Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers. They are the property of Saban Entertainment now rightfully owned by Disney inc. There will be two small excerpts from Wanda Sykes and Chris Rock.

The Quest for Blue

Part One / Continuation of the End

AQUITAR - 2008

"Billy, the stabilizers are ready to be programmed" Cestro, the Blue Aquitar Ranger told Billy.

Billy Cranston failed to approach the situation at this time from being at the far side of the main chamber staring at a monitor.

"Billy?" Cestro asked his name to see if the ex-blue power ranger would respond. He didn't.

Instead of turning toward his colleague, he kept staring at the screen that showed signs of disturbances in other planets. He shook his head. "They should have called us for help" he said silently.

Aquitar's sister planet, Desitar, was being under attack and losing miserably to the Galaxy's Emperor, Nauet (pronounced na-wet). He had taken over three other planets and recruited soldiers for each. His army was getting stronger by the minute, and there was nothing the Aquitar rangers could do at this point. Billy took in a deep breath and let it out.

"Desitarians do not like to call for help Billy. We have talked about that several times before." Cestro walked away from him having Billy turn around and follow him.

"I'm sorry Cestro" he said apologetically, "what was it you were saying?"

Cestro at this turned and smiled gently at Billy. "The stabilizers are ready to be programmed."

Billy nodded and rolled up his sleeves before heading to the controls. "Is Cestria back?" he asked starting conversation about his wife.

"Yes. She and Delphine will be coming shortly" Cestro told him looking down at the weapon they were building. "Billy, have you ever wondered…" he said as he picked it up and walked to the center table to fix the glitches, "…if Nauet will ever need Aquitar for power?"

Billy thought for a moment and felt his knees weaken at the thought of it. "I hope not," he simply said knowing inside his heart that Aquitar had by far the freshest water in the universe. He knew that if Nauet ever needed liquid power, Aquitar would be the first to get conquered.

It wasn't the first time this thought had to cross his mind. Several others had asked him the same question. Making note of it, he shivered a bit at the thought. The device he was building with the other Alien Rangers' help was the insulator. A large laser gun for the purpose of segregating dirty pollutant from the water and making them into large clumps. They would be much easier and quicker to take out of the water after the Hydro Contaminators fill their water with green manmade pollution.

Placing the gun in a different quadrant though converts it into a deadly weapon. Billy would make sure that no one took charge of Aquitar's water with threats anymore. It took him long to make this one, but having the sketches and plans for it, it would not be as hard to make more for incase of intruders.

"Hello love." Billy felt a soft kiss on his cheek and a grip hold on his shoulder.

"Hey" he smiled as he spoke to her.

"Did you get the receivers?" Cestro asked both women that walked in.

"Yes" Delphine simply said putting down the box of equipment.

"And the connections?" Billy wanted to make sure.

"Yes" Cestria said before hearing Tideus continue.

"And the links, aluminum wires, rope, metal rods, copper wires, and clamps that you asked for" he said tonelessly.

Billy chuckled under his breath a bit. Even though Aquitians didn't show sarcasm in their voice; nor any other tone for that matter, he had lived there long enough to learn they do have it and found it hilarious.

"I was merely stating for…" Cestro began before getting cut off by their red ranger.

"The fact that now and again we get things…wrong?" Aurico asked in a question more than a statement.

Billy shook his head as he took a screwdriver from the table and began taking off a motor from the device he was holding.

- - -

Two days later, it finally came to an end. Feeling his arms tired from the weight he held, Billy massaged his shoulders gripping them strongly.

"Need help with that?" he heard Cestria's voice say.

"Yeah" he told her feeling her massage his shoulders as well. His shoulders instantly started to feel as if they were getting soothed for the first time.

"You and Cestro did a great job on the insulator. It only took…"

"Two years" Billy said nodding feeling dryness come out of his voice.

"That was great darling."

"No, it wasn't" he said feeling inferior towards the supplies they held. "No one on the galaxy wants to help us out. The only resources we have are coming from Triforia and Earth. Trey is happy to give us resources on account of trading…but…" he paused.

Cestria held his pause for what seemed like a long time, "but what?" she asked still massaging his shoulders.

"But if Tommy keeps sneaking in supplies from Earth, he'll get caught. The CIA will behead him for sure."

"Don't be so hard on yourself darling. It's just that…"

"No Cestria…I'm tired of sneaking around Earth. It's my homeplanet and I feel like a fugitive there."

"Billy, you're not a fugitive on Earth."

"I feel like one. I know I'm free to roam the streets, but…I can't with you by my side. I want you there when I visit my friends."

"I've met your friends."

"Yeah, when they come over here! I'm sick and tired of everything being so difficult here! Enemies send down the Hydro Contaminators anytime they want and we have to act like if we're getting through this with peace and love. It's damn tiring Cestria. They get the water they need and leave. And who has to clean up the polluted mess they leave behind? Us!"

"Billy…" she tried to calm him down before he started to get hysterical.

Billy took in a deep breath before turning to face her and taking hold of her hand. "I'm sorry," he simply said looking down at her hand on his shoulder before kissing it.

"It is okay," she said cocking her head to the side and brushing his blond hair with her hand, "You are just under some stress."

Billy at this scoffed and closed his eyes, "yeah."

"You've managed to get the insulator running now. It is going to be much easier to clean up the water now."

"But for how long?"

- - -

EARTH – 2010

"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride," the priest said.

Tommy looked over at his bride-to-be and cupped his hand on her cheek as he gently placed his lips on hers meeting her with a gentle kiss. "I love you" he whispered once the kiss broke.

"I love you too" Katherine Hillard whispered back at him with a smile on her face.

"May I be the first to present to you…Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver" the priest finished as Tommy and Kat made their way down the isle to a cheering crowd in the church followed by Tanya her maid of honor and Jason, the best man.

- - -

"What's next huh? A honeymoon in Hawaii?" Tanya asked Kat at the reception as they sat at the main table having the full court that attended the wedding ceremony as well.

"No" Katherine said sadly before bringing the frown up and making it a smile, "the Bahamas. Tommy got time out of work and well, so did I."

"Yeah, no kidding" Tanya joked about knowing that Kat had quit her job as head dancer because they wouldn't let her go home on Tommy's birthday.

The couple had been together since High School. She brought up a mutual breakup between the two to see the real world as both living single yet both realized that after two weeks of not calling each other they had been miserably living a single life. They saw each other again in winter and instantly got back together.

"He's already talking about having kids though" worried the ex-pink zeo ranger.

At this Tanya laughed along with another former pink ranger who crept up behind them. "Be careful Kat, with the way Tommy looks at you, you guys will be having six kids by the end of May."

The three girls laughed as Kimberly Scott sat down next to Kat.

"I doubt that" Kat said with a worried look on her face showing discomfort to the thought of popping out more than two kids.

"So, when are your little ones saying mommy?" Kim asked Tanya who at the question rolled her eyes.

"I want kids, Adam doesn't" she simply said.

"No kidding" Kim told her astonished at what had just been said.

"Nope…I wish I was. He says that if it happens, it happens, but that he doesn't want to plan yet."

"You guys have been married for four years Tanya" Kat told her best friend still not believing that Adam wouldn't want any kids. "So, what if you're pregnant right now?"

"I know Adam" Tanya told them, "He acts like he doesn't want kids, but deep down inside, I know he does."

"And how's that?" Aisha Campbell asked coming into the conversation.

"Because…the way he acts around children and I don't know…I just know he does."

The girls nodded as if on cue before Jason Scott came over and sat next to Kimberly giving her a kiss on the cheek. "So, what are you pigeons jabbering about now?"

"The male species and how God's joke to women evolved from apes to chimps" Aisha said making Jason give her a warning look while the others laughed.

"Fine, I get the hint when I'm not needed" he said getting up.

"Just in bed" Kim said making them laugh even more at a now blushing Jason. He was going to retort to the comment before thinking twice about it. It was four women against one of him. Seeing Trini approaching made five, so he decided to leave instead.

"So, what was going on at the nest?" Billy asked Jason once he came up to the circle of standing men at the corner.

"Same old girly chats…you know, hating men, marrying them, then putting them down."

"You mean reality?" Adam asked making it a statement causing the others to laugh.

"Oh come on you guys, you can't seriously say that" Tommy said not believing a word of it.

"Face it Tommy, you're married. It's like the Mafia man, 'once you're in, you're in'" Zack told him making Tommy shake his head. "It's always gonna carry with you no matter what you do."

"Just look in the mirror" Rocky told him quoting Chris Rock, "say 'screw you! Screw your dreams, screw your hopes, it's all about her!' that's the way it is."

The others laughed including a blushing Tommy, which instead of answering to that just took a drink of beer.

As he lowered his cup back down he noticed someone in the far off distance of the ballroom over Billy's shoulder.

"Umm…Billy, what's Cestro doing here?"

Billy quickly turned around and saw Cestro looking around the area hiding behind a soft see-through pink cloth that was draped down coming from the ceiling.

"Oh man…I'll be right back" Billy told them as he began to jog in that direction.

"Cestro, what are you doing here?" he asked his longtime friend.

"We need to leave Billy…now…it is very urgent."

"But…why? What's going on?"

"Aquitar is under attack by…Nauet."

- - -

NEWTECH CITY - 2028

"…from dust to dust…" Sky heard the priest say as six funeral workers lowered Jack Landors into the ground slowly. Sky Tate looked down to the dirt in front of him shaking his head hiding his tears behind his dark sunglasses as everyone else was as well.

Elizabeth 'Z' Delgado took a deep breath, as it was her turn to throw a handful of dirt onto the coffin. She felt her nose sting with tears filling her eyes yet again as she witnessed the damp dirt hit the casket causing it to break into tiny clots of dirt. Bridge noticed Z lowering her head as her lips started to quiver. He pulled her into his chest quickly feeling her shake as she sobbed her pain in quiet moans.

A short blond stood next to Bridge looking over at Z. Sydney 'Syd' Drew bit down on her lip feeling her friend's pain at that moment. She closed her eyes strongly until bright white lightning lights made her eyes hurt, making her open them as quickly as she shut them. Taking in a breath and sighing it out, she saw Bridge Carson walk away from the line still holding Z closely with his arm wrapped around her.

- - -

FLASHBACK

"Z, behind you!" SPD Red told the yellow ranger as he jumped toward a giant humanlike wasp called a Namua (pronounced na-moo-a) to clear a path for SPD Blue.

"What are these things?" SPD Pink asked as she kicked the Namua on it's turtle-like shielded chest. "Ugh" she struggled to get her foot free from it holding it after the kick.

"Damn!" came from SPD Yellow from having her punch blocked.

Jack Landors was in the sidelines watching the fight feeling as if he just had to do something. He shook his head feeling his blond pregnant wife grip on his arm.

"No" he told her, "I've got to be here."

"Jack, that's not you anymore" the words penetrated through him like a dart. The Namuas had accidentally dropped the insulator on the ground on their way toward the ocean at NewTech City. Jack spotted them having been outside of his offices at the time and called on SPD.

"No…it's not," he said sadly turning around and heading inside to protect his wife who was going into her third trimester.

He heard a loud bang come from behind him. A Namua held an unmorphed Z by the throat picking her up and throwing her five feet away. Jack felt his eyes burn as he closed the door shut neglecting his wife's pleas.

Jack ran up to the Namua and grabbed it by the wing as he pulled it making it fall backward. It quickly got to its feet to find a kick heading toward the side of its head. The Namua fell to the side and held its head as if in pain. Jack looked up to a now morphed SPD Yellow fighting off another Namua to get to him.

"Don't struggle Z…I got this one" he said as he grabbed a metal bar from the side of a trash can and walked toward a still fallen Namua. He raised the bar and struck it on its head seeing steaming green goo come out of its broken skull.

"No Jack don't" SPD Blue could be heard before anything. It was too late, the Namua was dead.

Jack turned around to face the nineteen Namuas around him looking in his direction and now flying toward him.

"No!" SPD Red yelled running toward his friend.

The general Namua got the insulator and shot it at a now contained Jack who was being held down by two Namuas, one on each arm.

SPD Pink charged at them as well as the others did as well. It was too late. The laser was fired hitting Jack directly on the chest.

"No!" could be heard again, this time coming from SPD Yellow making her fall to her knees as she witnessed the Namuas grab hold of the device once more and taking their general's orders to leave.

A swarm of wasps covered the sky as the now unmorphed SPD rangers ran to their friends' aide.

END FLASHBACK

- - -

"This isn't fair," Syd said in a near whisper before taking a sip of her hot cocoa.

Bridge turned to her with sad eyes noticing Sky wrap his arm around her in comforting the now teary pink ranger.

"Where's Z?" he asked Syd caressing her arm now.

"I don't know" she shrugged, "she should be laying down. She was crying again when I left the room."

Both rangers at this nodded before their newest recruit, Shawn, made her way to the couches as well.

"Hey, this isn't gonna affect the fighting is it?" she asked inconsiderately looking at everyone's gloomy faces.

Syd shot her an ugly look before being caught by Sky who turned her head toward him.

"Don't let it get to you," he said to only her.

Bridge sat up from being slumped down on the couch and asked, "Why weren't you present at the funeral?"

The small Asian girl walked toward him cockily and sat next to him. "Truth be told" she began, "I didn't know the guy. I felt my duty was here at SPD. As yours should've been too."

Sky had to take a deep breath at this to not say anything. He knew he could control Syd from saying anything, but he thanked Z for being in the room. He was absolutely sure he wouldn't even know where to start at keeping her quiet when it came to her best friend's defense.

They all witnessed Shawn get up from her seat and began walking toward the Command Center. "You guys are lucky Doggie and Kat are so understanding in letting you go to the funeral. Though…" she continued in a more vulnerable conceited voice, "I don't know what we would have done if there was an attack at that time." She left the room swaying her hips in the process.

Bridge shook his head and crossed his legs in a sitting position to meditate the anger off as Sky grabbed Sydney once more from going over to Shawn and letting her have a piece of her mind.

"Let me go Sky…" she warned trying to pull away from him holding the dripping hot chocolate in her palms.

"Syd, calm down" he tried before getting scolded with the hot chocolate she had accidentally dropped on him.

"Ah!" he yelled getting up.

"Oh jeez, I'm so sorry," she said getting up as well. "It was an accident!"

Sky exhaled the heat and looked into her eyes, "Are you sure?" he asked her raising an eyebrow.

She innocently nodded as a child making him take her by the arm and both sitting down next to a still meditating Bridge.

"Was I that stupid when I came into the Squad?" he asked comparing himself to Shawn.

"No…thank God" Bridge said with his eyes closed and still keeping calm.

- - -

"Hey…you're up late" Kat Manx told Z as she came into the dark Command Center. She sat next to a quiet Z who was looking out at the main big screen in the center of the large table.

"I couldn't sleep," she simply said crossing her arms and laying her head down on the table. "I keep playing it over and over in my head Kat" she started feeling tears fill her eyes. "He's gone" she whispered.

Kat looked down before walking toward Z and taking a deep breath placing her hand on Z's back. She nodded her head and closed her eyes feeling tears fall down her cheeks. She had nothing to say. She was speechless for the first time that she could remember. Kat was feeling as bad but hid it through the whole ordeal. It wasn't in her to show emotion…until now.

Z turned and looked up and noticed Kat's tears. She got up and hugged a now crying Kat, both crying for several minutes before talking about how they felt about Jack and began reminiscing old funny events before yet again crying.

Morning drew and both felt it was time to get changed. Z was still in her mourning clothes as Kat walked through the halls heading to her room to get changed into her lab coat.

Sky walked into the Command Center noticing Z in there alone. "Hey" he simply told her going over and hugging her completely catching her off guard.

"What was that for?" she asked knowing that he deserved a hug for feeling the same way too.

Sky shrugged. "It's my way of saying…I'm sorry" he said softly before the beeping sounds in the chamber made both their sad grins stop as they noticed something.

"What is it?" she asked jogging over to some controls.

"It can't be," he said jotting down a couple of codes.

"A wormhole?" Z asked a bit unsure.

"It's heading this way," Sky said with disbelief in his voice.

"How many days?"

"It'll be near in less than two hours, not even a day."

"Well…how long will it be opened?"

"From the looks of it…hmm…" he paused before typing in more numbers. "It says here that the wormhole will be open for two days. That's the longest one's ever been opened."

"Climate?" Z asked not hearing Sydney walk in next to Bridge.

"Where were you last night?" she asked Z crossing her arms.

"There's a wormhole out there right now" Z told them widening her eyes as she spoke.

"Really?" Bridge asked smiling as he walked toward the controls.

"I've gotta see this" Syd answered walking toward Sky.

"Are you guys thinking what I think you're thinking?" Z asked smiling.

"We're gonna get whoever built that insulator and make sure they never get their hands on the first piece of metal to make it" Sky said confidently seeing the sparkle of hope in Z's eyes. "Bridge, find out who manufactured it and where it came from. When was it built, and who was involved."

"On it" Bridge said heading over to a station to get the information on the weapon that killed Jack.

"Syd, take charge of the time. Make sure that by the time we leave, no one knows about it; not Doggie, Kat, not even Shawn. She'd rather be here anyway right?"

"Right" Syd responded with a grin turning around and heading to the schedule controls to make a few changes.

"And Z" Sky continued his orders, "go to the main corridors and check the engines and thrusters on our jet. See that everything's online and that we'll have plenty of fuel."

"Yes sir" Z said confidently walking out of the room quickly.

"We leave in two hours," Sky said standing tall with his hands to his back. He then thought for a moment before heading to take care of the artillery that will be needed for the mission.

- - -

MOLGON – 2010

The SPD jet entered Molgon's atmosphere at full speed having Sky pilot it into the green environment.

"Where are we? I thought Bridge said that Aquitar was nothing but water" Syd said coming into the cockpit of a now stalled jet.

"It is, but the jet can only get us this far. I checked the fuel a couple minutes ago and it's almost empty" Z told her turning around from her co-pilot seat and facing Syd.

"So, what are we doing here? Getting fuel?"

"I'll have to see if there is anyone around here that can help us," Sky said taking off his seatbelt and standing up.

Bridge at this came in sliding the door to the side making Syd jump a bit, "Great, I'll go with you."

- - -

AQUITAR

"Cestria, head over to the main station and try to contact Trey again. I'm going in to get rid of some pests" Billy told his wife in a tired breath as he loaded the insulator with gas pellets and a laser recharger.

"Be careful Billy" Cestria told him giving him a kiss and running to the main control area to contact Trey once more.

"Aurico, here!" Billy yelled at the morphed red Alien ranger as he threw him a saber for a weapon.

"Thank you Billy!" he answered him and turned around to continue fighting.

A namua hit the yellow Alien ranger with a bar and kicked him on the side causing him to roll into the side losing his sword in the process.

"Tideus!" could be heard coming out of the white ranger whom was running to her friend's aide.

"How did they get underground?" Trey asked Cestria who had managed to contact him.

"They destroyed our security bridges and are now in the city."

"Have they found your command center?" Trey asked getting up from the communication seat and heading to his pod.

"No, but I fear that it is just a matter of time until they do."

"Okay, Cestria, I will be there as soon as I can with my army. Do not leave your command center for I will be contacting you for directions to your secret holding bay to attack by surprise."

Cestria ended the call and got up quickly to head over to the closet where four insulators were not finished. She grabbed one quickly and began working on it by reading the plans.

- - -

MOLGON

Inside the jet, Syd was preparing her artillery into her officer compartments when Z walked in to do the same.

"I can't believe we are two years away. That gun was build two years ago" Z told Syd as she got her pistol and placed it inside her plastic strap before strapping it tight. "I mean, like if that thing isn't being used right now."

"I know, but you heard what Bridge said. This was the farthest time the wormhole could take us."

"Yeah, well, they better not try to use it against us. All I want is to take it away."

"Come on, you heard Sky, we're gonna get rid of whoever built it. I'm guessing he's adding their little helpers as well, I mean, that weapon wasn't built by one person."

"How many was it built by?"

- - -

Bridge and Sky walked into a small library located in the middle of the very small city.

"Excuse me" Sky said keeping his tone stern, "we're looking for fuel for our jet. Do you know who would be able to help us?"

The young woman behind the counter moved her long white strands away from her face and shot her gray eyes up to look at Sky and jumped the counter quickly before running off scared and heading to a nearby closet.

"What was that all about?" he asked Bridge who was trying to read her aura as he took off a glove and passed his hand over the closet door.

"She's scared" he said with eyes closed, "Something terrible happened here. I just can't get the readings of what."

"We better leave her alone then. Let's find someone that will help us."

They walked outside and kept walking down the greenish road painted with grass. They came to a large slump as they stopped and looked down. Before them was a huge waterfall cascading down making a large hill of water at the bottom from the strength of the fresh falling water.

"Nice place" Bridge said as he followed a silent Sky down the rocky steps.

"There's not much civilization here" Sky noted as he looked around the loud escape. "Maybe we're in the wrong part of town."

As soon as he said that, he felt a punch on his side making him fall to his right and roll down a steep slope of soft rocks. From the corner of his eye, as he was rolling, he could see Bridge taking a fighting stance and kicking a warrior in front of him.

When he came down to the bottom, he quickly got up to find a kick, punch, and swipe combo head his way making him fall once more. He was too far off in pain to even notice what was hitting him. All he could make out was a dark black robe flying by his face and nothing more.

Bridge got a good look at his attacker when he punched him in the face making the hood fall back and showing his dark hair over his orange skin and sharp black eyes. Bridge jumped and kicked the guy in the face before coming down and elbowing him in the face once more. "Sky!" he yelled running down the slope before getting pushed from behind causing him to fall into the water.

"Where are you from?" an accented voice asked Sky as she picked him up from his collar and pushed him against some rocks.

"We're SPD" Bridge said lifting his hands in surrender mode as he walked out of the water to find a green creature grab him by his jacket and pull him in before drawing a sword to his throat.

"Umm…back on Earth" Bridge said still holding up his hands, "this means 'I don't want to fight'."

Sky took in deep breaths as he held his abdomen and ribs while tasting his blood in his mouth.

"What is SPD?" a young attacker asked before being shut by his leader.

"I'll ask the questions around here" she ordered seeing him look down and nod. "Space Patrol Delta, correct?" she asked still holding her staff in her hand without letting it go still keeping a sharp eye.

Sky now felt his breaths soothe as she removed her large black weapon off of his chest, "Yes. We are from the year 2028 and on a mission toward Aquitar…"

"Aquitar?" she jumped in fairly quickly causing him to halt his statement, "are you helping the Alien rangers?" she asked sternly before seeing their confused looks. "What is your business there?" she then asked seeing no response and wanting to rephrase the question.

"We are on a private mission to Aquitar" Sky said not wanting to give out any wrong information for still not knowing who these creatures were.

"Yeah, we have to get an insulator built two years ago that will change the future forever," Bridge said with the knife still next to his neck.

Sky gave him a look that told him he said too much. One in which Bridge showed comprehension to as he shrugged his shoulders and worded the word 'sorry' inaudibly.

"The insulator huh" the young girl in front of Sky said. "Zari, Nisurai Warrior" she told him extending her arm to meet his hand in which she used to pull him up. "We are warriors of the Molgonians. We're actually headed to Aquitar ourselves. Today in fact. Tell me, did Birdie sent you?" she asked still seeing the confused looks on the men's faces.

"Uhh…uh" Sky mumbled a bit before answering, "Uhh…yeah. Yeah, he did" was the only thing that came out of his mouth.

Zari raised an eyebrow at this but smiled. She wasn't covered with a hood, which made Sky wonder if she was that fast for him not to get a look at her. "Good" she said before taking a step to the side and dodging a now freed Bridge and going up the large rocks. "This is Maku, Katay, and Yori. They're also warriors of the Molgonians. We're headed to Aquitar today to help with the invasion. You say you want the insulator correct?" she asked now turning around yet still keeping her pace.

"Yes. That…and the people who built it" Sky answered looking up at her smile.

"Good, then you're against the Aquitar Rangers as well. What will you be needing? I assume you stopped here for a reason."

"Fuel" Bridge told them still walking beside Katay whom was filled with leopard spots all around his dark orange body, yet still holding a human form.

He looked to his right and saw Maku holding the knife he held to his throat. His green skin and oddly shaped head made it hard to tell if it were a man or a woman. All Bridge could tell was that it had an aura of a very loyal creature. Yori, he found was the most interesting of them all. He looked as if he was related to Dr. Kat Manx. The only difference here was that his skin tone was a bit whiter, and his hair was longer than Kat's. Again, he felt another's aura, but found no misleading judgements.

As they got to a large bridge, he saw Zari throw her large stick up hitting a nearby tree causing several branches to break and fall. After retrieving her weapon quickly and seeing that no one was around, they proceeded to walk over it to get to the other side of the village. She had brown skin with dark black hair. She looked human-like, though her body was hidden under a black cloak that hung down to her knees. Her aura too was not misleading though it was a bit more difficult to read than the others.

Sky turned to look at Bridge. He sensed they were telling the truth so he winked and nodded at Sky, unnoticed, telling him the results that they could trust in these new found creatures.

- - -

"What's taking them so long?" Syd asked no one outside as she popped her head out of the jet's exit and felt the fresh breeze cross her face.

She stepped back inside and retrieved her backpack.

"Where are you going with that?" Z asked her seeing Syd strapping it on tightly now.

"I'm just going to see if they're okay."

Z was going to suggest something before being cut off. "Why don't you just…"

"I already tried. Communication is shot here." Syd went on and continued to strap on the buckles.

Z crossed her arms and stepped back. "Sky's not gonna like this. He gave us orders to protect the jet." She walked to a seat and sat down before crossing her leg uncomfortably.

"Fine. You protect the ship. I'm going out to look for scattered bodies," Syd said sarcastically trying to lay a guilt trip on Z before turning around and exiting the jet.

Z at this scoffed and looked in a different direction; any direction other than the door. "Scattered bodies" she repeated not wanting to think of her friends being in danger. "Hey Syd, wait up" she said picking up her backpack and heading out as well.

"This place is so," Syd said taking in the surroundings once they had reached the village.

"Empty" Z noted as they continued walking.

"I was going to say open or nice, or even green."

"Then again, you are Mrs. Optimistic" Z teased seeing Syd pout a bit.

"Hey, is it wrong to love one's life and be happy about it?"

"Yes" she answered quickly before grinning and shrugging. "I'm just kidding with you. We'll need a little optimism once we're lying in a scolding puddle of lava later."

- - -

EARTH

Jason and Rocky began their daily jog around Angel Grove wanting to again get a mild workout before their classes began in an hour.

"So, how's marriage treating you these past couple of months huh?" Jason asked Rocky who was keeping up with the jog.

"Good you know. I have to be taking care of the baby a whole lot more, but…you know, that's life" he said mentioning his newborn daughter.

Rocky, having back problems since late High School still found it straining to do excessive workouts. He still taught martial arts to teenagers, just didn't teach the ones that were very advanced.

"So" Jason continued, "did you here about Kim's little misfortune?"

"No…what happened?"

"She ran into Veronica yesterday before the wedding."

"Veronica?" Rocky asked letting his uncertainty show.

"You know, that snobby rich girl that didn't let Aisha join the Angel Girls Club because her family wasn't rich enough." He waited until Rocky spoke.

"Oh yeah. Didn't she date Sean afterwards?" he asked remembering Tanya had said something about Sean having a girlfriend during Adam's tournament.

"I don't know about that" Jason said, "but Kim told me that she married this rich lawyer and he screwed around on her."

"That's gotta hurt" Rocky noted.

"Oh no, it gets better. Turns out, she later had a one-night stand with Skull and got pregnant" he said still not believing it even though it came out of his lips.

"Wait a minute, you're telling me that she told Kim all of this when they bumped into each other?" Rocky asked not convinced that one would say something like that completely out of conversation.

"No. Kim already knew about the lawyer. Hell, Aisha's cousin was the other woman. She told Aisha and Aisha told Kim about the one-night stand Veronica had with Skull."

"And how did…her cousin find out?" Rocky asked starting to get a bit winded from the now straight forty or so minutes of jogging at the same pace.

"Because her cousin heard it from Skull himself. They didn't believe him at first…but Kim saw Veronica with Skull and a baby yesterday. That's how she knows…about Skull being Veronica's shoulder to lean on."

"And why is Skull going around saying that? Jeez…he's a grown man for God's sake. You'd think he'd have more sense."

"Maybe he wasn't getting any…and had to gloat when he was."

At this Rocky laughed before wanting to know more now, "So, what about Aisha's cousin? Is she still with the lawyer?"

"I don't know about that one. Though I did hear that she shacked up with Zack last night. So…you figure that one out."

- - -

Inside the Parks' residence, Adam was having breakfast and was almost ready to leave to Jason and Rocky's Dojo where he promised his two friends he would help out with today's classes.

"I can't believe you Adam" Tanya said getting up from the table and seeing her papers covered in coffee.

"I said I was sorry," he said in his defense of accidentally spilling coffee all over her e-mails she was going to read for the radio show.

"I know what you said, but that doesn't take all this off the papers now does it?" she asked still having anger in her voice but trying to shut it down.

"Look I'm sorry okay, but I have to go. Just leave this here and I'll clean it up when I come back" he told her kissing her and rushing out of the door sighing to himself and smiling inside knowing that he got out of that one early.

"Yeah, you'll clean it later" she said out loud being left alone in the house. "After your intense workout, you'll come in and start wiping down the floor and table like it's nobody's business" she told herself sarcastically as she grabbed a towel from the sink and began cleaning up. "Oh Tanya, I'm tired, I'll do it tomorrow" she said in a whining tone mocking him.

Adam had dated Tanya for a brief time in High School but he could never gather the courage to ask her to be his girlfriend. When Tanya got tired of waiting, she asked him herself. Both, after graduating High School, immediately got married before heading off to college. They both attended the same college before Tanya got a job offer of working with the station full-time at nights. She dropped out of college and began working in what she loved right away. Adam finished college and took a job as an assistant at a production company where he eventually rode the latter up to director. Both are now living in a sub-urban area where only the thought of kids comes up without any resolution of having one.

She walked to the sink after cleaning up the spill and gathered her things up quickly before heading out the door to the radio station where there she got offered her own show and weekends off; something that she knew she needed with Adam having only Sundays off. The weekend person didn't show this morning, so the radio producer went ahead and gave Tanya a call to see if she'd cover this morning's show. She accepted and was now walking quickly out to her car to arrive to work earlier. She rushed to work driving well over the speed limit to try and get the printouts of the e-mails at work.

- - -

Tommy had reserved the Marriott so that he and Kat could spend the night after their wedding had taken place. Several friends of theirs offered their homes, but they decided to get the hotel suite instead. Tommy had a home in Reefside, but both decided to hold the wedding in Angel Grove. They'd be heading home that night to arrive at Reefside briefly before heading off to their honeymoon.

"Good morning Mrs. Oliver" Tommy told his wife as he went over and sat on the bed noticing she was waking up.

She fluttered her eyes open a bit and smiled, "Good morning." She gave him a quick kiss on the lips before heading into the bathroom.

"I got some breakfast for us" he said getting up again but this time heading to get the cart and pulling it inside the bedroom.

"That's great, because I'm starving" he heard her voice from inside the bathroom.

"I talked to Jason this morning. He said to come by the dojo later and do a little sparring before we leave" he raised his voice so that she could hear him better in which he knew she did since she quickly popped her head out of the open door.

"What?" she asked him having a questioned look on her face.

Even though they haven't been married for very long, Tommy knew that face wasn't of 'repeat what you just said' look, he knew it was a 'say again, this time what I want to hear' look.

"I told him that I'd check with you first," he said getting a chair and placing it for him before getting another for her. He saw her nod and head inside the restroom again, "welcome to the Mafia, Tommy" he mumbled to himself sarcastically.

"What was that?" she asked him not being able to hear what he mumbled.

"Nothing" he yelled before sitting down and waiting for her to come out.

- - -

Kimberly had run on the treadmill for two hours before stretching and lifting weights on her day off.

"Hey you" she told Jason who had just walked in with Rocky. She went over to him and gave him a long kiss while Rocky just kept walking from the awkwardness of it being longer than three seconds.

He grabbed his gym bag that was left at the gym and walked into the back to get changed for his class.

As the kiss broke, Kim looked around. "Where'd Rocky go?" she asked thinking that she hadn't said hello to him.

"He went to the back. I better get changed for my class too" Jason told her before slapping her on the butt and heading to the back as well.

"Don't work them too hard" Kim said smiling.

"We'll see," he said laughing not turning around.

Both Jason and Rocky had visions of building a martial arts dojo for kids when the two were in college. The vision and motivation were there, but the money wasn't. Both worked hard to come up with the money and opened a bank account to open a dojo with.

Kimberly came back to Angel Grove after the Pan Globals and opened up a gym and gymnastics school for teenage kids who were sent there from scouts. She became a trainer and let Rocky and Jason own the back part of the building for their dojo to get them started.

Kim and Jason felt sparks fly once more after the encounter of working with one another so closely and the two dated for months before getting married. The businesses eventually took off in a couple of years and the guys added an extra part to the gym making it even bigger.

Rocky had noticed his ex-girlfriend come into the gym everyday but didn't want to bother her and ask her out on a date. They broke up after graduation feeling that they needed time away from each other. The time never seemed to come back to them, so both just remained away from one another. Kim and Jason pushed him to ask her out and he finally gathered the courage enough to ask Sherry for a second first date. The two began dating and she got pregnant unexpectedly. Soon after the news, Rocky asked her to marry him and was now a proud parent of a one-month old girl named, Sheila.

- - -

MOLGON

Sky and Bridge along with the Molgonian Warriors walked into a dark chamber that quickly became illuminated with dark purple lighting.

"This is our headquarters…" Zari began before they heard a tremendous bang coming from another room making Sky and Bridge take fighting stances. "It is okay. Our master is just having a small confrontational issue," she said.

Katay walked up to a plate with food and took a couple of chunks from it before pushing them into his mouth. He chewed rapidly before getting more.

Maku at this spoke, "Katay, do not be so insensitive. Our guests come first," he said picking up the plate and showing the plate to Sky and Bridge. "Care for some pus yeat?"

Bridge smiled and shook his head. "No thank you, I just had breakfast."

"No sense of throwing it out" Sky mumbled in Bridge's ear before looking at them and straightening up, "No thank you. We really need fuel. We're on a short time schedule that's running out, so if you don't mind" he began to walk before his arm was grasped tightly by Yori.

"It will only take a minute" he hissed, "you will see."

"Very well, but, we really have to be going shortly" he told all of them.

- - -

"Eww, this is so gross," Syd said taking a wrong step and accidentally stepped in a small puddle of green goo.

Z at this laughed before holding back her laughter.

"What is it?" Syd asked her hearing the laughter suddenly stop.

"This stuff…it sorta looks" she said touching the slime with her fingers, "like the stuff that came out of that wasp's head remember?"

Syd thought for a second before remembering. "Yeah" she concurred, "what were they called again?"

"I don't know Syd, but…those things were here."

"Do you think they live here?"

"I don't think so. I mean, think about it. That gooey stuff is back on earth too. It's here for a reason as well."

"Because somebody else killed one of those things too" Syd finished Z's thought. "Which means they were here for a purpose."

"What purpose could that be?"

The two girls thought for a while as they both looked around. "Fresh water" Syd said after a moment of silence.

"Huh?"

"Think about it Z. The waterfall is right there and this thing is right here" she said pointing at the green slime. "The waspy-looking things were near the ocean where Jack lived; and the device that killed Jack was made in Aquitar."

"It's surrounded by water" Z noted keeping up with Syd.

"So Aquitar isn't to blame for all this. It was stolen from there by these creatures. Aquitar was just…one of their targets."