The next morning, Ethan showed Zack around town. While they were in the park, a group of Tyrannodrones showed up.
"Ethan, go hide I'll take care of these creeps!" Zack said as Ethan followed his uncle's orders.
While Ethan was hiding he called Tommy. "Dr. O, Uncle Zack is in trouble. He is taking on a group of Tyrannodrones by himself and he told me to hide," Ethan said into his commentator.
"Morph and join him, I will get the others and join you," Tommy said as Ethan did just that.
Zack was glad to see Ethan show up as he 'drones were more then he could handle. A short time later, Tommy, Conner, and Kira showed up ready for battle. The Dino Thunder Rangers easily took out the 'drones. After the fight, Zack approached Tommy.
"Wow! Another Black Ranger, you know I was the original one," Zack said.
"So you are Zack Taylor, it is so nice to meet one of the originals," Tommy said trying not to reveal himself to Zack.
"Man, you have got to teach me some of those moves," Ethan said trying not to reveal himself.
"Maybe someday, but first I like to get to know you guys," Zack said.
"Um you should know that a ranger is not supposed to reveal theirselves," Tommy said.
"I know that, but we are part of the ranger family," Zack said.
"You can say that again," Tommy and Ethan, mumbled.
"What was that?" Zack asked.
"Um, nothing," Tommy said.
"Anyways, I have to find my nephew, he was showing me around town until we got attacked," Zack said as Ethan found a place to un-morph and walked up to Zack.
A short time later, Ethan and Zack were almost at the Cyberspace Café when Zeltrax, Elsa, and some Tyrannodrones showed up.
"Oh man not again," Zack said as Ethan thought the same thing.
"GET HIM!" Elsa ordered pointing at Zack.
Everyone vanished in an invaportal.
"Dr. O, some Tyrannodrones captured Uncle Zack in front of Hayley's, Ethan said into his communicator.
"Meet me in the lair," Tommy said before he contacted Conner, Kira, and Hayley to come to his house.
"What would Mesogog want with Uncle Zack?" Ethan asked once got into the lair.
"Probably what he always wants, the gems. I bet he is using Zack as bait for them," Tommy said.
"I was going to say the same thing," Conner said as everyone shot him a look. "What? I was," he said before Ethan smacked him in the back of the head. "What was that for? Conner asked.
"This isn't the time for you to be a smart but," Ethan said.
"Guys enough we have to find an portal to get to Messagog's island," Tommy said.
The three rangers agreed.
"I found one!" Hayley said.
"You did where?" Tommy asked.
"Yea there is one a mile north of here," she said.
"Ok guys lets take the Raptor Cycles. I will ride with Conner," Tommy said.
The rangers morphed before heading to the invisiportal.
Hold on Uncle Zack we are on our way. Ethan thought.
Once we get there, we will probably have to fight Messagog and the goons," Tommy said as he hopped onto Conner's bike.
"So you were a Power Rangers years ago, well I bet the rangers will come to your rescue, but none of you will leave here the way you came in," Messagog said to Zack.
"Man what is your deal? Is it taking over the Earth?" Zack asked while trying to figure a way out of being strap to the table.
"No, I am going to bring the Earth back to the days of the Dinosaurs," Messagog said.
Zack said as an alarm went off.
"What is going on?" Messagog asked.
"It appears we have company coming," Elsa said pointing to a computer screen that shows the rangers on there way to the portal.
"Alright you are going to go down!" Zack said.
"Well, this is the spot, I think it will open up any minute," Tommy said as the portal opened up and the rangers went through it without any trouble.
"Yes we made it!" Everyone said.
"Okay now everyone be on the look out for Messagog or any of his goons I don't think we can rescue Zack without a fight," Tommy said.
"Are you looking for me?" Elsa asked at the same time.
"Not quite, but you will do for now," Ethan said.
"You guys take on Elsa, I will try to find Zack, Tommy said.
Kira took Elsa on by herself then Zeltrax and some Tyrannodrones showed up. Ethan and Conner took on the Tyrannodrones until Elsa gave up her fight and her and Zeltrax went back to Messagog leaving Kira to help fight the Tyrannodrones.
"The black ranger, I am glad to see you," Zack said as Tommy freed him from the table before Messagog, Elsa, and Zeltrax showed up.
"Are you ready to show them what two black rangers can do?" Tommy asked as Zack shook his head in agreement.
Zack and Tommy took the three on until Conner contacted Tommy to tell him that there was a portal near them.
"We need to move fast," Tommy said as he and Zack made it just in time.
"Man that was close," Zack said.
"We are glad you are ok," Ethan said as the others agreed.
"I am going to my sister's house, hopefully my nephew is there," Zack said.
"I am going to head home myself," Ethan said when Zack got far enough that he could not hear him.
day after school, the rangers and Hayley were in Tommy's lab disusing their previous day's battle and their day at school.
"Why next can't I use Wikipedia as one of my sources for the report?" Conner asked.
"Conner, it is a source that anyone can put information on. It is better that you use a source that is more creditable, Tommy said.
"Leave it up to the jock to want to get by using Wikipedia," Ethan snickered.
"TOMMY ARE YOU HERE?" Zack yelled from uustairs.
"What is Uncle Zack doing here? I thought he went back home today," Ethan said.
"Everything should be ok as long as he does not pull on the Triceratops mouth that opens the trap door," Kira said looking at Conner.
"Hey if I did not do that, none of this would happen," he said.
"I'll go upstairs while you take the exit," Tommy said before they heard the trap door open.
"Tommy what is going on down here?" Zack asked.
Tommy and the three rangers were speechless.
"Yo check this place out, it reminds me of the old Command Center but with an old dinosaur cave in a teacher's basement kind of feel," Zack said.
"Do you like it?" Tommy asked.
"Yea man it is tight. Billy boy would love this," Zack said.
"Yea I miss the Command Center so much that I tried to make a prehistoric looking one," Tommy said trying to sound convincing.
"Now if the Power Rangers knew about this place, they might want four poles similar to the old Batman TV show so they can slide down here when they need to," Zack joked.
"when was that? "Kira asked.
"I heard the original run was in the 60's, but I did see reruns when I was in high school, " Tommy said.
"I saw it in high school too," Zack said.
"That would be so awesome," Conner said. "Wait, did I just say what I thought I said?" he asked.
"Like you three are the Power Rangers. I know there are four of them, and I doubt Tommy here would be a ranger again," Zack said half hearty.
"Guys, I think the jig is up," Tommy said.
Conner, Ethan, and Kira morphed in front of Zack. Then they took their helmets off.
"Ethan, you're a Power Ranger?" Zack asked.
"Yes, mom and dad do not know," Ethan said.
"Hey man, that is cool, your mom and grandparents never knew that I was," Zack said.
"I guess it was meant to be a family thing," Conner said.
"You guys do not have an evil ranger to fight against do you?" Zack asked.
"No we do not," Ethan said.
"An evil ranger, I did not know that could be possible," Kira said.
"Oh it is possible," Zack said as he looked at Tommy.
"I do not mean to change the subject, but I thought you already left," Ethan said.
"I decided to stop here to say bye to Tommy before I left by the way, who is your mentor? We had a space alien as ours," Zack said.
"O um… ours is a human," Ethan said.
"Well guess the sight of a giant blue head in a tube is a 90's thing," Zack joked.
"Zordon is gone," Tommy said.
"Oh, man I did not know, wait, how do you know that?" Zack asked.
"It's a long story," Tommy said.
"Wait a minute, are you their mentor?" Zack asked Tommy.
"Yes I am, and unlike Zordon, I did not choose the guys. The power source chose them," Tommy confessed.
"What do you mean?" Zack asked.
"It is a long story, besides do you have any stories about Dr. O from back in the day?" Conner asked as Kira elbowed him in the gut and Tommy gave him a death stare.
"I sure do, but I am interested in you guys. Why is there not a pink ranger?" Zack asked.
"I did not find a pink gem. You see, they all have a gem that holds their powers sort of like our old power coins except the gems are the ranger's colors and they have powers that we never had," Tommy said.
"Wait, you found a red, blue, yellow, and black gem? When and where? Also I'm surprised Eathan isn't the Black Ranger," Zack said.
"Years ago on a dig I did not find the black gem with the others, it showed up in Messagog lab and I took it from him," Tommy said.
"Good thing you got it into the hands of good and not evil, I would hate the idea of another you from back in the day. Say, who is the black ranger?" Zack asked.
"Whatever you do, PLEASE do not laugh or tell the public," Tommy said before he morphed.
"I do not believe it. My nephew is being mentored by one of the best Power Rangers. By the way, what is that your third color?" Zack asked.
"It is my fourth one, during Senior Year, and a little while after graduation, I was the red ranger," Tommy said.
"Ah yes, I remember hearing something about that and, next time you might want to try blue," Zack joked.
"Very funny," Tommy said.
"Let's see here, Tommy is a mentor and a ranger again do you have a robot to help you?" Zack asked.
"No, but I do have a tech adviser. Hayley, from the Cyberspace Café, is ours, and no we do not teleport. Neither one of us could come up with that," Tommy said.
"That's no fun," Zack smirked.
"Being a ranger is not all fun," Tommy said.
"True, so does anybody else know about this?" Zack asked.
"You are the only one," Tommy said.
"Wait until they find out," Zack said.
"Yea about that," Tommy said.
"Oh, ok I won't tell. I bet they would laugh if they found out anyways," Zack said.
"I do not want to find out," Tommy said.
"So, how long has this team been active?" Zack asked.
"We have been active rangers for about a month," Conner said.
"You guys have a lot ahead of you," Zack said.
"I agree," Tommy said.
"So what can you tell us about Dr. O?" Conner asked.
What is he going to say? Tommy thought.
"Boy do I have a lot of stories, but I won't embarrass him to much," Zack said as the group went upstairs.
"Gee thanks," Tommy sarcastically said.
"For starters, he had a mullet when he moved to Angel Grove our freshmen year," Zack said.
"You, a mullet, that's funny," Conner said laughing with the others.
"If he ever turns evil again, then he is bad news," Zack said.
"That was out of my control," Tommy noted.
"If any of you spar against him, chances are that you will lose," Zack said.
"Was he that good?" Ethan asked.
"He is one of the best karate fighters I have ever seen," Zack said.
Just then, Zack's phone started to ring Angelia's name showed up on the caller ID.
Save by the ring Tommy thought.
"Hey guys, I have to go Tommy, it was nice to see you again and make sure Ethan stays out of trouble," Zack said.
"That won't be to hard," Tommy said.
"Conner Kira it was nice to meet you two," Zack said.
"It is so nice to meet an old teammate and friend of Dr. O's," Kira said as Conner agreed.
"Ethan, you be good, and I will see you soon," Zack said.
"Will do," Ethan said as Zack went to his jeep.