Tommy's bilogical clock woke him up at six-thirty the next morning with a back ache and a stiff neck from sleeping on the floor. Kim was still asleep so he quietly moved to his closet and pulled out his Gi and belt, putting them in a duffel bag. He hoped Jason, Adam and Rocky had remembered their stuff as well.

He put on a pot of coffee, saw that Kat and Haley were still asleep in the living room and went into the guest bedroom to wake Jason up. He knocked on the door, waiting to see if it would wake him up but he didn't hear anything so he pushed open the door and entered the room. He called Jason's name a few times but he still wouldn't wake up so he grabbed the sheets at the end of the bed, hoped Jason wasn't naked and yanked them off.

"You're a dick bro, you know that?" Jason muttered.

"Not a dick," Tommy replied "Thee dick."

"Speaking of that," Jason said as he rolled over "What happened with you and Kim last night. Did you guys…"

"No," Tommy answered cutting Jason off "We agreed that we probably shouldn't be rushing into anything."

"Tommy Oliver, thinking with his head for once," Jason joked as he pulled himself up from the bed.

"Just shut up and get your ass out of bed," Tommy replied "We have to meet Adam and Rocky at 7:30."

Jason obliged, though not happily. He grabbed his gym bag and followed Tommy into the kitchen. They both downed a cup of coffee and left in Tommy's Jeep.

Twenty minutes later they pulled up to the house that Billy had rented. Tommy pulled out his cell phone to call them since he didn't want to wake anyone up but he didn't have to. Rocky came out first followed by Adam. As Rocky started to walk across the lawn, Adam tripped him causing him to fall face first into the grass.

"That's one," Adam said with a laugh as he stepped over Rocky and climbed into the Jeep. Rocky pushed himself up and eventually made his way to the car.

"Dude, you got grass all over your face. Let me help you with that," Jason said as he turned around and rubbed the grass all over Rocky's face causing him to jerk back.

"Yeah, yeah, it's all fun and games until I kick both your asses at the gym," Rocky muttered.

"You hear that Adam? Sounds like a challenge to me," Jason replied.

Tommy laughed at his friends as he pulled a CD out of its' case and put it in the player. As soon as the lyrics kicked in Adam began singing and playing air guitar at the same time.

Can't figure out the way you are
It's like I'm chasing after stars
You hang your shoulders on the moon
I guess it's time your leaving soon

You tone down
Don't frown
You're outta town
And you come around…

"Who is this?" Jason asked as he turned to look at Adam.

"It's Eyeshine," he replied "The lead singer Johnny is a freakin' genius."

"Sounds like Adam has a little crush," Rocky joked.

"No. I just appreciate good music unlike some people," he replied "These guys are gonna be huge one day."

"That's what they said about Vanilla Ice too and now look at him. He's washed up and stuck doing shows like the Surreal Life," Rocky quipped.

Adam just rolled his eyes as he continued to sing along to the music. Ten minutes later they reached the gym, grabbed their duffel bags and headed inside.

They went into the locker room to change and came out a few minutes later. A couple middle-aged women who were at the gym giggled amongst each other as the four men walked past them. Rocky turned around and winked at them causing them to giggle more.

After a few stretches and warm-ups, Tommy and Jason walked over to the mat, took their places, bowed to each other and began to spar. Punches and kicks were flying and after a few minutes, a small crowd had developed around the mat watching the two go back and forth.

Adam and Rocky watched in awe as the two sixth-degree black belts went toe-to-toe with each other. Adam and Rocky were good, but Tommy and Jason were unbelievable. Eventually, after the two Rangers had exhausted themselves, they bowed to each other again and made room for Rocky and Adam.

The two middle-aged women from earlier approached Tommy and Jason and complimented them on their moves in between giggles. Rocky noticed that the women were talking to his friends and lost focus for just a second but it was enough time for Adam to hit Rocky with a leg sweep that sent him to his back.

"That's two so far Rock-o and we've only been awake for two hours," Adam said as he helped Rocky up to his feet.

Tommy and Jason excused themselves quickly as they walked over to Adam and Rocky. They headed back into the locker room to shower and change. When they came out Rocky was disappointed and saw that the two women were gone.

"Dammit," he muttered "I was in the mood for some cougar hunting."

"The only hunting you're gonna be doing is trying to find your trouser snake," Adam joked causing Tommy and Jason to burst out laughing.

"What's that sound Jason?" Tommy asked.

"I don't hear anything, bro," Jason replied.

"I do," Tommy continued "It's the sound of th-th-th-three!"

"Damn, Rocky, you're on pace to set a new record," Jason joked as he playfully pushed Rocky out the door.

They dropped Rocky and Adam off at Billy's and headed back to Tommy's place. When they walked in, Tommy looked at Jason and smiled as the smell of breakfast came wafting towards them. They immediately headed into the kitchen and saw that Kim and Kat were in the process of cooking a huge breakfast for them.

"Morning, sunshine," Tommy said to Kim as he gave her a quick kiss as Jason did the same to Kat "What's for breakfast?"

"Kat's working on some French Toast and I've got bacon and eggs going for you guys," she replied.

"Well, if it tastes half as good as it smells, I might have to call Rocky," Tommy joked.

"I wouldn't do that if I wanted food to eat," Kat joked back.

"Where's Haley?" Tommy asked the girls.

"I don't know. Kat said when she woke up she was gone," Kim answered.

"That's weird," Tommy replied "I should probably call her and see if everything's okay."

"Eat breakfast first," Kim said "I'm sure Haley's fine."

For some reason, Haley knew Tommy would worry about her if she wasn't in the same spot she fell asleep in when he woke up. Tommy felt a vibration in his pocket, pulled out his cell phone and saw that he had a text from Haley.

Went to Billy's. Everything's fine. Don't worry and don't call ;-)

Tommy laughed as he showed the text to Jason, Kat and Kim who all laughed with him.

"Personally, I think it's good that Billy has found a woman he likes being around," Kim said.

"Yeah, I agree," Jason replied in a voice muffled by the mouth full of food he had "It's really good."

Tommy, Kim and Kat all laughed at Jason as they watched half-chewed food fall out of his mouth and land on his lap.

Right in the middle of taking a bite, Tommy faintly heard the alarm from the Command Center go off. He got up quickly and signaled for the others to follow him downstairs which they did. He looked at the screen and saw that Zeltrax and a bunch of Tyrannodrones were terrorizing a group of people at the park.

"Shit," Tommy muttered "Guys, we gotta go."

Jason and Kim nodded to Tommy who was pushing buttons to open an Invisiportal.

"Kat, when we leave, push these buttons to close the portal," Tommy explained as he showed her the sequence "Haley's number is on the white board in the kitchen. Call her as soon as the portal is closed. She'll come over and take over from there okay?"

Kat nodded to her friends and watched as they disappeared into the portal. She pushed the three buttons that Tommy showed her and the portal closed. She quickly ran upstairs and immediately called Haley.

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Tommy, Kim and Jason landed about a hundred yards from where Zeltrax and the Tyrannodrones were attacking and they took off in a dead sprint towards them. Zeltrax, not knowing that Jason and Kim were Rangers, took one look at the trio and laughed.

"What's so funny, metal head?" Kim yelled as she flicked her wrist and revealed her Dino Morpher.

"Looks like I'm not the only one with tricks up my sleeve," Tommy taunted as his Brachio Morpher appeared.

"No fair guys, I wanna play," Jason said as he reached behind his belt and unclipped his Morpher.

"Looks like you're in for a rude awakening, Zeltrax," Tommy called out "Meet the two newest Rangers. I'd say you'd be seeing a lot of them, but after we're done with you, you won't be seeing much of anything. Dino Thunder, Black Ranger Power!"

"Dino Thunder, Pink Ranger Power!" Kim yelled.

"Green Ranger Power!" Jason called, intentionally leaving out the "Dino Thunder" since he liked his calls to be short.

"Well, well, well aren't we full of surprises," Zeltrax said in his robotic voice "Too bad it won't help you. Tyrannodrones, attack!"

"Jason, you and Kim handle these goons, I'm going after Zeltrax," Tommy commanded.

"You got it bro!" Jason replied "Let's do it, Kim!"

Jason and Kim met the Tyrannodrones head on as Tommy chased after Zeltrax hoping the two new Rangers could handle the drones. Zeltrax had a head start, but Tommy was much faster. When he got close enough he launched himself into a corkscrew flip and landed directly in front of Zeltrax. His landing had caught Zeltrax off guard giving him an opening. He cocked his leg back and connected with a kick square in Zeltrax's chest that sent the cyborg flying into a tree.

Zeltrax was slow to his feet but when he got up he pulled out his sword and started running at Tommy. The cyborg took a swing at Tommy but the Black Ranger sidestepped the attack and tripped Zeltrax.

"You need to rethink your strategy. You just keep getting easier and easier," Tommy taunted "Brachio Staff!"

One thing Tommy wasn't was cheap. He waited until Zeltrax got back to his feet before attacking him with the staff. He connected with blow after blow causing sparks to continuously fly from Zeltrax's armor. The Black Ranger took a step back, preparing to charge with a full head of steam but before he could try for a finishing move, Zeltrax quickly opened an Invisiportal and disappeared inside of it..

He looked over at his friends and saw that they hadn't lost a step in over ten years. Jason was doing pull-ups from a tree branch twenty feet off the ground and Kim was pretending to yawn in boredom at Tommy. Apparently, they had gotten rid of the Tyrannodrones pretty quick. When Jason saw Tommy walking towards them he swung forward off the branch and launched into a back flip, landing right in front of Tommy.

"So, uh, when do we get actually get to fight?" Jason asked him jokingly "The Tyrannodrones are strong but I think even Bulk and Skull could outwit those clowns."

"Yeah, what took you so long?" Kim shot at Tommy "I could have had lunch and gotten my nails done by the time you were done with that guy."

"Haha, very funny you guys," he replied sarcastically "You try fighting that guy and then come talk to me."

"Newsflash, Tommy," Jason interjected "I don't have to fight that guy. I fought and kicked your ass so if you can take him I know I can."

Tommy actually laughed as they powered down and he called Haley who opened up an Invisiportal for them. They disappeared into it and when they arrived back at the Command Center, they were met by the four teenage Rangers who were staring at their mentor with looks of extreme disappointment.
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I used the band Eyeshine in the context they appeared for a very specific reason. Partly as a joke and partly to support a great band. If you haven't heard them check them out on MySpace or on their website if not for the music, at least so you can get the joke. I'd type in the exact web addresses but FF doesn't allow web links for some reason. Their main website is eyeshine(dot)net and the MySpace is myspace(dot)com/eyeshine.