Dino Thunder: Continuing the Legacy

A Star is Torn

"Trent! Raina!" The two teens barely had time to stop as Kira almost ran right into them, "You're not going to believe this! You're going to freak!"

"I'm already freaking! We're out of soy milk and Hayley and Andy's off today. Jenna and Zoey have sent us out to the store. They're busy training Drina." He smirked, "She's good, but she's more blunt and direct than Zoey."

"Life of an Alien Sorceress Supreme." Raina laughed, "She jumped all over Cassidy for kicking another student off a computer. It was awesome."

"Oh, wow." Kira stared, "Okay, well, I have something to tell you."

"Sorry," Trent said, brushing past her, "it's going to have to wait."

"Okay, have you seen Ethan?"

"Not yet." Raina said, backing up with him.

"Conner?"

"Not today." They called, rushing off.

"Great," she sighed. "Who am I going to tell?"

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"Alright, you ready, Conner?" Hayley questioned, sitting in her computer chair next to Andy as they watched the soccer star fidget.

He nodded, rubbing his hands together, "Yep. Ready"

"Try the controls," she told him, turning back to the computer.

Conner reached toward a console stand set up in the middle of the room with some new device on it and placed his hands on the control in the front.

"Initiating simulation."

Red electricity sparked at the base and rose rapidly, reaching Conner's hand, and then travelling up his body, "Uh... Hayley..." he choked, his voice raspy, as volts of energy rippled through his body, "Can we stop please?"

Hayley frowned and glanced over her shoulder before gasping.

Conner's hair was standing on end and red electricity was rippling through his and hair, "Dude!" Andy busted out laughing, "Definitely going on this year's video."

"Oh!" The genius called, "Shutting down!" She looked to her right and hit Andy in the arm, "Quit laughing. He could be hurt."

"Nah. Something like that would only sting for someone connected to the Grid." He looked over as Conner started taking calming breaths, "He'll be alright in a minute."

"Hey, Conner? Are you there?" The monitor switched to Kira sitting on a bench in front of the cafe. "It's Kira."

"Hey, Kira," Hayley spoke up, "Unfortunately, he's a little... uh... fried right now. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, fine. I just wanted to tell him that -"

"Can we call you back? We're working on the control program for the new assault vehicle."

"Oh, yeah, sure. Um... what about Ethan and Andy? Are they around?"

Ethan called from his laptop, "Tell her unless she's being attacked by something green and scaly, send me an email."

Andy called out, finally checking on Conner, "Sorry Kira. I'm helping out Hayley. I'm hoping we haven't electrocuted Conner too bad before this is over." He laughed at the Red Ranger's cry of outrage, "Sorry dude. You looked like a Science Lab Plasma Ball." He patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, man. You'll be fine."

Hayley rolled her eyes, "Did you hear all that?"

"Yeah, I heard..."

"And Ethan's right. Unless it's an emergency, we should keep the communication frequency clear." Hayley told the Yellow ranger.