Chapter 12 : When Reinforcements From the Future Arrive

Sometime in the future...

The four time force rangers stood before their superior time force officer, trying to wait patiently for their next assignment.

Lucas was growing impatient and wanted to leave as soon as possible so he could give his newly purchased car a test drive. But all this waiting made it seem like he would never get the chance to do so. At least not today. His tight power ranger suit was feeling a bit uncomfortable since it hadn't been in action for such a long time. He didn't really feel that they needed to be in ranger attire on this particular mission. It was probably going to be one of those missions were they had to give out more speeding tickets again. Whatever mission it was going to be, he knew it would be another boring one. If only they were in the past again, fighting off mutants and monsters. Those memories were unforgettable.

Suddenly a jolt of electricity ran through his suit, interrupting his thoughts and causing him to cry out in pain. Screams filled the room as the intensity of the jolts increased. The time force officer panicked as he witnessed the frightening scene and called for help. Within seconds, the room was soon filled with a dozen time force officers who helped deactivate the morphers and help the rangers back to their feet. The rangers were still in pain and so a medical team was sent in to check up on them.

The medical team and the other officers could not find out what was wrong with the rangers powers and only advised them not to morph unless the need arises. But then a loud alarm began to ring and flashing red lights began to light the room a crimson red color. There were time force officers outside the room running around in panic, uncertain of what the emergency was.

A female time force officer rushed into the room with an urgent look on her face. The four rangers fixed their gaze on the female time officer. "You must come with me now!" she ordered the rangers. "The time force rangers are needed to go back in time! The rangers of the past require your aid or there will be no future left for mankind!"

"How do you know all of this?" Jen inquired, holding her arm tightly around her as she tried to ease the pain running through her body.

"There is no time for questions!" the woman urged. Her voice was more demanding, but the fear still lingered. "Please," she said a little more calmly. "The time machine has already been prepared. You will receive instructions as soon as the ship has left."

The four rangers nodded their heads in acceptance of the new mission granted to them. They stood, still ignoring the pain from their earlier ordeal and followed their fellow time force officer to the time machine.

The time force officer ran with tremendous speed, signifying that the situation was more serious than the rangers thought. Within a few minutes they finally reached the time machine docking bay, a place which was all too familiar to them. The time machine was already prepared to leave and only waited for the rangers to board.

"Good luck rangers," the time force officer said to them as she led them inside the machine. The look of fear on her face quickly turned into a look of relief. "We are hoping to see you back here soon. May the power protect you."

The door suddenly shut behind the four rangers and the time machine made a loud whirring sound as it prepared to enter the gateway of time. Trip rushed to the window, wanting to see his home one last time before he would take another long vacation into the past. As the ship took off, streaks of white light replaced the magnificent buildings of the future and Trip was filled with a feeling of delight as the thoughts of seeing old friends again ran through his mind.

Katie approached Trip and put a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be nice to go back again," she said, while also staring out the window.

"Yea..." Trip agreed, hiis gaze never leaving the window.

"I suggest we all take a quick rest," Jen suggested, lying on the comfortable pilot's seat with her eyes closed. "We need all the energy we can get if we're gonna go and kick some butt in the past."

As if following orders (which they most likely were), the three other rangers sat on the remaining three seats and rested their tired bodies on the soft seats. Obviously they were still tired out from previous missions and lacked sleep. But little did they know that this would be the last comfortable sleep they would have in a long time.