AUTHOR'S NOTE

Still ain't mine. Still property of Haim Saban, Fox Kids, and Disney.

Trent, Kira, Conner, and Ethan turned around to see a muscular man with dark hair, wearing a shirt and black jeans.

"Who are you?" Trent wondered.

"He was one of the guys on Dr. O's video. One of the very first Rangers," Conner realized. "Uh..."

"Jason," the man supplied. Then, "Could we go somewhere private?"

"Hailey will let us use the back," Ethan told him.

"Great," Jason Lee Scott approved. The kids led the man to the back of the building.

"Hey, guys," Hailey Johnson greeted. "Wait a minute. What's going on? Tommy and I didn't contact you guys," she continued.

"We needed some place to talk. They said you'd let us use this space," Jason answered.

"Yeah. That's fine," Hailey agreed. Then, "Just one thing. Exactly, who are you?"

"Dang, I knew Tommy had a bad memory, but I didn't think he'd forget to mention names in the video," Jason quipped. Then, offering a hand, "I'm Jason."

"Hailey," Hailey responded, shaking his hand.

"So, you said Dr. O had side effects?" Trent prodded.

"Side effects? From what?" Hailey questioned.

"From the spell that made him the evil Green Ranger," Jason replied. "You see, when it was the original team, we fought a space witch known as Rita Repulsa and apparently she got tired of us kicking her butt because she recruited Tommy---was new to Angel Grove---to be newest soldier. He did a lot damage, he nearly destroyed us. But as soon as I destroyed the Sword of Darkness, he was freed," he explained.

"So, it was all good," Conner stated.

"Yeah, he was on the right side," agreed Ethan.

"Yeah, that's what we thought," Jason stated. "However, he had a side effect none of us counted on," he added.

"What?" Hailey asked, intrigued.

"Now, Tommy, he's not one to anger easily, and when these two troublemakers messed with Kimberly---our Pink Ranger and the girl he liked---he got really mad and, uh---well, his eyes turned green," Jason responded.

"Ew. How weird," shuddered Kira.

"But that was just for a little while, right?" Trent asked.

"No. It turned out to be permanent. To this day, if he's made angry enough, his eyes will turn green," Jason replied.

"Oh, man. Poor Dr. O," said Conner.

"Yeah. He hates it when it happens," Jason agreed. The group fell silent.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Thanks for sticking with me. This story only has a couple more chapters to go, one which will bring back a certain Pink Ranger. And of course, Mesogog and his goons will jump into the fray. After all, what's a Power Ranger story without the villains causing trouble for our heroes?