Noah opened a time portal, not knowing what would await him on the other end. The portal opened into a child's room. He heard footsteps and a girl emerged from the closet area.
"Oh!" she said, startled.
"Hello, my name is Noah. I will not harm you. What is your name?" he asked.
"Hello. My name is Alexandra Phelps." I answered.
"Yes! Contact! How old are you, Alex?" he asked.
"Ten. The look on your face is like you didn't expect someone so young." I said.
"You're right. I expected you, but older. I am one of five in a group and we need help. We are the Power Rangers of the future and we are in danger. I'm trying to get the right time to just before a terrible accident in my past. Seems I went too far back." he said.
"Perhaps if you'll try again? Feel free to find me again. I'll try to help any way I can, Noah." I suggested.
"Yes, perhaps you are right. I will go and try again. Thank you for helping me find this time. I'll search for you again, hopefully you'll be older." Noah said. I nodded. He severed the link and did another search.
He opened another portal and found a different room.
'The pictures look the same.' he thought. I stepped into my room.
"OH!" I gasped. "Noah? Is that you?"
"Alex? Well, I did find you older. May I ask how old now?" he asked.
"Twelve. Noah, is there a way to search in a different state? I'll be moving to Los Angeles tomorrow. My father has some law business to tend to there. Do you still need help? What kind of help do you need? You know I'll do whatever I can." I said.
"Yes, Allie. We still need help. The help will have to be from the first group of Power Rangers. They need to prevent four Rangers from dying. When they prevent the death of those Rangers, my time will cease. This time where I am, is the wrong timeline." he said.
"Okay, not thinking about you dying, Noah. So, how did the tragedy happen? Which four Rangers were involved? I like puzzles and I'll do everything I can to help figure this out." I said.
"This could work. You've heard of Power Rangers before?" he asked.
"No, but I still want to help you, Noah." I said.
"Okay, first, before I tell you of the tragedy, you have to know of my past. My father's name is William Daniel Cranston. I am his youngest son of eight children. In my timeline, he was the first Blue Power Ranger of Earth. There are others, but Billy, what his friends called him, was the scientist of the group. Since I was searching for him but made contact with you, I'll ask you to remember all these conversations and help me contact him. He was part of the group before he passed his blue power to another. The one he passed his power to was one of the four who died. At the time of Blue's death, he and the other three were using the ThunderZords. The other three were Red, Yellow, and Black Rangers. Pink Ranger was in with the four Rangers and White had his own MegaZord, the White TigerZord. When White yelled for Ranger evacuation, Pink was the only one who had the ability to get out of the Zord. She jumped but the others were injured and couldn't follow her. She landed next to White and before either could go back to help their fellows, the ThunderZord exploded. That's how they died."
"Wow. So, if the Pink and White Rangers could convince the others to not pass on the powers, then the tragedy should be prevented, right?" I asked.
"Possible. I'd have to research that. That should give me something to do while the others are out and about getting supplies. We've gone into hiding. There's not very many citizens left to defend here in my time."
"That's an awful way to live, Noah." I commented.
"Yes, but it works for now to survive to get this information to you so we can prevent this from happening." he said.
"Oh, I hope this works." I said.
"Me too, Allie. Well, it's getting late, so I'll let you get some sleep now. I'll come back when I have more information for you. We're also getting some items around to give to you for safe keeping." he said.
"Okay, Noah. I'll be waiting for you to return. Night, stay safe. See you soon." I said, sitting on my bed and grabbing the remote.
"Night, Allie. We'll do everything we can to stay safe. You have a good night. See you soon." he said, getting up from sitting on the floor and walking over to the nearest control panel. He severed the link just as the others walked into the room from outside.
"Everything okay, Noah?" Troy asked. "How did the conversation go this time? Do we have an ally?"
"Everything went smoothly, Troy. She will help. She can't do much right now, but she'll help keep all the items safe for us. And, yes, we do have an ally. Alexandra Phelps is a strong ally to have." Noah answered.
"My mom? You found my mom?" Troy asked, surprised.
"I thought you were looking for your dad?" Jake asked.
"I was. But, I went too far into the past the first time and found Allie." Noah said.
"How will Mom be able to help us?" Troy asked.
"She can help us by finding my dad when she gets to Angel Grove. She's also going to help us by taking the items and keeping them safe for us." Noah answered.
A couple days later, Noah established contact again. I was sitting on my bed, schoolbooks strewn all over my bed, doing my homework.
"Hi, Noah. Thanks for the much needed break from my homework." I said when he appeared.
"Hi, Allie. And you're welcome. We think how the Rangers in my past died was that the enemy found something to weaken us. Not sure what it was they found, I'm still working on that. Dad is putting information on a disc for the Rangers. It will give them a lot of information on what we think happened to our past and how to prevent it. Dad thinks that the explosion of the Thunder MegaZord and the White TigerZord combined is how the time rift and alternate universe was created. Oh, we almost got all the items together for you to keep safe for us." Noah said.
"Good. Noah, you keep saying 'us' and 'we', who are the others?" I asked.
"My teammates." he said, turning his head. "Here they are."
Four other teens walked over to sit next to Noah.
"Here are: Gia in yellow. Emma in pink. Jake in black and Troy in red." Noah introduced.
"Hi. How are you?" I greeted them. "Emma, you look like my friend, Adam. Jake, you look like my friend, Rocky." We sat and chatted for a little while, until there was a knock on my bedroom door. Noah scrambled up off the floor and ran to the control panel.
"Be right back." he said. I nodded and walked to my door. When they had disappeared, I opened the door.
The rangers couldn't see what was happening, but they could hear what was going on.
"Oh, hi, dad. Everything okay?" I asked.
"Yep. We'll be moving sooner than we thought. It's gotten worse in California and they need me sooner than Friday." he said.
"Okay, dad. I'll start packing in the morning." I said.
"Honey, we need to leave tomorrow." he said.
"Tomorrow?! That's kinda short notice, isn't it, Dad?" I asked.
"I'm sorry, baby. I really am." dad said.
"It's okay, dad. I'll be okay. Just don't really want to leave all I know behind." I said.
"I know, baby. I'm sorry." dad said.
"I know, Daddy. I better get started on my packing." I said.
"Okay, baby. See you in the morning then. Don't stay up too late." he said.
"I won't, Daddy." I said, reaching up and kissing him on the cheek. He left the room, closing the door behind him.
I walked closer to my mirror. "Noah." I said.
"Yep." he said, reappearing.
"You heard?" I asked.
"Yep. I'll find you again." Noah said. We nodded at each other and he severed the link.
Emma and Gia fought with the X Borgs just when they were exiting the mall. There's about half the population of Earth now than when the Armada first got there.
A few weeks later (in Noah's time. To me, it was the next day when I was in California), the Armada attacked again.
"Hi, Allie. You okay? I know, it's not easy leaving loved ones behind." Noah said.
"How do you know?" I asked, tears running down my cheeks.
"Because I had to leave my whole family behind last month. I lost some of my family a few weeks ago. The Armada found them and tortured them to find out where the Rangers were. My family refused to tell the Armada and the family members died." he said.
"Oh, Noah. I'm sorry." I said.
"I, unfortunately, can't mourn for them right now. Troy received the Red Power two ways: one, he inherited the power and, two, Gosei gave it to him. Troy inherited the red power from his father. I inherited blue from my father and Gosei gave it to me. Emma inherited the pink from her mother and Gosei gave it to her. Gia and Jake got their powers from Gosei. Jake's dad was a Ranger, but his dad was never black or green. Gia's mother was never a ranger. Well, as far as we know, the father who raised her wasn't either. She knows her biological father was a ranger, but never was yellow." he told me.
There was a noise on his side. He turned to see the others there. Troy motioned him over, while Jake sat in front of me.
"Hi, Allie." Jake said.
"Hi, Jake. You look so much like one of my best friends who I left behind."
"I know. Dad told me all about the friendship you have. You two met when you were both around six years old in Stone Canyon." he said. "Roberto Miguel DeSantos?" Jake added at the confused look on my face.
"Oh! Wow! Are you an only child?" I asked.
"No," he chuckled. " I am the seventh child in my family. Aside from Gia, all of us rangers are the seventh born. Troy, Noah and I have sisters younger than us. Emma has a younger brother and Gia doesn't talk about her family." he said.
"Really? I wonder why?" I asked.
"Not sure. You look like I remember you. You haven't changed much. Just the eyes. The version of you in my time has more knowledge behind her eyes." he said.
"Well, that's what happens when you grow up." I said.
"Will you stop flirting with her, please?" Troy said, as Noah walked up to join us.
"Okay, okay." Jake said. He turned to me. "I gotta go see if I can find those time capsules behind your house anyway. See you later, Allie." he blew me a kiss.
"Unbelievable flirt." Noah muttered. He then turned to me. "Hi."
"Hi. He flirts like his dad does. I wonder who I marry?" I said.
"I'll tell you soon enough. At the risk of our genetics changing, I can't tell you too much. Just now know that, Troy, Emma, me and our siblings were raised in very loving homes where our parents love each other since the day they met." he said.
"That's awesome. Hope I find someone to raise my future children like that." I said.
"Trust me, you will." he assured me, smiling. "I'm going to give you some more information." he said. By the time he was done giving me the information, it was almost nine.
"Well, I'll let you get some sleep now. I'll see you soon. When I come back, I want to give you a few items to keep safe for me, if you don't mind." Noah said.
"No, I don't mind, Noah. Any way I can help, you know that." I answered.
He smiled and he severed the link for the night.
The next time Noah came through the link, it was Thursday.
"I have to make it quick right now, Allie. The connection is a little shaky because the Armada is bombing near enough to interfere with the connection. Troy wants to say hi to you."
"Hi." Troy said, walking up with a wooden box in his hands and handed it to Noah.
"Hi. You look like..." I tried to keep talking but couldn't because of the lump of emotion in my throat.
"I know. Another friend you're leaving behind. Please, believe me, you will settle somewhere and all will work out in your life. It will be very happy too. We need to give you this box. In it are the Ranger Keys that used to line the walls. Our morphers are in it too." Troy said.
Noah stepped through the mirror and handed me an intrically carved wooden box.
I looked at the box. "I recognize these markings." I said, tracing the carvings with a finger.
"Native American Tribe of Navajo." Noah was saying.
"Tucker. Tommy's older brother." I said, tears welling up in my eyes.
"Yes. He carved it for us. The last he did before the Armada visited his house. Please ensure the box's safe travel to Angel Grove, as well as its safe delivery into the hands of the Power Rangers, Zordon and Alpha Five." Noah said.
"I promise." I said. I looked at Noah. "My nephew, huh? Well, you turned out pretty good. Your parents did a good job. Can you tell them I said so?" I asked, tears running down my cheeks.
"I wish I could. I can't get out to see anyone right now. The Armada is swarming heavily all over the Earth in my time. When you get to Angel Grove, go to a place called 'Ernie's Gym and Juice Bar'. Ask for Billy Cranston. He should be the Blue Triceratops Power Ranger by the time you get there." he answered.
"Then I will definitely look for him after I get there. I hope he won't think I'm crazy." I said.
"Trust me. You'll be best friends from the first time you meet. He's your first friend there. He will do everything he can to help you prevent this timeline split. I should go for now so you can get some rest." Noah said.
"We're moving in the morning. Try to stay safe and alive, please. Night, Noah, I love you." I said, as he was approaching my mirror to return to his time. He turned, came back to me.
"I love you, too, Auntie. More than anything. Try to get some sleep. I promise, we'll see each other tomorrow before you leave." he said with tears in his eyes and hugged me. "For a long time I thought you were my mother. Night, Aunt Allie."
He turned to my mirror and stepped through. One last look at me, then he severed the link, temporarily.
"How did everything go?" Jake asked. Noah didn't respond yet.
"Noah?" Troy said, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.
Noah raised his head and looked at the others. There were tears running down his cheeks.
"Yeah, everything's fine. She has the box. I told her that when she gets to Angel Grove, to go to Ernie's and ask for Billy. She understood." he said, wiping the tears away.
"Good. The morphers and Ranger keys are safe. Now to get some food, if there's any left out there." Gia said.
"I want to go find a couple of time capsules my dad told me about. There are Ranger items inside." Jake said.
"Where are they buried?" Troy asked.
"They're buried in your mother's backyard. The backyard of her home when she first moved to Angel Grove at fifteen."
"I remember hearing about those, but Grandmother Megan didn't want us kids to dig holes in her garden. I was told there are three, there might be more. Did your dad tell you where the capsules are buried?" Troy said.
"Yep, under that gnarly-looking tree in the backyard by your grandmother's flower garden behind the garden shed." Jake said.
"Yep. That would be the place." Troy replied, smiling.
"Okay, while Jake's getting the time capsules, Gia and I are going to see if we can find food." Emma said.
"While you are doing that, I'll try to find some clothes and a few bath items from the mall that wasn't destroyed." Troy said.
Jake, Emma and Gia took the only three backpacks they had.
"Looks like I'll need another backpack too." Troy added.
As the four of them crept out of the Command Center, sneaking past the few X-borgs who were lurking in the woods. Troy, Emma and Gia headed downtown for the grocery store. About five minutes later, Troy veered off and headed for the mall. Jake walked in the direction of Troy's house. Ten minutes later, Jake arrived at the back of the house. Troy's house was reduced to a pile of smoldering bricks, wood, broken glass and scattered clothes.
"Oh, no. Oh, please." Jake said, choking back tears. "Please tell me they're okay."
Once Jake got around to the front of the house, the horror was evident. He counted one hundred and thirty people in the expanded Great Room, adults and children as well as Alpha Six.
"Oh, no." Jake moaned, dropping to his knees, near his father, and cried. By the time he could move again, it was close to midnight.
Jake got to his feet and turned in the direction of the Phelps' house. Staggering down the road, while choking back more tears, he ducked behind bushes and trees whenever he spotted some X-borgs. When he finally reached the Phelps' house, it was destroyed like Troy's house.
Waiting for almost an hour for the last few X-borgs to leave the area, Jake managed to find a shovel amidst the rubble. After all X-borgs were gone, he started to dig at the base of the tree. He didn't have to dig long when he struck something metal, making a really loud clang, stopping and listening for X-borgs or any member of the Armada.
Hearing none, he crouched down and started digging with his hands. He pulled out the first time capsule and opened it. Inside he found journals and some communicators, as well as the Galactic Power Ranger morphers. After digging up the other time capsule, he managed to get both of them in his backpack, he started walking back to Troy's house.
It took him almost an hour to reach Troy's house again. He found a notebook and a pack of pens. He ducked into the underground tunnel at the back of Troy's house and managed to get what little sleep he could.
Emma and Gia managed to retrieve a lot of food, traveling back and forth from the Command Center and the food sources. Troy had stuffed a lot of clothes in two backpacks he found amoungst all the chaos in the mall.
While Troy was on his way back to the Command Center, a couple of X-borgs chased him. As he ran, he went too close to the edge of the rock quarry and slid down. He rolled down the side of the rock wall, coming to a rest at the bottom of the quarry. He noticed that he was badly bruised with cuts to his arms and face. There was also a gash on his forehead.
"What a way to be found by the Armada." Troy mumbled to himself in the dark.
Easing himself up, amidst a lot of pain, he found a small niche to squeeze in to rest. By the time he could walk again, it was very early morning. It took Troy almost two hours to reach the entrance to the Command Center.
"My god, Troy! You look like you were beaten to within an inch of your life! What happened last night?" Noah asked as he ran to help his friend who was staggering into the Command Center.
"I was chased by X-borgs when I exited the mall. But it wasn't X-borgs or a monster who did this. This was caused by finding the edge of the rock quarry in the dark. I'm surprised I'm not dead. Where are the others?" Troy explained.
"Gia and Emma have been here now and then, bringing food in. They left a few minutes ago. Jake hasn't been back yet. I managed to find Young Alex again. She's in Titusville, Florida now. Sometime in May, I'm guessing. Can't pinpoint the exact date until she has a newspaper or she speaks aloud when she starts writing in her journal. So far, the last two entries are written about how much she misses her seven friends. She was also writing about the things they did together." Noah said, as he helped Troy ease into the red recliner they had brought into the Command Center when the Rangers started staying there.
It wasn't long when Gia and Emma finally came back with some more food.
"We know we've been gone most of the night, but we've managed to gather a lot of food." Gia said.
"Troy! Are you okay?" Emma asked, running to his side.
"I'll be fine. Just had a fight with the rock quarry last night. I lost that battle." he quipped, grinning.
"Oh, you. Geez. Well, at least you're alive. Hopefully Jake is too. Oh, I hope he shows up soon." Emma said, as she was cleaning Troy's forehead and taping gauze to it.
It wasn't until noon when Jake finally did show up.
"Jake! You look like you've slept in a tunnel for six months. Are you okay?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, I'm good." he said, but Troy had seen the anguish in his friend's eyes.
"Jake, what's wrong?" Troy asked, sitting a little straighter, wincing as a new wave of pain shot through his body.
"Sit back and relax. I've found out a lot since yesterday. I made my way to your mother's family home. I laid low until dark. I approached the gnarly-looking tree in the backyard. My father told me about the time capsules he and his friends buried there. There are three capsules. The first one was buried by Jason Scott, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan, Kim Hart, Billy Cranston and Alex Phelps. The second one was buried by Tommy Oliver, Alex Phelps, Billy Cranston, Aisha Campbell, Adam Park and Rocky DeSantos. I dug up all three and opened them. I found some journals amoungst the items inside. I picked up Billy's journal out of the first capsule and opened it. A note was taped to the inside." Jake opened a blue book with the name 'Cranston' embossed in gold on the front cover.
" 'There is one wooden box in each of the three time capsules, carved in Native American symbols. The box in Capsule One contains the communicators and morphers of the Mighty Morphin Rangers to the Space Rangers. The capsule contains journals of each ranger depicting the destructions of the powers between Mighty Morphin to Space. There are directions to where all the Zords of Mighty Morphin to Space are, including the Galaxy Gliders. And Blueprints from Alphas Five and Six on how to rebuild the Morphing Grid. The box in Capsule Two contains the communicators and morphers of the Galactic Rangers to DinoThunder. The box also contains the DinoGems. The capsule contains numerous multi-colored journals depicting the destructions of Rangers and powers. There are directions to the GalactaBeasts, the Island of Anamaria, all the Zords of Galaxy Rangers to DinoThunder.' " Jake stopped long enough for a drink of water and a few deep breaths. He then settled back in his chair and continued on.
" 'Box Three contains the communicators and morphers of Space Patrol Delta to Samurai, including Master Ji's Samuraizer. The box also contains the Samurai Pocket Zords, including the OctoZord, and LightZord. Capsule Three contains all Mystic Wands, including Udonna's wand and Magic Book, as well as numerous multi-colored journals, depicting the destruction of Rangers and powers, the directions to all Zords of Space Patrol Delta to RPM.' Troy, your dad must have sealed the entrance to the basement. Our neighborhood is destroyed. All the houses are burned to the ground. I didn't see any humans alive anywhere."
"Yes, dad and I sealed the entrance to the Outer Room if the lowest Zord Holding Bay." Troy said.
"The mall is burnt to the ground. The business buildings downtown are all rubble." Gia said. "This place is all that's left."
"There are forest fires all over, everywhere you look." Emma informed them.
"So we are the last of mankind on Earth." Noah said.
"Let's get this last mission done before we mourn the loss of our families and the rest of mankind." Troy said emotionally, his voice constricted.
That night when I got upstairs to my room, I turned from closing my door, Noah came into sharp focus, through my mirror.
"Noah." I greeted, turning to him. "How is everything?"
"Miss Allie." he returned the greeting. "Not good, but bearable. For now. They've increased the attacks on Earth. Myself and my four teammates are the last surviving humans on Earth in this time."
"Oh, man. Wish I could help you more than just having conversations." I said.
"Believe me, Allie, you're a tremendous help right now and doing more than you think." he answered.
"Oh, before I forget, tomorrow I'm going with Dad to work. It's 'Take Your Child To Work Day.' I think it will be fun to see what job my dad does." I told him.
"That should be fun. Tell me all about it tomorrow after you get back?"
"Yeah, sure, Noah."
We talked for about an hour or two, then decided to call it a night. When the others came back from their latest outing, Noah greeted them with an update of his talks with Young Alex.
"Well, I found your mother in Florida. She was closing her bedroom door when I opened the portal. We talked and I also found out that her tomorrow is 'Take Your Child To Work Day'." Noah explained.
"Oh, man. That's when she messed up her left arm. Mom told me what happened after I broke my arm at seven. Martial Arts helped both of us regain full mobility."
"Oh, fun." Jake said, sarcastically. "How did it happen?"
"I can't remember all the details, but she was at NASA when it happened." Troy answered.
"Which is where she's going tomorrow." Noah said, solemnly. "And we can't warn her or it might change history." he warned.
"I know, brother, I know. It's not going to be easy to see her hurting. She'll be okay. She gets hurt there in Florida tomorrow, then moves to Angel Grove about two weeks later. I do remember that when she got to Angel Grove, the Power Rangers were fairly new." Troy said.
"What could happen if we warn her of the injury?" Gia asked.
"If we warn her of an injury, she either won't go tomorrow or not get injured. She might not end up in Angel Grove until after the destruction of the MegaZord and White Tiger." Noah said.
Later that day, Noah was lounging in his blue recliner when the sound of my voice made him stir. He sat up and waved for the others to remain silent. Once mom was gone from my room, I scooted to the foot of my bed.
"Noah?" I called in a low voice. "Noah, you there?"
"Yes." he answered quietly as his image came into sharp focus. "Oh, Auntie." he breathed when he seen my wrapped arm.
"Yeah, I know. Hurts like mad. What happened to Troy? Have you figured out approximately when the timeline split and what caused it?" I asked, waving 'hello' to the others.
"The timeline split was caused by the White TigerZord and the Mega ThunderZord both exploding, resulting in four Rangers dying from their injuries. The Rangers who died were the four who replaced Rocky, Adam, Aisha and Billy. You and Tommy jumped from your Zords. You were in the Mega ThunderZord and he was in the TigerZord. He yelled for Ranger evacuation and that's when you jumped out of the Zord. They exploded after you both evacuated." he answered. "Adam, Aisha, Billy and Rocky came back to be Rangers to help you and Tommy look for the Ninjetti powers. After finding the powers, and returning to Earth; Adam, Aisha, Billy and Rocky passed their Ninjetti powers to others."
"Oh, seriously?!" I said with some irritation in my voice.
"Yeah, that's what we said, too." Noah agreed. "Anyway, we were waiting for you to get back so we can give you the three time capsules we found that contain all of the items that pertain to all of the Power Rangers ever. I also wanted to give you this disc that contains calculations, explanations, documentations, and speculations of my father, William Daniel Cranston. You'll meet him in Angel Grove at some point later."
"Billy." I said, vaguely. "Oh, good. Jake found them."
"Yes. Billy." Noah said, smiling.
"Three time capsules? How am I supposed to get them from here to Angel Grove?" I asked.
"They're small enough to fit inside your two travel trunks." Noah said, pointing across my room. "Jake can pack them while I monitor the connection."
"I can-" Troy started saying while trying to get up out of the chair. A wave of pain struck him and he fell back down as Jake placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"No, you don't. You're injured enough. You don't need to make it worse by moving around. I'll do it." Jake said.
"Jake, you'll be disoriented for a moment. It'll pass quickly." Noah said and Jake nodded.
Jake picked up two of the time capsules and walked over to the portal. Taking a deep breath, he stepped through the portal into my room. Once through, he stopped and closed his eyes for a moment. I placed my hand on his arm.
"Whoa. That was weird." he said.
"That was a phase and time shift. You'll feel it again when you come back through." Noah replied.
"Noah, we're moving again. Dad's job here in Florida is done. Mom and dad want me to graduate from the same school they did, Angel Grove High. We're leaving tomorrow." I told him.
"So, that's why your room looks like this. I was wondering." Jake said.
It took Jake only a few minutes to travel through the portal, bringing the last time capsule. After arriving with the third capsule, he then repacked both my trunks.
"Quickly, go!" I said to Jake, when I started to hear footsteps in the hallway. He ran through the portal and Noah severed the connection. I scrambled back onto bed, just as Mom was quietly peeking in my room. She helped me downstairs for dinner, then back upstairs for the night.
"Noah." I whispered quietly, after making sure all was quiet, about an hour later.
"Here." he said, as his image came into focus.
"Is Jake okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Jake said, as he appeared beside Noah. "You should get some sleep. We will too."
"Oh, good. Dad bought a building in Angel Grove. We're leaving Friday morning." I informed them.
"Okay, good. Home at last." Noah said.
"Yep. Okay, see you all later. Take care of each other." I said, waving goodnight to them.
Noah then severed the connection.
The next day, the Mega Force team was woke up by more bombing. The bombing was so intense that it echoed through the portal and into my room.
"Oh, come on. Don't open. Not now." Noah hissed at the control panel, trying to keep the portal from opening. As much as he tried, the portal opened with the next blast and shook my whole bed, waking me out of a sound sleep.
"Oh! Jersey! What the devil?!" I said, jumping out of bed. I stood next to my bed, turning completely around, looking for the source of the noise that roused me.
"Sorry, Allie. I tried to prevent it from disturbing you." Noah called through the portal.
"Oh, good. It's just you. I was hoping it wasn't something else. Is everyone okay? What's happening?" I asked.
"Oh, just the Armada bombing the place again. Everyone is fine. Troy is getting better with Emma's help. Other than that, I'm just waiting for the bombing to stop, so the ceiling stops coming down. That way we can get some more items to you safely." Noah said.
"Oh, okay. Well, since I'm awake, I better get ready for school." I said, gathering my clothes.
"Okay, Allie. We'll talk later." Noah said, severing the link for now. When the explosions stopped and the portal finally remained closed, he breathed a sigh, settled back down in his recliner, picked up the book he was reading last night and read some more.
By the time Noah found me again, I was in Angel Grove and the Blue Ranger. The communicator issued some beeps when I was talking with them.
"Alex, we need you in the Power Chamber." Alpha said.
"I'm on my way, Alpha." I answered.
"Allie? You're a Power Ranger?!" Noah asked, eyes wide and unbelieving.
"I'll explain later, Noah. I promise." I said. I disappeared in a blue light.
"Blue?! Why is she blue?! What is going on?" Noah asked, severing the link for now. They can't see what is going on in my room, but they can hear. If anyone gets in my room, they won't be able to see or hear Mega Force.
"I don't know. I hope there is a very good reason for it." Gia said.
"Gia." Troy warned.
"Gia, why are you bashing Troy's family?" Emma asked.
"I just hope that there's nothing life altering that happened to him." Noah said.
"Me too, buddy." Jake said, clapping a hand on Noah's shoulder.
The Mega Force Rangers heard me enter my room a couple hours later. But before Noah could ask me what happened for me to have the power, there was a knock on my bedroom door. They heard my door open and muffled voices at first, then the door closed. The voices got stronger.
"Boy, that battle was rough today. Allie, if it wasn't for you, Billy wouldn't be here anymore." Kim said.
"I'm glad I can help anyway I can. I'm also glad that he'll be all right, just as soon as his head stops spinning." I said.
"So, Allie, what were you and Billy talking about two days ago? You two had your heads together and stopped talking when we showed up in the park." Jason asked.
"Okay, Jason. We couldn't tell you when we were in the park in case someone overheard us. I can tell you here in my room because my room is soundproof. Billy was going to help me tell you what is happening with me. I'm not sure how much of this you would understand as I'm still wrapping my brain around it myself. Okay, here goes. My mirror is a temporal time portal that the future is connected to this time. The teens I have been talking to are from the future and they need help. Zordon is fully aware of the conversation I was having just before getting summoned today." I said.
"A 'temporal time portal'? Can we see this portal?" Jason asked.
"Being that you are Power Rangers, I don't see why not. The only thing is, I don't know how to open it. Noah opens it when they need to inform me on how to avoid a tragedy that happened here." I answered.
There was another knock on my door and Billy walked in. He closed the door and locked it. "Jason, call Alpha."
Jason summoned Alpha, who appeared in a multi-colored light.
"The portal is still active, Allie." Alpha said.
I went over to in front of my mirror. "Noah. I know you can hear me. If you want to know what happened for me to get the blue power, you have to show yourself to the Power Rangers."
Nothing, not even a peep.
I looked at Billy. He nodded for me to continue, motioning for the others to remain silent.
"Noah. Don't make me use your full name." I said, sternly.
"Do you know it?" Jason whispered in my ear. I shuddered a little when his breath caressed my cheek and his low voice sent chills down my spine. I nodded. My reaction went unnoticed to all but Jason, who stepped back with a satisfied smirk on his face.
"Noah William Cranston. Answer me now." I ordered. An image came into focus. Troy stood before me.
"Troy, where is Noah?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"Relax, Allie. Noah's fine. He just had to step out for a moment. I just got back in here when you said his full name." Troy answered, grinning ear to ear.
"Okay, why do you have the Blue Power?" Jake asked, as he and the others joined Troy, sitting on the floor.
"I have the Blue Power because Billy was jumped in the park by Putties. He was knocked down and unconscious. I stepped in and accidentally pushed a couple of buttons on his communicator, activating the teleportation. The other rangers were fighting the Putties and they needed help. Zordon instructed me to take the Blue Power temporarily until Billy was able to resume as Blue Ranger." I answered.
"Jason." Noah greeted.
"Hi, you must be Noah. Wow, Billy, he looks just like you." Jason said.
"Yeah, I know." Billy said, rubbing the back of his neck. "The thing is, Jason, this is not the group to prevent the tragedy."
"Who is?" Jason asked.
"Allie's group of Rangers. Noah, Zordon and I were alerted by the portal when you opened it. That is how she was able to tell us what you need help with." Alpha said, walking closer to my mirror.
"Okay, if Noah is Billy's kid, then does any of the rest of us have kids that are Rangers?" Kim asked.
"If there is, they are not part of this group. They might be in another city or another state, we don't know." Jake answered.
"Oh. Okay." she said, sulkily. I heaved a sigh.
"Anyway, Alpha, here is the disc. Jason and Zack can now help me get the time capsules to the Command Center."
"Okay, if you have the time capsules, how are we going to bury them for Noah and his friends to find them?" Kim asked.
"Because Zordon had them to begin with and the Rangers will get them again. What's in these time capsules are all old and non-functional. When you upgrade your morphers, communicators and other weaponry, you'll get the new versions." I answered.
"What's exactly in here?" Zack asked.
"All three capsules contain all the communicators, morphers and some journals of all the Power Rangers of Earth and all the Allies who were not of Earth. All twenty teams." Noah said.
There was an explosion on Noah's end and he severed the link.
"We need to help them." Jason said.
"No, Jason. The only way we can help them is to research the disc for an answer to the tragedy." I said.
"Why do you keep saying 'tragedy'? What is on that disc?" Kim asked.
"The answer to why those six teens are the last surviving humans left on Earth." I answered.
At her confused look, I asked. "Have you seen Back To The Future II, released in 1989?"
"Yeah, I have." Kim said.
"Same basic principle. Only the ones correcting the wrong are not the time travelers" I answered.
"They are in the wrong timeline and they need our help to set it straight?" Jason asked.
"Precisely." I answered.
"Okay, now it makes sense." Trini said.
"So, where do we start?" Billy asked. I handed him the disc.
"Okay." he said, sliding the disc into the DVD ROM in his computer. He looked at me when the password prompt shown on the screen. I could feel Jason's intense gaze more than the others'.
"Ahem." I cleared my throat and looked at Noah. All eyes swiveled to him, prompting him to answer.
"Proper name, no spaces, hashtag, number." he said, drawing curious, confused and questioning looks back to me.
"Ah, yes." I answered. I reached my arms around Billy, encircling him, to type the password into the box on the screen. Billy was watching my keystrokes as the others were watching the dots appear in the password field.
"I should have known." he smiled and bowed his head, concealing the small, proud smile that flitted across his lips.
"Click on the folder marked 'Thunder'." Noah prompted. That folder opened and revealed more folders. One for each of the powers.
"Click on the folder titled 'Blue Trike'." Noah instructed. That folder opened to more folders, including one marked 'Destruction'.
"There it is. I wondered where you put it, Dad." Noah said, startling Billy. "Sorry. I'm used to calling you that. I have to remember what time frame I'm looking at. Allie is used to me calling her 'Auntie'. Troy calls her 'Mom' still."
Everyone looked at me. "What?" I said. "Why disrupt what they have always done? I can adjust."
Everyone laughed, Jason giving a low chuckle, making me shiver, which I thought only Billy noticed. Boy, was I wrong.
