Prologue

Info: AU. In this AU the same events toke place like we know them (with a few exceptions -) But in this AU the events of S.P.D. toke place 100 years later (only S.P.D.! The others happened at same time as we know) The characters from S.P.D. live in this time! So there is no new Power Rangers team.

Year: 2126

He walked along the graves and searched for a certain line. He hadn't been here for a long time. Finally he reached the right one with the graves that he wanted to visit. He quietly read out the names: "Jason Lee Scott, Trini Kwan, Zack Taylor, Billy Cranston, Kimberly Ann Hart,…"

He read many more names and put one or more flowers on the graves.

Jason got a red rose as well as a black one with golden glitter, Trini got a yellow tulip, Zack got a black rose, Billy a blue violet, Kimberly a pink tulip and on the other graves he laid down different coloured flowers too, except for one. There he stopped.

He had read this inscription many times already and yet he still read it out loud when he stood before this grave. "Here lies Thomas 'Tommy' Oliver. He was a good friend and teacher. He left us much to soon. May he rest in peace."

After he had finished reading he couldn't stop the bitter laugh escaping his lips.

'If only they had known the truth...'

Tommy Oliver walk along the path from which he had came from and let the graves as well as the past behind him – for now.

The rangers sat in their common room when commander Anubis Cruger stepped into the room.

This was very unusual since the commander close to never entered it.

The four rangers immediately jumped to their feet and saluted.

"At ease."

At this they shifted their posture to a more relaxed one and waited for the commander to tell them why he was here.

To their surprise he didn't address the whole team but only the blue ranger:

"Bridge, can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Of course commander!" responded Bridge automatically.

The two went to a corner and Cruger told the blue ranger something that the others couldn't hear.

The other rangers looked at each other and Sky shrugged his shoulders when Syd and Z gave him questioning looks.

After a short conversation Bridge returned to the others and Cruger left the room whereupon the still standing rangers sat back on the couch.

Bridge's face wore a smile that reached from one ear to the other when sat down next to the others and grabbed a butter toast from a plate, which he had filled before Cruger's visit.

"And? What did Cruger want from you?" asked Z who was really curious why Cruger would personally come down here.

"Mmh? Oh he just wanted to inform me of something."

Syd groaned as soon as she heard this answer and said: "And what? After all, Cruger doesn't come down here often and I'm sure he wouldn't play messenger boy… I mean messenger dog just for a little thing."

At the last part Bridge face displayed an offended look – which was definitely not a typical Bridge-expression – and said: "It wasn't a 'little thing'! It was something that means a lot to me."

"…Okay,… I'm sorry." said Syd who didn't know such reactions from Bridge.

"You would tell us if it had something to do with the team, wouldn't you?" intervened now Sky who had remained still until now.

"I would. But it has nothing to do with the team. It's something personal and I would prefer not to talk about it."

Bridge inhaled a deep breath since he had said that really fast and in only one breath und added with a friendly smile: "I have to phone someone. I'll be back before you can blink."

With these words he stood up, walked a few steps, paused, took a few fast steps back and snatched the last butter toast from the plate, stuffed it into his mouth and left the room.

For a few seconds there was only silence till Z finally said: "Okaaay, that was weird - even for Bridge."

Sky and Syd only nodded in agreement but said nothing. Sometimes there were days like this where Cruger would talk with Bridge and Bridge wouldn't tell what it had been about, but these days got over time rare. When Bridge and Sky first started sharing a room – and met because of this – Bridge talked almost weekly to Cruger about something. Most of the time he came back with a disappointed look on his face which would – as soon as Sky tried to talk to him about it – turn back to that carefree smile.

The rest of the rangers continued their activities: Syd read some fashion magazine, Sky read – how it be any other way – the S.P.D. handbook and Z listened to music.

15 minutes after Bridge had left the room he came back. He looked like he had grabbed into a socket. His already thick and curly hair stood even more up (a wonder that this works) and he had soot in his face.

One of Sky's brows went up. He knew that Bridge could bring something to explode while experimenting, but hadn't he planned to make a call? Had he succeeded in blowing up the phone?

With this thought in mind he couldn't stop himself but he had to grin at that. From the corner of his eye Sky could see that Syd and Z wore grins on their faces too. It seemed like the three of them had had the same thought.

"Did you get the phone to explode or what happened to you?" Sky asked finally.

"The phone? Äh, no… No that still lives… although technically it never really lived. Why do people say that then?"

Bridge wanted to continue his blabbering when Sky, Syd and Z said at the same moment: "Bridge!"

He stopped immediately and murmured a "Sorry."

"So what did happen if it wasn't the phone?" asked Syd.

"Well, on my way back I ran into Boom and he asked me if I could help him with a small experiment and I said yes. As you can see something went wrong… but what?"

Before Bridge's thoughts could wander even further asked Z him out of curiosity: "Did you make your call?"

"Hm? Yes but he didn't answer so I left a message on his answering machine."

'He. Aha.' Thought the others.

When Bridge made a move to sit his mobile phone rang.

"Yes, hello?"

On the other side of the line someone answered and Bridge's face lit up. He walked to a corner where he continued his call.

The others tried to hear what was being said – some more obvious (Syd and Z) than others (Sky).

"… meeting possible…? … In the park? … okay … 10 minutes!"

Bridge stormed out of the room and just managed to get a "I'll be gone for a while!" out.

The rangers looked at each other and the door had just closed when Z stood up and said: "Would you like to get into the park?"

Syd immediately stood up and said: "I would love to!"

In contrast to his female teammates seemed Sky sceptical.

"Don't you think we should leave him be? When he's ready to talk about it – whatever it is – then he will."

Syd and Z looked at each other and a grin grew on each of their faces. Both grabbed one arm from Sky and dragged him out of the armchair. They dragged him behind them und walked down the corridor. Since Sky knew that they wouldn't leave it alone he freed himself from their grasp and followed the two – still grinning and blabbering – girls thoughtfully.

Bridge was his best friend and under normal circumstances Bridge would tell him everything – except for this one secret, which he seemed to share with Cruger. What could it be that Bridge wouldn't talk to him about it?

The three rangers left the S.P.D. headquarter and headed for the park.