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Passion Power and Dinosaurs

Chapter 10: Trust me

The island where Mesogog had stationed his fortress was no doubt a beautiful one, yet the beauty of the island was lost to Conner as he rode through the island on his Raptor Ride. Hayley, being the genius that she was, had invented a device, which enabled Conner to carry the long-extinct dinosaur in his belt buckle. It was useful at times; this was one of those times. The Red Raptor let out a small whine, knowing that something was bothering his rider. "I know, I hope she's alright too." The raptor whined in sympathy.

She was Krista Prebble, Conner's girlfriend, who had been kidnapped by Mesogog. The other rangers had managed to buy Conner enough time to get onto Mesogog's fortress safely in order to rescue her. The wind brushed past Conner, as he continued the long trek towards the massive fortress stationed at the center of the island. An endless number of very hostile Tyranodrones seemed to inhabit the island; these mutants seemed to attack anything that moved including their own kind, which would explain why there weren't any living things on the island other than plants and Tyranodrones.

'Where is she!' thought Conner desperately as he continued his ride through the massive fields of the island, suddenly he spotted a sight that he couldn't believe. It was Krista standing there, no Tyranodrones, no freaky monster, just Krista by herself. Recalling the tired Raptor into his belt, Conner cautiously advanced forward. "Krista?" Krista simply smiled, but there was something wrong, Conner could sense it, call it a hunch, or even a ranger sixth sense, but something just wasn't right about this situation.

Conner was right when an invisaportal suddenly deposited about 40 Tyranodrones into the clearing, leading the army of Tyranodrones was Elsa. "It's never that easy is it, Red Ranger? Tyranodrones, attack!"

Conner quickly pulled out his Thundermax Saber before charging in and cutting through the massive hordes of Tyranodonres. The horde seemed endless as Conner slashed a nearby Tyranodrone before kicking another one in the gut. Quickly shifting his sword into its blaster mode Conner immediately jumped into the air and unleashed a rain of laser fire on the Tyranodrones, defeating several in the process and quickly ending the battle. Landing gracefully on his feet, Conner returned his blaster to his holster, before running over the Krista, Elsa didn't seem to care. A devious smirk was planted on her face.

"Krista, c'mon Krista let's get out of here." Said Conner as he grabbed Krista's hand and proceeded to walk away. Krista didn't budge; in fact, she flat out refused to move. "Krista?"

Krista simply smiled, before she punched Conner. Hard. So hard, in fact that Conner was sent flying. Landing on his right arm, Conner could hear his arm crack as it broke from the sheer force of his fall. "Ugh." Groaned Conner as he struggled to stand up, Conner's ears perked up as he heard sinister laughing coming from Elsa . "ELSA! What did you do to her!" roared Conner furiously.

"All, I did was awaken her hate, her anger and every other ugly part of the human soul has manifested, thanks to her Dino Gem." Sneered Elsa, as she transformed into her Principal Randall guise. "I've been observing you two very carefully Mr. McKnight, I noticed that jewel shard on that necklace of hers was indeed a Dino gem, all I had to do was kidnap Ms. Prebble over there, and tinker with her DNA a bit, and I ended up creating Fridgia."

"Fridgia! Who the hell is Fridgia!" demanded Conner angrily.

"Her." Replied Elsa pointing at Krista.

Krista suddenly began to spasm violently, as her entire body was covered by a sickly green aura, her body changed as she grew much taller, and covered by white armor like skin. Krista was gone; in her place was the monster, Fridgia. Fridgia let out a howl of anger before charging at Conner.

"Krista wait." Said Conner attempting to reawaken Krista's humanity. "I know you're in there Krista, I don't want to fight you."

Fridgia growled before grabbing Conner and hurling him over her head, before Conner even landed, the cruel monster blasted him in midair. Conner groaned. Focusing a small amount of Dino Energy to his broken arm, feeling his muscles heal, and his bones reattach themselves Conner got up. "OK, guess we'll have to do this the hard way. Super Dino Mode!" Violent bolts of Dino Energy began to erupt from Conner, as the diamond-like patterns on his ranger suited became long rock hard spikes. Conner charged into battle, quickly pulling out his Thundermax Blaster, Conner quickly shot several laser blasts at Fridgia, the blasts were easily deflected by Fridgia's fists. Conner decided to switch his blaster to it's saber mode. Conner was just about to recklessly charge in when he heard a strange demand. Stop me…Conner suddenly hesitated. Who was that?

STOP ME!

The voice blasted throughout Conner's head. "Krista?" Realizing that he could have hurt her despite the fact that she had been turned into a monster. "Krista, I know you're in there somewhere. Please, don't do this." Conner demorphed in a bright flash of red, this was a dangerous plan, but it was the best one he had. "Krista, please, I know you're in there. Fight this thing, I know you can. .I believe in you. FIGHT IT! "

Fridgia looked confused and angry as she blasted Conner with energy, a blast that sent him flying. "Conner?" Fridgia fell to the ground clutching her head in confused agony, as violent waves of Dino Energy began to emit from her body. The massive monster let out a scream of agony, before reverting into her human form. Fridgia was no more, there was only Krista now. Conner let out a breath of relief as he ran over to Krista.

"No, stay away." Cried Krista. "That monster, it's still not gone. AGH!" Krista's body suddenly started to emit even more violent waves of Dino Energy, as the poor girl fell to the ground as more energy poured out of her. The energy began to pool together as it slowly took on a more solid humanoid appearance. Fridgia had been separated from Krista.

"Ok, that's going in my big book of 'Strange Stuff'." Said Conner, Krista ran over to him. "Dino Thunder Power up!"

Conner quickly changed into his Ranger form, pulling out his Tyranostaff, the red Dino ranger charged into battle. Dodging a few energy blasts easily, Conner quickly jammed the head of his staff onto Fridgia's face, the blow had so much force that it caused her to topple over.

After seeing what had just happened, Elsa decided that it was time to join into the battle, an aura of energy covered her body a she changed from her Principal Randall disguise back into Elsa. However, before Elsa could even draw her sword Krista punched her in the face. "That was for turning me into a monster." Snarled Krista angrily as she pounced on the villainess. Krista quickly straddled Elsa, before continuing her assault. "POW! that was for kidnapping me! POW! that was for making me attack my boyfriend! POW! and that? That was for giving me detention for wearing a skirt."

Elsa snarled angrily as she tossed Krista off her before quickly getting up, her face was slightly bruised from the beating that Krista had just given her. "You're gonna pay for that!" said Elsa angrily, the villainess quickly drew her sword and charged into battle. However, Krista was more than ready as she expertly ducked to dodge a sword swipe and used her arms to execute a sweep attack at Elsa's legs knocking her former principal to the ground in the process. Elsa quickly recovered and tried blasting Krista with her Dino Lightning attack, Krista quickly responded by creating a crimson Dino Energy barrier, which negated the attack.

"Super Dino Mode!" shouted Conner, jagged bolts of Dino Energy erupted from his ranger suit as long rock hard spike appeared on his arms. Conner leapt into the air, and attacked Fridgia with a savage kick to the face of the massive beast. Landing gracefully on his feet Conner continued his assault by savagely using the spike on his suit as blades as he gave Fridgia a diagonal slash to her shoulder followed by a horizontal slash to her stomach. Conner finally ended the battle by using his Tyranostaff to draw a circle in the air. "Dino Energy Orb!" The energy orb was launched at the monster, in its weakened state it didn't sand a chance and it was quickly destroyed.

Elsa had also retreated when she realized that Fridgia was destroyed and that she was outnumbered. She couldn't use the Hydro-Regenerator because it was being fixed at the moment. She had no choice but to retreat.

"And that' s what happened." Said Conner after explaining what had happened after he landed on Mesogog's island. "The one thing I don't get is that when I was fighting that monster, I heard a voice in my head."

"A voice?" echoed Ethan raising an eyebrow.

"In your head?" asked Kira. "You're not losing it, right?"

"No, it was almost telepathic, I know for sure that it was from Krista, it's just I don't understand just how I could have communicated with her telepathically." Answered Conner.

Tommy stepped forward after he was the leading expert on Dino Gems and their abilities, but this was unlike anything he had ever heard of before. "I'm guessing that you and Krista share a link of some sort. That's probably why she was able to communicate with you when she was possessed."

"A link? But how is that possible?" asked Trent.

"Although it's a little small, Krista has been able merged with a Dino gem, which originated from Conner's gem. Meaning that the two share the same Dino Gem powers, so it's only natural that they have a bond of some sort." Answered Tommy "An occurrence like this has never happened before. Fascinating."

Hayley had to keep from groaning, sure Tommy was a veteran ranger who had seen many things that most people would never see in their life. However, when he pondered about stuff, it could easily get weird. 'At least he isn't telling us about that time he met a space warrior who resembled a bug with a lightsaber.'

"Question. Just how did you find the Dino Gems?" asked Ethan.

"Oh that's a long story." Replied Tommy, "You sure you want to hear it?"

"Hey we've got time, and it's a Friday." Said Conner, before looking over at Krista. "Please?"

Krista smiled. "Of course."

"Alright, it all began about 3 years ago….."

A/N: Jeez it's taking me longer and longer to update isn't it? Sorry. Next Chapter I will put in how the Dinothunder equipment was created and then I'll continue and eventually finish this story. I also have an SPD story in the works, and when I say in the works, basically I've got the ideas in my head but have yet to write them.

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