"I just don't understand it," the scientist muttered to himself. He had recently been investigating the toxin spill in Turtle Cove, and kept coming up with the same unreadable findings. "What did those people dump in here?"

The toxins were spilled into the lake after a truck carrying the mysterious substance crashed and spilled its contents into the once blue water. Now, the lake had an eerie green tint to it, and the area in which they were most concerned had developed into a thick green coating that was slowly covering an outlet where the scientist was now.

He reached down and collected some of the matter, placing it in a storage container. As soon as he placed the seal on the container, the sample began to glow.

"What the..." he trailed off as he watched the small piece begin to grow in front of his eyes. It bean to pulse a little and finally it stopped. A bright light came from behind him and he saw the large mass of the toxic matter beginning to form into an elliptical egg-like shape.

It too began to pulse and the scientist grew very nervous. Beams of light began to break through the cocoon and before he had time to react, one of the lights hit him and he was sucked into to mass... never to been seen again...

Meanwhile in Silver Hills...

Nicky and Cody were preparing for their first race.

"Excuse me?"

Nicky turned and threw her long braid over her shoulder. What she saw made her heart stop in her chest. Standing in front of her was the most gorgeous guy she had ever seen.

"Can we help you?" Cody said as he turned around. A smile spread across his face. "Brady! Great to see you, man!" Cody then proceeded to grab him in a manly hug. They shared cousins, so they knew each other fairly well.

Brady didn't respond right away though. His eyes went back to the petite brunette that had caused his mouth to go dry. This couldn't be the same Nicky he had known years ago with the braces and mousy hair.

Cody just smiled at the two and suppressed a laugh. "You remember Nick don't you?" he asked Brady.

Brady smiled and extended his hand to her, helping her to stand. "You're a little different from when I last saw you," he said. Nicky's face went red.

"Yeah... no more braces," she said shyly. 'Good one Nicole,' she thought to herself.

There were a few more seconds of awkward silence before the sound of more bikes coming towards them. Two blue colored bikes pulled up, followed by a deep red one, a crimson one and a white and yellow one. All of the bikes had a passenger.

Jake, Ethan, Jack, Sam, and Charlie pulled up with Andy, Sky, Kyle, Owen, and Kanoi in tow. When they all dismounted the Bradley and Meyers kids reacquainted quickly.

"Happy birthday cuz!" Brady said to Ethan as they embraced. Out of all the cousins, they were the closest.

"Yours is tomorrow, dude," Ethan replied back. At that everyone smiled. After the races were through today they were heading over to the Meyers' house for the joint birthday parties.

As everyone was getting reacquainted, Andy couldn't help but look around. "Andy? What is it?" Kyle asked.

"Where are Evie and Lindy? I thought they'd be here too," she said a little disappointedly.

Brady grinned. "They were with Aunt Tori and my parents when we got here, but Evie kinda went off on her own."

"And where would that be?" Jake prodded. He could tell he was hiding something.

"Nowhere you guys would want to be," a voice said from behind them. Andy's face immediately lit up when Lindy came over and grabbed her in a hug. She smiled at her youngest cousin. "I missed you guys."

"We missed you too cuz," Owen said hugging her. Lindy went around hugging the rest of her family and friends until she and everyone else heard the signal for the racers to start preparing for the first heat.

"We'll be in the stands watching you guys," Brady said as he and his sister left with Kyle, Andy, and Kanoi.

Sky walked around to Jake's bike and crouched down to take one last look at his top end. Jake was leaning on the seat looking down at her.

"Jake, I thought I told you to change this before you left," she said as she threw him a dead spark plug. Jake's face flushed red.

In all truth, he had meant to change it, but he wanted an excuse for Sky to come help him. He was too busy staring at her work that he didn't notice his brother making his way over to Charlie.

Charlotte Brooks was the perfect combination of her parents, inheriting her father's eyes and her mother's hair.

She looked up from strapping her boot and saw Owen smiling at her. Her cheeks suddenly got hot and she pulled her hair into a ponytail.

"I just wanted to wish you luck out there... Sam and Jack know their stuff," he said. Every since they were young, they had always been good friends, but now that they were grown, they weren't exactly sure what they felt anymore.

"Thanks O...I'll see you after the race," she said smiling. Owen nodded and went over to his brothers.

Nicky saw her sister's encounter with Owen and grinned. "How long before you think they'll get a clue and realize they like each other?"

Nicky turned and grinned at Sam. The two girls began to giggle and brought their bikes alongside everyone else's.

Sky smiled at Jake as he brought his bike up next to Ethan's. They all went to their respective groups and waited...

In the stands all of the rangers were there to watch their offspring. Evie, Lindy, Brady, Kanoi, Kyle, Andy, and Owen all watched as Jack, Nicky, and Sam placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the 125 division with Charlie getting 5th, and Jake, Ethan, and Cody swept the podium in the 250 division.

As everyone flooded the winner's circle to congratulate them, a large figure grinned from behind the stands.

'Soon you will pay for what you did rangers... I will have my revenge...' He disappeared in a small flash of green light.

I KNOW... REALLY SHORT, BUT THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS WILL BE MUCH MUCH BETTER, I PROMISE! AND THEY'LL BE UP SOON!