Double Act
Chapter 5: Back in Black
A/N: So I'm not sure which chapters between "Diva in Distress" and the evil ranger arc I'm going to put in this. Anyway, last time, the rangers found a video diary where they learned the history of power rangers. They were shocked to see Kira's sister was a ranger, and they also learned their teacher was a ranger. Kira also learned her uncle was a ranger (for this series, Jason is Kira and Kennedi's uncle, just 'cause I feel like it).Anyway, what'll happen now?
Today's upside: I got accepted into one of the colleges I applied to.
Downside: My flash-drive (the one that holds not only my schoolwork but my stories as well) broke into pieces. It still works, but I need to get a new one.
Disclaimer: I only own things not originally in the show.
In the lab, the teens continued standing around Hayley, making sure everything was all set for them to go. They had figured out where their science teacher was, which made the hunt of how to get to them a bit easier. The video diary had interested them and wasn't as useful as they hoped, but it gave them a reason as to why their teacher was a bit cryptic about knowing how these things worked. "I've got a lock on a portal," Hayley confirmed.
"We're on it," Conner clapped his hands together. The three nodded and began to head for the stairs, hoping they could get to it on time.
"Remember," Hayley called after them. "You have to reach a speed of five hundred thirty six miles per hour upon entry. Otherwise, you'll never make it past the security wall and probably be ripped to pieces." All three froze in their step before simultaneously turning to look at her. "Did I forget to mention that?" She caught their looks. "I'll take that as a yes."
She stood and headed for a wall where she pushed a button, causing it to rise up. "Never fear. I have something for just such an occasion." The wall opened up to reveal three bikes in their colors.
"Sweet," Ethan awed.
"Amazing," Kira added.
"Which one's mine?" Conner joked. The other two gave him odd looks. "I'm kidding."
"Oh you so weren't kidding," Ethan snorted.
Hayley came over. "These are your new raptor cycles. They should have you to the portal coordinates in approximately ninety two point seven five seconds."
"And when we get there?" Kira prompted.
"Use your gems to access the hyper drive," Hayley instructed. "Then head straight through the portal to Mesogog's island fortress."
Conner blinked a moment. "Wait, did you just say 'island' fortress?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Well, islands," Conner fidgeted. "They're surrounded by water…"
"No," Ethan interrupted. "You can't swim!"
"I didn't say that," Conner defended himself.
Ethan smirked. "But it's true. You can't."
"The invisaportal will take you directly to the island," Hayley assured, easing Conner's fears. "You'll never have to get wet." She walked away as Ethan chuckled.
"You can't swim."
"Whatever dude," Conner huffed. "You guys ready?"
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
Kira, Conner, and Ethan rode their new raptor cycles to an almost desert like area. The bikes automatically stopped in front of where the invisaportal had to be. Kira hopped off her bike and took a few steps forward, looking around. "Whoa, it just stopped," Ethan commented, slightly confused.
"What's up with that?" Conner added.
"This must be where Hayley programmed the coordinates," Kira concluded.
"Look," Kira pointed to where the invisaportal appeared. "There's the invisaportal. I sure hope Dr. O is on the other side."
"Only one way to find out," Conner stated. "You guys ready?"
Ethan nodded. "You know it." They ran back to the bikes and hopped on. Just as they were about to head for the invisaportal, Zeltrax, Elsa, a new monster, and a group of tyranodrones appeared in their path.
"Hey!" Conner called out. "No one invited you to the party!"
"I'm crashing," Elsa rolled her eyes. "And I brought a few friends. Is that rude?"
"Extremely," Kira answered.
Zeltrax was next to speak. "You're not getting through that portal unless you're in chains."
"I might be able to pull that look off," Kira looked to her teammates. "But these guys? No way!"
"I vote we go for it!" Conner suggested. With everyone in agreement, they sped off on the bikes, taking on the charging enemy. All of them fired off their lasers on their bikes. Each of them charged through a group of tyranodrones, doing their best to fend them off. Conner headed for Elsa and Zeltrax, hoping to create a clearer path for his team.
With lasers being fired, taking out the tyranodrones was easier than they thought. A few times riding through them and firing caused the tyranodrones to be destroyed, or at least down for the remainder of the fight. Once Conner finished up fighting off Zeltrax and Elsa, the three continued riding at the same pace, neck and neck.
Charging forward, they rushed through the invisaportal.
"Hayley, we're in," Conner reported once the three teens parked the raptor cycles in Mesogog's fortress. They knew they had made it and they were thankful Zeltrax and Elsa did not follow them. Chances were that they'd run into Mesogog, but they had to save their teacher. They hopped off the bikes and powered down.
"Good," she replied. "I'll recalibrate the bikes for your exit. You have about five minutes."
The three nodded and took off.
"The lab should be just around here, I think," Kira commented as they ran through the halls, following her lead. After all, she had been here before and even though it was briefly, she seemed to know her way around it. "At least we still have the element of…" she cut herself off as the three skidded to a halt when Mesogog stepped out in front of them.
"Welcome," he interrupted. "We've been expecting you."
"…surprise," Kira finished.
"You remember me, I trust," he looked at Kira as the four backed away slowly.
Kira cringed. "Like I could forget that face."
"What part's his face?" Ethan wondered.
"Obviously you are in need of some discipline," Mesogog stepped closer to them. He transported Elsa and Zeltrax into the group along with the new monster.
Kira dragged her teammates away. "This way! Hurry!"
The three made it into the lab, where they found Tommy tied to a chair. "Hit the red button on the panel," he ordered. Ethan went and did so, closing the doors as Conner and Kira went to release him from the chair. "I should've known you'd try to rescue me."
"Is that your way of saying thank you?" Ethan raised an eyebrow. "'Cause if it is, it needs serious work."
"I'll thank you for real when we get outta here," Tommy stated. "We can use the main invisaportal network." A portal opened up. "Hayley gave you the raptor cycles, right?" They nodded. "This way."
Ethan held him back. "Wait. We need to talk."
"Go," Tommy urged. "I'll explain later!"
"We already know everything," Conner rushed out.
"We found the video diary," Kira elaborated.
"We know you're a power ranger," Ethan finished.
Tommy fought the urge to roll his eyes as he replied. "Was, Ethan. Not anymore." At that moment, the door to the lab opened and the villains ran in, looking for a fight.
"Ranger or not," Mesogog came to the front of the group. "You're mine now."
"I hate when he gets like this," Tommy grumbled.
"We can take it from here, Dr. O," Conner assured.
Morphing, the fight began.
After escaping into the invisaportal, the teens found themselves on their raptor cycles. Tommy appeared right behind them seconds later, carrying the stone that housed the black dino gem. Of course, the others didn't know that yet, but they could tell something weird was going on with it. "Do we really need a souvenir?" Conner wondered, noting the stone.
"This one we do," he replied.
Running down the hall was the villains they were trying to escape. "There they are!" Elsa shouted.
"Go!" Tommy ordered. "I'm right behind you!" The three rangers vanished into the invisaportal, Tommy quickly following.
Conner, Kira, and Ethan rode to a stop once they were back in the city. They parked the bikes and turned so they could see Tommy fall out of the invisaportal seconds later. Tommy still held the stone in his hands, and to make matters worse, Elsa, Zeltrax, and the monster appeared behind them with a giant group of tyranodrones. Tommy noticed, and without thinking as he stood, got ready to fight.
Zeltrax wasted no time in firing at the teacher, causing Tommy to use the rock as a shield and bouncing the blast off. The rangers were off their bikes, watching what was going on. A moment later and the impact of the blast affecting the shield and the stone caused a giant explosion. When the dust cleared, all that was visible was the shattered stone pieces.
"Dr. O!" Ethan yelled.
"No!" Kira gasped, falling to her knees. "They can't be gone!"
"Such negativity," Elsa sneered. "Haven't you learned that in our world, anything's possible?"
"Even the destruction of the great Dr. Tommy Oliver," Zeltrax added, seeming unusually happy about it.
"I heard my name," Tommy's voice commented as he reappeared. "You missed me, didn't you Zeltrax?" His appearance caused the three rangers to run toward them, Ethan and Conner closest to Tommy, and Kira on the side.
Conner noticed a glow coming from Tommy's hands. "Hey, what's that?" Tommy opened his hand, revealing a black dino gem.
"A black dino gem," Ethan noted. "Let me guess…power of invisibility?"
"Looks like it," Tommy nodded.
"That gem belongs to my master," Elsa grabbed their attention.
Tommy spoke. "There's two things you guys need to learn about dino gems. One – you can't choose them. They choose you."
"What's the other?" Elsa dared asking, knowing it couldn't end well. Tommy raised his arm, causing the sleeve of his shirt to roll down and reveal a dino morpher.
"They go real well with dino morphers," he smirked. He slammed his gem into it, activating its powers.
"Aren't you a little old for this, Tommy?" Elsa seemed a bit amused.
"I may be old, but I can still pull it off," he retorted.
Tommy decided now would be a great time to try out his new powers. "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" He morphed into the new black ranger. The other three rangers moved to stand by their new teammate, surprised by the outcome.
"Just like riding a bike," Tommy commented.
"One more makes no difference," Zeltrax prepared for the oncoming fight. "Attack!"
After the fight, everyone was relaxing at Hayley's Cyberspace. There were things that needed to be discussed, and they were going to discuss them. Kira, Conner, and Ethan sat on one couch as Hayley got drinks together for the giant group. The café was closed, so they were glad for that. The walk to the place had been silent, no one knowing what to say.
Tommy was sitting on the other end of the other couch. Hayley brought over the drinks, setting them down in front of everyone before taking a seat on the arm of the couch Tommy was on.
"What a day," Ethan broke the silence. "New bikes, new zords…"
"New rangers," Conner finished. "Well, sorta new."
"Dr. O, are you going to tell us how you happened to have the morphers ready?" Kira wondered.
Tommy explained how he had his ready. "Right after you guys became rangers, I got an energy reading on the tracking system. I had a good idea it was another gem. So, I had Hayley build a morpher just in case."
"And the day of my gig?" Kira prompted.
"I was coming to tell you guys the energy had moved and we needed to investigate…"
"When you were nabbed by the goon patrol," Conner once again finished. "Brutal."
"Yeah," Tommy sighed, setting his cup down. "But it all turned out okay. Well, I better get going."
Hayley frowned as the black ranger stood. "Going? Where are you going?"
"Shopping," he answered. "I checked my closet this morning and there's a serious shortage of black in there."
He left without another word, leaving the young rangers laughing.
By the time Kira got home, it was starting to become dark out. The rangers had left the café not long after Tommy had, all having homework to get to. Unfortunately for them, being rangers didn't excuse them from homework, and their teachers liked to give a lot. When the dirty blonde arrived home, she smiled, seeing her sister's car in the driveway.
"Late much?" Kennedi asked, opening the door as she saw Kira approach. Kira rolled her eyes and walked in. "Dinner's still warm if you want some."
"Good, because I'm hungry," Kira moved to the kitchen. Kennedi followed her, noticing a change in her sister.
"Something's different about you," she commented as Kira began eating.
"Like what?" Kira frowned.
Kennedi shrugged. "Dunno. Just…your vibe has changed. Did someone ask you out?"
"No," Kira scoffed. "Ken, stop asking that. Chances are you'll be there when someone does ask me out because you'd have been the one to set it up."
"True," the ninja agreed, sitting across from her sister. "Still…hey, you never told me about the weird thing with the fossil."
"Must've forgotten," Kira smirked. "I figured it would've been obvious to you."
"It was, but I wanted to hear you say it," Kennedi laughed. "We get kidnapped, and suddenly there's a new team of rangers that has one girl and you have a new bracelet?"
"Just shut up," Kira huffed, a smile on her face.
A/N: Short, I know. Most of this actually came from one of my other DT stories, and I just modified it a little bit. I know there's not much including of other characters, but hey, it still works.