When the plane touched down, dawn was just breaking through, highlighting the sky with shades of pale blue, light orange and gold. Dew clung to the crisp freshly mowed grass. The green samurai ranger looked over at his sleeping girlfriend and a big smile broke out on his face. Emily had her head tilted to one side, hair covering the one side of her face. "Emily, wake up. We're here." Emily didn't stir. Mike leaned over and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Babe, wake up. We're here." Emily smiled and opened her eyes. Mike smiled back. "Good morning Sleeping Beauty"

"Good morning. What time is it?" Emily asked, pulling out her phone. She saw the time and groaned. "It's too early. Wake me in a few more hours." She laughed. Just then the flight attendant got on the intercom and announced that it the plane had stopped and that the guests could unbuckle their seat belts and begin exiting the plane.

When Mike and Emily stepped off the plane, they were surprised to find a few familiar faces waiting for them. Standing a few feet away, wearing matching red was Jayden and his sister Lauren. Behind them standing with his walking stick, looking the same as ever was Mentor Ji. Emily squealed and ran over to them. She rushed right into Jayden's arms. "It's great to see you. We've missed you."

"We've missed you too." Jayden laughed. Mike walked up and fist bumped the red ranger and his team leader. "Hey man, how has country life been treating you?"

Mike pulled Emily close. "It's been pretty good." The two male rangers shared a knowing smile. Mike turned to Lauren. "Hey, Lauren, how have you been?" Mike nodded his acknowledgment to Mentor Ji. No words needed to be said between the two with the history they shared.

Lauren looked at the happy couple. "I've been good, but we can talk more about that later. Right now we should get back to Shiba house. Mia, Kevin and Antonio should be arriving shortly. They were able to leave sooner than they planned."

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"Hey, are you ready? They should be here soon." The brunette in pink said to her companions. They were sitting in the kitchen after training in the dojo. Truth be told she was nervous. Sure, she and her companions have had to do this countless times over the past year but it didnt seem to get any easier. It still made her nervous meeting a new team.

The man in red with the black hair, put his arm around his wife. "Babe, don't worry. I know you're nervous, but you dont have to be. Everything is going to be fine." He kissed his wife's forehead.

"I will say this," The dark skinned woman in yellow started, "Their base of operations is nice. Just like every other one we've seen so far, theirs just seems cozier." She was sitting on her husband's lap. "I kinda wish ours was like this."

"They actually live here though. If we would have lived at ours, our parents would have noticed." Her husband pointed out. "Their parents know where they are and why they're here. We were hand picked for this job while they were born into it. Their ranger duties are passed down from parent to child. They're trained their whole lives for this."

"I wonder what that's like," The woman in pink wondered aloud. "to grow up knowing that one day you'll be called upon to fight the forces of evil."

"Guys, I think they're here." The black haired man said, looking out the window. Sure enough, several car doors could be heard shutting. "This is it. Let's get ready."

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Outside two vehicles pulled through the gates protecting Shiba house from outside intruders. Mike, Emily, Jayden, Lauren and Mentor Ji got out of one vehicle and Mia, Kevin and Antonio got out of the other. "Emily!" "Mia!" The girls exclaimed at the same time, running towards one another, embracing each other in a sisterly fashion. The guys all said their hellos and were asking each other how they've been when Mentor Ji interrupted them.

"You'll have plenty of time to catch up later. Right now I'm afraid we have to get down to business." He headed into Shiba house with the others following him like ducklings with their mother. Once inside, he ledvthem to the dojo where there were four strangers awaiting their arrival. "There are people I'd like to introduce you to." The Samurai rangers all looked at each other in bewilderment. Emily shuffled closer to Mike. He reached down and took her hand in his.

The four strangers looked at each other and then approached the group gathered before them. The man dressed in red with the black hair spoke first. "Rangers, it's truly an honor to meet you. We appreciate you coming here on such short notice. My name is Jason Lee Scott, this is my wife, Kimberly." He gestured to the brunette in pink by his side. "And this is Rocky DeSantos and his wife, Aisha." He pointed to the other man in red and the dark skinned woman in yellow.

"We're the original Power Rangers." Kimberly stated. Putting their audience in a state of shock and surprise.