Disclaimer: If you've seen them on TV they belong to Haim Saban. If not, they belong to me.
Suggested reading: Zeo Disaster, Defenders, Protectors of Space and the rest of Guardians of Time.
Author's note: I am going to finish this series! I'm determined to! This saga is my 'baby'. This particular series is going to take a few very interesting turns. Secrets will be uncovered that will tear the team apart at the core. I once entertained the idea of a spin-off for this saga involving a certain thing that happens in this chapter. But I don't think so. Things get a little weird in this chapter so bear with me. It has a lot to do with later events. Series name should give you a clue on what is going on. Short fic sorry guys.
Time frame: Right after Ninjetti Revelations.
A Royal Return
By Dana
Dallas ran into the room sobbing. "Roland!" She checked for a pulse and breathed a sigh of relief. He was still alive. She grabbed one of Roland's clean shirts to try to wrap his slit wrist. The others came running when they heard her screams.
"Oh God." Jason said as he and Tommy lifted Roland off the floor. Dallas didn't let go of his wrist.
They headed for the Infirmary. Petra picked up some of the bandages that were lying on the counter. "Anyone know anything about stitches?" She asked. "The cut looks deep."
"This is a time where it would be good to have an Alpha." Tommy said.
Leo took the needle and thread. "Alpha 6 gave me enough stitches that he finally taught me how to do them." He said with a small grin as he started working on Roland's wrist.
"He's going to be in pain." Sora said.
"Roland and Jimanya were the ones who administered the pain killers so I don't know what to give him." Dallas said. She started reading one of the boxes. "Never mind. There's instructions." She gave Roland the appropriate amount of painkillers.
"Why would he try to kill himself?" Sora asked. "I thought he was handling Alexis's death."
"Today would have been Alexis's twenty-third birthday. That along with the depression that he still had probably was too much." Dallas said. "I know how he feels." She said sadly.
"He'll be all right Dal." Jason said that with more confidence then he felt.
The alarms started going off on the ship making everyone jump. "Yes Dimitria?" Dallas said into her communicator.
"THE MONSTERS THAT WERE ATTACKING YESTERDAY ARE ATTACKING AGAIN. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE TIME FORCE RANGERS."
"I think we should help them." Tommy said.
"Well someone needs to stay with Roland." Petra said.
"I agree. Petra you stay with Roland while we help the Time Force Rangers."
"No way Dallas. You're still sick. You need to stay up here." Jason said.
"But..." Dallas started to say.
"No buts." Sora said. "You may be our leader but we outrank you right now."
Dallas couldn't help but smile at her younger sister. "Okay I see I don't have much of a choice." Then she realized they would need a temporary leader. It had to be either Jason or Tommy. She thought about if for a few seconds before deciding. "Jason you're in charge." She was glad when no one argued.
"Ready guys?" Jason asked. The others nodded. "It's Morphin Time!"
"Sound Power!" Sora called.
"Lighting Power!" Tommy called.
"Thunder Power!" Jason called.
"Comet Power!" Petra called.
"Go Galactic!" Leo called.
They teleported out. Dallas watched them before sitting down in the chair next to Roland's monitoring table. 'Why Roland? Don't you know you aren't the only one hurting? Zhane's not here and I need you!'
Roland remained unconscious.
***
When the Defenders landed on Earth, they hurried over to the Time Force Rangers. They helped them. "Thanks for coming." Jen said as she kicked a Cyclobot away from her.
The fight went about the same as it did last time. Just when they thought the fight was over, something very strange happened.
Leo just completely disappeared. So did Wes. "Wes!" Jen yelled looking around for him.
"Leo?" Petra called.
"What happened?" Jason asked shocked by the turn of events. They all demorphed.
"Could Leo have gone back to his correct time?" Sora asked.
"Could have but Wes is from this time." Trip said.
"Well we've got to find them." Petra said. "I mean we've already got two missing Rangers. At least we know where they are! Now Leo and Wes have disappeared to who knows where."
"Maybe I can answer that." A voice said from behind them. Chrisman and Camie were standing there. "Timari has them."
"He and Telia must have been bored to capture a Ranger from this time period." Camie said.
Chrisman gave her a look she quickly shut up. "They'll be all right for now I'm sure."
"Yeah. They just like tormenting us Guardians." Camie said fingering a small scar that was on her cheek. She was determined to settle the score with Telia.
"Just you Camie." Chrisman said with a grin. Then he turned his attention back to them. "We'll help you locate them. If you need us, Dimitria knows how to get a hold of us." He said and teleported out with Camie.
"Are they always like that?" Katie asked.
"Haven't known them that long." Jason said truthfully. He thought about the secret he knew about Tierl. Tierl was Zack. One of his oldest friends and yet he couldn't tell the others about it. "But they do seem to like to pop in and out when there's trouble. Come on let's go back to the ship and continue searching." Jason said to the other Defenders.
"We'll look for them from here." Trip said watching them go.
***
Back on the ship, Dallas's communicator went off. "What is it Dimitria?" Dallas asked.
"I AM GETTING A MESSAGE FROM PRINCESS JIMANYA OF EDENOI." Dimitria said.
"I'll be right there." Dallas responded. "Let her through." She commanded.
"RIGHT AWAY DALLAS."
Jimanya appeared. "Dallas I have a favor I must ask of you on behalf of the Lightning Council."
"You helped us so much of course we'll help you." Dallas answered.
"I know you are trying to get Zhane and Andros back and Chrisman has informed us that Leo has now been captured." Dallas was confused. When was Leo captured? "And with Roland not fit to fight, I know this isn't the time to come to you for help." How did she know these things? "But a problem has arisen back home. Timari has gone to your dimension and is attacking Earth since there aren't any Rangers on Earth. I will send the code to Dimitria." She said.
"Thank you Jimanya. We'll be there as soon as we can." Dallas said.
Jimanya nodded and cut off communication.
"Dimitria teleport the others up here and then send us back." Dallas said. A few minutes later the others teleported into the room. "Guys Jimanya just contacted us. Timari is attacking our dimension. It's because there aren't any Rangers on Earth."
"Are we going to go stop him?" Petra asked quietly.
"Yes. Dimitria input the code and let's go." Dallas said to her mentor.
"YES DALLAS. INPUTTING CODE 9823235 NOW."
There was a flash of light. Jason went to a drawer and pulled out the Astro Morphers. "We might need the others help." He said.
"Good thinking. Dimitria can you teleport Ashley, Billy, Cassie, TJ, and Carlos up here please?" She noticed the others staring at her. 'Man I'm starting to sound like I can't do anything by myself.'
A few minutes later Ashley, Billy, Cassie, TJ, and Carlos joined them. "What's going on?" TJ asked.
"Yeah. Some monster started attacking yesterday." Cassie said.
"Jimanya told us that. We need your help against Timari." Dallas said.
"Where's Roland, Andros, and Zhane?" Ashley asked nervously when she noticed they weren't there. 'I hope nothing happened to them.'
"Timari captured Andros and Zhane." Petra answered. "We don't know where they are being held. And Roland is in the infirmary."
"Could you fill us in on who this Timari person is?" Billy asked.
"All we've noticed is that he also uses Rock Drones." Carlos said.
The Defenders took turns explaining what had been happening since they left the dimension.
"Poor Roland." Cassie said. The others nodded in agreement.
"You were almost captured by Timari's sister who used mind control?" Billy asked Tommy in surprise. "I didn't think that was possible to use on Lightning Rangers."
"Lightning Rangers may not be susceptible to spells but are to mind control unfortunately." A voice said from the viewing screen. They turned around and saw Jimanya was there. "Hey the gang's all here. Cool." She got a chuckle from some of the rangers. "Seriously though there are some things you need to know about Timari's reason for being here."
"I thought you said that he was attacking because there were no Rangers in this dimension." Sora said.
"That's true. But there's something else going on. With Antiqua and Zordon gone there is an empty void in the commanding of the Rangers." Jimanya said. "Like I said to Dallas without Rangers here it leaves Earth easy for the pickings. The Aquitar Rangers can't come here because it's not easy for them."
"What about Trey?" Jason asked.
Jimanya looked at Jason sadly. "Unfortunately I have bad news concerning Trey. He died from a deadly virus that's from Triforia. I'm sorry to have to tell you that Jason. I heard you two were close."
"Guys what about leaving the Astro Powers with us? If someone else takes advantage of this Earth will at least have some protection." TJ said.
"Not a bad thought. After we drive Timari away we might do that." Dallas said.
"Hold on guys. I'm getting word on Timari." Jimanya said and disappeared for a few seconds and came back with a startled look on her face. "I never knew Timari to play cat and mouse. He left."
"He what?" They all asked in shock.
"Where did he go?" Dallas asked.
"Don't know. Guess he found out you were back. Telia's more for the games. Hmm." Jimanya said thoughtfully. "I think it's wise to leave the Astro powers on Earth."
"Are you coming back to help us?" Tommy asked. He was feeling weird.
Jimanya grinned. "I think my capacity as your mentor is over for now. My doctor said gallivanting around the galaxy might be dangerous in my condition."
"Condition! Are you all right?" Jason asked. They just found out Trey died. What if Jimanya suffered from the same illness?
"I'm quite fine Jason. I'm pregnant." Jimanya grinned. There was a chorus of congratulations. "Thank you. Contact me if you need anything." She said and cut off the signal.
"Tommy!" Sora screamed. Bringing everyone's attention away from the viewing globe. Tommy collapsed to the floor.
Everyone surrounded him. Tommy opened his eyes. He blinked rapidly. "Tommy are you all right?" Ashley asked.
He blinked at her in confusion. "What did you say?"
"I asked if you were all right." Ashley repeated.
"What did you call me?" Tommy asked sitting up.
"Tommy." Sora was worried. "You know who you are right?"
"Yeah I know who I am. But I'm not Tommy! I'm Andros."
To be continued!
Suggested reading: Zeo Disaster, Defenders, Protectors of Space and the rest of Guardians of Time.
Author's note: I am going to finish this series! I'm determined to! This saga is my 'baby'. This particular series is going to take a few very interesting turns. Secrets will be uncovered that will tear the team apart at the core. I once entertained the idea of a spin-off for this saga involving a certain thing that happens in this chapter. But I don't think so. Things get a little weird in this chapter so bear with me. It has a lot to do with later events. Series name should give you a clue on what is going on. Short fic sorry guys.
Time frame: Right after Ninjetti Revelations.
A Royal Return
By Dana
Dallas ran into the room sobbing. "Roland!" She checked for a pulse and breathed a sigh of relief. He was still alive. She grabbed one of Roland's clean shirts to try to wrap his slit wrist. The others came running when they heard her screams.
"Oh God." Jason said as he and Tommy lifted Roland off the floor. Dallas didn't let go of his wrist.
They headed for the Infirmary. Petra picked up some of the bandages that were lying on the counter. "Anyone know anything about stitches?" She asked. "The cut looks deep."
"This is a time where it would be good to have an Alpha." Tommy said.
Leo took the needle and thread. "Alpha 6 gave me enough stitches that he finally taught me how to do them." He said with a small grin as he started working on Roland's wrist.
"He's going to be in pain." Sora said.
"Roland and Jimanya were the ones who administered the pain killers so I don't know what to give him." Dallas said. She started reading one of the boxes. "Never mind. There's instructions." She gave Roland the appropriate amount of painkillers.
"Why would he try to kill himself?" Sora asked. "I thought he was handling Alexis's death."
"Today would have been Alexis's twenty-third birthday. That along with the depression that he still had probably was too much." Dallas said. "I know how he feels." She said sadly.
"He'll be all right Dal." Jason said that with more confidence then he felt.
The alarms started going off on the ship making everyone jump. "Yes Dimitria?" Dallas said into her communicator.
"THE MONSTERS THAT WERE ATTACKING YESTERDAY ARE ATTACKING AGAIN. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE TIME FORCE RANGERS."
"I think we should help them." Tommy said.
"Well someone needs to stay with Roland." Petra said.
"I agree. Petra you stay with Roland while we help the Time Force Rangers."
"No way Dallas. You're still sick. You need to stay up here." Jason said.
"But..." Dallas started to say.
"No buts." Sora said. "You may be our leader but we outrank you right now."
Dallas couldn't help but smile at her younger sister. "Okay I see I don't have much of a choice." Then she realized they would need a temporary leader. It had to be either Jason or Tommy. She thought about if for a few seconds before deciding. "Jason you're in charge." She was glad when no one argued.
"Ready guys?" Jason asked. The others nodded. "It's Morphin Time!"
"Sound Power!" Sora called.
"Lighting Power!" Tommy called.
"Thunder Power!" Jason called.
"Comet Power!" Petra called.
"Go Galactic!" Leo called.
They teleported out. Dallas watched them before sitting down in the chair next to Roland's monitoring table. 'Why Roland? Don't you know you aren't the only one hurting? Zhane's not here and I need you!'
Roland remained unconscious.
***
When the Defenders landed on Earth, they hurried over to the Time Force Rangers. They helped them. "Thanks for coming." Jen said as she kicked a Cyclobot away from her.
The fight went about the same as it did last time. Just when they thought the fight was over, something very strange happened.
Leo just completely disappeared. So did Wes. "Wes!" Jen yelled looking around for him.
"Leo?" Petra called.
"What happened?" Jason asked shocked by the turn of events. They all demorphed.
"Could Leo have gone back to his correct time?" Sora asked.
"Could have but Wes is from this time." Trip said.
"Well we've got to find them." Petra said. "I mean we've already got two missing Rangers. At least we know where they are! Now Leo and Wes have disappeared to who knows where."
"Maybe I can answer that." A voice said from behind them. Chrisman and Camie were standing there. "Timari has them."
"He and Telia must have been bored to capture a Ranger from this time period." Camie said.
Chrisman gave her a look she quickly shut up. "They'll be all right for now I'm sure."
"Yeah. They just like tormenting us Guardians." Camie said fingering a small scar that was on her cheek. She was determined to settle the score with Telia.
"Just you Camie." Chrisman said with a grin. Then he turned his attention back to them. "We'll help you locate them. If you need us, Dimitria knows how to get a hold of us." He said and teleported out with Camie.
"Are they always like that?" Katie asked.
"Haven't known them that long." Jason said truthfully. He thought about the secret he knew about Tierl. Tierl was Zack. One of his oldest friends and yet he couldn't tell the others about it. "But they do seem to like to pop in and out when there's trouble. Come on let's go back to the ship and continue searching." Jason said to the other Defenders.
"We'll look for them from here." Trip said watching them go.
***
Back on the ship, Dallas's communicator went off. "What is it Dimitria?" Dallas asked.
"I AM GETTING A MESSAGE FROM PRINCESS JIMANYA OF EDENOI." Dimitria said.
"I'll be right there." Dallas responded. "Let her through." She commanded.
"RIGHT AWAY DALLAS."
Jimanya appeared. "Dallas I have a favor I must ask of you on behalf of the Lightning Council."
"You helped us so much of course we'll help you." Dallas answered.
"I know you are trying to get Zhane and Andros back and Chrisman has informed us that Leo has now been captured." Dallas was confused. When was Leo captured? "And with Roland not fit to fight, I know this isn't the time to come to you for help." How did she know these things? "But a problem has arisen back home. Timari has gone to your dimension and is attacking Earth since there aren't any Rangers on Earth. I will send the code to Dimitria." She said.
"Thank you Jimanya. We'll be there as soon as we can." Dallas said.
Jimanya nodded and cut off communication.
"Dimitria teleport the others up here and then send us back." Dallas said. A few minutes later the others teleported into the room. "Guys Jimanya just contacted us. Timari is attacking our dimension. It's because there aren't any Rangers on Earth."
"Are we going to go stop him?" Petra asked quietly.
"Yes. Dimitria input the code and let's go." Dallas said to her mentor.
"YES DALLAS. INPUTTING CODE 9823235 NOW."
There was a flash of light. Jason went to a drawer and pulled out the Astro Morphers. "We might need the others help." He said.
"Good thinking. Dimitria can you teleport Ashley, Billy, Cassie, TJ, and Carlos up here please?" She noticed the others staring at her. 'Man I'm starting to sound like I can't do anything by myself.'
A few minutes later Ashley, Billy, Cassie, TJ, and Carlos joined them. "What's going on?" TJ asked.
"Yeah. Some monster started attacking yesterday." Cassie said.
"Jimanya told us that. We need your help against Timari." Dallas said.
"Where's Roland, Andros, and Zhane?" Ashley asked nervously when she noticed they weren't there. 'I hope nothing happened to them.'
"Timari captured Andros and Zhane." Petra answered. "We don't know where they are being held. And Roland is in the infirmary."
"Could you fill us in on who this Timari person is?" Billy asked.
"All we've noticed is that he also uses Rock Drones." Carlos said.
The Defenders took turns explaining what had been happening since they left the dimension.
"Poor Roland." Cassie said. The others nodded in agreement.
"You were almost captured by Timari's sister who used mind control?" Billy asked Tommy in surprise. "I didn't think that was possible to use on Lightning Rangers."
"Lightning Rangers may not be susceptible to spells but are to mind control unfortunately." A voice said from the viewing screen. They turned around and saw Jimanya was there. "Hey the gang's all here. Cool." She got a chuckle from some of the rangers. "Seriously though there are some things you need to know about Timari's reason for being here."
"I thought you said that he was attacking because there were no Rangers in this dimension." Sora said.
"That's true. But there's something else going on. With Antiqua and Zordon gone there is an empty void in the commanding of the Rangers." Jimanya said. "Like I said to Dallas without Rangers here it leaves Earth easy for the pickings. The Aquitar Rangers can't come here because it's not easy for them."
"What about Trey?" Jason asked.
Jimanya looked at Jason sadly. "Unfortunately I have bad news concerning Trey. He died from a deadly virus that's from Triforia. I'm sorry to have to tell you that Jason. I heard you two were close."
"Guys what about leaving the Astro Powers with us? If someone else takes advantage of this Earth will at least have some protection." TJ said.
"Not a bad thought. After we drive Timari away we might do that." Dallas said.
"Hold on guys. I'm getting word on Timari." Jimanya said and disappeared for a few seconds and came back with a startled look on her face. "I never knew Timari to play cat and mouse. He left."
"He what?" They all asked in shock.
"Where did he go?" Dallas asked.
"Don't know. Guess he found out you were back. Telia's more for the games. Hmm." Jimanya said thoughtfully. "I think it's wise to leave the Astro powers on Earth."
"Are you coming back to help us?" Tommy asked. He was feeling weird.
Jimanya grinned. "I think my capacity as your mentor is over for now. My doctor said gallivanting around the galaxy might be dangerous in my condition."
"Condition! Are you all right?" Jason asked. They just found out Trey died. What if Jimanya suffered from the same illness?
"I'm quite fine Jason. I'm pregnant." Jimanya grinned. There was a chorus of congratulations. "Thank you. Contact me if you need anything." She said and cut off the signal.
"Tommy!" Sora screamed. Bringing everyone's attention away from the viewing globe. Tommy collapsed to the floor.
Everyone surrounded him. Tommy opened his eyes. He blinked rapidly. "Tommy are you all right?" Ashley asked.
He blinked at her in confusion. "What did you say?"
"I asked if you were all right." Ashley repeated.
"What did you call me?" Tommy asked sitting up.
"Tommy." Sora was worried. "You know who you are right?"
"Yeah I know who I am. But I'm not Tommy! I'm Andros."
To be continued!