Currently, the Dino rangers and Jason, Trini and Kasey are sitting in the lab. Tommy is in his rightful chair in front of the computers with Conner and Ethan standing by him. Kira and Trent are sitting on the steps, their nerves almost on edge. Meeting the former rangers was bad enough but now hearing Kasey's story…it's enough to make anyone nuts.

Okay. So the original rangers weren't that bad. They are actually really nice and cool and made the Dino rangers feel a little more at ease. But still. Being in the presence of legends is never easy.

Tommy and the other two original rangers had had a lovely reunion. Trini had been close to crying and Jason had missed one of his best friends. They are still good friends and it was great to see each other again. But it is still awkward now all the same.

Kasey is sitting on the floor, near her brother's chair with her dog next to her. This is the first time since they met up that she isn't uncomfortable around him. It feels…nice. Familiar. Like they're almost a family again.

But apparently not for all of them.

"So, can we get away from the eerie silence?" Conner finally asks, uncomfortable with the quietness hanging over the lab. If no one else is going to take the imitative, then he might as well name the elephant in the room. Better him then others anyway. Kasey looks at him and slowly nods, bracing herself to tell her story. She knows the Dino rangers are eager to know. And they have a right to anyway.

"Of course," Trini says. Even though she craves silence, this is not the silence she was thinking of. It's more awkward then comfortable. Tense, almost.

"Go ahead Kasey." Tommy waits for his sister to start, hands folded in his lap. He's not really looking forward to this.

"Okay, here is goes." Kasey takes a deep breath. It's not even that big of a deal, to them anyway but it is to her. "It all started when Tommy became the green ranger. Everything was decent, I suppose until he lost his powers. Afterwards, things seemed to get…better. We both liked sports. He was around more." She steels herself not to cry but a single tear escapes and she wiped it away angrily. This is always the hard part. "After Tommy became the white ranger, we drifted so far apart. I joined the basketball team and he was never there for my championships…my meets…he wasn't even there when I earned the position. Jason was."

Trini nudges Jason, a sad smile on her lips. That's just like you, her gaze seems to say. Jason shrugs and shakes his head but doesn't break eye contact with her.

Kira watches them. She can tell that they're something more than friends. The original red and yellow rangers ending up together. It's happened before, she knows. When they were educated on the ranger history, it's happened before. But not this time.

She lets her gaze wander to Conner. Even though he's red, and she's yellow, she admits to herself that she is far more attracted to the white ranger.

And just by thinking that, she feels her cheeks grow warm.

"That sounds like him," Conner speaks up, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But when no one does anything, he frowns. "Kasey, I'm sorry."

"You said the dog wasn't a dog," Ethan brings up, changing the subject from this grim atmosphere. He's not a fan of sad things, or heartfelt things or anything of that matter. He is more interested in science and things and that's why it fascinates him that her dog 'is not a dog'. So she claims. Kasey smiles slightly but it fades.

"When Tommy was the white ranger, and shortly after they got their ninja powers, Zedd thought I might be a huge threat because I am his sister and so he came after me." Tommy clenches his fist slightly at her sentence. Jason allows Kasey to lean her head on his shoulder as Trini gives him another special glance. Jason takes her hand in his own as Kasey continues with her story. "One day I was out and tengas surrounded me. They grabbed me and…and injected me with this green…green liquid." She stops to swallow. "I soon learned it was poison designed to take my life force in four hours."

Kira has her hand over her mouth and Trent notices. She had been close to being poisoned as well, when Mesogog had her. He wraps his arm around her shoulder and she leans into him, oblivious to the knowing glances on the older ranger's faces.

"The only cure was for them to find Ninjor and get a crystal that would combine their powers and transfer them to me." Kasey swallows again. This is harder then she thought it would be. However, she just keeps her head down and doesn't look anyone in the eye, preoccupying herself with her dog's antics. It's playing on the floor, wagging its tail but there's still a sad look in its eye, almost as if it knows what's going on in front of it. "I passed out after it. When I woke up, I was in my ninja suit. It had worked. The power had broken the poison. And when I came to, this was in front of me." She gestures to the dog that stands up and trots over to her, still wagging its tail. Kasey grabs the stone, causing a faint glow to emit from it.

Then the dog beings to glow as well and the other teens gasp at the sight. There now stands a leopard in place of the dog. Trent scrambles to his feet, pulling Kira up with him. Conner and Ethan take a step backwards, not sure what's going to happen next.

"It's okay, it won't bite." Kasey starts to pat her pet. "The overload of power that got transferred to me made my animal spirit come alive but around her neck makes her appearance be a dog. Unless I'm in trouble or she gets angry," Kasey explains. The leopard glows again and turns back into a dog that starts to once again chew on Conner's red soccer ball that he stupidly left lying around.

"Oh come on," groans Conner. "Really?"

"It's your own fault," Kira reprimands him, sitting down but still keeping a wary eye on the dog-turned leopard. Trent takes his seat next to her, still a little freaked out. He's seen some weird stuff for sure, but this…this is definitely odd. That combined with the information overload about Kasey is making his head hurt.

The former rangers have shown no change in expression. They already knew about Kasey's dog and being poisoned, so seeing it transform once again before their very eyes isn't too surprising.

"I had forgotten how big it was," Jason murmurs, tilting his head at the now innocent looking dog. "I remember it being smaller…" Trini rolls her eyes.

"Cause, you know, you have nothing else to worry about, right?" she teases him. He grins at her and they laugh lightly, breaking some of the tension in the room.

Tommy looks around the room. It's just like old times. Well, except half his team is missing and he has a new team and his sister is there with her leopard-turned dog.

But still.