Disclaimer; I do not own Power Rangers

A/N: After struggling mightly and cutting off all my hair, I present the next chapter.


Flynn regarded the five Power Rangers as they looked around the Garage and occasionally glanced at the humans. Except for the gold ranger, he was studying them without looking anywhere else. Ziggy was sitting in the briefing room with Gem and Gemma, Summer and Dr K were standing by the pool table, with Dillon and Flynn flanking them. Flynn knew they looked like honor guards for the two, which they were, but Summer was probably planning on playing the pretty girl card to shadow Dr K even more.

"Look," Gold said suddenly, turning to his teammates, "we can breathe the air here. I don't know what game Scott was playing but we'll be fine. Frankly, I don't want to wander around in spandex any more than I have to." He lifted his hands, "Power down."

Flynn studied the man who appeared before him. Early twenties, young enough to look innocent but old enough to be considered an adult, wearing what was clearly his personal style along with a pair of gold shoes, "I'm Antonio," he offered with a little wave, "Gold Samurai Ranger."

"Power down," the other four said in unison.

"This is Kevin in Blue," Antonio continued, gesturing to the African American kid, "Mia in Pink," the Asian girl nodded her head, "Mike in Green." Hispanic kid, who popped his chin at them with a grin, "And she's Emily," Antonio finished, and the girl in yellow waved at them with a bright smile.

"As I said," Summer replied, "I'm Summer, Ranger Yellow and this is Dr K." She put her hand on Flynn's arm and smiled at him, "This is Flynn, Ranger Blue. That's Dillon, Ranger Black, and in the briefing room are Ziggy, Ranger Green, and Gem and Gemma. Gem is Gold and Gemma is Silver."

"Where are we?" Kevin demanded.

"Corinth City," Summer replied, "on Earth."

"It's a possible future," Antonio said, "about a year ago, Cam, Hunter and Dustin, as well as three others, wound up here on accident. They learned about things that had happened and when they got back, they changed things. We don't think this will be the future that will be anymore, but who can say?"

"How do you know Cam, Hunter and Dustin?" Summer asked.

"Cam is my mentor," Antonio replied, "he has been for a few years. Hunter and Dustin I knew through the Ninja Academy before I became a Ranger. I know the Dino Thunders, too."

"Do you know what happened to our Ranger Red?" Dr K asked.

"Do you mean Scott?" Antonio asked.

"Yes," Summer said, "he disappeared earlier."

"He's in our time," Antonio said. He glanced at Kevin, "I wasn't there when he showed up."

"There were these robots," Mike said, "our swords were not working against them, and then Scott showed up and helped."

"He nearly took my head off," Kevin said, "I don't think 'help' is the word I'd use, and he arrogant."

"Pot calling kettle," Antonio snapped before Flynn or Summer could say anything. "Try not to piss off the people who could possibly send us home please?"

"Who died and made you the leader?" Kevin asked.

"No one," Antonio replied turning to fully face the blue ranger, "I'm just the one who knows anything about where we are, who they are," he gestured to Flynn and the others, "and the likelihood of us getting back on time."

"You always do this," Kevin began.

"Do what?" Antonio snapped back. "If you're implying I brag about my connection to Earth's Rangers, I'm sorry. I wasn't aware that telling Mike that Cam said 'hi' was bragging. I wasn't aware that commenting that a friend told me something was bragging. This is why I was happy that you didn't know I was friends with Rangers. You are just like every other fan, you fail to realize that they're people, and they're my friends. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to figure out how we can get back to help Jayden."

"You aren't even sworn to Shiba House," Kevin began, "you can't even possibly know."

Flynn saw Dillon move out of the corner of his eye, but Antonio had already managed to punch Kevin before Dillon could stop them. Antonio went sill, almost frozen, as he stared at Kevin. "I," he began.

"Kevin," Mia said, "are you ok?"

"Yeah," Kevin said.

"Antonio," Emily said, "are you ok?"

"He hit me," Kevin began.

"Someone told you," Antonio said.

"Tanya did," Emily said softly.

"I don't get it," Kevin muttered.

"Tell him," Antonio said.

Emily knelt down by Kevin and whispered something in his ear, something that clearly left Kevin stunned by it. "I'm sorry," Antonio said when Emily stepped away.

"It's ok," Kevin said calmly, "you're just as freaked out as we are, huh?" He stood up and smiled, "I forgive you."

"That doesn't make it right," Antonio said, "lashing out in anger is never right." He closed his eyes for a moment and then nodded, "About Scott," he turned to the others, "he seems to have come through unharmed, but things weren't going well when we left. That professor robot had him and Jayden on the ropes; we jumped between them when the professor tried to send out that vortex thing. That's how we ended up here."

"You jumped between them," Flynn said.

"Well, it's our duty," Kevin said, "We have to protect Jayden. Of course we'd get between him and danger."

"Your duty," Antonio muttered, "I was just covering for a team mate."

"Ok," Flynn said.

"I know this one," Ziggy said, "You're the Samurai Rangers, right, from Harbor Village?"

"Yeah," Kevin said.

"You guys fought together back in 2011, and," Ziggy began.

"Don't," Antonio said, "we don't need to know what happens. We could change the future."

"Right," Ziggy said, "well, you four are sworn to protect the leader of Shiba House, and Tony looks after Jayden because they're friends and he knows that Jayden will always have his back too. It wasn't always easy for you guys, but usually it meant that you could act together instead of at cross purposes."

When everyone looked at each other Ziggy shrugged, "Conner's my dad. I heard some stories, and once, I even got to stay at Shiba House for a week. Dad's work followed him home and that was pretty much the safest place we could go at the time. Instead of my usual training at the dojo, I trained with the Samurai that week."

"Zigreal McKnight right," Antonio said, "you've grown up." He crossed his arms, "It's still Antonio, by the way."

"I'd still like to know," Mike said, "why Scott was in our world in the first place?"