"Where's Hayley?" Anabel asked, swinging down the last two steps into the base. She found Doctor Oliver at the mainframe, and he seemed to be searching for something… or more than one something, seeing as three screens were active with a searching beacon.
"She's been called into the Cybercafe," said Doctor Oliver. "But, don't worry, I have your gem and results right here." He handed her a slip of paper.
Anabel scanned the contents, her brow furrowing with each word she read. When she finally reached the bottom, she paused and then looked up at Doctor Oliver. "Remember when I said I was smart?" she asked.
Doctor Oliver chuckled and took the paper back. "It basically says that there were a few abnormalities detected," he said. "But, they are minor and shouldn't be a cause for concern. What is a cause for concern, at least for me, is the power that is attached to the Green Gem. When your father and I found the Dino Gems, we quickly associated the powers - Superspeed for Red, Armoured skin for Blue, Ptera Scream for Yellow, and Size Manipulation for Green."
Anabel nodded as she followed along.
"Each power was associated with the animal the Gem was connected too," Doctor Oliver continued. "A T-Rex was built for speed, hence superspeed, a Triceratops was armour plated…"
"Hence Ethan's armoured skin," said Anabel.
Doctor Oliver nodded. "The Green Gem was for the Compy, and they were smaller. Which is where the size manipulation came from. You should be able to shrink to, at least, four inches."
"Cool, I think?" said Anabel, unsure. "I mean, I'm not exactly tall right now."
Doctor Oliver chuckled. "Anyway, the tests found that, yes, the Green gem does have size manipulation as a power, but it's not the only power," he said. "That's what is so concerning."
"So, Hayley was right? My gem has two abilities?"
"Yes. But it shouldn't," said Doctor Oliver. He felt that Anabel wasn't grasping how dangerous it was for one gem to house two powers. "Your gem has been tampered with, Anabel, the tests picked up on it last night. It's been fused with another ability, a detection ability."
"Detection?" Anabel echoed. "You mean, like, I can sense things?"
Doctor Oliver nodded. "It's an ability that the Hellhound is known for," he explained. "It can be found on the light side, but more often than not it is a dark ability."
Anabel looked up; her eyes wide. "Dark?" she asked.
"The Hellhound uses the ability for good," said Doctor Oliver, touching her shoulder reassuringly. "You can, too." He handed her back her Gem.
Smiling, Anabel rolled it between her fingers and then slotted it back into her bracelet. Satisfied that it was back where it belonged, Anabel scooted closer on her chair and looked up at the computers. "What you looking for?" she asked.
"There's been a spike in energy the last few hours," said Doctor Oliver. "I think there may be Dino Eggs out there."
"How many?"
"It's hard to say," said Doctor Oliver. "When your father and I found most of them, we had an island of the mainland that we worked out of. The surrounding forest housed many eggs that contained Biozords, but others were still located on the mainland."
"So, you don't have a list to work from?"
Doctor Oliver nudged a notebook towards her. It had a list of all the Biozords currently in their possession. "Turn the page," he instructed. "They are the Dinosaurs you're father and I created using Dino DNA. They are the Biozords we have to find eggs for."
"Why didn't you just put them in an incubator like they do on Jurassic Park?"
Doctor Oliver laughed. "The generators that run the island were good, but not that good," he said.
"Surprised Dad wanted to work so far away from the mainland's, to be honest," said Anabel. "No internet, no running water, or proper bathroom? No thanks. Give me a villa in Long Beach any day."
"Your spoilt rich kid personality is showing," Doctor Oliver teased.
Anabel stuck her tongue out. "You can't tell me that you'd prefer roughing it in the middle of know where over running hot water and a proper bed?" she asked
"Camping has its perks."
"I'll take your word for it."
Doctor Oliver paused in his search and turned to face her. He propped one elbow up on the edge of the table and rested two fingers against his temple.
Anabel furrowed her brow at him. "What?" she asked.
"There is a beauty in camping," said Doctor Oliver. "Sitting around a campfire, sharing stories with friends, listening to nature, sleeping under the stars."
"Listening to nature - you mean the creepy crawlies, hooting owls, and growls of wild animals?" Anabel asked. "Hard pass."
"I find it hard to believe you've never been camping."
"Oh, I've been camping," said Anabel. "Conner and I went a few years ago. I spent the entire trip in the back seat of his car with a heater and a double quilted throw blanket because it was freezing. Never again."
Doctor Oliver shook his head. He looked like he wanted to say something more, but the computer beeped and interrupted him. He spun back to the monitors, his fingers speed typing on the keypad as a search came up positive. The bottom left screen showed a Dino Egg in the middle of the docks.
"Should we call the others?" Anabel asked.
Doctor Oliver nodded and sent a request through the monitors. It was just a short, two burst alert, telling the others to come back to the lab.
"Speaking of searches and tests," said Anabel. "Have you found out any more about the White Ranger?"
"Unfortunately, no," said Doctor Oliver. "Hayley won't stop until she does, though, so don't worry too much about it."
Anabel nodded.
With one Dino Egg found, Doctor Oliver and Anabel sat in a comfortable silence searching for more, while after at least thirty minutes, the others arrived.
"Came as soon as we could, Dr. O," said Ethan. "What's up?"
"Please tell me you know who the White Ranger is," said Kira, pleadingly.
Anabel shook her head. "Something more… valuable, I guess you could say," she said. "Check it out."
Ethan, Kira, and Conner leaned forward. Their eyes widening at the image of a Dino Egg on the screens.
"Hey, what about that one?" Conner asked, leaning over and touching the top right monitor. It showed a white egg with red lights.
"It looks like it's ready to pop," said Ethan.
"It is," said Doctor Oliver.
"Whoa. Dino Eggs all over the place," said Kira.
"Hey, do you think this is what Easter was like millions of years ago?" Ethan asked, grinning.
Anabel rolled her eyes.
"How do you come up with this stuff?" Conner asked.
Doctor Oliver spun around. "Conner, Kira, you go to the warehouse," he said. "Ethan, you come with Anabel and I to the docks. We can talk about your Dino Easter theory."
~X~
For the first half of the trip, Ethan whined about being vetoed to the back seat while Anabel occupied the front passenger seat. But, once Doctor Oliver asked him to set up the fossil finder device, he fell silent and tinkered away, if the chirps and beeps were anything to go by, then Anabel was sure that he was getting somewhere.
It took at least an hour to arrive at the docks, and even then it was busy. Fishing boats were coming into port from a long day, and for some, night at sea fishing their quota. The fishermen, all weary and tired, cast very little glances at the Jeep Wrangler as it passed by their docks.
At the end was a construction plant, and an alarm was blaring loudly from within it's structure. On top of the alarm, workers ran screaming, some of them making a beeline for the exit while others were glancing back, probably in hopes to catching a glimpse of what they were running from.
"What are the chances that the egg hatched already?" Anabel asked, glancing at Doctor Oliver.
"Very high," Doctor Oliver replied. He stopped the Jeep and unbuckled his seatbelt. Anabel and Ethan followed him, each one jumping over the car doors and landing with a light bounce on the asphalt.
Anabel turned to Ethan. "Anything?" she asked.
"A ton of things," said Ethan, swinging the finder around. No matter which way he pointed it, there was an energy reading. "Could there be more than one egg?"
Doctor Oliver shrugged. Just because they had found one on their search, didn't mean there weren't more in the area. "Let's check it out," he said.
As they reached the plantation, Anabel stuck as close to Doctor Oliver and Ethan as she could. More so to make sure that they didn't get separated in the chaos, but also because, being the smallest out of the three, it was easier for her to get trampled by a fearful bystander.
"Run for your lives!" someone shouted.
Turning quickly, Anabel met Doctor Oliver's gaze, her eyes wide. That didn't sound good.
"Hey, you guys alright?" Doctor Oliver asked, stopping a worker as he run past.
The worker, trembling from head to toe, pointed towards the alarm blaring in the distance. "There's things thing… I don't know what it is," he said, shaking his head. "But it's coming this way."
"Thanks," said Doctor Oliver. He looked to his students. "Come on!"
Without needing to be told, Anabel turned and followed Doctor Oliver across the plantation grounds. They rounded a stone wall, careful to not slip or fall into the small ravine that ran alongside it, and then turned the corner at the end. Slipping to a halt, Anabel stumbled as Ethan collided with her, his hands grabbing her waist to stop her from falling.
"Sorry. Sorry," Ethan apologised.
Anabel waved him off. She then looked up, her eyes wide as she took in the colloidal shape of a Dinosaur. Most of it's body was shrouded in shadows, but it's shape was unmistakably a - "Parasaurolophus," she gasped.
"Looks like we got here just in time," said Doctor Oliver. He was breathing heavier than usual, and Anabel could only put it down to the long sprint from the Jeep to here.
"Now what do we do?" Ethan asked.
"He's all yours, guys," said Hayley.
"Good timing, Hayley," said Doctor Oliver.
"Hey!" Anabel gasped, looking down as she lifted her arm up. Her morpher appeared on her wrist, the head of which was a green compy, but quickly changed to a green Parasaur.
Ethan gasped. "Yours did it, too!" he said, pointing. "Can they all do that?" he added to Doctor Oliver.
Doctor Oliver shrugged. While he had worked with and on the Biozords for years, he was still learning all the amazing things they could do. Like choosing their own Ranger to connect with.
"Sometimes you just need a little something extra," said Hayley.
"I heard that," said Ethan.
The Parasaurolophus snorted and stamped it's feet. It's head lopping from side-to-side, while its beady eyes glanced from each human to the next. Finally, they came to rest on Anabel and the Parasaur swooped forward, it's beak nudging Anabel's head. It puffed out a breath, blowing her hair into her face.
Anabel laughed and raised a hand, setting it against the Parasaur's snout. "Hello, to you, too, baby," she cooed.
The Parasaurolophus pulled back, chirping.
"There they are!"
Looking around, Anabel, Doctor Oliver, and Ethan spotted Kira and Conner running towards them. They were both morphed and in a state of panic.
"We found that egg," said Conner. "Only problem is, so did the White Ranger. He's trying to hatch it!"
"There's also a monster on it's way," said Kira.
The ground shook and, appearing over the tops of a nearby building, was the monster that Kira was talking about. It had a steering wheel sticking out of its back, and looked to be an anchor.
"Whoa," Anabel and Ethan gasped.
The Parasaur growled and stamped it's feet against the ground, it's whole body turning to face the monster.
"Easy, big fella," said Anabel, soothingly. "We'll get him."
While he still looked agitated, the Parasaur slunk back, away from the monster.
"You guys stay here and deal with this thing," said Doctor Oliver. "I'll go find the White Ranger. Let's do it!"
Ethan and Anabel nodded.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
~X~
With Doctor Oliver heading away from the plantation, the others took a running leap and landed in the cockpit of their Zords. Anabel connected her Dino Gem to her podium and then felt the familiar purr, followed by a flash of white light, that projected her into the main cockpit, alongside the others.
"Megazord online," the team echoed.
"Do you think you have what it takes to drop the Angor?" the monster asked.
"Hang in there, guys! I'll check out the White Ranger,"
"Be careful," Anabel warned. Her heart beating hard against her ribcage as she watched Doctor Oliver disappear from view. She knew that he could handle himself, being a veteran Ranger, and all that, but she still didn't like the idea of one of them facing the White Ranger alone. Especially since he wiped the five of them out the last time their paths crossed.
"You're mine!" Angor roared, storming forward.
The Rangers met him half way, raising the Tyranno-tail and blocking a right punch. Angor pulled back and then swung forward with his left, only for the Megazord to block with the Tricera-head.
Frustrated, Angor raised both arms and smashed them against both the Tyranno-tall and the Tricera-head.
"You've been Angored," said the monster, pushing back. The Megazord stumbled but quickly caught their footing.
Swinging their foot forward, they connected with the monsters' kneecap.
Angor howled and stumbled. He raised his arms as the Megazord blasted him with a fireball, and hissed as the flames wrapped around his arm. He shook his out the flames, eyes narrowing at the Megazord.
"Tricera punch!"
"Tyranno tail!"
"Ptera-rang!"
"Compy kick!"
The monster growled as he stumbled back. "Now I'm Angor-y," he roared, surging forward. He leapt into the air, firing lasers from above and sending the Megazord crashing to the ground.
Angor laughed as he landed on the Megazord, bouncing up and down, and smashing them more and more into the ground.
Rolling over, Anabel reached across and punched the central control on Conner's podium. The Tyrannosaurus jaws opened, spewing flames of fire into the air.
Angor howled and hopped away, dancing flimsily to put out the heat.
"How do we beat him?" Kira asked.
Anabel raised her arm, her morpher head changing once again from a Compy to the Parasaur. "Let's try a little help," she said. "Parasaur Zord! Attachment Formation!"
"You think that's going to stop me?" Angor asked.
"Let's find out," said Anabel.
Angor stomped forward, pulled back his arm, and swung it down. The Megazord raised the Parasaur, stopping the blow and slicing straight through. Pulling back, the Rangers thrust forward and snapped the Parasaur tail around the middle of Angor, before lifting him into the air.
"Parasaur, final cut!" the Rangers called, tossing Angor high into sky. As he dropped back to Earth, the Parasaur sliced through him, causing him to explode before he hit the ground.
"We should check in with Doctor Oliver," said Anabel. The others nodded, and Anabel raised her wrist.
"Go ahead."
"We got the situation under control here," said Anabel. "This Parasaur rocks!"
Doctor Oliver chuckled at her enthusiasm. "I'm glad you find him useful, Anabel," he said.
"How you doing over there?" Anabel asked.
"Got a little side-tracked. I'm heading back to the White Ranger now."
"Do you need us?"
"I'll call if it gets ugly."
The connection ended and the team shared a look. There was nothing more for them to do other than sit around and wait for Doctor Oliver to finish with the White Ranger, either that or they could head off an help, despite Doctor Oliver saying he would call if he needed them.
"I'd rather take the initiative and go help," said Anabel.
Conner nodded. "Let's go!" he said, reaching for the panel that would disengage the Megazord. He paused as Kira grabbed his arm, and the ground shook underfoot.
"What's going?" Ethan asked.
"There!" said Kira, pointing at something in the distance.
The four turned, just in time to see a building completely cave in on itself. Amongst the rubble, unharmed and unscathed, stood the White Ranger and, what could only be described as his Biozord.
"What is that?" Conner asked.
"I'll give you one guess," Kira replied.
"It's a Tupuxuara," breathed Anabel.
"I don't like the look of this," said Ethan.
"Hello again, Rangers," said the familiar deep voice of the White Ranger. He was perched on the beak of his Biozord, his arms folded casually over his chest. "Well, what do you think? If you're going to wear the suit, you may as well have the Zord, right?"
He laughed.
Anabel grit her teeth.
"Don't look so shocked," the White Ranger continued. "But, how about's we see what this bird can do? Dragozord, activate!"
Clenching his hands into fists, Conner glanced sideways at his team. "You guys ready for this?" he asked.
"Huh?" Ethan shrugged.
"I guess so," said Kira.
"Do we have a choice?" Anabel asked.