A/N 1: It's the current installment of the T5RYCB Ranger Series. This time, we go to the Dino Thunder series and look at the actions of one Trent Fernandez-Mercer. The countdown begins in this chapter.

A/N 2: You know the drill...Power Rangers belongs to Saban and formerly Disney as well, and T5RYCB and your new host Jonathan "The Coach" Coachman (formerly of WWE fame) belong to ESPN.

Chapter 3 - Reasons 2 and 3: Trent's Promise, The White Dino Gem

(Show returns from commercial break)

"We're counting down the Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Trent Fernandez for his actions during, and after, his time as the Evil White Dino Ranger."

"Welcome back to our countdown," Coach says. "You've already seen Reasons 4 and 5, and now we continue on our countdown with Reason #3."

(A picture of the White Dino Gem appears)

"The White Dino Gem, and Mesogog and Elsa's plan," Coach said. "It was their plan to encode the gem with an evil spell and have their own White Dino Ranger. They simply had no idea who the gem would bond to."

"Villains are not...exactly...original, let's just put it that way," Anton Mercer said, laughing as he did so. "While I was Mesogog, I went back into Dr. Oliver's past and saw what he did as the Evil Green Ranger back in Angel Grove. I believed it would bring chaos and maybe bring Dr. Oliver something that he would have a hard time dealing with."

"And the plan worked...to an extent," Coach said. "The Rangers were constantly beaten every which way by the new Ranger. He was offered many times to work for Mesogog, but for the most part worked on his own."

"If I had known it would bond to my adopted son...let's just say, I would not have done what I did," Anton continued. "It caused too much heartache and stress to want my son to be OK."

"How could Trent have known that the gem would have an evil spell on it and would turn him into a Power Ranger on top of that?" Tommy said. "When Kim and I and the rest of our friends got our Ninjetti powers, they bonded with us, forever. We don't use all the powers they afford us but there are certain aspects of both my Dino Thunder and my Ninjetti powers that lie dormant within me. The camouflage powers bonded to Trent FOREVER."

"It's one of those deals where you don't choose the powers, they choose you," Conner said.

(The White Dino Gem is shown again as the tape ends)

"We've shown you the first three reasons, and we have two more to go. Here is Reason #2," Coach said

(A picture of Trent and his father inside Mesogog's base is shown)

"The Promise," Coach said. "Immediately after his father broke the encryption which bonded Trent to the side of evil, Trent made a promise, even bigger than any he could make to his new team."

"I knew that when my father came out of the spell he was under," Trent said, "that he would be wracked with guilt. I made him a promise not to tell anyone that my father was under that mask."

"I don't envy the decision he had to make," Jason said. "When Tommy needed our help during my mission to get the Green Candle, I had to make the choice on whether to help Tommy's life, or try to help him get his powers back. I decided his life was more important. Trent had a team to think about, but even more importantly he had a family to think about."

"I don't understand a lot of Earth's customs," Scorpina said, "but one thing I do agree with them on and one thing I absolutely hold dear is that family is the most important thing you can possibly have. If it came down to my colleagues or my husband Goldar and my daughter, I would pick my family every single time. And I absolutely know that my masters Zedd and Rita would do the same."

"Some time later, after Anton was revealed to be Mesogog, Trent nearly lost his spot on the team, in fact, Tommy was considering taking his powers away from him," Coach said

"I mean, you want to talk about nadirs, that was it right there, the prospect of losing your powers and a chance to make things right," Trent said. "The good thing is that I got the chance to explain myself at least and Tommy understood."

"As much as it hurt me and the rest of the team that Trent didn't tell us Mesogog was Anton, in retrospect he did the right thing," Conner said. "That's his family, the ones he gives his life to. How could he possibly go against them? My brother Eric is a jackass sometimes, but if he was in trouble I would give my very life to save him."

"When we say, Rangers together, Samurai forever, that isn't just some cute saying," Mia Watanabe said. "That means, we are one family, and we would do anything for each other. Many Rangers past and present come from broken or adopted backgrounds and value family above anything else."

(Picture of Trent and his father shows again as the tape ends)

"Coming up, we'll reveal the top reason you can't blame Trent-Fernandez Mercer for his actions during and after his time as the evil White Dino Ranger."

"Not only did he provide another body and someone who wanted the chance at redemption, but his skill set and powers were...awesome," Kimberly Hart-Oliver said.

(Music plays as segment ends)

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