Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Endangered Species

Chapter Three: Black Sunday

Note, Timeline, etc: See Chapter One

The day has come to an end

The sun is over my head

My polyamorus friend

Has got me in a mess of trouble again

So

Just when you think that you're alright

I'm calling out from the inside

I never heard anyone

I never listened at all

Conner McKnight walked into his home, waving goodbye to Hayley as she honked her car horn as she pulled out of his driveway. He wandered through his living room where he found his mother and twin brother sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Hey dude, where've you been?" Eric asked, Conner gave his twin a slow, sideways glance.

"Out," He said, his mother sighed.

"Conner, it would be nice to know where you go. I hate it when you keep odd hours. You haven't been like this since the beginning of last year. You're hanging out with Ethan, Kira and Trent again aren't you?" she asked, Conner nodded.

"Yeah, we went out, chased a meteor and I watched Kira die," he resisted the urge to say the images of Kira's dead body flashed through his mind. It brought back feelings that he thought he had laid to rest a long time ago. As he opened the door to his room he landed face first on bed and groaned. He loved Krista, but after he first met Kira, he had fallen for her, and then he lost her. Granted it was for mere moments but he still felt so lost in that few minutes when he saw her die. As he closed his eyes as his mind felt like it had exploded.

He stood in a kitchen; everything was drenched in blood. A woman lay crying on the floor, there was a flash and now a woman in black lay in her spot, dressed in black. Her forehead was rested on the floor and her hair was fanned over her head, covering her face. He knelt down and moved her hair away, needing to see who it was. Lying on the floor with tears pouring from her eyes was Kira, her eyes were dead and she was sobbing as she groped in the blood.

Conner gasped and sat up, soaked in sweat, Eric was standing in the doorway.

"Uh…Conner? Dude, are you ok?" he asked Conner shook his head and held his head as pain ripped through him.

"No, Eric, was I just asleep?" his twin nodded and Conner sighed.

"It must have been a dream…it was a dream…" Conner told himself, and repeated it over and over again.

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me

Off guard, red handed

Now I'm far from lonely

Asleep I still see you lying next to me

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I..

I need something else

Would someone please just give me

Hit me, knock me out

And let me go back to sleep

I can laugh

All I want inside I still am empty

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I...

Tommy was in his shower when he senses Kira near, climbed out he wrapped a towel around his waist and crept downstairs. He looked around as her force grew stronger and didn't see her. It finally grew to the critical as he walked by the door, he opened it and gasped as he took in the sight in front of him. Kira was drenched from head to toe and blood covered her.

"Kira!" he cried as she tumbled into his arms, he caught her icy body as it collided with his chilled flesh. "Kira, what happened?" She didn't answer and he swept her up into his arms and he carried her to the closest room, which was the living room. He sat down on the couch and began to move her matted hair from her face. "Kira?" he asked again, she looked into his eyes and sobbed.

"I-I can't tell you right now, please, please just hold me," she wept, her voice filled with pain. Tommy didn't push it and she just lay limp in his arms, only able to cry.

"Its ok, Kira, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, just let it out," he whispered and hours later she cried herself to sleep in the safety of his arms. He gently stretched out and cradled her to him still and soon fell asleep himself.

The next morning Tommy awoke to see Kira's doe eyes staring up at him from his chest, her eyes were rimmed with red and the whites of her eyes were bloodshot. Tommy lifted his arm and he stroked her hair, gently touching her face with his fingertips.

"You ok?" he asked, she sighed and pressed her face onto his bare chest, and it was only then did he realize that he was still in his towel and for once in a long while was glad he had cut his hair a long time ago. He didn't care, all he cared about was her answer as she opened her mouth and began to speak.

"Last night Zeltrax murdered my mother," was all she said Tommy's eyes grew wide.

"Kira, what happened? How did it happen? Where is she? Where is he?" Kira said and lifted herself up and off of him, she sat against his bare feet and lifted her legs and held them to her chest.

"He killed her, Tommy, it's not rocket science. He peeled her skin from her body and she bled out all over the kitchen. She's still there, in the kitchen, I held her in my arms as she took her last breath. I went into shock and walked all the way here in the rain, I needed to have someone to hold me because I couldn't feel anything. I was numb, I still feel numb, is it going to go away?" she asked, Tommy pulled her to him again, this time kissing her temple as he held her to him.

"Let me get dressed, we have to go back to your house," he said, Kira nodded and sighed, not meeting his intense gaze.

"I know, but I don't think I'm ready," Tommy sighed this time and pressed the top of her head.

"I don't think you'll ever be ready."

She gave herself to me

She's gone away from me

Where is the heartbeat coming from?

Lost is the heartbeat where I come from

Lie awake when the morning comes and I taste the fear

I can't live on the breath you take but I still feel you

Where is the heartbeat coming from?

Lost is the heartbeat where I come from

Conner McKnight awoke the next morning to police sirens racing down the street. Bolting up and over to his window he watched as they went 10 houses away to the Fords house were it had been roped off by police tape and emergency vehicles were open and unloading equipment. He pulled on pants from the floor and a T-shirt that was hanging on the door and sprinted downstairs, colliding with Eric on the way down.

"Eric, what happened at the Ford's house?" he demanded as he and his twin were sandwiched in the stairwell, both battling to get down the stairs at the same time.

"Someone died, I don't know who but Mom's already down there, lets go," for once Conner didn't argue with his brother and they raced down the street. They met up with their mother who was standing next to an ambulance.

"Mom, mom, what happened?" Conner asked, fearing that it was Kira who had died, his mother sighed and looked to him, tears springing in her eyes.

"Helena's dead, she was murdered, look in the bay window," she said, pointing to the left where blood was splattered everywhere. Conner glanced around, Kira was no where insight.

"Where's Kira?" he asked, Denise McKnight shrugged as she stood between her sons.

"I don't know, I haven't seen her, and the cops haven't seen her either. I don't think they suspect her but you never know," Conner gritted his teeth at the comment.

"Kira couldn't hurt her mother, besides when did it happen?" he asked, Denise shrugged again.

"I think I heard them say between 8 and 9 last night," Conner immediately knew what had happened.

"She was out with me and Ethan at that time, she left at 10," he said, Denise sighed, mourning for the other mother and Kira's feelings. Conner heard a car approach and he knew immediately that it was Tommy's jeep, he had to admit it was bad when you could tell someone's car from the sound of it. (Note: Which is something I've come to do) He glanced over his shoulder and saw Tommy pull up to the opposite sidewalk with Kira in the passenger seat. She was pale and to simply state it, she looked like hell, her hair was a mess and she was pale and withdrawn.

"Kira," he said gently and crossed the street to her, he pulled her into a hug and she stared up at him in shock.

"Er, Conner, uh, let go," she muttered, she hadn't even lifted her arms to hug him back. He immediately let go and she walked towards the driveway with Tommy at her side. He could see the anger in her face at the people who had gathered.

"Cool it Kira, they've come out of concern…well my mom and brother did. What happened? Was it Zeltrax?" he asked she looked up at him, her eyes dead.

"Yeah, it was him and now if you both don't mind I have to speak to the police," she stated with no emotion and ducked under the police tape and went into her house. Conner, Denise, Eric and Tommy all waited until Kira came back out 20 minutes later, silent tears streaming down her face. The cop gently patted her on the back and handed her a card as she walked side-by-side with the stretcher where her mother lay in a black body bag.

"Kira?" Denise asked softly, as Kira crossed back under the police tape. Kira tilted her head and looked to Conner's mother, and was completely taken off guard for the second time in less then an hour as Denise hugged her tight. Kira, this time, hugged her back, needing to be hugged by a mother. Denise held Kira until Kira pulled away, a small smile on her lips.

"Thanks, I needed that. Sorry I didn't hug you earlier Conner, I wasn't expecting that," Kira explained, Conner nodded and watched as Tommy held his hand out to Kira and she took it. Denise and Eric stared with eyebrows arched as Tommy pulled Kira to him and held her silently.

"Uh, Dr. Oliver?" Denise asked, she had seen him a few times out of school and then at some school functions.

"Yes," he asked, still holding Kira securely to him.

"Aren't you a little old for her?" she asked, blatantly, Tommy looked down at Kira, then to Denise.

"Right now all I'm doing is offering support to a dear friend who is of legal age. If a relationship forms, so be it," he stated, Conner stared at Kira and Tommy, his eyes wide.

"Excuse us now, I have to make funeral arrangements. I'll see you guys later," Kira said and walked away with Tommy, leaving Conner, Eric and Denise staring after them as they climbed into his jeep and pulled away.

"That poor thing," Denise said, Conner sighed and regretted not telling Kira and Tommy that he had a vision and it had predicted the death of Helena.

"It wasn't a dream," Conner realized.

Songs Used: Polyamorous by Breaking Benjamin, All That I Got by The Used, The Mourning Son by Dave Navarro