A/N: Here is the next chapter for you all! Enjoy!

re-edited on october 25th, 2021 @ 2:39pm

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CHAPTER FIVE - BACK IN BLACK

𝓣𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝚁

"I'VE GOT A LOCK ON A PORTAL." Hayley exclaimed. "We're on it." Conner informed. "Remember, you have to reach a speed of 536 miles upon entry. Otherwise, you'll never make it past the security wall and probably be ripped to pieces." Hayley explained. We stopped walking and turned around. "Did I forget to mention that?" Hayley asked. We said nothing.

"I take that as a yes. Never fear I have something for just such an occasion." Hayley said. She pressed a button and a wall opened up. Four vehicles appeared. Conner's, Kira's, and Ethan's all looked the same while mine looked like a motorcyle bike. "Sweet." Ethan said. "Amazing." Kira added. "Which one's mine?" Conner asked. Ethan looked at him.

"I'm kidding." Conner said. "Oh, you so weren't kidding." Ethan informed. "These are your new Raptor Cycles. They should have you have you to the portal coordinates  in appoximately 92.75 seconds." Hayley explained. "And when we get there?" Kira asked. "Use your gems to access the hyperdrive, then head straight through the portal to Mesogog's island fortress." Hayley replied. "Wait, did you just say 'island fortress'?" Conner asked. "Yes. Why?" Hayley asked.

"Well, islands — They're surrounded by water." Conner informed. "Usually." Hayley replied. "No... You can't swim?" Ethan said. "I didn't say that." Conner defended himself. "But it's true, you can't." Ethan said. "The invisiportal will take you directly to the island. You'll never have to get wet." Hayley stated. Conner just nodded while Ethan and I chuckled.

"You can't swim." Ethan stated. "Whatever, dude. You guys ready?" Conner asked. All three of us nodded. "Ready?" Conner asked. "Ready!" All three of replied. Our morphers showed up. "Dino Thunder, Power up! HA!" We all said.

We morphed and got on our bikes. "Let's do it!" Conner said. "Yeah!" Kira, Ethan, and I answered. We finally arrived to where the invisiportal was. "Woah, It just stopped. What's up with that?" Ethan said. "This must be where Hayley programmed the coordinates." Kira guessed. "Look! There's the invisiportal. I sure hope Dr. O is on the other side." Kira said. "Only one way to find out." I said.

"You guys ready?" Conner asked. "You know it." Ethan and I said. "Ready." Kira added. We got back on our vehicles but before we could go Zeltrax and Elsa showed up along with some monsters. "Hey! No one invited you to the party." I informed. "I'm crashing, and I bought a few friends. Is that rude?" Elsa asked. "Extremely." Kira replied.

"You're not getting through that portal unless you're in chains." Zeltrax informed. "I might be able to pull that look off. But these guys? No way." Kira said. "I vote we go for it!" Conner said. "Yeah!" We agreed. We started our vehicles. "Attack!" Elsa ordered. "Firing lasers!" Conner stated as he began attacking the monsters. Kira went next. "Heads up!" Kira said as she fired her lasers.

"My turn!" Ethan said firing his lasers at the monsters. Zeltrax and Elsa came straight at me. "You know what they say. The best for last." I commented. I blocked each and every one of their attacks and kicked them away. Elsa headed straight at me as she went under my motorcycle. "Guess I still got my motorcycle moves." I said.

I continued fighting them until I got back on my bike. "I meant to do that." I informed as I started up my bike again. Kira, Ethan, and Conner continued fighting the monsters. "Watch this!" I exclaimed as I headed for Zeltrax. I dodged all of his attacks and stopped. "You missed me!" I said. He headed straight for me.

I got on top of my bike as I kicked him backwards. Then all of us regrouped. "Guys, hurry! The portal's still open!" Ethan exclaimed. "We can do it. Follow me!" Conner said. "Let's go." I said. We finally headed inside the portal. Conner informed Hayley and we only had about five minutes.

We demorphed and started running. "The lab should be just around here, I think." Kira explained. "At least we still have the element of—" She was cut off by Mesogog showing up. "Welcome. We've been expecting you." Mesogog said. "Surprise." Kira finished. "You remember me, I trust." Mesogog said. "Like I could forget that face?" Kira said. "And I thought Imperious was ugly." I added earning a chuckle from Conner.

"Uh, what part's his face?" Ethan asked. "Obviously, you are in need of some discipline." Mesogog said as Elsa, Zeltrax, and the monster showed up. "This way! Hurry!" Kira exclaimed. "Right behind ya!" Conner said as we started running. "Fools! Stop them! Now!" Mesogog ordered. "Hey! Good timing." Dr. Oliver said.

We rushed over to him. "Hit the red button on the panel." He ordered. Ethan rushed over and hit the button. "I should've known you'd try to rescue me." Dr. Oliver said. "Is that your way of saying thank you? 'Cause if it is it needs some work." Ethan said. "I'll thank you for real when we get out of here. We can use the main invisiportal network." He said as a portal showed up.

"Hayley gave you the Raptor Cycles, right? This way." Dr. Oliver continued. "Wait. We need to talk." Ethan explained. "Go. I'll explain later." Dr. Oliver promised. "We already know everything." Conner said. "We found the video diary." Kira added. "We know you're a Power Ranger." Ethan said. I didn't say anything since I already knew.

"Was, Ethan. Not anymore." Dr. Oliver corrected him. That's when Mesogog and the monsters showed up. "Ranger or not, you're mine now." Mesogog said. "I hate when he gets like this." Dr. Oliver said. "We can take it from here, Dr. O." Conner informed. "Ready?" Conner asked. "Ready." The rest of us replied. Our morphers then appeared. "Dino Thunder! Power up! HA!" All of us said.

We morphed and got into fighting position. "Attack!" Mesogog ordered. Kira and Ethan began fighting the monsters, Conner and I began fighting Zeltrax and Elsa. While Dr. Oliver was fighting Mesogog. "Dr. O!" Conner exclaimed. "Head for the portal! I gotta get something! Hurry!" Dr. Oliver ordered.

"We better do what he says!" Conner said. "Right!" Kira, Ethan, and I agreed with him. All four of us disappeared out of Mesogog's lab. We were at the entrance when Dr. Oliver joined us. "Hey!" Ethan said. "You made it!" Kira added. "Do we really need a souvenir?" Conner asked as the portal opened up. "This one we do." Dr. Oliver replied.

"There they are!" Elsa said. "Go! I'm right behind you!" Dr. Oliver ordered. "Hit it!" Conner said. All four of us headed into the portal. We arrived back at Reefside. "Where is he?" I asked. At that moment, Dr. Oliver came out of the portal.

So did Zeltrax and Elsa along with the monsters. Zeltrax aimed to attack but Dr. Oliver used the case he bought with him as a shield. "Dr. O!" Conner exclaimed. Dr. Oliver continued fighting Zeltrax's attack until he finally disappeared. "Huh?" Conner said. "What the?" I added. "Dr. Oliver!" Ethan shouted. "No!" Kira exclaimed as she kneeled down on the ground. "This can't be happening." Kira said.

"Such negativity. Haven't you learned that, in our world, anything's possible?" Elsa explained. "Even the destruction of the great Dr. Tommy Oliver." Zeltrax added. That's when Dr. Oliver appeared.

"I heard my name. You missed me, didn't you, Zeltrax?" Dr. Oliver asked. "Huh?" Zeltrax said confused. All of us ran towards him. We suddenly saw something glowing in his hand. "Hey, Dr. O. What's this?" Conner asked. Dr. Oliver opened his hand to reveal a black dino gem. "A black dino gem. Let me guess... The power of invisibility!" Ethan said.

"Looks like it." Dr. Oliver said. "That gem belongs to my master." Elsa claimed. "There's two things you guys need to learn about dino gems. One — You can't choose them. They choose you." Dr. Oliver said. "What's the other?" Elsa asked.

That's when a morpher on Dr. Oliver's wrist appeared. "They go real well with dino morphers." Dr. Oliver answered. He put the gem into the morpher. "Hmm. Aren't you a little old for this, Tommy?" Elsa asked. "I may be old, but I can still pull it off." Dr. Oliver replied. "Dino Thunder, Power up!" Dr. Oliver shouted. That's when he morphed into the Black Ranger. "Dino Thunder, Black Ranger!" Dr. Oliver yelled.

All of us rushed up to him. "Just like riding a bike." Dr. Oliver said. "One more makes no difference. Attack!" Zeltrax ordered as they headed straight for us. We began fighting the monsters. Dr. Oliver began fighting Zeltrax, Kira and Ethan were fighting the monster until he disappeared. While Conner and I were fighting Elsa.

Elsa and I were caught in a sword fight. "We are not intimidated by your teacher." Elsa claimed. "Then you've obviously never taken one of his pop quizzes." I informed. Elsa kicked both of us aside. We continued fighting her until she stopped. "We'll meet again, Red and Purple Ranger." She said as she disappeared.

Conner and I decided to join up with Ethan and Kira. "Hey guys." Conner said. "You okay?" Kira asked. "Better than he is." I said. "Let's put 'em together!" Ethan exclaimed. "Yeah! Good call!" Conner agreed. All three of them put their weapons together as I readied my weapon.

"Z-Rex Blaster!" They all said. "Carno Blast!" I added. All of us fired at once towards the monster. That's when the monster began to grow big. "Just like old times." I thought. That's when Dr. Oliver's morpher beeped. "Hayley?" Dr. Oliver said. "Welcome back. I've got a little homecoming present for you. I found it on the north side of the forest." Hayley informed. 

That's when something big appeared. "Meet the Brachio Zord. Retrieving the black gem must have awakened him." Hayley said. "Oh, wow!" Kira exclaimed. All of us stared in amazement. "Wait till you see what he has inside. I think you can handle it from here." Hayley finished. That's when the Zords appeared, including mine. We all hoped into our zords.

"Thunderzord Megazord!" Conner, Ethan, and Kira said. "Carnozord Megazord!" I shouted. The monster began attacking us both. "Feel the love! Heh heh heh heh!" The monster said, zapping us. "Whoa! We're getting rocked!" Conner exclaimed. "We could use some reinforcements." Ethan added. Another zord began attacking the monster. "Cephalo Power Punch!" They shouted. "Carno Tail Spin Attack!" I yelled. Together, we defeated the monster.

We ended back up at Hayley's Cyberspace. "What a day — new bikes, new zords." Ethan said. "New Ranger — Well, sort of new." Conner added. "Dr. O, are you going to tell us how you happened to have that morpher ready?" Kira asked. "Right after you guys became Rangers and Tanner joined the team, 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." Dr. Oliver replied.

"And the day of my gig?" Kira asked. "I was coming to tell you guys the energy had moved, and we need to investigate." Dr. Oliver explained. "When you were nabbed by the goon patrol. Brutal." I finished. "Yeah, but it all turned out okay. Well, I better get going." Dr Oliver informed as he stood up.

"Going? Where are you going?" Hayley asked.

"Shopping. I checked my closet this morning, and there's a serious shortage of black in there." Tommy replied.

All of us chuckled.

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A/N: So there is chapter five! And yes in case you were wondering, Tanner does have is own Zord. Hope you guys enjoyed!

Word Count: 1975 words.