When Carlie woke up a little while later, she was confused. Her head hurt, and her whole body felt…different. She felt strange and she couldn't focus her vision very well and she was starting to freak out slightly.
Where was Jason? She couldn't figure out where her brother was and she started to worry that maybe something was wrong. He would never leave her for very long, especially after the events of that night.
When she did finally focus her sight, she nearly jumped out of her skin Standing in front of her was a robot, and it was talking to her. "Hello Carlie. How are you feeling?"
She stared at it with wide eyes. "Uh…"
"It is nice to see you awake and seemingly okay."
She slowly lifted her head to see Zordon. She squinted one eye and stared at him. "Who, er-what are you?" she looked around her. "Where am I?" She looked back at Zordon. "Where the Hell is my brother?"
"You are at the command center for the Power Rangers. My name is Zordon and that is Alpha. Jason brought you here after the attack at your house. You were out for many hours with a fever."
She glared at him. "Why would he do that? Why should I believe you?"
"You do not have a choice."
She crossed her arms over her chest. "Fine. If my brother brought me here, where is he?"
"Observe the viewing globe." Zordon said quickly.
She hesitated and then looked around. When she saw the viewing globe, she walked over to it. Suddenly a view of the park appeared in front of her. She saw the Power Rangers and saw that they were fighting a monster. Ever since the school year started, weird monsters and creatures had been attacking the city and every time it happened, she could never find her brother or his friends.
Suddenly every thing started to make sense. The way he always wore red, and his friends always wore the same colors every day. They way she could never find him during a monster attack. The reason he looked so comfortable fighting the creatures in their house.
She turned to face Zordon. "My brother is the Red Ranger, isn't he?"
"Yes. He and his friends were chosen to help save the world from Rita and her monsters."
Carlie was angry. She and Jason told each other virtually everything. This was his biggest secret, and he didn't even tell her. She couldn't believe it. He had lied to her every time she asked where he had disappeared to. Now she wasn't sure ho to act.
"Carlie there is something else we need to discuss before the Rangers return." Zordon told her and she turned to face him. "When those creatures attacked you and Jason, they made some of his power transfer to you."
She looked at herself. "But…is that why I feel different?"
"Yes. You have a decision to make now, just like I gave to the Rangers when they first got their power. You have a choice, Carlie. You can choose to ignore this and go on living your life with your friends and your schoolwork. But we could use your help. You would not go into every fight, but if we needed extra help, but with some training, you could become our secret weapon, and the key to beating this new scheme of Rita's."
"What…?" She started but couldn't finish her thought.
"Alpha has managed to create a new morpher for you. You will have the powers of the red ranger, but instead you will have a different color." he spoke as Alpha came forward with the morpher. "You will be the purple ranger."
She sat down on the reclined bed thing that she had woken up on, and thought about it. She was only sixteen and she was being asked to assist the Power Rangers. So many things were swimming around in her head, and she wasn't sure how to silence them. She still could not believe that her brother had lied to her.
She stood and sighed. "Zordon…?" She nodded when she was sure she had said his name right. "I'll do it."