Wingzero: Now for the pink ranger.
Kim: Oh wow, I'm finally going to be in your fic. ^-^
Kat: Whatever.
Jason: What's with the attitude?
Kat: I won't be returning.
Wingzero: So?
Kat: *storms out of the studio*
Wingzero: *shrugs*
Zhane: When will we make an appearance?
Wingzero: I haven't finished recruiting the Turbo Rangers.
Andros: -- I told you.
Zhane: Oh shut up.
Zack: *holds up a sign saying, "Wingzero does not own power rangers of any series*
Three days have passed and no word from either Kat or Kimberly. Kat had moved to England, but she left no forwarding address. We will have to search for her the long way. At least we don't have to search the entire universe and she wasn't likely trying to hide from us. As for Kim, she was last seen training for the Olympics. My team mates informed me that she was trying to win a gold metal in gymnastics. All her life, she pretty much trained for that moment. Anyways, when Rocky, Adam, and I arrived at the school, she wasn't there. Her former coach told us that she left the school after an incident. Since then, she hasn't come back. They haven't heard from her for awhile.
As Rocky, Adam, and I sparred against each other on the simudeck, we discussed a few things from their past. I wanted to know about my team mates. Although I was pretty much secretive, I did reveal some things about myself, but I kept a bulk of it to myself. I didn't want to reveal myself too much. When we become close friends, then maybe I will.
"What's up with Tommy and Kim?" I asked as Rocky tried to take a swing at me.
Both rangers appeared to be sad for a moment. They turned to each other, wanting the other to explain the history behind those two. Rocky shook his head and sighed. "They used be dating."
"And they broke up?" I said questioningly.
Upon this, the green rangers stopped attacking me. We were having a two on one, since I had more experience than both of them combined. Also my morpher was more powerful than either of theirs. From the looks of it, Tommy and Kim had a long history together. They must have been very close as he apparently hasn't completely recovered.
"Stop simulation," Adam ordered the computer. Soon, we were back in our space ship.
"It's a long story," Jason said stepping up.
"When did you arrive?" I asked the gold ranger.
"A couple minutes ago," Jason answered. He leaned against the door opening. "I know he still carries a torch for her."
When Rocky had seen my tilt my head in confusion, he explained. "Even though they are separated, he still loves her."
"Oh," I said, understanding dawning on me. "Listen, it's none of my business, but I am concerned for my team mates especially when we recruit the other former rangers." Since we were going to have more than one team, we decided that someone should lead both teams. The others voted I should be the leader of the power rangers as a total, since I had the most experience out of all of them. They also agreed that Tommy should be second in command.
"I should explain this," Jason sighed. He motioned me to follow him. Leading me to his room, he immediately took a seat on his bed. I took a chair and faced it towards him before sitting on it.
"It all started when Tommy joined the team," Jason launched into his story. "Well..... Tommy didn't join us like any ranger. Rita chose him to be the Green Ranger. She ordered him to attack us, Zordon, and the city. He entered the Command Center and broke our connection with Zordon. We managed to find Zordon or I should really say Billy and Alpha found him. I faced Tommy in a one on one and survived as the victor with Zordon's advice. Since the fight, Tommy and Kim started growing closer to each other until they went public. They began dating and spending time with each other. When Tommy was forced to give up his powers, she was devastated. Rita tried to take back the green powers using the wax she had kept. Tommy had to give his power coin to another ranger. He chose me. However, later we managed to recharge his power coin, but it had a limited supply of energy. Eventually, his powers gave out. Kimberly thought he wouldn't return as a ranger, but to our surprise, he was chosen to be the White Ranger. By this time Zed had made his appearance, we needed a sixth ranger, because we couldn't stand up against these new monsters. Tommy and Kim were together again. Zack, Trini and I were chosen to go to the peace conference. We had taken that opportunity. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha replaced us."
"Father has told me about that," I interrupted him, not wanting to learn something I already had. When he had a confused look on his face, I told him I visited the Command Center.
"I see," Jason said before continuing. "Rita used Kat to get to us. She placed Kat as a spy by turning her into a white cat. I wasn't here at the time, but I heard it from Tommy. We keep in touch. Eventually, Kat broke free and helped us. Kim transferred her powers to her, when she went to train for the Olympics. Then they somehow managed to destroy the Command Center. Don't ask how, because as far as I know, I don't. They went on a quest to find the Zeo crystals. After they found it, I soon joined them. Trey couldn't hold onto his powers, but he needed someone to temporarily hold them. During this time or around it I can't remember, Kim mailed him a letter saying she wanted to break up with him. She found someone to be with. Since then he started dating Kat, but he still holds a place in his heart for Kim. The last time I heard from her, she said she was going to this ballet school in England. I know we have checked there."
"Oh," I said while leaning forward. "Perhaps we should try to find Kat. I can't have my team mates having grudges against each other especially when we have a larger problem to deal with."
Jason nodded his head understandingly. "It's kind of funny how Tommy and I used to compete against each other when he first joined the team. Now I consider him my brother."
"You're lucky to find a close friend," I sighed standing up.
My companion looked up at me in surprise. "You don't have any?"
"I move around too much and live a long life," I sighed and answered reluctantly. "We should be going. Who knows, maybe we might find a pink ranger today."
"Where are we headed?" Jason asked me, jumping up to his feet.
"We're going to England," I answered while leaving his room with him a step behind me.
Once I had reached the bridge, I announced through the speakers for all the rangers to gather on the bridge. I wanted to speak to them all instead of tracking each one individually and explain it four times. When the rest of the rangers assembled on the bridge, I informed them of my plan.
"But we have already searched there," Adam said, scratching his head in confusion.
"I have a feeling she is there," I said confidently while studying each of the ranger's faces. "She doesn't necessarily have to be at the dance studio or nearby."
"You think she dropped out?" Rocky asked no one in particular.
"She wouldn't," Tommy said in her defense. "It has been her dream to become a professional ballerina, and she wouldn't allow anything to stop her from reaching it."
"You never know," Jason said. He glanced over at his best friend, who had a hurt expression. "We haven't heard from her for awhile. I'm not saying that she would give up on her dreams. I'm considering the possibilities."
"I guess you're right," Tommy sighed. He placed his head on his hands. "I haven't heard from her either. I wonder how she's doing."
"I'm sure she's doing fine," Adam said trying to cheer the red ranger up. He placed his hand on Tommy's shoulder and gave a small squeeze.
"Jason and I will check out these areas," I said as the map appeared on the screen. "Rocky and Adam will take those areas. Tommy, you will be our point man."
"Okay." The rangers said in unison.
An hour later, Jason and I were flying over our areas. I had chosen Jason instead of Tommy, because I don't know how Tommy would react to seeing Kat again. He hadn't heard from her for awhile now. She could have changed, though I highly doubt it. I have also taken into factor that we required speed. As Jason had more experience, he would be able to handle keeping up with me, sort of. Sometimes, he would fall behind, but most of the time, he managed to keep up with me. We had flown from the country side and into the more populated cities.
"London, England," Jason said while punching a few buttons on his device. "The capital of this nation and one of the more populated cities."
"Have you been here?" I inquired as we swerved to miss a flock of birds.
"I have been here for only a few hours," Jason said when he finally was finished with whatever he was doing. "The plane stopped here to refuel before we reached our destination."
"Oh," I said, sort of understanding. Earthlings have such strange modes of transportations. On my home planet, we all had our own transportation so we didn't have planes.
Since I can see further, I decided to ascend, leaving the gold ranger at a lower altitude. When I had reached a point where I was far enough but I still could see them, I leveled out. Jason didn't even notice my absence until he turned to talk to me. He glanced up to find me soaring almost above him before joining me.
"Why are you up here?" he asked inquisitively.
"They will be able to see us," I pointed to the people on the ground. "I don't want to attract any undue attention like last time."
"What happened last time?" Jason inquired very confused. I can tell by the way he spoke.
"Adam had finished shooting a stunt scene, when we dropped in," I explained to him. Surely, Tommy would have told him. I mean they were best friends, well almost brothers.
"I understand," Jason said. He swerved to avoid a stray bird. They seemed to be several of them today. Perhaps, they were migrating, though I wasn't too familiar with these species.
Moments passed where we remained in silence. As I scanned the area, I wondered if she could be in one of those buildings and we passed her completely. That wouldn't be good. Then again, we could always come back and search the entire area. Normally, I could have used the onboard scanners to detect her presence; however, I required an analysis of her energy signature. Since I didn't have that and the records from the Power Chamber were destroyed, we had to search for her the old fashion way.
"Out of curiosity, who are we fighting against?" Jason spoke up, catching me off guard with his question. I should have seen that one coming.
"I honestly don't know who he is exactly," I sighed, shaking my head in disbelief. "As hard as I have tried, I can't get close enough to him, but I have seen the horror he causes."
"He can't be that powerful," Jason said. He moved closer to me as humans didn't have sensitive hearing. Elves on the other hand have sharper hearing.
"Have you heard of Dark Specter?" I asked the gold ranger.
"No," he replied.
"Dark Specter controls Rita, Zedd, Machine King, Devatox, and Astronema," I answered without hesitation. "I believe he has more under his command, but I'm not certain about it."
"Unbelievable!" Jason practically screamed in disbelief. "He bosses them around?"
"Yes," I answered. "Nevertheless, someone controls him. There are four or five others like Dark Specter. Rita's father is one of them. I can't remember the others."
"This is not good," Jason whispered. "Not good at all."
"She looks familiar," I said, pointing out a short haired brunette. Slowing down, I cautiously approached her position.
"I don't believe it!" Jason almost screamed as we were now hovering over her.
"You don't believe what?" I asked the gold ranger, very confused.
"Kim's in England," Jason gasped at the sight of his former team mate.
"No wonder she looks familiar," I mused as we followed her. "We shouldn't contact her until we can catch her alone. I don't want anyone to follow her or us."
"Yeah, those reporters can be pushy," Jason said, trying to lighten the moment.
Whatever. Underneath my helmet, I rolled my eyes. Four minutes after following her, she didn't appear to be going to an isolated area. In fact, she was heading straight for the mall. If I remembered correctly, she was what they termed a "mall rat."
"Oh no," Jason groaned as she entered the mall.
"What is it?" I asked Jason, who had stopped.
"She can spend hours in there," Jason groaned again.
"Is that so?" I asked him, wanting to make certain.
"I remembered one time, she managed to drag Aisha, Tommy, and me to the mall," Jason said miserably. "The girls wanted to purchase a few items, but they purchased half the store. We spent a total of four to five hours there."
"What difference does it make?" I asked him.
"You haven't been on one of their shopping sprees," Jason informed me.
"For us, patience is the way of life," I told the gold ranger.
"You have all the time in the life," Jason said, a little on the sarcastic side.
"To true," I said with a smile, though he couldn't see it underneath my helmet.
"I guess we will have to wait," Jason said. "We can get to..."
A scream pierced through the air, interrupting Jason. Acting upon reflex, I plunged into a dive before straightening out. Transforming my glider into a motorcycle, I took a seat on it. I used my telekinesis to open the door and drove right on in. Jason had a similar glider to mine so he followed my example. I heard his glider transform just behind mine.
Once we had entered the mall, we quickly took off toward the source of the scream. The onlookers gasped as they saw two rangers driving through the mall on their motorcycles. Normally, I would have gotten off, but speed was required as we heard the same person scream once more.
When we had reached the scene, we discovered Kim fighting a blonde girl. I haven't seen the other one before; yet, her moves appeared to be familiar. Where have I seen those moves? I turned to my companion to find him in shook.
"What's going on?" I asked the gold ranger, who didn't respond to me. He stood there mesmerized by the fight.
Shaking him, I tried to gain his attention. No matter what I did, the gold ranger didn't respond to me at all. Soon, he muttered a few interesting facts.
Kim stood in a fighting stance, defending herself against any attack. The other girl tried to literally sweep off her feet. Seeing this, Kim leaped gracefully and landed on one leg. Her other leg swung towards her attacker, who had managed to block the attack. Since her attack didn't land, she pulled back her foot and regained her balance before her opponent used it to her advantage. The blonde tried to land a few punches, but Kim blocked every single one of them with ease. It looked like a dead even fight. Rangers, even without our powers, still made formidable fighters. It would take someone good in martial arts to defeat us or perhaps another former ranger.
"Kim, Kat," Jason said out loud in a serious voice. He dismounted his cycle and separated the two combatants. "What do you think you're doing?"
Both girls appeared to be in different states of shock. Perhaps, they recognized who the voice belonged to. I know Kim had been a ranger before and now was retired. Kat, on the other hand, I had no clue about her history. Wait a second, Jason explained about her, but I haven't seen a picture of her.
"Your voice sounds familiar," Kat mused. She forgot about her fight with Kim.
"Is that you?" Kim asked. She leaned forward to get a better look.
"Not in public," Jason warned her softly.
"Shouldn't you be somewhere," Kat said, suspiciously.
"I don't remember you having this uniform," Kim said, inspecting his new outfit.
"We should really go somewhere private," Jason whispered in a commanding tone.
"Why?" Both girls asked simultaneously.
"We have to speak to the both of you," I spoke up from behind Jason. Turning back to the crowd, I motioned for them to go away. "There's nothing to see here."
Jason led the two former pink rangers to our gliders. He helped Kat onto his while Kim hopped behind me. As we drove out of mall, I felt the former pink ranger tightly grip my waist. Passing the crowds, I glanced at the people to find them staring at us. They had mixed emotions on their faces: anger, jealousy, and awe. Strange beings, these humans were.
Minutes later, we arrived in our space ship with the two former pink rangers. Jason and I placed our gliders away while the girls watched us. I wondered why they were bickering in the first place. On the way here, they argued in a subtle manner, though I don't know how they pulled it off. Once we boarded, their interest moved from each other and to the space ship. They were fascinated by this technology.
Jason and I demorphed in front of the girls. Upon this, the girls gasped as they saw Jason, standing there in his flight suit (think Zhane's except gold instead of silver, Luc's is the same except for white). We stood there as they gained their voice.
"Jason, how did you become the gold ranger?" Kim asked before Kat could.
"Lucaz," Jason gestured towards me. "Asked me to become the gold ranger."
"Why?" Kat asked this time. She leaned against a nearby wall.
"Because I need to rescue my father, Zordon," I answered her question honestly. Before I can say anything more, they both had surprised looks on their faces.
"Zordon has a son?" they said simultaneously.
"I take it my father never mentioned me," I pieced together the pieces. "The others reacted in a similar manner when I informed them."
"You could say that," Jason said in humor.
"But that's not the only reason why I am recruiting former rangers," I sighed as I sat in one of the chairs. "I have been pursuing this evil monarch."
"He's worse than Rita, Zedd, Mondo, Machina, Devatox, and Master Vile put together," Jason said, trying to explain from what I told him. "So I have heard."
"That can't be good," Kat said with a worried look etched on her face.
"You're telling me," Kim gasped at Jason's statement.
Picking up my morpher, I waited until the other rangers answered. "Rocky, Adam."
"What's up?" Rocky greeted me, very hyper.
"We found them," I answered. The former pink rangers had confused expressions on their faces.
"What do you mean them?" Adam said instead of his companion.
"I mean we found both Kat and Kim," I answered over our comms.
"I thought we only needed one," Rocky said in confusion.
"I don't understand," Adam admitted. "How can we go three days without finding either one of them and now find both of them?"
"Good question," I complimented the green turbo ranger. "I don't know how either."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked curiously.
Ignoring her, I continued my talk with the green rangers. "Report back to the ship."
"Coming," Adam said.
"Yes, o fearless leader," Rocky joked around.
"Very funny," I said sarcastically.
Within minutes both green rangers and red ranger arrived to the lovely sounds of the former pink rangers bickering over petty things. Women, I will never understand them. How can they act all nice around each other; yet, they loathe each other. I sighed while leaning against the opposite wall, near the entrance to the room.
"You found both of them?" Tommy gasped as he surveyed the scene.
"Yes, we did," I answered, while shaking my head. They were supposed to be former rangers. How can they act like this?
"This can't be good," Tommy sighed, hanging his head in shame?
"Break it up," Adam said, trying to restore order. He restrained Kim while Rocky restrained Kat.
The former pink rangers glared at each other and turned to face the other direction, when their eyes landed on the Red Turbo Ranger. Forgetting about their opponents, they tried to reach Tommy but were held back by the two green rangers.
"I thought we had retired together," Kat said accusingly, sort of.
"Yes, we did," Tommy explained. He moved to be closer to them. "Lucaz needed experienced rangers to fight evil. I can't explain it, because I don't even know who it is. Luc doesn't know either. I couldn't stand back and evil take over the universe so I decided to return."
"Ditto," Adam backed up his leader.
"I also agree," Rocky agreed with his best friend.
"So that's why you were searching for us," Kim said, understanding finally dawning on her.
"Yes, we require a former pink ranger," I spoke up from where I stood against the wall.
"You just need only one?" Kim raised her brow.
"Only one," I repeated her statement.
"So who's it going to be?" Kat asked, more like demanded to know.
"We haven't decided," Tommy said, trying to sound calm.
"The past three days, we have been searching for you, but you left no forwarding address or any means of contacting you," Adam said, keeping the peace while it lasted.
"Sorry about that," Kim said, apologizing first. "I thought my ranger days were over. Did you try contacting my parents?"
"They moved," Rocky said. I had sent him to find where her parents were. Apparently, they had moved from France. Their location remained unknown.
"I forgot about that," Kim said embarrassed at her own mistake.
"Tommy, who's it going to be?" Kat said aggressively.
"I'm not the one who's going to make the decision," Tommy said quickly. He retreated to where I stood against the wall. "Lucaz is the leader of both teams."
"Thanks a lot," I mumbled to the Red Turbo Ranger.
Both former pink rangers stared at me, waiting for my decision. They obviously both wanted to become the Pink Turbo Ranger. Too bad, there was only one spot open. I could have the other take the yellow turbo morpher, but the outcome wouldn't be good.
"Have you decided?" Kat said adding more pressure on me.
I shook my head answering no. "I can't make my decision, when I only know one of you."
"Who do you know?" Kim asked out of curiosity.
"You," I answered her, since she asked politely. "If you're wondering, I visit my father every so often. When I visited him, Tommy was the white ranger, and you have shortly received your ninja powers from Ninjor."
"That does explain it," Tommy said in deep thought. "Kat didn't join us until later so you wouldn't know about her. When you visited again, you saw the new Turbo team."
"This does present a problem," Adam sighed as he wanted to keep the peace.
"Which means, I will have to rely on you," I said while glancing at the other rangers. "Do all of you know both of these former pink rangers?"
"Yes, we do," Rocky spoke up on their behalf.
"Then you will have to help me decide," I informed the current rangers.
"I can't," Tommy sighed regretfully.
"Neither can I," Jason said. "Tommy is my best friend. I doubt I can make an unbiased judgment." He dropped into the background.
"Looks like we'll have to do the work," Rocky sighed. He glanced over the two girls. I can tell from his body language, he didn't want to choose between them. "Sorry Kat, but if I had to choose, Kim gets my vote. No offense intended."
"None taken," Kat said a little hurt despite what she said.
"I would have to agree with Rocky," Adam said reluctantly. Upon hearing this, Kim's attitude drastically became brighter.
"I'm sorry Kat," I apologized to the former pink ranger and still former pink ranger. "Even if I voted in your favor, I would still remain outvoted."
"It's okay," Kat whispered. "I would like to go home, please."
"Jason will take you there," I said while glancing over in Jason's direction. I chose him, for two reasons. One, he didn't vote. The second, he didn't have a past history with her that would complicate matters.
Kat didn't even look back when she departed the ship. I couldn't blame her, since no one voted for her return. Now to search for the former yellow rangers. Trini or Aisha would make a good yellow ranger. I heard that Trini left for the peace conference. Aisha decided to stay behind and help the animals to the best of her ability.
"Before we begin searching for the yellow ranger," I said glancing between Tommy and Kim. "I would like the two of you to talk privately."
"I had the same feeling," Kim agreed with me. "I need to talk to you." Her attention moved from me to the Red Turbo Ranger.
"Yeah," Tommy said. He gestured towards the door. "Let's continue in my room." With that, the two made their way to that room, leaving Rocky, Adam, and myself behind.
"Well, what do we do now?" Rocky spoke up breaking the silence.
"We search for either Trini or Aisha," I informed the others. "Afterwards, we will go to Aquitar. I heard Billy lives there."
"What about Tanya?" Adam asked.
"Who?" I questioned. I haven't heard of her. Perhaps, she joined after the ninja team and left during the turbo team.
"Tanya was the Yellow Zeo and Turbo Ranger," Adam said.
"Oh, I see," I mused. "If we keep this up, we will have to convert a few rooms into bedrooms."
"Sure," both green rangers said simultaneously.
"While they sort out their feelings, we should clear out a couple of rooms," I instructed them.
I hoped they could resolve their problem. As we walked towards one of the extra rooms, I took a quick glance at Tommy's door. Please, let them resolve their issues.
Wingzero: Another chapter finished.
Zhane: We're still not in it.
Andros: --U
Wingzero: Anyways, I have decided to bring back two out of the three yellow rangers. Karone will eventually become the Purple Lightstar Ranger.
Karone: ^-^
Wingzero: You can tell she's really happy.
Max: *grumbling*
Wingzero: Ignore him. He's just upset WF isn't going to come soon.
Zack: Who will the two yellow rangers be? Is there an extra morpher, since all of the current ones have either been filled or have been predetermined? When will the other Lightstar Ranger join the group?
Kim: Oh wow, I'm finally going to be in your fic. ^-^
Kat: Whatever.
Jason: What's with the attitude?
Kat: I won't be returning.
Wingzero: So?
Kat: *storms out of the studio*
Wingzero: *shrugs*
Zhane: When will we make an appearance?
Wingzero: I haven't finished recruiting the Turbo Rangers.
Andros: -- I told you.
Zhane: Oh shut up.
Zack: *holds up a sign saying, "Wingzero does not own power rangers of any series*
Three days have passed and no word from either Kat or Kimberly. Kat had moved to England, but she left no forwarding address. We will have to search for her the long way. At least we don't have to search the entire universe and she wasn't likely trying to hide from us. As for Kim, she was last seen training for the Olympics. My team mates informed me that she was trying to win a gold metal in gymnastics. All her life, she pretty much trained for that moment. Anyways, when Rocky, Adam, and I arrived at the school, she wasn't there. Her former coach told us that she left the school after an incident. Since then, she hasn't come back. They haven't heard from her for awhile.
As Rocky, Adam, and I sparred against each other on the simudeck, we discussed a few things from their past. I wanted to know about my team mates. Although I was pretty much secretive, I did reveal some things about myself, but I kept a bulk of it to myself. I didn't want to reveal myself too much. When we become close friends, then maybe I will.
"What's up with Tommy and Kim?" I asked as Rocky tried to take a swing at me.
Both rangers appeared to be sad for a moment. They turned to each other, wanting the other to explain the history behind those two. Rocky shook his head and sighed. "They used be dating."
"And they broke up?" I said questioningly.
Upon this, the green rangers stopped attacking me. We were having a two on one, since I had more experience than both of them combined. Also my morpher was more powerful than either of theirs. From the looks of it, Tommy and Kim had a long history together. They must have been very close as he apparently hasn't completely recovered.
"Stop simulation," Adam ordered the computer. Soon, we were back in our space ship.
"It's a long story," Jason said stepping up.
"When did you arrive?" I asked the gold ranger.
"A couple minutes ago," Jason answered. He leaned against the door opening. "I know he still carries a torch for her."
When Rocky had seen my tilt my head in confusion, he explained. "Even though they are separated, he still loves her."
"Oh," I said, understanding dawning on me. "Listen, it's none of my business, but I am concerned for my team mates especially when we recruit the other former rangers." Since we were going to have more than one team, we decided that someone should lead both teams. The others voted I should be the leader of the power rangers as a total, since I had the most experience out of all of them. They also agreed that Tommy should be second in command.
"I should explain this," Jason sighed. He motioned me to follow him. Leading me to his room, he immediately took a seat on his bed. I took a chair and faced it towards him before sitting on it.
"It all started when Tommy joined the team," Jason launched into his story. "Well..... Tommy didn't join us like any ranger. Rita chose him to be the Green Ranger. She ordered him to attack us, Zordon, and the city. He entered the Command Center and broke our connection with Zordon. We managed to find Zordon or I should really say Billy and Alpha found him. I faced Tommy in a one on one and survived as the victor with Zordon's advice. Since the fight, Tommy and Kim started growing closer to each other until they went public. They began dating and spending time with each other. When Tommy was forced to give up his powers, she was devastated. Rita tried to take back the green powers using the wax she had kept. Tommy had to give his power coin to another ranger. He chose me. However, later we managed to recharge his power coin, but it had a limited supply of energy. Eventually, his powers gave out. Kimberly thought he wouldn't return as a ranger, but to our surprise, he was chosen to be the White Ranger. By this time Zed had made his appearance, we needed a sixth ranger, because we couldn't stand up against these new monsters. Tommy and Kim were together again. Zack, Trini and I were chosen to go to the peace conference. We had taken that opportunity. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha replaced us."
"Father has told me about that," I interrupted him, not wanting to learn something I already had. When he had a confused look on his face, I told him I visited the Command Center.
"I see," Jason said before continuing. "Rita used Kat to get to us. She placed Kat as a spy by turning her into a white cat. I wasn't here at the time, but I heard it from Tommy. We keep in touch. Eventually, Kat broke free and helped us. Kim transferred her powers to her, when she went to train for the Olympics. Then they somehow managed to destroy the Command Center. Don't ask how, because as far as I know, I don't. They went on a quest to find the Zeo crystals. After they found it, I soon joined them. Trey couldn't hold onto his powers, but he needed someone to temporarily hold them. During this time or around it I can't remember, Kim mailed him a letter saying she wanted to break up with him. She found someone to be with. Since then he started dating Kat, but he still holds a place in his heart for Kim. The last time I heard from her, she said she was going to this ballet school in England. I know we have checked there."
"Oh," I said while leaning forward. "Perhaps we should try to find Kat. I can't have my team mates having grudges against each other especially when we have a larger problem to deal with."
Jason nodded his head understandingly. "It's kind of funny how Tommy and I used to compete against each other when he first joined the team. Now I consider him my brother."
"You're lucky to find a close friend," I sighed standing up.
My companion looked up at me in surprise. "You don't have any?"
"I move around too much and live a long life," I sighed and answered reluctantly. "We should be going. Who knows, maybe we might find a pink ranger today."
"Where are we headed?" Jason asked me, jumping up to his feet.
"We're going to England," I answered while leaving his room with him a step behind me.
Once I had reached the bridge, I announced through the speakers for all the rangers to gather on the bridge. I wanted to speak to them all instead of tracking each one individually and explain it four times. When the rest of the rangers assembled on the bridge, I informed them of my plan.
"But we have already searched there," Adam said, scratching his head in confusion.
"I have a feeling she is there," I said confidently while studying each of the ranger's faces. "She doesn't necessarily have to be at the dance studio or nearby."
"You think she dropped out?" Rocky asked no one in particular.
"She wouldn't," Tommy said in her defense. "It has been her dream to become a professional ballerina, and she wouldn't allow anything to stop her from reaching it."
"You never know," Jason said. He glanced over at his best friend, who had a hurt expression. "We haven't heard from her for awhile. I'm not saying that she would give up on her dreams. I'm considering the possibilities."
"I guess you're right," Tommy sighed. He placed his head on his hands. "I haven't heard from her either. I wonder how she's doing."
"I'm sure she's doing fine," Adam said trying to cheer the red ranger up. He placed his hand on Tommy's shoulder and gave a small squeeze.
"Jason and I will check out these areas," I said as the map appeared on the screen. "Rocky and Adam will take those areas. Tommy, you will be our point man."
"Okay." The rangers said in unison.
An hour later, Jason and I were flying over our areas. I had chosen Jason instead of Tommy, because I don't know how Tommy would react to seeing Kat again. He hadn't heard from her for awhile now. She could have changed, though I highly doubt it. I have also taken into factor that we required speed. As Jason had more experience, he would be able to handle keeping up with me, sort of. Sometimes, he would fall behind, but most of the time, he managed to keep up with me. We had flown from the country side and into the more populated cities.
"London, England," Jason said while punching a few buttons on his device. "The capital of this nation and one of the more populated cities."
"Have you been here?" I inquired as we swerved to miss a flock of birds.
"I have been here for only a few hours," Jason said when he finally was finished with whatever he was doing. "The plane stopped here to refuel before we reached our destination."
"Oh," I said, sort of understanding. Earthlings have such strange modes of transportations. On my home planet, we all had our own transportation so we didn't have planes.
Since I can see further, I decided to ascend, leaving the gold ranger at a lower altitude. When I had reached a point where I was far enough but I still could see them, I leveled out. Jason didn't even notice my absence until he turned to talk to me. He glanced up to find me soaring almost above him before joining me.
"Why are you up here?" he asked inquisitively.
"They will be able to see us," I pointed to the people on the ground. "I don't want to attract any undue attention like last time."
"What happened last time?" Jason inquired very confused. I can tell by the way he spoke.
"Adam had finished shooting a stunt scene, when we dropped in," I explained to him. Surely, Tommy would have told him. I mean they were best friends, well almost brothers.
"I understand," Jason said. He swerved to avoid a stray bird. They seemed to be several of them today. Perhaps, they were migrating, though I wasn't too familiar with these species.
Moments passed where we remained in silence. As I scanned the area, I wondered if she could be in one of those buildings and we passed her completely. That wouldn't be good. Then again, we could always come back and search the entire area. Normally, I could have used the onboard scanners to detect her presence; however, I required an analysis of her energy signature. Since I didn't have that and the records from the Power Chamber were destroyed, we had to search for her the old fashion way.
"Out of curiosity, who are we fighting against?" Jason spoke up, catching me off guard with his question. I should have seen that one coming.
"I honestly don't know who he is exactly," I sighed, shaking my head in disbelief. "As hard as I have tried, I can't get close enough to him, but I have seen the horror he causes."
"He can't be that powerful," Jason said. He moved closer to me as humans didn't have sensitive hearing. Elves on the other hand have sharper hearing.
"Have you heard of Dark Specter?" I asked the gold ranger.
"No," he replied.
"Dark Specter controls Rita, Zedd, Machine King, Devatox, and Astronema," I answered without hesitation. "I believe he has more under his command, but I'm not certain about it."
"Unbelievable!" Jason practically screamed in disbelief. "He bosses them around?"
"Yes," I answered. "Nevertheless, someone controls him. There are four or five others like Dark Specter. Rita's father is one of them. I can't remember the others."
"This is not good," Jason whispered. "Not good at all."
"She looks familiar," I said, pointing out a short haired brunette. Slowing down, I cautiously approached her position.
"I don't believe it!" Jason almost screamed as we were now hovering over her.
"You don't believe what?" I asked the gold ranger, very confused.
"Kim's in England," Jason gasped at the sight of his former team mate.
"No wonder she looks familiar," I mused as we followed her. "We shouldn't contact her until we can catch her alone. I don't want anyone to follow her or us."
"Yeah, those reporters can be pushy," Jason said, trying to lighten the moment.
Whatever. Underneath my helmet, I rolled my eyes. Four minutes after following her, she didn't appear to be going to an isolated area. In fact, she was heading straight for the mall. If I remembered correctly, she was what they termed a "mall rat."
"Oh no," Jason groaned as she entered the mall.
"What is it?" I asked Jason, who had stopped.
"She can spend hours in there," Jason groaned again.
"Is that so?" I asked him, wanting to make certain.
"I remembered one time, she managed to drag Aisha, Tommy, and me to the mall," Jason said miserably. "The girls wanted to purchase a few items, but they purchased half the store. We spent a total of four to five hours there."
"What difference does it make?" I asked him.
"You haven't been on one of their shopping sprees," Jason informed me.
"For us, patience is the way of life," I told the gold ranger.
"You have all the time in the life," Jason said, a little on the sarcastic side.
"To true," I said with a smile, though he couldn't see it underneath my helmet.
"I guess we will have to wait," Jason said. "We can get to..."
A scream pierced through the air, interrupting Jason. Acting upon reflex, I plunged into a dive before straightening out. Transforming my glider into a motorcycle, I took a seat on it. I used my telekinesis to open the door and drove right on in. Jason had a similar glider to mine so he followed my example. I heard his glider transform just behind mine.
Once we had entered the mall, we quickly took off toward the source of the scream. The onlookers gasped as they saw two rangers driving through the mall on their motorcycles. Normally, I would have gotten off, but speed was required as we heard the same person scream once more.
When we had reached the scene, we discovered Kim fighting a blonde girl. I haven't seen the other one before; yet, her moves appeared to be familiar. Where have I seen those moves? I turned to my companion to find him in shook.
"What's going on?" I asked the gold ranger, who didn't respond to me. He stood there mesmerized by the fight.
Shaking him, I tried to gain his attention. No matter what I did, the gold ranger didn't respond to me at all. Soon, he muttered a few interesting facts.
Kim stood in a fighting stance, defending herself against any attack. The other girl tried to literally sweep off her feet. Seeing this, Kim leaped gracefully and landed on one leg. Her other leg swung towards her attacker, who had managed to block the attack. Since her attack didn't land, she pulled back her foot and regained her balance before her opponent used it to her advantage. The blonde tried to land a few punches, but Kim blocked every single one of them with ease. It looked like a dead even fight. Rangers, even without our powers, still made formidable fighters. It would take someone good in martial arts to defeat us or perhaps another former ranger.
"Kim, Kat," Jason said out loud in a serious voice. He dismounted his cycle and separated the two combatants. "What do you think you're doing?"
Both girls appeared to be in different states of shock. Perhaps, they recognized who the voice belonged to. I know Kim had been a ranger before and now was retired. Kat, on the other hand, I had no clue about her history. Wait a second, Jason explained about her, but I haven't seen a picture of her.
"Your voice sounds familiar," Kat mused. She forgot about her fight with Kim.
"Is that you?" Kim asked. She leaned forward to get a better look.
"Not in public," Jason warned her softly.
"Shouldn't you be somewhere," Kat said, suspiciously.
"I don't remember you having this uniform," Kim said, inspecting his new outfit.
"We should really go somewhere private," Jason whispered in a commanding tone.
"Why?" Both girls asked simultaneously.
"We have to speak to the both of you," I spoke up from behind Jason. Turning back to the crowd, I motioned for them to go away. "There's nothing to see here."
Jason led the two former pink rangers to our gliders. He helped Kat onto his while Kim hopped behind me. As we drove out of mall, I felt the former pink ranger tightly grip my waist. Passing the crowds, I glanced at the people to find them staring at us. They had mixed emotions on their faces: anger, jealousy, and awe. Strange beings, these humans were.
Minutes later, we arrived in our space ship with the two former pink rangers. Jason and I placed our gliders away while the girls watched us. I wondered why they were bickering in the first place. On the way here, they argued in a subtle manner, though I don't know how they pulled it off. Once we boarded, their interest moved from each other and to the space ship. They were fascinated by this technology.
Jason and I demorphed in front of the girls. Upon this, the girls gasped as they saw Jason, standing there in his flight suit (think Zhane's except gold instead of silver, Luc's is the same except for white). We stood there as they gained their voice.
"Jason, how did you become the gold ranger?" Kim asked before Kat could.
"Lucaz," Jason gestured towards me. "Asked me to become the gold ranger."
"Why?" Kat asked this time. She leaned against a nearby wall.
"Because I need to rescue my father, Zordon," I answered her question honestly. Before I can say anything more, they both had surprised looks on their faces.
"Zordon has a son?" they said simultaneously.
"I take it my father never mentioned me," I pieced together the pieces. "The others reacted in a similar manner when I informed them."
"You could say that," Jason said in humor.
"But that's not the only reason why I am recruiting former rangers," I sighed as I sat in one of the chairs. "I have been pursuing this evil monarch."
"He's worse than Rita, Zedd, Mondo, Machina, Devatox, and Master Vile put together," Jason said, trying to explain from what I told him. "So I have heard."
"That can't be good," Kat said with a worried look etched on her face.
"You're telling me," Kim gasped at Jason's statement.
Picking up my morpher, I waited until the other rangers answered. "Rocky, Adam."
"What's up?" Rocky greeted me, very hyper.
"We found them," I answered. The former pink rangers had confused expressions on their faces.
"What do you mean them?" Adam said instead of his companion.
"I mean we found both Kat and Kim," I answered over our comms.
"I thought we only needed one," Rocky said in confusion.
"I don't understand," Adam admitted. "How can we go three days without finding either one of them and now find both of them?"
"Good question," I complimented the green turbo ranger. "I don't know how either."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked curiously.
Ignoring her, I continued my talk with the green rangers. "Report back to the ship."
"Coming," Adam said.
"Yes, o fearless leader," Rocky joked around.
"Very funny," I said sarcastically.
Within minutes both green rangers and red ranger arrived to the lovely sounds of the former pink rangers bickering over petty things. Women, I will never understand them. How can they act all nice around each other; yet, they loathe each other. I sighed while leaning against the opposite wall, near the entrance to the room.
"You found both of them?" Tommy gasped as he surveyed the scene.
"Yes, we did," I answered, while shaking my head. They were supposed to be former rangers. How can they act like this?
"This can't be good," Tommy sighed, hanging his head in shame?
"Break it up," Adam said, trying to restore order. He restrained Kim while Rocky restrained Kat.
The former pink rangers glared at each other and turned to face the other direction, when their eyes landed on the Red Turbo Ranger. Forgetting about their opponents, they tried to reach Tommy but were held back by the two green rangers.
"I thought we had retired together," Kat said accusingly, sort of.
"Yes, we did," Tommy explained. He moved to be closer to them. "Lucaz needed experienced rangers to fight evil. I can't explain it, because I don't even know who it is. Luc doesn't know either. I couldn't stand back and evil take over the universe so I decided to return."
"Ditto," Adam backed up his leader.
"I also agree," Rocky agreed with his best friend.
"So that's why you were searching for us," Kim said, understanding finally dawning on her.
"Yes, we require a former pink ranger," I spoke up from where I stood against the wall.
"You just need only one?" Kim raised her brow.
"Only one," I repeated her statement.
"So who's it going to be?" Kat asked, more like demanded to know.
"We haven't decided," Tommy said, trying to sound calm.
"The past three days, we have been searching for you, but you left no forwarding address or any means of contacting you," Adam said, keeping the peace while it lasted.
"Sorry about that," Kim said, apologizing first. "I thought my ranger days were over. Did you try contacting my parents?"
"They moved," Rocky said. I had sent him to find where her parents were. Apparently, they had moved from France. Their location remained unknown.
"I forgot about that," Kim said embarrassed at her own mistake.
"Tommy, who's it going to be?" Kat said aggressively.
"I'm not the one who's going to make the decision," Tommy said quickly. He retreated to where I stood against the wall. "Lucaz is the leader of both teams."
"Thanks a lot," I mumbled to the Red Turbo Ranger.
Both former pink rangers stared at me, waiting for my decision. They obviously both wanted to become the Pink Turbo Ranger. Too bad, there was only one spot open. I could have the other take the yellow turbo morpher, but the outcome wouldn't be good.
"Have you decided?" Kat said adding more pressure on me.
I shook my head answering no. "I can't make my decision, when I only know one of you."
"Who do you know?" Kim asked out of curiosity.
"You," I answered her, since she asked politely. "If you're wondering, I visit my father every so often. When I visited him, Tommy was the white ranger, and you have shortly received your ninja powers from Ninjor."
"That does explain it," Tommy said in deep thought. "Kat didn't join us until later so you wouldn't know about her. When you visited again, you saw the new Turbo team."
"This does present a problem," Adam sighed as he wanted to keep the peace.
"Which means, I will have to rely on you," I said while glancing at the other rangers. "Do all of you know both of these former pink rangers?"
"Yes, we do," Rocky spoke up on their behalf.
"Then you will have to help me decide," I informed the current rangers.
"I can't," Tommy sighed regretfully.
"Neither can I," Jason said. "Tommy is my best friend. I doubt I can make an unbiased judgment." He dropped into the background.
"Looks like we'll have to do the work," Rocky sighed. He glanced over the two girls. I can tell from his body language, he didn't want to choose between them. "Sorry Kat, but if I had to choose, Kim gets my vote. No offense intended."
"None taken," Kat said a little hurt despite what she said.
"I would have to agree with Rocky," Adam said reluctantly. Upon hearing this, Kim's attitude drastically became brighter.
"I'm sorry Kat," I apologized to the former pink ranger and still former pink ranger. "Even if I voted in your favor, I would still remain outvoted."
"It's okay," Kat whispered. "I would like to go home, please."
"Jason will take you there," I said while glancing over in Jason's direction. I chose him, for two reasons. One, he didn't vote. The second, he didn't have a past history with her that would complicate matters.
Kat didn't even look back when she departed the ship. I couldn't blame her, since no one voted for her return. Now to search for the former yellow rangers. Trini or Aisha would make a good yellow ranger. I heard that Trini left for the peace conference. Aisha decided to stay behind and help the animals to the best of her ability.
"Before we begin searching for the yellow ranger," I said glancing between Tommy and Kim. "I would like the two of you to talk privately."
"I had the same feeling," Kim agreed with me. "I need to talk to you." Her attention moved from me to the Red Turbo Ranger.
"Yeah," Tommy said. He gestured towards the door. "Let's continue in my room." With that, the two made their way to that room, leaving Rocky, Adam, and myself behind.
"Well, what do we do now?" Rocky spoke up breaking the silence.
"We search for either Trini or Aisha," I informed the others. "Afterwards, we will go to Aquitar. I heard Billy lives there."
"What about Tanya?" Adam asked.
"Who?" I questioned. I haven't heard of her. Perhaps, she joined after the ninja team and left during the turbo team.
"Tanya was the Yellow Zeo and Turbo Ranger," Adam said.
"Oh, I see," I mused. "If we keep this up, we will have to convert a few rooms into bedrooms."
"Sure," both green rangers said simultaneously.
"While they sort out their feelings, we should clear out a couple of rooms," I instructed them.
I hoped they could resolve their problem. As we walked towards one of the extra rooms, I took a quick glance at Tommy's door. Please, let them resolve their issues.
Wingzero: Another chapter finished.
Zhane: We're still not in it.
Andros: --U
Wingzero: Anyways, I have decided to bring back two out of the three yellow rangers. Karone will eventually become the Purple Lightstar Ranger.
Karone: ^-^
Wingzero: You can tell she's really happy.
Max: *grumbling*
Wingzero: Ignore him. He's just upset WF isn't going to come soon.
Zack: Who will the two yellow rangers be? Is there an extra morpher, since all of the current ones have either been filled or have been predetermined? When will the other Lightstar Ranger join the group?