Author's Note: I'm back with a new chapter and I think some of you are going to be happy at the chapter's end.
PrettyDiva: I hope you will continue to love this story in the chapters ahead. So far there hasn't been much T/Katness in this fic but I'm working on it.
PurpleRanger76: It's taken a long time but Tommy will finally be free of that suit.
PurpleStrobe: Thanks for the message. I hate that your review button is still acting up on you. Kat is very determined to see Reed's killer brought to justice so more of that plot will be coming into the story very soon. I just have to figure out a way to make it all fit.
After receiving the phone call, Will and Kat rushed to the airport where they boarded a private plane.
"Ok, now that we're in the air do you care to explain to me what's going on?" Kat asked.
"You're father sent us some Intel on a scientist that has been working closely with Li Chang, he's giving a lecture at a conference in London, the hotel he's staying at has a very sophisticated security system, all high profile guests are given rooms on the top floor where the rooms can only be accessed by fingerprints, you'll be checking into the hotel as an attendee of the conference, you'll need to find a way to get his fingerprints so that we can use them to access his room and thereby gaining access to his laptop where hopefully there will be information stored on it that will help us in finding Chang," Will explained.
"Well, let's hope this turns out better than the last time," Kat said referring to the last time she had been sent on a mission to copy computer files only to learn that none of the files were helpful in getting them a lead on Chang's whereabouts.
"This is the program Glenn created, you'll need it when accessing the laptop," Will said as he handed her the disk.
"Wait a second, Will if both of us are in London who's going to keep an eye on things in Reefside?" Kat questioned.
"Luckily for us, my laptop is programmed with a satellite positioning system, it enables me to link up to our computers back at I.D. and thereby enabling us to access the ranger's computers, so I can keep track of everything that happens while we're away," Will informed her.
"You know, you're becoming pretty useful as a partner," Kat said with a smile.
"It took you this long to figure that out," Will teased.
"I'm gonna take a nap, wake me up when we get to London," Kat told him.
REEFSIDE
In the lab, Tommy and Hayley discover that Elsa has taken a sample of mysterious green slime from the forest. Tommy goes to the site of the green slime and decides to get a sample when he is attacked by the Tyrannodrones. After fighting them off, Tommy gets the sample and takes it back to the lab for Hayley so she can run a few tests on it.
"Hey man, what's up with you?" Conner asked as they all walked down the hallway at school on their way to Tommy's class which was still being taught by Anton.
"My first date with Cassidy is coming up and I'm kinda nervous," Ethan admitted.
"Don't worry Ethan, if you need some pointers I'd be happy to give them to you," Trent told him.
"Yeah and I can help you pick out what to wear," Kira offered.
"Thanks guys, I'd really appreciate the help," Ethan told them as they went inside the classroom.
Anton is in the middle of giving a lecture on the crocodile when he begins to get weak. He quickly excuses himself from the classroom and goes out into the hallway where Trent follows him.
"Dad, are you ok?" Trent asked obviously concerned.
"I'll be fine, just get back to class before someone becomes suspicious," Anton replied as he walked through an invisiportal before changing into Mesogog.
"Is your father alright?" Kira asked once Trent returned.
"Yeah, he isn't feeling too well, he went home to take some medicine," Trent told her as the bell rang signaling the end of class.
Hayley then contacted the teens and asked them to come to the lab right away.
LONDON
"Is there ever going to be a mission when I can just look like myself?" Kat asked as she pulled on the brown wig to cover her blonde hair. She was dressed in a business suit and was wearing glasses.
"You became pretty recognizable when you were here dancing for the Royal Academy, we can't risk someone seeing you and blowing your cover," Will told her.
"I'm ready," Kat said as she got out of the car. She walked into the hotel and went straight to the front desk.
"Hi, I'm checking in, my name is Amanda Benning," she said.
"You are here for the conference?" the desk clerk asked.
"Yes," Kat told him as he pulled up her information on the computer.
"The room you requested is available," he told her.
"Excuse me, I've just arrived from the airport and I'd like a room on the top floor," Will said as he approached the desk.
"I'm sorry sir, but all the rooms on the top floor are taken by the speakers of the conference," a female clerk replied.
"I don't care about any conference, I've been a first class patron of this establishment for years and I want my upgrade," Will said as obnoxiously as he could.
"Americans, they think they're entitled to everything," Kat said as she smiled at the desk clerk that was helping her.
"You're all set for the conference, Alan here will show you to your room," he told her as she was led to the elevators.
Once in her room, Kat unzipped her suitcase and quickly plugged in her laptop. Hearing a knock at the door, she opened it to find Will standing there.
"That was quite a show you put on down there," Kat said as she let him in.
"Well, now no one will suspect that we have anything to do with each other," Will told her.
"Are you sure no one saw you come up here?" Kat asked.
"My room is just down hall, so I waited until the bellman had left before coming here," he replied.
"Ok, so now all we have to do is wait until the lecture starts," Kat said as they began working on a plan so that she could obtain the target's fingerprints.
REEFSIDE
"What's the word Hayley?" Conner asked once they were all back in the lab.
"I think I can use this slime to demorph Tommy," Hayley answered.
"That's great," Kira told her.
"I really hope this works," Trent said.
"Only one way to find out," Hayley told them.
"Catch you on the flipside," Tommy said as Hayley began the experiment.
"Ok, what just happened?" Kira asked after experiment was over but Tommy was nowhere to be seen.
"I was so sure that slime was going to do the trick," Hayley replied.
"It did work, I got my body back but now no one can see it," Tommy informed them.
"An invisible science teacher, this is so graphic novel!" Ethan stated.
"Why don't you guys take some time off, Hayley and I will work on trying to turn my visible again," Tommy told them.
"Yeah, come on Ethan, I believe we have some work to do," Conner said as they went to help Ethan prepare for his date.
Kira helped Ethan with his fashion by picking out an outfit for him to wear; Conner helped him with his dancing skills while Trent gave him a lesson on proper dining matters. Ethan is finally prepared to leave on his date when they are called to fight Elsa's latest creation named Thornox. After a short fight, Ethan is finally free to go on his date.
Everyone, including Tommy, watches Ethan's date on the monitors in the lab. When it appears that things aren't going so smoothly, Tommy decides to lend a hand. Arriving at the site of the date, Tommy helps Ethan by lighting the candles and giving him flowers to give to Cassidy. Ethan gets up the nerve and asks Cassidy to dance but the Tyrannodrones appear. Ethan waits until Cassidy is out of sight and then he morphed to fight them along with Tommy.
LONDON
"Excuse me, Dr. Lee, my name is Amanda Benning and I just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with your lecture this afternoon," Kat said as she approached her target.
"Why thank you Ms. Benning, it's a pleasure to meet someone from down under, you traveled quite a long way to attend this conference," he replied.
"Yes, I did, I hope it's not too much trouble but I was reading this article you wrote and I was wondering if you'd sign it for me," Kat said as she handed him a pen.
"It would be my honor to sign it for you," he said as he took the article from her and signed it.
"I got the fingerprints," Kat said as she handed to article and pen to Will who was wearing gloves so that his own fingerprints wouldn't get mixed in. He scanned the article and used the device Glenn had given him to make a copy of the prints.
"Here, now you can use these to get inside his room," Will told Kat as he gave the fingerprints to her.
"I should go now, I watched him get into a limo and leave but who knows how long it will be before he returns," Kat replied.
"I logged into the hotel security system and I put the cameras on a continuous loop so that the guards won't be alerted to your presence once you reach the top floor," Will explained.
"I won't be long," Kat said as she left the room.
REEFSIDE
"You did good work," Will said as he and Kat arrived back in Reefside the next morning.
"So did you, I really like working with you in the field," Kat replied.
"I hate to say this but I think you better steer clear of Trent for awhile," Will told her.
"What are talking about, now that we're back I think we need to put everything we have into this case," Kat said.
"I just think that with Tommy being invisible we now have no way of knowing when it's safe to contact Trent, at least you can't go snooping around the lab anymore," Will explained.
"You're right, I hadn't thought about that, until Tommy's visible again, I'll just have to stick to talking to Trent at the mansion, and we better not follow the rangers to anymore battles," Kat concurred.
A few days later, Kat sat at her desk in ID when Will approached her.
"We got the Intel back on those files we copied from Dr. Lee," Will announced once he sat down.
"Please tell me you have some good news," Kat said.
"It looks like Chang has been operating out of a small town in Russia," Will told her.
"Russia, what's he doing there?" Kat asked.
"We're not sure, but we've got a few agents over there already who are going to ask around and see if they can come up with anything," Will replied.
"Will, we have got to do everything in our power to get to Chang before he hurts anyone else, I made Reed a promise before he died and I intend to keep it," Kat told him.
"Don't worry, Chang will get what's coming to him," Will promised.
"Hey guys, we just got a hit on the computer, I think something's happening with the rangers," Glenn said as he came over from his office.
"Thanks Glenn, we'll check it out right now," Kat said as she logged into her computer.
At the lab, Hayley had summoned the team to tell them she had found a way to bring Tommy back visible again but was missing the power source necessary to do it.
"We could try using my dino gem as the power source," Tommy suggested.
"I don't think so, it might be too risky," Hayley replied.
"We don't have much of a choice," Tommy said handing her the gem.
"For the record, I still think this is a bad idea," Hayley said as she prepared the machine and Tommy laid down on the table and they covered him with a blanket so that they could see where he was.
"And for the record, I agree with Hayley," Kira said as she and the others stood by and watched.
"See ya soon, Dr. O. literally I hope," Ethan told him.
"Initiating sequence," Hayley said. Kat and Will watched as the machine started and Tommy's heartbeat began to beat faster and faster.
"What's happening?" Kira asked.
"It's overloading, the energy attenuator is shut down, he's receiving full current," Hayley informed her.
"Please let him be ok," Kat said as Will put an arm around her.
In the lab, the machine exploded and Hayley ran to turn it off. Tommy reappears now visible but he is left in a coma.
"Tommy, can you hear me?" Hayley asked.
"His gem is destroyed," Ethan said.
"We better get him to a hospital," Kira replied.
They take Tommy to Reefside Hospital where he is treated by Dr. Walsh.
"His vitals are stable but his brain activity is wildly erratic," Dr. Walsh told them after examining Tommy.
"Is there anything you can do?" Hayley questioned.
"Unfortunately, Tommy isn't responding to anything and the longer he stays like this the more at risk he is," Dr. Walsh informed them.
Meanwhile, Elsa has found a crystal with mineral components that are the same as the dino gems and she feeds it to the new Terrorsaurus she has created. Elsa sends the monster to attach the city. At the hospital, the rangers see the monster on the news and go to fight him, leaving Hayley with Tommy.
Kat arrives at the hospital and tricks the nurse into giving her Tommy's room number. She is about to go in, when she notices that Hayley is still with him. Realizing that she can't tell Hayley how she found out about Tommy's coma, Kat decides to head back to the office.
"How is he?" Will asked.
"As far as I know he's still in a coma, I wanted to see him but Hayley was there and if she had seen me there would have been too many questions," Kat explained.
"From what I've learned about Tommy Oliver, I know he's a fighter and he'll come out of this thing just fine," Will said as he wrapped Kat in a hug as she began to cry.
Inside Tommy's mind, he is in a desert and Zeo Ranger 5 appears.
"Zeo Ranger 5, don't tell me you forgot already," Red Zeo said.
"But that's impossible," Tommy replied.
"Oh it's possible, and I'm still as tough as ever, the question is are you?" Red Zeo asked as Tommy was forced to fight.
"Washed up already, Tommy?" Red Zeo questioned as they continued to fight.
Elsewhere, the rangers are losing their battle and Trent joins in. However, he is quickly blasted and demorphs because his morphing energy has been fried. After Terrorsaurus blasts the other rangers and fries their morphing energies, he leaves.
Back in Tommy's mind, Zeo Ranger 5 leaves and Tommy now appears in a forest.
"Something tells me I'm not in Reefside anymore," Tommy said.
"Or in Angel Grove," a voice said as the White Ranger appeared.
"Finally cut that hair, huh Tommy?" the White Ranger asked.
"What do you want?" Tommy questioned.
"Don't forget, I know all your old moves," the White Ranger told him.
"That might be true but I've learned a few new ones," Tommy said as they began to fight.
Meanwhile, Terrorsaurus has attacked the city once again and Kira, Trent, Ethan and Conner try to fight him without their powers.
"I'm not going to stand here and watch while this happens," Conner said as they watched the news on the TV.
"But you don't have your powers," Hayley reminded him.
"That wouldn't stop Dr. O and it won't stop us either," Ethan said.
After a brief fight, the White Ranger disappears but then Tommy is attacked by the Green Ranger. Tommy tries his best to fight but is defeated. However, he says that he refuses to give up.
"You've passed the test," the Green Ranger tells him.
"Test, what are you talking about?" Tommy asked.
"You haven't been fighting us, you've been fighting for your life," the Red Zeo Ranger revealed.
"And you've proven that your will to live is stronger than any Ranger power," the White Ranger told him.
Each of his different ranger versions gives him a piece of his dino gem. Tommy then wakes up, and his dino gem is whole again.
"Tommy, I'm so glad you're awake," Hayley said seeing Tommy wake up.
"Thanks Hayley," Tommy replied.
"The others need you," she informed him.
Tommy arrives at the battle and goes into Super Dino Mode.
"When did He get super dino power?" Conner wondered.
"I don't know but he sure picked a good time to bust them out," Ethan replied.
Tommy defeats Terrorsaurus with an Energy Orb from his Brachio Staff. The rangers' powers return as Mesogog makes his monster grow. Ethan, Conner and Kira summon the megazord and after energizing it with their Super Dino powers they destroy Terrorsaurus.
"He's finally back," Kat said after learning that Tommy had coma and watching the rangers' battle.
"I told you he would pull through," Will responded.
"Hey Will, do you mind if I head out a little early?" Kat asked.
"No, go ahead, I'm sure Tommy will be glad to see you," Will said knowing that Kat was going to go straight to Tommy's house.
Kat left ID and got into her car and drove in the direction of Tommy's house. She parked her car out front and noticed that the only car around was Tommy's so she guessed the teens and Hayley were probably gone. She rang the doorbell and waited nervously for Tommy to answer it.
"Kat, what are doing here?" Tommy asked but Kat said nothing as she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a hug.
"What was that about?" Tommy questioned once she finally let go of him.
"I'm sorry, I guess I just missed you that's all, it's good to see you again," Kat told him.
"Yeah, I know I haven't been around much lately," Tommy replied as he stepped aside to let her inside the house.
"I heard you were sick and I wanted to come over and check on you but Hayley said you went away," Kat told him.
"I just needed some time away to recuperate," Tommy explained.
"Well, I'm glad you're better," Kat said.
"I feel bad that we haven't gotten to spend much time together," Tommy told her.
"It's ok, we're both busy with work and stuff," Kat replied.
"Well, if you're not busy now, I was going to order some food, you can join me if you want," Tommy said.
"I'd love to join you," Kat told him.