Hey peeps and dudettes Haru here sorry about the long hiatus on the story due to everything that has been going on on the world I lost some people dear to me this year and as such took a break from everything I want to get back to writing so I'll update when I can I worked on this chapter for a few hours today and I hope you will enjoy it. So this chapter will be a combination of Fighting Spirit and Back in Black hope you enjoy what I crafted here and R/R please!
AU: Dino Thunder HQ
"What happened?" Conner asked as he and Carlos helped placing Tommy in a bed
"His vitals are dropping and fast!" Haley yelled startled
"We have to take him to the ER and fast" Carlos said as he rushed towards the door
"Kids help me get him over to the car!" Zhane commanded as the four moved Tommy towards Carlos's car
Without a moment to waste, the three teens rushed out on Conner's car with the adults leading the way with Tommy in Carlos's car towards the hospital
AU: Hospital an hour later
Haley and Carlos were talking to the doctor while the three teens and Zhane waited outside of the room.
"You don't think he is going to-" Ethan wondered out loud
"Don't think that even for a second dude" Conner snapped
"Don't worry about it too much Tommy is a tough nut to crack. He's a legend among us after all" Zhane said trying to sound relaxed though his expression betrayed him.
"So how long are you planning on sticking around Zhane we know this detour to earth wasn't exactly planned" Kira wondered trying to divert the conversation
"Oh I'll probably head out in a day or so I do have some errands to run for the rebuilding efforts lets just say 5 years is not nearly enough time to rebuild an entire civilization plus I don't think Karone would be happy if I was gone too long" Zhane explained
"Karone? As formerly Astronema aka 2nd Galaxy pink ranger Karone?" Ethan asked
"Aka Zhane's very loving and very moody wife Karone yes the one and only" Zhane replied as he pulled out a picture from him his pocket unfolding it to reveal the same picture he had of her more than half a decade ago.
"woah" Conner said only to be elbowed by Kira
"I mean woah what a gesture to have a photo of her from all those years ago" Conner said rubbing his side
"yeah you could say been crazy for her ever since I met her. Trust me it was not a fun day when she called me to tell me she was going to be a power ranger or when Andros found out we were dating. He chased me around for hours with his Spiral Saber funniest and most terrifying memory I have with my best friend" Zhane narrated
"Seems like it was worth it though" Kira said with a smile
"Absolutely nothing worth it in life is ever easy besides Ashley backed me up and trust me when I say the forces of evil hath no fury like a very pregnant Ashley one word and I got Andros's blessing" Zhane said in between laughs
"It's nice to know at least there is a happy ending to look forward to after all the fighting" Ethan said as he smiled
"Yeah in many ways that's kind of how it goes for everyone even professor grumpy in there he may be a stick in the mud with you guys but wait until you see him when he's in the same room as K-" Zhane started saying only to be interrupted once the door opened
"Please Doc there must be something that can be done" Carlos said frantically
"Carlos as I told you his vitals are stable as far as medical science goes he is in no immediate danger but his brain pattern I have never seen anything like it they are wildly erratic." The doctor explained
"Isnt there anything you can do to jolt him out of it?" Carlos asked
"We are trying everything we can but he's not responding to anything for now we will leave him in observation as we see how his condition develops"
"But he's going to be okay right?" Ethan asked standing up from his seat alongside Conner and Kira
The doctor sighed and looked solemnly at the teens.
"I won't lie to you kids the longer he stays in this state the riskier his condition will be"
"Thanks Doctor please keep us notified" Haley said as she called the rest in to see Tommy
AU: Tommy's room half hour later
-Beep Beep Beep-
"Seriously now of all times?!" Ethan yelled
"You kids go wreck that monster's world, we will stay here and keep you guys informed" Zhane said
Conner, Ethan and Kira nodded as they rushed out of the hospital to a nearby alley.
"ready?" Conner asked as the Ethan and Kira nodded
"Dino Thunder Power Up Ha!" the three teens exclaimed as they transformed into their ranger forms
"Raptor Cycles" Ethan yelled summoning the cycles to their side (Author's Note: not sure if they can do this but more plot convenience lets say they can)
"Lets Rev em up" Conner exclaimed as he and the other rangers rushed out in their raptor cycles.
AU: Park
Elsa and Zeltrax were alongside a monster causing havoc alongside TD's when the three rangers arrived
"Don't you guys ever get tired of having your butts kicked?" Conner asked as he summoned his tyranno staff charging at Zeltrax as the two began fighting
"Kira cover me im going in for fugly over there" Ethan said as he tossed Kira his blaster dashing towards the monster with his Shield
"How about that Rangers you cant deal with us and fight our minions can you?" Elsa said as she tried attacking Kira who retaliated firing with the blasters
As the rangers engaged, the TD's were rampaging the city with them unable to stop them as each was facing currently an enemy.
AU: Tommy's mind
Tommy found himself amidst a desert walking aimlessly sweat pouring down his face
"how did I ended up in a desert of all places?" Tommy wondered as he continued walking forward stumbling upon an structure of sort in front of him
"Hello?! Anybody here?" Tommy yelled seeking desperately for help
"Hello Tommy" A voice echoed around the Desert causing Tommy to turn around
Tommy's eyes widen as he stared in shock at the figure emerging from the structure none other than the red zeo ranger.
"Zeo Ranger V Red remember me Tommy?" Red Zeo Ranger said
"This is impossible the Zeonizer is…" Tommy tried saying
"Locked on Angel Grove alongside apparently with your common sense and your ninja powers" RZR said as he launched to attack Tommy
"Im not going to fight you!" Tommy said as he blocked a kick
"Then I suppose you will be destroyed then!" RZR said as he retaliated pushing tommy backwards and then charging with a flying kick
"Zeo Flying Kick" RZR yelled as the kick connected against Tommy's arms guarding knocking the former ranger off his balance sending him flying backwards against the floor.
"How many times could you have helped them Tommy? Your Rangers every time they have been injured you could have saved them with my power" RZR said as he attacked tommy who rolled dodging the attack
"I couldn't do that. If I did the work for them then-" Tommy tried arguing only to have RZR punch him on the gut and then throw him back to the ground
"then what you would teach them a lesson on how to be stronger while risking their lives for something none of them signed up for?" RZR argued back
"So idealistic yet so naïve, what if one of them fell all for the cause?" RZR tried punching him once more but Tommy grabbed his fist and elbowed RZR on the stomach.
"I think about that every day but I trust them enough to know that they will defeat Mesogog" Tommy Said as he roundhouse kicked RZR knocking him back towards the structure he appeared from disappearing through the structure
"What?" Tommy questioned his guard still up as he walked towards the structure passing through it disappearing from the desert
AU: Hospital
Carlos and Zhane were sitting outside on the waiting room trying to remain calm
"this never gets easier no matter how many year go by" Carlos said as looked down resting his head on his hands
"Well saving the world is one thing but this is a completely different story" Zhane commented
"Yeah its different when its someone close to you" Carlos replied
"Breaking News monsters are attacking the park area the power rangers are currently engaging with the them however it seems that a large group of them have attacked the vicinities while the rangers are engaging please seek shelter and stay hidden during these times of crisis" A reporter said on the television on the waiting room
"Oh no Maria is on the Park right now!" Carlos exclaimed as he saw the screen in horror as the Rangers were currently battling Elsa, Zeltrax and a monster
"Well you know its not like there isn't someone that can go as backup you know" Zhane said gleefully as he pointed at himself
"You know Tommy is so not gonna like this" Carlos said with a smirk as he and Zhane rushed out of the hospital
"Hayley Zhane and I are going to go backup the kids let us know if anything changes with Tommy" Carlos said as he called Haley on her phone
"Ready for a blast from the past?" Zhane asked
"Lets Rock It!" Carlos said as he and Zhane morphed into their Space Ranger forms rushing towards the park area.
AU: Tommy's Mind
An evil laugh echoed towards the forest where Tommy found himself in.
"Tommy… Tommy" The voice called out as Tommy looked around to his surroundings
"Who is there?" Tommy asked as suddenly he was launched forward rolling on the ground and standing back up staring at the White Mighty Morphing Power Ranger
"White Ranger?" Tommy asked in disbelief
"White Ranger Power!" WR said as he pulled out his sword
"And don't forget Saba!" Saba said as the tiger talked
"How is this possible your powers were destroyed!" Tommy asked
"You cant keep a team like us down" WR said as he launched to attack Tommy
"Whatever this is I don't want to fight you guys" Tommy said as he dodged the first attack
"Oh yeah then how about me!" A voice said behind Tommy and all he saw was a flash of red before he was sent spiraling up in the air crashing in to the ground
Tommy picked himself up from the ground only to witness the presence of the Red Turbo Ranger
"Red lightning turbo power" RT said as drew his sword as well ready to fight Tommy
Red ranger on the front and white ranger on his back Tommy found himself in between the two
"How can this be your powers?" Tommy asked
"Yes both destroyed mine by your own lack of conviction" WR said
"And mine by your inability to continue the fight. You had to pass them on to TJ who let my powers rot as will you now!" RT yelled as he charged towards Tommy
Tommy blocked the attacks on both sides frantically looking for an opening to exploit
"Saba Fire!" WR said as he Saba unleashed a blast exploding nearby Tommy sending the former ranger flying towards a tree
"Turbo Slash!" RT yelled as he charged towards Tommy who used the Tree to block the attack and then jump kicked RT disarming him and grabbing his sword
Tommy dashed at WR and battled him in a sword fight
As WR tried shooting Tommy once again, Tommy took advantage of the opportunity to low kick him causing him to fire upwards dropping his sword
Tommy grabbed Saba in mid air and pointed one sword at the White Ranger and one at the Red Turbo Ranger
"Haha and they said an old dog cant learn new tricks" Saba laughed as it disappeared from Tommy's hand alongside the Red Turbo Sword
"Well done Tommy but brace yourself for your toughest challenge yet" Sabas's voice faded as he and the other two rangers disappeared
"I can imagine what's next" Tommy said as he walked forward the scenery changing once more to a green plateau
AU: Park area
"What cant keep up?" the monster said as it attacked Ethan pushing him back
"I can do this all day fugly!" The blue ranger replied as it slashed the monster with his saber
"I can see you have been training but matters not as you shall be destroyed by me!" Zeltrax yelled as it unleashed a barrage of lightning towards Conner blasting the red ranger
"yeah? Well here's something new then Super Dino Mode!" Conner yelled as he attacked Zeltrax with his increased power beginning to overpower the knight
"Ugh cant that fool handle anything" Elsa said as she deflected laser blasts from Kira
"Like you are in a place to talk Barbie Super Dino Mode" Kira said as she unleashed her Super Dino Mode spreading wings and taking flight unleashing a barrage of blasts from the air.
"Super Silverizer!" "Lunar Lance" Carlos and Zhane yelled as they joined in with the other rangers engaging with the TD's rampaging the city
"Woah wicked!" Ethan exclaimed as he fought against the monster
"Backup has arrived kids don't worry we've got the small fry!" Zhane said as he blasted the TD's infront of him
"Focus on your fights leave the cleaning to us" Carlos replied as he made sure the civilians in the area were safe
AU: Tommy's mind
Tommy walked around the plateau waiting for his next encounter when a familiar melody was heard throughout the area and a dagger soon impaled in a tree next to Tommy
"I figured you would be the next one" Tommy said as he retrieved the dagger unfazed upon seeing the Green Mighty Morphing ranger standing in front of him
"Been a while Tommy a teacher really? Could you be any more predictable?" The Green Ranger said as he pulled out his dagger
"Seems to work well for me" Tommy replied
"You wont be able to lecture your way out of this one!" The Green Ranger exclaimed as he attacked Tommy
Tommy fought valiantly, however the Green Ranger outclassed him in every way
He found himself between a wall and the Green Ranger when he unleashed a power full blast from his dagger knocking Tommy to the ground
"Argh!" Tommy cried in pain
"Give it up Tommy you cant win!"
"That's were you are wrong I will never give up!"
"Please if that's the case then why don't you help your rangers then instead of standing in the sidelines!" the Green Ranger yelled holding Tommy down
"We vowed never to use our powers unless it was a matter of the end of the world!" Tommy replied
"And what do you think that is Tommy if not another evil force trying to bring the end of the world" The Green Ranger argued
"I made a promise to myself not to use them for Zordon if there was a way to help them I would. I would never give up fighting!" Tommy said as he grunted in pain
"What if there was?" The Green Ranger said sheathing his dagger
"What are you talking about?" Tommy asked
The Green Ranger extended his arm to help Tommy back up and as soon as Tommy grabbed it the Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger and White Ranger appeared before them
"We know about your vow Tommy" RT said
"We also know why you don't want to fight again" RZR said
"You feel guilty about me and how my powers were destroyed" WR said
"you feel like you failed Tommy, but that couldn't be further from the truth" Saba said
"But you don't have to look at the past to help them in the present" GR said
As the four rangers said this, they all faded away a light shinning dimly inside Tommy's fist
As the former ranger opened his hand, it revealed the black dino gem
AU: Hospital
"Please don't be mad at me. You know how he is. The doctors said that he is on observations right now. I know I know K-" Haley could be heard on the phone talking to somebody on the line desperately trying to calm down when she gasped as she saw Tommy awake
"He's awake… Yes he's awake right now!" Haley said as she rushed to Tommy's side who smiled at her
"Hey there Haley" Tommy said
He grabbed the phone in her hand and looked at who was calling as he smirked
"Hey you are never going to believe what happened" Tommy said as he looked at the tv seeing the rangers fighting on the park area
AU: Park
"Lets see how you handle our reinforcements rangers!" Zeltrax said as an invisiportal opened and fifty TD's emerged from the portal
"This is not looking good" Ethan said as he continued battling the monster
"Phew yeah kind of out of practice kids" Carlos said as he caught his breath
"Well how about you use some backup then!" a voice yelled and all present turned towards it revealing Tommy in front of them clad in hospital robes
"Is this some sort of joke?" the monster exclaimed as it laughed
"Dr. O!" Kira yelled
"Am I seeing things?" Conner said in disbelief
"What do you plan on doing Tommy you cant possibly hope to fight against us haha" Elsa said as she laughed
"Well maybe not right now but maybe after using this" Tommy said as he revealed the black dino gem
"That gem belongs to my master return it at once!" Elsa yelled
"There are two things you need to understand about Dino Gems first you don't choose them they choose you…" Tommy said as he played with the gem on his hand taunting Elsa
"And what else" Elsa asked angered
"They pair really well with morphers" Tommy said this while smirking revealing his Dino Morpher embedding the gem into it
"Arent you too old to be running around in spandex Tommy?" Elsa said sarcastically
"We'll see about that Dino Thunder Power Up Ha!" Tommy yelled as he summoned his morpher and transformed into the Black Dino Ranger
"Dino Thunder Black Ranger" Tommy said as he got in his fighting stance
All three teens rushed to their mentor's side ecstatic to have him join them on the battlefield
The two space rangers joined as well with Carlos particularly happy
"Welcome to the black ranger club buddy" Carlos said as he patted Tommy on the back
"Thanks Carlos we are going to have a talk later about this" Tommy replied
"Yep he's back alright" Carlos said shrugging
"Bracchio Staff" Tommy summoned his weapon as he and the rangers began attacking Zeltrax, Elsa, the monster and the TD's
The fight raged on as Carlos and Zhane dealt with the TD's alongside Ethan who unleashed his Super Dino Mode giving him tremendous power to decimate the reinforcements
Kira flew towards Elsa at top speed and easily defeated her by dropping her down from a high altitude and unleashing her blasters on her knocking her out
Conner took on the monster and swiftly with a slash of his Tyranno Staff followed by a Super Dino Mode Energy sphere the monster was reduced to a pile of ash
Tommy was fighting Zeltrax when the knight tried unleashing his lightning attack against him only to have it deflect it back to him
"Time to end this Zeltrax Super Dino Mode!" Tommy called out as he unleashed his new power and slashed Zeltrax sparks flying everywhere
"Argh this isn't over Tommy I will have my revenge!" Zeltrax said as he picked up Elsa and teleported out of the park area
"Oh yeah!" Everybody exclaimed as the battle was over and victory was achieved
"Better head back to the hospital Haley will only be able to make them think im in the bathroom for so long" Tommy said as they all headed towards the hospital
AU: Haley's Cyberspace hours later
"That's the good part about being friends with the leading medic of the lightspeed aquabase a quick phone call and no hassle getting discharged from the hospital" Carlos said as he handed Tommy a bottle
"Something I don't understand is how did you have morpher ready to be used Dr. O" Kira wondered
"That would be my doing when you guys were out of it due to the meteorite we detected Dino Gem signatures from the amber tommy was in so putting 2 and 2 together figured he had come across a gem so built a morpher in case that was the case" Haley as she smiled clinking her bottle with Carlos's
The former black ranger sighed as he handed her a 20$ bill
"Fine you win the bet" Carlos said as the others laughed
"Where did Zhane go?" Conner asked as he took a sip of his smoothie
"Oh he didn't want to stick around for the lecture he knew Tommy had ready for him and Carlos" Haley explained
"Oh yeah speaking of that" Tommy said as he looked at Carlos who tried sneaking from his seat
"Good timing we should get going then" Tommy said which confused the rest of the group
"Going where?" Ethan asked
"Last time I checked my closet has shortage of black clothing who better to help me with that than a member of the black rangers club right?" Tommy smirked
Carlos laughed as the too exited the room laughing at the irony
"He really is going to end up being every ranger color isn't he?" Conner joked
"He's only missing Blue, Yellow and Silver for every male color ever worn" Ethan said
" There could be a pink male ranger" Kira said
"Possibly though wouldn't count on it" Conner said as he sipped on his drink spitting his drink and bursting out laughing
Haley Kira and Ethan stared at him as he pointed out at the window
The three teens and Haley laughed as they saw Tommy scolding Carlos through the window sure that he was lecturing the Black Space ranger much to his disdain