THE REASON - Part Thirty-One: Revenging Past
Summary: The ninja rangers and Kira help out around the lab. Tommy finds out why Zeltrax seeks vengeance on him. And now Trent has joined the team against the Rangers. But what other issues will prove to be vulnerable to the Black Dino Thunder Ranger?
Disclaimer: Same thing. Power Rangers not mine.
A/N: I decided to skip out on "The Missing Bone," but it is still mentioned in this chapter. This picks up where "Bully for Ethan" starts, or goes on. I just felt that I had to catch up with the times a little more. And I'll be doing that with some of the other episodes I didn't mind to be of much connection to my story. Anyways, you know the deal. Hit me back. And thanks again for all your support, readers. I wouldn't have gotten this far without your opinions. They really do matter to me. Peace. And read.
"Revenge is never the answer in the fight for taking control over a lower power." –Eclyptyk Neo
Days passed. Two weeks, actually.
After two days of getting weird and mindless substitutes, the teens found out that Dr. Anton Mercer had agreed to take over Dr. Oliver's classes until he "got back on his feet." It was weird enough dealing with not seeing their teacher in his usual suit and tie as a teacher, but having the cold-hearted man who tried to take out their place of hangout, the cyber café, was something they didn't like. Couldn't get over. Trent was just as cold-hearted as his father, if not worse, not wanting to deal with him anymore than he needed to or the rangers offer of help.
The next day, Dr. Mercer decided to take the class to his museum where more problems sparked up. Kira was brought under the influence of a mind- controlling dinosaur, created by Mercer and Oliver, to retrieve the final bone to make him complete. But luckily, the rangers destroyed Fossilador before any real damage could be made.
Now, sitting with not much to do, in another week's passed on not having the good ol' teacher in the classroom, it was driving the teens a little crazy. Kira especially.
There was no word with Kim's disappearance, and after two weeks, the excuses were growing harder and harder. Calls were being made to Kim's phone from the U.S Olympics team advisors about her long absence, and Adam was there to make every excuse in the book possible. If they knew it best, they could pinpoint it to the evidence that he was an actual medical doctor, and not some crazy guy keeping her hostage until a certain love was fixed. Then the constant excuse he would make to Randall on her routine calls to the Oliver household, just to make sure it was true.
It was driving all of them mad. Two weeks. And no real complete answers.
Rocky sat across the room, finding interest in a computer game that Ethan had introduced to him a few days ago. Yet, he was no computer whiz like Ethan, and getting to the next level was harder than it looked.
Adam was dribbling a small black soccer ball at his feet. After the constant questioning of his soccer past from Conner, he was unable to put the soccer ball down.
Aisha was sitting at one of the tables in the room, sitting aside her masked former leader tossing away papers and files that didn't seem to bring interest to her. She always knew Tommy's organization skills weren't the best, and this made no real difference at all, after all the years past. Yet, she didn't know how she had come to be of service as one of Tommy's secretaries. Kira being the other.
Ethan and Conner were at school doing their usual extracurricular activities. Computer club and soccer. While Hayley was running her business, while still checking in with the team when she needed to.
Kira came from the stairs, tossing down a stack of papers and files on the desk as she found a place beside her suited mentor. "Damn, Dr. O. No offense, but you really gotta learn some organization skills."
"Amen to that, Kira." Aisha praised with a smile, smacking the suited man beside her on the back of the head. "Have you learned anything in your years in college? Or even as a teacher?"
"Hey, sorry." Tommy held up his hands in surrender. "My bad, Aisha. Some habits just don't die."
"Tell my why you got me and Kira in on this again, Tommy?" She looked at him with irritation. He shrugged. "You guys needed something to do. Two weeks now, and sitting around the house isn't much use when there are some things that have to get done."
"Like organizing your work." Kira seemed slightly annoyed.
Tommy shrugged again. "Sorry. You requested I give you something to do, so here it is."
"What is all this, anyway?"
"Odds and ends. Mostly before I joined up with Mercer. Not too much of a big deal."
Kira forced out a sigh, still questioning how she managed to drag herself into this. But it was all demolished when she stumbled onto an old picture regarding a certain ranger team. Morphed, but helmetless. The original power ranger team. "Whoa. Ancient central."
"What ya lookin at over there, Kira?" Aisha grew interested.
Kira turned the picture toward her yellow ranger predecessor, giggling. Then she looked at her mentor. "Nice hair."
Tommy causally took the picture away, shaking his head. "Hey, gimme a break. It was the style back then."
"Yeah..." Aisha snatched the picture away. "And have every girl in school go crazy over the rocker look."
"Now, hold up. Time out, Aisha. I wouldn't consider that the rocker look."
"No one opposed. But than again, they were trying to get you to go out with them, even if you had Kim on your arm. Mr. Girl Magnet."
"Stop." Tommy tried to snatch the picture away, blushing. "Past time."
Aisha pushed him away, turning to her ninja counterparts. "Hey, guys. Picture time."
Adam and Rocky rushed over like mad-hungry dogs, as she handed over the picture. They stifled their laughs, pointing at their leader.
"Old school." Adam chuckled.
"Hey, how come I never got one of these things? Was Zordon issuing these out the day I decide to skip out?" Rocky grew curious.
"Yeah, neither did I." Aisha commented.
"Stop." Tommy forced out not wanting to go beyond the contents of the picture.
"Well, talk around school says other wise, Dr. O." Kira commented. "Teachers and girls alike are going crazy over you."
"I never noticed." Tommy shook his head.
"Hello?! Principal Randall."
"Randall's old school. Crazy bitch." Adam scoffed, recalling his day as the teens sub. It was hard to get her to believe he was acquainted with Dr. Oliver, as well as his medical doctor. "Damn woman was as cold-hearted as the air of the eye of the storm in Day After Tomorrow."
"Whoo! Served cold." Rocky patted his friend on the back, laughing for his rude comment.
"Enough. Okay?" Tommy said, snatching the picture.
The room fell silent.
Kira began to thumb through the array of pictures in front of her. She stopped, handing a picture to her teacher. "What about this one? Is that who I think it is?" she pointed at the man in the middle, Anton Mercer.
"Man, that seems like ages ago." Tommy nodded. "That was taken on our very first dig." "Who's that guy?" she pointed to the disoriented side of the picture, of the man on Anton's left.
"His name was Terrance Smith. Everyone called him Smitty."
"What happened to him?" Rocky peered over the black dino ranger's shoulder.
"He and I were up for the same job at Anton Mercer Industries. Anton chose me and Smitty went to go work for another company."
"Well, there goes the happy days." Aisha shook her head.
"I don't even know why I still have it. Scrap it." Tommy said simply.
The three rangers exchanged a look as Kira dropped it into the trash pile beside the desk. She met them with a perplexed look.
Rocky patted the suited man on the shoulder. "No, seriously, T. Got any other pictures from ancient central?"
"Upstairs in the closet. Why?" He said.
Adam and Rocky were the first to move, as they bolted up the stairs. Aisha followed, directing the young yellow ranger to join them on their scavenger hunt. Each was curious to know what the legendary ranger had kept in the years passed.
Tommy groaned, getting to his feet and following them up the stairs. "Me and my big mouth."
-----
Next day.
The teens returned from a fight at the school, informing their advisors that no punches were thrown. But a logical proposition to keep the bully, Derrick, out of Ethan's face. He had helped Derrick with his soccer skills, which was still in much need of improvement. Just one step at a time.
But when they saw the saddened gesture in how their mentor sat at the computer, they knew something was wrong.
"What's up?" Conner raised an eyebrow with concern.
Tommy's head hung low. "Kira, you remember that picture I told you to scrap from my first dig with Anton?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "The one with that Smitty guy. Why?"
Tommy forced out a breath. "Zeltrax is Smitty."
The teens' eyes widened with shock. They looked at their ninja mentors to make sure it was true, and they nodded in turn. The team destroyed yet another monster, Termitetron, who was bent on attacking Tommy where he was most vulnerable–his students. And with that, made a rather close call with Ethan morphing in public. Luckily, he didn't, thanks to the yellow ranger's appearance. But than Kira and Ethan had to take a detention from Dr. Mercer with Derrick for being tardy. But the Rangers still saved the day, like always. And Zeltrax made the appearance to take down Tommy, when he revealed his deepest darkest secret.
"That's bad, right?" Conner said.
Kira nodded. "Dr. O went against him for a job, and Dr. O got the better hand."
"Ouch." Ethan cringed.
"No doubt." Conner nodded.
"There was an accident." Tommy began. "Smitty was working for that other company, when he got caught in the explosion. I thought he was dead. But he told me that Mesogog used cybernetic technology to bring him back to life."
"As Zeltrax."
Tommy nodded. "Now, he seeks vengeance on me. Claiming that I took away his life, and made him who he was today." "Brutal." Ethan shook his head.
Tommy got to his feet. "I won't lie to any of you. This is definitely gonna be the biggest battles any of us will face." he stated in his strong leadership voice. "There are enemies and allies on both sides. Be careful what you're fighting for and against."
He headed for the stairs, giving the team the heads-up for their dismissal. They knew he needed some time alone, and they didn't oppose. They headed for the door without saying another word.
-----
Mesogog left the room, making it clear that his son wouldn't try anything against him. Didn't have the chance to double cross him and get away with it.
Trent turned back to Zeltrax, glaring at him. "What the hell was that?! We had a deal, Zeltrax!"
Zeltrax didn't apologized. "Then obviously you still have much to learn about your place in all of this...Trent. Being the White Ranger doesn't give you the advantage just as much as being Anton Mercer's son."
"We'll see about that, Zeltrax." Trent stepped forward, looking at the cyborg with fiery eyes.
The glaring contest went on for some time, but Trent proved the victor when the cyborg stumbled back.
Trent chuckled at the weakness in his counterpart. Zeltrax growled throwing out his sword, but Trent kicked it away. "You're pathetic, Zeltrax. Admit it, you can't destroy me or my dad isn't gonna like it too much. And you'll never destroy Tommy without my help, anyway."
"I'll admit to no such thing." Zeltrax squawked sharply.
"Only because I'm better than you....Smitty." Trent turned and walked away. "Dr. Oliver has other weaknesses other than his students."
Zeltrax grumbled, pushing his sword forward to unleash an electric bolt at the closed door. He knew it would only be worse to have a human as the newest member of the team. Especially one with the white dino gem, that was meant for his master. A teenager. Anton Mercer's son. The White Ranger, who he knew found no real challenge in the other rangers.
To be continued....
A/N: Simple enough. Just as "Bully for Ethan" was, just slightly modified. Trent is now on Mesogog's team, but not for long, of course. But how much does Trent really know? And what enemies and allies does Tommy speak of coming from both sides? Stay tuned. Answers coming up in the next few chapters. May the Powers Protect You Always. Later dayz.
Summary: The ninja rangers and Kira help out around the lab. Tommy finds out why Zeltrax seeks vengeance on him. And now Trent has joined the team against the Rangers. But what other issues will prove to be vulnerable to the Black Dino Thunder Ranger?
Disclaimer: Same thing. Power Rangers not mine.
A/N: I decided to skip out on "The Missing Bone," but it is still mentioned in this chapter. This picks up where "Bully for Ethan" starts, or goes on. I just felt that I had to catch up with the times a little more. And I'll be doing that with some of the other episodes I didn't mind to be of much connection to my story. Anyways, you know the deal. Hit me back. And thanks again for all your support, readers. I wouldn't have gotten this far without your opinions. They really do matter to me. Peace. And read.
"Revenge is never the answer in the fight for taking control over a lower power." –Eclyptyk Neo
Days passed. Two weeks, actually.
After two days of getting weird and mindless substitutes, the teens found out that Dr. Anton Mercer had agreed to take over Dr. Oliver's classes until he "got back on his feet." It was weird enough dealing with not seeing their teacher in his usual suit and tie as a teacher, but having the cold-hearted man who tried to take out their place of hangout, the cyber café, was something they didn't like. Couldn't get over. Trent was just as cold-hearted as his father, if not worse, not wanting to deal with him anymore than he needed to or the rangers offer of help.
The next day, Dr. Mercer decided to take the class to his museum where more problems sparked up. Kira was brought under the influence of a mind- controlling dinosaur, created by Mercer and Oliver, to retrieve the final bone to make him complete. But luckily, the rangers destroyed Fossilador before any real damage could be made.
Now, sitting with not much to do, in another week's passed on not having the good ol' teacher in the classroom, it was driving the teens a little crazy. Kira especially.
There was no word with Kim's disappearance, and after two weeks, the excuses were growing harder and harder. Calls were being made to Kim's phone from the U.S Olympics team advisors about her long absence, and Adam was there to make every excuse in the book possible. If they knew it best, they could pinpoint it to the evidence that he was an actual medical doctor, and not some crazy guy keeping her hostage until a certain love was fixed. Then the constant excuse he would make to Randall on her routine calls to the Oliver household, just to make sure it was true.
It was driving all of them mad. Two weeks. And no real complete answers.
Rocky sat across the room, finding interest in a computer game that Ethan had introduced to him a few days ago. Yet, he was no computer whiz like Ethan, and getting to the next level was harder than it looked.
Adam was dribbling a small black soccer ball at his feet. After the constant questioning of his soccer past from Conner, he was unable to put the soccer ball down.
Aisha was sitting at one of the tables in the room, sitting aside her masked former leader tossing away papers and files that didn't seem to bring interest to her. She always knew Tommy's organization skills weren't the best, and this made no real difference at all, after all the years past. Yet, she didn't know how she had come to be of service as one of Tommy's secretaries. Kira being the other.
Ethan and Conner were at school doing their usual extracurricular activities. Computer club and soccer. While Hayley was running her business, while still checking in with the team when she needed to.
Kira came from the stairs, tossing down a stack of papers and files on the desk as she found a place beside her suited mentor. "Damn, Dr. O. No offense, but you really gotta learn some organization skills."
"Amen to that, Kira." Aisha praised with a smile, smacking the suited man beside her on the back of the head. "Have you learned anything in your years in college? Or even as a teacher?"
"Hey, sorry." Tommy held up his hands in surrender. "My bad, Aisha. Some habits just don't die."
"Tell my why you got me and Kira in on this again, Tommy?" She looked at him with irritation. He shrugged. "You guys needed something to do. Two weeks now, and sitting around the house isn't much use when there are some things that have to get done."
"Like organizing your work." Kira seemed slightly annoyed.
Tommy shrugged again. "Sorry. You requested I give you something to do, so here it is."
"What is all this, anyway?"
"Odds and ends. Mostly before I joined up with Mercer. Not too much of a big deal."
Kira forced out a sigh, still questioning how she managed to drag herself into this. But it was all demolished when she stumbled onto an old picture regarding a certain ranger team. Morphed, but helmetless. The original power ranger team. "Whoa. Ancient central."
"What ya lookin at over there, Kira?" Aisha grew interested.
Kira turned the picture toward her yellow ranger predecessor, giggling. Then she looked at her mentor. "Nice hair."
Tommy causally took the picture away, shaking his head. "Hey, gimme a break. It was the style back then."
"Yeah..." Aisha snatched the picture away. "And have every girl in school go crazy over the rocker look."
"Now, hold up. Time out, Aisha. I wouldn't consider that the rocker look."
"No one opposed. But than again, they were trying to get you to go out with them, even if you had Kim on your arm. Mr. Girl Magnet."
"Stop." Tommy tried to snatch the picture away, blushing. "Past time."
Aisha pushed him away, turning to her ninja counterparts. "Hey, guys. Picture time."
Adam and Rocky rushed over like mad-hungry dogs, as she handed over the picture. They stifled their laughs, pointing at their leader.
"Old school." Adam chuckled.
"Hey, how come I never got one of these things? Was Zordon issuing these out the day I decide to skip out?" Rocky grew curious.
"Yeah, neither did I." Aisha commented.
"Stop." Tommy forced out not wanting to go beyond the contents of the picture.
"Well, talk around school says other wise, Dr. O." Kira commented. "Teachers and girls alike are going crazy over you."
"I never noticed." Tommy shook his head.
"Hello?! Principal Randall."
"Randall's old school. Crazy bitch." Adam scoffed, recalling his day as the teens sub. It was hard to get her to believe he was acquainted with Dr. Oliver, as well as his medical doctor. "Damn woman was as cold-hearted as the air of the eye of the storm in Day After Tomorrow."
"Whoo! Served cold." Rocky patted his friend on the back, laughing for his rude comment.
"Enough. Okay?" Tommy said, snatching the picture.
The room fell silent.
Kira began to thumb through the array of pictures in front of her. She stopped, handing a picture to her teacher. "What about this one? Is that who I think it is?" she pointed at the man in the middle, Anton Mercer.
"Man, that seems like ages ago." Tommy nodded. "That was taken on our very first dig." "Who's that guy?" she pointed to the disoriented side of the picture, of the man on Anton's left.
"His name was Terrance Smith. Everyone called him Smitty."
"What happened to him?" Rocky peered over the black dino ranger's shoulder.
"He and I were up for the same job at Anton Mercer Industries. Anton chose me and Smitty went to go work for another company."
"Well, there goes the happy days." Aisha shook her head.
"I don't even know why I still have it. Scrap it." Tommy said simply.
The three rangers exchanged a look as Kira dropped it into the trash pile beside the desk. She met them with a perplexed look.
Rocky patted the suited man on the shoulder. "No, seriously, T. Got any other pictures from ancient central?"
"Upstairs in the closet. Why?" He said.
Adam and Rocky were the first to move, as they bolted up the stairs. Aisha followed, directing the young yellow ranger to join them on their scavenger hunt. Each was curious to know what the legendary ranger had kept in the years passed.
Tommy groaned, getting to his feet and following them up the stairs. "Me and my big mouth."
-----
Next day.
The teens returned from a fight at the school, informing their advisors that no punches were thrown. But a logical proposition to keep the bully, Derrick, out of Ethan's face. He had helped Derrick with his soccer skills, which was still in much need of improvement. Just one step at a time.
But when they saw the saddened gesture in how their mentor sat at the computer, they knew something was wrong.
"What's up?" Conner raised an eyebrow with concern.
Tommy's head hung low. "Kira, you remember that picture I told you to scrap from my first dig with Anton?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "The one with that Smitty guy. Why?"
Tommy forced out a breath. "Zeltrax is Smitty."
The teens' eyes widened with shock. They looked at their ninja mentors to make sure it was true, and they nodded in turn. The team destroyed yet another monster, Termitetron, who was bent on attacking Tommy where he was most vulnerable–his students. And with that, made a rather close call with Ethan morphing in public. Luckily, he didn't, thanks to the yellow ranger's appearance. But than Kira and Ethan had to take a detention from Dr. Mercer with Derrick for being tardy. But the Rangers still saved the day, like always. And Zeltrax made the appearance to take down Tommy, when he revealed his deepest darkest secret.
"That's bad, right?" Conner said.
Kira nodded. "Dr. O went against him for a job, and Dr. O got the better hand."
"Ouch." Ethan cringed.
"No doubt." Conner nodded.
"There was an accident." Tommy began. "Smitty was working for that other company, when he got caught in the explosion. I thought he was dead. But he told me that Mesogog used cybernetic technology to bring him back to life."
"As Zeltrax."
Tommy nodded. "Now, he seeks vengeance on me. Claiming that I took away his life, and made him who he was today." "Brutal." Ethan shook his head.
Tommy got to his feet. "I won't lie to any of you. This is definitely gonna be the biggest battles any of us will face." he stated in his strong leadership voice. "There are enemies and allies on both sides. Be careful what you're fighting for and against."
He headed for the stairs, giving the team the heads-up for their dismissal. They knew he needed some time alone, and they didn't oppose. They headed for the door without saying another word.
-----
Mesogog left the room, making it clear that his son wouldn't try anything against him. Didn't have the chance to double cross him and get away with it.
Trent turned back to Zeltrax, glaring at him. "What the hell was that?! We had a deal, Zeltrax!"
Zeltrax didn't apologized. "Then obviously you still have much to learn about your place in all of this...Trent. Being the White Ranger doesn't give you the advantage just as much as being Anton Mercer's son."
"We'll see about that, Zeltrax." Trent stepped forward, looking at the cyborg with fiery eyes.
The glaring contest went on for some time, but Trent proved the victor when the cyborg stumbled back.
Trent chuckled at the weakness in his counterpart. Zeltrax growled throwing out his sword, but Trent kicked it away. "You're pathetic, Zeltrax. Admit it, you can't destroy me or my dad isn't gonna like it too much. And you'll never destroy Tommy without my help, anyway."
"I'll admit to no such thing." Zeltrax squawked sharply.
"Only because I'm better than you....Smitty." Trent turned and walked away. "Dr. Oliver has other weaknesses other than his students."
Zeltrax grumbled, pushing his sword forward to unleash an electric bolt at the closed door. He knew it would only be worse to have a human as the newest member of the team. Especially one with the white dino gem, that was meant for his master. A teenager. Anton Mercer's son. The White Ranger, who he knew found no real challenge in the other rangers.
To be continued....
A/N: Simple enough. Just as "Bully for Ethan" was, just slightly modified. Trent is now on Mesogog's team, but not for long, of course. But how much does Trent really know? And what enemies and allies does Tommy speak of coming from both sides? Stay tuned. Answers coming up in the next few chapters. May the Powers Protect You Always. Later dayz.