A/N: Hey all. I think most of us can agree that this is something that has needed to happen for a long while now. It's nearly twenty years since Forever Red, and it's long past time for the fantastic women of the franchise to get a team-up of their own. This story will feature twelve canon yellow rangers, plus one OC yellow ranger from my previous story, Back in Space. While much of the story will be from Summer's POV, each of the other canon yellows will have at least one POV scene. A few notes:

1. Trini: Trini will be the yellow MMPR in this story, not Aisha. I have nothing against Aisha, but Trini was the original, and it would have felt too disrespectful to the memory of Thuy Trang to replace her.

2. Tanya: Tanya will be the Yellow Zeo Ranger in this story, not the Yellow Turbo Ranger. I much prefer to remember her from the Zeo season than from the weaker half of one of the weakest seasons of the franchise.

3. Maya: Both Ashley's and Maya's backstories will include developments from my first PR story, Back in Space. This will be particularly significant for Maya, who gained access to an important new ability during that story that she will make use of in this one.

4. Jun'ga: Jun'ga is the Yellow Nitaranger from my first OC ranger team, introduced in Back in Space. She will be present here, although she will play a smaller role than the canon yellows and will not have a POV scene.

This story is set post-RPM and post-Clash of the Red Rangers, and will work off the developments that occurred therein. Personally, I didn't love CotRR and the way it portrayed Scott, but the idea of putting RPM into an alternate universe made sense, and I decided to run with that. This story will not reference any other content from Samurai/Super Samurai or any of the subsequent seasons.

My A/Ns will talk a little about each of the seasons as I bring in the yellow rangers from those seasons. To start that here, I agree with the internet consensus that RPM is the strongest season in PR history. It was very well-written for a children's show, and featured the strongest acting of the franchise. The characters were far more thoroughly-developed than in any of the other seasons, and their backstory episodes were remarkable and highlighted the season's unique strengths. The fact that I have so much material to work with on Summer made her an easy choice to star in this story, just like Karone was in the first story.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Power Rangers is currently owned by Hasbro, and is the eternal legacy of Haim Saban. But for a few OCs, these characters are his and Disney's. I am merely playing with them for entertainment and posterity, and have no financial incentives or benefits for writing this.

Chapter 1: Reinstatement

When she was young, she used to think of the stars as spotlights in the night sky, all shining their lights towards her. That was her childhood in a nutshell. She was the center of her own universe, and everything she knew existed to enrich her own life.

Then Venjix brought that universe crashing down around her, some of it literally. She was thrust into conflict, which had been a distant and abstract concept throughout her youth. Everything changed, and she changed along with it all. She became Ranger Operator Series Yellow.

The stars didn't change, but her view of them did. They were no longer spotlights shining her way. They were enigmatic beacons of tranquility, far beyond Venjix's reach. They were immutably peaceful, the vastness of space protecting them from the rage of the endless warfare between mankind and machine. At times, when the war seemed hopeless, she would look to the stars, wondering if any of them sustained planets that in turn sustained life. She clung to the hope that, even if Venjix succeeded in eliminating all life on Earth, it could not extinguish all life in the universe.

Now, she once again looked at the stars, but she no longer wondered if there was life among them. She now knew that life did indeed exist beyond her world, but not necessarily up there. She had met rangers from an alternate universe, from a parallel Earth.

An Earth that had not yet known the terror of Venjix.

She worried about the people of that Earth. They had their own rangers, certainly, but they could not grasp the magnitude of destruction that would be wrought upon their world if they managed to create a Venjix virus. The greatest threat to humanity would come from relentless human innovation, and the rangers of that Earth might not be able to save it.

The door opened, and she looked away from the window as Dillon entered. His familiar silhouette was outlined in the dim light of the hallway beyond. "I thought I'm supposed to be the one who doesn't sleep."

She shrugged. "Where were you?"

"Just out for a drive." He walked over to her chair and knelt beside her, placing his hand on her knee. "What's wrong?"

She looked back out the window. "Just thinking about the other Earth."

"Still?"

"Dillon, they have no idea what's coming. They'll create their own Venjix, not knowing what they're doing."

"Doctor K created Venjix. They may not have a Doctor K."

"Someone will come up with it." Limitless innovation was humanity's most powerful strength, but also its most dangerous one.

"So, what are you going to do? Go there and tell them to never create a Venjix virus?"

"That's exactly what I should do."

He frowned. "I was joking."

"Well, I'm not."

Grimacing, he stood and walked over to the bed, sitting down on it. "Scott only went there to pursue Professor Cog. What happens on their world is really not our…"

"What, not our problem?" She stood and walked over to him. "We're aware of a threat to their planet that they don't know about yet. We have an opportunity—no, a responsibility—to try to spare their Earth from the fate that befell ours." She brought her hands up on either side of his face. "How can I not do this?"

He shut his eyes and lowered his head, leaning into her touch. "Alright, let's discuss it with Doctor K in the morning. Right now, you should be sleeping."

"So should you," she reminded him.

He nodded, laying back on the bed. She joined him, resting her head on his shoulder and trying to push her worries for the parallel Earth from her mind, at least until dawn.


Dillon drew the pool cue back and then fired, scattering the balls across the table. Standing straight, he pointed to the one that had settled nearest him. "Alright, which one is this?"

"The three," Tenaya replied. She stood several meters from the table.

Dillon pointed to a different ball. "And this one?"

"The nine."

Summer frowned, looking closely at Tenaya's eyes. They weren't moving as Dillon pointed to each ball in turn.

Noticing that Tenaya appeared to be holding both hands behind her back, Summer looked around. She spotted the gloved hand perched on the counter on the far side of the pool table, behind Dillon.

"This one?"

"The seven."

Summer moved over to the hand and casually blocked its view of the pool table. Tenaya briefly frowned, but did her best to conceal the reaction.

"This one?"

Tenaya hesitated, looking at Summer and making a face.

"Tenaya? Which ball is this?"

Tenaya lowered her eyes, looking resigned. "The eight."

"No, it isn't." Dillon looked at Summer, confused. Summer picked up Tenaya's hand and showed it to him, and Dillon turned to his sister.

"I'm sorry, Dillon. I can't see them from here."

"The implants are deteriorating more quickly."

"It was bound to happen eventually." Tenaya walked over to Summer and took her hand back, reattaching it. She was no longer capable of moving it remotely, but she could still use most of its other functions, at least for now.

Dillon looked concerned, and she turned to him, patting his cheek. "Relax, big brother. Even blind, I can still kick your tail."

"I know."

Tenaya pointed her hand at the clock on the wall. "Come on, our meeting at GEER is in a half-hour."

Dillon nodded, still looking concerned. Placing the cue on the table, he turned towards Fury. The trio climbed into the car and set out towards Corinth.

During the ride, Summer looked at the small trees that were slowly growing alongside the road. Ever since the Global Enterprise for Environmental Rehabilitation, or GEER, had launched, the recovery of the countryside had accelerated, but also taken on a more organized, and less natural appearance. Summer had grown to appreciate the wild, natural growth of the plant-life in the first months after Venjix's defeat. Now, mankind was restoring its dominance over the world beyond Corinth. Hence, instead of wild grasses and flowers, Summer was now looking at saplings planted neatly in a line alongside the newly-paved roadway.

Corinth came into view. The city now sprawled well beyond the dome, ever growing past the boundaries that it had been confined to during the war. Like with the plant-life, the initial growth had been wild and disorganized, as people had scrambled to stake out new property in the rehabilitating wasteland. Then, GEER had stepped in, establishing an agency for municipal development and allocation of land, much to the dismay of many. The reasoning given was that the unorganized acquisition of property would cause too many disputes, and also inhibit the restoration of the countryside.

The GEER headquarters was the largest building outside the dome. Eagle Squad's new state-of-the-art Command Center dominated the top floors, while the middle floors largely consisted of countless administrative offices. Dillon pulled into the garage at the back of the ground floor, where they found Scott, Flynn, and Ziggy standing behind Flynn's truck.

"What are you guys doing down here?" Summer asked as she emerged from Fury.

"Well, we figured we'd wait for you guys before going up and dealing with the suits," said Ziggy, giving his signature nervous laugh.

"Where's Doctor K?"

"She's already gone upstairs," Flynn replied.

"So, she was brave enough, but not you guys?"

"Like I said, we wanted to wait for you," said Ziggy.

"Where are the boom twins?" Dillon asked.

"Gem and Gemma are working at the Epsilon construction site," said Scott.

"You should have told us," said Summer. "We could have picked them up on the way."

Scott shrugged. "They have their assignments."

They got into the elevator. "I'm surprised you weren't willing to go upstairs early, since your father is leading the meeting," said Summer.

"He may be my father and CO, but when it comes to GEER…"

"Too much politics," said Flynn.

Scott nodded. "Exactly."

It took some time for the elevator to reach the Command Center. Finally, they exited and entered the conference room. Summer took a moment to look through the window panels that made up the far wall, offering a spectacular view of the regrowing countryside.

"General Truman, Sir." Scott saluted.

"At ease, Captain." The General stood at the head of the table. Several bureaucrats were already seated on either side, as was Doctor K. "Have a seat, Rangers." He waited until Tenaya and all of the rangers were sitting before he sat down himself.

Summer eyed the new decorations on the General's uniform. Despite the new rank, she still preferred to think of him as the Colonel who led the war effort and the initial stages of the restoration, before GEER.

She found herself tuning out much of the meeting, at least until the General addressed Doctor K. "Doctor K, how are your experiments in biodiversity restoration coming along?"

"The progress remains consistent. I have successfully managed to create small creatures with the use of Biofield energy and the living DNA I have archived, as well as miniature versions of some larger creatures. Now, I am moving forward with creating full-size creatures of larger stature. I plan to produce a full-size gorilla by the end of the week."

"A gorilla?" The General glanced towards the window. "Just make sure you keep it contained until we find a safe place to release it."

"Of course, General."

Summer had never seen a gorilla in person, and she didn't feel the need to change that.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Flynn agreed to do a supply run to the various construction sites in the area. Before that, however, the rangers and Tenaya and Doctor K did what they did after most meetings. Entering the dome, they drove over to the old garage.

Now that people were living beyond the dome, the city was less crowded, and the quality of life had improved. Still, the old city bore the scars of years of war. As they drove through the streets, Summer recalled scene after scene of battle against Venjix's machines.

When they arrived at the garage, she climbed out of Fury and looked around. The place hadn't changed at all.

"Doc, if you don't mind, could you check Tenaya's eyes?" Dillon asked as Doctor K and Ziggy emerged from the back of Flynn's truck.

"From the tone of concern in your voice, I am guessing that the rate of deterioration of the implants has accelerated." Doctor K turned to Tenaya. "I'm happy to check."

"That isn't necessary, Doc," said Tenaya. "You don't need to tell me what I already know." She glanced at her brother.

Summer walked over to the pool table. She had missed the yellow felt. Not that there was anything wrong with the traditional—and cheaper—green that Dillon had bought for their table, but the yellow held obvious sentimental value for her.

"Care for a game, lass?" Flynn came up beside her.

She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. "Are you eager to lose?"

"I'll have you know I've been getting better. Allow me to demonstrate." He picked up a cue.

"Not right now." Summer turned away from the table. She had too much else on her mind right now. Or, frankly, something was taking up too much of her mind. "Doc, can I talk to you?"

"Sure, Summer."

She followed the Doctor into the old laboratory, looking around. It was obvious that Doctor K didn't use this place much anymore.

"What can I help you with?"

Summer hesitated for a moment. "You remember, just before the end of the war, when Scott chased Professor Cog into the other dimension, and then the rangers from that dimension wound up here?"

"Of course I do. I've been working on multi-dimensional Biofield manipulation ever since."

"You were able to reverse Professor Cog's vortex thing to send the other rangers back to their dimension."

"I find the use of the word 'thing' highly inappropriate there. But yes, I was able to reverse the vector vortex by supplying a new Euclidean vector in the opposite direction to stop and then reverse the polarity of the vortex."

"Um, okay. Well, do you think you could create your own vector vortex?"

"You mean create a device capable of sending an object from one dimension into another? I don't have to think, I've already done it."

"Really?"

"Yes. It was the first thing I did after that encounter. Why?"

Summer hesitated.

"You wish to travel to the other dimension?"

"I was recently reminded about the encounter with the other rangers, and… They didn't know anything about Venjix. What if they create one in their universe?"

"That is far easier said than done. Creating a virus as powerful as Venjix was no easy task, and I am skeptical that anyone besides me could accomplish it."

"And if there is a you in the alternate universe?"

"Summer, what exactly are you proposing to do?"

"I just want to go over there and warn them. Just to make sure that they don't make the same mistake that… we did."

"I appreciate your attempt to protect my feelings, but I am fully capable of conceding the fact that the mistake was mine. Summer, I don't think you appreciate the complexity of such an endeavor. Before Venjix attacked, there were nearly seven billion people living on the planet. Assuming that the Earth in the parallel universe is still so populous, how exactly do you expect to tell them all not to create Venjix? Never mind explaining to them how you know about the problems Venjix would cause."

"I'll figure that out when I get there. Doc, this is something that I have to do."

Doctor K sighed. "I think this is something that should be discussed with your fellow rangers. Don't you?"

"Yeah, probably." Not that it was a discussion Summer was eager to have.

"Well then, let's go."

Summer followed her back out of the lab, a small weight forming in her gut. The others stood in a circle in the center of the garage, and looked at the women as they emerged.

"Dillon told us you've been thinking about the other rangers lately," said Scott. "Is this about that?"

Summer gave Dillon a look. "Really?"

He held up his hands. "Hey, if you're discussing it with the Doc so quickly, that means you're really serious about it."

"Of course I'm really serious about it. Weren't you listening last night?"

"I was, and that's the problem. I think everyone should have the chance to weigh in before you go and do this."

"You mean the chance to talk me out of it."

"Summer, listen…" said Scott.

"No, you listen first. I know you only went there to chase an enemy from our world. But there is a threat to their world that could destroy everyone on it, and they have no idea. All I want to do is warn them. I have a responsibility to do so."

"Summer, it's not going to be that simple."

"I realize that. But I'm going to do it."

Scott sighed, and looked at Dillon. "I tried."

"Summer…" Dillon began.

"You've already made your case. Would anyone else like a try?" She glanced at Flynn and Ziggy in turn.

The two men exchanged a glance. Flynn shook his head. "Nope, I'm good."

Ziggy held up his hands. "That's one steel wall I don't need to bang my head against, thank you very much."

Summer looked over at Tenaya. She was standing off to the side, looking thoughtful. "What about you? Anything to say to try to talk me out of this?"

"No. I think you should do it."

"What?" Dillon turned to his sister.

"She's right, Dillon. They don't know about Venjix, and they need to. We can't just stand by and let what happened to our world happen to theirs."

Dillon stared at her, then looked back at Summer. Finally, he sighed, and looked at Doctor K. "Doc, just tell me you have a way to get us safely there and safely back."

Summer raised her eyebrows. "Us?"

"Yeah. If you're doing this, I'm coming with you."

"Babe, I appreciate that. But this is not a fighting mission, and it's going to have to be diplomatic. Not really your strong-suit."

"Diplomacy? I think maybe I'm the man for this job." Ziggy straightened his collar.

"No."

"Okay."

Summer turned to Doctor K.

"I can get you safely there and safely back. That isn't the issue. The issue is what you'll have at your disposal if there's anything that requires… more than diplomacy."

"I'm not gonna be picking any fights."

"I know, but, just in case…" Doctor K went over to the sink and opened the cabinet below it. She pulled out a large, familiar case, and opened it to reveal the morphers.

"You were keeping our morphers below the sink?" Ziggy asked.

She shrugged. "Why not? We never store anything in there, so there was plenty of room." She pulled out Summer's morpher and handed it to her. "Ranger Operator Series Yellow, consider yourself reinstated for the duration of this mission."


Summer stared at the regrowing wasteland. So much devastation had been wrought across it. Now she had a chance to prevent that on a parallel Earth. She fiddled with her morpher, readjusting to the feel of it in her hand. It was exhilarating to have it back, but she felt some anxiousness rising within her.

She turned to the others.

"You ready?" Scott asked.

She nodded. "Yes."

"Alright. And hey, the air quality in that dimension was… different. So, it's probably best to stay morphed if you can. I was very cautious about it, at least."

Summer nodded again, although she had a feeling that she would be able to breathe just fine in the alternate universe. After all, she had grown up breathing that same air, before Venjix.

"Um, also…" Scott looked down for a moment. "If you see the other rangers, could you… apologize to them for me? I was… a bit of a jerk to them when I was there. Well, more than a bit."

"How surprising," said Dillon.

"What? They were trying to fight grinders with samurai swords. I got impatient. And then I was… a jerk about a bunch of other things, too." He shrugged. "Call it the stress of the battle, I don't know."

"Maybe travelling dimensions messed with your head a little," Ziggy offered. He looked at Summer. "Watch out for that."

"I'll be sure to."

"And hey, if you're on the spot and not sure what to say, just think to yourself, 'What would Ziggy say?'"

Summer laughed. "Of course."

"I think we'd best stick with good advice at this parting," said Doctor K, glancing at Ziggy. She looked back at Summer. "Just remember, the Vector Vortex only has enough charge for two trips, and you won't be able to recharge it over there. So, don't mess with it. And whatever you do, make sure nothing happens to affect its calibration. It's carefully calibrated to ensure that your return trip takes you back to this universe, and not to whatever other alternate universes might be out there."

Summer nodded. "Got it."

"Also, if you find yourself in a fight, your morpher will provide you with access to your weapons. But I can't downmorph your zord across dimensions, so don't go getting into any fights with giant monsters or robots."

"Copy that."

Doctor K stepped back, her briefing complete, and Summer looked at Flynn.

"Godspeed, lassy."

"Thanks."

Tenaya nodded towards him. "What he said." Then she stepped forward and gave Summer a hug. "Also, good luck."

"Thanks."

Tenaya stepped back, and Summer turned to Dillon. He started to approach her, and then stopped and glanced at the others. Getting the hint, they turned and started walking away.

"I really wish I was coming with you."

"I know. But I'll be just fine. It's just talking, no fights."

"I hope you're right." He looked down. "Just make sure you come home."

"I will." She stepped towards him, pulling him into a hug.

"I love you."

"I know. I love you too." She pulled away from him. "I'll be back before you know it."

"You better be."

He stepped back, and she turned away from him. "R.P.M., get in gear!" For the first time in far too long, she felt the exhilarating sensation of her suit covering her and filling her with power.

Then she activated the Vector Vortex, and a cloud of purple energy erupted in front of her. She glanced back at Dillon and the others one last time before the cloud pulled her in, and she suddenly felt like she was being tugged through an extremely tight pipe.

She landed on a slope, and tumbled several feet downwards. When she managed to stop herself, she got back to her feet and looked around. Mountains?

"So, Scott lands in the middle of a city, and I wind up in the mountains. Of course."

It was cold. Diverting more energy to the thermal nanolayer of her suit to keep herself warm, she began making her way down the mountainside.