A/N: is still having some problems with the formats, so please bare with me.
"Okay Trip, what have you been able to find out?" Jen inquired as she and Katie stood behind him, leaning over to check his findings.
"The data transference device you put on Wes' computer allowed me to tap into Bio-Lab's complete database. I downloaded it all, but Andrew's files were encrypted, and he was using a complex algorithm to block any external access, but…" he was quickly cut short.
"Trip, just get to the point," she hurried.
"From what I could determine from Andrew's files, he plans to release a virus not just to the city, but the entire country. His plan is to infect them all, then charge billions of dollars for the antidote. Based on these projections, he planned to release the virus into the water supply," he told them.
"That sick bastard," Katie groaned.
"Its worse. What he doesn't know is that the virus is binary compound. While the virus will cause anyone who comes into contact with it pain, it will pass in a few weeks and the symptoms will fade. But, when the antidote is released into the blood stream, it will combine with the virus and alter the DNA on a cellular level. It will warp the DNA of any human, turning them into…"
"Mutants," she sighed.
"Andrew can't know what he's doing, which means…" she was cut short.
"Someone put him up to it and told him he'd be rich if he went along with the plan, but who would want to create mutants?" Katie asked.
"My first guess would have been Ransik, but he isn't even a mutant anymore," Trip brought up.
"We can't worry about that right now. If we can stop Andrew before he can release the virus, we can prevent of all this from happening," she paused. "Have you run a scan for the mutant we're tracking?" she asked.
"Yes. Its been heading south, and if it keeps going, it will end up at the funeral," he told her.
"Trip, can you come up with something that will counter the mutant virus after the antidote begins to alter the DNA?" Jen asked him.
"I have all the information I need here to synthesize the virus and the antidote. Once I have both and analyze them, it shouldn't be too hard to come up with something," he said.
"Do it, but before you do, try running another scan, but not for any specific mutant," she said.
"What? Why?"
"Because I think there's another mutant here," Jen said.
"That can't be right, we captured all the mutants in 2001, then destroyed the mutorgs in 2003. There can't be any mutants here," Katie mentioned.
"I'm willing to bet there is, and whoever it is, they're the one calling the shots," Jen said with a look of determination on her face.
"I'm Cynthia Hawkins reporting from the funeral of Bio-Lab CEO Alan Collins, his son, Wesley Collins, and co-leader of the Silver Guardians, Eric Myers. The citizens of Silver Hills knew Eric and Wesley best as Power Rangers, protecting the city from a mutant threat a little over three years ago. Alan Collins and his son were killed in a car bombing three days ago, and Eric Myers killed the very next day in yet another bombing. Foul play is suspected, but local police have not made any arrests, and are yet to come up with any suspects. Citizens of Silver Hills have been invited to the funeral today to pay their respects to these fallen heroes, and according to…"
She cut the television off. She'd heard more than she needed to hear. Granted, she didn't know the whole story, and the circumstances leading up to the situation eluded her, but it didn't matter. Something told her she needed to be there, and she had every intention of going.
She quickly walked into the next room, leaning down near in the corner and removing the floorboard, revealing a hole. She reached in, pulling out a morpher, quickly putting it on her wrist and rushed out the house, making her way to Silver Hills.
"What are Jen and the others up to?" Alex asked as he paced back and forth in the time ship, waiting for Kyle to arrive. He knew they'd stolen the Time Shadow Megazord and traveled back to the 21st century, and he knew they'd already been inside Bio-Lab, but Jen's intentions eluded him.
It was safe to assume that she was trying to determine who killed Alan Collins, but there were so many other things going on, so many other things happening that he was convinced Jen would do more harm than help.
Finally, Kyle stepped onto the ship, presenting Alex with a tape. "There it is, he confesses to the whole thing. Conspiring to kill Alan Collins and kidnapping Wes," he told him.
"Did you make a copy?"
"Yes. When the authorities of this time get their hands on this tape, Andrew will locked away, and this disaster never has to happen," he said.
"For this to work, Alan Collins will have to stay out of histories way. The world believes he's dead, and it will have to stay that way," Alex mentioned.
"Have you talked to him?"
He shook his head. "No, I thought it would be best if I had Wes to him after all of this was over. No need to tell him everything just yet," he said.
"Sounds reasonable."
"We should get going. The funeral will start soon, and I'm willing to bet that the mutant will show up there," Alex told him.
"But Al, this is no ordinary mutant. We're good, but I don't think we'll be able to handle it alone. Maybe it's a good idea to let Eric and Wes help up on this one," he brought up.
"Sometime tells me that we'll be getting all the help we need," he sighed.
It was a beautiful afternoon, and most of the city had turned out for the funeral. Everyone stood lined up, but leaving an opening for the minister and other family members to make their way to the headstone. Although most of them didn't know Wes, Alan or Eric personally, all of them had been effected by the Silver Guardians are saved by the Power Rangers at one point of another. Everyone had to come to pay their final respects to their fallen heroes, and they all gave a warm welcome as Andrew Collins made his way through the crowd, standing in front of the headstone, then turned to address them.
"I'd like to thank everyone for coming out today to celebrate the lives of my brother, my nephew, and a living legend, the Quantum Ranger, Eric Myers," he wiped a tear away from his eye. "It was truly a honor and privilege to have worked with such remarkable people, and to have them taken out of the world so prematurely is a crime not just to me and my family, but to humanity. All of them were dedicated to the protection of this city, and I am touched that so many of you cared to come out and honor their memories with me. First off, I'd like to…" he was cut short as a car came flying through the air, landing about twenty feet away from them, then exploding.
Everyone began to scramble with in fear as the mutant made his way towards Andrew. It had to be, at first glance, over eight feet tall, and had two sets of arms. It was covered in a thick, slimy fluid, and had glowing green eyes. It turned its attention to Andrew, walking towards him slowly. It hissed at him, reaching one of its arms towards him, and Andrew fell to the knees, covering his face in fear.
Before it could grab him, a beam of energy struck the mutant in the hand, forcing it to howl out in pain. It turned to see where the energy beam had come from, where it saw the red ranger.
"Time Force, and you're under arrest!" the red ranger said, standing firmly.
The mutant rushed at him, but the red ranger did a flip, jumping over the mutant and landed it behind him. He aimed his Chrono blaster at the mutant, but it reached out, grabbing the blaster and crushing it in its hand. Before the red ranger could move, the mutant back handed him, knocking him almost ten feet into the air and sent him crashing down to the ground.
The red ranger powered down, revealing Alex lying on the ground, holding his ribs in pain as the mutant approached him. It leaned down to grab him again, but it was the Quantum ranger who landed a kick to the side of the head, knocking the mutant off its feet.
The Quantum Ranger turned to Alex, helping him up. "You okay Al?" he asked
"I've been better, now lets take this mutant down," he said.
They charged at the mutant together, hitting a double sabat kick, but the mutant grabbed the Quantum ranger by the ankle, throwing him across the cemetery. Alex caught the mutant in the jaw with an elbow, then pulled the badge off his uniform, jabbing the mutant in the eye with it. That was enough to make the mutant cry out in pain, but he also grabbed Alex by the throat and began to choke the life out of him. Alex was fading fast, but at that moment, Cassie and Taylor charged over to the mutant. Cassie jumped on its back and tried to choke it, but with no luck. Taylor picked up what was left of Alex's blasted and stabbed the mutant in the arm, forcing it to let Alex go. He fell to the ground gasping for air, and Taylor helped him up, taking him out of harm's way.
The mutant took its frustrations out of Cassie, flipping her over, and then picked her up with one hand, choking her. She struggled to get free, but with no luck. Taylor tried to make the save, but was unsuccessful as the mutant simply swatted her away.
"Your time is up mutant!" they heard a voice say.
Alex glanced over his shoulder as both Wes and Eric stepped through the smoke of the exploded car, each of them with a look of contempt in their eyes.
"Oh Wes, thank God you're…" Andrew was cut short as Eric cocked back, hitting him in the jaw, knocking him to the ground.
"Damn that felt good," he admitted.
"Come on Eric, let's end this!" Wes said.
Eric quickly nodded.
"TIME FOR, TIME FORCE!!"
"QUANTUM POWER!!"
In an instant, the two of them were transformed into their respective ranger uniforms. They both called for their weapons, charging at the mutant. Wes used his Chrono saber to slice the mutants arm off, forcing it to drop Cassie, but no sooner did the severed arm hit the ground, the mutant grew another arm in its place.
Eric aimed and fired the Quantum Defender, catching the mutant between the eyes, leaving a hole in the middle of its head. It stumbled back, but the wound began to heal itself.
"How the hell are we suppose to stop this thing if it just keeps healing itself?" Wes asked.
"That's the point rangers, you aren't suppose to stop him!" a voice said.
Wes and Eric turned, and couldn't believe their eyes as they saw…
"Gluto?" they asked in unison, both of them with a sound of shock in their voice.
Gluto stood only a few feet away, but had a bloody and battered Jen on her knees beside him. He'd tied what looked like a rope around her neck, but the rope seemed to glow. "My mutant can't be stopped, and unless you surrender right now, I'm going to destroy the pink ranger," he warned them.
Without question, Wes dropped his Chrono saber.
"Wes, we can't give up, we can…" he was cut short.
"Eric, I won't risk Jen's life. We have no choice," he sighed.
Reluctantly, Eric agreed, dropping the Quantum Defender to the ground.
"Human sentiment will be the death of you. After I infect this worthless city, I will become king of all mutants, and I will do what Ransik couldn't do, prevent Time Force from even existing," he said.
"But how? We captured all the mutants in 2001," Wes brought up.
"Not all of them. During the battle, I put myself into Cryogenic suspension, waiting for the day that I would be able to get revenge. It wasn't until Andrew showed up and released me that I came up with my plan to rule the planet, and with his help, the world will be mine," he said.
"Andrew, I should have known," Wes groaned.
"Wes," he stood up, holding his face in pain. "I didn't know what he was planning. He told me if I listened to him, I'd be rich," Andrew said in his defense.
"And let me guess, you gave your mutant here the virus and the antidote, and it mutated, making it even stronger, didn't you?" Alex asked him.
"Got it all figured out, don't you ranger? Not that it matters, its too late," Gluto said.
"That's all I needed to hear," a voice said.
Alex turned to see Trip standing behind the mutant, aiming a weapon at it. Before the mutant realized what was happening, Trip fired the weapon, but the mutant caught what looked like a needle before it could connect.
"Nice try rangers, but its over. I want all of you on the ground now, or the pink ranger gets it," he snapped.
One by one, Trip, Eric, Wes and Alex layed on the ground. Kyle, Cassie and Taylor quickly followed suit. "You won't get away with this Gluto. We'll stop you," Alex vowed.
"Really? How? My mutant is the most powerful creature ever created; I have the virus and your friend at my mercy. Its over rangers, you've lost," he said.
"Don't count on it!"
They all glanced up, trying to see where the voice came from, only to see the pink ranger charge at the mutant with a spin kick, knocking it to the ground. It reached out to grab her, but the pink ranger picked up Wes' Chrono saber and sliced its arm off. The arm quickly began to regenerate, but the pink ranger snatched the needle out its other hand and jabbed it down into the open wound. The mutant howled out in pain as it began to get smaller and smaller until eventually, it was miniature.
"What have you done?" Gluto screamed.
The pink ranger threw the Chrono saber at Gluto, cutting through the rope that was holding Jen, and before Gluto could realize it, Jen caught the saber in her hand, gave him a sweep and knocked him off his feet. She quickly stood over him, putting the saber to his throat.
"Your time is up Gluto," she snapped.
Everyone made it back to his feet, staring at the pink ranger with a look of surprise and shock on their faces. It was Alex who approached her.
"Sierra? Who authorized you to come to the 21st century?" he snapped.
"Al, it isn't Sierra," Kyle walked over to them. "Its Elaine," he said calmly.
"What? How?" Alex inquired, trying to get a grasp on what was going on.
"Actually, you're both wrong," the pink ranger said as she powered down, revealing a young girl. She had long, brown hair, brown eyes and a girlish grin on her face.
"Who are…"
"Her name is Leslie, she's my daughter," they heard a voice say.
Before any of them could even turn their heads to see who it was, she walked over to them.
"Elaine?" Alex asked.
Wes took a step forward, getting a good look at her. At first, his mind wouldn't let him believe it. 'It can't be,' he tried to tell himself.
"Mom?"