[Chapter 25: Thunder Struck!]

Hayley Cybercafe!

It was about a month after the whole fiasco of finding at that Anton Mercer was Mesogog and everything was almost back to normal for the Ranger team.

"So let me get this straight?" Conner asked as he and Ethan walked into Hayley's Cybercafe, "you're going to the movies instead of the biggest social event of the year?"

"It's not just movie," Ethan told Conner, "it's a sequel to Asteroid Conquest. The greatest Sci-Fi film of all time"

Conner let out a sigh in defeat.

"Dude, it's the Prom!" Conner told him quietly, "its tradition!"

"Oh yeah, nice tradition," Ethan stated with a sigh,"smart kids spend the entire semester in agony wondering if they'll get a date. Or if they'll be forced to sit in the corner with the other smart kids." Ethan then turned back to Conner as he pulled out an empty chair and sat down. "Its too painful, bro."

"Whoa," Conner said as he thought it over, "never thought about it like that."

"Who are you going with?" Ethan asked once they where setting.

"I got it divided into three catalogers," Conner said as he pulled out a book, "the cute ones, the ones with the good personality, and the ones who dad can pay for the limo."

"And your wondering why I'm going to the movie," Ethan told him with a smile.

"Hey, Kira," Conner greeted.

"Hey," Kira greeted as she sat down.

"Who are you going to the prom with?"

"Aw, I don't have a date," Kira answered.

"You don't seem to worried."

"It's just a dance."

Just then Jessica walked into the cafe noticing Devin and Conner talking before they headed over to Kira and Ethan.

"Hey, guys," Jessica greeted as she sat down.

"What's up Jessica?" Kira greeted/asked.

"Nothing," Jessica answered, "so did Conner ask you to the prom Kira?"

"No," Kira sighed.

"That's weird," Jessica said as she thought about it, "cause that boy is so into you."

Ethan laughed while he just shooked his head amused.

"Who are you going with?" Kira asked.

"Who else?" Jessica asked back.

"Trent?" Ethan asked.

"Yeah," the Green Ranger answered with a blush.

Ethan cackled before watching Jessica and Kira went to go get the things that they'll need for the prom while Ethan went to head for the theater.

Blue Bay Harbor-Jessica's Room!

Both Kira and Jessica where in her room talking about random things when there was a beep from their morphers making both girls to look at each other.

"Go for Jessica and Kira," Jessica said into her morpher.

"Zeltrax is back," Tommy explained to her and Kira, "meet the others at the steel plant on Spring Street."

"We'll be there as soon as we can Dr O," Jessica informed.

"What you and Kira are here?" Tommy asked.

"We're in Jessica's room Dr O in Blue Bay," Kira answered.

"Oh."

Quickly both girls ran down stairs and jumped into Jessica's Motocross bike that Kelly, Hunter, Blake, and Dustin got her before heading out to the steel plant to meet up with the others.

Steel Plant!

"Where's the woman, Zeltrax?" Tommy asked after arriving on the scene.

"Safe and sound Rangers," he answered in a growl, "come check if you like."

They all ran in to face off against him who held off against them well before sending them away from him.

"You're time is up, Rangers!"

"Guys, you know what time it is?" Tommy asked the others

With that they nodded and fell into formation.

"Ready?"

"Ready!"

"Dino Thunder! Power Up! Ha!"

"White Ranger! Dino Power!

All 6 Rangers morphed at once before they went in to face off against Zeltrax again. Tommy jumped over Zeltrax before a yell cought his attention.

"Help! Somebody help me!"

"You guys take care of Zeltrax," Tommy told them, "I'll help her."

"Right," they all greed before Tommy ran off to find the woman.

It wasn't long till Zeltrax was whipping the floor with them all before sending Conner to the ground who got up as they others regrouped with him.

"Are you up for the new and improved Zeltrax?" Zeltrax asked before he charged into his new form.

"You've seen one Zeltrax," Conner answered, "you've seen them all! Shield of Triumph!" Kira, Ethan, and Jessica all gave him their energy before his suit changed a bit. "Triassic Ranger! Battlizer Mode! Engage! Oh yeah!"

They all cheered when it looked like that Conner destroyed Zeltrax.

"You guys!" they heard Tommy call out to them.

They all turned around to look see Tommy helping a woman along who looked to be really weak.

"Who's that?" Jessica asked.

"Let's check out," Kira suggested.

"Come on."

They all ran over to them as Tommy helped the woman up.

"Your alright," Tommy told her.

"It's Elsa," Trent said at once.

"No way," Kira told him in shock.

"Elsa," Elsa said in a weak voice, "yes, that's what the creature called me. Elsa."

Elsa collapsed a bit more on Tommy and Kira helped stead her.

"We better get her back to Lab," Tommy stated, "figure out what's going on."

"Ok," Trent agreed.

They all called forth their bikes and ATV while Elsa rode on the back of Tommy's ATV back to the Dino Lab.

Dino Lab!

"Trent, do you know what happened?" Tommy asked.

After they had returned with Elsa who Hayley had on the medical table while she inspected her brainwaves using the computer. The White ranger looked up at them.

"Mesogog was powering up a laser that would transform humans to mutant dinosaurs," Trent explained, "he drained Elsa of her energy to use in the beam."

"But, that can't be enough to run that kind of equipment," Hayley pointed out.

"He's gonna use the Dino Gems to get the rest of the power," Trent told them.

"How is he going to use the lasers?" Conner asked.

"Yeah," Ethan agreed, "how is he gonna get them?"

"I'm gonna give them to him," Trent answered.

"I'm not going to give anyone my Gem," Conner flat out told him.

"Just hear me out?" Trent asked, "you want to get onto that Island; Mesogog wants the Gems. If I give them to him, I can open a Portal for you." The others still looked unconvinced, but only Jessica looked willingly to help Trent. "Once you get inside, You can destroy the beam and Mesogog in the process." Tommy shook his head. "And I can rescue my father."

"No way," Tommy stated, "it's too risky."

Hayley, Kira, and Jessica frowned.

"Do we really have another choice?" Hayley asked.

"She's right," Kira agreed, "I mean, he's gonna get that thing going eventually. This could be our only shot."

"I'm with them on this," Jessica added.

All of them stood around Trent who held a box in his hand where they all put their Dino Gems inside.

"This better work," Conner told Trent.

"I'll call when the portal is open," Trent promised before he left the Dino Lab.

It was long after Trent left did Elsa groaned as she came too, startling the rangers and causing them to turn in her direction

"Are you alright?" Tommy asked her as he pulled up a chair beside the one she was sitting in.

The woman looked confused for a second before everything came flooding back to her.

"I remember everything," she answered.

"Mesogog and Mercer?" Tommy asked, "fighting against the Power Rangers?"

"Fighting against you," Elsa answered, "Mesogog had my mind completely in his power."

Suddenly the computer beeped making everyone to look over.

"The new vehicle is ready to go," Hayley told them.

"Are you gonna be alright?" Tommy asked her.

"Yeah," Elsa answered with a nod, "go. Come back safe."

"We always do," Tommy told her with a smile.

"Guys...I'm heading through," Trent's voice sounded over the computers, "be ready when I call you. The portal will only be open for a short time."

"Got it," Tommy told him.

Beach!

Tommy drove up in jeep while Jessica rode in on her moto bike to the beach where Hayley meet them before they got out.

"Ok, we're ready to roll," Hayley told them as they all joined her, "activate."

Just then an eighteen wheeler rolled up making everyone to gasp in awe.

"You've done it again, Hayley," Tommy told her with a smile, "good job."

Kira, Conner, Jessica, and Ethan ran forward a bit to get a good look.

"Now that is sweet."

"Can I drive?" Conner asked.

"NO!" Jessica shouted.

"I have to agreed with her," Hayley told Conner, "we have to make sure we hit the portal at the exact right speed and we only get one chance at it. You better let me drive."

"Now it's only up to Trent," Tommy told them making them all to nod.

Back of the truck!

"Hayley, are we at speed yet?" Tommy asked from beside her while Sam and the others sat in the back.

"Almost," Hayley answered, "I just hope Trent's ready." Everyone was silent as the minutes ticked by as they continued onwards in the truck; the road was smooth despite the ground of the Quarry being loose gravel. "Almost there. Just a few more tick." The wall of the cliff was getting closer and closer, and there was no portal for them to go through which made Jessica become worried for Trent. "We're at speed!"

"There's no portal," Ethan told them.

"Everyone hang on," Tommy said.

'Trent,' Jessica thought worried for the boy who she fall for.

Just as they all thought they where going to hit the wall a portal appeared in front of them and they went through to upon Mesogog's inland fortress.

Mesogog's inland fortress!

They all watched as the beam that Trent was talking about was starting to power and before they could move Tyrannodrones appeared from a portal.

"I'll take care of them," Jessica told them, "you guys worry about the beam."

"I can't let you do that Jessica," Tommy said as he faced her.

"I'll be fine Dr O," Sam stated before jumping out of the truck. Jessica meet the Tyrannodrones outside before she pulled off her civilian clothes to reveal her Ninja Uniform underneath. "Bring it?" The Tyrannodrones rushed at her, but Sam dodged them all while delivering her own kicks and punches, however, Conner and Kira joined her in fighting them off. "Conner, Kira, Ethan, Dr O, what do you 4 think your doing?"

"We're a team Jessica," Kira answered, "and we're going to fight as a team."

"Kira's right," Conner agreed with a nod of his head before he kicked a Tyrannodrone away.

Jessica let out a sigh knowing that she could chance their minds even if she tried before going back to taking on more Tyrannodrones.

"I've always wanted to try something," Jessica said, "Conner, Kira, Ethan, Dr O! Get out of the way!" Conner, Ethan, Tommy, and Kira looked at each other before they jumped away Tyrannodrones they where fighting. They all looked over at Jessica who had started to glow a green color before she got into a stance: her right arm was held out in front of her with her hand in a claw shape while her left arm was bent at the elbow with her left hand also in a claw shape. "Call to the Beast Inside! Unlock the Fox!"

A glowing green fox came out of her and shot out at the Tyrannodrones sending them to the ground.

"Wow," Kira said in awe.

Tommy looked over at the Green Ranger who was standing next to him.

"Where did you learn to do that?" he asked.

"Sensei Cam signed me up for Pai Zhuq training about a few months ago," answered Jessica with as much as she could before she raised her bracelet to her lips. "Hayley go!" Conner, Kira, Ethan, Tommy, and Jessica continued to face off against the Tyrannodrones while Hayley drove pasted them. Jessica thought of a sword and slashed at the Tyrannodrones when it appeared in her hand before Kira used her Sonic-Scream on them which caused them to break. "Now that's girl power."

"Guys, someone has to re-align the laser," Hayley's voice sounded, "It's jammed."

"I'm on it Hayley," Jessica said before she Ninja Streaked to catch up towards the truck. Jessica jumped onto the top of the truck and started fighting off the Tyrannodrones that where up there, but she was a bit of a difficult time trying to fight them off. "Ok that's it." Jessica fired animal spirit at them again sending two over the truck and to ground while it was still moving. It's long till she took out the rest of them before re-align the laser. "Hayley is that good?"

"Close enough," Hayley answered, "get out of there!"

"Right!" Jessica agreed before she Ninja Streaked off the truck just as Hayley fired the laser.

In time at all 5 Rangers where back inside the truck getting ready to go.

"Good work Hayley," Tommy told her, "now let's get out of here, before we're trapped."

This made Jessica and Kira frowned

"What about Trent?" Kira asked while Jessica nodded.

"He won't leave without his father," Hayley answered.

Tommy let out a sigh.

"No one knows this place better than him, we'll just have to trust that him to get out!" he told the other, "lets go."

Beach!

Kira, Jessica, Conner, and Ethan all ran out of the back of the 18 wheeler when they had gotten through the invisiportal before it closed.

"No," Jessica cried, "he can't be gone."

"Now what do we do?" Conner asked.

"I knew we shouldn't have left," Kira stated.

"It's not like their gonna fall out of the sky and land in front of us," he stated, earning confused and weird looks from his friends.

"Where you knocked on the head or something?" Kira asked.

The Blue ranger turned to her.

"What?" he asked, "last time I did that it worked!" A sudden crash like Thunder echoed loudly in the quarry clearing before a green light flashed and Trent and Mercer literally...fell out of the sky and landed right in front of them making Ethan grin. "See."

All of them ran over to them looking relieved.

"You guys are alright," Kira said with a smile.

"What about Mesogog?" Tommy asked.

"I don't think he made it," Trent answered with a shake of his head, "but just in case."

Jessica smiled as Trent opened the case in his hands to reveal the Dino Gems making Tommy to nod.

"Tommy, I don't know where to start," Anton spoke as he looked at the Black Ranger

Tommy patted Anton on his shoulder.

"We'll talk later," Tommy told him, "right now we better get back to the Lab. We still have Zeltrax to deal with."

They all nodded back getting back into the 18 wheeler that Hayley had reprogrammed to take them back to the Dino Lab.

Dino Lab!

"What happened?" Kira asked as she was the first to walk in with the others right behind her into the mess.

"It's trashed," Ethan stated.

"Elsa!"

They all heard a beeping sound making them all to turn to where it was coming from.

"What is this?" Conner asked as he picked it up.

"It's a black box that I keep a security camera in," Hayley answered as she took it form him.

They all watched as Zeltrax destroyed the Dino Lab making Jessica let out a sigh.

"This is all my fault," Anton said with a sigh as he watched the tape, "I should have stopped him."

"Don't blame yourself for what you did when you were him," Trent told his father

"Trent is right, Anton," Tommy said as he clapped his friend on the shoulder, "this is about me and Smitty. It had nothing to do with you."

"But, if there were no Mesogog..." Anton started.

"We can't go back and change what happened," Tommy interrupted, "Mesogog is gone. We should be thankful for that."

"So what now?" Conner questioned, "I guess we don't hang up our morphers just yet."

"No," Tommy agreed with a shake of his.

After Ethan left to go back tot he movie, Jessica stood with Trent talking about the prom with him while the others all stood around the place thinking of a way to stop Zeltrax when Ethan called them.

"Dr. O, I found Zeltrax. And I don't think he's here for the double feature."

"Ranger up," Tommy told him, "we'll meet you there."

Tommy looked at the others and they all nodded before falling into line.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

"Dino Thunder! Power Up! Ha!"

"White Ranger! Dino Power!"

Battle field!

It wasn't long till they meet up with Ethan to look up at the new Zord that Zeltrax created.

"Is it just me or does every else think that bad guys should never have keys to a Zord?" Jessica asked with a groan.

"Power Rangers surrounded or my most precision cargo well be destroyed," Zeltrax ordered.

"I bet that he's got Elsa in there," Conner pointed out.

"Nuh, really?" Jessica asked with sarcasm, "we never would have guessed."

"You are correct," Zeltrax confirmed ignoring Jessica, "I wanted her to see your demised. Triptods!"

The Rangers all called forth their weapons and started to fight the Triptods, but they ended up on the ground when Zeltrax fired at them.

"This gone far enough," Tommy said as he stood up, "Trent, Jessica, can you two handle the Triptods?"

"Not a problem," they agreed.

Trent and Jessica both ran at the footsoilders attacking with out mercy while others took their Zords while Tommy went in to find Elsa. Jessica looked up at the Zord before looking back at Trent.

"I'm going to go help Dr O," she told him before Ninja Streak up into Zeltrax's Zord.

Inside!

"Dr O!" Jessica called out once she landed inside. It didn't Jessica long to find Tommy about to be attacked by Zeltrax, but she blocked it with Saba before Zeltrax went into fight them. Both Tommy and Jessica tagged teamed Zeltrax, but he just ended up sending them to the ground. "Dr O!"

"Tommy!"

"Maxim power! You and me, Tommy."

"Jessica, get Elsa," Tommy told Jessica.

Jessica did as he said and blasted the vine like robes that where holding her before moving to catch her.

"I got chya," Jessica told her before looking up just in time to Tommy get sent to the ground. "Hey freak!" Zeltrax turned to face her before he started to move to attack, but Jessica beat him to the punch by using her Para Bow and blasted him. "Guys, I've got her. We're going coming out."

"Your not going anywhere."

Zeltrax moved to attack them when he was sent to the ground.

"What?" Jessica asked before she noticed the Thundersaurus MegaZord outside.

"You guys!"

"Let's go," Jessica said as she grabbed Elsa before they jumped out of the Zord and landed on the ground. "Your safe now."

"You made it," Trent said when he noticed them.

The two girls ran over to Trent with smiles it wasn't long till Tommy joined them on the ground.

"Alright."

"You alright?"

Jessica growled when Zeltrax joined them on the ground.

"You didn't think I'll let you go that easy did you?" Zeltrax asked as he walked towards them.

"Elsa come with me," Trent told her before they moved away.

"Your going down Tommy," Zeltrax told the Black Ranger.

"You with me Jessica?" Tommy asked looking her.

"Oh, yeah."

Working together as one Jessica and Tommy managed to destroy Zeltrax once and for all before they where joined with Trent and Elsa.

"Conner, your going to need all the Zords," Tommy said into his morpher.

"Right," Conner agreed just as all the Zords appeared next to the three Zords, "Dino Zords! Full Power!"

Just when they thought that they had destroyed the Zord it came back again like some had hit rewind on the VCR.

"You've got to sacrifice the Zords," Tommy told them.

"We can't!"

"No, Dr Oliver!"

"You've got, too," Tommy told them, "it's the only way."

"Alright," Conner finally agreed, "engage auto-destruct!"

They others all ran forward a bit.

"Get out of there," Tommy mumbled.

They all watched as the three Zords blew up destroying the enemy Zord for good this time not knowing if the others got out of time. After the three Rangers demorphed they all ran over to where they wreck was looking for them.

"Where are they?" Jessica asked before she noticed the 3 of them all of which had demorphed, "Ethan? Conner, Kira!" The four of them ran over to where the others where looking relieved. "That was impressive."

"But, the Zords," Ethan said with a frown, "their destroyed."

"You guys what you had to do," Tommy told them.

"That's true," Trent agreed, "or else nothing would have stopped it."

"So, that's it?" Conner asked, "it can't just be over."

"Of course it's not over!" something growled behind them making all the rangers and Elsa to turn around to see it was Mesogog.

"Why do they always come back for more?" Tommy and Jessica asked.

"You destroyed my plans for creating a perfect world," Mesogog hissed at them, "however, I was able to absorb enough Dino Gem energy; to complete my transfiguration. Witness the face of your finally battle."

They all watched as Mesogog turned into an even creepier monster then before.

"Elsa get somewhere safe," Jessica told her.

Elsa nodded before running off to find somewhere to hid.

"You guys ready for one last battle?" Tommy asked.

All of them nodded.

"Ready?" Conner asked, determination etched into his features

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

After morphing all of them went into Super Dino Mode.

"Tyranno Power!"

"Tricera Power!"

"Ptera Power!"

"Para Power!"

"Brachio Power!"

"Drago Power!"

"Dino Rangers!"

"This is it," Conner told them before they all charged into fight.

Mesogog fired lasers from his mouth at them as they hit out of the 6 rangers 2 of them jumped up and over the blasts, but it didn't slow them down or stop them in their race forward tog get to Mesogog. The three Primary rangers were the first to the beast jumping into the air and slashing downwards when they got close enough, Ethan twisted around in the air and as he landed behind the Mesogog was thrown backwards. The Yellow ranger had been slammed into from the side by Mesogog's arm. Looking up at a battle cry Mesogog saw Trent, Jessica, and Tommy jump down at him when they landed the White and Black ranger's twisted around as Jessica jumped up into the air aiming her bow at him at the same time as Trent and Tommy's weapons connected with him. No sparks flew from the connection or the arrows hitting him and Mesogog wasn't phased. He threw out his hands and sent the three Rangers hurling through the air and onto the hard ground below. Back to his feet Conner jumped through the air and landed on Mesogog's back; as he held on tightly to his shirt.

"I got him!" he stated as Mesogog thrashed around trying to dislodge the Red ranger from behind him.

Not being able to hang on any longer Conner flipped over and off the back of the Mesogog landing in a crouch as Mesogog turned towards him, however, before having a full chance to turn towards Conner, Trent, Jessica, and Tommy were back up and ready to fight. Mesogog growled as the White, Green, and Black Rangers attacked once more slashing at him with their weapons that seemed to be doing no good what so ever. Getting back to his feet Ethan raced forward and sweeped at Mesogog's feet with Jessica who had gotten back to her own feet: the Green and Blue Rangers then twisted in the air as they landed and grabbed Mesogog's arms to hold at his side as one of the others took a hit. What they didn't expect was for Mesogog to turn the tables and throw them away from him. Jessica and Ethan skidded to a halt side-by-side, and turned back to Mesogog as they were blasted with series of laser blast making the ground beneath their feet exploded and they were blown into the air. Tommy groaned as he was rammed against the side of an abandoned car; he pushed Mesogog away, but the thing turned the tables one again and attacked the Black Ranger with close personal lasers that looked like they stung when they made impact with Tommy. He groaned as before falling to his knees and later down onto his stomach.

"Dr O!" Jessica yelled.

"Hey!" Kira yelled as she got ready to attack, "back off!"

Mesogog looked up at the Ptera ranger and pushed the car that he had just slammed Tommy against towards her. Kira jumped up and run over the top of the car, jumping off into the air as her leathery wings appeared and she flew towards Mesogog. The monster fired lasers as usual and the blast hit Kira causing her to drop to the ground below before she even got close.

"My turn!" Conner commanded as he appeared behind Mesogog.

Mesogog turned on the Red ranger and opened his jaws as an elongated tongue shot out at Conner. The Red Ranger in question flipped over numerous times to avoid getting caught, but it managed to catch him at one point.

"Hover craft cycle!" Ethan's voice echoed throughout the building site as he rode in on his bike.

Mesogog fired lasers at him and the Blue ranger swerved to avoid them. Getting back up onto his feet Conner flipped side-ways over the white car that Sabrina was using as support and landed behind Mesogog.

"Over here, Mesomess!" Conner teased, "Triassic Ranger!" The energy filled him as his suit glowed and changed into the Triassic Ranger. The shield of Triumph had been destroyed, but he didn't need it or the energy of his friends to phase now. He had all the strength he needed just knowing his friends lives, the protection of Reefside, and the whole world was counting on him. "Battlize Mode!"

The Battlizer appeared as well as the cannons before Conner jumped into the air and fired two high voltage energy blasts at Mesogog who flew backwards from the blast and crashing it boxes, metal bins, and bricks behind him making ripples of blue energy ricocheted through him as he sparked.

"You did it Conner," Kira said as they all regrouped.

However, Jessica noticed that something wasn't right.

"Unbelievable," Tommy said when they noticed Mesogog get up not at all damaged.

The girls let out a gasp when Mesogog turned into two.

"He's replicating!" Conner stated.

And before long hundreds upon hundreds of Mesogog stood before the Rangers making the 2 girls groan.

"One was bad enough," Ethan complained, "how do we fight them all?"

Tommy turned to his students.

"Guys we have to use all of our powers! It's the only way."

"Right!" Conner agreed with a nod.

They all fall into formation the rangers twirled their arms through the air and brought them to a halt emphasizing the Dino Thunder emblem on their suits

"Power Rangers!" they commanded together.

"I summon the Power of the Gem!" Conner commanded.

"Dino Gems!" all 6 of them shouted, "unite!"

The Energy form the Dino Gems combined together forming a flaming version of a huge T-Rex who lunged forward and chomped its jaws down on the Mesogog in the front of the line. The rangers turned as a deafening energy blast rebounded off the site and as the flames died down. Mesogog had gone for good this time. Once they were demorphed all the Rangers meet in a circle holding their Gems.

"Everyone okay?" Tommy asked as he looked around at the teens

"I feel different..."

"Yeah," Trent agreed, "like normal again."

"Me too!" the girls agreed.

"It's gone," Ethan proclaimed while looking at his Dino Gem, "the power's gone."

"It took everything that Gems had to destroy Mesogog," Tommy told them.

"So this are just..."

"Ancient artifacts," Tommy stated, "that would look great in a museum."

They all looked over to see Cassidy, Devin, and Elsa walk up to them.

"Hello Rangers," Cassidy greeted.

"So you knew?" Conner asked.

"Well, I kinda already knew," Devin answered, "but, I had to show Cassidy in person."

"This is like the greatest thing ever," Cassidy said before hugging Devin, "and we've got it all on tape." Jessica's eyes widen as she broke away from Devin and turned back to the team. "You know a reporter could make a whole career out of this."

"Cassidy, do you realize what our lives will be like if that tape gets out?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah, I do," Cassidy admitted, "that's why I'm giving this to you."

Jessica took the tap that Cassidy handed over to them looking at her like she had grown another head.

"Wait, Cassidy passing up a scoop of a lifetime?" Kira asked, "why?"

Cassidy looked around at them all with a smile.

"Because you're my friends," she answered them, "it wouldn't be right to ruin your lives just to make mine better. Not after everything you've done for us."

"I always knew that there was a heart deep down inside of there somewhere," Ethan said.

"Yeah," Cassidy agreed, "I just needed someone to help me find it." Cassidy grinned at Devin "Now if you'll excuse us..."

"Yeah, we're off to the Prom," Devin agreed before they walked off with Elsa right behind them.

"Finally," Kira and Jessica said at the same time.

"I thought that those two were never going to get together," Kira said as she looked at them.

"And just like that," Conner said with a grin,"life goes back to normal"

"Our lives may be normal," Tommy told them, "but trust me; it will never be the same."

"Got that right," Jessica agreed.

The others laughed before they all head home though Jessica went with Kira to her place to help get each other ready.

City hall!

Jessica stood with Trent, Tommy, and Anton on the balcony watching the other students when Jessica smiled when she saw Conner walk in with Kira who gave him a kiss on the cheek after speaking with Ethan for a bit before heading to get ready with her band.

"Hey, guys!" Trent called when he saw them.

"Hey, Trent, Jessica!" Conner called back when he saw them.

"So Trent what's next for you?" Tommy asked him.

"I'm really excited," Trent started to answer, "I'm heading to art school next fall."

"Yeah?" asked Tommy, "you ok with that Anton?"

"Couldn't be happier," Anton answered as Jessica laid her head on Trent's shoulder. "What about you, Tommy? What's next for the man whose done it all?"

"I was thinking of staying here," the former Black Ranger answered, "teaching. Leaving a quiet life with Kim."

"You sure about that?" Elsa asked as she walked up to them with Kim, "I heard the new principle is a real hard nose."

"I think she'll be brilliant," Tommy told her with a smile.

Jessica smiled as she watched Anton look at Elsa.

"I was wondering if the new Principle would save a dance for an old friend?" he asked.

"I'd be honored."

They watched as Anton and Elsa walked away from them to dance.

"So what about you, Jessica?" Tommy asked turning back to the former Green Ranger. "What are your plans?"

"I've got my Graduation from the Wind Ninja Academy coming up and then I'm off to Ocean Bluff for a year to finish my Pai Zhuq training. After that I'm going to Brierwood for their Creative Writing Collage."

"That's great," said Tommy with a smile.

"Amazing is more like it," Trent said with a laugh while smiling at her.

"Well, I've got to go," Tommy said as Kim took his arm.

"Your out of here?" Trent asked he looked at his watch.

"No, I've got to introduced the band," he answered.

"Ok," both former White and Green Rangers said with a smile.

Trent and Jessica turned back around to look at the stage before going to join the other two down on the dance floor.

"Hey guys, I just want to say we've had an interesting year," Tommy spoke into the microphone as the senior class of Reefside High 2004 fell silent, "we've been through a lot, more than any school should have to go through. But, we've made it, and we're okay. That's what's important; so let's have fun tonight, and to help us do that; here she is-Kira Ford."

Everyone cheered as Kira appeared on stage, but only Jessica cheered the loudest.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You gave me something more

More than I've ever felt before

We could be falling in love

Oh baby

I can picture you and me

More than coming closer

Just a little more time and

Just a little less thinking

Just a little more time is all that I need

Just a little less believing

Just a little more breathing

Let's give it time

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Jessica looked at Trent with a smile before he leaned down and placed his lips on hers in a kiss just as Kira finished singing.