Plight of the Falcon

by Divinitas Intereo

The Falcon has flown alone in a solitary flight for the last few years of his journey, but when two Cranes decide to enter into his life again, his life will be turned upside down as The Falcon goes on what is sure to be the craziest journey of his life.

4. Act I Pt III (The Call)

This chapter is dedicated to -PinkRangersForever, who likes long chapters. ;)

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Act I Pt III

Scene I

The hours before the morning arrived were always something Wes looked forward to. There had been a time in his life when he'd gone entire months without seeing a sunrise. That time had since ended, but it had taken a number of events, and a connection to a legacy that existed before him, and would exist after him to nudge him to find the ultimate purpose in his life. The cool air of Silver Hills washed over him, the stars were just beginning to fade, and everything around was quiet and peaceful. Again, it wasn't something that his life had always been, but he was happy that even as one of the leaders of the Silver Guardians, he was able to find a sense of peace.

With his back to the door of his house, and being out of uniform, wearing just a red t-shirt along and some pajama pants, he almost wanted to laugh at his current informality. These days he was all about the uniform, and he was extremely proud to wear it. The early hours he would get up at now were in complete contrast to how things used to be before, but he could completely get used to—had gotten used to the idea of waking up to these peaceful moments and spending just a small portion of his day absorbing in the quiet moments before the dawn broke through, and the day proper began.

It wasn't a shock to Wes when he felt two arms sneak in through his own and wrap him in a hug from behind. With her head lying on his back, and the light but close embrace she was giving him, the thought that this might be what heaven was like crossed him mind. "You're up earlier than usual."

Her voice was literally music to his ears. There had been a time when he'd thought he would have to spend the rest of his life without ever hearing it again. A time when he had sent her away to try and save her, only to discover that she would break every rule in the book to come back and save him. Twice. A grin spread across his lips, his hands coming to cover the top of hers, reveling in the feel of her.

"I didn't wake you did I?" Sometimes, when he woke up in the morning, the first thing he would do was turn to the left side of the bed and check if she was honestly still there. Even after 4 years, it still felt like a dream at times. Having her here with him, in a place so foreign to her that even though she was from the same planet, it was still taking some time getting used to was honestly a dream come true. There had been a time when he had thought about compensation for everything that he did, meeting her had been enough. What he had with her now though, he didn't think he could ever do enough to possibly pay back whoever it was that had brought her back to him. As much as he loved Silver Hills, she was his everything.

"No, I was getting up and saw you out here. Thought I'd join you for a little bit, you know, keep on familiarizing myself with the stars around here." That was one of the things he liked best about her. She noticed subtle details like that. It wasn't hard to remember the first time she had completely opened up to him. The night they had finally found their way back to each other had been fantastic, passionate, and slightly reckless. They'd taken each other in the open under the night sky—afterwards she had been looking up at the skies before giving him a view into just how different the world she came from really was. Apparently a thousand years from now, some of the very stars they were currently gazing at wouldn't be around, or would have changed colors to one degree or another.

"What about you though, why are you awake—I've noticed you gone for about the last hour." God, he loved that. Ever since she came back to him, they'd been linked in a way he'd never be able to express or understand. It felt good.

"I dunno, I just got the feeling that something big is going to happen today, I've got this weird excited feeling going on right now." With a little giggle on her part she repositioned herself to where she was standing in front of him, still clutching onto him. Their relationship was in complete contrast to when they'd first met. At first she barely wanted to talk to him—now they found excuses, any would do, to be with each other as much as possible. She was wearing one of his shirts over the pink tank top and shorts she normally wore to bed, it was a crisp morning today. The look gave him a couple of ideas on what he'd like to do with the rest of the morning.

"I didn't know I was engaged to Trip." With a bit of a chuckle on his part, he kissed her forehead and just enjoyed the feeling of her. Eric had once asked what it was like having Jen back, but he wasn't able to express it. It was comparable to dying really. When she had left, although he had been able to live without her, it was like she had taken every color, every sense of luster from the world along with her. Having her back was like introducing color to his world again. Everything was better with her around, and as unlike him as it was, pink had secretly become one of his favorites. Even with four years with her, every day he woke up to her only got better and better for him.

"How about I spend the morning reminding you just exactly who you're engaged to?" The comment caused the sweetest smile to show up on her face. He'd be the first to admit he was absolutely addicted to Jen in every single way. The fact that the sun was rising behind her and now outlined her in an azure light was almost comically romantic and symbolic. She was like the sun to him, one that he could lift and run to their room with.

Reaching up and stealing a kiss from his lips, she pulled back before he could return it, with a receding, "What was my fiancés name again?", whispered as she looked up at him. Without even having to think about it he lifted her up bridal style, with a small squeak coming from her as he did it. No sooner than she was in his arms than did his lips reconnected to hers. She was seriously more than a drug to him. Each kiss incited an even stronger passion, and if he didn't navigate his way to their room again, the floor was about to get a very nice surprise for the morning.

Walking as carefully as he could back to their room, he lowered her onto their bed, the covers were already drawn back, and her fingers were already digging into his hair, grabbing at clusters of it while he lowered them to the bed. God, how it was possible that even after all this time she still felt this good he would never know. All he knew was that the shirt she was wearing was getting in the way, and she tasted too good to bother breaking this kiss for even a moment. Instinct took over, his hands grabbing at the collar of the shirt, and with only a mild amount of effort, he ripped it straight down the middle. The small giggle from Jen in between their kisses only incited them to go father, his lips tracing a line from her jaw, to her neck, her slight breathlessness followed him down. Again, her tank top was getting in his way—he'd buy her new clothes later, right now he just neede—a six toned beep sounded from the phone on his nightstand. You've got to be kidding me.

Considering for a moment to ignore it, it became impossible due to the fact that Jen had reached over and grabbed it for him. Propping himself up on an elbow so he wouldn't have to leave his weight on Jen, he checked his phone—the alert that had came through was a signal to let him know that his phone had just been attached to a secure line and that he was about to receive a call. A slight look of frustration came over his face, but when he looked back at Jen, she had a slightly evil gleam in her eyes. Thinking about that for a second, it didn't take too long after the tone had alerted him than his phone started ringing. Whoever was calling knew his personal procedures pretty well, the six toned beep was to let him know that this was a call that couldn't be ignored no matter what—if the phone had just began ringing, he would have broken it. Picking up the call, he pressed the phone to his ear,

"This is Wes, go ahead." And the evil gleam in Jen's eye came to fruition. No sooner than he had answered his phone did she start her attack. The feather soft kisses she began planting on him, slowly were going to make this conversation a very hard one to pay attention to. It sucked being a Silver Guardian at times—it was only just after 6:00 and he was already getting calls.

"Hey Wes, it's been awhile." The slight jolt of shock that went through his body didn't go unnoticed by his fiancé. She stopped what she was…doing at the moment to look up at him, curiosity in her eyes. He loved the look in her eyes. When she had first shown up, the overconfident thing had been hot for awhile, but there was something to be said about a woman with a look of curiosity in her eyes. Getting up a little better, he checked the number and confirmed where it was coming from. Wow.

"Jason, it's an honor—what's up?" At the name, and after the slight sequence occurring before the call, Jen knew immediately who was calling. The way her eyes widened, along with the look of complete shock on her face made him smile. Oddly enough, in Jen's time Ranger history was something that everyone in the future took as a big deal—and although any Ranger from this time was looked up to and respected, she had remarked to him after he had detailed the exploits of his moon mission with Jason—while a little start struck, that meeting the original leader of the Power Rangers here on earth was something comparable to meeting Abraham Lincoln, or oddly enough, U2. She had a thing for U2.

Putting the phone on speaker so Jen could listen in she almost squealed when his voice came back through the line. Fan girl Jen was hot.

"I'm not calling at a bad time am I?" The unadulterated and unabashed headshaking of his dear lover almost made him laugh.

"Not at all, just a little surprised by your call is all. Is there something I can do for you?"

"Actually, yeah there is. Are you and your team doing anything about a month from now?"

Jen's eyes were practically bulging out of her head, as she again shook her head no. He wasn't actually sure what the schedule for he and the others of the Time Force crew was a month from now, but apparently if he didn't say they were free, he was going to be in bed with a very upset Jen—and he knew from her excitement that this call could make her either very happy with him, or very, EXTREMELY agitated with him. So:

"No, nothing at all, what's up?"

"Oh that's great to hear. Earlier this morning, Trini—my girlfriend and the original Yellow, found out that two of our friends, Katherine Hilliard and Kimberly Hart, were going to be moving back into the general area. While we were talking, we discussed getting our team all in the same room for a get together. Well, that got us thinking that if we did that, Tommy's new team, the Dino Thunder team, would be cool to meet. From there we progressed to thinking that it would be awesome to meet every team that came after us—you know, a way of honoring our mentor Zordon by gathering every team who's joined the legacy he left behind for earth. Anyways, right now a couple of us are going around and getting in touch with the various teams that exist and extending an invitation to join us for what we'd like to be a three day event. A venue hasn't been chosen for it, but as soon as everything is set in stone we'll be letting everyone know. Is this something that you and your team would be interested in doing?"

Jen wasn't the only one start struck now. Although when the names of Katherine Hilliard and Kimberly Hart had come through the line, he had sworn that her eyes were going to pop out of her sockets. If he remembered correctly, those were the names of two of the first Pink Rangers. Normally, being overwhelmed at the thought of something didn't really happen to him, but the thought of meeting the people who were universally known as "Zordon's Chosen", as Jen had told him once, was a little daunting. He had been around two of them for the whole moon mission—and he had to admit that it had been hard not to glare at Jason, and if he wanted to be completely honest, he'd almost broken out in nervous sweat the first time he had met Tommy. If there was a name that was whispered with just a bit more reverence than any other ranger in history—it was his.

Before he couldn't even bring himself to answer, Jen practically blurted out,

"Yes! That would be so amazing, you can consider us there, and it'd be so amazing to meet all of you!"

"Oh okay, that's awesome. But I'm pretty sure this isn't Wes, mind of I ask who it is?"

Apparently, the thought that she would actually have to have a small conversation hadn't occurred to Jen.

"You guys still on the line?" Before Wes could answer again, Jen found her voice again.

"Yes! Uhh, I mean, yeah we're still here, sorry about that. My name is Officer Jen Scotts, Time Force Pink, it's a pleasure to meet you sir!" Oh man, she was on the edge of hysterics. He had rarely, if ever, heard Jen of all people stutter.

"Oh, right, I remember Wes mentioning you before we left the Nasada base. It's a pleasure to meet you too. Kim and Kat will be excited to meet another pink—they're kind of put out by the fact that Trini has two Yellows to kick it with, while they only have each other. Then again, the fact that they've been living with each other for the past two years has got to have been interesting. I've never seen their apartment, but from what I remember of the way they used to dress, I wouldn't be surprised to find the entire thing was pink."

"Yes sir, I'm sure it'd be pink too sir."

A little chuckle followed from the other side of the line as Jason responded with, "Just Jason, please. Sir makes me feel older than I actually am and the way things are heading, I'd rather not have to deal with midlife crises at 26."

The blush on Jen's cheeks was classic. She was actually embarrassed, nervous, and shy—and all this was just over hearing his voice over the phone! Oh he was so down for this, if for nothing else just so he could see the reaction Jen would have to meeting all of "Zordons' Chosen"

"Of course…Jason." This was going to be too much fun.

"Okay great. Well, I'll let the two of you get back to your morning; there are a lot of people to call. Do you mind doing us the favor and notifying your entire team on our behalf? Although we'd love to extend a personal invitation to every Ranger, there just wouldn't be enough time, and Trini and myself have already taken today off just so we can get a start on getting in touch with all the various teams that exist."

Deciding he'd better take over before Jen got on some trip about being sent on a quest by one of Zordon's Chosen, he spoke up.

"Yeah Jason, we'd have no problem doing that. Thanks for the invitation, and we can't wait to see you and the others there."

"Alright guys, be seeing you soon, and may the power protect you."

"Same to you." Hanging up the phone Wes turned to look at Jen who was just sitting there staring at the phone with a look of pure awe on her face. He could hear it in her head right now, 'I just talked to Jason…' on repeat. With a slight chuckle, he walked behind her and wrapped both of his arms around her waist, laying a quick kiss on her neck.

"So, not that that's over with, how about we ge—"

"We've got to tell everybody!" And with that excited squeal she ran out the room, torn shirt, short shorts, and pink tank top with the makings of being ripped off on, most likely heading for the nearest Ranger—which just so happened to be Eric. Walking out of his room to follow her, he caught her turning from the kitchen to the side of the house that belonged to Eric. They had been rooming together every since the silver guardians had been passed down to Wes, and they hadn't ever seen a reason to stop even after Jen and himself had gotten engaged. It was a comfortable arrangement having the two of them in the same place since the Silver Guardians knew exactly where to find them if they ever needed them.

With a slight jog, he caught up to Jen, just as she was bursting into Eric's room, most likely giving him a—

"WHAT THE HELL JEN!"

"OH MY GOD!"

"SHUT THE DOOR!" Unable to stop looking in time, Wes was now privy to Eric and Taylor. Bare. Ass. Nude. It was a bit of a shock to his system looking in that the only thing that even came to mind was,

"OH NO ERIC THE ACROBAT, YOU BASTARD!" And then all he could do from there was burst out laughing having caught his roommate, best friend, and partner in one of the sexual positions they'd once seen in a porn back in school and both swore they'd try one day. He didn't stay laughing for long though, as Eric had jumped up almost as soon as the door had been opened, sliding Taylor off to the side, and had slammed the door in their faces. No matter though, Wes couldn't stop laughing.

"Oh my God Eric, I'm SO sorry!" Jen was making fast with the apologies, while glaring at him. He was sure the laughing wasn't helping the situation, but still; this was just too much.

"Have you ever heard of knocking? I don't know how they do things in the future, but here in 2005, it's a great way to let someone know you're about to invade their personal space!" Through all the talking, Wes had finally stopped laughing, and could hear the two of them shuffling around on the inside, most likely getting dressed.

"You're such a damned pervert Wes!" That had come from Taylor, and he could only let out a small shrug as Taylor and Eric walked out of the room, looking a bit more disgruntled than either one of them were used to. Eric was some faded blue jeans and shoving a shirt over his head, while Taylor was sporting a yellow shirt with snoopy pajama pants. Needless to say, her hair was messy.

"I thought you two were broken up at the moment?" That earned them both icy looks as both Eric and Taylor were walking out of the room and towards the kitchen. Sharing a smirk with Jen, Wes followed the other couple. Oddly enough, this wasn't as awkward as it should be. For any other grouping of people, this would probably be a big moment for blushes and stammering, but living under the same roof—or almost in Taylors case, for the past four years, they'd caught each other a couple of times, either through forgetfulness, or due to pure and simple raw passion. It'd led to a couple of comedic situations most of the time…and new living room furniture on one particular embarrassing night for he and Jen.

"It's a long story. Care to explain why the two of you came barging into my room this early in the morning? Its Wes day to captain the day crew today and I didn't have to be out and about for another 3 hours." Wes could understand the look of agitation on his face. Blue balls were a bitch.

"Yeah, I'd like to know that too, I thought after the whole living room fiasco that we'd all agreed on the knocking policy in this house." Fiery as ever, Wes knew that Taylor enjoyed ribbing at he and Jen for having caught them in that particularly awkward…position, and so it was with a slight smirk on her face this time that she was grabbing four glasses from the counter while dragging out the orange juice. Temperamental though she may be, Taylor was also extremely sweet at times.

"It's actually my fault," Accepting a glass from Eric, who had poured the juice for them, she sat down on one of the barstools that sat in front of the island style table that they had in their kitchen. Taking a quick sip from her juice, she continued on.

"See, while Wes and I were in the room, he gotacallfromJASONTHEORIGINAL RED!" Wes couldn't help but wince. She had started off so great, but as soon as the excitement she had momentarily lost over the incident just now had come back to her while speaking, she basically blurted everything out in one go.

"Say again Jen?" The other couple had confused looks on their faces, their own glasses stuck in their hands while they glimpsed a side of Jen that they had most likely never seen before. After taking a deep breath his sweet, fan girl baby gave it another shot.

"Jason, the Original Red, just called Wes." And with that Eric's attention was on full alert. Although he didn't like to admit it, and as much as he tried not to act like it, when they had been on that Red ranger team up mission, he had been hanging off of every word Jason had been saying. The respect that Eric held for the original Red Ranger was something that always managed to impress Wes, since it took a lot for anyone to impress him, or gain his respect in general. He was a hard individual. Taylor's response was completely out of character for her though.

"Oh god, what did he say!" She near on squealed out, and would have dropped her glass if Eric hadn't put his hand out to catch it. Apparently he had an amazing story about how they had met Brad Pitt once while in L.A on a vacation with on another a few years back. Seeing it first hand was weird.

"Apparently he and the others of Zordon's Chosen are arranging a massive get together of nothing but Rangers about a month from now, and he was calling to invite the Time Force Rangers!" And Jen was on cloud nine as both she and Taylor both went fan girl over the prospects.

"Do you think the original Yellow is going to be there? I'd love a chance to meet her!"

"Apparently she and Jason are an item—he also let on that Katherine Hilliard and Kimberly Hart were going to be there, and are basically the reason that this entire event is being put on since they're moving back to California."

"Huh, I guess we aren't the only two Ranger couples in the universe." The look on their faces was classic. Sharing a look with Eric, they both rolled their eyes at this entire conversation. Leave it to the girls. Not to mention that this was completely out of character for both of them, but then again the only thing that was going through his mind were the prospects of seeing all the other Red Rangers again, and the ones that had joined the legacy since Cole. It was something else being in a room with people who really understood every word you were saying.

"Did Jason say why they're doing this—outside of the two Rangers moving back?"

"Well, it had something to do with them honoring their mentor Zordon. Apparently they want to gather everyone who has been a ranger here to celebrate and pay homage to Zordon. Initially they had said that it was just going to be the group that had been chosen by Zordon, but then they thought it would be a cool idea for all of us to finally meet." The exchange between himself and Eric had both of them feeling excited.

"Speaking of Legacy, I heard that Tommy had created a team of his own, that team that popped up in Reefside last year." Taylor's head popped up at that.

"He created his own team? How in the hell do you create your own team? I thought he was just a bad ass ranger."

"Well, I guess there's a reason why he's known as the greatest ranger of all time." The look on Jen's face was beyond impressed.

"Yeah, well, he did create the Reefside Rangers. I had the chance to talk to Carter a few months back, and he passed on that T.J had told him that Tommy had created the Dino Thunder team to handle that whole Mesagog situation that had popped up around there. You know, I'm really happy that Silver Hills isn't as close to Angel Grove as Mariner Bay and Reefside. It seems like anything within an hour or two times to Angel Grove is target to constant monster attacks."

Eric looked up in complete agreement. As much as they loved being the Silver Guardians, it was nice to know that imminent death was no longer guaranteed to be every day if they weren't careful.

"Honestly Wes, I've never been able to see how Tommy and Andros do it. From what I understood, it was the two of them that had been on constant vigilance and it was because of them that we had enough warning to be able to fend off Serpentera before it became a major problem." Wes nodded his head in agreement.

"I completely get where you're coming from. I was a Ranger for all of maybe a year actively—and for some of that time Alex took over. When I think about Tommy though, it's kind of crazy. After the Serpentera fiasco when we went out for drinks and you were hanging out with T.J, Leo, Carter, I had the chance to sit down with Jason and Andros. They're the ones who let me onto the fact that he'd not only been a Red twice—because you know he was the original Turbo Red before T.J, but that he'd also been the original Green and White." It was an impressive resume to say the least, since everyone in this room had served with at least two of those colors.

"What I find the craziest thing is that Taylor was a Ranger alongside three people who've worn the colors Tommy has." It was no small feat—and Eric being impressed was always something.

"Man, I couldn't imagine dating a guy like that. I mean, sure he's a legend and everything, but after everything that we went through with Master Org, and watching Merrick and Princess Shayla's whirlwind romance—just the idea of dealing with a person who was constantly involved in the fight; the worry that had to come every time he morphed. Wondering if this would be the mission that he wouldn't come back from." The slight shudder Taylor gave at that thought caused a look to cross Eric's face. Although it had been for a good reason, it had never really sat well with Taylor that Eric had gone on the Red Ranger mission. He'd even caught a little hell from Jen about that entire ordeal. With the fact that Aurico and Leo had both almost died during that, it had made them worry more than they should have had to.

"Well, if I'm right, that's the thing about Tommy. Apparently he hasn't had any kind of relationship since he was dating one of the other Rangers back when Red was his thing." Wow, ranger gossiping was not something he normally did, but the originals were always a topic of interest whenever they were brought up. One of the main things was the fact that they were the most mysterious about all of the Rangers. If other Rangers who had personally known them hadn't told other Rangers about them, their identities would still be unknown. Apparently one of the oaths that Zordon had implemented on them had been an oath of secrecy. If he thought about it, they were probably the most selfless Rangers out of the entire legacy.

"So, do you guys think that they're going to call my team too?"

"From what Jason said, it looks like they're going to be gathering every team, although I don't know who he's going to be calling from your team."With that Taylor had a small, but worried look on her face.

"With our luck, he's most likely going to call Cole."

"Something wrong with calling Cole?"

"Come on Jen, you've fought alongside him before. He was a great Ranger, and a good leader—but he's kind of got some weird priorities. He may take the call and everything, and then be right back to the next lost pigeon he finds walking across the part." At that comment, Wes and Eric had problems keeping a straight face; along with having to hold back a bit of a laugh.

"What?"

"I don't think that's going to happen Taylor."

"Wes, I was on a team with the guy for awhile."

"Yes, I'm sure you were babe, but you didn't see Cole when he met Jason and Tommy—I think he about wet himself with his excitement." At the last, neither Eric nor Wes could hold in their laughter. It wasn't that they didn't like Cole or anything; he was just a bit out there.

"Huh, I never would have taken Cole for a fanboy."

Looking around the table, they shared a look.

"Maybe you should get in touch with Cole soon though, just to make sure that he doesn't—"

"Yeah, gotcha Jen. I'll be sure to call the shelter he works at and let him know."

Act I Pt III

Scene II

"So, how is it actually living with Carter?"

Dana couldn't do anything but smile as she looked back over from the kitchen in the apartment that Carter and her shared. Although Apartment was a very loose definition for it; the thing was massive! Either way, it was crazy to think of anyone from the team as a solidified couple other than Joel, who was happily enjoying his days as a married man. It sucked that it'd been a good while since she had seen any of her fellow Rangers—there was always something to do, and some new challenge to conquer. Ever since she had left the team, the only Rangers she had managed to keep in some contact with were Dana and Chad; even that was kind of short at times though.

"Seriously though Dana, back when we were on the Ranger team, he was always so by the book that it's hard to imagine him any other way. How does he romance you, by reading you regulations on the Fire Station?" With that Dana couldn't help but laugh. Kelsey smiled. It was really great of her to have her over, and the moment she had gotten here it had been like no time at all had passed at all.

"It's not like that Kelsey; Carter really is a sweet guy when it comes down to it. Back then though, he was just so concerned with defending the city, and with everything that had been going down around that time, he was always pressuring himself to be the leader that all of us deserved." As she said it, Kelsey could only imagine the weight that had been on Carters shoulders—especially with a Ranger like herself on the team. She had always been a slightly reckless person, which had caused troubles on the team more often than not. Watching Dana now as she was getting together a light breakfast composed mostly of fruits, cheeses, and organics she could completely see why the woman had once been a model. Miss Health kept her looks by sticking to the nutritional book. Personally, Physical activity rocked.

"I can see that. How has it been though?" Dana smiled a beaming smile.

"It's been great. I mean, aside from the fact that we both work crazy schedules due to the whole Doctor dating a Fireman thing, it's nice being with someone who can understand the demands of a life like that. Not to mention the fact that we're both used to these whacky schedules and having to be called away at times due to our more colorful days." At that, Kelsey could only smile. She had noticed the connection the two were developing back when they had been Rangers together. She was just surprised it had taken so long before the two of them had decided to make an even bigger commitment. The shiny new diamond ring on Dana's finger protested just how big a commitment it was. Moving into the same apartment had taken three years of dating, and only after Carter had gotten back from some super secret mission that had something to do with the moon. She'd never really gotten the full details behind that.

"So where is Mr. Fireman right now?"

"Out with Ryan, and believe me, that is a weird friendship to watch." That was completely understandable.

"How is that by the way—the relationship with Ryan?"

Walking over from the kitchen and setting the plate she had prepared down on their coffee table in front of the T.V they had, Dana paced a bit before sitting down, and propping for Kelsey to join her. Although she preferred activity to inactivity, she'd make a concession. Sitting down across from Dana on the single, she motioned for her to continue.

"Even after all this time, it's still weird Kelsey. I mean, we've had time to get to know one another and everything nowadays, but whenever I reminisce about a childhood memory, or talk about the things dad and I used to do with one another—it just feels so awkward knowing that his childhood was almost nonexistent." And that was the most interesting brother sister relationship she had ever seen.

"I mean, Carter told me about this other Red Ranger—the Red Space Ranger Andros actually," Kelsey nodded at the name. There weren't many people anywhere who didn't know the legendary Space Rangers, especially their Leader and 2nd in Command, Andros and T.J. T.J was basically the face of every Ranger team to come before him, and Andros was kind of an unforgettable face. Not to mention the fact that they were the first Rangers ever to reveal their identities to the public. Before that, and even still, the people who had been Rangers before them were complete mysteries.

"Anyways, apparently Andros had a younger sister named Karone who had been kidnapped when they were just children. It left him with some serious issues, but what sucked even more was the fact that when they both grew up, Karone became the sworn enemy of the Power Rangers, she had been brain washed into becoming Astronema. They fought each other for so long before Andros found out and saved her, but still. After her stint as Astronema though, Karone became the Pink Lost Galaxy Ranger."

"I thought that was Kendrix?" She was sure the woman's name had been Kendrix.

"Oh yeah, when they came to help us out, it was Kendrix, from what I hear it's a long story. Basically Kendrix died saving Cassie from something called a psycho ranger. Karone replaced her on the team until the end of the Lost Galaxy Ranger's mission, and at the end of it all, they did something or another on Mirinoi that caused a lot of the inhabitants of that planet to come back, along with Kendrix." She couldn't help the look of confusion on her face.

"I know Kelsey, sometimes I think out team, even with what we dealt with, may have been the simplest one." They both shared a nod at that.

"It would be nice to meet Karone and Andros, although I have no idea how that would even work out. From what I know Andros is still active from time to time, and Karone lives with him on that ship of theirs. Who knows how often the two of them even come to earth." Kelsey could see why Dana would want to meet the two of them. It seemed like their story could relate a lot to what her and Ryan were going through. A slight shudder passed through her at just the thought of all of that stuff. Space and fighting siblings. Their team really did have it lucky.

"Who knows Dana, maybe one day you'll get your chance." No sooner than she had said that, did the house phone ring. A six chimed bell sounded before the ringing happened, which caused Kelsey to look at the phone oddly. Sparing a glance at Dana, she could see her friend was lost in thought, not to mention she was closer to the phone anyways. Getting up, she walked over and pressed the talk button.

"Hello, this is the Greyson- Mitchell Residence, this is Kelsey speaking, how can I help you?"

"Oh, hi. My name is Trini Kwan, and I'm looking for Carter Greyson, is he currently in at the moment?"

"I'm sorry, Carter is actually out right now, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Oh, that's a bummer…wait, did you say your name was Kelsey?"

"Umm Yes, yes I did." She gave the phone a weird look. People still said bummer?

"As in Kelsey Winslow?"

"Yes…that's me. Excuse me, but would you mind if I ask who's calling again?" By this time, Dana had caught on to the fact that the phone call wasn't the run of the mill phone call and had walked over. Motioning for Kelsey to place the phone on speaker, she spoke up.

"Hello, this is Dana Mitchell—would you mind telling us what this call is in regards to Ms…?"

"Oh, I'm sorry; I was just kind of surprised there for a moment. Trini, my name is Trini Kwan. I was Earths Original Yellow Ranger—the one from Angel Grove."

The feeling of a vacuum closing around them occurred as both Dana and she stared at the phone.

"Come again?" Kelsey could only stare at the phone as Dana asked for confirmation of what they had just heard. With what sounded like a little laugh, the woman on the other end of the line responded.

"My name is Trini Kwan, and I was Earths first Yellow Ranger—the one from Angel Grove. I'm going to guess right now that I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Dana Mitchell the Pink Lightspeed Rescue Ranger, and Kelsey Winslow the Yellow Lightspeed Rescue Ranger, correct?" Although they didn't try to hide the fact that they were Power Rangers, it wasn't something that you brought up in regular conversation. Getting a call from someone out of the blue like this was pretty weird though.

"Yes, that's correct—I'm Dana, former Pink Lightspeed Rescue Ranger…"

"Okay, awesome, I found two of you! And one of you is a Yellow at that! No offense Dana, you know; it's just an attachment to the color and all."

"None take…umm, I'm sorry, but what is this call about Ms. Kwan?" The look on either of their faces had to be priceless. Kelsey could only take a wild guess at it, due to the fact that they were both having a little bit of a hard time swallowing it right now. Kelsey could tell that Dana was having composure issues, and as for herself? It felt surreal.

"Trini, Please, you can call me Trini."

"Okay then, Trini, what is this call in regards to?"

"Actually, I was hoping for a chance to speak to Carter Greyson, but it seems fortune is smiling down on me right now, because instead I get the chance to meet and speak with the two of you. It's always nice to meet new people that held up the Legacy after we passed it on."

"So this phone call is just to say hello?"

"Well, in a manner of speaking, yes it is. You see, a few years back, Carter went on a mission with two of my teammates, my boyfriend Jason Scott, who was the original Red Ranger of Earth, and Tommy Oliver—he's been too many originals to bother listing. Anyways, Carter went on a mission with Jason and Tommy. Recently Jason and I discovered that two of our fellow Rangers, Kimberly Hart and Katherine Hilliard, are moving back to the local area. We got to thinking it would be nice if we could gather up the old crew to hang out with one another, all in the same place, for the first time in who knows how long. It sounded like a good idea, so we agreed on it—I don't know if you've heard, but recently there was a new team of Rangers in Reefside—not too far from where Mariner Bay is actually."

"Yes, I'd heard of them."

"Okay, awesome. Well, that team was created and mentored by Tommy, and we thought it would be cool to meet them as well—along with everyone else who had every fought under the title of a Power Ranger. Our patron and mentor Zordon started a Legacy with us, and we thought it would be the highest honor we could pay him to gather up every Ranger that has donned the colors to date in celebration of all we've managed to achieve since he instituted the original five of us, and brought Earth its first line of defense against creatures that normal agencies wouldn't be able to stop." As Trini took a small breath on the other end of the line, Dana and Kelsey shared a bit of an awestruck look. They were talking, on the phone, to a living, breathing legend. A person that they had both looked up to, especially Kelsey.

"So the reason I'm calling is to extend a personal invitation to the Lightspeed Rescue Rangers to join us. The event is going to be held a month from now, and we would be honored to have the both of you, and your team there with us to celebrate this. The way it's looking right now is that we want to have a three day event to commemorate the Legacy of Power that Zordon left us, and to give us all enough time to get to know each other. Honestly it would mean the world to us if you guys could make it."

Kelsey stared at the phone as Dana looked at it as well. A month was enough time, in her mind to make this happen. Sure, she had been planning to go on a three week long sailing trip around that time, but the chance to meet them...the originals. Looking at Dana, Kelsey could tell the same thoughts were passing through her head. As a Doctor, her schedule had to be jam packed, not to mention Carters but—

"Trini, I can't speak for the entire team at the moment…we all live very different lives and everything, but I can speak for myself, Kelsey, Carter, and my brother Ryan in letting you know that we will definitely be there. Thank you so much for the invitation."

"Morphenominal! We're all looking forward to meeting you."

"Excuse me, Trini?" it was the first time since she had asked who was speaking that she'd had the gut to speak.

"Yeah, what's up Kelsey?" It didn't take the woman long to feel comfortable calling a complete stranger by her first name. Then again, this woman had accomplished so many feats in her life, done so much most likely, that there had to come a certain sense of self confidence in that.

"I'd just like to say that I can't wait to meet you…the original Yellow; there's a lot I'd love to talk to you about."

"I feel the same way Kelsey, and that's one of the reasons why we're doing this. It's going to be the first time in history that every group of Rangers is going to be gathered in the same room. It's an exciting time for us."

"And for us too, the thought of all of us in a room, it sounds like it's going to be…what was that word you used?"

With a light chuckle on the other end of the line,

"Morphinominal. It's a word our first Pink, Kimberly Hart, came up with to describe something so fantastic that it could only be equated and tied to our heritage."

"Well then, I guess it's going to be Morphinominal." The smile that was on her face would have been impossible to hide.

"Okay, awesome. If you can please contact the rest of your team and see if they can make it, it would mean so much to us to have every ranger there. Oh, and if you need to reach us, you can call this number, and if anyone else but me answers, just tell them you're looking for Dr. Trini Kwan."

Okay, honestly, how humble and kind could a woman be? They'd been talking for a good little minute now, and aside from mentioning she was Earths first Yellow Ranger—which had been completely necessary due to the subject matter, it had taken the full length of the conversation to mention she was a Doctor too?

"I'll be sure to do that Trini. If you don't mind me asking though, what field are you in?"

"Oh, nothing as great as you Dr. Mitchell; I'm a psychologist."

"Dana, please Trini."

Although they couldn't see it, they could almost feel the smile on the other side of the line.

"Well, we look forward to seeing you Dana and Kelsey. We'll be in touch." And with that the line went dead. Hanging up the phone, Kelsey sat it back down on the charger.

"Did that actually just happen?"

"Yeah Kelsey…I think it did."

Momentary loss took over, when the front door to their apartment opened up. In walked Carter and Ryan. The two of them looked like they had just gotten back from a severe workout, but it didn't take too much for them to catch on to the mood in the room.

Walking over to Dana, Carter gave her a quick kiss on the check before a tender, "What's going on?" Slipped through his lips. Looking up at him, Dana didn't spare a moment.

"Carter, we just got a phone call from a woman by the name of Dr. Trini…"

"Kwan, Dr. Trini Kwan as in the original Yellow Power Ranger?" They both looked up at him in, curiosity lining their eyes.

"Well, yeah, that would be the one. How do you know her?"

"Well, to be honest, I don't. I heard about her from Jason Scott, the Original Red Ranger and original Leader of the first team of Power Rangers." By this point, Ryan had come to stand next to Kelsey, motioning his head in question. She just nudged her head back over to the happy couple.

"Well, what did Trini have to say?"

"Apparently, the original Rangers are orchestrating a three day get together a month from now for every team of Rangers to come to. She was calling to personally invite us to join them." And cue the looks of slight shock on Carters face, and complete shock on Ryan's.

"Are you serious?"

"We literally just hung up with her, didn't we Kels?" With a quick nod Kelsey confirmed what Dana was saying.

"Oh, that's great! We have to let everyone know!" And with that, they go to work, tracking down the rest of their team.

Act I Pt III

Scene III

The Wind Ninja academy was, for once actually quiet as Cam sat down for a moments peace. Although their Lothar days were behind them, the day to day running of the academy was still as hectic as ever. It had only been about a year since the last time he had donned the Green Samurai Powers, but every now and again, in moments like this, Cam enjoyed the peace and quiet that allowed him to remember everything that had happened in his life. Going back in time and meeting his mother and father as younger students at the academy, along with discovering the fact that Lothar was also his uncle…well sometimes these quiet moments were needed.

It was cool having the other Rangers that had once been students now take on the job of being the instructors of the academy. Although it had once been something he had dreamed about doing as a younger man, nowadays the position he'd fallen into as an advisor to the group was a very comfortable position for him. Sometimes the job did get boring, and more often than not his two cousins were honestly more trouble that they were worth, but still, the fact that he could continue on here was nice to know.

Sitting in the old command center was honestly one of the few places Cam was able to find the peace he sometimes severely needed. Cyber-Cam was currently posing as him and getting some of the more mundane task that he himself needed to do done, and right now it was just time for a little rest and relaxation. A six noted chime sounded through the command center, and Cam looked around wondering what that was. He'd never heard it before, but no sooner than it had sounded than did his father walk into the room. Although it had only been for a comparatively short amount of time, Cam still found it interesting he was able to notice the moment his father walked into the room. Thinking about him as a guinea pig still made him smile at times.

Noticing he was in the room, his father motioned for Cam to come front and center to the main communicator as a line of communication was about to be opened, with a bit of a quizzical look on his face, he went to stand in front of it along with his father. No sooner had the chime been gone than a signal that someone was trying to contact them come in, and his father answered.

"This is Sensei Kanoi Watanabe, it is an honor to get a message from you. To what do we owe this honor?" With an even look of bigger confusion on his face, Cam looked at his father. His father was an orderly man, and one of extreme discipline, but he had never heard the measure of respect in his father's voice laid on so heavy. Who was it that was contacting them?

"And it's an honor to be speaking to you as well Sensei Watanabe. This is Jason Scott Sir; I was the original Red Ranger of earth. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Tommy informed you of our signal when you fought alongside him in Reefside?" Had he just said the Original Red Ranger! And who was Tommy?

"Yes, Dr. Oliver and I had the pleasure of a conversation with one another while our protégé's were getting to know one another better. He informed me what the six sounding chime meant, and let me say that it is an honor to receive the same call that the six of you would receive from your mentor. As I told Dr. Oliver when he informed me, it is a great loss that we all share in, the death of Zordon of Eltar—there has never been an entity that deserved more honor than him. And I am sure that your mentor would be so proud of the legacy not only he, but that you and your team mates helped to continue on." Well, he'd figured out who Tommy was, although the thought of the outstanding mentor and warrior that was the Black Dino Thunder Ranger being referred to as anything other than Dr. Oliver by someone was a bit weird. With the knowledge of who Tommy was under his belt, an even bigger puzzle came onto the scene. Who was Zordon of Eltar? And why had the respect his father had been speaking with jumped to pure reverence when just mentioning his name? And how did the Original Red Ranger of Earth, the original leader of the Power Rangers of Earth and probably one of the most legendary and respected rangers of all time know Dr. Oliver well enough to not only be on a first name basis with him, but most likely on a nick name one as well?

"Thank you for that Sensei Watanabe, I know I can speak for my team and myself in saying that we are all highly honored by your words, and that we are thankful that Zordon's legacy continues on—even if all most new Ranger teams these days know of him is the fragment of his name that remains in the Zords." Huh, Cam had always wondered about why they had called the colossally powerful machines they piloted Zords. Well, that Mystery was solved at last.

"Yes, a tradition that I was honored to uphold when the Ninja Rangers received their Zords. As to the nature of this call, Mr. Scott? After all, it's not every day that we get a summons like this."

"Yes, right. Onto why I'm calling. Recently, two members of our team, Kimberly Hart, the Original Pink Ranger, and Katherine Hilliard, the woman who replaced Kimberly on our team, Informed us that they were going to be moving back to our neck of the woods from London. My girlfriend Trini Kwan—who was also the original Yellow Ranger, and I decided that it would be nice to gather the old team back together after so long, and decided that instead of just stopping at those of us who had served under Zordon, that we would extend the invitation to each and every single ranger team that has served under the Legacy that Zordon created for us. For us, it would be the highest honor we could pay our mentor, gathering up his legacy all in same place in celebration of everything he has accomplished. So this call is us extending our personal invitation to you, the Ninja Storm Rangers of Blue Bay Harbor to join us. We plan on it being a three day event, and although a location hasn't been chosen yet, we are letting every team know a month in advance so that they can have time to arrange their schedules—if they can join us that is."

Well, if nothing else, Cam was about ready to shit himself. Shane was a fantastic leader, and Hunter had been a fantastic second in command—along with being a great addition to the Head Sensei position at the Thunder academy. Jason Scott however…even though he had never seen the man and could only hear his voice, the amount of control, self assurance and natural born right to lead that shone through him made him feel like he was standing in front of Dr. Oliver again. He was the only other person that had made him the weight and bearing of a leader just by speaking. It was impressive to say the least.

"Mr. Scott, it would be an honor for us to attend. And I speak on behalf of Both the Wind and Thunder Ninja rangers when I say that we will all be in attendance. Please, keep us updated."

"Thank you very much for you time Sensei Watanabe. We look forward to seeing you there. May the power protect you."

"And you as well." With that the call was ended, and Cam stared at his father. He'd never heard anyone bestow that kind of parting on the rangers—with such assurance and faith in the power that had granted them the ability to be able to become Power Rangers and protect the planet that they could grant its protection on others without even a thought to doing so. It was impressive to say the least.

"Cameron," His father's voice broke him out of his momentary thoughts. "Gather up your fellow Rangers and bring them all here please. There's a lot to inform you all on, and it'd be best if I can tell you all together about the Legacy of Power, rather than letting you recover and question me before all of you are in the same place." With only a shake of his head, Cameron nodded, and turned to go and get the other Ninja Storm Rangers.

All of them now sat in front of their Sensei, Cameron looking at each on in turn. Shane had been in the middle of a class, Dustin had been sleeping, Tori and Blake had been about to leave for a date, and Hunter had needed to commute from the Thunder academy in order to be here. Each of them had dropped everything they were doing after they had been called, although he hadn't told them why, he was sure the way his voice sounded was enough for them to get that they were needed. Immediately.

"So, what's this all about Sensei Watanabe?" Shane would be the one to speak first, the instinctual leadership in him coming out now that the entire team had assembled once again. It was weird, even though they were all so close with one another; it felt like it had been forever since all of them had been in the same room as one another.

"Earlier today, Cameron and I received a call from a very special individual. His name was Jason Scott and he was both the Original Red Ranger of Earth, along with being the very first leader of the first team of Power Rangers Earth ever had." The looks of shock that crossed the faces of everyone, including Dustin—who prided himself on the knowledge of other teams of Power Rangers were all classic. Cam was pretty sure his face had looked very similar to the ones they were all wearing at the moment. Hunter was the first one to recover.

"The original Red Ranger—the one that appeared in Angel Grove?"

"Yes Hunter, that would be him."

"Oh man…Dude's that guy was like, my Hero when I was younger! What'd he have to say Sensei!?" Dustin's enthusiasm shone through on overdrive.

"Mr. Scott was calling to inform us of a gathering that the entire team of original Rangers is putting on so that they can formally meet the other teams that carried on the Legacy that they, and their mentor Zordon left behind for all of us to follow." And the sea burst open.

"Oh man, that sounds like it would be so awesome!" Dustin's shout was accompanied by a slight shaking of earth. Talk about over excitement.

"Yeah, the chance to meet the original Rangers—and other girl Rangers aside from Kira would be nice."

"The Original's huh? That would be something." Hunter exclaimed, with Blake nodding his head in agreement.

"The original Red Ranger…I wonder what all of them are like." The room quieted down as Shane's comment fell on them.

"Well, you have a very good idea of what one of them is like. Dr. Oliver of the Reefside Dino Thunder Rangers who we had the chance to help was a member of the original team."

"WHAT!" The collective response in unison caused them all to stare at each other. Letting Shane delegate for them for a moment, Cam could only sit back and listen. No wonder Dr. Oliver had seem so assured in his task—it was nothing new to him.

"Which Ranger was Dr. Oliver before he was the Black Dino Ranger?"

With a slight chuckle at that, Cam's father could only laugh as he sat down on a chair—preparing as if to tell them a long story.

"Well, with Dr. Oliver it's a really long story. Originally, he was the first Green Power Ranger," and Cam immediately felt an even bigger respect for the man. Knowing that the legacy of his Color had started with Dr. Oliver was something that impressed him to no end. Wait—

"What do you mean by originally Dad?"

"Dr. Oliver was also the original White Ranger—along with the second Leader chosen to succeed Jason as leader of the Power Rangers, along with the Red Zeo Ranger, and the first Red Turbo Ranger before he passed on the Torch and Legacy of Power to another. He's the longest serving Ranger of all time, and he is considered to be the Greatest Ranger to have ever lived. Back before you all had been given your powers, it had been Tommy who I had initially turned to when creating the powers you all used, and the Sensei of the Thunder academy did the same."

Complete shock ruled the room. One ranger title after another—it was beyond impressive.

"He could have been a team all by himself…" Cam could tell that Shane was currently lost. Even though they had all met him, been impressed by him, and fought alongside him, to say that they had really been comparable to him—like they had joked after they had left the Dino Rangers, now seemed like a complete joke.

"Oh man, we must have looked like complete rookies to him…" Even head Sensei's could feel the weight when dealing with a person like that.

"Are they all like him?" Tori's question got his father talking again.

"To be honest Tori, I wouldn't be able to tell you. Even much more so than us, the original Rangers were shrouded in mystery. It was Tommy who had approached me when I had began researching for the Wind Ninja Storm powers. As for the rest, he had informed me only of the other leader aside from himself, a Mr. Jason Scott."

"But why were they so secretive about who they were? I mean, the Space Rangers and the Lightspeed Rescue teams didn't really care about hiding who they were—well, at least at the end for the Space Rangers." Everyone turned to look at Dustin.

"What?"

"Unlike those teams Dustin—and unlike any other team in the history of the Rangers, the original Rangers were led and mentored by a very ancient Transdimentional entity known as Zordon of Eltar. It was Zordon who had began the Legacy of Power on Earth, and who had connected Earth to the universal grid known as the Morphing Grid. He made it possible for Power Rangers to exist here on Earth."

This was all really heavy stuff. But with all of that, the only thought on anyone's mind was…"

"So, when do we leave?"

Act I Pt III

Scene IV

T.J Johnson sped down the Californian highway, the speed of the red Corvette a rush to him, reminding him of his days as the red Turbo Ranger. He loved the speed and position of his former Turbo powers. He'd always preferred them to his later stint as the Blue Space Ranger—although having had the weight of the leadership of the team pass from him to Andros had been an unknown relief. With everything that had happened, the idea that he would have eventually had to have been the one to shatter Zordon's energy tube was something he didn't think he would have been able to do. Not only that, but it had been Andros who had tracked down Tommy and told him the news, something that T.J had told Andros he would have done, but that the leader in Andros had seen that it would have bothered T.j. Along with the addition that he hadn't served under Zordon like Andros and Tommy had.

The thoughts of those days long past brought back the strange strain in his chest that he had experienced. As a leader of the Rangers, the responsibility that had been placed on him was heavy, and it had been hard…near on impossible to stand up in front of Tommy and Jason during the red ranger mission. Out of all the Ranger leaders, T.J's watch had been the one that the Power Chamber had fallen in, and had led to the eventual death of the entity that they all owed everything to.

It was due to all of that that he had become the face of the Power Rangers here. The first line of defense for any Ranger team that didn't bare the additional weight of being a P.I, or 'Public Identity' Ranger as their little society had come to call any ranger who was publicly known. Along with it, he also handled the massive amounts of income from all the Ranger Merchandise that was floating around. It had been an idea suggested by Tommy, Jason, and Adam. After all—being a ranger hadn't been a very well paying job and by acquiring the copyrights to all things Ranger, T.J and a couple of other choice Rangers were able to help, very quietly, the other rangers when they needed it. It was the way most rangers went to College—including himself, and the way some of their business had managed to be opened without immediately being in debt.

The long thought process almost caused him to miss the familiar six toned chime that came from his communicator. It was something he still never took off. Pushing the talk button and hooking it up to his car speakers—he was really going to have to thank Trini for setting his car up with all the security and everything, the communication came through.

"Go Ahead, this is T.J."

"Hey T.J it's Trini."

"Hey Trini, what's up? I was just thinking about you."

"Oh really? Well don't let Jason know about that." He couldn't help but laugh. She was such a playful and fun person.

"Very funny Trini, what can I do for you?"

"Actually, do you know if it would be possible to link the rest of the Turbo and Space team to this? I was going to send them a communication all at once, but I didn't know if Ashley, Andros, and Zhane were here on Earth or not."

"Well, from what I know Andros, and the others who live on board the Astral Megaship are currently on Mirinoi—I think Karone wanted to pay a visit to her old team, and to see Kendrix again, they have a very close bond."

"Oh, I can only imagine. Jason told me all about that situation. Well, is it possible to link the rest of the Turbo team?"

"From what I know, it shouldn't be a problem; they all still wear their communicators religiously."

It didn't take too much longer before he noticed the lines of communication open up. Deciding that speeding down the highway wasn't something that was going to be productive to this conversation; he pulled off, an exit that led him into the desert. He was about 30 miles from Angel grove.

"This is Justin, can we make it quick, I was kind of busy." In the background they could hear someone else saying, "Justin! WHAT THE HELL, WHAT, CAN'T GET IT UP!" T.J couldn't help but laugh at his predicament. Ah, to be a celebrity.

"Cassie here and WHO WAS THAT JUSTIN!"

"I'd like to know the same thing, and like Justin I need this to be quick—the hospital doesn't really take kindly to surgeons leaving in the middle of a surgery."

"Look, I'll tell you guys later, but can we—"

"Oh, yeah sure. Sorry to catch some of you at a bad time. This is Trini. To be quick about it, Jason and I are throwing a massive ranger gathering in about a month cause Kat and Kim are moving back to the local area and we want every ranger team to be there, you guys down?"

"Wait, as in every Ranger team?" T.J responded.

"Yeah, us originals want to meet everyone."

"You can count me in, now I gotta go before this girl breaks down the door." They could all hear the pounding on Justin's door. Lucky kid.

"Yeah, you can count me in too Trini, it was good to hear for you, but I have to get back."

"Okay Cool, love you guys, see you soon." With that, Justin and Carlos communicators died off leaving himself, Cassie and Trini on.

"Oh man, I can't wait to grill into Justin!" Cassie's voice was full of pure evil. She had never stopped looking at Justin as her younger brother. Both she and Ashley had a very bad habit of babying and being slightly over protective of him. He did not envy the kid.

"Down Cassie, he's young, let the kid have some fun. Anyways Trini I am so down."

"Yeah, you can count me in too."

"Okay awesome, we haven't picked a place yet, but we're working on finding some place discreet so that both P.I Rangers and us good old fashioned S.I Rangers can hang out without having to worry about press or media snooping around."

"Cool Trini, well I've got to get going guys. Although I'm nowhere near as busy as the other two are, I was in the middle of writing a song, and I don't want to lose the inspiration."

"Alright Cassie, I'll be seeing you soon."

"Same here, be safe girl."

"Okay, love you both, bye." With that her communicator died out from the conversation.

"Well, at least I was able to tell half the team in a one shot. On the bright side, that means that Andros, and the others will be with the Lost Galaxy Rangers. Jason and I have had a bit of an interesting day so far—We've contacted several teams already and the calls have been pretty interesting."

T.J didn't doubt that. He wasn't so far down the Ranger Totem pole himself, and publicly his own ranger status was only trumped by Andros, and then Zhane. Something about those damned sixth rangers incited the crowds to no end. Either way, he remembered the first time he'd gotten together with a couple of the originals. He'd been in awe over Tommy and Jason from the start, even though he'd succeeded Tommy, it was hard to look at a Ranger who had served under more colors than any other Ranger had—and that included the fact that T.J had gone through color shifts himself.

"Yeah, well, you guys are always so shocking. After all, it's not every day you meet a Yellow Ranger that can lowjack a Corvette. "

"I knew we were special!" With a shared laugh at that, T.J looked out at the road ahead.

"So, you say you're looking for a private spot to have the event at?"

"Yeah, we've had a couple of ideas and everything—we're going to decide on it sometime during the next week and get the word out to the rest of the Ranger teams."

"Alright, are you guys going to need any cash from the Ranger funds to throw this thing? After all, things like this are kind of what the thing is there for."

"Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about that. Is that okay?"

"Come on Trini, you're one of the people that sit on the board to decide how the stuff is spent, it's not my money."

"Right, it just feels weird sometimes knowing that all of that is there."

"You're telling me, Toei and I just had a meeting last week—let's just say that whenever I get a chance to talk with Tommy, the Dino Thunder team isn't going to have to worry about anything for a long time."

"Oh, that's awesome. From what Tommy tells me, they're really great kids, and it's awesome that we're able to support every Ranger through the basic needs of life by providing them with College funds, and keeping any Ranger out of debt."

"It sucks that it's all we're able to do—all those Rangers have given so much to the legacy."

"Agreed, although I am happy that we started to orchestrate giving out the funds by the specific team sales, that way all teams have an equal share of what their specific team brings in. By the way, out of random curiosity, which's uh, who's the best selling?"

"…Tommy."

"Son of a bitch! Why can't we have another April of 02? Is that too much to ask?"

"Trini, I feel the same way—but it's almost nerve wrecking how well every ranger he's been sales. The Green and White ranger toys in particular. And the original team still brings in the most overall, since all the toys they make about you guys have become collectable items these days. Whenever they reissue something, it sells out quick."

"Well, thanks for making it easy for us to get copies of some of that stuff—although Jason is kind of embarrassing with his slight obsession; owning every single version of the Red Ranger before the ape appeared."

"Okay, well I've got to get going too Trini, I'm actually in the middle of nowhere so I could concentrate on this conversation."

"No problem T.J, being seeing you and the others soon."

"Alright, and let me know what you'll need from the Ranger Fund."

"I'll be sure to." With that T.J heard her disconnect, and just sat there for a moment. It was cool how much the rest of the Rangers trusted him. Initially, the Ranger fund had been created to help out with needs the different Rangers would run into—sometimes medical cost, or if they ended up being away due to Ranger business for extended periods of time, the Ranger fund would cover any bills they had. Also, no Ranger was in debt. At all, it was something the Ranger fund made sure of. However, although it was initially instituted to cover any Rangers, when the surplus of it had grown so massive that it became ridiculous, a committee had been formed and it had been decided that since the Ranger teams and individual Rangers couldn't splurge on themselves, unless they were P.I Rangers—and even those Rangers didn't do it, that they would reinvest most of the money to charities and to repairing the damaged property due to Zord and Monster damage. Although most cities with Rangers actually had insurance clauses that dealt with such things, the Rangers liked to do as much as possible for their respective cities. Angel Grove actually had a standing account with them.

So, a little get together of nothing but Rangers for three days huh? Well, that was going to be interesting. One of the main reasons was because he was sure Tommy hadn't seen either of those lovely girls that had broken his heart since it had happened. God, if only the all Rangers were P.I—this would be the most watched and dramatic reality T.V event EVER.

Act I Pt III

Scene V

Alyssa drove up to the animal shelter, her white mustang pulling in slowly, making sure not to make too much noise. It had been a few days since she had been by here, and her job as a kindergarten teacher had been keeping her busy. Honestly, she found it impressive she was able to find this place. It was almost a jungle on the outskirts of Turtle Cove. One of the reasons, although not the main one, that she loved to come here was due to the fact that this place almost reminded her of the beautiful Animarium that she had spent her days as a Ranger frequenting. The animals in this closed off sanctuary were free to roam as they would, any animal could be bright here, and they would be safe—Cole, the number one reason she loved to come here, would make sure of that.

After their stint as Rangers Cole had managed to get his degree in becoming a Veterinarian, which had impressed almost all of the other Wild Force Rangers. Cole had never set foot in a conventional school, and he'd grown up in a wild part of the world, so when he came out with a real deal degree to be a Vet, the shock almost knocked everyone down when they had found out about it. Of course, then it had been explained that Cole had gone to the former Red Rangers for advice about what he should do, and they had told him that since he'd gotten the finishing shot during the moon mission they'd recruited him for, and because he was still the rookie—whatever that meant, that he wouldn't have to worry about it. A few days later a degree and a professor swearing up and down that Cole was going to be the absolute best Veterinarian on the planet showed up to endorse him.

After working and traveling for a while, Cole had returned with the idea to open up an animal sanctuary. When he had come back, Alyssa had been ecstatic to see him, but was also kind of worried for him. The idea of Cole running a business, even if it was an animal sanctuary, was a little daunting. Again, he managed to impress her though—and another story about a trip to visit his fellow former Red Rangers had resulted in a good amount of land being bought, put in Cole's name, and then a man by the name of Randall Sullivan had shown up with a Masters of Business degree and told Cole that he had been told that he now worked keeping this shelter open and running smoothly. He also had a Minor in Law—which made Cole's dream very easy.

Alyssa had been happy to be there when Cole had opened up the "Wild Sanctuary"; she had been the only Wild Force Ranger that had been there. Danny and Max made a bit of a life out of their "Never Give Up" tour along with Kendall, who had surprisingly joined them. Even more shocking was the wedding photo that had come about three months later from Paris that showed that Danny and Kendall had ended up tying the knot. Alyssa had been so happy for them, but had been a little disappointed they hadn't been able to make it to Cole's opening. Merrick had been impossible to find, and Taylor had been somewhere with Eric—She had no way of contacting Princess Shayla either, and so that had left her being the only one. Cole hadn't minded in the least, but she had been a bit put out with the rest of the team.

Now as she was walking through it, she made sure to stay on the beaten path. One of the other major things that was impressive about 'Wild Sanctuary' was that it was completely free of human influence and interaction—Randall's office was the only thing in the sanctuary that wasn't something that had been grown or planted. Looking around, she let herself enjoy what she had termed 'Cole's World'. He was so kind and pure hearted, and the other Red Rangers apparently took him on to make sure that the kindness and sincerity he had stayed the way it was. Honestly, Alyssa would be forever grateful to them for everything they did for Cole. One of the reasons she loved to think about this as Cole's World was due to the fact that Cole spent almost all of his time here. Aside from making little trips into Turtle Cove every now and again, or she dragging him out of the place, Cole basically lived and slept within the confines of the Sanctuary.

When she had went about renewing their friendship after Cole had returned and opened up Wild Sanctuary, Cole had spent a lot of time telling her about his past before the Rangers, and the year he had spent gone. He'd had some amazing adventures after he had left the Rangers—going so far as to somehow make it to Africa and help root out some poachers there. Not to mention, he'd changed even more physically—definitely gaining in the muscle department along with growing out his hair to shoulder length; it gave him a very wild look. If she was being completely honest with herself, some of the thoughts she's had about Cole since he'd gotten back had caused her to end up blushing profusely more than once. One of the visits that she had made here that stuck out to her more than the countless others was the night she had accidentally ended spending here. She had come late after a particularly rough day with the kids and had needed to relax, by the time she had managed to find Cole, the stars had already been out, and he had been lying on the grass with a deer lying right beside him. He had been talking to the deer about his feelings about being back in this world, and about everything he hoped to be able to accomplish.

His dreams were so beautiful. She had walked up beside him, often the wild animals that roamed the sanctuary would bolt whenever someone other than Cole approached them, but due to Cole being there, the deer had no problem with Alyssa approaching. She had simply laid out right beside him, and he had just smiled and continued talking. The morning after, she had woken to discover that she had accidentally fallen asleep. Not only that, but she had also been hyper alert of the fact that Cole's arm had been wrapped around her when she had woken up—apparently they had somehow ended up spooning the entire night. Luckily it had been a Friday night, and she didn't need to rush off to the school. She had made an escape though; too embarrassed to try and face Cole that day…and that day had been a few days ago. Even though her classes had been keeping her busy, again, being honest with herself, it was the prospects of seeing Cole again after that.

"ALYSSA!" She jumped at the sound of her name being called, although at the same time butterflies started piling and having a mosh pit in her stomach. Turning to see Cole walking towards her, her eyes widened when she noticed that he wasn't alone. While Cole was almost running toward her, behind him Max, Merrick, and Danny were walking towards her. She couldn't help be smile brightly at them, and that's just about all she was able to do, since Cole had run up to her and wrapped her in a big hug. She almost melted right there against his rock har—ahem.

"You haven't been by in so many days; I thought your visits were at an end for awhile. When I woke up and you were gone I was so worried something had happened that I had asked almost every bird I could find if they had seen you, luckily one of them had seen you wake up and leave." By the time Cole finished talking, she was sure her face was the color of a tomato. Wiggling, regrettably, out of his Hug, Alyssa finally managed to catch her first true glimpse of her Wild Force team in forever. And right about now their expressions ranged from shock to super shocked.

"Is something wrong guys?" Cole's naiveté at what he had just blurted out caused the rest of the guys to start laughing, even Merrick!

"Nothing at all Cole." After Max had said that, they had all come forward, Danny and Max giving her a quick hug while she whispered, "It's not what you think" into their ears while trying to keep the slightly disappointed tones out of her voice. Merrick only shook her hand really quickly before sharing a smile with her. Although he had shared in the laugh, one look at Cole's face told Merrick all he needed to know, she was sure.

"SO! What brings the three of you back to Turtle Cove, and all at the same time? And I thought you were traveling with Zen-Aku Merrick."

"Well Alyssa, as for Max and myself—Kendall had to come back to take care of some things, so we decided it'd be nice to come check out Cole's Sanctuary. When we had gotten here, Merrick and Cole had already been here." Max nodded confirming what Danny had said, so she turned to Merrick for his answer.

"I just got back into town this morning, Willie wasn't home and so I decided that I would come to Cole's place. Zen-Aku and I parted ways in Japan—he said he'd found a sense of peace there in the countryside and decided to stay. The last I saw of him, he was being taught by the locals how to plant rice." It was a very short answer, but Merrick had never been a person for a lot of words.

"Isn't it great having all of them here?" The excitement in Cole's voice was unmistakable. Before Alyssa could answer back, a six toned chime sounded out of Cole's cell phone. The fact that he even had it on him was impressive. Although Cole had a cell phone, usually he left it where it always was—plugged up in the bed room he never used that was located in the back of Randall's office.

"You have your cell with you?"

"Yeah, Taylor called Randall this morning and told him that if he didn't make sure I had my phone on me at all times today, she would personally feed him to the lion that her and Eric are arranging for me to get!"Alyssa, Max, Danny, and Merrick could only share one small worried look. Only someone like Cole could be happy about getting a most likely wild Lion—if Eric and Taylor had anything to do with it. Their look was interrupted by the sound of Cole's phone ringing a moment later.

"Hello, this is Cole….Hello?" Smiling at his helplessness at how cell phones worked, she grabbed it from him and answered for him.

"Sorry about that, this is Alyssa Enrile speaking on behalf of Cole. Can I ask what this call is in regards to?" On the other end of the line, she heard a male voice laugh a little before answering,

"Sure, but can I ask you something first?"

"Sure, no problem."

"Are there only rangers present?" The look of shock that passed her face as that question came though the line alerted the others to something, but before they could react she answered,

"Yes…how do you know about that? Who are you?"

"Do me a favor and put me on speaker, please?" Complying with that, she gave a quick, "Okay, done." Before motioning for the others to gather around so they could hear the caller.

"I see you're still green behind the ears a little rookie." At the sound of the voice on the phone, Cole's face completely lit up.

"Jason! It's so good to hear from you!" The others all shared worried looks, thinking that Cole had spilled the beans to someone about their Ranger identities. Till now they'd only told close people, like Alyssa's father, and even Kendall finding out had been a bit of an accident. Alyssa decided it was time to jump back in.

"Sorry to interrupt this, but, who are you?" The slight look of shock that crossed Cole's face, as if it were the most obvious thing on the planet who he was talking to kind of got on her nerves a little.

"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Jason Scott; I was Earths original Red Ranger." Now it was everyone else's turn to be shocked. Even Merrick had a look of shock on his face, and he was over 3,000 years old!

"Earths original…As in Zordon of Eltar's chosen Red Ranger and Leader of the Angel Grove Ranger team?" Everyone turned to Merrick, the fact that he would even talk on a phone was impressive, and after all, he was the guy who used to come help them because he felt the wind blow! And what was all the rest of that about.

"Yeah, that's me. I'm actually surprised that someone on your team knows that much about us."

"My name is Merrick, I was the lunar wolf an—"

"Oh, okay, nevermind. It makes sense now. Tommy told me about you. I guess Animus must have mentioned Zordon a few times to you then?"

"More than a few, he often told us how he had based the Animarium off of the Wizard Zordon's home world of Eltar—he had even consulted with Zordon about everything that would eventually happen. I was sad to hear that Zordon had passed when I awoke." And that had to be the most that Alyssa had ever heard Merrick speak to a complete stranger. Who was Zordon?

"Thank you for that." A small moment of silence seemed to pass between Jason and Merrick over the phone, as if they were paying a silent homage to whoever this Zordon was.

"So what's up Jason? Why the call?" Cole's eager voice shone through as he waited with the looks of an excited…man why did he look like a dog wagging his tail right now?

"Right, the reason for the call and all." Taking a deep breath, as if he'd done this a few times, he continued talking through the line.

"Two of our Rangers are moving back here after living in London for so long. Katherine Hilliard, and Kimberly Hart—Cole oddly enough responded pretty quickly with, "Is that the same one Tommy was always kissing on at the Juice Bar?" The innocent expression on his face was classic. Had COLE of all people just said that? And no sooner than he did than did Jason end up laughing, super hard, on the other end of the line. Soon enough, it died down, but chuckles still broke though.

"Yeah, that would be the same one Cole. Anyways, the two of them are moving back, and we decided it would be a cool idea to gather not only our team, but every other team of rangers that carried on the legacy after us to get together with us for three days about a month from now. We haven't picked out a location yet, but we the original Rangers of earth, would love to extend the invitation to the Wild Force Rangers, so that we can celebrate everything that our mentor Zordon has accomplished—both in his life, and by his legacy."

They all looked at each other for only a moment before, nodding very quickly all at once before Cole managed to get out,

"Oh wow! It would be an honor for all of the Wild Force Rangers to go! I can't imagine what it will be like being in the company of such selfless and compassionate individuals." One of the sweet, but sometimes weird about Cole was whenever he said cheesy things like that. Merrick actually winced at that sentence, along with Max and Danny.

"Awesome, well, we'll be getting in contact with you soon rookie. Have a nice day, and may the power protect you."

"And you as well Jason." Hanging the phone, Cole turned to them and smiled brightly.

"WE GET TO MEET THE ZORDON'S CHOSEN!" The completely, and utterly uncharacteristic outburst from Merrick caused everyone to look at him.

"Who's Zordon?" And with Cole's question, Merrick unloaded the history of the Power to Cole and the others around him.

Act I Pt III

Scene VI

Mirinoi was such a beautiful planet. It reminded him of the unpopulated parts of KO-35 at times. It was nice to be reminded that planets like Earth, KO-35, and Mirinoi existed and that the Universe wasn't just filled with garbage like Onyx. He was happy Karone had wanted to come here to visit Kendrix and her fellow Lost Galaxy Rangers. Honestly, constantly being on watch for trouble between KO-35t and Earth could get tiring at times. Not to mention that the hand that was wrapped in his at the moment felt so at peace here. Andros turned to Ashley as she smiled, looking over all of the advances that the people of the Terra Venture exposition had made on Mirinoi. They had managed to integrate themselves to Mirinoi instead of dominate the planet the way their others had on Earth. Andros knew that Ashley felt more at peace here than almost anywhere. He was always happy when he brought her here.

The crisp morning air of Mirinoi was amazing to breathe in. There wasn't a hint of pollution on Mirinoi, something that even KO-35 could claim, even with their advancements in technology. There was something to be said about a pure planet.

"It's so beautiful here Andros. I could literally lose myself for days here and never feel it." Ashley broke the quiet as she spoke. He didn't mind.

"I know what you mean, although KO-35 and the Astro Megaship are my home, I honestly have always loved Mirinoi, ever since the first time we came here." Ashley nodded at that. He was happy. She was happy. These days, that's all that really mattered to him. They had had a bit of a whirlwind romance that had led them to this point, often times the cultural barrier in between the two of them had strained their relationship, not to mention the fact that up until just after the moon mission, Andros had almost lost her to some other guy. That was something he would never have been able to forgive himself for. It was nice being here with her now though. All that stuff was behind them. Being here allowed them to completely unwind.

"Is Karone enjoying the visit?"

"From what I've seen of her, she's ecstatic to be back here. It's pretty impressive the relationship that she and Kendrix managed to develop. I was actually surprised she had decided to come back with us a couple of years ago."

"Well, as much as I'm sure she loved being here, the two of you still had a lot to catch up on—plus, I think she really had been starting to miss Zhane, the temporary visits probably weren't enough." A slight look of annoyance crossed Andros face at that. Ashley laughed at the joke she had with Karone about Andros being an over protective brother. Try as he might, the thought of his sister dating Zhane—of her doing ANYTHING with Zhane nagged him. Although Zhane was his best friend, it was exactly because he knew Zhane so well that he still couldn't fully stand behind that relationship. He had tried dating her while she was Astronema! How much more reckless could a guy get?

"It was incredibly romantic of Zhane though." He smiled as Ashley stole a small peek into his mind. Over the years she had honed and formed her telekinetic and psychic abilities to a razor sharp edge. These days she was almost as good as any full bred resident of KO-35.

"Even still Ash—" She cut him off with a kiss to his lips, passionate and sometimes to the point—traits she had picked up from Cassie. "Andros, if you don't mind, the relationship between your sister and Zhane really isn't what I want this trip to center on." With a slight smile, she turned around and began heading back the way they had come.

Turning to follow, the familiar six chimed note of his communicator rang out. Instantly, he answered.

"This is Andros, go ahead."

"Hey Andros, this is Jason—I hope I'm not catching you at a bad time or anything. I don't really know what Mirinoi's time zones in comparison to Earth's time zones are."

They were actually comparative in a lot of ways since Mirinoi, KO-35, and Earth all rotated at near similar orbits around their planets.

"No, it's fine I was just out for a walk anyways. What's up?"

"Ah cool. Well, as mundane as this is probably going to seem to you; Kat and Kim are moving back to California. We figured that since two of our own are going to come back and most of the old team is going to be in the general area that we wanted to all get together—but then we remembered that Tommy had the new Dino Thunder team, and decided that not only did we want to meet them, but that we'd also like to meet every other Ranger team that came after us. So, about a month from now we're planning a three day event for every Ranger that is willing to come to attend. So far we have the approval of every team but the rest of Space, Lost Galaxy, and I'm on my way right now to go see the Dino Thunder Rangers personally."

Walking up on the other Rangers of Mirinoi, who were finally out and about—they had gotten together the night before to welcome Karone and the rest of the Space Rangers who had come to visit, he said into his communicator,

"Yeah, that sounds like it'd be fantastic, as for the Space Rangers it would be great to see everyone again. You can count all of us in." Motioning towards Leo, he walked over, away from Kendrix and Karone. "But why don't you ask Leo yourself, he's right here."

"Oh, awesome. This made it so convenient, you guys being there."

Leo had finally reached Andros and he handed off his communicator to him.

"Alright, the floor is yours."

The questioning look that Leo had on his face died the moment Jason's voice came through the communicator.

"Leo, it's been awhile."

"Jason! It's good to hear from you!" At the sound of the name of the original Red Ranger and leader, every other Ranger currently there gathered around to where Leo was to hear what Jason was saying.

"The same to you. Anyways, the reason I'm calling is because two of own, Kimberly Hart and Katherine Hilliard are—and I know this sounds menial compared to you guys, moving back to California from London after being gone since they left. We were thinking it'd be cool to all get together after so long, and we decided that it'd be amazing to attempt to get not only our team, but every ranger team that we know of together as well. So far your team, and the Dino Thunder Team are the only two teams that we haven't reached out to yet—well, aside from the Rangers from Aquitar. Anyways, we thought it'd be great to gather everyone in celebration of Zordon, what he did in his life, and the Legacy he left behind. What do you think?"

By the time Jason had finished talking, everyone around looked extremely excited. Obviously the general answer was seen on each of their faces.

"That's sounds like a fantastic idea! And judging by the faces of everyone here, I'd say that we're all pretty much in agreement that we'll all be there—that is if Andros doesn't mind giving us a ride."

The rest of the group gave a little laugh at the idea of Andros ever saying no.

"Okay, awesome. I gave Andros the details, we haven't settled on a place yet, but we know it's going to be about a month from now—so if all things work out, we should be all meeting each other here pretty soon. I look forward to meeting your team."

"And we're all looking forward to meeting yours."

"Alright, well I've got to get going—I'm almost in Reefside and I have to mentally prepare to meet the team that Tommy created…and I haven't decided if I'm going to tell him that Kat and Kim are moving back just yet. Anyways, it was great talking to you guys, and May the Power Protect You." The line died and the communication was over. From what Andros could tell, there was a bit of an excited air to the entire gathering.

"We're going to get to meet the original team?" Karone's voice was excited. She loved meeting new Rangers.

"Did I hear the names Katherine Hilliard and Kimberly Hart! Weren't they the first two Pinks?!" Kendrix and Karone couldn't stop smiling at each other. They really did share a special bond, and most likely the only two pink rangers that could understand the full depth of that were Kimberly Hart and Katherine Hilliard. Karone and Kendrix would love the original and her successor, Andros was sure. He'd never met them, but from what he'd hear about them from Jason, they were two amazing women.

"So I guess if we leave now and cruise, we should be getting to earth in about a month right?" Zhane's comment about cruising through the universe got eye rolls from every one there.

"That calculation is about right though. We should reach Earth in about a month if we leave tomorrow, or the day after." After Andros spoke up, everyone looked around at each other.

"I've got to go pack." And with that, everyone split up, not before Karone, Kendrix, and Ashley all grabbed Maya and took off towards the city proper with her.

"Hey, what's going on!"

"She can't go to a Ranger get together looking like this! But out Kai!" After that sharp statement from Kendrix, Kai kept his mouth shut. Although the pleading look from Maya told him to do otherwise, the idea of taking on three rangers, and two of them pinks, did not look too good for him. Andros could only smile. This was going to be an interesting month long trip…did he still have that hidden compartment on the megaship?

Act 1 Pt III

Scene VII

They Cyberspace Café was in full swing at the moment, and Haley could barely keep up with all the customers moving in and out. It was already after hours for the school, and so every student that could possibly fit into her café was in it. Ever since Mesagog had been defeated, the citizens didn't really think twice anymore about going out, and so in the after months of most people staying in doors to escape the possibility of getting caught in the crossfire between him in the Rangers, it seemed they were all in a rush to catch up on what they had missed. Haley's place had become the epicenter of the youth scene here in Reefside apparently, and Tommy had commented multiple times on how it was starting to remind him of the Youth Center and Juice bar back in Angel Grove. It made her smile when she thought about that. She was happy she could bring up some memories of his past without attaching them to one of the two women that had completely stomped his heart into the ground.

"Hey you new guy, make sure that table 7 has its refills!" Haley wanted to wince at the fact that she hadn't memorized the names of the full staff she now had to employ due to the traffic her café got. Luckily though, most of them were good kids who understood that it would take time for her to learn all of that stuff. Looking around and making sure that everything was in order, she spotted her new manager, and walked up to him.

"Trent, I think we may have to make the place bigger—we're going to start breaching the fire safety codes soon—and the last thing I want to do is send people away at the door." The usually quiet and mild mannered former White Ranger spared a momentary look of slight frustration with her. Recently any major problems that the café was having would go through Trent before her, and she loved reminding him that that's what the raise in pay was for. There was actually no need for Trent to work, at all, but along with that quiet nature came a very solid sense of pride—he was very much like Tommy in that aspect. Which made her smile back at the agitated look he was giving her. Although he would never complain, she knew he sometimes wanted to. Although behind the look of agitation was also one of pride.

Aside from the fact that business had been booming lately, one of the reasons the Café was only getting more and more packed was due to the fact that Kira would be performing today. She had recently become very popular with the local crowd, and today was scheduled as one of her first major concerts—it was also the first time Haley had ever charged a door fee to be in the café after the normal 3:30-5 crowds had gotten out. Everyone here had come to see Kira, and both Haley and Trent wanted the show to go flawless—of course, one of the guests Kira was looking forward to seeing the most was, as usual, LATE! When she got her hands on Tommy…

Conner and Ethan were already seated in front of the stage, they had both offered to help her around the Café, and as sweet as the offer had been the last thing she wanted was either of them screwing up—which unfortunately would have been the most likely eventuality of Conner and Ethan on any other team than the one that required them to wear power suits for protection. They were brilliant Rangers, but as for the day to day running of her Café…She would stick with Trent.

"This place is slammed…and when did you start charging an admission fee!?" Turning around in shock at the voice she heard, she almost took down three teenagers as she ran and threw her arms around Jason. He was smiling and holding out both his arms by the time she had gotten there. In his usual red t-shirt and blue jeans, he looked like he'd been about the usual today—but it was a complete shock to see him here today.

"Jason! It's been forever since you've been in Reefside, what up?!" They both had to talk a bit louder than usual, and when she managed to get a good look at his face, the obvious, 'we can't talk here' look was on. Signaling for him to wait a moment, Haley ran moved back over to Trent, who was looking at her with a look of confusion on his face.

"Trent, I'm going to need you to take over running the place for a little, a very important individual just showed up and I need to talk to him."

"Haley! We're slammed, and one of the new kids we hired called in ear—"

"I'm sorry Trent, but the colors have just shifted and I need to take care of this."

After the words colors and shifted had been used in the same sentence he stopped talking and nodded his head. It was their personal message between each other that it had to do with Ranger business. Sneaking a look past her to Jason, his eyes widened to a massive degree. He had been shown the video of the Legacy that been entrusted to them not too long ago, so most likely the image of the first Red Ranger of Earth was fresher to him than the others. Looking back at Haley, he gestured towards him as if to ask if he was seeing correct, and Haley nodded her head. After that she walked back over to Jason and led him back to her office—which she had sound proofed. Score one for team girl genius.

No sooner than she had gotten in her office, she turned and gave Jason another hug. It really had been a long time.

"So, what brings the original Red Ranger to our humble abode here in Reefside!" She was smiling brightly, and so was he. They had become great mutual friends through Tommy. Their friendship had become even stronger. Haley was also the only one that she knew of that knew about the little side thing Trini and Jason currently had going on, since they had accidentally been caught the last time she had gone to see Trini for some advice about the Rangers.

"Actually, I'm here to see the new kids."

"Wait, you're here to see Conner, Ethan, Trent, and Kira?"

"Yeah." Well, that was surprising. The other Rangers that she knew outside of the Dino Thunder team had at one point expressed some interest or another in meeting what they termed, "Tommy's Team", but none of them had made it such a big deal as to travel to Reefside just to meet with them.

"Any reason in particular?"

"Oh yeah, there's a pretty big reason. Is it possible to get them all in here though? I've said this so many times today that I'd rather not have to repeat it anymore." The slightly comical look on his face told a story all on its own. Without any more questions she gave him a quick, "Sure, be one sec." Racing out of the room, she found and grabbed Trent. Getting close enough she whispered to where only he could hear,

"Get the others of the team and meet me in my office. Tell Kira it's an emergency, and tell Casey that he's in charge until we're done." Without another word, Trent nodded and went off to do as he had been told. With current company present, he wouldn't question anything. Walking back to her office, she found Jason staring at a picture of the entire assembled Dino Thunder team, out of uniform of course.

"You know, to someone who knows the secret, it's painfully obvious to anyone who knows even half of what to look for who the Power Rangers are." Turning back around with a smile on his face, she couldn't help but share a smile with him. She had figured out all of their identities by profiling them through the pictures of Tommy's school yearbooks and personal home photo's. Although the friends had shifted in some pictures, the colors they were all wearing stayed the same—except for Tommy.

"Yeah, I honestly don't see how any team has managed to stay S.I this entire time."

"Well, I'm just happy that we have. Luckily only former Rangers or close associates know about the color scheme." Sharing a laugh with one another, the door opened and in walked the younger members of the Dino Thunder team. They all filed in, one after the other; Conner leading the group in, followed by Ethan, Kira, and finally Trent.

"Hey Haley, what's up?" Conner said as he walked in, his drink still in his hand. Moving forward, she quickly took that from him and sat it down on her desk. Apparently Trent was the only one who recognized Jason on sight, which she was thankful for—she really didn't need a banana and chocolate raspberry surprise smoothie falling on her office floor. She also had no idea how any of the kids could actually drink that. She'd made it by complete accident one day while not paying attention to what she was doing—oddly enough it had become a hit.

"Guys, I'd like you to meet Jason Scott." She said as she gestured to Jason, who was standing near her desk, still holding the picture of the full team in one hand. Setting it down, he gave his full attention to the Dino Thunder team.

"Jason Scot, why does that name…" Ethan's eyes widened in tandem with the others and then the torrent was unleashed, coming from Conner.

"Dude, you're the original RED RANGER! Oh man, it's such an honor to meet you!" unconsciously they all stood up straighter and started fiddling with their clothes a little, all but Conner who had jumped forward and held out his hand, which Jason took and shook.

"I'm Conner McKnight, Dino Thunder Red."

"It's nice to meet you Conner." The others in turn shifted up to shake his hand, introducing themselves, each telling him their name and color, never guessing that it was easy for Jason to tell. But He let them introduce themselves as they wanted, Trent going last got a bit of an exchange.

"I'm Trent Fernandez, I was the White Ranger."

"Yeah, Tommy's told me a lot about you. From what I've heard, the two of you are similar in a lot of ways. It's nice to finally get a chance to meet you." The others all understood what Jason meant. They knew they were in the presence of the Ranger who had been the one to free Tommy from Rita's evil spell. As much as Conner looked up to Jason, she knew that Trent looked up to him a bit more—the thought that Jason had tried to save Tommy instead of killing him had been one of the things that he had discussed with Haley a few times. It had always stuck with him that Jason had thought of saving Tommy instead of killing him to protect his fellow Rangers.

"So…can we ask why you're here Mr. Scott?"

"You can call me Jason, Kira. Honestly, I think Tommy is going to be the only Ranger you're going to address by their last name."

"Okay Jason." The kids were beaming. They were completely desensitized to Tommy, who would normally be the life of any Ranger Party he would be at, so it was cool to see that they were able to truly be impressed by people still.

"Anyways, the reason I'm here is because I wanted to come and personally invite you all to an event that the Original Rangers of Earth are putting on. I've already called all of the other Ranger teams both here on Earth, and the Space Rangers—who just so happened to be with the Lost Galaxy Rangers. They've all agreed to come, and so I would like to formally invite the Dino Thunder Rangers of Reefside to attend the first Ranger Reunion that's going to consist of every person that has worn the colors of the Rangers. It's going to be held a month from now, we haven't figured out a location yet, but you'll be one of the first teams to know everything as it's basically happening since I'm also here to recruit Haley for organizing." At that a slight look passed between Jason and Haley. "Uhh, it was my idea, but Trini doesn't trust me to…."

"Oh, I understand. AND I AM SO DOWN! This sounds like it's going to be awesome!" It occurred to both Jason that none of the teens had spoken up and they turned to look over at them. They were starring shocked at Jason.

"Are you guys okay?" They all nodded before looking at each other and smiles and whoops for joy started coming out of them, even Trent, which was impressive—to say the least.

"Oh! This sounds so awesome, do you think Cam and the rest of the Ninja Storm Rangers are going to be there?" That from Ethan.

"Yeah, I talked with Sensei Watanabe earlier and he said that both the Wind and Thunder Ninja Rangers would be in attendance. We plan on it being a three day event, so if you could get your schedules cleared up, it'd be nice to have you guys there."

"We are so down!" Conner said before Trent blurted out,

"But what about Dr. O?"

At this Jason's smiled turned into the evilest smirk she had ever seen him make.

"Can you guys do me a small favor?" They all nodded their heads in rapid fashion while Haley slowly nodded hers.

"Tommy's going to be getting a special invitation, Mr. Multicolors and all that. We want each of the Original Rangers to get something special from all of us." As he kept on speaking, realization dawned on Haley about what, 'Each of the Original Rangers', meant and a sudden jolt of ice flowed through her body. She managed to plaster a smile to her face as the kids agreed. Before anymore conversation oculd be had, she spoke up.

"Hey guys, it's almost time for Kira to go onstage. Conner, Ethan, the two of you should probably go take you seats, while you Kira need to get back stage. Can you check on the place for me Trent?" They all nodded, and after assurances to Jason that they would keep it a secret from Tommy they said goodbye and walked out of her office and back to the small party that was going on.

Turning on Jason, the smile completely wiped from her face, she started in on him. "Do you want to tell me what this is all about now, or am I going to have to grill it out of you and Trini!"

Jason winced as Haley turned on him. He'd hoped he would be able to keep this from her, but by the look on her face, there wasn't going to be a chance to. "Listen Haley, I know what I'm,"

"No Jason, I didn't have time to think about it when you had initially said it, but after the words Original Rangers popped into my head, I knew. Not to brag, but it doesn't take a genius IQ to figure out where this is all coming from. Is this some kind of ruse to set Tommy back up with Kimberly?" She was near fuming. No, she was beyond near fuming. It looked like she was ready to blow her top off. This was probably going to throw her over the edge. In the hopes of shocking her to the point of her not being able to completely lose her temper—something about red heads a fiery tempers, Jason blurted everything out at once.

"Kat and Kim are moving to Reefside to both try and get Tommy back at the same time. In order to soften the blow for Tommy, I'm arranging for this to happen around a bunch of other Rangers so that everyone can at least be in a good moo—"

And no dice, by the middle of the second sentence her face had already been as red as her hair.

"ARE YOU AND TRINI INSANE? WHAT IN THE HELL DO THE TWO OF YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK HIM TO GET OVER THE BOTH OF THEM? HOW BAD HE WAS HURT BY WHAT KAT DID, NOT TOO MENTION THE FACT THAT IT TOOK KAT TO HELP HIM GET OVER KIM! HE STILL HASN'T REALLY GOTTEN OVER EITHER OF THEM AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO LET THEM USE HIM AS A PRIZE IN A GAME OF TUG OF WAR IN THEIR LITTLE PINK EGO WORLD!" She was breathless by the end of it. Making sure it was cool for him to speak first, and seeing how she was still seething a bit, he grabbed her by the hand and drew her into a hug. She really was an amazing woman, and he knew that she was just worried for her friend.

"Do you honestly think that I would let Kat or Kim, regardless of who or what they were to Tommy, play a game like that?" She was hesitant to his touch at first but finally ended up hugging him, burying her face in his chest. Sucking in her breath and whispering tentatively into his shirt, she spoke,

"Jason, you weren't there when he found out Kat had dropped him. He showed up at our apartment, dead drunk already and all he could say was, 'She's just like Kimberly.' I knew he had been going through hell, and his eyes might as well have both been punched in. It took the entire night to get the bottle out of his hands. It wasn't until about two days later that I had managed to call you, and by then he'd just moved on to the enraged point you saw him at. But before that Jason, he was so hurt that she had done that to him." He could feel the tears against his shirt. He knew Haley loved Tommy, she wasn't in love with him, but that didn't matter. She loved him just as much, and even more than some. Whatever hurt Tommy hurt her in the most literal since. And she was right; Tommy hadn't gone to him, or to any of the others when he had been in the pure hurt stage of the break up. With Kim he had gone turned to Kat—and everyone had seen how a rebound relationship with Kat had worked out. After Kat, he had turned to Haley, someone who he had been completely safe with, and she hadn't left to this day; even if she was only there for him as a friend.

Before Jason could speak up again, Haley snuffled a bit in his shirt and pulled back enough to look up at him.

"I'll go along with this. Because I trust you and Trini, I'll sit back and go along with this." He smiled at her, happy that she knew and trusted them enough to let their judgment…

"But I'm warning you Jason, even it even looks like either of those two are going to hurt him I'm going to protect Tommy in the only way I know how to at this point." Taking in a deep breath she let it out while Jason watched her.

"Up till now Tommy has always been the best friend I've ever had. I love him more than anything else on the planet, but I've never been in love with him. I'm best at giving people what they need, I'll admit it. I love the feeling of being needed, which is probably why the friendship with Tommy has gone so well, there has never been a time when he hasn't needed me. Katherine and Kimberly may be great girls, but their track record with me has already been burned up, even if I have never met them. If they hurt him again, especially doing something as stupid and reckless as what you're about to let them attempt, I'll safeguard Tommy by giving him the only thing I've ever denied him—I love him but I've never allowed myself to fall in love with him. I will, this time."

While staring into her eyes, Jason knew she was telling the truth. She loved Tommy enough that she would let herself fall into a relationship with him. He knew it wouldn't be something she would do out of convenience either—if she fell for Tommy it would be the real deal, and he had no doubt that Tommy could learn to love and be happy with Haley. He knew that Haley already knew that Tommy was broken, she understood him better than even he did at times. She was willing to take him as he was, with no thoughts to herself. The thought that she could do something like that only caused Jason to love Haley more. Honestly, if not for Trini, he probably would have been head over heels for the woman in his arms right now.

"Deal." He wasn't saying it just to concede to her, but also to cover himself as well. She was right; this was impulsive and stupid—reckless in the extreme sense of the word. If it didn't work out and only ended up hurting Tommy, then he would need something to fall back on, and unfortunately Jason wouldn't be able to give Tommy what he would need.

"One more thing," Haley said as she let go of Jason and walked to the door. Looking over at her, he watched her face. She was still in dead serious mode. "I want to meet them when they get here…before they start in on Tommy. If they don't agree to it, they can kiss any chance of me letting them get near him gone—I'll find some way to make each and every attempt not work out, and believe me—where Tommy is concerned I know just the buttons to push." With that she walked out of her office, almost slamming the door on him. She was still upset and he could understand that.

Jason brought his hand to press through his hair, letting out a deep sigh. Now it was four hearts on the line in this entire fiasco. Getting to the door, he left out the back way, going to his car and getting in. Dialing in Trini on his cell, she answered almost immediately.

"How did she take it."

"Pretty much how you thought she would. She wants Kat and Kim to meet with her before they start in on trying to get Tommy back, I don't know what she wants to talk about with them, but she's pretty adamant about the entire thing."

"I thought she would request something like that. Well, don't worry. I'll talk to her about it when I go down there next week. T.J and I are going to have to meet up with her anyways."

"Right, the Dino Thunders Ranger Fund." He'd almost forgotten about that. "What about Zack and the rest of the crew, when do we start hunting them down?"

"I'm going to get all of that done tomorrow. Oh, and by the way, I just talked to Kat and Kim again. They were able to move their ETA up."

"Oh? By how much?"

"They'll be here at the end of the week."

"Son of a bitch."

"We have a lot of work to do."

"Well, it's a good thing we both own our own businesses. We're probably going to have to take the rest of the month off."

"I wouldn't be surprised if that happens."

"Okay, well I'll see you when I get back."

"Love you."

"You too."

With that Jason jumped on the highway back to Angel Grove. He really hoped those kids were able to keep their mouths shut. More than that though, he hoped that Haley wouldn't be too harsh on Kat and Kim. This had been one interesting Friday.

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry that I missed my Sunday deadline, but some things came up. Hopefully a chapter that's literally longer than the entire story so far makes up for it. The next chapter should be out soon. This one is hot of the press, so forgive any mistakes, I hope you enjoy it. I tried to be as accurate with each set of Rangers as possible, going so far as to Study the Rangers Teams in depth that I didn't know. Hopefully you all enjoy it. Please let me know what you think in some reviews.

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