"This is our quarry." Tommy said, bring the blip back up on the screen. "Billy and I came to a conclusion that it's a power source of some kind. We just don't know what kind."
"Another morphing source?" Conner asked, stepping up to take a closer look.
"Definitely." Billy answered, Hayley standing beside him. "We've pin-pointed it as either a Zeo Crystal or a Dino Crystal."
"The third crystal Sierra was talking about?" Ethan asked, glancing at Trent. "So it's not a myth after all."
"Don't jump the gun, Ethan." Tommy remarked, his hand locked with Sierra's. "It may not even be a morphin source. It could be just some ancient piece of rock."
Not a single person in the room believed and quite frankly, neither did Tommy. Everyone came to the own conclusion as to what it was, and most dwelled on the same thing. Another ranger was in the midst, and the only question was, who?
Ethan and Conner leaned forward simultaneously, peering at Kimberly. They just got a confused stare back. Suddenly, the alarm blared the screen switched an overview of the city. A red dot flashed rapidly on the screen and Hayley zoomed in. A monster was running rampant in the city, destroying nearly everything in site.
"Man, look at the drill on that thing." Ethan winced, seeing the massive spike impale a civilian to the wall.
"Yeah and that's our cue." Conner stated and stepped back.
"Wait!" Tommy said, bring up the picture of the forest again. "Ethan, Kira, Conner and Trent, I want you guys to go get the power source. Kojin, Sierra and I will hand the monster down town." He tapped a few more keys and the image vanished. "Go! Vertox may already be trying to get his hands on it."
"This'll get you guys there quicker." Billy said tapping a few keys.
Everything in the room suddenly seemed…cute. The rangers scanned the room, feeling their bodies become as light as a feather, almost like they were floating. Suddenly, the room turned into a giant blob and melted into darkness. A split second later, it switched from the Command Center to the Petrified Forest…
And they didn't feel so light anymore.
"OW!" Conner hissed, falling on his ass. Kira and Trent landed hard on him as Ethan smacked face first into the ground. A moment later, their morphers chimed.
"Ah…sorry guys." Billy said, obviously a bit concerned. "Testing the new teleportation system and it seems it works. Landing could use some work."
"Thanks Billy…" Conner squeeked, felling something rather low was being crushed. "N-Next time I'll walk it…t-thanks."
Kira and Trent quickly helped the suffer Conner up as Ethan dusted himself off. "I like the idea of teleportation, but it needs some serious work." He coughed, spitting out some dirt. "Serious work."
Conner sighed and raised his hand. A red-white flashed exploded from the Dino Gems, replacing it with their morphers.
"Ready?" Conner shouted, feeling the energy of the gem course threw him.
"Ready!" The others answered, glowing with their respective hues.
"Dino Thunder! Power up!" The Teens cried, throwing their palms forward as a flash of respective light overtook them.
"White Ranger! Dino Power!" Trent answered, a white flash illuminated from the morpher and bathed him with energy.
To see a ranger morph is to watch a rainbow. Their respective colors burned brightly over their bodies, bathing them with energy. Soon their street outfits had vanished, replaced by the sleek, crystal clean armor. Each suit was strong enough to withstand a gunshot, but loose enough to fight in.
To look at a Power Ranger is too look at your last hope…
"The power is around here somewhere." Conner said, scanning the tree lines. "Watch out for any thing suspicious."
Trent stopped as his Drago Sword appeared before him. He clutched with a death grip as he nodded ahead. "So does Zeltrax walking towards count as suspicious?"
"Huh?" They said looking as well.
Indeed it was Zeltrax. He seemed unharmed from their last battle; his armour clean and sparkling in the sun light. It was like they never even fought, or even met before. Yet they could make out the scowl on his face, even though it was impossible. They could see the anger beaming off of him with each step. The blade in his hand was no longer a pale emerald green, but instead it was an angry red.
Unfortunately for the rangers, Zeltrax was back and ready for action…
Tommy skid hard down the street as Driller retracted its leg. Quickly, he returned to his feet in time to deflect a blast of blue of lightning. He diverted it into a near by window, effectively shattering it.
As the glass sprayed between them, Tommy sent a blast of dino energy into a piece of it. Like a prism or a mirror, the energy shattered into hundreds of smaller pieces as they reflected through the glass. Each fragment of energy hit another piece of glass, breaking apart again and repeated itself.
Suddenly, Driller found himself consumed by the black-gold spheres. They hung all around him, threatening to devour him like a shark. He looked around himself, scowling; every exit had been blocked by the spheres except…
"Nice try, Ranger!" Driller hissed and slammed the sword into the ground. The concrete beneath him turned into dust as he vanished into the hole.
Tommy gasped and slammed his staff into the ground. "Brachio Staff, Earth Strike!"
The ground shook and splintered as the energy race through the cracks. For a split second, black-gold rays shined high in the sky, bathing everything it touched with its rays of glory. Suddenly, the ground quaked harder and a great fire ball bloomed into the sky. As the smoke and fire cleared a hand latched on to the street and Driller pulled itself out of the hole.
"Bad idea." Tommy snickered and clasped his hands together. "Energy Orb, form!"
Suddenly the packets of energy swarmed on the monster and consumed him in a golden shell. He thrust his sword at the bubble in defiance, but had no effect. Tommy suddenly bound forward, squeezing the hilt of his staff tightly. He sprang forward and slashed through the orb and Driller before skidding to a stop a dozen feet away.
For a second there was silence and then the sky was covered with a fiery orange glow as the orb erupted. Tommy whirled around to see the extent of the damage, but a brutal fist sent him flying through the air. The wall splintered on impact before he fell to the ground, reeling in pain.
"Fool!" Driller hissed, waving the massive sword threateningly at Tommy. "You stand no chance against me!"
"BACK OFF SCRAP HEAD!"
Driller whirled around in time to see two fists mash against his chest. Pain encompassed his body as he skid hard against the ruined road. Two Black Rangers stood side by side, weapons in hand. Tommy stumbled over to their sides, panting and clutching his chest.
"F-For once, I can actually say I'm glad y-you're here." He managed, wincing as his back throbbed again.
Kojin stepped forward, jabbing his sword at the monster. "All right metal head, you've met your worst nightmare!" He hissed and charged at the monster.
The two clashed a volley of lightning quick thrusts and parries. Kojin ducked under the blade, slicing his own across Driller's stomach. He rolled forward by his side, escaping a downward slash, and countered with a hard strike across the back. The monster staggered forward into the clawed hands of Sierra. She swung her hand across his face and chest, sparks flying into the air.
The blade moved for another strike, but met Tommy's staff. A quick sidekick had the monster reeling backwards again.
"Dragon lance attack!" Kojin hissed, the blade glowing a pale yellow. He suddenly threw the sword like a spear and almost instantly it gained speed and slashed hard across the monster's chest.
"Wolf Fang Fist!" Sierra roared and threw both palms outwards. Two massive, clawed fists appeared around the dazed Driller, threatening to consume him. "Explode!" She crushed her hands together and claw's followed. They locked around Driller and another fireball raced into the sky.
"GAH!" Conner cried, slamming against the ground and rolling away.
"Foolish Ranger!" Zeltrax hissed and laughed, staring at the downed rangers. "You beat me once, Rangers, but never again!"
Trent clashed with Zeltrax, meeting the mighty robot move for move. Two Red eyes locked with the sky blue of Trents as swear trickled down his forehead. A quick flick of the wrist unbalanced Zeltrax the blade slammed against his shoulder. He staggered back, roaring in pain before sending hot, blue-white lightning into Trent's body. He slammed into the ground, sliding a few feet away before resting against a pile of rubble.
Kira and Ethan dove in front of Trent, raising their weapons protectively.
"Foolish Rangers." Zeltrax laughed, lightning sparkled in his crimson red eyes. "You beat me once, but you will not beat me again…"
The light arched out and coiled around the rangers. They gasped and cried out as the electricity ripped through their bodies. Zeltrax waved his hand and sent the Rangers flying dozen feet away.
Trent stood now, Drago-Sword in hand.
"Leave my friends along, Zeltrax…" He hissed and cut the air a dozen times. "Energy Arrows!"
Zeltrax gasped and rolled away as the golden arrows raced past. He was quickly on his feet and sent a column of energy racing towards the White Ranger. Trent flipped high into the air as the energy tore through the ground and debris. His entire being burned white as the Dino-Crystal pulsed.
"Dino-Crystal Fire!" Trent roared as he body was consumed with the light.
Zeltrax cried out felt his body burn away again. All the memories of his final battle came back and then…shattered. His body, he watched as it shattered into a thousand, million, shards of glass before it melted away.
Before he melted away.
Trent slammed into the ground, splintering it. He panted hard as he lost connection with the gem and demorphed.
"TRENT!" Conner shouted, skidding to a stop beside his friend. The red suit shattered into sparkling lights and vanished. He rolled Trent over and slapped his cheek lightly. "Trent dude, come on, wake up!"
He groaned and slapped the hand away, rolling onto his side and slowly pushed himself up. There, resting peacefully on the alter was the desired power source. Trent took a deep breath and raised his wrist.
"Hey Billy…that power source…" He looked at it again to make sure it was right. "Ah…it's a Dino Crystal…and a Zeo Crystal…"
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DUN….DUN….DUNNN!
So it's both a Zeo Crystal and a Dino Gem? OOHHHH! What's going to happen next! And a better question is…who will the Dino Crystal choose? Find out on The Power of the Dino Prt. 2!