Ranger POV 13
He stood watching the water slam into the rocks below; he felt the need of slamming his fist into something or rather someone. As a leader to the Turbo Ranger he had failed his friends and the Rangers before him. He knew Jason was disappointed in his leadership, but he felt worse, for breaking a promise he had made.
That shamed him.
"I promise to bring him back, Justin," he promised the Blue Ranger.
What happened was out of his hands. It was Andros who was with Zordon during his final moments. He wasn't there, but he was aware of the Golden wave, although at the time he didn't know where it came from. Until Andros told him.
"I broke the tube," Andros sobbed, "He...he…asked me to do it. How can I look at the former Rangers and tell them that I killed Zordon?"
That task of telling was left to him. He had gone to look for Tommy, but also found Jason with him. He clearly remembered their reaction to the news. Shock, disappointment, and hatred showed. He couldn't blame them, for finding out their father-figure had gone forever. He would have come out of the place bruised if Tommy hadn't stopped Jason.
For Tommy's presence he was glad, but somehow he now wished he had walked out when he had the chance. But he wasn't the type of person to delay with such news.
He had done his goddamn best. He followed Divatox into space, helped Andros find his sister. If he could have seen this far into the future he would have changed the outcome of it. Changed the way others felt. He could only understand their loss to a certain limit, simply because he didn't know what it was like to lose someone like Zordon. He wasn't under Dimitria's mentorship for long; since her time on Earth had been short once news of Zordon's capture reached her.
He watched the view before him, letting the sound of the water calm him.
He had often come here for peace and understanding. At times he got both, or sometimes not, after he got the Turbo Powers. And sometimes he wanted to get away from the human contact which was a lot more demanding now than before.
He took a deep breath and glanced at his watch, he had been here for longer than he had planned; that was one thing he loved about the ocean, here the time was endless, and you could spend the whole day and still come back the next. But now he had to face Andros and tell him of his meeting with Jason and Tommy.
"DECA, I'm ready to teleport," he told the computer on the astroship through his communicator. Knowing he wouldn't get a reply, he teleported out into a column of blue.
"Where's Andros?" he asked DECA.
"In his quarters," the computer replied.
He made his way deep into the ship, and came to stop in front of Andros' room. He knocked.
"Come in," and the door swished open. He looked for his leader in the dark, knowing he was waiting.
"Leave the light off," he ordered.
He frowned, how did Andros know what he was going to do? He shrugged, forgetting about it.
"How did it go?" the Red Space Ranger asked.
"Not as well as I expected." Sensing Andros' confusion, he went on to explain. "Jason nearly had his fist in my face." Andros made a wincing sound. "Yeah, well, Tommy saved the day, by calming Jason down, so I'm not bruised as you expected." He added the last bit with some humor in it.
He heard Andros laugh. "Is that all?"
"Nope." He shook his head. "Jason sent a message for you." Even though he couldn't see in the dark, he knew Andros was worried. "He said, 'Come near any of the former Rangers, and you will deal with him.'"
A sigh came from the other end of the room.
"It wasn't as easy as I first thought," Andros said slowly, sniffing his tears away, "But it's better than what I feared."
"Well, from what I have seen about Jason, he's ready to rip you apart, man."
"Is that good or bad?"
"It's worse than bad, but as long as we keep our distance, we should be okay," he told the Red Ranger.
"Thanks, Teej," Andros said, "I wish I hadn't send you to do it."
"Yeay, well, forget about it, Andros." He waved the apologies away. "We are a team and we stick together," and he left the room.
TJ Johnson had done his best as a Red Ranger during his leadership and now he hoped things would go back to normal. But he was thinking too far into the future now, so that ray of hope would flicker until the end.