Title: Missing Red

Rating: PG

Warnings: Violence. It is Power Rangers after all.

Short Summary (see below for complete): The Rangers are facing a new evil. How will they cope without a Red Ranger?

Author's note: This is the 4th fic in the Forget Me Not Series. You need to read the fics Losing White, Faded, and Tarnished Gold first. In fact, if you don't want to be spoiled, I recommend stopping right here.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters you recognize from TV. They belong to Saban.

Real Summary: It's been six months since Jason and Zordon disappeared and Tommy died. The Rangers are still without a Red Ranger. Will someone's return solve their problems or cause more problems?

Adam Park straightened one of the chairs that were lined in a row in front of the stage. He still couldn't believe this day had come. It seemed like high school would never end.

"Is that the last chair?" Tanya Sloan asked as she came up behind him. She was carrying a stack of programs.

"That's the last chair we have," Adam answered. He looked over to where the rest of the Grad Committee was setting up the stage. "Where's Kat and Rocky?" He asked.

"Kat went with her parents to the airport to pick up Angela." Angela Hilliard was Kat's older sister. "I haven't seen Rocky yet."

"This looks great," Mr. Kaplan said joining Tanya and Adam. "You students did a great job setting up."

"Thanks Mr. Kaplan," Tanya said.

Jeremy Strong came up to them. "Mr. Kaplan where did you want the diplomas?" He asked.

"I'll show you," he said and led Jeremy away.

Rocky DeSantos came up to them carrying his cap and gown in one hand while fussing with his tie with the other. "Sorry I'm late. I was picking someone up."

Adam and Tanya looked past Rocky to see Josh and Stephanie Rush heading their way.

"Hi Mr. And Mrs. Rush," Tanya said. "I didn't realize you were going to be here."

"Hello Tanya," Stephanie said. "Charlotte and Ryan asked us to be here as they are giving out a posthumous diploma to Tommy. Charlotte and Ryan couldn't make it."

"I didn't know they were doing that," Adam said. "That's great."

"How are the Olivers doing?" Tanya asked.

"They are doing as well as can be expected," Josh said. "We were just up there visiting and that is why Rocky picked us up. They wanted us to present something to the school on Tommy's behalf."

"I still can't believe Tommy's not here for this. He loved school." Stephanie looked away as she started to get teary eyed. She had grown to really care about Tommy the months that he had lived with her and her husband.

"None of us can," Billy Cranston said joining them.

"Billy I didn't know you were coming," Rocky said.

"I could not miss your graduation. I didn't get a graduation ceremony so I thought I would watch yours."

Josh and Stephanie excused themselves in order to speak with the principal.

Rocky waited until the Rushes were gone before saying, "you guys think they should have given Jason one?"

"Jason's not dead," Billy reminded him. "We just don't know where he is. As far as Angel Grove knows, Jason ran away which in some ways he did."

The Rangers didn't say anything. They watched as Kat and her family entered the botanical gardens.

The gardens were starting to fill so they stopped talking about Ranger business. This was supposed to be a happy day.

Halfway through the ceremony, Mr. Kaplan took the stage. "As some of you may remember a almost two years ago, we had a special ceremony for a student who bravely saved students from a burning school. Six months ago we lost him again. It is my pleasure to award a special diploma to this individual. His name is Tommy Oliver and I would like the Rush's to come up on stage to accept the diploma."

Stephanie and Josh stood up from their seats off to the side and went onto the stage.

"Thank you Mr. Kaplan," Josh said. "My sister and brother-in-law couldn't make it today so I'm accepting the diploma on their behalf. Tommy Oliver was truly a great kid and we still really miss him. There's a side of Tommy that most of you may have not noticed. Tommy had a great love for science. While in Napa he had purchased a telescope and would spend a lot of evenings looking through it at the night sky." He stepped back to allow his wife to take the mic.

"His parents wanted me to hand this check to you Mr. Kaplan. They want you to use it to purchase more lab equipment. It's our understanding that the science department is lacking supplies due to the fire."

"Thank you Mrs. Rush," Mr. Kaplan said taking the check.

Josh and Stephanie stepped off of the stage.

The rest of the ceremony went well. Kat went up on stage to make the Valedictorian speech. Tanya was selected to sing the graduation song, Oh How The Years Go By by Amy Grant. It was a beautiful ceremony.

All of the Rangers were glad the chimes of their communicator didn't interrupt it. They had defeated the rest of the machine empire but they were always on stand by in case Zedd and Rita came back.

They were still a Ranger short and every time the communicator beeped it was a painful reminder of all they had lost.

Today was for the Rangers. It was hard to guess what tomorrow would be like.

Notes: Short prologue I know. A certain space pirate is in the Rangers futures so stay tuned.