Disclaimer: I own nothing about Power Rangers. Oh, wait, I own Theresa and Kyle. Yay, me!

Backstory: Tommy and Kimberly made love before she left for Florida. She became pregnant with twins. I added more years between Zeo/Turbo and Dino Thunder so the twins' age would make sense. No real mention of anything Zeo/Turbo in the beginning. Maybe an episode plot or two. Kim is also a Zeo Ranger, but not really that important.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed this eighth part of this adventure. Hope you continue on the journey with me!

Green Thunder Part 1

Hayley yawned as she entered the main portion of her café from her office. A noise startled her. She grabbed a nearby music stand before tiptoeing gingerly closer to the source of the noise. Any sane person would run away, but nearly fifteen years of friendship, and five years of being in a relationship, with Rangers now had her going toward danger.

She rounded the corner of her bar and screamed. Trent yelled and fell back.

"You! You're here!"

Hayley lowered her makeshift weapon in relief.

"Why?" Trent wondered.

Hayley raised an eyebrow. "You've seen that sign outside? The one that said Hayley's Cyberspace? Also, my boyfriend had an early morning meeting with someone from Aquitar."

Trent was confused.

Hayley shook her head. "Never mind." She noticed Trent's drawing. So far, he had a monkey in a space suit holding a ray gun standing in an airlock. She was impressed. Of course, this was the same young man that designed his own Power Ranger outfit without even knowing it. She wasn't surprised, but she was impressed. "You did this?"

Trent nodded. "Yeah. Must be doing something right."

Hayley flipped the page. His next drawing was full-color of a feline woman in a black skin-tight body suit with blue hair. "This is really good!"

Trent smiled shyly in response. "Thanks."

Hayley put walked around behind the bar. She turned on the café's lights. "So, here's the only question I have."

Trent began taking down stools. "What am I doing here at 7 in the morning instead of at home?"

Hayley nodded. "That would be the one."

Trent sighed. He settled another stool on the floor. "I came here to draw. My dad's not exactly supportive of my artistic endeavors. Not to mention, he can't know anything about me being a Ranger."

The redhead moved a tray of glasses to the sink behind the bar. "How do you know? About the drawing, I mean?"

I think his exact words were, 'Trent, I'm in no way supportive of your artistic endeavors.'"

"I see."

Trent sat down on a stool. "He doesn't think it'll get me anywhere."

"He'll come around. And as for all the secret Ranger stuff, well, according to Billy, eventually skirting the truth becomes almost second nature. You get used to it. You never like it but it becomes habit. Tommy's been lying to his mother since he was sixteen."

Trent raised his eyebrows. "Have you gotten used to it?"

Hayley thought for a moment. Really, the only people she conversed with on a regular basis were her parents and she just omitted anything Ranger-related. "In a way. I've been friends with Tommy and Kim for so long, it's sometimes difficult to forget people don't know. Most Rangers serve little more than a year at most. Tommy and Kim are the exceptions, rather than the rule. And your dad will come around with the drawing."

Trent nodded as he headed for the exit. "My dad's a great guy. But there are some things he won't budge on. My drawing is one of them."

In his lab, Tommy worked on scraping away the dirt from a recent find. One of his colleagues dropped it off a few hours before. He tried to let them down gently, stating he had too much on his plate to take on any side projects, but they refused to listen. So, Tommy was left to unearth the fossil in what little free time remained to him.

His computer still couldn't locate Kyle and he was hesitant to bring in outside help. Kim wanted to bring in Andros with the Megaship. She wanted DECA to scan Earth from orbit. She also wanted DECA to scan various alternate dimensions.

The longer Kyle remained missing, the more Kim worried. And Kim needed as little stress as possible.

Unknown to Kim, Tommy had been in touch with Andros but he and Zhane had their own problems. The Megaship simply couldn't be spared to look for one missing Ranger.

Dana and her team also had their hands full. Severe storms ravaged Mariner Bay the last few weeks. It was all the Lightspeed Rescue Rangers could do to control the damage and casualties.

Tommy started to chip away again. Theresa stormed down the stairs and stationed herself at the computer. His daughter typed for a while. She grunted in frustration several minutes later.

"If I was Hayley, I'd be worried about Billy talking so long with his ex. He still hasn't gotten off the interstellar channel!"

Tommy chuckled. "I'm sure they're talking business. Eltar's Rangers are touring Aquitar. As an ambassador, Billy has to ensure the Eltarans' visit goes smoothly. Who do you need to talk to anyway?"

Theresa checked the channel again. Billy was still on it. "I want to get in touch with Vincell."

Tommy's head shot up. "The Phantom Ranger? Whatever for?"

Theresa looked down as her feet played with the chair leg. "I thought he might have an idea on a way to search for Kyle. One we haven't thought of."

Tommy sighed and he set his tools down. He stood up, walked over to his daughter and sat down across from her. He put a hand on her knee.

Theresa let out a choked sob. "The longer he's gone, the less I feel him in my head!"

Tommy closed his eyes. "I know. I feel him less, as well."

His daughter flung herself into his arms. "I've never been alone in my head, not ever! Without Ky, I'm only one half of me!" Theresa continued to sob. Tommy rubbed her back, hoping to soothe her. Eventually, Theresa calmed down. She brushed the tears from her cheeks. "I probably look horrible right now," Theresa said as she sat back.

Tommy ran a hand through his daughter's shoulder-length hair. "It's okay." A thought snaked its way through his brain and Tommy let out a sarcastic laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"Just thinking about how much my parents worried about me and they had no clue I was even a Ranger! Now, I'm the parent with the missing son. Karma sucks."

Theresa let out a small chuckle. "That it does."

Tommy squeezed her hand. "No calling Phantom, okay?"

Theresa nodded. Tommy kissed his daughter on the top of her head and returned to his work. Tommy brushed off a portion of bone. He glanced back. "You know your mom and I love you, right?"

The smile that was so much like her mother's lit up Theresa's face. "I know, Dad. I love you, too."

Trent cautiously entered his dad's office. Anton lounged, reading a book. "You have a good day at school?"

Trent shrugged. "It was alright." He wanted to tell his dad his boss' boyfriend conversed with aliens on a weekly basis. He wanted to discuss his latest drawing. But he could do neither.

"I trust you had time to think about our earlier conversation."

Trent walked further into Anton's office. "Is that what it was?"

"I'm assuming your referring to the fact that you weren't… happy with the outcome."

Trent leaned against the edge of Anton's desk. His dad's book lay open on his knee. "Just not crazy about you telling me not to draw anymore." Also, I'm a Power Ranger, but I can't talk about that. The whole 'keeping secrets' thing didn't sit well with Trent. He understood the intent behind it but he didn't like it.

Anton closed his book. "Trent, when your parents disappeared, you and I agreed that I would act as your father. And fathers are sometimes forced to make decisions…"

Mercer swayed in his chair. His skin grew clammy. He began to sweat. "For the children that the children don't care for."

Trent didn't see his father's problems. "Dad, I get that."

Mercer shivered. Trent noticed that time. "Dad? Are you okay?"

Mercer swallowed. "Yes, I'm fine." He slammed his book down, stood, and faced away from Trent. "As I was saying, I can only raise you the way I know how." Anton tugged on his tie, freeing his neck. "The way I see fit. All I expect from you, Son, that you abide by my rules, okay?"

Trent nodded in resignation. "That's fine."

"Now go," stated Mercer quietly. "I have work to finish."

"Yeah, me too." Trent exited only far enough to witness his dad voluntarily depart into an invisiportal.

An hour later, Trent re-entered his dad's empty office. "Hello? What are you up to, Dad? What's goin' on around here?"

The portal opened when Trent got too close. He stuck his hand out and vanished, only to reappear in some sort of laboratory.

"What is this place?"

His morpher activated at the same time as a portal and drones filled the lab. Trent jumped through the portal and returned to his dad's office. The White Ranger exited as quickly as possible. He had a feeling Dr. O might know what that freaky lab place was.

The Ranger alarm beeped. Theresa brought the latest monster up on screen. "Uh, Dad? I think I might have something."

Tommy rushed over to view the creature. He shook his head. "Unbelievable."

Kira, Ethan, and Conner were right behind him. Ethan peered at the video. "Guess we got here just in time."

Kira glanced at her teacher. "Any particular reason for this guy?"

Theresa turned to face her friend. "It's been my experience bad guys don't need reasons to make monsters."

Tommy squinted. "It's hard to tell. It seems like he's actually looking for someone."

"Well, it's not gonna like what it finds," stated Conner. "Come on, guys."

Tommy tapped his daughter on the shoulder. "Run up and grab your mom. Then call Trent and fill him in. You two can meet us downtown."

Theresa nodded and ran up the stairs. The three other teens morphed and soon were downtown. Tommy monitored the altercation until his wife and daughter returned to the basement.

"Trent's on his way. He's gonna stop by here first. Apparently, something happened this afternoon," Theresa called as she morphed and took off for downtown.

Conner faced the monster down. "Is there something we can help you with?"

It pointed at each of them in turn. "Red, blue, yellow, orange. No. I'm looking for something in a nice spring green."

Theresa gasped. Green? Could this monster also be searching for Kyle?

Kira put her hand on her hip and tilted her head in Conner's direction. "Do you have any idea what he's talking about?"

"I think he's looking for Kyle," the Orange Ranger responded. The four prepared to attack but the monster blasted them back. All four only managed to back handspring out of the way in time. Trent arrived on the scene. His superspeed attacks left the monster dizzy.

What happened next completely rocked Theresa's world. The Green Ranger flew down and destroyed the monster and flew away.

Conner held up his morpher as he talked to Tommy and Kim. "You guys saw that, right? You saw Kyle?"

In the lab, Kim grabbed Tommy's hand. "Yeah, but we're still trying to figure out where he came from. Ky just appeared out of nowhere…"

"And vanished just as quickly," Tommy finished.

"We'll try and follow him. Come on." Conner led his fellow Rangers in the direction Kyle disappeared. They stopped in a plaza.

Theresa shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see anything."

The Green Ranger stepped forward. The hairs on the back of Theresa's neck stood on end. "Look harder."

Kyle voice was somehow deeper, throatier. In her helmet, Theresa swallowed back bile. She had a sick feeling history was repeating itself. For all intents and purposes, the Green Ranger appeared the same as ever.

"Don't come any closer," the Green Ranger warned as Conner stepped forward. "You'll force me to do something I don't want to do."

Tommy and Kim could only watch in growing horror as the scene played out.

Conner glanced at Trent and then at Ethan and Kira. What was Kyle up to? "What do you mean? We're your friends!"

"I have no friends." The Green Ranger turned his helmet onto Theresa. "Or family." He snapped his fingers and his axe appeared in his hand. One handed, he slammed the axe into the ground. The earth grumbled and fractured. It was all the Rangers could do to avoid falling into the cracks. Trent and the others lost their balance. Conner glared through his helmet.

"Was that really necessary?"

The Green Ranger rested his axe on his shoulder. "That was just a warning." He waved his axe and launched himself into the sky.

Theresa watched her brother leave. Underneath the orange plastic of her helmet, tears streamed down her face. A thought not her own reverberated through her brain.

Why does history repeat itself? What have we done to cause such misery?

She couldn't tell if it was her mom or her dad, or even the odd thought from Billy. She didn't really care. She just wanted the past several days to be a horrible nightmare.

Kim sat amidst her son's belongings in his room. His walls glowed a calming sea green, even in the moonlight. Posters of various athletes and movies dotted the walls. Kyle wasn't normally a messy kid but clothes littered his bedroom floor. His bed was unmade and hadn't been slept in in nearly a week. Various medals and trophies cluttered the top of his dresser. An empty plate sat on the nightstand.

Kim's fingers fiddled with a small green and white blanket. Kyle's baby blanket. A gift from Trini's mom. The woman loved to knit and she created one for each of the twins.

The baby inside of her moved. She'd been feeling flutters all afternoon. Kim forced back the vomit threatening to come up.

Tommy found her several moments later.

"Hayley and Billy are analyzing Kyle's lifesigns from the confrontation earlier today."

Kim ignored him.

"Billy's current theory is that Mesogog did something to Kyle's gem, only it didn't turn out exactly how he wanted."

Kim continued to stare straight ahead. "I've supported you through everything. I helped you harness the power of the gems. Together we created Power Rangers. We couldn't let it go. Everyone else did. They served their time. They don't keep coming back for more."

Tommy didn't know what to say. He simply sat beside her on their son's bed. "You could've walked away. You had plenty of chances. You even broke up with me once."

Kim's laugh was humorless. "And yet, I came back. Gasket brainwashed you and I rescued you." She peered down at the blanket in her hands. "Do you think about that sometimes? About what would've happened if I hadn't shown up?"

Tommy blinked and processed the question. "Would I have been able to resist the mind control?"

Kim nodded.

Tommy shook his head and swallowed. "I'd like to think eventually, something would trigger a memory. But what damage would have been done in the meantime? I wasn't about to allow the Zeo Rangers to leave that arena. They would've been my first victims."

Kim shuddered. Tommy persisted. "I see them sometimes, in my nightmares. The people I killed when I was Rita's puppet."

That brought Kim's head up. "You never killed anyone!"

Tommy partially agreed with her. "I never attacked any particular civilian in cold blood but I did lead attacks on Angel Grove. People died in those attacks. Trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. I called Dragonzord and it wreaked havoc on everything and everyone in its path. I showed Angel Grove no mercy."

Kim took her husband's hand. "None of that is your fault, though. You didn't ask for Rita to brainwash you."

Tommy held up his hands. "That doesn't matter. These hands still caused untold amounts of destruction. I still have to live with the guilt, the memories. And so will Kyle, when we get him back. He won't be the same person. We have to prepare for that."

Kim blinked. "We have to get him back first."

Tommy wrapped an arm around the woman he loved. "We will. Not one person who's been evil stayed that way. Me, Karone, Eric, Ryan, we're all good now because our friends refused to give up on us. I refuse to allow my son to become the first to completely fall."

She turned her head and her eyes met his. "Then we won't fail. We'll get Kyle back."

Tommy squeezed his wife's shoulder and rested his head against hers. "That's my girl. I love you. I can't imagine what my life would've been like without you and the twins."

Kim smiled. "I love you, Handsome. Never doubt that for a second."

Tommy returned her smile. "You're stuck with me. For better or worse."

Kim hugged her husband. "And I wouldn't have it any other way."

Tommy and Kim returned to the basement when Hayley reported some results from the scans she ran on the Green Ranger.

"Somehow, Mesogog managed to jumble the gem's powers into Kyle's DNA. It's all mixed together," the redhead informed a crowded basement.

"Are you working on a solution?" Kim wondered.

Billy shrugged. "If we can figure out a way to separate Kyle from the gem, we should have a solution."

Conner stared at the screen. "I'm assuming the tricky part is separating the two to begin with."

Hayley nodded. "Exactly. We don't even know where to begin. The way he is now, Kyle's not going to willingly part with his gem."

The alarm beeped. On screen, Kyle, in full morph, dropped down onto a plaza.

"You guys better get over there, make sure he doesn't go medieval on any civilians," Tommy ordered to Conner, Ethan, and Kira.

They turned to leave but Tommy stopped them. "Wait! Aim to render unconscious, not to destroy. That's still my son under that helmet."

The three nodded. They quickly morphed and met up with the Green Ranger at the plaza downtown. The Olivers, Billy, and Hayley watched on the monitors. Trent and Theresa stood ready.

"What about us, Dr. O?"

Tommy considered his options. He knew it would be extremely difficult for him and Theresa to fight Kyle. He was family and too evenly matched. This was the first time Tommy regretted allowing Jason to train the twins in martial arts.

"Trent, you go back up the others."

The White Ranger nodded and departed.

Tommy nodded at his daughter. "T, you back up Hayley and Billy." She nodded and joined the couple in another part of the lab. Tommy and Kim settled down to monitor the altercation.

On the screen, Conner pointed and clenched a fist at the Green Ranger. "Back so soon? I thought you made your point last time."

Green Ranger had his back to the trio of Rangers. He faced his former friends. "I've only just started. You want some more?"

The Rangers attacked. Kyle was too fast. He etched a K on their chests with his axe and kneeled at the Rangers' suits sparked and exploded.

"Too easy."

Several laser arrows from Trent's dagger knocked Green Ranger back. Green Ranger gasped. "Where'd you come from?"

Trent faced off with Green Ranger. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Conner climbed back to his feet. "What's the deal? We try to be nice, just extending a little Ranger love and this is what we get?"

"I've spent my entire life being nice. I'm not here to be friends."

"Then what is it?" Trent asked.

"What do you want?" Conner followed immediately.

Green Ranger tilted his helmet. "That isn't something you need to know. All that's important right now is that there's four Rangers too many and I'm here to change that."

Their quick conversation allowed Ethan and Kira time to recover.

"Go for it!" Conner yelled as he charged. The three fought Green Ranger but were quickly beaten. Amazingly, the only person to hold his own against the Green Ranger was Trent. He and Green traded blows and blocks until Green slammed Trent into the pavement.

"That should do for now."

Ethan stood and brought his weapon to bear. Green deflected the blast. Ethan growled. "Playtime's over!"

He pointed his blaster at the Green Ranger. He was surprised when Tommy showed up and wrestled the gun away from him.

"That's still my son in there!"

The morphed Black Ranger stared his son down. "We don't know what he's capable of. He's got powers we might not be able to deal with."

Green stood with one hand his hip, the other resting his axe against his shoulder.

"We don't want to hurt you, Ky."

"Kyle Oliver is dead," the Green Ranger sneered.

That pierced Tommy's heart. "Tell us why you're here," Tommy pleaded to his son.

The Green Ranger turned around. "Why am I here? Let's see. You couldn't keep your hands off my mother. Said mother refused to have an abortion. That's why I'm here. For right now, though, I just want to destroy you."

Underneath his mask, tears streamed down Tommy's face. He shook his head. He never knew Kyle could be so cruel. "What did Mesogog do to you?" Tommy cried.

"He did nothing more than free me. I am the real Kyle Oliver. I am no longer bound to obey you and all your rules and morals."

Ethan heard enough. "That does it!" He yelled and he and Kira attacked.

"Wait! No!" Tommy's pleas fell on deaf ears. Kyle easily deflected their blade attacks and slashed both of them across their chests. Kyle wasn't even breaking a sweat.

Both Rangers fell off the side of the building, landing in the parking lot below. Kyle followed them. Theresa reached her dad and they followed Kyle off the building.

"Have a nice flight?" The Green Ranger snickered. Ethan and Kira attempted to rise.

Ethan formed a fist. "He's gonna pay for that!" Both attacked again. Kyle's standing sidekick slammed Ethan into a parked car. Kira fared little better. Kyle tossed her beside Ethan.

"Pathetic. You're no match for me." Kyle turned on Tommy. "How 'bout you, Father? Care to find out if you can still cut it?"

Tommy shook his head. "I don't want to fight you, Kyle." He blocked a punch aimed at his head and retaliated with a punch to Kyle's midsection. "But I will if I have to."

Ethan and Kira summoned their weapons and assaulted Kyle. Or attempted to. Kyle, somehow, absorbed, their energies.

"It's too strong! I can't take it!" Kira moaned. A slice of Kyle's axe flipped them backward. Their morphs broke, leaving them powerless. Theresa ran over to her friends.

"Are you guys okay?"

Kira grimaced. "That wasn't what I had in mind."

"Looks like game over," Ethan moaned.

Kira glanced up. "Not yet."

Kyle faced off against Tommy. "Bring it, Pops."

Theresa gasped as their dad attacked with his staff. Kyle blocked and stole Tommy's energy as well. Kyle tossed his father aside and Tommy's morph failed as well. He grimaced and clutched his chest.

Theresa stood up, circling around until she put a good bit of distance between her and her friends.

"What about you, dearest sister? You've been remarkably absent from this fight."

"You and I are too evenly matched, Kyle. I could incinerate you just as you steal my power. Lose, lose."

"You wouldn't harm your own twin." Kyle was overconfident. She could use that.

"Wouldn't I?" Theresa unleashed a fireball. It slammed into the Green Ranger's chest and he screamed. Theresa tilted her head. Kyle's blood began to boil and his screams became louder, more agonized. He collapsed onto his knees.

"Theresa Trini Oliver! Stop this instant!" Her dad's command seeped into her brain and she blinked several times behind her helmet. Kyle stopped screaming. He glared at his sister even though she couldn't see it. She could feel his hatred. It overwhelmed her.

"Stay out of my way or be destroyed!" That said, Kyle vanished into the sky above.

Theresa demorphed and reluctantly joined the others. Somewhere along the way, Conner and Trent joined them.

Tommy crossed his arms. Theresa would be dead if her dad's eyes could kill.

"What the hell was that?"

She tried to recall the last several minutes. "I don't know! I just wanted him to hurt, like I was hurting! I didn't know I was capable of that!" She was hysterical and ran off sobbing. Tommy sighed.

Tommy? Kim's hesitant mind-voice echoed through his head. Is it possible Kyle's evil is affecting Theresa?

Tommy rubbed at tired eyes. Nothing was turning out the way it was supposed to. I don't know, Beautiful. Anything's possible, you know that. I hate to think that any child of ours could knowingly boil someone else's blood.

Tommy took in the state of his team. "Guys," he sighed, "we've got big trouble."

They all sat on the steps leading up to the main computer. Ethan stared off into the distance. "It wasn't supposed to be this way." He turned to Tommy. "Was it?"

Tommy snorted. "An evil Green Ranger? One who just happens to be the son of the last evil Green Ranger?" He shook his head.

"So what do we do?" Kira wondered to everyone, and no one in general.

"How are we supposed to fight him if we can't get near him?" Conner threw his hands up in defeat.

Trent remained silent. After a long pause, he spoke. "What did Theresa do to Kyle? I watched her throw a fireball at him and he began screaming."

Kim ran a hand over her tired face. "She, literally, boiled his blood."

Everyone, save for Tommy, Billy, and Hayley, stared at her in confusion. Kim inhaled deeply. "Theresa superheated Kyle's blood using her Dino power."

The former Ranger stood and paced. "Kyle and Theresa are extremely unique. They were the first children conceived and born to two active Earth Rangers. As twins, they share a powerful bond. At times, one has been able to influence the other emotionally."

The gears began to turn in Kira's head. "So you're saying what? Some of Kyle's evil Ranger spirit affected Theresa?"

Behind Kira, Billy nodded. "As such, Theresa craved revenge. She endeavored for Kyle to feel what she was feeling. She transferred her emotional turmoil into physical torture."

Conner was bewildered. "So she lost her cool for a second and nearly killed her own brother? I vote for not allowing Theresa anywhere near Kyle until we can help him."

Tommy hung his head. "I wish it were as simple as that, Conner."

Kyle stumbled into an alley. He gasped as his morph broke. Pain. All he could recall was pain. Theresa! She caused the pain! Why? What had he done? He couldn't remember!

His chest burned where his sister's fireball entered his body. He wiped sweat from his forehead. The last thing he remembered was Elsa's mocking laugh as he lost consciousness after something bit him.

He felt the back of his neck. No bite. That told him only that he'd been gone long enough for the bite to heal. With the Power, a bug bite typically healed after a day. Somehow, it felt longer to Kyle.

He cried out as the memories came back to him. Why him? Why had Mesogog chosen him?

In her room, Samantha Googled Kyle Oliver, Theresa Oliver, Kimberly Hart-Oliver, and Doctor Tommy Oliver. She frowned at the information presented to her. No hospital was listed as to the twins' place of birth.

She dug deeper. She couldn't design computers and know their hardware but she could hack with the best of them. No hospital in Angel Grove recorded an Oliver around the date of the twins' birth.

Samantha did note that Kimberly Hart spent several days in a hospital following a fall off a balance beam when she was seventeen. But the dates didn't match up. Kimberly would've already been in Florida when she discovered her pregnancy.

More information was available on Doctor Oliver than Kimberly and the twins. He was born on the Native American reservation outside Angel Grove. He had an older brother. His parents died in a house fire when he was six months old. Janice and Thomas Oliver adopted him and the new family moved to Phoenix.

Doctor Oliver and his parents moved back to Angel Grove while Oliver was in high school. From yearbooks and news clippings, Oliver hung out with five other students in particular, including the future Mrs. Oliver. From what she read, the six teenagers were model citizens. They spoke out against crime, pollution, drugs, etc. Three of them were even selected to a peace conference in Geneva. Three new kids from Stone Canyon joined the group.

Sam set a picture of Scott, Tran, Taylor, Hart, Cranston, and Oliver beside a promotional picture of the original five Power Rangers with the Green Ranger. All six were morphed. To the other side of the Rangers Sam moved a photo of the new six where DeSantos, Park, and Campbell replaced Scott, Tran, and Taylor. Scott, Tran, and Taylor all wore the same colors: red, yellow, and black. So did their replacements. Kim wore pink a whole lot. Oliver liked green clothes for nearly a year until he switched almost exclusively to white.

From green to white. Oliver appeared to be a serial monogamist when it came to clothing.

A news article reported on the local gymnast chosen to train with a famous coach for the Pan Global Games. An Australian blonde replaced Kimberly in the group photos. Campbell vanished, only to be replaced with another African-American girl, Tanya Sloan

Billy Cranston completely disappeared off the face of the Earth after graduating early from high school. He reappeared several years later, only to spend several months a year in complete seclusion. That was odd. What was odder was that Cranston never held a job.

Oliver and his new friends graduated from high school. Before they did, Oliver, DeSantos, and Park all changed clothing colors again. Oliver began wearing red, DeSantos preferred blue and Park seemed to take an interest in green. Hart returned to Angel Grove six months pregnant. Two months later, the twins magically appeared. Afterward, they all went their separate ways, though Scott and a few others followed the Olivers to Boston. From MIT enrollment records, Oliver and Hart waited a year after high school. More news clippings showed Oliver getting into auto racing, winning several races and pocketing a nice purse. Both graduated from MIT in four years. Oliver continued his education, earning is Masters and doctorate. Somewhere in there, Oliver and Hart married. Sam recalled Kyle talking about it.

Oliver spent six months on an island in the Pacific, just off the coast of Reefside, California. He was listed as one of two survivors after the island exploded and sank into the ocean. The only other survivor was Anton Mercer, Oliver's boss.

The rest of the family lived quietly in Angel Grove during that time. They moved to Blue Bay Harbor for one year then moved to Reefside.

On her monitor, Sam gathered into one album all the photos she collected. Five at first, then six for two and half years, before going back down to five, back up to six when Scott returned to Angel Grove for senior year, then back down to five at graduation. Scott disappeared before graduation and reappeared in New York City almost two months later. Scott later moved to Boston while the Olivers attended MIT.

While in high school, the groups of teens always wore the same colors until a new color desire popped up. Could these groups of teens from the 1990's have been Earth's first Power Rangers? If so, that meant Doctor Oliver had been a Ranger on three separate occasions.

Sam pulled up the photos from Kim's gym website. She focused on Kyle. Was it her imagination or did he wear an inordinate amount of green? Why? From the few photos she gleaned during the family's time in Blue Bay, Kyle didn't have a color preference. That only started occurring after they moved to Reefside. How peculiar.

Theresa sat on a park bench. She fiddled with her gem bracelet. What had she done? It wasn't very clear. She felt something cold, dark, menacing take over her…Kyle's tortured screams made her blood run cold. Was she really capable of such horrendous methods? Or did whatever turned Kyle also infect her, for the briefest moment?

If so, she was a danger to the other Rangers. She couldn't be trusted. Not until they freed Kyle.

It was well after midnight when she snuck into the darkened lab. Theresa sobbed as she removed her gem bracelet from her wrist. She placed it gently on the desk in front of the monitors, along with a letter to her parents.

As her parents slept fitfully, Theresa Oliver packed a bag and departed Reefside for Blue Bay.

TBC!