The school newspaper always filled everyone on campus in on the latest gossip occurring on campus. Most of the paper-maintained school events and important dates to remember. Tommy skimmed through the paper as he looked at sports and to see which teachers were resigning or retiring. At the top of the list, Maddie Batten was scheduled to resign at the end of the year. And there was a whole column written about her teaching career at MIT and what her future plans were.

"It's about time she resigned," Tommy smiled as he turned the page. "She is nothing but trouble."

"I totally agree," Kimberly remarked handing him the other section of the paper. "I'm done reading this section."

Tommy handed her the first section of the school newspaper. Maybe there would be something worth reading besides all of the letters written to editor. On the cover on the second section was "ANTON MERCER VISTING BOSTON".

The legendary Anton Mercer is scheduled to be visiting Boston over the next two weeks. He is known for being the owner of Mercer Industries, a billionaire, and also a world-renowned scientist. In fact, Anton graduated with a bachelor's degree in paleontology in 1980 and in fact graduated at the top of the class. He did his graduate studies here at MIT and received his PHD in 1984. Anton is currently looking for a few students to do an internship under him to study dinosaurs.

"Kim, why didn't you tell me Anton Mercer was coming?" Tommy asked.

"I wanted you to see for yourself," Kimberly answered. "I know that you've always wanted to meet him."

"I have," Tommy smiled laying his paper down.


Paying attention in his morning classes was much harder than they normally were. Tommy knew that he needed to be paying attention to Mr. Snyder's lecture during marine biology. But, he wasn't able to. All he could think about was actually having an opportunity to meet Anton Mercer. He knew Boston was big and that Anton would be traveling to many places. Most of the notes, he had not gotten due to his head being in the clouds. But, Kimberly passed him her note book and he started to copy down all the notes that he missed getting.

"What would I do without you on days I miss hearing something important from the lecture?" Tommy whispered.

"Worry, if what you missed would be on a test," Kimberly giggled. "How about after our scuba diving class, you and I have lunch outside and then we could take a walk? That should help you get your mind off things."

"Sure, I'd love that," Tommy answered while he continued to copy down all of Kimberly's notes.


Three hours later, all their morning classes were over and they had the rest of the day to themselves. After taking a quick shower and changing into jeans, a black tee shirt, and a green shirt, Tommy walked back into the locker area and opened his locker.

"I was wondering how long it would take you," Kimberly remarked as she grabbed her pink bookbag out of their locker. "Are you ready to go?"

"Of course," Tommy answered as he slipped on his black bookbag.

He took a quick look at his watch, it was just 12:30. Normally, they'd have an hour for lunch and be heading to their afternoon classes. But, since it was Friday, the afternoons were used for tutoring and make up work on the school campus. Tommy took hold of Kimberly's hand and they walked out of the Gym 4 and headed out into the warm and cheerful must have cut the class while they were gym, because the was so short and the dirt was showing through. The weather was prefect today, meaning no wind, blue skies, and an ambient temperature. It was prefect for their long walk.

"I'm glad we left your truck back at the dorm," Kimberly approved as they walked towards a concession stand at the end of the long path. "We can enjoy the beautiful day."

"I couldn't agree more," Tommy beamed.


A tall blond hair man dressed in khakis and a grey shirt parked his car and headed on to the MIT campus. He had heard a lot from the paleontology professors about a boy named Tommy Oliver. According to them, Tommy was the best in the paleontology program. And even when he did his student teaching, he had heard a lot about how good Tommy was at teaching and how he knew the materials inside and out.

There was one problem though, no one had sent him a picture of Tommy or gave him an address or phone number to contact him. So, he'd be searching the MIT campus. The campus was huge and finding one certain student was like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Anton had been driving around all day visiting several different colleges. He hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast and he was beginning to get hungry. A lot of the restaurants that were on campus back in his college days were shut down or moved to different locations on campus. But, he knew that The Patio Concession Stand was still up and running. It was one of the common places that students loved to hang out with their friends. The only time that this concession stand was closed was during the winter months.

"Are you in the mood for a milk shake?"

"Of course."

"Want to do our usual?"

"Sure, that would be great. Why don't you go grab us a table?"

Anton watched the girl take a seat at small square table for four people, which provided the prefect amount of shade with a red umbrella, which was built into the table. He watched the girl take a seat. She was dressed in jeans and a pink tee shirt. After she wiped sweat off her face, she removed her cotton candy pink button-down shirt and placed it in a pink L.L. Bean Book Bag. Monogramed on the front of the bookbag was "Kimberly Oliver".

"Maybe she is related to Tommy Oliver," Anton thought as he watched Kimberly pull her Carmel hair into a ponytail.

Kimberly laid her bookbag on the ground next to a black L.L. Bean Book Bag. Monogramed on the front was "Tommy Oliver." She turned and stared at the tall boy with Spiky hair. The boy removed his green shirt and tied it around his waist as he walked up to the counter.

"I would like to order a large strawberry milk shake. Please no whipped cream or a cherry please."

"Is anyone sitting here," Anton asked as he walked over Kimberly's table.

"Just, me and my husband," Kimberly answered pointing at Tommy. "He's the tall and handsome boy with the spiky hair."

"Thank you," Anton said as he took a seat in front of her. "I've had my eye on that boy for a long time. I've heard that he can identify fossils at a fast rate and he always studies fossils that he finds on a dig site."

"Tommy, is the best in class," Kimberly smiled.

Tommy walked over to the table and places the milk shake down. "Oh, my goodness, you are Anton Mercer," Tommy gasped as he took a seat next to Kimberly. "I've been wanting to meet you for a long time."

"Mr. Oliver, have you considered applying for a job at Anton Mercer Industries or considering applying for an Internship?" Anton asked getting up to get a coke out of the coke machine. "I'm looking for some students due to an internship under me."

"I've thought about applying for a job at Anton Mercer Industries ever since I was a child," Tommy beamed after taking a sip of their milk shake. "I've also always dreamed of becoming a science teacher and being married to the girl of my dreams. But, I'm not sure about an Internship."

"Do you have a partner that you do all of you paleontology studies with?" Anton asked as he took a seat and opened his Pepsi. "Some people work alone, but most have a partner they work with on the internship."

"I don't actually have a partner," Tommy admitted raising a brow. "But, in all of mine and Kimberly's classes, we have to do all our class work with someone. In every class, Kimberly is my lab partner. We are both studying marine biology and paleontology. I don't know if she'd count or not."

"Actual, she would count as a partner since she is also studying dinosaurs," Anton stated. "If you chose to have a partner, you must be able to work well with them because if you are chosen for the internship, both of you would have to devote a lot of your time to the internship. I've also had my one some other students and I'll now be watching Kimberly. If she's your lab partner she must really be as good as you. Tommy, you will probably be one of the people I choose for the Internship. If you are chosen you will have to come up with a project that involves in combining dinosaur DNA with technology."


As Kimberly moved towards the tub, she turned the faucets on and checked for the prefect temperature to be three or four degrees above hers and Tommy's comfort level, so that when they climbed in their bodies would adapt to their almost scalding water. Tommy quickly put the drain stopper in the drain and allowed the tub to fill up. Kimberly poured in their calming and relaxing lavender bubble bath under the faucet to get as much foam as they possibly could get. When it almost reached the rim of the tub, Tommy turned off the faucet.

"Ready to get in, Beautiful?" Tommy when he climbed into the tub and slide down into the water.

"You know I am," Kimberly answered with a smile as she climbed after him and rested her back against his chest.

Tommy let out a sigh of relief as he wrapped his arms around Kimberly's shoulders.

"Kim, do you think I have what it takes to combine dinosaur DNA with technology?" Tommy asked.

"Of course," she assured him. "You are smart and you're are the best in class."

"I noticed that when some when we got the dino gems, only someone with a pure heart could take them," he started. "But, after we retrieved them, they no light up."

"The gems appear to be special," Kimberly answered. "I've been wondering if the gem decides who it will work for and who it won't-"

"-like bonding with a person!" Tommy interrupted as he looked down into her face. "That is the prefect idea. We could create dino morphers. And we could disguise them as sliver bracelets and use the dino gem as the power source."

"That would prevent any of the gems from falling into the wrong hands," Kimberly agreed with a smile. "And only the other rangers would know what the sliver bracelets secretly were. Anyone else would thing that it was a piece of jewelry."

"And by saying "Dino Thunder Power Up," would allow the bracelets to turn into bracelets-"

"-too bad we don't have a home of our own because that way we could build a secret lab in our home," Kimberly interrupted.

"Kim, I forgot to tell you that I was given a piece of ground from my brother," Tommy revealed as he watched Kimberly's jaw drop. "It is at the in of Valencia Road in Reefside. But, it's at the end of the forest."

"Tommy, that's prefect!" Kimberly gasped as her eyes widened. "We could build a house on that lot-"

"-and we could build a lab in our basement!" Tommy finished giving her a kiss on the head.


Author's note:

The plan for Tommy meeting Anton Mercer was based on Kimberly meeting Coach Schmidt. I thought it would be interesting to see how Tommy would have reacted if he was in Kimberly's place in a different shade of pink. In the next chapter, Tommy will get the news he's been waiting for. Who do you think will go on the internship with him? Find out in the next chapter!