Beneath the Surface
Hey guys Haru here and feeling the love thank you for the reviews and keep em coming please I appreciate all the feedback. Also what did y'all think of the Mr. Collins cameo after I correlated him and Wes with Anton and Trent I realized how similar both relationships were and figured hey if it aint broke why fix it? This is the weirdest chapter I've written because I figured a huge plot hole with the show regarding Elsa. See in the first episode as well as in the episode Game On its well seen that she knows who the Rangers are as well as Zeltrax and Mesogog so if they already know who they are and she's their principal why not just give them detention almost daily or keep them busy so they cant interfere and such so I think I came up with a good solution for that I hope you all like it.
AU: Cyberspace
Conner and Kira are sitting in a table working on their government project meanwhile Ethan is busy on his laptop playing a spaceship video game blasting lasers and exclaiming loudly
"Woo!" Ethan exclaimed. "Take that space invader"
Conner grunted. "Dude will you keep it down" the red ranger pleaded
"Level 12 lets go!" The blue ranger celebrated paying no mind to his comrades
Conner fed up with his behavior moved towards him and shut off his laptop
"What? What?! Why?!" Ethan asked freaking out over what happened
"We cant concentrate with your yelling. We asked you 10 times to lower your voice so had to fix the issue with more drastic measures" Conner explained returning to his chair
"But it took me three hours to get to that level!" Ethan lashed out
"Ethan shouldn't you be working too on your project" Kira asked
"Finished it last week, Trent and I crammed through it after he finished drawing while you two were being David Beckham and V-" Ethan replied back only to be cut off by both rangers
"Don't you dare finish that sentence!"
The three looked at each other and started laughing.
"Alright sorry about the noise how about I just leave you two alone and head over to another spot?" Ethan said as the laughs died down
Conner and Kira nodded at the request and shortly after Ethan began gathering his things to move to a different spot on the café
"So how come you two ended up paired up for the project? Don't get me wrong we are a team and all but I thought you two didn't like spending time together" Ethan commented
Both rangers looked at each other and then down to their respective notebooks unreadable expressions in both their faces.
(Alright I made that awkward that's my b) Ethan thought as he grabbed his backpack and his laptop and walked across the café to his new spot.
The two rangers continued working quietly on their projects. None uttering a word to the other one until the silence became unbearable for both.
"Hey" Conner said trying to break the silence.
Kira avoided his gaze and simply saluted him back.
(Come on Conner just tell her you don't hate her or something like that so we can put all this behind us. Well not like we can put it all behind us like ever but maybe it can like ease her guilt or something) Conner pondered as he tried forcing the words out.
"Kira…" the red ranger began saying. "You know I was talking to Kylee the day of your concert and…"
Kira simply kept listening trying to figure out where he was going with the conversation.
"Do you think you can teach me to play guitar again?" Conner blurted out
(Coward!) he cursed in his mind
Kira simply stared at the red ranger perplexed and then her expression changed to a smile.
"Sure! We had a lot of fun back when I gave you lessons didn't we? Even though you couldn't keep tune to save your life" Kira said while smiling in a teasing tone
"Hey! I could too just not as good as you and besides need I remind you when you tried playing soccer?" Conner retorted
Kira scoffed and faked an angry face. "Please I can play soccer before you can play a song"
"Please Kira lets face it you are the rock star and I'm the soccer star" Conner said
"Alright David Beckham wanna make a bet?" Kira replied with a confident grin
"Bring it on Victoria!" Conner challenged
The two laughed at their bickering as they worked on both their projects and the details of their bet.
AU: Mesogog's Lair
"I have finally crafted the perfect genetic combination to create the most horrible creature to destroy Tommy Oliver and his Power Rangers" Zeltrax exclaimed as he typed information into the computer
"Please its just going to be destroyed like all the other ones" Elsa retorted cynically
"I don't see you coming up with better ideas" Zeltrax replied feeling insulted
"That's because you lack imagination, instead of having a creature destroy the Dino rangers lets have a Dinosaur do it" Elsa said
"Right… because we have a dinosaur to do that" Zeltrax laughed as he replied
Elsa simply shrugged and pulled out a strange looking egg.
"What the? Where did you get that?" Zeltrax demanded an answer
"Relax will you its not a real egg but a replica. I'll have the rangers find the real egg and swap it with the fake one" Elsa explained
"And how do you pretend you will do that?" Zeltrax questioned
Elsa simply smiled as she flicked her wrist changing her appearance into Principal Randall.
"I have some things in mind just be on alert I'm gonna need you to send some when I give you the signal"
The two laughed as they plotted their next plan
AU: Mercer Mansion (1 hour later)
Trent was sketching some pictures on the yard of his house just drawing the scenery in front of him
Moments like these brought peace to the young teen
In the midst of his peace, a small shinning green light appeared in front of him startling the teen.
"What is that thing?" Trent exclaimed out loud as he tried touching the light which warped him out of his current place into Mesogog's lair
Trent was frantic he had no idea where he was or even less how he had gotten here.
"where am I?" Trent wondered as he took in his surroundings hearing the sound of waves and the dark somber exterior
The young teen walked a couple steps through the hallway he was in and just like before another light appeared in front of him touching it, Trent warped locations once more this time in front of the Cyberspace.
"How did I get here?" Trent wondered
"Trent?" a voice said behind him
Trent turned around just to bump into Ethan knocking his backpack down
"Dude! My baby" the blue ranger exclaimed
Trent looked down to his friend and helped him pick his stuff up.
"Sorry man you startled me" Trent apologized
"It's alright man what are you doing here anyway?" Ethan asked
"Honestly" Trent did a doubletake to ensure he was really back in the Cyberspace's entrance. "I have no idea"
"Well… Do you need a ride home? My mom can take you its on the way" Ethan asked as he spotted his mom's car
"umm yeah…" Trent said disoriented and followed Ethan to his mother's car
AU: Classroom (Next day)
Tommy was giving instructions to his class for the field trip they were about to go to.
"Alright there's only so much we can learn in a classroom lets head out to do some field work" Tommy said as he guided his classroom towards the buses
(AN: some have pointed out a distinct lack of Cassidy and Devin moments its not that I don't like their characters its more along the lines that they are comedic relief and as such its difficult to give them more purpose than that as such just like the megazord battles unless something important happens in them assume their moments occurred exactly like they did on the show)
"Dr. Oliver!" Principal Randall exclaimed as she stopped Tommy from leaving the classroom
"Principal Randall, can I help you?" Tommy wondered confused
"Ah yes I was hoping you would allow me to go in your expedition I figured you may need some assistance dealing with this prepubescent crowd" Randall said
"Ah well I appreciate the offer but coach Vallerte actually volunteered to help me as a co-chaperone on the excursion so I think we should be good to go" Tommy replied smiling turning around and nervously walking out of the room.
Randall's face dropped and wore a rather angry expression in return. "Alright Dr. Oliver you got me" she said as she laughed. "In reality I'm a huge dinosaur enthusiast and was hoping I could accompany you all to this expedition" Randall pleaded
Tommy sighed knowing well he couldn't refuse the woman was his boss for crying out loud.
The two adults made their way to the bus where they sat next to Carlos who kept giving Tommy the death glare for allowing Randall to come along
"Why is she here?" Carlos mouthed in silent
"She's my boss what do you want me to do?" Tommy mouthed
"Arent you two excited?" Randall asked seemingly excited
"yeah…" both men replied faking smiles to the principal
AU: Excavation Site
AN: Assume the events of the show happened as such except until the attack
"Everyone stay calm and head over to the exits!" Tommy called as he stood in front of the students blocking the from his class. Carlos took the kids with him as they all rushed to the buses
Kira, Ethan and Conner stood next to their teacher and the 4 got in their combat stances. "I thought I told y'all to head over to the exits" Tommy sighed as he commented.
Conner chuckled at the remark
"With due respect Dr. O but we are not the greatest at following orders" Ethan said as the 4 charged in to attack the repelling their attack from the rest of the student and the area in general
Randall joined in on the action and surprisingly to Tommy and the students she handled herself well enough in combat taking several of the down with Carlos joining shortly afterwards to help dispose of the remaining ones.
The retreated and the students cheered for their principal and teachers.
As Conner, Ethan and Kira tried to return to the group of students, Randall stopped them.
"Hold on a minute now tell me where did you guys learned to fight like that?"
"Video games"
"Self Defense classes with my mom"
"My Dad taught me"
I wonder who said which
Randall looked at the 3 bewildered but decided to leave them be for the time being.
As the three teenagers and Tommy gathered themselves and took the "egg" back to their HQ, they failed to notice Randall returning to the site and taking the real egg from the site.
AU: Dino Thunder HQ
"This is so odd" Tommy exclaimed as he and the three teens stared at the monitors
"Yeah it looks like the egg is empty" Ethan said understanding the notifications on the monitor
Kira and Conner just nodded pretending they understood what the monitors said
"I'll try and see if I can find any information on the digging site you guys stay here and deploy if needed" Tommy instructed as he grabbed his Jeep's keys and headed out
Conner, Ethan and Kira nodded at the request and continued watching the screens
AU: Forest Road
Tommy drove on the highway near the forest towards the excavation site when suddenly, his Jeep was attacked by Zeltrax
"Greetings Thomas prepare for your demise" the armored knight said as he shot lightning bolts towards the jeep
"You know, there are only so many freak monster attacks my insurance can actually cover" Tommy exclaimed as he got out of his jeep with a leap and kicked Zeltrax away from him.
Tommy reached out to his communicator in his watch to try to contact the rangers, however as he tried he failed to see a T.D sneak behind him and struck him down unconscious
"Well done my minion now lets take him back with us" Zeltrax commanded as they left the road with Tommy in an invisiportal
Dino Thunder HQ
As Tommy was being abducted, the rangers were examining the fake dino egg.
"I really don't think there's anything in here"
Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep
The screen started alerting the rangers of a purple and gold dinozord attacking little Tokyo
"Well there's one" Kira pointed out on the monitor
"Well then whats in here" Conner asked as he lifted the egg shell
A light flashed from within the egg and immediately a hologram of Elsa appeared before the rangers
"Not what you were expecting Rangers? Well boo hoo hahahahahaha" The villainess hologram said as it faded out
"Her evil laugh could use some work" Kira pointed out sarcastically
"Man this is so messed up" Ethan commented
"Well only one thing to do, ready?" Conner asked as he activated his morpher
Ethan and Kira nodded as they activated theirs
"Dino Thunder Power Up Ha!" "Tyranno" "Ptera" "Tricera"
The three rushed out to little Tokyo in their raptor riders and saw that while the Dimetro Zord was attacking the city at the same time there was a monster attacking the other side of the city
"Better call the zords!" Ethan exclaimed as he Conner and Kira called their respective zords to the battlefield
The Dimetro Zord spotted the zords and began battling them by ramming into them before digging down
"It vanished" Conner exclaimed as the rangers turned around in order to face the monster
"Lets combine" Kira said as the three zords combined into the megazord
"Lets go for the quick finish Tyranno Drill" Conner yelled as the megazord attacked the monster with its drill only for the attack to be easily deflected
"What?" The rangers exclaimed
The monster laughed as he taunted the rangers
"Oh yeah try this on for size Tricera Punch!" Ethan yelled as the megazord punched the monster with all its might only for the attack to also be easily deflected
"Impossible"
"Is that all you got rangers?" The monster laughed
"Aim for the head Ptera rang" Kira exclaimed as the megazord threw the aforementioned weapon into the monsters head only to bounce right off back into the megazord
"We are going to need something to pierce his armor"
"Like an axe"
"Or a saw!"
"The Dimetro Zord" The three rangers said in unison
The monster charged at the megazord damaging it.
"Alright we are losing time here so what do we do?" Ethan asked as the monster continued its onslaught
"Same thing we did with the Zords the first time?" Conner suggests
"Do you see a 4th ranger here to control that thing?" Kira replied trying to maneuver out of the monsters way
"No but its worth the shot" Conner answered
"Alright but who should try it?" Ethan said as he punched the monster with the Tricera fist getting some distance between
"I think Kira should do it the Dimetro Zord is similar to the Ptera Zord in how it attacks" Conner said to which both Kira and Ethan nodded
"Well here goes nothing… Dimetro Zord!" Kira yelled releasing a Ptera Scream and for the her Ptera Zord to roar
The Dimetro's eyes flashed brightly and roared as well proceeding to emerge from the ground and attacking the monster
"Alright! It worked" Kira exclaimed excited
"Lets test out the new Zord" Conner said as he released the Tyranno Drill replacing it with the Dimetro Zord
"Dimetro Blade!" Ethan yelled as the Megazord attacked the monster slicing it into pieces which ended up in the monster exploding into pieces
"Alright! We did it" The three rangers celebrated
AU: Mesogog's Lair
"Another Dino Zord in the hands of the rangers" Mesogog scolded Elsa who winced in pain at the psycho assault of her master
"Then again… Its not an entire defeat… not at all" Mesogog says as he laughs at the sight in front of him of Tommy tied up in chair in front of him struggling trying to get out of his restraints
AU: Haley's Cyberspace
Ethan and Trent were playing a video game on two of the computers
"Dude we are almost to level 13 can you believe it?" Ethan said as he and Trent were blasting through more enemies on the screens
"Yeah but we wont get to 14 if you keep distracting me dude" Trent said as he barely dodged an incoming ship
Meanwhile in the other side of the café, Conner and Kira were sitting down next to each other Kira attempting not to laugh at Conner's struggle with a guitar trying to position his fingers correctly.
"Alright I think I got it" Conner said as he positioned his fingers into a G chord
"Job well done Jock and that only took you half an hour" Kira teased
"Laugh all you want but I don't see you improving on keeping control of the ball" Conner fired back
"Oh yeah check this out" Kira said as she grabbed his signature red ball from his backpack and began trying to juggle the ball in the air
"Woo new record" Conner said excitedly as she managed to hit the ball over 3 times
"yeah… woah" Kira celebrated as she accidentally kicked the ball forward instead of upwards flying towards Ethan and Trent
"Bro look out" Conner yelled but it was too late the ball had hit Ethan in the head bouncing off and hitting Trent with the rebound
Needless to say both Teens were cut short of their gaming for the day as well as their consciousness while the other two were laughing on the floor at their friends dismay alongside the rest of the café