The mega ship had come to a stop and now was resting by the planet Aquatar. Everyone was in the main room waiting for Billy to be teleported aboard. Andros had contacted Billy days before and explained to him the situation. Billy had been in shock not being able to believe what Andros told him. Xantara had never even spoken of a second coming of CellBorgs although; this had explained one thing to Billy that he had been wondering about.
"He's gone, isn't he?" Billy's voice was soft and his face depressed. Xantara walked up to Billy and placed her hand on his shoulder. She smiled lightly.
"Gone from this world yes, but he is still with you and your friends," Billy didn't respond. He was too hurt and depressed to respond. Billy put his head down sighing. Xantara took Billy's hand in her and then placed a piece of the light crystal in his hands. Billy looked down at it. Wondering what did it mean? What was it for? He then looked up at her, his eyes confused. "Someday you will understand. Now I must bid you farewell Billy of Aquatar and of Earth. I am no longer needed……" And with that Xantara disappeared away. Billy never saw her again. He was alone with his thoughts.
Somehow she knew.
The team of rangers Andros had put together stood still waiting for Andros to teleport Billy aboard. The only ones that really knew Billy were Jason and Rocky. Some of the others had heard about him. Jason and Rocky appeared to be the only ones that seemed uneasy about seeing their old friend. While the others seemed quite anxious to meet the original blue ranger. "Okay Billy I have a lock on you," Andros pushed the teleportation button. A couple of seconds later Billy was onboard the mega ship. Jason and Rocky eyed their old friend. It had been a while since they were last together. The ship fell silent. Andros then walked up to Billy to introduce the others and himself. Andros hadn't actually met Billy face to face before. "It's on honor to meet you. I'm Andros," Andros put out his hand. Billy shook Andros hand.
"It's good to finally have a face to the voice I've talked to," Andros smiled. Andros then started walking towards the group of rangers and began to introduce them one at a time, starting with Zhane.
"This is Zhane," Billy walked up to Zhane and shook his hand. "This is my wife Ashley. I think you may have known her…" Billy glanced at Ashley for a moment. At first he didn't recognize her, but then it all came back to him.
"Yes. Yes, now I remember. We went to Angel Grove High together I was a few grades ahead of you. It's good to see you again Ashley," Billy shook her hand and gave a kind smile.
"It's good to see you again too," Andros then went to the three light speed rangers.
"These three are part of….."
"The light speed rangers," Andros, Kelsey and Chad all got confused looks on their faces. How did Billy know that, if he has been on another planet all this time? Billy had to chuckle the looks on their faces was priceless. Ryan couldn't help but laugh along with Billy "Captain Mitchell is my Uncle. Where do you think he got his technology from to create those morphers?" asked Billy staring at the morphers on their wrist. Kelsey and Chad looked right a Ryan. Before he left for Aquatar Billy gave information on the original morphers to his Uncle. Billy had known his uncle had been researching on creating a defensive force to fend against demons. He knew the information on the morphers was just what his Uncle needed.
"Hold it. You mean to tell us that you knew all along that Billy was your cousin and you didn't tell us?" asked Kelsey starting at Ryan. Ryan got this big grin on his face.
"Well I wasn't fully sure. It has been a very long time since I've seen Billy. If you haven't forgotten I was taken from my family and raised by demons,"
"Oh yeah," said Chad as him and Kelsey each other this very confused and shock full looks on their faces. This hadn't been anything they had expected to happen. Then again, years ago they never expected they would ever be power rangers. Billy just shook his head grinning. He faced Ryan for the first time in years. The last time the two had seen each other was when they were just small children.
"It's good to see you again Billy,"
"It's good to see you again too," Billy then hugged his cousin. And it probably has been the first time in the last few years that Billy has had contact with a member of his family. Andros was still getting over the shook of finding out that Billy had something to do with the creation of the light speed power. Once Billy was finished reuniting with his long lost cousin, it was time to meet two of the time force rangers.
"Okay this is Jen Collins and Eric Myiers. They are two of the time force rangers," Billy looked at the two. He had heard a little bit about them, but not much. All he really knew was their powers came from the future.
"Which one of you is from the future?" Jen stepped forward smiling.
"I am. I learned a lot about you in the future mostly at the time force academy," Billy found it a little odd that people in the future were learning about him. It wasn't everyday that you find out your going to wind up in a history book. Yet, he had learned just about anything is possible. Billy smiled
"I hope it was all good things,"
"You can be sure of that," Billy nodded his head. His eyes then set on Eric. Eric put out his hand.
"It's good to meet another member of the original team,"
"Thank you," Billy then got a firm handshake from Eric. That left Rocky and Jason.
Andros then walked up behind Rocky and Jason placing his hands on their shoulders. "And these two guys. I'm pretty sure you know them," laughed Andros. The three reunited friends stared at each other in silence. Never have any of them felt so uncomfortable. Jason stood still as if some force was holding him back. Rocky would be the first one to take the first step.
"Billy it's good to see you. I really missed having your around,"
"I've missed you guys too. I just wish it was under better circumstances that I was here," Billy and Rocky hugged as they patted each other on the backs. Jason remained still and silent, it was far more difficult for him.
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Kim had fallen asleep in the chair that was in the nursery. The room was dark due to the night sky. Trent and Tom were both fast asleep in their cribs. Kim looked to be shivering a little. She had forgotten to close the window. A ghostly presence seemed to surround the room. Tommy appeared out of no where. He walked over to the window and closed it shut. He then walked over to Kim and grabbed a blanket that was sitting on the dresser and covered it over her body. Kim's body stopped shivering. Tommy smiled lightly as he watched Kim sleep soundly. He knelt down on his knees to stare at her face. He brushed her hair away from her eyes. The sounds of soft cries started to surround the room. Tom and Trent had woken up. Tommy leaned closer to Kim and kissed her gently. "You rest I'll take care of the boys," Kim moaned in her sleep. Tommy stood up and headed over to the cribs. The two cribs were side by side. Tommy looked down at his sobbing sons. "Shh guys its okay. Daddy's here," Tommy bent down and picked up Trent. He then walked around to the other crib and picked up Tom. Tommy smiled as he carefully rocked his sons in his arms. The cries seemed to differ away the more Tommy rocked them slowly. The two boys looked their eyes with their father. Their eyes were not fearful but peaceful as if they knew who he was. They started to blink their eyes a few times feeling sleep come back over them, but it seemed they were both fighting to keep sleep away just a bit longer. As if they knew that once they closed their eyes, their father would be gone.
Once they had both fallen asleep Tommy put them back into their cribs. He stood over the cribs watching them sleep. "Don't worry guys. I'm not going to let anything happen to your Uncle Jason," Tommy started to hear moment behind him. He slowly turned around. Kim was yawning and stretching her arms out, blinking her eyes.
Kim blinked her eyes and that's when she noticed someone was there. It looked like, but it couldn't be. Kim quickly opened her eyes. It was gone. She stood up and looked around the room no one was there. Kim's eyes then set on the window. It was closed. "I could have sworn I didn't close it," She then ran her hands over her warm arms. Warm? Kim turned around and found a blanket lying on the chair. How had a blanket come to be over her body? Kim shook her head. Thinking she was going crazy or perhaps nuts. She then walked up to the cribs to check on her sons. She glanced down at them seeing they were fine and fast asleep. She started to turn around when it hit her. She looked back at the boys. They were her sons, but they were not in their rights cribs. Trent was in Toms and Toms was in Trent's. Kim shook her head laughing. "Well I guess even in the after life you're still forgetful. It's good to know that at least one thing hasn't changed," Kim's voice was sad, but happy at the same time. She knew that Tommy would always be there for her, when ever she needed him.
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Jason found Billy working in the lab alone. Jason knew in order for this whole mission to work. He and Billy needed to talk. "Billy," Billy looked up from his work. He had been working on the ships invisibility shield, to make sure once they landed on the planet the invisible shied would work. Billy knew Jason felt uneasy, and he couldn't blame him. He felt the same way. The last time they had seen each other, wasn't exactly under good times. Billy sighed.
"Jason….." Jason walked in his head down. He wasn't sure how to start things out or even how to bring up what they needed to talk about. Billy got up and started to walk up to Jason.
"Jason I don't want to beat around the bush," Jason nodded his head. "If you want to blame for what happened to Tommy. I understand…." Jason quickly jumped in, that was the last think he wanted.
"No," Billy looked to be very surprised. He would have thought that they would of all have blamed him. It had been him that contacted them about what Tommy needed to do. It had been him that took Tommy away from them. "I don't blame you. No one blames you, not even Kim," Billy looked to be confused.
"Then why when I arrived……." Jason bit his lips. He had acted as though he blamed Billy when he first saw him.
"I'm sorry for the way I acted. I wasn't sure how it was going to be. It's been a while and the last time we spoke to each other, was when we lost Tommy," Jason put his head down. "But I don't blame you," Jason took a deep breath. "And you shouldn't either…," Jason's eyes fell on Billy. Billy sighed. He had been hiding his guilt from everyone else and it had been working, but Jason seemed to have gotten passed his shield. That is what always made Jason a good leader. He always seemed to know what his friends were feeling.
"I know I shouldn't. It's just hard," Jason nodded his head understanding. "And I have to admit I felt a little uneasy about seeing you again after everything that has happened," Jason nodded his head.
"I kind of wish we could just pick off where we left off at," Billy sighed he wished that too, but that wouldn't be possible. Too much time had passed and a lot had happened...
Billy gave a faint smile. "Maybe we can just start over,"
Jason smiled. "I like that….Friends?" Jason put out his hand.
"Always," Billy and Jason shook hands. They may not have been able to start back from where they had left off, but they could start over, a fresh start. A new beginning.