Ch-2: Where?

"Get them to safety." Somebody yelled.

"Nothing should happen to them… or I'll be history." A young voice yelled.

"Someone get that monster!" another voice yelled.

"On it." A very familiar voice answered.

The pictures were now slowly coming into focus. There were rangers there. But different colors. There was a darker red, silver, green, the nova ranger's vague outline, and what looked like omega.

"Sir. Blue, yellow, epsilon, and rho are down." Another voice said.

"Ma'am, what should we do about them?" the silver one asked.

"Take them into the infirmary." She said. Why was her voice so familiar to z?

"I'm fine. Right z?" she heard sky ask her.

"Yeah, absolutely," z said, "just a little dizzy." the whole picture was in focus now. Sky was sitting up next to her, a green ranger, and one in a black suit, with silver designs of an IX on it, were towering over her.

That Count monster was still fighting the others. Sky helped z up, brushing past he others. "You ready?" he asked her.

"I was born ready." Z replied, smiling.

"SPD EMERGENCY" They yelled and morphed into their respective colors.

Seeing the extra number of rangers, the Count growled, "I'm out of here. But you're stuck!" and vanished into a portal.

Sky and z looked around.

"Where are we?" z asked.

"You're in the future." The black ranger with the familiar voice replied, demorphing. Her uniform was even cooler than her ranger suit.

"Oh god!" sky and z whispered in horror, for standing in front of them was no one other than Elizabeth Delgado, only, she looked older.

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"Wow." Z said, looking at herself up and down, going all around her.

The other rangers demorphed too. Sky looked around. There was an unmistakable Sam, and two other cadets, definitely twins, as they resembled each other so much, and another guy who resembled Z as well as sky. And then there was a girl who was so beautiful, that sky couldn't help but stare at her.
"Okay. Sky Tate and Z Delgado. You two have been transported into the future by a monster, and it'll be good if you two don't panic." The older z said, looking very wise.

"how far exactly in the future?" z asked.

"it is 2045, you can calculate. Sam here was sent to your time and has returned." Older Z replied, "you two need o be taken to the infirmary, there your wounds will be taken care of."

"Well, at least you don't grow up to be the goof you are now." Sky commented.

"That's enough cadet Tate." Older z said.

"Thank you." Said z.

"Anyway… what do we do about them?" a sarcastic voice asked, it was that gorgeous girl.

"Why did that sound like z?" sky asked, "for real this time?"

"Yeah, it did sound like me. But both mes are here. Aren't they?" z asked.

"Yes they are." Sam replied.

"Then who are you?" sky asked her.

" Why do I think I know? How old are you?"

"I'm twenty eight." She replied.

"Then it's true. It is you. You DID survive." Z mumbled.

"You know, older you was a lot supportive." The girl said. She was the nova ranger.

"Older me was a lot supportive because she has a loving husband who already knew who you were before you showed up." Older z said.

"You're married?" younger z asked in surprised, and looked at sky.

"Don't look at me. I'm as shocked as you are." Sky replied, receiving a punch in the stomach.

"Yes I'm married. And yes, this is her."

"No way… Ruth?" younger z asked in disbelief.

"You know her?" sky asked.

"Yes I do know her. She is my daughter." Z solemnly replied.

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Shy was so shocked that he could not say anything for the rest of their drive back to the base. Back at the base was when he finally found his voice.

They were taken immediately into the infirmary.

"check them for injuries Dr. Stevens, I'll be back in a few." Older z said, who had been escorting the two to the infirmary. She handed them over and left.

"nurse Henderson, could you be a dear and hand over the result on the scans on the commander?" Dr. Stevens said, not paying much attention to the two cadets. The nurse handed over the report.

"what the hell is going on!" he asked, traumatized, as he realized that the nurse was none other than an older Sydney drew, his crush.

Suddenly, Sam walked in, "hey guys, just checked in to see how you two are faring." He said

"hi Sam, good to see you demorphed, for the first time." Z commented.

"yeah, me too." Sam replied, laughing.

"what s going on? Was that actually Syd? And why was she called Nurse Henderson? And why is she a nurse?" sky asked, in shock.

"oh yeah, things are a little different now than they wee back then. Syd is kinda married to boom now. I know it sounds crazy to you." He said.

"like a scene out of that damn soap opera 'Days Of Our Lives'" z commented.

"oh yeah?" sky said, fuming. How could Syd not fall in love with him, why BOOM of all the people? Not even jack, for decency's sake.

"I think Syd will explain it better to you." Sam said, giving Syd room to talk.

"hi sky… how're you doing?" she asked gently.

"wha- what's going on? You were supposed to end up with me!" he yelled.

"it's fate sky. We did date however…for almost a year, after which, we realized, that our hearts didn't lie in each other, and then we broke up. Then, I met Luke, he was the love of my life. We got married, and then, lived happily." Syd narrated.

"but didn't Sam say you were married to Boom?" z objected.

"yes, I'm coming to that z, then, about six years after my wedding with Luke, he cheated on me, with Kat!" z could hear the anger in her voice, even after 13 years.

"after that, I found out that he had never actually been faithful to me. So I went for a divorce. My daughter came with my custody, he took our son." Syd sadly stated.

"I'm sorry Syd. I'm so sorry. But just for clarification, was I not there or something?" sky asked, confused.

"yeah, you tried you best, but you had your own screwed up love triangle going on. So no, you couldn't be there, even if you tried. Boom was the one who was actually there for me, and in due time, we fell in love and got married. That's it, that's my story." Syd ended, "he truly understands me."

"you have two kids?" z asked in disbelief.

"yeah and so do you." Syd replied.

"really?" sky asked in skepticism.

"Yes, in fact, z's life was wayyy…. better than mine, and hey, talk of the devil, there's z." Syd said, pointing at the doorway, where z, in her super cool uniform walked.

"Commander, I was just talking about you." Syd said, getting up, and almost leaving.

"no need to be so formal Syd, these are only the younger versions of ourselves."

"you're commander?" z asked,

"where the hell am I then, don't tell me I die!" sky said, aghast.

"no sky, you don't die, not while I'm alive." Z said, and then smiled, "anyway, I just came to check in on you two, seems you're in good hands, right Syd?"

"yep" Sydney Henderson, from the future said.

Suddenly, nova ranger, aka Ruth walked in.

"mom, I wanted you to know that the reports for Chester Reginald's investigations were sent to SC Kruger. Now what do I have to do?" she asked.

"get the info on gamma and triton, I'll be on my way, just a while." Z replied.

"oh yeah, that reminds me," sky said, "how the hell do you have a daughter that you know of?"

"I'm sorry, I think I'll know if I get pregnant." Both the Zs replied in unison.

"not what I meant. How does younger Z know I mean, you know, you're not a mom yet?" he asked.

"I was hoping you wouldn't notice that little detail." Z replied.
"c'mon z, tell me" sky said.

"I don't think I can tell you. Even jack doesn't know it." Z said.

"yet" added older z.

"yet." Z completed.

"why not me?" sky asked.

"what have you done to earn her trust?" Syd asked, kind of annoyed.

"what do you mean?" sky asked.

"I mean, all you've done is be judgmental, and treat me like a thief." Younger Z replied. Sky suddenly felt remorse, he had never realized that z might also have feelings, he had always treated her as a petty criminal, and she had saved his life countless times.

"I'm so sorry z, I had no idea that you felt that way… don't fret, I won't worry you about this question anymore." Sky said, placing his hand on z's.

All the people from the future looked at this and smiled.

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A/N: i think everybody knows who the main couple is gonna be ;)