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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.

After digging some exercise clothes out of the boxes that littered his bedroom (and most of the rest of the apartment), changing into them and throwing some street clothes and a towel into a bag, he headed downstairs. After a quick stop at the main desk to check in and grab a bottle of energy drink, he headed to the smaller back room which should be empty at this time of day.

After a few warm-ups, he started on his katas. Once he got into the practiced moves it didn't take his mind long to wander back to the unique experience that he had had the night before that had resulted in his sleeping so late:

He stepped through the door that had appeared out of nowhere inside his room and found himself in what appeared to be the back room of a bar. He'd never been to a bar in person of course, but he'd seen them often enough in films to recognise one. In the middle of the small room was a circular table with six chairs around it. Five of the chairs were occupied, but from where he stood he couldn't make who they were.

"Come and sit down, Jay," said a vaguely familiar female voice.

Deciding that since he was there he might as well play along until he figured out what was going on Jay obeyed the instruction. In the better light, he was able to identify the speaker as his 'cousin' Olivia Scott, a recent graduate from the SPD Academy. Indeed, the dark-skinned girl wore the grey trousers and colored T-shirt worn by some off-duty SPD Officers. Jay noted idly that the T-shirt was maroon, and guessed that she was a new, rather than replacement, Ranger.

Looking around the table, he recognised two of the other four as Paul Foster of the Wind Academy and Wesley Myers of the Silver Guardians. The final two were an large black man Jay assumed from his jacket was a Wild Force Ranger (despite that team having been defunct for years) and a grey-haired man in a tunic that looked vaguely familiar.

"What's going on, Liv?" Jay asked. "Where am I?"

The slim brunette sighed, then smiled. "Don't worry, Jay. You're among friends. You know me, and Paul of course."

"And Commander Myers," added Jay, nodding in agreement.

"Call me Wes," said the Commander. "We're all equals in 'The Red Room'."

"Wes, it is," agreed Jay. Then he turned to the two strangers. "Hi, I'm Jason Oliver, the Red Dino Thunder Ranger. And you are?"

"Robert Woodside, King Gorilla Wild Force Ranger," replied the black man.

"And I am Nick Russell, former Red Mystic Ranger, now the Wolf Warrior." replied the final member of the group. "As for how and why you're here.... Sky Tate approached me and one or two others after the 'A-Squad Incident' and suggested that we - and as many current and former Red Rangers as possible - get together on a regular basis. The idea was to stop problems like Charlie before they got started. We agreed, and with the help of my cousin, the Sorceress of Briarwood, I set up the spell for the doors."

At this point, Wes spoke up, "Jay, Robert, Olivia, would you three mind telling us a bit about yourselves?"

Jay nodded and then told his story. When he finished, he glanced over at Olivia, she smiled. "For those of you who don't know, my name is Olivia Scott, I have been a Ranger Cadet at SPD Academy since the age of sixteen. I graduated to full Ranger status two months ago and assigned as Squad Sergeant to the new SPD Omega Team."

Robert shifted slightly, looked around the group, "I was a high school teacher until a year ago, when I found the King Gorilla Crystal on a field trip. Princess Shayla brought me to the Animarium and began training me. My first Ranger mission was during the race riots at TCU two weeks ago. I'm still pretty new at this."

"That's all right, Robert," said Olivia. "Most of us are."

"And the rest of us can still remember what it felt like," said Wes.

The six Rangers chatted amongst themselves for several hours and it was well into the night before Jay returned through the 'door'' and collapsed into bed.

Jay came out his reverie and decided that he'd done enough for one morning. He abandoned the training room for the showers, and after a short, warm shower he dressed in jeans and a long-check shirt. In deference to the increasing chill - I must ask Sammy to check on that, he thought - he removed the RDK warm-up jacket that he'd left in his locker and put that on too.

Realising he had several hours to kill until his only teaching class of the day, he decided to go over to the university library and see if the books he'd ordered had come in. He shouldered his backpack and headed outside to where his bike was parked and was just about to get on it when his commlink went off.

"What's up, Sammy?"

"I'm picking up what could be monster activity at the Horticultural Center. But it could just be ill effects from the bad weather. We'll keep trying to lock it down."

"Keep me informed," Jay told her. �I'm going over to the library to pick up some books.�

"Will do."

Jay mounted his bike and roared off in the opposite direction that he had originally intended for this morning.

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It didn't take him long to complete his business at the library, and also picked up some information about the Ancient Universal Legends class run by Professor Thorn. He was just thinking of riding over to the Center to do some on the spot investigation when Bossu and a squadron of Batei Brigaders appeared and surrounded him. "Sammy, I've got company!" he reported, then lashed out at an enterprising Batei and shattered it. "Dino Thunder, Power Up!�

He leapt up, easily avoiding a blast from Bossu, that caught two of his own, knocking them flying. "Thundermax Blaster!"

He fired two powerful energy blasts at Bossu, knocking him backwards, then swept the gun in the direction of the remaining Bateis, sniping at them as they rushed towards him disabling three more. When he landed he converted the gun into its blades and cut down two of the recovering Bateis.

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Trini hadn't been sure that spending a day cruising the mall was the best way to spend the last day off she had before Kendrix went back to school in the mall, but the younger teen had been insistent. Even then she might have been able to resist, if not for the fact that Kendrix had roped in Crystal, Hailey and Hailey's three female yearmates - Kendra Clarke and the Deville twins, Lucy and Lois. However, now that she was there, and had bought a few things she was beginning to get into the swing of it and was actually enjoying herself.

They had already done the rounds of the clothes shops in the East Mall, and Trini was about to suggest a break for some lunch when a high-pitched and familiar beeping cut her off. She caught Kendrix's eye and nodded towards the toilets, the younger girl nodded and Trini turned to Crystal, the eldest of the remaining girls. "Kendrix and I have to check on something, can you wait for us in the food court?"

"Sure, do you want me to order you something?"

"No, I'm not sure how long we'll be."

"All right, see you soon then."

As soon as the two girls were out of sight and earshot, Kendrix raised her commlink and activated it. "What is it, Sammy?"

"I need you at the Hub right away."

"All clear here."

An invisiportal appeared immediately and scooped them up, depositing them in the Control Room of the Hub a few milliseconds later. "What's up, Sammy?" asked Kendrix, noting that Tony and Will were both present, and dressed in their training suits with the hoods pulled down, and that Jay was not. "Is Jay all right?"

"Not really, but we've got bigger problems."

"What?!!"

Samantha shook her head. "He got ambushed by Bossu and some Bateis, nothing he can't handle." Kendrix still looked rather sceptical so she continued on quickly. "I've been scanned the local area in great detail over the last forty-eight hours, trying to figure out what's causing this cold-snap."

"Have you been successful?" Trini asked.

"No, however I did early indications of what appears to be monster activity at the Horticultural Center."

At that moment, an alarm went off. "WARNING. Monster activity detected." reported HIMO.

"Ai ai ai!"

"Location?"

"Grid 14-Rho-Sigma."

"That's the Center all right," confirmed Samantha. "Right where I expected." She turned to Kendrix. "Can you Ranger-up and check it out? I'll send Jay over as soon as I can."

"We're on it!" promised Kendrix. At a nod, the other three Rangers got into their usual positions.

"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

�Griff!�

�Enhorn!�

�Harka!�

�Fenix!�

An invisiportal appeared above them, and immediately whisked them away.

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Jason's commlink warbled an alert, distracting him briefly. "What's up?"

"I've locked down the monster's location. Kendrix and the others are engaging it now."

"Understood, I'll wrap things up here."

"You can't take us all!" said Bossu. "Alone you are too weak!"

"Then let's kick thing's up a gear!" said Jay. "Super Thunder Mode!"

A roar echoed in his head, and a warm feeling spread throughout his head, as his shoulder pads grew larger, bat-like 'wings' appeared between his arms and body, and a gold trim was added to the top of his boots. At the same time, the symbol on his chest changed to a larger triple lighting bolt and the triangular patterns on his lower arms lengthened into a series of flat spikes.

"Get him!" yelled Bossu.

Jay blasted two more before they reached him, then used his wings to take to the air, grabbing one of the Bateis with his free arm and used his momentum to throw it into the remaining ones, shattering all three.

Then he banked sharply to avoid a blast from Bossu, then landed, and opened fire with both his gun and special power. Severely injured by the combined blast, Bossu fled.

"All clear here," he reported to Sammy.

"Good, the others need your help in swamp area. I'm sending your Hovercraft Cycle."

As soon as the sleek bike arrived Jay jumped on it. �Hovercraft Cycle, Hover Mode!� he ordered and gunned the throttle. It immediately switched into its flying mode and took off.

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It didn't take long for Jay to catch up with the other Rangers, but as he homed in on their location, he could see that it wasn't a moment too soon. Kendrix was the only one of the four still morphed, and was trading energy blasts with the monster from a distance, Trini was in closer using her special power dodge the monster's blasts and protect Tony and Will, who were on the ground wearing badly damaged, probably burnt, ninja suits and barely conscious.

"No time for subtlety," Jay decided, and swooped down low to get a good shot at the monster. "Lasers fire!"

The powerful twin energy beams slammed into the monster, knocking it back into the swamp. As Jay banked around for another shot, the monster spotted him and fired a stream of energy at him that hit the bike. It immediately began to eat away at the engine block. "I'm losing power, got to bail out!" Jay realized. But just as he was about to jump, the bike exploded, throwing him to the ground. He landed hard, demorphing in a hail of sparks. "Are you all right?" asked Kendrix, running up to him.

"I'll be fine, thanks," Jay said, but allowing his girlfriend to help him up. "This guy's brutal. We needed to take him down, fast!"

"What do you think we've been trying to do!" retorted Will, dragging himself to his feet.

"Whatever you could," Jay assured him. "These guys are too tough for one Ranger, this guy especially needs everything we've got."

"Agreed," said Trini.

"Then let's do it!" said Jay. "Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"

"Drage!"

"Griff!"

"Enhorn!"

"Harka!"

"You don't scare me, I'm gonna rot you to dust!" claimed Kuchateru and fired another attack at them.

The Rangers dodged it, and regrouped seconds later. "Let's bring together, guys!" Jay commanded. "Drage Shield!"

"Griff Talons!"

"Enhorn Lance!"

"Harka Axe!"

"Fenix Whip!"

"T-Max Striker!"

"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 then a a portal opened above and a beam of dark energy engulfed him. Immediately Kuchateru began to grow, within seconds he towered giant-like over the Rangers.

"Sammy..."

"I know... they're on their 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 charged down it. Seconds later, Dragezord, Griffzord and Fenixzord took off and finally, two ramps � one from either side of the ship - descended and a single Zord ran down to join the charge, Oinazord from the left, and the Hjortizord from the right.

"Thunderstrike Megazord formation!" ordered Jay.

Hjortizord reared back on its hind legs. The flanks separated from the sides of the Zord, allowing the torso to contract and combine the front and rear legs into a single pair of thicker legs, then the neck collapsed down, bringing the Zords head into line with the top of the two legs, forming the waist. Next, the flanks rotated and locked onto the base of the legs forming the feet. Then the combined Dragezord-Oinazord-Enhornzord gestalt flew towards Hjortizord, and locked on, followed by Fenixzord and Griffzord to complete the formation.

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

"I'm gonna turn your little toy into rust!" crowed Kuchateru. And before the Rangers could react, he unleashed his most powerful blast yet, catching them in the chest section. The Megazord staggered and fell to the ground.

"We've been hit hard!" reported Trini.

"Main power grid is down. Targeting systems are off-line."

"I just need one blast, can you give me that?!"

"Not at this time..."

"He's lining up for another shot!" reported Tony.

"Are Griffzord's systems still operational?"

"Affirmative, Dragezord took the brunt of the hit."

"Kendrix, can you pilot the Griffzord?"

"I think so, it's a lot bigger than Fenixzord but I'll get the hang of it."

"Alright, disengage and try and keep him off balance. If you can destroy him great, but we just need to buy time."

"Gotcha!"

The Megazord rolled over onto its side, allowing the Griffzord to detach and fly towards the monster. Kuchateru try to hit it with one of his energy blasts, but the nimble Zord dodged - albeit slightly jerkily - out of the way.

"Work fast Trini," said Jay, worriedly. I don't know how long Kendrix is gonna be able to keep that up."

"I am working as fast as I can." Trini said irritably.

The Griffzord banked - more smoothly this time - away from another blast, then angled upwards, twisting in mid-air, then when it was out of the monster's reach it began to flap it's wings. "Griff Wing Blast!" declared Kendrix. Immediately, fletchettes of solid energy flew from the wings and raining down on the monster, striking him all over it's body. It growled, and fired another energy blast, which clipped the Zord's tail feathers forcing it out of it's hovering and away from the monster.

"Jay, I'm hit!" Kendrix reported.

"Are you all right?!"

"I'm fine. But I'm losing flight control. I'll have to put out!"

"That's fine, Ken. Trini's almost got the Megazord back up. Return to formation."

"On my way."

The Griffzord flew shakily towards the Megazord, and after the second try managed to link up again.

"Nice to have you back," said Jay.

"Good to be back."

"We'll talk about the damage to my Zord later," said Trini darkly. "But I've got us stabilized, so I suggest we finish this battle."

"Sounds good to me!" said Jay. "Fury Strike!"

The 'mouth' in the center of the Megazord's chest opened, releasing a white-hot ball of flame. The Megazord launched itself into the air and struck the the fireball with its glowing right foot. This sent the fireball speeding towards Kuchateru. Crackling with energy, it fell to the ground and exploded.

A/N: Hope you like this chapter. It took me a while to get a handle on it. The next update might not be for quite a while as I've got to plan out a few things first, and I'm getting busy again at work. However, as always feel free to contact with any questions. The chapter of this chapter is taken from the Queen song of the same name (one of my favourites actually).

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