DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power Rangers or anything associated with them. I do, however, own the plot behind this story.

Jason's POV

The Peace Conference was supposed to be a place where we all worked hard to achieve a lasting peace in the world, to make things be as perfect as we always imagined. Many are working hard, but none as hard as we are. Who are we, you might ask? Trini, Zack, and me, the former Power Rangers that they have in their midst. The three of us are suddenly seeing a greater importance in this mission and it all began on the day we came close to death.

It was a nice day here in Geneva, one of the few sunny days that we have been lucky enough to experience. We had been out of the ranger world for six months and despite the news reports, everything seemed to be perfectly fine in Angel Grove or as fine as it can get with monsters on the rampage. Yet, we all were on edge that day, we all were extremely worried for no reason. Then Trini received a phone call, from none other than Alpha Five and it all began.

Flashback

"Hello," Trini said as she picked up the telephone. It was two in the morning and she couldn't imagine who would be calling her at this time of day, but it had to be an emergency for this to happen. She was able to comprehend that much, although her brain was barely functioning well enough for her to realize that someone was on the other end of the phone.

"Trini," Alpha's cryptic voice said across the wire as Trini bolted upright in bed. Lucky for her, her roommate was a sound sleeper; otherwise, she would probably have been yelled at right now for even thinking about entertaining a call at this time of morning. She just did not like the feeling that she was getting from being awakened at this time of night, by Alpha of all people.

"Alpha? What's going on?" Trini asked as she began pulling on garments of clothing. She had never been awakened like this before and she could only imagine that she would be teleported somewhere soon and she didn't want to go in her bra and panties. That alone would shock so many of the rangers that it was not even funny.

"I cannot discuss it at the present time Trini. I need you to wake Jason and Zack and then I need the three of you to go to Smoaters Hill as quickly as possible," Alpha said as Trini nodded her head on the other side of the phone, although it was no use to Alpha. He could not see what she was doing, although she hoped that he would be able to.

"I'll do that. See you in a little while, Alpha," Trini said as she hung up.

Her brain was now working over time, trying to figure out what was possibly going on to make them have to get up at this time of night and return to Angel Grove, from the most isolated part of the campus, Smoaters Hill. She quickly laced up her running shoes, jotted a note to Jessica that she had had an emergency and left the room. She knew that time was of the essence and she didn't need to waste anymore than she could manage.

Alpha had never called them before. He had always just teleported them whenever it was necessary. Whatever was happening tonight was more than the normal fiasco that the rangers dealt with; it seemed much more evil. She hated to think that the feeling she had had all day had to deal with this, but she couldn't help but to relate the two things. Blame it on her ranger sixth sense, but she had known that today was going to turn into a horrible day and now it was.

"Jason! Jason, open up!" Trini yelled as she pounded on his dormitory door. None of the boys were light sleepers and she knew it was going to take a miracle to get him and Zack out of bed at this time of night without waking up half of the students on campus.

"What the hell is going on?" Jason asked, groggily, as he opened the door and dragged her inside. He knew that she did not need to be caught over here after hours and he could only suspect that she had had a bad dream and needed him to get her back to sleep. If that was the case then it would only take him about twenty minutes and the two of them would be back to sleep just fine and he knew Zack wouldn't tell when he found them in the morning. They had all had to deal with their withdrawal from the powers and Trini had suffered the most. "Do you want to wake up the whole building, Tri?"

"Just you and Zack," Trini said as she flipped on the lights and Zack and Jason groaned. "Oh come on, I wouldn't be here unless it was something important, you know that. Alpha just called, we have to get to Smoaters Hill."

"Whoa, let's take this one step at a time. Alpha called you?" Jason asked as Zack began rummaging around for a pair of shorts, a shirt, and his sneakers.

"Yes, Jason, and he wouldn't tell me why he was calling. He just said that we have to go to Smoaters Hill. That's all I could get out of him before he hung up," Trini said as Zack walked over to the two of them.

"Ya'll, don't fight about this. If Alpha called something bad is happening in Angel Grove and the sooner we get to Smoaters Hill, the better. It seems like we are going to have to help the rangers," Zack said as Jason walked to his dresser and quickly pulled out some shorts and a t-shirt, before Trini handed him his running shoes.

"We weren't going to fight, Zack," Trini said as Jason laced up his shoes. The two of them had been secretly dating for the past few months and although it was about time they told everyone, this did not seem to be the way to do it.

"Why would Alpha pick Smoaters Hill?" Jason asked as Trini could only shrug her shoulders. She had no clue why that location was Alpha's choice destination; other than it was the highest point on the campus, which definitely helped with the teleportation system. The distance was definitely not in their favor and if her hunch was right, the Command Center was barely functioning. "That's a hell of a run from here and we don't even know why."

"Yeah it is and we have our lovely dorm watchers to contend with as well. We'll be lucky if we make it there without having to do something drastic," Trini said as Zack and Jason let out exasperated sighs. They hated their dorm watchers with a passion and they knew it would take a small miracle for them to get past all of them undetected, but they were going to have to do it. They couldn't leave the rangers in whatever condition they were in.

"How about we just knock them out if they come anywhere near us? We actually have a reason to do that tonight," Zack suggested as Trini and Jason nodded their heads in agreement. It was a testament to how much they cared about the rangers that they were willing to risk expulsion from this program just to get to where they were needed.

"Trini, did you hear any of the others in the background?" Jason asked, nervously, as Trini shook her head no. She had been listening, but the only person she heard was Alpha and he sounded thoroughly stressed, which was not unusual for Alpha. What was unusual was the fact that Alpha didn't just teleport them out of their beds and that he called, not one of the rangers.

"I've never heard Alpha sound like that," Trini said as they pelted down the path that would lead them to Smoaters Hill. The hill was a known place for couples to go hide out and with any luck, the dorm watchers had already evacuated them from the scene tonight and it was already completely empty. They did not need for anyone to see them teleport away into the night.

"How are we going to know when he is going to teleport us?" Zack asked as Trini and Jason shrugged their shoulders. It didn't much matter if they didn't know when they were going to be teleported, they just knew that they were going somewhere when they got there.

"We just need to get to Smoaters Hill. We'll find out everything else from there," Jason said as he grabbed Trini's hand and pulled her along. She was in wonderful shape, but she just couldn't keep up with them because of her height and they really could not afford any hold ups tonight.

"Zack! Trini! Jason! You know better than to be out at this time of night," Nathan said as he ran up to them, as they came to a halt. The three of them looked at each other and then over at Nathan. They didn't have the time for any delays tonight and they really did like Nathan and hated that they were going to have to knock him out.

"Nathan we don't have time for this tonight," Jason said as he nodded towards Zack and he pulled Trini along, towards Smoaters Hill.

"Where are they going?" Nathan asked as he started to go after them and Jason grabbed him by the back of his shirt.

"You don't need to know where we are going, either you turn the other cheek and keep going or you'll be waking up in the morning with a headache," Jason said, as Nathan stared at him. Jason had never threatened him before when he had been caught out at night. Usually he just walked on back to his dorm and everything was fine, but tonight was another matter. There was something in his eyes that honestly scared him and he couldn't quite place what it was.

"Jason, you know I can't act like I didn't see the three of you. It's part of my job," Nathan said as Jason let out a sigh and then gave Nathan a sorry look.

"I'm sorry I have to do this," Jason said as he drew back his fist and Nathan's eyes widened in terror.

"Nothing is worth getting thrown out of here," Nathan interjected as Jason looked at him. He really didn't have much of a life if he didn't think that there were things outside of this place that were worth being thrown out for.

"Yes there are some things that are worth it, now either you leave and don't report us or I'm going to have to knock you out and risk expulsion," Jason said as Nathan got out of his grasp and gave Jason a severe look.

"All right, but the three of you are taking the fall for this on your own," Nathan said as he turned and went the other way. Trini and Zack were now a good bit ahead of him and he had to do some catching up.

"I wonder what Jason had to do?" Trini asked, as Zack shrugged his shoulders. He had absolutely no clue what Jason might have done to Nathan, but he could only hope that they were not going to have to face a major inquiry when they came back to Geneva.

"Not much further," Zack said as he looked back behind him and could see the faint shadow of Jason running towards the hill as well. "He must not have had to do anything too bad."

"Let's wait for him. I don't want to risk Alpha only teleporting the two of us and leaving him here to explain why we're gone," Trini said as she stopped and Zack stopped a few feet ahead of her and looked back at her. Jason had not told them to stop.

"He wanted us to keep going Trini," Zack said as Trini looked over at him. She was not going a step further until Jason caught up with them. "All right, have it your way."

"Why did ya'll stop?" Jason asked as he ran up to Trini and she looked up at him.

"Waiting for you," Trini said as Jason looked at her and then grabbed her hand and pulled her along. They didn't have anymore time to waste.

"You should have kept going, I'm sure that Alpha would teleport me later if he didn't get me the first time," Jason said as they began running up the hill.

"Jase, it's not that simple. Who knows what is going on back there. They might only have enough energy for one teleportation," Trini said as Jason looked over at her for the first time and realized just how worried she was.

"I'm sure that it's nothing that the rangers can't handle," Jason said as they reached the top of the hill and huddled together.

"So why did Alpha wake us up in the middle of the night to teleport to Angel Grove?" Trini asked as they felt the familiar sensation of teleportation overtake them and they soon became streaks of light that melted away into the night.

AN: All right, the entire story is going to be written from a flashback point of view, remember that as you read, it's going to come in handy. I hope you like the beginning of this story and let me know what you think!