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Ch 2 us up…what will Eric say when he meets Alan almost 20 years later again?

Enjoy!

Steph

The Power

Alan and his group sped off into the city in search of the Quantum Ranger.

"Where do you think he is, Alan?" Mike's voice came over the radio.

"He'll be at Silver Guardian Headquarters." Alan said. 'I hope.'

They sped through the streets and came to a building. It was Silver Guardian Headquarters. The four officers stopped in a neat line and dismounted their bikes. A group of Guardians were standing around. Alan and his officers didn't go unnoticed.

"Come on." Alan said. Shannon, Mike and Austin followed him in. They came to a reception desk. The woman sitting there just stared at them. Alan spoke. "Um, maybe you can help my friends and I. I am looking for Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger." Alan said.

"Do you have an appointment?" She asked.

"Ahh, no, I mean yes, I mean…" Alan stuttered.

"Falling asleep on the job, aren't we Michelle?" The group turned around to see a middle-aged man standing there in a guardian uniform with a red beret.

"Commander Myers! I thought you had a meeting." The receptionist said.

"Nope. I cancelled." He turned to the group. "I am Eric Myers. I recognize the uniforms, just not the people in them." Eric smiled.

"Oh, umm, my name is Alan…" Alan started. Eric gasped.

"Alan Eric Collins?" Eric asked astonished.

"Umm, yes." Alan said.

Eric smiled. "My gosh, you've grown." Alan let out a relieved sigh.

"You remember me?" Alan asked.

"I was a good friend of your Dad's." Eric said.

Austin coughed behind them. Alan turned around and saw his friends standing there. "Oh, um, Eric, this is my team. Austin St. John, Michael Camden, and Shannon Vienna." Alan said.

Eric nodded. "It's nice to meet you. But why are you here?"

Alan sighed. "If we could talk about this is a more, can we say private area."

Eric's smile faded. "Follow me."

Conference Room 3

Eric shut the door behind the group. "Now, why are you here?"

Alan sat down. "A mutant names Denthrax escaped a few hours ago, in the year 3024. My team and I followed him here, to capture him. We need your help in this." Alan said.

"What about Jen and Wes?" Eric asked. Alan's face turned sad.

Alan bowed his head, unable to speak. Mike answered for him. "Three months ago, we had some renegade mutants go into Death Valley. Jen and Wes tried to stop them, but came back as Missing In Action. We haven't seen them since."

Eric bowed his head. "I'm sorry. Wes and Jen were good friends of mine."

"Thanks. Anyway, if you could help us out…" Alan trailed off.

"I'd be glad to. Where are you guys staying?" Eric asked.

Mike spoke up. "We don't have a place to stay, or any money."

Eric smiled. "I have just the place for you and the job. Follow me." Eric led them down to a place where he knew they'd do good.

20 minutes later

Eric pulled up to a building. It was about 300 feet tall, with a big clock on the front of it. "The rangers stayed here when they were here. They also used it was a base of operations." Eric said.

"But what about the money making? We'll need it for food." Shannon said.

Eric smirked. "Looks like Nick of Time Odd Jobs is back in business. I'll show you around inside."

The team dismounted and went inside. There they saw a small counter and a table where various tools were set up. They followed Eric up countless flights of stairs and finally came to the landing. One more set of stairs and they were up in the main room.

"Wow! This place is awesome!" Austin said.

"Cool. It's roomy. I like it." Shannon said.

"Neat. Hey! Look over there. It's a cryogenic freezer." Mike said.

Alan was silent. They watched him walk over to the table. Pictures were lying on it. He picked up one. There were the original Time Force rangers. Another one was of Wes with two friends, Katie and Trip. They were tumbling over the back of the couch. The next one was Wes kissing Jen on the cheek. The one after that showed Jen beating Wes up. Smiles on both of their faces. Alan let out a small laugh.

"It's perfect. Thanks Eric." Alan said.

"No problem." Eric smiled. Their computer, Chip came flying in.

"Rangers! Tyranis is attacking the city!" Chip said.

"Let's move out!" Alan commanded.

The group plus Eric went flying down the stairs and out the front door.

The Outlet shopping center

Tyranis, Denthrax's right hand man was having a blast terrorizing the citizens. "This is great! Best part, Time Force isn't here to mess things up!" He threw another blast at the wall.

"Guess again!" Alan said. The citizens' faces lit up with smiles. "Time Force! You're under arrest. Surrender now or we will be forced to shoot!"

"I wouldn't count on it, rangers!" Tyranis threw a blast their way, hitting the ground. Alan, his team, and Eric fell to the ground. "Well well well. Look at what we have here. The Lone Ranger and his three amigos. It's a shame I have to destroy you." He mocked.

Alan got to his feet. "I don't think so." His team followed. Alan raised his left wrist. "Ready?"

Shannon, Mike and Austin raised theirs as well. "Ready!" They said in unison.

"TIME FOR TIME FORCE!" A second passed. Nothing happened. Even Alan didn't morph.

Eric gasped. "What?" Tyranis threw a blast at them. Eric jumped out of the way. "It's my turn. QUANTUM POWER!" A flash of red and black. Eric stood in his quantum ranger attire.

Alan, Shannon, Mike and Austin moved out of the way as Eric faced Tyranis.

"Well, the Quantum Ranger. I've heard a lot about you. Very powerful. But also very foolish." He taunted. "I'll destroy you as well."

"Don't count on it. Quantum Defender! Blade mode!" Eric commanded. He and Tyranis battled it out, but because Eric was 41 years old, he tired. Tyranis also was becoming weak.

"We'll meet again Power Rangers!" Tyranis disappeared. Alan let out a frustrated sigh.

"Why couldn't we morph?" Mike asked. "Even Alan didn't, and his morpher is activated."

"There's a explanation for that, Rangers." Chip flew down beside Eric.

"Circuit?" Eric asked astonished.

"Sorry, Circuit was an earlier generation of computers. I'm Chip. Austin built me." The eagle said.

"Oh." Eric said.

"The reason you couldn't morph rangers was because no one has the pink ranger's morpher. Unless someone morphs with it, the others won't be activated." Chip said.

"But what about mine? It's all ready activated. I've morphed with it 100 times!" Alan threw up his hands.

"Yes, I know. But after your morpher was given to you, the pink ranger's morpher was the next in line. It's the key to the others and is linked to the Red chronomorpher. Unless someone morphs with it rangers, you can't morph."

"And that is bad." Austin added. "But who can we get? We don't know anyone who could look like Cindy, not to mention match her DNA when we return to the future."

Eric laughed. "You sound just like Trip."

"Who?" Austin asked.

"The first green Time Force ranger, Trip Regis. Really funny guy." Eric smirked.

Someone called out in the distance. "Dad! Dad what are you doing here?" Eric and the rangers turned around. What Alan saw astonished him.

"Cindy?" He whispered. The young woman running up to them looked exactly like Cindy. Only she had light brown hair and hazel green eyes. She was beautiful.

"Dad! What happened? I saw a mutant attacking and then I saw you morph." The woman said.

"Just as you said. Mutant attack, then I morphed. You got it right." Eric said.

"Then does that mean the Time Force rangers are back?" She looked at Alan. Their eyes met for a moment. "Oh."

Eric smiled. "Jessica, this is Alan Collins, Jen and Wes's son." Jessica shook his hand.

"Hi. It's Jessie." She said.

"H-hi. I'm Al-Al…" Alan lost his voice.

"ALAN!" Shannon yelled.

"Right. Alan." He said. Jessie smiled.

"Nice to meet you." She blushed. Eric took a step forward.

"Alan is the second Red ranger. His dad, Wes who I've told you about was the first. Behind him is Shannon Vienna, the second Yellow ranger. Katie Walker was the first. Next to her is Mike Camden, second Blue ranger. Lucas Kendall was the first. And then there's Austin St. John. He's the second Green ranger. Takes after Trip Regis. He was the first." Eric said.

"What about the pink ranger?" Jessie asked.

"Cindy was killed by Denthrax. She was my girlfriend." Alan bowed his head. A tear leaked from his eye.

"I'm sorry." Jessie said. "Who was the first pink ranger?"

Eric laughed then sighed. "Good old Jen. Jen Scotts, who married Wes, is Alan's mother. She was stubborn as hell. She was the first Time Force pink ranger. My old nickname for her was the Ice Queen. You couldn't break her if you tried." Eric said.

"So you guys need a pink ranger." Jessie said. She looked at Alan with hopeful eyes. "Anyone on mind?" She asked.

"Ah, not at the moment. No offence, but I really don't want to get a citizen involved." Alan said.

"You sound so much like Jen, you know." Eric said. "But your team will need a pink ranger."

Out of nowhere a blast struck them. Alan grabbed Jessie and threw her to the ground.

"As far as I'm concerned you don't need a pink ranger! Because there won't be any rangers at all!" Denthrax laughed.

"I've had enough of you!" Alan charged in, but Denthrax easily threw him aside.

"Foolish ranger." He said and pointed his weapon at Alan. "Your first to go." Alan cringed but the shot ever came. Instead he saw Jessie leap at Denthrax and knock him down, and he heard Denthrax yelp in pain.

"Now. Let's say we finish this guy off before anyone gets hurt, Alan." Jessie said and put her hands on her hips, smiling.

Alan smiled back and reached for his back pocket. "It's yours."

"Looks like we've got another ranger in the family, huh Dad?" Jessie said and put the morpher on her wrist.

"DNA LOCKED." The voice said.

"This is your fight, Jess. Go for it." Eric stepped back.

Denthrax was finally up. Tyranis was at his side. "Master, wasn't the pink ranger destroyed all ready?" He asked.

"I don't care who is a ranger, I'll destroy you all!" Denthrax declared.

"Don't count on it. We will bring you in." Alan said and threw up his wrist. "Ready?"

Shannon, Mike, Austin and Jessie threw up their wrists. "Ready!"

The five teens chanted in unison. "TIME FOR TIME FORCE!"

A flash of red, Alan stood in his Red Ranger attire.

A flash of blue, Mike was the Blue Ranger.

A flash of green, Austin was replaced with his Green Ranger attire.

A flash of yellow, Shannon was now the Yellow Ranger.

A flash of pink, Jessie became the Pink Ranger.

The five stood in their uniforms, each with their respected color. Solid color with white trim around the shoulders, the belt was white with the Time Force insignia and the starburst on the chest, the same as the back of the uniform jacket.

"Time Force Rangers!" Denthrax said. "I thought Ransik destroyed you!"

"We're the second generation. So get used to it, because you're going down!" Alan said.

"Let's finish this once and for all!" Denthrax ran to fight them.

"HIYA!" The five ran into battle.

Shannon, Mike, Austin and Jessie fought with the toxabots. Alan went to face Denthrax. After what seemed for an eternity, Chip finally spoke up.

"Rangers! What are you waiting for! Use your weapons!" Chip called.

"Right." Alan said. "Chrono saber red!" His weapon materialized.

"Chrono saber pink!" Jessie's weapon came into her hand.

"Chrono saber blue!' Mike grabbed his weapon.

"V3!" Austin's blaster came into hand.

"V4!" Shannon's did the same.

"Let's go!" Alan charged in.

"Foolish rangers! I'll destroy you with my bare hands." Denthrax began powering up. Alan had other plans.

He leapt into the air. "Time Strike!" His weapon fired at Denthrax. His gang collapsed and an explosion went off. When the smoke cleared, Denthrax and his gang were on the ground, dirties up.

"This isn't over, Rangers. We'll be back!" They disappeared in a flash of white.

"Damn! They got away!" Alan said. "This isn't over yet, Denthrax." He whispered. The Ranges powered down. Alan turned around to see his rangers celebrating their first victory. Jessie felt out of place, watching the rangers celebrate.

Alan walked up to her. "You did really great, Jessie. I think we found our pink ranger." He smiled at her.

"Thanks. It'll be an honor working with you." Jessie smiled.

Mike watched as the two talked. "Do you think something's going on here?" Shannon and Austin turned their heads to see Alan and Jessie talking happily. There was something in their eyes.

"Maybe. We'll just have to watch and see." Shannon said.

Austin walked up to Alan and Jessie and put his arms around them. "Come on guys. Let's go home."

The five Time Force rangers smiled as they walked off. As they passed a TV story, the news was on. They stopped to look. The newscaster was smiling as the read the headlines.

"Today's top story. Mutants are back in Silver Hills. But the mutant everyone knew as Ransik wasn't the evil-doer. A new mutant named Denthrax was here and terrorized downtown Silver Hills. But there were five people there to counter his attack." She paused

Alan looked at his team and smiled. Their faces were glowing with pride.

"That's right folks…the Time Force Rangers are back in action."

ch 3 up soon.