Chapter Four
Dino Thunder Base; Ten Minutes Later
The ATVs and Cycles were quick to get back to the base and Tommy took his sister from Trent's ATV and set her on the nearby table. The Rangers then quickly demorphed and there was concern on all of their faces, but none more so that Tommy.
"What happened, the cameras were blocked." Hailey asked as she grabbed the med kit.
"Zeltrex happened." Conner said as Tommy was showing anger in his stance and on his face.
As soon as Hailey got to Tarona, they all noticed a faint purple glow cover her body.
"No way…" Kira said as she thought about the glow.
Hailey pulled Tarona's hand away from the wound and it was completely sealed. It was then that everyone saw something familiar.
"How is…" Conner asked.
"To those who possess a great power, all things are possible." Tommy said, thinking back to something Dulcea told him when he was the White Ranger.
Tarona was conscious the whole time but very weak. She lifted her head and looked at her closed hand. As it opened the purple glow was only surrounding a stone.
"Looks like the question of your fire power has been answered." Tommy remarked.
"It was probably passed down through the bloodline." Hailey remarked.
"Why didn't it choose Dr. Oliver then?" Trent asked.
"Even though it was possible for it to be within me; I was destined for the black gem." Tommy remarked, a small grin on his face.
"If this is what's been giving me my fire power, it's no wonder I'm weak right now." Tarona said as she struggled to sit up. "I need some time to recover."
"While we're waiting for Mesagog to attack….again, how about you tell us more about your past?" Trent asked.
Everyone was curious as they looked at her.
"Maybe she needs a little more time." Tommy said.
"He's right, I need to rest up….how about in an hour I try telling the next big part of my ranger journey." Tarona said, and with that the rangers nodded.
While the teens went to hang out at CyberSpace; Hailey and Tommy started working on something in the lab area of the base.
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Mesagog's Lair
"I hope you had a perfectly good reason for going after the rangers without an order from me."
"I thought that if I brought you Dr. Oliver's sister, we could retrieve the dino gems from the rangers." Zeltrex remarked.
"An interesting plan…but I noticed you went a little too far." Elsa stated as she stood beside Zeltrex.
"You're one to talk, Elsa; I noticed that you ran after those three teenagers only scratched you." Mesagog said.
"I am sorry master, but I did not wish to be injured too much for the rest of this mission." Elsa answered back.
"I think we need a new approach to this. Leave me." Mesagog ordered and the two generals headed out.
The dinosaur-human hybrid villain went to his stock of monster components and started looking for just what he needed to capture this new interference in his plans.
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Dino Thunder Base; One Hour Later
Tarona was getting stronger and walking around the base when what sounded like a stampede as the teenage rangers came running into the base.
"Hey, you're alright…so do you still have your fire power?" Conner asked.
"Yea, it's strengthening, but I have a little surprise that Hailey and Tommy finished a bit ago." Tarona said as she turned to the teens and held up her right wrist and they saw a familiar bracelet.
"Was there even another zord, I thought we retrieved them all?" Ethan asked.
"I bet they did it so she's not so drained with her fire power." Kira remarked.
"A sixth ranger, that's good enough for me." Trent remarked.
"Think you can handle Mesagog and his cronies?" Conner asked as he stepped in front of Tarona.
"I've dealt with space monsters, mutants from the future, and pretty much everything in between." Tarona said as she extended her hand and the two shook on the agreement.
"So, since you're back to normal…how about that next story?" Trent asked.
"Alright, so the next part of the story takes place when Tommy, Kat, Tanya, Justin and Adam were Turbo rangers. It was time for the senior members to pass on their powers and head out to pursue their dreams and such."
Power Chamber Hidden Room; Turbo Rangers Era
The power transfer had happened, and the rangers, past and present, were talking with each other.
"I won't let you down Tommy, you trusted me with this mantle and I'll make you proud." TJ said as he talked to Tommy and Tarona.
"Like I said, you didn't show fear when coming to my aid, so you've already made me proud to choose you as the rangers' leader. Just take care of Justin and my sister for me alright?" Tommy said.
Tarona rolled her eyes. "Tommy, I'm 13 now, I think I can handle myself."
TJ laughed. "I'll take care of them; and I can't wait to see what you can really do, Tarona."
"Well, I need to say goodbye to Tarona…..privately." Tommy said and as TJ walked away to talk to him new teammates, Tarona turned to her older brother.
"Promise me you'll help the rookies as much as you can." Tommy said.
"I can do better; even after the Turbo rangers' era ends, if there is ANY group of rangers out there, I will offer my allegiance to them." Tarona said with a smile.
"Thanks sis." Tommy said as he hugged his little sister.
"Have fun out there with racing and such." Tarona said, and after everyone said their goodbyes, Tommy, Kat, Tanya, and Adam left the power chamber for the last time.
Present Day
"Ever since that day, I've been in space, on a magical piece of land in the sky and pretty much everywhere else. That's how I met Cam and the Ninja Storm rangers and trained at the Wind Ninja Academy." Tarona said.
"Wow; so…there have been how many groups of rangers before us?" Conner asked.
"There have been nine eras of Power Rangers since I came back to earth at age 10 and I've been there to help all of them." Tarona said.
The teenage rangers were speechless but Tommy just smiled.
"You guys going to say anything?" Tarona asked as she snapped her fingers.
This brought the teens out of their stupor. "You've been helping the rangers for THAT long….haven't you missed Dr. O at all?" Kira asked.
"I did miss seeing my brother, but when the rest of the machine empire dug up Lord Zedd's old zord, Serpentera; he called the rangers from Wild Force back together and they defeated the Machine empire generals AND Serpentera….well Cole beat Serpentera." Tarona said.
"He did the red ranger mantle proud…as have ALL the red rangers that came after me and Jason." Tommy said, still smiling.
Conner seemed embarrassed, but after everything that was going on; he was happy that the red gem chose him.
Just then, as it seems is the usual for the rangers, the alert went off and the six rangers went over to the computer and this time it wasn't Zeltrex, but a crazy looking monster. It was a large bear-looking monster with tears in its fur like its muscles were too large.
"Was wondering when Mesagog would send another monster." Trent stated.
"Alright guys, let's go for it." Tarona said.
"Hey, I'm leader here." Conner remarked.
"Sorry, can't wait to try my new ranger form out." Tarona said.
"Ready?" Tommy asked.
"Ready." The five other rangers said.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up." The first four rangers cried out.
"White Ranger, Dino Power."
"Dino Thunder, Fire Up." Tarona called.
The six rangers were transformed and they looked at Tarona. Their faces couldn't be seen, but they were confused. Tarona's helmet looked more like a cat instead of a dinosaur, and Tommy knew the reason for that.
"Why a cat?" Ethan asked.
"Saber-tooth tiger to be exact. The first earth Yellow ranger's zord was the Saber-tooth tiger, and I didn't want to steal the Pterodactyl from Kira."
"Way to honor your friends." Conner remarked and Tommy nodded.
"Alright, let's get out there and kick some monster butt." Tarona said.
With that the rangers mounted their cycles and ATVs (With Tarona riding with Tommy again) then headed out.