Back in Time
Chapter 17
Kira, Ethan, Trent and Conner walked into the youth centre, smiling when they saw the Mighty Morphin rangers sat around a table. Trini waved at them and the four made their way over, sitting down with them.
"Hey, we weren't sure you guys were actually going to turn up." Jason said with a laugh.
"It takes a while to get here form the cabin you know." Trent replied, making them laugh. "So, what's the plan for the day?"
"Stay here for a bit and then figure it out from there I think." Tommy said, getting nods from everyone.
"Anyone up for sparring?" Conner asked. Tommy, Jason and Trent all nodded and the four went over to the mats. Ethan and Zach decided to referee them and the girls stayed at the table.
"I'm going to do some practice on the balance beam." Kim said, standing up and walked over to the beam.
"You want to join them, Kira?" Trini asked, indicating to where the boys were. "I know I could do with a workout."
"No. I do enough training back in our own time. I could do with the break." Trini looked like she was hesitant to leave her alone. "Go. I'll be fine here." She nodded and went over to the boys, getting Zach to do a workout with her.
"Can I get you a drink?" Kira turned to see a man stood next to her. "My name's Ernie. I own this place."
"Can I just get some water?" She asked, not knowing how much money she had that she could use in 1994.
"Sure. I saw you here a few days ago. You new around here?" He asked, smiling kindly at her.
"I'm on a field trip with my science teacher." She said, giving him a smile back. "He's given us the day of. Oh, and I'm Kira."
"It's very nice to meet you, Kira. I'll be right back with your drink." He walked away and left Kira to think for a minute. She frowned as she watched the others, her fingers twitching as she wished she had a guitar she could play. "Here you go." Ernie said as he put a glass of water down on the table for her.
"Thanks." She said. Just as Ernie turn away, her face lit up. "Hey Ernie?" He turned back around. "I don't suppose you have some paper and a pen I can borrow, do you?" He frowned, but grabbed some paper and a pen from behind the counter. "Thanks. You're a life saver."
She started writing, tuning out everything that was going on around her. She couldn't hear the chatter from the people around her, and she could no longer hear the sounds of sparring coming from the mats, her head filled with thoughts and ideas as she let her creativity flow.
Over on the mats, Jason and Conner laughed as they tried everything they could think of to trip each other, trying to find new moves and creative ways to trip each other.
"What is she doing?" Tommy asked, making them freeze and follow his line of sight to where Kira was scribbling quickly on some paper.
"Writing a song by the looks of it." Trent replied, shrugging his shoulders and turning away.
"Does she do that often?" Kim asked, joining them by the mats after dismounting the beam.
"Most days." Ethan said. "Looks like she's zoned out as well. Nothing short of a monster attack will break her concentration now." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Putties appeared in the Youth Centre, causing people to scream and run as they started flipping tables and causing havoc.
"You had to say it, didn't you?" Conner said, giving Ethan an annoyed look.
Back up at the table, Kira's concentration was broken by the sound of screaming. She looked up and her eyes widened as she saw Putties in the youth centre, causing everyone to run towards the door in panic.
"Seriously?" She moaned, seeing Putties coming towards her. "Just one day. One day with no attacks would be nice." She muttered, standing up. She attacked the Putties, using the tables and chairs to dodge their attacks and send them flying into walls. She glanced towards the others and saw all of them doing the same. She heard a noise and turned around, seeing the two boys she knew to be Bulk and Skull cowering in the corner, Putties moving towards them. She sighed before jumping over a table, landing on top of a Putty before kicking and punching the others, throwing one across the room as she did. "You two might want to get out of here." She said, kicking another Putty away from them.
"Umm… Yeah. Come on Skull. RUN!" Bulk cried, the two sprinting away as fast as they could.
Kira rolled over a table, just avoiding the two Putties that were jumping for her, making them collide with each other instead. She ducked low and swept another Putty's legs out from under it, sending it tumbling over the railing and landing on top of a Putty that was trying to grab Zach. She looked around and saw how many Putties were there, but she knew she couldn't use her Ptera scream, as a quick glance behind her let her know that a few civilians were still in the building. She saw Ernie hiding behind the counter, watching everyone carefully.
"Ethan, fancy a hand?" She asked, leaping over the railing now that she had dealt with all the Putties up there. Ethan nodded and she looped arms with him, letting him fling her around and using her legs to kick any Putty she could reach. He put her down and they stood back to back, ready to defend themselves against the rest of the Putties.
"We can't morph, and we can't use our powers." Ethan muttered, looking around.
"No. There are still civilians around. We can't even contact Dr O." She replied, kicking a Putty that got close to them. "We're just going to have to do our best." They nodded and continued fighting the grey creatures. Kira did a back flip over a Putty that tried to grab her from behind, kicking it in the back when she landed and sending it flying into a group of Putties surrounding Conner. "Where are they all coming from?" She asked, flipping a Putty over and throwing it into more.
Just as suddenly as they appeared, the Putties disappeared again. The teens all looked around, all of them showing looks of confusion and disbelief.
"Did that just happen?" Kim asked, looking around. The civilians still in the building all looked around and stood up, Ernie coming out from his hiding space behind the counter.
"It's a good job you guys were here." He said, walking over to the teens in the middle of the room. "Why didn't the power rangers turn up?" They all shared looks, the four Dino Thunder teens keeping quiet and letting the others deal with it.
"I guess they didn't know." Jason said, looking around. "Those guys didn't exactly stick around."
"I'm gonna close up for a few hours to clean up. You guys fancy sticking around and helping out?" He asked, making the rangers all share looks, the Dino Thunder rangers shaking their heads.
"Kim and I will." Trini said, making Zach frown at her. "You guys said you'd take Conner, Ethan, Trent and Kira to meet up with their teacher. They can't be late." The others nodded and left the youth centre, rounding the corner and checking no one was around.
"I'll contact Dr O." Conner said, raising his communicator to his mouth and pressing the button on the side. "Dr O?"
"Go ahead Conner." He replied.
"We need to talk to you. Can you ask Alpha to teleport us, along with Tommy, Jason and Zach to the command centre?" He asked.
"Yeah. Get ready to teleport." As soon as the communication was cut, the 7 teens were teleported to the command centre, reappearing to see Dr O and Billy looking at them with frowns. "What's going on?" Dr O asked.
"Putties attacked us in the Youth Centre." Ethan said, making Dr O frown. "They attacked, and then vanished halfway through the fight."
"We don't know what Zedd is playing at, but it's not like him to send Putties down for no reason." Jason said.
"Where are Kim and Trini?" Billy asked, looking for the two female rangers.
"They stayed to help Ernie clean up." Kira said. "Hey, does he know about you guys? Cause it seemed like he was hinting at something with all those questions." Jason, Zach, Billy and Tommy shared looks before looking at Dr O.
"I always thought that he knew something. But I never actually asked him outright, and he never said if he knew or not." Dr O said, a slight smirk on his lips. "Anyway, we have the device working." Everyone looked at him in shock, the Dino Thunder teens sharing looks of astonishment.
"It works? We can go home?" Conner asked, a smile forming on his face as Dr O nodded.
"So, we need to find a way to get Zeltrax home and then we can get ourselves home." Ethan clarified. "How are we going to do that?"
"Rangers, I believe you may have the opportunity now. Behold the viewing globe." Zordon said, making them turn and look at the viewing globe, seeing Zeltrax and Tyrannodrones in the park.
"Are we sure we want to send him back to our time?" Conner asked, making them frown. "Couldn't we, you know, send him back in time to when the dinosaurs were actually around?" The Dino Thunder rangers shake their head. "Just a thought." He muttered before flicking his wrist. "You guys ready?"
"Ready." They all chorused.
"I will contact Kimberly and Trini and have them meet you there." Zordon said.
"It's Morphin Time!" Tommy called.
"Dino Thunder, Power up! Ha!" Kira, Conner, Ethan and Dr O called.
"White Ranger. Dino Power." Trent said. They all teleported and soon 9 morphed rangers were running towards Zeltrax in the park.
"Billy, as soon as you get the chance. Hit all of them." Dr O said, making Billy nod as he held the device.
"Give it up, Zeltrax." Conner called as they all stopped in front of him. "You're never going to win."
"I will destroy Tommy Oliver in this time, and then I will return victorious!" He called, making Kira laugh.
"Well, we can do one of those for you now." She said, making him frown, the Tyrannodrones seeming to move closer to the cyborg.
"Unless you plan on handing Tommy Oliver over, I suggest you keep your mouth shut Yellow Ranger." He hissed, making Kira smirk from beneath her helmet.
"Now Billy." Dr O said. Billy raised the device and flicked a switch on the side, making a bright light shoot towards the reptiles. The rangers all shielded their eyes, and when they looked back, saw that the Tyrannodrones had vanished.
"Did it work?" Trent asked, half expecting the reptiles to jump at them out of nowhere.
"Affirmative." Billy said.
"WHAT? NO!" Zeltrax screeched. Billy aimed the device at him, but the cyborg jumped into an invisaportal before Billy could flip the switch.
"Hey guys, Zordon said you needed our help." Kim said as she and Trini ran over, looking around. "Where's Zeltrax?"
"Probably back at the Lunar Palace now that his minions are where they belong." Kira said as the group de morphed.
"You mean, you sent them back? The device worked?" Trini asked, only getting smirks as a response.
"That was a bit too easy, don't you think?" Jason said.
"The hard part is next." Kira replied, looking at Kim. "We're going to have to go to the Lunar Palace."
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Kira and Kim crept through the halls of the Lunar Palace, looking for any sign of Zeltrax, Zedd or Goldar. They discussed that they needed to find both Zedd and Goldar in order to make sure all memory of the Dino Thunder team was erased.
"This way." Kim muttered, leading Kira down another corridor. The two rangers hugged the walls as they went, trying to be as quiet as they could. They reached what Kira assumed was a type of throne room and she slowly put her head around the corner before quickly pulling back and pressing herself into the wall. She nodded to Kim, indicating that the three they were looking for were in there.
"You ready?" Kira asked, making Kim nod. She smiled before casually walking around the corner, making Kim laugh slightly before following. "Hey, talking radiator. Flying monkey. How you doing?" She asked, making the three villains jump.
"You." Zedd hissed. "How did you get in here?"
"We have some unfinished business." Kira said with a smirk. Kim aimed the device she was holding at Zeltrax and flipped the switch, the beam of light hitting the cyborg before he could register what was going on. Zedd and Goldar shielded their eyes, before looking back in shock as they saw Zeltrax had vanished.
"What did you do to him?" Zedd asked, clearly confused about what was happening.
"Oh, you don't need to worry about that." Kim said, crossing her arms. "You're not going to remember any of this soon, anyway."
"What do you mean?" Goldar asked, making Kira smile.
"This." She held up the clear Dino gem, focusing her energy on the gem and what she wanted it to do. Yellow energy flew from the gem, surrounding the two villains and slowly erasing their memories of the Dino Thunder rangers and Zeltrax. Before long, the two fell to the floor, both passed out.
"Did you mean to do that?" Kim asked, her and Kira both frowning at the unconscious bodies.
"No. I didn't." She replied, walking over and kicking Zedd's leg to check he wasn't faking it. "Must be a side effect of the memories being taken."
"Well, at least that solves one of our problems." Kim replied with a laugh. "Time to get out of here?"
"Let's go." Kira pressed a button on her communicator, and soon, the two disappeared in yellow and pink coloured lights. They reappeared in the command centre, both smiling brightly.
"I still think this is too easy." Jason said, knowing the two ranger's smiles meant that they had achieved what they set out to do.
"Just don't think about it too much. Maybe it's the morphing grid gods actually helping us out." Conner said, making Dr O glare at him slightly.
"That'd be a first." He muttered. "Right, we still need to figure out how we're going to have enough time to put the gem back and use the device."
"No you don't." Kim said with a smile as she passed the device to Billy. "When Kira used the gem on Zedd and Goldar, it knocked them out. Should give you enough time to do what you need to do."
"Really?" Billy asked, looking very interested.
"You guys sure you're ready for this?" Conner asked. They all lined up, the Dino Thunder rangers on one side of the room and the Mighty Morphin rangers on the other side.
"We don't have a choice, do we?" Zach replied. "But, I need you to promise me something." He said, looking at Dr O who frowned. "When we call you, you answer the phone."
"I will. Don't worry." He said with a laugh.
"You ready?" Kira asked, making them all nod. "See you in about 10 years' time." She said with a smirk. She raised the gem again and the yellow energy surrounded the Mighty Morphin rangers. As soon as their memories were locked away, they all collapsed on the floor, falling unconscious.
"Kira, you remember where the gem needs to go?" Dr O asked, making her nod. "Alpha, can you teleport her now?" The robot nodded before teleporting the ranger. "Let's get them on the beds." Ethan, Conner and Trent helped Dr O get the 6 teens on the beds in the back of the room, away from where the device was going to be. Dr O took a minute to look around, only breaking his silence when Kira returned. "Good?"
"Yeah. I put the gem back with the others." She said, seeing the look on his face. "You ok?"
"Yeah." He said. The Dino Thunder teens shared looks, knowing what was going on in their teacher's head. They remembered the video diary, and remembered what happened to Zordon and the command centre. They all gave Dr O some space, letting him have one last look around.
"Dr Oliver, it is time for you to return to your own time." Zordon said, making him nod and the Dino Thunder rangers group together. "Alpha, do you have the device ready?"
"Affirmative, Zordon." He said, walking over with the device in his hand.
"Dino Thunder rangers, you have done yourselves proud, and although this may be difficult, you must protect your city once again." Zordon said. Dr O looked up, having a feeling that Zordon knew what his fate was.
"Zordon…" He started, not knowing what to say.
"I know, Tommy." He replied, making Dr O smile. "May the power protect you." Alpha pressed the button, the 5 rangers disappearing in a flash of light.
Here you go guys! I know it's been ages since I last updated, so I thought I would treat you with a double update!
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