Chapter 8

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September 7th, 2004

"Dr O. before you go off can we explain why were here?" asked Ethan.

"Dude, they are just going to laugh when you tell them," said Conner.

"It's the truth… They'll believe us."

"All right… Kira's gone…"

"Who's Kira?" asked Kimberly.

"She was in detention with the these two," said Tommy, "The one in red is Conner and the one in blue is Ethan." Then, Tommy looked at Conner and Ethan, " This is my wife, Kimberly."

"It's nice to meet you. What happened to Kira?"

"She was taken by these weird looking dinosaur things…" said Ethan

Tommy and Kimberly's jaws dropped slightly.

"They don't looked convinced," said Conner

"They're called Tyrannodrones," said Tommy.

"And you know that because?" asked Ethan.

"I helped create them."

"Class project?"

"It's a long story. For now we have to figure out what they want with Kira."

"It might have something to do with these," said Conner, as he took the Red Dino Gem out of his pocket. Tommy and Kimberly's jaws dropped again.

"How did you get those?" asked Kimberly.

"We were in the woods near the museum looking for something prehistoric," said Conner, "Then we fell in this hole and found a cave."

"Yeah, so we started to look for away out and found this large skeleton," said Ethan, "Soccer Boy here pulled down on the jaw and a door open and we found a big rock with those gems in it. So we each took one. Here's Kira's…" Ethan then reached into his pocket and handed Tommy the Yellow Dino Gem.

"We're really sorry," said Conner, "How were we suppose to know those things had, like, superpowers and those lizard things would come looking for them."

"I guess it isn't exactly something you see everyday," said Kimberly.

"Sort of like a science teacher with the ruins of an ancient civilization under his house?" said Ethan.

Kimberly stifled a small chuckle at Ethan's comment about the lab then Conner said, "Like, this isn't all really cool. Seriously, Dude, you two gotta come clean.

"OK. First of all, Don't call me 'Dude.' Second, as hard as this may seem, you two need to forget all about this… We'll find Kira…" said Tommy as he pointed to himself and Kimberly. Then, they turned and started to walk to the computer, the next thing they knew Conner was standing in front of them. Then Tommy said, "The Gem's Power is already starting to bond with you."

"You can tell us all about it now or my next parent-teacher conference."

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A half hour later, Kimberly was back in the kitchen fixing dinner when Tommy came back. He walked in the kitchen and gave Kimberly a kiss. "Did you find Kira?"

"Yeah…" said Tommy, "I guess you could say she found us."

"Huh?"

"We were heading toward town and we stopped at a stop sign. Then next thing we knew Kira was laying on the hood."

"An Invisaportal?"

"Yeah… Apparently, Mesogog rebuilt the system. Anyway, shortly after Kira appeared, Mesogog's new goon, Zeltrax appeared with about a dozen T-Drones. The kids and I were able to fight them off though…"

"Tommy… I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with all this… I mean it's one thing when we were teenagers. But we are parents now…"

"I know what your saying… And I'm not happy about it either… It would kill me if anything happened to you or Elizabeth. But, If we don't do this the whole world could be destroyed."

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The next day, Kim and Beth were at home watching TV. On the screen were pictures of mechanical dinosaurs running wild through the city. There was a T-Rex, a Triceratops and a Pterodactyl. Just then the voice of a reporter came on, "For those of you just tuning in… The entire Reefside area has been shrouded in darkness, a large spaceship is hovering over the city, and robotic dinosaurs are reeking havoc in downtown…"

"I'm scared, Mommy…" said Beth.

"Me too… Sweetheart… Me too…" said Kimberly.

"We have not yet received word from anyone claming responsibility for the chaos currently…," said the reporter on TV, "Wait a minute what's that? Can it be? Jerry! Get a shot over there," The picture changed from the dinosaurs to three Power Rangers, one Red, one Yellow, and one Blue. Kim and Beth watched as the Rangers tamed their Zords, formed their Megazord, and destroyed the spaceship. The two of them cheered at the Power Rangers' first victory in Reefside.

"Did you see that, Mommy?! That Yellow Ranger is really coo!"

"Wow, they are pretty good for rookies." thought Kim. Then, she thought back on her own days as a Ranger and smiled.

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September 11th, 2004

Conner was meeting Ethan at a place called Hayley & Rocky's Cyberspace, he saw Kira walking toward him in the opposite direction she called out to him and he said, "Ethan call you too?"

"Yeah…" said Kira, "said it was super important. What is this place anyway?"

"No clue."

"Let's check it out," said Kira, as they walked inside.

When they got in side they looked around and saw kids sitting at computers, playing video games, and just hanging out. "Wow. You think he lives here?"

"I think he wishes he lived here," said Kira

"There they are," said Ethan, "My brother and sister in crime… or at least crime fighting. Welcome to my world. What do you think?"

"Yeah I guess it's kinda cool," said Conner, "In a techno, retro, dorky sort of way."

"You can do anything here. Game, chat online, listen to music, eat, drink…"

"Who came up for the idea for this?" asked Kira.

"That would be Hayley and her husband Rocky," said Ethan, as he pointed them out. Rocky was behind the bar and Hayley was sitting at the bar talking to a teenager, "Hayley's a techno legend, MIT Grad, programming genus. Rocky's a wizard in the kitchen, worked in some of the best restaurants in California. She got tired of working for big technology, He wanted to start his own business. So they deiced to open up this place."

"Good thing for you."

"No lie."

"Anyway," said Conner, "So, what's so important?"

"I just figured, Hey, if were going to be saving the world together. I wanted you guys to see what I'm about." said Ethan.

"OK, whatever, Dude." said Conner with a little laugh.

"Hey guys, what can I get you?" asked Hayley, as she walked over to them.

"I'll just have an apple juice," said Kira.

"Oh, that's easy…" said Hayley, as she led them over to the bar… "Kira right?"

"Yeah… How'd you know?"

"Oh, I'm all about information. It's my business. Now, you sing don't you?"

"Yeah, I do."

"How about this Friday, you and your band play here. We'll call it an audition."

"Well, yeah… I mean that would be great."

"All right, see you then," said Hayley as she went to get Kira's apple juice.

"OK… I love her…" said Kira.

"That's Hayley. There's not one kid in here that either her or Rocky hasn't help out some how."

Conner sat down and said, "They haven't helped me."

Rocky walked over to him and said, "Conner McKnight. The Soccer Player. I'm surprised your not at the open tryouts for the Reefside Wave."

"Open tryouts?"

"Yeah. At their practice field right now."

"Your kidding right?

"No."

"You were saying?" said Ethan.

Conner looked at Rocky and his friends and then dashed for the door.

"Good luck bro!"

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September 17th, 2004

Kimberly walked into the lab, and saw Tommy sitting at the computer. "Tommy? We better get going if we are going to make it in time for Kira's gig at Hayley and Rocky's…"

"OK… I was just on my way up…" Just as he was about to put the computer into standby mode it started to beep.

"What's going on?"

Tommy started typing, "Soon after the kids became Rangers, I got an energy reading on the tracking system. I think it's another Gem. But the energy reading just moved, we need to get the Rangers and investigate."

"What about Beth?"

"We'll take her with us as planed and Rocky & Hayley can watch her while we check out the energy reading."

"OK… Let's go…"

"I'll be up in a second…"

Kimberly walked over to him and kissed him on lips and headed upstairs. When, Kim was upstairs, Tommy walked over to a vault on the wall, opened it and took out a Dino Morpher. He slipped it into his pocket and then headed upstairs.

A few minutes later, the Oliver Family arrived at Hayley and Rocky's Cyberspace. They were about to head in when Zeltrax and a group of T-Drones dropped from an invisaportal. Tommy and Kimberly did their best to try and fight them off but their were too many. The T-Drones grabbed the three of them and disappeared.