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, Amanda "Mandy" Scott, Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Scott, Leo Claw and the "Omega Project" are property of yours truly.
A/N: This fic contains portions of "White Light pt 1 & 2" and "Force from the Future".
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~~ Angel Grove, California ~~ 1994 AD ~~
History was a tricky thing.
The legend of Zordon of Eltar was required reading at Time Force academy, and the mission logs of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were well documented in the 31st century, but none of that prepared him for living history. He'd read the logs about the creation of the white ranger countless times, and after being promoted to Lt. Commander, he was granted access to more of the details surrounding the event. The logs gave details of every event, every incident leading up to that moment, but now, he found himself in the middle of it.
He found himself wondering if he was meant to be there, at that exact time, at that exact moment. 'Maybe I was always here, but I was left out of the history logs to preserve the time line,' he thought to himself. Either way, he was honored to be there as one of the turning points in human history was taking place.
Alpha scurried back and forth from control panel to control panel, going over the final details. The white ranger was lying on a table in the middle of the room, and Zordon was encased in a glass tube only a few feet away.
Alex did his best to stay out of the way, but couldn't help but watch as history unfolded right before his eyes.
"Should I set up the inter-morphing sequencer before I regulate the energy converters, Zordon?" Alpha asked.
"Yes Alpha. Meanwhile, I'll test the phase capacitors program," he answered.
Alpha walked over to the opposite side of the room, inputting a series of commands. "There? Sequencer is online and working properly. I'll start on the converter now," he said.
At that moment, Alex caught something out the corner of his eye. He glanced upward at a small grate on the ceiling, where he could have swore he saw someone peeking inside. It was then that he recalled the incident. 'That's right, the blue ranger discovers the creation of the white ranger and tells the others,' he remembered.
Making sure he wasn't seen, he took a step back.
"Be careful Alpha. A small mistake in the energy flow could spell disaster," Zordon mentioned.
"Right, Zordon,"
"Alpha, recheck the Quantum morphing pods and power array. We can't leave anything to chance," he warned.
"Right, Zordon. Quantum pods are on line. We're nearly finished," he said.
"It is time to start powering up the morph-control circuits. Go slowly Alpha. We can't afford to overload,"
Once Alex realized the blue ranger was gone, he walked over to the white ranger, admiring the design of the uniform. The armor alone was more powerful than anything he'd ever seen before, and found himself a bit envious that Time Force didn't incorporate Quantum morphing pods into the design of the Chrono Morphers.
"This is excellent work Zordon, you've done well," Alex told him.
"If this Ransik is as powerful as you say, the power this new ranger will possess should be sufficient to defeat him,"
"Lets hope so," he sighed.
"Alpha, are you ready to proceed to the final level?" Zordon asked.
"Yes Zordon. Ready when you are,"
"Establish a link from the Morphin' Grid directly to the Quantum morphing pods, this will ensure that this power can never fall into evil hands," he said.
"Link has been established," Alpha told him.
"Very good," Alex sighed.
Just then, one of the lights began to flash on the main control panel. Alpha hurried over to it. "Zordon, I'm detecting another temporal variance. Its just like the one Alex used to travel here, but much smaller," he said.
Alex stared up at Zordon. "My time ship was destroyed when I crash landed, its possible you're picking up residual traces of the ship's core," he said.
"Perhaps, but we can't leave anything to chance. Alpha, contact the rangers and…" he was cut short.
"No, the rangers will their hands full with the Nimrod monster. Besides, how would be explain a temporal variance to them without contaminating the time line. I'll go check it out," Alex told him.
"As you wish. This will give us the opportunity to restore full power to the Morphin' Grid and introduce the newest member of the power team," he said.
"Good luck Alex, and may the power protect you," Alpha said as he pressed a button on the control panel, teleporting Alex out the hidden chamber.
~~ Turtle Cove, California ~~
"Now nothing will stand in my way of total domination of the universe," he began to align the mirrors into position, each of them reflecting moonlight from one mirror to the other. Once all of them were in place, the moonlight connected with a crescent shaped symbol on the coffin itself. "Arise and have your revenge, Zen'Aku," Ransik screamed.
But nothing happened.
"What is it? What's wrong?" he groaned in frustration.
He'd planned this mission for weeks now. He knew the tomb could only be opened with the planets were in proper alignment and the moon was full, and he'd done the research, but the tomb wasn't opening.
"I've done everything the legend requires of me, why isn't it opening?" he screamed.
At that moment, the portal opened, and Alex stepped through. For a moment that was some disorientation, but he quickly passed, and he found himself standing a few feet away from…
"Ransik," he snarled.
"I thought Frak would have destroyed you by now, but no matter. I will just have to destroy you myself," he said, pulling a sword from behind his back and rushing towards him.
Alex managed to avoid being cut, and as Ransik stumbled forward, Alex caught him with a spin kick to the chest, knocking him onto the coffin. Ransik flipped over, dropping his sword. Alex picked it up and cocked back, ready to stab Ransik with it, but Ransik shot a bolt of energy out his hand, knocking Alex backwards.
He hit a tree, and as he fell to the ground, he held the back of his head in pain. Before he was able to move, Ransik stood over him, putting the sword to his throat. "This is the end ranger," he groaned.
He pulled back, ready to take Alex's head off, but just then, someone kicked him from behind. Alex rolled out the way, and Ransik hit is head on the tree. He quickly regained his footing, then turned around to see him.
"Another one?" he inquired.
Alex quickly caught a glance of the stranger as well, amazed at what he saw. "Its me," he sighed.
The two Alex' stared at one another for a moment, but quickly put their curiosity to the side as Ransik came after them. He swung the sword, but Alex grabbed his arm, allowing the other Alex to kick Ransik in the face, taking him down to his knees. The two of them made their move, but Ransik released two energy blasts, sending both of the Alex' crashing into the side of the coffin.
"I don't care how many of you there are, I'll destroy you all," Ransik yelled.
"I wouldn't bet on that," a voice said.
Ransik turned around in just enough time to see the yellow ranger's foot connect with his face. He stumbled back, and both the Alex' grabbed his ankles, forcing him to fall back, hitting his head on the coffin. Before he could move, the red ranger put his Chrono saber to his neck, keeping him in place.
It was the gold ranger who approached him, cuffing Ransik's hands behind his back. "Your time is up Ransik," she said.
"POWERDOWN," the red ranger said. His ranger uniform disappeared in a flash of light, being replaced by his Time Force uniform.
Alex got a good look at him. "Tommy Oliver? How is that possible?" he asked.
Alex turned to his younger self. "Now I know why I couldn't remember what happened. I'm sure that when you go back to your own time, Logan will give you the memory adaptation procedure," he said.
"So you're me? From the future?"
"In a manner of speaking," he paused. "You should take Ransik back to your time to ensure that destiny fulfills itself," Alex said.
"But my time ship was destroyed when I got here, there was an explosion,"
"I remember that,"
"I think we can help with that," the gold ranger said, powering down.
"Nadira? My daughter is a damn Time Force ranger?" Ransik howled in disgust.
"I'm glad to see you too daddy," she turned to the younger Alex. "We can teleport the two of you directly to your own time,"
"How is that possible?" he asked.
"Trust me, its best that you don't ask questions Commander," Alex told him.
* Time Force headquarters 3002 AD *
"So after you helped Zordon create the white ranger powers, you went to Turtle Cove and ran into your other self, and the two of you fought Ransik side by side?" Trip asked as they all sat around the conference table.
Alex nodded. "After that, I was teleported back to my own time and Ransik was taken into custody just as history remembered it,"
"Was it not pointless to recapture Ransik, knowing that only a few short hours later, he was steal an entire Chyro prison and escape to the past again?" KJ brought up.
"Yes, but that's the way it happened. I didn't remember any of it because Logan ordered me to deck 8 for memory adaptation," he said.
"So what was it like? Seeing yourself as a young man?" Jen asked him.
"It was… strange,"
"What I don't understand is why didn't the coffin open for Ransik and release Zen'Aku? According to the history logs, the planets were in proper alignment and the moon was full. He did everything he was suppose to do," Tommy said.
"I have a theory," Camille said as she walked into the room, making her way over to the table. On instinct, she was about to sit next to Trip, but stopped herself. "Opening dimensional rifts has an adverse effect on the space/time continuum. While these effects are minor, they still cause slight misalignments in the universe. With several portals opened so close to one another and in such a short amount of time, it was enough to throw just one of the planets out of its proper alignment," she explained.
"So you're saying Ransik going back to open the coffin forced the misalignment that prevented him from being able to open it?" Jen asked.
"Well… yeah,"
"I'm tellin' ya, time travel gives me a headache," Katie sighed, putting her head down on the table.
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Preview: The best defenseNext time on Parallels II: KJ attempts to recover the information about her own past. Meanwhile, Alex is plagued by memories of his past.
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