Casey approached Rose, trying to put a smile on his face. He stuck his hand out as he reached her. "I'm Casey from Jungle Fury. You're Rose, right?"

She nodded. "Yeah, from Operation Overdrive. You want to train together?"

Casey headed for the door, calling over his shoulder, "I'd love to!"

They walked towards the gym. Casey decided to find out a little more about this young woman. "So, Rose, tell me a little about yourself. So I know who I'm working with."

Rose thought for a minute before answering. "Well, let's see. I teach at a University and I've been studying computers and robotics on the side. I'm the Pink Drive Ranger-I use the Drive Geyser to defeat bad guys. I was pretty close to the Red Overdrive Ranger, Mack…I think I'll miss him most of all. Hmmm…I'm also genetically enhanced-I can become invisible. And I'm also ready to get revenge. What about you, Casey? What should I know about you?"

Casey's reply was quicker than Rose's had been. "I'm a Pai Zhuq master, but I didn't get my stripes until I learned that to be a leader was to lead and not always to follow others. I embody the spirits of the tiger and the shark. Um, I'm the newest member of my team to Pai Zhuq. And now I'm teaching classes at the Academy with Jarrod. Or I was."

They continued to talk as they walked towards the gym…

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Dominic ambled up to Jason, who was still seated at the table. He held his hand out towards the legendary Red Ranger and said, "You want to train together?"

Jason got up and shook Dom's hand. "Sure. Why not?"

They headed for the door and Dominic introduced himself. "I'm Dominic from Jungle Fury. Rhino Ranger. I was the newest addition to the team, after six years of trying to find my focus. I like to play practical jokes and I've gotten on Casey's nerves more than once. I'm not a Pai Zhuq master-that path's not for me. And I'm not really a leader; that role's always belonged to Casey. So…what can you tell me about you? Other than that you were the first red ranger ever."

Jason didn't speak for a minute. "I was retired from being a Ranger. I was the original Red Ranger and the original leader of the Power Rangers. I was retired once, but came back to help out the Zeo team as the Gold Ranger. Then I thought I was retired for good, but my girlfriend, Kimberly, and I got captured by Divatox and we had to fight again-but only for one mission. Then I got called back into action a year or so ago to join a team of Red Rangers; that was only for one mission too. And then I get called back one more time-but this time my team is wiped out. Zhane, Kat and I were the only survivors from our battle. It's been rough, I can tell you that."

Dominic nodded. "Wow. I can't imagine having thought it was over, only to have to wake up and put on the suit again. That's crazy. Well, let's go make sure no more Rangers have to die."

"I like that plan," Jason agreed.

They hadn't gone more than a few paces down the hallway when a siren began to blare and Ryan, the Titanium Ranger, came running up to them. "No time, guys. The monsters have returned. Come on, we have to go to the launch bay!"

He sprinted on and Dom and Jason looked at each other before charging after him.

Author's Note: Ok, so this was just filler. But now we get to the good stuff! At least, I think it's good stuff.