Chapter One

"Alright, the bell's set to ring in a few minutes and then you will be free from high school forever!" Dr. Tommy Oliver smiled as his science class full of seniors cheered. "I enjoyed teaching you all and I expect great things out of you."

"Don't get all mushy on us!" yelled a student sporting a red t-shirt.

"Okay, okay, but let me say one more thing," Tommy paused for a dramatic effect. He noticed all of his students leaning forward, waiting for him to continue. "May the power protect you!"

Just then the bell rang, making all of the seniors scramble up out of their seats to roam in their high school halls on last time.

"May the power protect you? That was really lame, Dr. O."

"Don't mind Connor, Dr. O," said a girl dressed in yellow. "I liked it; a good saying to end a good run as…you know."

"Thanks Kira," Tommy replied. "Zordon used to say it to us all the time."

A smile remained on Tommy's face as he reminisced about his ranger days.

"So…what do we do now?" a boy clad in a blue shirt asked.

The group of four teenagers, plus Tommy, was silent.

"We go out and save Reefside from the evil ways of Mesogog!" Connor cried.

They all laughed.

"This may sound weird," began the last member of the group, a boy dressed in all white. "But, I'm gonna miss my dad being evil."

They all laughed again.

"True, but I'm glad we got your dad back to being normal, Trent," Kira said.

Trent smiled and silence fell upon them all again.

"Well, you guys should get going," Tommy told them as he began to pack up his things. "I have a few things to do, but I'll see you guys later on."

"Alright," Connor answered for the group. "We'll see you later, Dr. O!"

Tommy waved and watched his four favorite students walk out the door. He plopped down on his chair and stared at his empty classroom. He survived his first year of teaching and that left him feeling very accomplished. Yet, it also made him feel empty. It was the feeling that one feels when they accomplish one of their dreams; the feeling where you ask yourself, "Now what?"

"Now what?" Tommy asked himself. After being a ranger and leading a few different teams, protecting two different cities and the whole world, there wasn't much left to do. Well, there was his short stint as a race car driver, then going to college to receive his PhD, going on an archaeological dig, and then becoming a science teacher. What more can Tommy Oliver do?

The former black Dino ranger let out a sigh. "Twenty five years old and I'm having a mid life crisis." He laughed at himself, but the laughter did not make him feel better. Tommy shook his head and began to collect his belongings. He had been planning on going home to clear his head before meeting up with his former protégés, but he realized that his thoughts were just depressing him.

"No worries Oliver," Tommy told himself. "You have the whole summer ahead of you to look for some type of adventure."