THE REASON - Part Twenty-Nine: Meteor Problems
Summary: A meteor has crashed on Earth. All who come in close contact with it will suffer its radiation. But it is also the key object to free Tommy from his encasing. Only one problem: where has Kim gone? And what has become of the power source in the woods Mesogog seeks out?
Disclaimer: Same as always. Power Rangers are not mine, and will never be mine.
A/N: Of course, this does tie into "Leader of the Whack", just slightly altered to fit people into place. And as of now, I can clearly say it will be some time before the old rangers–Jason, Kat, Tanya and Zack–make another appearance in the story. Sorry about that. But trying to fill in a plot with all these characters is hard enough. But I want to thank all of you who found an interest in my story. But, let's get back to the action. May the Powers Always Protect You. Read and reply.
"Freed of a prison where you feel like you're dreaming, what effect does it have on those around you?" –Eclyptyk Neo
Days passed.
The entire team was in the lab trying to find things to do. Adam and Hayley were continuing the bio-molecular scan on Tommy. Ethan was on his laptop playing another computer game. Conner was using the entire room as a soccer field, kicking around the small red soccer ball he carried around with him every day. Kim and Kira were sitting on some stone blocks strumming their guitars trying to find inspiration in a song. Rocky and Aisha were in another corner of the room, sparring.
"McKnight on the break-away..." Conner announced as he kicked the ball across the room.
Adam saw it before it could intertwine with his own feet, kicking it up into his hands. "Whoa. Watch yourself, Conner."
Conner apologized, looking at the black ninja with some confusion. "How'd you...?"
"I used to play a little soccer back in high school," he tossed the ball back to the red dino ranger. "I also coached the Angel Grove soccer team for a year after I graduated. So, I shared some interest in the sport."
"Hey, guys." Ethan called out, happily from where he sat. "One more level, and I'll beat my all-time record."
Conner dribbled the ball several times before picking it up, and tossing it onto Ethan's keyboard. The screen went blank, as a saddened Ethan slowly got to his feet.
"Conner." he whined sadly.
Conner retrieved his ball, apologizing and wrapped an arm around his friend's shoulder.
"Now, I have to start all over. Thanks a lot."
"Yeah, well there's this great thing called the great outdoors." Conner stated. "You might want to try it sometime."
Ethan shook his head, not taking the offer too well. "How 'bout this? I'll check that out, when I see you checking out the library. There are more books there than the magazines and children's books."
Conner chuckled lightly, looking over at Kira. "Yeah, well we got as much hope as that as seeing Kira at a fashion show."
Kira looked up glaring at her counterparts. "Do you really wanna go there?"
Conner looked away, slightly embarrassed at making that comment. Ethan patted him on the back for reassurance, heading over to Adam and Hayley.
"So, guys, got anything on trying to free Dr. O?" Ethan asked with great concern.
"Nothing, man." Adam sighed sadly.
"We can't seem to pinpoint any safe way to break the molecular bond with him. Sorry, Ethan, but we're trying." Hayley encouraged with a gentle smile.
Ethan nodded as the alarms went off.
Everyone turned to the main computer console, seeing a map of the forest pop up. Hayley was the first one over there, taking a seat. The dino rangers followed, and the ninja rangers after.
"That's weird," Hayley furrowed her eyebrows. "The satellite is picking up some rather strange readings from the forest."
"Well, then, we should go check it out." Conner suggested, already heading for the forest entrance. "C'mon, guys."
The teens left the room, having the ninja rangers grow worried.
-----
The teen rangers returned to the lab, having just fought off the attacks of Rojobot and the Tyrannodrones at the spot where the meteor crashed. A set of confused looks from their ninja advisors came their way as they walked over to Hayley at the computer, who was analyzing the rock's contents.
"It's actually apart of a meteor." she concluded, looking at the teens.
"Fascinating." Conner turned away, thinking deeply. An American accent escaped his lips as he spoke. "It must have broken off from some huge intergalactic collision."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Conner, eyebrows raised. Anyone who's anyone knew that Conner never used big words, let alone a voice with high intellect. Or knew he was capable of speaking in such a way.
"What?" he took a step back.
"I feel that coming in such close proximity to it might have had some strange side effects." Hayley concluded. "Are you guys feeling okay?"
The teens nodded. The advisors exchanging a set of looks, making it clear they knew something was wrong.
Kira looked at her nails, picking away at the dirt under the nail. "I need to get home. If I don't soak my cuticles in some aloe, my nails will never grow out. And my nails are filthy."
Ethan looked at his arms, touching his chest. "Yeah, I gotta hit the gym. I gotta work on my pecs."
Conner ran his hand past his chin, thinking. "And I want to get home and watch that documentary on the Great Pyramids. It looks quite fascinating."
The teens said good-bye and left. The adults exchanged another set of looks.
"Uh-oh." Hayley shook her head, worried.
The ninja advisors agreed.
-----
Mesogog's island fortress.
"I have a feeling that things in Reefside are about to change." Mesogog hissed upon the recent upgrade of Rojobot's determination in taking down the Rangers.
Zeltrax and Rojobot agreed. But as Mesogog's stern glare turned to them, they both knew it was their dismissal out the door. They left without saying another word.
Mesogog turned back to the main viewing screen, watching the results of the meteor crashing and the heat signatures from it. "It appears as if this rock will very well indeed change the outcome of Reefside." he paused, recalling the power source he had yet to find in the woods. "Perhaps, it this meteor fragment is bonded with that power source it could bring down the Dino Rangers for good."
-----
The teens returned to the lab. They defeated the monster, destroyed the rock and collecting a piece as instructed. Hayley and the ninja rangers were relieved to have them back to normal, in their usual array of clothes and normal personalities.
"Glad to see you guys are acting like yourselves, again." Aisha commented with a joking smile.
"Yeah, no doubt." Rocky nodded, laughing at the thought of them in their recessive acts.
The teens smiled deliberately, glad the mayhem was over.
"I assume you guys are feeling back to normal?" Hayley said, taking the rock from Ethan.
Ethan nodded happily. "Thank goodness. I never want to deal with that again."
"You got that right." Conner agreed instantly.
Hayley made her way to the machine she made recently, placing the meteor fragment into a glass container and affixing it to the machine. The ninjas found their place beside her, watching intently at the rocket scientist's next move.
"Hey." Kira called out, bringing attention to her. "Since the meteor changed Trent to good, couldn't we use it to fight off the effects of the dino gem?"
"It could." Hayley nodded. "But let's try this first."
"C'mon, Hayley." Ethan blurted out. "Don't let us down."
The teens cleared the way as Hayley powered up the machine. The radiation from the machine began to feed into the dish in front of the team, shooting across the room to the amber encasing. Everyone watched eagerly as the beam began to eat away at the amber. The amber melted away, making the black dino ranger awake from his trance state as he began to move his head and shoulders. Then the machine sparked up, and quickly shut down.
BAM!
The group jumped at the explosion, frightened to take another move. They knew that the rock was damaged, and the effects weren't gonna be much good for Trent if that had happened. Let alone, the dino rangers had destroyed it. The residual readings wouldn't be as strong as it once was, if not anything at all.
Kira turned to the rock, pulling it away from its locked position in the machine. "The rock! It's fried!"
"Yeah, but look," Conner looked at their teacher.
"It worked." Hayley smiled at her victory.
The black dino ranger stepped forward slightly shaken, as Conner and Ethan rushed over to catch him if he fell over. The rest of the team made their way over to the teacher as he straightened his back.
"Good job, guys." Tommy commented with a sigh of relief. He brought his hands across his chest and back down to power down his ranger suit.
But nothing happened.
"I said, power down." He forced out.
But nothing happened again.
The happiness in the room dropped to shocked, worried faces.
Tommy looked at his ranger suit then back at the team, shrugging. "I think we might have a problem."
-----
Kim wasn't sure why she had found herself in the forest outside the location of the meteor when both Hayley and Adam gave warning of its side effects.
But the call of something out there was growing as the days went by. She didn't sleep much. Didn't eat a whole lot. Was on constant badgering from Adam about her habits. Kira and Aisha managed to get her out of the house for a meal every now and then, but then it was back to Tommy's side when the lights went out.
And here she was, not too far from the place where she had shared her first kiss with Tommy after eight long years of distance between them. And though she knew about the rock's unfortunate problems, she still felt it had the answers in freeing Tommy from his encasing.
She was out here for hours, searching. When the dino rangers went to save the city, she found it an omen to go into the woods.
But since the day she had re-harnessed her ninja powers, she hasn't been feeling good.
She climbed up the ridge, and came to a halt as she saw the strange glowing pink light escape a cave opening ahead. She felt it calling to her. The power it was bringing was opening up the ninja powers inside her. She heard the call of the crane and the falcon. An echoing cry of the pterodactyl, tyrannosaurus and triceratops. And the other animal spirits of her ninja counterparts.
She entered the small cave, seeing the etching of a rock–or a gem–in one of the walls. As she stepped closer to it, her hand extended out to it. And once she made contact with it, a small explosion shook the area, sending her into the wall. She took a quick second to catch her breath, as she stumbled out of the cave with the gem, in hand.
The power it was giving off glowed bright, but died down to nothing as she closed her hand around it. Again, she could hear the call of the animal spirits and the dino-zords in her mind. Her vision began to blur as she raced up the ridge, hearing the familiar voices of the teen dino rangers. But once she got up the ridge, the dino rangers were already departing from the destruction of the meteor. She collapsed, her eyes grew heavy, as she fell into a deep slumber.
Out of nowhere, an invisi-portal opened up and a group of Tyrannodrones moved to collected the fallen former ranger and disappear undetected.
The area was silenced except for the usual whistling coming from the meteor, and the glowing heat signature still escaping from its broken heap as if awakened by the power of the gem–now in Kim's possession.
To be continued.....
A/N: Uh-oh! Seems like Mesogog has got a hold of Kim. And what does he plan to do with her? And what about the strange readings from that gem? The way she could hear the call of the other animal spirits and the dinosaurs. I'll explain it later, trust me. And yeah, unfortunately I'm keeping with the series–Tommy can't de-morph. Not yet, anyway. The meteor fragments will still play a crucial role in all this, even though it was destroyed. But, keep reading and the answers will be revealed.
Summary: A meteor has crashed on Earth. All who come in close contact with it will suffer its radiation. But it is also the key object to free Tommy from his encasing. Only one problem: where has Kim gone? And what has become of the power source in the woods Mesogog seeks out?
Disclaimer: Same as always. Power Rangers are not mine, and will never be mine.
A/N: Of course, this does tie into "Leader of the Whack", just slightly altered to fit people into place. And as of now, I can clearly say it will be some time before the old rangers–Jason, Kat, Tanya and Zack–make another appearance in the story. Sorry about that. But trying to fill in a plot with all these characters is hard enough. But I want to thank all of you who found an interest in my story. But, let's get back to the action. May the Powers Always Protect You. Read and reply.
"Freed of a prison where you feel like you're dreaming, what effect does it have on those around you?" –Eclyptyk Neo
Days passed.
The entire team was in the lab trying to find things to do. Adam and Hayley were continuing the bio-molecular scan on Tommy. Ethan was on his laptop playing another computer game. Conner was using the entire room as a soccer field, kicking around the small red soccer ball he carried around with him every day. Kim and Kira were sitting on some stone blocks strumming their guitars trying to find inspiration in a song. Rocky and Aisha were in another corner of the room, sparring.
"McKnight on the break-away..." Conner announced as he kicked the ball across the room.
Adam saw it before it could intertwine with his own feet, kicking it up into his hands. "Whoa. Watch yourself, Conner."
Conner apologized, looking at the black ninja with some confusion. "How'd you...?"
"I used to play a little soccer back in high school," he tossed the ball back to the red dino ranger. "I also coached the Angel Grove soccer team for a year after I graduated. So, I shared some interest in the sport."
"Hey, guys." Ethan called out, happily from where he sat. "One more level, and I'll beat my all-time record."
Conner dribbled the ball several times before picking it up, and tossing it onto Ethan's keyboard. The screen went blank, as a saddened Ethan slowly got to his feet.
"Conner." he whined sadly.
Conner retrieved his ball, apologizing and wrapped an arm around his friend's shoulder.
"Now, I have to start all over. Thanks a lot."
"Yeah, well there's this great thing called the great outdoors." Conner stated. "You might want to try it sometime."
Ethan shook his head, not taking the offer too well. "How 'bout this? I'll check that out, when I see you checking out the library. There are more books there than the magazines and children's books."
Conner chuckled lightly, looking over at Kira. "Yeah, well we got as much hope as that as seeing Kira at a fashion show."
Kira looked up glaring at her counterparts. "Do you really wanna go there?"
Conner looked away, slightly embarrassed at making that comment. Ethan patted him on the back for reassurance, heading over to Adam and Hayley.
"So, guys, got anything on trying to free Dr. O?" Ethan asked with great concern.
"Nothing, man." Adam sighed sadly.
"We can't seem to pinpoint any safe way to break the molecular bond with him. Sorry, Ethan, but we're trying." Hayley encouraged with a gentle smile.
Ethan nodded as the alarms went off.
Everyone turned to the main computer console, seeing a map of the forest pop up. Hayley was the first one over there, taking a seat. The dino rangers followed, and the ninja rangers after.
"That's weird," Hayley furrowed her eyebrows. "The satellite is picking up some rather strange readings from the forest."
"Well, then, we should go check it out." Conner suggested, already heading for the forest entrance. "C'mon, guys."
The teens left the room, having the ninja rangers grow worried.
-----
The teen rangers returned to the lab, having just fought off the attacks of Rojobot and the Tyrannodrones at the spot where the meteor crashed. A set of confused looks from their ninja advisors came their way as they walked over to Hayley at the computer, who was analyzing the rock's contents.
"It's actually apart of a meteor." she concluded, looking at the teens.
"Fascinating." Conner turned away, thinking deeply. An American accent escaped his lips as he spoke. "It must have broken off from some huge intergalactic collision."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Conner, eyebrows raised. Anyone who's anyone knew that Conner never used big words, let alone a voice with high intellect. Or knew he was capable of speaking in such a way.
"What?" he took a step back.
"I feel that coming in such close proximity to it might have had some strange side effects." Hayley concluded. "Are you guys feeling okay?"
The teens nodded. The advisors exchanging a set of looks, making it clear they knew something was wrong.
Kira looked at her nails, picking away at the dirt under the nail. "I need to get home. If I don't soak my cuticles in some aloe, my nails will never grow out. And my nails are filthy."
Ethan looked at his arms, touching his chest. "Yeah, I gotta hit the gym. I gotta work on my pecs."
Conner ran his hand past his chin, thinking. "And I want to get home and watch that documentary on the Great Pyramids. It looks quite fascinating."
The teens said good-bye and left. The adults exchanged another set of looks.
"Uh-oh." Hayley shook her head, worried.
The ninja advisors agreed.
-----
Mesogog's island fortress.
"I have a feeling that things in Reefside are about to change." Mesogog hissed upon the recent upgrade of Rojobot's determination in taking down the Rangers.
Zeltrax and Rojobot agreed. But as Mesogog's stern glare turned to them, they both knew it was their dismissal out the door. They left without saying another word.
Mesogog turned back to the main viewing screen, watching the results of the meteor crashing and the heat signatures from it. "It appears as if this rock will very well indeed change the outcome of Reefside." he paused, recalling the power source he had yet to find in the woods. "Perhaps, it this meteor fragment is bonded with that power source it could bring down the Dino Rangers for good."
-----
The teens returned to the lab. They defeated the monster, destroyed the rock and collecting a piece as instructed. Hayley and the ninja rangers were relieved to have them back to normal, in their usual array of clothes and normal personalities.
"Glad to see you guys are acting like yourselves, again." Aisha commented with a joking smile.
"Yeah, no doubt." Rocky nodded, laughing at the thought of them in their recessive acts.
The teens smiled deliberately, glad the mayhem was over.
"I assume you guys are feeling back to normal?" Hayley said, taking the rock from Ethan.
Ethan nodded happily. "Thank goodness. I never want to deal with that again."
"You got that right." Conner agreed instantly.
Hayley made her way to the machine she made recently, placing the meteor fragment into a glass container and affixing it to the machine. The ninjas found their place beside her, watching intently at the rocket scientist's next move.
"Hey." Kira called out, bringing attention to her. "Since the meteor changed Trent to good, couldn't we use it to fight off the effects of the dino gem?"
"It could." Hayley nodded. "But let's try this first."
"C'mon, Hayley." Ethan blurted out. "Don't let us down."
The teens cleared the way as Hayley powered up the machine. The radiation from the machine began to feed into the dish in front of the team, shooting across the room to the amber encasing. Everyone watched eagerly as the beam began to eat away at the amber. The amber melted away, making the black dino ranger awake from his trance state as he began to move his head and shoulders. Then the machine sparked up, and quickly shut down.
BAM!
The group jumped at the explosion, frightened to take another move. They knew that the rock was damaged, and the effects weren't gonna be much good for Trent if that had happened. Let alone, the dino rangers had destroyed it. The residual readings wouldn't be as strong as it once was, if not anything at all.
Kira turned to the rock, pulling it away from its locked position in the machine. "The rock! It's fried!"
"Yeah, but look," Conner looked at their teacher.
"It worked." Hayley smiled at her victory.
The black dino ranger stepped forward slightly shaken, as Conner and Ethan rushed over to catch him if he fell over. The rest of the team made their way over to the teacher as he straightened his back.
"Good job, guys." Tommy commented with a sigh of relief. He brought his hands across his chest and back down to power down his ranger suit.
But nothing happened.
"I said, power down." He forced out.
But nothing happened again.
The happiness in the room dropped to shocked, worried faces.
Tommy looked at his ranger suit then back at the team, shrugging. "I think we might have a problem."
-----
Kim wasn't sure why she had found herself in the forest outside the location of the meteor when both Hayley and Adam gave warning of its side effects.
But the call of something out there was growing as the days went by. She didn't sleep much. Didn't eat a whole lot. Was on constant badgering from Adam about her habits. Kira and Aisha managed to get her out of the house for a meal every now and then, but then it was back to Tommy's side when the lights went out.
And here she was, not too far from the place where she had shared her first kiss with Tommy after eight long years of distance between them. And though she knew about the rock's unfortunate problems, she still felt it had the answers in freeing Tommy from his encasing.
She was out here for hours, searching. When the dino rangers went to save the city, she found it an omen to go into the woods.
But since the day she had re-harnessed her ninja powers, she hasn't been feeling good.
She climbed up the ridge, and came to a halt as she saw the strange glowing pink light escape a cave opening ahead. She felt it calling to her. The power it was bringing was opening up the ninja powers inside her. She heard the call of the crane and the falcon. An echoing cry of the pterodactyl, tyrannosaurus and triceratops. And the other animal spirits of her ninja counterparts.
She entered the small cave, seeing the etching of a rock–or a gem–in one of the walls. As she stepped closer to it, her hand extended out to it. And once she made contact with it, a small explosion shook the area, sending her into the wall. She took a quick second to catch her breath, as she stumbled out of the cave with the gem, in hand.
The power it was giving off glowed bright, but died down to nothing as she closed her hand around it. Again, she could hear the call of the animal spirits and the dino-zords in her mind. Her vision began to blur as she raced up the ridge, hearing the familiar voices of the teen dino rangers. But once she got up the ridge, the dino rangers were already departing from the destruction of the meteor. She collapsed, her eyes grew heavy, as she fell into a deep slumber.
Out of nowhere, an invisi-portal opened up and a group of Tyrannodrones moved to collected the fallen former ranger and disappear undetected.
The area was silenced except for the usual whistling coming from the meteor, and the glowing heat signature still escaping from its broken heap as if awakened by the power of the gem–now in Kim's possession.
To be continued.....
A/N: Uh-oh! Seems like Mesogog has got a hold of Kim. And what does he plan to do with her? And what about the strange readings from that gem? The way she could hear the call of the other animal spirits and the dinosaurs. I'll explain it later, trust me. And yeah, unfortunately I'm keeping with the series–Tommy can't de-morph. Not yet, anyway. The meteor fragments will still play a crucial role in all this, even though it was destroyed. But, keep reading and the answers will be revealed.