Tommy's eye colors:

Forest green - alienation/isolation

Glowing Green - spell induced

Tea green - guilt/self-hatred/haunted

Green turquoise - astonishment/shock

Iris blue - intense

Royal blue - nervousness/irritation/insecure/confusion

Azure - sadness/shame

Emerald - love

CHAPTER 10 - TRUE COLORS

Harry cautiously walked into the Youth Center and over to the table where the Power Rangers sat just as described in Tommy's journals. "J-Jason S-scot?" he stammered.

The man in Red looked over and smiled gently. "Yeah?"

"I-I'm." He stopped, rolled his eyes at himself, took a deep breath to center himself as Tommy taught him, and began again. "I'm Harry Oliver and I need your help to save my brother."

"You're Tommy's kid brother?" he questioned. "What's up with him? He seemed like a good guy when we first met."

"Jason!" Trini exclaimed. "You're talking about the kid's brother!"

Harry shook his head. "No, he's right. He's been … weird lately, but I know what's wrong just … not how to fix it. We need to talk in private 'cause I … well I hope you can."

Jason nodded and stood, the others following his lead. "Okay kid, lead on."

Harry smiled and led them outside, not stopping until he'd led them to a small, private spot he'd found in the park. Sitting on the ground, he looked up at the Rangers. Jason grinned and sat down in front of him, the others joining him. "So kid …"

"Don't call me that, please," Harry breathed. "I have a name, it is Harry. I won't call you guy and you don't call me kid. Okay?"

The Rangers laughed slightly and Jason nodded acceptance. "Sounds fair, Harry. So what's up?"

"I-I have to ask you something. Your enemies on the moon, do you know how they'd, well, control someone?"

"Our … enemies?" Jason said, meaning to sound confused, but coming out guilty. He really wasn't liking where this was going. Please don't have this going where I think it's going. Please, please, please don't let him say it.

Harry rolled his eyes. "You're the Power Rangers, that's why I came to you. Do you?"

"Do we … Oh, yeah. We've … dealt with that a few times."

"Can you break this control?"

Jason frowned. Damn-it, he's saying it. "We have every time so far."

Harry sighed as though this lifted a great deal of weight from his shoulders. "Tommy's the greatest, he's everything to me. I … I wouldn't be alive today, if Tommy hadn't … Anyway, not long after we started school here, he came home to tell me he was meeting this girl and her friends. You. And, well, when he came back, he was … different. He didn't tell me anything anymore. He was gone all the time, he didn't seem to care about the same things … or maybe more like he didn't care about things in the same order. But then a couple days ago, I called out to him as he was leaving again and he responded almost like himself. Except it was all wrong, what he said, and … then his eyes flashed green, literally glowing, and he just turned and left. I followed him, heard him call out 'Dragonzord' and he disappeared in green light. And I, uh, started looking for how to help him, found out who you were, and came to you. - Can you help him?"

All the Rangers were touched deeply by his words. Jason nodded solemnly. "We will, I give you my word. But you should go now, Harry, before Tommy finds out you're talking to us. He might hurt you if …"

Harry shook his head before Jason finished speaking. "Tommy would never hurt me, no matter what. Ever," he said, refusing to admit he'd had a similar thought when he first realized Tommy was the Green Ranger. He stood. "I'm going home though. I don't like being out," he said softly. It made them wonder what it was he'd meant earlier, that he'd be dead if not for Tommy.

"I'll walk you home."

"No, I'm fine. Tommy says its safest if no one knows where we live. Besides, that wouldn't be a good thing to do if you're really worried about him knowing we were talking." With that, Harry turned and walked away from them.

"Tommy Oliver's the Green Ranger," Kim breathed.

"Taking that into consideration, I did better in that fight last night than I would have thought to be within my own capabilities," Billy said.

Trini said, "Then it is a control spell like Scorpina said to Goldar."

"It seems so," Jason responded. "I wasn't sure that Scorpina hadn't meant for me to overhear but with Tommy being the Green Ranger … A spell explains so much."

"What do we do about it?" Zack asked. "I mean, he's still trying to kill us. Control spell or free will, he kills us we're still just as dead."

"He's managed to fight the spell enough to hold back every time it's gotten close so far. All we can do is hope he continues to fight it until we can break the spell and free him," Jason said. "We need to find Tommy. Billy, how far are you from restoring contact with Zordon?"

"I should be able to do so sometime today," Billy said.

"Okay. You go to the Command Centre and get that done, the rest of us will look for Tommy." Jason paused, thinking of what else he'd overheard while held in the Dark Dimension. "I think when we find Tommy, Kim should be the one to approach him."

Kim glanced at him but didn't voice her doubts.

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Kim entered the Youth Center and walked over to Ernie, who was watching the news on the television on the counter. They were currently recapping the latest 'Power Rangers news'. "Hey Ernie," she greeted.

"Can you believe this is happening?" Ernie asked as Kim walked over.

"I know. It's terrible."

"Thank goodness for the Power Rangers."

Kim smiled at this but didn't comment. "Have you seen Tommy?"

"The new kid, right?"

"Yeah."

"He's over there," Ernie said, pointing to the weight equipment. Tommy was the only one in the area.

"Thanks." She stepped into a doorway and called the others by communicator. "I've found him and I'm about to try to talk to him."

'Okay Kim,' Jason responded. 'We'll keep an eye on you. Billy just reestablished contract with Zordon so we're at full power again.'

"Good. Wish me luck." She signed off and headed over to him, wondering all the way what she could possibly say. Wondering how he'd react inside the crowded Youth Center. Thinking of his rescue of Kevin, she doubted he'd react violently with so many younger kids around.

As she hesitated, she saw Bulk and Skull enter the Youth Center and headed to the weight equipment. They were laughing together and relaxed until Bulk looked up and saw Tommy. He stopped, stopping Skull as well. They both stopped laughing and just stared at Tommy a moment. Then Skull saw her and walked over.

"Kimberly," Skull said, his voice strangely quiet and serious. She almost brushed him off as usual but his voice and expression stopped her. This wasn't the same punk kid that bullied Billy all those years, that kept hitting on her in the worst ways and refused to take no for an answer. "Don't go over there," he implored. "He's not … he's just not your type, okay? He's dangerous."

She smiled at him for what might be the first time in her life. "That's really … sweet of you, trying to watch out for me. But I can take care of myself."

"You don't get it," Skull continued, careful not to raise his voice. "He's not … in the one thing everyone here should agree on, he's not on our side."

Bulk grabbed his arm and started pulling him towards the exit. Skull threw over his shoulder, "Just be careful."

Kim stayed where she was until both Bulk and Skull were out of sight, trying to make sense of what just occurred. It sounded almost like Skull was trying to warn her Tommy was the Green Ranger, but how could he possibly know that? And when did Skull become anything other than a punk and bully?

Shaking her head, she pushed those questions aside for the moment. All that mattered right now was she's the Pink Ranger and she's on a mission. The fact that mission scared her more than any other was beside the point. She forced herself to continue to Tommy's side.

"Tommy? I know," she said when she stood next to him. He barely even looked at her as he continued his workout. Kim glanced around to make sure no one was close enough to hear her words before adding, "I know you're the Green Ranger."

Tommy let the weights fall back, turned a dark glare her way, his eyes forest green. "Well then Pink Ranger you should also know that you and the other Rangers will soon be destroyed."

"Let us help you," Kim implored. "We can break Rita's spell."

"Rita is my Empress. She will soon rule this world," he said, and she had to agree with Jason, it did sound like a catechism.

"Tommy please let us help you."

"It is not I that is in need of help," Tommy stated, his eyes glowed green once again. Kim gasped at this and stepped back. Tommy stalked off.

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That night, Tommy stormed into the apartment with a cloud of anger, ignored Harry totally, and jerked open the drawer, getting his journal out. He wrote sitting on the bed, not at all worried about whether or not this disturbed Harry this time.

Dear Journal:

How dare she! I don't know how but that little Pink Ranger figured out who I am and she had the nerve to say I need saved? She's the one on the losing side! How could I ever have been attracted to her, she doesn't understand power at all?!

"Tommy?" Harry breathed, shielding his eyes.

Tommy sat the journal aside and smiled kindly at the other boy. "Sorry, Harry, I was just … I wasn't thinking." He placed the journal back in the drawer and turned off the light before dressing for bed.

"'Skay," Harry murmured, moving over slightly in the bed to give Tommy room. "Glad y' came home."

Tommy ruffled the other's hair as he climbed into bed. "Get some sleep."

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CHAPTER 11 - CHOICES

Green Ranger stood atop a building in the warehouse district and lifted his Dragon Dagger to his lips, played the flute in it's handle to call forth the Dragonzord. He stayed upon the building, commanding it from the distance to destroy buildings.

The Power Rangers teleported onto the roof of the building across from him.

"Tommy no!" Jason called out. "You don't know what you're doing."

"I am following my Empress's commands," Green Ranger responded to this. "No more holding back, you're time is up."

Red Ranger watched the Green Ranger standing on the building while the Dragonzord destroyed. "Guys, call your zords. I'll try to reach Tommy."

"Right." Zack led the others in calling the zords while Jason jumped across to the other roof.

The Red and Green Rangers were quickly immersed in their own fight. The four Rangers held their own against the Dragonzord as the Green Ranger was no longer able to concentrate on that battle, but it kept all four of them tied up and away from their leader.

They fought on, both battlefronts appeared equally stalemated. Then Tommy got the upper hand over Jason, he stood over the other boy with the Sword of Darkness raised over his heart in a replay of their fight in the Dark Dimension. Jason took a breath but didn't speak as Tommy lunged the sword downward … and stopped just before the blade could cut. Not an inch separated the sword from Jason's flesh.

The Red and Green Rangers stared into each other's eyes for an endless moment.

The other Rangers finally overcame the Dragonzord and immediately vacated their zords to join the ground fight. When they arrived and saw the two frozen combatants, they kept a distance, afraid to interrupt the eerie balance. No one spoke a word, no one dared breath.

Suddenly Jason did a leg sweep, Tommy jumped up and back to avoid him, pulling the sword away as he did so. Once more, the two boys were locked in mortal combat. But something was different.

As they watched, it finally occurred to Trini what was different this time. The Green Ranger was making mostly defensive moves with only a few offensive moves thrown in almost haphazardly. Truthfully, he wasn't even doing his best on the defensive end. He's breaking through the spell on his own, she thought to herself. But she could see he would still need help. She almost called out to Jason to let him know what she saw but hesitated. What if she was wrong or what if Tommy wasn't able to fight the spell long enough and her voice distracted Jason from defending himself? So she kept her silence and simply watched.

At that moment, Jason knocked Tommy back with a spin kick, knocking the Green Ranger to the ground and sending the Sword of Darkness flying from his hand.

"It's over Tommy." Jason sheath his sword then drew his Power Blaster and fired at the Sword of Darkness in one move.

"No!" Tommy cried out at it's destruction. With it gone, the spell was lifted, causing him to de-morph.

The other Rangers run to Jason's side. "You did it!" Zack exclaimed. "Rita's spell is broken."

"We hope," Trini put in.

"Power down guys," Jason ordered as he watched Tommy push himself slowly to his knees. The five Rangers de-morphed.

"What's happening to me?" Tommy breathed, talking to himself.

"You're okay Tommy," Jason assured him as he knelt beside him. "You're no longer under Rita's power."

Jason helped Tommy stand. He seemed okay for a moment, then he flinched back as all the memories came crashing down upon him. "What have I done?" Tommy moaned. He looked passed Jason to the other Rangers, a haunted look in his tea green eyes. "I'm so sorry."

"What happened wasn't your fault," Trini assured him but they could all see the guilt clearly on his face. She smiled reassuringly at him then stepped back and teleported out.

Jason stated, "What you did was done under Rita's power but you're free now. Rita's spells are powerful, there's nothing you could have done. But you own the Power now, Tommy. Fight by our side and we can defeat Rita." Jason offered his hand to Tommy. "What do you say?"

Tommy stared with mixed emotions at Jason's extended hand. You're not going to kill me? "After everything that happened?"

"Please, Tommy." This at least got Tommy to meet his eyes. Tommy's eyes, Jason couldn't help but notice, were shifting colors between tea green and a green turquoise. He'd never seen anything like it before. Jason smiled kindly and said, "We need you. It's where you belong."

Belong? I don't belong anywhere. "I don't get it. You really want me to join you?"

Zack smirked. "Come on, man. He's running out of different ways to say it."

Jason threw Zack an exasperated look, then turned back to Tommy. The hand he offered to Tommy never wavered. "Yes, I want you to join us. You are not responsible for what Rita did, but you can be for helping stop her."

"We all want you to join us," Billy offered.

"Please Tommy?" Kim implored.

Trini teleported back to in, Harry at her side. The moment they appeared, Harry ran over and threw his arms around Tommy. Tommy held onto him just as tightly. Jason stepped back with his other friends, giving the brothers a moment.

"Harry," Tommy breathed. "What are you doing here?"

"Trini brought me. I was waiting for them to tell me you were okay," Harry informed.

Tommy pulled back slightly. "What? You knew?"

Harry rolled his eyes. "Give me credit for a little intelligence here, Tommy. I know you. You're my everything. You've risked everything for me and you've given me everything you have to give. Then you left me a note saying you had more important things to do."

"I'm sorry," Tommy apologized. "Nothing's more important than you. I never -"

Harry cut him off. "I know. I know you would never. That's why I followed you and saw you were the Green Ranger. That's why I had to find the Power Rangers, they were the only ones I could think of that might be able to save you. Because I know you. You're my brother and you are not what that spell was making you be."

Tommy smiled. "You're amazing, you know that."

"You know what? I do know that but only because you tell me. You make me believe in myself. You make me believe that I can do anything, that I'm worthwhile." Harry took Tommy's hand. "Can you believe the same of yourself? 'Cause I know it's true."

Tommy didn't say anything for a long moment. His gaze traveled to the five Rangers. "He wants me to join them," he quietly told Harry.

"Of course he does," Harry responded, like it was the most natural thing in existence.

"I almost killed them. I could have."

"Yes," Harry agreed. "You could have killed them all but you didn't. You fought her control and now you're free. They want you on their team because you are a true and honorable warrior. You belong there. We all know that."

Tommy didn't say anything. Harry hugged him then took his hand and took a single step towards the Rangers. "We've been the world to each other, Tommy, the only one the other could always count on. You can always count on me, that'll never change, but maybe it's time that number was larger. What do you say? I'm willing to let them in if you are."

"Will you join us Tommy?" Jason asked, offering his hand once again.

Tommy still hesitated, his iris blue eyes locked with Jason's. "You're asking - asking me to join you?" At this, Harry looked to Jason with the same solemn weight behind his gaze.

"Yes," Jason said in all seriousness. "I … we all want you to join us. You're free now and the Power is yours. You are not to blame for any of it, it is your choice where you go from here. I can't tell you what to do, you don't owe us anything, so yes, I'm asking you to join us. I'm asking you, Tommy, to join the team and fight for the side of good, where you so obviously belong. And I'm asking you and Harry to join the Ranger family."

Tommy met Jason's eyes for a long moment, then slowly accepted the offered hand. Harry met Jason's eyes and at his nod he added his hand to theirs.

"Everything will be okay now," Harry breathed. One by one, each of the other Rangers added their hands to the circle. Jason smiled as they welcomed their newest teammate and his brother. Harry already seemed at home with them but Jason knew from the haunted look in Tommy's eyes and the wording of his questions that it wasn't going to be easy but they would convince Tommy he was part of the family.

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Within the Command Centre, Zordon and Alpha watched.

"We're watching history in the making, Alpha," Zordon stated. "The child of prophesy has appeared and is now one of us. He will bring safety and peace."

"Or darkness and destruction," Alpha pointed out. "The prophesy said he would have the power of both."

"But he is choosing us. Have faith, Alpha. There is great goodness within him."

Remembering Tommy saving a child in the middle of a battle, while under an evil spell, Alpha had to agree. "Let us hope he stays true to his goodness. It is too frightening to imagine the power to re-write fate in the hands of evil."

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CHAPTER 12 - FALLING

Tommy sat with his feet dangling over the edge of the cliff, staring at nothing as the sun rose behind him. He was tired, so tired. Tired of hurting, tired of fighting, tired of living. Tired of carrying around the guilt that survival heaped upon him. Trying to sleep last night did nothing to help, the only good news being he was so used to the need to not draw attention to himself that he never called out in his nightmares. Harry slept through them. Tommy finally decided enough was enough and crept out of the apartment, leaving Harry asleep in bed.

He had left a note that, while kinder than the ones he'd left most recently, held even less truth. He'd promised nothing was wrong when everything felt wrong. He'd claimed he slept well and woke early, just left to work out. That he might not be back before Harry left for school but that he was sure he'd see him right afterwards. He'd claimed he'd make a point of talking to the other Rangers at least during lunch, when he had no plans to go to school today let alone talk to people he'd recently tried to kill. He felt guilty over that note too, just less guilty than he would have felt if he'd told the truth.

The sun rose higher, the start of school came and went and still Tommy sat on the cliff's edge.

It was after lunch time that he pulled out his journal and began to write.

Dear Journal,

I don't know what I'm doing. I had nightmares all night, stupid nightmares. I dreamt I was still Rita's, that I didn't hold back at all, that I killed all the Rangers. Then she threw me away. She took my Power Coin and destroyed it, she killed Harry, leaving me alone and powerless. And I just know that's what would have happened. It was another one of those dreams. But what use is a warning dream when it comes after the danger? Or is the danger really in the past just because I joined the Rangers against her? Could Rita still make me that? Or am I like that? Was it just her spell or is the darkness part of me? I don't know what I'm doing, I feel like I'm falling.

Tommy stared at the words he just wrote for a long moment before stuffing the journal almost violently back into his bag. He stared out over the canyons, still sitting on the edge of the cliff, and wondered about falling.

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Scorpina wondered the moon castle long after everyone else settled in for the night, a restlessness she couldn't explain filling her. It finally led her to the throne room.

"I see I'm not the only one unable to sleep tonight," she said as she walked onto the balcony and wrapped her arms around Goldar's waist, laid her head against his back.

"No," he agreed gruffly, his eyes locked on the planet below. "We're not."

Scorpina immediately straightened and looked to see what it was that held her lover's attention so strongly. The answer was immediately obvious. Tommy Oliver, their - well, their enemy now, sat forlornly on the edge of a cliff in those canyons he'd tricked her into taking him that first day. He sat way too close to the edge, looking over the edge like falling might not be so bad. "How long?"

"I have been here three hours. He was there then and he has not moved in that time."

The two warriors shared a long look. Neither one had to speak aloud their worry for that child. "If we're caught…" Scorpina drifted off.

"It is treason," Goldar finished. "We should avoid him outside battle. However …"

"It's our fault. We're the ones that found him, we're the ones that brought him to Rita. He's just a child. A baby."

Goldar smiled at her. "It is simple, my love. We must ensure we are not caught."

They took a moment to ensure that area of the canyons was hidden from power scans, whether they originated with the Power Rangers or from the Moon. Then they teleported down.

Tommy was standing facing them, his back to the cliff edge, before the teleport completed. He watched them warily, his unease sent a thrill of guilt through the two warriors.

"Easy Tommy," Scorpina said. "We're not here to fight. We're not here about the war."

"Rita doesn't know we're here," Goldar put in.

Tommy relaxed his stance slightly. "Why are you here then?"

"You seemed sad, it looked like you could use a friend."

He thought about that a moment then shrugged and sat back down. Scorpina winced at his positioning, it didn't look like you could fit a knife's edge between him and the edge. He wasn't jumping, she didn't think he would actively end his own life. She hoped he wouldn't. But he was welcoming the fall. Even if he didn't fall here, in war death came all too quickly to those that invited it upon themselves.

"We're supposed to be enemies now," Tommy pointed out softly. "The Power Rangers say they're my friends."

"Do you see us as just enemies?" Goldar questioned, sitting a short distance away, and further from the edge. Scorpina sat beside him.

Tommy shrugged but didn't speak. Scorpina asked, "Are the Power Rangers your friends? It's okay if they are," she added when Tommy looked uncomfortable at the question.

Tommy just shrugged again, his royal blue eyes stared out across the canyon. "They're … friendly. Like overly, freakily, too good to be real friendly. I almost killed them all and they act like …" He sighed, shook his head in confusion. "I don't know. It's unreal."

Scorpina smiled at him. "You know what I think they act like?" When he shook his head no, she said, "I think they act like they know you weren't responsible for hurting them. I think they act like they know you were under a powerful control spell and they're alive today because you fought that spell with a strength of will they never imagined possible. I think they act like they respect you."

Goldar agreed. "I think they really want to be your friends, Tommy, and I think you want to be their friend as well." He leaned towards Tommy slightly, said in a conspiratorial tone, "I think, despite how much I wouldn't mind killing them all, that as long as they're good for you Scorpina and I will find ourselves 'outmatched' by them. Can't promise anything from the creations or other warriors though."

"If they hurt you though …" Scorpina added. "If they hurt you then it's open season on Power Rangers."

Tommy smiled at this but said, "I don't need a protector, I can take care of myself."

"We know that. But you're eight years old, Tommy. You shouldn't have to take care of yourself. Let us help you where we can."

Tommy thought on her words a moment then nodded, a small, almost shy smile gracing his lips. The three fell into comfortable silence.

Scorpina broke the silence once again. "Tommy? Could you please move a little further from the edge? If you fell from this height it is questionable if even the Power could protect your life. Even if it did, you would still be hurt."

Tommy moved so he was no closer to the edge than she was. "Don't worry, Scorpina," he said, meeting her eyes with the strength of will that allowed him to fight Rita's strongest control spell, "I'm not falling."

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Goldar drew his sword on a small snake, Tommy reached over and grabbed his wrist. "It's okay," Tommy assured him. He looked at the snake for a moment, the snake seemed to nod and then slithered off.

"You should go now," Tommy said. "Harry's coming."

"What makes you think that?" Scorpina questioned as she and Goldar stood.

Tommy smiled. "He's my brother. We have our ways."

They waited a moment but he added nothing. They teleported off. Almost immediately after they were gone, Harry walked over, Jason a few steps behind him.

"Hey, bro," Jason said as he and Harry sat down not far from Tommy. He'd started calling Tommy that, or was it Tommy who first called him bro, not long after that final battle. No one was sure just how that happened but they were brothers now in all ways that mattered. Harry took it well, didn't seem to think anything of it really, but Jason had a feeling there was more to that than he saw, something the Oliver boys hid from everyone but each other. Jason would bet his life on that, he just couldn't begin to guess what it was they were hiding.

"What are you doing here?" Tommy paused, realizing how rude that could sound. "Not that I mind or anything."

Jason answered, "Harry was worried about you. I tried your communicator but …"

Harry tossed Tommy his forgotten wrist communicator. "I bet it works better if you actually wear it."

"Yeah," Tommy agreed as he put it on. "I'll have to get used to that. Unless you've found someone better," he added, looking to Jason with tea green eyes.

Jason sighed. "Bro, we're not looking for someone else. We don't want anyone else. If we were looking for better fighters, there'd be five of us replaced before it ever got to you anyway."

"I didn't mean a better fighter, I know I'm one of the best there," Tommy put in matter-of-fact. "I meant a better person. Someone that's not evil and …"

"You are not evil!" Jason and Harry exclaimed as one.

"Rita's the evil one," Jason continued. "You are not responsible for her sins. We all like you, Tommy, we want you on the team. Besides, it's not like we can just walk up to someone on the street and say 'we have a spare Power Coin, you wanna be a Power Ranger?'"

"Why not. Isn't that how Zordon did with you guys?"

"That was different."

"How?" When Jason couldn't answer, Tommy nodded. "It's not different."

"What do you want to do then, Tommy?" Jason demanded. "I want you on the team, Kim wants you on the team, Billy, Zack, Trini all want you on the team. Harry supports you being on the team. We all like Harry as well. Zordon and Alpha are beyond pleased to have you on the team. So it's on you, Tommy. What do you want? 'Cause if you really don't want to be here then I'll find someone else for the Power and you can go. I'd still be your friend if you let me, I'd try to protect you if they messed with you. But that's not what I want. I want you on my team. What do you want?"

Tommy looked at him a moment and Jason almost gasped at the pain and guilt hidden in the depths of his azure eyes. "How can you be so sure that's what you want? You don't know me." That much he was sure of. There was no way Jason could know him, Tommy didn't even know himself. He'd called Seetha and his cronies evil for so long, thought of himself as different from them, only locked in the chains of circumstance. But he'd come very close to destroying the world, bringing about pain and death beyond what Seetha's little enterprise could bestow. Maybe he wasn't so different from those others, maybe he just refused to see what it was in him that all these evil beings must be noticing. Why else would Rita have chosen him to be her evil Green Ranger?

Jason hesitated, feeling himself walking a thin line with whatever answer he gave. "I've seen you in action, bro. You've got the guts to handle this, if you'll give yourself half a chance. And you don't have to deal with this alone, bro. Harry, me, the other Rangers, we're all here for you."

Don't have to deal with this alone. The words echoed in his head, so very strange to him. Even Harry being there was pretty new and strange to him. That was frightening enough, but to trust someone else to support him … He couldn't risk that with anyone. Could he? Not alone. His emerald eyes met Jason's and for the first time he felt he might be able to risk it all with someone else. Jason he felt he could trust. It wasn't the same as the immediate connection he had to Harry but … it was the same.

He left the canyons with his brothers, smiling softly to himself, and thought back on what he wrote in his journal earlier. He had been falling and there wasn't a way for him to catch himself. Luckily, there were others able to do so, and more than willing.

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