Driving back to the Dino Museum with Tyler and Shelby made Tris feel calm and happy. Her mother was right. This was a nice place to make friends. Tyler talked about how his dad disappeared ten years ago. Tris knew the feeling of not having a dad herself. She never knew anything about him. While driving back the three teens started talking about the stones they found in the forest.
'Why would these be in dinosaur fossils?' Shelby asked holding the two energems
'Maybe the dinosaurs ate them.' Tyler said
'You aren't serious.'
'Totally. You have a better theory miss di-know-it-all?'
The three teens laughed. Shelby looked back to see Tris holding her stone.
'That isn't the same as ours. It looks more like broken glass.' Shelby said
'Yeah but this glass gave me powers. I may not be a ranger like you guys but I have superhuman strength now.' Tris said
'We both say dinosaurs in our visions. What did the stone show you?' Tyler asked
Tris remembered her vision of the kingdom and princess. It felt like she was there to witness it. However she knew she had to lie so that she could do more research on it.
'Nothing. All it did was glow and bonded with me.'
While driving back they saw a kid in a green shirt and brown coat trying to fix is bike
'What was it your dad always said?' Shelby asked
'Helping is always…' Tyler started
'The right thing to do' the girls finished
Tyler pulled over to side of the road
'Hey. You need any help?' Tyler asked
'No it's okay. All I have to do is stick to the old manual book and I'll be good to go.' the teen said
Just as he said that a truck zoomed by and the force of the wind destroyed the book the kid held. Pages were all over the ground. Now he did need some help. Tris got out of the truck to help the kid load the bike on the jeep.
'Thank you. I'm Riley.' Riley said
'Beatrice. Tris for short.'
'Tyler'
'Shelby'
Once they got the bike secured Tyler headed back on the road. It was a long quiet ride back. You have these kids who just met for the first time in the same day. No one knew if it was a cruel joke or if it was destiny playing with their young lives.
'If I grew up on a ranch. I'd never leave.' Shelby said
'Yeah how cool is that? Cowboys and round ups?' Tyler said
'Yeah more like fixing fences or cleaning pig pins.' Riley said
Tris saw a couple in a car wreck
'Guys stop the car! They need help!' Tris yelled
Tyler pulled the car over and all four teens got out check on the couple. Tris went to comfort the wife while the other three went to check on the husband. Riley looked near the gas tank and what he saw meant danger for everyone.
'Guys! It's leaking gas!' Riley yelled
'We have to get him out!' Tris yelled
Tyler, Shelby, and Riley pushed with all their might but they were having no luck so far. The car started to go up in flames so Tris had to move the wife away if the car exploded.
'Okay. We can do this! One, Two, Three!' Tyler shouted
The three teens pushed for the last time and then their stones began to glow. They were able to use their new found strength to get the car off the husband and into the air. The car exploded and Tris saw a debris heading towards her and the wife.
'Tris! Look out!' Shelby shouted
The Sage Crystal began to glow and Tris raised her arm. The debris stopped in mid air. Tris had discovered a new power. She could move things with her mind. Tris moved the debris over and landed it safely on the ground. The husband and wife thanked the four teens and ran off. all of them took out their stones which were still glowing. Riley had the same stone as Tyler and Shelby.
'Let me guess. You're going to the Dino Museum?' Tyler said to Riley and nodded
~Princess of the Earth~
They all made it back to the museum. Tyler drove to the back parking lot. He saw the two same teens from the woods go behind some crates and disappeared. All four teens existed the jeep and went to catch up with them with no luck. Tyler then saw a dinosaur head and got excited.
'Can you take a quick pic for me?' Tyler asked
'Really? Now?' Shelby said
He threw the phone to Shelby and got into the dinosaur's mouth. Little did he know pulling on one of its teeth opened a secret passageway. He was sucked down and the door closed.
'It shallowed him!' Tris said
Riley got up and pulled the same tooth and the door opened
'Nice'
Riley slid down and the door closed
'Wait! Guys!' Tris said
'This is a bad idea.' Shelby said
'Yeah but you know we have to.'
Shelby and Tris both got up on the crate and into the mouth. They pulled on the tooth and slid down. When they landed they saw a secret room. Filled with computers, fossils, and different rooms for observation.
'Okay. This is just…wow.' Tris said
'It looks like some sort of a lab.' Riley said
They all walked to different parts of the lab
'I've been serving burgers here for a a year. Had no clue this was down here.' Shelby said
'Hey guys! Look at this!'
Tyler, Shelby, and Tris ran over to Riley who was looking at a crystal stand. In the stand held a black and a blue stone. Riley, Shelby, and Tyler held up their stones.
'Their just like ours.' Shelby said
The pink stone went from Shelby's hand to the crystal stand. So did Tyler and Riley's. Tris' stone began to glow and zoomed its way over to the main computer.
'It looks like they're some type of power sources.' Riley said
All of the sudden a creature in a red cap appeared behind them.
'They are energems.' the creature said
'Stay back!' Tyler said
'Who like what are you?' Shelby asked
'My name is Keeper. I assure you I'm quite harmless. Energems hold unlimited power from the entire universe. Long ago I entrusted them to dinosaurs but when the dinosaurs when extinct the energems were lost.' Keeper said
'Until we found them.'
'Yes and the energems have chosen to bond with you.'
'Why would they bond to us?' Riley asked
Then people started to come out through different rooms of the lab.
'Koda, Chase, Ms. Morgan?' Shelby said surprisingly
Tris then saw her mom come from the back door of the lab.
'Mom!' Tris said in shock
'Hi sweetie. Great first day right?' Ms. Valerio asked
'Not exactly. But can someone tell us whats going on here?'
Kendall approached the four teens
'You fought to defend strangers and with great risk to yourself. That's why the red energem chose you Tyler.' Kendall said
She then looked at Riley
'Your discipline and intelligence has given you the skills to protect others. The green energem was very wise to choose you Riley'
She then walked over to Shelby
'Why the pink energem chose you…is anyone's guess.'
Shelby made a weird face and Tris had to laugh at the comment
'Shut up.' Shelby said
'I didn't say anything.' Tris laughed
Kendall then walked over to Tris with a serious look on her face
'What you got was not an energem. But something more powerful than all ten put together.' Kendall said
Tris was stunned to hear what Ms. Morgan said. Everyone looked at the computer base and saw the broken jewel floating on top of it.
'That is one of the five pieces of the Sage Stone. Ten thousand years ago there was a battle and the king of the Earth used to stone to bring peace to all the land. But at a great cost. He shattered the stone so no evil doers could get a hold of it. Five pieces went across the world. Today you found one of the pieces.' Ms. Valerio said
'Wait so you're telling me I found a stone that is basically more powerful than anything in the universe?' Tris asked
'Yeah I mean energems, the sage stone, spirits, and bonding. I'm sorry but none of us are buying any of this.' Riley said
Kendall then looked over at Chase and Koda
'Show them' Kendall said
Koda and Chase walked over to the crystal stand and raised their arms out. The black and blue energems zoomed off the stand and into the teens hands. They began to glow and show dinosaur spirits. The four teens were amazed by this discovery.
'Welcome to our team.' Koda said
'You're officially Power Rangers.' Chase said
'And you Tris are now promoted to helping Ms. Morgan in the base as second in command.' Ms. Valerio said
'What?' Tris said
'Power what?' Shelby asked
'The energems give you magnificent power and the dinosaur spirits give you strength.' Keeper said
'Five energems have been found but five more are still lost. Plus there are four more pieces of the Sage Stone that we need to find. You must use your new powers to find them before they fall into evil hands.' Kendall said
'Wait a minute time out on the field for a second.' Tris asked
'Yeah you expect us to fight monsters. I just went to dig for dinosaur bones not bond to one.' Shelby said
'Actually Tris will not be in the field with you because you don't know half of what the Sage Stone is about. Her new powers can sometimes be uncontrollable.' Ms. Valerio said
'Mom! Are you kidding me? I'm not a child! I can fight in battles!'
'Yes when the time comes. For now you stay and help Kendall look for the stone and the energems.'
The alarm went off and they all rushed to the computer. There was an attack on the city. The rangers went to grab their energems when Tyler's energem had a energy surge.
'Something is interfering with the red energem power.' Kendall said
'Tyler you must stay.' Keeper said
'Okay.' Tyler said
Tyler went to the main computer to help the others while the rangers ran off to defend the city.
~Princess of the Earth~
'This just can't be.' Keeper said
'What do you mean, Keeper?' Tris asked
'Hey we're back!' Chase said
The five teens came into the lab pumped that they had their first victory as a team. However no one could tell anyone what they were doing. It had to be kept a secret to protect the innocent. Chase then walked over to Keeper and sat next to him.
'Keeper. That monster we fought today was not Fury. You said there were no other monsters on Earth.' Chase said
'That monster belonged to Sledge. A ruthless bounty hunter. Millions of years ago he drove me to hide all the energems. Which Kendall and Adora have been helping me find. Now he's made his way back to Earth. He'll do anything to get the energems. Including killing you.' Keeper said
Everyone knew that this was the start of the war. They knew they had to find all the energems and the Sage Stone before Sledge could. However Tris couldn't help but think there was more to the story then Keeper wants everyone to know. With that Tris grabbed her stuff and settled in to her new office below the dinosaur lab. You can say this is one first day she'll never forget.
