Author's Note: Anyone interested in a deleted scene? Usual rules apply.

After half a day of searching, the Rangers regrouped in downtown Silver Hills. Despite his ice cream cone and a stop for a hot-dog, Jake insisted everyone meet for a late lunch. The Rangers sat down on the patio to discuss their findings, or lack thereof, as they waited for their meals to arrive.

"There's no sign of him," Noah shook his head. "Orion and I checked everywhere. We thought we found him at one point, but it turns out it was just a guy's suitcase."

"You confused Tensou for a suitcase?" Troy asked.

"It looked just like him," Orion stated then shrugged his shoulders. "Other than that, there's no sign of him."

"We thought we bumped into him at one point," Emma said as she pointed to Rebecca.

"Turns out, I was just feeling up a kid's science project," Rebecca sighed. She dropped her head on the table, "Dolphin senses fail."

"You can't win them all," Emma said as she reassuring rubbed Rebecca's back. At the same time, she looked to her teammates and mouthed to them "It was hilarious."

"Ryan and I didn't see anything," Troy stated. He turned to his sister who, in her high chair, was enthusiastically colouring the children's menu the waiter had provided for her. "Wherever Tensou went, it's not around here."

"We didn't see anything," Jake shook his head.

"Maybe if you searched places that didn't just sell food," Gia commented as she lightly poked him in the stomach. Jake shrugged.

"What? It's a hungry day today."

"What if someone took him?" Noah suggested. In return, he got a lot of dark looks from around the table. He sighed, "I don't hope for it, but there's got to be a reason no one's seen him? I mean, a three foot animated robot is loose in the city and no one notices?"

"What could they want with Tensou, though?" Rebecca asked. Noah turned to her and cocked an eyebrow.

"He's the brains behind our newest suits and weapons. He's got all our data stored inside him. If Vrak or Vekar got their hands on him, we're essentially powerless."

Rebecca gulped, "Sometimes, I'm glad I'm not a Ranger."

"You're doomed too," Gia pointed out to her.

"Dammit," Rebecca dropped her head on the table again.

The waiter arrived with their food. As plates were passed around the table, Gia couldn't help but notice new arrivals to the restaurant patio. She recognized them both instantly from her encounter near the ice-cream stand. It was Eric and his friend, the two Silver Guardians, with Eric being the one who had rubbed her the wrong way about Tiger and her own team.

Eric still had his phone with him, but hadn't shut it down before he tucked it under his arm on his way to the table. Gia caught a quick glimpse of the article he was reading and couldn't help but notice the picture of her team in the corner.

She excused herself from her table and made her way over to Eric. She didn't care that she was being rude by interrupting his lunch. He had irritated her. The least she could do was return the favour.

"Where's she going?" Orion asked when Gia got up. Jake shrugged his shoulders then rubbed his hands as he looked down at the burger before him.

"Who knows? I'm starving. Let's eat!"

Gia, seeing an empty space at Eric and his friend's table, pulled up a chair and joined them. She sat down right beside Eric and snatched the phone from his hand.

"Hey!"

She swiped the screen and it unlocked right away. She held up the phone and shook her head.

"Silver Guardian, huh? You'd think you'd have your phone locked."

"People generally know not to invade my privacy," Eric said. He reached for his phone but Gia pulled it away and began reading the article out loud.

"Megaforce Rangers: Harwood's Mega Heroes. Top ten reasons why the newest team of Rangers is the greatest of all time."

"You're that kid from this morning," Eric said. Gia continued reading.

"Number one: They can morph into every team that has ever come before them on the face of the planet, as well as other teams the world has never seen before. Thanks to this, they have every single power and weapon you can think of. Number two: They're on their second round. Rumour has it, the pirate Rangers are the same team of heroes that fought last year against the large, alien insects. If this is true, their new suits are upgraded, potentially making them the strongest and best team ever seen."

"The article is extremely biased," Eric shook his head. He finally snatched his phone back and put it in his pocket. "The writer is from Harwood County, where the newest team originates. Obviously he's picked favourites."

"Still, you're reading up on it. That's got to mean you're curious."

"Um, Eric, who's your friend?" the other man, Eric's co-worker by Gia's guess, asked. Eric sighed loudly.

"I don't know. She's just this annoying kid who likes to dress up her cats and bug me."

"Well, that second part's not hard to do," the other man chuckled. He offered Gia his hand, "I'm Wes."

"Gia. And for the record, I've only got one cat," Gia said. She turned back to Eric, "And I don't enjoy dressing her up. Sometimes, I just have to."

"What possible reason do you have for dressing up your cat? Unless you've got a death wish."

"I used to. Then I decided I preferred living. I can die when I'm dead."

"Sounds like you two get along," Wes said with a smirk as he looked to Eric.

"I barely get along with you," Eric rolled his eyes. At the same time, the waiter walked by. Wed tried to flag him down.

"I can get you a menu. If you're going to bug Eric here, I've got to treat you to lunch."

"Thanks, but I'm here with my friends and we can't stay long," Gia said and gestured to her table. "Another friend of ours took off and we have to look for him before anything happens."

"Missing person?" Wes asked. Eric immediately looked to his partner and started to shake his head, but Wes ignored it. "Well, it's been pretty slow lately. Why don't you swing by our office after lunch at the Silver Guardian's HQ? We can help you look for your friend."

"Um, thanks, but it's actually kind of complicated..."

"Hey, whatever happened, we can find your friend. Trust us to get the job done."

"It's just..."

"Hey, we know the city inside and out. If your friend is around here, we'll find him," Wes said. He offered Gia his business card. "I'm serious. We work for free. What have you got to lose?"

Gia looked at the business card and something told her it was a good idea to accept Wes' help. He seemed like a nice guy, and while Eric did rub her the wrong way, she enjoyed getting the chance to bug him. The Rangers hadn't been able to cover every inch of Silver Hills just yet and getting help from the law enforcement was bound to be a big help.

"Okay, here's the thing," Gia leaned in a little closer, "Our friend's name is Tensou, as in Techno... uh, Technologically Engineered Naturalistic Sentient Operational Unit. He's a robot my friend Noah is working on. He's the guy in the blue shirt and glasses," Gia pointed over to her table to show the two men and then looked back at them. "Noah's a bit of a genius."

"Wait, your friend built a robot?" Wes asked. Gia nodded her head.

"Kind of. He was working on it when something went wrong in the programming. The robot, Tensou, as Noah insists we call him took off and we've spent the better part of today trying to find him."

"Your genius couldn't install a GPS?" Eric raised an eyebrow. Gia shook her head.

"Like I said, he was working on it. Look, I promise, Tensou's not a threat but we need to find him, fast. His programming a little off and we don't know what could happen to him. Especially if someone else finds him first."

"We can help with that," Wes assured her. "Stop by HQ after lunch. We'll see what we can find."

"Really? Thank you," Gia smiled. She shook Wes' hand once more before getting up from her seat. She turned to Eric who seemed somewhat annoyed by her, but at the same time he already looked like he was pondering ways to track down Tensou. Gia wasn't completely sure she could trust the two Silver Guardians, but they seemed genuine, and she was sure they had bought her cover story.

She sat back down at her table and placed Wes' business card down. Before she said anything about it, she looked directly at Noah.

"You're the captain of all nerds."

"You're the queen of mean," Noah responded. He sounded a little offended, despite generally taking pride in being the team nerd. Gia shook her head. She pointed to the card.

"Those guys I was talking to are Silver Guardians. They're going to help us find Tensou, but as far as they know, he's one of your whack job creations that malfunctioned and is now somewhere out in the city."

"And they bought that?" Troy asked. Gia nodded her head.

"I was convincing. Besides, Noah is pretty smart. You can act the part of Tensou's maker, can't you?"

"I know enough about his systems," Noah answered. Rebecca started to smirk.

"That's kind of hot. My boyfriend actually built a real working robot."

"Uh, Becca, I didn't actually..."

"Shh," Rebecca put her hands on his lips.

Troy rolled his eyes at his sister as he reached for the business card Gia set down. He read off the names out loud.

"Wesley Collins and Eric Meyers? Those names sound familiar."

"Oh! Time Force!" Jake slapped his hand down on the table with excitement. He turned to Gia. "Two of the Time Force Rangers! The only two not from the future. See, told you I've been studying."

"Wait, they're Rangers?" Emma asked, leaning into the table as she lowered her voice. She didn't want anyone accidentally overhearing her.

"Rangers?" Gia snatched the card from Troy and read it again. She took a minute to think about the names and finally it dawned on her why they seemed so trustworthy. She could remember reading about them on the Ranger database. Wesley, or Wes as he had called himself, had been the red Time Force Ranger while Eric had been the Quantum. And if they were both Rangers, that meant they could be trusted for a mission like this one.

Gia smirked. She leaned back in her seat, "Looks like I'm getting better at judging people."

"Nice catch, Gia," Troy smiled. Jake frowned and waved his hand in the air.

"Um, hello. I'm the one who figured it out. Me. Jake. I actually studied!"

"How funny is that," Noah chuckled. "Of all the people we could run into, you find the only two people in the city who are former Rangers."

"Um, we had no idea about that until I pointed it out," Jake said again.

"Does this mean I get more Ranger toys for my collection?" Rebecca perked up. "Do you think they have a set to give me? Can we stop at the toy store if they don't? After we find Tensou, of course, but I've got to get the six Time Force Rangers before we go."

"Do I not get any credit for this?" Jake huffed. He crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. He noticed Ryan was the only one paying attention to him. He looked to the little girl, "See, studying doesn't get you anywhere, kid. Don't waste your time."

"Tiger!" Ryan clapped her hands, picked up her picture and then threw it aside. Jake caught it and took a look. It was just the kid's menu colored in purple scribbles. It was in no way a tiger, but he smiled and nodded his head.

"Good job, kid. Here's the other side. Why don't you colour in green this time?" he handed her the green crayon and Ryan went crazy.