Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Power Rangers, the Disney Corporation or anything connected to the two. This story is nothing more than a way for me to show my appreciation for the show.
A/N: This chapter takes place at the same time as the last one.
Passion Power and Dinosaurs
Chapter 4: Those old friends of mine are jerks!
The original White Terrosaur was an extremely formidable opponent for the Dino rangers; this new evolved one was nearly invincible. In less than ten minutes, it had already managed to completely decimate a parking lot. The place was a mess when the team arrived. Pieces of several cars were scattered, the ground was cracked, and a lot of things were on fire.
"Whoa, and I thought that the first White Terrosaur was bad." Said Ethan as he hopped off his raptor cycle, observing the wreckage.
"Yeah, tell me about it" Replied Kira. "Question is, just where is that ugly freak of nature?" Almost on cue, the White Terrosaur flew down, standing at nearly seven feet tall, it was certainly a sight to behold, adorned with black wings and claws, along with a huge red spike that protruded out of it's belly. It looked even more viscous than its predecessor.
Baring its many rows of sharp teeth, the monster charged into battle. In the blink of an eye it was in front of Ethan, using its spiked hands it unleashed a devastating attack upon his chest sending him flying. The spike on its belly began to glow a faint red as it absorbed Ethan's morphing powers reverting him back into his civilian form.
"No way." Cried Trent in shock.
"Don't worry, we've still got him out numbered." shouted Kira as she pulled out her Pteragrips, a pair of yellow daggers shaped like a Pterodactyl's head, before charging into battle. Opening its ugly mouth the White Terrosaur proceeded to blast her with energy,
before it also absorbed her morphing powers. Kira fell to the ground obviously badly injured from such a brutal attack.
Deciding that fighting one-on-one attacks weren't going to work, Trent and Conner tried a midair double-team attack on the monster, Conner with his Thundermax saber and Trent with his Drago Sword. The simultaneous attack had no effect; it didn't even manage to scratch the tough skin of the monster. Grabbing both of the rangers by the wrist, the savage beast hurled the two over his shoulders like they were rag dolls. It than proceeded to also absorb their powers as well, leaving them sprawled all over the floor in their civilian forms.
"Rangers, you disappoint me." Said the monster quietly before it turned around and flew away.
"Ugh, can somebody please tell me what just happened?" asked Conner, as he struggled to stand up.
"I think we just got our butts kicked, really badly." Answered Ethan as he offered him his hand.
Meanwhile at the Reefside hospital, the mentor and fellow teammate of the Dino rangers, Tommy Oliver, was in a coma. Yet unknown to him the Universal Morphing Grid, the source of power for all rangers, had decided to teach him an important lesson one that would give him the strength needed to defeat the newest threat to Reefside: the White Terrosaur.
In his dream, Tommy found himself in a desert, but strangely there was no heat nor was their cold, instead, the skies were red and a wicked cackle could be heard in the background.
"Ok, now I know I'm not in Reefside anymore." Muttered Tommy as he looked around the desert, nothing not even a cactus.
"Nor are you in Angel Grove." Replied a familiar voice. Looking up a nearby hill, Tommy saw a sight, which he thought he would never see. A red ranger, Zeo Ranger 5, one of his former ranger incarnations, but the problem was that the Zeo powers should have been lost forever. "It's been a while Tommy."
"Zeo Ranger 5? Your powers are lost, there's no way that you could be here." Said Tommy obviously confused.
"Heh, you of all people should know that you can't keep a good ranger down." Sneered Zeo Ranger as he jumped down. Instinctively Tommy got into a fighting stance, not a bad idea as Zeo Ranger charged at him. Exchanging several blows, the two warriors were obviously evenly matched. Realizing that his Brachio Morpher wasn't present, Tommy began to worry.
Zeo Ranger narrowly dodged a right hook before falling to his knees and executing a sweep kick at Tommy's legs, the kick knocked Tommy over, and before he could react, Zeo Ranger gave him a devastating kick that sent him flying.
"You've gotten a little rusty." Said Zeo Ranger. "I'm disappointed, don't worry I won't destroy you, I'm only the first test, there are still two more that you have to go through."
Landing hard, Tommy could hear his right arm crack, as he struggled to get back up. "What are you talking about?" he demanded.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Replied Zeo Ranger, as he began to disintegrate into sand. His voice still echoed in the air, even after he was gone. Tommy sighed; it was over, for now….
Cassidy Cornell was at times annoying; right now she was just shocked and appalled at the damage caused by a single monster. "Devin, please tell me you're filming this." She whispered. "Where are the Power Rangers?"
Devin, her cameraman, followed along, filming the entire thing in hopes of catching the Rangers in action. Of course being the cameraman for a rising reporter meant that he had seen a lot of action before, but nothing compared to this. The entire parking lot was a mess; several cars lay destroyed and burning. "Hope they were insured." Muttered Devin as he continued filming.
Looking around, Devin was surprised to see his friends from school lying on the ground unconscious. "Cass! I think I found something." He called.
"Yay!" sang Cassidy as she ran over to Devin, microphone in hand this could her big break! Her hopes were crushed when she saw that it was only Conner, Ethan, Kira, and Trent, her friends from school. Problem was they looked hurt, really badly hurt at that. "Hey, are you guys are ok?" she asked obviously concerned.
"Yeah, we're fine." Said Conner as Devin helped him up.
"Hey, congrats on scoring a hot date with Krista tonight." Said Cassidy in hopes of cheering the gloomy looking teenager up.
"Huh? How'd you know I have a date with her?" asked Conner obviously surprised.
"Please, I'm a reporter, there isn't much I don't know." Answered Cassidy arrogantly.
"I overheard Krista talking to you on her cell phone." Said Devin.
"And that." Replied Cassidy. "Hey, did you guys see the power Rangers?"
"Uh," stuttered Kira.
"They.." continued Trent
"They were never here to begin with. Yeah, didn't see them, did you guys?" finished Ethan.
"No!" said the other three simultaneously.
"Oh! This is big, I've got to tell my boss about this!" said Cassidy as she grabbed Devin's hand and ran off happily.
Back in Tommy's dream, things were starting to get a little weird. This time he was in a forest, how he managed to get from a desert to a forest in no time at all was a mystery even to him. Not letting his guard down for a second, Tommy continued to explore the forest. A sadistic laugh cackled in the distance.
"You've finally cut that hair of yours, Tommy." Said the voice as it manifested in the form of the White Tiger Ranger.
"Here we go again." Said Tommy as he prepared for the worst.
White Ranger quickly reached for the sword at his belt buckle, pulling it out he proceeded to shoot several lasers from his blade at Tommy. Laser blasts that were barely dodged, Tommy charged into battle. Leaping into the he immediately tried flying kick, which was easily dodged by White Ranger, and countered with an uppercut to his gut.
Going down hard, Tommy rolled away just in time to dodge a sword thrust into the ground executed by White Ranger. Getting to his feet, Tommy immediately jumped onto a trees trunk before leaping off of it, he flew at another tree before leaping off that one as well. He was now right behind White Ranger and he managed to execute a devastating kick on the back of his head causing him to topple over from the sheer force of the attack.
"Heh, I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks." Sneered White Ranger, as he began to fall apart into leaves. "But the toughest test still awaits you."
Conner sat on his couch obviously hurt from his recent battle with the White Terrosaur. Sighing he turned on the television, Kira, Ethan and Trent sat beside him, all of them attempted to ice their wounds. Flipping through several Channels, Conner eventually came across a news channel, with Cassidy reporting the local news.
"You know, I don't think I'll ever get used to Cassidy reporting the news." Announced Trent as he held an icepack to his temple.
"Me neither." Said Ethan.
"What? Ethan, you're the one who asked me to help her get the job in the first place." Exclaimed Kira surprised.
"Yeah, but I was dating her at the time, a case of temporary insanity." Said Ethan.
"Dude, that's cold." Replied Trent.
"Guys, listen." Said Conner as he intently watched the screen.
"But, this reporter knows that the Power Rangers will never desert us in our time of need. I believe in them and you should too." Said Cassidy on the television screen.
The gang was quiet for a while, they had deserted Reefside in its time of need. They needed to live up the Cassidy's words. Realizing that not having his powers was nothing more than excuse, Conner got up and headed for the door. The others followed, not one of them said a word, and this was nothing more than a suicide mission, a battle that they couldn't win. But it didn't matter, they were after all, the Power Rangers.
In Tommy's dream, there was now a field, several massive pillars lay on the ground, and a familiar tune could be heard being played at the distance. Being the person who originally played the tune, Tommy knew what was coming next, but he still couldn't believe it.
"It can't be." Whispered Tommy, as he prepared himself. As if from out of nowhere, he appeared. The Green Dragon Ranger, Tommy's original Ranger form, before Black Brachio Ranger, before Zeo Ranger Five, and before White Tiger Ranger, he was the Green Dragon Ranger.
"Oh, but it is. You should know by now that almost anything is possible, even my return." Said Green Ranger, as he lowered the dragon dagger from his mouthpiece. "You know what happens next."
"Yeah, I do." Replied Tommy as he prepared for the worst.
"Good." Said Green ranger, immediately he flung his dragon dagger at Tommy, before he charging into battle. Tommy ducked to avoid having the dagger make a hole in his head, in doing so he didn't have time to dodge the brutal kick to his gut that sent him flying.
Running over to a massive nearby pillar, Green Ranger immediately picked it up and flung it straight at Tommy. The attacked barely missed, as Tommy struggled to regain his posture. Summoning the dragon dagger back into his hands, Green Ranger launched a green energy blast at Tommy. The attack sent him flying to the ground obviously exhausted, and badly injured. Rain began to pour from the skies.
"Give it up, you of all people should know just how powerful I am." Said Green Ranger as he walked over, his Dragon Dagger pointing straight at Tommy.
"No, I'll never give up, powers or no powers!" shouted Tommy, as he struggled to get back up and continued the fight. Green Ranger then did something that surprised Tommy, he sheathed his dagger and helped him up. Through a flash of light, Zeo Ranger and White Ranger also appeared.
"You've passed the test Tommy." Said Zeo Ranger proudly.
"Huh? What test? What are you talking about?" asked Tommy obviously confused.
"All this time you haven't been fighting us, Tommy. You've been fighting for your life." Answered White Ranger, rain continued to fall, as he stepped forward.
"And you've proven that your will to live, is more powerful than any ranger power." Finished Green Ranger as all three rangers stepped aside, revealing Tommy's current Ranger form, the Black Brachio Ranger. It was slowly fading away.
"Our powers maybe gone, but our spirits still live on inside of you. Remember that." Said the three as they opened their hands to reveal a piece of his Dino Gem. The three began to fade away, as the Black Ranger slowly began to become corporeal, once he was flesh and blood again, he grabbed Tommy's hand before a brilliant light returned Tommy to reality.
The White Terrosaur had certainly been a pain to find, Hayley had spent several agonizing minutes on the computer before she could finally locate them. But she did, and she sent Tommy off to battle, but not before giving him a quick kiss. Sitting down, and sighing, Hayley still couldn't believe the events of the day. Giggling to herself, she realized that for the first time in her life, she was truly happy.
Tommy's Dino ATV was going way beyond the speed limit, as he raced towards Glen Park, the park where the White Terrosaur was. Hayley told him to hurry, after she realized that the others had tried to fight the monster without using their powers.
Trent struggled to get up, even without his powers, Trent had proven to be a pretty good fighter, but not good enough, as the White Terrosaur had easily managed to overpower the gang, despite being outnumbered. Everyone else lay on the ground, looking onward in fear as the monster continued forward.
The monster's march was suddenly halted as a blade was hurled at him. Not just any blade, Tommy's blade, the Brachio staff. Calling the blade back to him, Tommy charged into battle, as the others looked at him in awe.
"He's back!" cried Kira happily.
Tommy said nothing as he began a relentless assault on the beast, combining sword attacks with martial arts, the White Terrosaur didn't stand a chance. Finally Tommy decided to end it as his fingers traced the blade of his sword, leaving a trail of energy in the process. "Brachio Staff Special Attack! Energy Slash!" the attack sent the monster flying into the ground but it still wasn't destroyed.
"Whoa, when did he learn how to do that?" ask Ethan.
Seeing that the monster wasn't destroyed Tommy decided to take it up a notch as, he crossed his arms, before uncrossing them slowly, as cackles of energy bolts flew out of him. "Super Dino Mode!" The golden markings on his ranger suit immediately extended into long spikes, as Tommy's helmet visor let loose with a roar of rage. Charging towards the monster he immediately grabbed it and flung across the park. Using his Brachio Staff, he decided to use its second special attack. "Brachio Staff! Energy Stream!" pointing his blade at him he fired a beam of purple energy right at the monster, the energy beam pierced through the monster's thick skin destroying it in the process.
"When'd he get Super Dino Mode? Heck, when did he learn how to fight like that?" asked Conner.
"I don't know, but I know one thing's for certain: Doctor Oliver is back and better then ever!" replied Trent.