Power Rangers Dino Thunder AU: White Lightning
Episode Number: PRDT-AU-016
Episode Title: Truth and Consequences
Rating: PG-13 (U.S.)/15 (U.K.)
By Matthew Keirl (RedGenesisRanger)
Based off of 'Power Rangers: Dino Thunder' by BVS Entertainment, Inc. and loosely based off of 'BakuRyuu Sentai Abarenjaa' or translated into 'Blast Dragon Squadron Outburst Ranger' by Toei Entertainment International.
This Fan Fiction is not intended to infringe on the Copyrights held by BVS Entertainment, or any of its affiliates and is intended solely for my enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. However, any material in this Fan Fiction that I have invented is mine and is protected by internet and plagiarism laws and any infringement will be dealt with appropriately.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers in Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Power Rangers Time Force, Power Rangers Wild Force, Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta and all related logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses are TM and © 2002-2005 by BVS Entertainment.
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'Truth and Consequences'
"Tommy, come in!" Hayley said again. Still no response. "Conner. Ethan. Kira, come in" A few seconds passed, 'Where is everybody?' Hayley thought, when she received a response.
"Go ahead, Hayley" said the voice of the Red Ranger, Conner McKnight.
"Where were you?"
"I was still driving Ethan and Kira home; I had to stop, before I had a car accident"
"Are Ethan and Kira still with you?"
"Where here, Hayley" Ethan said over the line.
"Good. I need the three of you to check on Tommy..." Hayley said before she was cut off.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" Kira's voice was heard over the line.
"I've lost contact with him"
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"Want us to check it out?" Conner asked.
"Yes. I suggest you 'Ranger'-up, just to be on the safe side" Hayley suggested.
"You think it's White Ranger?" Conner asked again. Kira shot her head round at the suggestion that Tommy wasn't responding is due to the White Ranger.
"I don't know. But all I'm picking up is his transponder"
"Okay, we're on our way" Conner said.
"Be careful"
"We will" and Conner cut the line, looking around, checking for civilians, "Are we clear?" Conner asked his team-mates.
"Looks that way" Ethan said, "Yo, Kira, you ready?"
"Fine" Kira answered.
"Let's do it!"
"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, ha!" the three Rangers shouted, pressing the buttons on their morphers and the three Rangers morphed into the Power Rangers.
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After a five minute ride on the Raptor Cycles, the Red, Blue and Yellow Rangers entered the warehouse where Kira was kidnapped a few days before by the White Ranger.
"Okay, let look around" Conner said, and the Ranger begun to walk around, with Conner's right hand resting on his Thundermax Saber, ready to withdraw at a seconds notice.
Several minutes of searching the Rangers find one of the two Dino Scanners.
"Wait. I see something" Ethan called out, picking it up, "It's one of the scanners"
"Okay, let's continue searching" Conner said.
The Rangers go towards the back end of the expansive warehouse where they see a large crystal formation in the middle of the space, and something is trapped inside.
"What the hell?" Conner said.
"Dr. O?" Kira said, putting a hand on the yellow crystal.
"Hayley?" Ethan said, bringing his morpher to his mouth.
"Yes, Ethan" Hayley said.
"We've found Dr. O"
"And?"
"It's not good"
"Hayley?" Conner said.
"Yeah, Conner"
"We need to get Dr. O to the lab, like ASAP, have we got access to a truck with a crane?"
"Why?"
"Cause, it's gonna be hard moving Dr. O without one"
"Okay. I'll try and arrange something, give me an hour or so"
"Okay, we'll stay here"
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After a few hours, Hayley managed to secure a crane, and they took the encased Black Ranger back to the underground lab, where Hayley was testing the yellow crystal in which Tommy was trapped.
"Is he okay?" Ethan asked.
"I won't know yet, an internal scan will be able to tell me more" Hayley said.
"Is he frozen?" Kira asked next.
"Not exactly. It's more like he's fossilized, fused into this amber-like substance"
"Can you get him out?" Conner asked, just as Hayley was getting results from the internal scan.
"To risky. According to the scan, he's alive, and should be able to stay alive in there, but I'd hate to think what would happen if I broke him out"
"A palaeontologist turned into a fossil?! The White Ranger has got a great sense of humor!" Ethan said.
"I've had enough of him, I say we go out and deal with him, now!" Conner said.
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"Incompetent fools! The White Ranger destroyed another one of my creatures! I want him dealt with!" Shouts Mesogog, obviously in a very bad mood.
"My lord, how can we stop him if we can't find him?" Zeltrax asked.
"You are completely useless! I should end your miserable existence right now!" Mesogog shouts into the cyborgs face, before grabbing him and throwing him to the ground.
"Fortunately, My lord, I am not useless...I have constructed this tracking device, and from the data collected so far about the White Ranger, should be able to detect and locate the White Dino Gem's energy, and should lead us to exactly where he is, regardless of whether he is morphed or not. We should be able to track him in his civilian form"
"Excellent work, Elsa. Begin your search" Mesogog says, and turning to Zeltrax, who is picking himself of the ground, "Zeltrax, help Elsa in her search, I will deal with you later"
"Yes, master, right away" Zeltrax answers.
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Twenty-four hours later, the Rangers, minus Tommy are in Hayley's Cyberspace, trying to relax, but being unable do to so when their teacher is trapped in his amber prison.
"Hey guys, I think Hayley has some idea on how to free Dr. O" Ethan says.
"Yeah dude, but Hayley looks like she's gonna collapse, I bet she hasn't slept at all" Conner comments.
"She is busy, and Krista calling in sick today hasn't helped either" Kira adds, "I'm gonna go help her" Kira says and walks to the counter.
"Okay" Conner says, and turns to the Blue Ranger, "Well, we can hit the streets. I mean, it's not like the White Ranger is just gonna walk in here" And just as Conner finished talking, a figure walked in.
"You just had to say it, didn't you?!" Ethan said, the figure was none other then Michael, the evil White Ranger, and he spots the Red and Blue Ranger sitting on the couch and walks over, all smiles.
"Hi guys" Michael says.
"What are you doing here?" Conner asks, with venom evident in his voice.
"I've come to hang out, McKnight" Michael says, sitting down in the armchair next to the two male Rangers, "Problem?"
"Yeah, as a matter of fact I do, what did you do to Dr. O?" Conner asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Bull, if you don't tell me, I'm gonna..."
"Gonna what? You know I can beat you, Conner! And I doubt we want a fight here, either, I know you want to avoid civilian casualties, although I couldn't give a crap about these morons, but I want to keep my identity a secret as much as you two idiots want to keep yours, so let's play happy families, and just try to get along" Michael said.
"Conner, as much as I hate to agree with him, he's right, a fight here will not be a hot idea" Ethan said.
"Okay, we'll play along for now, but just so you know, you'll be getting yours soon, Mike!" Conner said.
"Whatever, McKnight! Hey, where's Kira?"
"None of your business, Michael. She doesn't want to see you"
A crash was heard from behind the couch, and the three guys looked behind them to see Kira, with her hand over her mouth and tears in her eyes.
"Why don't we ask her, eh, McKnight?" Michael said, getting up and walking around to the Yellow Ranger, "Hello Kira"
"Stay away from me" Kira said, backing off.
"Oh, come on, it's still me, somewhat" Michael said.
"I said stay away from me" Kira said again and she then ran towards the door and away from the cybercafé.
"Nice going, pal!" Ethan said.
"Whatever! Well it was nice hanging with you losers, but I've got to go" Michael said, and he walked out another door.
"I can't wait to give what's coming to him!" Conner said; his hand curled into a fist.
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Outside, Michael goes round the back of a building nearby Cyberspace, and he subconsciously activates his Dino Gem and morphs into the White Ranger.
"Now, that's better" the White Ranger said.
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"It works. My machine has detected the White Ranger!" Elsa says excitedly inside the confines of Mesogog's island fortress.
"So have I. He's right there in the open" Mesogog adds, "Well, what are two idiots waiting for! Go down and capture him!"
"Yes, my lord" Elsa says.
"Yes, sir" Zeltrax says, and both teleport to the White Ranger's position through an invisi-portal.
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When Elsa and Zeltrax appear out of the exit aperture of the invisi-portal, right near the White Ranger, with a small force of Tyrannodrones as back up.
"What do you two morons want?" White Ranger says, unsheathing his Drago Saber from his hilt and resting the blade on the armor on his shoulders.
"We have a special invitation to you, from Lord Mesogog" Elsa says.
"It's more of a command. Join him or be destroyed!" Zeltrax adds.
"I don't know how many more times I have to say it. I'm not interested" the White Ranger says, quickly becoming annoyed.
"Maybe this will change you mind" Zeltrax said, charging up an energy bolt from his sword, and firing right at the White Ranger. As the bolt flies directly towards the White Warrior, he blocks the blast, with his Drago Saber and throws it aside, causing an explosion.
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Inside Cyberspace, the Red and Blue Rangers, hear the explosion, just like everyone else there.
"What on earth was that?" Ethan asks.
"Want to take a wild guess?" Conner says, "Come on lets go" and the two Rangers run outside.
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The small force of Tyrannodrones and the White Ranger are fighting, with Elsa and Zeltrax watching on, in short order, the drones are not a match for the speed and skill of the White Ranger.
"Okay, that was too easy" White Ranger said, placing a boot on the chest of a Tyrannodrone he defeated and placing his weight on his leg, crushing the creatures rib cage, killing it easily, "Who's next? How about the both of you?" Elsa and Zeltrax don't even respond and charge, Elsa swinging her sword, which White Ranger dodges and then avoids a slash from Zeltrax. White Ranger kicks Elsa's sword away, sending her spinning, and he blocks Zeltrax again, and holds the cyborgs sword, the two deadlocked, until White Ranger kick Zeltrax in the knee, causing his leg to buckle, and White Ranger kicked Zeltrax in the chest, sending him into some barrels.
Elsa was back up and attacking again, White Ranger blocking each and everyone of her attacks with her sword.
"Haven't we met?" White Ranger said, before shoving his boot into Elsa stomach, sending her towards Zeltrax.
Conner and Ethan turn up on running in their Ranger armor. They see Elsa and Zeltrax reeling.
"Whoa, whose side do we take?" Ethan asks.
"We'll make it easy for you!" Elsa says, and then she and her cyborg companion teleport out.
"If you had any sense, you'd run too!" White Ranger says, pointing his sword towards the two Rangers.
"Dream on!" Conner answers back; and both male Rangers charge against the White Ranger. Conner tries to kick the White Ranger, but his leg is grabbed, and White Ranger drives his elbow into the shin of the Red Ranger, and following up with a slash to the chest. Ethan attacks with a punch, and then a kick, but White Ranger blocks those attacks as well and slashes the Blue Ranger as well.
"I thought with all the times we've fought, you Rangers would have picked up my fighting style by now!" White Ranger says, "Had enough?"
"Michael!" a voice shouts from behind them, and the White Ranger turns around to find the Yellow Ranger. "Get away from them, now!" she warns.
"Make me!"
"Fine! Super Dino Mode!" Kira shouts and the white diamonds on her armor become armoured scales and wings appear on her suit. She uses her power to lift White Ranger in the air before dropping him to the ground.
"You'll pay for that. I'm taking you down!" White Ranger says, "White Drago Saber, Laser Arrow, Single Shot!" he shouts and a yellow arrow appears from the tip of the saber and strikes Kira in the chest. Conner and Ethan take their Thundermax Sabers out of their holsters and fire, but White Ranger deflects the blast back to their source, hitting the Red and Blue Rangers instead.
"Michael, that's enough!" Kira shouts, getting up.
"Michael is gone forever, Yellow Ranger!" White Ranger said.
"I like you, Michael, but you leave me no choice, I am going to stop you! Once and for all!" and she charges the White Ranger, but he blocks her attacks, and grabs her.
"You're a little out of your league, don't you think?!" White Ranger says, before pushing her back, and slashing Kira with a charged up blade, causing her to fly back in a shower of sparks.
As she gets up from the attack, the White Ranger fires a single arrow right at the Yellow Ranger, "See my point!" the White Ranger says, mocking her and Kira demorphs. Kira tries to get up again, despite not being morphed anymore and she gets a laser arrow clip her in the shoulder, and she screams in pain as the arrow sparked and slashed though her clothes and skin, before continuing on beyond and exploding behind her. Meanwhile Conner and Ethan try to defend their powerless friend from an obviously psychotic White Ranger but got beaten down and were thrown into some crates.
"Pathetic!" White Ranger says, and turning towards Kira, who was holding her bleeding arm, "I never did like the color Yellow!" he said as he stalked towards Kira.
"Well, Yellow Ranger, time to say goodbye!" White Ranger says, holding his saber towards her, and brings it up, ready to strike...
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"Yes, I will destroy the Yellow Ranger, then the other two. Then I'll deal with that fool Mesogog. No body will stand in my way" a figure in white says, standing looking over an abyss, seeing through the White Ranger's eyes towards a vulnerable Yellow Ranger.
"STOP!!" a voice shouts behind him. The figure in white turns around to see a battered Michael in a fighting stance, "I will not let you hurt her!"
"You don't make the rules around here, this body is mine now, I decide who to destroy" he says, "Your limited control before is now over, I, White Ranger, am in control!" and the figure turns around to reveal himself as the White Ranger. "This mind is mine, and will not give it up without a fight. And when I've beaten your will to live, just before I destroy your conscience entirely, Michael, you will get the honour of watching the Yellow Ranger die at my, i mean, your hand!"
"I said you. Will. Not. Hurt. Her! Or do I have to repeat myself" Michael said.
"I've had enough sharing this mind with you" White Ranger said, taking his Drago Saber out of it sheath, "I will enjoy destroying you"
"Let's cut the crap!"
"Yes, let's" Michael said, and the two personas of the White Ranger ran at each other. White Ranger slashed towards Michael's chest, but he avoided it, and tried to go for a leg sweep, but the White Ranger jumped over and caught Michael in the head with a snap kick.
"I know your every move, Michael, before you can make them!"
"That maybe so. And you do have the advantage..." Michael said, picking himself up.
"At last we agree on something" White Ranger said.
"...but I have two things that are stronger!"
"What might those be?" White Ranger asked.
"One: I love her, and I will not let you hurt her, even if I have to die, I guarantee I will take you, you bastard, with me! And Two: I'm royally pissed off and ask anyone who has fought me,that is a position you do not want to be in!" Michael shouted, getting into a fighting stance and fighting with everything he has. Almost everyone of Michael's attacks this time find their mark, and the White Ranger was unable to withstand the onslaught, and Michael had managed to grab the White Drago Saber and had pushed the White Ranger towards the abyss.
"Here's a tip for you, pal, never, ever, piss me off. Especially when you hurt the girl I love, that is the most definite way to piss me off! Now, get out of my fucking head!" Michael shouted before slashing the White Ranger with his own saber and sending him into the abyss.
"This is not over, Michael, you can't destroy me, and we are a part of each other!" White Ranger shouted, falling, his voice becoming as loud a whisper, "I WILL BE BACK!" he shouted empathizing his point.
"I know. I'll be waiting!" Michael said, before throwing the Drago Saber into the abyss also, turning to the image of the White Ranger about to finish Kira off, "Now to stop this"
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...Kira closed her eyes, awaiting the inevitable. 'I'm gonna die! And Michael's the one who's gonna do it! Michael, I forgive you." Kira thinks as she awaits the saber to begin to cut into her flesh, spilling her blood and eventually killing her.
"Kira?!!!" the White Ranger says, and Kira opens her eyes to see the White Ranger, still with saber ready to strike, but not moving, "Kira...help...me..."
"Mike...Michael?" Kira asks.
"Help. Me!" he asks again, "It won't...won't take long for him to return. Go. Now!" Michael warned, still stuck in the 'striking' pose, "RUN. GO. NOW!!" Michael shouts as he grabs his head in pain... "He returning..."
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Meanwhile inside Michael's head, over the abyss.
"I told you I'll be back" White Ranger said, climbing up from the abyss "I now every road inside you head, and now we have some unfinished business!"
"I won't let you hurt Kira again!" Michael said.
"Enough! White Drago Saber, Laser Arrows!" White Ranger said, and several arrows appeared around him and were fired towards Michael's prone body, and several hit him, sending him over the abyss.
"Now to finish what I started, the destruction of the Yellow Ranger" White Ranger said.
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Kira was about to apply with Michael's request when his voice changed again, back into the psychotic White Ranger.
"That's better! Where do you think you're going?! Prepare to be destroyed, Yellow Ranger" White Ranger said. Kira decided it was time to run, but the White Ranger had other ideas, "White Drago Saber, Laser Arrow, Single Shot!" and an arrow struck Kira in the leg, and sparked again. Kira screamed as the heat and pain exploded in her leg this time, and she grabbed it in reflex.
"Get away from her, you sadistic sonofabitch!" Conner shouted.
"Yeah, you bastard, leave her alone!" Ethan shouted also, "Ready!"
"Let's do it!" Conner said.
"SUPER DINO MODE!" Conner and Ethan shouted together and the white diamonds turned into armoured scales. Both Ethan and Conner both slash the White Ranger repeatedly and he falls to the ground. Conner and Ethan return to normal. The White Ranger picked himself of the ground, "I'll be back, Rangers, count on it!" he said before disappearing. Conner and Ethan power down and go to a bleeding Kira.
"Kira, are you okay?" Ethan asks.
"He blew two holes in her, Ethan! Do you think she's okay?!" Conner said.
"I'm...fine, guys, just get me to the lab" Kira said.
"Okay, I'll take your cycle" Conner says, and both male Rangers morph and Kira is carried back to Dino Ops on.
"Blue Raptor Cycle!" Ethan shouts and seconds later his armoured cycle appears, and Ethan climbs on. Conner and Kira both get on to the Yellow Raptor Rider, as Hayley still hasn't built him a new one, due to other 'circumstances'.
"Kira, hold on tight. Let's go" Conner says, and all three Rangers ride back to the lab at top speed.
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"You two are miserable failures! You'll never be able to catch the White Ranger" Mesogog says.
"In his Ranger form, no. But if we can find him in his human form, we might have a chance" Elsa says.
"Then find him, Elsa" Mesogog orders.
"Yes Master"
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The three Rangers enter the lab, to find their fellow Ranger still encased in amber and now Hayley in site.
"Ok, Kira, on the bio-bed" Conner ordered. And Kira did so, slowly, limping, due the injury in her leg.
"Looks like the wound in you leg isn't to bad, proberly due to the fact that you wear baggy pants, they took most of the blast, lucky!" Ethan said, checking the burn wound on Kira's right leg.
"Okay, Ethan, go get the regen kit from the medical cabinet" Conner asked.
"Right" and the Blue Ranger said, going off to get the Ranger first aid kit.
"Okay, Kira, take your top off" Conner said.
"What?!" Kira asked, unable to believe what Conner was asking, "I am not taking my top off, especially notfor you, Conner"
"Kira, I'm not looking for a cheap thrill, okay, but I've got to get to the cut on your arm, and I can't do it with your top on, so, please?" Conner explained.
"Conner's got a point, Kira" Ethan said.
"Oh, alright! But no staring, okay?" Kira said, allowing her yellow shirt to fall from her shoulders and grabbing the bottom of her black shirt and pulling it over her head, gritting her teeth the whole time. She's wearing a yellowish-white cotton bra underneath.
"Here you go, Conner" Ethan says, handing a gun-like implement to the Red Ranger.
"You'd better not be staring, McKnight!" Kira warns, although her embarrassment is rising. Her two best friends are fixing her various cuts and bruises up, while she's sitting on the bio-bed with her top half just in her bra.
"I've better things to do then stare at your breasts, Kira, like mending this gash on your arm!" Conner said, waving the 'gun' over the cut, and a white light was being emitted from the end, "Besides, I'd rather keep my teeth in my mouth!" Conner added, Kira laughed slightly, and then regretted it when the pain hit her mid-section.
"I was think more of your eyes, Conner, if you were staring, I might be tempted to rip them out of your head!" Kira said.
"Lucky for me I'm just looking at the cut on your arm" Conner said.
"Also luckily forus we aren't asking for you to take your pants off too" Ethan said, earning a stern look from the Yellow Ranger, "Kira the wound in your leg should easily be taken care of by your Dino Gem, it's only a flesh wound, although you've now got a friggin' big hole in your pants"
"Done" Conner said, as Hayley came running down the stairs, to find Kira in just her pants and bra, with Ethan and Conner near her holding the dermo-regenerator.
"Are you guys alright?" Hayley said.
"We're fine, although Kira took the brunt of White Rangers attacks" Ethan said.
"Don't hyper, Hayley, I needed to get to the cut on Kira's arm and the only..." Conner said, trying to explain why the Yellow Ranger was mostly in her underwear.
"Its okay, Conner, I can see that. Kira, are you alright?" Hayley asked, as Kira was putting her top back on, still wincing from the bruises covering her body.
"I'm fine" Kira says.
"Good" Hayley said.
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"Master, it worked! The scanner had trouble picking him up when he's in his civilian form, but I have him, the White Ranger in his human form" Elsa says.
"Excellent work, Elsa" Mesogog says, "Zeltrax?"
"Yes, master" the cyborg says.
"Send some Tyrannodrones to secure him for delivery here. He is not to be harmed" Mesogog orders.
"At once my lord"
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Michael, the White Ranger is sat on a park bench holding his head in pain, as the internal battle for his body, for his soul rages inside his body.
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"You cannot defeat me, Michael" White Ranger says.
"I can and I will!" Michael counters. And both of them go at it again. Block, counter, block, strike, block, counter-block. That was the routine until one of them made a mistake, and unfortunately, the White Ranger was the one who made the mistake. Michael took advantage of this and drop kicked the White Ranger off the edge of the cliff again, "See, didn't believe me did you, you bastard!"
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However when Michael regained the control over his body, he was not aware of the Tyrannodrones stalking him and about to throw a net over him and when they did, he didn't have enough strength to fight back, but he tried anyway. Until one of the drone clockedhim over the head, knocking him into unconsciousness. And the Drones and their captive teleported through an invisi-portal.
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"Get off me!" Michael says as he is dragged by the Tyrannodrones into Mesogog's lab and is strapped into the life force extractor. Then Mesogog enters.
"So, the White Ranger finally pays us a visit at last. Let's finally see the man behind the mystery!" and pulls the net.
"You?! I thought it was you, from the warehouse, with that Yellow Ranger" Elsa says, in disbelief.
"Who is he?" Zeltrax asks.
"He's a new brat at the school, just transferred this week"
"Well, well, well" Mesogog says.
"What do the hell you want with me freak?" Michael demands.
"I want you to fight by my side, as we bring the world back to the magnificent era of the Dinosaurs!" Mesogog says, triumphantly.
"You are out of your friggin' mind!" Michael says, "I'll never help you!"
"Oh, but you will" Mesogog says, "Think of it, White Ranger. With our combined powers, the modern world doesn't stand a chance. We'll crush them like insects!"
"Forget it! I'll never help you!"
"You don't have a choice. Now that the White Dino Gem has bonded with you, it's only a matter of time before you lose your internal struggle and allow the evil to consume you"
"I won't. I'll fight it!"
"For a while longer, maybe. But I can feel the struggle inside of you, between yourself and the evil of the gem, for the control of your body, your mind, and your soul. You can't stop him for more then a few minutes, can you? I can feel the battle raging within you, even as we speak, and even as you grow weaker, he grows slowly stronger, until he rules and you no longer exist. You understand, it is inevitable. The White Ranger will win in the end; there is nothing you can do to stop him, except join me. I can stop him and give you control over your body again!" Mesogog finishes with, and he waits for a response, but receives none.
"I thought so. It would be so much easer to give into me, I can help you, Michael. Only if you join me! Michael, join me!" Mesogog said.
"NO!" Michael shouts, "WHITE RANGER POWER!" and he morphs into the White Ranger, the morph knocks back the Tyrannodrones and Mesogog.
"You know that by morphing in your present condition, you are giving into the darkness!" Mesogog shouts, as he picks himself of the floor of his lab.
"I am the darkness!" White Ranger says, and fires a laser arrow right at the mutant genius, but Mesogog easily deflects the arrow with his psycho-power. "Don't get in my way again, Mesogog! Or I will destroy you!" and just them Zeltrax and Elsa run in, weapons ready, ready to defend their master, "I'm outta here!" White Ranger disappears.
"Where is he?!" Mesogog asks, "Well, find him!"
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The alarms blare out of the computer systems in the underground lab at Dr. Oliver's house.
"What is it?" Conner asks.
"White Ranger, he's back!" Hayley says, pointing to the screen, picturing the Dino Stegazord "And he's busting right out with the Megazord!"
"Great, major Megazord action right off the bat!" Ethan says.
"Well, this might be a got time to test out the Ankylo Zord" Hayley says.
"Ready?" Conner asks.
"Ready" Kira and Ethan say.
"Wait, Kira, you know we've got to do whatever it takes to stop him, you know that, right?"
"Yeah" Kira says.
"Do you?"
"What do you mean? You don't think I want to stop him?" Kira asked.
"I know you do, Kira, I just want you to know that I'll give the order to destroy him, if I have too, if he forces me too and I want you word that you'll follow it if I give it?" Conner asks, Kira just nods, understanding what's at stake, not even Michael's life is worth the jeopardising the safety of the city.
"Ready?" Conner asks again.
"Ready!"
"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, ha!" and the three Rangers morph.
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"Dino Zords, manual engage" Hayley says, typing the command into the white keyboard, and sending the Brachio Zord to meet the Ranger at the battle site.
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Arriving at the scene, the Rangers jump into their Dino Zord and activate the neuro-spheres.
"Tyranno Zord!" Conner shouts.
"Tricera Zord!" Ethan adds.
"Ptera Zord!" Kira says.
"Thundersaurus Megazord, engage!" the Ranger shouts as one, and the three zords begin to join as one, with the helmet clamping down on the Megazord's head last, competing the transformation.
"Thundersaurus Megazord, Power Up!"
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"Guys, here you go, I'm sending the Ankylo Zord" Hayley says.
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"A new dino zord, eh? I'll add that one to my collection!" White Ranger says, from his cockpit.
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"Not a chance! Ankylo Zord, weapon formation!" Conner shouts, and the Tricera Zord detaches and the Ankylo Zord takes its place.
"Thundersaurus Megazord, Double Drill mode!" the Rangers shout together.
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"He was right here, and you two idiots let him get away! Ah!" Mesogog says, watching the battle between the Rangers and the White Ranger on the screen.
"We're sorry, sir" Zeltrax said.
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"You think you can beat me with that!" White Ranger mocks, "Dino Stegalaser, fire!" and the same blue-white beam which cut Angor in half appears from the Dino Stegazord's mouth, fired at the ground and then towards the Rangers.
"Oh, no, the Stegalaser attack!" Kira says.
"Got it covered! Ankylo-shield!" Ethan says, and the Megazord turns by ninety degrees and the shield on the Ankylo arm begins to spin, deflecting most of the energy right back at the Dino Stegazord.
"Let's finish this!" Conner says.
"Right!" Ethan and Kira respond, although Kira a little less enthusiastically.
"Thundersaurus Megazord, Double Drill Attack!" the Rangers shout. And the Megazord slashes the Dino Stegazord in an 'x' formation, the Tyranno Drill first, which knocks the Stegazord back, and then the larger drill on the right arm hits home, sending the Dino Stegazord down.
"Don't think this is over!" White Ranger warns, as the Dino Stegazord teleports out.
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Back in the lab, several hours have passed, while the Ethan, Conner and Hayley find a way to break Dr. Oliver out of his amber prison.
"Is there no way to break him out of this thing, Hayley?" Conner asked the red-head.
"I'm still looking into it. If only I had a power source powerful enough..." Hayley said.
"What about the Dino Gems?" Conner said, making it sound like an afterthought.
"Yeah, Hayley, maybe the three of our gems could break Dr. O outta there" Ethan said.
"No, it's two risky" Hayley said.
"What if it's our choice to make, Hayley" Conner said.
"No! I will not use your Dino Gems" Hayley said more forcibly.
"Why?"
"It's too risky"
"Why?" Ethan asks this time.
"Cause if your gems are destroyed in the attempt, there will be no-one left to defend the world from Mesogog!"
"What if we decide to take that chance?" Conner asks.
"I won't let you take that chance, Conner. Tommy certainly won't. And seemingly the fact that Tommy can't speak for himself at this time, I'm in charge at the moment"
"But..."
"No buts, Conner, Tommy won't risk his life against the fate of the world, and I won't let you either, so drop it"
"Okay, what about Dr. O's Zeo crystal, Hayley?" Ethan says, remembering Dr. Oliver's time as Zeo Ranger V.
"I've thought about that, Ethan, Tommy's Zeo crystal alone won't generate enough power to crack that thing"
"What about the others? If we got the other Zeo Rangers here, couldn't they help by assembling the Zeo crystal?" Conner asked.
"I've tried to track them, Conner, but the other Zeo Rangers are not listed and I've tried Jason already and he can't help either, but, theoretically, if I had all five sub-divisions of the Zeo Crystal, not only would we have enough power to free Tommy, but proberly enough to beat Mesogog as well"
"What are we waiting for, let get them here!" Ethan says.
"I'm working on it, though, I've got the computer searching for the Zeo signatures, but I doubt we'll find them in time. Tommy's condition is not getting any better, the longer he stays in there, the worse it'll eventually get for him"
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While the Red and Blue Rangers are discussing things with Hayley downstairs in the lab, Kira is resting up stair on Dr. Oliver's expansive and expensive couch, which you could sink into and be lost in if you weren't careful. Kira was ordered by her friends to rest, much to her objections.
Kira was starting to actually fall asleep when the phone ringing brought her out of her reverie.
"I'll get it!" Kira shouted down the hidden stairwell to the basement lab, as she went to the telephone, "Hello?" she said as she brought the receiver to her ear.
"Kira?" the voice said on the other end. Kira instantly recognised the voice.
"Michael?"
"Yeah, it's me"
"How do I know it's you and not the White Ranger?" Kira asked.
"I don't know how to convince you that it's me, but I've managed to hold him at bay, for now and I rang to ask you to meet me"
"You want me to meet you? I can't trust you at the moment" Kira said down the phone.
"I need to talk to you, Kira, please?"
"How did you get this number, anyway?"
"Oh, come on Kira, I know your identities as Rangers, even Dr. Oliver's, so it was a matter of elimination to find his number in the Yellow Pages. So can you meet me, alone?"
"Alone?"
"Please, I need to see you, I need to talk to you, bring Conner and Ethan as back-up if you want to, but I need to talk to you alone"
"Okay, I'll come alone, but at the first sign of deception I'm morphing, okay?"
"Deal"
"Where?"
"By the lake, in an hour"
"See you then"
"Bye" Michael said, putting down the receiver on the other end. Kira grabbed her bag and ran out the door as fast as she could, it was a long walk to the park.
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Kira walked towards the lake and she could see a lone figure standing by the lake, tossing stones into it, trying to make them skip across the lakes surface. Kira walked up slowly, looking around, she saw plenty of people around to stop White Ranger from morphing and attacking her if it was a trap, but this didn't lower her anxiety level.
"I was starting to wonder if you would show" Michael said, not even turning around.
"I said I would, didn't I?" Kira said.
"I'm sorry"
"For?"
"For everything, I can't control him you know"
"Who?"
"White Ranger, he's becoming harder and harder to control"
"What do you mean?"
"When I found this gem" Michael says, showing the black Dino Brace with the white gemstone set within it, "Everything changed, and he showed up and I've been forced to watch everything that been going on. Everything he did. And I've been fighting him for what seams like forever!"
"What happened in the warehouse then, cause I swear it was you in there, both at night and in the morning, before the attack"
"I think mostly it was me, but it was also him. That's the conflict between us, before I meet Mesogog, I had some influence over his decisions, over his actions, but the feeling were completely mine, that I assure you. But after my first meeting with Mesogog, it changed, it was like he probed my mind and set him free and that's when he took control, and I had little of my own, except to fight, but even that's become to much for me"
"Why?"
"He's winning, slowly, but he's winning"
"Let us help you" Kira said.
"No, it's too late. The power of the Gem and it's influence over me are taking over, just like he said"
"Who?"
"It doesn't matter. Look, Kira, I have to go away, I have to leave Reefside, for everyone's sake, for everyone's protection. For your protection."
"But..."
"I said no, Kira. It's not safe for anyone to be around me, especially you, he's taking great pleasure in making you suffer, causing you pain, trying to kill you. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you, especially if I'm the cause. I care about you too dam much!"
"Michael, please, come with me, we can help you" Kira pleaded again.
"No. I can't. Don't ask me again and just honour my wishes, please" Michael said, walking slowly towards the Yellow Ranger, "But I had another reason for asking you here"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah, I want to tell you something, something I've wanted to tell you for a while now" Michael said, standing really close to Kira, "They say actions speak louder then words, so..." Michael lightly places both his hands under Kira cheeks and lightly lifts her head up a few millimetres, brings his face closer to hers and lightly kisses her on the lips. Kira is shocked by this at first but begins to ease into it and she places her arms around the White Ranger's neck, as he moves his arms down her side, near her hips, as their kiss intensifies. And just as Kira is really getting into it, Michael breaks it off, "...Kira, I love you," Michael says, "I just wanted to say it. I needed to say it before I go"
Michael then begins to walk away and picks up a bag on the way, throwing it over her shoulder. Kira watches him start to walk away, and tears start to creep from her eyes as she realises that he is walking away. From her.
"Michael...Michael, please come back!" Kira says, with tears running down her face, "I love you, please come back. I love you. I love you!" Kira says, her voice becoming quieter every time she says it.
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Michael continued walking, hearing Kira's pleas for him to stay, and being torn between his love for her and his passion to protect her. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, Michael's passion to protect her wins out.
"Just keep walking. It's for the best. Just keep walking" Michael says to himself.
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Kira continues to cry as she watches the love of her life walk away, until he can't be seen beyond the horizon. Kira drops to the grass and cries like she's never cried before in her life.
Just then, in a parking lot near the lake, Conner's car pulls up and the Red and Blue Ranger step out and see Kira sitting on the grass.
"Kira!" Conner shouts, and the two male Rangers run up to her, and Conner sees Kira crying and he can guess why, "Oh, Kira, come here" Conner says, gathering the Yellow Ranger up in his arms and hugging her, she cries into his shoulder.
"He left. He left me!" Kira says, muffled slightly into Conner's shoulders.
"I'm sorry, Kira"
"Come on, let's get you home" Ethan says, and the two male Ranger walk towards Conner's red car.
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Author's Note: -
I just want to thank everyone who voted. To think, I have three votes. I never thought I would even get that many.
So thank you.
Matthew
(RedGenesisRanger)
p.s. now onto the preview for the next episode.
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Next Episode: -
PRDT-AU-017 - Leader of the Whack
Synopsis: Tommy is still trapped in amber. Meanwhile, Michael, the evil White Ranger, is still in the process of leaving Reefside. A meteorite decides to fall through the sky and burns up in the atmosphere and now it's a race against time between the Rangers, with a reluctant Michael helping; and Mesogog's forces trying to secure the meteor fragment. The fragment is the only thing that could free Tommy from his prison.
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