Power Rangers: Defender

Chapter 2

"Eric, can you watch the grill alone today," came Chase as he walked out of the room, Eric already working on two sets of burgers as he looked over to the man. He had planned to keep true to his word of working double, so he had gotten to the place early and had cleaned the area since he missed work because of his brother yesterday. "I have to go with Kendall to find something in the cavern systems over in the forest."

"No problem, we've already gotten past the lunch rush anyway," Eric spoke as he kept his gaze on the grill, his free hand moving almost fluently as it grabbed a dash of spices and sprinkled them on one of the sets of burgers, soon flipping them onto two sets of buns as he began putting the finishing touches on them. "You guys seemed pretty busy today, so I was guessing something important was found for the museum section of the zoo."

"Actually we don't even know if what we're looking for Is there," Chase responded, looking at the meal Eric was making with a confused look. "That isn't the usual Bronto Burger."

"Nope, it's my own recipe with ingredients I brought from home," Eric responded as he wrapped the two burgers up in a couple of boxes with some fries for each, soon handing both to Chase. "Like I said, I saw how busy you guys were, as well as how stressed Ms. Morgan seemed today over whatever you guys are heading over to, so I did what I do best and made you guys some food for the trip."

"I don't think we'll need food where we're going," Chase spoke as he looked at Eric while holding his hand out to refuse it.

"Nonsense, if you guys are searching those caverns then it will probably take some time anyway," Eric responded as he set the boxes down by a bag, making Chase notice two wrappers for ground beef as well as some others before he looked over to the boxes again. "Besides, I did promise you guys I was going to treat you both to my personal recipes, so this just gave me a reason to go all out with my usual stuff."

"Well if you went to this much trouble for us," Chase spoke as he put the boxes in the bag, picking it up as Eric went back to work on the other set of burgers, these ones treated as the usual Bronto Burger. "I'll be sure to tell Kendall that you made these for us."

"If you're going to tell her anything from me, tell her to watch herself," Eric responded as he flipped the other set of burgers to their side, his free hand moving to a plate with a bun already placed on it. "I've spent time in those caverns over there, and there are a lot of things that can go wrong if you're not prepared."

"I'll be sure to tell her the message," Chase spoke as Eric began working on the next set of burgers, his attention now fully invested in the matter as Chase left with the food. As he did, his thoughts went onto Eric's conversation.

'I guess we've all been pretty stressed over the information, but it's amazing that Eric even noticed Kendall seeming stressed,' Chase thought as he looked down at the boxes, his thoughts soon heading to what they learned at the base.

-Dino Lab two days ago, shortly after Keeper's arrival-

Kendall had just finished informing the others of the current situation when they each took their Energizers. After a moment of silence, Tyler was the first to speak up. "So these aliens are looking for a book," he spoke as he looked to Kendall, who simply nodded as he looked back to the Energizer in his hand. "I think I remember talk about Stingwingers from one of the Power Rangers in our communications to other dimensions when we were trading stories. Maybe they have some knowledge on this."

"That's a better start than we have at the moment," Kendall spoke as she looked back to the image in front of her of the fighter, her gaze overlooking the blade in his hand. "Either way, the second start we can go by is through entering the cave we saw that other monster at. With luck, we may find what they were looking for."