A/N: OK, so this is my first fic I have ever written, and if you have taken the time to find out my user ID, you should know that I have been a PR fan since its inception. The fic I'm wiriting for you all is pretty much a carbon copy of "Forever Red" but with emphasis on former Black Rangers as well as a couple new twists. Anyway, I'm posting this first chapter as kind of a "test" so to speak. If I get a lot of feedback, I'll keep updating it as it goes along. So with out further ado...Forever Black! Enjoy!

Chapter 1- Thrax returns

All is quiet in the city of Angel Grove, California. Adam Park, the former black ninjetti Ranger is walking through town with his wife, Trini on a beautiful afternoon.

"What a great day" Adam says to his wife.

"I know" said Trini. "Perfect day for a stroll."

"Almost forgot what the city sounded like quiet." said Adam.

"I hear that, A. No monsters, no nothing for once."

Suddenly, screams are heard and people are running away. Caught off guard, Adam and Trini see what the fuss is about.

"You were saying no monsters, Trin?" said Adam

"God, I hope not. Let's check it out." said Trini

And surely, that's what it was. Thrax, the son of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd, stalked downtown, blasting anything in sight with his father's Z staff. Adam was shocked to see him, at the least. He and a team of veteran Rangers helped the Overdrive Rangers defeat Thrax several years ago. But, there was Thrax, standing right before the former Power Rangers.

"Ah, black ranger. I hope you have not forgotten me because I have certainly not forgotten about you." said Thrax.

"What are you doing here, Thrax? I thought I destroyed you years ago." said Adam, stunned.

"You thought wrong, black ranger." Thrax retorted.

"You leave these people alone, Thrax." said Trini.

"But I was just getting started." Thrax rebutted.

"We'll be back for you later. And boy do I have a surprise waiting for you." Adam spat

"Can't wait, black ranger." Thrax said as he disappeared.

Adam and Trini spring back home and try to contemplate what just happened.

"I don't understand, Trin. How is he still alive?" Adam wondered.

"Beats me." said Trini.

"I destroyed him years ago, and now he just pops right back up. I don't get it." Adam said as he mentally searched for answers.

"I mean, something or somebody was able to recreate him. Or he took the form of somebody else." Trini said as she started to piece it together.

"That'd be the only way. You know, I haven't seen or heard from Jason yet. I talk to him every day online." Adam wondered.

"You don't think that..." Trini started to say.

"That's nonsense, Trin. Just a mere coincidence." Adam said as he refuted his wife's statement.

"Yeah. We would have heard from Kat if something happened to him." Trini said.

Suddenly, the phone rings.

"I'll check the caller ID. said Trini. "Huh, speak of the devil...Hello?" Trini asked.

"Guys, it's Kat. I haven't seen or heard from Jason all day. He's not answering my calls or messages. Have you heard from him at all?" Kat said as she sounded very worried over the phone.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Kat. Calm down. You're scaring me". said Trini.

"Well, he told me this morning that he was going downtown to run some errands but I haven't heard from him since."

"Wait, downtown? We were just there and...(Adam yanks the phone from Trini)..Kat, it's Adam. We'll call you back later. Something's come up."

"OK"

Adam immediately hangs up the phone.

"What was that for, Adam?"

"You're right, Trin. I think Thrax possessed Jason's body." said Adam.

"Adam, you really think that?" asked Trini.

"It all makes sense now. I gotta go with the plan." said Adam.

"What plan?" asked Trini.

"A plan to bring back all of the former black Power Rangers to defeat Thrax once and for all." said Adam.

"Sounds like a good one to me." Trini said in support of her husband.

"And I know just who to call first." said Adam.

The phone rings and is picked up on the other line. "Hello?"

"Tommy, it's Adam. Jason's in trouble."

"How do you know that?" Tommy asked his friend.

"Trini an I were walking around downtown Angel Grove and we saw Thrax." Adams said exasperately.

"So? What does Thrax have to do with Jason being in trouble?" Tommy wondered.

"We think that Jason's body may have been possessed by Thrax." Adam said.

"Wow. So, what do we do?" asked Tommy

"We go forward with the plan we talked about."

"Let's do it, then." said Tommy. "It's time."