The White Falcon and the Pink Crane

Disclaimers: I own nothing of the characters or the show which belong to Haim Saban and Disney. The story-line belongs to me, everything else belongs to Saban and the Disney company.

Warnings: For the chapter the truth comes out of who the real pain of her anger is, as the original Rangers were childhood friends. And Jason just joined the circle that Kim and Billy has created now as the true anger. And of a broken heart comes out in a new direction for the original black ranger. As he's a pack animal and he's loved her as a best friend and sister, as it comes to the fore.

This will also feature a slight repeat to the Zeo Beginning for the Kwans, Parks and Taylors and the sextet's spouses, until Caroline and Janet arrive. And as their spirit animals, as they discuss this, and before they and the teams friends and the adults that know are brought to the command chamber.

Chapter 23: The Pain Of The Lion Cub And The Declaration

"Yeah and what about the resentment that they were here when we weren't for your latest collapse off the damn thing Kim, do you remember when we were seven. And you collapsed off that thing and Jason and I barely managed to prevent you from winding up with a concussion. I mean to us having your system impact and crash is bad enough, but adding a concussion is enough our parents were ready to beat the crap out of Ken."

"And sue Jenkins for taking advantage of your determination to get him to pay attention to you, what about that, I mean sure they were here for that. But were they here when your system impacted and crashed when we were seven. That they hated your father for causing you to push yourself to that limit. That they were the ones sitting next to you, waiting for you to wake up, that they had to prevent it since then. "

"Since your previous hospitalization, that they decided to make sure you could rest after dealing with a hard work out and you took the added break. And from there since before Tommy joined the team, were he and Rocky the ones that had your back. That they were seeing you change from your normal self into a person like the duo, before they became respectable, were he and Rocky the ones who just barely beat the crap out of the duo."

"For getting that rough with you, every time since Tommy joined the team, were they the ones you stood between, because you depended on them each time. After Tommy left the court, that day were they the ones that were standing on both sides of you. That you, once the duo left, that he asked why you were struggling to get out of Bulk's arms and was he the one who injected the don't mess with me tone when it came to you."

"That they knew your every fear since we were kids in you, were they were the ones that you told your deepest fears too regarding things that you confided in after this. That you knew Dragon would kill them if he found out how close it had been, before he rescued you. In regarding Bulk and Skull's harassing you when we were at school, before they dealt with Draco and then to top it off are they the ones who had to get you back."

"When Zedd became obsessed with you at the time, that you kept turning to after Tommy lost his powers twice. That they were the ones that were with you and Billy that Zedd tried to do the same to you. That Rita did to Tommy, were they the duo that were with you when we all saw the possibility of losing their powers. And of their powers being stripped away from them in the very same way that they were with Tommy."

"And was it Rocky that came to rescue you at the time, when we thought that they beat until he figured out the solution. Was it Rocky who the one that channeled 80% of his strength into you, so you never lost your powers when Zedd did the same thing. That Rita did to Tommy by the green candle, that they beat the crap out of Anderson after he cornered you in the locker and tried to... To." he said as he was feeling the pain growing.

"And that every time you're around other guys, one of them, like Anderson, is going to cross the line and attack you, huh what about that. I mean it's like you're throwing it in our faces that we gave it up. But do think we wanted to leave, when you needed us most at the time. Do think we wouldn't give up everything we had just to be the ones here keeping you company, and we were here for you, because we've seen it before."

"But though he lost his powers and everything else, he's not the one ending up in the hospital a second time since we were Cubs, Kim. They're not the ones who beat the crap out of Anderson after he tried it in the locker room before Tommy returned as the tiger ranger. In fact, they didn't see you collapse when we were Cubs, and he..., and he's not the one who suffered the fear and anger here at your former coach and father."

"That he hates Ken as he's the catalyst for why you were pushing yourself so far that your system impacted and crashed and you collapsed right in front of him. And he barely managed to catch you, before you hit your head on the damn mat. And then spent two weeks praying they could prevent that a second time and up to nine months ago. They did, before Rito showed up and you lost your powers now was it them all that time."

"No it wasn't, it was us, for ten years it was always us at the time. They're not the ones who were wondering when you were going to find your exact match and when you do. It's though you don't need us as much you still depended on us for the support and everything else. But they haven't lived with that fear you're going to work yourself into a collapse and end up back in there, back in the hospital for another situation like this."

"And it's because last time it's because the fact we were completely normal, but as Rangers it's just gotten a hell of lot more dangerous. And it's because of something that scared them at the time, their deepest fears: one being another collapse here. Another head injury, and the other a guy like Anderson, and we're not here to prevent it, but doesn't that count for something now, Kim?" Zack snapped and she froze up at that.

As they heard a pained lion roar ring out at that as she looked at Darren who had closed his eyes in pain, before looking at Bella. As she was looking back her with a look of desperation in her eyes. "We're not the only ones suffering from short term memory loss, ever since we left, it's like the powers were dividing us and now that they did. It's like everything we once had together is nothing now to you." he said in a gentler tone to her.

Feeling something shift in her then, she felt something snap as she looked at the trio a second time as every memory them together started shooting through her then. Before looking at her wrist and nodded. "Oh no, I haven't worn the friendship bracelet you made since you left guys. Alright, alright, that's exactly the problem right now, it's to us the spell is working part ways, and it's the fact that with them making this one for me."

"I'm protected by their love, but I haven't worn the one you three made since you left, the spell is taking advantage of that right now. Making us forget everything we've gone through together." Kim said as she slammed her hand down on the table and he nodded. As he pulled something out of his pocket then and wrapped it around her wrist as it cracked then as she saw the miniature versions of their power coins on it.

Seeing her in the middle of a tiny version of a dragon foot, a lion, a triceratops, Sabretooth tiger and T-Rex and pulled him close. "The spell is injecting short memory loss right now, with the one they created for you you're protected by their love. So once I realized that, I quickly gathered these mini version of our power coins. And Trini made the bracelet, before you recalled us at the moment and with both that's it now."

"Rita is trying to drive a wedge between us and it's by short term memory loss, but I'm not losing you, because she's shoving a wedge between us here." he said softly and she pressed her forehead to his and he closed his eyes as their colors came forward. "I bet the only way they could is by writing a letter saying everything I would never say to you, I love you guys, I'm not letting go." she said, feeling her pain shoot through her then.

Moving her hand to the back of his neck, she pulled him close and he rested his forehead to hers. "I know what Jason is to her, but you and him, Peter?" Andrea said at that maneuver and Jennifer quickly answered her. "He was not only her best friend and brother, they shared a bond. And one that resulted in him becoming the closest thing to another imprint as possible, if he wasn't meant to imprint on Walker at the moment."

"Then he did on Kimberly, only it's not the love of a boyfriend, but that of his sister, and best friend, she's the one that mattered the most to him. And from the time they were preschoolers, he's protected her from anything and everything and he and Jason. Once Tommy came into the picture, were relieved she found someone just like them to protect her, that leaving her was like a knife through the heart." she said and they nodded then.

"No he did imprint on me, but not in the way Tommy did, it's the first two pieces, he's loved me since we were kids, but when Tommy came into the picture. At first it was a slight rivalry between them like it was with Jason, before they accepted now. But that though I love them, I didn't love them like that, they were my brothers, nothing more. As Jason imprinted on Trini and he fell in love with Angela and with that in mind now."

"As they saw it the same way, but they'll always love me, but in the right way, as there's finally a balance now, but now that though Jason has that balance. Zack lost his and he's scared out of his mind he's going to love me right now, but that's exactly the problem. His rival for my love, as his imprint, his sister, his best friend, is now Adam, that's why he's acting like this right now, mom, trying to protect himself from a broken heart."

"Because Angela broke his heart, he's trying to distance himself from me, because he's scared I'm going to leave him and that's the reason for the attitude problem this week." she said and Melissa nodded as she pressed her forehead to Zack's then as their colors intertwined and she wrapped her hand around the back of his neck to keep it like that. "If that's the case then what's the problem right now, what's the catalyst here."

"Why are you so angry at them, exactly right now?" Erica asked quickly and the adult quartet exchanged looks then. "Are you guys homesick, as pack animals, do you have a link to the team so strong its screaming at you to return home, to the team. I miss the team and your parents so much that I made the one choice I could. Trying again in a few years or even better, doing it the way the seven of us decided on it now here."

"I chose the second, Jason and 'Sha with me now, but this is built up of over 3,000,0000,000 memories, all of them from the time Tommy started out to when I left. Billy and Curtis, even longer, I miss home so much I made my choice, the team is home. Time to come home and the ones that understand that need are the quintet. As well as mom and Aunt Janet, and with that, who answered my question, who was here now."

"For my recovery, who was here to talk me out of giving up gymnastics, who gave me the strength to take the step of so called retirement and finally. Who was here to give me the strength to make this choice, not just the letter, but give me the strength. Just to take the choice back, who exactly, huh who, well to put that bluntly right now. It's they are the ones who were here for my collapse and recovery and you weren't right now."

"Along with my dino red and blue." she said and Preston, Nathan and Jake nodded then. "Mixture of the old team and the new team, but both versions got the duo thrown right off the team, because they abandoned you when you needed them most. I answered that call, giving you the strength and to answer you, it was me and Aisha, our parents now. You scared the hell out of us, we're not going through that again, so with that."

"No one is saying you can't come home to the team you can and you are home again with the family, our team, our pack." Adam said and she hugged him tightly and he tightened his arms at that. "We're not the ones scorning you for this decision, your love life, that is none of our business, we understand that. But you matter even more to us, you told us immediately and Billy and I broke the spell, we love you, not letting you go."

"Not letting you go, you mean to much to me, you can come home if you need us we promise you that, we're not letting you go." Rocky added and she hugged him tightly as she buried her face into his shoulder at that remark. As Zack saw that everything he was now had been replaced and they were being everything he used to be. "But just answer this, what right do they have to get jealous?" the trio said together sternly at the look.

"Hey we're not the ones scorning her, because we didn't do what she decided to, to save their relationship." Adam snapped at him and he swallowed hard at that. "Nor are we the ones following the second beta for his judgement lapse at the moment. She told us ahead of time preventing all of that, all that drama, all that scorn and heartbreak. We caught Zedd and Rita in the act here." Aisha snapped and Billy finished they sentence.

"Angela is the backstabbing cheater, the two bit whore, and every other cruel remark, we would have said, if you never told us immediately at the time. You told us first, we needed to know this immediately to keep the team and our friendship intact. But the two severe insults and the remark of being just like Ken, just look who's talking. She never cheated on him, she told us immediately." Billy said coldly and the duo paled at that.

"Do you realize just how close she and I came to being killed by Zedd and Rita, damn it, where were you when we needed you. Guys show them right now." he snapped and the image appeared. "This is the last episode focused on our friends the alien rangers and when we became the Zeos now, the link was active, she saw everything through me." Kat said and their parents nodded sternly as they watched the ending at that remark.

"First we do this version then we show them the rewrite of this episode ending and everything else just cut out our parents conversations with us." Tanya added and the tv flashed in gold and purple to answer them. "What are we seeing exactly?" Mei asked and Preston crossed his arms and explained it. "The first one is how things are now, leading into what is tearing their team apart the second is the rewrite if she wore her's."

"Said, her communicator, as she teleported home to report in once we learned we had Zedd's enemies on the loose. And told Zordon their connection was active, they still had their powers and the key question now. As the trio returned to standy by duty with Aisha with them." he said and they nodded. "That would be us if we never left, Adam decided to take my power coin as the fifth ranger, the black." Zack said and he nodded sternly.

"Yes, if you decided to return when she ended up in the hospital then Adam wouldn't have suggested his keeping your power coin. Aisha and Adam decided that on duty or off duty she was their pink ranger and nothing is separating them. So to them, it's simple as my son, Kimberly and Billy went on stand by duty. Till our black uniformed, gold armor wearing compatriot reveals his identity to us." Preston said sternly and Peter nodded.

"Rangers you must go." Zordon told them and Adam shouted it out. "We can't leave you!" he shouted as they suddenly heard her shout it out at the same time he did before the explosion rocked the room and Alpha snapped at them. "Rangers you must go!" he shouted as he tried to get to the controls. "Come with us Alpha." Rocky said as she said it with him then as the next jolt hit and Zordon shouted it out then to him.

As he felt his resolve hit to protect them. "Alpha, get them out of here." he snapped and that did it. "Alpha, nooo!" they heard a scream ring out as her voice combined with Billy as he charged to Alpha. "No Billy, what are you doing?!" they heard from Adam and Tommy as her voice joined with their's after he got hit by the explosion. Before they landed outside of the command center as it exploded then knocking them down.

As they checked each other, before the next scream did it for them and Jason, as, looking through Kat's eyes, they saw Billy barely conscious. "Noooo, no Billy!" they heard as her voice combined with Kat's as they heard their voices join as one. "Billy!" Kat screamed and her voice joined with her as they heard her voice only. And at the next sentence, as they saw it as two separate views opened and her lying in the locker room.

As she tried to get up and get to something, before collapsing as she said it weakly. "Noo, Billy, wake up, wake up please, don't leave me." they heard through a broken hearted sob as Tommy charged to him. "Noo, no please." Billy said weakly, as her voice again joined with his at that as he lifted gaze and saw the center had been destroyed. "Noooo, Alpha, Zordon!" they heard from her in shock at that.

As they stood, as they watched her collapse on the floor. "Our powers or our lives, I choose our lives, I am not losing my friends, guys. Guys, guys the link, wake up, answer me, damn it, Answer me, call me, guys answer me. Guys, Kat, answer me damn it, guys!" they heard her shouting mentally and the sextet felt their hearts break at that as they realized their not calling her on the communicator caused it.

"No, no, no, guys, answer me, noooo, Guys, come on, Adam, Rocky, Kat, Tommy, answer me damn it, guys please. I love you, don't leave me guys, don't leave me!" they heard as she buried her head into her arms as she shaking in uncontrolled sobs. As that night hit it finally, as the phone went off and she grabbed it. "Billy?" she said quickly and he quickly answered her quickly at the question then gently.

"Yeah baby it's me, we're okay, they got us out, but our old powers are retired, we're okay, it's okay sis, it's okay." he said and she nodded as she wiped the tears off her face. "Don't ever do that again, you guys are my family, I can't lose you, him is one thing, but all of you at once I can't take that. I'm going to kill him damn it, why didn't they come back when we needed them exactly, why."

"I love you brother, you and the guys and Kat is one thing, one of you is close enough, but all of you at once, that was too close damn it. I felt the blast when you got zapped and I collapsed this morning." she said and he nodded in shock. "We're okay, we're all fine, Kimmy and Aisha is in Kenya, so her replacement moved in with the Hilliards." he told her again gently and she nodded in relief.

"That's what happened, how you lost your ability to connect to these powers, son?" Nathan asked and he nodded to him. "Like she said, our powers or our lives, we choose our lives and the job gets dangerous." he said and she nodded as she answered that remark. "Too close, it was too close." she said as she sat between them and like Kim had done with her Aisha pressed her head to hers, to calm her down from the memory.

Before Kat and Tanya pulled her into a hug and they went into a four way hug at that response. "That's everything that day?" Kat said to her gently and she nodded. "The link was still completely active, I heard everything, I saw everything. But the connection acts as though you are my eyes and ears on my side of the line now." she said and they nodded as Tommy pulled her into a hug at that as he answered her.

"You had your communicator, that's what you were trying to get to your locker for, to get it, to call me?" she asked and she nodded. "The quartet were on the other side of the planet, I was closest in range, to it, like you I had to make sure. As through you I saw everything, that you ended up in the basement in the chamber. Saw them and then saw our uniforms on the wall, before I came back this week to talk to you about this."

"But screw staying in Miami, the team, the family, matters more now, to help you guys focus, keep Billy company. Then I was willing to wait till you retired and we graduated from school, before I tried in college now. If you need help I was going to give it, what if I got pregnant, I would have to come home anyway. To keep us together, this is where I belong." she said and as she sighed as she finished to him as she looked into his eyes.

"I felt the power blast like I said, but your animals were awake, but I was trying to get up the strength to get to my locker so I could grab my communicator. And teleport back to check on you guys, with the link between us active at the time. I was scared out of my mind, that with him nearly being killed, that you never answered me. Until you contacted me that night at the time." she said, looking between the sextet and they nodded to her.

"That explains the frantic squawking from Shalimar, she thought, you thought, we were unconscious or worse and trying to get up the energy to get to your communicator. To come home to check on us as to you it was screw staying in Miami. But we mattered more at the time, the team always did." Tommy said softly and she nodded. "My friends, my family, you mattered most to me, always did." she said and he nodded softly to her.

"This should be good, alright Kat show it to us." Jamie told her and she nodded as it reactivated at the end of the last episode of the alien rangers mini series. "The first ten minutes are the same and it shoves off from there in a new direction with her. Your brother and Aisha added to the team as we do it focused on them and never mind Zedd, Rita and Mondo and his family." Preston said and they nodded as it turn on at his words.

"Rangers you must go." Zordon told them and Adam shouted it out. "We can't leave you!" he shouted as they suddenly heard her shout it out at the same time he did before the explosion rocked the room and Alpha snapped at them. "Rangers you must go!" he shouted as he tried to get to the controls. "Come with us Alpha." Rocky said as she said it with him then as the next jolt hit and Zordon shouted it out then to him.

As he felt his resolve hit to protect them. "Alpha, get them out of here." he snapped and that did it. "Alpha, nooo!" they heard a scream ring out as her voice combined with Billy as he charged to Alpha. "No Billy, what are you doing?!" they heard from Adam and Tommy as her voice joined with their's after he got hit by the explosion. Before they landed outside of the command center as it exploded then knocking them down.

As they checked each other, before the next scream did it for them and Jason, as, looking through Kat's eyes, they saw Billy barely conscious. "Noooo, no Billy!" they heard as her voice combined with Kat's as they heard their voices join as one. "Billy!" Kat screamed and her voice joined with her as they heard her voice only. And at the next sentence, as they saw it as two separate views opened and her lying in the locker room.

As she tried to get up and get to something, before collapsing as she said it weakly. "Noo, Billy, wake up, wake up please, don't leave me." they heard through a broken hearted sob as Tommy charged to him. "Noo, no please." Billy said weakly, as her voice again joined with his at that as he lifted gaze and saw the center had been destroyed. "Noooo, Alpha, Zordon!" they heard from her in shock at that view then.

As they stood, as they watched her collapse on the floor. "Our powers or our lives, I choose our lives, I am not losing my friends, guys. Guys, guys the link, wake up, answer me, damn it, Answer me, call me, guys answer me. Guys, Kat, answer me damn it, guys!" they heard her shouting mentally as she closed down to think at that as Billy remembered that scared scream after getting caught by the toad then.

"No, they're fine, they're fine, they're just in shock, they have to be, so if they won't answer me right now, then I go to them. Two choices, option two now, I have to talk to them, the duo are possibly out of the picture. And if they are, I can return every day." she said as she channeled Rocky's strength as an ape and felt it power her, as Kat, Tommy and Adam joined in theirs recharging her and that did it then.

As she finally got up the strength, got up and opened her locker, then grabbed it, put it back on before activating it and it landed her next to Billy. "Who is that?!" Tanya shouted in shock at the sudden arrival as the quartet stood up to get a better look at the arrival and she turned and smiled in relief at seeing the quintet then. "Honey, guys, Kat, reporting in now." she said quickly and they smiled in delighted relief at the voice.

"Oh my god, Kim!" Rocky shouted in delighted relief as the quartet and Tanya charged to them. "Kim, I'm okay, I'm okay, shh, it's okay." Billy said softly and that did it for her as she buried her head into his shoulder. "Billy, oh thank god, I thought, I thought they killed you, the control hit you and..." she said shaking and he hugged her tightly as he pressed his forehead to hers to calm her down then softly.

"I'm okay, I'm okay, it's okay, but what are you doing here and how did you know what happened?" he asked her and she told them the truth. "The link is open still, I heard everything but everything you said, I said them. The link is still open between us, so though Kat took my place on the team. Shal returned to me and your animals these last two months, they were keeping me company now."

"Even better is our animals protected us from having the timeline screwed around now. My sixth sense told me something was wrong today, before I got a better look and saw, through our new team mate's eyes. That the duo were stealing the crystal, the test on that just confirmed your thoughts. But female leader of the team, the omega now." she said and they nodded in relief to that.

"Please tell that doesn't mean if you stayed away longer then we, as your pack, would be distracting you repeatedly, till you decided to end that. And before someone got hurt or worse?" Rocky asked her and she shook her head. "Can't do that Rocky, because it did, Kat has 75% of the link, I got the entire thing. But I just channeled your strength as a ape, before the trio added their's to it."

"But the blast that hit Billy, knocking him half conscious, had me collapse in the locker room, drawing on your strength, before the guys and Kat did their's. I got up the strength to get to my locker and grabbed my communicator. And they overrode the circuit gems and landed me just outside of the center with you." she told him and they all nodded in relief as Billy repeated that last bit in shock then.

"The sextet over ruled the transportation circuit and brought you here?!" Billy said quickly and she nodded. "The two piece connection between the seven of us is still intact, and we just added another to the team. But somehow your animal contacted me in time after Lexa decided to stay in Kenya. And as a vet in training now, Kenya, you're a lioness Tanya, so two lions possibly."

"A wolf, a ape and a Sabretooth tiger." she said and they nodded. "Who owns the tiger exactly." she asked and Kim explained that to her. "The supposed original yellow, her name is Trini Kwan, as you just met Billy. Then I'm next, I'm the original pink, Kat has my darker shade now, but I am pink, near violet. We're still linked guys, our team of seven." she said and they nodded in delighted relief.

"The link, we're still linked together, our last set of powers, we can...?" Adam said crouching next to her and she nodded to him. "Yeah, but come on we have to find that crystal, until we know for sure I'm staying. And then we figure out a new way to do this, may switch colors, but we have our Ninjetti ones. So, two colors each for the three of you, Kat you got this upgrade, I'll take the second."

"But I can keep Billy company when you're on duty now starting now." she said and they nodded. "The guys need me to stay focused, but Billy is a werewolf now, but in animal behaviors, pack behavior, though they follow the alpha, the omega, if it is a pack of wolves, werewolves no less here. Then the omega is the most important thing to a pack animal, Aisha was my other bodyguard now."

"But my best friends are her and Billy, Kat was his rank." she said and Tanya nodded. "Tanya, this is my girlfriend, Kimberly Hart." Tommy said and she nodded smiling. "Girlfriend, you're his soulmate?!" she said and Kim nodded to her. "I am, I know the guys quite well, but this just reached the limit and we got no clue. In what the heck is going on up there, said there on the moon and I reported in."

"To find out, but if we got another one even more powerful then the duo and her family combined, I'm home to stay now." she said and the quartet smiled in delight. "Who are you to Billy though?" she asked and the duo smiled. "She's my best friend and twin, we and our original red were adoptive triplets to each other. Born and raised together, we spent all our lives together, so after the trio left."

"We had each other, we'll show you later, but she, Tommy and I are one half of the dino rangers. Our original red was Tommy's total equal, you met us when the trio left, so to you it's Adam, Aisha and Rocky. Long story we can hash out later, but for right now we need to work on how to prevent the link from over doing it right now." Billy said and she nodded as she finished that gently then.

"At the moment now that the duo left, if they did, then we can take advantage of that and we're always together." Kim finished and the quintet smiled at her idea. "If whatever is going on up there is true then we get you back, our opponent doesn't know what you are to us and our team of seven. The team is back in one piece and now we make it team of eight." Kat said and she nodded smiling to her.

"Yeah, I'm sick of this, five months gone and they just turned the flame on themselves now, they want either of you. And they got a war on their hands now, once was enough, my soulmate and my best friend." she said as they heard a determined screech. "Uh oh, now you done it guys, keep clear, before you get barbecued by the Firebird." Adam said as he started laughing at that response then.

"That's the name of her Phoenix, but the nickname took on a whole new meaning when we switched powers from dino to thunderzord." Tommy told the duo and they nodded smiling. "I take it you never want to piss her off unless you want to get roasted, guys?" Tanya asked and the quartet all nodded to her. "Yeah, but that's what we all love about her, when in a good mood she's like this."

"But when she loses her temper, get out of the way before she roasts you, and the duo just reached that point to get it now. Had enough of one too many close calls in our case with you off the team Crane?" Adam asked and she nodded to him. "Yeah and enough is enough of this, if whoever just scared them into turning tail and running now, we got to now, reorganize if you switch colors and two."

"We got to prevent the damn link from going haywire here if this gets worse, but first order of business. We got to find that crystal and right now, if those two dropped it." she said and the trio nodded. "So you're linked together, spiritual and emotional?" Tanya asked and they nodded. "Yeah we are, Kat has 75 percent, I got the entire thing here, so though I leant my powers to her now for it."

"I am still the leader, female leader, of the team, Kat's my best friend and equal, total equal in powers." she said and Tanya nodded in shock at that as her male trio exchanged smiles at that then. "What'cha thinking exactly here, Omega?" Rocky asked and she smiled. "The bonehead dropped it, as they didn't get out in time." she told him and they nodded as they started searching the area then firmly.

As they heard Tommy's monologue then gently. "The events that transpired over the last few moments were almost beyond belief. Somehow Rito and Goldar managed to penetrate the security of the command center. And implant an explosive device." they heard as they watched the seven moving carefully around the debris then as they tried to get to front of the command center and the door into it.

"And to make matters worse, they stole the Zeo crystal, the only capable of restoring our powers." he said as the quintet exchanged looks at the memory. "But little did we know how soon our world as we know it would come crashing down. And our lives as power rangers would come to an end." he said softly as he quoted the words with his double Jason David Frank then as he sighed at this.

Just after an hour of looking they sat down and took a break with Kim sitting between him and Billy as he threw a a rock with Kat on his left. "What a mess, it's been totally wiped off the map." he said throwing it then firmly. "Honey, it's a crystal a white crystal, so we know the catch in reflectors from physical science class. And it's also 9 in the morning, so the sun bounces off of it and that will do it finally."

"In giving itself away so wait for it, guys wait for it, it will give itself away now, at the right angle." she said and they nodded as they sat there waiting, sighing as they sat there waiting and looking for anything to give it away in looking for it. They got their wish as they saw something shining then. "Guys!" Kim said slowly smiling and Adam looked at where she was looking and then stood up at that as he said it then quickly.

"Guys what is that!" Adam said standing up and Kim and Billy stood up as well. "Is that the..." Rocky started to say as he stood up as Kat got up as well at that question "Is it possible?" she asked and Kim nodded. "Come on hurry." he said and Kim nodded in agreement as she said it to her. "Well let's find out." she said and Kat nodded gripping her hand, she and the duo charged over there at that response.

As she saw five colors. "Red, blue green, yellow and pink, the pink is two shades darker then your's." she said and Kim nodded. "You got Fire's tinge when she's pissed Kat, but black is now green in this upgrade. And till we add a sixth ranger." she said and Kat nodded, her sister's color in a darker shade of pink in the glowing, and nodded, as she and Kim looked over their shoulders at the quartet gently.

"It's buried, we got to dig it out." she said as they got to work then quickly and they nodded and headed to them gently at that remark as they did it. Before Tommy removed the final rock and they saw the crystal intact. "Yes it is, it's the Zeo crystal." he said and he lifted it up then in triumph. "We win." Kim said and he nodded. "It's all here, this is incredible, the Zeo crystal is all here." he said and she nodded to him then.

"We got the crystals we can restore your powers, but sooner or later we get a sixth ranger and one of us originals, in the guys, can take the powers. Especially if their owner needs a break, but Billy and me, from now on are with you, but if anything. We can get one other person who is just as strong and the armor says it all, you and he are the strongest of the original six of us, now honey."

"But Dino ranger quartet, or Zeo ranger quartet, you, Billy and him, you get the best of both worlds if she and I take turns at the wheel." she said and he smiled as he translated that. "She means you baby?" Alicia asked and Jason nodded. "Yeah the gold armor is the symbol of the equally as powerful ranger and total equal to the red. He's my total equal now." he said and she nodded as the quintet nodded smiling then.

"Then we do that if we get any help from a new ranger." Tommy said and Kat nodded in agreement to her thoughts. "But first we got to deal with things and get this worked out, we never lost our powers or the link right now. But the question of whether or not we can restore the center is the big one. But we did it once and we can do it again, Bonehead, you just lost your victory on us."

"Zedd and Rita, you lost, we got our powers, but you ever come back and you're going down and I mean that. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will return and you got a war on your hands now. The Dino Rangers will return, we promise you that." Kim shouted out as the trio hold the crystals up and in victory then firmly. "You think it could be a trap, Crane?" Rocky asked and she shook her head to him then.

"Rito and Goldar must have dropped it, I can't believe it survived the explosion." he said and the sextet nodded. "Does it still have power?" Kat asked and it flashed in response. "Whoa, I think it heard you." Rocky said and Kim nodded. "Ask a silly question..." she said and Kat nodded as Tanya hid a chuckle. "And you get a silly answer." Kat finished in response then and Billy took charge at that remark.

"You better not hold it, Tommy, there is no telling what kind of effect the explosion had on it." Billy said and he nodded and put it down, and then the ground started shaking. "Whoa?" he said and they nodded. "Stay together guys." Kim shouted over it as they quickly gripped hands. "Looks like we're about to find out!" Tanya said to that diagnosis. "Whoa!" he said quickly as they exchanged looks at this.

"No matter what happens, stay together, Kim?" Kat said in suggestion to orders and she repeated the order. "Guys, no matter what happens, stay together, don't let go!" she shouted over the shaking and they nodded and locked on as their assemble was now 3 girls and 4 boys at that. "Nice thinking, the dream warriors made that mistake by not gripping hands and to lock them together." Peter said to the orders gently at that.

"It's ever going to stop?!" Tanya shouted out over the rumbling and she sighed. "I don't know what's happening, we must have activated it with the Zeo Crystal!" Billy called back and then the ground jerked at that. "We're sinking!" Rocky shouted and they nodded. "Let's bail out of here!" Adam shouted and then Kim closed her eyes as she thought about it and her eyes shot open as she shouted it out to Billy then.

"Billy how many times has the command center been attacked?!" she shouted and he nodded. "Counting this one, 4!" he said and she nodded. "That's the catch, they created a bunker just below the command center next to the rooms. That we used to repair the zords, underground, a good 50ft here, this earthquake. Is no earthquake connected to crystals, they're alive." she shouted to him and Tommy.

And they nodded to that remark. "Aw crap, whatever Zordon never told us about, just activated, they're bringing us down, everybody hang on." Kim said and they nodded as they hung on to each other tightly at that as the ground crumbled and they fell into the hole and landed on several boxes then. "Everybody okay?" Tommy asked and they nodded. "Yeah, but where are we?" Kat asked and she explained that.

"We saw only one portion of the command center, but that's the fourth time in three years that the center was attacked and supposedly destroyed. This must be one of the chambers leading into where the duo are hiding, so best guess we go that away." she said and pointed straight and they nodded. "Omega, so alpha and omega?" Tanya asked and she nodded gently as Billy smiled as he said it to her then.

"When the alpha imprints on his omega, she becomes the alpha's mate, she's the female leader. To the team, Rocky: beta, me: alpha's third, Adam: secondary beta, and Sha'. She was the alpha's fourth, with you guys added to the team, we just reorganized. So she's your alpha, Aisha is your beta, Kat you're my rank, Tanya, you're Adam's now." he said and they nodded in shocked amazement at that.

"Where's a flashlight when you need one right now." Adam said, before the green Zeo crystal started glowing in answer to that and they started laughing at that. "Starwars anyone?" Rocky asked and they nodded in agreement smiling then as they heard a familiar shout. "We established communication with bigger pathways, serial port." the voice said and they nodded as Billy said it to that remark gently.

"That sounds like Alpha." he said before they heard the follow up burst. "Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye!" they heard and chuckled. "Whoa that really sounds like Alpha." he said and heard a gentle rumbling. "Like our Ninjetti powers guys, the center is putting itself back together." Kim said and they nodded in amazement. "To those who possess the great power, all things are possible, we're still Ninjetti."

"That never changed, so though a new color we still dress in our robes starting now guys, Ninjetti, always Ninjetti." he said and they nodded as they saw a green glow and walked in that direction as the crystal stopped glowing. And they saw a green wall then, froze and Billy nodded as he saw it. "The foundation must be resentable in, let's just hope it was nothing." he said and they nodded in agreement then.

"Rangers, step into the vortex." they heard and exchanged looks. "The vortex?" Tommy repeated and Kim and Billy moved to him. "Tommy be careful." Billy said for the two of them and he nodded as he reached out and touched it. "How does it feel?" Tanya asked and he explained that to her. "Kinda feels cool." he said, before they heard a gentle repeat of the order given to them at that remark then gently.

"Great, this maybe our first look at the command control now, but this is getting ridiculous, we're already in the military, so to speak. So no need to get into academy, in the kids case, as they've been serving for going on four years now." Dillon said to that and Peter nodded in agreement to his thoughts as they watched it further. "Rangers, please step into the vortex." Alpha said and they nodded as Tommy went first slowly.

Before the rest of the team followed him through as they looked around in amazement. "What is this place?" Adam asked and Billy explained that Kim stood next to him and he took her hand. "The next generation for strategical command outposts." he said and Adam nodded. "Unreal." he said and Billy nodded. "I saw plans for this in the mainframe, but I had no idea it really existed." he said to them gently at that.

Before they got the answering response then. "Hello Rangers, welcome home." the voice said as a door opened and Alpha walked and they smiled in delight. "Alpha, we thought you were gone forever!" Kat and Kim said together and they heard a gentle smile in his tone. "Oh it takes a lot more then a little implosion to keep me down." he said with a chuckle as he went further at that as he explained it to them gently.

"And you'll be happy to know that all systems are online." he said and they nodded to him as they exchanged looks. "One too many shocks today right now, we know he's fine, but what about..." Kim said and Rocky nodded, as he said it for the entire team then gently at that. "Alpha how did you...?, I mean where did this place come from?" Rocky asked him and they heard a smile in his voice then at that quiry.

"The power chamber has always been here, we knew there could come a time. When the command center would be vulnerable to attack." he said and they nodded. "Alpha what about Zordon?" Adam asked and Kat nodded to his opinion. "Yeah is he..." she and the droid jerked at that as he answered her. "Oh, I am so sorry Power Rangers, I guess I should have told you sooner now."

"But don't even think it, Zordon is just fine." he said and a second later he appeared in the tube and said it gently. "Welcome Rangers, I am glad you are safe, how do you like our little surprise. Alpha has been working on it for months, I apologize for keeping it from you. But we did not want to worry you un-necessarily." he said and Billy smiled in relief and happiness as he answered him then gently at that.

"Well I think we're all just relieved you're both okay." he said to that and Zordon looked at their new recruit gently. "And Tanya, this must be quite a shock for you, I regret that you did not have an easier time adjusting to your surroundings." he said and she smiled. "Well it is different." she said and Kim stepped forward at that gently. "Hey Zordon." she said and he looked at her in shocked delight at seeing her.

"My young Crane what are you doing back?" he asked and and she sighed. "The connection went haywire, so everything that happened this morning to now. Hit me, the link is still open between us and I know about 'Sha too. But the good news is they never destroyed our powers, we can reactivate. And the guys and Kat have two colors now, Billy and me, we keep our own, as does 'Sha now. "

"I figured something was up, channeled the link and drew on their powers, getting enough energy to get my communicator. The transporter circuit landed me with the sextet and I told them everything." she said and he nodded in relief and delight then. "Then I am relieved you came to tell me that right now, but the stronger in concentration and the better chance your friends have now."

"Your speculation of the reason why the duo left is directly on target, and though we have much to celebrate. And by you bringing me that news now, time is of the essence, you must listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. A dark and evil presence has descendant on our galaxy now." he said and she crossed her arms as she asked the question as the sextet went to attention at that.

"Would that be Rita and Zedd?" Tanya asked and she sighed. "No, we thought that one of them was bad till they got married and then her brother. And father showed up next, so with those words in mind and I am asking this for all of us. Who is it this time, as we had Zedd, then Rito and then her father, who do we have this time?" she asked and the quintet nodded in agreement to her thoughts.

"Indeed and I wish it were that simple, I'm afraid that the new threat is far more treacherous then Rita and Zedd could ever hope to be. Rangers prepare yourselves to meet the Machine Empire, it is one course thought to be unstoppable." he said and she nodded. "The Machine Empire?" Adam asked and he nodded as he explained the story to them as she and the duo stood together.

"Yeah I don't get it." Kat said and they all started blurting out questions, before Kim turned to them. "Guys calm down, we fought the others and we won, we stick together starting now, but our one chance now. Remember Ninjetti, a Ninja is calm, collected, we can handle this guys, okay. But five crystals and eight of us, so one option: Billy, Sha' and I are you back up rangers now starting now."

"Listen to me guys, we all thought the stakes were against us before and persevered, we can beat them, but first. We got one chance: to combine the Zeo crystal with our Ninja powers, Kat is close to it now a few more weeks. At the most and she switches colors and is not in my shadow anymore." she said and he nodded as Preston smiled at the pep talk to the quartet gently at that at that.

"Well done and thank you my young Crane, and you are correct." Zordon said, before the alarm went off then. "Here we go again guys, just like when the trio started, we got it with Tanya next, alright Tanya, listen to me. So first time as a ranger, but on call 24/7, as teenagers we live normal lives until he calls us in." she said and Tanya nodded as Kat went into her position of the omega's second at that.

"I got your spot on duty Crane, but if what you're about to say next is what I'm thinking, then we split the shifts, starting today." Kat said and she nodded to her. "Yeah that's my plan alright, I'm coming to see you guys all the time, and 2) now that they're gone. The guys got both of us now, two pinks, they got me on one rotation and you on the next and we go back and forth as sisters."

"Partners, sisters and friends?" she said and Kat nodded happily. "Partners then, always." she said and the quartet smiled in delight. "Girls, before you go into this, you making plans for your return to the team, we must deal first. With your first obstacle, in whoever the enemy troops are right now." Zordon said gently to that remark on the tv at that as Mei and Melissa shook their heads smiling at that.

"Alpha what's the matter?" Tanya asked as they got the duo to focus then while seeing a group of robots running loose out at the demolition zone. "What are those things?" Rocky asked and Zordon explained that to them."They are cogs." he said and they nodded. "Great, first Rita's putties then Zedd, the slime putties then the tengu's and now these guys." Kim said and Billy finished that sentence, bemused.

"So once they conquered us, then they have it all, and there is no one to defeat them." Billy said and Zordon nodded to him gently as he answered him. "That is correct Billy, alliteration, the future of the universe is in your hands." he said as Kim took his hand then. "Kim you know me best, what now, of us I am the longest serving of the quintet, our quintet." he asked and she nodded as she said it softly.

"Billy, there are only five of the crystals and the eight of us, including Sha', you and Aisha and I. We are temporarily retired, or we take turns with the trio starting now, Jason with us. We never gave it up, I understand the real meaning, but so long as we wear our comunicators we stay active forever. You're retired from field duty, but not from being a ranger right now."

"Billy, we both knew this was coming, it's time to step down as a full member of the team, we are still power rangers. Like me, it's time, you got to give up that crystal, but we can be more help by being Ninjetti. Then by always being in the field, like Tommy and me, it's your turn now. Jason comes back and he's next, but the Dino rangers." she said and he nodded as hugged her tightly at thet remark.

"You always understood me better then anyone, but then this was why you never wanted to leave. But you leave we're all alone, I was all you had left, like you were all I had left of our childhood quintet. Our bond was the one that kept you strong, even though they were gone, we had each other. But that's all five of us in the original quintet." he said and she nodded as she gave him a idea then.

"We take a year off or spot shifts with Kat and whoever takes the blue crystal, but together always. After practice I come home, everyday: so weekends, after school and practice. And holidays, this summer, spring and fall break, always together. How can I have the time to be seeing anyone else when I'm always with you guys, always?" she whispered to him and he nodded as that cemented it.

"That's what you had to talk to us about, two choices and the second choice has you home every day from now on. And after practice, does the coach know you made that choice?" he asked and she nodded to him. "Yeah he saw me distracted with the link and made this suggestion, so still open, distraction is dangerous. And for us as rangers and athletes, he suggested I tell you first most of all."

"You being my brother, the one I depended on, since we were kids, you first then I tell the sextet, that's including Jason, but first you and Tommy. And he also said we take a step back, Tommy and me, your parents said the same. I spoke to the entire gang's parents, they all said this, we take a step back. And then, when I come home, and we start heating it up, but for right now."

"Step back to when he returned to the team, as Dragon." she said and he nodded to her in understanding. "That's the stage one borderline two, when he returned to the team, that's fine, I know you best of the team. And of the team as it now, you needed my support and you got it, I promise. Nothing changed and nothing ever will, but this was us as cubs, being twins and even when as Ninjetti."

"Before we became Ninjetti, the three of us are the Dino rangers, the first to go, temporarily was him, then you and now me. We get a year off and then return to duty, Jason had going on three, but in the end. Our bonds, the bond was always the same, it's time, she can have my spot, but he has us back at his side." he said and as he pressed his forehead to hers and their colors intertwined tightly.

"Nothing's changed between us and nothing ever will, you are still my twin, still my brilliant twin, my best friend, my twin. Nothing's changed, us as a cubs, since we were born, if we were our parents. This is us now, we're them as kids and they are us as adults. Powers or no powers, we are still us, still a duo, twins and the best of friends, always." she said and the adult duo nodded smiling then.

"She told you first, Billy?!" Trini said in shock and he nodded sternly. "Real or the new improved timeline, I'm with him, I have to know first, so with that now. She is also my entire world, I am a wolf now, the werewolf best friend, she is my omega. Therefore the omega, the alpha's mate is my responsibility to protect, she needs me. And she gets me, you two, you need to understand this." he said and Preston held his hand up then.

"Guys save the debate right now, and son, you stay on your side of the line, you two, Zachary, Trinity stay near the girls, you are Jason's side of the team now. The trio belong to your replacements, now that's enough until we deal with this now, understood." he said and Billy nodded as he settled himself next to Kim and she leaned into him. As they heard a gentle purring growl start up as she leaned her head into his chest then.

As they sighed as they looked at the tubes in new colors and they exchanged looks at this. "Zordon, how are we supposed to fight them when we don't even have our power coins?" Rocky asked quickly then to him as he looked between them gently at that remark. "Here it comes our old uniforms are retired supposedly, and instead they return to their old owners for the duration." Trini said sighing as they heard him say it.

"Although your power coins are indeed gone forever, your recently completed quest provided us with a new power source. One that will bring you much greater power then ever thought possible. Rangers behold the fully energized Zeo crystal." he said and they saw it back to full power. "Zordon, before you say anything, there is something I want to say." Billy said and he nodded gently to that.

"Yes Billy, I believe I know what it is." he said and Tommy turned to him. "Guys remember, though Zeos, now, we're Ninjetti, Tommy. Remember you still got us at your side in another way, as Ninjetti, always. But Ninjetti and the Dinos, your other colors Green and white, we're still at your side. Although you're the leader of the Zeo upgrade now." Kim said and he nodded as he saw what was coming then.

"I get it guys, though I am the leader of a quintet now, starting now, I am still in a sextet with you guys at my side, but we bring our last dino home. And Billy and I have the best of both worlds with you and Kat swapping shifts now." he said and Billy gave him a hug then as he said it to him then. "The crystal has only five sub divisions, only enough room for five rangers, it's time now, Tommy."

"First you, then her and now me, the stars of of our show, we all got hurt, lost our powers and suffered several life changing decisions. This one is mine now, the alien rangers know to give me a shot at not graduating too early. To come with them, that is my life changing decision, but having me here. That is more important then me being a power ranger." he told him and Tommy nodded to him.

"You sure you want to do this?" he asked and Billy nodded. "I'm sure and you're not alone, so though you're a red ranger now, you got us. And when in white or green at your side still, always, you're not the last original, still together." he said and Tommy nodded. "We're behind you all the way then." he said and they went into a three way hug at that to seal their connection tightly as Zordon said it to him.

"Absolutely Billy, this was the best choice now." he said and Billy looked at Tanya. "Looks like you're a power ranger now." he said and she nodded as she relaxed, just as she was saying it the alarm went off. "What's that noise, what is that?" she said and Kim explained that to her. "That's the alarm to tell us we got a threat running loose." she said and Billy finished that quickly as he and Kim looked at Tommy then.

"We haven't much time." he said and Kim said it then gently. "Tommy you're the leader only in a different color you lead the trio from 18 months. In the guys cases and up to now in Kat's, but though dressed in Jason's tinge starting now. You're still the white and green ranger, the good green ranger, honey."she said and he nodded to her as he put himself next to the quartet and Zordon started at that.

"Indeed, you are now the red ranger Tommy, you're Zeo Ranger V, Red now."he said and Tommy nodded as he tried to control his heart beat at that. "Without you, I never had the courage to handle being the leader, the Sentinel. That was a ro-test for me that week, before I got the hang of it, but you and me, Alpha and Omega. You at my side, you gave me the strength to be a leader." Tommy told her softly then at that.

"I was Jason's omega and I'm your's and I will always be, honey, but I understand, a new upgrade is like a whole new beginning. We felt that after the trio left, when we gained our powers as a Ninjetti and now when you became the leader. And of the latest upgrade, but just because you're dressed in a new color doesn't mean you're not still you now." she said and he smiled as he pressed his forehead to hers and they closed their eyes.