Mack was sitting outside the University waiting for Rose when his communicator dinged. He raised his Tracker to his mouth and answered it.
"Mack."
Will's voice was on the other end. "Hey, Mack, it's Will. Listen, have you seen Ronny? I was supposed to meet her at the track an hour ago. And she hasn't called. I'm getting kind of worried, dude."
Mack laughed. "Will, this is Ronny we're talking about. Punctuality is not one of her strong suits. She'll be there. Just relax."
Will sighed. "Fine. What're you doing anyway?"
"Waiting for Rose. Guess we're both waiting on a girl." Mack chuckled.
Suddenly, Mack's Tracker dinged again. He glanced at the screen and saw the name Connor on the screen. "Hey, Will, I gotta go, someone named Connor's calling me on the Tracker. You know a Connor?"
Will sounded puzzled. "No, sure don't. Maybe a friend of your dad's? I'll talk to you later, bro."
Mack pressed a button on his Tracker and switched his call to his mystery caller. "This is Mack. Who's this?"
"My name is Connor. I'm the Red Dino Thunder Ranger from Reefside. You're the Red Overdrive Ranger, aren't you?"
Now Connor had Mack's full attention. "Yeah. What's going on? I've never heard of you or your team."
"I need to know when was the last time you saw Rose or Ronny…I understand those are the two female Rangers on your squad?" Connor asked.
Mack had that feeling in his gut, the one that he always got before a big fight. "I'm waiting for Rose right now and I haven't talked to her in a while. Our black ranger, Will, is waiting for Ronny, our yellow Ranger. He's been waiting for an hour. Why?"
Connor exhaled loudly. "We have reason to believe that an evil Overlord has kidnapped all the female Rangers on Earth. Kira, the yellow Ranger from my team, was kidnapped as were Tori and Lily from Ninja Storm and Jungle Fury. We're calling in all the Ranger teams. Can your morpher lock in on my signal?"
Mack punched in a combination of keys on his Tracker and saw that Connor was communicating from about fifty miles away. "Yeah, I've got your location dialed in. You want us to come there?"
"Yeah, please. We're assembling all the Ranger teams. So if you could get here as fast as possible that would be great."
"We'll be there." Mack terminated the link and re-opened the channel with Will. "Hey, Will, you heard from Ronny yet?"
"Nope. I'm tired of waiting, too, man." Will sighed.
"Good. Meet me at the manor now. Call Dax; get him to join us. We've got trouble." Mack shut his Tracker and slid it back into his pocket. I hope Rose and Ronny are okay…
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Nick and Xander were working in the Rock Porium when Nick's communicator began to beep. Glancing at Xander, Nick raised it to his mouth.
"Nick here. What's up?" he asked, expecting it to be one of his fellow Rangers.
Instead, a voice he didn't recognize spoke. "Is this Nick of the Mystic Force Rangers?"
Nick's voice was wary. "Yeah, I'm Nick. Who's this and how did you know I was a Power Ranger?"
"Not important right now. Listen, my name is Trent Fernandez and I'm with the Dino Thunder Power Rangers. We've got a situation here and we're hoping you don't have the same one."
"What's the problem?" Nick asked. If this guy was legit, Nick wanted to do all he could to help.
"Our chick rangers have been captured. Two from the Overdrive team, one each from my team, Ninja Storm and Jungle Fury. Can you account for the locations of Vida and Madison?"
Nick didn't ask Trent how he knew the names of the Blue and Pink Mystic Force Rangers. He had an icy feeling clenching his gut and even though he didn't want to, he believed Trent. "Let me try to get in touch with them. Can I call you back in five minutes on this frequency?"
"Sure." Trent said and cut the transmission.
Nick keyed in Vida's communicator frequency. "Vida, it's Nick. Vida, answer." There was no answer.
Xander touched Nick's shoulder. "Nick, mate, what's going on?" Nick raised one hand for Xander to be quiet and punched in Madison's communicator frequency.
"Madi? Madison, come on, quit playing around. Answer your-" Someone picked up Madison's communicator.
Another voice Nick didn't recognize spoke, but this one was deeper and more sinister than Trent's had been. "Madison can't talk right now. She's a bit…tied up."
Nick gripped his communicator more tightly. "Where is she? Who are you?"
"Just remember what I told the others, Red Ranger. If you come after your fellow Rangers, the one you love will die. Painfully…just ask Casey Rhodes-I have no problem inflicting pain." The voice cackled and suddenly, the link to Madison's communicator died.
Xander was getting panicked. "What's going on, Nick? What is wrong?"
Nick was already getting the transmission back online to Trent. As he waited for the White Ranger to answer, he looked at Xander with daggers in his eyes. "They've taken Madi and Vida. And I'm going to get them back."
Jason and Billy were sitting in the Angel Grove Youth Center waiting for Kimberly, Trini and Zack when Jason's communicator beeped. Glancing at Billy, the two headed out to the hallway to answer it.
"Yeah? Alpha, is that you?" Jason asked once they were in private.
"My name is Ethan. Is this Jason Scott?" an unfamiliar voice answered.
"Yeah. I'm Jason. Who are you and how did you get this frequency?" Jason asked, throwing a suspicious look at Billy.
"From Tommy Oliver. I'm the Blue Dino Thunder Ranger. We think all the female Rangers have been captured and need to know the status of your Pink and Yellow Rangers." Ethan cut right to the chase.
"Well, actually, we're supposed to be meeting them right now. They're over a half an hour late." Jason admitted. Just then, he saw Zack enter the Juice Bar. "Hang on a sec."
He jogged over to Zack and grabbed his shoulder. When the Black Ranger turned around, Jason saw he was sporting a black eye and a panicked expression.
"Dude, what's wrong?" Jason asked quickly.
"They took Kim and Trini. I couldn't do anything to stop them." Zack gasped.
Jason's gaze clouded over and he stepped back into the hallway, raising his communicator to his mouth. "Where does Tommy want us to meet him?"
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Similar conversations were going on all over Earth. Carter Grayson told Hunter Bradley that Dana and Kelsey hadn't been seen in a day and that they were getting worried. Andros was unable to make contact with Cassie and Ashley and so the Space Rangers left KO-35 for Earth. Dominic was able to get ahold of Wes Collins, who informed him that Jen and Katie were supposedly on a mission, but had missed three check-ins. Theo was told by Cole of Wild Force that Taylor and Alyssa were on a routine assignment in Turtle Cove when they went silent. Casey contacted Leo of the Galaxy Rangers and found that Leo, Kai and Damon were already en route to Earth, having seen Kendrix and Maya being abducted and not able to stop it. And Tommy found out that Aisha, Tanya and Kat were all missing. From the time of the last phone call, thirty-four guy Power Rangers were on their way to Dr. Oliver's lab and the mission to end all missions…the mission to save the girls.