Hiya dudes and dudettes Haru is back with a new chapter sorry for the delays in between i was at a blank regarding this chapter since I was planning for leader of the Whack and how I was gonna get Tommy without his powers out of the amber though i think i figured it out and while doing so i decided to make Truth and Consequences a two parter called Truth for the 1st part and consequences for the 2nd part in the meantime i introduced a new character in this chapter but well you'll see all that on the chapter as always reviews are much appreciated so please keep those coming if possible and thank you so much for reading
Truths
AU: Haley's Cyberspace
Haley, Carlos and the rest of the gang found themselves swamped with angry and hungry customers left and right. Serving tables, making drinks, handing out baked goods and transactions on the register simply put the team had met its match.
"Next time Ethan I think it would be best if you didn't advertise our specials on a forum with over 1000 people who actively read each post" Haley complained as she multi tasked to the best of her ability
"Hey I was only trying to help" Ethan replied as he handed a hoard of teens smoothie after smoothie
"Guys less talking more working" Carlos yelled as he was serving table after table in his area
"I need six apple muffins and two blueberry smoothies" Kira yelled as Conner arrived at the counter with an order of his own
"And I need four vanilla milkshakes and 4 bagels with cream cheese"
Ethan approached Kira with a tray with her smoothies and the muffins
"Good control of the Ptera Scream I would have accidentally let one out because of how hectic this is" Ethan said as he handed the tray
"Yeah well, the only one with a useful power right now is Conner with his super speed and I wouldn't call it wise to use it regardless" Kira answered
Suddenly the doors to the cyberspace were busted open as another group of hungry s arrived to the café
"Incoming!" Conner yelled as the group was suddenly swamped once more
AU: Mercer Mansion
Trent stumbled out of his bed unto the floor groaning in pain
"Argh how did I got back home?" The White Ranger asked as he began having flashbacks from the day before when he was morphed
"No this can't be" Trent said as he recalled taking down the Red Ranger and attacking and destroying a monster nearby his father's construction site.
Trent collected himself and rushed out of his house
AU: Mesogog's Lair
"aaaaah useless minions!" Mesogog roared as smashed everything in his line of sight.
"Sir but I thought the meeting with the White Ranger went well?" Zeltrax said as he backed away from the destruction.
Mesogog turned around and hissed at the armored knight before blasting him on the chest plate and sending him flying backwards.
"The White Ranger destroyed another monster and we still haven't been able to convince him to join our side and you say that went well!" Mesogog replied angered
"But sir how are we supposed to convince him if we cant even find him?" Zeltrax asked clearly frightened
"You are completely worthless tell me why I shouldn't end your pathetic existence right here and now"
"Well lord Mesogog fortunately one of your loyal subjects is not useless" Elsa said showing Mesogog the monitor screen which was surprisingly undamaged "This program should be able to track the White Dino Energy and where there is a White Dino Gem"
"Aaaah there's a White Dino Ranger excellent" Mesogog answered laughing evilly
AU: Shopping Plaza
Trent stumbled his way to an alley near the shopping center his consciousness fading and returning with every step he took
"What's happening to me" Trent said as he dropped to his knees in exhaustion
Devin was passing by when he noticed the teen
"Trent?" Devin asked as he rushed to help his classmate up
"Hey are you alright?"
"Devin?"
"Hey yeah its me you don't look too good"
"Yeah I'm a bit winded right now can you give me a hand back up?" Trent hand to which Devin nodded helping him up back to his feet.
"What were you doing anyways?" Devin asked as he helped Trent walk towards the Cyberspace
"I guess I just stayed up too late yesterday" Trent answered "how about you?"
"Oh man me and Cass were checking these sites out for this scoop we are trying to get with the local news and I was able to film that new White Ranger in action against the other rangers its totally awesome"
Trent's eyes widened as he listened to Devin.
"Man that he laid the smackdown on them I was actually on my way to the Cyberspace to give the edited footage to Cassidy" Devin finished as the two arrived at the Cyber space only to be greeted by a large crowd of customers and the "staff" staggering to manage them all.
"I'm gonna go meet up with Cass you take it easy alright" Devin said as he left Trent to meet with Cassidy
"Hey Trent good that you're here we can really use your-" Ethan greeted his friend only to have him walk absentmindedly towards Haley. "help"
"Oh thank goodness you are here we are getting swamped left and right" Haley says as she deals with several customers
"Haley listen I need to talk to you" Trent says as he starts feeling lightheaded again
"It can wait after all this please just grab a tray and-"
"I can't I'm quitting" Trent says loudly as he looks at Haley with a sad expression "I'm so sorry" he finishes before walking back
"Hey!' Trent turns around to see an angry Conner carrying a container full of dirty glasses and Kira looking at him with a worried expression.
"Are you really just going to bail on Haley like that?" Kira asked
"You guys don't understand nobody does" Trent said as he tried leaving once more
"Does this have to do with yesterday because you weren't okay yesterday and clearly you are not okay now" Conner shouted
Suddenly a scream was heard from the other side of the café gaining the attention of the entire place.
"Excuse me ladies and gentleman we have an important announcement we would like to give you" Cassidy stood in the stage with Devin next to her working the projector with his camera.
"We have exclusive footage never before seen of the White Ranger in action taken by Devin in the park please direct your attention to the projector and enjoy" Cassidy said as Devin began playing the footage showing the battle between the White and Red rangers with the latter being thrown around back and forth constantly earning laughs from several of the teens.
Kira turned around to check on Trent but discovered him gone most likely having sneaked away during the commotion.
*BAM* a loud thud was heard from the sink area in the backroom and the yellow ranger took notice that the red ranger was no longer present next to her.
Kira tried going towards the sink area but Ethan stopped her.
"Let met handle this one" the blue ranger said to which Kira nodded
"I can't believe this!" Conner shouted as he washed the dishes angrily
"Need a hand with those" Ethan asked to which the red ranger nodded
Ethan and Conner washed the dishes in complete silence the tension was becoming unbearable until Ethan decided to break it.
"Now what's got you so angry?"
"Oh right like you didn't hear them laughing at me"
"Well technically yes but remember what coach Vallerte told us to keep a cool head otherwise"
*Shatter Glass sound* Conner wasn't paying attention and a glass fell to the floor shattering
"That happens" Ethan finished
"How are you so cool headed over all this?" Conner wondered
"Simple, I have had a few years of practice you know computer nerd and all doesn't make you Mr. Popular like you" Ethan laughed
"Well believe or not it wasn't always like this, I was bullied a lot when we were younger" Conner confessed he began smiling
"We?" Ethan asked surprised
"Yeah Kira and I…" Conner answered "We used to be kind of best friends"
"I would've never guessed based on how you used to treat her before this whole thing began"
"Yeah well" Conner began saying making sure nobody was around "If I tell you something can you keep it between us?"
Ethan nodded wondering what the secrecy was all about
"Remember Carter Grayson the red Lightspeed Ranger? Well when they were fighting Queen Bansheera the government wanted to create automated rangers so that way in case anything happened to the rangers they would have an additional line of defense" Conner began narrating as he reminisced on his childhood.
"The commander who ordered the initiative was General Christopher McKnight my grandfather and the head engineer was my father Dr. James McKnight, however the project ultimately malfunctioned and the directive was scrapped after the cyborg rangers rampaged in the city, however my dad and gramps wanted to serve the rangers so they stayed in the Aqua Base aiding with their gear. A couple months down the road my dad managed to pull some strings with my middle school and we had a field trip to Mariner Bay to check the Aqua Base out" Conner continued narrating as he scrubbed more glasses
"He meant well but nothing could've prepared us for what happened" Gulping loudly Conner looked at Ethan with a somber expression. "Our field trip was the same day Queen Bansheera launched her final assault against the Aqua Base" Ethan's eyes widened at the revelation.
"Wait you mean you guys were there when-"Conner simply answered with a nod
"I had never been more terrified in my life, some guards got destroyed helping us out to allow us to arrive to the escape vessels, however when we were boarding frantically I noticed Kira wasn't with our group, she had gotten separated somehow" The red ranger narrated as his hands started trembling as leaned down and began picking up the broken glass
"I tried to get away to get to her, she was my best friend you know I had to at least try, but my dad didn't let me. He said he would find her and get her to safety" Conner said as he picked up the remaining glass off the floor
"That was the last time I saw my dad he sacrificed himself protecting Kira from Bansheera's minions when the whole base went down, she was amongst the survivors. After that we just grew distant I guess I said I blamed her for what happened when I was younger though I guess I never really did I just couldn't cope with the fact that my best friend was the reason my dad was no longer with us"
"What happened afterwards?" Ethan wondered
"I guess you can pretty much fill in the blanks, I was bullied for a while same as Kira though part of that came from me. She formed her band and I played soccer for the school. My brother Eric went away to Blue Bay to live with my Aunt and Uncle and I stayed here with my mom. We haven't really talked about it since then"
"So she still thinks you blame her for your dad?" Ethan asked
"You know you and Kylee thought the same thing, I've been trying to figure out how to tell her that, but I just don't know how to. I mean I cant just go like hey I don't blame you for what happened to my dad you know" Conner sighed as he answered
"I suppose though you should probably figure that out soon, I cant imagine this being easy at all for her" Ethan replied to which Conner sighed once more and nodded
Suddenly, Kira burst into the room with another bin full of dirty plates and glasses.
"Hey everything alright?" Kira asked worried
"Yeah" Conner immediately replied and smiled before saying "Everything is alright now"
Kira smiled at this and left the bin with him. "Ethan we need some help on the front lets go"
"Hey don't I get help washing all of these?" Conner whined
"Bro just super speed the job its not like anybody can see you here you know" Ethan recommended with a snicker as he and Kira left the room followed by a *Whoosh* signaling Conner using his super speed to clear the task at hand
AU: Abandoned Lot (2 hours later)
Trent stumbled on his feet as he kept running falling to the floor
"Argh! No I cant control it anym-" Trent said as he struggled to keep the morphing at bay before it overpowered him and took over his body
"Ah much better" Said the White Ranger standing up and laughing hysterically
Suddenly, an invisiportal materialized in front of him and down came Elsa and Zeltrax
"Hmm good I was looking for a punching bag or in this case two" The White Ranger said coyly as he pulled out his Drago Dagger
Zeltrax and Elsa prepared their respective weapons for the fight.
"Our master Mesogog wishes to have a word with you" Elsa says
"You tell your master if he wants me he can come get me himself not send the help staff"
"How dare you!" Zeltrax yells as he launches a lightning attack towards the White Ranger who effortlessly dodges the attack and starts engaging the two in combat
AU: Haley's Cyberspace
As the customer's rush died down, the group cleaned the tables on the now closed cybercafé.
"Mission complete" Ethan said only to be met with groans from all the other and 4 aprons to the face
"After this shift I'm just glad we haven't gotten any-"Conner said in relief
*Beep Beep Beep Beep*
"You just had to talk didn't you?" Kira replied with a small chuckle
"Ken and Barbie are fighting our new white buddy on the old abandoned lot" Haley said after checking the computer
"Are you guys good to finish here?" Ethan asked
"Yeah go duty calls first" Carlos said to the three who nodded in response
"Alright lets go guys" Conner said as the three headed out towards the lot
AU: Abandoned lot
The White Ranger dominated the two soldiers tossing them around thanks to his speed and laser arrows.
"Come on is this really the best you can do?" The White Ranger asked
"Please we are just getting warmed up" Zeltrax said struggling to stand up
"Hey!" Conner's voice was heard at the distance as the three rangers arrived in their raptor cycles firing lasers at the three
"Perfect, time for round two" The White Ranger said as he used his speed to attack the three
"Lets retreat for now" Elsa commanded as she and Zeltrax disappeared in an invisiportal
Ethan and Conner charged to attack the White Ranger
"Tricera Shield" "Tyranno Staff" The two called out their weapons as they attacked
"Ngh" The White Ranger said as he was pushed back by the two rangers charging at him
"That's it! Laser Arrows now!" The White ranger called as laser arrows rushed down towards the three hitting them
"My turn now! Ptera Grips" Kira yelled as she tried attacking the White Ranger only to have him roll on the ground and kick her on the stomach knocking her back
"you are going to need to do better than that" The White Ranger taunted
"Oh yeah try this for size Super Dino Mode!" Kira activated her transformation summoning wings to her suit and taking to the sky to attack the White Ranger succeeding on delivering a blow to his back.
As Kira turned around to attack once more, The White Ranger sped up with Dagger in hand and slashed vertically at her in mid air and as she was falling down launched laser arrows at her which collided and exploded on the ground.
"Argh!" Kira let out a loud wince of pain as she demorphed
"Now time to end you, yellow ranger" The White Ranger said as he readied his dagger pushing Kira to the side revealing her face
"What the you?" The White Ranger said startled as he dropped his dagger
"Super Dino Mode!" Ethan and Conner called out as Ethan tackled the White Ranger down as Conner helped Kira back on her feet
"Get off me!" The White Ranger screamed as he kicked Ethan aside.
"You got lucky today but next time is a whole different story" The White Ranger said as he super sped away from the battlefield.
"Power Down!" Ethan said as he ran towards Conner and Kira making sure his teammates were alright
"Hey careful you took thrashing there" Conner said as he helped Kira stand up
"I'm fine argh!" Kira tried standing up on her own only to wince in pain
"I think you twisted your ankle in that fall we will need to treat that" Ethan said as he helped her up as well
"My house is not that far away from here, I have some bandages and medicine there lets head over" Conner said as the three walked to his car
AU: Conner's house
"Welcome to mi casa" Conner said as he opened the door to his house helping Ethan carry Kira over to a couch in his living room
"I'll go get the medical kit I'll be right back" Conner said as he went upstairs to look for the kit
Ethan looked around checking his teammate's house out, meanwhile Kira on the other hand smiled at the nostalgic feeling she felt with being on her teammate's house after so many years.
Suddenly, a click was heard from the door as the door opened.
"Conner honey I'm home" A woman said as she entered the house
A loud thud was heard from the upper floor signaling Conner heard the message
"Oh hello, didn't know we had visits" the woman said as she noticed Ethan on the couch on the living room her attention then shifted towards Kira.
"Kira Ford? Is that you?" Ms McKnight asked as she stared wide eyed at Kira
"Hello Ms. McKnight" Kira said with a nervous smile on her face
"Oh my it's you honey how've you been? It's been so long since I last saw you! Look at you such a lovely young woman" Ms. McKnight said as she approached Kira to get a better look at her.
"Mom!" Conner yelled as he stumbled his way to the living room medical kit in hand
"Con-con what have I told you about yelling in the house, mind your manners" Ms. McKnight scolded her son resulting on Kira and Ethan to burst out laughing
"Con-con I had forgotten all about that nickname" Kira said as she laughed
"Thanks mom" Conner said sarcastically
"You're very welcome son now why do you have that medicine kit?"
"Oh we were helping out our friend at her cybercafé and Kira twisted her ankle I was going to wrap it up" Conner said
"Oh say no more and give me that let the nurse handle this" Ms McKnight said as she took the kit from Conner's hands and grabbed the medical bandages and disinfecting spray beginning to treat Kira's ankle
AU: a couple minutes later
"Alright there we go just don't put too much weight on it for the next day or two and it should be all healed up" Ms. McKnight said as she finished treating Kira's injury
"Thank you Ms. MC" Kira thanked as she smiled
Ms. McKnight sobbed and smiled back "sorry its just I hadn't heard that nickname in a long time got a little nostalgic there, but no time for that you kids hungry?"
"Thanks for the invitation Ms. McKnight but its getting late and I don't want my parents to freak out" Ethan said as he excused himself
"Do you need a ride dude?" Conner asked
"Nah my house is close enough from here besides Kira lives on the opposite side and you need to take her back" Ethan replied to which Conner nodded
"Well Ethan pleasure meeting you, don't be a stranger Conner's friends are always welcome here" Ms. McKnight said as Ethan smiled and nodded before exiting the house
"I should probably get-" Kira attempted to say only to have Ms. McKnight place a finger against her lips
"No you wont miss, we have lots to catch up on. You think I was going to let my little partner in crime leave after not seeing you for so long?" Ms. McKnight said with a smile on her face and tossing a phone to Conner "Catch son".
"Woah mom careful" Conner said
"Order two pizzas Meat Lovers for you and half mushroom and spinach half cheese with tomatoes and extra cheese" Ms. McKnight commanded her son
"You remembered my favorite!" Kira exclaimed happily
"Of course kiddo you are my little partner in crime after all remember our salute?" Ms. McKnight said proudly as she ruffled Kira's hair to which she laughed and nodded.
"To play music and act with honor" Kira said
"But above and beyond to annoy Conner" Ms. McKnight finished the salute resulting on the two to burst out laughing
Meanwhile Conner was on the phone ordering the pizzas for the three while looking at the two talking a smile on his face clear as day.
AU: Mercer Mansion
The White Ranger stumbled upon the mansion's courtyard as he demorphed back into Trent
"Ugh no this cant be happening" Trent said as he replayed the earlier battle on his head specifically discovering Kira being the yellow ranger
"I hurt her I almost destroyed her" Trent sank to his knees as began banging the floor with his wrist where his dino gem bracer was however it wouldn't come off
"no no nooooooo!" Trent screamed as he felt the power taking over again "control it… don't let it control you"
White lightning began shooting out of the gem until the bolts subsided resulting in Trent passing out from exhaustion on the courtyard.
TO BE CONTINUED