Alex simply stood in the doorway with his arms folded, watching Tommy as he stared endlessly at the screen. It had been hours, and not once had Tommy moved from that spot. 'All things considered, I think he took it pretty well,' he thought to himself.

On most occasions, when someone from the past, or another time line for that matter, are confronted with the idea of being 100s or 1000s of years away from their friends and family, the strain is too much for them to bare. In those cases, memory adaptation is the best course of action. Alex recalled occasions when jumpers did everything in their power to return to their own time, even if it cost them their lives. Not Tommy though, it seemed to be handling things much differently. Granted, there was the initial thought of being in the 31st century, and although hearing about your life events being history, there was a certain amount of ego in it. There had to be. Tommy had been responsible for saving the lives of countless billions during his run as a ranger, but because of the oath to keep his identity a secret, it prevented him and all other rangers the chance to be recognized for the things they'd done. Now, it was no longer a secret. In the future, not only was that type of information made available to the public, Tommy's name was legendary, the events of life, once kept hidden, was public knowledge. Although a bit concerting, it had to be nice to finally be appreciated for everything he'd done.

"He's been at it for almost three hours now," Alex glanced over his shoulder, only to see Jennifer standing next to him with her hands on her hips. "He's like a machine, going over the history logs like that. He's gone through almost four generations in the last few hours, trying to figure out what happened in his own time," she said.

"I seem to recall a certain cadet doing the same thing when she returned home from her mission to the 21st century," Alex brought up.

Jen silently blushed. "It isn't the same. Tommy is missing a 1000 years worth of memories. All his friends, his family, his wife, his son, are all gone. It's only fair that he be giving the chance to see what happened to them," she told him.

Alex nodded. "Did you make the arrangements?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Yes, it's ready whenever you are," she said.

"I won't be able to take him. I have a meeting with Captain Logan at 1500 hours, do you mind taking him when he's finished here?" he inquired.

"It would be an honor."

"Contact me when he's settled in," Alex said, unfolding his arms and walking away, leaving Jen alone.

She couldn't help but admire Tommy. She'd read the history logs as well, but there were things that the logs couldn't have known. There was no mention of how kind and generous he was, how selfless he was not only to his fellow rangers, but to everyone he met. The history logs made no mention as to how much to loved his wife and son, and how even after he lost his ranger powers, how he dedicated his life to helping others.

Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of waiting, Tommy turned around, wiping his eyes as they adjusted to the light again. "You must be Jen," he said as he stood up, walking over to her.

"How'd you know?"

"The way Wes talked about you all the time, I could have picked you out in a crowd. I'm….." she cut him short.

"Tommy Oliver, I know. It's nice to meet you," she said, shaking his hand.

There was something about her, something Tommy couldn't quite put his finger on. Maybe it was the way used her index finger to bush her hair behind her ear, maybe it was the way her lips curled when she gave a half smile, but there was something….. something that reminded him of her.

"Same here," he maintained his composure, not wanting to mention anything. He quickly changed the subject. "What happened to Alex?"

"He was called away to a meeting, that means that taking you to your new place is up to me," she said cheerfully.

"My place?" he inquired. "I have a place?"

"You certainly don't want to go back in the tube, do you? Time Force has arranged living quarters for you until you decide what you want to do," she said.

"Well what are we waiting for, let's go," Tommy said as he extended his arm to her. She quickly accepted his arm, and the two of them walked away.

(*)

"I can't believe you're trying to give this assignment to someone else, Jennifer worked hard for it," Alex snapped, standing in front of Captain Logan's desk.

Captain Logan, who had been sitting in his chair the entire time, stood up. "Jennifer has demonstrated that she is unable to take special ops missions. Her assignment with the mutorgs was supposed to be a black bag operation, but instead, she traveled to the 21st century and enlisted the services of rangers from that time period. It was unacceptable," he told him.

"The Wild Force rangers were already involved, and the mutorgs were stopped before they could alter the time line," Alex mentioned.

"Revealing herself to the Wild Force rangers was altering the time line. Time Force was never meant to come in contact with any other ranger team, and as a result, several generations of ranger teams were effected. Jen is a decorated officer, but again, has proven she isn't ready for this type of assignment. She's still labeled as a high-risk jumper, you of all people should know about her attached to that Collins boy in the 21st century. We can't afford to put her in a position where she will be tempted to jump," he explained.

"Even if that were true, it doesn't justify trying to give the assignment to Tommy Oliver. I just finished explaining to him that too many different types of energy does damage to the human body on the cellular level, there is no way he's going to accept a Chrono morpher," he brought up.

"Part of the terms of agreement was that Mr. Oliver wouldn't be given the memory adaptation procedure so that he could complete this mission. You assured the counsel that he would be willing," he said.

"That was before I had a chance to talk with him. The man is a living legend, and right now, he deserves to decide what he wants to do. To throw him into another mission, especially one of this importance, may be too much for him," Alex said.

"So do you suggest we continue to let these incursions take place until finally history itself is unraveled? Is our way of life, our very existence to be exchanged for one man's happiness? Tommy is the most qualified person to lead a mission like this, it has to be him or our world is in serious jeopardy," Captain Logan told him.

Alex paused. "What if I led the mission? Let Tommy go back to his own time and I'll lead the mission. He deserves a life of his own," he said.

"To send Tommy back to his own time would alter the time line, you know that. The alteration of something that historically significant could be even more disastrous than the rogue himself. I can see that you feel passionately about this Alexander, but the answer is no. Either Tommy leads this mission, or he accepts memory adaptation," he said.

Alex sighed.