Disclaimer: Disney owns Power Rangers DinoThunder and Zeo. This fanfic is solely for the enjoyment of reading and not to make money……..Well duh!
Writer's comment: Ok. This is an update. I had a few of my friends complain to me that it wasn't in chapters. I am breaking them down as we speak. Nothing has changed, only that they are being put into chapters for easier reading. Anyway, on with the fic. Special thanks go to Jer, Chris and all the other freaks like me in the Mutant Chat. You know I love you all.
The Enemy of My Friend
By Tommy's Mistress and TommyIsCancer
Reefside High School was holding a job fair for the students on the Monday afternoon before finals week. Elsa Randall, principle of the high school, thought that it would be a good idea for the students to have a chance to find jobs and/or participate in clubs and sports over the summer. Before she could go to the job fair to supervise, she was interviewing a new teacher that would be joining the faculty.
"Come in!" Elsa said after she heard a knock at the door. A woman dressed in a pink shirt with a white sweater and a khaki skirt walked in. "Ah! You must me Katherine Hillard."
"Yes, Ms. Randall," Katherine said as she shook her hand.
"Oh, please, call me Elsa." She pulled up a file on her desk and looked at it for a few seconds. "So, it says here that you have a teaching degree and that you have experience in the arts."
"Yes," Katherine said nervously.
"It also says here that you are a ballet dancer from the Angel Grove Dance Academy and that you have been in some plays and…….wow! You went to the Royal Academy Ballet Dancing School in London? My goodness! You do have quite the impressive record." The interview went on for fifteen more minutes. After that, Elsa looked up at Katherine who was grabbing the hem of her skirt and twisting it nervously. Elsa smiled "Ms. Hillard, you don't have to be nervous. You have the job." Katherine's face lit up.
"Really? Oh thank you."
"You will be starting in the fall as our new drama teacher. I can tell we are going to have some very good plays and performances next year."
"Thank you," Katherine said. "I am glad I got this job. I was also applying for teaching kindergartners in town here."
"Ha ha, little children can be a handful," Elsa said as she started to walk to the door. "Then again, so are high school students. Katherine, come with me. I have to go to the job fair in our gym for a second and then I can give you a tour."
"Thanks," Katherine said. "That will be great."
The two of them walked down the hallway on their way to the job fair. Along the way, she pointed out the different classrooms and described the teachers for Katherine. Meanwhile, they chit chatted about Katherine a little.
"So you are from Angel Grove?" Elsa said.
"Yes, I am," Katherine said. "The funny thing is that I am moving from one town that had frequent monster attacks to another."
"Well, it has calmed down now. The news here said that the DinoThunder Rangers defeated their main adversary and that there is no more threat."
"That is good. I don't need to worry about attacks then."
"Nope," Elsa said. At that moment, Elsa stopped in front of Tommy's classroom. "Speaking of Angel Grove, Dr. Oliver here is from there too. He teaches science."
"Hee, I know an Oliver." Katherine thought back on her Ranger days and Tommy.
"He is a sweetheart, but a strict teacher," Elsa said as they continued down the hallway. "If you need any help, ask him. And if you need me to hook you two up, just tell me. He is a very handsome young man." Katherine laughed. "Seriously, the man loves his dinosaurs, but he needs a girlfriend." Katherine laughed harder. "Ok, let's get to the fair."
At the fair, Conner and Ethan were walking around looking to see what they could find and Kira was talking to a woman at a counter that had job openings in a music store. Trent was with his father, Anton Mercer trying to find Elsa. Anton was planning on meeting her to go have coffee while Trent was going to hang out with Conner and the others.
"Trent!" Ethan yelled to get his attention.
"Hey," Trent said as he ran up to Conner and Ethan. "What are you guys up to? Getting jobs?"
"Sort of," Ethan said. "My mom is telling me that she doesn't want me to be sitting around playing games all summer. So, I have to either find a job or an activity to do instead."
"Trent! I see Elsa," Anton said as he came up to them. "I'm going to go."
"Ok, I will be back home before ten," Trent said as his father walked off.
"Bye, Dr. Mercer," Conner said and then turned back to Trent. "I need a summer job so I have money in the fall."
"I am going to be taking summer art classes here, before I go to art school," Trent said. At that moment, Kira came up to them.
"Hey guys," Kira said. "The music store is hiring and they told me to come by their shop for an interview."
"That is great, Kira," Conner said. "I still need to look around."
"Then, let's check some more booths out," Ethan said.
In a booth not too far from the DinoThunder Rangers, a man was playing a video game while two of his friends were talking to some of the students.
"Almost…….almost….." the man said. A game over sound played. "Damn it! Lost again."
"Rocky!" the woman said. "Stop playing and help us. If you want to promote Adam and your karate studio, you have to help."
"Right Tanya," Rocky said as he got up from his chair. "Keep your shoes on."
"I think that we are doing pretty well for the first real advertisement of the studio," Adam said.
"I think so," Tanya said. "I am glad we moved out of Angel Grove to start this business. Once Andros and the Space Rangers revealed their identities, there was a boom in the martial arts business. We wouldn't have made it if we didn't move."
"I agree," Adam said as he kissed his wife on the cheek.
"Oh come on you, two!" Rocky said annoyed. "Get a room."
"Oh hush!" Tanya said.
"So did you get a job with any of the radio stations yet, Tanya?" Rocky asked.
"Not yet," Tanya said as she handed someone a pamphlet and turned back to Rocky and Adam. "I'm going in for an interview next week. Hopefully, I'll get it."
"Hopefully Kat gets hers," Adam said. At that moment, Katherine, Elsa and Anton were coming up to the booth. "Speak of the devil."
"Hey! Guys, I would like you to meet Elsa Randall and Dr. Anton Mercer," Katherine said. "Anton, Elsa, this is Rocky De Santos, and Adam and Tanya Park." They all shook hands with one another.
"So did you get the job Kat?" Rocky said.
"Yes she did," Elsa interrupted. "I think that Katherine will be a perfect drama teacher."
"Oh, you're the principle!" Rocky said surprised.
"Yes, she is and a very pretty one at that," Anton said as he hugged her. "So how is business? I heard from Katherine that you just moved into town to start your business. Are you getting a lot of students this way?"
"Yeah, we've got sixteen kids to sign up already," Adam said. "I am very surprised by the turnout."
"I might send my son over. He has had training but a little more won't hurt him."
"Go ahead and bring him over," Rocky said. "The more, the merrier."
"Hey, when this is done, why don't we all go to the Café and talk?" Elsa said.
"Yeah, that will be perfect," Anton said.
"Are you sure?" Tanya said. "I mean. We aren't intruding, are we?"
"No, it is perfectly fine," Elsa said. Just then, Conner and the other DinoThunder teens came up to the booth.
"Man, dad!" Trent said jokingly. "I can't get rid of you, can I?"
"Nope," Anton said. "In fact, you're just in time. Do you want to take martial arts lessons from these fine people? They are just starting out."
"Well Dr. O told us to it was better to take lessons from the studios instead of him," Conner said as he elbowed Trent.
"That's true," Trent said. "Sure. I'm Trent." He shook their hands.
"We should join too," Ethan said.
"Yeah, it'll be the last class we take together before we go off to college," Kira said.
"Great!" Tanya said with a smile on her face. They all talked for a few more minutes and Conner and the DinoThunder teens went to the park and the Zeo Rangers went with Elsa and Anton to get some coffee.
Before they left, Kira stopped.
"What's wrong, Kira?" Conner asked.
"I have a feeling of deja vu, like I've seen them all before," Kira said with a confused look on her face.
"The last time you had that feeling we found out that Blake was a Power Ranger," Trent said. Trent then elbowed Kira as he smiled jokingly. "Hee hee, maybe they are Rangers too."
"Oh shush!" Kira said as she shoved him while Conner and Ethan laughed.
"Arghhhh!" Zeltrax screamed as he came up to a computer at Mesogog's lab and threw the debris on it onto the floor in frustration. "Those blasted DinoThunder Rangers. They ruined everything! Damn you and your Rangers, Tommy!" Zeltrax in rage smashed more debris out of the way. "All of my pain and suffering is your fault!"
Zeltrax took a minute to calm down and look at what was left of Mesogog's lab. He began to search around for anything that was working or still intact. Zeltrax found a safe that had been blown open during the lab's destruction and inside, he found a black liquid in an unmarked vial along with a sealed envelope that contained documents that were untouched by the explosion.
"What is this?" Zeltrax said as he tore open the envelope and began to read. He finished with the documents while gazing at the vial of liquid and began to laugh. "So this is what you used, Mesogog. And….." He reached into the safe again and pulled out two bracelets that looked like the DinoThunder Rangers'. "Two Ranger morphers waiting for Dino Gems to power them. According to these documents though, the gems weren't ready to awaken yet. Hmm…..I wonder…"
He went up to one of the computers and began to try to find a computer that was functional. He found one that was working. It read two distinct energy signatures. Zeltrax began to scan for the gems. He got bleeps from the computers indicating that they had found the gems and that their powers were ready to be harnessed. He again, began to laugh.
"I will get those gems and harness their power! And then I will crush Dr. Tommy Oliver! Hahahahah!"
"Aww man!" Tommy said as he moved parts of rock out of the Dino Lab. "Zeltrax, you really did a number on my lab. Thank God you didn't get my house upstairs. Ah crap! My Zeo morpher is somewhere in all this mess! Damn!" Just then, the telephone rang and Tommy answered it. "Hello?"
"Tommy, it's Hayley," she said over the phone. "How is clean up coming?"
"I am almost done actually," he said as he sat down in the chair in front of the computer. "I am glad you fixed the computer before you went. I am sorry that your mother is sick."
"Thanks, Tommy. She is getting better. I will probably get back in a few days. How is everyone there?"
"Just fine. Finals are coming up and everything is peaceful. Elsa said that she is getting a new drama teacher, but otherwise everything is the same old same old."
"That's is good. I hope that my customers come back. I should have trained someone to be the manager in my absence."
"They will Hayley. Your drinks and Café are a hotspot. You'll get them back."
"I hope so."
"Yeah," Tommy said. Suddenly, an alarm on the Dino Lab computer went off.
"What's up? What happening Tommy?"
"Hmmm……I am getting readings from in the forest not too far from here. There…….what! No way!"
"What are they, Tommy?" Hayley asked. "What?"
"New Dino Gems! They must have awakened late. Hayley, I am going to let you go. I need to check this out."
"Hurry."
"Will do," Tommy agreed. "I need to get them before they fall in the wrong hands. I will talk to you later."
"Be careful."
"I will. Take care of your mother. Bye!"
"Bye, Tommy," Hayley said. Tommy hung up the phone and quickly got his things, put them into his jeep and he drove away towards the new dino gems.
"Devin! Hurry up!" Cassidy yelled. "If I don't get to the studio before four o'clock, Mr. Cormier is going to kill me."
"Ok, hold on," Devin said as he was carrying a cake box. "We don't want to drop your sister's birthday cake either." The two teenagers were walking to the news station after running an errand for Cassidy's mother. Unfortunately, Cassidy's third period math teacher wanted to talk to her at the job fair and it ended up making them late. As they were turning the corner, Devin spotted a black figure lurking through the trees. It took Devin a few seconds to realize who it was. "Cassidy! Look! Isn't that…!" Cassidy looked at where Devin was pointing.
"Oh my god! It's Zeltrax! But I thought Dr. Oliver and the other Rangers destroyed him!" They could see Zeltrax carrying a device in his hand.
"What is he doing?"
"I don't know," Cassidy said. "Devin hurry! Get out your camera! This will be a scoop!"
"But I thought Cormier promoted you to just doing special weekly features?"
"He did," Cassidy said as she started to follow Zeltrax, "and Zeltrax is definitely a special feature. Give me the camera!" She reached into Devin's camera bag and grabbed his digital video recorder.
"Wait, Cass!" Devin said as he carefully followed her with the cake.
They kept their distance but followed him. When Zeltrax stopped in a little clearing, Cassidy and Devin quickly hid behind nearby bushes to see what was going on. Cassidy motioned Devin to give her the cake box as she handed him the camera. He turned it on and started to film Zeltrax looking for something in the dirt.
"What is he doing?" Devin whispered.
"Who knows," Cassidy said just as quietly as Devin did. "Look!" Zeltrax took a black rock out of the ground and smashed it open. Cassidy and Devin then saw two glowing pink and green lights coming from where Zeltrax had smashed the rock.
"Finally!" Zeltrax said, satisfied in himself. "I will have the power to crush Dr. Oliver now!" He reached into a bag he had and pulled out the Dino Bracelets and stuck the gems onto them. After that, he put them into his bag.
"Cass, aren't those….?" Devin said surprised.
"Yeah!" Cassidy said sharply and as quietly as she could talk. "They look like the bracelets that Ethan and the others use to morph!" Just at that moment, Cassidy and Devin spotted someone else coming. Zeltrax then noticed as well. "Oh no! Please don't attack them!" The person came into the clearing and Cassidy and Devin's eyes widened while Zeltrax gave off an annoyed growl.
"Zeltrax!" the person said. "I thought you were…."
"Dead?" Zeltrax interrupted. "You should know me better than that, old friend. I will destroy you and your students this time."
"I don't think so! DinoThunder, Power……" Tommy's face went into a horrified expression. He realized that he couldn't morph into the Black DinoThunder Ranger. He cursed under his breath.
"What is this?" Zeltrax said in content. "You can't morph? Ha, I will have no problem destroying you then!" Zeltrax lunged at Tommy trying to punch him.
"CRAP!" Tommy said as he dodged the punch and backed up into a tree. Zeltrax then kicked at Tommy, but Tommy frantically blocked the kick as best he could. Tommy knew that without the Black Ranger power Zeltrax would eventually get him. He also remembered that his Zeo morpher was back at his house in the Dino Lab somewhere under the debris. Zeltrax elbowed Tommy in the stomach and tossed him over his shoulder and onto the ground. Tommy groaned in pain.
"Get up!" Zeltrax yelled as he grabbed Tommy and pulled him up above his head and slammed his body to the ground.
"Oh no!" Devin said. "Dr. Oliver is getting schooled by Zeltrax. We need to help him."
"What can we do?" Cassidy said with a terrified look on her face as she watched her teacher getting beaten up by Zeltrax.
"I don't know Cass, but we need to do something!"
"Yeah but..."
Zeltrax smashed Tommy's head into a tree and began to choke him. Tommy was desperately trying to grab something to get Zeltrax off of him.
"I can't stand this!" Devin yelled as he dropped his camera and ran towards Zeltrax.
"Devin!" Cassidy yelled. "Ah shoot!" She knew she had to help him. She put the cake box down and the two ran out of the bushes and grabbed onto Zeltrax arms making him let go of Tommy. Tommy fell to the ground dazed for a few seconds.
"We won't let you hurt our teacher!" Devin yelled as he squeezed tighter on Zeltrax's arm.
"If you have a problem with him, you have a problem with us!" Cassidy yelled.
"Cassidy! Devin!" Tommy said surprised when he looked up and saw the two teens trying desperately to hold him. "What are you doing here?" At that moment, Devin was thrown from Zeltrax's arm into Tommy's lap.
"How many children do you have fighting your battles Oliver!" Zeltrax said as he grabbed Cassidy's right wrist and went to throw her off, but then Zeltrax's bag began to shake and glow. "What the!" The glowing grew stronger and brighter until the bag burned up and the two bracelets came flying out. The green light went to Devin's left arm and the pink light went to Cassidy's left arm. When the glowing stopped, the Dino bracelets appeared and then transformed into Dino Morphers.
"What the?" Cassidy said as she examined her morpher.
"Wha?" Devin said as he looked at his. Tommy had a look of shock on his face.
"Damn!" Zeltrax said as he threw Cassidy into Devin and Tommy. "I could have had that power!" Zeltrax slowly backed away. Tommy helped the two up.
"We're…" Devin said smiled at Cassidy.
"…Power Rangers," Cassidy said knowing that was what Devin was going to say and she smiled at him.
"Guys you have the power now," Tommy said happily. "You know what to do!"
"Right!" the two teens said and did the hand motions. "Dino Thunder Power Up, HA!" Cassidy and Devin felt the power rushing through them and when they looked down, they saw themselves in DinoThunder suits.
"Wow!" Cassidy said she looked at her pink Power Ranger suit. "I knew that I looked good in pink, but not this good."
"This is so cool!" Devin said as he looked at his green suit. "We aren't just reporting the news anymore, we ARE the news!"
"The Dilophosaurus and the Plesiosaurus!" Tommy said. "Awesome!"
"Let's kick Zeltrax's butt!" Cassidy said as she turned to Zeltrax.
"I agree!" Devin said as he too did the same. The two got into fighting stances and lunged at Zeltrax. Zeltrax braced for the impact as the two punched him. They pushed him back about twenty feet and then Zeltrax came back at them kicking. Devin blocked some of the kicks as he shielded Cassidy. Cassidy came in and tripped Zeltrax. He fell backwards, getting annoyed.
"Enough of this!" Zeltrax said as he took out his sword, gathered energy and threw it at Cassidy and Devin.
"Whoa!" the two yelled as they were thrown back into a rock and then onto the ground.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Cassidy said.
"I thought that the ranger suits protected us from getting hurt?" Devin said as he grabbed his arm.
"Are you two okay?" Tommy said as he ran up to them and grabbed their arms to help them up. All of a sudden, a gold light emitted from Tommy's morpher. "What the!" Cassidy and Devin were just as puzzled by what was happening.
"What is this?" Zeltrax yelled. Tommy then felt the same feeling he had experienced before when he first came in contact with the Black Dino Gem. He knew then what that had meant. His powers were back.
Tommy smiled, looked at Zeltrax and then said, "I think you know what this means." Zeltrax growled in discontent. "Dino Thunder, Power up HA!" Tommy stuck his key into the morpher and transformed. Cassidy and Devin were shocked to see Tommy in his suit again.
"What?" Devin said.
"But how?" Cassidy said.
"We'll talk about it later," Tommy said as he pulled out his Brachio Staff and pointed it at Zeltrax. "Right now, we have him to deal with."
"Wait! Don't we have weapons?" Cassidy said.
"Your belt!"
"Our…?" Cassidy and Devin said as they touched their belts. At that moment, their weapons came out of the belt and into their hands. "WHOA!"
"I have a crossbow!" Cassidy said confused and then aimed it at Zeltrax. "Cool!"
"Awesome, axes!" Devin said as he got into a fighting stance with his new weapons.
"Give up, Zeltrax!" Tommy said. "You are out numbered!"
"Am I?" Zeltrax said as he put his hand into the air. Out of thin air, a big slew of Triptoids came and started to attack the three Rangers. "Triptoids! ATTACK!"
"Damn you!" Tommy said under his breath. The three Rangers began to fight off the Triptoids, but unfortunately, a very dissatisfied Zeltrax escaped back to the ruins of Mesogog's lab. After Tommy, Cassidy and Devin got rid of the Triptoids, Tommy demorphed and looked at the two new Rangers.
"Wait! How do we….?" Devin said as he looked at his suit trying to find a way to get it off.
"Newbies!" Tommy said as he came up to them shaking his head laughing. "Cassidy, Devin. Put your arms to your sides and say, 'Power down.'" They did what he said and they went back to their normal selves.
"That was neat!" Cassidy said. "So this is what it is like to be a Ranger."
"And…." Devin said as he went into the bushes where he picked up his video camera. "I have it all on tape." Tommy's eyes widened. "Don't worry, Dr. Oliver. I will edit the important stuff out."
"OH SHOOT!" Cassidy yelled as she looked at her watch worriedly. "I am going to get so fired! Devin! We have to be there in 15 minutes!" Cassidy picked up the cake box that was with the camera equipment. She opened it to see if it was ok.
"There's no way I can get you two to the station in time," Tommy said. "I am sorry I got you mixed up in all this."
"It is ok, Dr. Oliver," Cassidy said in a defeated tone. "We didn't know that we were going to become Rangers and fight Zeltrax." Devin came up to the two of them with the equipment.
"Man, I wish we could be in the courtyard at the station right now," Devin said. All of a sudden, the three of them felt like they were being pulled upwards and then slammed down again. Devin and Cassidy fell over with Cassidy's face taking a dive into the cake, but Tommy somehow maintained his balance. Devin and Tommy looked around and saw that they were in the courtyard in front of the station. "How the?"
"DE-VMPH- IN!" Cassidy yelled with her face still in the cake. Devin and Tommy helped her up and out of the cake. She spit out the cake in her mouth onto the ground in front of her.
"Hurry! Go in and tell your makeup people to hurry!" Tommy said as he ushered both teens into the building and up to the security desk. As he looked back, he saw that the ground was melting where Cassidy had spit the cake out. He was puzzled by it. The three went up into the studio and Cassidy got ready to do her report. Tommy was pondering how the heck they got to the studio so fast and what had happened outside with the ground melting as he watched Devin edit the video footage that he had filmed of them. Devin was looking around one point when he needed a pencil.
"Dr. Oliver!" Devin said. "Can you hand me a pencil?"
"Sure," Tommy said as he reached down to get one that was sticking out of Devin's camera bag. All of a sudden, the pencil disappeared and reappeared in Devin's hand and Tommy's eyes widened in surprise. "What the heck!"
"What?" Devin said as he looked back at Tommy.
"You teleported…." Tommy said as he realized what had happen with them getting to the studio so fast and how Devin was able to make the pencil disappear and reappear in his hand. "….you teleported it to your hand! That is your dino power and Cassidy…….has acid spitting power!"
"Huh?" Devin said confused. "Dino power? What do you mean?"
"DEVIN!" a voice yelled from down the hallway.
"Oh no! It's Mr. Cormier! If he catches you in here, Dr. Oliver, I am going to get fried!"
"Don't worry," Tommy said. At that moment, Mr. Cormier slammed open the door.
"Where is Cornell, Devin?" Cormier said.
"She is in the dressing room," Devin said as he looked around the room. He tried to find Tommy but couldn't. He was a little puzzled.
"What are you staring at, Devin?"
"Nothing sir…….nothing."
"Ok Devin, get that video ready to air. You have fifteen minutes," Mr. Cormier said as he closed the door.
"That was close," Tommy said as he reappeared from behind Devin.
"WHOA!" Devin said as he turned around startled. "How did you…?"
"That is my dino power, Devin. Invisibility. I can make myself disappear and reappear."
"Then…"
"Yours is teleporting," Tommy said. "You can teleport things and people. Very useful power."
"But, when we teleported the first time, Cassidy and I fell flat on the ground," Devin said.
"How come you didn't?"
"I am used to it," Tommy said.
"Used to it?" Devin said with a confused look.
"Hurry and get that done!"
"Right."
When it came time for Cassidy to go on, Devin and Tommy waited outside in a viewing area to watch the broadcast. Tommy brought his communicator up to his head and contacted the other DinoThunder Rangers. They were puzzled as to why Tommy was calling them.
"Dr. O, what's up?" Conner said.
"Guys, turn on the news," Tommy said as Devin smiled. The DinoThunder Rangers did so and the news came on with Cassidy opening the show.
"Good evening, I am Cassidy Cornell for Channel 3 news," she said. "Tonight's late breaking news: The Return of Zeltrax."
"WHAT!" Conner, Ethan, Kira and Trent said at the same time over the communicator. Tommy heard after that a "what the heck" from Anton Mercer.
"Earlier today at around three o'clock this afternoon, Zeltrax was spotted in the woods by myself and my cameraman, Devin DeValle." The footage of Devin and Cassidy appeared on screen. "We weren't sure what exactly he was doing or looking for, but unfortunately for one citizen, Zeltrax decided to attack this person." At that moment, they showed Tommy getting attacked by Zeltrax, but his face wasn't visible. "We couldn't get a good view of his face, but he did manage to escape when two new Rangers appeared on the scene." The footage of Cassidy and Devin fighting came on screen.
"Two new Rangers!" Trent said in amazement. "But how?"
"Later," Cassidy continued, "the Black Dino Ranger came in to assist them."
"Dr. O!" Ethan said. "That's you isn't it?"
"Yep," Tommy said.
"All though Zeltrax has returned somehow, it seems that the DinoThunder Rangers have also returned to stop them. Whatever may happen Rangers, Reefside is behind you one hundred percent! Now to the reporters for your regular news at five, Drew and Monica."
"Thanks, Cassidy," Drew said and he continued with the news.
"What did you think guys?" Tommy said.
"Who are they Dr. O?" Kira asked.
"Why don't the seven of us meet in my classroom Monday morning at seven and then we will talk about everything?"
"Ok, Doc," Conner said. With that, Conner, Kira, Ethan and Trent went back to what they were doing. Devin and Tommy waited for Cassidy to come out. They told her that she did a great job as they made their way out the door.
Two new Rangers and Zeltrax has returned. And the Zeo Rangers are not too far from find Tommy. What will happen next? Read the next chapter: The First Fight