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* Angel Grove, California 1998 *
The door to Adam's hospital room opened, there she stepped in. With a look of concern on her face and flowers in her hand, she walked over to the bed.
"Hi sweetie," she sighed.
He opened his eyes slowly. "Oh, hey Tanya," he mumbled.
She set the flowers down on the nightstand next to the bed, and then reached for his hand. "I came as soon as I could. How are you feeling? What are the doctors saying?" she asked.
"Nothing different. They don't know what it is, so they can't treat it," he said.
"You should just tell them the truth, tell them what happened to you,"
"Even if I did, it wouldn't change anything. The morphers are beyond anything they could come up with, and there would be no way for them to treat me," he sighed.
"I don't want you to die," she cried, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"I'll be fine, I promise,"
"There's something I have to tell you, something I've wanted to say to you for a long time," she wiped the tears away from her eyes. "I love you Adam Park, I've always loved you. I never thought you would be interested in me, so I kept my feelings to myself, but before you die, I want you to know how much you meant to me," she cried.
"You should have told me,"
"I didn't know how. I didn't want you to reject me," she mentioned.
"I wouldn't have,"
Then, it happened. The machine next to Adam's bed began to buzz. The monitor flickered as his condition changed. "Oh my God, Adam," she screamed. "I'll get the doctors," she said as she tried to run for the door, but he held onto her hand.
"No," he moaned.
"Let me go Adam, you're dying," she screamed.
"I love you too Tanya. I always have," he sighed.
Before she could respond, the monitor flat lined… and he was gone…
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He sat up in a cold sweat. His sheets clung to him, and his vision was blurry as a wave of disorientation passed over him. He was dizzy, and it was enough to make him lay back down. There was a humming sound in the room, and an occasional beeping tone. It was easy for him to determine that he was in the infirmary. 'But what happened to me?' he thought to himself.
His thoughts shifted back to his last mission with Tommy and the others, but he couldn't seem to recall anything out of the ordinary happening to him. 'Ordinary,' he chuckled inwardly. 'If as traveling back in time and to alternate realities is ordinary,'
Finally, he felt the disorientation pass, and he opened his eyes, glancing around the room. At first glance, it wasn't the infirmary, but he was convinced it was still a hospital of some kind. There were machines next to his bed, and he could feel a needle in his arm, confirming that beeping and humming sounds he'd been hearing. He also noticed that his Morpher wasn't on his wrist, which made him a little uncomfortable. It was bad enough he wasn't sure where he was, but to be in some unknown hospital without his Morpher was unsettling to say the least.
'If they wanted to hurt me, I certainly wouldn't be in a hospital,' he thought.
He turned to his left, where he saw her.
His vision was still a bit blurry, but as it slowly began to clear up, he realized who it was. "Tanya?" he mumbled.
Just then, her eyes opened as she leaped out the chair next to the bed. "You're awake. Oh my God," she squealed with excitement, rushing over to him and wrapping her arms around him. "I thought I'd lost you forever,"
"What happened?" he asked her, wiping the sweat away from his eyes.
"You don't remember? The doctors thought you had radiation poisoning, but it was from morphing without your power coin. Carlos brought you here about a month ago," she told him.
"What?"
She could tell something was upsetting him. "Listen, you just relax. I'm going to find a doctor," she said, heading for the door.
He tried to make sense of it all. He remembered morphing without his power coin, and he remembered Carlos bringing him to the hospital. 'But this isn't the way it happened,' he recalled.
Tanya returned, this time with the doctor, who had a clipboard in his hand. "Its good to see you up and around again Mr. Park. We were a little concerned for a while," the doctor said.
"Why?"
"We were able to treat your radiation poisoning, but there was no reason for you to stay asleep as long as you did. We ran tests to determine why, but as far as we could tell, you were just sleeping. We were going to have you moved to another clinic in a few weeks if the situation hadn't changed," he explained.
Adam slid out of bed, making his back to his feet, but collapsed to the floor. Tanya quickly reached for him, helping him back up and onto the bed.
"You haven't used your legs in over a month, you're going to have to give your body some time," she told him.
"What's going on? Where is Tommy?" he asked.
Tanya looked at him oddly. "Tommy? He just came home from his honeymoon with Kim. We tried to reach him when you first got here, but…" he cut her short.
"Not him, the other Tommy. The one from the future,"
Tanya looked at the doctor, hoping for an explanation, but he facial expression was void. She turned back to Adam. "What do you mean from the future?"
"He was here, and he used the Sphere of Omara to…" he paused, allowing his sentence to trail off. Suddenly, his mind was a blur. "I remember that…" he paused again. "I mean, I thought I remembered," he sighed.
"Its natural for the mind to use dreams as a way to keep the mind active. You no doubt have been dreaming for the last month," the doctor said.
"All of it was a dream?"
"And now you're awake, and here with me," Tanya said cheerfully.
"I think you should stay here for another day while we run a few tests, and if everything checks out, you'll be able to leave in the morning," he told them.
"Thank you doctor,"
Without a word, he walked out the room, letting Tanya and Adam be alone. "For a minute I didn't think you were ever going to wake up," she said.
"I like to sleep late, that's all," he joked.
She smiled. "Do you remember what I said to you before you… I mean, do you remember what we said to each other?" she asked him nervously.
He nodded. "Yes, I do,"
"You weren't just saying that to make me feel better before you died, were you? Because if you were I'd kick your…" he cut her short as he pulled her closer, kissing her. "Nevermind," she sighed as she backed away from him.
"Tanya, listen to me: I'm a little confused about a few things, but I remember everything I said to you that day. I've always loved you, and I always will, but right now, I need your help," he said.
"What can I do?"
"I need you to get in touch with Andros," he said.
* Silver Hills, California 3002 *
She'd been by his side the entire time.
Dr. Young assured her that he'd contact her the moment he regained consciousness, but Camille insisted on staying with him. There were times when he would jerk slightly, or squeeze her hand gently, and that was enough to keep her there. Every now and then he'd mumble something, but she wasn't able to make out what it was.
The other rangers had been released hours ago, with the exception of Trip, Nadira and Katie, who weren't responding to treatments as quickly as the others.
'I can't believe you almost died and I didn't get the chance to tell you how I felt about you, and how sorry I was for not being honest with you,' she thought to herself, holding his hand just a little tighter.
Her thoughts were interrupted as he walked into the room. "How is he doing?" he asked.
She turned around, facing him. "The doc says he'll be fine, I just want to be here when he does wake up," she told him.
"Its good to see you Camille," he sighed, taking his hand on her shoulder.
"I don't get it Blake, when did you join Time Force? How did you become an operative? The last time I saw you, you hated Time Force," she mentioned.
"No, I hated what Time Force did to me. They took you from me, and then they killed my brother. I think I had a right to be upset," he told her. "After Roger was killed, Chyro Tech approached me, asking if I wanted to help them bring down Time Force once and for all. I thought about, and accepted their offer, but when I found out what they were doing over there, I had second thoughts. I went to Time Force to tell them what had happened, and that's when Alex asked me to be an operative," Blake explained.
"You've been in there for years?"
"It was the only way to gain the Admiral's trust. It took a while, but he made me chief of security. I was able to help Alex organize the assault on Chyro Tech," he said.
"Thank you," she wrapped her arms around him. "I know we didn't exactly end things on good terms, but now that you're here, I'd like it if we could be friends," she said.
"Yeah, friends," he sighed.
It was Lucas who walked into the room, making his way over to them. "Camille, Blake, Alex wants to see us in the observation lounge. Its important," he told them.
Camille backed away from Blake. "Alright. Blake, the two of you go ahead, I'll catch up in a sec," she said.
Blake nodded, and then followed Lucas out the room. Camille turned back to Trip, who was still lying on the examining table, leaning down and kissing him gently on the lips. "Wake up baby, I have so many things to tell you," she sighed, and then walked away.
* Angel Grove, California 1998 *
"Okay thanks, we'll be there," Kim said eagerly as she hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Tommy asked her as he walked into the room, wrapping his arms around her.
"That was Carlos down at the hospital, he said Adam is awake," she said.
"That's great, we should go see him,"
"I told him we'd come down there in a while. Right now, I think Adam wants some time to be with Tanya," she said.
"I always thought the two of them would end up together," he said.
"No you didn't. You said he'd end up with Aisha,"
"No, you said that. I said Tanya,"
He felt guilty for not being there when Adam got sick. Granted, he was on his honeymoon, but even when it was over and the two of them came home, he'd only gone to see Adam once. It was something about seeing him hooked to machines like that, lying motionless in that bed as doctors had no idea what was wrong with him. What was worse, everyone else knew, but also knew there was nothing to doctors would be able to do. He was relieved when he heard Adam would make a full recovery, but was still concerned about him being asleep for so long.
"Visiting hours will be over soon, we should get down there,"
"Yeah, it'll be good to see him again,"
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'Carlos to Andros. Come in,'Andros, onboard the Astromega ship, walked over to the control panels, opening a channel. "What is it Carlos?"
'You remember Adam Park, don't you?'"The former black ranger? Yes,"
'He wants to see you,'That struck him as odd, considering he'd never met Adam face to face. All he ever knew about Adam was that he was a former ranger, and he'd helped Carlos a few weeks ago by morphing without a power coin.
"He asked for me by name?" he asked.
'Yes, he wants to talk to you about something, but he won't tell anyone what it is,' he said.
"Alright, tell him I'm on my way,"
* Time Force 3002 *
Camille walked into the observation lounge, where the others were already gathered around the table. Alex was standing at the head of the table, overlooking each of them. She quickly came in, taking a seat next to Tommy.
"How are they doing down there Camille?" Alex asked.
"The doc says they'll be fine in a few days," she told him.
"Glad to hear it. The reason I've called all of you here is to fill you in on a few things. By now, all of you heard that I've decided to step down as member of the counsel. Things are changing in Time Force, and we're going to need all the officers we can get," he turned to Blake. "Mr. CaSteel, could you please stand up?" he paused as Blake stood up. "Your efforts proved to be invaluable not only to Time Force, but to me personally. Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to shut down Chyro Tech. I hereby promote you to the field rank of Lt. Commander with all the rights and privileges of that rank," he said.
"Thank you, sir," he said proudly.
"I'm sure that most of you have your concerns about Sierra being here, and her having access to some of our more sensitive information, but Dr. Young assures me that she isn't under any external influence, mind control or any other means of control. She is Sierra Crane," he said.
"Permission to speak freely sir," Tommy said, standing up.
"Of course commander,"
"I understand that Sierra is an old friend of yours, and that the two of you were involved once, but I think you're allowing that to cloud your judgment. If she was locked in a holding cell for four years, how was she able to create KJ and model her in her own image?" he asked.
"I can only suspect that Chyro Tech was using the information from her original prototypes to build KJ without Sierra's assistance. We have all of their files in our database now, we'll have it all analyzed in a few days," Alex said.
"I suggest that until we have analyzed everything and we know for sure Sierra had nothing to do with it, we should restrict her to quarters," Logan brought up, injecting himself into the conversation.
"She isn't a prisoner here," he said.
"But she isn't an officer either,"
"When she was kidnapped four years ago, she was an ensign. She is an officer," he pointed out.
"But that was four years ago Alex. Restricting her to quarters is the best thing to do for now, just until we're sure," Jen brought up.
Alex sighed. "Fine," he turned to James. "Emery, I want you and Lucas to get to work on those files. Go through all of them until you conclude once and for all if Sierra had anything to do with KJ's creation," he said.
"We're on it,"
"While you're looking, see what you can find on their cloning process," he said.
"You got it boss," Lucas said as he and Emery stood up, walking out the room.
"Next on the agenda is tracking the down the real Adam. According to the clone, a sample of Adam's DNA was taken and the clone was created, then Adam was sent to another dimension. Tommy, I want you and Jen to coordinate a search. Use his temporal signature to scan the dimensions, see if he can track him down," he ordered. "When KJ is up and around again, get her to help you,"
"We'll report back when we know something," Jen said as she and Tommy stood up, making their way out the room.
"What do you plan to do about the counsel? You were on the only member, but when you step down, there won't be a counsel," Logan brought up.
"I don't think we need a counsel anymore. We're beyond the need to have a counsel holding our hands and watching over us. The this a new era for Time Force, and I think we'll get along fine without a counsel," he said.
"So what will you do now?" Camille asked.
"I plan to resume my role as red ranger," Alex told her.
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Preview: Reunions pt IINext time on Parallels II: While Adam struggles to find a way home, Univex returns with plans to take over Time Force. Meanwhile, Alex regains the red Chrono morpher.
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