WILD WEST RANGERS PT 1

AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER

Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. This is slightly tweaked, but pretty much the same. I only own the subplots. I had to start this out a little different in order to tie in with my stories. Remember, Jason's still grounded since Zordon told him at the end of "Return Of The Green Ranger" that the punishment was for two weeks and will probably remain so until I finish my version of "The Ninja Quest".

Bulk and Skull nervously stood in front of the foreboding building. Instead of the usual punk attire the two usually wore, they had opted for plain white shirts and dark blue jeans.

"You sure about this, Bulkie?"

"I am, Skull. It's time we gave something back." The two looked at each other and walked in.

"Can I help you gentlemen?" the desk sergeant questioned.

"Two applications for the Angel Grove Junior Police Patrol please," Bulk said. The man at the desk looked at them in disbelief. They've got to be kidding. They're a couple of punks, he thought. Then, Well, maybe they're trying to change. With that, he handed two forms to them and went back to work as they sat down in chairs and began filling them out. The man at the desk went back to his work, glancing up occasionally to watch as the two hunched over the forms. Meanwhile, in the Ernie's Gym and Juice Bar, Kimberly and Aisha were sitting at a table. Aisha was wearing a purple shirt with a brownish-red skirt and Kimberly was wearing a pink flower-print blouse with blue denim shorts.

"So, what's gotten you so down, anyway?" Kimberly wondered.

"Bulk is still avoiding me and I don't get why," Aisha replied.

"I'm sure this is just a big misunderstanding. You just have to find him and talk to him," Kimberly told her. I can't believe we're having this type of conversation about Bulk, she thought to herself.

"Easier said then done. I just wish I knew what I did wrong," Aisha responded. Kimberly put a sympathetic hand on her wrist. On the other side of the room, Tommy was holding a cactus plant. He approached a counter table, where Billy, Rocky, and Adam were sitting while Richie cleaned behind the counter. Billy was wearing a white t-shirt with a blue striped shirt over it and pale blue jeans, Tommy was wearing a green and white shirt and dark blue almost blackish jeans, Adam was wearing a silver shirt with blue jeans, and Rocky wore a dark gold shirt with blue jeans, while Richie wore a brown shirt with black jeans.

"Hey, guys," he greeted.

"Hi, Tommy," Rocky, Billy, and Adam acknowledged.

"Hey, Tommy," Richie said at the same time. Then, "What is that?"

"It's a cactus plant. My dad brought it back from Arizona," Tommy replied.

"It's not just any cactus," Billy stated. "It's a cactil persiphernocerin," he continued as he reached out to touch it. "Ow." He sucked the part of the finger that had been pricked.

"Yeah, it's supposed to be really rare," Tommy told them.

"It is. Extremely," Billy confirmed as Jason and the rest of their friends except for Kimberly and Aisha came up.

"Hey, Bro. Picking up a new hobby?" Jason teased. He was wearing a red t-shirt with pale blue jeans. Another member of their group, Zack, wore a black and purple striped shirt with black jeans, while Trini wore a pale yellow blouse and white jeans.

"Ha, ha. No, it's for Kim. She's been looking for something really special to finish her garden," Tommy replied.

"Well, your gift will certainly achieve its desired effect," Billy predicted. Tommy laughed and headed for her table, the others, except for Richie, at his heels. Aisha and Kimberly were in the middle of a conversation when Tommy came up.

"Kim, close your eyes. I have a surprise," Tommy told her.

"Really?" Kimberly asked. "I love surprises." She did as she was told.

"Okay, open 'em," Tommy told her. She did so, but there was nothing there. What? She wondered. Tommy chuckled. "Just kidding. Here." She gasped as he presented her with the cactus.

"Wow. Where'd you get this?" she wondered.

"Arizona. Do you like it?" he responded.

"Yes. It's incredible," she told him. "I know exactly where I'm going to put it. Thank you." She stood up, cupped his cheek and kissed him on the lips. "Thank you so much. That was really sweet." Just then, a bolt of electricity appeared.

"Watch it!" Jason warned, causing the others to jump back. They watched in horror as the plant disappeared.

"What-what could they want with it?" she wondered in confusion.

"Nothing good, that's for sure," Aisha answered.

"Hey, what's that stuff on the table?" Rocky questioned.

"It looks like that slime Zack found at the Sentinel Statue," Trini commented. Billy scooped some of the slime into a napkin.

"Let's get to the Command Center," Tommy said.

"Yeah," Jason agreed. The Rangers went to the hallways, and teleported. Well, most of them did. Kimberly looked around in confusion. What's going on? she wondered. Had her communicator malfunctioned somehow? She touched the 'talk' button.

"Tommy? Jason? Anybody?" Unbeknownst to her, a hole of light had appeared. She gave out an exclamation of surprise as she felt herself being pulled backwards. While this was going on, the rest of the Rangers had landed in the Command Center.

"Guys, where's Kimberly?" Trini queried.

"Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! Her teleportation signal accidentally got swept into a time hole!" Alpha told them.

"A what?" the others asked.

"A tear in the fabric of time," Billy explained. "If someone falls through it, they could end up in the past or the future."

"Okay, now we have two missions: find Kimberly, and figure out what that green slime is," Tommy stated.

"Slime?" Alpha repeated.

"Oh, right!" Billy recalled. He removed the napkin from his pocket. "Zedd and Rita took Kimberly's cactil persiphernocerin and left this slime behind," he told Alpha.

"I'll begin an analysis right away," Alpha said, and went to do so while also bringing up the viewing globe and activating a check on the time hole.

"For some reason that we have not been able to determine, the time hole has been located at the lockers in your youth center," Zordon told them. On the moon, Zedd and Rita grinned terribly.

"Soon the Rangers will learn that that time hole is our greatest way of conquering the Earth," Zedd stated.

"Yes, my wicked husband," Rita agreed. Ew. I can't believe I have to keep this up. But I have to until I hear from Finster if what I have planned for Zedd will work, she thought to herself.

"Behold the blossom of my creativity," Zedd bragged, using his staff to turn Kimberly's plant into a monster. "I'll send Needle Nose back in time to destroy Angel Grove and instead of wishing that the Rangers were never born, We'll make sure that they never were." Rita and Zedd cackled in delight.