Power Rangers Dino Thunder AU: White Lightning
Episode Number: PRDT-AU-019
Episode Title: The Missing Bone
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.
Author's Note: -
This story is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Asian Tsunami Disaster that has devastated the world this Christmas.
Matthew Keirl
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'The Missing Bone'
Conner McKnight, Red Ranger; Ethan James, Blue Ranger and Kira Ford, the Yellow Ranger, were walking up the steps into the main building of Reefside High, getting ready for the first class of the day, which was history with Mr. Mackenzie, a forty-year old man with a balding head. The Rangers walked up the main staircase to the first floor, where their first period class if located.
"Hey Kira, you heard from Michael yet?" Ethan asks.
"No" Kira simply answered.
"Well, either way we need to make sure he doesn't go on a rampage cause some freshman wouldn't give him some lunch money!" Ethan says, as the three of them start passing the first floor lockers.
"Eth, I think Michael is after a little more than a grilled cheese!" Conner says.
"We just need to find out what he wants, maybe we can make a deal" Kira says.
"Until then, we keep a close eye on him. Agreed?" Conner says.
"Agreed" Ethan says.
"Okay" Kira adds as well, and the three Rangers enter the classroom. Seconds later, a figure materialises from out of nowhere in an empty corridor. It was the White Ranger, Michael Scott, a victim of circumstance, a prisoner inside his own mind, trapped there by the evil of the White Dino Gem.
"You guys can watch me all you want, won't make a blind bit of difference" Michael says with an evil smile spread over his face.
A three-toned chime sounded over the school announcement system "Michael Scott, please report to the Principal's Office. Michael Scott" Principal Randall's voice echoed through the empty corridor.
"What does she want?" Michael asks and he secures his bag to his shoulder and walks to Randall's office.
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Michael knocks the door, and he receives an acknowledgement from inside and opened the door. Inside was Principal Randall sat at her desk.
"You asked to see me, Principal?" Michael asked politely, hiding his true mood.
"Yes, sit down" Randall ordered, when Michael did so, she continued, "I've called you here because there's been some concern among your teachers that recently, you been, how can I put this? Ah...Pre-occupied"
"Pre-occupied?" Michael asks in return.
"Mr. Scott, your grades have been slipping, your behaviour has been erratic and your suffering from a general lack of attention in your all classes" Randall explains, "Normally the slipping grades could be explained to you getting used to a new school, new surroundings and that you've been getting yourself situated. Normally we would let you get used to being here at Reefside until you've got your feet, but your erratic behaviour and lack of attention in your classes has given me cause of concern. Are you sure everything is alright?"
"I'm fine; there is nothing to worry about" Michael states.
"Okay. Let's talk about friends. Is there a particular group you've been hanging out with?"
"No, not really. I prefer to keep to myself"
"Alright. Is there any team you'd like to be a part of? Any team would like an athletic person like you to join" Randall says, "Have you ever thought of that?" To Randall's surprise, Michael laughs, "Is something funny, Mr. Scott?"
"It's funny you should have mentioned the whole 'team' thing! I was just recently asked to join one recently" Michael says.
"And?"
"They were losers!" Michael says flatly, Randall's face falls, "I can't really see me on a losing team, can I? You can understand that, right?" Randall doesn't answer; Michael takes that as his cue to leave, "Um...Principal, Can I get back to class?"
"Oh yes, of course, go" Randall says, and then Michael exited the room, Randall's expression turns from a false happiness to anger.
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Later that day, inside Dr. Oliver's classroom, the students were messing around. Ethan and Conner were throwing pieces of screwed up paper towards Devin, who was holding his insulated lunchbox and trying to catching them. The two male Rangers had managed to start quite the competitive game between them, see who can get more in. Kira was looking towards the White Ranger, who was sitting on the other side of the room, not paying anyone any attention.
"Hey, anyone heard that we are getting a new teacher?" Ethan asks, throwing another ball of paper but missing the target, "Dam!"
"Yeah. Any guesses?" Conner asks, throwing his ball of paper and it landing in the box.
"I've heard from a very reliable source that it is an eighty-year old woman that used to teach Kindergarden in Ohio" Cassidy says.
"Really?" Conner asks. Just then, Principal Randall walks in.
"Good Morning Class" She says addressing the students, "I would like you to meet your teacher..." she pauses, "...Dr. Anton Mercer"
This catches the attention of the Rangers, all four of them, the old friend of Tommy Oliver walked in holding an expensive black leather briefcase, Anton Mercer, the millionaire and one of the leading authorities in the field of palaeontology and owner of one of the largest scientific research conglomerates in California, Anton Mercer Industries, a leader in DNA and bio-synthetics research. "Hey, she looks pretty good for eighty!" Ethan says, earning a laugh from the class, although Devin earned a slap on the arm for it.
"Hey, it was funny!" Devin says in his defence.
"Dr. Mercer has ever so graciously agreed to take over for Dr. Oliver, until he's able to get back on his feet again. I would like you to treat him with the same respect as you would treat Dr. Oliver" Randall says, and nods towards Dr. Mercer, who smiles and nods back, and then Randall leaves the room.
"I'm honoured to be here. This is only a temporary position and hopefully Dr. Oliver will get better and be back soon" Dr. Mercer said, and then he moved to the front desk, opened his briefcase and took a small pile of paper out, "In my hand are permission slips for your parents to sign for a little field trip tomorrow to the museum. I've managed to secure both first and seconds periods for this, so you'll get your second morning class off too..." and several of the students were saying 'Cool!' and 'Sweet!' and other one or two letter words. "...I hope this is sufficient incentive for you to try and make it on time"
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"Anton Mercer teaching?! Now that's just plain weird" Kira says, as she walked with her friends towards the exit of the school grounds after a tough day.
"Yeah, I wonder whose brilliant idea that was!" Conner asks.
"I'd bet you it's all Randall's idea" Ethan says, "The way they walked in together, it was like they were pals"
"Yeah" Conner says.
"What are you guys doing?" Kira asked.
"Soccer practise. We've got a big game against Mariner Bay this weekend and coach wants me to pick up my game" Conner said, Kira turned to the Blue Ranger.
"Computer Club. We're testing out a few new games" Ethan said, and he asked Kira, "You?"
"I'm helping Dr. O inventory some stuff back at the lab" Kira said.
"What? No band practice?" Conner asked.
"No, not in the mood right now" Kira said.
"Why?" Ethan asked, "You ill?"
"No, just not in the mood, besides I promised Dr. O that I'll help inventory stuff in the lab" Kira said, "Plus, he'd proberly want to know who is teaching his class"
"I wonder what he'll have to say about it" Conner said.
"Bye" Kira said, walking off.
"Take care" Conner said, still worried for her safety after the White Ranger kidnap incident.
"Always. I'll give you guys a call if I get into trouble" Kira responded.
"Bye" Conner said.
"See ya" Ethan said.
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"Well, who's covering my class, Miss Archer? Mr. Jacobs?" Tommy asked, still trapped inside the confines of his Ranger Form, placing several dinosaur bones inside a box, "Who is it, Kira? Stop keeping me in tenterhooks!"
"It's Dr. Anton Mercer" Kira said, looking at the labels on various bones and passing them to Dr. Oliver.
"That's great!" Tommy exclaimed, surprising Kira a little.
"You're kidding right?!"
"No. Okay, Anton maybe a little strange..." Tommy said, before Kira cut him off.
"Yeah, and Justin Timberlake is a little cute!" Kira said.
"Okay, I'll give you that one, he's a lot strange, but he's a brilliant scientist and humanitarian. He taught me a lot of what I know about palaeontology and science in general. He is really an amazing person once you get to know him, but..." Tommy said.
"But, what?" Kira asked.
"But, I don't know how Anton will react being compared to Justin Timberlake!" Tommy said with a laugh, Kira joined in and for the first time in ages she was laughing without the need to pretend, then suddenly, as if the laughter had broke the wall that contained Kira's emotions, as she was hit by a torrent of emotions from within herself, Kira begun to sob lightly. Tommy placed the bone in his hands on the table and placed it on Kira's shoulder. Tommy knew that the past couple of weeks have been hard on the Yellow Ranger, both in civilian life and as a Ranger, seeing the person you loved every day at school, not being able to see, talk, laugh or joke with them and then fighting against them every couple of days, and knowing you couldn't help them, Tommy knew it was killing her a little bit inside everyday. After a few minutes Kira stopped and regained her composure, whipping the tears from her eyes. Tommy handed her a tissue.
"Thanks" Kira said, "Sorry"
"No problem, Kira. Remember, we're always here for you, no matter the time. But there's no telling how long you've been holding that up inside. Feeling better?"
"Yeah, a little, thanks"
"You don't always need to be strong Kira, there are times when showing a little weakness is good for you" Tommy said.
"You sound like you know that from experience" Kira asked.
"More then you'll ever know, Kira"
"Tell me, please" Kira asked, placing her hand over the gloved hand of the Black Ranger, silently pleading for him to tell her she's not alone in the world.
Tommy stood, thinking about a safe topic. 'Okay, Tommy. She wants to know something about you. Something she needs to hear, something that would help her grief. But what?' Tommy thought, and suddenly an image of Kimberly, the original Pink Ranger, flashed into his head; Tommy flinched inside, not expecting that so suddenly 'Not Kimberly, Tommy, you don't want to go there and you definitely don't want to freak the girl out. The Kimberly subject is of limits. At least not for a long while yet anyway!' Tommy thought, but then the image of the original Pink Ranger strapped to a table in one of Lord Zedd's dimensions came to mind, 'You're not gonna let up today, are you?' Tommy said sarcastically to his mind.
"Okay, Kira" Tommy said, sitting down, "When I was a Ranger, in my earlier days, Kimberly, the Pink Ranger, one of Zordon's first Rangers, had her power coin stolen by Rita and Zedd..." Tommy said, before cut off by Kira.
"Really?" Kira asked.
"Yeah. When Kimberly's coin came in contact with evil, it begun to affect her, if it remained in evil hands for to long, it would affect her to the point it would have killed her"
"My god!"
"Yeah. To save Kimberly, Zordon psychically cut the connection to her coin. Effectively, at that point, she was no longer the Pink Ranger, although she could have used her Ninja abilities. Then we lost Ninjor and the Falconzord, my zord afterwards. Unfortunately, it didn't end there, using another friend of ours, Katherine..."
"Zeo Ranger One, right?" Kira asked.
"Yeah. Rita and Zedd, using Katherine, who was under a spell, managed to kidnap Kimberly and strapped her to a primitive machine similar to Mesogog's life force extractor" Tommy explained.
"What happened next?" Kira asked.
"Zedd had managed to uncover five ancient zords, the Shogun Zords, and was planning to unleash them on Angel Grove. But he had a problem, he needed pilots, and he chose us. He also gave us two choices"
"What?"
"Pilot his zords and destroy Angel Grove or slowly and painfully watch Kim waste away on the viewing globe as the machine sucked what was left of her life force out of her"
"What did you do?" Kira asked.
"We agreed to pilot his zords" Tommy admitted.
"What?!" Kira said, unable to believe what she was hearing.
"But, we only did that as a cover while I went in to Zedd's dimension and rescued Kimberly. I had to fight Zedd, personally, to do it, and I actually underestimated him, he could fight, and he nearly kicked my butt, but in the end we had managed to rescue her" Tommy said.
"How did you feel before you rescued Kimberly?"
"Helpless. While Billy, Alpha Five and Zordon tried to find a way to get me in, I felt like a spare wheel" Tommy said.
"I know, I feel so helpless. We've got all this technology and we can't help him" Kira said, referring to the White Ranger.
"We will help him, Kira, I promise" Tommy said, placing his hand on the Yellow Rangers shoulders.
"Thanks Dr. O" Kira says, "Um...Dr. O?"
"Yes Kira"
"About Kimberly, did you love her?" Kira asked, and for the first time since being a Ranger with these kids was Tommy Oliver completely lost for words. It took Tommy almost a full minute to come to his senses, however Kira picked up on this as well, "I'm sorry, Dr. O, I shouldn't have asked that sort of question, forget I ask..." Kira said, before being cut off.
"No, Kira, it's okay. You just...caught me a...a little of guard, that's all. Did anyone tell you, that you are very perceptive?" Tommy said, Kira nodded, "Yes. I did love her, and maybe, on some level, I still do, it's just a long, painful and complicated story that surrounds that, one that I don't really want to go into"
"Have you seen her?"
"I saw her, um, a few years ago, at a funeral, for an old friend. We talked a little, but apart for that meeting and a few weddings, I haven't really seen her for, um....almost, eight years"
"Oh"
"Maybe we should finish this up before your parents start to worry where you are" Tommy suggested, noticing the conversation becoming uncomfortable, decides to change its direction.
"Okay" Kira said, and she eyed a bone about the length of her hand, from thumb to little finger, with a small spikes running along the top, "Where does this go?
"Oh, you'd better give that to me"
"What is it?" Kira asked, handing the bone over.
"It's just a bone"
"Why is it so important?"
"It just needs to be kept safe, with me" Tommy says, placing it inside a armoured titanium box, "Let's just put it away" Tommy then puts a large padlock on the box, locking it up, "That's enough for today, Kira, you can go home, if you want"
"Okay, Dr. O, same time tomorrow" Kira asked, picking up her backpack and throwing it over her shoulder.
"I'll let you know about that, but I think you have some homework to hand in"
"Yeah, I do" Kira said, heading towards the exit, "Um, Dr. O?"
"Yes"
"I won't tell the guys, I promise"
"Thanks, I'd appreciate that, Kira"
"Bye, Dr. O" Kira said.
"Bye, Kira" Tommy said in return, the Yellow Ranger smiled at him and went up the stairs, then Tommy just slumped into the chair and sighed heavily.
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"All right, come along. We don't want to keep our pre-historic friends waiting" Dr. Mercer said, as his class walked past a large statue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex outside the entrance. Conner, Ethan and Kira walked as a group, with Michael walking a few feet in front. As the Rangers walked past, Kira abruptly stops and looks behind her towards the T-Rex, catching the attention of her male team-mates.
"What's the matter?" Conner asks.
"That 'thing', it's really creeping me out" Kira said.
"In what way?"
"I don't know. But I swear it moved"
"You know dinosaurs are extinct, right?" Ethan asks, earning a 'What the hell are you talking about?' look from the Yellow Ranger, "Okay, I see your point!" Ethan ways, and the group continues walking, and Kira looks behind her again to see if the T-Rex has moved.
"Stop staring!" Kira says to the large artificial dinosaur, and she catches up with the group.
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Inside the museum, the class walk past the skeletal frame of a Triceratops, as Dr. Mercer explains about it.
"Just ahead here is a Triceratops, from the Cretaceous period, it was strictly an herbivore, and was generally hunted by the Tyrannosaurus Rex" Dr. Mercer said, leading the group past the namesake of Ethan's Dino Powers. Conner grabbed the Blue Ranger from the back of the shoulders.
"You've gotta love the T-Rex!" Conner said into Ethan's ear.
"Whatever, bro!" Ethan counters, sarcastically.
Kira is walking behind the Red and Blue Rangers, looking over their shoulders towards the White Ranger, who couldn't look any less interested if he tried. Then a noise from a nearby exhibit catches Kira's notice and she turns around. She sees a shadow running behind some glass cases. Kira decides to break off from the main group and investigate. Cassidy notices Kira walk off and follows her.
Kira, being followed by the inquisitive Cassidy Cornell, passes a glass exhibit case when Cassidy taps the Yellow Ranger on the shoulder.
"Aaahhh!" Kira shouts, turning around to see Cassidy, "What are you doing, you scared the hell outta me!"
"Sorry. I was just wondering where you were going?" Cassidy asks.
"Uh, to the bathroom?" Kira said.
"Me too, because my lip gloss is, like, totally wearing off!"
"Well, stay put, because you're just gonna get to us get us into trouble"
"I'm going to the 'little girl's room'" Cassidy says, "You can do whatever you like!"
Kira just rolls her eyes and walked off. Cassidy begins to search for the bathroom, when a figure steps out from behind her.
"Ms. Cornell, why don't come join us, we don't want you to miss any artifacts, would we?" Dr. Mercer asks.
"But what about..." Cassidy begins to say, but she is shushed by Dr. Mercer.
"Come along now" he says, leading the blonde reporter back to the rest of the group.
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Kira walks down a corridor, following the illusive shadow she saw back in the exhibit. She approaches a door labelled 'Storage Room'. Kira tests the door knob, expecting to find it locked, but it swings open, much to her surprise. 'The Janitor must have left it unlocked by accident' Kira thought as she entered the room. Inside the room are a several artifacts and prehistoric goods, including some Egyptian, Greek and Roman artifacts, as well as various stuff from other periods in human history, although Kira wasn't to surprised to find a large amount of dinosaur bones in crates and wrapped in protective paper, this was after all 'Dr. Mercer's' Museum. Looking around, Kira didn't unfortunately notice the small group of Tyrannodrones behind her, emerging from behind the crates and boxes around the room. One came behind her and grabbed her, and on instinct, she elbowed it, sending it back. Three surrounded her and leapt to attack, Kira blocked a few of their attacks, kicking one away with a 1-2 combo and elbowing another in the face. She then kicked one in the stomach, but the drone grabbed her leg and flipped her over. Kira landed in the arms of two behind her and no matter how much she struggled, they would not let go.
"Let go of me you freaks!" Kira shouted.
"Bring her to me" a voice said inside the Yellow Rangers mind.
"Who or what is that?" Kira asked, being dragged in front of a dinosaur skull on a shelf. However this was not your ordinary skull, even Kira could see that. When the skulls eye sockets begin to glow, Kira flinches in response.
"Kira, you will listen to me!" the skulls says, Kira closes her, trying not to look into the glow, "Open her eyes!" the voice shouts to the Tyrannodrones holding her, and in response another drone came up behind her and forced her eyelids open, "Kira! You. Will. Listen. To. Me!"
"I will listen, master" Kira said, her eyes changed from her beautiful brown to almost pure white with black pupils.
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Meanwhile the rest of the group were listening to Dr. Mercer talk about the Velociraptor, a dinosaur that was a pure predator.
"The Velociraptor and it's cousins, like the Utahraptor were extremely quick carnivores, capable of between forty and sixty miles-per-hour, respectively, and were extremely smart and intelligent animals, using pack and ambush tactics to hunt it pray. They were also efficient and capable killers, making them pound-for-pound one of the most powerful hunters in the prehistoric era" Dr. Mercer explained.
Michael was not paying attention; however, he was looking around for the Yellow Ranger, wondering where she was gone, he was wondering why she wasn't with the other two losers. Michael decided to ask them, and slowly walked towards Conner and Ethan.
"Hey, McKnight?" He whispered, Conner turned around and the look on his face said it all, he was not happy to see him.
"What the hell do you want?!" Conner said venomously.
"Watch your tongue, McKnight, or I might have to just cut it out!" Michael warned, Ethan came and backed his friend up.
"Look, pal, we don't want to talk or speak to you, alright" Ethan said.
"Fine! Although, you might want to hear what I have to say" Michael said, turning around, "Wither you know where Kira is?"
"What do you mean? She's right..." Ethan said, looking around, hoping to find the Yellow Ranger, and not finding her, "Conner, she's not here"
"Alright, where is she?!" Conner threatened.
"How the hell should I know? I just thought you wanted to know she not here" Michael said, "Although I might have an idea where she went, follow me"
"Why?" Conner asked.
"Does it matter?"
"Yeah, I want to know why we should, or if, we can trust you" Ethan asked.
"You don't, Blue, but do you want to find her, or what?"
"Okay, lets go. But be careful, I'm watching you"
"Ditto!" Michael responded and the three Rangers went in search of the missing Yellow Ranger, slipping away from the rest of their class.
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Conner, Ethan and Michael walk near the corridor where Kira disappeared up.
"Where could she gone?" Conner said; they'd been searching for around five minutes, if they didn't find Kira soon, Dr. Mercer would come searching for them, and the results would not be pleasant if he found them.
Kira came staggering out of the corridor and was noticed by Ethan. "There she is!" Ethan shouted. Conner and Ethan ran up to her, Michael catching up behind. Kira looked up holding her head when Conner grabbed her arm, to stop her falling over.
"Are you alright?" Conner asked. Kira forcibly removed her arm from Conner's light grasp, but she almost fainted when she spotted the White Ranger lingering behind, not expecting him to be there, and looking for her.
"Um, Yeah, I'm fine, I just got lost" Kira said.
"Lost?" Conner said. "Ignore them. Complete your mission" Kira heard in her mind.
"Yeah. Lost. As in not found!" Kira snapped, her headache getting worse, "Are we leaving?"
"Yeah, we're leaving"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Kira ordered and walked off, leaving two dumbfounded Rangers. Michael walked up behind Conner and Ethan.
"Keep an eye on her, something's different about her" He whispered.
"Eh?" Conner said.
"She's changed. Be cautious around her" Michael said, walking to follow her.
"What does he mean?" Conner asked.
"I don't know, Conner, but something tells me to trust him" Ethan says.
"What?!" Conner said, "Trust him, you can't trust him, Ethan! He's a nutjob!"
"Okay, I see your point and I agree with you. But I think on this instance, we should follow his advice. Kira was acting weird"
"Okay. Come on, before Dr. Mercer goes postal on us" and the two Rangers followed to catch up with the rest of the group.
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At Hayley's Cyberspace, Conner and Ethan are sitting at a table, both on laptops, doing the assignment given to them by Dr. Mercer. Although their ability to concentrate on the matters of their homework is being interrupted by the change in the Yellow Ranger, who was sat on near the counter.
"Something's not right" Ethan says, earning a nod from his male team-mates.
Meanwhile, Hayley is being a little more inquisitive and decides to ask Kira about her sudden change.
"Hey Kira?" Hayley says; Kira looks up from her book, irritated that someone interrupted her, "How come you're not studying with the guys?" Kira returns her eyes to her book.
"Do we have to do everything together?!" Kira asks.
"No" Hayley answers, "But you usually do"
"Not anymore!" Kira snaps, catching Hayley a little short, "I don't mean to be rude, but I really have to get this done, for Dr. Mercer's Class.
"'Dr. Mercer's Class'? I don't think I will ever get used to that" Hayley says.
"Dr. Mercer is a really good teacher and we're gonna learn a lot from him" Kira says.
"Okay, whatever you say, Kira" Hayley says, walking over to the guys.
"Any luck, Hayley?" Ethan asked as the red-head came over.
"None. Why don't you guys try?" Hayley suggested.
"Okay" Conner said and both Conner and Ethan got up and walked over to Kira, "Hey Kira, do you want to go to a movie tonight?"
"No" Kira states simply.
"You know, when someone doesn't want to hangout, they generally come up with an excuse, even a completely lame one, like 'I'm washing my hair' would have done!"
"Look, I just don't want to spend anymore time with you guys than I really have to, okay?" Kira said, and then she got off the stool and picked up her books and bag, "I have to go, I've got something to do" And Kira walks off.
"What's up with her?" Ethan asks.
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"Complete your mission. Retrieve the bone" the skull told Kira in her mind. She simply nodded, standing outside the entrance to the Ranger's Vehicle Bay, a cave connected to the lab.
"Must complete my mission" Kira says, like she's in a trance, and then she raised her Dino Brace to her mouth, "Dr. O, are you there? It's Kira"
Inside the lab, Tommy is sitting at the main computer terminal.
"Yeah, what's up Kira?" He asks.
"I was walking home and I think I saw something by the edge of the old forest, by the lake. It might be a dinozord egg. Could you check it out for me, I've got to get home" Kira said.
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"I'm on my way" Dr. Oliver said through Kira's Dino Brace.
"Great. Thanks" Kira said, closing the channel. Kira then hid behind a tree, so not to be seen by Dr. O as he exited the portal exit. Seconds later, Tommy, still in his Black Ranger uniform, came riding out on his ATV, as it was more suited to the uneven terrain of the forest then the Battle Cycle, which was designed more for high-speed urban combat and when you need firepower, if you wanted manuvreability, you choose the ATV. Kira watched as Tommy disappeared into the clearing, and then she ran into the vehicle bay through the portal entrance.
On her way to the lab, Kira passed through the vehicle bay, which contained the three Raptor Cycles and a Black armoured Battle Cycle, the most powerful vehicle in the Rangers arsenal. She continued walking for a few more seconds when the bay doors open into the lab.
"Now finish the task!" the skull tells her, and Kira walks into the lab and see the titanium case the bone sitting on an examination table. Kira stops in the claw motif on the floor and lets a Ptera Scream rip, right at the look, blasting it with concentrated sonic energy, the lock shatters and falls off. Kira walks to the box, opens it to find the spiked bone inside.
"Excellent" the voice in her head says, "Soon I will be complete, then I will rise again!"
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Tommy come to stop in a clearing near to where Kira described her dinozord egg was located at, looks around, and checks the scanner on his cycle, but finds nothing.
"I don't see any dinozord egg" Tommy says, "Kira, it's me"
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"Kira, it's me" Tommy says, over her brace, "I couldn't find anything out here, you sure you saw something?"
"Um, I, must have been wrong" Kira says, still holding the bone, "thanks for checking out for me, Dr. O"
"No Problem" Tommy says and he cuts the line. Kira then proceeds to walk away.
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About twenty minutes later; Conner, Ethan and a morphed Dr. Oliver are walking into the lab from the vehicle bay. Obviously Tommy contacted them after talking to Kira.
"You think Kira's been acting kind of strange?" Tommy asked.
"We just don't know what's wrong with her. But I'm sure I didn't say anything that would nark her off think this" Conner said, in his own defence.
"You sure? Sometimes you say things that you don't think will get people angry, but still gets things thrown at you" Ethan says.
"Dude, I promise. I didn't say anything"
"Just asking" Ethan said. Dr. O picked up the empty security container, noticing that the bone was not inside.
"Alright you two. I think we may have a bigger problem then that" Tommy said, "This box contained the final bone to a creature created by me and Mercer years ago"
"What kind if creature?" Conner asks.
"Fossilodor. We were trying to create a dinosaur at one time with the power of mind control. We scrapped it when it got out of hand"
"Great!" Ethan said sarcastically.
"As long as I had the main support bone, it could never come to life"
"So the question is who took the bone?" Conner said.
"If it wasn't you two; and if it wasn't me or Hayley. That seriously cuts down the list of suspects"
"Kira?!" Ethan says, shocked.
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Kira uses her Ptera Scream to blast the door of it's hinges as it seamed it was locked during the day, the door exploded in a blast of matchsticks and splinters.
"I have returned, as you have commanded" Kira said.
"Good Girl. Did you bring it?" the voice said. Kira simply held the bone up, "Excellent work, give to me" Kira had begun to walk towards the entrance when a figure materialised from out of the wall; it was Michael, the White Ranger.
"You know Kira; the evil thing doesn't really suit you, give me the bone" Michael said, his hand held out. Kira just looks at him, her eyes white with black pupils. Even that shakes the White Ranger a little.
"Ignore him. Bring me the bone" the voice said.
"Yes" Kira says and she places the bone near the skull. A seemingly invisible wind picks up and blows violently around the room, kicking loose stuff up and the rest of the skeleton of Fossilodor begins to form. Michael shields his eyes and after a few seconds, the creature known as Fossilodor stands near the Yellow Ranger.
"You have served you purpose" Fossilodor says. Michael readies his morpher, just in case. The bone monster blasts Kira directly with purple energy, sending her flying back towards the shattered entrance she blasted minutes before. Fossilodor then turns to the intruder, "And you will not stop me!"
"We'll just see about that" Michael says, stepping in front of the monster, "WHITE RANGER, DINO POWER, ha!" he shouts and morphs into the White Ranger. Michael jump kicks him in the head and lands a hit, but it seams to have no effect and Fossilodor blasts him with the same purple energy he hit Kira with, sending him back towards her. His morph saved him from unconsciousness, but he lost his morph in the exchange.
"Time to finally introduce myself to the world" Fossilodor said, gathering all the surrounding energy and focusing it to grow. The monster continues to grow, smashing through the roof. Michael, lying near an unconscious Kira, instinctively gets on top of her, using his body to protect hers as the roof practically caved in on them.
Meanwhile, Fossilodor, now super-sized, is seen stomping his way through the city.
"Yes, I'm free; my time has come at last!"
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Back at the lab, Fossilodor is shown on the monitor, destroying a building.
"Let me take a wild stab in the dark, but I'd say that's your fossil monster!" Ethan says.
"Unfortunately, Ethan, it is" Tommy says and he turns to Hayley, who has just arrived, "Any word from Kira?"
"Nothing. But I've being trying to locate her on the scanner, but when fossil-breath showed up, I lost my trace on her" Hayley said.
"Okay. Guys, think; where did Kira came in contact with this thing?" Tommy asked.
"The museum!" Conner says, "We went on a field trip there with Dr. Mercer this morning"
"Yeah, and she disappeared for a while, when she came back, that's when she started acting weird" Ethan added.
"Okay, Hayley, you go to the museum and look for Kira" Tommy says, "We'll try to hold this thing off"
"On my way" Hayley said, getting up and grabbing her car keys from the table and going up stairs.
"We'll take the Raptors" Tommy said.
"Don't have to convince me" Conner says, "Ready?"
"Ready" Ethan responds.
"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, ha!" Both Conner and Ethan shout and they morph into the Red and Blue Rangers, respectively, "DINO POWER!"
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When the Rangers turn up on their Raptor Riders, they find Fossilodor towering over them.
"Check out them bones!" Conner says, as he pulls his Raptor up. Then red lighting hits Conner in the chest, sending him flying off his ride. Same then happens to Ethan and Tommy. Zeltrax steps in front of the Rangers.
"You Rangers are not going anywhere" Zeltrax shouts, "Triptoids" and several of the Black and White robot fighters from Ethan's computer game charge at the three male Rangers. Conner and Ethan take their Thundermax Sabers out, while Dr. O takes his Brachio Staff and they charge the Triptoids, slashing them. Tommy kept several Triptoids away while simultaneously taking on Zeltrax.
"You guys go on. I'll deal with Zeltrax" Tommy shouts.
"Okay" Conner says, and he slashes another troid. Ethan does the same and they run off.
"Brachio Zord, Power Up!" Tommy shouts, while taking on Zeltrax, blocking his attacks. The huge Black and Gold dinozord shows up and releases the Tyranno Zord and the Tricera Zord from it's internal bays. Both Zords try to attack Fossilodor, but the monster blasts them with his purple lightning.
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Meanwhile at the museum, which a part of it has been destroyed by Fossilodor's escape. Hayley runs down towards a fire exit to find it locked; she looks in through the glass to find another way in when a voice calls her from the top of the steps.
"Hey, what are you doing here; you should be in an emergency shelter, there is a monster in the city, and he was here not to long ago" the young security guard says.
"I understand. But I think there maybe a high school student trapped inside" Hayley says.
"That's impossible. I checked the whole place before that thing busted it's way outta here"
"Could you check one more time? The student has diabetes and she'll need her insulin injection soon, without it she could fall into a coma!" Hayley lies, hoping to get the guards trust.
"You sure?" he asks, becoming serious, when Hayley nods, his face turns into one of worry, "Do you have her injection on you?"
"In my car. So can we go and get her"
"Okay, follow me" the guard says, and Hayley smiles.
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"Let's do it" Conner says, surveying the Zord battle.
"Yeah!" Ethan says. And both Rangers jump into their own zords, their neuro-spheres appearing in front of them.
"Activate..." Conner says.
"...Megazord!" Ethan finishes, and the Tyranno and Tricera Zords morph into the Thundersaurus Megazord, without the Ptera Zord as the chest plate and helmet.
"Ah man, look at that guy! This is not gonna be easy!" Conner says, still in his own cockpit. The Rangers don't move to the central control center unless all three zords are together.
"You read my mind!" Ethan says, from his cockpit. The Megazord charges and tries to hit Fossilodor with the Tyranno Drill and then the Tricera Fist, but the monster blocks them and slashes the Megazord repeatedly.
"You can't stop me!" Fossilodor says. Conner holds onto his neuro-sphere and activates the communications channel.
"Any word from Kira, Dr. O?" Conner asks.
"Eh-yah! Nothing yet, you guys hang on!" Tommy says over the line.
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Hayley and the security guard arrive to the storage room to find it trashed, and to find two bodies in half covered in plaster board from the rubble.
"Kira!" Hayley shouts, running in and the security guard not to far behind. Hayley and the guard start removing the rubble to find Kira being covered by second body, he coughs and kneels up, "Michael?!" Michael ignores her and tries to get his bearings.
"Kira, wake up" Hayley says and the Yellow Ranger does, Hayley knells by her, "Are you alright? Can you hear me?"
"Yeah" Kira responds.
"What happened?"
"Oh no! I sent that thing..." Kira says, but she gets cut off by Hayley, not wanting to expose to much information the security guard.
"Can you stand?"
"I'm fine" Kira says and she stands up. Michael joins her standing up.
"What were you kids doing in here in the first place? This is a restricted area" the security guard asks.
"What do you think we were doing? We were making out, when bone bag showed up and trashed the place!" Michael says, although Kira and Hayley looked at him in utter surprise, Kira more so in total shock, although her cheeks were going red without her knowledge.
"Well you shouldn't have been. The museum is not the place for that sort of thing" the guard warned, "Do you two require a doctor?"
"No, I'm good" Michael says.
"I'm fine, thanks, I just need to go home" Kira says.
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A few minutes later Hayley walks out the side door with Kira and Michael following.
"I can't believe I was responsible for that thing coming alive" Kira says.
"It wasn't your fault. In your civilian form, you couldn't stop him from controlling your mind" Hayley says, "It's lucky the guys are protected by their powers"
"I'm going over there" Kira says.
"You sure?" Hayley asks.
"Yeah. Nobody messes with my wind and gets away with it!" Kira says.
"I'm coming too. He's gonna find out that paybacks a bitch!" Michael says.
"Okay. I can't believe you said we're making out!" Kira says, turning to the White Ranger.
"It was the only thing he was going to believe. What would you have said?" Michael says.
"Not that!"
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Fossilodor blasts the Megazord with a mega dose of his lightning attack, sending it to the ground. Just then two 'things' fly overhead.
"Hey, what's that?!" Conner says; holding onto his neuro-sphere like it was a rubber ring.
One of the 'things' fly over to reveal Kira standing on the nose of her Ptera Zord.
"Hang on guys!" Kira shouts.
"Kira!" Conner shouts, his spirits rising.
"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, ha!" Kira says, and she morphs into the Yellow Ranger, "Ptera Power!" and Kira enters the cockpit of her zord.
"Alright!" Ethan says.
The Thundersaurus Megazord gets up off the ground and jumps into the air and the Ptera Zord comes in to complete the transformation.
"Thundersaurus Megazord, Online!" The three Rangers shout forming into the central cockpit.
"Good timing, Kira" Ethan says.
"We could us the help" Conner says.
"That's why I brought some more" Kira says.
"What?" Conner says, and he looks to the sky, the second 'thing' in the sky.
"Hello Rangers!" Michael shouts from his cockpit, although he is unmorphed.
"You?!" Conner says.
"Yes, me! Do you want my help or not?"
"Not really"
"Tough!" Michael says, readying his morpher, "WHITE RANGER, DINO POWER, ha!" and he morphs into the Evil White Ranger, "Drago Power!"
"Stega Zord, online!" White Ranger orders and the Stega Zord arrives from it's waterfall hiding place, "Initiate Dino Stegazord Formation!"
The Drago Zord picks the Stega Zord and flies into the sky, where the two zords combine to crate the White Ranger's own Megazord, "Dino Stegazord, Power Up!"
"Guys, he's on our side for now, Fossilodor blasted him too" Kira says.
"Really?" Ethan asks.
"Yeah. Let's blast this bonehead!" Kira says and both Megazords face off against Fossilodor, "Fire lasers" The eyes on the Thundersaurus Megazord glow and fire green blasts of energy towards the monster, which bounce off harmlessly.
"Ptera Rang!" Kira orders and the Ptera Zord is charged and thrown at Fossilodor, which slices of his hand at the wrist.
"Nice Try!" Fossilodor mocks, as his as grows back.
"No way!" Conner exclaims.
"My turn, losers!" White Ranger says, "Dino Stega-winger!" and the Dino Stegazord lays it's weapon out in front of itself and fires towards the monster, but the Winger goes straight through and exits out the other side, leaving a hole in Fossilodor's chest, which grows back instantly, "Impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible, White Ranger!" Fossilodor says, and shots both Megazord's with his purple lightning again, sending them crash to the ground.
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Tommy slashes another two toids, one black and one white and then looks up towards the Megazord fight, and seeing the Thundersaurus Megazord and Dino Stegazord working together must be shock for him, and if it is he's hiding it well. He then slashes a couple more and dodges an attack by Zeltrax, just in time to see Fossilodor blast both Megazords.
"That's bad!" Tommy says. Zeltrax decides to take advantage of Tommy's momentary loss of concentration, and attacks him. Tommy sees this ahead of time and dodges it, slashing several drones and kicking others. Tommy and Zeltrax eye each other up and jump at one another, Zeltrax getting a kick in, sending Tommy into a black car.
"Don't you ever get tired?" Tommy asks.
"Not of destroying you!" Zeltrax answers and then fires blast of blue energy at Tommy. Tommy expertly dodges it and he lands, slashing and dodging more Triptoids, before dodging another energy blast by Zeltrax an landing on a white car. Upon landing Tommy slashes a white troid and then a black one.
"Anyone else?!" Tommy challenges.
Responding to the Black Rangers challenge, a white troid leaps at him on top of the car, Tommy simply roundhouse kicks away in mid-air. Zeltrax is next to accept the good Doctor's challenge and uses the flat end of his sword into Tommy's left knee, making him fall onto his back. Zeltrax moves into finish the job, but Tommy blocks his attack with his sword.
"Not this time!" Tommy shouts, jumping up from his back and landing on his feet. Zeltrax tries to take Dr. Oliver's head off, but Tommy just ducks, spins and hits Zeltrax in the chest with a huge slash, sending him into the black car, which explodes from the impact, the gas explosion sends Zeltrax into the area between both cars.
"Looks like you lose again!" Tommy says.
Getting up, Zeltrax says, "It matters not, Dr. Oliver! Soon your Rangers will be finished, and without them, you'll be nothing!" before disappearing into an invisi-portal.
"I still don't know what his problem is!" Tommy said, sheathing his Brachio Staff and looking up to the Megazord fight, "Hang on, guys!"
"We're hanging, we're hanging!" Ethan shouts, as the Megazord is blasted again.
Thinking of a way to defeat Fossilodor, Tommy concentrates and then the idea come to him, "Kira, aim for the missing bone, it's where he's most vulnerable"
"Right, you got it!" Kira says.
The Dino Stegazord leaps at Fossilodor and grabs him, holding him, White Ranger hearing Dr. O's advice and keeping Fossilodor from escaping.
"You'd better target that bone, and quick, I don't know how long I can hold him!" White Ranger says, the zord sparking all around him, as Fossilodor blasts him with repeated attacks of bluish lightning.
"Locked on!" Kira says, "Tyranno Drill! Michael, disengage!"
"Disengaging!" White Ranger says, "Dino Stega-laser, fire!"
"Unable to fire. To close to target" the computer on the White Ranger's Megazord reports.
"Michael, disengage, now!" Conner's voice shouts over channel, "You've got four seconds!"
"Override!" White Ranger orders and milliseconds later a blue laser beam travel up Fossilodor's entire body, and a large explosion separates the two behemoths. The Dino Stegazord goes flying back, suffering the after-effects of it's own attack. Amazingly, Fossilodor survived the attack only to be drilled straight though it's support bone, and right out the other side.
Fossilodor explodes in a massive green explosion, just as the Dino Stegazord manages to pick it's self up.
The three Rangers jump down, with the White Ranger following closely.
"Good job, guys" Tommy said.
"Thanks, Dr. O" Conner says and then he turns to the White Ranger, "Why did you just help us against Fossilodor? Turning over a new leaf?"
"Hardly, Red! No, I'm not turning good. It's just that Fossil-for-brains there presented a larger threat at that time then you four losers" White Ranger said.
"Whatever your reason, thank you" Tommy says.
"I didn't do it for you, I did it cause I felt like it" White Ranger says, "Don't think this is gonna be a regular occurrence, this is a one off deal. We weren't even allies, don't confuse the facts, we just had a common enemy. Next time we meet, we'll be enemies again!" White Ranger took a short walk nearer to his zord.
"Michael? Why did you protect me in the museum?" Kira asked, referring to the instance he used his body to cover her when the roof caved in.
"I don't know, seamed like a good idea at the time" White Ranger responded.
"Oh"
"Who knows, maybe Michael was coming through" White Ranger said, before jumping up to his zord and piloting it away, leaving Kira confused.
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Back at Dr. O's lab; Conner, Ethan and Kira walked down the stairs from the house above.
"It's good to have you back, Kira. You were kinda scary there for a while" Ethan says.
"I'm sorry for being mean earlier" Kira apologises.
"Don't worry about it, you weren't yourself" Ethan says.
"Seriously" Conner adds, "We're kinda used to it!" Kira gives him 'The Look'.
"See? Those are the things you say from time to time!" Ethan says to the Red Ranger.
"Oh, right! Sorry!" Conner responds.
"Conner, you asked if I wanted to go to the movies earlier" Kira asked, Conner nodded, "Is the offer still open?"
"Yeah, if you want to go with us two losers?" Conner said, smiling.
"Of course, I couldn't hope to find a better couple of loser to go to the movies with!" Kira said.
"Cool" Ethan says, getting the joke.
"Thanks, I think!" Conner says, not getting the joke.
"I'm just glad everything worked out, but kind of weird" Kira states. Tommy; based at his computer, swivels in his chair, facing the group.
"What's that?" He asks.
"Anton Mercer, Fossilodor was stored at his museum, why?" Kira asked.
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"Come on, Anton" Anton Mercer says, messing around with some chemicals, which do not belong in you usual home chemistry set. He added several chemicals to a bluish formula and it turned green, "There has to be a way to stop it?" During this time, Anton is sweating and then he falls to the ground in extreme pain, as the transformation took place; he dropped the beaker he was holding. Anton kept screaming as the pain grew, and then it suddenly the screaming stops and a figure stood up. It was Mesogog, Anton Mercer's alter ego.
"You are weak, Anton. Weak, and pathetic" Mesogog says, "As long as I am alive, my plain to bring back my time of glory will go on as scheduled," Mesogog picks up the Petri Dish and drops to the ground, "Power Rangers, or no Power Rangers!"
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PRDT-AU-020 - Bully for Ethan
Synopsis: Ethan gets on the wrong side of one of Conner's soccer friends and he begins to pick on the Blue Ranger. Ethan must try to not be forced to use his dino powers against his bully. White Ranger/Michael tries to make a deal with Zeltrax to help each other in their quests, White Ranger helps Zeltrax destroy the Black Ranger; in exchange for Zeltrax's help in destroying Mesogog. Also, Tommy finally finds out the deal with Zeltrax and is problem with the Black Ranger.
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