Double Act

Chapter 2: Day of the Dino

Part II

A/N: Okay, so until Kennedi becomes a ranger, this is going to be mostly based on Kira. Kennedi will be in chapters before she becomes a ranger, just not as much. Anyway, last time, Kira, Conner, and Ethan had detention, which led them into a strange room where they found gems that gave them powers. Kira doesn't want anything to do with it and was kidnapped. Kennedi was kidnapped as well, and she doesn't know why. Conner and Ethan headed for Tommy's house. What'll happen now?

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Figured I'd post this now, since this is the only free time I have between school, presentations, homework, work, and other stuff this week.

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Conner and Ethan found themselves standing in the same room they had found the gems in, facing Dr. Tommy Oliver, who didn't look happy. After Kira had gotten kidnapped, they had figured it would be best to find Dr. Oliver, since he knew about dinosaur things. What they didn't expect to find was the man's house to be above the room they had walked in earlier. Now, they knew they had to explain what happened, but they were hesitating on doing so.

"Dr. O," Ethan began. "Before you go off, can we explain why we're here?"

"Dude, he's just going to laugh when we tell him," Conner interrupted.

"It's the truth," Ethan assured. "He'll believe us."

"All right," Conner sighed before turning to the teacher. "Kira's gone."

"She got taken by these weird looking dinosaur things," Ethan added.

Conner saw Tommy's face fall. "He doesn't look convinced."

"They're called tyranodrones," the man responded, turning away.

"And you know that because…"

"I helped create them," Tommy answered the boy in blue, turning back around to face them. This was not how he expected the first day of school to go.

"Oh, class project?" Ethan wondered.

Tommy sighed. "It's a long story. For now, we gotta figure out what they want with Kira."

"It might have something to do with these," Conner showed him the red and yellow gems.

Tommy looked surprised.

Give me the gems.

Kira and Kennedi awoke to the voice, hearing it. They saw they were in a strange place and that they were there with each other, but they had no clue why they were there. The room they were in was green and black, looking like a creepy mad scientist's lab. The girls moved off the chairs they had been resting in and stood together.

"Who's there?" Kira called. "Come out so we can see you!"

Give me the gems, the voice repeated.

"Is this about jewelry?" Kennedi raised an eyebrow. "Look, pal, clearly you've got the wrong girls."

"We may wear a friendship bracelet once in a while, but…"

"I have waited," the voice became clearer. The girls gasped and spun around, coming face to face with a mutant lizard freak. "Far too long to allow insignificant teenagers to get in my way. Now…where are the dino gems?"

Kennedi looked confused, but Kira had an idea of what he was talking about. "You mean those rock things we found in the cave?"

"Yes," the lizard hissed.

"I gave mine to Conner and Ethan," Kira stated. "You'll have to ask them. Can we go? Our mom's going to freak if we're late for dinner."

"Yeah," Kennedi caught on. "It's taco night." Before they could blink, the lizard was gone. "Okay, that's it. No more cafeteria food." The girls turned back around and came face to face with a woman dressed in all black and not looking happy.

"You'll be lucky if you ever see food again," she snarled.

Over at Ninja Ops, Tori had told Cam about what she saw. She had gone to get Kennedi for a girls day they had planned, which was supposed to be accompanied by Kira as well, when she saw the former orange ranger be kidnapped by tyranodrones. Not knowing what else to do, she had gone to Ninja Ops to see if Cam could trace her. Since Lothor destroyed Ninja Ops, most of the rangers had helped Cam in reconstructing it as a just in case sort of thing.

"Anything yet?" Tori asked.

"Nothing," Cam shook his head. "There's nothing indicating any sign of Kennedi anywhere."

"Of course there isn't," Tori sighed. "But why would she be taken by strange creatures in the first place?"

"I don't know," Cam shrugged. "But there has been an odd power surge in Reefside since this morning, and it may have something to do with that."

"Keep trying," Tori urged.

"You got a name?" Kira asked as the girls backed away from the creepy woman. Kennedi got a sense as to where this was headed, but she had no idea why she was involved in this. As far as she knew, she was only supposed to become a ninja ranger. "You kinda look familiar." The girls were mentally trying to plan an escape.

"My master calls me Elsa," the woman replied.

"Your master?" Kennedi raised an eyebrow. "That just sounds wrong."

"Okay, whatever," Kira scoffed. "Look, we're going to let ourselves out." They turned, but Elsa put a hand on their shoulders to stop them. Kennedi, being a ninja, and Kira, using what she had learned, both began to fight back, blocking themselves from any attack sent to them.

As one, Kira unleashed a ptera scream while Kennedi shot a fire stream at the woman, both injuring her. "Whoa," Kira breathed. "I so did not mean to do that."

"Less apologizing, more running!" Kennedi ordered, grabbing her sister's hand as they turned and ran out of the room, only to be stopped by a cyborg like creature appearing.

"Meet Zeltrax," Elsa breathed.

"You two dating?" Kira asked. "Or just friends?" Zeltrax made to charge, but Kira unleashed another ptera scream before Kennedi ninja streaked them out of the room.

As they ran through the halls, they could tell tyranodrones and the others were chasing after them. "You'll explain this later, right?"

"Right," Kira agreed, stopping when she saw a green light. She grabbed her sister's hand and touched the light, the two vanishing through an invisaportal.

"When you said you helped create those, tyrano-whatevers," Ethan began as he, Conner, and Tommy were out in search of Kira. None of them knew Kennedi had been kidnapped as well. Tommy was driving them in his jeep, hoping to find where an invisaportal would be. "You were just kidding, right?" None of this seemed believable to the boys.

"They weren't supposed to be used like this," Tommy sighed. "Someone has modified their programming. A few years back, I was doing research on combining dinosaur DNA with technology. My partner, a scientist named Anton Mercer…"

"The rich guy who disappeared years ago," Ethan recalled.

"Yep," the teacher confirmed. "Shortly after Mercer disappeared, our lab was attacked. All of our research was destroyed. Or at least I thought it was."

"And the guy who did this is back?" Conner asked.

Tommy pulled to a stop at a stop sign and nodded. "He calls himself Mesogog."

"And you think he's after the gems?" the soccer star continued.

"Looks like it," Tommy huffed.

"Look, this is all totally fascinating," Ethan rolled his eyes. "But how is it helping us find Kira? I mean, she's not just going to fall out of the sky and land right in front of us." As soon as he finished saying that, a thud was heard on the car and the boys turned to see Kira, along with another girl in a black uniform and mask, which had orange trimming. The girls lifted their heads and saw the boys.

It took a second for this to sink in and the boys hopped out, helping the girls off the hood of the car. "How did you do that?" Ethan breathed, looking awed.

"I have no idea," Kira answered. "One minute we're being chased by Franken-lizard through his creepy lab…"

"And the next thing we know, we're hood ornaments," Kennedi added, glad she was in her ninja uniform. She couldn't help the smirk that appeared when the boys looked at her, confused.

"Invisaportals," Tommy commented.

"Whatever," Kennedi rolled her eyes. "Next time, I'm calling a cab."

Kira turned to Conner and Ethan. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came to rescue you," Ethan stated.

"Nice job," Kira scoffed. "Way to show up when I don't need you anymore." Kennedi, being a ninja, sensed something behind Tommy and turned toward it, falling defensive.

"You sure about that, Kira?" she asked. Her actions caused the other four to turn and see the same thing she did. They saw Zeltrax walking toward them with a group of tyranodrones.

Tommy took the lead. "Mesogog find a new goon to do his dirty work?"

"You are not fit to speak my master's name," Zeltrax growled. "Come with me peacefully, or suffer the consequences."

"I'm gonna have to say no," Tommy denied.

Zeltrax and the tyranodrones charged, causing the five to split up and defend themselves. Kira and Kennedi stuck together, attacking the tyranodrones how they had attacked Elsa and Zeltrax back in the lair. Of course, Kennedi had lit her fists on fire to help with the attack. Over where they were fighting, Conner and Ethan were using their newfound super powers as well. Tommy was fighting off Zeltrax over by his jeep, taking on the tougher opponent himself.

When they finished, the five gathered back around the jeep, Kennedi still defensive. "Make sure you tell your master," Tommy breathed, facing the villain. "Dr. Oliver's back."

"I will inform him this battle is over," Zeltrax growled. "But the war has only just begun." He and the tyranodrones vanished into an invisaportal, and the teens relaxed.

"I'll call you later," Kennedi turned to her sister. "I need to get back before Tori starts freaking out."

"Okay," Kira nodded, and Kennedi streaked off, leaving a confused Conner and Ethan.

"That's the best he could do?" Ethan wondered.

"Let's get out of here," Tommy declared. "It's getting late. I don't want your parents to worry."

"I bet you don't," Conner agreed. "You might have to explain something."

Tommy sighed. "I'll fill you in tomorrow after school, I promise."

The teens piled into the jeep.

The next day, the teens were once again back in school. Things were already odd enough, and Kira hoped it wouldn't get any weirder. When she realized she and her sister were in some creepy villain's evil lair, the young girl had a feeling that she would be sort of following her sister's path in becoming a power ranger. After all, she was the one with the gem, and it had given her super powers, and she and Conner and Ethan were the ones being attacked. It would make the most sense if they became power rangers.

"Kira Ford," Cassidy grabbed the dirty blonde's arm. "Cassidy Cornell, Reefside News Network."

"Cassidy, I know who you are," Kira rolled her eyes. "We're in homeroom together?"

"Yeah, anyway," Cassidy shrugged. "What can you tell me about the mysterious goings-on at Reefside? For example, the sudden friendship between you, Conner McKnight, and Ethan James. Or better yet, the strange creatures that appeared out of nowhere, and they just attacked you in broad daylight. What about that, huh?"

"Look, I have no idea what you're talking about," Kira lied. "But as you can see, I'm just fine. But you… you look kind of, oh, uh, pasty."

"Pasty?" Cassidy panicked. "Are you serious?" Kira moved over to take a seat as Cassidy pulled out a mirror. "I hate fluorescent lighting."

Tommy saw this. "Cassidy, unless you plan on giving a lecture on the Mesozoic period, I suggest you take your seat." The blonde did so, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Thank you. Okay, who can tell me when it all began?"

Before anyone could answer, an earthquake hit and the sky darkened. The emergency lights kicked on, allowing students to see. Most rushed over to the windows to see what was going on. Devin came running in and ran over to Cassidy. "Cass, you are not going to believe this!"

"Let me guess," Cassidy rolled her eyes. "The sky just went black in the middle of the day?"

"It did?" Devin frowned, looking out the window. "Whoa, look at that!"

"Devin, hello?" she called. "What?"

"Oh, yeah, right," he got back on topic. "Look, I just heard this whack report about mechanical dinosaurs attacking downtown." Tommy turned his attention to them as he heard this.

"Ooh, grab your camera," Cassidy led him to the door.

"Wait, hold it, you two," Tommy stopped them.

Randall's voice came on over the loudspeaker. "Students, remain calm. The mayor has declared a state of emergency. Please report to the front of the school for immediate dismissal. Again, remain calm." Students ran out of the room, leaving only the teacher and the three who found the gems.

"Dr. O," Kira spoke. "Now would be a good time to have that little chat."

"No time," Tommy denied. "If Mesogog revived the bio zords, we gotta act fast. Come with me." He ran out of the room.

Ethan looked at the other two. "What's the worst that can happen?"

On their way to Tommy's house, the science teacher had explained a bit about what was going on. The teens weren't sure if he was crazy or if this was some sort of trick, but at the moment, they decided to believe him. They weren't sure what could happen, but where they were the ones with super powers, they would probably understand it better. Tommy led them into the lab, which Kira was surprised to learn was the room where they found the gems.

"So these mechanical dinosaurs," she began. "They're your friends?"

"Biozords," Tommy corrected. "Fusion powered replicates using actual dinosaur DNA for their neuro-functions."

"Wait, let me guess," Ethan assumed. "You helped build them."

"I'm afraid so," Tommy nodded. "But right now we…I mean you have to tame them."

"I'll BBL if it's all the same to you," Ethan moved to leave.

Tommy frowned. "What's that mean?"

"Be back later," Ethan answered, heading toward the door.

"Ethan, wait," Tommy stopped him. "You can do this. But you won't have to do it alone." He moved over to a silver case. "Ever since I found the dino gems, I've had these waiting in case I ever needed to harness their powers."

"Into what?" Kira wondered. Tommy opened the case, revealing three devices shaped like dinosaur heads.

"Dino morphers," the man answered. "Use these to become power rangers."

"I gotta sit down," Ethan breathed, not believing it. Kira's mind was racing a mile a minute, trying to process the fact that she'd be following in her sister's footsteps.

"Breathe, dude," Conner chuckled.

Kira didn't believe this. "We can't be power rangers. Aren't you supposed to fly or have superhuman strength and stuff like that?"

"You do," Tommy reminded her.

"Oh, right," she sighed. "I forgot."

"Your gems are from the asteroid that crashed into Earth millions of years ago," Tommy explained. "Wiping out the entire dinosaur population. When I found them, I recognized their power and hid them so they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands."

"How do you know these are the right hands?" Conner asked.

Tommy continued. "The gems are yours. You didn't choose them. They chose you."

"Can't they unchoose us?" Kira hoped.

"They've already bonded with your DNA," Tommy shook his head. "That's what's giving you your powers."

"So if they already bonded with us," Ethan frowned. "How come Mesogog and his creeps are still after 'em?"

"The only way these powers can be taken away is if you're destroyed," Tommy answered.

"Okay," Ethan blinked. "For future reference, that's not a great selling point."

Conner decided to continue. "Look, all I know is, I don't remember asking to be a superhero."

"The gems wouldn't have bonded with you if you didn't already have something inside you that could handle the power," Tommy stated. "Please," he moved the case closer to them. Sharing a look, the three teens grabbed the one that matched their gem color.

"So…now what?" Ethan wondered. "Do we need some kind of secret password or command?"

"All you have to do is say Dino Thunder, Power Up," Tommy replied. "And you'll be transformed. You'll know what to do."

"Dino Thunder," Conner scoffed. He looked at Ethan. "What, did you come up with that?"

"I kinda like it," Ethan pointed out.

"You would."

Tommy rolled his eyes. "Look, I know you three are from different worlds. I get it. But you're gonna have to work together or this will never happen. It won't be easy. Nobody knows that better than I do. But you're gonna have to believe in yourselves. Because I believe in you."

"Really?" Conner questioned.

"Really."

Over in Blue Bay Harbor, Kennedi was working again. It was after school, and she and Dustin had shifts at the sports shop. Business was a bit slow, and Kelly had the news playing on the TV in the lounge area of the shop. Dustin and Kennedi listened to it as they worked on a bike. Kennedi hoped she would hear something regarding what happened yesterday. Her former teammates all knew what happened, but none of them could figure out why.

"A new team of Power Rangers have appeared to fight off the newest evil," the two ninjas heard the reporter speak. They paused in their work and went to watch, hoping they were showing some of the fight. Sure enough, it was showing red, blue, and yellow rangers in dinosaur themed costumes trying to tame zords. "Reefside is now under attack, and it looks like these brave heroes are here to defend the city."

"Dude, doesn't your sister live in Reefside?" Dustin wondered.

"Yeah, so?" Kennedi frowned.

Dustin shrugged.

After fighting their first battle and morphing for the first time, the three teens weren't sure what to think. None of this made sense to them, and they couldn't believe they had just tamed zords to stop the city from being destroyed. Now, they were back in the dino lab, Tommy passing out their communicator bracelets. "Keep these bracelets with you at all times," Tommy instructed. "They'll access your morphers when you need them. And you can use these to communicate with me and with each other."

"Dr. O," Kira began. "I know you're real smart and a science teacher and everything, but this is…well, I mean, how did you…"

"I'll fill you in," Tommy cut her off. "In time."

"Speaking of time," Ethan spoke. "You think Mesogog's gonna stick around for a while?"

"Unfortunately," the teacher sighed. "They always do."

"They?" Conner raised an eyebrow.

Tommy changed the subject slightly. "I know this is a lot to take in. Your lives have just changed in ways you probably couldn't have imagined. But as long as you work together, and remember you're a team, no one can defeat you. No one."

The three teens shared a look.

A/N: End of the second chapter. Woo! Up next is Wave Goodbye.