Chapter Three

While Tommy and Tarona were talking upstairs, the three original rangers were talking among themselves. Hailey had excused herself as she needed to check some systems and when she started into those things; she was always out of tune with the world around her.

"This is crazy….can we really trust her, I mean she comes out of nowhere and she wasn't even MENTIONED in the video diary." Conner remarked.

"I hate to say it…but Conner's right. What if this is just a scheme of Mesagog's to infiltrate us?" Ethan said.

Kira didn't know what to say; but the boys had her thinking about this. "What about that power of hers…I mean she seems to be in full control of it."

"Her story about KO-35 IS a little farfetched." Ethan added.

"You want to know more about me…all you have to do is ask." A voice said.

The three original Dino thunder rangers turned and saw Tommy and Tarona along with Trent Fernandez, the white ranger who was one his way to the base anyway; standing there, and Tarona looked about ready to attack them.

"This should be good." Trent said; wanting to know about this new girl.

"Alright, dazzle us." Conner remarked.

"I didn't learn the truth about myself until Tommy and the others became the Zeo Rangers. He had suddenly disappeared and we were all getting worried about him. It wasn't long before we discovered that his brainwaves were being altered." Tarona said.

Power Chamber; Zeo Ranger Era

The rangers were really worried; they had learned just three hours ago that Tommy's brainwaves were being altered. They hadn't noticed, but 12 year old Tarona of KO-35 was starting to have headaches. She didn't think anything about it for a few minutes….until the headaches became stronger and she let out a small cry of pain. This got the ranger's attention, and just as she started to lose her balance, Jason was there to catch her.

"Tarona, what's wrong."

"I don't know how, but I can feel Tommy's pain." Tarona answered as Jason helped her sit down.

"Is that even possible?" Adam asked.

"She is from another planet; maybe it's common for her." Tanya said as Kat sat next to Tarona.

"Ai, ai, ai Zordon….maybe we should tell her the truth." Alpha remarked, worried about the little girl.

"It seems that the time has come indeed Alpha." Zordon said.

Tarona's headaches seemed to stop, but she was still feeling what was happening to Tommy. "Zordon…what is Alpha talking about….what truth."

"12 years ago a child was born here on Earth and the moment she took her first breath I sensed a great power within her. I knew she would be needed one day so I sent her off planet to a similar planet to that of Earth until she was old enough to accept her destiny and most of all to protect her." Zordon said, but the rangers knew there was more to this story. "You, Tarona, ARE that child…and the reason you can feel Tommy's pain is that you are his younger sister."

Everyone was shocked, but Tarona was the most shocked. She didn't say anything, but Zordon seemed to see what was going through Tarona's eyes.

"You seem to have a slight psychic connection with Tommy and I am unsure why." Zordon stated. "We will save him, and defeat whoever took him."

"You're right, Zordon…but when we find him; I'm going too." Tarona said as she stood up.

"I thought you would want to once you learned the truth, so Alpha has designed something special to aid you further in your future battles." Zordon said, and Alpha 5 walked over to Tarona holding a box.

Tarona opened the box, and there was a Zeo morpher inside.

"But I thought mine was the last crystal, Zordon." Jason remarked.

"This is not a natural Zeo crystal. Since you all harnessed the Zeo crystals, I knew Tarona would be needed in the field more. We have been analyzing her unique fire power and created a synthetic crystal that connects to her inner power." Zordon said as Tarona took the two part morpher out of the box.

"Thank you Zordon." Tarona said as she put the morpher on.

It soon turned into a communicator, but was purple where the others were their ranger colors.

Present Time

"So what did happen to Dr. Oliver?" Trent asked.

"Prince Gasket had made him think he was the leader of the Machine Empire along with the idea that we were his enemies and he even fought Jason after he was sucked into the same dimension. We were only able to save Tommy when we arrived in that dimension and demorphed to let him see our true faces. The brainwashing was strong, but we got through to him and he was back with us." Tarona said.

"I needed to see the faces of my friends; Kat was right about that part. After we got away from Gasket, Tarona told me the truth, and we've been close ever since." Tommy remarked.

"Sounds good, but how did she meet the Ninja Storm Rangers?" Ethan asked.

Just before Tarona could answer, the alert sounded and all the rangers ran over to the computer.

"He never gives up." Tommy said.

"Want to double team him this time?" Tarona asked as she watched Zeltrex destroy a building.

"I'm sure there's another monster around…we'll take care of them." Conner said.

"Tarona, why don't you do this demorphed; last time really did a number on your strength." Ethan remarked.

"Ethan's right, you told him you were my sister, so he knows you're an Oliver." Tommy said.

"Let's show these guys what we can do together." Kira said.

"I can't wait to get out there…since I missed out on the last fight." Trent said.

"Alright then. Ready?" Tommy asked.

"Ready." Conner, Ethan, Kira and Trent responded.

"Dino Thunder, power up." All but Trent called out

"White Ranger, Dino Power." Trent said, and soon the Dino Thunder Rangers were ready to fight.

They headed out on their Raptor Cycles and Dino ATVs with Tarona riding with her brother.

PRDTPRDTPRDT

Downtown Reefside

Zeltrex was really tearing up the area and it seems that he had a lovely assistant with him. It was Mesagog's third in command, Elsa and she was having as much fun as Zeltrex. As they readied another energy blast…they stopped as they heard engines heading their way. The two evil generals turned around to see the rangers on their way toward them.

The vehicles stopped and the rangers dismounted. "So, we have to have this little dance again, Zeltrax."

"Do I know you…brat?" Zeltrex asked as he looked at the normal human.

"Did you already forget the butt kicking I gave you earlier?" The girl said.

"So, you really are Dr. Oliver's sister…interesting to see you ready to fight me without your ranger power." Zeltrex said.

"Don't worry about me; I'm still fierce without my ranger power." Tarona said.

Without another word being said Zeltrex and Elsa released their energy attacks and the rangers scattered. Tommy and Tarona stayed close and Trent was with them while the three original Dino Thunder rangers landed together. They then went after Elsa and the Oliver siblings stayed on Zeltrex with Trent helping.

"You don't look so fierce." Zeltrex said, but Tarona started into a new style that Zeltrex didn't know and she was able to push him back far enough.

While they handled Zeltrex; Kira, Conner and Ethan went after Elsa and that fight was really harsh as the third in command seemed to be on top of her game and the rangers were taking a beating…that is until they pulled out the z-rex blaster and fired it. Elsa wasn't destroyed, but she teleported away. They didn't want to interfere with the other fight, so they watched.

Zeltrex was being double teamed by Tommy and Trent, then Tarona saw an opening and went for it. What she didn't see was that Zeltrex's sword arm moved faster than the rangers could catch and Tarona felt a pain as the tip of the sword entered her body. She backed away and another wave of pain came as the blade left the wound.

Tommy was furious. "That's it…Super Dino Mode." He soon went after Zeltrex with the same ferocity he had when he took out the stronger Terrorsaurus after waking up from his coma. Trent grabbed Tarona and got her to the other rangers. They were worried as Tarona held the wound.

Zeltrex was thrown back in his fight, and Tommy was ready to get him away for now. "Braciostaff….Energy Orb."

The blast hit Zeltrex and he was sent flying by the explosion. After he landed he struggled to get up and his stance showed anger. "You WILL regret that, Black Ranger."

"Mess with my sister again and YOU'LL be the one regretting your actions." Tommy said and he was ready for round two, but Zeltrex teleported away.

Tommy was exhausted from his fight, but he didn't let that stop him from checking on Tarona. He got over there and could tell that she was really hurt. Just as he was about to ask if she was alright, Tarona passed out. Trent caught her and Tommy was worried. "Let's get her back to base."

The rangers agreed and Trent carried Tarona over to his ATV and gently sat her over the seat then sat behind her and as the others mounted their rides, the rangers headed back for the Dino Thunder Base.