Chapter 5: First Date
In his lair Mesogog was hard at work attempting to break the encryption codes used to protect the two dinozords that he had discovered a while back. They weren't just any dinozords though; they were the kind that could stand up to and possibly even defeat the Thundersaurus Megazord. The Zords were found in a state of stasis inside of a dormant volcano, the two Zords were unlike anything he had ever seen before; Tommy had really outdone himself this time.
"My lord, the energy readings coming from these zords are phenomenal, the two are each powered by a small nuclear reactor, if we can get control of them, the Rangers don't stand a chance!" exclaimed Elsa excitedly as she looked at the design on the computer screen.
"Yesss, but these encryption codes protecting them are starting to become an…. annoyance." Replied Mesogog as he continued to try to break the code. Every single hacking skill he possessed was being used at the moment.
"My lord, perhaps Anton Mercer knows how to break the codes." Suggested The White Dino Clone as he walked into the room.
"He would never tell us how to break the encryption codes, you fool." Said Elsa, as she continued to run her diagnostic of the zords, they had been for hours, nothing seemed to work.
"You don't know that!" snapped White Ranger Clone
"SILENCE!" roared Mesogog as he got up from his chair, "You're purpose is to help me complete my plan of returning this pathetic human ruled planet back to it's prehistoric roots. To do that we need to destroy the Power Rangers, the reason that every attempt that we've had has failed is because you two are too busy fighting each other instead of the Power Rangers!"
Elsa and the Clone were now scared, neither of them had every seen Mesogog like that before. At times Mesogog was unpredictable, but right now he was terrifyingly serious. Elsa stepped forward hesitantly as he drew her sword. "M-My lord, return to your human form, I shall force Anton Mercer to tell us the encryption codes, while the clone decrypts the Zords." She said quietly, the statement came out in stutters obviously from fear and not from loyalty.
Conner stood at the door to Krista's house nervously, as he reached over to ring the doorbell. It was a date, right? The house was pretty small, to say the least, a one story house surrounded by trees and other plants. It had taken Conner an hour to get ready after trying on several different shirts ranging from casual to semi-casual to semi-formal. Finally he decided to go with a dark red shirt and a pair of tan pants.
The door opened and Conner gasped as Krista appeared in a stunning red dress, one that hugged her curves and brought out the color in her blue eyes. The dress was cut at exactly the right length showing a decent amount of her shapely legs while helping her keep her modesty. On top was a white cardigan, Krista's chocolate brown hair was worn loose and ran past her shoulders, she was nothing short of the word beautiful.
"Wow…." Murmured Conner in amazement as he offered her his arm.
Smiling she took it as she was led to Conner's red convertible. "Thanks, you clean up pretty nicely yourself."
The night was warm, as the two drove through the town, neither of them saying anything. Nothing really needed to be said, the attraction was there waiting to get out. "So I'm thinking that we go to this nice restaurant across town, is that ok?" asked Conner as he looked at Krista nervously, she seemed to shimmer in the soft lights being emitted from the many stores and buildings of Reefside.
"Yeah, that's fine." She whispered softly. "Conner, I want to thank you."
"For what?" asked Conner nervously, had she discovered his secret, did she know that he was the Red Dino Ranger?
"For saving my life." She answered.
About a billion brain cells exploded in Conner, as he struggled to keep his cool. "What do you mean?"
"You don't remember? You pushed me out of the way of falling steel pipes." Replied Krista, a mischievous look was in her eyes.
"Oh, right. Sorry, I had a really busy day and it just slipped my mind." Said Conner, boy was he glad that she didn't know. Little did Conner know Krista had discovered his secret after witnessing him demorph after a recent battle with Zeltrax.
"Jeez, you must save a lot of lives to forget about it." Commented Krista, it took all of her will power to stop herself from giggling manically as the conversation lingered on.
"Uh… Oh look we're here." Said Conner quickly; boy that was a close one. Way too close. 'Does she know my secret?'
Helping Krista out of the car, the two walked into the restaurant arm-in-arm. The restaurant was a fancy one, the walls were white and decorated with several oil paintings and a few fake candles and several massive crystal chandeliers lighted the entire restaurant. Looking into the building Krista saw a sight that she couldn't believe, this was turning out to be quite the day. Lightly tugging on Conner's black jacket she pointed at a nearby table.
"Hey, isn't that?" she whispered.
Looking to where she pointed Conner couldn't believe it either; it was Dr. Oliver and Hayley on a date. One could have argued that they were just friends dining together but not with the way they were dressed, Hayley in a very slimming black dress which was cut low in the chest and cut high in the leg, and Dr. Oliver in a black dress shirt and a white tuxedo. Not only was this a date, it was a hot date.
"No way." Exclaimed Conner.
"I know, who would have thought?" replied Krista.
The look on their faces were unforgettable, Hayley was obviously happy and enjoying herself, while Dr. Oliver looked like this was the first date that he had had in months, maybe even years. Happy didn't even begin to describe them.
"Hey, I think we should go somewhere else, I don't want to disturb them." Said Krista softly as she rested her head on his shoulder, they hadn't even been in the restaurant for 10 minutes and she wanted to leave. Seeing her science teacher and Hayley like that had showed her something, she wanted a relationship that was built on mutual trust and love, not secrets.
"Sure." Replied Conner as they walked out of the restaurant only to come face-to-face with about 20 Tyranodrones, "Of all the nights to attack..." muttered Conner to himself.
"Krista run!" shouted Conner as he ran into battle, quickly executing a kick at the nearest Tyranodrone. Unfortunately he was badly outnumbered and before he knew it the Tyranodrones had him pinned to the ground. 'I've got no choice...'
"Dinothunder Power up!" cried Conner as a bright red glow covered him as he morphed into his ranger form. In his ranger form the Tyranodrones didn't stand a chance as Conner easily beat every single one of the foot soldiers into submission in a matter of minutes. Sighing as the Tyranodrones disappeared back into an invisaportal, Conner demorphed, turning around he came face to face with a very shocked Krista.
"Uh… I can explain?" offered Conner, as he nervously scratched the back of his head.
Krista said nothing as she slowly walked up to him; she gently placed her hands on both sides of his face before pulling him down onto her lips. The kiss was a soft one, one that lingered on since neither party was willing to let it end. Until Krista broke free, and gently hugged Conner, her forehead was gently pressed against his.
"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked softly.
Conner was speechless, why didn't he tell her? He cared about her enough to recklessly go and battle Zeltrax without any help, just to save her. Why didn't he tell her? Why couldn't he?
"I guess I was afraid of what you would think." Replied Conner as he pulled away.
"Afraid of what? That I would think that you're a hero?" said Krista, "Conner this is the third time you've saved me, I don't know how to repay you." Her hands gently grasped his, the slightest contact made her heart skip a beat.
"You don't have to. Saving people is kinda written in the job description." Said Conner, he had never actually been able to talk to anyone about this. Not even to his fellow team members. "I should be the one repaying you, you helped me see just why I was fighting."
"Then dance with me." Said Krista simply.
"Here?" asked a very surprised Conner.
"Why not? C'mon, there's enough room, it'll be fun." Replied Krista, as she slowly got into a slow dance position with Conner.
And so they did, they danced and as they danced they talked. Conner revealed how he got his powers, how he handled it. He was careful to leave out the identities of the other rangers. The dance seemed to never end, and both parties were happy with that fact.
"And there was this one monster that blasted me with a laser beam that gave me a bunch of pimples." Said Conner as he tried hard not to laugh as he thought back to that time.
"Ok, now I know you're making this up." giggled Krista as she leaned in for a kiss.
Meanwhile Mesogog had finally managed to break the encryptions protecting the two zords, it had taken over an hour, but he had finally managed to do it.
"My lord, it seems that we have another problem on our hands." Said Elsa
"What?" asked Mesogog,
"The zords, I can't seem to convert them into Biozords." Said Elsa. "The Biozord virus isn't working, in fact it seems to actually be making them stronger, a lot stronger."
"Good enough, unleash them upon the city, the rangers don't stand a chance!" exclaimed Mesogog.
"As you wish, my lord." Said Elsa as she pressed a few buttons on the console. Two massive Dinozords charged through the invisaportal and appeared in downtown Reefside.
They landed approximately 5 blocks away from Conner and Krista. The two dinozords were similar to the Tyranozord and the Tricerazord, but at the same time very different. Instead of being red or blue, they were more of a blue and gray color.
"Whoa, please tell me those are yours." exclaimed Krista as she looked up at the two massive zords in complete awe.
"I'm kinda wondering whether or no their mine as well." Said Conner. The zords immediately attacked the nearest buildings, as Conner pulled Krista away from falling debris. Turning around, Conner spotted Tommy and Hayley as they ran out of the restaurant.
"I'm guessing you spotted the two zords too?" asked Conner sarcastically.
"Zords? What are you talking about?" asked Tommy nervously after he saw Krista standing next to Conner. "Conner, are you sick?"
"She knows." Replied Conner simply.
"She knows?" repeated Tommy.
"I know." Said Krista.
"She kinda saw me demorph." Said Conner
"Twice, actually." Finished Krista "What kind of robots are those?"
"They're called Zords, and they're very dangerous. Dammit how did Mesogog get his claws on them!" said Tommy.
"You don't mean…" began Hayley. "The Carnozord and the Chasmozord do you?"
"Unfortunately yes, Hayley, take Krista to Dino-ops, Conner and I will deal with the zords." Said Tommy, as he took a step back. Raising his dino bracelet to his chest, there was a small flash of light as changed it into the Brachiomorpher. "Ready?"
"Ready!" answered Conner, as his dino bracelet changed into the Tyranomorpher.
"Dinothunder! Power-up!" shouted the two simultaneously as they transformed into the ranger forms.
"Oh, so he's the black ranger." Exclaimed Krista.
"C'mon, I'll drive you to Dino-ops." Said Hayley as she grabbed Krista's hand and led her towards her car. "In a few minutes, this area isn't going to be safe."
"What do you mean?" asked Krista
"Unlike the other Dinozords, the Chasmozord and the Carnozord are both powered by a small nuclear reactor, I also implanted a berserker gene in their brains. The two zords can't be tamed. Not only that but if the two zords battle for too long, they'll overheat and self-destruct." Replied Hayley as the two of them got into her black mustang, and sped away.
"But wouldn't that cause a nuclear explosion?" asked Krista worriedly. 'Conner, be careful.'
"No, the armor covering the two zords is strong enough to contain most of the blast, but still if they go off, there's a good chance that the entire city of Reefside will be destroyed." Said Hayley gravely. "Tommy, and I hid those two zords for a reason, if they don't stop them without destroying them, than a city of over 60,000 people will be destroyed."
(A/N) Ok, now things are getting interesting. Oh and btw for those of you who watched Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (Japanese version of Dinothunder) the Chasmozord, and the Carnozord are the two Bakuryuu that battled Abareno in the movie: Abaranger Deluxe. For those of you who didn't watch Abaranger deluxe, go to go to the timeline, and look under Abaranger Mecha. They're the two zords that didn't appear in the TV show. You'll know them when you see them. Or you can always follow this handy dandy link. review, it's nice to know that someone is reading my story, and it's motivation for me to write more.