Ch 3

About 15 minutes later, the NCIS team returned to the Naval base with the kids and each member was assigined to question a teen. Tony had Conner to chat with, McGee with Ethan, Ziva questioning the fully recovered Kira and Gibbs dealt with Trent. The kids knew to wait for Hailey and Dr. O so they can explain everything to them more clearly, but for now the kids are using the 20 questions tactic to keep the NCIS agents off course. Gibbs was fed up with the endless amount of nonsense and he was getting very annoyed when Trent tried to be smart at him.

"Look here, Fernadez...I can make your young life a living hell if you keep on toying around with me!" Gibbs shouted as he slammed Trent's school records on the metal table. "And what's this about your extracurricular activity that you can't tell me about, huh? Community service?"

Trent remained calm so he's not the one to blame for spilling the beans. "I've told you before and I will tell you again, my extracurricular activity other than my after school job is a form of community service that most people won't understand at first." He said looking directly at Gibbs.

"If you're not going to tell me, then I have to get it out of your friends or maybe your Science teacher when he gets here."

Trent moaned a bit and gave in only a little. "Fine, I can't tell you more about my community service at the moment, but I can tell what you have in your morgue."

"That's a start." Gibbs gumbled. He gestured to Trent to head towards the elevator so they can head down to the morgue. When they got to the morgue level, Ducky was completed baffled as he had an open Tyrannodrone body on one one the tables. "So..what it this thing, Duck?"

"I can't believe that I am speaking these words, yet this is actual dinosaur skin." Duck said with some doubt. "But it can only be confirmed when Abigail's test are completed."

Gibbs' expression was only a raised eyebrow when he looked at Trent. "Care to share with us more, Fernadez? Is this thing an alien?"

"You'd wish...it's call a Tyrannodrone. They are gentically-engineered saurian-humanoids." Trent explained.

"How do you know about these Tyrannodrones, Trent?" Ducky asked.

Trying not to reveal his rangerhood, Trent used a bit of the media to make it more believable. "These "Drones" as some of my friends at school called them has always terrorized the people of Reefside for months now. That's when the Power Rangers come in, take them out and restore the peace. But that doesn't last when a monster is thrown into the mix and sometimes gets the upperhand on the Rangers. That's when they pull out the hardware to finish it off."

"How do know all this, Fernadez?" Gibbs contied on with his questions.

"I...I mean there are some hardcore fans back home who keep very good track on events based on these things." Trent said as he recovered his wording.

"Ducky, tell Abby to bring the results of the DNA sample directly to me."

"I'll call her right now so she meet you in the elevator."

As Gibbs was escorting Trent to the bullpen, the rest of the team and the kids were making small talk while they were waiting for the kids' science teacher. Ethan and McGee were talking in "geekanese" about the Ranger weaponry and Tony was fed up. "Oh why don't you create a blog already?"

"Dude, what got your undies in a bunch?" Conner asked.

"They're still talking about the Power Rangers."

"And what is so wrong with that, Agent DiNozzo?" Kira asked as well with a fully-recovered throat.

"For years now, this "global scam" has turn the world into tabloid zombies."

Kira just giggled at him. "Right... and Officer David told me about your "wearing spandex in public" secret."

Tony's trying to defend his reputation against a high school student "That is false information...totally complete lies, Ms. Ford. It's not true."

"What's not true?" A redhead woman in a magenta blouse, black jacket and pants also in heels while carrying a metal briefcase asked as everyone turned to face her as the kids gave a small wave and hello. "Conner, Ethan...are you boys behaving yourselves?"

"Yes, Hailey." Conner and Ethan said in unison.

Kira knew that is was a half-truth. "No, they weren't."

Conner just let out a small laugh. "Ha-ha, funny Kira."

Tony was struck by Hailey's hotness and tried to be smooth. "And whom may you be?" let out a small smirk.

Hailey just looked at him with inking of annoyance. "I'm Hailey Viktor, a very close associate to these kids' science teacher and to some of them their boss at an internet cafe back in Reefside. By the way, where's Trent?" she asked the kids.

Ethan responed. "I believe he's still being question by their Sr. Special Agent."

"Oh...well I need to see Director Shepard immediately." Hailey said with some urgency in her voice.

"I'll show you to her office, Ms. Viktor." Ziva said as she got up from her desk and guided her upstairs to the upper level. Tony watched as Hailey swagger her way.

"Oh...man. Hey, McBlogger, I bet my top dollar that you wouldn't get a chance to get a date with her."

McGee knew the same about Tony. "I hate to break it to you, Tony, but she's way out of your league too, even if she was interested in you beforehand which is highly unlikely." McGee said as he was looking over the security footage from the Smithsonian. Tony just balled up a small peice of paper and just toosed it off of McGee's head. "Hey.." he said in protest.

Ziva returned to her desk with a tad bit of wonder in her face, and Tony caught wind of it. "What are you pondering about this time, Ziv-ah?

"When Hailey and myself got up to the Director Shepard's office, she was already expecting Hailey, and told Cynthia and myself to wait downstairs until these kids' science teacher have arrived."

Then one of the elevator's chimed and opened its doors as Gibbs, Trent and Abby came out and met up with the rest of the gathered group. "May I see my boyfriend for a minute or two?" Kira asked as she pulled Trent's arm and dragged him to the window facing the shipyard. "What did you tell Special Agent Grayhair?"

Gibbs responed to the comment. "I heard that, Ms. Ford."

"I only told him about the Tyrannodrone and used the media routine." Trent said in defense. "You know using the 2nd person to describe us." he continued softly.

"Not bad, the grammer part of English class has paided off for you."

As Kira and Trent returned to the group, Gibbs tries to get info out of Tony as well. "DiNozzo, did get anything out ofthese kids that will help?"

"All they talk about it is the Power Rangers and their "heroic work"." Tony said before he recieves a hard hit in the back of the head. "Ah-ow." But, it wasn't Gibbs who slapped him.

It was Abby who headslaps him. "Don't bad-mouth the Power Rangers, Tony." Abby reminds Tony, then gave the test results to Gibbs. "Ducky was right, I can't beleive either, I have triple-checked it but he's right. It is dinosaur DNA."

All the kids displayed worried looks on ther faces which broke the patience barrier on Gibbs. "Would somebody, anybody tell me what the hell just happen at the Smithsonian?!"

"Did you have to shout, sir?" A mysterious voice coming from nowhere said. All of the NCIS agents were looking around to see where did the voice was coming from, but the kids knew where it came from. A man with spikey-gelled hair and a goatee appeared in the center of the bullpen in all black: pants, dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up half-way and a vest. It was the kids' science teacher and Tony's old dormmate Tommy Oliver. "Hey, kids."

"Hi, Dr. O." Kira and Ethan said in stereo.

"What's up?" Trent greeted.

Conner gave a flick of the hand as a wave. "Took you long enough, Doc."

"Ok, Conner...why don't you try calming down an entire class of worried teenagers after an attack."

Conner thought about for a second. "Good point."

Tommy looked at Tony and gave a subtle grin. "Long time, no see, Tony."

Laughing nevously as Ziva and McGee were about to pull out their guns. "Yeah, it has been a while." Tony replied.

"You haven't changed a bit."

"I was about to say the same thing about you." Tony said, but in his mind he's saying "Tony, are you sure that's Tommy? He might be an imposter."

"And yes Tony, it's really me." Tommy reassured Tony, then a wave of cocking sounds were made and every single agent that was on this floor was aiming their guns at Tommy.

"What did you tell them?" He asked his students.

Trent confessed about the Tyrannodrone. "I told him about the drone, but that's it."

"Stand down!" Director Shepard ordered all of the agents to reholster their weapons, now looking down towards Tommy. "Dr. Oliver, excuse them, my agents were just doing their jobs."

Tommy looked up to match her stare. "No disrespect intended, Director but if anyone is to reveal my..." then looks at his students and Hailey "our most treasured secret, it going to be me, understand?" He directed the warning to his students in turn nodded in agreement. "Good."

Now Director Shepard's attention was now on Gibbs. "Get your team and the kids up here now." she ordered.

"Yes, ma'am." Gibbs responed and he gesture everyone on his team to head up to the conference room.

When everyone was in the conference room, Ducky finished closing up the Tyrannodrone on time to joined the meeting in his work attire other than his scrubs. Director Shepard ordered her assistant Cynthia to not allow anyone else in until further order. She acknowledged and made sure everyone that was a part of this meeting is here. Then, Cynthia returned to her deskwork, pretending like nothing happen when she was actually hearing every single word coming out of that room. Tommy and the kids sat next to Hailey on one side of the table as Gibbs and his team sat on the other.

"Before we begin, this meeting is extremely classified and anything that's said in this room shall not be repeated on the outside to anyone else. Do I make myself clear?" Director Shepard asked.

"Yes, ma'am." Everyone said in different times.

"Good." Shepard replied. "Before all of you came in, Ms. Viktor has shown me very sensitive footage that will answer most of your questions and Dr. Oliver will explain anything else that is on your minds that involves this case."

Tommy got up from his chair. "Thank you, Director for taking this matter in the upmost importance and thank you, Agent Gibbs for putting up with my students."

Gibbs just nodded.

Tommy continued on. He looked towards Tony. "Tony, it's time that you finally know why I'm the way I am." He then nodded to Hailey to play the DVD. Everyone face forward at the flatscreen as Tommy's face appear.

"If you are seeing this journal entry, you have found out about my most vital secret, my past..."

Tony had to whisper something to McGee. "I bet it's about dinosaur bones or something like that..."

Conner just smiled as he said the same thing before when he, Kira and Ethan viewed the entry. Then the recording revealed his great secret.

"My history as a Power Ranger and the Ranger teams that have protect the Earth from evil."

Abby, McGee and Ziva when in awe mode while Gibbs just reacted with him rubbing his chin thinking about it for a few seconds. "Whoa..."

Tony couldn't believe the words. "Whoa, hold on just a second..." Hailey paused the DVD. "You're telling us that you, my dormmate was one of these Power Rangers."

"Yes, Tony. I am still one of these Power Rangers." Tommy said.

Ethan added a key aspect to this meeting. "He's not just a Power Ranger, he's one of the original 6 that protected Angel Grove."

"And when we found out about him, we didn't believe it at first as well." Kira added.

Hailey clear her throat to signal to continue with the entry. She resume the entry as the Tommy on the screen retold everything: Zordon, the Morphin' Masters, the Morphin' Grid, every ranger team, Tommy's life as a ranger until Tommy signal Hailey to stop the entry after Ninja Storm Rangers.

Ducky was amazed as he still want to hear more. "Is that it, Dr. Oliver?"

"No, it isn't. I told Hailey to stop it because this next ranger team is closer than you think." Tony signal Hailey to resume and showed Conner, Ethan and Kira fighting some Tyrannodrones with the powers of super-speed, dino-plating armor and sonic-scream. Then morphing into the Dino Thunder Rangers.

Abby and McGee was shocked as they quickly looked at the kids. "You guys are Power Rangers too?" McGee asked.

Kira, Ethan and Conner looked back at them. "Yep."

"Awesome." Abby replied with an gleeful smirk on her face.

Conner pointed at the screen. "And this is one of my favorite parts."

They all return to the screen as scenes with Tommy turning invisible, then visible while fighting, then fliping out a key and inserting the key into a morpher while calling out "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" and his morphin' sqence into the Brachio Dino Ranger. Hailey paused the DVD once again and faced everyone.

"This is our most precious secret, Agent Gibbs. The kids never meant to lie to you, but its part of our code."

"Which that is?" Gibbs was lost when it came to the Ranger code.

Tommy began to recite it. "We do not used our powers for personal gain...we only used our powers for defense. We must work together as a team. Our Ranger identities must be kept secret at all cost from the public world."

Gibbs now has a better understanding. "Makes sense. You only explained about yourself and 3 of your students."

Tommy just smirked a little. "This is where it gets a tad bit discouraging and..." Tommy looked at Trent. "I have made this bad choice too and paid for it as well."

Trent agreed in reassurance. Tommy resumed the footage to see Trent being controlled by Mesogog in fight the Rangers as the Drago Dino Ranger, then breaking out of Mesogog's control and joining the team. Then the NCIS team viewed Conner using the Sheild of Triumph to turn into the Triassic Ranger. Hailey cutted in to give her insight on the matter. "You all might want to know what is my part of all of this."

"That would help, seeing that only 5 Dino Rangers whatever you call yourselves were shown. Usually, there is at least 6 in a Power Ranger team." Ziva pointed out.

Hailey agreed with the Mossad officer as she rolled up her left sleeve to reveal a silver guantlet with a magenta gem encrested into it. "I was originally this team's tech support until this DinoGem called to me to be it's wearer and I became the Stega Dino Ranger, the 6th member."

The entry was finishing up. "May the power protect you." the recording said as the Tommy on the screen got up to turn off the camera. Tony wasn't completely convince, but did want to learn more.

"So, let me get this straight...you, her and these high school students go around in public fighting bad guys in spandex?"

All of the kids were fed up with someone whom thinks that their suits are made of spandex. "It's not spandex!" They said in unison.

"Then what is it?"

"The suits are made from Eltarium, a valuable alloy from my mentor Zordon's planet of Eltar." Tommy said as Hailey opened the metal briefcase and pulling out a silvery peice of metal, then a 6in x 4in x 1in bar and a 7 in. x 7 in. peice clothe of Eltarium microfibers. "As you can see, this is some raw, refined and processed bits of Eltarium. This alloy is the only type of metal that can focalize the Morphin' Grid so we can donned the suits."

"What about these DinoGems as you called them?" McGee contiued with his questions.

"The gems were embedded with the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs. When it impacted, a section broke away and also broke into 4 geodes, a bronze geode with the red, yellow and blue gems, a transparent one that encased the black gem, a black geode the held the white gem and a silver one that encased the magenta gem."

"So where did it came from...the meteor?" Director Shepard asked this time around.

Tommy looked directly at her. "It came from one of Eltar's moons as Zordon's ancestors tried to build a moon colony."

"Eltar is that advanced and old of a sentient race." Tony chimed in.

Ethan answered his question this time. "Yeah, we're all still a little awed as well."

Gibbs has only one thing on his mind right now. "Why does this Mesogog creep want with human teenagers in the first place?"

"He wants to create a virus that will transform human teenagers into his super-saurian army so that he can return the world to the age of the dinosaurs."

"Not exactly a James Bond villian, but he's close to it." Tony added.

"If he is sucessful, he will use these captured teens to spread the virus globally."

McGee was typing on a laptop and got information about the captives. "Boss, I think I know why he also got them a well."

"Well, split it out McGee." Gibbs ordered.

"Every single one of these kids are from military families with top fighting skills and intellect." McGee said as all 9 captives' photos were shown on the flatscreen alongside their relatives that are enlisted. "He really did his homework to pull off such a stunt."

The kids nodded and Ducky still had one more question to ask. "I do not mean to go off-topic here, but what are your powers? he asked looking towards Hailey and Trent.

"Mine is astroprojection, can phase throught solid objects." Trent responded.

"While mine is flight." Hailey chimed in. she looked over at Tony as he was about to make another joke. "If you call me flightly, I'll headslap you myself next time, got that?"

"Oh, i got it, but you can't hi me, I'm a federal officer and that's a felony." Tony pointed out.

Gibbs looks at him with a stern demeanor. "Not unless she asked me ahead of time."

Director Shepard had to restore order to this meeting. "Anywho, how are we going to track this Mesogog thing."

"Mesogog gives off a unique energy signature when he uses his portals, but I can't be able to do anything about it, beacuse I will end up of the field in combat." Hailey told Director Shepard and reminded her at the same time.

Abby raised her hand, then spoke. "That's why we have Tim McGee at our service. He's a wiz at this area."

Hailey was revlieved to hear that. "Good, because our command center is not that far from here."

Tim became confused on her statement. "You mean your command center was on the Naval yard the whole time right under our noses? I wonder which building it is?"

"It can't be in a Government building in this Naval yard, McProbie. We would've seen them way before hand." Tony pointed out.

"True, but it is in the Naval yard." Hailey continued to explain a bit further.

Director Shepard glanced at Hailey. "What do you mean it's in the Naval yard?"

"We'll show you." Hailey relpied.