Hey! I'm sooo sorry about being late again. I had my exams. But I think I should just hurry and get started with the story.

Troy's POV

The moment Gia told me the name of that guy, Jake/snakehead, Emma and Noah burst through the door. They looked extremely excited, and from the look on their faces, I could tell that it wasn't another monster invasion.

"What happened?" Gia said, and I felt I heard a little annoyance in her voice, as if she had actually been enjoying that conversation with me. She had got up, and was glaring at them (Jake, especially) as if they had just invaded her privacy. As if I hadn't. But I dared to hope that she liked spending time with me.

Emma was grinning one of her crazy grins. "We got ourselves a vacation!" she said.

Or rather, exploded.

Jake's smile had faltered a little. "What were you guys doing?" He said, eyeing me suspiciously.

"Just having a little chat," I said, trying to sound nonchalant, and failing at doing so. I sounded dangerously possessive of a particular something. Actually, someone.

Snakehead opened his mouth to respond, but Noah beat him to it.

"Anyway," he said, glaring at Jake, "Gosei said a new ranger had joined, and would hold off the Armadians when we were gone."

I frowned. "Just one ranger?"

He shrugged. "Must be strong."

Gia looked thoughtful. "If so, I want to meet him."

Emma tilted her head. "What do you think his spirit animal is?"

Jake smiled. "I think we have better things to worry about now. LIKE WHAT TO DO DURING THE VACATION!" He shouted energetically.

"I guess he's right," Gia sighed. "What do we do?"

Jake shot me a smug look, and I rolled my eyes.

"Fine," I said. "I think we should go somewhere."

Gia grinned and nodded.

I looked at Jake, a satisfied look on my face. He gave me the evil eye.

Noah shrugged. "Where do we go?"

Emma pressed her lips together. "That's a good question."

We fell into a thoughtful silence.

"Well," Gia said after some time, "We could go to this place I know. There's a dinosaur museum over there. My cousin lives there and she manages a dinosaur excavation program there.

"Hmm." Noah raised his eyebrows. "Dinosaurs, dinosaur museum, dinosaur excavation sites. I think that should remind me of something, but I just don't know what. I have got this I-should-know-about-this-thing feeling right now."

Snakehead slapped his best friend on his back. "Probably that you are a know-it-all and a complete geek and you feel you are supposed to know a lot about dinosaurs, and give us a long lecture about this thing, but you are a bit miffed that you can not and are just looking for a stupid explanation or excuse or something to give us that very lecture."

Gia exhaled. "For a guy with such limited mental capacities as you, that was long."

Noah frowned. "I am not a geek."

Emma raised her eyebrows. "Or maybe, just maybe, you are."

Noah stared at her.

Emma smiled nervously.

"Back to topic," I said. "Gia, you were saying something about a dinosaur excavation program?"

Gia nodded. "Uh, so we could go there?"

"So, where is this place?"

"Amber Beach."

Silence again.

Noah spoke up. "I should know something about that…something that's missing…"

Jake rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on, dude."

Emma raised her arms, like, stop.

So, what now?

I cleared my throat. "Okay, guys. The place has a name now. Are we going to this dino thingy place, or are we not?"

Noah pursed his lips. "I guess we could, but-"

Snakehead broke in. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Gia smiled, obviously amused by our teammate's excitement and clear exhilaration. Jake always complained about how he never got leave because we had the whole save-the-world thing to do. So, the reason for his joy was evident.

"What I was saying was that maybe we should stick around for some time to see if the new guy is working efficiently. Or to make sure he's not a con man."Noah said.

Emma raised her eyebrows. "Gosei didn't mention whether it was a guy or a girl. Besides, he said that the new ranger had already brought down one of the more powerful Armadian monsters. And if the guy, or girl, is a crook, Gosei can notify us and we'll be there in no time."

Gia nodded. "And besides, we really need this break, Noah."

Noah shrugged. "I guess. It's your say, Troy."

They turned towards me, me being the leader and all.

I slowly raised my shoulders and let them drop. "We could go…we deserve a little fun time."

Jake's smile was almost too big for his face. "So who's buying the tickets?"

Whew…got this into Dino Charge (or Supercharge, whatever). Hope ya'll like it, and R n R!