"Oh man, now they have Tommy and Jesse. I was supposed to look after her…" Adam said. "I've got to get back to the others. Jesse, I'll get you back." Adam ran towards the Villa to tell the others. He worried that Jason and the others would think he couldn't protect her on his own.
Meanwhile, Jesse was now captive to the Machine Army. They took her and tied her hands to a wall in a dark brick room. Within minutes of her captivity she came to.
"Where am I?" she noticed her hands above her head. She looked around after her eyes adjusted to the darkness.
"Tommy?" she called out. "I guess, I'm alone… wait what's that?" she could hear voices.
"Now that we have the Oliver siblings the rest of the team will fall to pieces," a voice said.
"Gasket…"
"Next we'll go after that worm, Adam. Now that we have his little princess, he won't be able to fight back."
"That's what you think Archerina… Come on, say where my brother is…"
"Having the captives split up through the city is a good idea, huh?"
"Sprocket… so he's not here… where ever HERE is… Alright, what can I do to escape?" Jesse looked back up at her confines.The ropes were long enough that she could still move her arms.
"Can I get to my communicator?" she reached out to try and touch the buttons. "Yes!" she pushed the button to call Zordon.
"Zordon," she said quietly. "If you can hear me, have Alpha track and save my location. Don't say anything. Once you lock on me teleport me back to the others." There was no response. She held her breath.
"I hope they heard me." A couple minutes passed by. "Guess not…" Seconds later she felt the teleporting sensation and was brought back to the others in the villa. She landed back in the living room where the others were discussing what the next step should be.
"Jesse!" they yelled. Adam, who was sitting on the floor, stood up, walked over to her and hugged her.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you. Are you hurt? How did you escape?" he asked.
"I'm ok. They tied me to a wall. They aren't too smart, I was still able to reach my communicator. I called Zordon and he teleported me out. I waited a while, I wanted to see if I could hear them say where Tommy is. All I heard was that he wasn't where ever I was and they're planning on going after Adam next… but that was before I escaped."
"I'd like to see them try to come after me," Adam said. "But, I'm just glad you're safe."
"Well, I just thought, what would Adam do?" she smiled.
"That's never a bad option," Kat said. "He has a good head on his shoulders. But he probably would have broken out of the ropes and attacked," she joked.
"Yup, that sounds like my bud," Rocky added.
"Tanya, help me get these rope off her," Adam said. They each took one of her arms and started working on the knots.
"These knots are impressive," Tanya said struggling with her knot. "Got it," she said looking over at Adam who was finishing his knot as well.
"Look at your wrists…" Tanya said. Jesse looked down. Both her wrist were covered in red blotchy gashes.
"That's rope burn," Jason said. "I'll take these to my room. Maybe we can use them."
"I'll get the first aid kit," Kat said running off while Jason took the rope up to his room.
"Rocky, lets go check on Billy," Tanya said walking towards the stairs.
"What?" Rocky asked. Tanya motioned Rocky over to her. Rocky got up and joined her.
"Give them some privacy," Tanya said.
"Oh. Come on, Tanya… Billy might need help," he said as they walked off.
"Go ahead, sit down," Adam said. "Are you hurt?"
"Just my wrists. I don't know how long I was tied up. Long enough to do some major damage to my wrists."
"What about from the fight?"
"The cogs got me on the back of my head. It doesn't hurt though. Dad always said I was hard headed… guess he meant literally."
"Hey, Jesse, Adam. I got the first aid kit," Kat said walking into the room.
"They had one in the Villa? Man, they think of everything," Jesse said.
"No, actually. I brought it," Kat said handing it to Adam. "I was worried about the state Tommy could be in when we get him back. I thought about not bringing it. Now I'm glad I did."
"You're awesome, Kat," Jesse said.
"Use whatever you need," she said and returned upstairs. Adam opened the first aid kit and started working on Jesse's wounds.
"I didn't know you knew first aid," Jesse said as Adam put ointment on her wrists.
"We had to learn it as a part of the karate teaching certification," Adam said. "It's the least I can do after I wasn't able to protect you."
"Adam…" Jesse said placing her free hand on top of his. "We were ambushed."
"We shouldn't have asked Martin to drop us off downtown."
"We didn't know."
"I should have known they were going to do this. I put you in danger. It was my fault that you had to find a way to escape. I'm sorry…" Adam finished wrapping her wrist in tape. "There, this will keep your open wounds from getting infected."
"Thanks, Adam. You're a lot better at this than I am. And don't be hard on yourself. I'm fine. So, I've got a little rope burn. It'll heal. I should have listened to you and ran." Adam listened to Jesse but turned his head away from her.
"I'm not a very good Power Ranger… I let everyone down again… If I can't protect one person, how can I protect the entire world?"
The rest of the team was watching them from upstairs waiting for a good moment to come down.
"Adam sure is taking this hard," Kat said.
"I know Adam. I know he did everything he could to protect her," Tanya said.
"We have to find a way to get his confidence back," Jason said. "If he keeps thinking the way I think he is. He isn't going to be any use to the team. We need Adam."
"Rocky, you two are best friends. Do you have any ideas?" Billy asked.
"I've known Adam a long time," Rocky started. "When he loses his self-confidence, it takes a lot to get it back. Being a ranger is the best thing that happened to him, until Jesse came along. I think this is a job better left to her and his martial arts skills. He's one of the best martial artists I've sparred with."
"Alright, well, it looks like they're done talking," Billy said. "They just went into the kitchen. We should go down now. I'm sure Zordon and Alpha are waiting for a status report."
The group nodded and walked downstairs. Jesse and Adam returned to the living room with trays of fruit and veggies, chips and a couple types of dips and set them up on the coffee table in the living room.
"Hey guys, we saw you waiting upstairs," Jesse said. "We figured this would be a long night, so Adam helped me put together the snack trays my mom sent."
"We should call Zordon and figure out what to do next," Jason said. Billy set up the communication system as the rest of the team got comfortable with plates of food and drinks from the fridge.
"Zordon, we're all here," Billy said as he started to build his plate.
"Rangers, I'm glad to see you have been reunited," Zordon said. "Jesse, how are you?"
"I'm fine. A little rope burn, but Adam patched me up."
"Adam, I want to commend you for your bravery and doing your best to protect Jesse. As a ranger, you showed true courage. You must remember that you will not always be successful by yourself, and should not be hard on yourself for what happened. You taught Jesse well and it is because of you that she could devise a plan and escape with minor injuries."
"You did great, Adam," Alpha said.
"You weren't there…"Adam thought staying silent while he bit into a carrot.
"Zordon, were you able to figure out where I was being held?"
"You were being held deep inside the Tower of London."
"And you could still get to me?"
"For an unknown reason they were not able to block the communication and teleportation signal. However, we could not pinpoint your location until your transmission came through."
"So, the same is probably true for my brother… well, I guess we can scratch the Tower of London off our list."
"I wouldn't say that. Once they discover you're gone, they could move Tommy there," said Kat.
"That being said, for the time being, I think you should stick together at all times as a whole unit. There is strength in numbers, if you were to be attacked again you would have better odds."
"We even have to sleep in the same room?" Rocky asked.
"No Rocky," Alpha said. "Remember, the Villa has a barrier around it. Feel free to sleep in your own bedrooms."
"So only when we leave the Villa," Kat said.
"It is a good idea, since each time we've left we have seen the machines," Tanya said.
"So, we're in London now. We have no clue where Tommy is. What should we do next?" Jesse asked.
"Billy, it is time to bring out your new devices," Zordon said. Billy went into his backpack and grabbed something he was working on and handed them out to the team.
"Sunglasses?" Jason asked.
"Shades, cool." Rocky responded putting them on.
"These aren't regular sunglasses," Billy said. "We can see through walls using them. As well as search for Tommy's biorhythm and even track by scanning those around us. Jesse come here." Billy and Jesse stood in the front of the living room. "First, we have to scan Jesse with the glasses on." Billy put his sunglasses on and flipped the switch on the side. A red beam came from his eyes. Slowly, the beam moved over Jesse's body copying every detail into the memory bank. "While Jesse and Tommy's scans wouldn't match up exactly there will be a lot of similarities and enough that could help us find him. So, everyone needs to scan her."
One-by-one the group of Power Rangers put on their sunglasses and copied Jesse into the memory banks. Afterwards, Billy spent the evening showing them how to use the other functions in their sunglasses.
"Alright team, tomorrow, we start searching for Tommy. We aren't going home until we find him," Jason said.
"Circle up everyone," Jesse said. "Hands in," each member of the team put their left arms in the circle. "For here on out, everything we do is to save Tommy and bring him back. We're not giving up on him."
"3…2…1…" Jason said.
"POWER RANGERS!"
"Some ranger I am… they might as well replace Zeo Ranger four with the gold ranger. Jason has picked up my slack and became the leader of this team. All I'll do the rest of the trip is get in the way…"