Tracy's POV

It doesn't take long for the ship to get to the wormhole. The ship gets sucked into it. The sudden shift in gravity causes it to shake. Pikachu and I are a little shaken up after the gravity returns to normal. The ship lands softly twenty minutes later. I shake off the dizziness and look back at my partner.

"Are you okay, Buddy?" I ask.

He nods. I turn my head back around and look at the ship's computer. It says we are in 2006. I unbuckle my seatbelt and pick up my backpack. I walk over to Pikachu and undo his belt. He jumps into my arms. I tell him to act like a stuffed animal until I find the ranger team from this time or if we get attacked. He nods and we leave.

Normal POV

Five minutes later Tracy enters Briarwood. She walks around a bit before she spots the sign for the Rock Porium on the side of one of the buildings in town. She decides to check it out. Inside the shop Chip and Nick are restocking the CD racks. They hear the bell on top of the door ring as Tracy walks in. They look over at her.

"Dude, check out the cute girl who just came in." Chip says.

"I guess she is kinda cute. I would totally ask her out if she wasn't carrying around that Pikachu stuffed animal." Nick says.

"Nick, I haven't seen a Pikachu stuffed animal that looked that realistic." Chip says.

"Dude, do you actually think that it's real?" Nick asks.

"Yes," Chip answers.

"There is one way to find out. You should go over there and ask her." Nick says.

He pats Nick's shoulder and walks over to Tracy. Tracy sets Pikachu down next to her on the floor. She goes through one of the CD racks closest to the door. The heart charm on her bracelet clanks as it hits the cases as they make contact with each CD case. She stops on a CD titled "Love Songs from Past to Present". Tracy picks it up to read the back cover. She starts reading it and stops when she gets to "Brown Eyed Girl" and sets the CD back on the rack. Then she tries to keep it together so not to blow her cover. She turns around and sees Chip.

"Hi. I'm Chip, are you ok you look a little sad." Chip says.

"Yes, I'm okay Chip. My name is Tracy by the way." Tracy says.

Chip looks down and sees Pikachu. He is starting to get restless and his ears start to twitch. Chip looks back up at her. He asks her if that Pikachu is real.

"No, it's just an extremely long life-like stuffed animal," Tracy answers.

She picks Pikachu up.

"Hey Chip, I still need you help with restocking," Nick calls.

Chip says goodbye and walks back over to Nick. They finish restocking the racks a few minutes later. They take the empty boxes to the back room.

"Nick, that Pikachu is real I just know it." Chip says.

"Chip, Pokémon aren't real," Nick says.

"When you first got here you didn't believe in magic, and now you're the red ranger." Chip reminds him.

"I know," Nick says.

Back in the store Tracy walks over to another stack of boxes. She checks to make sure that no one is looking. She sets Pikachu on the floor and winks. Pikachu stretched out. A minute later he leaps onto Tracy's shoulder and starts to rub her cheek. She cracks a small smile as she pets him on the head.

"Sorry pal, I know that it's hard. You won't have to keep this up too much longer, I promise." Tracy says.

She takes him off her shoulder. He goes back into stuffed animal mode. She walks back over to the CD rack. Chip and Nick are standing next to it. Chip introduces Nick to her.

"It's nice to meet you," Nick says.

"Same here, so I'll let you two get back to restocking the store," Tracy says.

"I can handle the rest of the restocking if you need help finding something," Nick says.

"It's okay, I can manage," Tracy says.

The boys say goodbye and head to the back room. Tracy looks around for a few more minutes before she leaves the store. She gets a few blocks away from the store. Necrolai lands in front of her. Pikachu jumps out of Tracy's arms. He stands in front of his partner. His cheeks are sparking, ready to launch an electric attack.

"Hello cadet, I'm Necrolai the queen of the vampires. Grumm warned me about your Pokémon." Necrolai says.

That confirms that Grumm is here. At least he hasn't given her any krybot spheres.
Tracy thinks.

Necrolai fires her lasers at them. Pikachu uses iron tail to deflect the blast towards her. Meanwhile at Rootcore Daggeron and Undonna are alerted to the attack when the crystal ball lights up. They run over to it. They see Necorlai attack Tracy and Pikachu again. Pikachu uses Double Team and Thunderbolt combination to destroy the blasts. Once they see Necorlai call for some hidiacs and styxoeds Daggeron tells Undonna to call the others. Daggeron morphs and leaves to go help them.

Back in the city Tracy checks to make sure that no civilians are around. She sees the coast is clear. She takes out her morpher. Then she uses her blasters to destroy some of the hidiacs and styxoeds. Necrolai takes this opportunity to fly in and grab Pikachu. He calls for help.

"Hey, give me back my best friend. Before you find out what a close range thunder attack feels like." Tracy says.

Necrolai says that she is bluffing. Tracy tells her partner to use thunder. Pikachu is so exhausted from fending off the hidiacs that were attacking him. His attack only stuns her. Tracy finishes off the soldiers and she takes aim at Necrolai.

"Be careful, red ranger, if you fire your weapons at me. I'll blast your friend I know you wouldn't want it to be in worse shape than it is now." Necorlai threatens.

Tracy starts to think back to the day they met. Her trigger finger is shaking on the button. She is about to press down but takes her finger away. She remembers the most important job a Pokémon trainer has is to make the decision that their Pokémon's well-being is more important than winning. She puts her blasters away.

"You call yourself a ranger. Haha, that is a joke," Necrolai says.

Daggeron and the Mystic Force rangers arrive. Chip sees Necorlai holding Pikachu in her hand. She is about to shock her. Chip decides to help and uses his magic staff to blast her. Tracy watches as her most trusted friend and partner is defending quickly towards the ground. She sets her right hand on her belt and feels for one of her Pokéballs.

Thank you Kat. Tracy thinks.

Tracy takes Beautifly's Pokéball off her belt. She tosses it into the air. A few seconds later the rangers and Daggeron see the butterfly Pokémon emerge from the red and white sphere. They are mesmerized by what they just witnessed.

"Quick Beautifly, use your psychic attack to help Pikachu." Tracy orders.

They watch as the butterfly Pokémon saves Pikachu. Beautifly guides him back over to Tracy and sets him in front of her. Tracy thanks her Pokémon for a job well done and puts it back inside its ball. Tracy picks him up.

You may have rescued your friend ranger. Let's see how you get yourself out of this. Necorali thinks.

She fires another laser blast towards her. Tracy gets to her feet just as the blast reached her. She flies backwards and hits the wall. She lands on the ground, demorphed, and Pikachu rolls out of her arms. He lies next to her a few feet away. Daggeron tells the others to deal with Necorali while he and Chip go help Tracy and Pikachu. Pikachu tried to get up as he sees Chip and Daggeron walking up. Tracy pushes herself up off the ground long enough just to faint a few seconds later. Chip bends down and picks up Pikachu. Pikachu looks up and immediately tries to defend himself.

"Easy Pikachu, I'm a good guy I just want to help." Chip says.

Pikachu calms down and faints as well. Daggeron bends down to check Tracy's pulse. It is strong and steady. He rolls Tracy onto her back. Then he picks her up carefully. Meanwhile with the rangers Necorali is dodging their attacks. They ask why she is attacking Tracy anyway. She says because the new evil mastermind in town, Grumm, wants to make sure no one from SPD gets in his way of conquering the planet and everyone in this time. When she realized that she said too much, she flies away. The rangers demorph and run over to Daggeron and Chip.

"Let's head back to Rootcore," Daggeron says.

The rangers nod. Madison sees a necklace and bracelet on the ground. The heart pendant on the necklace says "sis 4 ever" and the other one says "love". She picks them up and puts them in her pocket. They head to the tree in front of the Rock Porium. They walk through it and head to Rootcore.