It was amazing what could change in 5 years.
That was the time it had taken for the sky to turn from a murky red orange to a bright and clear blue. The ground was no longer dry and sandy, instead it was green with new grass and dotted with yellow flowers. It was overall an amazing change.
Another change was the air in areas was no longer toxic. That meant that you could drive with the windows rolled down, the breeze flowing through your car on a nice day. Which is exactly what a trio of people were doing as the black Pontiac GTO they rode in sped over the grassy hills.
Behind the wheel sat a man with dark hair and dark eyes, a smirk on his face as he gripped the steering wheel. In the back seat sat a woman who shared similar features as the driver, her black lacquered nails tapping on the window in time with the song that played on the radio. Finally riding shotgun was a blond with icy blue eyes, her hand was resting on the driver's knee as she watched the familiar surroundings go by.
"Hey Dillon?" The girl in the back asked leaning between the seats.
"I swear Tenaya if you ask me one more time how much longer I will make you walk to Corinth." he warned his sister.
"Someone's in a mood." Tenaya muttered as she sat back with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Dillon…be nice. We've all been in this car for ages." the blond said patting his knee.
Dillon rolled his eyes, "Exactly! We all have! I don't see you asking if we're there yet."
"Fine. Are we there yet?" Summer asked.
Dillon glared at his girlfriend and his now smirking sister before turning his eyes back on the road. However…now that the question had been posed he was kind of wondering himself.
"Summer? Can you look at that map in the glove box?" he asked.
Summer smiled at him, "Oh so now you want to know how long until Corinth?"
"No…I just…I want to make sure that I'm going the right way." he replied.
"Right Dillon. Whatever you say." Tenaya laughed.
"Will you just check the map?" he growled at Summer.
Summer pulled the map out and traced the route that they had marked 3 days ago when they'd decided it was time to head back to Corinth for a while.
"Head up that hill." Summer said looking up from the map, pointing to a hill a few yards away.
Dillon nodded and turned the wheel, directing The Fury up the hill. Soon they reached the top of the hill and Dillon stopped the car, the three of them getting out.
At the bottom of the hill stood the shining dome of Corinth City. What had once been the final home for humanity was soon to be one of many, something that the two former Rangers and former evil Cyborg had helped come to fruition. It seemed like forever ago that they had left the city and they couldn't be happier to see it right now.
"Come on…lets go." Summer said and turned toward the car, the other two following. Dillon started The Fury again, racing down the hill.
They pulled up to the gate and were stopped by a couple of guards. Despite the fact that Venjix had long ago been defeated the Dome was still under security. It would take a long time before humans felt fully safe again. However the fact that the security was so extreme was odd.
"Name?" the guard asked leaning down to look through the window.
"Summer Landsdown, Dillon and Tenaya." Summer said flashing a bright smile.
"Dillon and Tenaya what?" the guard asked.
Dillon felt a spark of annoyance and looked at the guard, "Just Dillon and just Tenaya." he replied.
"You're trying to tell me that neither of you have last names?" he asked looking less than amused.
"We are because we don't." Tenaya said glaring at the guard.
In the 5 years since they had left Corinth both siblings had found out very little about their forgotten past. A few memories here and there had come back but not enough to tell them who they really were. Though they had accepted the fact that they may never get their memories back in full it was still a sore spot with both.
"If you need clearance feel free to talk to Commander Scott Truman of Eagle Squad. He'll vouch for all three of us." Summer replied.
The guard looked at them for a few moments before pulling out his radio. He muttered something into it before something equally muttered came from the other end. However it looked like he got it.
"You're free to enter. Commander Truman is waiting for you on the other side." he said and gave the signal for the gates to open.
"Asshole." Dillon muttered as he drove through the gate.
"Ditto." Tenaya replied from the backseat.
Sure enough when they crossed the barrier a familiar car was sitting on the other side, an even more familiar face leaning against the side of the car. Bringing the car to a stop Dillon, Summer and Tenaya climbed out.
"Well look who decided it was time for a visit!" Scott laughed, greeting his friends. He was dressed in the same gray uniform that all of the military wore and his hair was much more subdued than it previously had been. It was tied with a rubber band at the base of his neck.
"Well we've been a lot of places. We just got back around this way!" Summer laughed and hugged the former Red Ranger.
"You look great Summer." he smiled.
"You too Scott." Summer smiled.
"Hi Scott." Tenaya smiled awkwardly.
She had never really gotten to know the other Rangers outside of being brainwashed by Venjix which made things awkward.
"How are you doing Tenaya?" Scott asked and despite the awkwardness between them hugged her anyhow.
"I'm good." she smiled.
"And if it isn't the brooding bad boy." Scott said as he turned to Dillon.
"I will still kick your ass Truman." Dillon said.
"Oh please. I'd have your ass on the ground faster than you could count!" Scott grinned and the two men clasped hands before participating in a bro hug.
"So do the others know you're back yet?" Scott asked
"Not yet. We thought we'd make it a surprise." Summer smiled.
"Do you know where the others are?" Dillon asked.
"Well it's nearly 5 so probably back at the garage." Scott said checking his watch.
"They still really still live there? After all this time?" Tenaya asked.
"Yeah pretty much." Scott nodded.
"Wow. So I guess the next stop is the Garage." Dillon said.
"I'll stop by later and we can all catch up. Right now though I gotta get back to work." Scott replied.
"Okay but do us a favor and don't let the others in on it okay?" Summer asked.
"No problem." Scott smiled.
Dillon, Tenaya and Summer climbed back into The Fury and began to make their way across town.
With a smirk Scott watched them drive away before getting back in his car.
"Good luck you three. I have a feeling that they may have more surprises for you than you have for them." he laughed and headed back to base.
Before long the three friends were pulling into the familiar garage. They hadn't even climbed out yet when a door flew open from upstairs.
"I know the sound of that engine!" Flynn's voice yelled and a moment later he appeared on the metal walk outside the door, a smile stretched across his face.
"I didn't think I'd ever see the lot of you round here again." Flynn laughed as he hurried down the steps.
"Well here we are!" Summer smiled.
"I see that! And it's quite a surprise!" he laughed and grabbed hold of Summer, swinging her around, making her laugh.
When he put her down a moment later he moved over doing the same to Tenaya. Who let out more of a squeak of surprise than a laugh. Finally he moved onto Dillon.
"You're not picking me up dude." Dillon said putting his hands up to ward of the overexcited Scotsman.
"A hug then at least?" he asked.
"Fine." Dillon conceded and hugged his friend.
"So where have you three been all this time?" he asked.
"A little of everywhere. We helped a lot of people and did a lot of good." Tenaya said.
"After all that we decided to come back for a little visit." Summer added.
"Where are the others?" Dillon asked.
"Well Gem and Gemma are still at the base and Dr. K is still at the school but Ziggy is here…somewhere at least." Flynn said and the four of them went to look for the former Green Ranger.
They found Ziggy in a chair with his feet propped up on the table, his face under a magazine with soft snoring sounds emitting from the pages.
Dillon shook his head and with a smirk leaned forward and grabbed one of the legs of the chair, tilting it back further than it already was. A moment later it fell back along with Ziggy who promptly stood up.
"Please don't kill me Fresno Bob! You said we were even!" Ziggy screamed.
"Hate to tell you this Zig but Fresno Bob isn't here." Dillon smiled.
"Really?" Ziggy asked clutching his chest.
"Yeah. It's just us." Summer replied.
"Thank god…just you." he said running his hands through his already messy hair, wandering off in a random direction.
"Wonder how long it's going to take him to realize we're here." Tenaya whispered to the others.
Flynn grinned, "I say in 3...2...1..."
"YOU'RE HERE!" Ziggy suddenly screamed and ran at his friends.
He threw his arms roughly around Dillon and Summer's necks.
"Oh my god! I can't believe it! You're here! When did you get here?! Why didn't you tell me you were coming?!" He asked freaking out like there was no tomorrow.
"Whoa…calm down Ziggy! One question at a time!" Summer laughed.
"Sorry I just can't believe that you're actually here!" he grinned.
"We thought we'd stop in and see what everyone was up to for a bit." Tenaya said.
"This is great! Gem and Gemma and Scott are going to be so psyched that-"
"Ziggy? Flynn? Would you care to tell me why The Fury is-OH!"
Dillon, Tenaya and Summer turned to see Dr. K standing behind them looking at them surprised.
"Hello Dr. K." Summer smiled.
"Summer, Dillon, Tenaya! What a pleasant surprise!" she smiled and immediately all three found themselves wrapped in hugs. Though Dr. K had hugged them several times before they'd left it was still an odd feeling coming from the rather formal scientist.
"I am so very glad that you chose to come back! Are you here to stay?" she asked.
"For now." Dillon nodded.
"And you are staying here…right?" Flynn asked.
"Where else would we stay?" Summer asked.
"And by the way Zig, Scott already knows we're here. He met us at the gate after the guard gave us a hard time getting in." Dillon said.
"Yeah they're really become hard assed around here about some things." Flynn replied.
Dr. K gave him a disapproving look at the swear and he sighed, "I'm sorry. It slipped out!" he replied.
Dr. K looked at him again before turning back to the 3 visitors.
"Dillon I'm afraid that you're going to have to room with Gem. We don't have as much room as we once did. You see while you were away-"
"IS THIS-"
"THE FURY?!"
"ARE DILLON-"
"SUMMER AND TENAYA-"
"BACK?!"
The twins voices came from the front. A moment later the twins skidded into the room.
"Oh man!" Gemma grinned.
"It's you guys!" Gem laughed and both nearly tackled the 3 of them in hugs.
"Where have you been?" Gem asked pulling a way a few moments later.
"What have you been doing?" Gemma fired just as quick.
"Do you know what we've been doing?" Gem asked.
"Making things go boom!" Gemma grinned even bigger.
"And we get paid to do it!" Gem said bouncing up and down.
The twins high fived each other and turned back to Dillon, Tenaya and Summer smiling.
"Um…okay dumb question but just where is Candy?" Ziggy asked.
"Don't worry." Gem said.
"She's safe." Gemma nodded.
"She's playing with that musical watch that was Dillon and Tenaya's," Gem said.
"In the testing room." Gemma finished.
"THE TESTING ROOM?!" Dr. K, Ziggy and Flynn yelled at once and took off with Gem and Gemma following.
Dillon, Summer and Tenaya looked at each other confused but followed anyhow.
"You can't leave her in there! You know she likes to tinker! Especially with the Ranger equipment!" Dr. K said as they ran.
"Do you not remember the day she tried to build a new blaster and ended up nearly burning the garage down?!" Ziggy said.
"Who's Candy?" Summer asked Dillon.
"Search me. A new lab assistant?" he shrugged.
"Apparently a very bad one." Tenaya replied.
They walked into the white and plastic room that was covered in monitors, the Ranger suits still hanging in their colored cubbies along the wall. The familiar tune played from the chair where Dr. K had down morphed the zords and kept tabs on everything which was directly where both Ziggy and Dr. K made a beeline for.
"Candy you know better than to come in here!" Dr. K said.
"At least without Mommy or Daddy." Ziggy added.
Dillon looked at Summer who looked at Tenaya who looked back at Dillon.
"Mommy and Daddy?" they all said at once.
Ziggy and Dr. K looked up and then at one another. With a sigh Ziggy leaned forward, standing up a moment later with a little girl in his arms. She had dark curly hair and clear blue eyes and was dressed in a green t-shirt, black pleated skirt, white knee high socks and black Mary Jane shoes. In her hand was the still twinkling watch.
"Dillon, Tenaya, Summer…there is someone Ziggy and I would like you to meet." Dr. K said.
Ziggy nodded, "This is Candy…our daughter."
So this is the second story that I have posted today!
I had 2 stories that I could post after finishing my previous story and I couldn't choose so I chose both!
I hope you all enjoyed it!
Comments are very much welcome!
Thank you for reading!