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Authors' note: Read "The Enemy of My Friend" if you haven't already. Thanks for the comments guys. We love it. TM: I think that we like where this fic is going. There are interesting twists that we have planned out for this fic. This fic might turn out better than the original fic this was based off of. Anyway, next chapter posted! Hey, Jer! Doesn't our names look so strange together? We have differnent views on Tommy and we are writing a fic about him...go figure. :P
Restoration
By Tommy's Mistress and TommyIsCancer
Chapter 2: Missing
At Reefside High School, Elsa was sorting through the files of her office to clean out what was not needed for the upcoming school year. Tommy and Katherine were in their classroom doing the same thing. Katherine was taking some of the props for her classes and putting them into the closet space that she had. When she finally got her things in, she went down the hall to Tommy's classroom to find him sorting through his papers under his desk. Katherine blushed at the first sight she saw. His butt.
"Man, I am such a pack rat," Tommy said as he came up from under his desk and turned around. "Oh! Hey Kat!" She quickly shook of the embarrassed feeling.
"It's Miss Hillard now," Katherine said as she sat on the edge of Tommy's desk. "Or at least that is what the students will say."
"Yeah, it's strange when you first start teaching isn't it? You are so used to everyone calling you by your first name."
"Yeah. But then, they still call you Tommy. Not, Tom or Thomas."
"I hate being called Thomas. Too formal. Dr. O is just fine."
"Are you almost done?"
"Yeah," Tommy said. "I am just making sure that I have everything. After that, the three of us can get coffee." He looked out the window, seemingly a little depressed.
"What's wrong?" Katherine asked.
"Nothing," Tommy said as he shook his head. "Just a little sad that they are leaving right now. BUT, I am glad that Jason and Billy are coming. I haven't seen them in so long."
"Jason is going to have your head when he sees you. You know that?"
"Yeah I know. Hard to contact him when I was moving around so much. I hated to leave so fast after the Red Ranger mission. Anton wanted me to return for a meeting. Kat, when is he going to be here? I need to be at the house when he comes to let him in."
"I think around one or two," Katherine said. "We need to finish up. It's 12:30 now."
"Seriously?" Tommy said as he quickly glanced at his watch. "Crud. I need to finish now." Just then, his cell phone ring tone of the Dragon Flute sound played.
"Oh my God," Katherine said in disbelief.
"What?" Tommy said as he laughed. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Mercer and pressed the call button. "Hey Anton. What's up?" Katherine shook her head which a smirk on her face. At that moment, she became concerned when she saw Tommy's face, wide-eyed and white as a ghost. "What! Anton, are you sure?"
"What Tommy?" Katherine said as she tried to get his attention. "What's wrong?"
"Don't move! I will be right there!" Tommy said in a panic, hung up the phone and headed for the door.
"Tommy! Where are you going?" Katherine yelled as she ran to follow him.
"Ethan and Trent have been captured by Mesogog!" Tommy yelled as he continued running down the hall towards Elsa Randall's office.
"Tommy! What about Conner and the others?" Tommy slammed on the brakes when she finished that sentence.
"Oh God!" Tommy said as the though occurred to him. If Mesogog had taken Trent and Ethan, wouldn't he have tried to go after Conner and the other DinoThunder teens? Tommy pulled his DinoThunder bracelet to his face. "Conner! Come in!" Conner was the type that usually answered Tommy's call in less than ten seconds. It had been almost fifteen when Tommy tried again. He got no answer. Tommy's face had a very worried look on it. "Oh no…"
"Try Kira!" Katherine said.
"Kira! Come in!" Tommy yelled. Kira usually answered Tommy right away, but after a few tries, she didn't answer either. "This is bad. Conner and Kira are missing too."
"Devin and Cassidy!" Katherine said. "Call them!"
"Cassidy! Come in!"
"Cassidy Cornell here, Dr. Oliver," Cassidy answered.
"And me too!" Devin said.
"Stop pushing, Devin! What's up Dr. Oliver?"
"Oh thank God you are safe!" Tommy said with a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Devin said.
"Dr. Mercer called me and said that Ethan and Trent have been captured! I have tried to contact Conner and Kira, but I fear that he's already gotten to them too."
"What!" Cassidy yelled. "By who?"
"He told me it was Mesogog," Tommy said.
"But wasn't he destroyed that day?"
"I thought so too. Where are you right now?"
"We were going to go to Hayley's café. Where do you want to meet us?"
"Go to my house! Be careful! I pray that he doesn't get the both of you. Be on your guard. I am going to go get Dr. Mercer and meet you there afterwards."
"We got it! See ya there," Cassidy said.
"Kat, we need to talk to the other Rangers too," Tommy said as he began to run again. "This is bad."
"Right Tommy," Katherine said as the two finally made it to Elsa's office. They were panting heavily as they came in the door. It startled Elsa so much that she dropped the permanent records in her arms all over the floor.
"Oh my God!" Elsa said. "You scared me! Hey…what's wrong?"
"The…kids…have been…kidnapped!" Katherine said between breaths.
"By…Mesogog!" Tommy added who was still out of breath as well.
"What!" Elsa said in a nervous tone. She still had fresh memories of the time she worked for him. "He's back?"
"Apparently," Katherine said.
"Cassidy and Devin are okay, but I told them to meet me at my house," Tommy said. "I need to get to Anton. He was there when Trent and Ethan were taken. I need to go."
"I will contact the Zeos," Katherine said. "Tommy, go see if Anton Mercer is alright."
"I am coming with you, Tommy!" Elsa yelled as she clutched his arm. Katherine was surprised at this.
"It will be okay," Tommy said as he hugged her to comfort her. Katherine's face went from surprised to anger. Katherine was getting jealous.
"I'm leaving. I will call Hayley," she said in a stern tone as she walked out the door. Tommy and Elsa could tell in her voice that something was wrong.
"What was that about?" Elsa asked.
"I don't know," Tommy said. "Let's go."
Katherine got into her car and headed towards Tommy's house while Tommy and Elsa ran outside, jumped into his jeep and drove off towards Anton's house. When they got to Mercer's estate, they could see signs that there was a fight right in front where Trent and Anton had their cars. Trent's car was still there packed full of Ethan's and Trent's things. Tommy knew that they were about to leave, because he found Trent's car keys on the ground.
"He must be inside," Elsa said as she ran towards the front door.
"Elsa, wait!" Tommy said. Elsa opened the front door and was about to walk in, but Tommy caught up to her and stopped her from going in.
"Tommy, what are you doing?"
"Hold on," Tommy said. "Mesogog might still be here." Tommy walked in first followed very closely by Elsa. Tommy looked around in the main hall, but there wasn't a sign of him. "ANTON!" Tommy's voice echoed which gave the both of them an uneasy feeling until they heard something.
"Tommy! Up here!" Anton yelled from his room.
"Anton!" Elsa said as she ran by Tommy and up the stairs. Tommy ran after her. They got to Anton's room and saw him lying next to his nightstand with the phone off the hook and with his side bleeding. "Oh my God! Anton!" She ran to him.
"Anton! Are you okay?" Tommy said as he came up to him.
"Yeah," he said as he pushed himself up. "Merely a flesh wound." Elsa grabbed the shirt and lifted it up to see the wound. It looked bad, but not life threatening.
"Where is your first aid kit?" Tommy said.
"In the bathroom there," Anton said as he pointed to the closet in his master bathroom. Tommy quickly went to fetch it.
"What happened?" Elsa asked with a worried look on her face.
"We were saying goodbye when the tyrannodrones attacked us. We fought them off and won, but then Mesogog came and began fighting with Ethan and Trent. At one point, he turned into the Meso-monster and completely overwhelmed them."
"He is able to change into the Meso-monster at will?" Tommy said and Anton nodded. "This is not good." Tommy grabbed the disinfecting wipes that were in the kit and signaled Elsa to take his shirt off. Tommy examined the wound. "Keep going Anton."
"Anyway, Ethan and Trent's suits demorphed and I thought he was going to kill them, but I stepped in front of them and tried to block him." Anton winced when the wipes touched the wound. He gritted his teeth to bare the pain.
"Sorry," Tommy said.
"It is okay. So, he knocked me to the side, giving me this wound and when I got up, they were gone. I crawled to the phone and called you." Tommy took the bandages and tape and covered the wound, which made Anton yell in pain.
"I am so sorry Anton," Tommy said again and stood up. Tommy bit on the edge of his thumb nervously. "Man, Mesogog is back."
"What does he want with the Rangers?" Elsa said.
"I don't know. Thankfully that he doesn't have Cassidy or Devin. I don't know what I would be like if all of them were taken."
"We need to meet them at Tommy's house, Anton," Elsa said as she put his arm around her shoulders. Tommy bent down to help her lift him.
"Katherine and the others are waiting for us," Tommy said.
Meanwhile, a red car pulled up to the outskirts of the field just outside the city limits of Reefside. A man with a red t-shirt got out of the car with a box in his right hand. He went out into the field and took out a slow burning flare from the box and lit it. He waved it around in his hand towards the sky and about a minute later, the Astro Megaship came flying down into the field. The wind that was generated from the ship trying to land blew out the flare in the man's hand. The Megaship landed and the doors to the ship opened and out stepped a familiar face to the man.
"Billy!" the man yelled.
"Jason!" Billy said as he ran up to his friend. He dropped his things on the ground and gave his long time friend a huge hug. "Man, it has been years since I have seen you!
"You look better than the last time I saw you." Billy was not like what he was when Jason had seen him last. Billy had been aging rapidly, but he seemed to look like he should, in his mid-twenties.
"Yeah, Cestria and I along with the Aquitian Rangers were able to purge the energy that was affecting me," Billy said as he looked at his good friend. "You put on a little weight there, buddy."
"I know, but I am not as heavy as I was when the Red Rangers did the mission on the moon. I was kind of pudgy then."
"Hey!" Andros said as he came out of the ship to meet with Jason and Billy. "Hey, Jason! What has it been? Two, three years?"
"Yeah! Nice to see you again, Andros," Jason said as he shook his hand. "How have you been?"
"I have been fine. I am in the process of talking to an alien named Doggie Cruger here on Earth. A new intergalactic police force started about three years ago in New Tec City and he wants me to take him to KO-35 to try to establish a sector there."
"That sounds great!" Jason said.
"Yeah, Billy gave me a few proposals on weapons and zords for them to use. Doggie might like this. Anyway, I have to run. I need to get there as soon as possible. Enjoy yourself on Earth, Billy."
"Thanks, Andros," Billy said. "Will do." Andros got into the Astro Megaship and took off, leaving Jason and Billy to pick up Billy's things.
"So how was your trip, Bill?" Jason asked.
"Not bad," Billy said as they made their way to Jason's car. "I love his ship!"
"I know! Nice, huh?"
"So where is everyone?" Billy asked a little disappointed that only Jason was the only one to greet him.
"We're going to meet them at Tommy's house," Jason said as he opened the truck and started to put Billy's things next to his stuff. We are going to be staying at his place."
"Oh? You found Tommy?"
"Yeah. Actually, Adam and the other Zeos ran into him in Reefside. Turns out he moved there before they did. He is teaching science."
"HE'S WHAT!" Billy said flabbergasted. "Him?"
"Yeah!" Jason said as he closed the trunk. "Hard to believe, huh? And he is a paleontologist and has a doctrine in that too."
"Damn. This is the same Tommy that couldn't remember his backpack if it was glued to his back? He has been busy, hasn't he?"
"Yeah," Jason said as he and Billy opened the doors to the car. "Anyway, let's get going. I was a little late getting here and they are expecting me at one or two."
"Yeah, I saw that," Billy said as the two Rangers got into the car. "Man, I missed being in a car."
Cassidy and Devin were waiting patiently in the Dino Lab for Tommy and the other Rangers to come. They were relieved when they saw Adam and the other Zeos come down the stairs with Hayley right behind them. The Rangers were happy to see that the pair was alright.
"Good!" Hayley said as she let out a sigh. "Tommy isn't here yet?"
"No," Devin said.
Hayley went up to the computer and opened a communication line to Tommy's morpher. She then said, "Tommy, come in."
"I'm here, Hayley," Tommy said. "Are you at the lab?"
"Yeah. Everyone else is here too and Cassidy and Devin."
"Good. I will be there in a minute. I am just pulling up." Tommy helped Anton out of his jeep and to the house and down into the lab. The other Rangers looked worried when Elsa and Tommy brought Dr. Mercer down the stairs.
"He is okay," Elsa said. "We got him. He'll be fine." They helped Anton into Tommy's computer chair.
"What happened?" Adam asked. Anton then proceeded to tell the Rangers what he had told Tommy and Elsa.
"And Conner and Kira are gone too?" Tanya asked.
"Yeah," Hayley said. She went up to the computer and showed the footage of both Rangers getting captured. "I am surprised that he hasn't tried attacking Cassidy or Devin yet."
"Maybe he doesn't know about them," Rocky said. "They didn't get their powers until after he was originally destroyed."
"Maybe," Tommy said. "I have a feeling that he will come after me though."
"Everything is you, you, you! Isn't it?" Rocky said jokingly and Tommy gave Rocky an angry look.
"I think that Tommy is right though, Rocky," Anton said. "I think that he took them for a reason. Mesogog might be trying to isolate you, Tom."
"If he does come after Dr. O, we will kick his scaly butt!" Cassidy said.
"Yeah!" Devin said. Just then, the alarm sounded.
"Speak of the devil," Tommy said as he scooted Anton a little so he could get to his computer. "Tyrannodrones. Downtown in the park."
"Man! They always attack in the park!" Rocky said annoyed.
"Let's go guys," Tommy said.
"Be careful," Elsa said as she looked at Tommy. Katherine became jealous again.
"Right," Devin said with a thumb up.
"It's morphin' time!" Adam said. The ZEO Rangers morphed.
"Dino Thunder Power Up, HA!" Tommy, Cassidy and Devin said and they too morphed.
The group made their way to the park with their ZEO Jet Cycles, and Raptor Riders. They ran up to where the tyrannodrones were attacking the people. All the rangers ran in and began to start taking care of business. They fought all of them until only a few remained.
"This was too easy," Katherine said.
"Yeah," Devin said. "What was the point of sending those?"
"To bring all of you foollllsss out into the open!" a reptilian voice said. The Rangers turned toward the voice.
"Mesogog!" Tommy snarled.
"Nice to seeeee you too, Tommyaaaa!"
"EW!" Tanya shrieked. "Is that what he's always looked like?"
"He looked a lot worse when he was in his monster form," Cassidy said.
"More Rangers?" Mesogog said with an amused tone. "Where are you getting them from, Oliver? Did you offer extra credit to anyone willing to morph?"
"We are veteran Rangers, freak!" Adam yelled. "We are here to help."
"We are the new ones here," Devin said as he raised his hand. Cassidy elbowed him and other Rangers shook their heads in disbelief.
"Old or new, it doesn't matter," Mesogog said with an evil smirk on his face. "You will all feel my wrath, especially you, Dr. Oliver. Attack them now my pets."
"Yes master," a low roaring voice said. The Rangers tried to turn around to see the owner of the voice, but they were met by a huge tail sweep up from underneath them sending them flying upwards and then to the ground.
"Wha?" Tommy said as he looked up. In front of him were two dino monsters that looked a lot like the humanoid version of Mesogog. One of them looked like a tyrannosaurus with big furious teeth and the other looked slender and looked like a winged dinosaur, but still just as furious.
"Enjoy yourselves my children," Mesogog said as he began to walk away. "See you later, Rangers."
"Tommy!" Adam yelled. "Go after him!"
"But.." he said hesitantly.
"We can take care of these two," Rocky said.
"Go!" Tanya said as Katherine also nodded.
"We'll help them, Dr. Oliver," Cassidy and Devin said.
"Okay," Tommy said and then ran towards the dinos. He jumped over them and started running as fast as he could in pursuit of Mesogog.
"He stopped," Hayley said looking puzzled as she saw Mesogog stop right in front of where an invisa-portal was. "He was not going through it. What the heck is he up to?"
"It's strange," Anton Mercer said as he winced in pain. "He hasn't gone through the invisa-portal system to return to his base. He is after something. He wouldn't just try to attack them for no reason."
"Then what do you think he is after?" Elsa said.
"He is waiting for Tommy!" Hayley said. "It's a trap! Tommy, come in!" Instead of getting Tommy, Hayley was getting static. "Shoot! Adam! Cassidy! Guys! Come in! Damn it! Mesogog is blocking the signals to the communicators."
"Shoot!" Anton said. "They are in trouble."
"Mesogog!" Tommy yelled angrily. "Where have you taken Conner and the others?"
"They are around," Mesogog said. "I won't let you see them so easily. Go my sweets! Attack him!" Tommy got into a fighting stance and prepared for whatever Mesogog was going to throw at him. The invisa-portal opened behind him and out stepped two more dino monsters. One had spikes growing all over the place, which looked like a triceratops, and the other was a female that looked like a smaller version of the winged monster that he had seen before. The two lunged for Tommy and he rolled out of the way. The spiked one came down on Tommy with one of his arms and Tommy put up his to try and block it. Tommy was trying to push back, but the dino was slowly winning. Tommy pushed up and rolled back and grabbed his Brachio Staff to try and put distance between the two of them. He fired some shoots at him, but it didn't do anything. Unfortunately for Tommy, this wasn't intimidating the dino and it began to charge at him.
"Energy Orb!" Tommy yelled and sent the attack. It hit the dino and a huge cloud of dust formed. "Ha! Got ya!" The spiked dino came out of the dust without even a scratch on him. "Whoa!" Tommy knew he was in trouble. The female dino came flying in from behind the other dino, headed straight for Tommy and hit him hard sending him back into a tree. "I'm in way over my head now."
"HA!" Cassidy said as she used her crossbow and shoot at the male winged one. It hit and the dino jumped into the air and fly upwards to keep from getting hit any further.
"Cassidy, look out!" Katherine yelled. Cassidy turned to find the tail of the other dino coming towards her. Rocky lunged at Cassidy, grabbed her and rolled out of the way.
"Don't you dare hurt Cass!" Devin yelled angrily as he came at the dino with his axes chopping. He hit the tyrannosaurus a few times, but was swatted away. Tanya and Rocky jumped in after that and kicked him back. Adam then used his blaster and ran at the dino firing. All of his shots hit and the dino fell back.
"Alright!" Adam said.
"Look out!" Tanya yelled. The flying dino was heading straight for Adam. Katherine came in with her shield and redirected his attack above them and into the tyrannosaurus.
"Let's get back to master," the winged one said.
"We did our job," the tyrannosaurus said. The winged one grabbed onto the other and the two flew away.
"What did he mean by that?" Adam said with confusion in his voice.
"They must have been sent to keep us busy," Rocky said.
"Man are they strong!" Tanya said.
"We need to get to Dr. Oliver," Cassidy said.
"Dr. O, come in," Devin said into his morpher. All he got was static. "Hayley, come in!" He still got static.
"That's not good," Katherine said.
"I think their idea was to split us up from Tommy!" Tanya said.
"Hurry guys!" Adam said as he started to run in the direction that Tommy went. "We need to get to him!"
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Hee hee! Another chapter ending on a cliffhanger! TM: I love doing that!
Stay tuned for the next chapter.