Dino Thunder: The Prodigy

Game On

"More practice," Conner lamented as he stood in the middle of the woods with Kira, Alexander, and Tommy. He was probably still sore from the last time he sparred with Alexander. 

Alexander had gone pretty easy on Conner, but the red ranger couldn't find his groove to fight back effectively, earning quite a few bruises for his efforts.

"Where's Ethan," Alexander asked.

"Probably at Cyberspace," Kira answered, "What's on the menu today, Dr. O.?"

"Since Ethan's not here, I'll work with Conner, and Alexander can work with you," Tommy answered, the two of them jumping in the jeep and driving away before she could object.

The sound of the jeep faded into nothing as the two rangers stood there in silence.

"Well, now what," Kira asked.

"Now," Alexander threw her one of the wooden practice swords and collected one for himself, "Show me what you got."

The two fought for about fifteen minutes, and Alexander had to say, Kira wasn't bad, but she kept getting distracted. Every couple of minutes, or so, she'd lose focus, and Alexander would score a hit.

Finally deciding to get to the bottom of it, Alexander deflected her sword, holding his under her chin, "What's on your mind?"

"You mean other than the stick at my throat," She quipped.

"Yes, other than that," He lowered the blade, throwing her a bottle of water, "So, what's distracting you so badly?"

"How can you fight so well," She blurted.

"My father is the black ranger, I'd hope I could."

"Seriously, Alex."

"Trying out a nickname, are we," He asked, a slight blush appearing on her cheeks, "To answer your question, my parents taught me to fight when I was young, especially Dad, but Mom did, too."

"Sounds rough."

"Hard to complain with the results," He skirted her response, "Speaking of, you have anything, in particular, you want to work on?"

"I want to fight as good as you."

"Aspirational," Alexander teased.

"Seriously, Alex," She put her hands on her hips, "Can you at least try and help me here?"

"Never said I wouldn't, I'll teach you like my mother taught me," He responded, taking the sword from her hands, driving the both of them into the ground, "You've just got to have an open mind."