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Steph

Hello again

It was dark in the room. Wes awoke and looked around. Almost immediately his thoughts then came to the events a few hours ago.

Captain Logan walking into his office, then into a conference room. The conversation came to him clearly.

"Which brings me to why I am here, Wes. You see you're the only active ranger that has a past with Time Force." He looked at Logan, then to Eric.

"But what about Eric? He has the Quantum morpher, isn't that Time Force property?" Wes asked.

"Under normal circumstances, yes, but he has his duty with the Silver Guardians, besides, if we took him to the year 3002 too, there would be no one to run the Silver Guardians here."

This time it was Mr. Collins who spoke up. "Wait, what do you mean there'd be no one to run the Silver Guardians?"

Logan sighed. 'No harm in telling them, I guess.' "As time progresses, the Silver Guardians will eventually become what I know as Time Force. Eric has a lot of influence on that."

"And why is that?" Eric was suspicious.

Logan paused. "Because Wes wasn't here to contribute to it."

"WHAT?" Wes, Eric and Mr. Collins said in unison.

"That is why I'm here, Wes. I'm asking you if you'd be willing to go to the year 3002 and act as the Red Ranger, and put that morpher into good use."

He looked around the room, but it was too dark to see. A clock on his side table read 3:13am.

Wes sat up. 'It was all a dream. None of it was real.' He sighed. 'I don't have a chance with Jen at all.' Just then a knock at his bedroom door. 'Probably Philips coming in to check up on me.'

"Come in, Philips." Wes said sadly.

"Who's Philips?" a male voice asked.

To Wes's astonishment, it was Captain Logan.

'It wasn't a dream at all. This is reality.' Wes couldn't help but smile.

"Just came to check up on you. We came out of the portal and you blacked out. I had some officers come and take you to your quarters." Logan said.

"Oh." Wes got up and went to the window. He was astonished at what he saw. High buildings with cars flying all around. Looking along the streets he saw cars. A few of them had Time Force on the side of it.

"Well Wes, you should get some sleep. You've got a big day tomorrow." With that Logan walked out. Wes soon heard a door close. He, however, was too excited to sleep.

The thrill of being here was all too crazy. He got up and went looking around his room. There was a dresser and a closet. Another door led to his bathroom. He walked out into a small hallway and opened up yet another door. A linen closet was stocked with towels and other stuff. Walking down the hallway led him to a room with a couch on the wall and a table in the center. On the wall was a plasma screen and a stereo around it. Next to the couch he noticed a lamp on a small table.

Looking at his left he saw a small table, big enough for four people. In the corner was a computer, which looked like a computer from his time. Or his past, now. He noticed a wall with a small window and a doorway that he found lead into the kitchen. He saw it had a sink, microwave and a small oven. The refrigerator was a small one. Come to think of it, the kitchen was small. Coming out of the open wall, he noticed something on the table. There was a note.

Wes-

Here are the keys to your apartment. In your closet you will find 10 uniforms. Put one on before you come down tomorrow. Since tomorrow is Sunday, I will give you the grand tour of Time Force. No one will be there, except for a few people who work on Sunday.

Right now you are in Time Force's apartment complex, located right next to Time Force. A walkway has been built in-between the apartment building and the main building and is connected into the bottom floor of Time Force. I will be waiting outside the double doors for you. Meet there at 10am

Have a good night,

Captain Logan.

Wes smiled as he read the note. He walked back into his room and fell asleep.

The next morning

BEEEP! BEEEP! BEEEP!

Wes jumped and yelled out "What the hell was that?" He looked at the clock that read 8:00am.

"How do I shut this thing off?" He looked at it. Last night he thought it was a regular clock, with digital numbers and buttons. Now…well he didn't know what to think. This clock looked much like the computer that Jen and the rangers used they were back in 2001. Looking at it, this was miniaturized. The numbers were bright red and a holographic. The keypad was on the bottom of it, with all different types of buttons. The beeping was driving him crazy.

After about 10 minutes he found a button on the keypad and tried it. After trying a series of buttons, it stopped beeping.

"Finally. I'll have to keep that in mind." He got up and went to take a shower.

"At least the bathroom is the same." He turned on the shower and went in.

Twenty minutes later he immerged and put on a pair of boxers. Going over to his closet he opened it and took out a uniform. He had seen Jen wearing it at least 20 different times…and it didn't seem hard to get on. He took off the pants from the hanger and put them on. Surprisingly they were comfortable. He zipped up the pants and did the...Velcro? 'Wow…I can't believe all this technology and they still have Velcro!'

Next came the shirt. He put that on no problem. But it was tight, a little too right for his liking, but he did notice it was very showy to his well-chiseled chest and abs. He smiled.

He then noticed the belt and holster. Now he was confused. Looking at it, he realized the belt clicked together. He put that on. Now looking at the blaster holster there was a loop going around the holster both horizontally and vertically. He tried to remember how it looked on Jen.

'All right Wes, you can do this.' He closed his eyes. After thinking for a bit he remembered the vertical loop was around the belt and the horizontal one was around the thigh. He put that on as well. It was weird having it against his thigh instead of a small blaster at his hip. 'This'll take some getting used to.'

He looked at his bed. One more piece. The jacket. In his time, the year 2003, this jacket would have meant nothing. Now, it meant something. He remembered how proud Jen looked in her uniform.

'Jen' he thought. 'When will I see you? I miss you so much.'

He zipped up the jacket and looked in the mirror. 'Not bad, Collins, not bad at all.' He reached for his morpher but it wasn't there. 'Captain Logan must have taken it off when I blacked out.' Instead he picked up his watch and set to the correct time. 9:50am.

"WHAT?" Wes looked at the clock. 9:50am. "Crap! I'm support to meet him in ten minutes!" He dashed out of his room and ran for the door, not forgetting his keys. He looked at the door. There was a button on a side panel that was labeled open and lock and a small screen that showed him who was outside his door. He hit the button. The door opened. He hit lock just before he ran out.

He saw an elevator at the end of the hallway and ran toward it. He hit the button that read down. The doors opened and he went in. Looking around he didn't see a button for the first floor. 'Crap, not this again.'

To his luck, someone called out "Hold that elevator!" Wes opened it again and a young man walked in.

"Hey, thanks bud." The man said.

"Not a problem." Wes said, trying to sound nonchalant. The young man wasn't fooled.

"You're new around here?"

Wes let out a silent sigh. "What would give you that idea?"

The man looked at him. "The empty blaster holster."

Wes looked at his leg and realized there was no blaster in it. He let out a defeated sigh. "Yep. I'm new."

The young man put his hand out. "Ensign Kyle Anders."

"Wes Collins, uhh, Officer." He paused. "Should I salute you or something?"

Kyle laughed. "Only if were around Captain Logan or Lieutenant Scotts."

'Who's Lieutenant Scotts?' Wes thought. 'Oh, he must be talking about Jen.'

"What level are you looking for, Wes?"

"Uhh, bottom floor, I guess. I'm meeting Captain Logan for a tour."

"I'm going that way myself. I'll take you." Kyle smiled at him. 'So this is the Wes Jen tells us so much about.'

"Level 1: Main floor" Kyle called out.

The elevator moved causing Wes to jump. Then it occurred to him. "Uhh...Ensign Anders? What level were we on?"

Kyle laughed and said, "We were on Level 15."

'Level 15, I gotta remember that.' Wes thought.

Ten minutes later

Wes and Kyle walked out of the elevator. What Wes saw was a small lobby with a small seating area and a small breakfast area. There were also doors that lead outside. Kyle led him down a hall where two clear double doors read "Time Force"

They walked through the doors and Wes saw Captain Logan standing just outside.

"Captain Logan!" Wes heard Kyle call out. He and Wes walked up to him and Kyle saluted.

Wes did the same. "Captain Logan, sir."

Logan looked at him and laughed. "At ease, Wes. Its Sunday, my day off." Logan looked at him. "So what took you so long?" The clock read 10:20am.

Kyle answered for him. "Officer Collins had some trouble with the elevator."

"And the alarm clock." Wes added in.

"Well, thank you Ensign Anders, I can take it from here."

"Yes, sir!" Wes saw Anders salute and turn on his heel.

"Umm, thanks again, Ensign Anders…"

Kyle turned around and said. "No problem, Wes. You need anything, just tell the receptionist get me or one of the other Ensigns." He paused. "Oh, and watch out for Jen, Wes. She hates to be bothered on Sundays…" With that, he was off.

"Well, ready for the tour, Wes?" Logan asked him.

"I guess."

Wes was taken through a maze of different floors. They went through every floor. Wes saw the Lab, where new weapons were being developed and tested. He saw different rooms, simulation rooms, training and all kinds of stuff. Logan explained a lot of things. And Wes had a lot of questions.

Then Logan led him into a room. "First off, Wes, I think you should learn how to drive."

"What do you mean 'learn to drive'?"

"Our cars are different here then back from your time, in 2003."

"Oh, really. I think of I can drive a time flier, I can drive a car." He said as-a-matter-of-factly.

Oh, how wrong he was.

He stepped into the simulator, and closed the door. Logan went in on the other side.

Wes looked at the controls and said "Let see what," he was cut off. There were a lot of buttons. "do…we…have…here." 'What do I get myself into?'

"Okay, Mr. Hotshot…this button here, powers up the engine."

Wes hit it. The engine didn't roar to life, but was a low hum. "Ok."

"This button controls whether you're driving in 2-wheel drive or four-wheel drive."

"Ok. So this button that says 'engine on' powers it up. 2WD and 4WD are on a toggle switch."

"Everything else is pretty self-explanatory." Logan finished. The buttons in the car were labeled, which Wes was thankful for. He saw the buttons for the AC, heat, radio, etc."

"The sirens and radio work the same as they did back in 2003." Wes asked. "Right?"

"Yes, not to worry about that." Logan paused and pointed at the consol in-between the seats.

"The shifter down here, puts it into gear." He pointed at the manual shifter.

"Do you have to let off the gas?"

"Gas?" Logan looked at him. "Oh, that's right. You used petroleum back then. In the year 3002 our cars run off of solar energy. It charges the battery."

Wes was confused.

"In other words, if it's a sunny day, the car will run off of solar energy, and running the car itself will recharge the battery. The battery is used in case of rainy days and nights, when it can't be exposed to light." Logan said.

"Anyway, yes, you do let off of the accelerator and you hit clutch, that's the petal to your far right. Press that, shift and hit the accelerator again. Brakes work the same."

"Okay." Wes re-ran the info in his mind.

"How about we take it out." He hit a button. "Simulation on"

The room roared to life. Wes soon found himself on the open road, going through Silver Hills, 3002.

'Wow, this isn't bad. The car handles well, too.' He thought. Soon he parked in a spot, and the simulation disappeared.

"Not bad Wes. If Time Force doesn't work out, you can always have a career in chauffeuring." Logan laughed. "Why don't we continue the tour?"

"Sure."

After going through a few floors and elevators, they came to one floor in particular.

"Level 12: Cafeteria"

"Well, I'm certainly going to have to remember this one." Just then Wes's stomach growled loudly. "Umm, I didn't really have anything to eat."

"Then lets get some lunch."

The Time Force cafeteria was a mix between the food court at the mall and a big buffet. Logan gave him a quick tour.

"This is how Time Force makes some of its money for funding for new weapons and other things you see here." They both got lunch and sat down in a small table, by the door.

"So, Wes, how do you like Time Force so far?" Logan asked.

"It's cool, but it'll take some time to ad---" Just then someone walked into the cafeteria.

Wes couldn't help but stare.

Logan looked to see who it was, and it brought smile to his face.

"Jen…" Wes trailed off. She was as beautiful as ever. Her hair was a bit longer, but still in that ponytail. She walked in with four other officers.

"That's her usual lunch posse. You've met Ensign Anders, next to him is his girlfriend Ensign Allison Jackson, Alli for short. Sitting next to Jen, the girl on the right is Ensign Jamie Lombardis and her boyfriend Ensign Davis Avery." All were in uniform.

Wes didn't hear anything Logan said. He couldn't help but look at Jen. 'How easy would it be for her to spot me in this uniform?' Just then an influx of people rushed in all wearing Time Force uniforms. 'Thank god for that.'

They finished up, and to Wes's surprise, the food wasn't bad.

"Let's get a move on, Wes, there's still a lot to see."

They got up and threw out their trash. Wes took one more look at Jen, she was smiling and laughing. Then she turned her head, looking right at him. Then turned her head again. Wes ran out of there.

Something in Jen's mind clicked and made her take a double look.

"Wes?" she said she said to herself, astonished. Jen got up, and ran to the exit, looking out and down the hallway. But he was gone.

She walked back to her table and sat back down.

"Jen, is everything all right?" Jamie asked her.

"Yea, everything's…fine." Jen looked at the exit again.

For the rest of the period, Jen didn't concentrate on her lunch. Her mind was on the man who she loved, but was 1000 years in the past.

…Or was he?