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CHAPTER 4 It's Coming
Tommy sighed as he typed in some codes into his computer for the conference call. Kim came down the stairs.
"Are you completely sure about this?" Kim asked.
"Unfortunately I am, and so are the others," Tommy replied before typing in the final code. Four screens came up and one by one, Sensei Watanabe, Sensei Omano, Hayley, and Anton Mercer came up.
"Is anybody else regretting this?" Hayley asked.
"As much as we want these kids to have regular lives, you all know as well as I do that they would gladly go back to action if they were needed," Sensei Watanabe said.
"Once a ranger, always a ranger," Tommy replied.
"This is ridiculous. Tori and Blake are new parents for crying out loud! They have Trini and Kai to worry about. Trent and Kira are newly weds. We won't go into how it's about time Hunter and Leila are engaged," Anton Mercer said, frustrated.
"Calm down Anton. The kids know the risks. It was their responsibility to take on in the first place and it always will be as long as they have the opportunity," Sensei Omano said.
"Okay, how are the gems looking?" Hayley asked.
"I've got the wind rangers and Cam's ready to go," Sensei Watanabe replied.
"I've got Hunter and Blake's," Sensei Omano finished.
"Leila's is almost ready," Anton said.
"What about ours Hayley?" Tommy asked.
"I've mixed dino DNA with the meteor substance Anton sent me. It's worked on Conner and Ethan's so far. It should work on yours, Kira's, Trent's, and Devin's. They'll be ready in a day or two," Hayley explained. Tommy sighed.
"I hope we have that much time," he said.
"What are you not telling us Tommy?" Sensei Omano asked.
"I'm not sure if Cam has picked up on this yet or if he has and can't tell it yet, but I think I've picked up on traces of Elsa and Zeltrax," Tommy said. The other four were stunned.
"What are you talking about?" Hayley asked.
"Weren't they destroyed by the Time Force and Lightspeed Rangers?" Sensei Watanbe asked.
"They might have been phased but that doesn't mean they were destroyed. I think they were just all exhausted from the Bronchonaut battle and too worried about Leila to pay that close attention," Anton said.
"Whatever the reason, if it isn't Elsa and Zeltrax, it's something we should be worried about. In the meantime, let's get the rest of the gems ready so we can present them to the kids. For now, let them live as normal lives as they can," Tommy said. The others agreed and one by one, they signed off of the conference call.
Over at Trent and Kira's new house, that they had finally moved into, Trent was on a conference call with his three former teammates.
"About time those two got engaged," Conner said.
"Have they set a date?" Ethan asked.
"Not yet. I think they're doing some light planning while helping Tori and Blake take care of Trini and Kai. Once they can stray from that I think they'll get more serious about it," Trent said.
"They've waited long enough to get engaged. I would think they'd put a rush on things," Devin said.
"This is Leila and Hunter we're talking about. They're unpredictable but there's no doubt they will get married," Trent said.
"Hey, where's Kira? I haven't talked to her in a while," Conner said.
"Me either," Devin and Ethan said.
"She's in Blue Bay Harbor. She's kind of helping Leila with some wedding plans and other things," Trent said.
"They are going to have it at the Thunder Academy, right?" Ethan asked.
"Yes, that's one thing that's definite for now," Trent said, sighing in relief, causing the others to laugh.
Meanwhile, Kira, Leila, and Tori flipped through bridal books at a local formal shop.
"Are you sure it was a good idea to leave Blake and Hunter in charge of the twins?" Kira asked, joking around with her uncertainty.
"They have Spot," Tori said, causing the others to laugh. Leila flipped the page and found something she adored.
"Wow," she said, sitting up.
"What is it?" Kira asked.
"I found the bridesmaids dresses I want. One shoulder, smooth silk with a rose pattern around the waist, and instead of one color for all the dresses, I'll have the same design with different colors," Leila said, showing the girls the dress.
"I love that," Tori said.
"And let me guess what colors will go to whom?" Kira asked jokingly, knowing all the bridesmaids would pick their own respective colors. Tori wrote down the information along with everything else that had been taken care of while Kira continued to look through her book. Leila got up to exchange for another book to look through. She glanced through the selection on the table and glanced out the window as she did so. She frowned when she saw some wind picking up but no sign of a storm approaching.
"Can't be," she said, thinking whatever she was picking up on was a mistake. She picked up a book and walked back to the place where the others were sitting, glancing back at the window one more time.
Back at Blake and Tori's, Hunter was slowly rocking his nephew to sleep while Blake changed Trini's diaper. Blake smirked at his brother.
"I can't wait to see you with one of your own," he said.
"Let the marriage happened first. We've all waited long enough for that," Hunter said, glancing down and seeing Kai finally drifting off to sleep. He got up and carefully laid his nephew down in his pull away crib. He glanced up and frowned.
"What's up bro?" Blake asked as he stood up, holding Trini.
"Spot. I've never seen her act like that before," Hunter said. Blake glanced over and saw Spot sitting at the glass door into the backyard. She wasn't glancing back at the guys or anything.
"How does she usually act?" Blake asked.
"When she isn't attached to me or Leila, she's watching the twins. There's nothing out there for her to whine at," Hunter said as Spot indeed began to whine uncontrollably. The Thunder brothers frowned, not realizing Spot was picking up on something that they would soon have to deal with.
Okay, plans for the wedding are going okay now. How are they going to go once the rangers must rise again? How exactly are the powers going to be restored? What is Spot picking up on? Find out in Chapter 5.
CHAPTER 4 It's Coming
Tommy sighed as he typed in some codes into his computer for the conference call. Kim came down the stairs.
"Are you completely sure about this?" Kim asked.
"Unfortunately I am, and so are the others," Tommy replied before typing in the final code. Four screens came up and one by one, Sensei Watanabe, Sensei Omano, Hayley, and Anton Mercer came up.
"Is anybody else regretting this?" Hayley asked.
"As much as we want these kids to have regular lives, you all know as well as I do that they would gladly go back to action if they were needed," Sensei Watanabe said.
"Once a ranger, always a ranger," Tommy replied.
"This is ridiculous. Tori and Blake are new parents for crying out loud! They have Trini and Kai to worry about. Trent and Kira are newly weds. We won't go into how it's about time Hunter and Leila are engaged," Anton Mercer said, frustrated.
"Calm down Anton. The kids know the risks. It was their responsibility to take on in the first place and it always will be as long as they have the opportunity," Sensei Omano said.
"Okay, how are the gems looking?" Hayley asked.
"I've got the wind rangers and Cam's ready to go," Sensei Watanabe replied.
"I've got Hunter and Blake's," Sensei Omano finished.
"Leila's is almost ready," Anton said.
"What about ours Hayley?" Tommy asked.
"I've mixed dino DNA with the meteor substance Anton sent me. It's worked on Conner and Ethan's so far. It should work on yours, Kira's, Trent's, and Devin's. They'll be ready in a day or two," Hayley explained. Tommy sighed.
"I hope we have that much time," he said.
"What are you not telling us Tommy?" Sensei Omano asked.
"I'm not sure if Cam has picked up on this yet or if he has and can't tell it yet, but I think I've picked up on traces of Elsa and Zeltrax," Tommy said. The other four were stunned.
"What are you talking about?" Hayley asked.
"Weren't they destroyed by the Time Force and Lightspeed Rangers?" Sensei Watanbe asked.
"They might have been phased but that doesn't mean they were destroyed. I think they were just all exhausted from the Bronchonaut battle and too worried about Leila to pay that close attention," Anton said.
"Whatever the reason, if it isn't Elsa and Zeltrax, it's something we should be worried about. In the meantime, let's get the rest of the gems ready so we can present them to the kids. For now, let them live as normal lives as they can," Tommy said. The others agreed and one by one, they signed off of the conference call.
Over at Trent and Kira's new house, that they had finally moved into, Trent was on a conference call with his three former teammates.
"About time those two got engaged," Conner said.
"Have they set a date?" Ethan asked.
"Not yet. I think they're doing some light planning while helping Tori and Blake take care of Trini and Kai. Once they can stray from that I think they'll get more serious about it," Trent said.
"They've waited long enough to get engaged. I would think they'd put a rush on things," Devin said.
"This is Leila and Hunter we're talking about. They're unpredictable but there's no doubt they will get married," Trent said.
"Hey, where's Kira? I haven't talked to her in a while," Conner said.
"Me either," Devin and Ethan said.
"She's in Blue Bay Harbor. She's kind of helping Leila with some wedding plans and other things," Trent said.
"They are going to have it at the Thunder Academy, right?" Ethan asked.
"Yes, that's one thing that's definite for now," Trent said, sighing in relief, causing the others to laugh.
Meanwhile, Kira, Leila, and Tori flipped through bridal books at a local formal shop.
"Are you sure it was a good idea to leave Blake and Hunter in charge of the twins?" Kira asked, joking around with her uncertainty.
"They have Spot," Tori said, causing the others to laugh. Leila flipped the page and found something she adored.
"Wow," she said, sitting up.
"What is it?" Kira asked.
"I found the bridesmaids dresses I want. One shoulder, smooth silk with a rose pattern around the waist, and instead of one color for all the dresses, I'll have the same design with different colors," Leila said, showing the girls the dress.
"I love that," Tori said.
"And let me guess what colors will go to whom?" Kira asked jokingly, knowing all the bridesmaids would pick their own respective colors. Tori wrote down the information along with everything else that had been taken care of while Kira continued to look through her book. Leila got up to exchange for another book to look through. She glanced through the selection on the table and glanced out the window as she did so. She frowned when she saw some wind picking up but no sign of a storm approaching.
"Can't be," she said, thinking whatever she was picking up on was a mistake. She picked up a book and walked back to the place where the others were sitting, glancing back at the window one more time.
Back at Blake and Tori's, Hunter was slowly rocking his nephew to sleep while Blake changed Trini's diaper. Blake smirked at his brother.
"I can't wait to see you with one of your own," he said.
"Let the marriage happened first. We've all waited long enough for that," Hunter said, glancing down and seeing Kai finally drifting off to sleep. He got up and carefully laid his nephew down in his pull away crib. He glanced up and frowned.
"What's up bro?" Blake asked as he stood up, holding Trini.
"Spot. I've never seen her act like that before," Hunter said. Blake glanced over and saw Spot sitting at the glass door into the backyard. She wasn't glancing back at the guys or anything.
"How does she usually act?" Blake asked.
"When she isn't attached to me or Leila, she's watching the twins. There's nothing out there for her to whine at," Hunter said as Spot indeed began to whine uncontrollably. The Thunder brothers frowned, not realizing Spot was picking up on something that they would soon have to deal with.
Okay, plans for the wedding are going okay now. How are they going to go once the rangers must rise again? How exactly are the powers going to be restored? What is Spot picking up on? Find out in Chapter 5.