The ship touched down near the shore along the beach. Jen initiated the landing protocols, then headed for the exit. The three of them stepped off the ship, getting a good look at their surroundings. Jen was the only one who recognized it.

"This is where…" she paused, recalling it was that exact spot where she told Wes she loved him for the first time, but was sure Tommy didn't want to hear about it. "… where the Silver Guardians stood when the others and I went back to the year 3000," she said.

Tommy noticed that Jen wanted to say more but didn't, and decided not to say anything about it… yet. "Its pretty late, we should try to find Wes and the others," he said.

"Agreed," she turned to Adam. "I want you to scout ahead and see what you can find. Check in in exactly one hour," she ordered.

"I'm on it," he said, switching on his cloak. He disappeared, but Tommy and Jen were able to see his footprints in the sand as he rushed away.

"Looks like the sun will be up soon, we should…" he paused as, in the distance, he saw someone walking towards them. "You expecting company?" he asked.

Jen tried to get a good look at him. "It looks like a Silver Guardian. I recognize the uniform," she mentioned.

The two of them walked towards him, but the closer they got, they realized someone was wrong. It was a Silver Guardian, but he had been changed. There were metal parts covering the side of his face, and one of his hands had been replaced with a blade.

"What the…"

Just then, the guardian attacked them, rushing at Jen with his blade. She was able to avoid being cut, doing a back flip and landing on his shoulders. She wrapped her legs around his head and flipped over, taking him down.

As she got back to her feet, several more guardians came over the hill, charging towards them, each of them altered a little differently.

"Guess the 'Welcome back' banner is out the question," Jen mentioned.

"I was really hoping for a parade or something," he sighed sarcastically.

Soon, there was over a dozen guardians, all of them attacking at once. Tommy caught one of them with a roundhouse kick, but four more grabbed him, tackling him to the ground. Jen tried to help, but was overwhelmed as well.

One of the guardians reached for a disrupter weapon and aimed at Tommy, but at that moment, the red ranger appeared from out of nowhere, kicking the weapon out his hand. The red ranger caught the weapon and fired, taking the guardian down. The remaining guardians who held Tommy and Jen down made their move, but the red ranger was able to take all of them down, hitting a tornado kick knocking all of them out cold. One guardian remained, but ran off to save himself.

With the guardians gone, Jen and Tommy turned their attention to the red ranger. "Thanks for the help, we were…" she was cut short.

"In deep shit before I showed up," the red ranger said rudely.

Jen paused. "Wes? Are you okay?" she inquired.

The red ranger powered down, revealing a woman. She was a bit shorter than Jen, but had long brownish-blonde hair with a slight red streak. She was a red cut off shirt, exposing most of her stomach, and a pair of black jeans. Jen noticed a huge scar on the side of the girl's face, but tried not to stare.

"Do I look like Wes to you?" she snapped.

Jen took a moment to gather her thoughts, but it was Tommy who took a step forward. "Trinity?" he inquired.

Trinity turned to him. "Do you know me?"

"Yes. I'm…" he paused, waiting before he said anything to would regret. He was unsure if Kimberly and Wes had told her about her origins, and didn't want to risk telling her. "I'm from Time Force," he said.

"About time you got here, Wes called you a week ago," she said.

"We had complications in our own time, but we came as soon as we could. What happened here and where is your father?" Jen asked.

"My step­-father," she corrected. "Wes was captured by cyborgs almost a three days ago. Not that it's any of your concerns. I suggest you get back in your ship and go back to your own time. We'll handle things here," she told them.

Tommy took a step forward. "But we're here to help you,"

"And we don't need your help. If it wasn't for Time Force, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place," she aimed the disrupter at Tommy. "Now leave," she told him.

The warm disposition on Tommy's face quickly changed. Now, he was angry. "What the hell is your problem? We just…"

Jen grabbed his arm, pulling him back. "Come on, let's go," she told him.

Tommy watched as Trinity turned his back on him, heading over the hill she came from. "Are you okay?" Jen asked him.

He remained silent.

"Come on Tommy, what's wrong? What is it?" she asked.

"Trinity…" he paused. "Is my daughter," he sighed.

(*)

Trinity ducked down behind a dumpster, hiding from a group of altered Silver Guardians, waiting until the coast was clear. About fifty feet away was her destination, an abandoned warehouse, the entire area was crawling with cyborgs.

One of the guardians glanced her away, but she ducked down a little lower until he was gone. As soon as all the guardians left the area, she raw towards the warehouse, sneaking inside. The warehouse itself had been abandoned for years, and the only things in it were empty containers and spare parts scattered around the room. She headed to the back of the room, placing her hand on a small panel in the corner. As soon as she did, an entrance in the wall opened up, and she walked inside.

Once the entrance closed itself, she walked down the hall and into a room, where there were computers set up against the wall. With a sigh, she set his disrupter on the table and sat down.

The weight of the situation was beginning to get to her, and it was more than she could handle. 'The only thing I should be worried about is if my boyfriend really likes me or not, or finishing my homework in time to go to party, not saving the world,' she thought to herself. As a child, her mother often told her how she was forced to grow up early in life, that her obligations as a power ranger took priority over the things she wanted to do. At the time, the thought of having super human strength and powers were appealing, but now that she had them, she wanted nothing else to do with it.

The only problem was, she couldn't stop.

'If I do, the world will be destroyed. They'll turn mom and Wes into one of those… things,' she thought. The thought of losing them haunted her, forcing her to go on. She recalled her mother telling her that being a ranger cost her father his life, and she was determined to make sure it didn't happen to anyone else she loved.

"Hey," a voice said. Her thoughts were broken as she turned around, seeing him walk in the room. He sat down across from her, sliding her a bottle. "How'd it go out there?"

For a long as she could remember, Theo had been her best friend. The two of them had been through some tough times together.

"I tried to get into Bio-Lab, but it was too heavily guarded," she told him.

"I keep trying to tell you that Morpher doesn't make you invincible, you have to be more careful," he said.

"I know," she sighed, taking a swallow of her pop. "On my way back, I saw a group of Time Force rangers,"

He stood up. "Really? Where?"

"Along the shore just over the hills. They said they got our distress call," she said.

"Well where are they?"

"I told them to go back to their own damn time," Trinity snapped.

"Why the hell did you do that? Damn it Trinity, we need all the help we can get, and the Time Force rangers would have…"

She stood up. "They're the reason we're in this mess to begin with. If it weren't for them, those damn cyborgs wouldn't even be here. Do I have to remind you what they did to Eric, that they captured Wes and they've been turning the Silver Guardians into those robotic assholes? We didn't ask for this, and its all their…"

"Save the sob story Trinity, it doesn't matter whose fault it is anymore. Get a grip on this: this is now and here we are, and the more help we have to stop those cyborgs the better," Theo snapped.

"Its easy for you to say, your parents are safe and sound at home. My father lost his life fighting, my mother was hurt fighting these things, and now they're doing God-knows-what to Wes in there. Everyone I ever cared about is either injured or dead, and its those self-righteous Time Force bastards are responsible," she explained.

"Stop feeling sorry for yourself and blaming Time Force for everything. Yes, my parents are waiting for me at home, but only because both of them were once rangers and they knew what they had to do to protect the Earth. My mom lost a lot of friends when she was ranger too, it goes with a territory. We didn't ask for this, but like it not, we're the only chance this city has. Now are you going to play the blame game, or are you going to help me?" Theo asked her.

She cracked a smile. "I hate it when you're right," she sighed.

"Get use to it, it happens a lot,"

"Whatever,"

"I'm going down to the infirmary to check on Eric, he isn't doing very well. Gaby thinks he isn't going to last another night," he told her.

"Let me know how he's doing. I'm going to try to get our sensors back on line," she mentioned.

Theo nodded, walking out the room.

(*)

Adam stood outside her house, debating on whether or not to go inside and see her. With the enhanced cloak in his Morpher, it wouldn't take much effort to simply walk through the wall and check on her, but something was holding him back.

Part of him wanted to see her, to see how she was doing. After he arrived in the future, he reviewed the history logs and found out that she went crazy looking for him. Although he knew there was nothing he could do about it, he felt guilty for putting her through that. Still, she wasn't the only one who was hurt by the incident.

To him, it had only been a few weeks. The thought of being without her hurt him; especially considering how long it took the two of them to tell one another how they felt. 'We wasted a lot of time hiding our feelings,' he thought to himself. Still, he had to consider that, from her standpoint, it had been years since it happened, so she no doubt had much longer to dwell on her lose.

Finally, he reached for his Morpher and switched on the cloaking device, making his way towards the house. He found it ironic that after almost 20 years, her house looked exactly the same. He walked through the wall and into the livingroom, but there was no one in sight. On the wall were pictures of the two of them together, along with the other rangers. The thought of her keeping those pictures after all that time was enough to make him crack a smile.

In the distance, he heard a loud crash.

'That's coming from the basement,' he thought to himself, reaching for his Morpher and adjusting it one more time, allowing him to fall through the floor and into the basement.

As soon as he got down there, he saw Tanya trapped in a corner, being surrounded by a group of people. At first glance, they appeared to be Silver Guardians, but judging by the look of panic on Tanya's face, she wasn't happy to see them.

One of the guardians reached for a disrupter pistol and aimed at her.

'TIME FOR, TIME FORCE,' Adam called out, disengaging the cloak and transforming into the black ranger.

He grabbed two of the guardians, throwing them across the room and up against the wall. Another one charged at him, but he ducked, then hit a sweep, taking him down. A guardian snuck up behind him, but it was Tanya who picked up a lamp, hitting him in the back of the head. With one more guardian left, Tanya picked up the disrupter pistol and fired, shooting him in the chest.

"Am I saving you, or the other way around?" he asked her.

"Lets call it even," she paused. "Who are you? Where did you come from?" she inquired.

"Lets just say I'm a friend, and I'm here to help. Why were the Silver Guardians after you?" he replied.

"They're not guardians, at least not anymore. They've been changed by Gerrock," she told him.

"Gerrock?"

"General Gerrock of the Machine Empire. Hes here, on Earth," she said.

"I remember them. Didn't we…" he paused, choosing his words carefully. "Didn't the zeo rangers defeat the Machine Empire over 20 years ago?" he asked.

"Yes, but some of the generals survived. They launched an attack on Earth a few years later, but a group of red rangers were able to stop him. Now, Gerrock is the last surviving member of the Machine Empire and he plans to take over the planet," she explained.

"By turning the Silver Guardians into robots?"

"No, cyborgs," a voice said. The black ranger turned around as he walked down the stairs, rushing over to Tanya. "Are you okay?" he asked, wrapping his arm around her.

"Yes, thanks to my friend here," she said.

He turned to the black ranger. "Thank you, for everything. I'm TJ," he introduced, extending his hand to him.

The two of them shook.

"Its no problem,"

There was something about the voice, something Tanya recognized, something familiar. Still, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't place the voice.

"What can we do to repay you?"

"Its not necessary," he paused, getting a good look at how the two of them were holding one another. "Are the two of you…" he was cut short.

Tanya held up her hand, revealing her ring. "Happily married for seven years now. Our anniversary is coming, but we've got our hands full with General Gerrock," she said proudly.

His heart sank. He tried to say something; he wanted to say something, but what? "If you need me, I'll be around," he said as he engaged the cloak, then walked through the wall.

"Who was that guy?" TJ asked.

"I don't know," Tanya sighed.

(*)

"What the hell is going on? And why did Trinity say what was happening was our fault?" Jen asked as she paced back and forth in the time ship.

Tommy had other things on his mind. He recalled traveling to the past to check on his daughter, only to discover that his wife was remarried, and was living happily. Part of him was upset with Wes for stepping in like that, but he did ask Wes to take care of Kimberly for him. Seeing Trinity as a child warmed his heart, but now, almost 15 years later, she was a completely different person. She was cold, spiteful, vengeful…

"Tommy?" Jen called out, finally breaking his consentration.

"Oh, what is it Jen?"

"Whats on your mind? I've been calling you for the last ten minutes,"

"I'm just thinking about Trinity," he sighed.

"I wonder how she got the red chrono Morpher to work for her. It was encoded to Wes' DNA, and since we know they aren't related, it shouldn't be active," she mentioned.

'I have a theory,' a voice said.

Jen reached for her Morpher. "I knew you would sooner or later. What can you tell me Camille?" she asked her.

'I've been doing some reading on that time frame. After Tommy and the other red rangers defeated the Machine Empire on the moon, one of the surviving generals found his way to Earth. A small research found him after he crash landed on Earth and spent years trying to repair him. Because of "other projects" they'd been working on, they were able to repair and re-activate him,' he explained.

"And the general turned on them, right?"

'Yeah, but it's a little more complex than that. The same company that repaired the general also found the remains of another robot years before that, it is was their research on that robot that allowed them to repair the general,' she said.

"Another robot? Which one?"

'Frax,' she told them.

"But Frax was destroyed," Jen pointed out.

'Yes he was, but he memory core was still functional. After both Frax and General Gerrock were revived, they launched an all out assault on the city. They were successful in capturing and altering Silver Guardians, changing them into half human, half machine drones. According to the logs, most of the city has been altered thanks to them,' she explained.

"And with Wes and Eric captured or hurt, Trinity had to step in as the red ranger," Tommy added.

'Exactly. Because of the work Bio-Lab did with the Quantum Morpher, they were able to reset the red chrono Morpher, allowing Trinity to use it. There are other former rangers scattered throughout the city doing what they can to help, but its been a losing battle. I read ahead in the logs, and unless something happens within the next 36 hours, the entire city will be converted into cyborgs,' she told them.

"What can we do? If there really are that many, there's no way we can take them all out," he mentioned.

"Besides, they're still human. We don't want to destroy them if we don't have to," Jen pointed out.

'Trip and I have a theory that if the main generator that controlled the cyborgs were shut down, the people would regain their memory and be able to fight against Frax and General Gerrock,' she said.

"Great, all we have to do is find the generator and shut it down. How hard can that be?" she asked.

'Remember, Frax is from the year 3000 as well, so his defenses will be a lot tougher to get into than you think. I'm sure the generation has heavy security, not be mention defense protocols built into the circuitry to prevent anyone from tampering with it,' she said.

"Can't we just destroy it?"

'Jen, this is Trip again. We thought about just destroying the generator, but it has secondary backup modules to prevent that. To take out the generator and all the backups, it would take an explosion large enough to take out the entire building,' he said.

"Fine, send us what we need," Jen said.

'It isn't that simple. The explosives would have to detonated manually, which means someone would have to stay with the bomb to ensure that failsafe protocols didn't deactivate it,' he said.

"You're saying one of us has to die," Tommy sighed.

'I'm afraid so,' he sighed.