Chapter 9: History of the Power Ranger World, Part One
Notes: Power Rangers are the property of The Walt Disney Company. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and keep reviewing. Thanks to Lavonne Adams for the name for Chapter 8.
September 18th, 2004
Mesogog was in his lab trying to open a large crystal with his mind control power, when Zeltrax and The T-Drones brought in Tommy, Kimberly and Beth.
"My Lord, the prisoners," said Zeltrax.
"Finally," said Mesogog, "tie them to the Life Force Extractor."
"What do you want with us?" asked Kimberly and her family were pulled toward the Life Force Extractor.
"How rude of me not to explain. My senses tell me this stone encases a power source, that will be most useful to me. Alas, all my efforts to retrieve this power source have been less than successful. That's were you three come in…"
"Sorry, can't help you there, I'm just a high school science teacher," said Tommy.
"And, I'm a gymnastics coach." said Kimberly.
"Really…" said Mesogog, as he got right in Tommy's face, "A High School science teacher and a gymnastics coach who have just happen to have taught three brats to become Power Rangers…"
Beth was extremely scarred she had no idea what was going on but she didn't cry. She was afraid if she did anything wrong, she'd be taken from her Mom and Dad, and never see them again so she just lied there and listened. "Mommy and Daddy know the Power Rangers?!" She thought, "That is great! We'll be saved in no time!"
"I know you know what's inside this stone, Dr. Oliver," continued Mesogog, "Your going to help me get it out or you will not like the consequences." Mesogog then lowered a large spike looking object toward each member of the Oliver family's heart.
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Meanwhile, Kira, Conner and Ethan met in the secret lab under the Oliver house…
"I think we're getting a little too freaked out about this" said Conner.
"Dr. and Mrs. O don't show up for my gig and when we get here there's no one around. I think we've achieved the exactly the right level of freaking out," said Kira.
"I guess there is only one way to figure out what the good doctor's been up to.." said Ethan as he walked over to the main computer. Conner and Kira followed close behind. He sat down at the keyboard and pressed some buttons and an image of Tommy appeared on the screen, "I'm in."
"Yeah… But where?" asked Kira.
Then the image of Tommy began to speak "I'm Tommy Oliver, and if your not me, then something must be seriously wrong. This video diary is a confidential record, only to be viewed in case of an emergency. What your about to see is a history of my life…"
"More boring dinosaur bone stories," said Conner, "yawn."
"My history… as a Power Ranger…"
"OK, un-yawn."
"My story begins in Angel Grove, when five teenagers with attitude were recruited to battle the evil space empress, Rita Repulsa." then pictures of each of the original Rangers receiving their powers appeared on the screen.
When Kimberly's face came up, "Look it's Mrs. O…" said Conner, "She was a hottie…"
"I'm just glad she's not here to hear you say that," said Kira.
"What?"
They watched as Tommy talked about how Zordon created the first Rangers, how Rita made him the Green Ranger, how he lost his Green Ranger powers, and how he gained his White Ranger powers. Then, Ethan paused the video. Kira said, "What did you do that for?"
"Because, I'm so buggin' I can't even deal" said Ethan.
"Dr and Mrs. O are the oldest living Power Rangers," said Conner.
"Not the oldest," said a female voice behind them, then all three turned around. And saw Hayley and Rocky standing there. Then, Hayley said, "Just the best."
"Hayley? Rocky?" said Ethan.
"How did you get in here?" asked Conner.
"More importantly, what do you two know about all this?" asked Kira.
"We know that Tommy, Kimberly, and Beth are in trouble," said Hayley.
"And you three are the only ones who can help them," said Rocky.
"I've been helping Tommy prepare the Ranger energy since grad school," said Hayley, "Who do you think built the morphers? I mean Tommy's good with dinosaurs and fossils. But a rocket scientist, he ain't."
Conner looked at her and asked "And let me guess you are?"
"Among other things," said Hayley.
"What about you, Rocky? How do you fit into all of this?"
"I was also a Power Ranger… I was Jason's replacement."
"Okay," said Kira, "So, you guys know who we are, you know what we are. Do you know where Dr. and Mrs. Oliver are?"
"We think we have a pretty good idea," said Rocky.
Hayley opened her bag and took out a disk with the DinoThunder logo on it. Rocky and Hayley sat down at the computer and she put the disk in. The Rangers stepped behind them. On the screen it showed Tommy and Kimberly fighting Tyrannodrones outside the Cyberspace and Hayley said, "This is a surveillance tape from the day of your gig, Kira."
"Why didn't they just morph?" asked Conner, "I mean they're Power Rangers."
"Not anymore," said Rocky, "or didn't you get that far." Rocky pressed a couple of buttons on the keyboard and the video diary continued.
They watched as Tommy talked about how Rocky, Aisha, and Adam joined the team; the Rangers loosing their powers, the journey to get the Ninja powers, Kim giving Kat her power coin, the creation of the Zeo Rangers, Jason becoming the Gold Ranger, the creation of the Turbo Rangers, and the transfer of powers to the new Turbo Rangers. Hayley paused the video and said, "After that Tommy went to college where he reunited with Kimberly and met yours truly. But, when he found the Dino Gems, he knew he couldn't escape the power for long."
"Seeing as how I don't want us to be the end of the line," said Ethan, "Can we get back on the subject of finding Dr. and Mrs. O?"
"Hey I just thought of something," said Kira, "What about Invisaportals? There all over the city. If we could find one, we could get into Mesagog's lab."
"I've been working on that very thing," said Hayley, "Unfortunately, I need just a little more time."
"OK what are we suppose to do while your' doing that?" asked Conner.
"Here," said Rocky, "Watch more of your heritage. You might learn something."
Then the video started again. Tommy talked about Divatox destroying the Power Chamber, the Turbo Rangers meeting up with Andros and receiving the Astro Morphers, the unfreezing of the Silver Ranger, the Space Rangers victory over Astronomon, the creation of the Lost Galaxy Power Rangers and their victory over Trakenna, the Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers, the Titanium Ranger.
Just then Hayley paused the video and Rocky said, "Hey! I was watching that!"
"Sorry, but I've got something," said Hayley.
"What? You found them?" asked Conner.
"Almost… I've got a lock on the backdoor to Mesagog's firewall. In theory, it should lead us straight to an invisaportal."
"Then what?" asked Kira.
"I'll let you know when I get there," said Hayley, with a bit of uncertainty in her voice.
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Meanwhile back at the Mesagog's Lab…
"Once I access the power in this rock," said Mesogog, "My dream of returning the planet to it's prehistoric roots, will be a mere formality."
"Why can't you just rule the earth like all the other sickos?" said Kimberly.
"Are you going to tell me how to open that stone or not?" Mesogog asked Tommy.
"Take a wild guess," said Tommy.
Mesogog hissed and said, "Have it your way…" He then turned the machine on and the Life Force Extractor started to charge up. "Why are they always so stubborn?"
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Back at the Dino Lab, Hayley wasn't having much luck breaking into Mesogog's lab. "Either I'm loosing my touch or Mesogog is really smart."
"For a mutant freak…" said Rocky.
"What's it doing now?" asked Kira.
"It's retrieving more Rangers history," said Hayley.
Tommy in the video then talked about the Time Force Rangers, the Quantum Ranger, the Wild Force Power Rangers and the Ninja Storm Power Rangers.
"Whoa!" said Ethan, "Ninja's are real! I knew it!"
"My brother taught me some of his moves," said Conner. He did a spin kick and kicked one of the computer's servers and the screen went blank.
"Please tell me that did not just happen!" said Kira.
"I think we just lost our last hope of finding Tommy, Kimberly, and Beth."
Hayley worked on fixing the computer and a few minutes later Conner asked, "Anything?"
"Got it!" said Hayley.
"We're so lucky you're a genius!" said Rocky.
"Even geniuses need help sometimes," said Hayley, "That little jolt must have done something to the wiring, because I'm getting something."
Tommy appeared on the screen and said, "With the return of Mesogog, it became necessary to invoke the power of the Dino Gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are in charge of protecting the planet…" said Tommy's voice. Then, on the screen, appeared pictures of Ethan, Conner, and Kira. Below each of there pictures was a picture of each ranger standing in front of their respective Zord.
"It's us," said Kira.
"…your in good hands."
"He really trusts us," said Conner.
"He does," said Hayley.
"We have to save them," said Ethan, "We owe it to him."
"The whole world owes both of them."
Just then the computer started beeping, "It worked!" said Hayley, "I've got a lock on an invisaportal!"
"Time to go save a teacher and his family," said Conner…