Chapter 16: Missing Zords

"Dr. O, I know the suit looks good an all, but quit kidding around," Kira insisted. Kimberly felt Kylie's hand tighten on hers and patted her shoulder as Tommy began to explain.

"I wish I could, Kira. When Trent froze me in that amber, somehow my Dino Gem and my morpher must've re-molecularized," Tommy explained.

"In other words?" Connor asked.

"He's stuck. And speaking of Trent, looks like he's up to no good again," Hayley replied.

They watched as the White Dino Zords started stomping through town. "I am so over that poser," Connor sneered.

"Go. I'll see what we can figure out here," Tommy informed.

"Good luck, you guys," Kimberly told them.

They watched as the teens morphed and went off. They watched as Trent captured the Power Rangers and took their zords. "Oh, no!" Kimberly gasped. Tommy wrapped an arm around her shoulders and had the teens come back. Then once the Rangers came back, they looked at their trapped zords.

"What's the situation, Hayley?" Tommy asked.

"It's not good. He's got them in a force field," Hayley replied.

"It's not Trent's fault. The gem is making him this way," Kira insisted.

"I don't care whose fault it is. We find a way to deal with him, or things are gonna get ugly," Connor snapped.

"Slow down. I was in his shoes once, and I wouldn't be here today if my friends have given up on me," Tommy reminded.

Kimberly sighed as Tommy wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She remembered those first few days she had known Tommy. Now he was here with her and with Kylie. "Okay, so we don't give up yet. But what do we do?" Ethan asked.

"Go back to school. Keep a low profile. Hayley, Kim, and I will let you know if anything changes," Tommy replied.

They watched the teens go and Hayley monitored the zords. Kylie came downstairs and found Kimberly sitting a desk with her head in her hand and Tommy had a hand on her shoulder. "Mommy, daddy, what's wrong?" She asked. Kimberly sat up and looked over at her daughter.

"Nothing's wrong. Sweet heart. Dad and I are having a rough day, that's all," Kimberly replied.

She placed a kiss on Kylie's forehead and Tommy knelt down to her level. "Daddy, are you allowed to take your helmet off?" She asked. Tommy removed the helmet and she touched his face. Tommy smiled and placed a kiss on her forehead. Kylie then wrapped her arms around his neck. "I missed you, so much," she murmured. He sighed and looked at Kimberly. Kimberly smiled and stood up when Tommy sent Kylie upstairs. Hayley decided to leave the two alone and once they were alone, Kimberly hugged him tight.

"When I found you in that amber, I thought that I was never going to see you again," she whispered.

"I'm here though, Beautiful. I'm never going to leave you," he whispered back.

Kimberly felt a tingle go up her spine when he called her by her nickname. The name he gave her when they were dating the first time. When he was the White Ranger. "I love you so much," she whispered. Tommy then pulled her even closer to him.

"I love you too, Beautiful," he whispered back.

The next day, Connor, Ethan, and Kira had come down to the lab after school, telling Tommy and Kimberly about Trent being turned back to good. "He said he was going to give back our zords and give us a peace offering," Connor stated.

"It's true, I heard him," Ethan agreed.

Tommy looked at Kimberly before looking at his students. "We'll go and check it out, but I have a really bad feeling about this though," Tommy stated. He backed up so they could morph.

"Ready?" Connor asked.

"Ready," they replied.

"DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!" They shouted.

They morphed and went over to their raptor cycles. "I'm driving," Kimberly laughed. She got on and Tommy got on behind her.

When they got to the warehouse, Trent stood up and walked over to them. "Hey, over here," he called. They got off their bikes and walked over to them.

"Hope you don't mind. I tagged along just in case," Tommy stated.

"Dr. Oliver, you're okay," he stated.

"More or less," Tommy commented.

"I hate to get right to the point, but I don't see any zords around here," Ethan observed.

"I thought we'd start with the peace offering I promised first," Trent told him.

He walked over and revealed a black and gold four-wheeler. Kimberly then felt that something was wrong. Something was very wrong. "I figured you guys could the help against Mesogog. Who wants to try it out?" Trent asked.

"Make way," Ethan stated.

Tommy stopped him. "Sorry, Ethan. I think it's better if I try it first," Tommy stated.

"Aw, man," Ethan groaned.

Kimberly watched as he got on the bike and then she saw something in Trent's eyes. It was a trap. They had walked straight into a trap. "Good work. 12-stroke engine?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah, sure is," Trent replied.

"They don't make 12-stroke engines, Trent," Tommy stated.

"And Mesogog doesn't make monsters that turn people nice either," Trent sneered.

"TOMMY!" Kimberly shouted.

She watched as Trent kicked the bike and Tommy sped forward. "IT'S A TRAP!" Tommy yelled. Kimberly jumped out of the way when her boyfriend came their way. She stood up and watched as he went through boxes to get out.

"TOMMY!" Kimberly yelled.

"DR. O!" The Rangers yelled.

Connor then turned to Trent. "You'll pay for this," Connor snapped. Trent whistled and his white four-wheeler came over.

"Later, suckers," Trent laughed.

He pushed the button his morpher and jumped onto his bike. "We have to help Tommy," Kimberly insisted. She jumped on her bike and sped off after them.

"MISS HART!" Kira called.

As they were about to go after her, the monster appeared. "You're not going anywhere," the monster laughed.

"Try and stop us," Connor snapped.

Kimberly sped past Trent and went up to Tommy. She saw he was struggling to control the bike. "How do you control this thing?" He questioned. Kimberly gasped when he went towards a car.

"TOMMY!" She yelled.

"Think Tommy. BRACHIO-STAFF!" He shouted.

He drove his staff into the bike and it stopped the bike before he hit the car. Kimberly drove up next to him. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I think so," he replied.

Just then, Trent jumped over their heads on his bike and stopped in front of them. "Time to go to work," Tommy commented. Kimberly and Tommy spun around as Trent fired blasts at them.

"Better run," Trent laughed.

They drove right past him and Kimberly followed Tommy, hoping he could gain control of the bike. "Laser blast, full power," Trent ordered. Kimberly and Tommy jumped over some crates when a blast landed behind them.

When they kept driving on, Trent hit Kimberly with a blast. Tommy turned around to see Kimberly off her bike and she landed on the hard cement. "KIMBERLY!" Tommy yelled. Kimberly stood up and held her shoulder.

"I'm okay, just stop Trent," she insisted.

"All right," Tommy stated.

Then he was gone. Kimberly fell to the ground in pain when Trent sent another blaster. "See you later, Pink Ranger," he laughed. Kimberly de-morphed and couldn't move.

Tommy came back, and he remembered about Kimberly after Trent disappeared. "I'll be back," he told them. He got back on his bike.

"Where are you going?" Kira asked.

"Kimberly's still out there," Tommy replied.

The three rangers looked at each other as the Black Ranger went after their Pink Ranger.

He found Kimberly on the ground and ran to her. "Kim!" He gasped. She opened her eyes to see Tommy holding her.

"Tommy, what happened? Where's Trent?" She asked.

"I don't have time to explain. We have to get back to the lab," he replied.

He picked her up and placed her on the bike. Then they went back for the other Rangers.

When they were back at the lab, Kimberly was resting after Hayley checked her over while listening to their conversation. "Can we go over this again? Trent made a deal with Mesogog, pretending to let Insecollite turn him back to himself as a way of tricking us into taking the rigged ATV and so he could try and put Miss Hart out of the fight?" Connor asked.

"I can't believe he made a deal with Mesogog. That is a new low," Kira stated.

Kimberly stood up and walked over to Tommy. "And risky. Trent was supposed to beat us. Mesogog's not going to be happy," Ethan commented.

"Lighting the candle at both ends? The White Rangers bound to get burned," Tommy stated.

"And I think I know how to get the fire going. The ray used by Insectollite destroyed your energy shields. I bet if you get that creep to aim his energy buster at the zords..." Kira finished her sentence.

"We could break through Trent's shield around them," Kira finished.

"Okay, small problem: how's Trent gonna feel about all this?" Ethan asked.

"Every trap needs it's bait," Hayley hinted.

They were going to trick Trent in order to get their zords back. Kimberly stopped Tommy before he could say anything. "I'm okay and I'm going with you," she insisted. Tommy nodded before they left.

When they got back to the warehouse, they started searching for Trent. "TRENT! Where are you?" Kira called.

"We gotta talk, bro," Connor stated.

"TRENT!" Ethan called.

"You made a deal with Mesogog. Now it's time you made one with us," Tommy commented.

"Come out so we can talk," Kimberly insisted.

Just then, Trent appeared and he attacked. He kicked Connor and grabbed him. "You wanted to see me?" Trent asked.

"We wanted to make a little deal of our own," Connor replied.

"I don't make deals with posers," Trent snapped.

"TAKE THAT BACK!" Connor yelled.

Trent kicked Connor to the ground and the rest of the rangers came to their Red Ranger. "You just won't learn, will you?" Trent asked.

"Learn what?" Connor asked.

"The White Ranger always wins," Trent replied.

He swung his dagger around and he disappeared. Just then, Tommy's morpher went of. "Go," Tommy stated.

"It's working. The monster is back on the other side of the warehouse," Hayley informed.

They went after the monster. After they pulled out their sabers, the monster blasted them. Tommy and Kimberly stood up with their weapons in hand. "BRACHIO-STAFF! ENERGY ORB!" Tommy yelled.

"STEGO-SABERS! FLAME THROWER!" Kimberly shouted.

"You're going down," Tommy told the monster.

They pushed their attacks at the monster. Then Connor, Ethan, and Kira helped them out. Attacking the monster from left and right, Insectollite finally fell. "That got him," Connor commented.

"Yeah," Tommy agreed.

"Great work, now let's go to phase three of our plan," Kimberly stated.

"Kim's right. Help me load him up," Tommy agreed.

"Right," Ethan stated.

They got Insectollite on the back of Tommy's four-wheeler before getting on their Raptor Riders. The sun was going down and they were getting closer. "Come on. Faster boy, faster," Connor urged.

"Hang on, zords," Kira insisted.

"We're not going to make it," Ethan stated.

"We have to," Tommy told him.

"We need those zords in order to defeat Mesogog," Kimberly commented.

When they stopped, Tommy grabbed Insectollite. "This is your cue, Insetollite. Go on," Tommy insisted. They watched as the monster was about to blast the shields when Trent destroyed him.

"You're too late," Trent sneered.

"Oh, man," Tommy groaned.

"See ya," Trent laughed.

He then set off the star bombs on the zords' restraints. "Come on," Connor urged. They saw nothing but smoke.

"OH, NO!" Kira shouted.

"It can't be," Tommy murmured.

However, they saw that the zords were on Trent's side. "The zords, they switched teams!" Connor gasped.

"Another trick," Tommy stated.

When Tommy called the zords, it was no use. They lost against Trent. Kimberly looked at Tommy. "What are we going to do?" She asked. Tommy wrapped an arm around her waist.

"I don't know, Kim. I really do know," he replied.

When they got back. Kira, Connor, and Ethan sat around Tommy's four-wheeler. Kimberly noticed Connor putting a hand on Kira's shoulder. "Trent has got some nerve," Kira groaned.

"Why can't he just give up?" Ethan asked.

"Good think I never give up. Your bikes are fixed," Hayley informed.

"Hayley, you're the best," Connor told her.

"Just don't do it again, okay? And as an added bonus, I reprogrammed the ATV. That should come in handy," Hayley added.

Kimberly looked up when Tommy started talking. "We're gonna need all the help we can get. It Trent and Mesogog team up for good, we're gonna have a real battle on our hands," Tommy stated. Kimberly sighed sadly and they sent the teenagers home.

"Hayley, Tommy and I can take over. You need to get some sleep," Kimberly insisted.

Hayley went upstairs and Kimberly looked at Tommy. "We have to stop Trent before this goes too far," she commented.

"I agree, we just have to figure out how to stop him," Tommy agreed.

"What are we going to do about, Kylie? What's going to happen when I leave for the Olympics?" She asked.

Tommy sighed when he remembered that Kimberly was leaving for the Olympics soon. "I'm not sure if I should leave Kylie here and have her be a burden for you guys while fighting Trent and Mesogog," she stated. Tommy got down on his knees and took Kimberly's hands in his own.

"Kimberly, Kylie could never be a burden even if she tried," he assured her.

She wrapped her arms around his neck with a sigh. "We'll be here when you get back," he told her. She closed her eyes and felt him pull her closer to him.

"I love you, Tommy," she whispered.

"I love you too, Beautiful," he whispered back.