DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POWER RANGERS

AN: I'm a little late with this fic, it was originally going to be posted back in July for the 1 year anniversary of 'Once a Ranger', but I decided to write some more chapters and post it as my Christmas present :p

Anyway, here we go with my version of what could have happened after 'Once a Ranger'...ENJOY!

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"...so that was one of the main contributions to the end of the Triassic period and cons-...", Tommy Oliver looked away from his class at the sound of a knock on the door; "Come in".

The door slowly opened, and in walked a very familiar man; "I'm looking for a Dr. Oliver?", he tried not to smirk as he said it.

Tommy decided to play along with the game; "That's me, if you wanna wait outside for five minutes..."

"Oh, sure", the man replied before exiting the room and shutting the door behind him.

Tommy fought hard not to roll his eyes as he turned back to his students; "Sorry about that class...as I was saying, the end of t-...", he groaned inwardly as the bell rung, signaling the end of class. The students immediately rushed to pack away their things as Tommy shouted over them; "Remember I want that assignment in for the lesson on Monday!"

Various muffled replies were issued from the group of students as they quickly filed out of the room, eager for lunch.

The door was left wide open and Tommy had almost forgotten about the man who had conveniently interrupted him just minutes before until his head poked around the doorframe; "Is it safe to come in?"

Tommy grinned at his long-time friend who grinned back as they clapped each other on the back; "Hey Adam, how've you been?"

"Not bad, not bad at all, in fact...life's been interesting over the last couple of weeks..."

"Oh yeah?", the teacher looked keen to know more, but an odd thought struck him first; "Hang on, how'd you know that I work here?"

"A little bird told me", Adam replied quickly and his face turned into a smirk; "Doctor Oliver!", he laughed; "How did you end up as a Doctor? And a Doctor of Paleontology too!"

"How do you know that?", Tommy asked suspiciously yet again.

"That little bird i've been talking to is really informative", he answered before he carried on laughing to himself; "Doctor Tommy Oliver!"

The former Ranger looked distinctly unimpressed by his friend's antics; "Okay, so come on...what's your story?", he asked, determined to change the subject.

"Well...", Adam began slowly before eyeing up the door and shutting it firmly; "You know San Angeles?".

"Yeah, it's about 40 miles down from here, I know a guy there..."

"Ah", Adam had put two and two together with Tommy's infamous history and the hobbies of...;"It wouldn't be Andrew Hartford by any chance would it?"

"Don't tell me he dragged you into it all as well...", he replied, signaling the answer; "He had me testing prototype weapons for his Rangers for weeks!"

"Something like that...", Adam grinned; "...Just a little more exciting..."

"What do you mean?", Tommy watched him suspiciously. His friend slowly reached behind his back before drawing out a very familiar looking object. His eyes widened; "No way...", he found himself staring at the morpher in front of him; it looked brand-new with the golden coin embossed with the Mastodon firmly in place.

Adam watched Tommy's reaction; "Well, what can I say? Old habits die hard...you should know".

"But how did you get this back?", he still looked stunned.

"To cut a long story short, an ally of Andrew's – the Sentinel Knight, restored our powers..."

"Hang on...our powers?"

"There's five of us", Adam explained.

"Oh..."

"Yeah, we're all veteran Rangers; there's me, Tori, Xander, Bridge – but he came from the future, so he's not here anymore..."

"The future?"

"Long story...and then there's Kira..."

"Kira", Tommy repeated, groaning, he had now realised who the 'little bird' was that had leaked his whereabouts; among other things, to Adam. "So you're all Rangers again?"

"Yup, all Rangers again".

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Kira tapped her hand along to the beat in the car on her long journey back from New York. She had finally received the first copy of her first album while she was in San Angeles and it was due to be released in the next few weeks.

However, the big city lifestyle was not one she was keen on and she had finally persuaded the record company to let her move back into her home town.

As Kira eventually pulled up in Reefside, she knew immediately that it was the right decision. During her trip to San Angeles, she had realised just how much she missed her old life and friends.

The singer sat on a bench in the middle of the park where Conner liked to play soccer. Of course, she had kept in touch with the guys, Dr. O and Hayley, but none of them had seen her for a good few months. She contemplated who it would be best to see first and how best to announce her sudden return.

As her thoughts drifted however, Kira failed to notice the large number of strange-looking creatures that had suddenly appeared nearby. They were entirely black, with a thick red stripe down the centre of their bodies and a solid, curved horn in the middle of their foreheads.

The snapping of twigs and the rustling of leaves as they approached brought Kira's mind back to the present as she turned in the direction of the noise. "What the-...", her expression was nothing short of shocked as the creatures launched themselves towards her.

Instantly, Kira's Ranger side kicked in as she narrowly avoided a blow to the head. She parried every attack sent at her from the unknown challengers and deftly threw her own right back at them.

The Ranger turned to glare at the monsters; "I've had enough of this...", she let out a window-shattering Ptera Scream before bringing her left wrist up sharply...

The shining Dino Bracelet, complete with gem transformed into a morpher; "DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!"

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Conner laughed and joked with Ethan and Trent as they made their way to the centre of the park with a soccer ball – Conner determined to improve Ethan's game.

The former Red Ranger's grin widened as he layed eyes on the sight before them; "Haha, look at these kids...", he nudged Trent; "I'm afraid they're not as good as the real Power Rangers!"

Trent rolled his eyes at his friend's comment while Ethan's smile faded as he looked at the group of fighters closer; "I don't think they're kids Conner..."

Conner gave Ethan a weird glance, but he still moved further forward to look closer; "Okay, they've got good costumes, i'll give them that..."

"I'm serious!"

"Me too!", Conner argued, gesturing to the Yellow Ranger; "Number one; Kira's in New York, number two; those things are not Tyrannodrones and number three; we lost our powers dude!"

"Yeah, but come on...no kid can fight like that", they watched as the 'kid' leapt over the weird creatures and took out what Conner could only call the Thundermax Blaster and fired mercilessly on them. The monsters all fell defeated and exploded into a cloud of flames and smoke.

"Okay, now do you see my point?", Ethan reiterated.

"But...", Conner struggled to argue back; "That can't be Kira...that's impossible..."

The Yellow Dino Ranger turned away from the destruction she had caused and immediately stopped when she saw the three bystanders.

Kira's eyes locked on to their's through the helmet; "Well I guess that's one way to tell them", she muttered to herself.

"Kira?", Trent called out hopefully.

The Ranger approached them slowly and lifted a wrist; "Power down".

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"Xander!", Nick shouted over the shelves towards the door to the Rockporium.

"Hey guys!", came the reply.

Xander was forced into a massive group hug as he reunited himself with his friends. "We were beginning to think that you weren't coming back!"

"I'd always come back for you V", he winked at her cheekily.

"Same old Xander", Madison laughed.

"Where've you been anyway?", Chip asked.

"It was great!", he started excitedly; "We fought all these monsters with all these Rangers..."

"Woah, hold it...", Nick stopped him; "You've been fighting monsters?"

"Yeah, I got my Ranger powers back!"

"Nice try, pull the other one!"

"No, seriously, look...", he showed them his now fully-functioning morpher.

"Woah...", the former Rangers around him elapsed into a stunned silence.

"How'd you do that?", Vida broke the quiet.

"I don't know, I met four former Rangers and then the Sentinel Knight got all our powers back from the morphing grid or something...well, we never technically lost our powers anyway...and then we went to help the Ranger team in San Angeles against this big bad guy..."

Nick stopped him again; "So let me get this...you and some former Rangers have got your powers back and you've been off fighting monsters".

"Yup!"

"Oh, well good for you", Nick commented, before heading back to stack the shelves again, the others following close behind.

"Guys?", Xander looked confused at their lack of enthusiasm; "Hey, what's up?", he watched them for a few seconds before he came to his conclusion; "Are you jealous?". Four faces turned to stare at him disbelievingly.

Xander's face lit up; "You are aren't you?", he glanced around them again; "You're jealous!"

The former Rangers all glared at him once more; "We do NOT miss putting our lives in danger everyday!"

Xander evidently took great delight in his torments and danced around them all; "I've got my powers back...I've got my powers back...i've got my powers back!...", he sang teasingly. Nick fought hard to restrain himself, whilst Vida cracked her knuckles menacingly. "I've got my powers back...i've got my powers back!..."

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"I'm so glad you're back Tor, I don't think I could cut teaching my classes and half of yours for much longer", Dustin's relief was evident.

"Sorry guys, i'll give you more warning next time..."

"Next time?", Shane spluttered; "That's better not be soon!"

"Hey, you dumped us with your classes too remember?"

"Yeah, but that was for the skateboarding championships".

"So?"

"So, what were you doing that was so important that you ran off one day without saying anything except 'Cover my classes, i'll tell you later'?"

"I-...", Tori was about to explain when the ground shook slightly as about 30...figures appeared.

"What are these people doing here?", Dustin looked confused more than anything.

The 'people' all suddenly drew a small, yet lethal-looking dagger each in response and advanced towards the trio.

"Dustin, I don't think these are people...", Shane stated as he eyed up their unusual appearance, not to mention the large horn on their foreheads.

The three shifted into a fighting stance as the creatures drew closer. "I don't think they're on our side", Tori surmised.

"Then what are we waiting for...", Shane nodded towards them. His friends got the message and quickly followed suit as they charged at the monsters.

Dustin dodged each of the various blades coming towards him and launched into a series of powerful spin-kicks, which resulted in many of the enemy on the floor.

Shane used his Ninja powers to full advantage as he struck out with his fist at each creature before disappearing and then reappearing out of thin air as if by magic, well out of harm's way.

Tori quickly ducked beneath the blades and swept the feet out from under most of the group surrounding her. She then followed Dustin's suit and spin-kicked the rest to join their comrades on the ground.

As she waited for the creatures to regain their feet, the water Ninja spotted another hoard of them coming towards her. Tori stepped back slightly before calling to her friends; "Guys, there's something I need to tell you..."

Both Shane and Dustin turned for long enough to see her now facing two small armies of the the creatures and to witness what happened next...

"NINJA STORM, RANGER FORM, HA!"

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Hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter, I thought it would be better for the Rangers to tell their respective teams about regaining their powers before I launch into the story (Some of this may also play a part later on ;) )

And for anyone who's been reading '20 Rangers, 20 Questions' or 'It's Your Choice', if you wouldn't mind taking a look at my profile for a few seconds, there's a little message for you guys there.

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