Chapter 14:When Feeling Black and Blue the Sky Will Turn a Silver/Titanium Hue
It was already late into the night when Zack heard the loud ringing of the telephone. He was a bit reluctant to pick it up, but he knew a call this late could only mean that the call was important. "Hello," he said as he picked up the phone while still half asleep only to hear the all too familiar voice of Billy.

"Zack!" Billy's voice sounded a little urgent, but Zack was still too sleepy to even take notice. "I've called everyone," Billy said. "I've called all their friends and relatives. I even called up everyone we know in Angel Grove. Not a single one of them has seen or even heard from either Kimberly or Trini."

If it wasn't the news then it was Billy's worried voice that suddenly roused Zack from his sleepy state. "It's been over five days since they arrived in Angel Grove." He rubbed his tired eyes so he could keep himself awake. "And you're telling me that no one in Angel Grove has seen them? There's got to be something wrong."

"I don't know Zack," Billy sighed. Of the two of them he was the most worried, but he had always been the one to worry the most out of his group of friends. Maybe it was because he felt like it was his duty to take care of everyone. "Anything could have happened to them. I'm just really worried about them right now. I mean five days is a pretty long period of time. Don't you think they could have at least called someone?"

"I have a feeling that maybe we should have gone with them," Zack said as he lie back down on his comfortable bed, craving the sleep he so badly wanted. "It would have been nice to see Angel Grove again. But there's no need to really worry about them. You know Kimberly and Trini. They can pretty much take care of themselves and whatever situation they're in, they're always on top of it."

"Yea, you're right Zack," Billy agreed though he was still feeling a bit uneasy. Another sigh escaped his lungs. "But I'm still worried. Something could have happened that we don't know about."

Zack was going crazy from all of Billy's worrying and thought of an idea. "You know what Billy. I say we go to Angel Grove tomorrow and check things out for ourselves." Zack was so sleepy that he felt like slamming down the phone and giving in to the comfort of sleep. But first he had to get rid of Billy and he hoped that this idea would do the trick. "So... What do you say?"

"That's a brilliant idea Zack!" Billy had to admit. Why didn't understand why he didn't think of the idea himself.

"Well, if we're gonna go, I'm gonna need some rest. So if it's all right with you Billy, I'm going to get myself some shut-eye." Zack hung up the phone before Billy had the chance to say anything else and possibly make him lose his appetite for sleep and in a matter of nanoseconds, Zack was asleep and returned to the dream world. Sleep had never felt so good especially after such a tiring day.
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Somewhere in Mariner Bay...

"I don't think leaving Dana alone to patrol Mariner Bay was a good idea," Ryan said regretfully. He pushed his lightspeed cycle to its full limit, but he felt that it wasn't going fast enough. Zhane was aboard his galaxy glider, riding alongside Ryan. He hoped leaving Carlos and T.J. with the other Lightspeed rangers in Turtle Cove was a good idea and they had a pretty large team investigating over there anyway so there wasn't really much to worry about. "I hope she's all right," Ryan said as he witnessed the destruction around him. "Mariner Bay looks like a total wreck."

"There's a large group of mecha-droids gathering in the warehouse just ahead," Zhane pointed out. He knew Ryan couldn't see it but since he was above the ground it was easier for him to spot the large group of droids. "There has to be something going on over there. I think It would be a good idea to check it out."

"We have to find my sister first!" Ryan's voice sounded demanding. "I have a feeling that-" Ryan pushed the brakes on his cycle when he spotted a sparkling pink object littered on the ground and caused a large screech to fill the air. Zhane stopped his own galaxy glider and floated above the ground watching Ryan run to the pink article. The object was quite bright and it wasn't hard to spot especially for Ryan who recognized it as soon as he picked it up. "It's-" Ryan carefully examined the object. "It's Dana's V-lancer! She's-" Carrying the pink weapon in his hands, Ryan boarded his lightspeed cycle and sped towards the warehouse.

Ryan's voice was filled with so much anger that Zhane was afraid of what he might do. Zhane didn't understand why there was so much hate and anger building up within this earthling. Those two emotions were very uncommon in KO-35 and he had not experienced it until he had come to earth. Zhane could feel the sudden rush of anger and hatred radiating from the once calm human he was beginning to understand. He tried to catch up with the rage-filled Titanium Ranger, hoping to calm him down before all the hate and anger would consume him.

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Outside Billy's House...

"Zack there's something strange happening to my morpher," Billy said as he took out his morpher and revealed it to Zack. A mysterious blue pulse of light radiated from the small morpher and it looked as if the cracked power coin was slowly beginning to reconstruct itself. "I don't know what this could mean."

"Why would it do this?" Zack asked as he took out his own morpher which was glowing a pale black color. He examined his morpher on both sides, trying to figure out the source of the energy. "It's been at least ten years since we last used them. This could mean absolutely anything, but why would it start to do this now?"

"We'll have to wait and see," Billy suggested, putting away his morpher in his back pocket. He didn't know why he always put it back there, but it had been a habit of his since his power ranger years and he found it a habit hard to break. He knew he was never going to use it again, but its presence always made him feel a little more stronger. "Right now I think we should hurry to Angel Grove and see what's up with Kimberly and Trini."

"Have you got a hold of Jason yet?" Zack asked.

"No," Billy shook his head. "I've been trying to reach his cell phone for the past few days to ask him about Kimberly and Trini but he hasn't picked up or returned any of my calls. All I know is that he's still in Mariner Bay with Kat."

"Everybody seems to be on vacation except us," Zack sighed and nodded his head. He took out his wallet and opened it up. The small picture within held so many memories. A thousand words could be expressed from a single smile of each of their faces. It was a tiny wallet size picture of the original gang: Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, Trini, Jason and himself and it had been take over ten years ago before their trip to the peace conference. "We really should have gone with them."

"We'll now's our chance to catch up with them," Billy said as he walked over to the blue sports car he had worked so hard on himself using only old parts and an old used car. "We should hurry. I'm getting really worried about them every minute we stay here."

"Yea... Me too." Zack jumped into the driver's seat before Billy had the chance to get in and put the seat belt over his shoulder. "Thanks for letting me drive bud," he joked . "We should hurry before traffic fills the highways."

Though Billy was quite disappointed that he wouldn't be the one driving on this trip, he was happy to let Zack drive his masterpiece. He handed Zack his keys and put on his own seat belt, but he had not ever been the passenger of a car driven by Zack before and regretted his decision when Zack sped off into the highway at a tremendously high speed. He was just glad that he remembered to put on his seat belt.