Title: Power Rangers NSDT – Fate's Plan

Summary: When a mysterious girl shows up and kidnaps Tori, as well as Kira, the two Rangers teams they belong two are dragged along to rescue them and the girls unlock the secret the their past, and a prophecy that hangs the fate of the planet in the balance.

Disclaimer: Any and all Power Ranger characters now belong to Disney and some other folk, not me. So I'm not cashing in on this deal, sadly. The villains and the storyline are totally mine though. 

Lannie: What do you get when you watch all the Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm episodes available on Youtube and constantly read your friend's stories that involve characters from the two seasons of PR? You get this story, that weaseled itself into my mind and would not go away until I wrote it, that's what.

Chapter One: DOPPLEGANGER

"Aw c'mon, Abby could take on Justin any day of the week and still beat him," Kira laughed as she, Ethan and Conner sat at their favorite table of Hayley's Cyberspace. Even if they were no longer Rangers and were out of high school since they were 21 now, they still hung out.

"No freakin' way, Justin's a way better all-around player!" Conner exclaimed defensively. As they continued arguing, Ethan watched the banter go back and forth.

"Any idea what they're talking about?" Trent asked, coming up to the counter near their table. Trent still worked as Hayley's busboy in order to earn money. In fact, not much had changed in the going-ons of the former Rangers, except that they had full-time jobs now, no longer attended school after graduating at the end of the "Mesagog" fiasco, and pursued their own interests in life.

"Beats me, all I know is it's about two people and a sport," Ethan replied. "Other than that, I'm clueless."

"What do you think guys; Abby's the better player, right?" Kira asked, suddenly turning to them.

"No, its Justin, isn't it?" Conner pressed them and the former Blue and White Rangers exchanged glances.

"Dude, we don't even know who you're talking about," Ethan laughed.

"You've been at it since you got here and we're totally lost," Trent added. Kira and Conner exchanged glances before laughing as well.

"Right, sorry, we forgot," Conner grinned sheepishly before the argument began again and once more, Ethan and Trent became non-existent to the two.

"Hey!" Ethan and Trent exclaimed. "Doesn't that mean we wanna stay lost!"

"Oh," the former Red and Yellow Rangers wore similar sheepish grins now.

"Well this afternoon Kira came to pick me up from little league coaching—"

"That's a first," Ethan laughed.

"Mustang just get washed and you don't wanna dirty your precious car?" Trent added.

"No," Conner glared at him slightly. "My car's at the shop after some idiot rear-ended me last week."

"Wait, you were in a car accident?" Kira asked worriedly. "When I asked, you just said it was in for a small repair, not that you'd been in an accident! Why didn't you say anything?!"

"Didn't know you cared," Conner said smugly, leaning closer to her.

"I don't!" Kira exclaimed suddenly. Ethan and Trent looked at her questioningly while Conner looked hurt. The horrified expression she wore quickly changed to shocked realization as she noticed his look. "Oh…well I mean…I do but I…not in the way that…well what I mean is…"

Conner looked up and smirked at her, revealing he'd been teasing her the whole time and she narrowed her eyes and whacked him on the shoulder. "Just tell them the stupid story, Con."

"Will do, Kir," he smiled before turning back to the other two. "Anyway, she came to watch the game today since she had to pick me up afterwards anyway and—"

"Kira watched Conner's soccer game? Kira?" Ethan asked in awe, making Trent laugh behind them even though he had returned to taking orders now that some customers had come in.

"Yes, now will you please stop interrupting him," Kira rolled her eyes at Ethan's immaturity towards the subject. So what if she'd gone to watch a sports game? So what if she had stayed the whole length of the game of soccer that Conner coached? So what if she'd done something that wasn't completely her?

"And after the game while the kids were waiting for their parents one of the girls on my team, Abigail, came up to Kira and recognized her for playing songs here at Cyberspace and at the park," Conner went on. "So they bonded, and then her brother, Justin, who I'm pretty close with, decided he wanted to show off in front of Kir to impress her."

"Apparently Con thinks Justin liked me or something," Kira laughed and Ethan smiled.

"So he challenged his sister to a one-on-one match, which they played while we watched…," Conner trailed off.

"Con, aren't you forgetting the end?" Kira asked, grinning.

"Like?" Conner inquired as if he had no idea what she spoke of.

"Like the part where Abby kicked Justin's ass and won 6-0," Kira smirked, poking Conner in the head and he rolled his eyes. Ethan frowned, watching the two.

"Anyway," Kira sighed, getting up. "I'm going for a drink, you guys want anything?"

"Water please," Ethan nodded and Kira smiled, looking at Conner next.

"Whatever you're having," he shrugged.

"Right, two sodas and a water," she stated before walking off to where Trent stood, talking to Hayley by the cash register.

"So…," Conner breathed, turning his attention back to Ethan.

"So…," Ethan replied, glancing to where Kira was, quite out of earshot, before deciding he was safe to ask. "So what's the deal with you and Kira, man?"

"What do you mean?" Conner frowned.

"Well you guys are acting pretty…chummy," Ethan grinned.

"Well duh, we're friends dufus," Conner laughed.

"No I mean, you guys are acting closer than usual," Ethan corrected himself. "Like her picking you up from a game when the soccer fields where you work are close enough to walk to here from. Or the nicknames you keep calling each other."

"I'm lazy, and everyone's got nicknames for each other," Conner shrugged. "Your point?"

"Only you call her Kir and only she calls you Con," Ethan pointed out. "And last time I checked, making up lame excuses to spend time with her like 'I'm too lazy to walk here so I got her to pick me up' constitutes as hinting that you like someone."

"Excuse me?" Conner sputtered. Had he been drinking or eating anything at the moment, he probably would've choked on it or spit it out. "Did you just say I liked Kira?"

"Maybe," Ethan smirked, glad his friend was finally showing some sort of reaction to the point he was making. "You do, don't you?"

"I do not," Conner muttered, glaring at his friend slightly. "Where would you get that idea?"

"Well, the way you always like to tease her playfully to be close to her, the way you look at her, the way you come up with cute little nicknames for her…," Ethan grinned. "Need I go on?"

"Oh I see what's going on here," Conner smirked and a frown suddenly wedged itself in place of Ethan's smile. "You're just jealous that we didn't give you a cool nickname."

"Sure, that's really what's wrong," Ethan laughed, shaking his head. He knew that Conner had just changed the subject because he was still working on a one-track mind that wandered easily to other suspicions, or he didn't feel like talking about Kira because he did like her. Ethan could've bet any money it was the latter, but for now, he'd allow his friend to play dumb.

"It is," Conner nodded, smiling proudly. "The whole time you've been talking about me supposedly liking her, you keep falling back to the nicknames, like they're the most important part of this. All because you feel left out that you didn't get one."

"Conner, I realize you get stupid ideas sometimes, but this is by far one of the stupidest," Ethan shook his head sadly. "What exactly, oh-suddenly-so-smart-soccer-boy can you give me for a nickname with the name Ethan?"

"Uh…," Conner frowned, tapping his head slightly as he tried to think.

"What's he thinking about?" Kira asked as she returned to their table and sat down, passing the soda to Conner and the water glass to Ethan.

"Ethan was jealous that you and I had these nicknames for each other and we didn't give him one," Conner replied and Ethan was about to protest but Conner snapped his fingers, crying in triumph happily. "I've got it! E.T!"

"Conner that's horrible!" Kira exclaimed, half-laughing as Conner grinned and Ethan laughed as well. "You are so mean!"

"I've been telling him that for years," someone said from directly behind her. Kira whirled around to follow the two surprised gazes of her friends and found herself looking up at Conner. "It's why he's the bad twin."

But he wasn't Conner. Conner was sitting beside her, and yet there was his double standing in front of her, grinning the same smirk that she had come to find both amusing and annoying. The only difference was that his hair was a much darker brown and much shorter, and his skin looked a little more tanned.

"Whoa," Kira breathed, eyes-wide.

"Yeah, I've been getting that a lot since I got here," he laughed. "That, and people keep flocking around me, calling me Conner and saying stuff like that often."

Kira's eyes suddenly narrowed, seeing what he was getting at. "I meant," she began flatly, and she could see Conner and Ethan exchange glances next to her, "that I'm just not used to seeing double. So don't flatter yourself."

"My bad," he smiled charmingly, bending over a little. "Didn't mean to offend a girl like you."

"A girl like me?" Kira asked, her voice thick with anger just waiting to emerge.

"Oh boy," Ethan nudged Conner worriedly, but the latter was merely glaring at his obvious twin as he had been doing since he showed up.

"Yeah, a girl who can clearly think for herself, won't take shit from anybody, and who's got style," he stated honestly. "That, and you could probably and would most likely kick my rear if I was being a pompous ass."

"Well played," Kira nodded, holding out her hand and he shook it. "Seems at least one of you got the chivalry skills."

He nodded in reply and looked at his brother, who quickly rearranged a slightly hurt look to return to the glare he'd put on so long now. "So Conner, not gonna introduce me to your friends? That's kinda rude."

"You would know," Conner muttered under his breath before motioning to the person as he said their name. "This is Kira, and Ethan, and over at the counter is Trent and the owner of Cyberspace, Hayley. Guys, this is my twin brother, Eric."

"That's older twin brother Eric," his twin corrected, laughing. He shook hands with Ethan before shaking hands with Kira again as he smiled brightly and in a most charming way. "And like I said earlier, I'm the good twin."