Disclaimer; I do not own the power rangers.
A/N: I know a lot of stories say that Dr O was 'one of the guys' with the Dino Teens, but I just don't see it lasting. They're friends, and somewhat close, but I think that with time it would have become 'The Old Guys' and the 'Dino Teens'.
Ethan had spent a year either fighting for his life or running for it. The day after he drained his gem, he slept. He slept so long and so deeply that his mother began to freak out that he had narcolepsy or was in a coma or something. Ethan handled it like he always did. He ignored her. After making himself a sandwich, he headed to the Cyberspace, intent on enjoying at least what was left of the afternoon. As he stepped into the Cyberspace, he heard Kira's "Conner, I'm going to kill you!" war cry and he had to smile.
It didn't seem like a day at Cyberspace without Kira attempting to murder Conner. He glanced around for his friends, and nearly went sprawling when Conner popped up behind him, "Save me," the red ranger said, "she's going to really do it this time!"
Ethan could only shake his head and head for the table that had become the Dino Thunder's, simply by the fact that the first one there defended it against all comers. Trent was sitting there, but Ethan did not see Kira.
Just as Ethan was taking his seat, the yellow ranger appeared. Except the yellow ranger wasn't yellow today, she was, "Purple?" Ethan blurted out.
Kira sat down in her chair and grinned at him, "I know; I can wear something other than yellow." She shrugged, "It was just an experiment. I don't think I like purple though, it's never been my favorite color or anything."
Kira was the first of them to experiment with a new color, but they all did. In the end, they kept to their own color. Except Ethan, he was happy in his blue jeans and shirt of the moment. They went to college, Kira and Trent in New York, Ethan went to the local community college before heading to MIT and Conner got a clue and picked up a business and kinesiology degree on his way to founding his not-for-profit soccer camps.
As the college years went on, they stopped seeing as much of Dr O as they had in school, but every summer, the four so-called Dino-Teens made their plans. Freshman year, they road tripped. Kira wasn't able to fly home, so Trent got his dad to help Ethan and Conner fly to New York and the four of them drove home in one of the most awesome SUVs Ethan had ever seen. They only got lost 34 times (Ethan counted), but they also saw some pretty impressive sites. And maybe they'd never be able to go to Nebraska again, but they had fun.
Sophomore year, Kira was hired by a cruise line to play for the summer. Ethan got a job as a steward while Conner worked in the fitness room. Trent found a new artistic medium as a photographer and they were set for a summer in the Caribbean. It wasn't Ethan's fault that the computers crashed on their last cruise, really. He even fixed the problem for them.
Junior year was another road trip. This time, it was Trent's fault. His blood grandmother in Honduras had written him a letter to come home and Trent decided to go. Ethan, Conner and Kira jumped at the idea of a summer in South America, picturing beaches and beer all the way. Trent "forgot" to tell them that his grandmother lived in a small village that wasn't even remotely close to a tourist destination. Instead of beaches and beer, the quartet pitched in to build a school and a library with a group of college missionaries.
Senior year and Anton Mercer surprised them by arranging for them to 'backpack' Europe. It was fun, they couldn't speak the language of half the countries they visited, but they all got 'real Swiss watches' and Conner fell in love with a French girl. And if they left Bulgaria in the middle of the night on a train they weren't scheduled to be on, well, anyone could have made the same mistake if they didn't know the language.
Ethan never knew what his friends were up to when they showed up on his door, but as he settled into his job at a small computer programming company, he had the pleasure of seeing Conner charm his secretary while Kira found out who handled his vacation time. When he bought the company from his boss, and set out to save it, Conner showed up to help with the accounts between camps, Trent designed his logo and Kira took on the task of secretary for a year.
All in all, life after blue was fun. When the kids started showing up, it got even better.