Chapter 26
Conner, Kira, and Ethan entered Hayley's Cyberspace and find Hayley in a happy mood after school. It was October 14th now.
"What's that smile about?" Connor asked smiling.
"Oh, I am just so happy."
"Of course you are, Trent is back," Kira said.
"Yeah, with the new attitude adjustment, he's almost likable."
"I hear that," Trent said coming up behind Connor with a tray. He hit his back. Connor smiled. "2 more caramel blast." Hayley smiled and went to work.
"So, how's it going?"
"Great. I feel like a new man."
"We're just glad the old man is back," Kira said with a smile. "You're one of us, no more secrets." Trent smiled, and then it faded as he remembered his promise to his dad not to tell anyone his dad's secret.
"You're right."
Conner notices Cassidy trying to interview the new student, Alexi. Alexi doesn't seem happy about talking and being interviewed and leaves. Ethan wants to go to the library to work on their homework.
"Cassidy was never interested in soccer before. She never asked me for an interview."
"Someone is looking more green than red."
"Whatever dude. If he is so great, maybe he should be on a club. I'm gonna go check out if he has joined one. I'll catch up with you guys." Connor rushes out.
"Jealous."
"So jealous!"
"But he always finds a way not to go to the library." Kira smiled at Ethan.
"Hey, Alexis, heard you are the new soccer star. I was wondering if…"
"Sorry I must go!" Alexis jumps to his bikes and rides away.
Conner, Kira and Ethan walk their way to the library. Connor tells them that he tried to talk to Alexi, but that Alexi just left.
"Don't you find that rude?"
"Why don't you just try again?" Kira asked.
"Love to hash this out with you guys, but we need to hurry to the library. This project is due soon."
"I still have a few days," Connor said with a smile.
"It's due in a few days."
"Prepare to fail Blue ranger." All gasped as Zeltrax stood there.
"I knew I should have just went straight there and not waited." Zeltrax snapped his fingers. A blur of a ranger appeared, attaching them. The rangers are blasted to the ground. The White Ranger appears with a White Terrosaurus monster. White Terrosaurus was created from the energy of the white ranger.
"Trent?"
"What's he doing?"
"What's going on Trent?"
"I don't know a Trent. All I know is…destroy."
"I'm so not in the mood for this. Ready?"
"Ready!" They morph. Zeltrax attacks the Rangers. The White Ranger and White Terrosaurus battling as well. Another white ranger shows up on his ATV, blasting them away and the Rangers grow more confused. That white ranger jumps off his bike once Zeltrax leaves with his new friends.
"Power down," Trent said. "You guys okay?"
"Great! You got a twin brother you never told us about?"
The Rangers return to Dr. Oliver's lab.
"Okay, we just get one white ranger under control and another one shows up. Any idea who it can be?"
"I have no clue," Trent says to Kira's question.
"My sensors show, it's some kind of clone energy source. Probably not even a living being."
"Yeah, well he may not be alive, but his kicks felt real."
"I never said he wasn't real. He's a threat alright."
"And what's with that Terrosaurus monster?"
"It's giving up the same energy source as the clone. It's almost like they are one in the same."
"I knew it," Connor said getting up. "You should never have been here in the first place." Trent shakes his head at Connor's accusations.
"Not now Connor. We are going to need some back up. Trent, you need to come with me. Let's go"
"Why him? Why not me, or the others?"
"You will have your part to play in this soon, Connor. Right now, I need Trent's help. Keep an eye on the city and call us if you need help. Come on." Trent and the Black ranger leave. Conner's jealously builds.
Kimberly was helping Rupert with his reading as Connor came upstairs slightly stomping.
"Whoa, what's with the angry?"
"Nothing."
"Okay."
"I just hate today!" Connor plopped in a chair opposite them.
"The world pissing you off?"
"Pretty much."
"What happened?"
"Besides this clone white ranger and monster kicking out butts…"
"Shhh!" Kimberly sternly looked at Connor and let go of Rupert's ears.
"Oh, sorry."
"Ruppy, baby go upstairs and ask Warren or Darren to help you finish up."
"But Mommy!"
"Now." Rupert pouted. Kimberly kissed the side of his head. Rupert grabbed his book and went upstairs.
"Sorry, I forgot about…"
"It's okay. Another white ranger?"
"Yeah, some inhuman clone of Trent."
"Wow."
"And top it off, Dr. O has to ask for Trent's help over mine."
"He probably had a good reason for that."
"Why? Why does he need Trent over me? I am Red ranger, am I not important?"
"Connor, you are very important, not only in saving this city, but to your team. Tommy has his reasons for needing Trent and soon you will know why."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Why don't you go do something to relax?"
"Can't. Dr. O wants us here to watch out if anything happens."
"I'm sure it's okay."
"What if…"
"Go, play some soccer. Have a little fun. I'll make sure the others call if something happens."
"That Mrs….Kimberly." She smiled.
Conner goes to the soccer field to release some stress. He finds a game going on. Alexis looking good as he attempted to score. A guy runs to the sideline.
"Get in the game, man!"
"Maybe later. He's good."
"Yeah, you better get out there. Or he might replace you."
"Yeah right." Connor opens his bag to change but his bracelet goes off. "Oh man!" Connor lifts his bag and runs back to Dr. Oliver's place.
Conner, Kira, and Ethan see that White Terrosaurus is back.
"He's in the woods."
"So, what are we waiting for?"
"Dr. O asked us to contact him if…"
"If we needed him. He and Trent gots something important to do, remember. We can handle this. Come on!" Kira and Ethan go along with Connor.
"Alright, but the minute things get ugly, we call for back-up."
"Sure." The three morph and call forth their zords.Things do not go well for the Rangers and Terrosaurus captures all their zords.
Meanwhile, Dr. Oliver and Trent are walking in the woods. Dr. Oliver tells Trent that they are searching for an artifact that Dr. Oliver has known about for some time. Dr. Oliver needs Trent's power to recover the artifact. Trent is pleased that at least Dr. Oliver's trusts him. Dr. Oliver and Trent find the area where the artifact is hidden, within the waterfalls. Dr. Oliver tells Trent to concentrate and use the Dino gems power. Their focus will free the artifact by working together they try summoning the artifact, which is very difficult.
Conner begins to receive strange images in his head that he cannot figure out. Terrosaurus changes down to them, attacking them, since he carries their zords inside him. The rangers don't do so well against the Terrosaurus still.
"Maybe we should have waited for Dr. O."
"You think!" Terrosaurus blast the rangers into the water and leaves to take on the city.
"Great idea, Connor."
"We have to…" Connor groans as they struggle to get out the water.
"Got anymore bright ideas?"
"Wait…" Conner receives another vision and realizes that Dr. Oliver and Trent need his help. "Something isn't right."
"What do you mean?"
"I can't explain it…but something is telling me, Trent and Dr. O needs me. I have to go." Conner leaves. Conner grabs the artifact just in time, as Trent is losing his strength to hold on. Dr. Oliver tells Conner that he must have received the telepathic message from the shield, which confirms that Conner is ready.
"Ready for what?"
"The Shield of Triumph. Only a ranger in complete sync with the universal dino powers could handle its powers."
"But I thought when you chose Trent…"
"For the shield to assume its powers, all rangers must contribute apart of themselves. Thanks to Trent, he has completed his part. Now, we must do the rest."
"Tell me what I have to do. The Terrosaurus is back and he has taken our zords." Trent collapses. "Trent!"
"I'll take Trent back to the lab and contribute what I have to do. Think you can hold off until I can get the shield to you?"
"Yeah, you can count on me. I won't let you down." Conner takes off to join Kira and Ethan in their battle against Terrosaurus. The Rangers continue to have a difficult time with Terrosaurus. The Rangers called forth their Super Dino Mode. Even with the Super Dino Mode, Terrosaurus defeats them.
Back at the lab, Tommy is giving a piece of himself to the Shield of Triumph. Kimberly rushes to his side, after attending to the weak Trent. Tommy collapsed to his knee.
"Tommy!" Kimberly holds him up by the chest, with her other arm around him.
"I'm fine. Just a little drain." Kimberly rubs his chest.
"It'll be worst for the others huh?"
"Yeah, I hope Kira and Ethan are up to it." Tommy places his hand over Kim's hand that was over his heart. She places her head against his head. Tommy tries to soothe his breathing and beating heart. He rubs Kim's arm. "I need to go help the others…"
"But you're weak."
"They can't wait any longer. I'll be fine." Tommy hugs her and lifts the shield.
Tommy takes the Shield of Triumph to the Rangers. He is able to block Terrosaurus's blast with the Shield and throw the energy back at him. Tommy falls to his knees, after having given so much power.
"Dr. O!"
"Conner, you know what to do." Tommy holds up the shield to give to Conner.
"Right! Kira, Ethan, I need your total trust. I need your Dino powers. Do you trust me?"
"I do," Kira says quickly.
"I always did."
"You won't be sorry. Triassic Power." Connor is transformed. Kira and Ethan demorph.
"He did it."
"You're in big trouble now. Shield of Triumph, activate!" Conner, in his power up mode, takes on Terrosaurus and they end up in another dimension. Conner defeats Terrosaurus.
They all return to the lab.
"That shield rocks!"
"I know!"
"That's for the powers guys."
"Hey, it's only a loan. Anything to help get our zords back."
"That Triassic power was amazing!"
"The Triassic powers were always yours, Connor. You just needed to trust yourself and others will trust you as well."
"You see, all that jealousy for nothing."
"Yeah." Connor goes to find Alexi. He discovers that Alexi doesn't think his English is very good and is reluctant to speak. Conner tells Alexi that his English is good and to forget about everything else and to play a game of soccer together.
Kira, Conner, Ethan, and Trent, with their class, are taking a tour of ancient Egyptian artifacts a few days later. The class is lead to the Pharaoh Tutenhawken's tomb. Mrs. Porter tells the class the Pharaoh Tutenhawken was a much fear by his people as it was rumored that he had mystical powers. Ethan spots some hieroglyphics on Tutenhawken's tomb and copies them down, which turns out to be a very bad thing.
Later that day, at Hayley's Cyberspace, Ethan is working on his laptop.
"Mrs. Porter said there might be a curse…."
"This is about Science, hard facts. Not some crazy legend." Ethan breaks the code on Tutenhawken's tomb, only to discover that whoever breaks the code is cursed.
"Ooohh…dude, you're cursed. Get away from me before it rubs off."
"Very funny."
"Seriously though, what's going to happen? I mean, do you get covered in warts, grow an extra head or something?"
"This was just meant to scare off grave robbers and thieves. There is no such thing as curses. Hey, don't you believe me, Kira?"
"Hey, I said don't read it. Don't come to me when all your hair falls out." Ethan laughs.
"Nothing is going to happen from reading that curse." Just in that moment, Ethan's tampering with the code releases Tutenhawken from his deep slumber.
Ethan's watch goes off.
"Oh no! 5:30! I told my mother I would…" Ethan was fumbling with his laptop and ends up dropping it. His laptop is destroyed. "My games, my files, my life…."
"Your new laptop!" Ethan lifts the broke computer to his chest.
"My baby..."
"It's started. Tutenhawken's curse."
"Shut up about the curse, Connor. There's no such thing." Ethan is devastated. Tutenhawken finds Devin and Cassidy and asks Cassidy to be his queen. Cassidy says no at first, until Tutenhawken woos her with promises of precious gems. Cassidy accepts being his queen, despite Devin's objections.
Ethan walks along a street and is splattered with mud by a car. The curse continues. Mesagog sees Ethan alone and sends several Tyranodrones to where Ethan is. Ethan is dismayed when the Tyranodrones appeared.
"Could this day get any worst?" Ethan fights off the Tyranodrones and in the process has a crate of fish fall on him.Ethan returns to Hayley's Cyberspace where he tells Kira and Conner that the curse is real.
"Ewww... dude, what's the smell?"
"This weird stuff keeps happening to me!"
"Dude, could you tell us from over there?"
"Listen to me!" Cassidy walks in dress as her version of Cleopatra and treats everyone as lowly servants.Ethan feels that everyone else was right about Cassidy.
"Something is going on."
"Yeah, maybe there's a counter curse."
"Kira, you go back to the museum. I think Ethan and I need to go see Dr. O about this and fill him in."
"Okay."
"Yeah."
Kira enters the Egyptian exhibit and begins to copy the code for the counter curse. Tutenhawken arises again and attacks Kira. Kira morphs and they battle. Tutenhawken vows to destroy the city for what Kira has done.
Hayley was working on something behind the scenes as Ethan and Connor arrive to the lab.
Kimberly did her best to ignore the fish smell on Ethan.
"What is that?"
"Oh sorry." Ethan stepped away from her a bit.
"So, Dr. O, do you think that curse thing is for real?"
"One thing I learned from being a ranger is that anything is possible." Kimberly made a face and covered her mouth.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine," Kimberly said fanning her face. Connor looked back at the noise from Hayley.
"What's the new project?"
"Hayley won't tell us," Kimberly said.
"She won't even tell me. Honey, you look pale. Sit down."
"Yeah, Mrs. O, why don't you…" Ethan went to help her.
"Ethan I told you about the Mrs. O…" She covered her nose and mouth before running upstairs to puke.
"Should she be having morning sickness this late?"
"I don't think it's morning sickness," Connor said scrunching his nose away from Ethan. "Whew." He fanned his face of the smell as well.
Kira contacts the guys about Tutenhawken. Dr. Oliver tells them to help Kira and that he will contact Trent. Conner and Ethan morph and join Kira in the battle against Tutenhawken. They are having a difficult time until Trent shows up. Tutenhawken retreats and the Rangers demorph. Kira gives Ethan the code for the counter curse she copied and the pieces of paper blows out of his hand. Ethan goes after it and a tree begins to fall. Trent rushes over and pulls Ethan to safety. Conner and Kira race over to see if Ethan is okay. Ethan is a bit shaken up and hopes he can survive long enough to decipher the counter curse. The Rangers return to Dr. Oliver's lab where Ethan begins deciphering the code.
"Almost there. Sweet! You're mine!"
"Be careful, there might be even a worst, curse. Hey that rhymes." Connor smiles proudly. Kira and Trent roll their eyes. Kimberly returns downstairs. Tommy put his arms around her. It is reveal that Tutenhawken has to be destroyed in the air.Hayley walks over beaming that she had finally finished her surprise. It's a surprise for Ethan. She shows him his new Hovercraft Cycle. Ethan loves it immediately.
"Nice work!"
"Wow!"
"Tight! That's mine."
"Yep. Faster than anything I have ever built."
"That's amazing and all mine! Wait, can it fly?"
"Fly? No."
"Hayley, we uh, need it to fly."
"I see. Couldn't have told me before." Hayley groans and goes back to work.
Meanwhile Cassidy sits on a throne with Tutenhawken. Cassidy begins to rethink being queen when Tutenhawken tells her his plans to destroy the Power Rangers and take on the world. The final blow comes when Tutenhawken kicks Devin to the ground. Cassidy walks out after quitting, taking Devin with her. Tutenhawken reappears; Kira, Conner, and Trent morph and go to battle. Mesagog sends Elsa to get their gems, when and if Tutenhawken destroys them. Trent takes on Elsa while Kira and Conner battle Tutenhawken. Ethan shows up with his Hovercraft Cycle, as things were not going well. Ethan defeats Tutenhawken, but Mesagog grows Tutenhawken large. The Triassic Mega Rover appears and Kira, Conner, and Ethan enter it. They battle Tutenhawken while Trent battles Elsa. The Rangers defeat Tutenhawken and Elsa retreats.
Conner, Kira, and Ethan return to Hayley's Cyberspace where they play a game of Foosball. Ethan being very glad that the curse has been broken.
"It was brutal."
"Speaking of brutal," Kira said with a smile. Cassidy walks up to Ethan and asks if they could talk. Cassidy leads him to a couch and attempts to apologize for the way she acted. Ethan realizes that she is trying to apologize and doesn't make it any easier for her. Devin walks in with all the things he has done for her before walking away to fetch a latte for her. Conner and Kira watch them.
"Well, looks like Ethan and Devin are under Cassidy's curse." Connor laughs.
Kimberly was starting dinner when Tommy came upstairs. Tommy grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into his lap.
"Tommy! The children might see!"
"They are upstairs."
"Yes and they can be downstairs soon."
"I miss holding you."
"Well, the sooner you get free of that suit, the sooner we can…" Tommy sighed, hugging her. His hand went over her stomach. A slight pouch forming, though she was just in her 10th week.
"If our children would sleep in their own beds, maybe I could…."
"Oh no mister. If Trish were to find the Black Ranger instead of her Daddy holding her Mommy, she would scream and have nightmares forever." Tommy chuckled. Kimberly sighed.
"Why don't I have Hayley go pick you up something for you to eat when she comes back here later on?"
"I'm fine. I can eat whatever is here."
"No, you look like you want McNuggets."
"What?"
"You and Trish had that special look when you want MacDonalds."
"Oh, so now I have a fast food face?"
"Yep. I can always tell when you want it."
"Whoa, and why is that?" Kimberly asked.
"I am your husband, I know all about you. You have a face for MacDonalds, White Castle and pizza face." Kimberly shook her head as she leaned farther into Tommy's lap.
"I do not."
"Yes, you do," Tommy teased.
"And I am craving McNuggets."
"I told you." Kim's arms went around his neck.
"I hate you are in this damn suit."
"Me too." Tommy rubbed his helmet against her, and moved her to his chest, with his hand on her stomach, stroking her softly. "Keep the children upstairs. I'll fix dinner."
"Thank you." She kissed his helmet and got up.
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