Herbie: DinoThunder- Chapter 6
By Ryan T. Morris
Summary: Kimberly Hart is Herbie's new owner and is Reefside High's new gym teacher. In this chapter, Kira, Conner and Ethan convince Kim to enter Herbie in a big race and Mesagog starts to make plans to destroy Herbie.
Category: Action/Romance/Comedy
Disclaimer: Power Rangers and Herbie, "The Love Bug" are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Notes: Please Read and Review! Thanks to everyone for the great comments, If you have any story ideas for this fan fic, please feel free to send them to me. My email address is I'll give you full credit for your ideas. Thanks! Also for you NASCAR fans, Infineon Raceway is standing in for Reefside Raceway. .
More Notes: This part is set where we currently are in the normal PRDT timeline. But, Tommy is not trapped in the Black Ranger Power Suit and Trent is still evil. Also, I think I'm the first fan fiction author to give Haley a last name
Kim and Tommy were sitting in the lab under Tommy's house, talking to Haley, when Ethan, Conner, and Kira came in and walked over to them.
"Hi guys," said Kim, "what's up?"
"Well, we were just wondering if you saw this," said Kira, as she took a newspaper out of her backpack.
Kim took the paper and read the article that Kira had circled. It was about a big car race that was coming up. It started in Reefside, then went to Virginia City, Nevada, and finished back in Reefside. First prize was $100,000. "Yeah, I read about it this morning," said Kim, "So what?"
"We were thinking that you should enter Herbie in the race," said Conner.
Kim laughed, "What? I'm no race car driver."
"Maybe not but Herbie is one fast car," said Ethan, "How about all those races he won with your Uncle Jim?"
"That maybe, but my Uncle's an experienced race car driver. He had just as much to do with Herbie's winning as Herbie did."
"Yeah, but, I've seen the way you've handed Herbie in the last few battles," said Tommy, "I think with the right amount of training, you could be a top notch driver."
"You think so?" asked Kim.
"Yeah, when is the race?"
"A couple of months. Do you think that's enough time?"
Tommy thinks for a moment, "Yeah, I think so. School's out for the summer. I'll call my Uncle John and see if he has any connections at Reefside Raceway and see if we can get some track time."
And, a couple of weeks later, the entire DinoThunder team was at Reefside Raceway, watching Kim put Herbie through his paces. Ethan was tracking Kim's progress around the track on his laptop, while the others watch from the pits. While Kim was driving, Tommy would talk to her through the radio built into the helmet, "Your doing good, Kim, how's he handling?"
"Pretty good," she said, "he's still kind of loose."
"That's what we want. OK, Kim, just a couple more laps then bring him in."
"You got it."
Tommy walked over to Ethan and asked, "How's she doing?"
Ethan looked up at his mentor/teammate, "She's out of sight. If we could have entered Herbie in the last Nextel Cup race here, they'd have the pole."
Just then, a man and a woman walked in the pit area towards them, and the man asked Tommy, "Excuse me, but we are looking for Kimberly Hart, do you know where she is?"
"She's on the track right now," said Tommy, "but, she'll be finishing her run in a few laps."
"I see, well, we'll just wait. By the way, I'm Jim Douglas and this is my wife Carol," said Jim, as he stuck out his hand.
Tommy shook it and said, "I'm Tommy Oliver. Your Kim's uncle and aunt… The ones that gave her Herbie."
"That's right," said Jim.
"Let me introduce you to the others," then Tommy looked over at Haley, Conner, and Kira. And called them over, Then he said, "this one here at the laptop is Ethan James. The red head is Haley Thompson. The girl in yellow is Kira Ford, and the guy in red is Conner McKnight. Ethan, Haley, Conner, Kira, this is Kim's Aunt Carol and Uncle Jim."
The group all shook hands, then Kim pulled into the pits and got out of Herbie, she was wearing a pink fire suit and helmet. She took the helmet off and walked over to the group and said, "Uncle Jim? Aunt Carol?" She gave them both a quick hug and said, "What are you doing here?"
"Well," said Carol, "you we wanted to see how you and Herbie were doing."
"We are doing great. And, Herbie is in top form. So, how long are you guys going to be here?"
"A few days," said Jim.
"Great, you can stay at my house," said Kim.
"Oh, no," said Carol, "we don't want to impose."
"You wouldn't be imposing," said Kim, "I insist."
"OK," said Jim.
"Great," said Kim, with a smile.
Meanwhile, at Mesagog's island fortress. Mesagog was in the lab, looking at replays of previous battles with the Power Rangers, when Trent, Zeltrax, and Elsa entered and Elsa said, "You summoned us, Master?"
He turned toward the group and said, "I have been analyzing our last few battles with the Power Rangers, do you know what the deicing factor has been in ever single battle? This…" He pressed a button and a picture of Herbie, morphed, appeared on the screen, "This rotten little car is just as powerful as any of the other Rangers."
"Yeah, and we can barely take care of the other Rangers," said Trent.
"That is my point," said Mesagog, "We need to dispose of the BattleBug"
"But, how?"
"I have a plan…"
Later that night, Herbie was sitting in Kim's garage, when the garage door started to open. Herbie shivered when he saw what was in front of him, It was the White Ranger, with a small group of Tyrannodrones. "Hello, Gold Ranger."
Herbie knew he was in trouble, so he started honking as loud as he could hoping that Kim, Jim, and Carol would wake up. Then, he realized that Jim and Carol could get hurt, and he couldn't let anything happen to Jim, so he turned on his headlights and drove straight out of the garage. Trent and the Tyrannodrones dove out of the way as Herbie sped out of the garage, down the driveway, and onto the road toward Reefside.
Trent looked at the Tyrannodrones and said, "You know what do now." And, with that the Tyrannodrones disappeared. Trent's White Dino ATV appeared from behind Kim's garage, he got on it, and took off after Herbie.
Kim was in her room, sitting at her vanity, wearing a long pink nightgown with a matching robe, and brushing her hair. She thought she heard her garage door opening, but she just continued to brush her hair. Then, she heard Herbie honking. She got up and looked out her window that overlooked the garage and saw Herbie speed out of the driveway, then she saw the White Ranger drive after Herbie on his ATV. Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. She dashed over to her vanity and picked up her Dino Gem Bracelet and said, "Tommy! Tommy!"
Tommy's voice came from the bracelet, "Kim? What's wrong?"
"Trent is after Herbie!"
"What?!"
"Yeah, he was just here and got in my garage and then Herbie took off towards town."
"Oh, man… OK, I'll contact the others and send them out to find Herbie on the Raptor Cycles. Can you get over here fast?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"OK, See you in a bit."
Kim pulled a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt, then she heard a knock on her door. She opened it and her aunt and uncle were standing there, "What's going on Kim?" asked Jim.
"What do you mean?" asked Kim.
"Well, we heard Herbie honking like mad," said Carol, "So, we get up and then we see Herbie driving off being followed by some guy in white on an ATV."
Kim thought for a moment then sighed, "Uncle Jim, Aunt Carol, there is something I need to tell you…"
As soon as Tommy finished talking to Tommy he went down to the lab and started to contact the others,
"What's up, Dr. O?" said Kira.
"Kira," said Tommy, "are the guys with you?"
"Yeah," said Conner.
"We are here, Dr. O," said Ethan.
"Guys, we have a problem, Trent is after Herbie."
"Well, what can we do?"
"I'm going to send the Raptor Cycles to where you are. Then, I want you guys to try to find Herbie before Trent does."
"OK, Dr. O," said Kira.
"We're on it," said Conner.
"You can count on us," said Ethan.
Tommy typed in commands on the computer and sent the Raptor Cycles to the Rangers.
Meanwhile, Herbie was trying to elude Trent and wasn't having much success. Trent matched Herbie's every move. Then, Herbie unknowingly turned down a dead end alley. He reached the end and quickly turned around but it was too late. He saw he was surrounded by Mesagog, Trent, Zeltrax, Elsa, and about a 100 Tyrannodrones. Herbie tried to morph, but before he could Zeltrax shot a bolt of energy at him and it shorted out Herbie's electrical system. Then, the Tyrannodrones, Trent, Zeltrax, and Elsa charged at the defenseless Herbie
A short time after Tommy sent the Rangers the Raptor Cycles, he heard the secret entrance open, he turned and saw Kim walking down the stairs, with her aunt and uncle, "Kim? What are you doing?"
"It's all right, Tommy, I told them everything," said Kim.
"Why?"
"I had to they saw Trent chase after Herbie."
"OK."
"Were you able to contact the other Power Rangers?" asked Jim.
"Yeah, I have them out searching for Herbie, right now…"
The Rangers had been searching for about 10 minutes and then they went down the same dead end that Herbie went down. They reached the end of the alley and stopped, they were stunned at what they saw.
Conner spoke into his morpher, "Dr. O? We found Herbie."
Kim's voice came over the morpher, "His he OK?"
Conner looked up and saw the horrible sight, the Tyrannodrones, Trent, Elsa, and Zeltrax had completely dismantled Herbie. There was just a pile of metal and broken glass that was once Herbie. Kira couldn't look at it, she turned her head and started to cry in her helmet.
"CONNER!" said Kim's voice, "Is Herbie OK?"
To be continued…
By Ryan T. Morris
Summary: Kimberly Hart is Herbie's new owner and is Reefside High's new gym teacher. In this chapter, Kira, Conner and Ethan convince Kim to enter Herbie in a big race and Mesagog starts to make plans to destroy Herbie.
Category: Action/Romance/Comedy
Disclaimer: Power Rangers and Herbie, "The Love Bug" are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Notes: Please Read and Review! Thanks to everyone for the great comments, If you have any story ideas for this fan fic, please feel free to send them to me. My email address is I'll give you full credit for your ideas. Thanks! Also for you NASCAR fans, Infineon Raceway is standing in for Reefside Raceway. .
More Notes: This part is set where we currently are in the normal PRDT timeline. But, Tommy is not trapped in the Black Ranger Power Suit and Trent is still evil. Also, I think I'm the first fan fiction author to give Haley a last name
Kim and Tommy were sitting in the lab under Tommy's house, talking to Haley, when Ethan, Conner, and Kira came in and walked over to them.
"Hi guys," said Kim, "what's up?"
"Well, we were just wondering if you saw this," said Kira, as she took a newspaper out of her backpack.
Kim took the paper and read the article that Kira had circled. It was about a big car race that was coming up. It started in Reefside, then went to Virginia City, Nevada, and finished back in Reefside. First prize was $100,000. "Yeah, I read about it this morning," said Kim, "So what?"
"We were thinking that you should enter Herbie in the race," said Conner.
Kim laughed, "What? I'm no race car driver."
"Maybe not but Herbie is one fast car," said Ethan, "How about all those races he won with your Uncle Jim?"
"That maybe, but my Uncle's an experienced race car driver. He had just as much to do with Herbie's winning as Herbie did."
"Yeah, but, I've seen the way you've handed Herbie in the last few battles," said Tommy, "I think with the right amount of training, you could be a top notch driver."
"You think so?" asked Kim.
"Yeah, when is the race?"
"A couple of months. Do you think that's enough time?"
Tommy thinks for a moment, "Yeah, I think so. School's out for the summer. I'll call my Uncle John and see if he has any connections at Reefside Raceway and see if we can get some track time."
And, a couple of weeks later, the entire DinoThunder team was at Reefside Raceway, watching Kim put Herbie through his paces. Ethan was tracking Kim's progress around the track on his laptop, while the others watch from the pits. While Kim was driving, Tommy would talk to her through the radio built into the helmet, "Your doing good, Kim, how's he handling?"
"Pretty good," she said, "he's still kind of loose."
"That's what we want. OK, Kim, just a couple more laps then bring him in."
"You got it."
Tommy walked over to Ethan and asked, "How's she doing?"
Ethan looked up at his mentor/teammate, "She's out of sight. If we could have entered Herbie in the last Nextel Cup race here, they'd have the pole."
Just then, a man and a woman walked in the pit area towards them, and the man asked Tommy, "Excuse me, but we are looking for Kimberly Hart, do you know where she is?"
"She's on the track right now," said Tommy, "but, she'll be finishing her run in a few laps."
"I see, well, we'll just wait. By the way, I'm Jim Douglas and this is my wife Carol," said Jim, as he stuck out his hand.
Tommy shook it and said, "I'm Tommy Oliver. Your Kim's uncle and aunt… The ones that gave her Herbie."
"That's right," said Jim.
"Let me introduce you to the others," then Tommy looked over at Haley, Conner, and Kira. And called them over, Then he said, "this one here at the laptop is Ethan James. The red head is Haley Thompson. The girl in yellow is Kira Ford, and the guy in red is Conner McKnight. Ethan, Haley, Conner, Kira, this is Kim's Aunt Carol and Uncle Jim."
The group all shook hands, then Kim pulled into the pits and got out of Herbie, she was wearing a pink fire suit and helmet. She took the helmet off and walked over to the group and said, "Uncle Jim? Aunt Carol?" She gave them both a quick hug and said, "What are you doing here?"
"Well," said Carol, "you we wanted to see how you and Herbie were doing."
"We are doing great. And, Herbie is in top form. So, how long are you guys going to be here?"
"A few days," said Jim.
"Great, you can stay at my house," said Kim.
"Oh, no," said Carol, "we don't want to impose."
"You wouldn't be imposing," said Kim, "I insist."
"OK," said Jim.
"Great," said Kim, with a smile.
Meanwhile, at Mesagog's island fortress. Mesagog was in the lab, looking at replays of previous battles with the Power Rangers, when Trent, Zeltrax, and Elsa entered and Elsa said, "You summoned us, Master?"
He turned toward the group and said, "I have been analyzing our last few battles with the Power Rangers, do you know what the deicing factor has been in ever single battle? This…" He pressed a button and a picture of Herbie, morphed, appeared on the screen, "This rotten little car is just as powerful as any of the other Rangers."
"Yeah, and we can barely take care of the other Rangers," said Trent.
"That is my point," said Mesagog, "We need to dispose of the BattleBug"
"But, how?"
"I have a plan…"
Later that night, Herbie was sitting in Kim's garage, when the garage door started to open. Herbie shivered when he saw what was in front of him, It was the White Ranger, with a small group of Tyrannodrones. "Hello, Gold Ranger."
Herbie knew he was in trouble, so he started honking as loud as he could hoping that Kim, Jim, and Carol would wake up. Then, he realized that Jim and Carol could get hurt, and he couldn't let anything happen to Jim, so he turned on his headlights and drove straight out of the garage. Trent and the Tyrannodrones dove out of the way as Herbie sped out of the garage, down the driveway, and onto the road toward Reefside.
Trent looked at the Tyrannodrones and said, "You know what do now." And, with that the Tyrannodrones disappeared. Trent's White Dino ATV appeared from behind Kim's garage, he got on it, and took off after Herbie.
Kim was in her room, sitting at her vanity, wearing a long pink nightgown with a matching robe, and brushing her hair. She thought she heard her garage door opening, but she just continued to brush her hair. Then, she heard Herbie honking. She got up and looked out her window that overlooked the garage and saw Herbie speed out of the driveway, then she saw the White Ranger drive after Herbie on his ATV. Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. She dashed over to her vanity and picked up her Dino Gem Bracelet and said, "Tommy! Tommy!"
Tommy's voice came from the bracelet, "Kim? What's wrong?"
"Trent is after Herbie!"
"What?!"
"Yeah, he was just here and got in my garage and then Herbie took off towards town."
"Oh, man… OK, I'll contact the others and send them out to find Herbie on the Raptor Cycles. Can you get over here fast?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"OK, See you in a bit."
Kim pulled a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt, then she heard a knock on her door. She opened it and her aunt and uncle were standing there, "What's going on Kim?" asked Jim.
"What do you mean?" asked Kim.
"Well, we heard Herbie honking like mad," said Carol, "So, we get up and then we see Herbie driving off being followed by some guy in white on an ATV."
Kim thought for a moment then sighed, "Uncle Jim, Aunt Carol, there is something I need to tell you…"
As soon as Tommy finished talking to Tommy he went down to the lab and started to contact the others,
"What's up, Dr. O?" said Kira.
"Kira," said Tommy, "are the guys with you?"
"Yeah," said Conner.
"We are here, Dr. O," said Ethan.
"Guys, we have a problem, Trent is after Herbie."
"Well, what can we do?"
"I'm going to send the Raptor Cycles to where you are. Then, I want you guys to try to find Herbie before Trent does."
"OK, Dr. O," said Kira.
"We're on it," said Conner.
"You can count on us," said Ethan.
Tommy typed in commands on the computer and sent the Raptor Cycles to the Rangers.
Meanwhile, Herbie was trying to elude Trent and wasn't having much success. Trent matched Herbie's every move. Then, Herbie unknowingly turned down a dead end alley. He reached the end and quickly turned around but it was too late. He saw he was surrounded by Mesagog, Trent, Zeltrax, Elsa, and about a 100 Tyrannodrones. Herbie tried to morph, but before he could Zeltrax shot a bolt of energy at him and it shorted out Herbie's electrical system. Then, the Tyrannodrones, Trent, Zeltrax, and Elsa charged at the defenseless Herbie
A short time after Tommy sent the Rangers the Raptor Cycles, he heard the secret entrance open, he turned and saw Kim walking down the stairs, with her aunt and uncle, "Kim? What are you doing?"
"It's all right, Tommy, I told them everything," said Kim.
"Why?"
"I had to they saw Trent chase after Herbie."
"OK."
"Were you able to contact the other Power Rangers?" asked Jim.
"Yeah, I have them out searching for Herbie, right now…"
The Rangers had been searching for about 10 minutes and then they went down the same dead end that Herbie went down. They reached the end of the alley and stopped, they were stunned at what they saw.
Conner spoke into his morpher, "Dr. O? We found Herbie."
Kim's voice came over the morpher, "His he OK?"
Conner looked up and saw the horrible sight, the Tyrannodrones, Trent, Elsa, and Zeltrax had completely dismantled Herbie. There was just a pile of metal and broken glass that was once Herbie. Kira couldn't look at it, she turned her head and started to cry in her helmet.
"CONNER!" said Kim's voice, "Is Herbie OK?"
To be continued…