"This is the weirdest thing I think I've ever seen."
"I've seen weirder," Cammy stated and her father looked down at her curiously. She just shrugged before turning her attention back to Tyler.
Just as Shelby had predicted, Tyler had gone to the time capsule he had buried with his father. The pink Ranger tried getting through to him, hoping she could find Tyler buried somewhere inside his strange behaviour, but she hadn't. Instead, the red Ranger attacked her and the other Rangers. With their reluctance to hurt him and with Tyler holding no such reservations, the battle was a tough one. Fortunately, Kendall had come up with another charger. It managed to hypnotise the red Ranger and keep him asleep long enough for them to get him back to the lab.
He was secured to the wall by a chain around his ankle. No one liked holding him against his will but he had already run away from them once and attacked them twice. They couldn't be too careful.
Now, he was roaring, pulling against the chain and seemed to be snapping his jaws at anyone who walked too close. His helmet covered his face, and kept him from actually biting down on anyone and causing them real harm, but he was still too much of a threat.
"So, how do we un-T-Rex him?" Chase asked, still a little caught up on how Tyler could possibly be mistaking himself for a long extinct dinosaur. Kendall had already explained the virus Heckyl had planted in her computer and how it had messed up the charger. Sure, they were all bonded to their dinosaurs. Chase would happily admit to having dreams about the parasaurolophus and finding himself a little more intrigued to learn more about his dinosaur (though always been too lazy to do the research). But not once did he ever imagine actually being a parasaurolophus.
"I've run every scan I could possibly think of," Kendall sighed, letting her shoulders drop before she took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. "Unless we unbond Tyler from the red energem, I can't do anything."
"Nothing?" Shelby frowned. "You can't come up with some antidote or another charger or something?"
"I can give it a shot," Kendall said. "But Heckyl's virus seriously messed up Dino Super Charge. He's managed to completely reprogram Tyler's brain. Doing the same likely wouldn't fix him."
"It could just make him worse."
"I have fixed the charger," Kendall said, picking up the Dino Super Charger and handing it to Shelby. "The virus is gone and it should work next time it's used."
"That's something."
"But I'm afraid unless Tyler finds his own way out of this, there's nothing more I can do," Kendall said and looked to the red Ranger who was trying to snap at the club that Koda was holding out.
"So, you're saying we've got a pet T-Rex for the foreseeable future?" Riley asked.
"Unless you know of a better way to reach Tyler," Kendall nodded and looked to Shelby. She knew the red Ranger best. If there was something that could be said to convince Tyler to fight his way back, or something that he could see that would motivate him to overpower his T-Rex spirit, she would know.
"I said everything I could back in the forest," Shelby shook her head. "But it did nothing. I was the first one he jumped."
"Maybe you just forgot something," Riley suggested. "Maybe if you think about it a little more, something else will come."
Shelby nodded, willing to give it a shot but she didn't get the chance. The alarm in the base sounded. Right away, Kendall brought up the map.
"Looks like Heckyl's going to continue his game of hitting us while we're down," Kendall sighed. "There's alien bio-signs all over the city."
"Great, he's sent in an army," Chase frowned. Kendall shook her head.
"All the readings are the same. Either Heckyl's figured out how to clone his monsters, or it's the same one."
"If it's just one, how is he all over town?" Riley asked.
"You'll have to figure it out," Kendall said. "You guys go. Shelby, you'll stay with me and try to talk some sense into Tyler."
"Is it truly wise to go into battle short three men?" Ivan asked.
Kendall turned to Shelby, silently asking her if she would follow the boys into battle. Shelby seemed to hesitate, but it looked like she was leaning towards heading out. When Kendall saw the way she looked sadly to Tyler just before she was about to reply she cut her off.
"Do what you can for now. I'll be ready to jump in if you need me until he shows up," Kendall said. "But either way, if we can't get Tyler back, we're going to need the hand. Phillip's got to come. You'll just have to figure something out until then. Shelby's our best bet of getting Tyler back. We can't afford to send her out just yet."
"I guess that's the best we can ask for," Chase nodded his head. "Alright, guys, well do this ourselves."
As the boys headed out, Shelby looked to Kendall gratefully. She didn't want to disappoint her teammates, but she was sure that if she headed out into battle, she would be too distracted worrying about Tyler to be much help.
"Ms. Morgan..."
"Focus on Tyler," Kendall said. "I'll see if maybe there's something on the scans that I... what now," she grumbled, reaching into her back pocket when she heard her phone go off. "Kendall Morgan, and I'm a little busy so..."
The phone nearly slipped out of her hand when the person on the other end introduced himself.
"I'm on my way," she answered. Shelby, Mr. Fisher and Cammy looked to her curiously. Kendall set down all her scans, grabbed her purse and started to make her way to the elevator. After she hung up her phone, she looked to Shelby.
"Keep an eye on Tyler, Jon and Cammy until I get back."
"Ms. Morgan, where are you going?"
"A... business call," Kendall said. "It's important. Trust me."
"More important than this?" Shelby asked, pointing to Tyler who in turn tried to reach out and bite her hand. The chain around his ankle and the helmet covering his face kept him from succeeding. Kendall disappeared into the elevator with only a quick nod as a goodbye.
"You've seriously seen weirder than this?" Mr. Fisher asked, looking down at his daughter once more. Cammy simply nodded.
"Well, maybe I am just used to it."