"Cadet I thought I gave you specific orders in regards to exhaustion"

"Yes sir you did, however my enemy might have made modifications to the enemy zord and as such I was needed in battle because I'm the only person who could have handled those modifications and you know it sir"

"Is there a reason you haven't powered down yet?"

"Yes sir there is, remember how this suit was the only thing keeping me on my legs last time something happened?, well once again this suit is the only thing keeping me on my legs. I am dangerously low on energy sir and to be honest could lose the morph at any moment. Permission to go to the infirmary?"

"Permission granted, after you wake up we need to discuss further things"

"Understood sir, should be avail..."

All of a sudden the mysterious Ranger (at least to Supreme Commander Birdie) lost the morph and collapsed unconscious with Jack barely having enough time to catch her before she dropped completely to the floor. After he was sure of his grip Jack along with Sky as backup rushed Julia to the infirmary knowing that time was of the essence. As soon as she had force-ably de-morphed Birdie recognized her and made a demanding question

"Why did you give a civilian a morpher Cruger?"

"That sir is going to have to wait until she regains consciousness, if she regains consciousness. Kat keep an eye on things here I'm going to the infirmary to see if they were hopefully in time"

"Understood sir"

Cruger goes to the infirmary with Birdie following close behind. They arrive to see the rest of the team looking forlorn and anxious immediately outside of the room and as soon as Cruger got inside he knew it was bad because Julia was on her activated special bed that she had helped the infirmary team build on a separate system in case the base ever lost power while she needed the bed, however it wasn't just the activated bed itself that let him know it was bad. She was also hooked up to a life support unit which was essentially breathing for her. As soon as the doctor knew she was stable he turned around to see Cruger waiting for a report

"She's lucky she got here when she did, cadets Landors and Tate are to be commended on their quick thinking in regards to getting her here so fast. They apparently took a short cut and also simply pushed their way through to here. She stopped breathing just as they got her onto the bed and once it was determined she didn't have spontaneous breathing we intubated her. I am going to wait twenty-four hours and then do another check on her energy levels to see if I should simply let nature take it's course or do more in regards to treatment. Do you know how she managed to get this low?"

"Unfortunately I do not, cadets Tate and Drew will have more information in regards to that"

"Tell them I want to ask them something"

The two cadets enter

"Yes sir?"

"The doctor has a question for you two"

"Do you two know how she managed to get this low on energy?"

"It was a combination doctor, not only was she denied her morning walk she used...an attack for lack of a better word and right afterwords she went to one knee in exhaustion. She disregarded Commander Cruger's orders in regards to her exhaustion too"

"I'd heard about the lack of her morning walk from another cadet earlier today but this attack is new"

"It's new to us as well"

(Sighs) "I understand, in any case I will wait twenty-four hours before I make a decision one way or another. I just hope there isn't an attack in the meantime"

"Agreed"

Suddenly the Rangers and Cruger were called back to the command center, but there wasn't any alarms this time which meant that Kat wanted to talk to them but it wasn't an emergency but they all went right away anyways since there wasn't anything better for them to do

"You wished to see us Kat?"

"Yes sir, it looks like Julia left a message for us in case anything happened to her, it started shortly after the cadets said that it was bad, how bad is it sir?"

"She's in a coma and on life support"

"That bad"

"Let's listen to the message then"

Kat runs the message yet again

Message

"If you're hearing this message that means something major has happened to me and I am unable to prevent the sending of said message via a special code. Commander Cruger depending on which situation it is I either want Supreme Commander Birdie to here this message or you are to find a way to make contact with Time Force, this part of the message is coded to your voice print you are to say who needs to listen to the message and then go from there"

"Supreme Commander Birdie report to the command center"

Kat had immediately paused the message as soon as Cruger mentioned Birdie's name because she heard the beginning phrase. A few minutes later Birdie was there

"You wished to see me Cruger?"

"There's a message for you and us most likely"

Birdie turns towards the message to see the civilian and Kat starts the message back up

Message once more

"Supreme Commander Birdie if you are watching this than that means I have met you and have been unable to explain certain things like the fact that I do not wear an SPD uniform despite declaring myself one. There's a simple explanation for that which you might not believe. I am from two hundred years in the future and SPD is currently in a dark time period. Time Force has not yet been established at this point in time though we were hoping to do so within a few years originally. Now I don't know when that will happen due to the current situation. SPD is literally underground for the safety of the civilians, according to history twenty years before I was born an invasion fleet decided to conquer the galaxy and they came pretty close but Earth has managed to survive so far. Unfortunately any person identified as part of SPD is immediately captured and killed if you're lucky, if you're unlucky you're captured and made into a mindless slave. When the people from before my time realized what was going on in regards to the uniform they decided to have a uniform change and made it mandatory that any officer wore civilian clothing at all times, especially if we went above ground for whatever reason. We also don't wear any badges as another means of protection for the civilians and as such can go to the surface on a semi-regular basis but we try not to as another layer of protection for the civilians. Seeing as how I am two hundred years in the future that means almost everyone from this time is dead and most died of natural causes. Commander Cruger and Dr. Manx were actually in my life for a brief period of time for reasons I still don't understand. Now then as I told you SPD is captured and made into mindless slaves if you're unlucky and my brother is one of the slaves. He was captured when I was five years old and he had just given me my pocket knife that all SPD personnel carry on them. He went missing for a year originally and then came back, I was so happy until he attacked and killed Commander Cruger who passed on the command to Dr. Manx. We were better for four more years when after I turned ten he returned and killed Dr. Manx who then passed on the duties of leadership to me, that's right a ten year old Commander of the Earth base of SPD. It wasn't an easy transition and he also almost killed me at the same time he killed Manx but eventually we reestablished order. It would be another twelve years before anything truly major happened again. One day I was actually on the surface for supplies when a monster decided to attack, originally I thought nothing of it but all of a sudden the enemy and I that I was fighting was stuck in a time portal and I landed right in the middle of town and hid for a few days. I eventually had to reveal myself in order to protect everyone almost a year ago now. I will tell you that story once I am awake because it's better to hear it in person than through video. I'm sorry you had to hear the basics from me like this instead of in person Supreme Commander and I hope to speak to you in person soon"

"Commander Cruger know that whatever has happened wasn't your fault, most likely I made that choice out of free will to protect everyone else and that it's been an honor to serve under you so far"

"Dr. Manx, you amaze me with your ability to understand my zord even though it's years from the future for you, you also were the one who showed me how to use modern days weapons and that's saved my life a few times so if I haven't told you this already thanks for that"

"Jack, you've taught me more about leadership than I ever learned on my own and maybe with those lessons I can bring my SPD back into the light and on the surface and ultimately defeat our evil"

"Sky, you've helped me a lot through letting me spar with you whenever I am starting to lose my temper for whatever reason and can't go outside due to various reasons. Thanks to your shield abilities I have been able to simply go all out against you without doing real harm and have learned things as well once I have calmed down"

"Z, you've shown me that it's okay to have a tough side and not show my feelings in order to protect myself but that it's also okay to reveal what I am feeling in order to help myself and others understand why I am in whatever emotional state I am in"

"Bridge, you've shown me how to enjoy the simplest of things in life. I know I don't always show it but there are times when simply having some toast or popcorn is the most relaxing part of the day"

"Syd, you've allowed me to reveal my more feminine side in ways you probably don't even know, yet you've also shown me I can be a proper lady while still fighting evil"

"Omega, you've been a great sounding board whenever being in this time period has been too much for me having been in the situation yourself even if it hasn't been to the extreme like me. I hope you can return home soon as I'm sure you hope the same for me"

She pauses as if thinking for a moment if she's forgotten something

"Well I guess that's it, hopefully I will be talking to you guys again soon but if the worst should happen I have another message for the Time Force Rangers only because I have things I want to say in another way to the rest of you guys, the Time Force Rangers will know how to access those messages so don't listen in on the conversation. Julia Serephim signing off"

End of message

Birdie took a few moments to absorb what he'd just heard and then spoke up again

"Is what she said true?"

"It is sir, we saw it personally however that's part of the story she really should tell you herself"

"Understood Cruger, I hope she wakes up soon so that I can get answers to questions I know have"

"Believe me sir you'll get those answers, but they may not be answers you want to hear"

"Doesn't matter, still need to know for my own sake"

The next day they went to check on Julia and came in just as the doctor took her off life support. They soon realized that the doctor was letting nature take it's course a little earlier than thought and they openly asked about it

"Doctor I thought you were going to wait a few more hours before letting nature take it's course"

"I was unfortunately things happen and the machine is doing more harm then good, the monitors will stay on so that I know if she actually dies or not and she's getting oxygen through a special tank she helped design in case this ever happened"

"Understood doctor, keep an eye on her"

"Will do Commander, will do"

They leave for the moment and go to the common room deciding to just tell Birdie stories from after she joined

"Hey guys remember the broken leg incident?"

"Oh yeah I remember that, wasn't she extremely unhappy for several weeks after that?"

"Indeed she was, she did not like being cooped up at base, but at least she was safe"

"Though I thought she was going to bite people's heads off after a time because she was stuck inside during battle"

"At least we found a solution while her leg was broken for her to get her required sunlight"

"And her habits...that was interesting to learn"

"Habits?"

"Yes Commander Birdie, habits, habits that she tries to hide extremely well but can't always do so"

"Why not?"

"They happen instinctively"

"Oh didn't know that"

"Yeah, if you stay longer you'll not only notice that she takes early morning walks but another habit that happens by instinct is her going on the defensive if she hears a sound that isn't natural, or footsteps she doesn't recognize"

"Oh?"

"Yeah, she almost killed Syd one time because Syd twisted her ankle and was in a brace for a few days, that altered her walk and the first time Julia heard her walk Julia instantly went into a defensive mode while eating"

"How dangerous can that be?"

"Very dangerous if we're not careful, from now on if something happens to alter our walking or if someone she's never met before is coming to base and she's doing something else we immediately announce our presence to her so she knows it's us with company"

"How effective are the warnings?"

"One hundred percent"

"Okay that's a good thing"

"Indeed it is"

"So how did you guys even meet?"

"Sorry sir but that story is going to wait until we know one way or another about Julia, if she lives it's her story to tell, if not then we'll tell you the full story about how we met and even a little bit about the immediate days afterwords, including the broken leg story"

"Fair enough"

They all waited anxiously for Julia to decide if she would live or die and for two weeks one of the Rangers was always by her side day or night except for a few hours so that all of them could be rested in case of trouble during the day and of course during battle