In the science lab room, students were talking and laughing amongst each other. Rolled up pieces of paper flew all over and even some paper planes.
Conner, Kira, and Ethan all sat next to each other at their table talking to each other. They glanced over to Dr. O who had fallen asleep. He had been asleep when everyone had entered the classroom. There had even been rumors that Dr. O had been asleep during the rest of his classes earlier.
"Man, something really must be wrong with Dr. O, that's two times he's fallen asleep during class in the past week."
"Hayley said she's even found him asleep down in the lab. Guys, I'm beginning to get worried about him," said Kira, looking very concerned for their teacher and mentor.
"Guys, come on. It's just a little shuteye. I don't hear any of you worrying when I fall asleep during math class."
"That's because you do it intentionally."
"Yeah Conner, you have to admit, something is up with Dr. O," added Kira.
"Oh alright, yes, I'll admit he hasn't been himself lately, but come on - do we really know the real Dr. O?" said Conner, giving in to his two friends. But the truth was he knew something was up with Dr. O and that scared him to death. He was afraid that if something ever happened to Dr. O, that more weight would be put on his shoulders and he wasn't sure he would be able to handle it. Even with the help of Eric and the others.
Dr. O started to talk in his sleep, moaning softly. "Smitty..."
Some of the students began to laugh and made jokes. Concerned looks crossed Kira, Ethan and Conner's faces.
"Smitty, hey, isn't he the guy that got turned into Zeltrax?" asked Ethan. Both Conner and Kira shrugged their shoulders. "What do you think he's dreaming about, anyways?" asked Ethan.
"Whatever it is, it must be big," answered Conner.
"Shouldn't one of us go wake him up? I mean if Randall walks in here and sees him asleep she's going to flip." Kira eyed the two.
"Don't look at me," said Ethan, putting up his hands in defense. Kira looked to Conner.
"That goes double for me. I've had experience in this and it wasn't pretty."
"Men," groaned Kira as she made her way over to Dr. O's desk. "Dr. O?" Kira nudged his shoulder, trying to wake him up.
They were hanging onto the edge of a mountain. Tommy gripped the rock tightly, while his other hand hung onto Smitty.
"You have to drop it, Smitty. I need you to use your other hand to climb up me and reach the top of the mountain; it's the only way we'll both make it."
Smitty held on to the small box which held the Dino gems. "Never!! There's no way in hell I'm dropping this money keeper, not with what it can do for me!!"
"Smitty, you have to! Forget the money!!!"
Laughter... "Easy for you to say, you're already getting paid twice the amount I was. I won't let you win!"
"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?"
"Sorry's not good enough, traitor!"
"Look, just drop the case and climb to the top and you can have my spot. I'll tell Mercer I don't want it. Alright?" Tommy's hand began slipping. "I can't hang on for much longer!"
"We have a deal, then!" But Smitty didn't drop the case, instead he tossed it to the top of the mountain. "You didn't really think I would drop it, did you, not after what I've seen, what it can do!" With those words Smitty began to climb up Tommy's back and reached the top of the mountain.
Once Smitty was on the mountaintop, Tommy used both of his hands to pull himself up. Tommy watched as Smitty dove for the case, then everything happened so fast. There was a massive earthquake. Smitty ended up dropping the case. It went flying into midair, almost falling over the edge, but Tommy dove and caught it just in time.
Tommy then watched in horror as Smitty fell off the mountain. "SMITTY!!!"
"Smitty!!" Tommy almost jumped out of his chair.
The classroom fell silent; everyone was staring at him. Then the bell rang; with that the students got up and left the classroom, except for Kira, Conner and Ethan.
"Dr. O, you okay?" asked Kira, sounding very concerned.
"I'm fine," said Dr. O, taking a deep breath, getting his bearings back.
"You were calling out the name Smitty, isn't he Zeltrax?" asked Ethan.
Dr. O got up from his seat. "Everything's fine, guys. I'll catch up with you later." They watched as Dr. O quickly left the classroom without another word.
"You still sure it's nothing?" asked Kira, turning to Conner.
Conner was getting ready to answer when their morphers beeped. "Go ahead, Hayley."
"Guys, you need to head downtown, Wes, Eric, Alex and Jen are in trouble."
"We're on our way." The teens looked at each other and then flashed out the door.
Wes, Jen, Eric, and Alex fought against Janixsaur and an army of Tyrannodrones. Eric and Jen were fighting against the army of Tyrannodrones, while Wes and Alex took on Janixsaur.
"You're going down, Janixsaur!" yelled Alex. Since Wes had his original morpher, Time Force had created him a new morpher. He now was the Silver Time Force ranger.
"Hah! I'd like to see you try," laughed Janixsaur.
"Try this on for size!" Wes went charging right at Janixsaur.
"WES, NO!" yelled Alex, but it was too late. Wes was too concentrated on taking Janixsaur out to hear Alex's voice.
Wes drew out his sword, and hit Janixsaur only to have it whacked out of his hands. His sword went flying into the air, while Wes watched in disbelief. Janixsaur punched him hard in the gut. Wes dropped to his knees, as Janixsaur round kicked him hard in the head, sending Wes's body sliding against the pavement.
Alex rushed over to Wes's body, to check that he was okay. "Wes, are you alright?" asked Alex.
Wes started to get to his feet, until he went into a forced demorph. "Serves you right, just stay here and let me take care of this," remarked Alex harshly.
Wes slammed his fist against the pavement, watching as Alex went to take on Janixsaur.
Eric and Jen were surrounded by the Tyrannodrones on all sides. From the corner of Eric's eye, he saw Wes get up from the ground and walk away from the battle. What the hell is he doing? But Eric had no time to find out, as a Tyrannodrone tried to kick him in the head. He moved fast and avoided the move, then blasted at the Tyrannodrone with his quantum defender.
Jen punched and kicked the oncoming Tyrannodrones, sending them all crashing to the ground. But these dino-lizard freaks were relentless; more kept on coming.
Then there were flashes of yellow, blue and red. The Dino Thunder rangers had come to the rescue.
"It's about time you showed up!" remarked Eric.
"Someone's touchy today," laughed Conner.
"Yeah, well, you try skipping school. Having to save the world doesn't actually fall on the list of reasons of having to leave school early," commented Ethan, as he stopped one of the Tyrannodrones from punching him in the head. He raised his arms up and blocked the move, then moved quickly and tossed his attacker over his shoulder.
Alex had his hands full with Janixsaur. The half mutant-dino threw powerful blasts at him, throwing him back farther away. Alex dodged as many of the blasts as he could, but he just wasn't fast enough.
Then he saw his opening. Alex moved quickly, swords in hand, powering up, getting ready to strike, but Janixsaur was ready for him. He swung around and sent a wave of energy right at Alex.
That blast threw Alex back, hitting the ground hard, going into a forced demorph. Janixsaur started to approach Alex getting ready to finish him off. "It's nighty night for you, Commander!"
There was a white flash. "I don't think so!" Trent, fully morphed, now stood in between Alex and Janixsaur.
"Foolish boy, do you think you can actually defeat me?"
"I'm willing to take a try at it."
Janixsaur looked over his shoulder, and saw that the other rangers had defeated the army of Tyrannodrones. He smirked at Trent. "Perhaps another time."
Before Trent could react, Janixsaur disappeared in a green glow of light. "Damn, he got away, again!" yelled Trent, as he powered down.
The other rangers had powered down as well. Jen came running over to Alex's side. "Alex, are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," he said, getting back up on his feet.
Kira looked around. "Hey, where's Wes; Hayley said he was with you guys?"
She found him down by the lake, tossing rocks into the water. For a long moment she just stood there several feet away watching him. It has only been a few days since Eric had told her all about Wes and Lisa, and what had happened. She had wanted to talk to Wes about it, but he hadn't been around lately.
The only times she seemed to ever see him was during a battle, and a couple of times back at the house, but he had been keeping his distance from her. Not just her, everyone. She knew he was on the brink of exploding and that's what scared her. The last couple of battles, Wes hadn't been lasting long, he'd become more careless and stubborn. He wasn't the Wes she remembered.
Taking a deep breath, she walked up to him. "Wes?"
He had known it would only be a manner of time until she would come to him and want to talk. He had been avoiding her ever since the fight with Alex. "What do you want?" he asked; his voice was soft, but there was a hint of resentment behind it.
"I wanted to see how you were doing. Everyone was worried when you just left the battle."
"I'm fine," he remarked, turning around to face her.
But he wasn't. And she knew it. He looked tired, sick even. "You're not fine, Wes. I can see it, Eric can see it, everyone can." Her voice was on the edge of breaking down, but she held it back, needing to stay strong.
"I'm fine. Alright!! What's it going to take to get everyone off my back? First my father, then Eric, then Tommy, then Alex, and now you. I just wish everyone would leave me the hell alone!"
Jen put her head down, partly knowing that she was responsible for this, in a way. Even though Eric had told her she wasn't. But she felt she was. She had been the one who said it first, that she loved him. Maybe if she had just walked away the first time and left never saying it, then maybe Wes would be okay. "Eric told me about Lisa."
"WHAT!!" His eyes lit up in fury, whether it was because he never wanted Jen to know he had been with another woman or that he felt that Eric had betrayed his trust, he didn't know. He was too upset and angry right now to tell. "What did he tell you?"
"Everything." Jen's eyes began to tear up, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore. "I'm so sorry, Wes." Jen started to walk up to him, wanting to console him, wanting him to know how sorry she was, for everything.
But at that moment, Wes wasn't himself. He pushed Jen away, staring at her angrily. "Don't touch me!! I don't need your sympathy!"
"Wes?" she cried, choking on her tears.
"Just stay the hell away from me. I don't need you! I never did!" he yelled right into her face. And with that said, he left her standing alone, crying.
Jen just stood there, not believing what had just happened; Wes yelling at her with such anger and rage. What had happened to the man she had fallen in love with?
Hayley found Tommy asleep in front of the computer. She walked up behind him and lightly nudged him on the shoulder. "Tommy?"
"Hmm..." Tommy slowly opened his eyes. He turned around slowly in his chair and found Hayley staring at him.
"You fell asleep again."
He rubbed his eyes. "Yeah. I guess I haven't been sleeping too well lately."
"Yeah, the kids told me you fell asleep during their class again. I think they're getting worried and I'm beginning to worry too," she answered, full of concern for her friend.
"Sorry, I don't mean to worry you or the kids. I've just been going through a lot lately."
"You want to talk about it?"
The look he had in his eyes said he wanted to, but there was hesitation behind them. "No. I can handle it." He smiled. "Thanks, though."
"That's what I'm here for." She smiled. Her face then became very serious. "Did you hear about Wes today, during the battle?"
Tommy's smile faded away. "Yeah, I got a call from Eric a couple hours ago. And also, Wes really yelled at Jen today. Eric's going to talk to him."
"What are you guys going to do?" asked Hayley.
Tommy sighed heavily. He didn't like the decision they had come to, but right now it might be the best thing for Wes. "Eric and I have talked, and Eric's been talking to Wes's father." Tommy licked his lips and sighed again. He hated to do it, but... "We might take Wes's morpher away from him, before he gets himself or someone else hurt."
"You sound like you don't like that decision."
"I don't. We need all the help we can get, but lately Wes has been out of control."
"Yeah. I know," replied Hayley softly, knowing Tommy was right.