Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers.

Chapter 12 – Thunder Storm

With Connor's new Triassic Power, Mesogog was even more screwed then normal, a fact he didn't take kindly too. Over the first few months of 2005, he reigned his fury down upon them, but didn't end up getting very far. Their teamwork had gotten too good and the added power made it practically impossible for Mesogog to win anything. Of course, the Rangers knew he'd never give up, things would eventually come to a head and end in one spectacular and massive battle to decide the fate of the Earth; that's what always happened, and there was virtually no chance of it not happening this time as well. However, as the Rangers waited for that battle to come, for Mesogog to get that desperate, they went about their daily lives, school, work, monster attacks, with the occasional interruption in their routine; like the one that took place in mid March. Kira and Trent were studying at the Cyberspace, Connor having soccer practice and Ethan computer club, when a familiar person walked in, or at least, Kira thought he was familiar.

"Trent, does that guy at the bar look familiar to you?"

"The one in the blue hat?" Kira nodded. "Not really. Why?"

"I'm sure I've seen him before."

"Well go ask him."

"I'm not just gonna go up to some guy I don't know. Whatever happened to ensuring kids know not to talk to strangers?" Trent snorted and stifled at laugh.

"What ever happened to ensuring kids know to run from monsters hell bent on destroying Earth?" He countered. "Maybe if you were a regular kid I'd be worried, but you aren't. Not to mention we're in the crowded Cyberspace. If he tries to get you to follow him outside, yell, and I'll take back my sarcasm." With a minor glare, Kira shoved her book aside and went over to the bar, approaching the man who's face she knew she recognized from somewhere, and should really remember where, but couldn't quite place.

"Hey." She said in greeting. The man turned around to face her but had to lower his gaze to her height, not having expected a kid to be there. "Have we met? It's just you seem really familiar…"

"I don't think so. I'm Blake." He offered his hand to shake, intrigued by this little girl.

"Maybe you've met my parents then, Tommy and Kimberly Oliver?" She tried again, realizing that someone who must be in their twenties might know her parents and she'd seen him around once or twice.

"Can't say I have."

"Sorry, you just look so familiar, but I guess I'm wrong."

"Do you follow motocross?" He asked, though he pretty much already knew the answer.

"No, not much time for that between Disney princesses and Kim Possible." She replied, attempting to keep the sarcasm out of her voice and assuming that was what kids her age were into; she didn't really keep up with popular trends in her class. "Why? Is that what you do?" Her answer came in the form of a teen, who was obviously a fan, wanting an autograph. "Ok, so you're famous for riding a motorcycle."

"Don't be so surprised." He said, a little defensive about his sport.

"Oh, no, I'm not surprised, my dad used to race cars when I was really little. I just guess I forgot there were some pretty famous people in NASCAR, and motocross." She amended to include Blake's sport.

"Yeah, I guess it's not exactly Hollywood. Or Disney princesses." He joked having caught on that she wasn't nearly as in to them as she led on. "Look, I'd invite you to come check it out-"

"But it'd be creepy if some random dude gave tickets to a ten year old, no worries. Trent!" She called, motioning the White Ranger over. "This is Trent, one of my babysitters, Trent this is Blake, he's a racer in motocross."

"Nice to meet you." Said Trent, shaking Blake's hand.

"Now it wouldn't be creepy if you gave the tickets to him, now would it?" Blake full out laughed this time, deciding he liked this kid.

"No I guess it wouldn't." he said, reaching into his jacket pocket and handing some passes over to Trent. "Keep an eye on that one, yeah?"

"Every minute of every day." Trent responded with a smirk. "It's why I'm only one of the babysitters; you have no idea the trouble she gets into."

"I do not!" Kira cried as they said goodbye to Blake and Trent led her back to finish her homework.

-C/K-

At the Oliver residence, Hayley, Tommy and Kimberly were taking a look at Hayley's new system to monitor the city, except it seemed to be malfunctioning.

"I've checked the routines, the sub-routines, every line of code, it just doesn't make any sense." Said Hayley. "This is a map of California. If this reading were accurate we'd have a blanket of evil spreading over the entire state."

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time." Said Kim, referring to when the Demons' evil had spread to all of California when they had the Cyborg Rangers under their control. Tommy's lips thinned at the thought and he placed one arm around Kim and the other over their unborn child. Kim was now at the end of her second trimester and just like the last time, six, almost seven, months pregnant, looked a lot more on her tiny frame. She'd learned this time round that it was one of the reasons Tommy was so protective of her when pregnant, cause apparently from six months onwards she looked ready to give birth at any moment, in Tommy's eyes anyway, regardless of the fact that she had three months left. She'd missed this fact the last time for their bond had still been forming, and they hadn't been nearly as in tune with each other, a fact that offered many perks for both Tommy and Kim through this pregnancy. With their bond now as strong as it was, Tommy knew her cravings the moment she did, he knew when the baby was making her uncomfortable or the added weight caused her back or feet to hurt, and in all cases he was able to react within moments; it did, of course, help that they were married and in the same house, unlike last time where Kim had had to call him on the communicator and wait for him to arrive.

For her part, Kim could tell when Tommy's overprotectiveness wasn't blown out of proportion, or for the simple reason that she was pregnant, but rather because he was truly worried about her, at which point both he and the Falcon needed to protect their mate from whatever made them worry, even if it was just her staying put and him fetching whatever she needed. It helped with Kim's temper, which had flared many times at Tommy's overprotectiveness when she'd been pregnant with Kira, and helped to ensure that there were less times she snapped at him, though they did still exist, and the bond let Tommy know when he was on thin ice. All in all this pregnancy went smoother then the last one, for obvious reasons, though Kim found that eleven years had dimmed her memory of what it was like to be pregnant, and there were some surprises or differences this time around. Such as her tiredness; she got tired a lot more easily, which annoyed her for, as she put it, she was only newly turned twenty-seven and far from old. It was also why Tommy found himself being in charge of getting the nursery ready, with some help from the boys. They were converting the spare bedroom into the nursery, having quite easily come to the decision that the pull out couch would do should one or two of their family or friends visit, while the floor would do should a group descend on them.

"You sure it's a computer problem?" Tommy double-checked.

"It better be. Or we've got some major trouble." Hayley mumbled.

-C/K-

The tickets Blake had given them were for the beginning of Nationals, which started that afternoon. He had given them a pass that admitted five people, which worked well for them as with Connor and Ethan they made four.

"I like this guy already." Connor announced after Trent had relayed their meeting with Blake. "He's certainly got you pegged." Kira shot her mate a glare but said nothing, promising retribution should he keep it up. The four made their way to the track and staked out spots to watch the race. When it was Blake's turn it became clear why he was a famous racer and flattened the competition.

"Let's go say hi." Said Kira once Blake had won his preliminaries and was done for the day. "And tell me if you recognize him, cause I still swear I've seen him somewhere before." As they approached both Connor and Ethan shook their heads saying they've never seen him before.

"Hey!" Said Blake upon laying eyes on the group. "So what did you think?"

"It was pretty cool." Kira admitted.

"Man it was awesome!" Said Connor. "I'm Connor by the way." He held out his hand for Blake to shake, closely followed by Ethan.

"Ethan."

"Blake." The two introduced. The five of them talked for a bit and Blake explained more about motocross, before Kira instructed Connor to invite Blake back to the Cyberspace, knowing it'd be a bit weird if a kid did, planning to get her dad to take a look at him in the hope that Tommy would recognize him, for it was really starting to bug Kira that she couldn't remember where she knew him from.

"Yeah sure." Blake said in response to Connor's invitation. "I gotta do a bit of press first, but after sounds great. I'll meet you-" A beeping sound cut Blake off and he excused himself, heading for his bag. This was lucky for the Rangers as seconds later their communicators went off. The boys stood in front of Kira blocking her from sight as she was the easiest to hide, as she answered the call.

"Go ahead."

"Kira, you and the guys need to get back to the Dino Lab now. We've got trouble."

"We're on our way." Blake returned almost at the same time that Kira emerged from behind the boys.

"Hey rain check?" Both Connor and Blake said at the same time.

"Sorry, her parents called, they want her home." Connor offered in explanation.

"Yeah no worries. I gotta meet up with a friend anyways, he needs my help with something."

"Cool, maybe we'll catch you later." Said Ethan as they and Blake went their separate ways. Once out of sight behind some trailer, the Rangers hit their teleportation buttons, arriving seconds later at the Dino Lab.

"Mesogog's made some new friends." Said Tommy. The four looked at the screen and saw two butt ugly monsters leading some Tyrannodrones and other foot soldiers they'd never seen before, right alongside three Rangers who were attacking the city.

"Great, more evil Rangers." Ethan muttered with distain. "No offense Trent."

"None taken."

"We gotta head them off." Said Kira. "Ranger powers and Mesogog's power will see the city destroyed in under an hour."

"You four go, I'm gonna stay back and work with Hayley and Kim on a way to free them from whatever evil is controlling them." Said Tommy. "But call if you need me." The four nodded and stood back to morph.

"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

"White Ranger, Dino Power!" Hopping on their Raptor Cycles and ATV they sped out of the cave, arriving downtown a few minutes later.

"You do realize you're supposed to be the good guys right?" Connor said to the evil Rangers. They had to try talking to them first, it was standard operating procedure when a Ranger was evil, even if they knew the evil's hold on them had to be strong, otherwise the Rangers would have broken free all on their own long ago. The standard taunting and condescending reply was given and the battle began. They paired off by Ranger colour, Trent going to fight the two monsters, and Kira fought against Earth's first male Yellow Ranger, the second in Ranger history after the Yellow Aquitar Ranger, whom Kira had only met once that she could remember. He was a strong opponent and his added powers, especially his ability to disappear and travel through the earth, was handy for a Ranger, but getting on Kira's nerves when he used it to avoid her Ptera Scream, making her own added ability practically obsolete. Eventually these new Rangers, along with the monsters and foot soldiers, proved to be too much for the Dino Rangers and they were forced to retreat. They returned to the Dino Lab and got a pep talk from Tommy before deciding to head home for the night.

-C/K-

The following day, Ethan, Connor and Kira returned to the Cyberspace, wanting to be downtown in case there was another attack, while Trent stayed back and took Kim's place in the still ongoing search for a way to bring the evil Rangers back once the expectant mother had conceded to her husband's continued badgering to go take a nap cause he knew she was tired. The Rangers hoped there wouldn't be an attack on the city until they could bring the Ninja Rangers back, but their hope was off, and while there wasn't an attack on the city, one came for them specifically in the form of the three evil Rangers. Seeing Power Rangers, the patrons of the Cyberspace didn't automatically run, they were their saviours after all, but they did run when the Red Ranger raised his arm and sent a mini tornado through the room, knocking the Rangers to the ground, and the civilians to the door.

"Can I get you anything?" Connor growled as he helped his mate up. "A doughnut maybe, or a muffin?"

"I try to stay away from sugar." Said the Red Ranger as all three powered down; evil or not, they still guarded their identities. "It makes me hyper."

"I'd hate to see him when he gets hyper." Ethan muttered.

"Well come on already!" cried the female Blue Ranger, the first of her kind. "We have some unfinished business to attend to."

"We're not gonna fight you here." Said Connor.

"Well then we're just gonna have to destroy you." Said his Ninja Ranger counterpart.

"We'll meet wherever you want. But you come alone."

"Why should we agree to that?"

"It's called honour. I thought you ninjas knew all about that." Said Kira, inwardly cursing her shortness, and subsequently her age, as they now stood face to face with the Ninja Rangers and she was forced to crane her neck to look into the Yellow Ranger's eyes.

"Fine." The Red Ranger snarled after a moment. "Under the Hubber Bridge. One hour. The six of us, no one else."

"Fine. We'll be there." With Connor's acceptance the three Ninja Rangers used their ninja powers to book it out of there.

"Dude, ninja streaking? How cool is that?" Ethan couldn't help but comment.

"Dude, so not the time." Connor countered. The three remained to help Hayley's employees clean up the place, leaving with fifteen minutes to spare as they wanted to get there first.

"So if they use special powers, we use special powers." Said Connor, taking charge. "If they morph, we morph. Sound good?" The two barely had time to nod before the Ninja Rangers streaked in, once again knocking the Dino Rangers to the ground.

"Still think their streaking is awesome?" Connor grumbled to Ethan.

"Not so much anymore, no." Ethan grumbled right back. The battle between them once again started and they once again paired off by colour, which seemed to be a trend whenever Rangers went up against, or fought alongside, other Rangers. This battle was still pretty clearly in the Ninja Rangers favour, though this time round Kira listened for where the Yellow Ranger would emerge from the ground and managed to get a couple of good hits in. After fighting for only a few minutes, the Ninja Rangers knocked them back and prepared to morph.

"No wait!" Came a voice from off to the side. Three men joined the Ninja Rangers, one of whom looked very familiar.

"Blake?" Kira asked, while smacking herself for not having realized it before. "That's why I recognized you. You're a Power Ranger."

"But I take it you're not here to help us." Growled Connor, not liking that the one who had befriended his mate had betrayed her. And them.

"Nope. We stick with our own kind."

"Lothor has shown us the error of our ways." The blonde one added.

"Whoever doesn't follow us, we'll destroy." The third one, who wore glasses, said.

"This is gonna be great." Said the Yellow Ranger with an evil smirk.

"Wait." The one with glasses said as all three of the newcomers turned to their friends. "First you have to take these." He pulled three discs out of his pocket and held them out to the Ninja Rangers. "A little power boost directly from the Abyss of Evil."

"Abyss of Evil?" Connor whispered, wondering where the hell these names came from. Kira smacked him and nodded for him to shut up and watch.

"But we already have our powers." The Blue Ranger said suspiciously.

"Not these one."

"You'd better be right about this." The Red Ranger said as the three took the discs and replaced them with the ones on their Morphers.

"Believe me, you won't be sorry." With just a moment's hesitation, the three activated their new Power Discs. A surge of energy went through them and they fell to the ground unconscious, though they came to moments later, very disoriented.

"You guys ok?" Blake asked as he helped the girl up, her smile and bright eyes during this situation indicating her love for him, which was completely reciprocated, if Blake's own expression was anything to go by.

"Dude what happened? My bell is seriously rung." Said the Yellow Ranger.

"How did we get here? The last thing I remember…" said the Blue Ranger, trying to figure out exactly what the last thing she remembered was.

"Lothor." Explained Blake. "He's back."

"Yeah we know, Sensei told us." Said the Red Ranger.

"That wasn't Sensei." Said the blonde.

"No, dude, I know Sensei when I see him."

"No it's Lothor." Said Blake, beginning to wonder why he even bothered.

"Ok, unless it was Lothor dressed as Sensei." The Yellow Ranger concluded, finally getting it.

"Ok, while this is all highly amusing, will one of you explain to us exactly what the hell is going on?" Connor asked, deciding enough was enough and he wanted answers.

"Are you really back?" Ethan asked the hopefully formerly evil Rangers.

"Yeah we're back. I'm Shane." Said the Red Ranger, offering his hand to his fellow Red.

"I'm Connor. These are my friends, Ethan and Kira."

"Nice to meet you. This is Dustin and Tori."

"And Cam, and my brother Hunter." Added Blake.

"Hey."

"So now that the introductions are over, can we get back to what the hell is going on?" Ethan asked. "Most importantly, who is Lothor and what are we gonna do about him? Cause I'm guessing he's not here for the scenery."

"You'd guess right." Said Cam. "Lothor's bad news."

"Why don't we head back to our command centre?" Kira suggested. "You can explain things to all of us there." The Ninja Rangers quickly agreed and called Sensei over, who had hid in case their plan didn't work, for they didn't want Lothor to know he'd escaped.

"This is my father, Kanoi Watanabe, and the head Sensei of the Wind Ninja Academy." Cam introduced.

"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." He said in an accented voice.

"Pleasure's ours." Kira said before raising her communicator. "Dad come in."

"Go ahead Kira."

"The Ninja Rangers are back. We're standing by with them and their Sensei for teleportation."

"Right." Came his reply as the feeling of teleportation overwhelmed them all. Having never teleported before, the Ninja Rangers fell down upon rematerializing, though their Sensei kept his balance.

"You get used to it." Connor said as he helped Shane up and offering them all seats wherever they could find one.

"Everyone this is my dad, Tommy Oliver, the Black Dino Ranger."

"And the first Red Turbo Ranger, the Red Zeo Ranger, the Original White Ranger and the Original Green Ranger if I'm not missing any." Connor added with a smirk.

"Dude, you were an Original Ranger?!" Dustin cried. "That is so cool!" Tommy gave the Yellow Ninja Ranger an indulgent smile before sending a glare at his student.

"Be glad Kim isn't here." He said, knowing she'd be miffed at Connor having incited Ranger hero worship at a time like this.

"Be glad I'm not here for what, Thomas?" Came Kim's voice from the stairs.

"Of course she'd hear my comment." He muttered before going over and helping her, rather unnecessarily, down the final steps.

"Woah!" All the Ninja boys, except Cam who was too mature and self-controlled, gasped, jumping out of their seats at seeing a heavily pregnant woman waddling down the stairs. Hunter and Dustin, who were the nearest to Kim, immediately wheeled their chairs over to her, offering her their seats, much to the slight annoyance of Kim, and amusement of everyone else.

"Guys she's pregnant." Tori said with an eye roll. "She's not going to break. You act like you've never even seen a pregnant woman before."

"Seen from a distance." Dustin said. "Not up close." With a laugh and head shake of her own, Kira stepped forward to finish the introductions, deciding to go with Hayley first this time, in case hero worship set in once again.

"That's Hayley over by the computer, she's our tech expert." Hayley waved upon hearing her name but didn't even turn around from whatever she was doing. "And this is my mom. The Original Pink Ranger."

"And the Pink-"

"We get it Connor, she's served on more then one Ranger team." Tommy snapped, angry at the younger man not so much for what he said, but for the fact that Kim had heard his comment, and not Connor's.

"So what's going on?" Kim asked. "Last I heard you were still evil." The Ninja Rangers then started in on their tale, Cam, Blake and Hunter telling most of it.

"We were about to fall inside, but dad got there just in time." Said Cam once they reached the part of the story that had the Thunder Rangers and the Samurai Ranger heading into the Abyss of Evil.

"So we faked being on Lothor's side to get you to take the right Power Discs." Finished Hunter.

"We're glad you're here." Said Tommy. "But now it's time to get down to business."

"Tommy is right." Said Sensei, immediately gaining his former students' attention. They still goofed off a lot, but they'd learned long ago that when it came to Lothor, they'd best listen when Sensei was speaking. "We have a serious problem on our hands."

"And it's gonna take all of us to defeat him."

"We've got company!" Hayley called from the computer. Every Ranger rushed over to the computer and saw that the final assault was upon them. Their enemies had truly joined forces, and launched a full out attack. The Rangers all teleported to the quarry, which was a favoured battle location, and fell into line, ready to morph.

"Be careful guys. But let's get it done." Tommy instructed. Connor and Shane stepped forward, leading the group in their morphs.

"You guys ready?"

"Ready!"

"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

"White Ranger, Dino Power!"

"Ninja Storm Ranger Form!"

"Thunder Storm Ranger Form!"

"Samurai Storm Ranger Form!"

"HA!"

"Tyranno!"

"Tricera!"

"Ptera!"

"Brachio!"

"Drago!"

"Dino Thunder!"

"Power of Air!"

"Power of Earth!"

"Power of Water!"

"Crimson Thunder!"

"Navy Thunder!"

"Samurai Power!"

"Ninja Storm!"

The mandated explosion of run off power went off behind them, making for a cool scene, though it didn't seem to intimidate their enemies one bit. Six of the Rangers, three Dino and three Ninja, called on their respective cycles, once again paired off by colour, and began using their speed and fire power to wreak havoc against the two monsters Lothor had brought with him as well as all the Kelzaks and Tyrannodrones. Hunter and Blake joined with Tommy and squared off against Zurgane, while Trent and Cam teamed up against Kelzaks, Tyrannodrones and two monsters courtesy of Mesogog. Eventually, the Rangers had to give up their cycles and fight on foot. Shane and Connor took on Lothor's monsters while Kira and Dustin got Elsa, Kira discovering she was right and that Dustin's Ninja powers were incredibly useful when being used against their enemies and not against each other. Tori and Ethan defeated the last of the Tyrannodrones and Kelzaks before joining Cam and Trent in defeating Lothor's monsters. Zurgane went down pretty fast when faced with the Thunder Cannon and Tommy's Brachio Staff, while Elsa retreated after getting as frustrated as Kira had with Dustin's ability for it meant that she couldn't keep eyes on both Yellow Rangers, and so was getting hit on both sides. After their battles were over, the Rangers gathered to watch Shane and Connor finish theirs, ready to step in should it be needed, but knowing that with their Battlizers, which they both had called on, it most definitely would not be needed and the monsters didn't stand a chance.

"Nice moves you guys." Connor praised the Ninja Rangers as he and Shane powered down their Battlizers.

"Right back at ya." With the battle over, the Rangers were preparing to teleport back to the Dino Lab when an Invisi-portal opened not far from them and two figures fell out.

"Oh, oh guys!" The one with pink hair called as they both ran over.

"What are you guys doing here?" Cam asked, stepping forward.

"Is that anyway to greet family?" Kapri admonished her cousin.

"Yeah," Marah agreed. "Especially since we brought you a present." She showed them a bottle before turning it away from them and opening the lid. A red mist escaped and formed some feet away into the previously captured Ninja students.

"It's our students!" Shane cried as he and the other Ninja Rangers powered down and went over to make sure they were ok. The Dino Rangers followed suit and powered down as well, knowing their identities would be safe with secret Ninja students. And they were, even if one of the students recognized one of the Dino Rangers.

"Dude!" One in a yellow uniform, pronouncing his place as an Earth Ninja student, yelled as he ran towards Connor while removing his hood.

"Eric!" Connor greeted his twin with a smile and a hug. He hadn't seen his brother in over a year, his studies at the 'boarding school' he attended not allowing him time to visit.

"There are two of them!" Ethan whispered loudly in horror, only half joking, as he and Trent cowered together.

"Man it's so good to see you!" Connor said, ignoring his teammates.

"You're a Power Ranger? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Uh…secret identity and all that." He evaded.

"Like my attending a Ninja academy was supposed to be a secret?"

"Supposed to?" Dustin said, coming up beside his student and trying to act the serious sensei he was supposed to be.

"Uh…" Eric said, unsure exactly what to say.

"Dude, don't blame him." Connor came to his brother's defense. "We're twins."

"Way to state the obvious." Kira muttered, earning a playful shove.

"We have that twin telepathy thing, you know like Fred and George in Harry Potter. He can't keep a secret from me."

"And yet you kept one from him." Shane commented.

"Well it's not real telepathy, we can't communicate over long distances or anything, but we know each other so well that when we're together we know what the other's thinking. We haven't seen each other since I became a Ranger, so that's why he didn't know." Deciding to let it go, Tori, Shane, Dustin and Cam told the students to return to the Academy and they'd join them soon, though Eric begged to stay back as long as they did, and as his Head Sensei, Dustin relented at Connor's pleading look. From the Dino Lab Hayley pressed a couple buttons and they all teleported back in, Eric immediately going off in excitement at being in a command centre of a team of Power Rangers.

"Thank you." Sensei said to the Dino Rangers as a whole. "We owe you a debt that we will never be able to repay."

"No, no debt." Kim said, rising from her chair with just a bit of difficulty and reaching over to grasp Sensei's hand. "We're all Rangers, it's what we do. Besides, Lothor's still out there."

"I don't think so Kim." Hayley said, pointing to her computer screen. "That blanket of evil that's covered the state since Lothor was released is gone."

"So does that mean…?" Shane questioned.

"As far as I can tell, it means that Lothor's gone, and the Abyss of Evil has been closed." Hayley confirmed, finally turning from the computer. Sighs of relief and cries of joy were heard and without thinking Connor pulled Kira into a hug. To the Ninja Rangers this was an innocuous gesture, for they weren't the only two teammates to hug at this good news, but to his brother, there was obviously something more going on.

"I hate twin telepathy." Connor muttered changing his opinion of it now that it'd backfired on him. "Later." He said to his brother, knowing he'd have to explain at least some of what was going on. Eric merely nodded and turned his attention elsewhere. In Connor's own words his twin may be a complete airhead, but he was loyal and came through when it truly mattered; and whatever was going on was obviously very important, and obviously needed to be kept secret.

"Hey, I just had a thought!" Tori cried. "Does this mean we have our Ranger powers back for good now?" The Ninja Rangers all raised their Morphers at her words trying to determine if they had power or not, only falling short, unable to tell just by looking if there was power. With a slight eye roll, Hayley asked for their Morphers and ran a diagnostic.

"They're fully powered as far as I can tell." She reported once her diagnostic was complete, earning more cheers.

"They fell into the Abyss of Evil with Lothor." Said Cam, drawing conclusions. "I guess they weren't destroyed but merely trapped and going down there to retrieve them brought them back."

"Looks like it." Hayley agreed. "Though I don't need to tell you, of all people, to monitor them." Cam nodded and smiled. Cam and Hayley had corresponded throughout the years ever since she'd tracked him down for his advice on creating the Dino Ranger powers.

"Now that that's sorted, there's just one more thing I don't understand." Said Dustin.

"What's that Dustin?" Asked Tommy.

"Who rescued Sensei?" Marah and Kapri then made themselves known once more.

"Oh, us, I think we can answer that." Said Kapri, both she and Marah all proud of themselves. They recounted the short story of how they'd dragged Sensei out of Lothor's hideout while the evil arch-enemy was taking a nap.

"Hey what's so funny?" Marah asked when everyone burst out laughing. "Do you know how heavy he is?"

"Yeah, Sensei, you should lay off the cookies with your afternoon tea." Kapri advised.

"I shall take that into consideration. Now that I am returning to my normal life." Sensei said, smiling at his nieces whom he'd grown fond of since they'd defected from Lothor and come to live with their only remaining, non-evil, family.

"I'm all about getting back to normal." Ethan agreed.

"Yeah, but not before we get down and dirty." Said Blake, reminding them of his final race later that day. They all went, even Hayley, Kim, whom Tommy brought a chair for of his own volition, and Sensei, who had to borrow some regular clothes, for his sensei robes would look incredibly out of place; though the Ninja Rangers swore seeing him in a pair of Tommy's jeans and a t-shirt was weirder then anything else they'd ever seen. Ever. They all wished Blake good luck before his race, as they went to get good spots, Marah and Kapri stopping for a moment as Marah happened to come across Cassidy Cornell, a rather nosy student of Tommy's, and felt the need to comment on how beautiful she was; unknown to her, Cassidy was saying similar sentiments to her assistant and fellow Reefside High student, Devon. With Lothor finally gone, and all his friends watching, there was no way Blake couldn't win. As he raised his trophy above his head from his place on Connor and Shane's shoulders, they all knew his jubilance, just like their own, wasn't simply for his latest motocross win.

A/N - I always thought Thunder Storm was one of the better Ranger team ups, along with Wild Force's Reinforcements from the Future. I also really liked Ninja Storm as a season so writing this was fun!

Next up we've got some future plans for some characters and the beginning of Fighting Spirit. Dino Thunder's coming to an end, only three more chapters left!

Review please!