Passion Power and Dinosaurs

Chapter 7: Crossfire

Conner was at the moment lost, well not technically lost, the place he was in was a mixture of several different places that were familiar to him. On one side was the Cyber Café, on another was the Reefside High School Blacktop, and in the center was the beach. The weather was also a mystery since it was constantly changing from clouds to sun to rain to a massive storm and back to sun. Yet none of this mattered, Krista was here with him. Dressed in an elegant white dress, she seemed to be the only familiar thing in such an unfamiliar place.

"Krista?" Conner called out in surprise. What was she doing here? Better yet. What was he doing here?

"Yes?" replied Krista softly as she slowly began advancing forward. Her movements were graceful, almost too graceful for a human's movement. She was almost in tune with the elements as she elegantly danced her way towards him. With every step she got closer, she was almost walking on air.

"Where am I?" asked Conner curiously.

"The real question is: where aren't you? This is after all a mixture of many familiar places. At least in your mind it is." Replied Krista as she reached him. Pressing up against him, Conner felt a massive blush consume his face. She had never been this intimate before, what was going on?

"Then why am I here?" asked Conner his eyes meeting hers.

Krista giggled, as her finger twirled a circle on his chest. "Silly, why do you ask questions you already know the answer to? You're here because you want to be here." Matter-of-factly. Standing on her toes, she leaned in for a kiss, a soft kiss which seemed to have no end in sight; breathing seemed to be irrelevant as the kiss continued until...

"MR. MCKNIGHT! MS. PREBBLE!"

Conner snapped awake nearly falling off his desk, as the teacher's screeching voice blasted his eardrums. "Huh? Wha-?"

Mrs. Wormwood looked angry as Conner sat up, before yawning and stretching. Last night's battle had been really tiring, so Conner had decided to take a little cat nap after he finished his classwork. Across the room Krista also sat up, after their date last night, she was also very tired. "Mr. McKnight, Ms. Prebble, would you two care to tell the rest class just why you two are sleeping in my class at 3:00pm?"

"Well, Mrs. Wormwood, the truth is I'm really the red ranger, and I was up all night fighting monsters and protecting the city." Replied Conner casually. "Krista happened to be one of the girls I saved in my never-ending quest to preserve world peace.

"You're a sick little man, McKnight." called Devin dryly from across the room, sitting next to him was Cassidy who was busy jotting down notes and rumors she heard about the giant robot battle that had happened last night. Her golden blond hair was tied in a ponytail at the moment, and every time she shook her head in frustration, her hair would end up slapping Devin in the face. Devin didn't seem to mind.

"Mr. McKnight, the Power Rangers have done this city many deeds, so I must ask that you reframe from making cracks about them." Said Mrs. Wormwood, the temple on the side of her head began throbbing angrily.

The bell suddenly rung, as the rest of the class cheered happily, school was out. Time to go and do whatever they wanted to. Gathering his stuff, Conner hurriedly ran over to Krista. Smiling she quickly leaned in for a kiss, as Conner placed his arm around her, causing the entire school to see. Several murmurs sprung up as people began to ponder, just when did they become an item? The two kissed, until the realized that the entire school was watching them, and they hurried to catch up with the others.

"Well, at least one person in the gang is dating." Commented Ethan sarcastically, as the two caught up with them. "Still, I kinda wish it was me though."

"You'll find somebody; you just have to be patient." Offered Trent. "I mean, you do believe in soul mates right?"

"Nope. Why do you?" asked Ethan, as Conner, Krista, and Kira stared.

"O-Of course not!' said Trent quickly.

At the Cyber Café things were anxious, like the calm before a storm; it was around this time that the café got the most customers. So Hayley had to hurry back from Dino-ops, after spending most of the day running diagnostics on the zords and repairing them, working at the Cyber Café was almost relaxing. Quickly tying her long auburn red hair into a ponytail she got to work taking orders and making smoothies. Trent had also arrived to help making the workload much easier. Spotting several regulars as well as a few new faces, Hayley sighed in contentment, things couldn't possibly get better.

"Hayley!" called Kira from across the room, "I'm ready for my performance."

Hayley smiled as she walked over to the mike and introduced Kira. "Ok, guys we have another great performance by Kira Ford, so please give her a hand!"

The entire café cheered, since Kira had recently gotten a record deal, it was still very nice of her to have free performances at the Cyber Café, pulling out her acoustic guitar, she began to play, playing in public had always come natural to her, it was in a way like meditation, a way for her to escape from the rest of the world.

I see that you want to get lost inside of me

Too many words, people say too many things.

Sent you away, but you won't let it go let all set in

Drown your tears in my petaled hair.

They're just words, (just words you can say anything)

So talk to me… (I swear they won't hear you)

I promise nobody else will hear…

They're just words (Just tell me your fears and dreams)

It won't hurt me (Won't hurt me don't worry)

So if you wanna say something just say it to me

Practically everyone began to slow dance to her song, as the song continued. Some continued watching or cheering, realizing that this was his chance Devin decided to approach Cassidy. "Hey, you wanna dance?" he asked nervously.

"Why?" replied Cassidy.

"Well, it's just that you know, practically everyone here is dancing, so I figured you might not want to be the only girl who isn't dancing." Devin said quickly, whew that was a close one.

"Good point." Taking his hand, she quickly led him to the dance floor.

Whisper to me in the world in the world heard by only me

Tell me all the things you've only told me in your dreams

Whatever you say, I won't leave or judge you for what you believe

Be it good or bad, it's all the same to me

They're just words, (just words you can say anything)

So talk to me… (I swear they won't hear you)

I promise nobody else will hear…

They're just words (Just tell me your fears and dreams)

It won't hurt me (Won't hurt me don't worry)

So if you wanna say something just say it to me

CRASH!

Kira's performance was suddenly pulsed to a screeching halt as several energy arrows blasted their way through the café's windows destroying tables, and injuring several civilians, among one of them was Hayley. Everyone ran for it as the White Dino Clone along with several Tyranodrones charged into the building. Krista quickly ran over to Hayley, since she was bleeding very badly, a very bad gash had managed to form over her stomach along with a small cut over her temple. Several people fell to the ground from either being badly wounded by the energy arrows, or from fright. Cassidy rested Devin's head on her lap, she had a close call, an energy arrow had almost hit her in the head, lucky for her Devin had pushed her out of the way, only to have it pierce his shoulder. Cassidy's face was on twisted of fright and anger, as she choked back tears. Conner, Kira, Trent and Ethan had managed to escape into the alley without being hurt, quickly running out, the four realized that in their war against Mesogog the people in the Cyber Café had been caught in the crossfire.

"Somebody call an ambulance!" cried Krista, as she put pressure on Hayley's wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

The white ranger clone approached her, as he pointed at her with his White Drago Sword. "Foolish human girl, you should have run away with the others when you had the chance."

The White Ranger Clone was suddenly blown away by a powerful purple and black energy blast executed by Tommy, who was standing in the doorway clad in his ranger suit. His helmet hid his face, but if the others could see it at the moment, they would see that his expression was one of complete and total rage. Charging forward, Tommy began a reckless assault on the white Ranger Clone until he was kicked in the gut by the clone.

"Hmph, you of all people should know not to let your emotions control you. Especially if you're a ranger." Sneered the White Ranger Clone, suddenly several golden bolts of dino energy began to erupt out of him, as he toppled to the ground in pain. "No, not yet…." Quickly jumping into an invisaportal, the White Ranger clone fled.

Outside Trent also fell over in pain, as his morpher began sending out several bolts of power. Nearly knocking the rest of the group to the ground. "What the heck was that?" asked Kira clearly as shocked as Trent.

"I don't know." Replied Trent as he struggled to get back up.

"Guys, I think we'll have to worry about that later." Said Conner softly

At the end of the alley was a strange skull like monster, along with a small army of Tyranodrones. The same ones that attacked the cyber café. Quickly pulling their Dino Bracelets up to their chests, the gang then proceeded to change it into their Dino Morphers.

"Dino Thunder! Power up!" shouted the group as each of the morphed into their respective ranger forms.

"White Ranger Dino Power!" shouted Trent as he also morphed, the monster grinned excitedly as the rangers charged into battle, as they easily defeated the Tyranodrones.

Realizing that it was his turn to fight, the monster, better known as Jade Gladiator, ran into battle, drawing his axe he first aimed for Kira by blasting her with energy shot out from his eyes, and striking her with his axe while she was still recovering from dodging. Ethan charged into battle armed with his Thundermax Saber, Jade Gladiator simply sneered as he dodged a well-aimed slash at his before kicking Ethan in the gut and striking him on the shoulder with his axe. Deciding not to wait for the monster to attack, Trent charged into battle armed with his White Drago Sword, after seeing the monster's incredible speed and strength, Trent had realized that using his high-speed attack was the best strategy.

"Drago Rush!" shouted Trent as he suddenly became a blur of white, his sword flashed as he struck the monster, only to realize that it had somehow blocked the attack.

"Fast, but not fast enough!" sneered Jade Gladiator, as he grabbed Trent's wrist and hurled the ranger over his head as if he was a rag doll. "It's just you and me now, Red Ranger."

"You'll pay for what you guys did to the café." Snarled Conner angrily as he drew his Tyranostaff. "Do you have any idea, just how many people were hurt?"

"Oh, that wasn't my idea, it was the clone's, said something about not wanting to fade away and that two white rangers can't coexist." Replied Jade Gladiator casually as he craned his neck. "I'm just here for the fight."

Deciding that talking wasn't going to do anything, Conner charged into battle and for a moment he seemed to have the upper hand, as he dodged a wild axe swing, before jamming the head of his staff onto the monster's jaw causing it to topple over. The others had recovered and had also joined in, Kira with her Pteragrips, and Ethan with his Tricerashield. Together the three were more than a match for the monster as the knocked him away. Quickly combining their weapons, the three then proceeded to form the Z-rex blaster.

"Z-Rex Blaster!" shouted the Three. "Fire!" An enormous energy ball was blasted at Jade Gladiator, only to have it absorbed by the viscous monster.

"What!" shouted Ethan in surprise, as the monster suddenly started to violently shake, until two new monsters had managed to tear their way out of the Gladiator's back.

"HAHAHHA FOOLS! I ABSORB ENERGY! YOU JUST MADE ME STRONGER!" shouted the Gladiator as he began to grow along with the two newly formed monsters

Tommy quickly ran outside to meet with the other rangers. The ambulance had just arrived and the paramedics were already moving the injured into the ambulances. "Guys, the ambulances haven't left yet, we have to lead the monster away."

Jade Gladiator seemed to be annoyed that the rangers weren't calling his sword, until he saw the ambulance, realizing that for rangers the innocent come first, he decided to let the ambulance get a good distance before continuing his attack on Reefside.

"Is he?" started Ethan.

"I think he is!" replied Kira in total shock.

"He's letting the ambulances leave!" shouted Conner in disbelief.

"A killer monster with morals, go figure." Muttered Tommy as he called the Brachiozord into battle. Quickly forming the Thundersaurus Megazord, the three rangers quickly hopped into join the battle.

"Alright! Now that's what I'm talking about!" shouted Jade Gladiator, as he charged into battle joined by the two monsters that had also formed with him. The Dino Stegozord had also joined in, the rangers were outnumbered, badly outnumbered. The megazord immediately used it's Tyrano Fire blast on the nearest monster, a strange plant like monster, which resembled deadwood, the monster which was formed from the tree of life. The monster toppled over in pain, but it's wounds were quickly healed.

Dino Stegozord desperately tried to join into the battle, but the white ranger clone's powers were rapidly fading as the formation was suddenly broken and the clone came hurtling down. Desperately trying to recreate, the formation the clone suddenly began to violently shake in pain, as the Stegozord and the Dragozord left him on his own. His hold on the two zords had been broken.

"No… Come back…" cried the clone in vain, as Elsa's words came back to him.

Solving your problem is easy, all you have to do, is kill your other half.

'So the answer has been in front of me the entire time…' thought the clone, as he disappeared into an invisaportal.

The megazord was having massive troubles battling three monsters simultaneously, until Tommy offered them some advice. "Guys, Hayley just installed some of the Blizzard Force Megazord's freezing technology into the Thundersaurus Megazord, use it!"

"Right!" replied Conner as the head of the tyranozord opened and blasted the three monsters with a freezing blast of air instantly freezing them. They had managed to buy themselves some time, there was no doubt about it, and these monsters were stronger than anything they had ever faced before.

Meanwhile Trent had just left the hospital in his civilian form, since he didn't have any zords to battle giant monsters with, he had decided that he could be more helpful at the hospital tending to the wounded. A sudden cackle of energy from his Dino Bracelet caught his attention as he realized what this meant. 'He's near….'

He, being the white ranger clone, was near indeed in fact he was leaning against a tree approximately 10 feet away from Trent. Trent immediately got into a fighting stance as the clone approached. "You're going to pay for what you did to all those people!" shouted Trent.

"Hmph, what I did, I did for my survival is that so wrong?" replied the Clone as he continued forward.

"Your survival? Attacking innocent civilians was for your survival!" shouted Trent furiously. "There are people in there that may never wake up because of what you did!"

"How else was I suppose to draw you out here in the open, all by yourself without the support of you team members? I know you've felt it too, the sudden pains when morphed, the inability to control your powers in battle. We are the same ranger, because we cannot coexist, so one of us has to go. Permanently." Said the White Ranger Clone as he changed into his Super Dino form, jagged bolts of energy erupted out of the clone as

jagged spikes grew out from his suit.

"Fine! White Ranger Dino Power!" shouted Trent as he morphed, quickly drawing his drago sword he charged into battle, quickly jumping over a sweep kick, Trent immediately brought the sword down on the clone's shoulder dealing a devastating blow that sent him flying. Quickly recovering from the blow, the clone quickly gathered a massive amount of Dino Energy into the palms of his hands and formed it into a

golden sphere of energy.

"Drago energy ball!" shouted the clone as he hurled the energy ball at Trent dealing a devastatingly powerful blow to his gut. The blast sent him flying across the yard, as Trent struggled to get up after taking such a brutal attack. The attack had obviously drained the clone as well as he fell over in pain, brilliant cackles of Dino energy continued to erupt from the clone as he screamed in agony.

"Why do you do this? Why do you continue to work for Mesogog?" shouted Trent as he got back up, his Drago Sword in his hands.

"Because, it gives my life meaning. I am nothing more than your clone, my life has no meaning I don't even have a real body! This suit is nothing more than a shell to hold my spirit! But fighting for Mesogog gives my life meaning!" replied the Clone as he got up. "And I will do anything to keep that feeling!"

"That's not living! That's just being somebody's dog, you're better off dead! I have too much at stake here. I can't lose and I CAN'T here!" shouted Trent as he energized his Drago Sword. "Drago Sword Full Power!"

"So that's the way you wanna play it huh?" sneered the clone, it was literally now or never, quickly pulling out his sword he also energized it. "Drago Sword Full Power!"

The two white Rangers charged towards each other, their blades drawn, their Dino Energy trailing behind them as the charged. "Drago Wing Razor Slash!" the two shouted simultaneously as their blades clashed. The two types of Dino Energy clashing against each other was so great that the two were blown away. Trent struggled to stand until he realized that he was being fed Dino Energy. Quickly looking up, he saw his clone feeding him his Dino energy, as a way to energize him.

"What are you doing?"

"At the rate we're going, neither one of us will survive, but if I feed you my Dino Energy, at least you can live on." said the Clone softly.

"But why?" asked Trent as he felt his powers return to him. He had never felt so powerful before. It was almost as if he was reborn. The clone was slowly beginning to fade away as the last of his Dino Energy was given to Trent.

"Maybe, I've finally found something worth fighting for. It's a shame that it's too late for me though." Replied the clone sadly as he faded away into oblivion.

Trent said nothing as he realized that the White Dino powers were now full his. He also realized that the Dragozord and the Stegozord were in his possession and that his friends needed his help. NOW! Trent was right, since the three monsters had managed to break free from their icy prison and was rampaging the Thundersaurus Megazord, not even the aid of the Triceramax Megazord was enough to stop the mad rampage of these three incredibly powerful monsters. Conner and the others were struggling to regain control until a flash of white and red caught their attention.

"No way! The Dragozord?" shouted Kira in shock, as the massive zord closed in and viscously attacked one of the monsters. The Stegozord had also joined in using it's spikes as a weapon as it continuously rammed the Jade Gladiator. Dead wood and the Skortch had their hands busy as the Dragozord repeatedly attacked them.

"Guys! It's time to combine all of our zords together!" shouted Trent from inside the Dragozord.

"You heard the man!" said Tommy from inside the Triceramax Megazord.

"Right! Dinozords unite!" shouted all five Dino Rangers simultaneously, as the Axes and helmets belonging to the Triceramax Megazord attached themselves to the Thundersaurus Megazord, while the Dragozord attached itself onto the back of the Megazord, and the Stegozord opened up and formed the board. "Valkasaurus Megazord Online!" shouted all five rangers.

"Wow, I didn't know how much cockpit space was in here." Said Kira, she was obviously impressed that they had managed to form such a majestic Megazord.

"Yeah, it's pretty cozy." Replied Tommy.

"Uh, guys can we focus on the main problem at hand?" asked Ethan.

"Oh right." Said Tommy quickly as he called the Brachiozord into battle. Quickly flying the newly formed Valkasaurus Megazord onto to, the rangers proceeded to surf down the neck of the massive Brachiozord, before the robot hurled an array of projectiles at the monsters, ranging from axes to the Pterarang. The Deadwood and Skortch monsters were quickly destroyed leaving the Jade Gladiator all by itself. Quickly activating the Tyranodrill, the Megazord used gravity to it's advantage as it dived into the monster drill first, punching a massive hole into the monster, destroying it.

Three days later….

Cassidy lead Devin outside after he had finally been discharged from the hospital. It was a confusing three days, since Cassidy had chosen to visit him every single day, some may have said it was out of love, others would say that it was thankfulness, Cassidy herself said it was out of friendship.

"You sure, you're ok?" asked Devin.

"Hey, I'm not the one who was sent to the hospital after an energy arrow pierced my shoulder." Replied Cassidy. "You should take it easy."

"I guess your right."

Hayley had just woken up, it had taken the doctors three days, but they had finally managed to stop the swelling. A bandage covered her right temple, the same place where the arrow had managed to graze. Gently touching it, she realized that she had a very very close call. A bouquet of red roses landed on her bed, quickly looking up, she saw, Tommy standing at the doorway smiling. The two were in each other's arms in an instant.

Meanwhile, Zeltrax had finally found it, after hours of travel, he had finally arrived at the excavation site he and his former friend, Tommy, worked at all those years ago. 'Yes, I can sense you too, you've been waiting for me haven't you?'

A/N: Sorry, for taking so long to update, anyways, in this chapter I explore the question: What if the villains attacked the heroes in public? People are bound to get caught in the crossfire, thus the title of the chapter. I also wanted to give the White Ranger Clone's character some depth, which I managed to do. Ok, so I've got the next chapter or two planned out so it should take that long to get it out, as long as school doesn't get in the way.

Please review it's motivation, and it's nice to know that someone is actually reading my story.