Normal POV
Haley's Cyberspace
"Conner!" Kira yells as she calls for the young teen while sitting on her chair smoothie in hand
Conner sees her and shrugs his shoulders as he approaches her and takes a seat in the table
"Ethan called you as well?" Conner asked causing Kira to nod as she takes sip of her smoothie
"Yeah he said this was super important like life or dead and then started using a bunch of video game terms like it was critical, final level, type of important situation"
"Well from the layout I think he might live here" Conner says as he looks around the many video game machines and computers
"I wouldn't doubt that knowing him" the two chuckled at the remark, however Conner quickly ended the interaction and reverted back to his stoic self when Kira was around.
Ethan arrives from behind and salutes the two "There they are! My brother and sister in crime fighting welcome to my world. What do you think?"
Kira grins at his remark and replies "Yeah its cool in a techno underground kinda way you know"
"You can pretty much do anything here. Games, chat, there's some bands from time to time, food and drinks" Ethan says as he points out the different areas of the place.
"Woah there's even bands? Who came up with this idea I would love to meet him/her"
Kira said excitedly
"That would be Haley she's a techno legend. MIT grad super computer level genius until she got tired of working for the big tech companies and decided to open this place up"
Conner rolls his eyes at Ethan's nerd rant while Kira smiles at the pair.
"I bet you're glad she took that path"
"Sure thing I am she has been teaching me ever since I found this place, the sprinklers prank was developed using some codes she helped me craft"
"I guess we'll have to thank her for that later. Anyways dude what was so important?" Conner asked as he kept examining the place for anything suspicious
Ethan laughed at his teammate's paranoia. "I just figured since we'll be teaming up together to save the world we should get to know each other a little better you know learn of each other's worlds"
Conner looked at Ethan and laughed "Alright dude whatever"
Haley walked towards the group with a little notepad to take the newcomer's order.
"Hey Ethan what can I get you and Conner McKnight?"
Conner looked bewildered at how she knew who he was. Sure he was a very good player but he wasn't famous or anything outside of Reefside High "I'll have water thank you"
"And I'll have a banana smoothie please Hales"
"Sure thing usual for ethan and H20 for Conner" she says as she turns around and away from the group
"H20? I said I wanted water" Conner said causing Ethan to facepalm
"H20 is water Conner" the three teens laugh at this and continue chatting until Haley comes back with their order
"You're Kira right?" Haley asks to the sole female ranger
"Yeah how'd you know?"
"Haley's the name and information is my game Kira. Now through the underground grapevine I heard a couple of your band's tracks and I want to offer you a spot here on Friday's lets call it an audition what do you say?" Haley asks to Kira causing the young musician to smile widely and start nodding out of control.
"Yes Yes I mean yeah that would be cool. We'll be here" Kira said trying to sound cool and not at all excited for her first gig
"alright then I'll see you on Friday then" Haley says as she walks away from the group once more
"Coolest woman ever" Kira exclaims as Ethan chuckles at his teammates admiration.
"That's Haley always helping everyone"
"Well not everyone she hasn't helped me yet" Conner says as Haley approaches the group with a flyer in hand
"I'm surprised you aren't at the open tryouts for Reefside Waves McKnight" Haley states as she hands the soccer player the flyer she was carrying showing in it the time and place of the open tryouts.
Conner's eyes widen as he processes the information and bolts out of the place in a frenzy Ethan and Kira knowing full well where he was going.
AN: In Mesogog's Lair
Mesogog's paces across the room as Elsa and Zeltrax look at him fearfully trying their best and failing miserably at not showing it.
"I'm waiting" Mesogog says as he stops his pacing and stares at the two minions.
"Waiting for what exactly milord" Elsa says trying to feign innocence
"My explanation"
Zeltrax drops to his knee and crosses an arm across his chest as he begins saying "We offer no excuses sire only vow to improve our performance"
"Elsa? Does he speak for you as well" Mesogog asked staring intently at his lieutenant
"Lord Mesogog, I believe that it would be a waste of your valuable time for us to spout excuses of past mistakes, time that could be used more productively say like spent destroying Tommy Oliver and those new Power Rangers" Elsa says averting the gaze of her boss
Mesogog turns around and starts laughing sinisterly "Exactly the answer I wanted now lets get down to business to defeat those clowns (Hey they were owned by Disney have to cram some references here and there)"
AN: Soccer Training Field
Conner dribbled down the field dodging sliding tackles from the opposing players until he reached the opposing team's net and sank the ball in with one of his signature flip kicks.
"Woah who's that kid?" The head coach of the Waves asked his assistant
"I think that's McKnight he's a high school player on his local team" the assistant says as he reviews the name's list
"Yeah he's one of my kids he's got some talent I tell you" Another man sitting next to the coach stood up as he looked at Conner's way with pride.
"Ah Vallerte yes I can see some of your technique in the way he plays" Conner's coach nodded at the praise and resumed to watching the teams play
Conner trick plays a player and tunnel passes the pall under one of his adversaries legs and sends it flying towards one of his teammates on the opposite side of the field.
"Woo excellent pass Conner" Coach Vallerte exclaims as he claps frantically in pride for his pupil
AN: In The Forest
Tommy was looking around the area searching for traces of some of his experiments that scattered around the area after one of the attacks from Zeltrax a couple months in the past.
"There they are" Tommy exclaims as he locates three eggs; a red, blue, and a yellow one.
Tommy packs up the eggs and loads them up in his jeep and gets ready to drive away when suddenly, Elsa and Zeltrax and a group of show up in front of his jeep.
"Now where do you think you are going Oliver?" Elsa asks as she pulls out her sword and commands the to attack
Tommy revs up his Jeep and attempts to escape with Mesogog's minions in pursuit.
Tommy dials in his communicator "Guys I'm in the forest area and I have Barbie and Ken in hot pursuit please get over here quick" The former ranger yelled as he dodged the beams shot by the two lieutenants.
AN: Haley's Cyberspace
Ethan and Kira hear the distress call and head over to the forest area to assist their teacher.
"How are we getting there?" Ethan asked as he realized Conner wasn't there to help with his Mustang
Kira replies by throwing him her spare helmet as she hops into her moped "Hop in"
Ethan sighs and obeys as the two head over to help Tommy
AN: Soccer Training Field
Conner was taking a sip of his water bottle when his bracelet started flashing red and he heard Tommy's distress call.
Knowing this could be a life or death situation the young man sighed in frustration as he ran towards his Mustang
"Hey where are you going?" The head coach (lets call him hank for simplicity sake) yelled at him
"An emergency came up I promise I'll be back as fast as I can sir" Conner replied as he hops into his Mustang and revs it up in direction towards the forest
Hank throws his hat in the floor in frustration "darn it he was the best player we had seen all day. I swear Vallerte that kid is just like you disappearing out of nowhere all the time"
Coach Vallerte chuckles at that remark as he smiles at Conner driving away.
AN: In The Forest
Tommy was backed up to a corner his jeep behind him with the eggs in the back seat.
"Dino Thunder Power Up Ha!" Kira and Ethan yelled as they morphed in mid air and arrived to assist their teacher.
"Ptera Grips" "Tricera Shield" The two summoned their weapons and proceeded to combat the and Elsa
Sparks flew everywhere during the clash meanwhile Tommy tried keeping Zeltrax and 5 at bay and away from the jeep.
"Tyranno Staff" Conner summoned his weapon in mid air as he struck down Zeltrax with it sending him flying backwards.
"You guys really couldn't have done this any other day?" Conner asked clearly frustrated as he charged forward taking with him the other
Soon the fight turned out 4 vs 2 as Elsa and Zeltrax looked at each other frustrated with the other "This aint over rangers" Zeltrax yells as he summons an invisiportal and the two escape through it back to Mesogog's lair.
"Well that's a happy couple if I've ever seen one" Kira states sarcastically
"Hey guys look I'd like to stay and chat but I have to get back to the try outs" Conner says as he super speeds away and back to his car to head back to the wave's field
"I hope so he gets there in time" Kira says as she, Ethan and Tommy watch Conner drive away
"The duty of a ranger sometimes takes its tolls" Tommy says as he steps into his jeep as Kira and Ethan load her Moped to the trunk and the three drive away to their base.
AN: Soccer Training Field
Conner rushed to the soccer field to arrive as the head coach and the assistants were packing up their gear.
"McKnight good to have you back I have you as DNF I don't think I have to explain you what that means do you?" Hank explained clearly disappointed at Conner's lack of commitment to the team
"I'm sorry coach I had an emergency and…" Conner tried explaining only to be cut off by the coach
"Son, the road of a soccer player is very arduous and you need to make sacrifices in every turn if you aren't willing to commit 100% then don't bother on trying" after saying that Hank stormed off
Conner sighed in frustration dropping to his knees. (Man this blows, I had the best shot I've ever gotten and what do I do? I blew it because I have to save the world and the worst part is I cant explain why I blew it.) Conner thinks as he lets the whole situation replay in his mind.
As Conner is deep in thought, a ball rolls towards him and taps him in the back.
Conner raises from his knees and turns around to see a little girl running excitedly towards the ball only to stop in front of Conner. The girl giggles as she says "Kick it"
Conner smiles as he lightly kicks the ball towards the little girl who stops it and continues giggling. "Hey good stop" Conner compliments as he smiles at the girl who thanks him and picks the ball up and runs back to her mom,
Author Note: I'm not introducing Trent in this episode I rather use the time in this episode for more development, don't worry Trent fans he'll be showing up later down the series just not right now
AN: Haley's Cyberspace
Ethan and Kira are sitting in a table as the two chatted about their worlds as Ethan had suggested earlier
"So what songs are you thinking about performing cause I kind of only know the one you were humming when we you know…" Ethan explained as he illustrated how he, Kira and Conner fell through the sinkhole a couple days ago
"I don't know yet. I think freak you out is one of my best ones but there's this other song I've been wanting to perform for a while too" Kira replied as she reviewed her song notebooks.
As the two talked, Conner arrived and slumped in a chair in the table.
"So how'd it go?" Ethan asked causing Kira to kick him under the table "Ow" Yelled Ethan as he reacted to the kick.
"There's such a thing as a stupid question Ethan and I believe you just gave us an example" Kira said as she handed over Conner a glass of water.
Conner rolled his eyes and took the glass "You wanna know how'd it go? Terrible! The best chance I ever had to begin my pro career and I blew it because I had to fought a bunch of overgrown lizards and an armored freak" Conner ranted as Kira and Ethan tried to get him to lower his volume.
"I understand how you feel but you did good today, you were heroic today isn't that count for something" Ethan said trying to cheer his teammate up
"No I mean yes, don't get me wrong saving the day is cool and everything but not if it comes at the expense of everything I had worked for before" Conner says looking down averting his eyes from Kira and Ethan's
"I have to talk to Dr. Oliver"
"Conner I think he might be busy" Ethan replied as Conner grabbed his jacket and headed out
"Too bad I was busy today and that didn't stop him so it wont stop me. You too want a ride there?" Conner asked as Kira and Ethan nodded and the three rode towards Tommy's house
AN: Dino Thunder HQ
As the three arrived to the HQ's entrance, they were greeted by Tommy being launched outside of cave covered in slime.
"Don't go in there it's not safe" Tommy said as he stood up getting ready to get back in
"Yeah. That much is obvious" Kira said as Tommy tried to head over in once more
"Is that what was inside those eggs?" Ethan asked as he saw his teacher struggling against the creatures inside
"Yeah I'm trying to train them" Tommy said as he was getting launch from left "But as you can see" to right "Its coming very very slowly" after saying this Tommy got launched once more towards floor in front of his students
Ethan grabbed his mentor and tried to help him up and as he did got some of the slime got on him "Eww what in the world of Star Trek is this?" Ethan exclaimed as he tried to clean himself off.
Tommy sighed and closed the entrance fully. "Well, this is as good time as any to take a break" Tommy says as he stands up and cleans himself somewhat.
"Dr. O I'll get straight to the point I need out of this Ranger stuff" Conner says
"What are you talking about?" Kira asks looking at Conner
"Are you nuts?" Ethan exclaimed to his teammate
"Calm down everybody, What's the problem Conner?" Tommy said trying to calm down the situation
Conner closed his eyes as he explained himself "I'm a soccer player. That's all I've ever dreamed of doing. My dad loved the game and so did my gramps and we would always play together until they were gone" Conner explains as he opens his eyes and looks sadly at Kira when he says the last part. "Every moment since I've wanted to become a pro player to make them proud and I get the greatest chance of my life and I just had to blow it to save the world"
"I understand and you're right Conner" Tommy says surprising the three teens
"I am" "He is" Conner and Ethan say in unison.
Tommy nods as he continues "I know how you feel because I've felt that before, but before you decide I want you think about this and decide tomorrow after you sleep on it"
Conner nods as he walks away from the other three Ethan and Kira following him back.
AN: In Mesogog's Lair
"Ahh If Tommy Oliver wants to train a team to fight us then perhaps its time to increase our efforts" Mesogog explains as he walks to wards a machine and begins inputting buttons "Geno Randomizer initiate"
"Entering DNA data codes" Zeltrax explains as he pulls down some levers
Elsa examines the data in the screens "Genetic mutation stable and complete" She states as the armored monster birdbrain decends from the ceiling to the floor in the middle of the room
"Marvelous" Hisses Mesogog
AN: Reefside High Soccer Field (Next day)
Conner is sitting in the bleachers staring at the field in front of him many thoughts in his mind
"McKnight!" Hank yells as he approaches Conner
"Coach what are you doing here?"
"Vallerte explained that he sent you on an emergency regarding your next match against Blue Bay said something about needing to do a surprise practice before your match of next month he said that was the reason you had to leave, honestly you could've said that and I would've understood you know"
"Wait, so does that mean" Conner said trying to process everything being told to him
Hank pulls out a Reefside Waves jersey and hands it over to Conner "It's yours if you want it kid" and with that he leaves the young teen standing in the bleachers staring at the Jersey
Kira and Ethan approach Conner after Hank leaves. "Hey bro" Ethan says as he and Kira sit down next to Conner
"Every thing alright now?" Kira asked
"Yeah I guess coach Vallerte must have vouched for me for some reason so I guess I made the cut for the Waves" Conner says excitedly before looking down in shame
"Guys I-" Conner tries to explain only to cut short by Ethan and Kira
"Don't worry we understand" Kira replies
"For sure, we know nobody asked you to do this or any of us it was more imposed, but Dr. O said you can keep the morpher you know in case you change your mind" Ethan said as he stood up and walked away from the pair
"I know it doesn't mean much coming from me but I think you'll make them proud no matter what you do Con" Kira said this as she just like Ethan stood up leaving Conner by himself once more
The last statement left Conner speechless as he remembered what it was like playing with his father and grandfather. A few tears fell and the soccer player rose to his feet and did the only thing that felt right he played soccer.
AN: Dino Thunder HQ
"Oh no this is not good" Tommy said as he looked at the monitor and saw in the screen Birdbrain terrorizing the city
AN: Reefside High Soccer Field
Conner finished shooting one last ball to the net as he dropped to the grass tired.
"Some of your best work today Conner, Blue Bay Harbor wont stand a chance next month" a voice startled him as he got up into a fighting stance
"Woah kid its just me your coach" Coach Vallerte said as he laughed at Conner's reaction
"Oh coach sorry about that, you kind of freaked me out" Conner explains as he laughs nervously
"It's alright no harm no foul. So what's got you working your body out?" Vallerte asked as he hands Conner a cold water bottle.
Conner accepts it and begins drinking it. "Just needed to clear my mind about some stuff" Conner says as he looks down to the floor
"Well always here if you need to talk Conner"
"I appreciate that coach but I don't think you would understand" Conner said as he sighed in defeat
"Why don't you try explaining it and we see for ourselves?"
Knowing he had no way out, Conner decided to explain as vaguely as he could
"So I don't know what to do? Being a soccer player is all I've ever wanted to be but I feel people are counting on me for this other thing and it doesn't feel right letting them down" Conner explained to which Coach Vallerte nodded
"Conner you may only see me as your coach but before I landed this gig I used to be like you I used to go to Angel Grove High and wanted to be a great soccer player back in the day but then one day I got an opportunity to do something extraordinary sure I could've been one of the great ones like Pele or Maradonna but at the end I made my choice and I can say I have enjoyed every moment of it" Coach Vallerte explained as he looked fondly at the sky
Shortly afterwards Conner's bracer started glowing red to which he sighed knowing it was probably an emergency. "I would answer that morpher if I were you usually Rangers don't call unless its life or death" Coach Vallerte says which shocks Conner
"How did you-" Conner asked to his coach who just chuckled and stretched his hand out to Conner to salute him
"Former Black Space Ranger and Green Turbo Ranger Carlos Vallerte at your service kid" Carlos said as he showed Conner his old Space morpher and pointed at his heart "Powers may be gone but the lessons are still here"
Conner smiled at the revelation and answered the call "Dr. O I'm here… In the city sure I'm on my way. I'll see you later coach the world needs a red ranger right now! Dino Thunder Power Up Ha!" Conner yells while smiling as he morphs up and dashes towards the city
"Conner I'm sending something your way to help you get there faster" Tommy calls out from the communicator as the Red Raptor Rider shows up in front of Conner "Meet your raptor rider it will get you to the battlefield faster than if you ran"
Conner nodded and excitedly hopped in the back of the rider and began heading over to the battlefield
AN: City
Ethan and Kira were fighting off Birdbrain as terrorized the nearby civilians.
"Maria!" A woman yelled as she saw her little daughter hiding and holding a red soccer ball for dear life terrified of the creatures surrounding her and the rest of the people.
"I don't think so ugly Tyranno Staff!" Conner yells as he jumps from the back of the rider summons his weapon and strikes the away from the civilians.
"Everyone get out of here!" Conner says as he fights off the rest of the
"Ptera Grips" "Tricera Shield" Ethan and Kira yell as they launched Birdprain upwards towards Conner's area
Conner jumps and kicks Birdbrain in the stomach like does in most of his goal shots and lands in between Ethan and Kira. "You two ready?" he asks as the three combine their weapons
"Z-Rex Blaster" The three call out. Conner presses the trigger and the weapon fires a powerful fire blast that explodes the creature to pieces
Author's Note: Unless the zord battle is important I wont be writing it in the fic just assume it happened exactly like the original
AN: Haley's Cyberspace
Kira is tuning her guitar as Conner and Ethan arrive to greet her
"Hey Kira" Ethan says as he and Kira fistbump each other
"Hey didn't expect to see you here" Kira said Conner who waved at her to say hi
"Well like Ethan said if we are going to be partners in crime fighting we should get to know each other's worlds right?"
"Wait what about the waves?" Ethan asked curious
"I called the coach and I talked him into letting me practice with the team and being an emergency player. I won't play probably 99% of the times but that way I can go forward with my dream while also making the world a safer place" Conner said while smiling
"Well said young grasshopper" Carlos said as he grabbed Conner and placed him on a headlock.
"Guys this is Coach Vallerte coach these are my-" "Fellow rangers I know" Carlos finished saying shocking Ethan and Kira
Carlos began laughing "I swear that never gets old. Don't worry your secret is safe I'm a former ranger too you know" He explained as he continued laughing at the 3
"Uncle Carlos!" the voice of a child was heard as a little girl jumped into Carlos's hands and embraced the man. "Maria! There you are who's my favorite niece huh?" Carlos said as he hugged his niece
Conner just stared at the two realizing that the girl was the one she saved before. "I guess I owe you one Conner. Maria wont shut up about how the Red Ranger saved her life. Guess someone has a little fan now" Carlos said as he played with his niece who giggled in response
Conner smiled and nodded realizing that maybe being a ranger is something his father and grandfather could be proud about.
"Hey the concert is about to start we gotta find spots" Ethan said as he and Conner walked towards the crowd meeting Tommy in it.
"Hey Tommy" Carlos greeted his old friend. "Carlos! Man how come you are here at Reefside?" Tommy exclaimed as he shook his fellow ranger's hand.
"I coach the team at Reefside High, now it makes sense why out of nowhere we have new rangers with you in town it was bound to happen eventually" Tommy laughs at the joke and simply shrugs as the two look at the show.
"They don't know yet about your past do they?" Tommy shook his head at the question. "I was planning on telling them one of these days but I guess no time like the present" Tommy replied to which Carlos playfully punched him in his arm. "Well good thing you have me here to give you a little help after my team replaced yours haha" Carlos laughs as the two enjoy the concert
"Alright this next lady and her band might be new to the Cyberspace but I have a feeling you guys will want them to stick around for some time to come give a warm Cyber Welcome to Kira Ford!" Haley introduces Kira as she begins strumming her guitar and playing her first song
About time for anyone telling you off for all your deeds
No sign the roaring thunder stopped in cold to read
No time
Get mine and make no excuses waste of precious breath
No time
The sun shines on everyone, everyone love yourself to death
So you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
You'll never be loved till you've made your own
You gotta face up, you gotta get yours
You never know the top till you get too low
A son of a father
A son of a
I'm so sorry
A son of a father
A son of a
I'm so sorry (IMAGINE DRAGONS I'M SORRY sort of)
As Kira finished singing the crowd roared in applause however the young musician was only staring at the red ranger who smiled back at her and mouthed a thank you for her.