Chapter Thirteen-Double Trouble

The next day, the teens went straight to the Command Center. They had an hour before school and were eager to find a way to help Trent.

When they arrived they found Dr. Oliver seated on the floor his back against the console and Kim in his arms. The Two adults were still sleeping.

"Looks like they made up." Kimberly said with a smile.

For a moment, the teens stood silent. It was a warming sight to see the people who seemed to have hated each other so comfortable in each others arms.

It was a sight Kira hated to end, but Trent's life was at stake. She walked over to the couple to wake them. Billy grabbed her arm.

"Maybe, we should go to the school and devise a plan of our own." he said quietly.

"Yeah," Ethan whispered." I don't want to wake them.

She nodded her agreement and the entire group teleported out of the building.

School was pretty uneventful. The Rangers informed Trent's teachers he suddenly fell sick. At least one of the teens were in each of Trent's classes and turned in his homework.

Several times during the day, Kira was seen wiping away stray tears and whomever was closest to her would comfort her.

So, their day at school came and went.

At Angel Grove Waterfront, Trent, his evil White Ranger clone, Elsa, Rito, Goldar, Triptoids, Z-Putties, and Tyrannodrones appeared. They began their destruction. They blew up a few buildings and scared the shit out of people.

All part of a plan to lure the Rangers to the location were they planned to kidnap the Black Brachio Ranger and the White Falcon Ranger.

Walking through the park, the Dino Thunder teens and Mighty Morphin Rangers were headed to Youth Center for a triple chocolate fudge brown smoothies to cheer Kira up, when their communicators went off.

"Zordon?" Tommy said into the device when they found a secluded area.

"An attack at the Waterfront," Tommy's voice said back at him. "I'll met you all there."

"We're on our way, Dr. Oliver."

"Ready?" Conner said instantly.

"Ready." Kira and Ethan said back.

"It's Morphin Time." Tommy said.

"Dino Thunder Power Up!"

"Black Ranger Power!"

"Pink Ranger Power!"

"Blue Ranger Power!"

"Yellow Ranger Power!"

"Red Ranger Power!"

"White Ranger Power!"

Morphed the Rangers teleported to the Waterfront.

"Trent?" Kira squeaked.

"Hi, Kira." Trent said darkly. "Miss me?"

"What have they done to you?" Conner asked. He looked his White Ranger up and down. The stance familiar and chilling.

"Isn't it obvious Red Ranger?"

"Oh no," Kimberly groaned.

"He's evil." Ethan stated. "They always call us by our colors when they're evil."

"Correct as always, Blue Ranger."

"How?" Tommy asked.

Trent recited the spell Rita used to turn him. Both Tommy and Dr. O stiffened.

"Enough talk." Trent's clone demanded. "Let's get this over with."

With that said he initiated the first attack. He headed straight towards Dr. Oliver. Rito and Goldar ganged up on Tommy. Trent attacked Kira.

The White Drago Ranger took his sword from its sheath and swung it to hit Kira in the head. Kira summoned her Ptera Grips and blocked his attack.

"Trent?" she struggled. "Why?"

He kicked her away from him and shrugged.

"I'm evil."

He charged at her ready to run his blade through her heart.

"Not for long buddy." Conner said from behind him. His Tyranno Staff hitting Trent's side.

"Red Ranger. I've been dying to fight you, especially recently."

"What for? Is it because you're evil again?"

"No," Trent said and ran up to the Red Tyranno Ranger, his blade ready to slice at Conner. "You've taken what's mine."

"What?" Conner exclaimed dodging the attack. "I don't want anything you have or had."

"Kira."

The sudden spill of her name from the White Ranger's name stunned Kira and she fell to her knees. Conner froze and was speared in the gut by stinging blade of Trent's weapon. The pain forcing him out of consciousness. He's Ranger armor disappearing.

Trent saw his opportunity to rid the world of Conner McKnight and was prepared to take it. He kneeled and grabbed the Red Ranger's hair to left him off the ground. His right arm, twitching in delight, raised his sword high.

"White Ranger," Elsa snarled. "We're not here for that. Do what you were brought her for."

Trent growled and slammed Conner's head back to the ground and stood to reluctantly walk away from his rival. His attentions turned toward his clone and teacher. He sent his laser arrows toward the Black Ranger at the very same time his clone had.

Dr. Oliver cried out in pain as he felt the stinging lasers. He was flung through air by the double attack and hit the water. He groaned as he tried to sit up. He saw both White Drago Rangers coming his way. He fell back to the salt water, his head dizzy and the pain spreading all over his body. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness were the evil White Rangers leaning down at him.

The White Drago Rangers lifted Dr. Oliver's body from the ground and they disappeared.

Meanwhile, Tommy was having a hard time fending off Rito and Goldar. He had forgotten how difficult they could be to defeat. Memories of how his team lost their original powers and he losing his white tiger powers flashed through his mind as Rito's sword caught his side. Memories of his earlier Goldar and stories from his fellow Rangers encounters with Rita's right hand henchman came to forefront also. The two he fought were formable foes, indeed.

He thought he done for, when he heard a ear bleeding shriek from his right. He turned to the noise and Kira as she protected Conner's prone body from triptoids and Tyrannodrones.

He nodded his thanks before taking a good look around him. Elsa was beating Kimberly and Aisha, Triptoids, Putties, and Tyrannodrones had spread the others out. He couldn't even see Billy. He was even more worried when he didn't see his older self nor the Doublemint twins.

"Ranger's back to the Command Center, Now." He shouted into his communicator. He wanted to make sure they all got the order.

The Rangers immediately teleported back to the Command Center to a distraught Kim Hart.

"Idiots." Zedd 's voice boomed causing Rito and Goldar to quiver in fear. "You allowed him get away. Why I oughta..."

He raised his staff menacingly. He growled and turned away them. He was seriously pissed off. Mesogog was booming with pride and holding it over his head his evil White Rangers accomplish their goal and Zedd's failed.

"We would have got him if it wasn't for the banshee." Rito groaned cleaning out his ears and pulled out a lot of disgusting foreign objects.

"I'm surprised you heard anything." Elsa said, her face turned up in disgust.

Rito gave her a look that said, 'huh?'. She just rolled her eyes.

"Forget your failure." Zedd told his brother-in-law and the flying monkey. "We have two of their Rangers. All we need to do is draw out the last and take him. They can only stay at the Command Center for so long. Their parents will begin to worry and those goody goods wouldn't want that.