Everybody focused on the viewing globe, which showed Dr. O memory.
Dr. O was driving a car through the desert. It looked familiar... it was the desert outside the Command Center. He stopped in the middle of nowhere, turn down the car and opened his belt. After a few seconds a... SPACESHIP landed before him!
Original rangers were shocked, but it didn't affect at all Dr. O's team.
He waited patiently when the ship opened, firstly he saw Billy and Trini. Trini rushed and jumped into Thomas's arms, he laughed and hugged her closely. During that, Billy came closer, when Trini stepped back from Tommy, he put him into a brotherly hug.
- How many years ago that is in the future? - Trini asked when she noticed that she barely changed on the face. They hadn't seen Thomas's face, but something was telling her that it was at least few years in the future, how did she look so young? Billy too!
- I dunno exactly. Six maybe? - Dr. O said uncertainly.
- How... - Billy started to ask, but then memory gave them an answer.
- Wow, that water of young is really working well... you still looking like teenagers. - Tommy from the memory said with the smile.
- Well... I didn't have much choice, you know. - Billy answered.
- And I... you know, which girl doesn't want to be young and beautiful. - Trini giggled.
Thomas wanted to say something, but then somebody else left the ship. Ex-Rangers from space. Andros, Ashley, Cassie, TJ, and Carlos. Everybody rushed to say hay to Tommy, TJ started talking about Tommy's new car and he looked under the mask without asking. Everybody talked at once and Tommy laughed, this memory was kind of blurred, he didn't remember exactly what everybody was saying, but then, Tommy turned to Andros.
- I'm not sure that we should be here... That I should be here. - Andros said with a quiet voice.
Tommy shook his head.
- Zordon would want you to be here. - Thomas answered and patted Andros's arm.
- What is this water of young? - Trini asked, truly shocked.
- It's water used by Aquitarians to keep themselves young longer. - Dr. O answered simply and shrugged.
Dino rangers giggled, seeing how shocked originals were.
- What would Zordon want him to be there? Where? - Jason asked with raising voice. Dr. O didn't answer it was pointless.
- Tommy! I bet that I will win a race! - TJ said with a laugh.
- I may choose you as my successor as Turbo red ranger, but you are too cocky, you think that you will beat the master? - Tommy teased and they started walking in direction of Command Center, they were laughing, talking about everything, about newbie rangers, about Promethea, about NASADA.
Zordon was watching this, knowing how dangerous it was, seeing the future. Future rangers, knowing that someday Tommy will shift into a Turbo, there will be a need to use turbo powers. But he was silent. Original rangers didn't know what was Promethea and knew very little about NASADA.
Kira smiled, seeing her father around his friends it. It was warming the heart.
When they came to the place where once command center was, they saw only old ruins. All tech stuff was cleaned from here, but they decided not to take away the elements of the building, making this kinda of monument of old times.
- What?! WHAT?! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! - Original rangers started to shout.
- Nothing is eternal. - Dr. O answered coldly.
- Don't give us a shit like this, tell us what happened! - Jason shouted and came closer to the Dr. O, who gave him an only a cold look.
- JASON, STOP. - Zordon ordered. - HE IS SHOWING ENOUGH, THIS IS SERIOUS DANGER TO THE CONTINUUM.
That made Jason step back, but he murmured something under his nose, but Dr. O ignored that. Tommy was kinda shocked by Jason behavior, he'd never seen him so aggressive. Hah! How much he didn't know about the other side of his friend.
- Zordon, really it's not. - Dr. O answered. - Time Force Agency is on guard, they already hate me, so. - Thomas waved his hand, he knew well that Alex and people from 3000 year will have this on their mind during the work.
- Why do they hate you? And what is Time Force Agency? - Kimberly asked.
- Is this because that clone, which you left in the past? - Ethan asked with an excited voice.
- Yeah. Jen said that they had a lot of work because of me... maybe this counts too. - Dr. O shrugged. When they left Tommy's evil clone in the past, time force had a lot of work to make things work. - And it does not exist yet. Let's say that they care about things with time travel didn't screw up the universe. - he added after a while. Zordon was shocked by future Tommy's knowledge, it was beyond even his own. Others seemed to be satisfied with the answer. During that discussion, more rangers came. All of them were unknown to them... but then...
- Adam? Aisha? Rocky? - Kimberly asked, looking at the viewing globe.
- Yeah. They were... will be... whatever... Zach's, Trini's and Jason's successors. - Dr. O explained.
- Are we going to leave? - Trini asked.
- Yeah... I won't say why. - Dr. O said and looked at viewing globe.
For now, on the place were space rangers, time force and lost galaxy. There was Justin too, who now was a teenager, Tanya, and mentioned trio. All of them were wearing their rangers colors. Tommy was wearing his last color - red, Carlos decided to wear black, but for example, TJ stuck with red.
- They all are rangers? - Jason asked with awe.
- No. At that moment they were rangers veterans. It was Wild Force era. - Kira decided to help her father with explanations. - Danny kinda creeps me. - Kira murmured, what makes Conner laugh, he knew exactly why. That guy had a creepy smile.
Wild force rangers showed up. They decided to came in their Power Ranger's suits, as the presentation of the legacy. Then lightspeed rescue rangers showed up. Only Kimberly, Jason and Zach were missing... and Katherine, but nobody really counts that she will show up after the break up with Tommy. There were still a few minutes to the start, so everybody was standing and they just were talking about everything. Sports, missions, hobbies, work.
- Are you all friends? - Zach asked.
- No. We are a family. - Conner answered with a smile, that declaration made Dr. O smile too. But then he remembered that not exactly everybody was in this family.
- Where am I ? - Kimberly asked, expecting her being on Tommy's side, but she already knew that between them was something off in the future.
Then, Jason came with Kimberly and Zach. It was more than obvious that she and Jason were together, he even kissed Kim on Tommy's eyes, like he was claiming his prey. Tommy ignored that, he kinda forgive them this.
- I and Jason?! - Kimberly shouted.
The memorial began, Tommy began to tell a speech, but after few first words, he looked at Jason, who was going into Andros's direction, he stepped back from the platform and went into that direction, taking everybody's attention with him. He stood between Andros and Jason.
- How could you invite that traitor here?! - Jason shouted and wanted to rush at Andros but Tommy stopped him.
- For first, he is no traitor. Secondly, Zordon would want him to be here. - Tommy was trying to be calm.
- ZORDON WOULD WANT HIM HERE?! ZORDON IS DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM! - Jason answered with anger and Andros only closed his eyes with guilt.
- WHAT?! - Original rangers shouted.
- Zordon is dead? Andros killed him?! - Kimberly asked with a shaky voice.
Doctor Thomas Oliver sighed and looked briefly at Zordon and then he looked at viewing globe.
- I think that it will be explained soon.
- You selfish bastard! - Tommy pushed Jason away. - Zordon sacrificed himself! There was no other way!.
- There is always another way! We don't trade lives! - Jason raised his voice again, he looked furious.
- You have guts, Jason, really. Where were you when the Dark Spectre army was conquering the universe, huh? In the Promethea save zone. Away from all dangers, when other rangers veterans were fighting, helping refugees... you were sitting in the warm, save room. - Tommy pointed out. How Jason could say about this, when he was sitting in save zone and he wasn't fighting at all, he even didn't see that army probably, that destruction.
- Kimber... - Jason started to answering, but Tommy interrupted him.
- I don't care that Kimberly was pregnant. You weren't. You should fight. Even now! When I was collecting the team to take down sempentera, you didn't show up because of your fucking wounded ego! - Tommy began to be angry too, he had a great opportunity to say everything that was cumulating inside him for quite long.
- What happened to you guys? I heard that you were the best friends. - Wes, time force red ranger said.
That made Tommy laugh bitterly.
- When was he my best friend? When he fucked my girlfriend behind my back? - Tommy said with angry-amused voice.
Kira went to her dad and took his hand, Dr. O smiled and he just hugged her to him, the smiled. Kira knew that was hard for her dad, but she and Hayley will be always there to help him with his difficult past. Always. He helped her with the present, she will help him with past.
Kimberly was shocked, Jason and Tommy too... Tommy kinda expected that he felt that in his guts.
Future Kimberly was shocked too, she looked at Trini.
- Sorry, Kim, he had the right to know. - original yellow ranger said.
Trini seemed to be troubled. Kim is her best friend... but she didn't know if the Kimberly that was betraying Tommy behind his back will be Kim that she will call a friend. She agreed with the future herself. Tommy had the right to know.
- Why are you on his side?! That is his and his sister fault! She was the Astronema! She was the main evil and he killed Zordon! - Jason accused. Tommy wanted to say something, to justify them, but then Jason says something that he will remember to the end of his days. - You are on their side because you are still evil in your heart, you'd never been picked by Zordon, you were chosen by Rita, by Evil! - Jason shouted in his direction.
That. Was. To. Much.
At first, Tommy didn't know how to react, that was a heavy shock for him. He heard some gasps, but he didn't care. How could he say that?!
But then, the first shock was away. Anger took his place.
- Maybe I was picked by evil, maybe I'm still evil in the heart! Who knows! - Tommy was furious at this moment. - But Zordon still picked me as the new leader, because you couldn't get shit done. That's why Andros is a better leader than you ever was because he did something and now he lives with the consequences of his action, you couldn't do anything! You couldn't even take down that bloody candle! - Tommy shouted in Jason's face.
Originals rangers just were watching this with open mouths, too shocked to say anything. They couldn't believe that Jason said that to Tommy and they weren't prepared for Tommy's answer. Dino Thunder Rangers went to their mentor, Conner stood on Kira's side and Ethan on Dr. O's.
Jason couldn't handle this, he just punched Tommy and he answered in the same way. They started fighting. It was a hell of a fight, brutal one, but Tommy was winning for the moment when other rangers decided to pull them away from each other.
- This is memorial for power's sake! You could be civil at least for once! - Trini shouted at them, looking mostly at Jason. - We are all here for Zordon and you are fighting here! - Aisha added.
- Can you guys just... - someone started to say, but Tommy had enough.
- Sorry guys... I have enough. - Tommy said and looked at everybody. - Quite a few of us here lost a mentor when Zordon died. We are here to his memory... but I'm done. I'm done with you, Jason. I forgave you, Kimberly, I was trying to be on your side... but I'm tired. I'm done with you. - Tommy said and then he went to the Andros and the space rangers.
- Come on Andros. - he said and then they started walking away. Tommy, space rangers and the lost galaxy rangers started to leave this place. Karone went after her brother and her team wouldn't leave her alone. Tommy was looking in front of him, not turning back... at least for a while, because then he heard a voice, Billy's voice.
- Andros, Tommy... wait. - If that would be someone else voice, Tommy probably wouldn't stop, but now he stopped and looked at Billy.
Billy looked at Trini like they were making a decision.
- I don't know you Jason anymore... really I don't recognize you or you Kimberly. I think that Zordon would be ashamed of seeing who you become. - Billy said and then Trini continued.
- You are not people that I was friend with, that people would fight for every good, for freedom, not sitting in a safe place and then pointing others decision. Andros did what he had to and Zordon wanted to sacrifice himself. Andros... can we still count on the ride back to Aquitar? - Trini said and then she looked at Andros.
- Yyy. Yeah. - Andros seemed to be shocked by that. Billy and Trini looked at their used-to-be-friends last time and went to the space rangers, lost galaxy rangers and Tommy. The others realized what is going on. It was the end.
- Well... Tommy is a pain in the ass of Time Force, but... he is a legend, he is everything that ranger should be and Andros did his best. - Jen said and the Time Force rangers went to Tommy's side.
- I just don't have words to describe that. We came to learn something about Zordon, mentor of many generations of rangers but you just destroyed it. - Carter said and the Lightspeed rescue rangers went to Tommy's side.
- Dude... I don't even know you. You didn't show up on the mission to the ruins of machine empire. - Cole said and the presents rangers, wild force, went to Tommy side. Cole was always kinda excited around Tommy.
Justin and Tanya looked at each other and sighed.
- Sorry. - Tanya said and after that, she went with Justin to... Team Tommy.
Aisha and Adam looked at Rocky.
- Well... you could be our friend Jason, but what you said today is a bullshit. And... Tommy was our friend and leader when he needed him. - Rocky said and this trio went to the rest.
Only Jason, Kimberly and Zach stayed on the place. After realizing that Zach stayed at Jason side, Tommy wished them luck and everything good and then, he went away with all of these rangers who stayed on his side. Maybe they did it because Tommy is a legend, maybe because they knew that Andros did what he had to... probably both.
- Well... That would be it. - Dr. O said, seeing the shocked original team, but not only. Zordon and Alpha were silent too. - Kira, wake up Trent... we are going out of here, I guess we are done here and we need to focus on Elsa and Zeltrax. - Dr. O did something on the console panel, he disconnected his communicator with Zordon's communication system and they just were planning to leave, like this.
- You can't leave it like that. - Tommy said to his future self.
- See me. - Dr. O smiled and after Kira managed to wake up Trent, they left the command center.
And nobody stopped them.
Yuhuu! Finally I explained what happened between Jason and Tommy, now I will focus more on the plot.
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Now I'm writing two more power rangers fics, one about Evil Tommy Oliver and Astronema and the second one in Ninja Storm universe with little timetravel too :P
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