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A/N: This fic takes approximately thirty-five years after the end of PR: Dino Thunder or around fifteen years after the end of Power Rangers: SPD. Familiarity with both series is recommended but not essential.

Kendrix spent most of the next day recuperating from her first battle as a Power Ranger, but when the new week began she decided to drive over to Jason's and see how he was doing. Because the day looked like it was going to be a warm one, she dug out a pink crop-top, denim cut-offs and a white over-shirt, forgoing her usual uniform of black and gray and then grabbed her purse and keys from his dressing table and headed out.

When she arrived at Valencia Road, she spotted Jason and his brother busily loading tools and other equipment into the back of his father's SUV. She parked in her usual spot and jogged over. "Hi guys. What are you up to?"

Jay looked up and smiled at his pretty team-mate, "The Horticultural Center was pretty heavily damaged by 'The Pulse'," he explained, referring to Kurayami's energy wave that had crippled much of East Coast and - unbeknownst to most of the general population - SPD two days before. "Aunt Krista came looking for volunteers to help with the cleanup. Mom offered our services."

"Can I come along?" Kendrix asked. She�d taken an instant liking to Krista McKnight when she�d met her at Jason�s father�s birthday party and the opportunity to help her was too good to pass up.

"Sure, the more the merrier. Hailey and Crystal have been roped in too, they�re meeting us there. Tony, Trini and Ollie are busy though: Tony�s been dragged down to a meeting at AMI; Trini�s starting as candy striper at RSMC today; and Ollie�s helping Aunt Hayley repair the computers at Cyberspace. No idea where Will is though, he�s disappeared." Jay said, loading the last box into the back of the car and closing the trunk lid. "You look good by the way."

�I felt like a change. Took me forever to find. My wardrobe has a serious shortage of pink."

"Guess you'll have to go shopping then," said Jay, teasingly.

"Like I need an excuse," said Kendrix.

Jay nodded, and then after checking that his brother was in the back, he put the car into gear and drove off.

The three teens met up with Krista and the other three teens at the main administration building. After thanking Kendrix for offering to help, she introduced the six of them to her supervisor, who assigned Jay, Kendrix and David to the Everglades exhibit. The other three teens were assigned to the Mediterranean exhibit. Kendrix was pleased with their assignment, as that particular exhibit was one of her own favorites.

The three teens main tasks were replacing several blown out windows and repotting or replacing damaged plants, though Jason - being a moderately skilled electrician � also volunteered to attempt to fix the lighting in the greenhouse.

The work was hard and by lunchtime all three had removed their shirts to keep cool and the two older teens had tied their long hair back into ponytails to keep it off their necks. Jay and Kendrix were finishing off their sandwiches when David - who had gone exploring - called for them to come and look at something. Groaning slightly with annoyance at being disturbed, the two rose and went to join him. "Have you ever seen anything like this?" David asked them. "It certainly doesn't belong here."

They didn't say anything at first, but in fact they had seen something very similar in the desert outside town two days before.

It was one of Kurayami's obelisks.

"Why don't you go and get Mom or Mr Anderson?" Jay suggested. "Ken and I will try and figure out while you're gone."

"Okay," agreed the younger teen and rushed off.

Once he was satisfied that his brother was out of earshot, Jay raised his arm to his mouth and activated his comlink. "Sammy, do you read?"

"What is it, Jason?"

"We've found another obelisk."

"Where?"

"The Everglades Exhibit at Horticultural Center."

Before he could say any more, the obelisk glowed, and transformed into a grayish-brown biped about seven-feet tall. "No time to talk, we need the others here, pronto!"

"I'll contact them now."

"Make it fast!" said Jay, and then broke the connection. "Let's do it!" He shifted to his arms were outstretched, and his legs braced slightly apart. Kendrix immediately followed suit. Twin silver bracelets appeared on their wrists and then they brought their arms together in a cross shape. "Thunder Gem Power!"

The pair's ninja suits immediately materialized around them in a wave of color.

"It will more than that to defeat Kuba!" declared the monster.

"Bring it on!" said Jay.

"Bateis attack!" Kuba ordered, and a dozen of the bat-like soldiers appeared out of the ground.

"I hate these things!" said Jay. "Let's take them down!"

"You've got my vote!" agreed Kendrix, and unleashed a piercing scream that knocked three of the creatures flying. The Batei in the center took the brunt of it and its amulet was broken.

"Flame on!" cried Jay, and once his flames had materialized he used them to blast a pair of Bateis. Then he ducked a blow from another one and hit it twice in the gut knocking it back. A kick to the chest finally shattered the creature's amulet and destroyed it.

Kendrix had avoided her first attacker by running up the side of a tree and then back-flipping over the creature. A hard kick to the back knocked it into the tree and destroyed it. "Four down, eight to go."

"Seven actually," said Jay, then roundhouse-kicked another Batei in the head, and then kicked it again the chest, destroying it. "Six."

"I'd better catch up then," said Kendrix, jokingly. But before she could do that, she was distracted by an attack from an unexpected source. Several vines seemed to come to come to life and tried to grab her. "Hey! Get off!" she cried, flipping quickly out of the way. "I think we should take this outside, Jay! The greenery's attacking us!"

"It must be the monster!" said Jay. "Let's go."

"Right with you," agreed Kendrix, and set off after him.

They managed to make it outside - though they ended up going through one of the large plate-glass windows rather the door - but the Bateis and Kuba weren't far behind. A couple of fireballs and some fast moves disposed of the last of the Bateis within moments of them reaching open ground, then it was just the two teens against Kuba.

"Not bad," admitted the monster. "But get a load of this!" He stamped his foot hard on the ground and a 'wave' of earth flowed towards the pair, knocking them over.

"What was that!" Kendrix wondered as she staggered to her feet.

"Did you like it? Try this one!" Kuba spread his arms and then brought then together. Suddenly, long club-like branches flew out of the trees around them and struck them hard in the body. Both teens fell to the ground again, groaning.

"I can't take much more of this!" said Kendrix, summoning up what strength she had she unleashed a powerful sonic scream at Kuba. It barely fazed him, and the two jets of flame that hit him seconds later did little more. The monster charged towards them, mini-'earth waves' echoing out every time he landed. By the time he reached them, they had both struggled to their feet. He swung a massive fist at each of them. Jay was able to get out of the way, but Kendrix wasn't so fortunate and he hit her right in the chest. She heard a loud crack as she fell backwards and then lost consciousness.

When Kendrix returned to consciousness, she found herself lying on a narrow bed in what appeared to be some sort of medical room. Looking around she noticed that Jay was resting on another bed not far away. Like Kendrix herself he wore a hospital gown rather than his ninja suit.

"Hello?" she called.

A tall, blond woman in a skirt, blouse and lab coat came out of a side-room and smiled at her. "Hello, Kendrix. How are you feeling?"

"Who are you? Where am I?"

Before the woman could answer, a stocky, black teen in a motocross suit entered. "Hi Ken."

"Hi Will. Where am I?"

"You're in the Hub's Medical Bay. Jolene's been fixing you and Jay since you were teleported here about twenty minutes ago."

"Jolene Grayson, Operation Lightspeed Medical Officer," said Jo, completing the introduction. "You had three broken ribs and a fracture to the occipital bone from your fall. But between our equipment and your Ranger healing you should be fine."

"Is Jay okay?"

"Just a broken arm," Jay told her, sitting up. "I'm good as new."

"I wouldn't go that far..." said Jo.

"Are you feeling okay?" Jay asked Kendrix.

She nodded.

"Then we're out of here," said Jay. "Our clothes?"

Jo reluctantly produced them and the pair dressed and followed Will to the Control Room, where Tony, Trini, and Samantha were waiting. "What's the situation?" Jay asked.

"After he defeated you, he headed for the boundary fence," Samantha reported. "He got through that without any problems and headed inland. Alpha's been tracking him."

"Where is he now, Alpha?" Jay asked.

"Our sensors are currently showing Kuba in the forest, heading towards the city."

"Then it's time for Round Two," declared Jay.

The five teens moved into position, Jay and Kendrix stood in front, with Trini behind them and the other two boys flanking her.

"Ready!" declared Jay as the quintet brought their left arm up to chest height. Their Morphers appeared on their wrists. "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

Once the morph was complete, Alpha activated the invisiportals and teleported them out of the Hub.

They caught up with Kuba just as he left the forest. "Let's not take any chances!" said Jay. "Thundermax Sabers!"

"I've beaten you once, Red Ranger. I can do it again!" crowed Kuba, then unleashed an 'earth-wave' in Jay's direction.

With a loud cry, Jay leapt above the wave, then switched his Sabers to Laser Mode and fired them at the monster as he flipped over him. Trini and Kendrix - following his lead - took advantage of his distraction to score two sword strikes to his body. Unfortunately, these did little more than rattle him, and he knocked them back against two sturdy pines with a sweep of his trunk-like arms.

"You'll regret that!" declared Tony as he and Will fired twin beams from their lasers at him.

The third salvo did seem to stagger him briefly as he stopped long enough for the five Rangers to come together.

"All together..." said Jay, raising his lasers. "Fire!"

The six beams lanced towards the monster, striking him in the chest and abdomen. He was knocked backwards in a hail of sparks, but stood up after a few seconds.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Kendrix. "They didn't even faze him!"

"You'd better believe it, Power Losers!" said Kuba. "My turn!" He stamped down hard, not once but three times, sending shockwaves towards the Rangers. The five teens cried out in pain as sparks flew off their uniforms and they fell to the ground.

"Sammy, where getting creamed here," Jay reported. "Any suggestions?"

"Just one. Summon your personal weapons; they are stored in your belt-buckles. They also combine into a blaster. The 'T-Max Striker' should have enough power to deal with Kuba."

"Got it!" said Jay, and leapt to his feet. "Let's do it guys!"

"We're with you, bro!" declared Tony.

"Drage Shield!" Jay cried, producing a scarlet dragonhead shield.

"Griff Talons!" Trini declared, producing a pair of yellow nightsticks with blades attached to the front of the handle.

"Enhorn Lance!" Tony added, drawing a long spear.

"Harka Axe!" Will announced, showing off his single-bladed battle-axe.

"Fenix Whip!" said Kendrix, cracking the pick lash.

"Let's bring them together!" Jay commanded.

The lower half of the Lance merged with shaft of the Axe, then the Shield locked down on top of that and the upper half of the Lance flipped over the Shield so that the blade was pointing forward. Then the Talons split off and attached to the underside of the Shield, blades again facing forwards. Finally, the Whip - lash retracted - locked onto the top of the Shield forming the Striker's 'sight'. "T-Max Striker!"

"Big deal!"

"I think you'll be surprised!" declared Tony.

"Ready!" said Trini.

"Fire!" ordered Jay.

Five streams of varicolored energy burst from the Striker, and burst towards the monster, hitting him square in the chest. He fell backwards, but before either he or the Rangers could react, a wave of dark energy erupted from the portal, and Kuba began to grow, within seconds he towered giant-like over the Rangers.

"I am really starting to hate when that happens," said Tony.

"No kidding!" agreed Kendrix.

Jay nodded, then raised his Morpher to his mouth, "Sammy, it's Zord Time!"

"Skidbladnir is on his way."

Seconds later, a massive invisiportal opened up near them, and Skidbladnir slid out of it. When the Zord came to rest, its front split down the middle and opened, exposing the inside of the vessel. A ramp extended out from the base of the ship and Enhornzord and Harkazord charged down it. Seconds later, Dragezord, Griffzord and Fenixzord took off. As they passed the Rangers, the five teens leapt up into the Zords' cockpits.

"Then let's bring them together!" declared Jay. "Thunderstrike Megazord Formation!"

Harkazord's legs folded up into its body then its back split in two and extended out into a pair of sturdy legs, then the head and shoulders rotated downwards so that they are on the underside of the Zord. Dragezord lowered its head; the legs turned so they were parallel with the body; the tail shifted around to the left; and the bottom half detached exposing a fist. Enhornzord split into the head and the body, the legs retracted into the body and the Zord attached to the outside of Dragezord's right leg. The combined Zords flew towards the Harkazord and locked onto the front of it with Dragezord's head just above Harkazord's. Dragezord's wings folded forward into shoulder pads, locking down over the tops of the arms to frame the dragon's head in the Megazord's chest. Fenixzord's head and chest rotated around to expose a head, which locked down at the top of the Megazord. The body complete, the Griffzord docked with the back of the Megazord adding a pair of wings. Finally, Dragezord tail and the Enhornzord head, now morphed into a flat blade and a small flat shield descended and were caught by the left and right fists. Then the Megazord shifted into a battle-ready position, sword pointed towards the monster.

"Thunderstrike Megazord, online!" declared the quintet.

"It'll take more than that to stop me!" vowed Kuba, sending a powerful 'earth-wave' in their direction.

Inside the cockpit, sparks flew as the Rangers struggled to keep their balance. "That one hit us hard!" said Jay. "We need to finish this fast! Drage Vibro-Blade!"

The Megazord raised its sword and the weapon began to vibrate and then glow. Then the Megazord cut down and then up again, drawing two diagonal cuts across the monster's chest. It groaned, and staggered backwards.

"He's still standing!"

"This is not good!"

Kuba crouched low, then leapt into the air towards the Megazord, hitting it feet first and emitting a huge shockwave.

"We're losing power!" reported Trini. "We can't take another hit!"

"We've got one last chance," said Jay. "Drage Vibro-Blade!"

The Megazord raised its glowing blade again, then cut down and up again, drawing two diagonal cuts across the monster's chest. Kuba groaned, but otherwise showed no other effects and responded by punching the Megazord twice in the chest and then hit it with devastating uppercut that sent it flying backwards.

"We're losing it!" cried Trini.

"Hold on!"

The Megazord slammed into the ground, splitting up into its separate Zords and the Rangers were ejected onto the ground, demorphing to their ninja suits in a shower of sparks as they fell.

It didn't take long for Kuba to spot them and a massive 'earthwave' was surging towards the defenseless Rangers as they were scooped up by an invisiportal.

�Man, that guy�s a lot tougher than our first monster!� exclaimed Will after the invisiportal dropped them in the Hub�s control center. �We got creamed!�

�Is there anything we can do, Sammy?� asked Jay, as Jo moved in to check over the five teens. �The Megazord just isn�t strong enough.�

�I know that, Cousin,� said Samantha. �I�ve been expecting that to happen fairly early on. So Alpha and I have been working to bring more Biozords up to full maturity.�

�That�s great. How�s it going?� asked Jay.

�One of them is almost ready to go,� Samantha admitted. �It should be ready to go by the time Skidbladnir�s regeneration chambers finish repairing the Thunder Zords.�

�Sweet!� exclaimed Will.

�How long?�

�About thirty minutes, Tony.�

�The sooner the better,� said Jay. �Kuba�s reached the city.�

�I�ll try and speed up the process,� promised Samantha.

�Please.�

�They�re ready to go,� reported Samantha, a little over twenty minutes later.

�Good work, Sammy,� said Jay. �Let�s go guys!� The five teens moved into their standard positions for morphing. �Ready?� They brought their left arms up to chest height and their Morphers appeared on their wrists. "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

�I�m teleporting you direct to your Zords,� Samantha told them and activated the invisiportals.

Seconds later, a massive invisiportal opened up on the main highway in Reefside, and Skidbladnir slid out of it. When the Zord came to rest, its front split down the middle and opened, exposing the inside of the vessel. A ramp extended out from the base of the ship and Enhornzord and Harkazord charge down it. Seconds later, Dragezord, Griffzord and Fenixzord took off.

"Now for the new Zord," declared Jay, from the cockpit of the Dragezord and turned to Tony, who nodded. The Blue Ranger concentrated on his Morpher for a few seconds, until it glowed and the blue unicorn�s head turned into a purple ram�s head. �Oinazord!�

A ramp extended from the port side of Carrier Zord and a purple Zord charged down, jumping from side to side once it hit the ground it soon caught up with the ground-bound Zords, taking position on Harkazord�s left flank.

"Thunderstrike Megazord Formation!" commanded Jay.

Harkazord's legs folded up into its body then its back split in two and extended out into a pair of sturdy legs, then the head and shoulders rotated downwards so that they are on the underside of the Zord. Dragezord lowered its head; the legs turned so they were parallel with the body and the tail shifted around to the left and then retracted into the body. Enhornzord�s legs retracted into its body and the Zord attached to the outside of Dragezord's right leg, while the Oinazord � mirroring the Blue Ranger�s main Zord � attached to the left side. The combined Zords flew towards the Harkazord and locked onto the front of it with Dragezord's head just above Harkazord's. Dragezord's wings folded forward into shoulder pads, locking down over the tops of the arms to frame the dragon's head in the Megazord's chest. Fenixzord's head and chest rotated around to expose a head, which locked down at the top of the Megazord. Finally, the Griffzord docked with the back of the Megazord adding a pair of wings.

"Thunderstrike Megazord Battle Mode, online!" declared the quintet.

�Let�s hope the third time�s the charm, guys,� said Jay. �Enhorn Striker!�

The Megazord pulled back its right arm, then punched Kuba, driving the forehead horn of Enhornzord into his chest. The monster groaned in pain and staggered backwards.

�Give him the old one-two, bro!� said Tony.

�You got it!� said Jay. �Oina Slammer!�

The Megazord punched Kuba with its left fist, eliciting much the same reaction as before.

�Fists of Fury!� cried Jay.

The Megazord�s shoulders glowed reddish-orange for a moment, then sent a wave of power down the arms to the fists making them glow. The Megazord punched Kuba several times in quick succession with first its right fist, then its left. Kuba screamed, then fell backwards and exploded.

�Yes!� exclaimed Kendrix.

�We did it!� added Trini.

�We have the Power!� agreed Jay.

�POWER RANGERS DINO THUNDER!�

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