Summary: It's the first day back from Winter Break and the school gets a mysterious, new student. The doesn't go exactly as planned when the unexpected happens…

A/N: These next handful of chapters are probably going to be favorite ones to writing. Mainly because it's the introduce of a cool new character but also the Dino Team gets some surprised. AUTHOR'S REQUEST: Whenever you see this, it means I really would like your reviews to include some heads up about the new character. It'll let me know who likes him and who doesn't.

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Tommy let out a mighty roar and leaned back in his chair before releasing the heavy sigh. It was the first day back from Winter Break and he was here a half hour early to familiarize himself with a down-to-earth computer again. Plus it would be a good time to get away from all the battles they had. Plus he couldn't wait to see what the other Teachers and students had to say about Kim and Kira. He couldn't only grin at their comments.

Especially about Kimberly.

Quiet a few times did he some of the male students sneak glances at her and more then once had he chased them off as well. Conner had done the same for Kira, it seemed. For a week, Conner was the talk of the school. He rubbed his chin and sighed, pressing a few keys and his desktop loaded.

"Dr. Oliver."

He jumped and looked to the door, eyes wide with fright. "Principal Randall." He looked to the teenager at her side. "And this is?"

Elsa sighed and raised a brow. "This young man is Hayden Christopher James." She said, glancing at him. Her eyes told a big story and it didn't look good. "Ironically enough, he seems to have you for a couple classes." She handed over his class schedule and gazed deep into his eyes. She shook her head fractionally and turned away. He unrolled the paper and he saw another folded up note. He tucked into his shirt sleeve and glanced at Hayden. He looked more annoyed then anything.

Hayden Christopher James

1st Hour: Advanced Science (Tommy)

2nd Hour: Advanced Computers (Ethan)

3rd Hour: Gym (Kimberly – Conner)

4th Hour: Band (Kira)

5th Hour: Paleontology (Tommy)

6th Hour: Publishing (Trent)

7th Hour: Creative Writing (Trent)

Grade: Junior

Tommy glanced at Hayden and saw the scowl deepen on his face. Looking to Elsa, he saw the worry written all over her face. Tommy folded up the schedule and handed it back to her. "I see. Quite a smart kid we have here. How are you, Hayden?"

Hayden shot the most vicious glare he'd ever seen but it lightened a moment later. "I'm Seventeen, sir." Boy did he emphasize that. Tommy glanced at Elsa again and she shrugged absently, not really know what to do or say. He gave a nod and took a deep breath. "Well, take a seat, Son and welcome to Advanced Science." He held out a hand for a shake, but Hayden simply walked past him and took a seat in the corner of the room.

"Can I speak with you in the hall, Dr. Oliver?" Elsa asked and quickly turned away. Tommy looked at Hayden for a moment and saw him pull out a book to read or write; wasn't sure which and left.

"What in God's name is that kid's problem?" Tommy asked, barely above a whisper as he shut the door. "He looked like he wanted to kill me?"

Elsa sighed and shook her head. "I know. Didn't you feel the aura he radiated?" He glanced through the window, seeing Hayden staring right at her. "When his parents brought him, they were practically ten feet apart from each other. And let me tell you, that isn't natural."

Tommy sighed and pulled off his glasses and cleaned the lens on his coat.

"What do you think it could be? May another one of Vertox's stupid schemes?" she asked, folding her arms. The worry was in her voice now; she was on the verge of fretting now.

"I don't know. Doubt it. Vertox doesn't seem like a subtle guy. So if he wanted to come after us, he'd do it in a fashionable but powerful style." He shook his head, glancing back at Hayden. He was writing now. "He wouldn't send some kid to do it. No, this kid has a different agenda, if he even has one."

His morpher suddenly went off and he stepped away from the door. He glanced at Elsa, seeing her deep in thought. "This is Tommy, go ahead." He said, waiting for the answer. All the while, he watched Elsa as she bit her lip, staring at the floor.

"Tommy, it's me, Hayley. You're never going to believe what Billy and I just discovered."

Oh he hated it when she said that. It was never good. "Try me." He answered with a sigh.

"After you found us a while back, we figured out if anything was missing." Tommy frowned deeply as Elsa's attention to turned to him.

"They were attacked in the Lab by someone. We really don't know who and since then we've been trying to find if anything was missing." He raised the morpher again. "Go ahead Hayley, I'm listening."

"The Zeonizers are gone."

Tommy felt his heart crack. "What! Wait, how is that possible? That staff is reinforced titanium."

"We really don't know Tommy, but there is burn marks all over it. That's not all over the bad news either."

He sighed and shook his head. "Do I want know?"

"We're tracking a meteor heading towards Earth." Elsa shrieked and Tommy groaned. "Tommy, the meteor is made out of the same elements of your Dino Gems."

He groaned deeper. "Alright, I'm on my home. Do you have an E.T.A on the Meteor's impact?"

"According to Billy's calculations he says with in the next 2-3 hours."

He glanced at Elsa and got a nod in return. "Alright, go to stand-by, Hayley and get the ATV ready. If that meteor contains a Dino Gem we need to be the one's to get to it first."

"I'll cover for you." Elsa said with a nod and took a deep breath. "Good lucky, Tommy. We don't need another Evil Ranger wandering around out there."

"Yeah, Trent was bad enough." Tommy sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse. Now this happens."

Elsa looked thoroughly confused.

"I'll explain later." Tommy said and ran off. Elsa watched him and disappear around the corner. With a sigh, she stepped into the class to get ready to teach…

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Tommy rubbed his forehead again and swallowed a Tylenol whole. Hayley smiled lightly and kissed him on the cheek. "Be careful out there, okay, Tommy? Do I need to remind you what happened last time?"

Tommy grinned and shook his head. "No, Hayley, no need to worry. This is a Dino Gem not a Dino Egg." She smacked him on the arm. "Alright, alright, I'll be careful." He laughed and held up the morpher key. "Here goes nothing. Dino Thunder, Power up!"

Billy leaned forward as he peered at the computer screen. "What the hell?" Everyone glanced back at him, confused by his out burst.

"What's wrong?" Tommy asked, leaning forward to see the screen.

"This." He taped a few keys, magnifying the image. It show a smoking hole with a meteor in the middle. Some of the trees around it were burnt to ash while the ground scorched beyond recognition.

Tommy frowned, raising a brow. "How's that possible?" He glanced at the clock. "You said it wasn't suppose to crash for another 10 minutes?"

"Yeah, you see that's the thing." He tapped a few keys showing the image of space. "Well that's weird…now all I'm picking up is energy signatures."

Tommy stood up, looking away. The meteor had already landed and no one knew? "How did it land without us hearing or feeling it? The drop point's only a 20 minute ride from here."

Billy shook his head as he continued to tap away at the keys. "Tommy, I'm picking up some seriously high energy signatures here for it to be one Dino Gem." He grabbed the sheet of printing paper and handed it to him. "There has to be more then one here."

Tommy scanned the paper for a moment and tilted his head. "There has to be at least three gems in that thing." He threw the paper down and ran to the A.T.V. "Signal the others, I'm think I'm going to need their help."

"Right." Billy said and leaned forward. With a crack, Tommy disappeared through the portal and headed out…

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Minutes Earlier…

Hayden leaned against his desk, anxiously scribbling away at his notebook as their principle, Mrs. Randall babbled away at the bored. Apparently, she was almost a paleontologist. He glanced between Elsa and the kidding sitting next to him and growling silently. What was the point of coming to something as ridiculous as school? It was pointless; he knew more then a lot of the teachers here did.

He sighed and moved to write another line, but his entire arm went inexplicably numb. He squeezed his arm and grit his teeth hard feeling pain rush through it now. Sweat trickled down his cheek as he glared at his palm. It had an eerie golden tint to it. He scowled tightly the vein in his arm bulged. He hissed lowly and tried to let out a painful moan, but nothing came.

"M-M-Mrs. R-Randall…" He growled as everyone stopped to look at him. He clutched his head tightly as she stared at him; brows furrowed in concern. "M-may I go see the n-nurse? My head is throbbing and I feel like I'm going to pass out…"

Elsa gave her okay and he slipped out of his chair and onto wobbly legs. He made his way out of the room as quickly as possible and threw the door shut. It slammed hard behind him and he got only a few feet before falling to his knees, clutching his entire head.

"Hayden Christopher James?"

He scowled, heavy breath escaping his lips as he dug at his scalp. "W-W-who…a-are you!" He could felt his entire body going painfully rigid again. "W-what…a-are you d-d-doing to me?"

"Hayden Christopher James, you have been chosen."

"C-chosen f-for what?" He collapsed to all fours and began to convulse. He whined with each twitch as it sent painful shockwaves through his body.

"Come Hayden Christopher James…it is time you acquired your news powers…"

Hayden let out a bloody scream, but it fell on deaf ears as he found himself being whisked away in a golden light. A split second later, he slammed painfully hard against the ground and let out a mighty roar. The putrid smell of smoke lingered in the air and he could feel the painfully hot heat against his hands. He looked up, tears streaming down his face as he looked at the meteor. It was pulsating a light gold and the very sight of it was enthralling.

"Hold out your hand Hayden and accept your new powers…"

For a moment, he fought against the voice, using fear as his weapon. But the more he stared at the meteor, the quicker the fear died away. Hesitantly he reached out to the meteor; feeling the heat change drastically by the inch. Finally, his hand was a mere inch away from it when the meteor pulsed a final time and his eyes became blinded by a golden light.

"Welcome, Gold Ranger…"

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Tommy raced through the forest on his A.T.V, jumping logs as he went. A moment later, he came to a stop and pulled out a small, hand held computer. Tapping a few keys, a red blip pulsated in the corner. A white blip appeared not to far away from it.

"Billy, this is Tommy. Have you alerted the other Rangers?"

"Yeah, they just got here and are on their way out. Keep going Tommy, you're near the Meteor." Billy responded. He nodded and shoved the computer back into the pouch. Revering up the A.T.V, he took off again and jumped another log.

I truly hope I'm not too late. Tommy whispered, ducking under a branch as he could see the light in the distance. The last thing we need is another…Ohmigod.

He sent the A.T.V into a swerve as laser blast raced over head. Losing complete control, he dove of as the thing toppled over and went rolling several feet. He skid hard across the rock quarry and hissed. Looking back at his attacker, he strangely saw nothing. Suddenly, his morpher chimed. "Tommy, are you okay? We lost signal from you're A.T.V?"

Tommy nodded and growled. "I'm fine, but I trashed the A.T.V."

"WHAT?"

Hayley's voice. He winced and sighed against his helmet. "I don't know what happened. Someone fired at me and the next thing I know, I'm eating rocks."

"The others are on there way. Find that meteor."

Tommy nodded and quickly stood up. He reached for his Brachio-Staff and slowly approached the impact sight. The closer he got, the more his fears were coming true. Soon, he stood over the crater and wasn't to shocked to see an empty one. He sighed and scanned the area for any sight of his anonymous attacker.

Suddenly another laser whizzed past his head and dove to the right, throwing his Brachio-staff out, deflecting several more lasers. His eyes narrowed suspiciously at the darkness as he slowly stood up. He gasped, feeling the staff rest against his shoulder.

"Hello, Black Ranger." The menacing voice growled. Tommy snarled and glanced over his shoulder slowly. He didn't want to believe, but reality rarely lied. Another ranger stood behind him and he wasn't on his side.

The Ranger's helmet looked like a cross between his Green Ranger suit and Trents White suit. The Shield looked similar to Trents, except two ruby-colored dragon eyes stared threateningly at him. It's mouth was wide open, ready to spit it's fatal fire. His shield towards the top were covered in claw-like marks while he had the same on his pants and down his boots. The suit itself was white, however he sported the same golden bands on his arms like the Green Ranger. The bands of his boots and gloves where gold as well. His fingers were claw-like and looked razor sharp; sharp enough to do serious damage. His belt was also gold with a dragon engraved in the middle and it to seemed like it could come alive at any moment. The rest of the dragon curled around his right waist down his left leg with it's tail ending near his boot. Even the souls of his boots were gold.

"Who are you?" Tommy growled, squeezing his staff tightly.

The ranger let out a an all to familiar laugh and shook it's head. "You may call me Gold Ranger."

Suddenly, he took a step back and drew his staff away before crossing his arms over his chest. Tommy jumped back and raised his staff in defense, preparing to the rangers next attack. "Gold Ranger, FULL POWER!" He hadn't expected that.

A bright golden light blinded Tommy and forced him to shield himself. He growled as he attempted to hold his staff out incase the ranger should attack. When the light vanished, Tommy staggered back again and fell into defense. Suddenly, the rush of energy slammed against him and his eyes went wide. The Ranger before him was relatively unchanged except for the golden mantle around his waist. It two sported a menacing dragon.

"Now, Prepare Black Ranger…" He hissed and fell into stance; the staff clutched in one the hand as he drew the other to his waist in a fist. "Prepare Black Ranger…for your demise…"

For a moment, neither moved or said anything further. Tommy scanned the ranger, watching his stance and breaths with caution. Suddenly, on cue, the two charged and met each other with quick, blurring stirkes. Tommy slashed high and met the bladed staff. He broke apart and stepped back with a quick, mid-strike. A simple flick of the Gold One's staff and Tommy met its resistance. However, Tommy gave him no chance to counter and side-stepped, aiming with several precise and lightning-quick slashes.

To his horror the ranger blocked each one and even managed to counter. Tommy gasped and staggered back as the blade raced across his chest and he heard the thunderous cracks of the Rangers footsteps. He threw his blade up defense, but completely misjudged the attack as his foe ducked low. Lashing out with the staff, is sliced across Tommy's stomach and stood up hastily while in a hard pivot. His staff descended again and raced across Tommy's back, sending him staggering forward and falling flat on his face.

A black-gold light consumed Tommy and his suit vanished, leaving him cringing in pain. The Gold One stood over him with his staff resting on his shoulder.

"Well, well, well…if it isn't Dr. Oliver." He said with a chuckle. "I should have known…only you would fight so pathetically."

Tommy growled, clutching his stomach. As much as he hated to admit it, the position he was in spoke wonders. Including the fact he wasn't the one standing. The Gold One laughed and turned, walking away. "I won't kill you yet, Tommy. No…I have much bigger plans for you and your rangers."

Tommy forced himself up onto one arm, panting hard. He watched as the Golden One burned a his respective hue and two massive wings sprouted from his back; the place the dragon's wings were. He lifted into the air and with lightning-like speed, he was gone.

"Who didn't see that one coming…" Tommy hissed before falling onto his back and into unconsciousness…

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A/N: Remember, place comment on Hayden and the Gold Ranger, okay? I really want to know what you think. Anyway, what did you guy's think, anyway? Cool or what? Yeah, this kind of walks the line of Trent's turn, but don't worry, there will be differences.


May the Power Protect You.