-Acronyms Used In The Story-

S.I.N (Shadow Information Network): Sin as it is called is an Information network headed up by a man known only as the Shadow; his real identity is that of Jason Lee Scott former Red Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger, he uses this network to covertly uncover and obtain secret information about all evil minions and monsters on the planet earth and around the galaxy.

He also uses at special times the Operation: Forever Red Taskforce when certain groups begin attacks on Earth or it's surrondings; he under a special code relays the information to Tommy who then rounds up the team, the last time this protocol was used was during Forever Red in which ten red rangers attacked and defeated the last remaining remnants of the evil Machine Empire.

Only a few people know of S.I.N's exsistence, and even fewer know whom really runs it those people who know who runs sin include:

Tommy Oliver - Former Green and White Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger [Also, Former Red Zeo and Turbo Ranger]

Andros - Former Red Space Ranger

Theodore J. Jarvis 'T.J' Johnson - Former Red Turbo and Blue Space Ranger

Carter Grayson - Former Lightspeed Red Ranger

Eric Myers - Former Timeforce Quantum Ranger (Current Silver Guardian Co-Commander)

Wesley Collins - Former Timeforce Red Ranger (Current Silver Guardian Co-Commander)

Authors Note

This story will expand over many different era's of ranger history from MMPR all the way upto RPM, some chapters will take place with certain rangers while others may focus on different teams and at times, different time periods aswell. Venjix is attacking the Earth pre-RPM right after Forever Red in 2002 this time period is seeing the Venjix Virus forming, while a new Villian known only as Cain is attacking the Earth post-RPM a year after Venjix's supposed defeat.

Other periods such as during the Zeo Teams time protecting the Earth and other teams aswell may also get chapters, the reason I say this is that Cain has the power to travel backwords and forwards in time (Which is how he ended up in RPM's timeframe).

Ziggy laid there on the cold surface of the medical bed which he was confined to since he had been injured; his mind couldn't help but playback over and over Summers death, all he could hear was Cains sword taking her life before he could even react, could this be some kindof punishment for all those years he was a criminal?

"Don't blame yourself." Dr. K whispered as she walked into the brightly lit medical bay. "Summer knew the risks when she agreed to be a Ranger Operator, besides; if she hadn't done what she did all of you may have been..."

Ziggy just grunted a little a twinge of pain in his arm where Cain had used it as target practice; he turns his head a little bit so he could look toward Dr. K whom was working on the computer, her and about a million other people were racing to find an answer to a question that needed to be answered, who exactly Cain was and where had he come from?

"Hows our patient doing?" Tenaya asked as she walked in the room, she knew how bad Ziggy felt about Summers death and thought she would try to cheer him up. "Everyone is going to be setting up a memorial site for Summer later on; we thought you might want to help us, it might make you feel better."

"How will that make me feel better? It will only remind me of the friend that isn't here with us anymore, the only thing that will make me feel better is if I get another chance to fight Cain..." Ziggy balls his fist up in a clenching manner, he was far from the person he was last year when R.P.M was fighting Venjix; he had grown more wiser and had matured rather greatly. "He won't be as lucky!"

The alarms then begin to blare signaling there was some kindof disturbance coming from within' the city; Dr. K begins to scan it's outer and inner portions before finding the source of the disturbance, it seemed that Cain was trying to gain access to the cities power grid much the sameway Venjix had a year earlier, the thing that puzzled Dr. K though was that his signature seemed strange to her in it's harmonic frequancy...Almost as if she had seen it before.

"I see that look on your face, whats going on?" Tenaya asked curiously.

Dr. K just shakes her head keeping her eyes locked on the computer as the signature began to amplify; she had no idea what was going on but she didn't like it in the least, just as she went to call Colonel Truman he walked into the room having heard the Emergency Klaxxons going off.

"Dr. K, what is going on? Whose attacking the city?" He asked folding his arms across his chest in a stern manner.

"It's Cain, sir. I think he is trying to get to the cities Power Supply." Dr. K rubbed her chin in a baffled sorta expression. "This is strange, he seems to be trying to damage the power grid so that the cities electricity won't function; the strange thing being that his signature has changed from what I detected the last time, this time it's as if he is a completely different person...Odd."

"I don't care who he is! He is going to be dead meat when I..." Ziggy tried to get up but as soon as he did a sharp pain shot through his chest, he grunts a little and with the help of Dr. K lays back down.

"You aren't ready to fight yet, Ziggy." Dr. K hated seeing him like this but she couldn't let him risk his life, she had just pulled up enough courage to tell him how she felt about him; the only way he would fight is if he was 100% and able to defend himself, right now he was lucky if he was 50%.

Ziggy hated being like this and it was all thanks to Cain that he had been busted up in the first place, still though he thought about the very real possibility of being like Summer and having been killed; he vowed though to findout where Cain had come from and how he had gotten to Corinth, even if it meant he would take his final breath he would destroy Cain and anyone else who might be helping him.

Colonel Mason Truman, Dr. K and Tenaya were trying to come up with a plan; the rangers would have to respond to this current threat even if they were a ranger short, Tenaya had decided to take over as the Pink RPM Ranger upon Summers death, she hated though the way she became a ranger as Summer had been a good friend to her in the last year.

(2002 - Angel Grove (Youth Center [1 Month after Forever Red])

"Now remember kids, never use martial arts unless it is in self-defense, ok?" Tommy asked with each kid bowing to their teacher, he then looks over at one of his students, Kevin Park. "Alright, thats all for today. Don't forget the Angel Grove Martial Arts competition will take place tommorow night!"

As the kids all scatter to change and get ready for their parents to pick them up Tommy proceeds to walk over to Kevin; he noted that the youngman had a sad look on his face and was looking down at the floor, as if he were trying to hide something from Tommy.

"Hey buddy, whats up?" Tommy asked as he sat down beside him.

"Nothing much Uncle Tommy..." He looks up at Tommy but then back down at the floor again.

"Is something bothering you, kev?" He couldn't help but wonder what was up as Kevin was usually the life of his Martial Arts Sessions with the other kids; today however he had missed the entire session and hadn't showed up for the secound one, now he had sat down here on the bench trying to avoid contact with anyone else.

"It's nothing, I..." Kevin took a deep breath before turning away from Tommy as Adam walked out of the back office, Tommy noticed this and looks at Adam. "Man, something is going on and I don't like it...Kevin won't tell me anything either."

"Kevin, son. Whats going on? You can tell daddy anything." Adam kneels down infront of his 6 year old son and looks up at him, he didn't have to look much longer though when he found his sons black eye; he shakes his head figuring he had been the target of a bully. "Who did this?"

"I can't tell you..." The boy looks away from both Tommy and Adam. "He told me he would hurt you if I talked; he said this was a message, that he hadn't forgetton about the operation. I don't know what he was talking about."

"Operation?" Tommy asked in a lowered voice.

Adam stands up picking his son up in his arms as he does; he looks to Tommy and just shakes his head slowly, he had a vague idea of who might have done this, but even Lord Zedd and Rita hadn't hurt a child before...Whoever this is would have to be a very cold person. "Could he mean Operation: Forever Red?"

"Possibly, but the last machine empire general was destroyed along with Serpenterra; he couldn't have done this as he was confirmed to have been killed in the explosion." Tommy didn't know what to think at this point.

"Well, I am going to take Kevin home and findout where Amy is and tell her to get somewhere safe, we can't take any chances until we know what is going on." Adam starts to walk away from Tommy before turning back. "It's times like this that make me wish we could still morph, right?"

Tommy just nods as he watches Adam and Kevin leave the youth center; he walks over to the phone as it begins to ring picking it up he hears the voice of former Red Ranger Jason Lee Scott. "Long time no see, right?"

"Jason! It's good to hear from you, man. How've you been?" He asked having not seen Jason since Forever Red had concluded.

"I didn't call for a casual conversation I called to warn you guys of a plot thats taking shape; it seems someone is targeting the original Power Team from way back in the 90's in some new dark agenda, a few sources are also telling Lightspeed Rescue that General Venjix didn't completely die in that explosion." You could hear the worried tone in Jasons usually confident voice. "My sources tell me that a storm is brewing and will hit Angel Grove any day now, you and the others are the only ones whom know the true identity of the Shadow; thats the only way I can obtain all this information."

Tommy leans against the wall he had hoped that the Shadow Information Network wouldn't be needed after Operation: Forever Red had ended; seems that hope hadn't been realized however, but could it somehow be possible that Venjix had escaped that blast?

"Tommy, I know how you feel about Kimberly ever since she left Angel Grove all those years ago but...I fear she may be this new threats first target, and they are planning to take her out in a very gruesome way." Jason sighed a bit over the phone. "We are not dealing with any Zedd or Rita wannabes here; these people put any monster we ever faced to shame, they are evil in it's purest form and may be what finally does in the Power Rangers."

Tommy shook his head before hearing the phone go to nothing but static he tried getting Jason to speak but alas, there was no use as the connection had cut out for no apparent reason; he hangs the phone up before walking over to his Gym bag and taking out his cellphone, it was still saying active service so he puts it to his ear after dialing a number.

"Whats up?" He asked hearing the other person pickup.

"Tommy! Oh my gosh, how long has it been?" Kimberly, the former Pink MMPR Ranger picks up the phone.

"Too long; but thats not why I am calling, have you noticed anything strange going on in Florida?" He asked.

"Not that I know of, things have actually been a little boring around here, I just finished teaching my class of Junior Gymnists an hour ago and started getting ready to go home. Why; is something going on in Angel Grove?" Kimberly wondered why Tommy had called, especially being the fact it had been so long since she last spoke to him.

"We think someone is targeting the original Power Team; Adams son Kevin was attacked not far from the school, he came to my Martial Art's class to tell me and Adam what had happened. He said whomever attacked him told him not to tell or he would kill Adam." Tommy couldn't help but shake his head, that attack still weighing heavily on his mind.

"Oh, my. Is he ok?" Kimberly asked her voice sounding concerned for the young boy.

"He got away with only a few bruises and minor cuts but it could have been worse, I don't know whats going on but you have to be careful, I talked to Jason and even he doesn't know whats going on. If we have to we may reactivate Forever Red..." Tommy then noticed even his Cell Phone had shut down mysteriously, he presses a few of the buttons but gets no response, it was now as dead as the Youth Centers Phone. "What is going on?"

(2002 - Mariner Bay (Lightspeed Aquabase)

"Sir, we are picking up a disturbance in the worlds communication network." One of the Lightspeed lieutenants spoke. "It seems phones around the planet are mysteriously shutting down succombing to some kind of interference; the signal of this interference is untraceable as it keeps changing it's frequency."

Commander Carter Grayson walks forward keeping his eyes locked on the lieutenants computer read-out; he rubbed his chin slightly as if he were amazed at what the signal looked like, it looked familier to him but it couldn't be what he thought as he had watched Venjix be destroyed along with Serpenterra...Or had he?

He feels a hand touch his shoulder as his wife Dana walks upto him; she had been briefed on the mission to the moon that Carter had undertook a month earlier, but she like everyone else thought that it had been a complete success, could it truly be that their judgement was wrong? Perhaps Venjix had somehow survived!

"Can you localize the search? Findout the source of the interference if you can, that way we may be able to track it and findout who or what is causing it." Dana looks to Carter. "Your thinking of becoming the Red Lightspeed Ranger again, aren't you?"

Carter just smirks a little nodding his head slowly. "I have a feeling..."

He had just begun to talk when the interference on the Aquabases main view vcreen broke and an image of a Red Eye appeared; it looked very mechanical like something out of the Terminator, everyone gasped as this robotic voice began to speak.

"I am venjix, your world as you know it has which fourth ceased to exsist; I am taking over your defense systems and communication networks, soon I will be the sole commander of all your armies and the supreme commander of your robotic arsenals, your world is now my world, and your time is now over!"

"Sir, I don't think General Venjix was destroyed!" The lieutenant lightly spoke that last part.

"Get our communications back online A.S.A.P! We've got to alert the other active ranger teams on Earth of this new danger, no doubt Tommy will want to know what is going on." Carter couldn't help but feel a fierce urgency in the air, their time could be ticking away; but how could Venjix have possibly survived? "Dana, get back to our quarters incase anything goes wrong, I don't want either you or the baby to get hurt."

"What about you?" She asked softly. "I don't want you getting hurt either."

Carter just smiles a little kissing her gently on the head before watching her walk out of the Aqubases Command & Control center; he then walks upto one of the empty workstations and begins typing in commands on the console infront of him, he was intent on finding out how Venjix survived that blast, and how he transferred his physical body into whatever this 'Venjix Virus' really was. He hated to admit it but it seemed pretty grim at the moment, but as a former red ranger he knew never to give up hope.

(To Be Continued) Chapter 2: "Venjix Rising - Green No More [Part 1]"