Reefside was too small of a city to have its own international airport, so Julie, her brother, and her coach woke up at two in the morning to drive to Silver Hills. Mariner Bay also had an international airport, and it was closer to Reefside by a couple of hours, but Coach Theresa said it was awful and swore up and down that she would only fly out of Silver Hills or so help her, so Julie and Justin sucked it up and dealt with the peppy woman for the very early morning car ride.

"You've become really attached to that bracelet, haven't you Julie?" her coach asked as they were standing in line for TSA. Julie snapped out of her exhausted stupor and turned to her. "Don't forget though, you won't be able to wear it on the ice."

Julie clutched her communicator with her other hand, holding onto it tightly.

"No, I know," she replied. "It's just nice to have on. It was a gift from a friend." If she could call Dr. Oliver that. Justin snickered into his hand but managed to turn it into a cough when she stepped on his foot. "I will definitely not have it anywhere near the rink."

At Coach Theresa's nod, Julie turned to her brother who was still lightly snickering as he started to take off his shoes for the check.

Julie was never one to not have a plan. During the actual skating programs, Justin would hold onto her bracelet. If she could've gotten away with keeping it under her sleeves, she would have, but her skating costumes all had thin, twisty straps instead of sleeves so there was no way she could've snuck it on the ice. If something were to happen, as soon as Julie got off the ice, she would run to the locker room and teleport to Reefside.

Still, it tore her apart inside to not be able to wear it, even for the ten minutes she would be performing. It had become an integral part of her at this point and to be without it would be like losing a limb.

The trio boarded the plane without any issue, with the Stewart siblings having an entire row to themselves for their seventeen-hour flight. Julie sent a quick message through the Dino Thunder team group message saying they had boarded the plane and if they needed her to beep her communicator, but it was only four am and hopefully Mesogog AND Trent were both asleep and not preparing to cause any trouble.

She received a quick 'Good luck! :P' from Conner who was always up early to work out before she turned off her phone. Julie grinned and pulled her headphones over her ears, leaning back to try and fall asleep.

As soon as they got off the plane, Coach Theresa quickly bundled them into a taxi and to the rink. They didn't have a lot of time to waste, especially not after their very long flight. The actual World's itself didn't start until the next morning, but Julie hadn't necessarily been 'picked' to attend, so she needed to compete in the Qualifying rounds.

Which were starting in just four short hours.

Julie sent another quick message to the group, telling them that she had landed and was jumping immediately into Qualifying and asking if anything had happened, but she forgot that time zones existed and it was eleven at night for them. However, she did get a reply a couple of hours later, at one in the morning their time, right as she was about to lace up her skates and go to the rink to warm up.

It was just a quick 'Everything's good. Weird, but not a bad weird. Yet.' From Hayley and she thought about calling, time zones be darned, but it was then that Coach Theresa walked into the changing rooms to escort her out.

"You ready Julie-Bloom?" she asked. "It's already a packed house and everyone I talked to is looking forward to seeing you!"

Julie gulped. "Who exactly do you mean by 'everyone?'" she asked. Theresa looped her arm through the younger girls and led her out the swinging doors, almost dragging her.

"Oh, just a couple of the coaches and one of the judges. Arakawa, I believe. You'll like her a lot," Coach Theresa said. "You'll be fine. You've got this! Just make sure to not underrotate your triple-triple-double and you'll be sailing into the short program with ease."

The Pink Ranger nodded and took a deep breath, before pulling herself to her full height of five feet seven inches and straightening her spine.

Her hair was done up perfectly in a nice, tight bun and her makeup was simply, yet her bright pink lipstick was striking, making her face look tanner than the California sun ever could. Her skating dress was a simple white with pink lining and rhinestones – an old dress, but it was Qualifying and nobody really cared.

She didn't usually put this much effort into her appearance, but this was the first time she was seeing her contemporaries outside of interviews and forums for the first time in two years. She had to be the Julie Stewart that got bronze at the Olympics when she was only fifteen, not Julie Stewart the high school student slash super hero.

When they walked out of the corridor that led to the rink itself, Julie was inundated with all of the noise of people talking and a classical song playing over the speakers for the Qualifiers to warm up skate to. She looked across the crowd to where Justin had told her he was sitting and he shook his head, shaking her communicator in his hand.

Good. Things were going well.

Her coach took her jacket and bright pink skate guards and Julie walked over to the entrance of the rink, before taking a deep breath and skating on competition ice.

She was home.

"And now, attempting to qualify for the United States, Julie Stewart with Nina Rota's A Time for Us!"

Julie didn't even try to make eye contact with anyone in the audience, knowing it would shake her out of the headspace she had managed to sink into. Her warm-ups had gone smoothly, only getting a few weird looks from the other competitors because they definitely weren't expecting to see her there. It had filled her with confidence as she breezed across the ice.

But now it was time for the real deal.

She stood still in the middle of the rink, the crowd falling to a hush as the soft violin music started to play and she rose her arms before slowly letting them fall, tightly spinning to the right before kicking off and skating.

Julie had worked tirelessly for weeks after she finished her physical therapy, passing with flying colors, to be able to skate again and this routine was a simple one that, while it would definitely impress and hit all the judges' buttons, wouldn't be overtly complex and give away just how well she had actually improved. No, Coach Theresa had wanted to save her ability to do quads for the actual short and long programs, guaranteed that she'd bring home the gold.

A sudden push with her back foot led her into her first trick, her double salchow, and when she landed she heard brief applause from the audience before she sank into a set of spins, her hand just barely glazing the ice. She stood and straightened up before pulling her right leg, her bad leg, up behind her head and continuing the spin.

She wondered what they would have to say about that.

The music softly continued and Julie tried her best to keep the smile off her face, she knew that she had this – this easily being the best she had skated in a while. She did her last trick, a triple toe and landed it perfectly, not over or under rotating it and when she came to a solid stop, she held her arms tightly to her chest for the drama.

The audience burst into applause.

Julie was shaking as she raised her arms and bowed, a brilliant smile on her face made even brighter by her hot pink lipstick and blew a couple of kisses at the crowd, especially to those people who were cheering the loudest. With one last wave, she skated to the edge of the rink where Theresa was waiting with a laugh and a smile to hand her her jacket and skate guards.

"You did beautifully," the woman said. "You sure showed them."

They quickly hurried over to the Kiss and Cry, Julie laughing and shaking hands with random people as they walked by. In that time, Justin had caught up with them and Julie and her coach sat on the small bench provided for the skater to watch their scores.

Her coach held her elbow in a tight grip, and Julie anxiously watched the screen where the totals would appear. Justin held both of her shoulders in eager anticipation.

The scores rolled in and Julie let out a scream of joy. Theresa gathered her up into a hug as the television cameras came closer.

She had done it! She had officially qualified and was moving onto the Short Program!

"Well, well, well. I didn't expect to see you here. Or ever again, honestly."

The familiar voice came across as snarky, but Julie hadn't honestly expected it. Ever since she had stepped off the ice, she had received nothing but congratulations and 'welcome backs.' She let the person sit in silence for a moment as she finished tying her shoes.

"Oh it's you," she said disdainfully. The person who had spoken scoffed.

Julie and Anita Chen had both started figure skating when they were very young children, but hadn't met until they were preteens at a skating exhibition in New York. While Julie had grown up in California, Anita lived in Connecticut, clear across the country. Both girls were always competitive with each other, constantly switching between who got gold and who got silver at every competition growing up.

That is, until Julie made the US Olympic team and Anita didn't.

The other girl had gone off on Julie after she received her offer to join the team, saying that she didn't deserve it and she wasn't technical enough to help the USA podium at anything and would just drag them down. What had once been a friendly rivalry, turned into pure antagonization. Anita had rubbed it in her face when she placed third at Salt Lake.

And then had written the most scathing letter to the editor about her after her accident and sent it to almost every major publication that even somewhat covered figure skating.

While Julie had been recovering, she could only constantly read the editorial that her once-friend had written about her, where she called her 'egotistical' and 'attention-seeking.' She had said that her 'little spill wasn't that bad' and 'she was only trying to collect sympathy to retire early after getting the complete dishonor of winning the bronze medal.'

Julie had had numerous therapy sessions over the girl that had contributed a huge part of the trauma of her accident, and her hand twitched towards her communicator that was now, safely, back where it belonged.

Anita probably wouldn't like fighting a Power Ranger, would she?

The Pink Ranger took a deep breath and straightened up, gripping the strap of her bag tightly.

"Hello Anita," she finally said. "It's been awhile."

The other girl scoffed. "Don't act so high and mighty, quitter," she said. "Seriously, who'd you have to bribe to get a spot in Short?"

"Unlike some people, I don't have to bribe anyone to get to where I am," Julie replied. "I earned my spot in the Short Program, just like I'm going to earn my spot in the Long Program, and earn myself a gold medal."

"Right, like that's going to happen," Anita scoffed. "A washed up has-been who's been skating at some backwoods rink in small town Cali with a disgraced coach who's only claim to fame is coming dead last in the Olympics, winning a gold medal? Puh-lease."

Julie saw red, but right as she was about to drop her bag and lunge at the other girl, her communicator beeped and her heart rate picked up.

"Well, it's been nice but I have to go," Julie said, plastering a fake smile on her face. "See you tomorrow for the Short, Annie."

Her fellow competitor opened her mouth to fire back at her, but Julie just pushed past her and speed walked down the hall, before finding an unlocked supply closet. She looked around to see if she saw anybody and ducked inside when it was all clear.

"Go for Julie," she said.

"Hey, I didn't mean to worry you," Hayley said, her voice coming out loud and clear over the comm despite being across the world. "Nothing major, my texts just wouldn't go through."

"Yeah, international minutes are awful," she replied. "What's up? Do I-"

"No, you stay there," Hayley said. "It's just… weird here. There was a rock that, I'm thinking, brings out inner personalities and the other are acting very strange. I wanted to see if it was just a local thing or if you were affected as well."

Confused, she asked, "Strange? Strange how?"

"Well, I think Conner has read more books in the past day than I think he's read in his entire life," the woman replied. "And Ethan joined a gym. Kira has been dressing like a fifties housewife. I had been wondering if you were experiencing anything weird."

Julie let out a laugh. "Conner? Reading books? Please tell me you got a picture of that. But no, everything has been fine here."

"Oh, I did. I knew you wouldn't want to miss it," Hayley said. "Great job on qualifying. I hacked into a stream of it. You're really good, ya know."

The teenager felt herself blush at the compliment. It was something to get it from reporters and judges and even figure skating fans, but to get it from somebody who had no idea what half of what went into figure skating was that she looked up to? Golden.

"Thanks Hayley. Look, I gotta go. I know its like three in the morning there. Call me if you need me!"

"Will do! Good luck!"

The communicator stopped glowing and Julie smiled before opening the door of the supply closet and walking out once she didn't see anybody else.

Coach Theresa said she would treat her to lunch for her good work today, and she was starving.

The Short Programs passed almost as flawlessly as the Qualifying did. Julie put her all into everything on the rink. Coach Theresa always said that Shorts had to be big and loud, and her program to 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC was just that. Theresa had been confused, but accepting when Julie had picked the song, but she said she wanted it to be 'in tribute to the Reefside Power Rangers' and the woman had rolled with it.

She had skated out onto ice with a more sheer and rhinestoned version of the Pink Ranger's suit – there was only one actual sleeve made of pink material with rhinestones in the shape of diamonds down it and the other was completely sheer with the same rhinestone patterns.

The Dino Thunder insignia was on the corner of her skirt. Justin had laughed when he saw it, knowing that nobody would ever know that she actually was the Pink Ranger.

The Program was loud and energetic, she didn't stop moving from the second the music started until after it ended – kicking and spinning. She had two sets of triples, a triple loop and a triple toe combo followed a few bars later by a triple flip and another triple toe and a fully extended leg spin. The last triple toe had been a little underrotated, but everything else was flawless.

Julie sat at Kiss and Cry, crossing her fingers. The Longs were where she was going to debut her quad, the first quad every done by a woman in ranked competition, so she needed to be there.

And she was. More than that, she had edged out Anita and beaten the other girl, who hadn't earned a spot in the Long Programs.

She stared in stunned shock as both Justin and Coach Theresa celebrated around her.

"You did it Little Pain!" Justin cheered, swinging her around when she had left Kiss and Cry.

Coach Theresa had walked away to gloat to the other coaches, because thankfully that was when her communicator started beeping.

"Julie? We need you." Came Hayley's voice over the comms.

Brother and sister looked at each other before nodding. Justin turned to go catch Theresa and tell her that Julie went back to the hotel room to take an ice bath to soothe her sore muscles while Julie ran back to the locker room and only had the time to change into regular shoes before the Astro Rangers beamed her across the world back to Reefside.

When she landed in the Dino Lab, she almost vomited from the realignment of her particles and saw the absolute strangest sight. Ethan was standing there in a cut off shirt holding a dumbbell, Conner was wearing a blazer and glasses, and Kira? Kira was wearing a full on dress and high heels and… were those false lashes?

"I think I missed something," she said as she blinked, trying to adjust to the site. Hayley just shrugged at her.

"I think we can fix it," she said. "But, look at you. What, is this a tribute?"

Julie looked down and realized she was still wearing her dress and blushed. The others, at this point, were also staring at her. Conner, thankfully, took off his blazer and gave it to her to cover up.

"It was a whole thing," she said. "Coach thought it would be 'cute.'"

"I think I might have found a way to un-fossilize Dr. Oliver," Hayley said. Julie's eyes widened.

"Seriously?"

"Really?" "No way!"

"The meteor fragment," Hayley continued. Julie remembered her mentioning it yesterday. "My theory is that it frees your inner self – that's why you guys are acting so weird."

"Of course!" Conner said, making a weird face as if he were understanding. "If you could harness its power, you could free Dr. Oliver from the inside out. Although, I do take offense at being called 'weird.'"

"I didn't know you knew half those words," Julie said, looking up at him. He turned to her and opened his mouth to say something in reply, but Hayley spoke first.

"Sorry, you're not being weird," she said. "It's just that the rock is allowing you to show a side of yourself that you don't usually show."

Conner made his understanding face again, that still definitely creeped Julie out, and said, "A recessive personality trait!"

"You could say that," Hayley said. "Like, Conner, there's a part of you that's intelligent, studious."

"A very small part, but it's there," Julie added under her breath. Only Kira heard her and the Yellow Ranger giggled.

"Ethan, there's a part of you that's athletic, even competitive."

"So that's why Trent helped us," Kira said, speaking up. Julie's jaw dropped, confused, but Conner shook his head as if he would explain later. "There's still a part of him that's really good!"

Hayley nodded in reply as Ethan said, "I still don't get any of this."

"You don't have to," the red head said. "For now, just pull it together as a team. Trust me."

"That sounds logical," Conner replied, nodding.

"Alright, here's what I need you to do-" Hayley started before she was interrupted by the alert sensors going off.

They all turned towards the screen and Julie recoiled at the big brain monster with maces for hands AND a tail terrorizing the city.

"First things first," Hayley declared, turning back to them.

Julie watched as Conner set the (multiple) books he was holding, Ethan dropped his hand grips, and Kira dropped her multiple shopping bags on the ground before they stepped away from the computers.

"Ready?" Ethan asked.

"Ready," the others replied.

"Dino Thunder, Power Up! Ha!"

"Hey mutant!" Conner shouted as they ran up to the monster who was firing lasers at the civilians.

"Not you again!" it cried out. "And another one? What is this?"

"It's a party bud," Julie said. "And you're gate crashing."

"Thundermax Saber!" she and Conner yelled, summoning their swords and running towards the monster.

It reared its mace arms back as if to swing at them, but the two Rangers jumped into the air and landed while swiping at the monster multiple times.

Conner gave it a solid kick to push it away while he rolled and Julie backflipped back towards the others.

"Most excellent!" Conner celebrated.

"What he said."

"I got something for you, too!" Ethan cried out from behind them.

"Wow," Kira said, joining. "Leave some for me!"

The Blue and Yellow Rangers ran towards them, jumping up and springing off of Conner and Julie's shoulders like a launchpad towards the monster, both kicking multiple times and sending the thing flying backwards until it fell on its back.

"All together now!" Kira said.

All four Rangers summoned their blasters and shot off at the same time. Julie couldn't see through all of the sparks and smoke so she turned around with the others to celebrate.

But was quickly blown forward from the force of the monster's lasers.

"This creature leaves us no choice!" Conner said as they all pushed themselves to their feet.

"Super Dino Mode!"

Julie felt herself hunch over into a lower center of gravity as her shell armor grew around her before running towards the monster. This time, the hits from his lasers literally brushed off of them like water.

"Super Dino Power!" they shouted.

Conner ran in first and sideswiped the monster while Kira darted in and hit it with her wings. Julie and Ethan nodded at each other before charging, grabbing it around its sides to try and throw it with their new enhanced strength.

The monster swiped its tail underneath their feet which they managed to dodge just in time before all four Rangers backflipped a good distance back. The monster tried to fire it's lasers again, but they still didn't work.

All four ran and jumped through the air. Both Kira and Ethan landed on the monsters shoulders to grab its arms and hold it down for her and Conner to attack. Conner struck out with his leg in a kick while Julie just cannonballed directly into the monster.

"Double or nothing!" the Yellow and Blue Rangers shouted before twisting the monsters arms and running forwards before turning back and kicking it in its chest.

"Outstanding!"

"Go us!"

"Let's put 'em together!" Ethan directed.

Julie summoned her axe and knelt down in front of the blaster, using her axe to hold it up.

"Z-Rex Blaster!"

"Ready?" Kira asked.

"Fire!" Conner commanded.

Julie held it steady as it charged, and then watched as it hit the monster and decimated it. She would honestly be surprised if Mesogog had enough left of it make it big.

So, suffice to say, she was surprised when their celebrations were halted by the monster got large and grew 30-stories tall, his mace arms looking a lot more dangerous now that it could take out a city block in one strike.

"Oh here we go," Julie sighed.

"It's Zord time!" Conner called into his communicator.

They watched as the BrachioZord crested over the sky line once more and the TyrannoZord, TriceraZord, and PteraZord all came out. Julie watched as her Stego morpher turned into the Ankylo head.

The three primary colored Rangers quickly formed the Thundersaurus MegaZord and Julie shouted, "AnkyloZord!"

The orange auxiliary Zord emerged from the BrachioZord and she jumped inside it's cockpit as it joined with the MegaZord.

"Take this!" the monster shouted, firing an overcharged laser at them.

"Not gonna happen!" Julie replied, turning them sideways so the spinning plate of the AnkyloZord could deflect the blow. If it could stop the White Ranger, it could stop anything.

It sent it straight back at the monster as Ethan said, "That did it!" while cheering.

"Catch you on the flip side!" the monster called to them as it started to run through downtown. They quickly tried to chase it only for it to be caught by Trent in his MegaZord.

"Going somewhere?" the White Ranger asked.

"It's Trent!" Kira said. "He came to help us!"

The White Ranger's MegaZord sent it's weapon straight at the monster, knocking it to the ground. The Thundersaurus MegaZord finally caught up.

"Double Drill Attack!" they called.

The two drill arms of their MegaZord sliced once, twice, three times at the monster, causing it to fall over and explode before it hit the ground.

Leaving the two MegaZords facing off against each other.

"Are you guys sure he's good?" Julie couldn't help but ask, her grip tightening on the side of her console.

"He should be!" Conner said. "He was accompanying us when we located the meteorite."

Instead of fighting them, like Julie had thought, Trent simply said, "I'm outta here." Before turning and walking away. She started forlornly at her StegoZord that she missed so much, hoping that Trent was treating her well.

"Trent!" Kira tried to call after him, but he continued walking away.

Once they had disbanded the MegaZord, the four Rangers hopped on their cycles and rode through the forest to where the meteorite had landed the day before. Julie was surprised to see it still there, she had honestly been worried some scavenger had seen it and stolen it before they could get to it.

"Okay guys," Conner directed. "Lasers on full power!"

Julie revved her engine as they crested a hill and pushed the button on the handlebars to fire her Cycle's lasers into the hole where the meteorite was giving off a strange, glowing purple energy.

Their lasers hit their mark and the Rangers skidded to a stop as they waited for the smoke to clear.

"Power down," Conner said.

The four Rangers demorphed and Julie remembered that she was still in her figure skating dress and Conner's blazer, but put it aside as they ran towards the wreckage site.

"Do you think this will work?" Kira asked as Ethan picked up the remnants of the rock.

"The component should still have residual powers that could help Dr. O," the Blue Ranger said. Julie grinned at the use of the words that were longer than two syllables.

"How do you know this stuff?" Conner asked, confused. Julie's grin got larger at his normal confusion.

"It's called education," Ethan replied.

"Yay! You guys are fixed!" Julie cheered, throwing her hands up into the air and celebrating. "Kira, what about you?"

"I never want to see a shopping mall again," the Yellow Ranger replied, a snarky smile on her face.

"Let's get this rock back to the lab," Conner said.

Julie stepped back. "I gotta get back to Germany! Make sure my cycle gets home and keep me updated about Dr. O!"

"You got it!" Ethan called at her as she pinged the Astro Rangers with her morpher. "Good luck!"

"Kick some ice!" Kira called back at her.

Julie saluted her three teammates as the other team of Rangers beamed her up and set her down in her and Justin's hotel room where her brother was laying back on his bed and reading a magazine.

"Hey Little Brain, how'd it go?"

"Oh, you know," she replied. "Fight the bad guy, beat the bad guy, bad guy turns into a skyscraper, we turn into a skyscraper, defeat the bad guy with the help of our evil Ranger guy, find a mysterious rock that changes your personality – you know, the usual."

Justin snorted and set his magazine aside, sitting up on the bed.

"Okay, then who's blazer is that?"

Julie looked down and blushed before taking off the garment of clothing that she had forgotten to give back to Conner and throwing it at her brother who was laughing.

Julie stood in the center of the ice as the piano music slowly started to trickle and grow louder and louder. She pushed off with her skates and started skating around the rink, moving her arms soulfully to the dramatic music and building up speed.

Get in quick, Theresa had said when they were reworking her Long program. Shock them first, then everything will be a cakewalk.

The Pink Ranger was soaring over the ice as she pushed off, spinning in the air once, twice, three, four times and landing the jump perfectly as the crowd roared in appreciation.

She was the first woman to execute a quad jump and she was thriving.

If Julie had had any nerves going into her final Long Program, they had all disappeared by that point as she skated better than she ever had in her life. Her spins were perfect, her lines were straight and her other jumps? Child's play compared to the quad.

Her chest was heaving as the music finally came to a stop, her head dipped back to look up at the bright fluorescent lights as the crowd cheered for her.

Two hours later, after the rest of the skaters did their programs and after the interviews and the talks with the record keepers, Julie stood on the highest tier of the podium – a bouquet of pink flowers in her arms and a gold medal around her neck.

"I assume you're feeling normal?" Hayley asked the other three Rangers a couple of days later as they gathered in the lab. Julie sat on a stool and grinned, having been unable to take the gold medal off since it was placed around her neck. The TSA agents almost had to fight her so she could get through security.

"Thank goodness," Ethan said, letting out a sigh.

"I hear that," Conner added.

Julie laughed, "I wish I could've been here! What do you think is my inner personality?"

"A lazy bum," Ethan said, elbowing her with a smile. She hit him in the shoulder as Kira started to speak.

"Since the meteor changed Trent to good, couldn't we use it to fight the effects of the Dino Gem?"

Hayley shrugged with a nod, "That might work, but let's try this first."

She had the meteorite sample Ethan had taken from the wreckage a few days ago in a cylindrical holder and the Rangers watched, anxiously, as she placed it inside another tube that was lit up and connected to a satellite dish.

"Come on Hayley!" Ethan cheered as she flipped three switches.

"Activating," the red head said as she looked up to stare at the amber where Dr. O had been encased for over a week now.

The coils on the thing holding the meteorite lit up brighter as it powered energy to the satellite dish that transmitted the power directly at Dr. O's fossilized form. Julie gripped Conner's arm and Kira's hand tightly, watching the process and hoping that Dr. Oliver would be back to normal in no time.

The laser of light from the satellite dish started to eat away at the amber, revealing more and more of Dr. Oliver to them, before the system it was hooked up to started to spark and smoke before failing completely.

"The rock! It's fried!" Kira said as she pulled the rock holder out of its container.

"What now?" Julie asked, biting her lip anxiously.

"Look!" Conner said, pointing.

Julie snapped her head up and gasped as Dr. O started to stumble over to them.

"It worked!" Kira cheered.

The five of them ran over to their teacher, teammate and mentor who said, "Good job guys! I knew you could do it! Power down."

Only for him to not power down.

The teenagers and Hayley looked at each other, confused as Dr. Oliver tried a couple more times to demorph.

"I think we might have a problem," he said.