Ivan is Back

Chapter 7- Dino Discovery

As news of the fallen Lightspeed Rescue ranger reached other teams they began to pair off in their own teams. No ranger went anywhere alone and if they didn't have active powers they were being joined by the ninjetti rangers until their powers were back online. Fortunately, for Tommy this meant he was going back to Reefside to join his team.

Connor was joining Tommy in Paranorma City and riding back together since Tommy rode with Jason to meet the samurai rangers in the first place. He was postponing all of his soccer camp promoting until after the mess with Ooze was dealt with. He knew that the ooze monsters weren't normal and therefore knew he would be called on to resume his duty as the red Dino Thunder ranger.

Ethan James, the MIT graduate owns his own business making video games of the power rangers. He hasn't been able to get back to Reefside in quite some time but when he got the call that all rangers were to report back to their designated cities he shut down the office. Ethan was never one to run away from his problems and if there was something trying to take out rangers then he was going to do what he swore to do and protect Reefside and the world with his dying breath.

Trent Mercer and Kira Ford were in their small apartment in New York when Conner reached them with the information about Chad and the others being attacked. Kira was all for going back home to protect the city as was her duty but Trent had decided long ago that he was done. After the gem broke it's evil control Trent never thought he was good enough and he never wanted it. While the others held onto their gems in case of emergency Trent gave his back. Kira simply sighed and packed her yellow duffel bag to return home.

"My flight leaves in an hour, are you sure you don't want to come?" Kira asked her boyfriend of 5 and a half years.

Trent stood there with his arms crossed leaning against their closed bedroom door. "You know I don't. That isn't my life anymore, and honestly, it isn't yours either. There are plenty of other teams to protect the planet."

Kira was tired of listening to his constant lecture about how being rangers wasn't their duty anymore. She saw what the tyrannodrones did to Reefside and if these ooze monsters were anything like them then she was going to do her duty to the best of her ability.

"Fine. Stay here. I'm going though." Kira said before stormed out of the apartment and hailed a cab to the airport.

About 6 hours later Kira and the others were all at Tommy's house in the basement that was once their base. They were all catching up when Connor decided to ask where Trent was. Kira went on to explain how he decided to stay in New York because he didn't want to be a ranger anymore. She was sad about it but something in her knew that her relationship with Trent was on it's last leg anyway. He was spending more time working with Cassidy on her newscast and she was helping him with his artwork as well. Cassidy had even become his model for his more recent sketches.

"We are going to win this. Whatever it is we will win." Kira spoke up determined. She reminded Tommy of his former pink pterodactyl before her.

Suddenly the alarms sounded and Tommy pulled up the screen showing a bunch of tengu warriors terrorizing Reefside park. The rangers immediately went to work even without their ability to morph they still had the powers the gems gave them.

Kira launched a sonic scream at a group of tengas that were crowding a couple of kids before throwing herself into the fray and getting the kids away from it all. She knew that they were going to be tough to beat when she saw them on screen and after hearing about the lightspeed rangers she was trying to stay focused but also keep track of her team in case they needed help.

Ethan was thrown back into a wall and barely managed to get his armor up before a monster slammed into his arm with such force that his arm would have shattered. He threw his enemies back and did a series of kicks and punches to keep pushing them back over the edge of the rails. Once they hit the water and didn't come back up he safely turned around and sought out Conner.

Conner was facing off against a mixture of tenga warriors and the ooze monsters. He was quick to use his speed to dodge attacks and even quicker to find a metal rod that looked long enough to be used as his Tyranno staff. He began swinging it around him like he would his staff knocking monsters back into a pile. Once they were all down he continued to run circles around them to keep them down.

Tommy on the other hand was using his years as a martial artist to his advantage. He knew he didn't have the connection he needed to use his ninjetti abilities but that did't mean he was going to let Ivan's goons take over his city. When it looked like the monsters were gaining the upper hand out of nowhere appeared Trent. He launched a massive string of kicks and punches. Between the two of them they managed to defeat their foes and once they all disappeared the group checked each other for damage.

"Anyone hurt?" Tommy asked.

"Arms a little bruised but it will heal. Kira's throat will probably be sore for a day or so. I wouldn't do a whole lot of talking if you can avoid it and drink lots of water." Ethan answered.

Kira simply nodded as she shifted the weight from her right ankle to her left quickly and not without wincing.

"Ankle." Kira whispered the affects of her Ptera scream already taking affect.

Tommy got them all back to the base and saw that Cassidy was there as well as Hayley. Trent walked over and hugged Cassidy leaving Kira to lean on Conner who was surprised she was even letting him help her. Kira looked away from her boyfriend embracing another girl and decided to work her way upstairs to get a glass of water and some pain pills.

As soon as Kira was gone Conner grabbed Trent, "what the hell was that? Your girlfriend was hurting and you felt hugging another in front of her was okay?"

Trent sighed, "Kira and I have been having problems lately and none of it is your concern Conner. Just leave it be. Cassidy flew out here with me to help."

"How? No offense Cass, but you don't have any ranger abilities."

"That's the other reason I came. I found this in the park in New York City about a week ago." She said holding up a pink gem very similar to the dino gems.

"That's not possible." Tommy gasped, "that gem was thought to be destroyed with the island."

"I guess not." Cassidy said.

While the rangers all pondered what this meant for their team Kira was upstairs and had decided that she and Trent were done. She wasn't going to try to hold onto someone who wanted to be free. He obviously felt something for Cassidy and she wasn't going to stand in his way. She sent him a message telling him she understood and their friendship was more important than being in an unhappy relationship.

Now the rangers had to figure out how to gain access to their morphs again and figure out what to do with the newly discovered pink Dino gem.