A/N: Thanks for clicking on my story. This story is kind of my wish for how the reboot had gone I/E them having the children of the Ranger's from Zordon's era take over the mantel as Power Rangers like their parent's before them.
Summary: In 1993 Zordon called on five teenagers with attitude. He guided over them and the teams that came after them, up until he was taken captive. The PRIS team fought through the universe to find him, but when it came down to it Zordon gave his life for the universe he loved so dearly. He expelled the darkness and gone it stayed for 23 years. The former Rangers had moved on, some had begun starting family's, love flourished and it burned out. One by one they began having children believing the world to be truly safe. Unaware a storm was approaching, and a string of events would put their children on the front lines of a battle only they could handle. It all began with the disappearance of Kimberly Hart and it lead to the corruption of the Morphing Grid and for the first time in history. The Ranger's are no longer fighting on the side of good, except for the five teens who have morphing in their blood.
A/N: This is the prologue chapter with heavy emphasis on where these people are now. It features Jason Lee Scott, Tommy Oliver, Kimberly Hart, Katherine Hillard, Cassie Chan, Ashley Hammond, TJ Johnson, Billy Craston, and Andros along with their children and how each came into contact with the most iconic part of the Zordon era rangers equipment. The wrist communicators in five very specific colors. I'd love if you could comment if you have any questions. Thanks again and I hope you enjoy!
Prologue
The Communicators
January 2005
Abigail Oliver & Sara Scott
It had only been a few short months since the Dino Rangers, had lost their powers. Tommy was readjusting to civilian life again.
He walked around his house flipping off the lights before heading to his room. He stopped for a second to pull out an old photo he had kept hidden from his most recent teammates.
It was a framed photo of Tommy and Kimberly in 1999 on their Wedding day, "I miss you Kim." He grumbled tucking it back into the drawer for safekeeping.
When Tommy began his search for the stones that gave him and his new team their powers, Kimberly gave him an ultimatum.
She didn't want her daughter growing up afraid of the world because monsters were after her, so they ended up splitting up though they never formally signed any divorce papers.
He honored Kimberly's wishes and kept it secret they were ever married, and that he even had a child.
He climbed into bed flipping off the light and letting the hours sped by before a familiar string of beeps woke him from his slumber.
He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, glancing at the blinking neon numbers letting him know it was three in the morning. He pulled open the drawer closest to his bed surprised to find his old wrist communicator beeping.
He examined it closely before pressing the button down. "Hello…?" He called out, "Tommy." Billy's voice came through the communicators, he knew this couldn't be good news. The last time any of them used it, was when Trini had died.
"Yeah, What's wrong." Tommy questioned his body jolting away as she shot up in bed. "You need to get back to Angel Grove, it's your daughter.
The police found her wandering on the pier alone.." Billy began and Tommy's mind started racing, "Alone? Where is Kimberly." Tommy almost shouted into the phone.
"That's the other thing Tommy, Kimberly is missing." Tommy was already moving, he began tearing through his house looking for his keys and proper clothes to change into.
"I'm on my way, just look out for her okay." Tommy clipped his communicator across his wrist and was in panic mode.
One his daughter was alone. Two his wife was gone.
Ex-Wife or something, but still Kimberly was gone.
It was a five hour drive, he arrived back in Angel Grove just as the sun was settling in the sky. He pulled into the police station and almost ran inside. He ran up to the police desk only to hear his name called, "Hey Tommy."
Jason stepped out dressed in his police blues, "It's okay Jane, I got this." Jason assured their receptionist.
"It's great to see a friendly face." Tommy sighed, "I know, it is good to see you bro." He smiled holding out his hand and Tommy tapped it with his.
"So what happened?" He questioned, "We found your daughter wandering on the pier, she was clutching Kimberly's communicator. "She told us that her and Kim went to the park walking around, it was about eight o'clock when she said her mother disappeared in a beam of pink light."
"A beam of pink light, you don't think Zor-." Tommy started but Jason cut him off, "Zordon is dead, We don't know what it could be.. But Billy is looking into it.
"Thanks." Tommy acknowledged, "Where is Abbi?" He asked, "She's back here, with Billy and my girl Sara." Jason explained,
"How have you been holding up?" Tommy asked realizing how selfish he was acting. Jason knew more so than he what it was like to lose a wife.
"It gets surprisingly easier with each passing year, but I feel bad for Sara. She has no memories of her mother."
"We'll keep Trini alive for her, you know we will." "Thanks man, she's in here." Jason pushed the door open to reveal two girls sitting on the floor.
Abigail was slightly smaller with her brown hair in braid and her bangs clipped back by pink bobby pins. On her small wrist was her mother's communicator that looked only seconds from falling off.
Across from her set Sara, Jason and Trini's only child. She had long straight black hair that Jason had contained with two pigtails. What truly surprised him though was the fact Trini's yellow communicator now was clipped to hers as well.
Tommy shot him a wary glance and he made a motion of what one could assume meant we'd talk about it later.
"Daddy!" Abigail squealed running up to him and wrapping her arms the best she could around his legs. "Hey Tiger." He smiled kneeling down and wrapping her in his arms and holding her tight. It had been too long since he got to hold his daughter, and now it was for all the wrong reasons.
"Did you find Mommy?" Abigail asked with bright eyes and he just shook his head. "We are going to find Mommy, I promise." Abigail smiled, "I know daddy, I believe in you." Abigail replied kissing his cheek. "Did ya see Sa and I have matching bracelets." Abigail explained, "Yeah I did." Tommy nodded. "You have one too." She motioned grabbing her Dad's hand. "Yeah it was a friendship bracelet we all had when we were in high school. Yours was your mothers and so was Sara's."
"Mama really liked pink." Abigail laughed, "You have no idea." Tommy and Jason spoke insync.
April 2006
Lucas Hammond
"Andros you can't be here."Ashley stated standing in the doorway, "I know Ash, but.." "There isn't a but here Andros. We both decided that when Lucas was born he'd be raised with me unaware of who you were." Ashley added a bit hesitantly. She wasn't proud of it but it was the only way her and Andros saw their son having a normal life.
"Would you let me finish? I'm leaving earth." Andros stated causing Ashley to just stare at him. "Y-you are leaving?" She questioned, "There is something I need to handle out there and I'm not sure when i'll be back… I just wanted to say goodbye." He explained reaching out and taking her hand.
"Andros-." He just shook his head cutting her off, "Come on we both agreed on this plan, so can you please give him this for me." He pulled out a long silver box and placed it in her hand.
"What is it Andros?" "My communicator, that way even if he doesn't know who I am or what we did. He knows there is someone out there who will come for him at the drop of a hat.."
"Andros, I wish I could come with you." Ashley admitted, "Hey, we learned it the hard way. An alien and a human can't have a normal life on earth." Andros explained leaning in and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Just promise me, you'll give it to him."
"I promise." Ashley promised watching him leave.
She lingered in the doorway until she heard her son call out. "Mama who's here?" Ashley spun around wiping under her eyes. "No one sweetie.." Ashley pulled the door closed. "Are you okay?" He asked and Ashley couldn't help but chuckle.
Lucas was so empathetic it killed her sometime. "Yeah, hey can you sit down. We need to talk." Ashley sat down on the couch patting the seat next to her and Lucas climbed his way up. Her son had inherited Andros's mix matched her but with her color. Even as six he had medium length light brown hair that was flushed with blond streaks.
She tucked a strand of hair behind his ear. "I want to give you something, it belong to your father." Ashley handed him the silver box and he took it eagerly into his tiny hands. He pushed the lid over and examined the wrist communicator with a confused look.
"It is a bracelet, and I want you to know that as long as you are wearing it. Your father is out there watching over you." "Who is my father?" Lucas asked and Ashley looked toward the ground. "That is another story for another day." She kissed his forehead and helping him hook the communicator around his wrist. "It is too big." "You'll grow into it." She assured him.
Ashley swallowed a lump in her throat, hoping she was making the right call in trying to get him a normal life.
Would any Ranger child have that chance.
October 2006
Quinn
Angel Grove Hospital ER was full of life, doctors running around and nurses calling in orders. When a young child stumbled into the doors, his clothes tattered, dried blood staining his cheek. His eyes glancing around the room, the boy was unaccompanied and seemingly unnoticed.
He wandered around scanning each face for a familiar sight but not drawing on single one. He walked up to the nurses counter and stood on his tip toes, the tips of his fingers just barely grazing the bell.
"Yes?" The nurse spun around confused by the lack of a person staring back at her. "Down here." He waved, the nurse leaning over before growing wide eye'd. "Hey there sweetie what's wrong."
"I can't find my mom or dad." He mentioned, The nurse taking in his obvious disheveled appearance. "When was the last time you saw them?" She questioned moving out from behind the desk and kneeling down so she was at his eye level.
The young boy just shrugged, his mind drawing a blank on even a face let alone a name for his parent's. "I don't know."
The nurse had long blonde hair and light eyes, "Well sweetie my name's Katherine but you can call me Kat."
"Nice to meet you Miss Kat." He replied nervously. "How about you come with m..e and i'll help get you cleaned up." She held out her hand leading him into a hospital room. She stepped out into the hall for a moment to grab a first aid kit and alert a Doctor of his presence.
When she stepped back into the room, she found him hidden under the bed. "Hey what are you doing under there?" Katherine questioned kneeling down on the floor and glancing at him with soft eyes. "Are you scared?" She asked and the young boy nodded.
"You don't have to be, I promise nothing bad is going to happen to you, but I need to clean your wounds or you can get severely sick.. So it will help me out if you came out from under there." She held out her hand to him and the scared young boy took it.
Katherine helped him back onto the table and her eyes locked on a black wrist communicator on his wrist. "Hey sweetie where did you get that?" Kat questioned and he just shrugged cupping his hand over it.
Kat had an anxious feeling set into her stomach. She finished cleaning him up, and trying to get any information from him and came up empty.
She stepped out of his room while the doctor checked him over and called Cassie, her replacement on the Turbo team and her long time friend. "Hey Kat." Cassie spoke after the click of the phone.
"Hey Cassie, how's TJ and Dominic." "Aj's out at the station, and Dominic's asleep why?" "There is a kid here-." "It is a hospital Kat, kids sadly will stop in from time to time." "Would you let me finish?" She questioned, "He has a wrist communicator, a black one."
There was a long pause between the two of them, "Have you tried getting in contact with Adam or what about the one who came before him uh Zack?" Cassie questioned, "I have and none of them are picking up, I was hoping you could check in with Carlos and see if you can get ahold of him.. The shape this kid is in has me worried."
"Yeah, don't worry Kat. If he has a wrist communicator; he's got to be one of us and you know we always look out for our own." Cassie assured her, "I know i'm just worried, if he looks like this what could have happened to his parent's."
"I'll call TJ, and get him to stop by the hospital later. Just breathe Kat.. Everything will be fine." Cassie gave her goodbyes before hanging up the phone.
Kat looked at the phone for a few long seconds before glancing back towards the young boy. Walking back into his room, the doctor having left him with a loose sheet of papers and crayons.
She picked up a sheet that just had four letters scribbled across it.
'Quinn' in a multicolored fashion. Kat let out a long sigh before moving to sit next to Quinn and thinking to herself.
'What happened to you.'
November 2006
Dominic Johnson
"I don't want to hang out with him, he's freaky." Dominic pouted sitting in the center of the living room floor. The two parent's stole quick glances at one another. "Hey sweetie go pick up Quinn, I've got this." TJ assured her, Cassie looked between the two and sighed. "Are you sure." and he nodded.
Cassie grabbed her keys and called out that she'd be back in a few minutes. With Kat still in med school and not feeling confident in her ever changing situation to take care of a kid right now. Cassie and TJ agreed to take in Quinn as his Foster Parent's until they could figure out what happened to his parent's.
They thought Dominic would like it, but sadly they were both mistaken. He seemed more rebellious than ever at the thought of having a brother the same age as him. They tried to sway him to the idea but every attempt just seemed to fall flat and this was their last chance before Quinn was here to stay for the time being.
TJ looked at his son and sat down next to him, wrapping a loose arm around him. "Do you want to tell me what's bothering you?" "Why do you guys want another son?" He mumbled, "Am I not good enough for you?" He asked looking up at his father with sad eyes.
"Of course you are! Your mother and I love you very much.. What we are doing here will never change that." He assured his son. "We are taking in Quinn because it is the right thing to do. He doesn't have a Mother or a Father too look after him and he needs help." TJ explained hoping to get through to his son.
"And what do we Johnson's always do?" He asked with a half smile on his face. "We always help those we can." Dominic grumbled, "Exactly, and i'm just asking you to help him adjust to Angel Grove okay?" Dominic just nodded.
"That's my boy, now how about I make us some ice cream while we wait." Tj offered causing a bright grin to appear on his son's face. The two shot up and moved to the kitchen, TJ crafting them two ice cream sunday's as they waited.
An hour later their front door open and Cassie walked in followed by a timid young boy, who wore a black jacket two sizes too big for him and his hair pulled back.
"And this is our home Quinn." Cassie spoke with a bright cheerful grin motioning for TJ to bring Dominic over. "You remember TJ right." and all Quinn did was nod. "This is our son Dominic. You two will be sharing a room until we can get your room all set up." She motioned, "Domi do you want to show him to your room?" Cassie asked and Dominic gave him a half hearted smile and motioned for him to follow.
The two boys disappeared into their new room.
"Did you have any luck getting in contact with Adam or Carlos?" Cassie asked and TJ just shook his head. "I sent a message to Andros to try to help us track them down.." "That's good."
Meanwhile Dominic and Quinn began settling into their room. "That side's yours, and this side's mine just don't touch my stuff and we'll get along fine." Dominic explained and Quinn motioned toward the toys. "Ours?" He asked and Dominic grabbed his wrist. "Where did you get this." Quinn shook his hand off.
"Don't touch it." Quinn yelled. "Why?" Dominic questioned, "I have one just like it." He added and Quinn tilted his head. Dominic moved to his side of the room and lifted up his mattress unclipping it from under his bed.
"See." He explained handing it over. "Where did you get it." The communicator matched Quinn's except where his was lined with black. His was lined with blue. "My Dad's office it was in a box of old things.. It looked cool so I took it." Dominic explained with a shrug.
"You should wear it." Quinn held it out to him. "It makes you feel safe." He added and Dominic just shrugged clipping it on his wrist.
"Now we look cool." Quinn grinned. "Ya super cool." Dominic rolled his eyes humoring him.
His parent's had to be right about something, maybe it wouldn't be so bad having him around the house even if he was a dweeb.