there was no Plesio zord in sight. "No Plesio zord on Piha beach" Tess observed her surroundings as she held into to Chase.
"No taniwha either" Chase added.
"Let's keep looking!" Riley suggested as they kept looking on Piha beach.
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Meanwhile while the rangers were searching for the Plesio zord, Kendall was at the Command Center, going through some photos and some data she had found about the mythical taniwha. Kendall was hoping this information would narrow down the rangers search in the hopes of finding the Plesio zord. "The Taniwha has been spotted over 40 times, it can't be a coincidence..." Kendall informed the rangers. Perhaps there was more to this New Zealand myth than meets the eye.
While the rangers searched on ground, Ivan and Koda were using the Petra charge megazord to search in the air. As the Ptera charge megazord flew, Ivan decided to have some fun and did a loop in the sky, making Koda dizzy. "Tell me before you do that" Koda said to his friend.
"But that's not as fun" Ivan joked with him.
"Kendall we see nothing so far" Koda informed Kendall from the megazord.
"I'm sending you new search coordinates..." Kendall informed them as Ivan and Koda went to cover more ground.
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Meanwhile, Tyler and Shelby were at Takapuna beach to see if they could find the Plesio zord there. After doing some research, Kendall sent the coordinates to them as another possible location. "Come on, come on" Tyler used his binoculars as he looked out into the ocean, for any sign of the Plesio zord.
"Shelby, are you at coordinates I sent you?" Kendall asked her. There have been numerous sightings of Taniwha at Takapuna beach.
"We're at Takapuna beach, but there's no sign off..." Shelby was cut off by the purple energem emitting a strong surge of power. Shelby took out the purple energem to see that it was shining a bright purple glow. "Tyler..."
Tyler saw the light and quickly tried to get ahold of the other rangers. "Guys, get here fast!"
The light was shining brighter as Tyler took the purple energem. The purple energem shined some more as a large figure emerged from the water. It was the Plesio zord. The Plesio zord was at Takapuna beach the entire time. The taniwha that a lot of locals have been seeing was the Plesio zord the entire time. Wanting to capture the moment, Shelby took out her cellphone and the got a video of the Plesio zord.
"I think it wants the energem..." Tyler deduced. An energem and it's zord have a very strong bond.
But the moment was interrupted by dozens of meteors falling from sky. "What's happening?" Tyler asked. The meteors were hitting the Plesio zord.
"The Plesio zord is being attacked!" Shelby exclaimed.
"Plesio!" Tyler shouted as the Plesio zord tried to find safety underwater. As they looked on helpless, the sound of loud roars were heard behind them. Tyler and Shelby turned around to see Fury and a reanimated Meteor.
"Destroy the Plesio zord before it can escape!" Fury instructed Meteor. Meteor blasted some more fireballs into the sky, charging at the Plesio zord. "You missed again!" Fury growled frustrated.
"Well it slipped away!"
While Meteor and Fury were arguing, Tyler and Shelby were met by the other rangers. "We came as fast as we could" Riley told them.
Shelby turned around and saw that the Plesio zord was gone. "The zord was right there in the water!"
"Until they showed up..." Tyler stared a hole through them.
"Wait a second, we destroyed him!" Tess pointed at Meteor.
"Sledge keeps sending monsters we already defeated. He must be out of ideas" Riley added.
"I promise, you'll never get control of that zord!" Fury roared.
"You really shouldn't make promises you can't keep..." Shelby sneered at him. "Dino chargers..."
"Ready!" Tyler exclaimed.
"ENERGIZE! UNLEASH THE POWER!" Tyler and Shelby morphed so they could fight Fury and Meteor.
"You won't defeat me this time!" Meteor exclaimed.
"Oh yeah?" Tyler asked, amused. The rangers defeated Meteor once, they can defeat him again.
"Vivix fire!" Meteor commanded, as several Vivix appeared, firing at the rangers.
The rangers managed to evade the blasts, charging at Fury and Meteor. "Attack!" Meteor roared. And the battle ensued. "Time to heat things up with a nice warm meteor shower!" Meteor sneered as he got a meteor off his belt and threw it into the sky. The meteor heated up to unimaginable temperatures and were targeted at the rangers.
"Oh no!" Tyler cried out. "Dino steel, armor on! T-Rex smash!" Tyler exclaimed as he leaped high in the air, using his T-Rex smasher to destroy all the meteors. "Times up, Meteor!" Tyler charged at Meteor head on.
"Yeah, try my spiral galaxy blast" Meteor sneered as he loaded a meteor into his galaxy blaster. "Planetary destruction!" Meteor exclaimed as he blasted dozens of powerful meteors at Tyler. But Tyler wasn't backing down. Tyler destroyed the meteors like nothing, "That's all you got?! T-Rex smash!" Tyler hit Meteor with a powerful punch, destroying his galaxy blaster.
"My galaxy blaster" Meteor cried as he fell to the ground. "But I have other tricks up my sleeve!"
While Tyler had his attention on Meteor, Ivan and Fury were facing off in another rematch. "Hiding away from the group because you fear defeat, scaredy cat?" Ivan called out Fury. Ivan loaded up his Ptera saber, getting ready to launch an attack.
Ptera charger, engage
"Lighting strike!"
"Fury's roar!"
The attacks collided, resulting in a powerful explosion, knocking Fury and Ivan back. "You won't beat me that easily!" Fury roared as he stood on one knee.
"I shall and you'll cry like a kitten" Ivan stood tall over him.
While Ivan dealt with Fury, the rangers decided to finish off Meteor once and for all. "Let's use the Dino Spike to finish him off!" Shelby suggested.
"Great idea!" Tyler exclaimed. "Dino charger, ready! Weapons combine!"
Dino spike charger, engage
"Red ranger launch!" the other rangers exclaimed, launching Tyler up in the air.
"Dino spike, final strike!" The Dino spike sent Meteor flying, who was struggling to get to his feet.
"Hide! I'll protect you!" Fury stood in front of Meteor to keep him from being destroyed.
"Watch out!" Ivan exclaimed as he jumped in front of his friends. Fury shot a powerful lighting blast at the rangers, knocking them off their feet.
"We need to beat the rangers to the Plesio zord" Fury helped Meteor up.
"But how? We have no idea where it's hiding!" Meteor cried out.
"I know who could help us, come on" Fury instructed him as they retreated.
"Where'd they go?" Tess looked around.
"They've seen the Plesio zord!" Shelby remembered.
"Oh dear, if they find it before we do, they could destroy it" Ivan deduced.
"Then we'll have to beat them to it!" Riley exclaimed as the rangers sped off.
It was a race against time to find the Plesio zord before Fury and Meteor could.
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Dr. Runga was at his dig site, brushing some dirt off a dinosaur fossil that he had recently discovered. Dr. Runga was so focused on his work that he didn't realize what was going on behind him. Dr. Runga was going to be involved in a sinister act that he had no way of getting himself out of.
As Dr. Runga worked, he noticed a shadow towering behind him. "You'll have to come back, now's not a good time..." But there was no response, instead the fossil of a dinosaur head hurled into the pit, shattering it. Dr. Runga looked up to see Fury towering over him.
"Is now a better time?" Fury sneered, jumping into the put with Dr. Runga. The doctor tried his best to scramble away but he couldn't.
"What do you want?" Dr. Runga quaked in fear.
"I want a dinosaur!" Fury roared.
"Here! Take them!" Dr. Runga opened a crate, full of dinosaur fossils that he had discovered.
"Bones?! I don't want bones! I want a real dinosaur" Fury pointed his saber at Dr. Runga.
"A living dinosaur, there's no such thing..."
"Wrong! One is alive! Seven teenagers discovered it today!" Fury informed the good doctor.
"Those taniwha hunters..." Dr. Runga remembered his encounter with the rangers earlier today. Why the rangers were asking him so many questions about Plesiosaurs and where they lived.
"You're going to find it before they do! And tell me where it is..." Fury commanded Dr. Runga. "And just think, you'll be more famous than you ever imagined" Fury tempted Dr. Runga. Paleontologists don't get nearly as much credit as they should, and this could catapult his career to a whole other level.
"Yeah, the find of a lifetime..." Dr. Runga thought about the adoration he could get from the public. "I could finally get that front cover."
"And then I'll destroy it!" Fury growled.
"No, you can't destroy it" Dr. Runga argued with Fury.
"I will destroy it!" Fury exclaimed. "Or I'll destroy you!" Fury roughed up Dr. Runga. "So do we have a deal?" Fury held his saber to Dr. Runga's neck.
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Back at the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum, Kendall was running some tests on the video that Shelby sent her. Hopefully the video could give them an idea as to where the Plesio zord was hiding. "I've analyzed Shelby's video, judging by the sounds the zord made, it may be sick..."
"Why would it be sick?" Riley asked.
"Once awakened, some zords need to be in contact with their energems. This one hasn't been near the purple energem since Albert bonded with it. It maybe too weak to survive much longer" Kendall informed the rangers.
"That's why it appeared to Shelby. You were holding onto the purple energem. It needed energy" Chase deduced.
"So, what do we do now?" Tess asked her friends. "The Plesio zord could be anywhere..."
"Then we better get going..." Tyler suggested to their friends. If the Plesio zord is really that weak, it'll only make it that much easier for Fury and Meteor to destroy it.
"I'll meet you guys back at the car" Shelby hung back as her friends went to continue their search for the Plesio zord.
"We have to check out those caves" Tyler suggested.
"We're gonna find you Plesio..." Shelby watched the video again. Shelby could feel the pain that Plesio zord was feeling, and was determined to find it. As Shelby sat there, not too far next her was Dr. Runga; who was keeping close tabs on the rangers. Once the other rangers were gone, Dr. Runga walked up to Shelby, "Hello, Shelby. What a bit of surprise."
"Dr. Runga" Shelby stood up to greet him. "What a coincidence."
"Yeah, it's a small country" Dr. Runga chuckled. "Hey, I want to apologize, I was a bit rude earlier today."
"No, it's fine!"
"Lemme make it up to you" Dr. Runga offered. "I see you have my book. Allow me to autograph it for you."
"You don't have to."
"No, I insist. Do you have a pen?" Dr. Runga was very persistent. What Shelby doesn't realize is that Dr. Runga had a plan up his sleeve.
"Uhh... I'll grab one" Shelby smiled as she left to go find a pen. Once Shelby was out of sight, Dr. Runga got Shelby's cell-phone and saw the video that she had taken of the so-called taniwha. Dr. Runga couldn't believe his eyes. Before him is proof of an actual living dinosaur.
"So they did find it..." Dr. Runga quickly sent the video in an email before quickly slipping away. Once Shelby got a pen from a local street vendor, she came back to see that Dr. Runga was nowhere to be seen.
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Meanwhile, at a local sea cave just a few miles out of the city, the rangers were looking around inside for any signs of the Plesio zord. "No sign over there" Riley looked around.
"There's nothing down that cave either" Tyler added.
"Twas a dead end" Ivan and Chase came from another tunnel. "No zord."
"Nothing here, Ms. Morgan" Tess told Kendall over the Dino com.
"Well, I found something" Kendall informed the rangers. "There's a news report that's gone viral. It says a living Plesiosaurs has been found in New Zealand. It's Dr. Runga..."
"Dr. Runga?!" Shelby asked, incredulously.
"There's a photograph" Kendall added, showing the rangers a screen-cap of the video that's been all over the news. It's a picture from Shelby's video that she had taken earlier today.
"That's from my video!" Shelby accused angrily. "He stole it!"
"He's holding a press conference today at his dig site, and he plans to show the whole video."
"We'll see about that..." Shelby growled as she marched out the cave as the rangers followed after her. Shelby was beyond livid that Dr. Runga would endanger the zord's safety for publicity.
It was a short drive back up to the city, as the rangers made their way back to Dr. Runga's dig site. There, camera crews were setting up and several reporters were getting ready to get a scoop on the living dinosaur living in New Zealand. There was even a poster set up, reading "A Living Dinosaur is Discovered!"
"Check, one, two" one of the crew members said, testing the equipment.
"Make sure that works" Dr. Runga handed a USB to one of the workers who was setting up the t screen. "And put my photo here" Dr. Runga instructed one of the staff members.
"So, you don't believe in taniwha..." Shelby marched up to Dr. Runga as the other rangers hung back. Shelby wanted to deal with the less-than-truthful doctor on her own.
"Could you give us a moment" Dr. Runga instructed the staff so he could have a word with Shelby.
"You stole my video!" Shelby accused .
"Don't worry, I'll share the credit with you..." Dr. Runga told her.
"I don't want credit! If you show the world that video, New Zealand will be crawling with hunters and that creature won't survive!" Shelby tried to knock some sense into the doctor. "You need to tell everyone that video is fake..."
"But it's not fake! That creature is out there, alive! I've discovered some of the greatest fossils in the world" Dr. Runga held his book in front of Shelby. "They mean nothing compared to this! This is a real, flesh and blood dinosaur. Join me for the announcement, and you can dump that museum and you'll be famous beyond your imagination!"
"Is that all this means to you? A chance to be famous?" Shelby asked, disgusted. "When I was a kid, your book inspired me. All I cared about was learning about dinosaurs, discovering fossils, and someday finally meet you. Your name may be Dr. Runga, but your definitely not the man that inspired me. Not anymore..." With that said, Shelby left. Her childhood hero, the man she hoped to one day be was not who she expected at all. His need to be famous outweighed his love for the profession. This left Shelby with a sour taste in her mouth.
"Well? Did you talk him out it?" Tess asked her.
"Nope, he's gonna tell the world.." Shelby informed her friends.
"What shall we do?" Ivan asked.
"We need to find the Plesio zord fast" Shelby instructed her friends as they quickly went to find the Plesio zord before any more harm can come to it.
Once the rangers left, several reporters came for the press conference. As Dr. Runga stood there, dejected, he looked over to see Fury standing there. Fury was still keen on finding the Plesio zord's location and was ready to destroy Dr. Runga if he didn't follow through on his end of the bargain.
A member of the staff walked up to Dr. Runga to brief him on how the press conference would go but he cut her off, "I'll be right back." With that said, Dr. Runga left, with no explanation.
"But the press conference is about to start!" she explained.
"I know!" he said.
Dr. Runga had to make things right...
...
Meanwhile, the rangers were in a race against time to find the Plesio zord before Fury could get to it. "When you last saw the Plesio zord, it went underwater and was traveling south. There are two sea caves approximately six miles south of where you spotted it..." Kendall informed them.
"We're on our way Ms. Morgan" Riley responded as the rangers headed straight to the coordinates Kendall had sent them.
The rangers drove to one of the sea caves and saw that the purple energem was starting to glow. "It's glowing!" Shelby smiled.
"The Plesio zord has to be here" Tess looked around.
As they looked around, Kendall contacted the rangers, "I've narrowed it down to one cave large enough to fit a zord. Head north..."
"Okay, we go north" Koda complied as the rangers followed Kendall's instructions. As the rangers headed north, Koda was headed in the completely opposite direction.
"Koda, we're in New Zealand! North is this way!" Ivan informed him. Koda laughed it off as Ivan joked, "Don't worry, I'm still amazed the Earth isn't flat!"
"Oh yes!" Koda followed him. As the rangers went to go explore the sea cave, off in the distance a familiar figure was trailing behind them. It was Dr. Runga.
It was a short run from where they arrived to the sea cave. Just standing in front of it, the sea cave was massive, massive enough to house the Plesio zord. "This must be it" Koda deduced.
"This cave is massive, the Plesio zord has to be in there" Tess added as Shelby held the purple energem. The light the purple energem was emitting was getting brighter, indicating that the rangers are getting closer to the Plesio zord. As the rangers stood there, they heard loud roaring coming from inside the cave.
"It's her!" Shelby breathed out in relief. The rangers had found the Plesio zord before any harm could come to it.
"A living dinosaur" a voice from behind them spoke out. The rangers turned around to see none other than Dr. Runga. "I need to see it..."
"It's nothing something you use to make yourself famous!" Shelby scolded him.
"You're right, Shelby. It's not about press conferences or magazine covers. I've been digging for fossils for my whole life cause when I was a kid, all I ever dreamed about was meeting a real dinosaur..." Dr. Runga revealed to Shelby. "And you reminded me of that..." Somewhere along the way, Dr. Runga lost himself and his priorities shifted. But Shelby reminded Dr. Runga of the joy of fossils and the thrill of discovery, not just for fame but for knowledge.
"That's the Dr. Runga I know..." Shelby smiled.
"And thanks to you, I finally get to meet one..." As Dr. Runga was about to go into the cave, Shelby stopped him. "But, it's not a dinosaur..."
"Yes it is, I've seen the video."
"Shelby, we've got to tell him" Tyler encouraged Shelby to tell the truth. They can't conceal the truth any longer. "It's a zord" Tyler revealed to the doctor.
"The Plesio zord to be precise" Riley added.
"Wait, I don't understand. Only power rangers use zords" Dr. Runga said confused.
"That's correct..." Chase backed his assumption.
"So, if you're after the zord, you must be..." Dr. Runga tried to connect the dots.
"The zord is very weak! We're here to heal it, with this" Shelby informed him, showing Dr. Runga the energem.
"But he said you discovered a living dinosaur" Dr. Runga said, confused.
"What scoundrel told you that?" Ivan asked.
"Him!" Dr. Runga pointed, the rangers turned to see Fury and Meteor. Fury had followed the rangers from the dig site and now he also knows the location of the Plesio zord.
"Fools!" Fury roared. "Thanks doc, we can take it from here..."
"I'm so sorry! I lead him right to you, I didn't know he was following me" Dr. Runga apologized to the rangers.
"It's alright doc, we can take it from here" Tess reassured the doctor as the rangers faced off against Fury and Meteor.
"Let's destroy the zord and get out of here!" Meteor cackled. "Vivix, attack!" An army of Vivix rose, ready to fight the rangers.
"Get to safety doctor" Koda instructed the doctor. Dr. Runga made a beeline into the cave, where the Plesio zord was hiding out.
The rangers charged into battle against the Vivix, while Dr. Runga headed into the sea cave for safety.
"Bring it on!" Chase exclaimed as he jumped off the rock and caught an incoming fist before flipping the Vivix onto it's back.
Shelby did a roundoff back handspring into a side leaping kick, knocking several Vivix off it's feet, "Eat sand!"
"Egad!" Ivan exclaimed as he placed some precise jabs, square in the Vivix's faces before flipping them onto their backs. Ivan turned to see Koda doing a backflip into a strong side kick, "Caveman kick!" Koda exclaimed as he caught a Vivix's fist before throwing it aside.
"You guys aren't a challenge, you're just annoying!" Tess exclaimed, hitting a Vixix with a low sweep kick before hitting the Vivix in front of her with a kick straight to the gut.
Shelby caught one of the Vivix fists before hitting it with a barrage of kicks, sending it stumbling back. "It's morphin' time! Dino charger!"
"Ready!"
"Energize! Unleash the power!"
The rangers morphed and were now ready to finish these Vivix off once and for all. "Let's kick it up a notch!" Tyler exclaimed as the rangers went into battle.
"Come on!" Fury roared.
"Okay!" Meteor compiled as him and Fury charged into battle against the rangers. Fury went after Tyler while Meteor went toe-to-toe with Ivan.
Shelby did a side flip to evade them, before knocking the Vivix down with a low sweep kick into a front kick. "You seaweed heads are all washed up!" Shelby exclaimed. As Shelby stood up, she got the purple energem from her pocket and noticed it was glowing again. "It's glowing again!"
"Go! Get it to the Plesio zord!" Tyler told Shelby.
"You got it!"
"We'll hold them off!" Tyler got a Vivix and tossed it over his shoulder.
Shelby ran as fast as she could into the sea cave to the Plesio zord, but Meteor wasn't going to let her go far. "Vivix! Stop her!"
"Back off!" Tess exclaimed as she, Chase, and Riley cut off the Vivix, allowing Shelby to get into the cave safely.
"Here I come Plesio!" Shelby exclaimed as she ran into the cave but was soon met with some powerful blasts. Shelby was struggling to get to her feet, as she tried to get the purple energem, that was inches away from her fingers. Shelby turned around to see Meteor. "What do you think you're doing?!" Shelby screeched.
"I'm going to destroy that zord!" Meteor cackled. "Get the purple energem and the pink one too!"
"Not a chance asteroid breath!" Shelby screeched as someone was hiding in the shadows watching everything go down: it was Dr. Runga. This was his one chance to make everything right.
"I won't let him get it Shelby!" Dr. Runga said, as he got the purple energem and ran into the deeper into the cave.
"You! Give it to me or I'll roast you!" Meteor roared.
"Throw it to the zord in that cavern!" Shelby instructed the doctor. "Trust me!"
Dr. Runga took the energem and threw it deep within the sea cavern. The light grew brighter and brighter as loud roaring bounced off the cave walls. Now that the Plesio zord was in contact with the purple energem, it started to regain it's strength. "Wow..." Shelby voiced out.
"The zord's reenergizing" Meteor quaked in fear.
"It's fantastic..." Dr. Runga breathed out.
"You did it, Dr. Runga. I'm proud of you" Shelby stood up and thanked the doctor for his help.
"This can't be good!" Meteor cried out as he quickly escaped the cave.
"Look out!" Shelby exclaimed as she and Dr. Runga quickly escaped the cave and out of harm's way.
"I messed up again!" Meteor exclaimed as he tried to get to safety. "Out of my way!" Meteor pushed past the rangers.
"Hurry Dr. Runga!" Shelby exclaimed as she and the doctor tried to get as far away from the cave.
Emerging from the cave was the Plesio zord. Now that the Plesio zord and the purple energem regained contact, the large zord has now gotten it's full strength back. The Plesio zord flew through the sky, before shooting Meteor with some powerful blasts. The Plesio zord soon hit Meteor with a powerful blast, sending the monster flying.
"That hot head's a failure once again, but I'll get the blame!" Fury growled before retreating. There was no point for Fury to continue fighting with the rangers. Now that rangers had the purple energem and the Plesio zord, he stood no chance against them.
The rangers stood and looked in awe at the Plesio zord. The strength and power this zord had is far beyond words. "Plesio zord all better now" Koda said observantly.
"Yeah, it's incredible" Tess breathed out.
"Thanks to a little help from Dr. Runga" Shelby smiled as Dr. Runga looked on at the majestic Plesio zord flying in the sky.
"It may not be a real dinosaur but it was..." Dr. Runga breathed out.
"Awesome?"
"Exactly" Dr. Runga smiled.
As the rangers celebrated another victory, Sledge was on his ship watching everything transpire. "I won't let that zord get away..." Sledge growled. "Magna beam!"
The Vivix fired the magna beam, reanimating Meteor, increasing him in size and strength. "Meteor is attacking the city" Kendall informed the team.
"We've got trouble" Chase informed. "Let's try hitching a ride on the Plesio zord."
As the rangers went to deal with Meteor, Shelby turned to Dr. Runga, "Dr. Runga, it was so great to meet you..."
"You too, Shelby. You're secret is safe with me" Dr. Runga reassured Shelby that he'll keep her identity as a power ranger a secret. "And thanks, for reminding me what really matters..."
"See ya!" Shelby bid adieu to the doctor before going to stop Meteor. Thanks to the rangers, Dr. Runga has a brand new lease on life and his work as a paleontologist.
The Plesio zord transported the rangers into it's cockpit so they can finish of Meteor once and for all. "Awesome!" Tyler exclaimed.
"Dino drive activate!" the rangers exclaimed as they activated their Dino Drive mode. "Battle mode!"
"Plesio zord! Great to finally meet you!" Shelby greeted the newest member of the rangers team, with the zord roaring in response.
"Ha! Think you can stop me?" Meteor cackled before behind struck with with direct attack from the Plesio zord, sending him flying.
"Shoot him in his face where he belongs!" Shelby exclaims. The Plesio zord took Meteor all the way up into outer space.
"Nice job!" Tyler exclaimed. "But he's not finished yet."
"Activate Plesio charge megazord!" Shelby exclaimed.
Plesio charge megazord, engage!
Plesio charge megazord, ready!
Meteor charged at the rangers, but they weren't backing down. "Steady!" Shelby advised the rangers as they charged head on at Meteor.
"Brace yourselves!" Tyler told the rangers as they delivered some powerful blows at Meteor. Meteor couldn't find an opening to get a shot. The rangers were able to knock Meteor back.
"Deal with this! Spiral galaxy blast!" Meteor blasted at the rangers.
"Plesio rocket punch!" the rangers exclaimed, launching a powerful hit at Meteor. The hit managed to evade Meteor's blast and was powerful enough to deal a great amount of damage.
"Let's make space his final frontier!" Shelby sneered at Meteor.
"3... 2.. 1" the rangers counted down.
"Galactic blast!" Shelby exclaimed as they hit Meteor with one final blast, finally destroying him.
"Monster extinct!" Tyler exclaimed as the rangers celebrated another victory.
...
Back in the deep bowels of space, to say that Sledge was fuming was an understatement. "I can't believe this! Pathetic Fury" Sledge sneered at Fury, as he watched the footage of Meteor's demise in the main control room. This was another loss and Sledge didn't know where to go from here. "Meteor failed, just the latest in a long line of my monsters destroyed on your watch..."
"Please Master Sledge! I have an idea!" Fury tried reasoning with his superior but he wanted no part of it.
"No! I'm going to make my own plan, and finish the rangers myself..." Sledge growled.
...
After another well fought battle, the rangers were now in possession of both the purple energem and the Plesio zord. The rangers were now ready to get back home to Amber Beach. "Sad to say goodbye to New Zealand, Chase?" Tess asked the resident Kiwi.
"Yeah, but I'll be back soon..." Chase remained optimistic.
"Ms. Morgan, we're coming home!" Tyler informed Kendall.
"Very nice work rangers. I'm very impressed you retrieved both the purple energem and the Plesio zord" Kendall commended the rangers on their hard work.
"We get stronger everyday!" Riley exclaimed.
"Soon, we make Sledge extinct too" Koda added as the rangers cheered in agreement.
Now that the rangers were in possession of both the purple energem and the Plesio zord, there was nothing stopping them now.
Author's Note: Well, it looks like Sledge and his crew have their work cut out for themselves if they want to even stand a chance against the rangers. Now that the rangers have the purple energem and the Plesio zord, Sledge and his team don't stand a chance.
Again, I apologize for disappearing from you guys and I'll try my best to be better with updating. Thank you with all the support you've given this story!
Although this wasn't my favorite episode of the show, I wanted to get through it because it's vital to the show. Even though I feel like this isn't my best chapter, what do you guys think? Yay? or nay?
Any and all feedback is welcome!
Next Chapter: Movie Mayhem: When a big movie festival comes to Amber Beach, Tess finally agrees to go out on a date with Chase. But, when one of Fury's monsters: Big Screen, traps them both in the movie, the rangers race to bring their friends back, while Chase must battle the young prince in the movie who mistakes Tess as his princess.
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