Paradise Lost

A/N Hey people, hope everyone had a great Christmas, fantastic New Year and all that. Here is the next chapter in the saga, hop you enjoy it! Please leave a review! All the reviews I got for the last chapter were fantastic, thanks heaps!

Oh, btw, I have never actually seen an episode of Dino thunder, it isn't being shown in Australia, so this is all vaguely based on a couple pictures I saw, and other fanfic stories. If it isn't even remotely close to the truth I apologise sincerely, and any helpful hints as to what I'm doing wrong would be fantastic!

Kira was slumped miserably on her bed, her eyes red from tears. Ethan and Hayley had sent her home to get some rest while she could. They had been busy working on the computers, and she had been doing…well, nothing, so Hayley had suggested she have a sleep, because she was going to need to be full strength later on.

Privately Kira reckoned Hayley just wanted her out of their hair, which made sense, as her misery and pessimism wasn't really helping the rescue attempt.

And so here she was, lying on her bed, lonely and upset, contemplating just how much a part of her life Conner had become. It had happened so gradually, his integration into her world. She hadn't even noticed how much she had come to depend on him; his smile, his opinion, his support.

And now it might all be ripped away from her because of some Dino freak and his minions.

Kira groaned and rolled over, thinking back to her life as it was now, and then dropping Conner out of the equation. A couple months ago, she wouldn't have even noticed he was gone, but now…she wasn't sure she was going to be able to live without him. The intensity of that realisation startled her.

"I have to get him back." Kira said, determinedly to herself. "I just have too." With that she gave up on her 'rest', if it could even be called that she hadn't even tried to sleep, and headed off out the door with only a vague "I'll see you later" to her mother.

She was going to help Ethan and Hayley, because if she didn't do something soon, just lay on her bed and thought she was going to go absolutely bananas.

He was roughly roused out of a restless sleep by one of the drones and dragged down some dank passages to a room where Elsa and Zeltrax waited for him. They looked pretty damn pleased about something, (which he supposed was his capture). He was slightly afraid of them though, their all too smug expressions suggesting that they knew something he didn't. And he was not going to like it when he found out.

"Sleep well?" asked Elsa, her dark eyes glinting maliciously in the dim lighting.

"As well as can be expected." Conner shot back, annoyed at how casual she sounded. He was in a dangerous life threatening position, and she was speaking like she had just invited him over to tea.

She didn't speak for a moment, just eyed him. It reminded him of one of those nature documentaries, where the lion is eyeing its prey before the big strike.

"I spoke to your friends." She said, in the same casual tone.

A look of surprise crossed his face, followed by one of confusion. Why was she telling them she had him? Didn't that give them the advantage as they looked for him?

Hang on…

"What did you ask for?"

She smiled innocently, way, way too innocently, and said "Why would we ask for anything, eh Red Ranger, we were just concerned for your safety."

"Like fun you are, what do you want Elsa?"

Her whole composure changed in a second. Her eyes continued to glint, her expression became a sneer, and her voice was back to its usual evil tone.

"I told the other pathetic rangers that if they ever wanted to see you again, I wanted their gems. And, them being the ignorant fools that they are, they will give them to me without question." She smiled again, evilly this time, "and then, once I have the gems, I'll kill you. In their grief the other rangers will be easy targets. Especially that yellow one. She will be the first to fall."

Conner didn't even stop to think he was so filled with rage from the comment about them killing Kira. He leapt at Elsa, a shout escaping his mouth as he punched her hard across the face.

It was the only shot he got in, as the drones that had been guarding the door raced in to pull him off her.

Elsa stood, blood flowing from her nose, the malicious glint in her eyes replaced with a relatively homicidal one. As he bravely held her glare with one of his own she slowly drew her sword.

"That was a stupid thing to do Red Ranger." Her voice was quiet as a mouse, but he heard her like she had shouted in his ear. "It may just be the last thing that you ever do."

She held her sword high and stepped forward.

A/N And that, ladies and gents is where I leave this chapter. Next chap we'll get back to Hayley and Ethan, they sort of got rejected in this one. REVIEW PLEASE. Thanks ppl.