A/N: This was a requested chapter for Emolichic1. If anyone has a request for a chapter, please leave it in the review box and I will see how well that would work out. Oh, and if you were unaware, the actors for the five main Dino Charge rangers were revealed at Power Morphicon and can be found on the Power Rangers wikia page. Now, without further ado, here's Episode 12.
This day had nothing special or significant about it, so Matt was confused when his father called him at 6:30 in the morning on a Sunday. He groaned and hit the 'decline' button before rolling over in bed and trying to fall back to sleep. Unfortunately, his father was persistent and called again.
Matt growled, rolling back over and answering the phone. "Dad, I'm trying to sleep. It's 6 in the morning."
"Oh, come on. This can't be the first time you've woken up this early." His dad laughed.
"Not on a Sunday." Matt retorted. "What do you want?"
"That's no way to talk to your father, Matthew. Ah, I'm just kidding you. I want you to come over." Stan said.
Matt groaned loudly and put his face in his pillow before answering. "Why?"
"Because, Sport, I have a date.. well, sort of. Basically, I'm having breakfast with my friend who's a woman." Stan told him. "And I told her I would bring you."
"On a 'sort of' date? I'd rather not." Matt muttered.
"Come, Matt, it'll be fun and it's not really a date. You'll see. Meet me at IHOP in an hour." Before Matt could respond, he dad hung up. He threw his phone to the ground and got out of bed. He walked over to the closet, grabbed his clothes, and walked over to his bathroom.
~PRDS~
"What if it doesn't work? What if someone sees us?" Robin questioned nervously, looking around Jesse's room to make sure no one was inside.
"You're overreacting." Jesse assured her as he came out of the bathroom without a shirt on. He shook out his wet hair like a dog before going over to his dresser, looking for a shirt to wear. "No one else is going to the movies, besides, it'll be dark in the theater." When he didn't get a response, he stood up straight and turned around, smirking at his girlfriend. "Take a picture, it'll last longer."
Robin blinked a few times and shook her head. "Sorry."
Jesse rolled his eyes playfully. "Like I'd be mad that my girlfriend is checking me out."
"Back to the subject, what if someone sees us?" Robin asked.
"You can't live your life based on 'what if's, just live in the heat of the moment. Like this," He put down the shirt he had grabbed while she was talking and picked her up, kissing her passionately on the lips before setting her back onto the ground.
Robin smiled widely. "I like that."
"I bet you do." He smirked, pulling the shirt over his head before smoothing out his hair. "And besides, you shouldn't be worried. It's 6am, who's gonna be up?"
"James."
"Besides him and anyway, what are you so afraid of? I mean, they're our best friends, and I thought most girlfriends and boyfriends were proud of having each other, I know I am." Jesse persisted.
"I don't think I can do this." Robin shook her head, beginning to pace. "Maybe we shouldn't be dating in the first place, I mean, we're us."
Jesse made a face. "Us? Yeah, I know."
Robin shook her head, exasperated. "No! I mean, all these years we've hated each other and now we're dating? That's not normal."
"Well, Robin, you don't..."
"No, I can't do this anymore."
"Robin..."
"We're breaking up." Robin said, pushing him away as he reached out for her. She walked hastily for the door, but stopped and turned around, seeing how hurt he looked. "I'm sorry." She opened the door, and walked out, leaving Jesse heartbroken and alone in his room.
~PRDS~
An hour later, Matt waited outside of IHOP for his father. Someone put their hands on his shoulders, and Matt had to mentally resist flipping him over, especially since he knew it was his dad.
"Dad, don't scare me like that." He muttered, turning back to him with embarrassment as a woman laughed from a little ways away. She began to walk towards them as Stan let go of Matt's shoulders and walked towards her, taking her by the shoulders and bringing her closer. She had shoulder length light brown hair, blue eyes, and a petite stature.
"Matt, this is my friend, Ms. Oliver." Stan introduced.
She put her hand out and Matt shook it, but not before noticing a ring on her finger. "Please, call me Kim."
"Nice to meet you." Matt nodded to her.
Stan put his arms around the two. "Shall we?"
"We shall." Kim laughed.
After ordering, Stan and Kim were conversing openly, with Matt being quiet. He noticed the way Kim was looking at him out of the corner of her eye, and it made him uneasy. Stan looked over at Matt and stood up. "Kim, could you excuse us for a second?"
"Umm... Sure."
Matt gave him a confused look, but stood up and followed his father to the restrooms. Stan checked to make sure no one else was in there before speaking. "Isn't she great?"
Matt shrugged. "I guess, but dad, you do know that 'Miss' Oliver is actually Mrs. Oliver, right?"
"What?"
"She has a wedding ring on her finger." Matt told him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh, well that's disappointing, but that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. Look, you were being a bit quiet, and I think you should be more open with us. It makes me fell like you're hiding something."
Matt mentally cringed, but said nothing on the matter. "What if she's hiding something?"
Stan was taken aback. "What? Matt, what are you trying to say?"
"I don't trust her, so I want to be with you whenever you hang out with her." Matt said. He didn't like the way Kim had given him a few looks, especially when she was eying his morpher, which was sticking out of his pocket until he forced it down.
Stan rolled his eyes. "Oh please, Matt. If you must, you must, but I don't see what your problem is."
"I can't tell you. Maybe another time."
~PRDS~
A day passed, and Matt was growing more suspicious of Kim. He had began to notice her all that day, everywhere he went, except AD, oddly enough. The next morning, Matt trudged his way into the kitchen tiredly. He had looked up Kim a bit the night before and had found some interesting information.
When he got into the kitchen, ready to tell the others, he notice they were already busy. Spencer was rushing around to try and meet his brother before school, Scott was talking with James about who knows what, and Robin and Jesse were eating and it seemed as though they were avoiding each other.
"What's going on?" He asked, taking his place at the table.
The others, besides Spencer, looked at him and stopped what they were doing. "Talking." Scott answered simply.
"Not you two. I mean, why is Jesse and Robin acting like they are and why is Spencer rushing around?" Matt asked.
"I don't know about them, but Spencer's trying to meet with his brother before school so he can help him out today." Scott answered.
"Yeah." Spencer nodded as he grabbed his backpack from him chair. "It's Reese's first day back since the incident. I have to help him out. Bye guys."
"Bye." The rangers all said.
"So what about you two?" Matt asked, looking between Robin and Jesse.
"Nothing." Robin snapped, standing up and storming out of the room.
"That didn't look like nothing." Matt narrowed his eyes at the green ranger, but he didn't respond. He merely pushed the food on his plate around with his fork sadly.
~PRDS~
"Reese!" Spencer called, catching up to him just before he left.
Reese smiled at his brother and waved with his free hand. "Hey, Spence."
"Here, let me get that." He took his brother's backpack and reached for the binder he was holding, but Reese pulled it away.
"Spencer, you gotta let me do something." Reese laughed, though he was serious. "Can I have my backpack back?"
"Did the doctors clear you to lift heavy objects?" Spencer asked wearily. He really didn't want his brother doing anything but resting, but he knew he wasn't gonna get his way.
"It's hardly heavy, but he said I can lift things under 50 pounds until I feel ready." Reese nodded. Spencer sighed and gave in, handing him his backpack. "Thank you."
"If I see one sign of pain, I'm taking that bag." Spencer told him as they walked down the street.
"Alright, Spencer." Reese nodded.
"Hi." A woman stepped in front of them, making them stop in their tracks. Spencer, being the blue ranger and a brother, stepped slightly in front of Reese. The woman had light brown hair and blue eyes; she was probably in her late 30s.
"Hello." Spencer looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to talk.
"You two go to Sol Valley High, right?" The two nodded slowly. "Good, I'm Kim, and I'm looking for Matthew Poole, do either of you know him?"
Spencer was hesitant, but answered anyway. "Umm.. a bit, why?"
"I'm a friend of his father's, I was making sure he was okay. He is okay, right?" Kim asked.
Spencer raised an eyebrow and glanced at his brother before turning back to her and nodding. "Yeah, he's fine. Look, we have to go."
"Alright, bye." The two walked pasted her and didn't hear her mutter under her breath, "Spencer and Reese."
~PRDS~
"Matt!" Spencer called at lunch as he saw the red ranger sitting alone at a table. He had left his brother with his girlfriend, Aria, while he went to find Matt. Scott came over just then, dragging Jesse and Robin behind him. James was walking behind them and sat down next to Matt as Spencer did the same on the other side of the red ranger.
"Spencer, weren't you staying with your brother today?" Scott questioned, making Jesse and Robin sit down on opposite sides of him.
Spencer nodded. "Well, yeah, but he's with his girlfriend, so here I am." He turned to Matt. "This woman — I think her name is Kim — came up to me and Reese this morning asking about you. Does she know? 'Cause she seemed kinda suspicious, especially when she comes up to a ranger and someone who knows about it."
"A woman came up to me this morning as well. I was late for school, and she caught up to me and asked me about you as well, Matt." James said.
Matt's face set into a deep frown. "She's getting too close for my liking. I'm going to confront her about it the next time I see her." Suddenly, his phone beeped.
Hey, son, you wanna come and hang with me and Kim after school? You can bring your girlfriend. His father texted.
Nikki's not in town right now, dad. Her grandmother is sick and she's helping out, but I will come if I'm free. Matt texted back before sliding his phone back into his pocket.
"Who was that?" Scott asked.
"My dad. He wants me to hang out with him and Kim." Matt answered.
"So, Kim is really your dad's girlfriend?" Spencer asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No, she's my dad's friend. She's married." Matt answered.
"Well, that's a new one, but alright." Scott nodded skeptically.
~PRDS~
A while later, the rangers all had to sneak out of class to get to a battle. They came to a stop, seeing a very dangerous looking alien standing in front of them. He laughed, hearing them coming.
"Rangers, so nice to finally meet you. I am the Ferocious Knight D, and your end." He smiled fiercely, showing all of his razor sharp teeth.
"We wont let you win, D!" Matt yelled.
"Yeah, Deboss won't win this round or the war!" Robin exclaimed.
"Deboss? Ha! I don't work for Deboss, I work for myself." D laughed at them before unsheathing his sword and holding it towards them. They gasped at the shear size of it. It was 4 feet long with both sides serrated and sharp.
Kim's sharp blue eyes watched them from a distance, and she knew they were about to morph.
"Dino Squad, Power Up!"
"Power of the Tyrannosaurus!"
"Power of the Parasaurolophus!"
"Power of the Stegosaurus!"
"Power of the Velociraptor!"
"Power of the Triceratops!"
"Power of the Pterodactyl!"
More rangers than I thought, but okay. Kim thought as she watched them charge into battle. She remembered her days as a ranger, and despite how excited she was to be a professional gymnast, she was sad to see her days as a ranger end.
The six Dino Squad rangers still had time until they had to give it up, and while they may not be enjoying themselves now, they would miss it after it was over. Kim sure did. Sometimes she even wished she could still be a ranger, but she knew it was nearly impossible, but not completely. Kim knew there was a slight possibility of this battle going wring, or Matt finding out who she was, or both.
Meanwhile, the Dino Squad rangers weren't having the easiest time fighting D. D grabbed Matt as he came at him and flung him into a nearby car with ease, smashing the top and the windshield. Matt groaned and held his shoulder, which was bleeding from a shard of glass lodged into it.
Scott and Jesse ran forward next, Jesse jumping up and flipping off of Scott's shoulder, bringing his sword down at D, but D caught it on his sword and threw him to the side. Scott blasted him, making him fall back a bit, but D recovered quickly and slashed Scott with his sword. Scott fell back and held his chest, which was beginning to bleed.
Nothing has been strong enough to make me bleed through the suit. Scott looked up at him in shock, just as Spencer barreled into D, tackling the alien to the ground, and beginning to punch him. D brought one of his legs up and threw Spencer off with a surprisingly immense force, throwing him through a nearby convenience store window.
Robin and James ran up next, feeling none too enthusiastic, with their blasters in hand. They blasted him to the ground, but it only fazed in for a few seconds before he got back up and laughed at them. "You guys sure got some fire power." He laughed. "But mine is better."
Suddenly, his sword doubled into a sword, with the tip turning into what looked like a dragon's head with and open mouth. The two exchanged confusion and horrified looks through their visors before turning back with their blasters held up defensively.
"You're blasters won't defend you against this." D laughed.
He fired a powerful blast that they countered with a shot from each of their blasters. Unfortunately, D's blaster proved to be more powerful than their blasters combined, and threw them 50 yards away, the force pushing them hard enough into the ground to make them demorph.
Kim, being herself, had to mentally force herself not to help them. She knew that if she did, she risked blowing her cover and causing more danger for the team.
Jesse resisted the urge to help Robin, and instead forced himself up and threw himself at D.
Robin watched him worriedly, and despite wanting to get up, couldn't as her injuries were preventing her. She felt bad for what she had done, and longed for him, but was still nervous of what others thought.
Jesse meanwhile was pushed back and slashed in the chest three times before being kicked in the head while already demorphed. He collapsed to the floor like a rag-doll and Robin screamed in terror.
Matt saw this scene and pushed himself up with his uninjured hand, but was weak from blood loss and lost his footing, ending up falling off of the car. He groaned in pain and pushed himself up again. His vision blurred and swam sickeningly as he stumbled forward.
D laughed and pushed him down, forcing the glass even deeper into his shoulder, making him cry out loudly in pain.
"You rangers are pathetic; hardly worth my time. Next time, you won't be so lucky, rangers." D disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving the rangers to themselves.
Kim, who had been hiding behind the convenience store Spencer had gotten thrown into, ran back and disappeared into the shadows.
James was the first one to pull himself up, helping Robin up with him. The two walked slowly over to Scott, who had finally demorphed, and pulled him to his feet as well. Robin held him up while James pulled Matt to his feet as the red ranger demorphed as well.
Matt blinked away the blurry vision to help his team and walked over to Scott and Robin, taking the black ranger from her and letting him lean on him. Matt could tell Scott was worse off than him, but as far as he could see, Jesse was most definitely the most injured.
James and Robin both hurried over to the green ranger, seeing as though he was losing a lot of blood through three gashes on his chest and a bloody mark on the back of his head from where he head collided with the concrete after being kicked in the head by D.
James and Robin pulled him up and held his arms around their shoulders. His limp body was dangling between them, and with their injuries as well, the three weren't moving fast, but they were trying as fast as possible.
"Where's Spencer?" Scott asked weakly.
He and Matt turned back to look at the convenience store where they saw Reese pulling an injured, but conscious, Spencer out of the store. The rangers looked on in shock, except for Scott and James who exchanged worried glances.
"Does he know?" Robin asked, looking at Scott who was trying to avoid being questioned.
"He heard Spencer say something to him and that led to James and I telling him about it, but it's fine. He's trustworthy." Scott defended.
Reese helped Spencer over to the others and grimaced. "You guys don't look too good."
"No shit." Scott breathed out. "You look better though."
"I would think so." Reese smiled. "So, where's this command center of yours? 'Cause I'm thinking we have to go there to get your injuries treated."
"Wait, you're gonna come?" Spencer asked, raising an eyebrow at his brother.
"You guys can barely walk, I have to help out in some way. Tell me where to go." Reese said.
~PRDS~
"You shouldn't have done that." Spencer told his brother as he rubbed his aching limbs. "You're not supposed to lift more than 50 pounds. I'm pretty sure you helping everyone in after we collapsed right outside is not 50."
Reese winced, holding his hand over his side. He sat down in a chair next to Spencer's bed in the infirmary. "Probably not, but it was worth it to help out you guys."
"You alright?" Spencer asked, leaning forward and reaching out to his brother.
Reese thought about his answer for a moment. "I don't know. I think."
"Reese, let me see." He pushed back the covers and swung his legs over the side of the bed so that he was sitting in front of his brother. He gently reached out and tried to pull Reese's had away from the injury sight, but Reese wouldn't budge. "Reese, you have to let me see."
"Spencer, I'm fine, alright. It feels better when I keep pressure on it anyway." Reese said.
"Reese, please let me see for myself." Spencer said. Reese sighed and took his hand off of his shirt, only for Spencer to see a small bloody spot on his shirt. "Reese, you're bleeding." Spencer looked extremely worried, and lifted up Reese's shirt slightly to examine the damage. "You popped a stitch."
"What?" Reese frowned. "I mean, I know I got a few new ones the other day, but that fast.. wow."
"Wait, what? Jeez, I can't even leave you alone for the weekend, can I?" Spencer frowned deeply now.
"No, Spence, it was just to secure the wound." Reese said.
"Kyro can stitch it back up for you. Kyro!" He called the extraterrestrial being over.
"I'm still not pleased you told your brother, you know." Kyro muttered as he came over. "You can't tell anyone, you know."
"Kyro," Reese shook his his and sighed. "You know I'm not going to."
Spencer looked confused. "Do you two... Nevermind, Kyro he popped a stitch."
"Of course he did. At least I have the materials out now." Kyro began working as Spencer began asking questions.
"How are the others?" He looked over at the curtain separating them from the others while Kyro worked on them.
Kyro sighed. "It is and was pretty touch and go. You and Matt are probably the best off right now."
"What about James and Robin? They got first, didn't they?" Spencer asked.
"Yes, but the strain on their injuries from carrying the others affected their pain and recovery time." Kyro explained.
"Great, so they'll be out for the next few weeks." Spencer hesitated before asking, "What about Jesse?"
Kyro was quiet for a moment as he put away the first aid kit, being done now, and sat down on the end of the bed, and sighed. "Look, Jesse was injured severely. As if the three gashes on his chest wasn't enough, he was kicked in the head, before hitting it on the ground when he fell unconscious. He has a concussion, and shouldn't be out for this long, so I don't know what to tell you, Spencer. He will wake up, but I don't know how long it'll be until he does."
They weren't silent and Kyro pushed the curtain back. The conscious rangers looked at each other and at Jesse, who didn't look too good.
Robin, who was closest to Jesse, pushed herself out of bed and into a chair next to his bed, taking his hand. "Please wake up."
~PRDS~
Later, Matt, who had made his way out of the infirmary after Kyro had pulled the shard of glass out of his shoulder and bandaged it up, walked back to the sight of the battle, knowing who he would find here. Sure enough, she was there, standing around the middle of the street, which had been blocked off due to damages earlier.
"Kim!" He ran up to her and stopped her before she could leave. "Why were you watching the battle earlier? And why are you following us? Is it because you're a spy, or is it because you were a ranger?"
"What? I have no idea what you're talking about." Kim denied. Matt could sense her evasive behavior.
"I know you were in Angel Grove when the Power Rangers were there, and is it just a coincidence that the pink ranger changed fighting styles right when you left town?"
Kim sighed. "Okay, fine, you got me, but it doesn't matter now. You guys have this under control."
Matt rolled his eyes. "Oh please. You saw the battle, and you know that we don't have this particular battle under control... And that's why I'm giving you this." He handed her a yellow colored morpher. "It only works for one morph, but that's all we need you for."
"What? I can't take this."
"You have to. Scott and Jesse can't fight, James and Robin can barely walk, and Spencer is the only one I have right now. I need your help."
Matt's morpher beeped, as did her's. "Please."
Kim smiled. "What are we waiting for? Lets go."
~PRDS~
By the time Matt and Kim got to the battle scene, Spencer was already fighting off D unmorphed. He seemed to notice the two because he pushed D back and ran over to them.
"You!" He exclaimed, staring at Kim.
She held up the morpher wordlessly as Spencer looked shockingly towards Matt. "You gave it to her?"
"I'll explain later. Ready?"
Spencer still looking shocked, nodded as Kim said, "Ready."
"Dino Squad, Power Up!"
"Power of the Tyrannosaurus!"
"Power of the Stegosaurus!"
"Power of the Apatosaurus!" Kim called.
Kim looked over herself. While she did indeed prefer pink, yellow wasn't a bad color. It brought back many memories being in the suit again, especially ones of her late best friend, Trini, the first yellow ranger. In 2001, she was killed in a car accident, and her funeral brought back the original rangers together, which is what brought Kim to Sol Valley.
A few months ago, Kim and her friends began to get readings of alien and Power Ranger activities in this area. Sooner or later, while Tommy wished to go to protect his wife and child, Kim was finally decided as the one who would go. Leaving her husband and child behind, she had been watching the rangers for a while now.
She looked at the alien right in the eyes. D was much more ferocious than anything Kim and her team had fought back in Angel Grove, but it was still an evil alien and it needed to go. While she wasn't used to handling this dangerous of monsters, or this much firepower, she was as prepared as she was gonna get.
"You three think you can stop me? Ha, you'll never stop me. I have more power than you'll ever imagine." D laughed.
"We don't have to destroy you, 'cause you're gonna wish you were dead when we're done with you!" Kim warned him.
The three grabbed their blasters and shot at D, and while he deflected Matt's and Spencer's blasts, Kim's went straight into him and knocked him back. D used his sword to pull himself to his feet and turned it into his blaster mode before shooting the three.
Kim, naturally, jumped out of the way while Matt and Spencer took the brunt of the blast. They surprisingly did not demorph, but were obviously in pain. Kim grabbed her sword from her belt and rushed at D. This is different. She thought to herself, remembering her time with her power bow.
She jumped up, flipped gracefully through the air and slashed D as she was coming down. She kicked him as he lay on the ground, but he grabbed her foot and pulled her down. She landed on her back and slammed her head into the concrete and almost demorphed. She could already tell that her head was bleeding.
She brought her sword down on D's hand, severing it from his arm and making the alien cry out in anger and pain. He kicked her in the ribs, forcing her away and stood up slamming his foot down on her chest, knocking the wind out of her lungs, before turning his blaster back into a sword and thrusting it into her shoulder.
She cried out loudly in pain just as Matt and Spencer tackled the alien off of her. They stood up quickly and blasted it over into the next street. D staggered to his feet and fell back onto one knee. Matt and Spencer thought they had him, and came very close, but D blasted the ground around him with his blaster and disappeared behind the wall of smoke.
~PRDS~
Robin sat beside Jesse as Scott and James slept. She was holding his hand and brought it up to her lips, kissing it before putting it down with her hands still around it.
"Please, Jesse, you have to wake up. Please, I'll do anything. I'll tell everyone that we're dating. I love you, and I made a mistake breaking up with you. If you wake up, I'll never leave you. Please." She begged.
She let out a sob and put her head on the bed next to his hand. She let go of his hand and held her face. She stayed like this for a few moments before she felt a hand on her head. She lifted her head and laughed in pure joy.
"Jesse." She smiled brightly and leaned over, hugging him gently. "I'm sorry, I love you. Don't ever leave me."
He kissed her head. "Never, as long as you promise the same thing."
"I promise." She nodded.
~PRDS~
Later, Kim had a sling on after being fixed up by a doctor she knew well. She smiled at the new red and blue rangers.
"Thank you guys for letting me help you." Kim said. "It was fun."
"You can stay if you like. Kyro must have a way to make the power more permanent." Matt offered.
Kim chuckled. "I think I've had enough action for a long time, but it was nice being back in the suit. I'm gonna go back to Reefside to be with my husband and daughter."
"Alright, see you Kim." Matt and Spencer waved to her.
"See you guys." She waved back as she walked out of the doctor's office to Tommy's car.
Next time on Power Rangers Dino Squad: Jesse and Robin finally reveal that they're dating to the other rangers. Meanwhile, James begins dealing with some of his own problems. Also, two new rangers appear, but don't seem to know each other all that well.
