(I keep on forgetting to put a disclaimer! lol. I don't own Power Rangers or anything like that, or the designs I base some of my characters after. I do, however, own the characters that I made up.)

... Year 2394 ...

A man by the name of Odeon had escorted to a place outside of Ronso territory. It was a rocky place, and seemed devoid of life. It seemed that the sun hide from the place, and every step Yulen felt like the life was slipping from her. The rocks surround her from every side. The gray plainness felt like it was trying to suffocate the life out of her. She was in a box canyon.

Finally, they reached an encampment. It was a small place, covered in tents. There were a few guards in front of it, who held rifles distractedly. However, when they approached, their guns snapped up with the familiarity they had no doubt learned in combat. Odeon nodded to them, and they dropped their weapons wordlessly.

There were all sorts of different mutants, ranging in height and size and appearance. Yulen felt excitement, soon she would see her father! Her blade hung loosely from her side, but it did not escape the notice of some of the mutants surrounding her. They whispered to each other and tried not to show their apprehension.

Yulen was covered in black clothing. She wore a black t-shirt, covered by a black vest which went up to her neck when zippered up. She wore loose black pants and black shoes. Even her bag was black. It was to keep her warm in the Ronso forests during the cool of the day. It proved to useful here, as the rocks didn't seem to help keep the warmth around. Yulen suppressed a shiver as she was led to her father's tent.

"Father!" Yulen cried when she saw him. He looked like he did before, however, three large spikes were attached to a shoulder guard similar to her own on his left shoulder. A woman sat beside him, cradling a small baby. She paid no mind to Yulen, and instead took care of her child as Yulen hugged her father. "It's very good to see you again! But tell me, why did you wait this long to send for me?" Yulen asked.

She shows her age, Ransik thought, hiding a frown. She speaks so differently now. "It was never the right time." He said simply. He motioned for her to sit in front of him on a pillow, and she did. She kneeled down on the pillow, while he sat cross-legged. She sits like Ronso's do, he said, smothering a smirk.

"So... what have been doing since I last saw you?" She asked.

"I've taken command of the Mutant Resistance." He said slowly. He saw her frown slightly. "... Also, I've remarried." He motioned towards the woman with the baby. "This is Marla, and my daughter, your half-sister, Nadira." He said.

Yulen was taken aback. She had partially expected him to take command. She had suspected it was Amrid and Sorin's goal to convince Ransik to take charge of the resistance. But she hadn't expected her father to remarry and have a child!

"Um... nice to meet you... Marla." Yulen said, stammering.

"Nice to meet you too, Yulen. Your father has said some wonderful things about you." Marla said. Yulen could detect venom and malice from her, aimed at Yulen, but her father didn't seem to notice.

"Marla... if you could give us a moment..." Ransik asked.

"Of course." Marla stood, looked down at Yulen in almost disgust, and then left from the side of the tent.

"She's a nice woman, I hope you'll give her a chance." Ransik said, completely oblivious to what had just taken place. "But I need you for something Yulen."

"What for?" Yulen asked.

"Yulen... Time Force has a weapon... one of the first morpher's ever created. It can give a person weapons and armour just by the push of the button. They can't use it though, they aren't powerful enough. I believe you are the only person who can. I need you to steal it, so we can use it against them." He said.

"Steal?... Wait, use it against them? You haven't even asked me if I wanted to join your resistance? I have no reason to fight against my own kind." Yulen said.

"YOUR OWN KIND?!" He roared. He stood and started to pace angrily. "They have deserted you, Yulen. They let your mother die! They could've saved her, but they only saw that she was the wife of a mutant, Yulen. They hate me, and they'll probably hate you too."

Yulen stood. "Father, they hate you because you try to hurt them. They have no reason to hate me." She said, calmly.

"Wrong." He said, pointing his finger into her chest. "Wrong, wrong, wrong. They'll hate you, Yulen because you are a mutant. They don't need any other reason!" He said, spinning and turning his back to her.

Yulen felt bad for making her father angry. "Father, I will get this 'morpher' thing, but I won't guarantee that I will join your resistance."

He turned around and looked relieved. "Good, good. The rest will come later. I've asked Odeon, the man who brought you here, to help you on the mission. You leave in three days, so get ready." He said, pushing her out of the tent.

Okay... she thought. That was weird. Odeon stood outside of the tent, waiting for her. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah." She said and followed him into his tent.

... Three Days Later ...

"Don't forget," Odeon said to Yulen. "If we get caught, surrender and plea guilty. They will send you to jail, but it won't be for too long. They might take pity on you because you're a kid."

Right, Yulen thought. Odeon had gone and distracted the guard, who turned out to be a 14 year old intern. According to a stolen map, the morpher would be at the end of a long, unadorned corridor. It was protected by a security system that was heat activated, but Odeon had long turned it off. Yulen crept down the corridor and saw the morpher.

It was a small grey box. It had the symbol of Time Force, an arrow within a circle, on top. There was an armband along the bottom. She could see one had to open the box to activate it. Yulen reached for it, hesitated, then grabbed it. She shoved it on her left wrist.

-Hey! Who are you?- A female voice in her mind asked.

-What?! Who are you?- Yulen asked, looking around.

-I'm the morpher, idiot! You aren't Time Force, are you?-

-Uh, no. I'm a mutant - human hybrid. I'm stealing you.-

-You're smart for telling me. I could've contacted Central and told them about you. But they've already found out. You lose.- The voice sneered.

-What?!- Yulen cried, and then started to run down the corridor.

-But... I feel like sticking around for a while, so...- Suddenly the morpher disappeared. -I'm just gonna hide for now. Don't worry kid, I'm still with you, I'm just invisible. By the way, I'm the morpher's AI unit. I'm called Cordelia.-

-Uh... I'm Yulen.- Yulen said.

"FREEZE!" A guard called. He held out a gun, pointed towards her. Yulen stopped running and put her hands up. "Where is the morpher?" He barked.

"Uh... uh..." Yulen stammered

-Tell them it wasn't there!- Cordelia cried.

"It wasn't there! I was gonna take it, but I couldn't find it anywhere! You guys lost your own morpher? You suck." Yulen said, putting her hands on her hips.

-Sheesh- Cordelia said, sighing.

"WHAT?!" He cried. A few other people came in. They were all in their white uniforms, so Yulen knew they were Time Force officers, too.

"She says the morpher wasn't there when she went to steal it! She said-" The guard said, but was cut off.

"You're under arrest, child, for break and enter and for attempted theft. You have the right to remain silent. You.." The other man went through her rights, while a female guard patted her down.

"Do you have any ID, kid?" The girl asked.

"Uh... What's ID?" Yulen asked, sheepishly.

-What, were you born yesterday or something?- Cordelia demanded

-I was born in Reinx... I guess they don't have ID there...- Yulen replied, shyly.

-That makes sense... I think.- Cordelia stated as Yulen was led down the hall into what Yulen could only guess was an interrogation room.

"Please state your name," A burly looking man asked her.

"Yulen, daughter of Ransik." She said.

"Ransik?!..." He cried, then ran out of the room. He returned a few minutes later, with a screen. He set it up, and then nodded to a mirror behind the table. The screen switched on, and her father's face filled the screen.

"Father!" Yulen cried. An angry look crossed his face.

-Ransik is your father? Wait... something smells fishy, Yulen. Watch out!- Cordelia warned.

"Ransik, do you know this child?" The man asked, pointing to Yulen.

Ransik took one look at her and replied, "I don't know her at all."

"What?" Yulen said, trying to hold back tears. This wasn't happening. Her father couldn't be disowning her... could he? She thought.

-I'm sorry Yulen. He's known for doing that to people who get caught.- Cordelia said sadly.

The man turned off the screen. Another person ran in, whispered to him, and then motioned to the window. Yulen was curious. She flicked on her Byakugan for a moment, and saw that in the room there were people manning a computer and others just looking into the room. The screen in her room, however, flickered to life and it was filled with the face of a Ronso elder from her village.

"Elder Uros, you say you know this child?" The burly man asked as the person with the message left the room.

"Yes, she is a Ronso citizen. Her name is... Yulen, daughter of none."

... Three Weeks Later ...

"Yulen, daughter of none, how do you plea?" The judge asked.

"Um... guilty, sir, I mean, your honour." Yulen replied. She heard snickering in the background, but she paid no mind to it. The past three weeks had been hard. She hadn't seen her father, or anyone else, for that matter. The only company she had had was the morpher AI. Her lawyer, Mr. Jenkins, was obviously upset about having to defend her. He hardly disagreed with her idea to plea guilty and didn't seem to want to work on a plea bargain or anything.

Actually, it was untrue that she didn't have any guests. The intern that she and Odeon had tricked, Jen Scotts, came to visit her twice. Yulen discovered that Jen could be a venomous little girl. Jen had been, of course, fired from her job. However, they had gone so far as accuse her of stealing the morpher and even had a search warrant to search her entire house. Yulen felt a little bad for her. Jen came to complain to Yulen. Yulen was curious as to why she thought that Yulen even wanted to be around her, but she figured that she was just trying to make Yulen guilty.

"Very well. I hereby sentence you to two years of prison in Female Penitentiary, number 2." The judge smacked his gavel twice. The bailiff then called for the next criminals, while Yulen was led out.

-Number two?... Uh oh, Yulen, that's a Women's prison. There are going to be adults. It isn't a youth prison.-

-And that's bad why?-

-Some of the prisoners there are notorious for beating up inmates.-

-Oh, is that it? Don't worry Cordelia, I have some super duper strength up my sleeve.- Yulen said as she was being led out of the room.

... Female Penitentiary #2, one year later ...

One year to go, Yulen thought as she crossed off another day on her calendar. For the past year, she had lived in the prison. She had gotten into fights with some of the other inmates(so far as to give someone a broken jaw) but she had never instigated any of the incidents, so she was still okay. She had almost gotten her Bachelor of Science, too. All the other adults were surprised to see how fast she learned. And the rest of the time she spent working out. She didn't want to lose a single piece of muscle while in prison.

She had decided early on that after she got out, she was going to return to Reinx and somehow, someway, get herself into the Ronso Guard. She had, however, never figured out what to do with the morpher.

-I'm sure some sort of opportunity will present itself.- Cordelia said, brushing it off. Cordelia had been a big help to her over the past year. Acting almost as a surrogate mother, she had kept Yulen out of much trouble. For some reason, Cordelia didn't seem to mind keeping Yulen company. Yulen was grateful for it, as none of the other adults seemed to want to have anything to do with her.

Yulen's cell was small, but very high. There was a small bed in the left corner, along with a sink, mirror and toilet in the other corner. There were two boxes under Yulen's bed meant for keeping knick knacks and clothes. Of course, Yulen's outfits weren't varied often, it was just a simple orange jumpsuit with a white t-shirt underneath.

Yulen had spent the past year trying to keep busy, but sometimes she felt as though time was passing by slowly. She was now starting to understand why some of the other inmates walked around with dead expressions. There was nothing for them to do now, with some of them being here for over five years. She had heard them tell their horror stories of murder, theft, assault and others. Yulen, however, for the most part, had kept to herself. She busied herself with training and school. However, she did have two hours during the day where she just sat in her cell. The small window was too high for her to see out of without jumping up and holding on the bars. So she did. Sometimes she would do that for ten or fifteen minutes at a time. She would watch the cars that came in and out of the building. Other times she would sit on the bed and look at the ceiling for hours on end. She was getting bored.

She did have one visitor from time to time, however. None other then Jen Scotts. At first Jen seemed to be very friendly with Yulen. However, over time, Jen became bitter over losing her job. Once she came with some guy named Alex, who happened to be the son of the infamous Alex who would come and visit her father. It turned out that the son of Alex was two years older then Jen. That was when Jen was at her worst.

Alex II had visited Yulen once alone. He explained that he too was working at Time Force as an intern. He also clearly explained how much he hated Yulen for taking Jen's job.

"What, are you her boyfriend or something?" Yulen asked angrily.

"No!" He said shyly. "But she might be some day..." Yulen was always perturbed by other humans. They seemed to be so shy about getting romantically involved with others. Though, she wasn't one to talk. She had never fallen in love with anyone, so she didn't quite get why it was such a big deal.

One time Jen broke down and started to cry. Of course, this was when she had come alone.

"It's not fair! I lost my job! I'll never get in Time Force now! It would take a miracle!" She said between tears.

Yulen could say nothing. It wasn't fair at all. "Aren't you happy I'm jail? I'm paying for your mistake too you know!" Yulen cried.

Jen's tear stained face looked at her. "I don't blame you. I blame your stupid leader. Who would send a fourteen-year-old kid to jail? Not me."

Yulen was taken aback by her answer. She was quite surprised to hear that. The time before, Jen had gone nuts and started yelling at Yulen, blaming her for losing her job, her reputation and everything else under the sun. "So why did you say those things the last time you came?" Yulen asked quietly.

"I don't know, Yulen. I guess I had a bad day..."

"So, one week you come here and yell at me, and then the next, you're sobbing!Here's what I want to know: Why do you come and talk to me?" Yulen demanded. Jen never answered. After a while, Jen left and didn't come back.

-You shot her down pretty well. You should be happy someone's coming to see you!- Cordelia snapped.

One more year left, she thought. Just one more year.

... One year later ...

Yulen walked out of the jail. She was free, no conditions, no strings, no nothing. She was so happy to be finally free of the jail. She could return to the Ronsos. As she had found out, they were welcoming her return. She was back in her old clothes, instead of the jumpsuit, and was trying to find the quickest way to Reinx.

"Hey, didn't think I'd see you again." Someone called out. Yulen turned around. It was Odeon! Standing beside him was Jen. Yulen wasn't so sure wether she was happy to see either of them, but it was better then just being left to wander.

"It's good to see you again." Jen said shyly.

"It's good to see some familiar faces." Yulen said. It was the best thing she could think to say.

"Come on, let's take a walk." Odeon said, smiling.

... Present Day, Year 3000 ...

"I always love talking about old tales." Yulen said, laughing. Not much had changed in four years. She had become one of the most decorated members of the Ronso guard. Attached to the buckle that held her shoulder guard was the symbol of the guard: The steel face of a dog with a ring in it's nose. It was Yulen's pride and joy, other then the spirit sword, of course.

"Yours are always the longest." Odeon grumbled.

"Yeah I guess. I think we should stop dawdling and get moving."

"I suppose so." Odeon said, standing up straight from the rock he was leaning on. Yulen jumped off hers. "Where do you wanna go?" He asked, preparing to teleport. Their plan was to keep the Ronsos out of trouble for hiding them. Instead of Time Force coming and demanding their return, they were going to go to them.

"I dunno. In a crowd. Should I draw my sword?" Yulen asked, grinning.

"Whatever. I don't really care. They'll probably recognize us anyway." He said, sighing. "Do you think we'll see Jen?"

"Knowing our luck, probably. It's good though! I haven't seen her in four years, ever since I got out of jail!" Yulen said, waving it off.

"Fine. Let's just do this!" Odeon said, smiling. He grasped Yulen's hand, and they teleported to Human territory.

To be continued...