"Thank both of you for coming on such short notice," Dana said as she stood from behind the desk, walking over to them and extended her hand to them.

Both of them were wearing navy blue uniforms, but only one of them was wearing a red beret, the other had on a pair of sunglasses. The one in the beret approached her, shaking her hand firmly.

"Its no problem. We understand how important the World Summit is, and we're happy to help," he told her.

"Besides, its good to you see you guys again," she sighed, recalling a time when she was ranger.

"Same here," the other responded.

"Eric and I have been reading over the reports of these alleged mutant attacks, and we've come up with something interesting," he pulled a map out of back pocket, unfolding it and laying it across the desk. "This is a map with all the confirmed locations of the mutant attacks. If you'll notice, all of the incidents are about a two to three mile radius of this spot," he said, pointing to a spot in the middle.

"We think that these mutants are coming from this location, never straying too far away from their base of operation," Eric added.

Dana paused. "That can't be right. This location is a school, an institute for gifted children. The Xavier Institute," she told them.

"Well Wes and I think this Xavier guy is up to something, and we intend to find out what it is," he mentioned.

"What? You're going to storm the institute?" she asked.

"Storm is such a harsh word. I prefer to call it…" he paused. "Um… well yeah, we are going to storm the place," Eric said.

"Without a warrant you're just asking for trouble. Professor Xavier values his privacy and will press charges on anyone who trespasses," she warned.

"That's why he'll never know we were there," Wes told her.

(*)

Adam leaned up against the wall, trying to comfortable… but wasn't doing a very good job. The motel Trip and Camille found was very nice, but there were only two beds in the room. Trip and Camille would obviously share a bed, but in an attempt to be a gentleman, he offered Katie to other one.

So he found himself on the floor, leaning up against the wall covered in a thin sheet, trying to get some rest. The room was completely dark, with the exception of the moonlight shining through the window overhead. It was very peaceful, very calm, but his discomfort was making it difficult for him to enjoy to peace.

He rolled over, bunching up the sheet to use it as a pillow, but it wasn't working for him. Next, he tried laying on his stomach, but without success. No matter what he tried to do, nothing worked for him.

"Adam," a voice whispered through the darkness.

He sat up, glancing over only to see Katie sitting up in the bed.

"Yeah? What's wrong Katie?"

"Nothing. Listen, this bed is big enough for two people, and you don't look very comfortable down there," she paused. "You wanna share the bed?" she asked.

Adam felt a lump in his throat.

"You mean, with you?"

"No, I was thinking you could lay in-between Camille and Trip. Of course with me silly. Come on, with both adults. We're more than capable of laying in the same bed and nothing happening, right?" she mentioned.

"Um, sure," he said, sitting up and making his way to the bed. He reluctantly climbed in bed, getting under the cover and laying down.

He let out a sigh of relief as for the first time that evening, he was comfortable. The bed was so soft, and his head just seemed to sink into the pillow.

"See, isn't that better?"

"Yeah, thanks Katie," he sighed.

For a while, there was silence as he simply layed there. "Hey Adam," Katie said, interrupting the silence.

"Yeah?"

"Do you miss her? Tanya I mean," she brought up.

He paused. "Yeah, I do. But she's happy now. She's with TJ, and they have a son. I'm happy for her," he said insincerely.

He would never admit it, but coming to the future to help Tommy and the others wasn't his first choice. Part of him wished he'd simply died in that hospital. That way, he wouldn't be forced to live alone. 'Hell, everyone has someone. Jen and Tommy have each other, Lucas and Nadira are together, even Trip has Camille. Me? I'm all alone,' he thought to himself.

"I miss Ransik," she sighed.

He turned rolled over, facing her.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm a lot better now. At first, I was going out of my mind trying to figure out how to live without him, but I realized that if I spent my life mourning his death, I wouldn't really be living. I can accept that Ransik is gone and that I have to move on with my life, its what he would want. I think Tanya would want that for you too," she explained.

He cracked a smile. "You know, that makes a lot of sense," he said.

"I'm sure you'll find someone else… when the time is right," Katie said, moving closer to him and curling up next to him. "Goodnight Adam," she sighed.

"Goodnight Katie,"

(*)

The general stood on the runway as the plane landed a few hundred feet away. As the hatch on the plane opened, he walked towards the plane. Moments later, she stepped out.

"Glad you could make it Commander Airheart," he said, saluting her.

"Thank you general. Anything we can do to help, let us know," she said as she removed her helmet, revealing his dark blonde hair.

"Honestly, we're going to need all the help we can get with this one. I've got a feeling something big is going to go down," he extended his hand to her. "But I feel better about the situation knowing you and your team are up there," he said.

She obliged him.

"I've got an entire squad circling overhead. Nothing is going to happen at this Summit without us knowing about it," she said.

"Thanks Taylor. It means a lot," he sighed.

"Were you able to get in touch with the Silver Guardians?" she inquired as the two of them began to walk, heading towards the base.

"Yes. Wes and Eric should be here by now. I heard that one of your former team mates joined the guardians after his run as a ranger was over," he brought up.

"Yeah, Max. He and Danny traveled around the world for a few months, but when he came home, he decided to join the guardians. I talked to him a few weeks ago, he seemed happy with his assignment," she told him.

"Good. Its good to know we have so much help for this one. The mutant threat is getting out of hand and the last thing we need is one of the world leaders being abducted," he paused. "Or worse," he said.

"That isn't going to happen,"

"Lets hope not Taylor," he sighed.

(*)

Adam opened his eyes slowly, only to find Katie curled up next to him. Her head rested comfortably on his chest, and he had his arm around her.

'What the hell?'  he thought to himself.

Before he could move, he noticed that Camille was standing at the foot of the bed with a camera in hand. He tried to move, but it was too late.

"Say cheese," Camille said, quickly taking the picture.

The flashing light was enough to wake Katie out of her sleep as well. Once she realized what was going on, she jumped out the bed and lunged at Camille.

"Its not what you think," she insisted.

"Sure it isn't," she laughed.

"Come on you guys, we have to stay focused here," Trip said as he sat across the room working on something at the table.

"Hes right, we really should get down to business," Adam added as he sat up, putting his shirt back on.

"Tommy got in touch with me last night and…" he was cut short.

"Looks like Adam got in touch with Katie last night," Camille giggled.

"Shut up Cammy!"

"Come on guys, seriously," Trip said.

"Sorry," she chuckled.

"Like I was saying: Tommy got in touch with me last night and gave me some more information about the mutants we're up against. The story is that they are, in essence, human, but have a gene in them that was somehow stimulated. This gene, referred to as the X gene, gives them unique powers. Most of them are non-violent and just want to be left alone, but there are others who believe that the mutant race is meant to be the dominant force on Earth. The mutants are apparently locked in a civil war; one side wanting total domination of the world, the other wanting to co-exist with humans and live in peace," he explained.

"I bet you they call themselves something corny like 'The X Squad' or 'X Force'," Camille said.

"Actually we call ourselves X-Men," a voice said.

The four of them turned their attention to the door of the motel as he made his way into the room. He was an older man with a baldhead, sitting in a wheelchair.

"Who are you?" Adam snapped, standing ready for action.

"I assure you, I'm not here to fight. I'm help to assist you in stopping Magento," he told them.

"Who is Magneto?" Katie asked.

"Wait a sec. Who are you?" Trip inquired.

"My name is Professor Charles Xavier. I am a mutant," he told them.

"You look pretty human to me," Camille said.

"Hold on you guys," Trip turned to the Professor. "What can you tell me about this Magento character?" he asked.

"He's the mutant who plans to disrupt the Summit today. You see, he's been preparing for this day for months, building sentinels robots to destroy the building where the meeting is being held," he said.

"What kind of sentinels?" Trip inquired.

"Machines capable of destroying the entire city if he wanted to, but they're primary function will be to destroy that building," he said.

"But why?"

"Most of the world leaders are voting in favor of mutants and humans co-existing with one another, which is what this Summit is being held for. If the leaders were to make a law that states mutants and humans are to be treated as equals…"

"Then Magneto's plan for domination becomes a lot harder with humans and mutants working together," Katie said.

"Exactly. His hope that is that if the world sees this building be destroyed by a mutant attack, the rest of the population will turn its back on ever bridging the gap between mutants and humans. It will start a war that the Earth will not survive," he said.

"And after the war, Magento and his armies will be able to pick up the pieces and overthrow any survivors without effort," Adam added.

"Which is why this has to be prevented here and now. The government is aware of the situation, but I'm afraid none of their weapons will be able to hold up against the sentinels," Professor Xavier told them.

"Problem solved guys. If these sentinels are Magento's secret weapon, we can just have Tommy send us the Megazord. I'm sure the sentinels won't stand a chance against them," Camille said.

"What is a zord?" he asked.

"Much bigger machines than Magento could build. I'll contact Tommy and have him send us the Time Shadow. We should get in touch with Eric too, he can get the Q-Rex to help us," Trip said.

"Wait a second. How did you know to come to us for help?" Adam asked, sounding a bit skeptical.

"I believe you met one of my associates last night, Cyclops. He assisted you in a robbery at a convenience store," he said.

"You mean the guy with the sunglasses?" Camille asked.

"Yes. When he informed me that he'd seen people in strange military uniforms, I thought it was reasonable to assume that Power Rangers had been called here to protect the Summit," he told them.

"Good call,"

"I will have the X-Men present at the Summit as well to assist you. If there's anything we can do to help you stop Magento, we will," he said.

"Thank you Professor," Trip said.

The Professor turned around, heading out the door. As soon as Adam closed the door, the Professor stood up, stepping out of his wheelchair as his eyes began to glow and eerie shade of yellow.

To be concluded…