Disclaimer: Power Rangers Time Force and all related logos are property of Disney and/or Saban Entertainment. I am using them without permission. KJ Sheldon, Lt. James Emery, Trinity Oliver, Camille Summers, Leo Claw and the "Omega Project" are property of yours truly.
A/N: This fic takes place about a week after the end of Future Shock II.
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* Chryo Tech 3002 AD *
"I have grown tired of the petty cat and mouse game with the rangers. If you will not do anything, I will," Univex said, reaching for his staff.
"What are you doing to do?" Dr. Crane asked him.
"There is a temporal vortex opening right now. I am going to follow their time ship and eliminate it before it can return," he told her.
"But if you do, you'll be discovered and our plan will be…"
"Silence. I have had enough of your idiotic plan. I will destroy Time Force and collect my payment myself. Then, with the Time Force rangers in my possession, I just may come after your precious Chryo Tech," he warned.
His staff began to light up. Soon, the room was filled with a bright, yellow light. Dr. Crane covered her eyes to shield them from the light, but when it died down, Univex was gone.
* Time Force Headquarters *
Tommy sat in his quarters, waiting eagerly for her to return. Though she'd only been gone five minutes, he knew that from her perspective, it had already been hours. She'd promised that when she returned, they would be able to go to breakfast together.
'Good, we can talk more about the wedding,' he thought to himself.
His leave was almost over, and there were so many things left to talk about. The wedding was less than a week away, and he still hadn't gotten himself a suit. 'I can't plan the rest of this wedding by myself,' he thought. There were still flowers, the cake, not to mention organizing the guests as they arrived. As a wedding gift, Alex was allowing their friends and families to attend the wedding. While they wasn't much of a problem for Jen, it required going through time to bring his family to the event. 'Wes and Kim will be here. Trinity is coming, I'm sure Eric will bring his wife, too,' he thought.
It was all too much for him to deal with, and he welcomed any distraction that would take him away from the hectic wedding planning.
'Lt. Emery to Commander Oliver. Respond,' a voice said.
"Right on time," he reached for his Morpher. "What is it James?"
'I understand you're still on leave sir, but I thought you would want to know about this; I'm picking up a temporal displacement,' Lt. Emery told him.
"Relax James, that's Jen taking one of the time ships. It was authorized," he told him.
'I know sir, but I'm picking up another displacement inside the vortex,' he said.
"What?"
'According to them, someone else has traveled to the exact point in time that Jen and her class has gone to,' he said.
"Who?"
'I'm not sure sir, but the variances inside the displacement didn't originate from Time Force. There is an external force at work here,' he said.
"Chryo Tech," he sighed. "Can you open a channel to Jen?"
'No sir, she doesn't have a Morpher anymore,'"Alert Counsel member Collins and have him meet me in the launch bay in ten minutes. I have an idea," Tommy said, rushing out his quarters.
* New Silver Hills, California March 19th, 2007 AD *
"They should be here any minute now," Wes said as he paced back and forth across the training grounds, glancing upward every once in a while, recalling the last time he saw Jen…
"Trinity, Alex, have you got that teleportation system working yet?" Jen asked.
'Yes and no,' a voice said.
"What do you mean yes and no?"
'Yes, the system is on line and ready. We've been able to lock onto your Morpher and can teleport you out of there, but because of the radiation coming from the cobolt device, we can't get a positive lock without running the risk of scattering your atoms into space/time continuum,' Trinity explained.
"Wes and Kim are here too, what do you suggest?" she asked.
"I suggest all of you prepare to die," they heard a voice say. The three of them turned around as Frax walked into the room, locking the door behind him. "Because none of you are leaving," he told them.
"Stand by Trinity," Jen switched on the detonator. "We've got three minutes, and if I have to stay here to make sure you get blown to bits, so be it," she told him.
"You really think it's that simple, don't you?" he laughed. "Sacrifice yourself to stop me and save the Earth? Sorry to disappoint you ranger," he said, reaching for a small controller in his hand and pushed the button. "What the…"
"Trying to teleport out of here? There's too much radiation from the cobolt device," she said.
"Looks like you're stuck in here with us," Kim mentioned.
"This is impossible," he groaned as he tried again, but with no luck. "If we're going to be destroyed, I'd rather it be with my hands around your throat," he said, rushing towards Jen.
He grabbed her, but she fell back, hitting a judo style toss, flipping him over and up against the wall. Frax got back to his feet, pulling out a disrupter.
"I wouldn't shoot that if I were you. The radiation in here would detonate and kill us all," Wes pointed out.
"It doesn't matter. If I'm dying, you're coming with me," he said.
He was about to pull the trigger, but Kim kicked the disrupter out his hand, catching it in mid air and aiming it at him. "Your time is out," she said proudly.
"I think you mean your time is up sweetheart," Wes corrected.
"Yeah, what he said,"
"You fools, in thirty seconds it won't matter," Frax told them.
Jen reached for her Morpher. "Trinity, Alex, now would be a good time for a miracle," she said.
'We've got a lock, but you have to get as far away from the generator as you can. There's seems to be an ionic flux coming from inside the room,' Alex told her.
"Ionic flux? From where?"
'Unknown,' he said.
"Its over rangers. We're all going to die in here," Frax screamed.
"Wes, Kim, get to the opposite end of the room now," Jen ordered. Without saying a word, the two of them headed to the farther end of the room, holding one another. Jen reached for her Morpher again. "Guys, do you still have that lock on my Morpher?" she asked.
'Yes, and the radiation levels seem lower where ever you're standing,' Alex said.
'Captain, this is Trinity. The teleportation system won't be able to get all three of you. Maybe two, but that's all I can promise,' she said.
"Understood. Begin teleportation sequence," she ordered.
'Beginning transport… now,' she said.
Jen quickly took off her Morpher, throwing it to Kim. On instinct alone, Kim caught up. "Goodbye Wes," Jen sighed.
"Jen no!" he yelled, but he and Kim disappeared into a stream of light.
… and the generator exploded.
For days he was convinced that Jen was dead; that she'd sacrificed her life to save him. He wished he'd had the chance to tell her how she'd changed his entire life, how there would always be a part of him that was passionately in love her. 'I wish I could live 3000 years so we could be together again,' he recalled telling her once.
Funny how things turned out…
The rangers were able to find Jen and save her, and he did get a chance to tell her how he felt. Since then, he and Kimberly Hart had gotten married, and were debating whether or not to have a child of their own. He loved Trinity with every fiber of his being, but Trinity was Kim's daughter, not his. There was a part of him that felt jipped for not having a child of his own, but still raising someone else's.
"Relax Collins, they'll be here," Eric told him, breaking Wes' train of thought.
Wes looked at his watch. "She said 0915 hours. That was five minutes ago. I hope everything is okay," he said.
"Wes, they're in a time machine, you think five minutes really makes a difference?" he brought up.
"Guess not,"
Just then, a vortex appeared in the sky. Wes and Eric took a few steps back, holding their hands over their eyes as the ship landed on the Silver Guardian's training area. Once the ship touched down, the loading bay doors opened, and she stepped out.
"Wes, Eric," Jen squealed, rushing over to them.
She quickly wrapped her arms around Wes, taking a moment to hold him just for old times sake. Eric, on the other hand, simply nodded at her, cracking a half smile. "Good to see you Jen," he said.
"You too Eric," she walked over to him, patting his stomach. "Putting on a little weight, huh? Married life must be treating you well,"
"You're talking to me about a little weight?" he joked.
"Whoa, this is intense," Sasha mumbled as she stepped off the time ship, getting a look around. Amanda, KJ and Khalil quickly followed her.
"Amazing," Amanda sighed.
"Class, this is Commander Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, and Wesley Collins. Guys, these are my students; Sasha, Amanda, KJ and Khalil," Jen introduced.
Wes walked over to them, shaking each of their hands. Again, Eric simply nodded at them. "Welcome to Silver Hills California, 2007," Wes said cheerfully. "I've arranged to have a Silver Guardian take each of you on a tour of different sections of Bio-Lab. After the tour, if any of you have questions, feel free to ask,"
"He looks just like Counsel Member Collins," Sasha sighed.
"Counsel Member?" Wes inquired.
"After the original counsel was killed, as the highest ranked officer, Alex took over," she quickly explained. "Class, Counsel Member Collins is a direct descendant of Wes, though we're still not exactly sure how," she told them.
"Okay, two of you can come with me to see our indoor training facilities. The others can go with Lt. Cooper to research and development. There will a group of scientists and professors there to talk to you," Eric announced.
Khalil and KJ headed towards Eric, while the others walked towards one of the Silver Guardians.
"Alright, we'll meet back here in two hours," Jen instructed.
* Time Force 3002 AD *
Tommy walked into the communications room, surprised to see that no one was on duty. He walked over to the main control panel, sitting down.
"Computer, open a temporal subspace channel to these coordinates," he said.
'Coordinates accepted, opening channel,' the computer responded.
A few moments later, the view screen in front of him blinked on, and there she was. "Hi daddy, what's up?" she asked him.
"Jen and a group of cadets should be on their way to you right now," he said.
"Yeah, they're here. They're taking the grand tour now," she told him.
"Listen, our sensors are picking up a variance inside the vortex. We think someone or something used our time hole to come to your time. I need you to alert Jen to the situation and have her return to the time ship as soon as possible," he said.
"If you want, I could investigate. I still have Wes' Morpher," she brought up.
"No, we're not sure what came through, and I don't want you putting yourself at risk," Tommy told her.
"Okay, I'll just let Jen know,"
"Thank you Trinity. End transmission,"
* Bio-Lab 2007 AD *
"You're Max Cooper, the blue Wild Force ranger, aren't you?" Amanda asked as the three of them walked through the halls of Bio-Lab.
"I was, a long time ago," Max recalled.
"So how'd you end up here?"
"After my time as a ranger was over, I took a year to travel the world. When I came back, I tried my hand at bowling again, but I just felt like I needed to do something worth wild. I'd worked with Commander Collins before, so I decided to join the Silver Guardians," he explained.
"What do you mean you've worked with him before?"
"A few years back some mutants from the future escaped to the past. Time Force sent a group of rangers back to help us. At the time, Commander Collins was the red ranger,"
"So Professor Scotts has been here before?" Sasha asked.
"Who?" he paused. "Oh, you mean Jen. Yeah, she's been here before, but it was a long time ago," he mentioned.
"How cool is that? Your sister was a Power Ranger," she said.
Max paused. "Come to think of it, you do look a little like Jen," he mentioned.
"I get that a lot,"
"Well, this is the place. My shift is over in about twenty minutes, but I'll come back to escort you to the training grounds when you're finished here," he told them, stopping in front of a door, then walked away.
Sasha and Amanda walked in, where there a woman standing in front of a work station going over calculations. She quickly glanced up, noticing them. "You guys are here for the tour?" she asked them.
"Yes. I'm Sasha, this is Mandy," she introduced.
"I'm Dr. Tanya Sloan, and this is my assistant Gabrielle Myers," the woman answered.
"But you can call me Gaby," her assistant added.
"Tanya Sloan? Weren't you a power ranger?" Amanda asked.
"Yes, a long time ago,"
"Myers? You're Eric's sister?" Sasha asked.
"No, his wife," Gaby corrected.
She blushed. "Oh God, I'm sorry,"
"Its okay. I'm going to go out on a limb here, but you're Xybrian, aren't you?" Gaby asked.
"Yes ma'am, I am,"
She turned to Amanda. "And you have to be Jen's little sister," she said.
"Yeah, that's me,"
"I'm sure that being from the future and all, everything here must look primitive to you, but we're really working on some group breaking things here," she motioned for them to follow her to the other side of the room. "Gaby and I been working on the models of the Lightspeed morphers for a while now, trying to find a way to improve on the design. Ms. Fairweather was ahead of her time with them, but we've been able to make some major modifications to them," she said, showing them one of the Morphers.
"Who are the rangers for this generation?" Amanda asked.
"There are no rangers as far as I know. The last group of rangers I can remember was the Dino Thunder rangers, but that was a few years ago. Since then, there hasn't been another incarnation of rangers that I've known," Gaby explained.
"But isn't Eric still the Quantum Ranger?"
"Yes, but there hasn't been much of a need to use it lately," Gaby said.
"So who are going to get these morphers?" Sasha asked.
"I'm not sure yet. Mr. Collins asked us to design a new set of morphers and gave us the funding I needed, but he didn't tell me why," Tanya said.
"I still can't believe we're here, in the past. This morning when I work up, I thought that time travel was just a theory, ya know? I thought it was something interesting to discuss in class, and one day, that time travel would be possible. Its amazing to know that its been going on for thousands of years," Amanda said.
"I wonder why Professor Scotts would want us to come here. To see this. We're only cadets, we shouldn't know about this kinda stuff yet,"
"I can only assume that Jen is preparing you for something. This is the first time I've heard about a group of cadets being taking through time on a field trip. There has to be a reason behind it," Gaby said.
"You know something, don't you?" Sasha asked.
"No,"
"Yes you do. I'm Xybrian, I can tell," she said, playing on the misconceptions of her people. It seemed as thought everyone who'd ever come across her race was under the impression that they could read minds, so she decided to use it to her advantage.
"I'm not suppose to tell you anything more than I already have," she sighed.
"Come on, we won't say anything,"
"I honestly don't know what's coming. All I do know is that we were told to create a new set of morphers and were given unlimited funding to do it. Then, six months later, I was told to expect a group of Time Force cadets from the future to tour the building. I'm not an expert, but I'd say that they're prepping you guys for something big," she explained.
"But the question is… what?"
*
"From what I hear, Time Force has some of the toughest training courses in history," Eric brought up as they walked into the training room.
"That is correct. Each cadet must be able to successfully pass several endurances trails, hand to hand and combat types, and an obstacle course to even be considered for entry," KJ told him.
"So if both of you are so well trained, neither of you should have a problem taking me on," he said.
"You want us to fight you?" Khalil asked.
"I want to see what Time Force taught you guys. I'm willing to bet that this training of yours isn't as hard as you think,"
"I do not wish to injury you, sir," KJ said.
"You think you can injury me?"
"Sir, I think it is only fair to warn you that I…" she was cut short.
"You don't have to warn me cadet, just give me your best shot," Eric said.
The two of them stood on a mat across from one another, bowing slightly, then both moved into a fighting position. Eric swung the first punch, but KJ sidestepped him. Eric swung again, but this time, KJ caught his hand. Eric tried for a sweep, but KJ did a back flip, avoiding his sweep and twisting Eric's arm in the process. Now, she was behind him, holding onto his arm. Eric cocked back with an elbow to the jaw, but hurt himself.
"What the hell?"
"As I tried to warn you sir, I am an android," she said.
"Holy Christ, you could have told me that before I broke my elbow on your face,"
"I tried to sir, but…"
"Yeah whatever. I'm going down to the medical bay to get this checked on. I'll send one of the Guardians in here to show you the rest of the building," he groaned, walking out the room.
*
"Jennifer, its so good to see you again," he said as he walked over to her, wrapping her arms around her.
"Its good to see you too, Mr. Collins," she said.
"Only people who work for me call me Mr. Collins. You can call me Alan," he insisted.
"If you say so… Alan,"
"So how are things?"
"Everything is just fine. I'm getting married in a few weeks," she said, pointing to the ring on her finger.
Mr. Collins glanced up at Wes, who was standing behind Jen, curious to know how his son felt about Jen marrying another man.
"Well congratulations,"
"By the way, you're all invited. Alex has arranged to have friends and family transported to the wedding. It was his wedding gift to us," she said.
"Great. I'll bring a toaster," Wes joked.
"So how far along are you now?"
"Only four months," Jen said.
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Tommy is convinced it's a girl, but we don't know for sure yet. I want to be surprised,"
"Well, if it's a boy, Alan is a strong name," he suggested. "And if it's a girl, you could name her Cynthia,"
"Cynthia?"
"Its my mother's name," Wes told her.
"That is a pretty name," she paused. "How are things coming with the morphers?" she asked, changing the subject.
"We're still working on them, but it will be another six months to a year before we're ready for human testing," he said.
"That's okay. Its come to my attention that new morphers are being developed in my time. That may not be a problem,"
"Are you sure its still going to happen? I mean, we've changed history a couple of times. It may not happen when you think it will," Wes mentioned.
"Our changing history only prolonged it, but it will happen. We can't be sure of when, but we have a general idea, and when it does, we need to be ready," she said.
"Are cadets really the ideal choice for something like this?"
"Time Force cadets are given intense physical training before they're even accepted to the academy. They have the training. Besides, Time Force doesn't want to risk being such a major responsibility to civilians. We'd rather have someone trained for this type of situation," Jen explained.
"They're cadets. They just got into the academy, are you sure about this?"
"I was fresh out the academy when I came here for the first time, and we did just fine. Things have changed a lot in Time Force over the last few years. Believe me, if I didn't think they were ready for this, they wouldn't have been selected," she assured them. "Besides, they'll have a seasoned veteran with them just in case things get out of hand,"
"Do you know who Time Force has selected for that yet?"
"No, this is a new concept in Time Force. A veteran ranger is assigned to serve as a mentor type figure to the group, but I assume that when the mission is a success, the ranger will be given the memory adaptation procedure. Like I said, its still a new concept,"
"So when will the cadets be ready?"
"I'm not sure. Right now I just wanted to introduce them to the concept of time travel. According to our readings, the attack won't occur until…" she was cut short as Trinity rushed into the room.
"Mr. Collins, Wes, sorry to interrupt," she turned to Jen. "I just got a communication from dad. He says that something followed you guys through the time hole you arrived in," she told her.
"What?"
"He isn't sure what, but his orders were to get the cadets and get back to your own time. Its dangerous here," she said.
"No," she said calmly.
"What?" Trinity asked.
"I brought the cadets here to give them a taste of what it will be like out in the field. I say we let them deal with it themselves," Jen said.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Mr. Collins asked.
"If things get out of hand, we can always get back on the time ship and head home. Besides, with the red ranger, the Quantum ranger and the Silver Guardians here, I can't think of a safer place," she said.
"Okay, we'll try it your way. But it things go bad, you get back on that ship and go home," Wes stressed to her. "Don't make me lock you in the time ship and set the auto pilot again,"
She walked over to him, placing her hand gently on his face. "After all these years you'd think you'd know you don't have to worry about me so much," she sighed.
He touched her face. "After all these years you'd think you know I'll always worry about you," he responded.
She smiled. "Trinity, get the cadets together and meet me at the time ship," Jen said.
"I'm on it," she said, rushing out the room.
"You haven't told her yet, have you?" she asked.
"No. I figured if it's her destiny, she'll figure it out sooner or later," Wes sighed.
*
Amanda and the others walked onto the training grounds where Jen and Wes were waiting for them. "Guys, I just got word from Commander Oliver that something has followed us here, to the past. Whatever it is, we're assuming its hostile. The Silver Guardians aren't equipped to deal with these kinds of threats, and I'm in no condition to fight. I'm leaving it up to you to find out what it is and stop it," she explained.
"Stop it? How?"
"This is part of your test. Coming here was part of it, understanding the intricacies of time travel and the effects it may or may not have was part of it. This is the rest. Find out what came here and stop it by any means necessary," she told them.
"I believe I am ready," KJ said, taking a step forward.
"Count me in," Sasha said, taking her place next to KJ.
"I'm in," Amanda said.
"Me too, but this would go a lot smoother if we had some powers or something," Khalil mentioned.
"I believe that's where I come in," Trinity said as she walked over to the group. "Trinity Oliver, red ranger," she introduced.
Just then, there was an explosion only a few feet away from the time ship. They all turned around as they saw him walking through the smoke and debris. There were spikes that covered his entire body, and he had long, flowing golden hair. There was a sinister glow in his eyes as he walked over to them.
"Your destruction is at hand rangers," he groaned, pointing his staff and shooting an energy beam at him.
Wes quickly grabbed Jen, pulling her back into the building as Trinity and the cadets stood their ground. "You guys ready?"
"As we'll ever be," Khalil sighed, speaking for he group.
"TIME FOR, TIME FORCE," Trinity yelled. Within seconds, her red ranger uniform replaced her clothes. "CHRONO SABER, ON LINE,"
Trinity was the first to charge at Univex with her saber, but he swatted her aside, knocking her up against the time ship. Amanda and Sasha nodded at one another, tacitly agreeing to go in together. They rushed towards him, and as Sasha hit a sabat kick, Amanda gave him a sweep, taking him down. He got back up to one knee, hitting Sasha in the chest with his staff, taking her down. Next, he aimed his staff at Amanda. He fired, but it was Khalil who pulled her out the way. As Univex stumbled forward, it was KJ who made her move, attacking him. Univex swung the staff at her, but she caught it with one hand, snapping the staff in half. As the first half fell to the ground, Amanda picked it up.
"Oh no, the time ship," Sasha noticed as it began to power up.
"It's the auto pilot, the ship is leaving without us," Amanda said.
Univex stared up at the ship. "If that ship leaves, you will be stranded here. With you out the way, the destruction of Time Force will be that much easier," he said, taking off and heading for the ship. He punched a hole in the side of the ship, climbing inside.
"We have to stop him now, before that ship can leave," Khalil said.
"I'm up for suggestions," Trinity said, turning to the group.
"I have one," KJ walked over to her, snatching the Chrono Morpher off her wrist, forcing Trinity to power down. Next, she pulled a small, metal device out of uniform and began working on the Morpher. The Morpher began to hum, and KJ cocked back, throwing the Morpher towards the time ship.
"What are you doing?"
"Preventing him from leaving," she said.
The time ship was slowly disappearing into the vortex… when it exploded. Everyone shielded their eyes from the light, and when it died down, pieces of the ship fell to the ground.
"Great, you guys saved the day, but now how do we get home?" Khalil asked.
*
Alex stood outside the ship and watched as it took off, making it's way towards the blue swirling vortex in the sky. It disappeared into the vortex, and moments later, the vortex was gone. No sooner did the vortex close, another one opened, and the time ship came through again. It was enough to make him crack a smile as he walked over to the control panel to open a channel to the ship…
… but the ship exploded.
"What the hell?" he snapped, rushing out to the landing bay. There were pieces of the time ship scattered everywhere, debris left from the hull and a few components that were all but destroyed, but no bodies.
He began to speculate that there was a hull breach of some kind as the ship went through the vortex, which meant… 'They could all be trapped in time,' he sighed inwardly.
"Alex," he heard a voice yell.
He turned around as Tommy rushed over to him. "I just got a call from James. He said something followed Jen and the others through the time hole," he said.
"Its too late," he sighed, motioning at what was left of the ship.
"No, Jen and the cadets are fine. I talked to Trinity, and everyone is in one piece," he said.
"But how?"
"We'll find out when we get there," Tommy said, reaching for his Morpher. "Tommy to James, are the temporal coordinates set?" he asked.
'All systems are go. Awaiting your orders,' a voice said.
"Open the portal,"
~~
The time ship was slowly disappearing into the vortex… when it exploded. Everyone shielded their eyes from the light, and when it died down, pieces of the ship fell to the ground.
"Great, you guys saved the day, but now how do we get home?" Khalil asked.
"I believe that's where we come in," Tommy said as he and Alex stepped through the portal, walking over to them.
"Dad!" Trinity squealed eagerly, rushing over to him and wrapping her arms around him.
"Dad?" Sasha mumbled.
Wes and Jen walked over to them. The cadets watched in amazement as Wes and Alex shook hands.
"Good to see you Wes,"
"You too Alex,"
"So what happened here?" Tommy asked.
"Some big metal dude attacked us, but KJ here stopped him," Amanda said.
"How?"
"I used Trinity's Morpher to create an instability in its ionic matrix. It was sufficient to cause an explosion inside the time ship," KJ explained.
"Excellent work cadet,"
"So who was that big guy?" Sasha asked.
"I'll have Emery look into it when we get back," Tommy said.
"So, how are we getting back?" Khalil asked.
Tommy reached for his Morpher. "Alight James, we're ready here," he said.
"Wait, there's something we have to do," Jen said.
"Stand by James,"
'Standing by sir,'Jen motioned for the cadets to join her. They all lined up next to Wes, Eric and Lt. Cooper as Jen handed Tommy a camera, then joined the others.
"Of course, the picture," Amanda said.
Tommy waited until everyone was in position. "Everyone say cheese," he said.
"Cheese," everyone said in unison.
After he took the picture, he handed the camera to Wes. "How are ya Wes?" he inquired.
"I'm great,"
"You're coming to the wedding, right?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," Wes told him.
"We really do need to get back," Alex mentioned.
"He's right, but we'll see all of you in time for the wedding," Jen said.
Tommy reached for his Morpher. "James, we're ready," he said.
'Activating portal… now,' a voice said.
Moments later, the portal opened, and Alex escorted the cadets through. Tommy nodded slightly, then stepped through as well. Jen headed over to Wes. "Make sure you bury that picture. If you don't…"
"I will, I promise," Wes assured.
With a cheerful smile, she waved at Wes one final time, then stepped through the portal.
"Wedding?" he looked at Eric and Wes. "No one told me anything about a wedding," he groaned.
* Time Force Headquarters 3002 AD *
"So now that we know the Professor is planning something for us, do we tell me that we know?" Sasha asked.
"No, the best of course of action would be to wait. If she wanted us to know, she would have informed us," KJ said.
"Shes right. I say we just wait it out," Amanda mentioned.
"Whatever it is we has planned, we obviously aren't ready for yet. And, from what we can tell, its suppose to happen in the year 2007," Khalil brought up.
"What could be so horrible in 2007? I mean, this is the year 3002. Whatever it was, it was obviously taken care of," she said.
"I have been reading the history logs and I have full knowledge of all events recorded by Time Force. There were no unusual events in the year 2007. The only event of an significance was the mutant attack of 2005, which resulted in the deaths of several Silver Guardians and various Time Force officers," KJ told them.
"There was a mutant attack?"
"Yes. A rogue mutant named Magento took control of the zords and attempted to destroy a World Summit meeting that would have ended aggression between mutants and humans of that time," she said.
"So you think something happened during that incident? Something that isn't recorded in the history logs?" Khalil asked.
"I do not think anything, I was merely pointing a significant incident close to the time period in question,"
"We'll just have to wait for the Professor to tell us what's going on. In the meantime, we'll just stay quiet about it," Sasha sighed.
* Chyro Tech *
Dr. Crane walked into the conference room, where Admiral Peterson was waiting for her. From the monotone look on his face, she could tell he was upset.
"You wanted to see me, sir?" she inquired.
"By now I'm sure you've read the reports," he sighed.
"Yes sir, has Univex been destroyed?"
"Univex is an isomorphic being,"
"Isomorphic, sir?" she asked, hoping he would elborate.
"He is an isomorphic being, he cannot be destroyed. He exists in not only our dimensions, but several others. The reports indicated that he was inside the time ship when it exploded, but he was able to escape it,"
"Does this affect our plans in any way?"
"No, everything is still going according to schedule. Are you ready to go to the final phase?" he asked her.
"I understand that you have an… emotional attachment to this mission. Will you be able to carry out your mission as planned?"
"Yes sir, I will,"
"Very good. Still, you will undergo memory alternation to be sure. When that is complete, the final phase of our plan will begin. When this is over, your memory will be restored and you will be one the most decorate officers in our organization. You will be the one who finally destroys Time Force," he told her.
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Preview: Reality TVNext time on Parallels II: Tommy Oliver returns to active duty, but is sent to a reality where things are a little too real.
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Coming this Christmas: The Wedding, a special holiday chapter!