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So Jen sends Lance back in time, will he meet up with Wes? And what happened to Jen? All will be told!

PRTFCSI, yes this will be a Jen/Wes fic…but if I tell anymore then I'll give away the rest of the story…just keep reading…

Enjoy!

Steph

Surprises

Lance banged his fists against the glass, but nothing happened. As the engines powered up he fell back, but got up in time to see his mother storm off and fight against the mutant. The last second she turned and looked at him, alone in the time ship. Lance watched as the ship lifted off the ground and approached the time portal. Colors were swirling around him as the ship entered the portal. Lance was shaking as a light was seen at the end of the tunnel.

Then everything went black.

Sometime Later

When Lance woke up, his head was pounding. He looked around to see himself on the floor; chairs were thrown all over the place. He got up and staggered, feeling nauseous. Once steadied the events before came to mind. His mom pushing him into the time ship as the mutant attacked Time Force. He blacked out just as the ship came out of the portal.

Lance got up and looked around. A year was on the computer screen.

"What?" Lance whispered. "I'm in the…past?" He looked out of the window to see a beach and a road. A sign was on the road.

Lance sat down and took it all in. He looked around to see his backpack lying near him. He never really looked in it, so he decided to open it. Inside was an array of things. He carefully pulled them out.

A wallet was there, with two hundred dollars in cash in it. An emergency number and a picture of Lance when he was younger. It was Jen's.

Next was a pair of sunglasses. Below that was some shirts and clean underwear. But what was under that baffled him.

Lance was amazed as he carefully lifted a chrono-blaster out of the bag. It wasn't a paint filled one, but a real blaster. A note fell out of the bag.

Lance—

I know this is hard for you to do, leaving our time and coming here. But please believe me when I say I did it for your own protection. The message on the chalkboard was a threat to your life and mine.

You are in the year 2010. The city is Silver Hills, only 1000 years ago. There is a man here, named Wes Collins who will help you while I am not there. If you can't find Wes, then Eric Myers is also someone who you can trust. Wes is the Red Time Force Ranger. Eric is the Quantum Ranger. Both are commanders of the Silver Guardians. Go to their headquarters and find Wes. He'll help you with anything.

In your bag I have put a blaster in, incase you need it. But ONLY if you need it. I trust you know when and when not to use it.

I love you with all my heart.

Mom

Lance sniffed as a few tears fell. "No, don't cry Lance. You need to be strong for Mom. She is counting on you." He told himself. Lying on the ground was also his mom's uniform jacket. Lance put the oversized jacket on and put the backpack over it. He zipped it up and went out in search of the man who was to help him.

The man named Wes Collins.

Two hours later

Lance had been walking for what seemed like forever. But he was finally in the city. His mother told him all about Silver Hills in the year 2001. How people powered their cars with petroleum instead of a self-charging battery.

Lance sat down a bench when a bus pulled up. The driver opened the door, and from what Lance saw the bus was empty.

"You lost, son?" the man said.

"No, I was trying to find Silver Guardian Headquarters. My, uhh, dad works there." Lance said.

The man shrugged. "Have a seat, son. I'll take you directly there." He smiled.

"Thanks mister." Lance said. He took off his backpack and sat down in the seat. The driver looked at Lance. His jacket was a sparkling white, with an insignia on the right shoulder that was odd. But the driver just shrugged it off.

Twenty minutes later Lance thanked the man and looked at the building. It resembled Time Force a lot, but had its differences. Lance took off the Time Force jacket and stuffed it into the backpack.

Lance didn't know whether to walk in and ask or just wonder around. But something caught his eye. A class was going into the building, so Lance followed.

"All right, class. Please stay together. This is a very big building, and I don't think it'd be wise to wonder." The teacher said. Lance walked over to a boy standing in the back of the group.

"Umm, hi." Lance said. The boy faced him.

"Hi. Are you here for the tour too?" the boy asked.

Lance hesitated. "Umm, yea. I got lost from my group. Can I stick with you?" Lance asked.

The boy shrugged. "Sure. I'm Nick."

"Lance." Lance said. Just then two uniformed men walked in.

"All right, if we could have your attention, please. We'll begin in just a minute." The man with a red beret said. He had black hair and a tan complexion. "I am Commander Eric Myers. The Quantum Ranger as most of you may refer to me as." Eric smiled.

The other man spoke. Lance looked at him. "And I am Commander Wes Collins. The Red Ranger." Wes said. Lance looked at him. Dark brown hair with blonde highlights and blue eyes. "Commander Myers and I are happy to have you all here today." Wes looked around the room.

"When I call your name, please come over here. The rest go with Commander Collins." Eric said and he began to call out names. Once he was finished, his group went, leaving Lance, Nick and the group with Wes.

"Well, seems like I have the smaller group. Now, if you could please tell me your names." He went around to each kid. His eyes finally landed on Lance.

But Lance didn't say anything. Wes looked at him, a friendly smile on his face. "And your name is?"

"Uhh, Lance." He said. Wes smiled and nodded.

"What's your last name?" Wes asked curiously.

Lance hesitated for a moment. "Scotts. My name is Lance Scotts." He said.

Something that he said clicked in Wes's mind. 'Scotts? That's Jen's last name. It couldn't be. It's just a strange coincidence.' "Where did you come here from?" Wes asked.

"Umm, I moved here from San Francisco a few years back. My dad works as a teacher at the high school and my mom is a lifeguard." Lance said.

'That's what I thought.' Wes thought. "Interesting. Well, let's get started with the tour." As the group plus Lance moved along, Wes eyed him for a brief moment. Something was familiar about that boy that Wes couldn't put his finger on.

1 hour later

Wes and Eric met up in the lobby and the class was put back together. Lance snuck behind a wall and waited for the class to leave. Finally Wes and Eric left as well. Lance carefully immerged from the wall and watched Wes walk around a corner. Lance stealthily followed him around the corner.

A Guardian noticed Lance following Wes and called out to him. "Hey, kid! You can't be back here!" Lance looked at him and ran. "Hey! Stop!" The Guardian gave chase. Lance fan around the former and bumped straight into Wes.

"Hey, ouch! What the…" Wes stopped as he looked at Lance. Lance just sat there on the floor not moving, shaking as the Guardian caught up with him.

"Commander Collins! This boy has been following you. Shall we call his parents?" The guardian grabbed Lance by the arm.

"Yes. Call his teacher as well." Wes turned around and left. Lance did the only thing he could.

"Wes, wait! Please you gotta listen to me! I…" Lance lashed against the guardian holding him.

"If you are to address the Commander do it properly! Now come on, we're going to call your parents." The guardian dragged him along.

Lance paniced as Wes rounded a corner. He yelled out again. "My name is Lance Scotts! I'm Jen's son!"

Wes stopped and looked at the boy. Something had told Wes the boy was telling the truth. Wes looked at the Guardian. "Let him go."

The officer looked in confusion. "Commander? Did you just say…"

"Yes. You heard me correct. Let the boy go." The guardian released Lance's arm and Lance threw him a dirty look. Wes walked over to him and bent down. "You said you're Jen's son. Where are you really from?"

"The year 3009. My mother is Jen." Lance said.

"What else can you tell me?" Wes asked calmly.

Lance didn't know what to say. But he opened his backpack and pulled out the Time Force jacket. "This is my moms. She gave it to me." Lance held out the jacket for Wes to see. Wes silently took the jacket and Eric looked at it. On the inside was a name stitched into the fabric. LT. J. SCOTTS

"This is Jen's all right." Eric said.

Wes just stared at the boy. "Follow me." He said and handed the jacket back to Lance. Lance followed Wes and Eric into Wes's office.

Later

"Then the next thing I know I'm in the time ship. Mom pushed me on as the mutant began firing. I remember seeing her face, then I woke up in the time ship, and was here." Lance said. He had been explaining to Eric and Wes why he'd come here and how. "Mom said you could help me Wes. Until she came back."

"Is Jen okay?" Wes asked. Lance shook his head.

"I don't know. I saw her fight against the mutant and that was it." Lance said. He saw the worry in Wes's eyes.

Wes was silent. "Come on. I'll take you to my house. You can stay there until we figure this out. Eric, I'll call you tomorrow."

The two said good-bye and Lance and Wes went to Wes's car. They were silent.

Later that evening

Later on, Wes took Lance up to his room.

"You can stay in my room of you want, Lance. I'll stay---" Wes noticed Lance had tears in his eyes. "What's wrong, Lance?" Wes asked.

Lance sniffed. "I don't know if I'll ever see her again. I mean after I saw her go after that mutant…" Lance stopped.

"I know. When we were fighting Ransik all those years ago, she went after Ransik alone. When I saw her do that, I was worried that she'd never make it back. But your mom is strong, Lance. She'll make it." Wes paused. "In the mean time, if you need anything at all, let me know. And know this, Lance." Wes looked him in the eye. "I will be here for you, incase anything happens. I'll be here." Wes finished.

Lance said nothing. The next thing Wes knew, Lance hugged him tightly.

"Come on. How about we go out for some ice cream?" Wes asked. Lance just gave a small smile.

"Ice cream sounds good." Lance said.

Kingston Park

Wes and Lance sat down at a table in the park and ate their ice cream. But there was one thing on Wes's mind.

"Lance, can I ask you a question?" Wes asked.

Lance took a spoonful of ice cream. "Sure."

Wes gulped. "Is your mom seeing anyone?"

"No. She's been single since I was born."

"Then who's your father?" Wes asked.

"Some guy named Kevin who left her after he found out she was going to have me." Lance said. "He was a real basket case, as mom would say."

"How long did she go out with him for?" Wes took a bite of his ice cream.

"She said that after she returned from her mission she met him. After dating him for two months she found out she was pregnant with me. Then it kind of went down hill from there." Lance took a bite, as well.

"How long after she returned did she go out with Kevin?" Wes asked.

"I don't know, I know bits and pieces really." Lance said.

Wes was silent once again. "Did she ever mention anything about…me?" Wes asked.

Lance shook his head no. Wes let out a sigh. "Come on. It's getting late." Wes said.

They threw out their trash and went to Wes's car. To Wes's surprise, Lance took Wes's hand and they walked to his car.

11:30PM

Lance walked out of Wes's bathroom in a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. Wes had made up his bed for Lance to sleep on. Lance lay down on the bed sleepily. Wes sat down on the edge of his bed and pulled a blanket around him.

"Comfortable?" Wes asked.

Lance nodded sleepily and closed his eyes. His breathing slowed as Wes exited.

"Good night, Lance." Wes said.

Lance let out a snore. "Good night, Dad."

Wes stopped and looked at Lance. He was sleeping peacefully, a bright smile on his face. Wes silently closed the door and went downstairs and sat on the couch.

"He called me 'dad,'" Wes said. Wes shook his head and blinked a few times. He lie down on the couch and fell asleep, Lance's words lingered in his mind.

The next morning

"Wes! Wes, wake up!" a voice said. Wes rubbed the sleep from his eyes as his name was called again. "Wes! Damn it! Mutants are attacking!" Wes finally realized Eric's voice was coming over his morpher.

"What? Did you say mutants?" Wes asked.

"Yes! Now get your ass down here on the double!" Eric yelled.

Wes jumped up. "Right. I'm on my way." Wes ran to his truck and went to fight the mutant, lights and sirens.

Times Square

Wes jumped out of his car and joined Eric.

"Halt! We are the Silver Guardians!" Eric called.

"You are under arrest. Surrender now or we will be forced to shoot." Wes aimed his blaster.

"Don't bother, soldier. All I want is the boy." The mutant said.

"What's he talking about?" Eric asked.

"He wants Lance." Wes said.

The mutant laughed. "Exactly. Now hand him over."

Wes stood up. "You'll have to go through me first!" Eric did the same.

"That can be arranged!" the mutant fired at Wes and Eric, but they dodged easily.

"You're not getting to him that easily!" Wes raised his wrist. "TIME FOR TIME FORCE!" Wes was transformed into the Red Ranger.

"QUANTUM POWER!" Eric stood in his ranger attire.

"You think you can defeat me that easily!" the mutant sneered.

"I don't think, I know!" Wes charged at the mutant. Eric followed.

Lance's head immerged from the back seat of Wes's car. He looked and saw Wes and Eric fighting the mutant, but Wes was thrown against the car and sparks flew. Lance heard him cry out in pain and jumped out of the car.

"Wes!" Lance ran up to him. "Wes, are you all right?"

"Yea, I'm fine." Wes tried to get up, but fell to the ground painfully. "Lance, you need to get out of…" Wes was cut off as the mutant fired at them.

"Ah. The boy. Come with me unless you want your red friend to die!" the mutant said.

"Don't you lay a hand on him!" someone called out. Wes, Eric and Lance gasped as four multicolored people walked up. One blue, one yellow, one green and one pink.

The mutant looked at the four rangers. "I'll be back for the boy!" he disappeared.

Lance looked at the figure in pink, his face lit up. "Mom! Mom your here! You're alive!" Lance ran over to her as she powered down. Jen kneeled down and hugged her son lovingly.

"Yes. Everything's going to be okay." Jen said. Tears flowing down her cheeks, thankful her son was okay.

6:30 PM: Collins Estate

The limo pulled into the Collins Estate and the six rangers plus Lance got out.

"Come on, Mom! You're going to love this place! It's so cool!" Lance said. "Wes even said he would play soccer with me!"

Jen just looked at Wes. Since she returned, she had not said as much as hello to him. Katie grabbed Lucas and Trip.

"Well Lance, why not show us to our rooms, huh?" Katie said. "Mom and Wes need to discuss some things."

Jen silently thanked Katie and the group went in, leaving Jen and Wes alone.

"Umm, would you like to take a walk, Jen?' Wes asked.

"Yes. We have a lot of things to talk about." Jen said. Wes lead her to the garden path and into the maze the landscaper created.

As they walked, the tension between them rose with every step. The sun was beginning to set which created an orange glow across the backyard. Wes finally spoke.

"So, umm, how have you been?" He asked.

"Fine." Jen said. Wes let out a silent oh. "Thanks for looking after him for me, Wes." She said.

"It was no trouble. He's a cool kid." Wes said. There was silence again. They rounded a corner out of the maze and kept walking down the path toward the house. The tension between them was unbearable for Wes.

"Wes, there's something you need to know." Jen said. Wes stopped and faced her. The sunlight made her face glow brightly. "I…" Jen was cut off as someone called out.

"Wes, Wes honey! There you are!" a female voice called out.

Jen's head whipped around to see a brunette sprinting down the path. She jumped into Wes's arms, nearly knocking Jen over. Jen watched the site with painful eyes.

"Oh, hi Michelle. I didn't know you were home." Wes said surprised.

"I just wanted to say happy birthday!" Michelle kissed him lovingly. Jen turned her head. "It's not everyday my fiancé turns 29."

The word fiancé caught Jen's ears and she looked at Wes. But he wasn't smiling at the woman, his eyes were fixed on Jen's.

"I better be going. Captain Logan will want to know Lance is safe and secure." Jen said and turned on her heel.

Michelle watched Jen, then looked at Wes. "Did I interrupt anything important?"

Wes turned his head. "No. Nothing at all."

Michelle smiled and hugged him tightly. She said something but Wes didn't hear. His eyes were focused on the Time Force officer walking down the path.

Jen walked into her room and out onto the balcony overlooking the horizon. Down below, Wes and his fiancé were smiling and laughing. Something tore at Jen's heart. Then her eyes glanced over at Lance's picture.

'You don't need him, Jen. You have Lance now. There's no room for him. Lance comes first. You aren't still in love with him. You can't be.' Jen thought.

But the sound of Wes's voice drifted up to her balcony as Michelle and Wes talked. Tears flooded her eyes as Wes kissed Michelle passionately.

But as Jen watched him, her heart cried. By the time the sunset, Jen only knew one thing.

Jen was still madly in love with Wes.

Ch 4 up soon…