Hey that's to my unknown reviewer i really apperciate it and just a heads up i'm in the middle of writing a mulit chapt fic with one of the pairings as my fav red and white duo so be on the look out. Any way this one if cool it's got some Fatherly Tommy in it and some worried Trent.

Chapter #3-Burn

Dr O watched his red ranger proudly from the doorway as he interacted with his red raptor, when his red ranger had come to him pleading him to learn about his faithful if frisky mount he had been all to happy to teach the soccer player how to take care of his temperamental beast and in a shocking turn of events Conner had been a natural at taking care of the beast and had taken to coming down to the lab to spend time with his Raptor that he had affectionately named 'Velocity' after his full name as well as his speed.

The black ranger looked down at the picture in his hand and a warm smile came to his face when he gazed at the image: it was of him when he was still the white ranger; he was with the black ranger-Adam park and his best friend-now lover Rocky Desantos the old red ranger. He looked at the image and couldn't believe how young the three of them looked, he could still remember when the image was taken and it scared him at how much pressure he and the other rangers had been under when they were in high school.

"Hey Dr O, you okay" Tommy looked up and smiled when he saw Conner starring at him in concern from where he was holding his raptor still, when he'd first given the powers of the red ranger to the soccer player he had been a little afraid but now that he knew the boy he could safely say that no one was better suited for the red powers than the McKnight boy.

"I'm fine Conner, just thinking back" he said sliding his picture into his pocket, "How's Velocity?" he asked walking forward to pat the red dinosaur on the neck.

The teenager laughed and rubbed his enthusiastic raptor in affection "He's good, I was gonna take him out for a ride, he's getting a little bit of cabin fever" he said jokingly

The black ranger nodded in understanding, when he'd first hatched the raptor he had been so happy and excited for his team, but soon he'd began to notice that the red raptor was different to his blue and yellow clutch-mates. Unlike the other primary coloured mounts the red raptor had shown signs of being restless and soon became the most work to tame and take care of. When he'd met his master in Conner the red beast had become very dependant and affectionate towards his rider to the point where if it didn't see Conner the raptor would become depressed.

"Why don't you wait a little, Trent's coming over in a minute to take the ATV out for a test run" he said after a moment as Conner began to test the raptor's saddle straps.

Looking up from his work Conner gave his mentor a beaming grin and nodded "Haley finish her upgrade eh?" he said tugging on a particular stubborn strap making Velocity chirp in curiosity as to what his master was doing.

"Yeah and Trent wants to see how the Drago Rider runs" Dr O said patting the hyperactive dinosaur on the muzzle.

Velocity sneezed and nuzzled Conner who was fiddling with his bridle making Tommy grin, he knew that neither Kira nor Ethan had the same bond Conner had with Velocity with their own beasts. "What do you boy? Think you can out run the machine huh?" Conner asked looking into his raptor's eyes.

The raptor seemed to get offended his master didn't think he could out run the white ranger's mode of transportation as it made a screeching roar and then nodded his head stamping its foot on the ground making the two rangers laugh at its enthusiasm "I think that means yes?" Dr O said fondly.

"Conner?" the two other rangers looked around and smiled when they saw Trent standing behind them smiling happily when he saw his friend standing with his raptor "Whatcha doing here?"

The red ranger gave him a mocking glare and crossed his arms taking up a intimidating pose "I young man are here to challenge you to a race!" he said dramatically making both the white and black rangers laugh "Your ATV against Velocity"

Trent walked up and gave the red raptor a fond pat before nodding "I accept" he said winking at his leader "I doubt I'll stand a chance though this lizard has some speed in em"

Conner nodded and took one last look at his tack before giving his mentor the all clear "Everything is set Dr O, do we morph?" he asked seriously

The black ranger nodded and crossed his arms in contemplation "Yeah, just because this is a race I want you guys to treat this as a patrol okay, keep your eyes open" he ordered and then two younger ranger nodded in agreement.

"Ready?" Conner asked brandishing his red morpher

"Ready" Trent echoed as his white dino gem phased into his own morphor.

"Dino Thunder, ha!"

"White Dino Power, ha!"

Velocity roared as his rider was revealed and their link was strengthened thanks to Conner morphing as his armour seemed to become more intimidating and he became the battling lizard that lead the other raptors. Dr O watched in pride as Conner and rent clasped hands in comradeship before mounting their respected transportation.

When Conner was mounted comfortable Trent had to take a moment to catch his breath because of the vision the red ranger made, glancing at Dr O he could easily see the pride radiating from their mentor which he was sure he also was emitting. When he was mounted upon Velocity Conner didn't just look like the Great Red ranger he looked like a brave warrior: he looked like a knight.

"Ready" Conner asked and Trent nodded revving his motor

Dr O grinned and opened the hidden door making the red raptor cry in excitement "No cheating boys" he said before hitting the siren as a siren.

Seconds after he did Velocity lurched forward into a run moments earlier then Trent took off giving Conner an small lead, but Dr O knew raptor he knew that as soon as there were off they only gained speed and despite what Kira said her yellow raptor wasn't the fastest out of their mounts: Conner's was.

Trent laughed as he jumped over a ledge on his ATV while Conner and Velocity were agile enough to bound over them gracefully, he knew he was racing a losing race, Velocity was just too fast and agile he would never beat the red lizard but just spending time with Conner was good enough for him, ever since he had collapsed the week earlier he had been sure to watch his leader to make sure he wasn't unintentionally almost killing himself.

When he reached the check point Velocity was standing proudly chirping happily as Conner rubbed his neck telling him what a good job he'd done. "I think I won?" the red ranger asked happily

Trent threw up his hands in a dramatic gesture and nodded "Yeah fine you and Velocity are a much better team than me and the ATV" he said grinning despite his helmet hiding his expression.

Conner was about to say something when he saw something heading for his friend and quickly leapt from Velocity's saddle and pushed Trent out of the way "Watch out!" he shouted turning to catch the blast of fire right in the centre of his chest.

The white ranger gasped and rushed to his friend's side when he saw the black Spinosaurous beast standing a few steps away from them "And who are you" he said helping the red ranger to his feet.

The dino-beast roared clapping its giant clawed hands together making a clicking sound and made a hissing roar "I am Fire-strike I have been told to destroy the white ranger!" he roared again making Trent and Conner shiver at the sick sound it made.

"Yeah well your gonna have to go through me!" Conner declared taking a step forward.

"Conner don't!" Trent said when the beast laughed instead.

The beast blew fire on his claws making them glow bright red "Very well, take care of him" he said suddenly as the area was filled with foot soldiers "I have a T-Rex to tame"

Velocity made a roar and Conner pushed his mount back to safety as he took on the beast, Trent could only watch helplessly as Conner was thrown around. While the red ranger was able to get in a few good hits of his own it only took moments for the red ranger to be pinned helplessly with the beast carving his red hot claws into his chest making the red ranger scream as the white hot pain filled him.

"Conner!" Trent screamed.

Fire-strike laughed as his jaws began to glow as he charged his flames wanting to really hurt the red ranger, "Say goodbye red ranger" he laughed.

Conner turned his head to Trent who was being help back from him and from the crack in his visor and the broken glass the white ranger saw the smile in Conner's one eye but it wasn't the red ranger's I've-got-a-plan smile it was a different smile it was a goodbye smile. "Don't cry" Conner ordered and then Fire-Strike released his flames on Conner making him yell in pain.

"Get Back!" Trent looked up and Saw the black ranger charging on Velocity's back with his Brachio staff wielded.

The fire breathing dinosaur looked up just in time to be slashed down by the black ranger who then jumped down to his student's side. "Leave now!" he ordered and Trent was shocked to see the beast pulling away whimpering.

As soon as Fire-strike had disappeared Trent felt himself be freed and as soon as he could move he rushed to Conner's side that was then being lifted into their mentor's arms. The red ranger made a painful groan as Dr O remounted him crying raptor and Trent his ATV. The two of them shot back towards the Dino Lab and without words the two shade Rangers cared for their leader who cried and moaned as they made him de-morph.

Dr O applied some healing slave to it and sighed when he saw the dragon branded into Conner's chest, that mark wouldn't heal he had one like it on his back. "That is going to scar" he said sadly as he and Trent bandaged Conner's chest.

"Cool a battle scar" Conner groaned trying to lighten the mood.

Trent and Dr O cracked grins and the black ranger placed a hand on his student's shoulder giving him a proud smile "Conner what you did saved Trent's life" he said seriously getting both rangers attention.

"What do you mean?" Trent asked as Conner laid back to rest.

"When you gave up your evil powers your suit lost a lot of its upgraded options and while Haley and I are trying to get them back the heat that Fire-Strike had been emitting would have probably killed you" Dr O said seriously "Conner's on the other hand, while not up to Ethan's defence standards has the second best shielding ability"

Conner smiled and closed his eyes, he was seriously worn out "see everything worked out in the end" he whispered as his mentor left the room muttering to himself about calming Velocity who was crying in distress for his master.

"You almost died today" Trent said taking Conner's hand in his own "For me"

The red ranger smiled softly not opening his eyes "Yeah and I would do it again without hesitation" he whispered so quietly Trent almost thought he had imagined it.

"Why?" he asked bending down to catch Conner's reply

"Because...your my most imporant person" he whispered before his breathing became even and heavy.

Trent pulled back and gave Conner a shocked look; he was the red ranger's most important person what did that even mean. The white ranger smiled and rubbed Conner's hand with his thumb before he lent across the bed and pressed his lips lightly to Conner's only pulling away for a moment to whisper something against his leaders smooth skin "And you mine"

Trent sat down and laid his head against the bed closing his eyes as the day and battle caught up with him unaware of the two eyes watching the scene warmly.

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