After Hayley had called, everyone than had gathered back inside of Tommy's house. They followed Jason back downstairs where Tommy's lair was and as he guided everyone, with Conner, Kira and Ethan remaining quiet as they willingly followed Jason back downstairs.
Having their teacher and mentor kidnapped did not help with matters. They were all scarred and nervous for his safety, but with two former rangers with them, they began to calm down somewhat.
Once they made their way back into the lair, Jason went over towards the computer. He sat down and started to examine the many buttons that it had. As he continued to expect it, Conner decided to push Ethan towards Jason. Signalling him to go and help him out.
" Alright, I'm going." Ethan whispered to Conner, Conner smiled at him and then stepped back along with Kira as the two of them watched Ethan try and assist Jason in starting up the computer.
" Hi there. Need help?" Ethan asked as he watched Jason. Jason looked up at Conner and rubbing the back of his head nervously her nodded his head. " Yeah, thanks. I feel kind of odd asking for your help, but I don't want to break this thing." Jason explained. He then stole a quick glance at Kimberly who was standing next to Ethan. She only smiled.
" No problem. This is what I do. I wont break it, so you don't have to worry about a thing." Ethan assured him with utmost confidence.
" Thanks." Jason said as he stood up to let Ethan sit down.
Jason then walked over towards Kimberly and as Ethan started to look over the controls Jason decided to whisper something in Kimberly's ear. " He reminds me of Billy…." Jason whispered as he watched Ethan type away.
" I know what you mean. Billy should meet him." Kimberly whispered back. And while they were both whispering to each other, Conner and Kira walked up. " Hey, who's Billy?" Conner asked.
" You heard that?" Jason asked amazed. " My curiosity got the best of me. I had to listen in. So who's Billy?" Conner asked again. Not caring about the fact that he was ease dropping. Jason though did not seem to be to bothered by it anyways.
" Billy's an old friend of ours and the original blue ranger. He's a genius like Ethan here." Jason explained.
" Oh. And he was a blue ranger too? Does that mean anyone wearing the color blue is like super smart like Ethan?" Conner asked as Ethan was still working away.
" I would not say that…I have not meet all the blue rangers." Jason said. Kimberly then decided to speak up." Don't forget about Justin, Jason. He was 12 when he replaced Rocky. Remember?" Kimberly asked
" Oh yeah. I forgot about him." Jason said as he then looked back at Ethan who looked to be just about finished.
" Oh man. There is so much that I don't know." Conner said. " That makes two of us. And three if you count Ethan." Kira said as she galced and pointed towards Ethan. But before Conner could remark to that Ethan spoke up.
" Hey, I'm in." Ethan declared, as he spun around his chair to face the others. And looking at everyone, Jason along with Kimberly worked there way around to Ethan's other side, while Conner and Kira stayed where they are.
" So what does Hayley want to show us anyways?" Conner asked as he eyed the screen.
" Well, were going to find that out right about… now." Ethan said as he pressed a signal button. And as he pressed the button an image of Tommy popped up. They all stared in awe at the image.
But the image did not last long and a moment later it disappeared, causing the screen to go fuzzy and than black out.
" Hey, what happened to the image?" Jason asked as he started to grow worried. Thinking that perhaps he should not have touched the computer at all. He then looked down at Ethan and he looked just as perplexed.
" I don't know. I swear I did not do this. I just turned it on…" Ethan began as he tried to figure out a way to bring it back on.
" Things can't get any worse…" Conner muttered. Just then though the rest of the power in the house went out, leaving everyone in complete darkness.
" Conner, never say things can get worse again..." Kira muttered as she gave him an annoyed look in the darkness. " Sorry." Conner muttered back.
" Could this have something to do with Tommy's kidnapping?" Kira than asked as she looked around in the darkness.
" Your guess is as good as mine Kira." And turning around they all looked towards the direction of the voice. It was Hayley. Or at least it sounded like her. No one could see a thing.
" What's going on?" Kira asked worried. " I'm not sure. The whole city's power just went out." Hayley explained.
" Do you think this has something to do with Tommy's disappearance?" Kimberly asked. " I would not put it past it." Hayley said. She than came up towards Ethan and lightly touched him on the shoulder.
" Come on, we better go upstairs." Hayley said as she got Ethan to stand up. " But where's the exit? I can't see a thing." Jason asked as he tried to keep himself from knocking anything over.
" It's over here, follow me." Hayley said as she grabbed his hand and helped guide him towards the exit.
Once they were outside of Tommy's lair and working their way upstairs that was when Kira spoke up. " I'll go find some candles." Kira said. " I'll help." Kimberly offered. And together the two of them went to look for candles to light so they could see what they were doing.
Meanwhile, Conner and Ethan tried to find the couch so they could sit down. Conner ended up bumping into the table before he managed to sit down. Hayley, who knew Tommy's house well, guided Jason towards the couch opposite of Conner and Ethan. After the two made it safely to the couch Conner spoke up, rubbing at his leg as he talked.
" So now what do we do?" Conner asked. " The only thing we can do…we wait." Ethan said and as they all waited, it was not long before Kira and Kimberly came back with a handful of large candles.
After they had lighted them all, they each took a seat. Kira sat between Conner and Ethan and Kimberly sat next to Jason.
They remained in silence for a while and it had to be Hayley who finally broke the silence…
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