Disclaimer: Nuh-uh, I don't own the Power Rangers. If that's a double negative, I'm sorry, because I really don't own the Power Rangers.
Episode 1: Darkness Awakening
High above the forests just outside of Angel Grove a small off-white private plane was flying. In the back of the plane a man called Eric Myers was taking a nap. He had tawny skin and barely wavy black hair, dressed in a red T-shirt and black jeans with a brown bomber jacket currently doubling as a blanket.
He and the pilot- Taylor Earhardt- had had a long summer, searching for the mythical flying island of Animaria. Of course, the previous 'school year' had been even tougher. Shifting sleepily the man remembered an event from the final battle against Bansheera that spring which he couldn't help but play over and over again in his mind...
He and the Q-rex had been defeated. It had been a tough fight, he had done his best, but he had lost. Taylor had helped him back to the clock tower, lying him down on the couch. Trip had covered him with a rust-hued blanket.
Struggling up, he rasped, "I want to help."
"No," Taylor refuted. "No. You've done your part, Eric."
"Yeah, right," he argued, finally managing a sitting position. "You guys are about to go fight her and everything. Look, you need me."
"I know. But you're a liability at this point, Eric," Taylor refuted, pushing him back down. "Stay here."
"But-"
Taylor cut him off in a way he never would have imagined. She had kissed him, pressing her lips hard against his. After what felt like eternity and a nanosecond at the same time she pulled back. Quietly she repeated, "Stay here."
Dazed, all he could do was nod as she and the other four Rangers left to battle Queen Bansheera.
Three and a half months later, and he was still baffled. Why had Taylor kissed him? And why had he enjoyed it so much? As much as Eric hated to admit it, maybe his best friend Wes had been onto to something. Oh boy. Well, he'd deal with that little notion after they found Animaria.
All summer the two had been searching for a flying island with no success. The main reason they were still looking at all was because both had encountered far odder realities as Power Rangers.
Next time on Power Rangers Wild Force: When Camera Org puts Taylor out of commission the other Rangers have to hurry to stop it; and even after they get Taylor back the Org supersizes! Thus the Rangers have to use the Wild Zords in battle for the first time! Plus there's more explanation on the history of Animaria- the Pink Wolf Princess version anyhow.