Like any typical day in Reefside, the sun was shining and the skies
were blue. It was a Saturday afternoon and Connor, Ethan and Kira were on
their way to Dr. Tommy Oliver's house and his secret lab underneath it.
"You know valuable time is being wasted going to these weekend retreats," Connor said as he turned his car into the gravel road leading to Dr. Oliver's reclusive house.
"As much as we know you'd rather be spending your precious time on the soccer field, things do take precedent," Ethan remarked.
"Yah, but every weekend? It's like going to school 7 days a week," Connor continued to complain.
"What would you know about going to school? You're hardly ever in class!" Ethan continued to chide Connor, a favourite new past time of his.
"What I do--" Connor began to reply with a witty remark.
However as they began up Dr. Oliver's driveway, Kira butted in, "Who's moving?" she said. Ethan and Connor looked to the other car parked in Dr. Oliver's driveway packed with boxes. All three of them got out of Connor's car as Dr. Oliver came out of his house.
"You moving Dr.O?" Ethan asked.
"Not me, Ethan. My niece. She's moving in with me," he said coming to greet the three teenagers.
"How's that going to work out with you know what in your basement?" Kira asked not wanting to say it out loud in case Dr. Oliver's niece was around.
Tommy opened his mouth to reply to Kira, but another voice said, "Because his niece knows about the you-know-what in the basement." It was a girl's voice coming from behind Tommy.
A girl, their age, had come out of the house and joined the four of them while they had been talking. She wore short jean shorts, a white tank top and white runners to match. Her medium brown hair was tied back in a ponytail, away from her face, which was speckled with freckles here and there. Her hazel eyes had a tint of gold in them as she smiled to the three teenagers.
"Guys this is my niece Samantha," Tommy introduced her.
"You can call me Sam," she intervened with a smile.
"Sam, this is Kira, Ethan and Connor," Tommy continued.
"Nice to meet you," was exchanged all around, until everyone had greeted one another.
"So how do you know about Dr. O's lab and everything?" Ethan asked, "I assume you know everything."
"You mean the dino-gems, you all being rangers, the zords? Yah I know all about them," Sam said, "It's kinda like a family project."
"My family's idea of a family project would be scrabble," Ethan said.
"Yours would," Connor chided him.
"So why are you moving here? Where are your parents?" Kira asked.
Sam went a bit sullen then. Her face grew dark and sad. Tommy felt it best to intervene and tell them himself. "Sam's parents, my brother and his wife, were archaeologists. They had just been sent out on a dig and there was a mysterious accident. They both were killed."
"It wasn't an accident," Sam said getting her strength back, "It was Mesagog. My parents had just found another piece of the meteor, the same one your dino-gems are from. Mesagog attempted to steal it from them, and killed them in the process."
"So where's the meteor now?" Connor asked.
"It's in Reefside, in a Bio-Tech research lab under heavy guard," Tommy said, "And we have to get it before Mesagog does."
"So we get to add break and entry to our long list of accomplishments?" Connor asked.
"Not this time," Dr. Oliver said, "I've got us all passes to take a tour of the facility. Now how about grabbing a box or two and helping out?"
The four teenagers followed Dr. Oliver to the back of the car and helped unload the rest of Sam's things.
* *
*
Meanwhile, in Mesagog's lair he's watching the scientists of the Biotech facility test the meteor rock, through his tele-screen.
"Fools, they don't know what they have..." he sneered, "But soon it will be mine. All mine!"
"You know valuable time is being wasted going to these weekend retreats," Connor said as he turned his car into the gravel road leading to Dr. Oliver's reclusive house.
"As much as we know you'd rather be spending your precious time on the soccer field, things do take precedent," Ethan remarked.
"Yah, but every weekend? It's like going to school 7 days a week," Connor continued to complain.
"What would you know about going to school? You're hardly ever in class!" Ethan continued to chide Connor, a favourite new past time of his.
"What I do--" Connor began to reply with a witty remark.
However as they began up Dr. Oliver's driveway, Kira butted in, "Who's moving?" she said. Ethan and Connor looked to the other car parked in Dr. Oliver's driveway packed with boxes. All three of them got out of Connor's car as Dr. Oliver came out of his house.
"You moving Dr.O?" Ethan asked.
"Not me, Ethan. My niece. She's moving in with me," he said coming to greet the three teenagers.
"How's that going to work out with you know what in your basement?" Kira asked not wanting to say it out loud in case Dr. Oliver's niece was around.
Tommy opened his mouth to reply to Kira, but another voice said, "Because his niece knows about the you-know-what in the basement." It was a girl's voice coming from behind Tommy.
A girl, their age, had come out of the house and joined the four of them while they had been talking. She wore short jean shorts, a white tank top and white runners to match. Her medium brown hair was tied back in a ponytail, away from her face, which was speckled with freckles here and there. Her hazel eyes had a tint of gold in them as she smiled to the three teenagers.
"Guys this is my niece Samantha," Tommy introduced her.
"You can call me Sam," she intervened with a smile.
"Sam, this is Kira, Ethan and Connor," Tommy continued.
"Nice to meet you," was exchanged all around, until everyone had greeted one another.
"So how do you know about Dr. O's lab and everything?" Ethan asked, "I assume you know everything."
"You mean the dino-gems, you all being rangers, the zords? Yah I know all about them," Sam said, "It's kinda like a family project."
"My family's idea of a family project would be scrabble," Ethan said.
"Yours would," Connor chided him.
"So why are you moving here? Where are your parents?" Kira asked.
Sam went a bit sullen then. Her face grew dark and sad. Tommy felt it best to intervene and tell them himself. "Sam's parents, my brother and his wife, were archaeologists. They had just been sent out on a dig and there was a mysterious accident. They both were killed."
"It wasn't an accident," Sam said getting her strength back, "It was Mesagog. My parents had just found another piece of the meteor, the same one your dino-gems are from. Mesagog attempted to steal it from them, and killed them in the process."
"So where's the meteor now?" Connor asked.
"It's in Reefside, in a Bio-Tech research lab under heavy guard," Tommy said, "And we have to get it before Mesagog does."
"So we get to add break and entry to our long list of accomplishments?" Connor asked.
"Not this time," Dr. Oliver said, "I've got us all passes to take a tour of the facility. Now how about grabbing a box or two and helping out?"
The four teenagers followed Dr. Oliver to the back of the car and helped unload the rest of Sam's things.
* *
*
Meanwhile, in Mesagog's lair he's watching the scientists of the Biotech facility test the meteor rock, through his tele-screen.
"Fools, they don't know what they have..." he sneered, "But soon it will be mine. All mine!"