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CHAPTER 24 Bronchonaut

Days passed and the group settled into their usual routine but with the twist of having Anton Mercer on their side. Leila and Trent wiped the slate clean and started all over with their dad. When he wasn't catching up with his kids, Anton devoted as much time as he could to upgrading Tommy's basement with the latest technology. After being pestered by everyone, Leila agreed to allow Cam and her aunt LeeAnn to check her often to make sure that she was not being negatively effected by the new powers. The Dino Rangers still had to go to school and they took special notice that Principal Randall had not shown up for almost a week. The Storm Rangers had to travel back and forth between the academies as they were needed for their classes. Sensei Omano and Sensei Watanabe gave them special permission to ninja streak back and forth, as long as they were careful. All the guys were bonding and Devin had finally been able to slack off from Cassidy and hang out with his fellow rangers.

"Dude, HOW did you swing away from Cassidy?" Conner asked.

"Easy, she got a special acceptance letter to a journalism academy for high school kids," Devin explained.

"But none of those exist," Cam pointed out.

"They do with the official letter I rigged up and mailed to her house," Ethan said laughing and slapping high five with Devin. All the guys laughed, realizing they had once again tricked Cassidy.

"Wait a minute, where did you send her?" Blake asked. Devin looked around sheepishly.

"England," he said. All the guys were in shock.

"Dude, nice," Dustin said. All the guys broke out in laughter. Dr. Oliver was typing away at his computer and laughed as he overheard his teenage colleagues conversation. He knew he was a part of their world as a ranger but he was still older and he had to respect those boundaries from time to time.

"So Trent, when did you and Kira hook up?" Devin asked, stuffing some popcorn in his mouth.

"About a month ago," Trent answered simply.

"So where are all of your leading ladies now?" Shane asked of Hunter, Trent, and Blake.

"Bonding," they all answered together. The girls were indeed having their girl time. They went shopping together and had a great time. Kira and Tori were especially not used to having other girls around while Leila had gotten out of the habit after leaving her friends behind at the Thunder Academy. Being the only female rangers amongst a combined team of thirteen rangers made it crucial for them to get away from the guys, otherwise they would go insane! The girls grabbed some frozen yogurt and sat down on a park bench.

"I feel kind of funny being the only one of us not having done...ya know," Kira admitted sheepishly.

"Kira, don't be. Different times for different people. If Trent's the one you are supposed to be with, you will both know when the time is right to do...ya know," Tori said. They both looked over at Leila, who looked back at them.

"Don't look at me. I draw the line at giving sex advice about my brother," she said. Kira and Tori broke out laughing.

"Well, what were your first times like?" Kira asked, knowing her friends wouldn't really care that she asked.

"It was amazing. Blake was so gentle and it felt so right," Tori said.

"My only regret is that wasn't in a bed," Leila said without thinking. She gasped and her hand flew to her mouth. Tori and Kira's mouths dropped.

"Wait a minute, so when the guys and I walked in and heard you two, that wasn't the FIRST time you two had gone at it?" Tori asked with a huge grin of curiosity. Leila's face went bright red and she avoided eye contact.

"IT WASN'T! Aw come on, Leila, where was it? Tell us," Kira said, pushing her friend. Leila looked really embarrassed.

"The Jacuzzi," she said quietly. Kira and Tori looked from Leila to each other in shock.

"Ew!" they said together and the three of them eventually broke down into laughter.

"Well, well, isn't this entertaining?" came a familiar, chilling voice. The girls jumped up and turned to see Elsa.

"Three bimbo rangers and I have them all to myself," Elsa said sarcastically, and evilly drawing her sword.

"Ready?" Tori asked. Leila and Kira nodded, not taking their eyes off of Elsa. They each shifted into their respective morphing positions.

"NINJA STORM, RANGER FORM, HA!"

"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!"

"THUNDERSAURUS POWER, HA!" Gold, Blue, and Yellow lights illuminated then died down, revealing the girls respective suits. They ran towards Elsa with their weapons out. Tori and Elsa both slashed at each other, knocking each other off of their feet. Tori recovered first and front kicked Elsa. Elsa stumbled but came back, attempting to strike at Tori who cart-wheeled out of the way. Kira came out of nowhere and attacked Elsa with a jump inside crescent kick and a spinning-back kick. Elsa, angry out of her mind, recovered and repeatedly slashed at Kira. Leila fired a blast at Elsa to give Kira time to get out of the way and recover. Elsa turned and faced Leila, eyes narrowed.

"YOU took my master away," she growled, pointing her sword at Leila as they circled each other.

"What are you going to do about it, biker chick?" Leila retorted. Elsa screamed in anger and ran towards Leila. Rather than exerting any of her physical capabilities, Leila recalled the advice she was given to use her mental powers as much as possible. She focused her concentration to her hands and pushed them outward. This effect caused Elsa to stop and launched backwards.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" she screamed as she landed in some thorn bushes.

"Okay, this is way too easy," Leila pointed out, folding her arms as she watched Elsa struggle to get up. She turned to her friends standing about twenty feet away, ready to jump in if Leila needed them.

"Can you guys sense anything?" she asked. Kira and Tori focused on their scanners, whether technological or mental, for a few minutes.

"I've got nothing, what about you Tori?" Kira asked.

"Nothing, do you think we should call the guys?" Tori asked both Kira and Leila.

"I don't see why we should if you two can't pick up on anything," Leila replied. Suddenly, Leila felt a great deal of pain, like something slashed her across the chest.

"LEILA!!" Kira and Tori cried. They had seen something, something fast, run past Leila and they knew that it was what had slashed.

"Tori, can you see what that is?" Kira asked, hoping Tori's ninja skills gave her the ability to see fast moving objects.

"No, I can't! It's way too fast!" Tori cried as the girls attempted to follow the mysterious thing that ran back and forth past Leila, slashing her repeatedly. Leila collapsed in pain. The girls tried to run over to her, but whatever had attacked Leila started to attack them. After slashing them repeatedly as well, Tori and Kira fell to the ground. They looked over at each other and to Leila, just in time to see the morph leave all of them.

"What....ah...what was that?" Tori asked Leila. Leila, still breathing hard, attempted to answer but an unfamiliar, evil laugh caught their attention. The girls turned their attention to a figure that was beyond ugly. He had a form exactly like Mesagog had but he was extremely muscular and had the head of a brontosaurus. Leila's eyes widened in shock and realization.

"Bronchonaut," she whispered.

The new enemy has arrived! What challenges face the rangers with this new line of evil? Will the guys get to the girls in time? What other surprises remain in store for the characters? Find out in the next chapters. Please R&R.

Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was a little late. My brother graduated today and it was an all day event. Thank you for reading and keep it up! (- Storm2003

PS: If you have any suggestions or requests for stories involving any of your favorite characters, past or present, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Thanks (.