Author's Note: It's been fun but sadly all good things must come to an end at some point. I believe there are only two more chapters after this one. Thank you so much for reading, reviewing and supporting this fiction. It's been such a blast to write and I may even consider following it up with a sequel but as of now I have way too many stories that are coming up first. Once again, borrowing dialogue.
HarryPassionFan: Tommy will learn of Kat's job in the C.I.A. before the end of this story. How he'll find out we'll you'll just have to keep reading to see.
PrettyDiva: My ears are still ringing from the applause. LOL I too am glad that there are finally some T/Kat scenes in this story.
Purple Strobe: I'm happy that the last chapter made you so happy. I aim to please. It was definitely the best one to write because finally I could put Tommy and Katherine back together.
GinaStar: Yeah, Kat's been keeping Tommy waiting for far too long.
Millicent: Here's the next chapter for you.
Kat awoke to find herself alone in Tommy's bedroom. She could smell pancakes coming from downstairs in the kitchen. She slipped on Tommy's black t-shirt that was beside the bed and made her way into the kitchen.
"Something sure smells good," she said as stood in the doorway watching Tommy cook.
"Good morning," Tommy said as he walked over and gave her a kiss.
"It's just a shame that I'm going to have to take a rain check on breakfast, I really should go home and shower and change for work," she told him.
"Or you could just not go to work and stay here with me," Tommy said.
"Tommy Oliver, we've both already missed two days of work, you may not have a boss anymore but I do," Kat reminded him.
"Well, we did have a lot of time to make up for, I guess I just didn't want it to end," he replied.
"Yeah, but sooner or later your students would have come by to check on you," Kat said. Tommy had sent messages to Kira, Ethan, Conner and Trent telling them that he was feeling a bit under the weather and wanted to be left alone for a few days. Miraculously, there hadn't been any monster attacks since it was revealed that Mesogog and Anton were one in the same.
"So I'll call you later," Kat said as she came back downstairs sometime later after getting dressed.
"Will you go to the prom with me?" Tommy asked.
"Um, didn't we do that already," she said with a laugh.
"It's just that the Reefside Senior Prom is coming up and as a teacher I have to chaperone so I was thinking that maybe it'd be a little bit more bearable if you were there with me," Tommy told her.
"In that case, I'd love to be your date for the prom," she said as she kissed him.
An hour later, Kat walked into I.D. headquarters where she found Will waiting for her.
"Nice of you to come back to work," he said as she sat down at her desk.
"I'm sorry, I know it wasn't very professional of me to take off like that but I'm back now, besides I knew if something was up you would contact me," Kat told him.
"Yeah, well just because you and Tommy are back together I hope you don't let it stand in the way of this mission," Will replied.
"Trust me it won't, in fact I think I'll go find out why Mesogog's been so quiet lately," she said.
"Contact Trent, I don't want you going in there alone hopefully the device you planted in the computer has downloaded enough information that we'll have enough proof against Mercer," Will told her.
"With any luck, maybe Trent and I will be able to rescue Anton and get him out of that place," Kat said.
Inside Mesogog's lair, Trent and Kat watch as Anton is tied to a device that is spinning him in circles and Mesogog is standing there taunting him.
"I hope you're comfortable Anton, in only a matter of hours all your worries will fade," Mesogog said.
"The separation from Mercer was a stroke of genius master," Elsa told him.
"Yes, Elsa it was and now because of that genius the people of Earth will join me, with this weapon, I will complete my master plan," he said.
"The transfiguration beam is magnificent but will you be able to supply it with enough power," she said.
"Once I get the dino gems I will but to make sure I'll start with the power that I've given you," he told her.
Mesogog grabbed Elsa and Trent and Kat watched as he strapped her to the machine.
"I'll miss you Elsa, I truly will," Mesogog said.
Meanwhile, in the cyberspace Conner and Ethan were sitting at a table discussing the upcoming prom.
"So let me get this straight, you're going to the movies instead of the biggest social event of the year?" Conner questioned.
"It's not just a movie it's the sequel to "Asteroid Conquest", the greatest sci fi film of its time," Ethan replied.
"Dude, it's the Prom, its tradition," Conner said.
"Oh yeah, nice tradition, the smart kids spend the entire semester in agony wondering if they'll even get a date, it's too painful," Ethan retorted.
"Whoa, I never though of it like that," Conner admitted.
"Who are you going with?" Ethan asked.
"I've got it divided into three categories, the cute ones, the ones with good personality and the one's whose dad can pay for the limo," Conner informed him.
"And you wonder why I'm going to the movies," Ethan commented.
"Hey Kira, who are you going to prom with?" Conner asked as Kira joined them.
"I don't have a date," Kira said.
"You don't seem too worried," Conner remarked.
"It's just a dance," Kira said.
In Tommy lab, Tommy and Hayley discuss the new project that she's working on.
"Now that Trent's discovered that Anton and Mesogog are separated we can speed up our plan, how's the new project coming, do you think it'll work," Tommy said.
"The tough part will be getting through an invisiportal with this much mass, we'll need a portal that operates at the exact frequency and latitude for it to work," Hayley informed him.
"But once we get inside we'll be able to destroy Mesogog's lair once and for all," Tommy said.
"It's nice to see you so happy again," Hayley commented as she continued to work.
"Yeah, I can't remember the last time I was so happy and the sooner we get rid of Mesogog the sooner I can start planning a future with Kat," Tommy told her.
Still in Mesogog's lair, Kat and Trent watch as Mesogog prepares to activate his beam.
"Please don't," Elsa pleaded.
"Try not to move," Mesogog hissed.
The beam activated and Elsa screamed as her powers were extracted and she then disappeared.
"Now all I need are the dino gems and the earth will be mine," Mesogog said.
"Where is he? Where's my father? What have you done with him?" Trent asked as he came out of his hiding place before Kat could stop him.
"Let's just say he's in storage," Mesogog answered.
"He better be alive or," Trent said.
"Or what, what will you do Trent, now let's get to the reason that you are here," Mesogog said.
"I'm here to offer you what you need to make your plan work," Trent said.
"And what would that be?" Anton inquired.
"The Dino gems, all I ask is one simple favor, release my father and I'll get what you want," Trent told him.
"But what guarantee do I have that you'll deliver on your promise?" Mesogog asked.
"What guarantee do I have you'll release my father?" Trent questioned.
"Alright, bring me the gems and he's yours," Mesogog agreed.
Elsa now as normal human appears on a rooftop in the middle of the city.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Zeltrax asked.
In the lab, Hayley is alerted to Zeltrax's reemergence.
"You better take a look at this," she told Tommy.
"It's Zeltrax but what does he want with that civilian?" he asked as they watched Zeltrax drag Elsa away.
Meanwhile, Ethan stood in line for the sci fi movie reading a book.
"Can I look at it when you're done?" she asked.
"You can look at it now, I've read it a hundred times," Ethan revealed.
"Me too, my friends think I'm nuts," she said.
"Mine can't understand why I'd rather go to a movie than the prom," he said.
"Oh my gosh, mine said the exact same thing," she said as Ethan's communicator beeped.
"I can't believe this," Ethan groaned.
"Is that part of your costume?" she asked.
"It's kinda like a beeper, my mom's really overprotective," he explained.
"You're not leaving?" she questioned.
"I have to," Ethan told her.
"You want me to save your place?" she asked.
"There is no saving places," a guy in a costume told her.
"Listen buddy, do you really want to go there with me, go I'll be fine," she told Ethan.
"You're great, thanks," Ethan said as he ran off.
"This is Ethan, Dr. O," he said once he was alone.
"Ethan, we've got a problem, Zeltrax is back meet the others at the steel plant on Spring Street," Tommy told him.
Ethan runs off and doesn't notice Devin who is dressed in a costume and has overheard the entire thing.
"Where's the woman Zeltrax?" Tommy asked.
"Safe and sound come and check if you'd like rangers," Zeltrax said.
"Guys you know what time it is," Tommy said as they morphed and Devin who has been watching begins videotaping.
"Help, somebody help me," Elsa screamed.
"You guys deal with Zeltrax, I'll help her," Tommy said.
"Does it ever bother you that your boyfriend always has to rescue the damsel in distress?" Will asked Katherine as they listened in.
"Shut up Will, I don't want to miss anything," Kat said.
"Let me introduce you to the new Zeltrax," Zeltrax said as he transformed into his super mode.
"You seen one Zeltrax, you've seen them all," Conner said as he called on the Shield of Triumph and after an intense battle Zeltrax was destroyed.
Tommy then appeared with Elsa.
"It's Elsa," Trent said.
"Yes, that's what the creature called me," Elsa said.
"We better get her back to the lab and figure out what's going on," Tommy told them.
Once in the lab, they hook Elsa up to monitors.
"Trent do you know what happened?" Tommy asked.
"Mesogog's powering up a beam that will transform humans into mutant dinosaurs, he drained Elsa of her energy to power the beam," Trent explained.
"That can't be enough energy to power that kind of equipment," Hayley said.
"He's gonna use the dino gems to get the rest of the power," Trent told her.
"What do you mean he's going to use the dino gems?" Conner questioned.
"Yeah, how is he gonna get them?" Ethan asked.
"I'm going to give them to him," Trent revealed.
"I'm not going to give anyone my gem," Conner said.
"Just hear me out, Mesogog wants the gems, if I give them to him, I can open the portal and get you on the island, once inside you can destroy the beam and Mesogog in the process," Trent explained.
"No way, it's too risky," Tommy decided.
"Do we really have another choice?" Hayley asked.
"She's right, I mean he's gonna get that thing running eventually, this could be our only shot," Kira said.
"This better work," Conner said as they gave him their gems.
"I'll call when the portal is open," Trent said.
Elsa then began to wake up and she groaned.
"Are you alright?" Tommy asked.
"I remember everything," she told him.
"Mesogog, Mercer, fighting the rangers," he said.
"Fighting against you, Mesogog had my mind completely in his power," she said as the monitors began to beep.
"The new vehicle's ready to go," Hayley announced.
"Are you going to be alright?" Tommy asked Elsa.
"Yeah," she said.
"Let's go," Tommy said.
"Come back safe," Elsa said.
"We always do," Tommy promised.
Trent contacted the rangers from his father's office where he was standing with Katherine and Will.
"Guys, I'm heading through, the portal will only be open for a short time," Trent said.
"I'm ready," Kat told him after he cut off the communication.
"I'm going too," Will announced.
"But you can't, it's risky enough just taking Kat with me," Trent told him.
"Sorry but this could be the end of our mission and there's no way I'm not going in, besides even if you closed the portal I could still get in using my communicator," Will said.
"We don't have time to stand around arguing about this," Kat said.
"Fine, let's go," Trent told them.
Tommy and the other rangers along with Hayley waited for Trent to open up the portal to Mesogog's island.
"Ok, we're ready to roll," Hayley said as a huge truck appeared.
"You've done it again Hayley, good job," Tommy told her.
"That is so sweet," Ethan remarked.
"Can I drive?" Conner asked.
"Uh no, we have to make sure we hit the portal at the exact speed and we only get one shot so you better let me drive," she told him.
"Now it's up to Trent," Tommy said.
Trent walked into Mesogog's lair holding the case with the dino gems inside. Kat and Will stayed out of sight as he approached Mesogog.
"It's about time, now give me the gems," Mesogog said.
"Where's my father?" Trent asked but instead of answering Mesogog used his brain drain on him.
"You should know by now that I can't be trusted," Mesogog told him.
"Hayley, are we up to speed yet?" Tommy asked as they rode in the new vehicle.
"Almost, better hope Trent is ready," she said.
Mesogog inserted the gems into the beam and Trent struggled to get off the ground. He crawled over to the portal control button and pushed it.
"We're at speed, there's no portal," Hayley said beginning to panic.
"There it is, it's open," Tommy said as it appeared just in time.
"You did this!" Mesogog hissed at Trent.
"You should know by now you can't trust me, it's over Mesogog," Trent said.
"Thanks to your precious dino gems the world will worship at my feet and this planet will be as it once was I the claws of the mighty reptile," Mesogog gloated.
"The beam is powered up, we have to hurry Hayley said once they were on the island.
"Hayley, you have to take out that beam," Tommy told her.
"I'll do my best," she said as Tommy and the others ran to fight the tyrannodrones that had appeared.
"Hayley, go!" Tommy shouted as they continued fighting. Then some of the tyrannodrones caught up with Hayley and landed on top of the truck messing up the laser.
"You guys, someone has to realign the laser," Hayley said as she contacted them.
"I'm on it Hayley," Conner told her as he used his dino power to catch up to the truck. He began fighting off the tyrannodrones and eventually managed to realign the beam.
"Hayley, is that good?" he asked.
"Close enough, now get out of there," she said as Conner jumped off the truck.
The laser destroyed the beam and everything inside the lair began falling apart. Trent quickly ran over and grabbed the dino gems.
"Trent, get out of there before the whole portal network shuts down," Hayley told him.
"I have to find my father, I'll be right there, I know another way out," Trent said.
"Trent, there's no time go now," she said.
"Kat, did you get the device?" Will asked.
"Yeah, I got it," she said as she pulled it off the machine.
"Great, now we have all the evidence we need against Mercer," he told her.
"It won't matter much if we don't get out of here," Kat said.
"You guys go ahead, I'm not leaving without my father," Trent said.
"We'll help you find him," Will replied.
Tommy and the other rangers made it back to Hayley who was waiting inside the truck. J
"Good work Hayley, let's go before we're stuck," Tommy said.
"But Trent, we can't leave him here, he won't leave without his father," Kira told him.
"No one knows this place better than him, we'll have to trust that he'll make it out, let's go," Tommy said.
"Anton, are you alright?" Kat asked as she found him.
"Kat, how did you get here?" Anton asked.
"There's no time for explanations, come on dad we have to go," Trent told him.
"Trent, I'm so sorry, this is my fault," Anton said.
"Not now dad, we gotta go," Trent said as he and Will fought off the tyrannodrones.
Anton fell and Kat rushed to pick him up as the island began to destruct around them. The rangers made it safely through the portal and then ran out of the truck as the portal disappeared.
"No, he can't be gone," Kira said.
"Now what do we do?" Conner asked.
"I knew we shouldn't have left them," Kira said.
"It's not like their going to fall out of the sky and land in front of us," Ethan remarked.
"Were you knocked on the head or something?" Kira questioned.
"What it worked the last time I said it," Ethan told her as Trent and Anton suddenly appeared in front of them.
Kat and Will had set the coordinates on their communicators to send them back to I.D. headquarters where they could review the evidence they had gotten on Mercer.
"See," Ethan said to Kira.
"You guys alright?" she asked.
"What about Mesogog?" Tommy asked.
"I don't think he made it, but just in case," Trent said as he brought out the gems.
"But Trent where are," Anton started to ask but Trent cut him off.
"Don't worry Dad, everything's fine," Trent told him.
"Tommy, I don't even know where to start," Anton said.
"We'll talk later, let's get back to the lab, we still have Zeltrax to deal with," Tommy said.