A/N: I'm back. Wow, this episode is taking up more chapters than I expected! And fifteen reviews already? I wasn't expecting that lol no, I thought it'd be fourteen! I'll respond to your reviews now:
KJ: I agree, pink is not her colour, so no, she won't be pink ranger.
leeleelayla5: Okay, so do I. She won't be yellow, though, just to clarify.
AquitarStar: I'm glad that you're glad ;) After all, this is your storyline and plot.
Guest: I might make her a ranger, but not pink, it just doesn't work for her.
TrishWayne: Does that mean you only liked the first chapter? Jk. I'm thinking about whether she should be a ranger or not.
hewhoreaps: I'm taking everyone's opinion into account and I can see why you'd want her as a minor character. But no Conner/Kira (I HATE THAT) and no Ethan/Kira (they have an 'annoy the crap outta you but I still love you' sibling relationship) KRENT 4EVERRRRR!
Jeremy Shane and brankel1: Thanks for reviewing!
When Kimberly woke up, the first thing she was faced was another tyrannodrone. She groaned and almost rolled her eyes but upon closer inspection she realised that her captor wasn't one of those creatures at all. He just donned black armour that made him look like a tyrannodrone.
"Kimberly Ann Hart," the thick manly voice said. Kim wondered just how much everyone knew about her. Even the bad guys knew her. But she knew it wasn't for her singing, no matter how much she wished the monster would just ask for a signed CD or something.
"What do you want?" she demanded, sliding out of the chair she had previously been lying down on.
"Nothing..." he replied, "yet."
Suddenly, the doors flung open to reveal Kira, followed by an enraged gothic woman.
"Hey Zeltrax!" she called.
"So Elsa, are you two dating?" Kira inquired. "Or just friends?" The woman in black, 'Elsa' Kim assumed, growled. "Okay, okay, it's private... I get it!"
"Are you okay?" Kim asked the younger girl, running up to her.
"Yeah. Umm, do I know you?" Kira questioned, as they backed away into a corner of the room. "You look familiar..."
"No," Kim answered flatly.
"Do you know about this gem they're after?" Kimberly shook her head, determined not to let her Dino gem fall into their hands. Then it hit her, why hadn't she thought of it earlier? She screamed, throwing the tyrannodrones, Zeltrax and Elsa to the ground.
"Come on!" Kimberly urged, pulling a shocked Kira along with her.
"Get them!" they heard the evil woman yell.
The pair of them ran through the corridor and stopped when they found a green, spiral thing. Kira looked at Kim who nodded at her. She merely touched the spiral and next thing she knew, she landed on Doctor McKnight's truck. Kim followed and luckily hit the bonnet next to Kira and not on her. The boys raced off the truck to help them.
"What's going on?" Kira asked, clearly agitated. "Did you get those things to capture me, McKnight? Just because I'm not easy like the other girls?!" Conner coughed awkwardly and scratched his head whilst Ethan smirked at his embarrassment.
"Kira," Michael said. Kira instantly focused her attention on him. "Forget what happened."
"You expect me to forget getting kidnapped by jewellery obsessed freaks? Hell no!" the young girl in purple retorted.
"Kira, listen to me. You seriously don't want to get involved in all of this. It's too dangerous..." Kim stated. Kira whipped around violently to face the other female.
"I don't even know you!" she hollered. Kimberly was taken aback, slightly hurt. Kira immediately felt guilty after looking at Kim's facial expression. "I'm sorry. I just want to know what's going on..." Everyone looked at Michael straight away. He sighed. He didn't want to get someone else, especially another student involved but since everybody agreed with Kira he had no choice.
"Okay," he gave in. He gestured them all to get in.
When they all got to the McKnights' house, they started shooting questions at Michael again.
"What were those things that kidnapped me?" Kira asked. "What are the gems that 'Elsa' was asking me about?"
"How did that monster 'Zeltrax' know my name?" Kim questioned.
"When do we get our costumes?" Conner enquired.
"And the zords?" Ethan chirped. Michael stood there patiently, tapping his foot and rubbing his temples. He took a quick glance at them when it was silent. They were all staring at him expectantly.
"The creatures that kidnapped you are tyrannodrones, dinosauric humanoids that serve as foot soldiers for their masters."
"And you know that because...?" Kira prompted. Michael sighed again and squeezed his eyes.
"I helped create them," he confessed, earning shocked reactions from the teenagers. Kim didn't really care because she knew that someone like Michael would never try to harm anyone. "Someone modified their programming... A few years ago, I was doing research on combining dinosaur DNA with technology. One of my fellow scientists, Anton Mercer-"
"The rich guy who disappeared years ago," Ethan cut in proudly, making Conner roll his eyes.
"Yep, shortly after he went missing, our lab was attacked. I was the only one to survive." Michael looked down, ashamed.
"That's how... that's how mum..." Conner stuttered, his eyes watering up despite his attempts to push them back. Michael nodded before continuing.
"I'm sorry for your loss," Kim offered, placing a warm hand on Michael's shoulder. He smiled appreciatively but there was a hint of guilt in his eyes when he looked at her. He quickly averted his gaze as she moved on to comfort Conner.
"Anyway, I thought all our research was destroyed," he continued.
"And the guy who did this is back?" Kira inquired.
"Yes. He calls himself Mesogog," Michael finished.
"And now he's after the gems..." Kim concluded.
"And the gems?" she asked. Conner (who was still a bit upset), Ethan and Kim pulled their gems out of their pockets and showed her. The poor girl resembled a goldfish. "You had the gem all along?!"
Kim nodded, "I couldn't risk them... or you... finding out I had one."
"Are all your questions answered Kira?" Michael asked.
"Yes," Kira replied quietly.
"Okay, moving on, I'm going to give you three your morphers now. Kira, I suggest you leave now or, at least, wait at my truck so I can drop you off later."
Surprisingly, his student listened to him and did what he said. Without another word, she left the house. Michael pulled out a box and beckoned the trio over to him. However, before he could show them what was inside, a familiar scream was heard nearby.
"Kira," Kim muttered, as they all ran out of the building.
Kira was just next to the truck, trying to fight the tyrannodrones off but there were too many. Kim spotted Zeltrax who had the same shield and weapons again.
"Look!" she yelled. "It's Zeltrax! He's the one who kidnapped me!" Michael stepped forward confidently.
"Mesogog found a new goon to do his dirty work for him?" he mocked.
"You are not fit to speak my master's name," Zeltrax shot back. "Hand her over peacefully or suffer the consequences." He was pointing directly at Kim.
"Let me go," she told Michael. "It's me they want."
"No," Conner spoke up.
"We're a team," Ethan added.
"We stick together," Kira stated firmly. If they could, they would've looked over at her in astonishment. But everyone was focused on the enemy in front of them.
"Have it your way," the Zeltrax said before running straight for Kim. She and Michael took him on whereas the teens, including Kira, fought the tyrannodrones.
"Cool," Kira observed as she saw the others use their superhuman powers. After they defeated all the tyrannodrones, Michael, Kimberly and the teens ganged up against Zeltrax.
"Make sure you tell your Master, you'll never put your filthy hands on Kimberly again," Michael spat venomously.
"I will inform him the battle is over, but the war has only just begun," Zeltrax countered, before vanishing through an invisiportal.
"How did they do that?" Ethan marvelled in wonder.
"Invisiportal," Michael answered. "Kira, you should stay inside with us this time." Kira nodded and followed him inside with the rest of them.
The young girl sat down on a chair whilst everyone else crowded around the box again. Michael opened it to reveal three morphers.
"Please, take them," he requested. Kim, Ethan and Conner exchanged looks and grabbed their respective morphers.
"So now what? Do we need some sort of secret password or command?" Ethan asked, examining his morpher.
"All you have to do is say Dino Thunder power up and you'll be transformed," Michael informed them.
"Dino Thunder?" Conner repeated, clearly amused. He eyed Ethan. "What did you come up with that?"
"I kinda like it," Ethan replied truthfully.
"You would," Conner teased, making him roll his eyes. Kim was grinning so hard that she was sure her face was distorted. But she didn't care; she was officially a ranger again!
"Look, I know you two are from different worlds, I get it. But you two are going to have to work together, or this won't be easy and you'll let Kim down," Michael lectured the two immature teens.
"Aww, go easy on them. They just kids," Kim justified, earning glares from the boys and a snicker from Kira, whose presence had been forgotten until now.
"Wait, so these guys are gonna be what exactly?" Kira mused.
"Power Rangers," Michael supplied.
"Power Rangers? They can't be Power Rangers, well Kim can, but not them..."
"Well, they're gonna have to. And you Kira, are going to have to keep this secret. Understood?" Michael asked.
"Yup, but other than that, I don't wanna get involved," she admitted.
"What?!" Ethan shrieked. "You were the one who wanted answers and now you're just walking out?"
"Exactly. And what happened to 'We stick together!'?" Conner scowled.
"Guys stop, she can do what she wants, as long as she keeps our secret," Kim voiced her opinion.
"She's right," Michael agreed. "Come on, I'll drop you guys off at home. It's late and your parents must be worried." Ethan and Kira raced each other to the truck, followed by a chuckling Michael. Kim merely laughed at them, feeling on top of the world.
"You coming, Conner?" she asked, as she stood in the doorway. Conner shook his head.
"No, I need to be alone for a while, you know what I mean?" Kim nodded understandingly – Conner was still young and to find out his mother died in an explosion was absolutely unbearable.
"If you need someone to talk to, I'm here," she offered. "And so is your father." She gave him a sad smile, before walking out of the house, leaving Conner to the thoughts that were grating on his mind...
A/N: Awww, poor Conner :'( I just had to put that in though you know, I want to pair Michael up with someone else and I didn't want to portray Conner's mother as one of those careless, self-absorbed divorced/cheating women. So I killed her off, which most of you might argue is much worse. But it had to be done. I've already written chapter four up but I won't upload it yet.