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. "So, what are you guys doing here anyway?" Haylie asked, about an hour later, once introductions were done with and the shock had worn off.
"Well," Jason looked at the other rangers. "We're here to get you guys out of here."
"Five exposed, powerless, Rangers are just too good of targets to pass up." Trini agreed.
"Get out us of here, and take us where?" Kira asked.
"We're not sure yet." Shane admitted. "We called these guys hoping that they would know."
"And we've been in touch with the other Rangers." Jason said. "They're all falling over each other to harbor you guys."
"Us? Why would they want to deal with us?" Ethan asked.
"Duh." Conner rolled his eyes. "Why wouldn't they want to hang with me?" Kira pushed him out of his chair and he tumbled to the hard floor. The rangers laughed and Conner got up with what dignity he had left.
"I wanted you to stay with us." Dustin said.
"But." Tori prompted.
"But it would be better if you stayed with someone with powers to help deal with the monsters." Dustin recited.
"Hold on." Conner said. "We haven't even seen any monsters yet." Just then, fifty cogs appeared. The Rangers sprang into fighting stances.
"You were saying?" Shane asked.
"Conner?"
"Yeah, Kira?"
"Never talk again."
"What!"
"Every time you talk, something goes wrong." Conner looked as though he'd like to argue, but he couldn't think of anything to say.
"Rangers." Jason said, reminding them of the present situation. "Let's go." They charged and the cogs charged.
"What are these things?" Ethan wondered as he decked one. Kimberly tripped another and it went flying into a third.
"That's a fair question."
"Cogs." Tommy answered, hitting one of them so hard it fell back and hit two more and all three went careening into the wall.
"They're basically what the Machine Empire had instead of Tyranadrons."
"Great." Conner said dryly. He elbowed one hard in the stomach and it stepped backwards with an 'oof' of pain. Haylie saw her chance with another cog and shoved a paper bag over its head. While it was spinning around blindly she hit it on the head with a wrench and it vanished. Cogs everywhere were vanishing. The Rangers may have been out numbered, but the Dinothunder rangers could have dealt with the cogs all by themselves they were so pathetic.
"Hey Dr. O?"
"Yeah Kira?" He asked, landing a punch in a cog's middle.
"Didn't you and the Zeo Rangers destroy the Machine Empire?"
"I thought we did." Tommy said. "Twice." Kira kicked a last cog and the room was once again free of random bad guys. At least, as far as they knew.
"So, are we getting out of here or not?" Conner asked. Jason smiled, shaking his head at his replacement. Then he straightened.
"Right. Well, we talked it over and decided that if you guys are okay with it, it would probably be best for you up on the Animarium." Jason said.
"With the Wild Force Rangers?" Tommy asked. Trini nodded.
"That would rock!" Ethan said instantly. "Did you know that their base is a floating island?"
"Sounds sweet." Conner agreed.
"If we have to go into hiding, I wouldn't mind that so much." Kira said hesitantly.
"And I don't mean floating on water. It's literally in the air." Ethan continued as though his friends hadn't spoken.
"You're sure this is all right?" Haylie asked for the hundredth time two days later.
"Of course it's all right." Shayla repeated.
"But there's a bunch of Zords too and—"
"Send them too. We've got plenty of space."
"Yes but—"
"Relax Haylie." Shayla instructed. "The Rangers won't have it any other way."
"Have you guys seen Trent?" Kira asked.
"Nope." Conner shrugged.
"So Dr Oliver." Ethan said. "You're staying here?" Tommy nodded.
"I don't want to impose more than necessary."
"But, I thought the whole point was that we were being targeted." Conner said in confusion.
"I think I can take care of myself."
"Whatever dude, but don't come crying to me when you get attacked."
"Don't call me 'dude'." Ordered Tommy. Even as he did so he knew that it was pointless. He told Conner to stop calling him 'dude' every other week, but that didn't stop him.
"Kira." A voice hissed. Trent pulled Kira around a pillar and placed a finger over her lips to keep her quiet. "I'm not going."
"You're not?" Kira whispered. "Why not?"
"Because I'm not going into hiding Kira." Trent replied. "I'm not ashamed of being a Ranger and you shouldn't be either."
"I'm not." Kira said, completely dumbfounded that he could think something like that.
"Then stay here with me." Trent told her. Kira's mouth moved but no sound came out. Not only was she desperate to get away, at least until all the commotion died down, but it was supposedly safer, and she was looking forward to meeting some other Rangers. Thinking about it, she couldn't come up with any reason not to go. Unsure how to communicate this to Trent, she paused. She was spared from replying by Tommy's voice.
"Kira. Conner. Ethan. Come on." The three met up with him in the center of the Ruins. "You're going to stay with the Wild Force rangers." He said slowly. Conner rolled his eyes and Ethan smiled slightly. "You're to be nice and respectful. Got that?" Conner was now holding up one hand and clamping it open and shut in a parody of Tommy. All the Rangers were cracking up, save for the teacher of course. He was glaring at Conner, who immediately dropped into an innocent grin. "Obviously not." He answered his own question. "Anyway, I've arranged an invisiportal—"
"You've arranged?" Haylie asked loudly.
"All right, Haylie's arranged an invisiportal," Tommy corrected himself. The Rangers were cracking up at how Tommy was consistently being interrupted, and several of them mentally swore that they weren't going to let Tommy string five words together for the rest of the day. The only people not partaking in the fun was Trent, who was no where to be seen, and Kimberly who had been totally silent in her ex-boyfriend's presence. "It'll take you directly to Turtle—"
"Turtle Cove?" Ethan interrupted. "Really? Cause, you know, I totally wasn't sure." Tommy grit his teeth together in what was intended to be a smile. He Looked at Ethan threateningly.
"Keep that up and I will tell your mother about the thing." Ethan's smile faded instantly. Tommy looked exceptionally proud of himself as he continued instructing his former students, this time without interruptions. "The Rangers'll meet you there." He looked at them each seriously. "Whatever you do," He warned. "Don't cause trouble. Use your common sense and you should be ok." Conner (who was either smart enough to call Tommy's bluff or stupid enough to fail to realize that Tommy's threat to Ethan extended to him as well) raised a hand mockingly. Tommy sighed deeply. "Yes Conner?"
"What if we don't have any common sense?"
"Conner, if I was still your teacher, you'd be on your way to the office by now." Tommy informed him. Conner was very lucky that his former teacher had been bluffing or his parents would not have been happy. Not to mention that all the hush money he'd given his brother would have been for nothing.
"Aw, give 'em a break. They're just kids." Jason said.
"Ya hear that Dr. O? Give us a break." Ethan laughed. Tommy twitched slightly, then noticed that their most elusive Ranger still hadn't showed.
"Where's Trent?" He wondered.
"He says he's not coming." Kira told them.
"What?" Conner and Ethan asked together.
Kira gave them her why-do-you-think-I-should-know look and said, "That's just what he said."
"There's no time to look for him." Haylie informed them. "The portal will only be open for a second. Get ready." Kira shouldered her duffle bag.
"You guys all told your parents that you're leaving?" Tommy asked.
"Relax Dr. O." Ethan instructed. "We're perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves."
"You didn't answer my question."
"I'm sure you'll take care of it."
"Conner!" Tommy admonished. The former Red Ranger flashed him his winning smile and Tommy sighed heavily.
"You have five…four…" Haylie counted.
"We'll be seeing you." Ethan said.
"Hey Conner, I'll be stopping by every now and then to make sure you're ok." Jason told him and Conner looked very excited.
"Three…"
"Really? Oh that be great and---" He was talking a mile a minute.
"Slow down there cowboy." Kira said and Conner shut up instantly.
"Two…"
"Keep the boys in line Kira!" Trini piped.
"You know it." Kira replied. "See ya." She waved.
"One."
Green light filled the room, and when it faded, it left the Rangers blinking out the sun spots. "This has 'disaster' written all over it." Tommy groaned.
"I'm sure they'll be fine Tommy." Kimberly assured him. Tommy removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes in response.
"Yeah." Dustin agreed. "I mean, what could possibly go wrong?" Everyone in the room groaned loudly.
"Thanks a lot man." Shane muttered. Dustin was utterly bewildered.
"What'd I say?"
"You jinxed it buddy." Jason informed him. "You jinxed it."
Cat: Please review! I tried to make this chapter include more humor and I could use some feedback on it.