Summary: Billy and Hayley deliver some very disturbing to their friends, oblivious to the fact the Dino Rangers fought the former-ranger with everything they had. Meanwhile, Jack and the other S.P.D rangers try to contact home base.
A/N: So how's the story so far? Is it getting better or what? What'd you swerve at the end? Maleificent a Power Ranger? Don't worry, you'll get some answers in this chapter.
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Tommy and Kim sat, staring bewilderedly at the technical advisors. Had they heard right? Maleificent was a former Power Ranger? Kim glanced up at Tommy, only to see his face contorted in thought. He had a hard time digesting the information as much as her.
"A power ranger?" Kimberly repeated, exasperatedly. "Billy, how's that possible?"
"Well, years ago, when Tommy was the Evil Green Ranger, Rita had given him the Sword of Darkness." Billy began, pulling out a sheet of paper. "Rita had acquired the sword when her Black Knight defeated one Zordon's Rangers in battle. I'll give you all a guess on that ranger."
Kimberly frowned. "Wait, why's he here if he's suppose to be dead?"
"Well you see, that's the thing…" He glanced at the paper. "Zordon, before being locked into his dimensional tube, made an attempt to fend off the Black Knight. However, according to the information we found, it says some being sent his Ranger spiraling through a time portal before stepping through it as well. Rita came to Earth, fought Zordon and in the process, stole the Sword of Darkness. At the time, the Sword of Light."
Tommy frowned deeper and glanced at Kimberly. Their eyes locked and then glanced up at their advisors. No one said anything for a long moment as the awkward silence settled upon the house. The last couple of days, silence seemed to be the latest trend. Tommy sighed and rubbed his weary eyes.
"How'd you two find out about this information, anyway?" He questioned, trying to divert his thoughts. He didn't want this on his mind right now.
Billy grinned slightly. "We tapped into the Morphing Grid. Apparently Hayley found out how to do that a while back." He shrugged. "The rest is easy as pie; we just shuffled through the information it contained."
"Any information on Vertox or these S.P.D Rangers?" Tommy asked, raising a brow.
"Well, that's another we wanted to present. The information says Vertox is the one who sent Maleificent through the time portal." He glanced at Hayley as she pulled out another piece of paper.
"As far as S.P.D goes, the morphing grid had little information on them. The only information we managed to find was the Morphing Grid was reconfiguring itself for another set of Ranger powers." She said with a shrug. "That could S.P.D or it could be caused by Maleificent's sudden arrival to the timeframe. Whatever the case is, a new set of powers are being created."
Tommy rubbed his throbbing skull and sighed heavily. All this information was too much to take in right now. Kimberly gripped his arm a little tight and laid her head to rest on is shoulder. He smiled lightly, but covered it with his hand as he looked up at the technical team.
"Alright…alright, thanks for the information…" he said softly, rubbing his head again. It felt like someone was jabbing at his brain with a nail.
"We have one last bit." Billy said and reached into his pocket. Tommy looked up at him and gasped, catching the object coming at him. He frowned and looked down at it. His eyes went wide as he looked at the gem in his hand. His Gem; a black gem; the Dino Gem.
"H-how?" Tommy stuttered, looking up at Billy.
Billy shrugged, looking thoroughly bewildered. "I don't know, Tommy. We were shuffling through the information in the morphing grid and we heard a noise. I went to check it out and I found your Dino Gem sitting on the rock pedestal; along with all the original gems used to be."
Tommy sighed as he tried to collect his thoughts. Just what the hell was going on here? First Mesogog suddenly comes back, then his Power Coin makes a return, saving everyone from the brink of death. Now they find out Maleificent is actually an original Power Ranger turned evil. To top it all off, his Dino Gem makes a miraculous comeback. He glanced at Kimberly, seeing her worried eyes plastered on him. He let out a painful sigh and rubbed his throbbing head.
"I think I'm going to lay down, guys." He said and stood up, shakily. "This is a lot of information to digest and I have a bad headache." Leaving them no time to reply, he bound up the stairs and slammed his door.
Kimberly sighed and pulled the blankets closed to her. Just when they were sharing a good moment together, it all gets ruined. Billy shot an apologetic look at her but she looked away to the cackling fire again. Hayley sighed and turned away as the two technical advisor's made their way down to the basement.
For a moment, Kimberly sat a lone in the room, staring blankly at the fire. Tommy was right; the information was a lot to digest. Her mind replied what she'd heard, not quite wanting to believe any of it either. What confused her the most was the connection between Vertox and the former ranger, Maleificent. Just what made Vertox send him through the portal and why, after all this time, was he just finally returning to the right time?
She sighed heavily, returning to reality and ran a hand through her hair. But reality quickly slipped away as the fire blazed brightly in her eyes. Tommy's Dino Gem returned and what was the connection between it and the Power Coin? The Green Ranger powers had been depleted almost nine years ago; there's no way the coin would have enough power to even sustain even one last morph. Zedd had saw to that, personally.
Even if someone had recharged the coin, who and why was it done? Only one person in the universe had enough power alone to recharge it and that man was dead. Her burrow's furrowed as the fire weaved slightly, as if it taunting her with the answer. Her mind reached out further, wanting to grasp the fire and choke the oxygen from it's very being till it finally gave her what she wanted.
"Kimberly?"
She jumped and looked to do the door and smiled, seeing Kira standing there. But her face hardened, seeing the redness to her eyes. "Kira, what's wrong?" Kimberly asked, standing up. Kira shook her head as she balled her fists. Glancing down at them, Kim could see the whiteness to her knuckles. "Kira, what is it? What's wrong?" She asked, resting her hands on her shoulder.
"Kim, I can't find Conner." She whispered, shaking. Kimberly frowned, tilting her head. "I've tried to the communicator, but he won't answer. Neither will Ethan or Trent."
Kimberly lifted her arm, concerned as well. "Conner, Ethan, Trent, this is Kimberly, come in." Silence. She waited for a moment, staring at Kira. "Conner, Ethan, Trent, this is Kimberly. Come in!" She said it a little more forcibly. Again, there was only silence.
"It doesn't take two hours to find a tree, chop it down and drag it back here. You guy's give in a forest." She said, worriedly. "Kim, what if they ran into the Maleificent guy?"
The Pink Dino Ranger frowned and shook her head. She wrapped her arms around Kira in a sisterly hug and sighed. "I think one of them would have called for back-up, if they had." She said, glancing at her morpher. She knew that statement was too good to be true; after all, with Conner out there it wouldn't be likely he'd call or let the others call for back-up.
"One Word: Conner." Kira said, sighing. "I over heard your conversation with Billy and Hayley."
Kimberly cringed as the thoughts flooded her again. "Yeah, interesting, huh?" The two shared a laugh and Kira pulled away, holding her arm. Kimberly frowned, seeing the worry written all over her friends face. Before she could say anything however, their morphers chimed an all to familiar sound.
"FUCK! ETHAN, COVER TRENT!" Conner's voice rang loud and clear. "GUYS! HELP! QUICK! WE'RE GETTING OUR ASSES KICKED!"
Kimberly looked up to Kira, but she was already throwing the door open. "On our way, kid. Hold out till we get there!" In a flash, the two rangers were consumed by their respective hues and vanished into the forest…
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"We need to figure out how to get back to our own time." Sky said, looking down at his morpher. "I've tried communicating with Kat, but I've had no luck getting through to her."
"The communication is jammed." Bridge said, looking down at the screen. "We can't get any signals through. Something on the Command Center's side is scrambling the waves."
Jack sighed, leaning against the Dojo's wall, staring at his communicator. All of the rangers were right; they needed to find Maleificent, contain him and return home. Both of those options were nearly impossible, however. No one knew where their prey was and returning home wasn't an option unless their foe wished for it. For all they knew, they could be stuck here forever. As nice as the Dino Thunder Rangers were, no one wanted to be stuck with them.
"Look." Jack said, pushing off the wall. Silence consumed the other rangers as they looked up to their leader. "Right now, we need to focus on the criminal at large. Unless we do something to find him and stop him, we can forget about going home. Commander Kruger would have our badges if we came back empty handed. If he didn't take them, I will."
All sense of chaos and fear was wiped away to be replaced with determination and will. "Sir!" Z said, snapping Jack a crisp, powerful salute. "How do you…we…expect to catch this criminal, Sir!" She stepped back into line.
Syd was the next to step forward. "It appears our training was no match against him; our weapons couldn't even harm him." Sky stepped up, nodding his head.
"I agree, sir. This is one of the most powerful enemies we've fought yet." He said and the two stepped back into line.
Jack sighed and looked to the floor. "Training means noting unless you have the will to back it up; the will to act." He said, pacing slowly, back and forth as he glanced between his rangers. "What do we know about our foe, so far?"
"Powerful." Bridge.
"Intelligent." Syd.
"Invincible." Bridge.
Jack stopped and pointed to the Green Ranger. "No. Not invincible. Sam could harm him, remember?" Bridge looked confused, as did Syd. Sky and Z nodded, standing slightly taller. "Why could Sam harm him, but not us?"
Bridged raised his hand. "Sir, I like to believe it's because his power, morpher, is from the future. He is considerably stronger then us."
Before Jack could agree, their morphers chimed. Gasps echoed through the room and Jack snatched up his Morpher. "Jack Landor's, go ahead." He said and waited for a response. Silence for a moment and then heard a familiar voice return his call.
"Kat Manx here." Everyone sighed in relief. "We've locked onto your coordinates and are currently trying to open a portal to return you home. Commander Kruger wishes to know you status."
Jack glanced at his rangers. "Dire. We have been unable to apprehend our suspect, over."
Silence. "Jack, this is Commander Kruger. Change of mission plans, Jack. We want you destroy this one. I repeat, do not apprehend. This villain is to be destroyed. You have permission from High Court to carry out the deletion."
The ranger looked at each other thoroughly bewildered and stunned. Only once before had they deleted a villain. "Sir…I question you and the High Courts Orders. Why deletion, sir?"
"We have been monitoring Earth's current situation and Kat has managed to find ties between Maleificent and the current known enemy of Earth, Vertox. It appears there is family ties and should the two brothers meet, it would cause horrific and catastrophic consequences. I repeat my orders again: Do not Apprehend. This enemy is set for deletion."
"Orders received and understood." Jack said with a sigh. "Any news on bringing us home?"
"Negative. Kat is searching for a way to open a temporal portal, however we haven't had much luck. Focus on your mission for now, Commander Landor's." Kruger answered with a painful sigh at the end. "Delta Command, out."
The morpher went dead, losing it's signal. Jack sighed and glanced at his rangers. "We have our orders." He snapped them a crisp salute. "Lets see to it they are carried out."
"SIR, YES SIR!" The ranger shouted united and turned for the door. Unbeknownst to them, standing just outside it was Tommy Oliver, staring at the wall with wide, horrified eyes. Suddenly, he morpher chimed and Conner's voice rang through the morpher. He heard the shuffling of foot steps stop and silence followed.
"Who's there?" Jack said, reaching for his morpher.
Tommy sighed, rubbing his head. Things were just getting more complicated by the minute.
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Conner found himself being pushed back further then he like and forced power into his muscles to stop. To his horror, Maleificent just pummeled him in the chest with another barrage of fists and kicked him hard in the gut. The force sent him twisting through the air and crashing into a near by tree. Several blue-white lasers slammed into the Warlock's arm, staggering him, but he quickly shrugged it off and raised his blade.
"Crap!" Ethan said, diving away from the thrusting blade. He raised his saber in defense, blocking the second swing and felt a thunderous collide with his ribs. The air rushed from his lungs and a voracious roundhouse sent him head first into the ground. He could feel the blood run down the side of his face and his skull throb painfully.
"This is it? This is all the mighty Dino Thunder Rangers have to offer?" Maleificent threw his head back in wild laughter as he squeezed his sword tightly. "This is pathetic. It's unfortunately the great Mesogog had to perish at your hands."
Conner struggled to his feet, panting hard against his mask. Shakily, he raised the Thundermax saber again, preparing for the next charge.
Maleificent half sneered/half smiled and crouched down, raising his own saber. However, before he could charge, several yellow-pink lasers slammed into him and the ground around him. An explosion consumed the landscape and a painful cry echoed through the surrounding forest. Conner forced himself to look over his shoulder and saw his reinforcements. He forced a smile at the sight of them sitting there; one his girl friend, the other the girlfriend of his mentor.
"The cavalry has arrived." Kira said calmly, pointing the laser at the recovering Maleificent.
Conner wobbled slightly and grinned. His protective suit collapsed and she could see that all too jockish grin of his. "Nice of you to come." He said and fell flat on his face.
Kira sighed and shook her head. Glancing at Kimberly, she nodded. "Lets end this."
Kim nodded her reply and the rangers glanced at the fully recovered Warlock. "I'd have it no other way…"
With that said, the three warriors clashed in a brilliant flash of pink-yellow-white light…
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A/N: audible gasps echo the theater Ohmigodasecondupdateinonedaywtf!
No, I'm not smoking crack. Yes, be surprised; a second update in one day! Woots! I'm on a damn role! Pimpin' aint easy, oh yeah! I'm good!
Sierra waffles Kojin upside the head with a tire iron And now back to our regularly scheduled program…
So what do you guy's think? I'm trying to set a Kim/Kira, sisterly relationship up. The S.P.D rangers play a big role in the next chapter as does our good friend Billy and Hayley. We'll get some information out of him as well. 'Till next time!
May the Power Protect you.