The day was like any other day. The six teens were seated at their normal table, talking and carrying on as if nothing was wrong… Was that ever far from the truth.
"Rocky!" Katherine Hillard's thick Aussie accent rang though the air as she glared over at the man in question.
"What?! Were you going to finish these?" he asked as he stuffed another fry into his mouth. She shook her head and sighed.
"Well not now." She laughed lightly and took a sip of her smoothie. Adam Park looked up from his Chemistry book and laughed, while Billy Cranston shook his head, an amused smile on the genius' lips.
"Hey guys what's up?" Aisha Campbell's voice floated over as she made her way over to the table. Kat was about to answer when there was a low rumble and the ground began to shake.
"This cannot be good." Adam sighed and closed his Chemistry book. Billy looked around and shook his head as the people went running out of the Juice Bar.
"Ok guys, this is really not good." Tommy Oliver ran over from where he was practicing on the mats.
"Way to go Tom, you noticed the obvious." Aisha said sarcastically as the others stood up.
"The last time this occurred, we actually became Power Rangers." Billy commented as the group made their way down the steps toward shelter. They stopped mid step when they felt themselves being lifted.
"De ja vu." Billy muttered as the six teens were teleported out of the Juice Bar in their respective colors.
***
"ALPHA, HAVE YOU TELEPORTED THE RANGERS IN?" Zordon asked as his brow furrowed further.
"Ay-Yi-Yi Zordon, yes teleportation has been activated, they will be arriving…" Six streaks of multi-colored light entered the Command Center. "Right now."
"What's going on Zordon?" Tommy asked as they looked up at the mentor. Zordon sighed.
"RANGERS, I'M AFRAID RITA AND LORD ZEDD HAVE BEEN TAMPERING WITH THE PAST."
"That can never be good." Aisha murmured as they listened on. Adam nodded in silent agreement.
"YOU'RE RIGHT AISHA, IT ISN'T GOOD AT ALL. THAT IS WHY I NEED YOU SIX TO GO BACK IN TIME AND DEFEAT THEIR MONSTER."
"Why exactly are they doing this Zordon?" Kat curiously asked as her face mirrored the concern the others wore.
"WELL KATHERINE, WITH THE CITY UNDER ATTACK AND NO PROTECTION, THEY'D HAVE EVERY CHANCE TO HARM IT SO THAT NONE OF YOU WOULD EVER BE POWER RANGERS."
"And we have to stop this monster before it's too late." Billy stated matter-of-factly. Zordon gave a short nod of the head.
"YOU'RE RIGHT, RANGERS, YOU MUST LEAVE IMMIDATELY, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE." Their elder informed them. Tommy nodded and looked at the others.
"I'm ready to go." He stated and the others nodded. "As is everyone else."
"VERY WELL, ALPHA SET IN THE COORDINATES FOR THE TIME THEY HAVE TO GO BACK INTO." The little robot nodded and placed the coordinates then looked over at the rangers.
"Rangers, be prepared to teleport in 10, 9, 8, 7…"
"Wait! Zordon will we be in contact with you?" Tommy asked quickly, cutting off Alpha's counting.
"THE POWER WILL PROTECT YOU, BE SAFE MY CHILDREN." Was his only answer.
"6,5,4,3…."
"I sure hope this isn't a bumpy ride, I get teleportation sick." Rocky joked and Aisha threw him a death glare.
"2,1…Teleportation engaged." With that the rangers were teleported out. Alpha shook his robotic head and looked up at Zordon. "Where exactly were they being teleported to Zordon?"
The old Sage's face almost had an amused look on it. "LETS JUST SAY, THEY BETTER KNOW HOW TO TWIST AND DO THE SWIM."
***
The rangers got to their location after what seemed like ages. Their surroundings were strangely familiar.
"We're not in Kansas anymore Toto." Rocky muttered as he looked around. Tommy walked around and began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Aisha asked, looking very confused. Kat and Billy nodded, wanting to know.
"We actually never really left." He smiled. Kat looked at him then looked down at herself for the first time since they had landed and let out a gasp.
"What's wrong Kat?" Adam turned to look at her. She looked up at him then looked around.
"Look at us, we look like…" She began and Aisha followed suit, looking down at herself.
"Like we just walked out of Angel Grove and walked into Grease." She finished. Billy looked at the others and shook his head.
"This is crazy! We look like we're in…"
"The 50's." They all said in unison. The two girls looked at one another and laughed lightly. Kat's outfit consisted of a pair of pink flood-type pants, black flats, a white form fitting polo shirt and a black leather jacket to complete the ensemble.
"Well at least I like my outfit." Aisha sighed as she looked down upon her yellow skirt that came mid-calf, a pair of black flats, and a white form fitting polo with a yellow collar.
"And don't you all just look like quadrouplets." Kat and Aisha snickered as they looked at the guys, whose outfits were almost identical, except for the shirts; tight Levi's jeans, white socks, black shoes, different colored shirts for their respective colors and black leather jackets.
"Can we say 'Happy Days'?" Aisha said then kept laughing at her own joke, then was joined by Kat. Tommy glared at the two females and shook his head.
"I feel like Michael Jackson, circa 1980 something." Rocky complained, as Adam smirked and began humming "Billie Jean." Rocky glanced over at his friend and shook his head.
"Well if it's a normal day, I think you know where we should be." Billy stated and looked around.
"The Youth Center?" Rocky asked hopefully. Adam shook his head and Tommy sighed.
"School, we should be at school." He muttered and began walking towards Angel grove High.
"Man, even in the past, boy still doesn't like school." Aisha joked as her and Kat rounded behind the rest of the group on their way to school.
***
"You know, how are we supposed to know what the monster looks like?" Rocky asked in a whisper as they came closer to the large high school. Kat looked over at him and sighed.
"You know, monsterish looking, not really human, sort of gives it away." She replied as they walked up the stone steps of the school.
"Is it just me, or do you expect people to start dancing and singing about coming back to school?" Adam joked lightly as they entered. The others laughed and shook their heads.
"You're not alone Park, you're not alone." Tommy commented. They wandered the halls, sort of lost as to where they were supposed to be.
"Ok Tommy, what are we supposed to do? I mean we have no idea what are classes are, or anything." Aisha said as they walked.
"Aisha has a point, where going to look very suspicious just walking around." Billy agreed.
"Hi William." A girl giggled as she walked by them. Billy looked over at others and gave them a confused look.
"Say hi back." Adam hissed. Billy lost his 'deer caught in the headlights' look and smiled over at the girl.
"Hi Bethany." He replied and waved slightly at her. She giggled again and kept walking.
"How'd you know her name?" Rocky asked as he watched the girl walk off. Billy simply shrugged.
"It just appeared in my mind, and I said it, and it happened to be right."
"This is just strange, have any thoughts on it Tommy…Tommy?" Kat asked as she waved her hand in front of his face, but he seemed to be in a daze. Kat followed his gaze and smiled lightly.
She was floating down the hall. Even in the past, she seemed to be flawless. In her pink poodle skirt, her form fitting sweater top with a pink "K" etched onto it, and her caramel colored silky hair put up into a ponytail with a pink ribbon tied around it.
"Is that?" Aisha said softly as she looked down the hall where the vision that had caught Tommy's eye was walking, surrounded by a bunch of people.
"Kimberly." Tommy said softly as she neared them. She raised her eyes and met his. Her smile turned to a brighter smile.
"Tommy!" she said joyously as she walked up to the group and threw her arms around his neck, hugging him. Tommy instantly wrapped his arms around her tiny waist, drawing her closer.
"I've missed you Kim." He whispered softly. She giggled lightly and pulled away, and looked at him confused.
"You saw me last night you silly goose." She smiled up at him, her eyes full of love. He looked at her confused.
"I think I would've remembered…"
"You know how bad his memory is Kimberly." Aisha cut in and smiled at one of her best friends. Kim looked over at Aisha and laughed lightly.
"You're right 'Sha, I forget how horrible his memory is." Kim pulled her gaze from Tommy and looked over at the other girl. "Love the outfit." She commented and smiled again.
"Thanks Kim." She replied. The other's crowded around their 'friend' and talked for a bit.
"How was the field trip?" she asked. They all looked at one another with looks of confusion.
"You know, the one you went on for American History? You went to that Museum?" she reminded them.
"Oh yeah! How could we forget?" Kat replied and smiled. "It was great Kim, very interesting facts." She assured the other girl. Kim smiled over at Kat and made a face.
"You all went and had fun and I had to stay here and go to all my classes." Adam looked over at her.
"Why didn't you come again?" he asked. Kim gave him one of her patented 'duh' looks. "Remember silly, I took Home Economics instead of American History, therefore I didn't go."
"Right silly me." He smiled at her and nodded. Rocky's stomach growled and they all laughed.
"Just in time, come on, lets get out of here." Kim smiled and began walking towards the main doors.
"But wait, what about school?" Tommy asked as he held her hand, still having not moved. She turned to him and shook her head, smiling.
"Did you all get a mild case of amnesia or something? The school day is over, now come on, I know a table with milkshakes with our names on them."
"Yeah amnesia, I guess that's what you'd call it." Rocky nodded and followed Kim out of the school, the others followed, Tommy still in a trance-like state was jarred back into reality by Billy.
"Yeah huh?" he said and looked at Billy. "What's wrong Billy?"
"This is all very fortunate that we've found Kim's ancestor, but apparently we're also living our ancestor's lives, though we know what our futures are like, and this Kim knows nothing."
"What are you trying to say?"
"She needs to know who we really are Tommy, I know you're enjoying her back in your arms, but this isn't your Kimberly, she belongs to another Tommy." Billy said gently as the two men walked down the hall. As much as Tommy hated to admit it, his want for 'his' Kimberly would have to be put on the backburner for a while.
"So do I have to tell her? I mean, what if I don't and just pull away a bit? So I don't become attached." He said quickly. Billy chuckled lightly and shook his head.
"You're already attached, you were attached from the moment she graced that main hall with her presence."
"Hey you slowpokes! Hurry it up, Rocky is pretty hungry." Kim called out to the two guys. They looked at her and smiled.
"When isn't he hungry?" Tommy muttered and Billy laughed. "We're coming Beautiful…" he said and could feel Billy's gaze on him. "Sorry, force of habit." He sighed.
"Tell her soon, the faster we get this done and get out of here, the faster she can get her real 'Tommy' back." He said matter-of-factly and walked towards the group. Tommy nodded and walked behind the group.
"Hey cheer up Fonzy, lets see a smile." Kat said with her hands on her hips. He smiled at her.
"Fine Sandra Dee, I'm smiling." He replied. She glared at him and shook her head, and laughed.
"Out of all the 50's movies, and you had to go calling me Sandra Dee."
"Hey, you fit her character so well." He grinned and before she could say anything else he ran towards Kim and wrapped his arms around her. Kat sighed.
"Even in the past, those two were meant for each other, now that's just sick." She joked with herself and caught up with the rest of the group.
***
The group walked into the Youth Center and were taken aback. It looked like a 50's diner. "Now I really feel like I'm in Grease, just start singing 'Summer Lovin'." Adam shook his head. Kim looked over at him then up at Tommy.
"Summer Lovin? Grease? What?" He smiled and shook his head, placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Nevermind Beautiful, but I need to talk to you." He said remembering that she technically wasn't his.
"Oh ok Tommy, guys we'll be back." She announced as the others made their way over to their usual table 'back home'. Tommy led Kim out of the Youth Center and Aisha looked over at Billy.
"Ok, what's going on with those two?" She asked the genius who told the others what he had told Tommy.
"This must be so hard on him, he really misses 'his' Kim." Rocky sighed and the others nodded in agreement.
"But he needs to do it, because if he tells her, and she knows anything, she can help." Billy said, feeling very guilty for making one of his friends go though the pain of telling the one he loved the truth.
"Yeah we understand Billy-boy its not your fault. I just hope she doesn't freak out. That's the last thing he needs." Kat sighed.
"Hey guys, what'll it be?" a familiar voice asked. They all looked up to see the smiling face of Ernie.
"Ernie! You're here too?" Rocky asked amazed. Ernie gave him a look then glanced over at Aisha.
"Is Rocko ok? Yeah I'm here, I own the joint, why wouldn't I be here?" Kat shot Rocky a look then smiled up at Ernie.
"You know how he gets when he's hungry, its just lack of food, give us the usual." She said and he wrote it down.
"I'll be back, go try out the new jukebox, its great." He smiled and walked off. They all looked at each and sighed collectively.
"Lets just not talk to anyone for the rest of the time while we're here." Aisha suggested.
"Deal, just as long as I get my fries." Rocky laughed. The rest of them shook their heads and smiled.