Chapter 21
Ethan examined his rock closely with the rest.
"I could use my computer tonight to maybe.." Connor laughed.
"Of course. You and a computer." Ethan was tired of Connor's repeat mock of him, so fired back. Kira had enough of the boys.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"Unless you haven't realized, this is a very freaky place. And I don't want to be around when the owner returns." The boys nodded and followed her. They find their way back outside from the mysterious Dino lair.
"We need a compass."
"I knew there was something I forgot to pack this morning," Connor mocked. A wind blew at them.
"What was that?"
"The wind?"
"That is not some wind. As much as we want it to be." They are soon surrounded by Tyrandrones.
"Don't move," Connor muttered.
"Great and make it easy for them."
"New idea, RUN!" Ethan said taking off first. Tyrandrones attacked them. Each discovered new abilities they never had before as they fought back. Kira screamed at them, sending out a sonic blast after she fell. Connor rushed back and helped her up get to her feet.
"What the heck was that?"
"I don't know," Kira said as Connor held her arm. She held out her now glowing yellow rock. Images flooded her. They all looked at it, then Tyrandrones ran toward them again. They each took off in different paths. Connor found he had super speed as he fought and Ethan found had steel strength in his arms when he blocked an attack. He smiled and stood up, ready to fight some more after seeing what his gem wanted to show him.
After defeating the Tyrandrones, Tommy showed up in the woods before them.
"Hey. You 3 okay?"
"Yeah." Conner, Ethan, and Kira making no mention of what happened.
"Couldn't be better."
"Nothing out of the orderly happened right?"
"Uh, just normal day in the woods with furry creatures…"
"And a few scalely ones." Tommy looked at her.
"Well, I guess detention is over with. Better get you back to school." Conner, Ethan, and Kira agreed not to say anything to anyone about what happened as they walked back to the jeep. Dr. Oliver took them back to school and dropped them off. Kira didn't want anything else to do with anything so gave her gem to Conner.
"Hey, why does he get it?" Kira took it from Conner's hand into Ethan's hand. He smiled and closed his hand around her gem now.
Kira walked away. Just as she felt that same weird wind, Tyrandrones appear. Connor and Ethan gasped.
"Kira!" They run to her. Kira disappears with the beasts, her hand out for Connor to save her.
"She's gone!"
Conner takes Ethan in his car and speeds away.
"Where are we going?"
"Dr. Oliver!"
"Why?"
"He's a dinosaur guy! He should know what to do!" Connor shifted gears. "Man, did you see that woman in that car we passed?"
"Keep you head out the clouds, we have to figure out where Kira has been taken!"
"She is beautiful." Connor looked back.
"She…had a carfilled with children!"
"She looked too young to have that many children, maybeshe's a babysitter!"
"Hello! We have a crisis here!"
"Oh, right." Connor sped down the road. "Man, he lives out in the middle of nowhere!"
They found the house in the middle of the woods. Conner turns off his car.
"Man, is anyone home?" They knocked on the door, but no one answers.
"I thought he had kids, they should be home by now," Ethan said. Conner discovers the door is open. "Why wouldn't it be locked?"
"He doesn't got neighbors, come on." Connor walks in.
"Dr. Oliver!"
"Maybe we shouldn't be in here?" Ethan said as they looked around.
"Dr. Oliver! Dr. Oliver…" Connor walked about the house.
"Hello! Hello? Anybody"
"Wow, check it out." Connor finds a dinosaur figure and went to pull down the mouth.
"Hey, didn't you learn the last time?"
"He is just a boring Science teacher…" Connor pulled it down. "Not Batman." They gasped. A door latch popped up with a glowing like. Conner and Ethan look at each other. They walk down staircase that leads them to the room they had just been.
"Hey, we just left this place."
"This is just too freaky!"
"If you are looking for extra credit, you are in the wrong place." Tommy appeared and is none too happy to see them there.
Elsewhere, Kira lays unconscious on contour chair. Kira wakes to find herself in a very strange place. She quickly gets up and walked around.
"Give me the gems," a creepy voice repeats.
"Who's there?" Kira walks around, as the creepy voice repeats. Kira bumps straight into the guy with a dinosaur head causes her to gasp as she sees him for the first time.
"I have waited far too long to allow a teenager to spoil my plans. Now, give me the gems."
"Gems? Oh, those rock things." Kira turned around, only to come back face-to-face with him.
"Yes! Give me the gems!"
Back at the dino lair, Connor and Ethan find a very anger teacher.
"Dr. O, before you get mad. Can we explain why we are here?"
"Dude, he's just going to laugh?"
"It's the truth!" Tommy looked at them.
"Kira's gone." Conner and Ethan quickly explain to Dr. Oliver that Kira had been taken by these strange creatures.
"They are called Tyrandrones."
"And you know this…"
"I helped create them."
"Weird Science project?"
"It's a long story, right now, we have to figure out why they want Kira."
"Maybe because of this." Connor pulled out his red gem. Tommy nearly fell over. He didn't even notice they were missing from the lair.
"We're really sorry, but how was we supposed to know these gems had super powers?"
"I guess so. This isn't something you see everyday."
"Sort of like a Science teacher with the ruins of his own ancient civilization under his 2-story house."
"Yeah, seriously dude, you got to come clean."
"First of all, don't call me dude. Second, you two need to forget all about this and I'll find Kira." Connor rushed at super speed to stand before Tommy. "Gem's powers have already bonded with you." Tommy said with a smile.
"You need to tell us what's going on now, or at the next Parent Teacher conference."
They took off in Tommy's jeep, where he explains about the Tyrandrones and a little bit of other thins. Tommy knew Connor and Ethan wouldn't let him go without knowing something. Tommy told them about his partner, Anton Mercer and himself were working on a way to combine dino DNA with technology.
"So, when you said you helped create those things, you weren't kidding?"
"Sorry, Ethan, I wish I was. But they weren't supposed to be used like this. Someone has modified them."
"You mean, that rich scientist that went missing years ago."
"Yes, Dr. Mercer's work sunk into the ocean when the island was attack. I thought we lost it all."
"So the person that attacked the island is back?"
"Looks like it, he called himself Mesagog."
"Exactly, where are we going?" Connor asked, frustrated to be in the backseat. Tommy came to a stop sign.
"This all very fascinating in all, but how is this supposed to help us find Kira. It's not like she is going to fall out the sky," Ethan said. Kira lands on top of Dr. Oliver's jeep. Everyone stunned to see her. They rush to get out the car. Connor and Ethan look up to the sky, as Kira sat up on the hood of the jeep. They help Kira from the car.
"How did you do that?"
"I have no idea!"
"Invisaportals."
"Whatever. What are you guys doing here?"
"We came to rescue you."
"Some rescue. Way to show up when I don't need you anymore." Another invisaportal appears with several Tyrandrones.
"You sure about that," Connor said looking up. Zeltrax, a warrior, for Mesagog arriving with the tyrandrones. Tommy stepped before the teenagers.
"I see Mesagog has finally found a goon to do his dirty work."
"Step aside, Tommy. They are coming with me."
"I think not." A battle breaks out with them. Each teenagers displaying their new found powers. In the end, Zeltrax leaves, promising a return.
"Okay this is too much," Kira said.
"I better get you home, it's late."
"I'll bet. Then you won't have to fill us in anymore."
"Look, I promise to tell you all more tomorrow after school. Right now, it's really late. We all have families to get home to." They all nodded.
Tommy arrived home. His boys were running around the front yard.
"Daddy!" Kimberly looked up from cooking as she heard the car pull up. Trish looked up with a smile and ran to the door.
"Maria Trish Rose Oliver, get back here!" Tommy came into the house with the boys handing on him. Kimberly came out from the kitchen. "Boys! Upstairs to wash up, dinner is ready."
"Awww…Mom!"
"Go!"
"Listen to your mother." The boys let go of him. "Take your sister." Rupert did. They went upstairs.
"What happened to you?"
"I had to step out."
"Why?"
"No reason." Tommy kissed her cheek and went into the kitchen. "Something smells wonderful." Kimberly slapped his hand with her spoon. "Ow."
"You look me in the eyes and tell me what's wrong." Tommy closed his eyes, holding the back of his hand. He turned to Kimberly slowly.
"The gems are gone."
"What?"
"3 teenagers found them."
"What do you mean, found them?"
"I mean, they have them."
"Then get them back!"
"I can't."
"Why? Why not unless, have their bodies bonded to the gems?"
"Yes."
"Than that means…"
"He's back. Mesagog is back."
"The children…"
"Will be fine. Our family will always be safe."
"There is about to be a new evil attacking the city! How are we going to be fine!"
"I'll train them, help the new team."
"You are not a ranger!" Tommy grabbed and pulled Kimberly to him.
"I won't have to be if this team is as strong as I think they are. Don't worry." He rubbed her head, as he held her tight against him. Kimberly sighed and hugged him. "Our family will be safe."
"You swore it."
"And I never go back on my promises. Everything is hard at first, but we will be fine."
Next day
Tommy arrived to the classroom to find it much better than yesterday.
"Okay, who can tell me how it all begun?" The room shakes and the sky turns black as several earthquakes hits. Everyone runs to the window as lightning struck around. Zeltrax has let lose the bio-zords into the city. Devin came into the classroom with news of mechanical dinosaurs attacking the city. Principal Randall came over the speaker telling them of an emergency evacuation of the school. All the students, except for Kira, Connor and Ethan leave.
"Dr. O, now would be a great time to start explaining."
"No time! If Mesagog reactivated the bio-zords, we have little time. Come with me." Tommy rushes out.
Tommy takes them quickly back to his house.
"We got to act fast."
"So, these dinosaurs, you helped create them."
"I'm afraid so. They are your friends and you have to tame them."
"Excuse me?"
"You can do this, and you won't be alone." Tommy shows them morphers that will harness the gems powers. "Ever since I found the Dino gems, I have had these waiting."
"For what?"
"Into Dino morphers. You use these to become Power Rangers" Tommy lifts the case top.
"I gotta sit down."
"Hang on, I can't be a Power Ranger!"
"You are. Those gems are from the asteroid that crashed into Earth millions of years ago. The gems are yours. You didn't chose them, they chose you."
"Can't they unchose us?"
"Sorry, they have already bonded with your DNA."
"How do you know we can do this?"
"The gems wouldn't have bonded to you unless you had something in you. Please." Each teenager looks at each other before picking up their morphers.
They headed downtown and face the bio-dinos.
"How does these work?"
"Just say, Dino Thunder Power-up, and they will be activated. You'll know what to do from there."
"Dino Thunder?"
"I kind of like it."
"You would." Tommy parked the jeep.
"Look, I know you 3 are from different worlds. You're going to have to work together. No one knows better than me how difficult this might appear, but trust me. I believe in you and you can do it."
"You do?"
"I do. Okay, this must be them." They get out the jeep.
"Wow, that must be them."
"Wow great call, Connor." Zeltrax appears again.
"You guys ready."
"Oh yeah." They morph for the first time and go into battle to gain control of their zords. Tyrandrones appear and try to block them. The new rangers fought them and ended up calling forth their dino zords to defeat Zeltrax in his ship. It took a lot of determination, but they were able to form the Dino Thunder Megazord and destroy his fortress ship.
After the battle, the rangers return to Dr. Oliver's house, excited about their new powers and being Power Rangers. Tommy watched as their morphers transform into bracelets for each to wear. He passed them over to the teenagers.
"Keep these bracelets with you at all times. They'll activate your morphers when you need them, connect you to your zords, to each other and to me at any time."
"Dr. Oliver, I know you are a Science teacher in all, but how did you…?"
"I'll fill you in later in time."
"You think Mesagog will stick around?" Ethan asked.
"They always do."
"They?"
"I know this is a lot to take in, guys. Your lives have just changed in more ways than you'll ever know. But, if you work together, any remember you are a team, no one can beat you," Tommy said. They examined their bracelets before putting them on. "No one." Each rangers put on their bracelets with smiles and held them up.
Tommy walked them to the door.
"Wow, Dr. O, you have a nice looking family," Kira said.
"Thanks. Maybe next time you can meet them." Tommy waved the teenagers off. Just as Tommy turned to close the door, a car pulled up. Tommy opened the door.
"Daddy!" Trish was the first one out the car and rushed to her father. Tommy smiled and lifted her up. She was wearing a San Diego Zoo t-shirt. Rupert ran out next into his father's arms.
"Where did you go?" Warren and Darren sporting the same shirt as Rupert with balloons and stuffed animals. Kimberly carried several bags.
"I kind of sensed something bad was going to happen, so I… skipped work and took the children out of the city to the zoo." They all walked inside the house.
"On the second day of school, you played hooky?"
"Well, from what I heard on the radio as we were out of town, something did happen, black skies, frightening lightning, plus school was cancelled."
"Yeah."
"Boys go put away the things for Mommy." They took their bags and rushed upstairs.
"Trish, honey! Slow down!" Trish paused on the steps, but rushing up as well.
"Well, what happened?"
"Dino Thunder power-up."
"They got their morphers?" Kimberly asked.
"Yep."
"Their zords?"
"Yep."
"They won?"
"First battle."
"No help from you?"
"Just the basics."
"Well, well, I see the ranger as become the mentor."
"Yep," Tommy said a bit proudly.
"Did you give them the infamous speech?"
"Like Zordon did?"
"Yeah."
"Sort of."
"Good, Zordon would be proud of you. It's about time someone else does the dirty work, while you are in the background."
"Thank you for not freaking out about all of this."
"If this Mesagog shows up outside the door, I can't say I won't go Dino Thunder upside his head." Tommy smiled.
"Come here." Tommy pulled her into a hug. Tommy sighed as he hugged her. Kim's arms went around him.
"What's wrong, tiger?" Kimberly asked.
"This is weird, not being in the fight."
"But you are."
"Not the way I'm used to."
"There still is a chance?"
"How?" Tommy asked.
"You know how. You seem to always be drawn into it, I wonder what color you will be this time." Tommy laughed. "Pink?"
"Think I can pull off pink?"
"Hell no! You realize, there hasn't been a pink ranger since… Jen."
"Maybe because the best pink ranger was you."
"Of course." Tommy smiled. "You're doing dinner tonight?"
"Why?"
"Because I had your boys all day and I'm tired." Tommy kissed the top of her head.
"Anything for you, Beautiful."
