Disclaimer: Obviously I do not own the Power Rangers or BOOM! Comics. If I did Tommy and Kim would never have broken up (at least not the way they did) and Jason would've stayed and become second in command and probably end up with Kat.
SPOILER WARNING: I will try to stick to canonicity as much as possible from MMPR – Ninja Steel, If you have not read BOOM! Comics' Soul of the Dragon featuring Tommy Oliver than either read it or get a summary, I was entirely disappointed in the story and felt that Tommy deserved a bigger hurrah! But oh well this is what I can do for his son JJ Oliver. Tommy will be mentioned and possibly even appear but he will NOT suit up if your looking for one of those then read some other piece, this is set with his son JJ, his best friend Anara (no plans to pair them I see them as a Bro/Sis relationship, mostly because JJ is hinted as being an only child and he'd naturally want a sibling). This will be a one shot, if I get reviews that make me keep going I will, be constructive and critical I ain't a thin skinned person by any means.
BTW the best fanfic for "Tomberly" is "Of Love and Bunnies" by CrazyGirl47 she aint been on in a long time but if your reading this, Id love to see a sequel!
"Inferno to Embers and Back Again: An Oliver story"
"Dad would know what to do…" JJ thought as he downed that shot of Jameson whiskey and slammed the glass across his apartment. Nothing had been going right, Dad and Mom went on a long term vacation, sail the world and the seven seas and leave the earth in the good hands of their son, JJ Oliver, but Lokar has still been at large, the gangs are increasing in number and the turf wars grow bloodier thanks to the new weapons they're getting, still cant track down their supplier. Even with these ranger powers and with SPD backing me up we still haven't put a dent in any of the crime. My folks should've picked someone else for this job….
"Knock, Knock Open up you drunk" came a voice on the other side of that oak stained door. JJ went to answer it.
"Hey Anara, what are you doing here so late?" JJ asked
"I came to check up on you" the reddish female half breed said.
An SPD crackshot a member of the Special Tactics Department, one step below a ranger, She was tall almost his height, the absolute finest woman available in this city, pale skin with the reddish markings she inherited from her mother's people, truly a gorgeous specimen but JJ only thought that on the passerby thought transaction his brain concocted, she was the sister his parents couldn't or wouldn't provide.
"I know these last few months has been hard on you, parents gone, SPD working us to death, and that damn monster Lokar and the gang wars. I wanted to see if you wanted to go out and catch a movie or something, ya know? To unwind." Anara said with a tone equal parts worry and hopeful he'd go.
" I don't want to go anywhere 'Nara, I want Commander Sky to get back to me about any leads the detectives find about where these idiots are getting their weapons." He said rather annoyed she would ask him anywhere with the world being the way it is at the present moment.
"Waiting around here for a call is only going to make you think more bad things about yourself that you don't need right now, we need you sober IF that call comes and you wont be sober if your cooped up like a circus animal all the time, come out with me! The Dirty Harry is out with Clint's son playing the lead!"
All JJ heard from her was bad things… "What bad things about myself?" he asked with intrigue, " How your not good enough, that your parents left a burden too big to bear and you struggling to live up to their legacy even though you are and theyre proud of you"
"ENOUGH! I am not good enough for this! I'm 24 'Nara by my age Dad was on three teams and a few years after that one more stint, he saved the world countless times with mom beside and not beside him.. I cant even keep Zeo Blvd safe from the stupid gangs, How can I save this planet?"
"Not everything rests on you, there were rangers before an Oliver and there will be after an Oliver. You are definitely your father's son and you are making a difference even if you cant see it." She replied.
"Now your coming out to see this movie with me or ranger or not I will shoot you in the leg and drag you out this apartment" she said as she smack him on the head
"Well since you put it that way…" JJ walked to get his coat when the communicator on his wrist went off.
"JJ, This is Commander Sky, I need you to get over here stat, we have a lead on Lokar, and since Scorpina is one of his lieutenants Ive hired an outside consultant" the voice on his wrist echoed.
"Damn it, I really wanted to see that movie." Said Anara, " Is that Anara?" Sky said " Yeah shes with me" JJ tried to say in a way that wouldn't give out any fraternization implications. "Good, bring her to"
JJ and Anara got into his car, all these stupid self driving cars nowadays let people do anything they want behind the wheel now, drinking and driving and texting distractions were no longer an issue, but JJ still loved to drive his dads old black Jeep Wrangler, with a 4.0 Liter engine it could really cause some offroad damage, guess its just the Turbo in his blood.
They sped down the highway, JJ had been waiting for this, " You think we''ll get to take a shot at him this time? Last time Lokar just sent his freaking putties after us."
" I don't know 'Nara I hope its him, and I really don't like that Sky is hiring outside help, I have my dads old files and I fought Scorpina just a few months ago, SPD can handle this alone." JJ grumbled
"First off that's COMMANDER SKY to you, and second weren't you just brooding over how we aren't doing enough? We could use all the help we can get."
" I don't brood…"
"Yes you do, I know you better than you do yourself"" Fine Mom, Ill hear what this Ahole has to say" JJ growled as the jeep entered into the parking lot of SPD headquarters. They got into the elevator, JJ used his badge to gain access to where Commander Sky was, only Rangers and his direct contacts had that privilege, not even the Special Tactics members like Anara had that honor.
"Commander Sky! SPD Dragon Ranger and Detective Anara reporting for duty SIR!" Yelled JJ while both he and Anara were saluting.
"At ease soldiers" Commander Sky said, a man in slight pre middle age the former SPD Blue and Later Red ranger, looked at his crew intently.
"Please take a seat" JJ and Anara took the seats facing the commander's projector, " Our new intel has learned that Lokar is the one supplying the weaponry being used here and on Triforia by the gangs and drug runners. The troubling issue is that the weapons weve been able to recover are of human origin, either Lokar has back engineered our technology or he's in cahoots with an earth entity. In front of you are some specimens."
Anara, being quite the weapons expert, jumped first to retrieve one of the many guns laying on the commanders desk "Commander,the only ones with this sort of technology would be SPD, Lighspeed Rescue, or the Machine Empire, surely you don't think anyone in SPD or even Lightspeed would supply Lokar with weapons to deal out to the gangs?" asked Anara
"The machine empire wouldn't make weaponry with human ergonomics detective, that and the fact that the last remnant of the empire has dwindled and no longer has the manufacturing capability to make such weapons. For that reason we suspect either that SPD has a rat or Lightspeed does, who knows? Maybe Lokar just re engineered our own."
JJ stepped up, " Commander, why would Lokar give weapons to gangs?"
"We don't know and that's what I want you three to figure out" Commander Sky said. " You three?" Anara asked.
" I guess you can come out now, ain't no sense in keeping them waiting" Commander said, the door opened and JJ had to do a double take to grasp the beauty of the woman coming in, semi-long auburn hair, and legs to kill for, she was a bit older but hey he could deal with that. " She will be taking the lead on this mission, you two will be back up, your to meet up with an informant that is wanting to turn states but wont meet with us out in the open"
"Shit I wouldn't meet with us in the open either" Remarked Anara
"Please introduce yourself Ms." Asked the Commander, the woman went to JJ first "My My, your as handsome as your father was, a little thinner but I think you hit the gym some more and you'll be good as gold, or is it green?"
"Who are you and how do you know my father?" asked a surprised JJ, the auburn haired woman extended her hand and said with the biggest and most gorgeous smile he'd ever seen on a woman
"Hi, I'm Kimberly Hart"