"Are you all really telling us that those 5 insane people wearing coloured outfits, fighting dangerous robots of some sort are you guys?" Knightriss recalled.
"In a nutshell." Jack replied.
"I do not believe this!" Shaiden exclaimed while Kook nodded, "We only came back for our passports."
"You know mum, some parents would be astonished that their child is saving the town." Danny hinted.
"Don't push it!" Knightriss shouted, "You are all in big trouble."
"I blame your kids." Faetal said to the other defenders, "Kyle wasn't like this when it was just us three."
"I'm sorry are you saying that my daughter is a bad influence?" Gildar asked as Vane nodded, "I'll let you know that Annaka is the pride and joy of the Graphum family."
A huge uproar then filled the kitchen. Each defender was arguing over one another about their child. James stood in the corner of the room rolling his eyes while Kyle took out the yellow gem and examined it. It was different to the JCD ones; it was brighter, like neon Yellow and has weird patterns on it. The Jr defenders mentioned earlier that they had seen these gems before but they hadn't seen the yellow one.
10 months ago
"Charles, we need to go!" Luke exclaimed as Charles stood in the main room of the 'imaginary' castle.
"I'll be with you in 5." Charles told him, "I need to get something first."
Luke nodded as Charles ran up the stairs into one of the rooms. He looked around, throwing objects about the room and hearing them bash into the wall. He smiled as he found what he was looking for. Charles picked up the 4 coloured gems: Red, Blue, Green and Pink. He smiled faded when he realised that one was still missing.
Charles then opened the fifth and final drew. He pulled the door open so wide that he almost fell out, losing the contents in the heavy room forever. Charles dug into the draw and picked up the forgotten yellow gem.
"Destiny calls." He muttered as the all the gems touched each other and a pattern started to show.
"I'm not saying what they do is safe!" James exclaimed, "But this whole project was set up by Charles. He must have trusted them."
"He locked away a dangerous power in their minds which when unlocked made out kids go mental!" Thorne told him.
"He had his flaws." James reasoned back.
"Not to mention secrets!" Skabb shouted, "And we still can't believe you're okay with our children risking their lives!"
"I'm only doing what Charles told me!" James exclaimed.
"There are children; we have a right in what they do!" Crocness argued back.
"They've only been your children since November 2031!" James shouted throughout the castle, "For 15 years Charles looked after them, cared for them, raised them. Where were you 8 huh? Living the dream in some Castle perhaps. The only parents who get a say in what their child does are Faetal and Vane."
The whole room filled with silence which was more unsettling then the uproars that happened moments ago.
"We're still in charge." Ballista whispered faintly.
James was about to intervene when he phone started to vibrate rather loudly. He sighed loudly and looked at the screen then to the defenders then back at the screen, he twitched slightly then explained, "Harvey's back with a few Robosaurs."
The Jr defenders stood up on instinct and were ready to leave when…
"Hold it!" Knightriss shouted.
The Jr defenders froze in their position and turned around, "You five aren't going anywhere. Hand us your Dino thingy's and remain seated."
The Jr defenders obeyed Knightriss, took off their Dino DNA tubes and handed them to their parents. They then sat down like they were in detention.
"We'll sort this out." Knightriss explained as her and the other defenders left the room and slammed the castle doors shut. James followed swiftly.
"Well that went well." Danny said sarcastically.
"Oh yeah." Zsa-Zsa replied, "We have been stripped of our powers and only have this useless gem things."
Zsa-Zsa pulled hers from out of her pocket and threw it onto the table in a rage. She stood up, stomped over to the kitchen door and tried to open it. The door however appeared locked.
"You four are so lucky I am away from any object can throw." She exclaimed as the four Jr defenders looked anxious, "They can't do this to me!"
"It sucks." Annaka muttered placing her gem opposite Zsa-Zsa's, "They treat us like kids."
"I blame him." Jack said pointing a Kyle."
"Hey what did I do?" He angrily asked.
"You parents are like super protective of you; if they weren't like that then we would probably have our Dino powers still."
"Your mum took our powers away." Kyle said simultaneously getting his gem out as well and putting it next to Annaka's.
"She's 'in charge'." Jack told him also placing his gem next to Zsa-Zsa's.
"I just can't believe that our parents would do that!" Danny exclaimed, "I bet their only going to reason with Charles. Did you know that before we were born they would place betrayers in the dungeon?"
"Been reading their files again?" Annaka muttered miserable.
"I wonder what changed. Now all they do is boss around and reason." Danny said placing his gem in-between Annaka's and Zsa-Zsa's for the fun of it.
Suddenly the whole filled with a golden light, almost blind each defender. Zsa-Zsa walked closer to the table as the light faded away. Jack inspected the gems; they must have caused the glow to appear. Kyle tugged on Danny's arm indicated to look up.
"Well that's new." He commented making the three remaining defenders look up, "What is it?"
"I have no idea." Annaka replied.
Two feet above them, was what appeared to be a set of gold lines all connected. Kyle took out his phone and took a quick picture. It was truly magnificent. Jack concluded that it could possible some foot prints that Charles designed ages ago but it hard to tell they could be some many possibilities.
A beeping noise from Jack's wrist interrupted the moment; the attention drew to him as he answered it.
"Yes?" He replied.
"Your parents are in trouble." James replied, "They have no idea what to do when fighting the robots. You need to come down here."
"We're locked in the Dining room." Jack told him.
"Then knock the door down!" James shouted like it was the most obvious solution in the world.
Jack looked over at Danny. The pair stood in front of the door and ran into it. Unfortunately they re-bounded onto the floor, causing the other defenders to laugh at their misfortune. Jack and Danny stood up and slightly glared at the other before trying again. The door fell open and both boys fell with it landing on their fronts.
"Jack and Danny there, stylish as ever." Zsa-Zsa smirked.
"Oh let's go!" Jack exclaimed.
The Jr defenders clambered into Jack's jeep and drove off into Pearl Canyon. It was easy to locate them as the defenders were arguing amongst one another about the robosaurs. Jack came to a screeching halt in the jeep causing everyone to fall forwards.
They leapt out and ran towards the Chaos. Kyle observed that the defenders had been pushed into a corner and the robosaurs were closing in. James spotted the five figures and smiled.
"Jr defenders!" He shouted gaining everyone's attention, "Catch!"
James threw the Dino tubes across the centre of the town. The Jr defenders ran and jumped to catch them. They then inserted them into their carries.
"It's Dino Time!" Jack shouted.
"Raptorex!"
"Pterodactyl!
"Triceratops!"
"Vulcanodon"
"Tyrannosaurus!"
Coloured flashed filled the room and the Jr defenders were ready.
"Dino Time Yellow!"
"Dino Time Pink!"
"Dino Time Green!"
"Dino Time Blue!"
"Dino Time Red!"
The robosaurs changed direction and started running towards the Jr defenders. Kyle and Danny tagged teamed up and kicked the robosaurs against a wall, breaking some of their mechanics. Some of the remaining robosaurs tried to run forward but got a punch in the stomach for their troubles. With their systems failing, they fell to the ground in a heap.
Annaka and Zsa-Zsa jumped two feet in the air and landed on two of the robosaurs. They kicked them back and they fell into a heap. They then spun round and kicked the reaming ones into the nearest bench then gave the robosaurs a final kick, finishing them off.
Jack kicked and punched the robosaurs around him. He then used all his might to push them towards whatever objects lay behind them. They fell to the floor and Jack gave them a final push and they collapsed completely. The Jr defenders powered down.
Back at in the dining room, everyone remained silent for Knightriss verdict on the Dino matter.
"You can keep the powers." She concluded.
The Jr defenders silently cheered and smiled happily but their smiles faded when the defenders still look miserable as ever.
"What's wrong?" Kyle asked.
"It's about the conference we're going to." Thorne told them, "You see, after we finish this one in Spain, there's another one 4 days after in Switzerland then there are at least 5 more after that one."
"So the point is?" Zsa-Zsa asked.
"You probably won't see us again for another year." Knightriss concluded, "We only found out about this when we returned to the castle to collect out passports."
"You can't leave!" Annaka exclaimed, "Like James said you've been gone 15 years!"
"We know it will be hard, especially for you Kyle, but you'll get by as long as all of you stick together." Shaiden concluded, "Don't go your separate ways."
Later that day all of the defenders were at the airport standing by security. The defenders said their final farewells to their children and told them to stay safe as they went through blowing final kisses. The five Jr defenders stood there until they could see their parents out of sight.
"It's just us now." Jack said breaking the silence, "Stand in a circle."
"Why?" Danny questioned.
"Just do it, and place your hand in the middle." Jack ordered, "I promise that we'll never be separated and that we'll always be together not matter what."
The Jr defenders lifted their hands into the air securing the promise then the left the airport to return back to the empty castle.
