Chapter 10.
A young man, about seventeen years old, stood in a room surrounded by dinosaur figurines and watched as the image of the red ranger tried but failed to get his car to start. Unknown to him, an older man, came into the room behind him and silently watched as well.
"So, I take it that you had something to do with Conner's car not starting?" the older man asked.
"So what if I did, are you going to tell me that it was wrong?"
"I don't have to tell you, son, you already know that it is." Anton Mercer admonished his son.
"And you know how I feel about Kira." Trent answered in a harsh tone. "I can't stand the thought of those two together, so I decided to do something to ensure that the two of them won't be together."
"This isn't you, you're not thinking straight."
"Yes, I am. For the first time in a long time, I am seeing things so clearly. By doing this, Conner will once again break her heart and Kira will not forgive him this time. All I have to do is stay in the shadows until my time comes."
"This won't work."
"And how do you know that?"
"Conner's specaial power is super speed. Come hell or high water, he will make it in time to see Kira perform."
"Not if I'm waiting outside the cybercafe with a bunch of Tyrannadrones."
"And just how exactly are you going to access the Tyrannadrones, you can't get into the island fortress without Mesogog to let you in. Don't you see, Trent, you can't make this work without me."
"What if it's just me that's waiting for him?"
"Then you will lose, and he will still make it in time."
"Then I will go down fighting, but I promise you that this is one fight that dear little Conner will not win. I will take him out of the picture tonight."
With that, Trent started to walk out of the room. As he reached the doorway, his dad called to him.
"Trent!"
Trent turned to look at his father with an exasperated look on his face only to have it change to a look of confusion as his dad smiled at him with an evil look in his eyes.
"Let's take a trip to the island, where we will talk about giving you some backup."
"Are you sure? What changed your mind?"
"Even though you are still evil, you are still my son. Trent, you're happiness means the world to me and I didn't become a rich man by being nice. If it takes some shattered dreams and broken hearts to make you happy, then I say let's do it."
(Halfway between Hayley's and the Outskirts of town)
"Oh come on, could this light be any longer?" Dr. Oliver screamed in frustration.
Just then, his cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"Tommy, where the hell are you? The girls go on in five minutes. You said you would be here." Jason said.
"Jason, back in High School, what was my biggest fault?"
"Running late."
"Some things don't change bro."
"Well Anna just came and talked to us and said that you and some guy named Conner weren't here and that if you weren't here in ten minutes you were going to miss the whole thing."
"Wait a minute, Conner's not there? That must have been why he called me."
"He called you?"
"As I was leaving the house but I cut him off because I was in a hurry. Listen, who's with you right now?"
"Hold on."
Tommy could hear Jason talking to someone but couldn't understand what was being said.
"He says his name is Ethan, one of your students."
"Put him on."
"Okay, here, kid he wants to talk to you." Tommy could here Jason say to Ethan.
"Dr. O?"
"Ethan, Conner's not there?"
"No, I've tried calling him on his cell phone but he's not picking up. Where are you?"
"I"m about a mile from Hayley's, I'll be there in like two minutes."
"I'll see you then."
As he pulled into the parking lot of the cybercafe, he turned the engine off and closed his eyes. After a month and a half of being in the same city, he would talk to Kimberly and he had no clue how that was going to turn out. As he was gathering his thoughts, he slowly opened the car door and walked into the building. Just as he walked inside, the dark sky was lit up with a green light to it as the white ranger stood in human form with a bunch of tyrannadrones. As he regarded the black jeep that he was standing next to, he had a sick smile on his face.
"If dad's calculation was correct, with Oliver being here, McKnight shouldn't be too far behind. Tyrannadrones, hide in the shadows, this is between me and McKnight first. When I need you I will let you know.
On cue, the foot soldiers hid behind trash cans and anything else that would obstruct them from sight. As predicted, a few minutes later, a blur of red came around the corner and Trent had gotten what he had wanted.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Conner. Where's the fire?"
"I don't have time for this Trent, get out of my way, I need to get inside."
"Sorry McKnight but I can't let you get inside unless it's over my dead body, or perhaps" Trent motioned for a tyrannadrone.
The tyrannadrone came out of the shadows holding a device that looked very familiar. "Your missing carburator."
Conner's eyes widened as the realization of what occurred played through his mind.
"You son of a bitch."
TBC.