Power Rangers : Forever In Time
Chapter 1 : Time Cut Short
Turtle Cove - July 28, 2002
On this day the earth was threatened once again when three powerful monsters which had been classified as Mut-Orgs terrorized the city of Turtle Cove. Due to the genetics of these beings which were of both Mutant and Org they were virtually unstoppable, incapable of being hurt. That was before Two Teams of Rangers united and with the Aid of former Nemesis of the Time Force Rangers Ransik and Nadira they were able to defeat these Mut-Orgs. It may not have been their easiest task, but with Teamwork and Courage they accomplished their goal and the earth was saved once again.
Finally it was a time for celebration as our heroes came together and spent the time getting to know each other better as well as chowing down and having fun, no other victory had ever felt sweeter than this one as a redeemed Ransik was smiling with people he once considered his enemies. The powerful yellow time force ranger Katie slamming the black wild force ranger Danny Delgado's to the floor as thy competed in a friendly arm wrestling match Eric Myers the Quantum Ranger doing his best to put a smile on the Face of Taylor Earhardt The Yellow Wild Force Ranger as he plays a game of keep away with her book. Max Cooper's (Blue Wild Force Ranger) failed attempt at winning the affections of Nadira who walks off with Lucas Kendall the Blue Time force Ranger finally ending with Jen Scotts and Alyssa Enrilé officiating a foot race between two Red Rangers Cole Evans and Wesley Collins which appears to end in a tie, with neither man caring they just seem to be so happy being able to finally forget about saving the world and have fun with the people they care about.
After a big day of this celebration it was time for the rangers to say goodbye...
Before the goodbyes are met we turn our attention to Wesley Collins and Jen Scotts who just seem to be sitting on the grass resting upon a tree as Jen rests upon Wes as they hold each other so closely as they witness the Sun going down very slowly.
"I'm really happy right now Wes, here just sitting with you being with our friends." she says. "i couldn't ask for anything more" she finishes as she looks up at him and he looks back at her and smiles without saying one word. Jen smiles back as she knows Wes feels the same with that look he just gave her. "The sunset here is beautiful isn't it?"
"Yeah it is" he replies as he looks into Jen's eyes "Jen..."
"Yeah?" she replies very softly.
"I've been doing a lot of thinking about this, about us finally having you here with me, I've been wanting this for so long and I just want to say..." Wes says to Jen before he is cut off.
"...Hey Wes! Jen!..." Cole The Red Wild Force Ranger shouts as Wes and Jen turn their attention to him. " We're heading Out" We quickly see Wes and Jen as well as the rest of their team say their goodbyes to their new found teammates exchanging several hugs and handshakes before we finally see the Wild Force Team head out
"It's been a pleasure guys, take care of yourselves." Trip the Green Time Force Ranger says to them as they walk off together.
"Thanks for everything Rangers" Cole replies.
However not all of the Wild Force Team has left just yet as Taylor is MIA.
Taylor appears to be talking to Eric in their own secluded bench as they seem to be in deep conversation sitting very close to one another before Eric seems to be leaning in for a kiss and Taylor slowly leans back.
"Taylor!, Ta..Taylor! Oh there you are" Cole calls out to Taylor who quickly pulls away from what was obviously going to be a kiss between her and Eric.
"Cole, Hey!" she says.
"Hey c'mon were about ready to head back" Cole says to Taylor.
"Okay..." Taylor says very quickly as she seems somewhat embarrassed that her teammate nearly walked in on her in a romantic embrace.
"Hey Eric thanks for everything on behalf of myself my team and Princess Shayla I just want to say thanks again" Cole says.
"Don't worry about it man you saved us too we couldn't have done it without you guys, take care" Eric says as Taylor continues to look nervous before she stands up and Eric reciprocates before Cole walks off to find the rest of his team.
"So..." Says Taylor to Eric
"So..." Eric replies ...
"I Gue..." "I Wanna..." Eric and Taylor both say respectively as they seem to be
mumbling and struggling to talk like a couple of nervous teenagers.
"Um..yeah uh I gotta..." Taylor says.
"Yeah...uh...your friends seem to be waiting for you" Eric says very nervously.
"Um..so Bye..." Taylor says very nervously as well.
"Yeah...Bye" Eric says.
"...Okay" Taylor says she then turns around and walks off.
Eric however looks like he's mad at himself for letting her go, he then realizes he still has Taylor's book in his hand he takes out a piece of paper writes something down on it put it in the book.
"Taylor!' He shouts as she turns around "You forgot this."
"Thanks! wouldn't wanna lose this" she replies as she looks into Eric's eyes.
"Oh and don't forget to pay that ticket of yours this week or you'll end up in court" Eric says as Taylor gives him that face she gave him when she first met him.
Taylor than hits Eric on his shoulder.
"JERK!" Taylor says as she turns around and keeps walking.
"Jerk?, Hey I'm just doing my job missy and read the paper inside page 12 it will tell you your deadline" Eric replies as Taylor continues to shake her head in anger as she opens up her book and reads the paper Eric left in there for her to read which says :
Sorry about that? I just wanted to say if you ever need to talk or wanna get together don't hesitate to call me : 555-7354 and about that ticket don't worry about it, I hope I see u soon.
Taylor reads the note as she walks and her mood suddenly changes as she cracks a smile and turns back around at Eric who smiles back...Taylor continues her walk as she finally meets with her friends who who finally depart from the picnic.
Wes walks up to Eric and says "Smooth man, Smooth...What'd you do the Note in the book thing?"
"Of course not, the girls gotta pay her ticket you know i don't bend the law" Eric replies sarcastically as he walks off, Wes however can tell he's just trying to hide the fact that he likes Taylor.
Wes continues to smile and laugh as he witnesses the Wild Force Team leave, before Jen walks up beside his and takes his hand.
"They truly are a great team of rangers aren't they?" She says to him and looks up at him.
"Yeah, they really are" He replies before he turns around and directs her attention to their own team "but that team right there will always be our family...Including Eric." he says as jen laughs at that last line. "Alright guys it looks like it's gonna be dark soon..." Wes tells his team as they turns their attention toward they're leader and Red Ranger. " What do you guys say we wrap up some of this food head back to Silver Hills and keep this party going. I was thinking we head back to my place and we could have some drinks watch a game or two then we ..." Wes continues to talk as his team excluding Jen are giving each other these looks of hesitation however Wes continues to talk before finally being stopped by his good friend Trip.
"We...Wes!" Trip says.
"Yeah!" he says in a surprised yet simple manor.
"There's something that we have...we have to..." Trip says however he can't seem to get the words out.
"Look Wes..." Lucas chimes in realizing Trip is not going to be able to get the words out. " we have to go back to the year 3001 tomorrow." Lucas says as the mood in the air suddenly became much more confrontational.
"Oh...well okay then, we can all go see a movie or something tonight and then tomorrow Jen and I will see you guys off and take you to the time ship, we can all still have a goo..."
"Wes!...look man u don't understand were leaving first thing tomorrow morning..." Lucas cuts him off yet again as Wes suddenly has a look of confusion. "...and Jen is coming back with us." Wes quickly looks over to his side at Jen who also looks very confused.
"What?" Jen replies looking dead into Lucas' eyes. "What do you mean I'm coming with you? No, I'm staying here with Wes." she says as she squeezes tighter on Wes' hand.
"Jen," Katie finally chimes in "you don't understand, Alex told us..."
"I don't care what Alex says!" Jen replies as everyone stays quiet. "I'm staying here..."
Lucas Katie and Trip look bewildered as Ransik, Nadira and Eric just continue to watch not knowing whether to jump into this discussion or not but continue to just watch and not say a word as they feel that they have no place in this decision.
"Listen Jen, I know you want to stay here, and to be honest, I do too. But think about the kind of damage that us being here can do in the long term, what it can do to future events, I mean we can't just..." Trip says as Jen listens before being cut off by Wes.
"Listen Trip, I understand your concern , but it's Jen's decision" Wes looks over to Jen who looks back at him and they stare into each others eyes for a bit before Jen looks back at her friends.
"Guys...I'm staying here." Jen says to the team as they continue to listen. "You're my friends and I love you all, but my future is here with Wes, the only future I'm going to have is the one I make for myself right here." Jen says to her friends who look back at her somewhat shocked but understanding. "I 'd like to go back but...I can't" she says as her eyes get misty looking over to Wes.
"You know what Jen, it's okay we understand I'll tell Alex tomorrow when we see him that you decided to stay here." Katie says as Jen dries her eyes.
"Okay...but what if you get in trouble" Jen replies to her.
"Ehh...I can take him" she says jokingly but it seem to lighten up the mood as everyone seems to no longer be on edge.
"Alright guys come on, let's not let this spoil our day , you're all my friends and I'm really happy that were here, so c'mon let's head back and have a good time, There's Pie..."Wes puts his arm around Jen and look on as their friends expressions quickly changed and they're all smiles, and before you knew it everyone smiled as they packed up and headed for Wes' apartment.
Silver Suites/Room 5A - Silver Hills
We find our heroes in a new location now each filling a space in Wes' place which conveys a warm setting very simple decoration and a very simple apartment also. Nothing you would expect a young man of Wes' privileged background to have although it is a very nice apartment you would expect Wes to be on the top floor in one of the deluxe suites...but nevertheless everyone seems to be having a good time. Lucas and Nadira are laughing together as they are curling up on the couch.
"Slam Him! Slam Him! Slam Him!" Ransik screams at the TV as he and Trip appear to be watching a wrestling match. Trip however looks more terrified as he shakes every time Ransik shouts at the TV in a very comedic way.
As we look to the kitchen Wes Jen Katie and Eric are there taking pictures with one another and laughing it up at Trips expense making conversation before Jen reaches into the oven, mitts and all and pulls out what many would consider a disaster waiting to happen...a batch of fresh baked sugar cookies and places them on the counter.
"Okay, who's ready for cookies" Jen says.
"Uh babe I actually think I'm full" Wes quickly says as he looks away.
"Yeah me too...all that Barbecue really closes the door on dessert" Katie quickly says as well.
Jen makes a pouty face "Aww...c'mon guys they aren't gonna be that bad this time, I swear." she says jokingly before turning her attention to Eric. " C'mon Eric have some" she asks.
Um...alright how bad can they be?" Eric says as the room goes silent in anticipation as to how bad Eric s gonna react to this cookie. As Eric bites into the cookie and chews seemingly is not enjoying the cookie as he chews even slower as everyone looks on trying not to laugh. Eric finally finishes the cookie after what seemed like an eternity.
"Not bad Jen, these are actually pretty damn good." Eric says as the team looks baffled before they all seem to storm the tray and each eat one of Jen's cookies. Not long after each took a bite they began to gag and each member of the team excluding Lucas and Nadira charged the nearest garbage bins to spit out the remains of the cookies they just ate. All while this is happening Jen and Eric exchange smiles.
"Ugh" Trip says.
"I thought you said these were good man." Wes says as he wipes his mouth.
"Oh this one here is...see Jen made those, this one's from the bakery down the street." Eric says as he an Jen exchange a high five as they obviously just played a joke on the gang. As they begin to laugh Wes just looks over at them knowing he had just been dooped.
"Oh babe you better start running cause I'm gonna get you know..." he says as he chases after Jen and picks her off the ground and drops her very softly on the couch as she just laughs and soon the rest of the gang join in and make this a dog pile as everyone is just having fun laughing it up as Wes seems to have found out than Jen is very ticklish Ransik has Trip in a headlock and the atmosphere couldn't be more cheerful in this apartment as we slowly fade away...
After another few hours it has now reached the time for the team to say goodbye one last time.
We begin with what will most likely be a very sad scene with Lucas and Nadira saying their goodbyes to both Jen and Wes.
"So...I guess this is it fir us huh?" Lucas says.
"Yeah i guess so, but thank you Lucas for being a good friend and always having my back." Wes replied to him as you can sense a bit of sadness in his voice.
"Yeah you too, You were a great leader man." he replies as he looks to Jen. "Bye Jen..."
"Bye Lucas, give my best to the guys at the racetrack after you beat them again" Jen replies with a smile on her face.
"Take care of yourselves guys" Nadira says to them.
"Will do Nadira, make make sure Lucas doesn't speed anymore okay" Wes says to Nadira as Jen waves goodbye.
"I will guys, goodbye." Nadira replies as her and Lucas walk away.
Immediately after Ransik comes over to them to say his goodbyes.
"Thank you for saving me Rangers, I know I have done alot of bad things and I'll be sure to report over to Time Force when I get back but I thank you for saving me from myself and my own hate, and of course thank you for these how do you say? Hot...Dogs." he says as he hold up his aluminum foil wrapped plate. "They are delicious and you can't get them like this in the future." he says as Wes and Jen laugh.
"Haha, be well Ransik" Wes says as Jen smiles back at Ransik before he walks off eating a hot dog.
Katie then walks up to them and says goodbye the only way she knows how, the minute she walks up she hugs Wes as he holds his breath and does the same to Jen who she almost crushes.
"I'll miss you guys" Katie says to them.
"We'll miss you too Katie and thank you. your my girl friends to the end." Jen replies.
"Friends to the End, you take care of her Wes okay?" Katie replies as both her and Jen have misty eyes.
"She'll be okay with me Katie, you know that i'd never let anything happen to her." Wes replies to katie as she gives him one last hug before finally walking off.
Finally Trip walks up to both Wes and Jen very slowly and very nervously as saying goodbye isn't exactly on of his best qualities.
"I...I never thought...we'd have to do this again." Trip says as he looks at Wes
"I know Trip, but hey c'mon man don't be sad okay" Wes replies.
"Okay, Jen...I'll miss you, your the strongest woman I've ever known and even though it's goodbye I'm happy that you two are together." Trip says as he cries.
"Thank You Trip." Jen says right before she hugs him very tightly, before Trip hugs Wes afterward before letting go and walking away.
"Trip Wait!" Wes says before Trip turns around. "I almost forgot, I got this for you buddy." Wes says as he reaches over and presents Trip with a new Hat very similar to the one he has on.
"What's this?" Trip says as he cracks a smile.
"That...my friend,is a new hat and it is signed by every single one of our friends." Trip looks at the signatures on the hat and he can see names like Eric Myers and Lucas Kendall but also sees the signatures of Cole Evans and Max Cooper he realizes the hat has signatures of both the Time Force team and Wild Force team. Trip smiles as tears of joy drip form his face he then hugs Wes again this time almost not letting go before he finally does and walks off.
Finally Eric walks up to them and simply smiles at both before he speaks.
"See you guys tomorrow I'm gonna go and say goodbye to these guys downstairs." he says as he walks away.
As Wes closes the door and turns around to look at Jen he sees her with tears in her eyes feigning a smile trying to keep herself from weeping before Wes looks at her and takes his hands and wipes her tears away.
"Hey...Hey C'mon Jen don't cry okay, I'm gonna miss them too they're our friends and I love them but I'm really happy your here...with me." he says to Jen.
"Yeah...I am too but, they're my friends u know? I can't help but cry." She replies a Wes continues to wipe her tears.
"Yeah I know." he responds to her.
"But, I am happy to be here with you too." Jen replies as she looks into Wes' eyes. "I love you Wes" she says as she finally controls her tears and Wes looks back at her.
"I love you more" he responds to her as they lock eyes and slowly get closer to one another breathing into each other before their lips touch as the couple shares their first kiss. The kissing quickly becomes more passionate before they pull away and look at each other again before they each share a smile and proceed to kiss each other again with much more passion and before you knew it the couple is exchanging kisses all over the apartment each one more passionate than the last place until they finally reach the bedroom as the sparks continue to fly Jen quickly disrobes Wes of his T-shirt and as they continue to kiss Wes reciprocates by removing Jen's blouse as she falls backward onto the bed just looking up at Wes who looks back at her one last time before he lets himself fall onto her they lock hands holding each other closely as they make love... (Yes, I just wrote a sex scene but bear in mind it's not very explicit).
The clock stands at 1:27 am as we look over and Jen is wide awake just lying next to a sleeping Wes' as she just looks at him and strokes his hair looking very blissful as she is eying the man she loves looking the happiest she's ever looked. She shuts her eyes ready to fall asleep as well before she hears a slight beeping before she turns to her side and realizes it's coming from her chrono morpher.
She gets up very slowly avoiding waking Wes, wrapping a sheet around her body takes her morpher and reads that she has an incoming video message. She proceeds to leave the bedroom and walk into the living room where she opens up the video screen and reads an incoming message from Alex Drake. Jen is conflicted wether or not to open it almost as if her body just shut down, she finally comes to grips with herself and opens up the message.
As the message opens it appears to be a video message as we see Alex sitting there speaking into the camera in what appears to be a pre-recorded message directly to Jen.
Alex's message to Jen:
Jen as you can probably tell I know that you have decided to stay in the year 2002 against my wishes, but I need to tell you that I think you are making a huge mistake. Now I know there might never be anything between us ever again but that's not what this is about. Think about the kind of damage to the future that can result as of you being in time you don't belong in. The events that can be drastically altered because of the relationship you decided to I know...*chokes up* I know that...you...love him but it's about time that you stop thinking with your heart and start thinking with your head because that...is the right thing to do. You must do the right thing Jen, it is your decision and you have to live with that decision for the rest of your life but you have to ask yourself. What is best for the good of mankind.I hope that this is not goodbye Jen but just know if it is that I love you and although the feeling is no longer mutual I know you will do the right thing. I know that...
The video is stopped prematurely by jen as she can't bear to listen to any more of this guilt trip that Alex has appeared to have laid on her. However her expression does change as she appears to be tearing up again. the massage really appears to have rattled her before she walks over to the bedroom where Wes continues to sleep, Jen watches him with tears in her eyes and a conflicted look on her face before she walks back up to the bed and lies down next to him. She kisses him on the forehead before the night dawns away.
it is the next morning the clock radio reads 7:58 am as Wes awakens and yawns.
"So you ready go out for some breakfa..." Wes says as he quickly pauses when he realizes that Jen is not sleeping beside him as he quickly sits up. "Jen?" he calls out and receives no answer. "Jen!" he calls out again as he gets dressed and once again there is no answer. He continues to call out Jen's name as he wanders his apartment and each time he receives no answer. Wes finally forms a look of concern as he realizes that Jen's bags were gone and everything she had brought with her was no where in sight before he decides to run out his apartment door and rush down the stairs of his building till he finally makes it outside looking in every direction holding onto some blind hope he might see her but of course it was not to be.
When Wes finally makes it back to his apartment he walks into his bedroom and sees a note on the floor beside the nightstand that he must have missed as he rushed himself out of bed. The note is labeled "Wes I'm sorry" immediately after Wes knows what he is in for.
As Wes prepares to read the note we cut away to Jen walking down the beach as she gets closer to the Time Ship her friends are preparing to take off in and as she walks up nothing but dead silence as no one says a word knowing that jen just decided to leave Wes. Lucas Katie and Trip just look at her conflicted not knowing what to feel about her being here.
As she prepares for takeoff anyone can tell this was not an easy decision for her as she is holding the necklace Wes had given her at the picnic with tears in her eyes.
Wes in his apartment reads the note and hears Jen's voice in his head reading it to him as we cut back and forth from him reading this note and her boarding the time ship.
Jen's Letter :
Dear Wes, I'm sorry I thought I could make my own destiny but I was being selfish I was only thinking about what i wanted rather than do what is best for the future. I hope you can forgive me, I love you, and that will never change. I will never forget you, you made me the happiest I have ever been last night and In all the time we have ever spent together. Goodbye Wes.
Your Love, Forever in Time
Jen Scotts
As Wes reads this tears are coming down his eyes Wes crumbles the note and then throws his lamp into the wall and begins tearing up his apartment as on the beach the time ship is in the air engines roaring before the vortex opens and the time ship flies into it while Jen just looks out the window with the blankest expression you have ever seen on anyone much like she did when she was forced to go back but this time she shows no emotion but inside she might as well be a broken woman as the time ship enters the vortex. Immediately after we see a lone Wes in a torn up apartment looking like a broken man just standing there...alone.
To be continued...