A/N: I do not claim any publicly recognizable characters, ideas, or aspects of this story. They are the property of their respective owners. I do, however claim any original characters, ideas, and aspects of this story. Thanks for all of the reviews, I appreciate the feedback. This chapter is quite a bit shorter, but I will make the later chapters longer. Let me know what you think. This is a re-write of the original chapter.

Life is one surprise after another. You can never know exactly what will happen, or when it will happen. The loss of someone close to you is a devastating blow. In some ways, it seems that the world throws in tragedies such as this, just to prove that you have control over nothing at all. What is destined to happen will, one way or another. However, finding out that another human being is the cause of your loss, and that if they had not made up their mind to commit a terrible act, those you love would still be around, that is perhaps worse than most other fates.

Tommy didn't want to believe his ears. It was two days after he had discovered Hayley's body, and now the police were standing at his front door, informing him that Hayley's death was no accident, and that it wasn't natural. Someone had murdered her, in cold blood.

Cruelty was not a new concept for Tommy. Over his years as a ranger, he had seen the horrors that he would never have believed to be possible before his ranger days. He was used to hurt and pain, but this was something that he had not expected. With his time as a ranger finally over, he thought that his days of constantly worrying about the well-being of those close to him were over.

Apparently he was wrong, and now Hayley was gone. He stood there for a few moments, unable to move. It was as if the wind had just been knocked out of him. He must have looked as if he would fall, because the officers put their hands on his shoulders to brace him.

"I'm alright" He managed to say in a barely audible tone. He turned to see the horror struck faces of his former teammates. The four of them had made there way in the day before.

"W-why?" He heard Kira's songbird voice squeak out. He shook his head, he didn't know what to say. He hated that the four of them had to endure something like this. He had hoped that they would never have to see such horrors again after they retired from the spandex. He walked straight into the living room and slid into a seat on the couch. He heard Conner and Ethan talking to the cops at the front door. Trent had walked behind him and was now seated in an armchair to his left.

Out of the corner of his eye he could see Kira walk into the hall, and lean against the wall opposite the living room's entrance. She lost her footing, and with a short fall, she was seated on the floor. Her face was buried in her hands, and she was shaking. He got to his feet and walked over to her. He took a seat beside her, and put an arm on her shoulder. Trent followed him suit and sat on her other side. Her head leaned on his shoulder, and Tommy could feel his shirt dampening from her tears. He looked up to meet Trent's gaze.

"You alright?" Trent asked in a husky voice. He wasn't crying, but it was easy to tell that he was struggling not to. All Tommy could do was shrug, he didn't really seem to know the answer to that question anymore.

"Do you know who in the hell did it?!" Conner could hear himself shouting at the cop closest to him. He didn't mean to yell, but he couldn't manage to get any other sound to escape his lips.

"No, not at this time" Both of the officers replied at once. They finally excused themselves and left. Conner and Ethan met each others gaze. Ethan was close to losing it, Conner could tell. He had known Hayley longer than all of them except for Tommy. Ethan dropped contact with Conner's eyes when the tears took over. Conner looked away and out to the woods. He looked back towards where Ethan was long enough to watch him walk in. Conner followed suit in a few moments.

Kira, Trent, and Tommy were still on the floor. Everyone was jolted out a semi-catatonic state when a loud crack sounded through the room. They all looked up to see Ethan punch the wall.

"Who in the world is that damned low?! Who would do this, and why don't those damned cops even know anything yet?!" He erupted.

Kira got to her feet slowly and walked over to Ethan, enveloping him in a hug and allowing him to cry on her shoulder. "They'll find the son of a bitch Ethan" She whispered. She believed it, if she didn't she would be in even worse condition than she already was.

"I thought stuff like this would be over once Mesagog was gone, I didn't think we had to worry about losing someone anymore" Ethan added in a quieter voice.

The next few days were a blur to all of them. Cops were in and out questioning. Everyone lost their temper or fell apart at one point or another. What really broke everyone out of the general grieving and anger was the arrival of a note. It wasn't sent in the mail, there was a knock on the door, and Tommy found it taped to the door. He couldn't speak as he read it.

Tommy Oliver, Conner McKnight, Ethan James, Kira Ford, Trent Fernandez.

Better known as the former Dino Thunder Power Rangers.

Your friend's murder is but the beginning of your pain.

The next blows to come will come together.

There will be one for each of you personally.

Yes Oliver, more personal than your college buddy.

Evil will rise, but first, you five will pay for preventing it.

Someone knew their secret, and if Hayley was the least of their pain, who would this maniac going to go after next? He called the rangers at their respective hotels. They arrived soon, if possible even more worried than they had been when they first arrived in town. His expression did nothing to alleviate their worries. He had barely been able to speak long enough to tell them to get there as soon as possible, and come alone, so he just handed them the paper to read. Their reactions varied, but they were all horrible.

"W-who do you think they'll go after next?" Conner managed to squeak out as his mind automatically shifted to Krista. He stepped out of the room once he was composed enough to speak, and immediately dialed Krista's cell. She answered, but Conner didn't give her much time to say anything.

"Krista, listen, go to the most unlikely place you can think of, find the cops, and tell them you're in danger" She tried to interrupt him but he stopped her.

"No, don't argue, I can't explain, but you have to get somewhere safe. I'll call you sometime. But don't use your cellphone either, get a new one." He fended off a few more questions and then managed to end the calls. He couldn't even bear to think about losing Krista.

The other four former rangers were struggling to decide who this psycho would go after to hurt them. Ethan called Mia and warned her similarly to how Conner had warned Krista. Trent called his dad, and Kira called her roommates. Tommy called and tried to warn his parents as best he could, and then he called his original team of rangers. He told them to go somewhere safe and he would explain it later. All he said was that it involved ranger business, so there were no arguments. This didn't do much for any of their nerves.

"Why us? We weren't the only rangers ever, we weren't even the last team." Conner voiced what all of them were thinking. Everyone shrugged, mostly still in shock.

The Next Day

'"Well, I still have my ptera scream, and I'm sure that Dr. Hartford could juice up my morpher to work again, and you still have your Zeo morpher right Dr. O?" Kira said, trying her best to keep her mind off of what that note had said in general. She was set on finding a way to fight this creep.

"Yeah, but we'll need more power than that, we could make some calls to some of the old teams." Tommy replied, struggling to form a plan in his mind. Plans had generally been Hayley's department. Since the day before, everyone of them had gone into a mode of productivity. They had the dino lab up and running, and were going over their options. They had to find out who was behind this, and the sooner they did, the better.