Shayla stood there stunned.

"Merrick? Why are you here after all this time?" she asked happily.

Merrick went right over to her and took her hand. "You know why I'm back... I swore to always protect you." Shayla blushed slightly and walked him over to the pool. Merrick continued. "I can sense it... he's back isn't he?"

She motioned for him to look in the pool as the events of the day replayed in front of his eyes.

"Cole, Alyssa, Taylor..." he muttered.

"As well as the Ninja Storm Rangers, and Wes, Jennifer, and Eric," Shayla finished for him.

Merrick ran a hand through his hair. "I heard what you said... when I first arrived." Shayla turned to him.

"You really think it'll work?" she asked.

"Yes... I think it's time the Wild Zords woke up..."

Meanwhile...

Evie ran as fast as her legs could carry her. If there was one thing she was known for, it was running. Her mother had once joked that when Evie ran, it was like she was flying...

When she thought she was relatively far away from everyone she stopped and looked at her surroundings. She was standing atop a great cliff that overlooked a vast lake that seemed to be right in the center of the Animarium.

'Who the hell does he think he is, telling me I can't do that... he's not my father,' she mumbled to herself. Thoughts of her parents immediately flooded her mind and she sank to the ground. 'This shouldn't have happened. I'm the oldest... I should have protected them or something... and Uncle Blake and Aunt Tori...'

Suddenly a bird was heard flying overhead... and Eagle. She looked up and saw the majestic bird soaring closer and closer to her. As it did, it seemed to grow into a giant before her.

"Whoa... easy fella," she chided him as he perched on a huge boulder near her. Again the great creature let out a cry and flapped its wings, but for some reason, Evie wasn't afraid of him...

She cautiously made her way to it. "You were my mother's zord weren't you?" she asked it. "She used to tell me all about you and how you would fly with her..."

Again she was overcome with a guilt feeling.

"I wish you could help me get them back," she said as she rested her hand on one of the wings.

Not too far away Lindy was slowly retracing her sister's footfalls, paying close attention to every trampled blade of grass and upturned rock. If anyone had been watching her, they would have thought she was stalking her prey...

She came to an impasse and crouched down to feel the upturned earth. She stood again and looked further into the jungle. "Evie where are you?" she asked herself. As she began to walk again, she had the distinct feeling that someone was watching her.

Ignoring the feeling, she continued on until she heard a soft kind of whimper coming from underneath a pile of brush. 'What in the world?' she asked herself as she crept forward and cleared away some of the debris.

What she found was a tiny white tiger cub. As she cleared away more of the debris, the cub swiped a tiny paw at her and she smiled.

"I'm not going to hurt you," she said to it. The cub seemed to understand and let her finish her work. When everything was cleared away the cub walked over to Lindy and licked her palm before scurrying off into the wild.

'Well that was interesting,' she thought as she continued walking. 'That was Aunt Alyssa's animal,' she thought sadly as she continued walking. 'I wonder if the Wild Zords are still around...'

At the lake, Brady, Nicky, and Ethan had joined Kyle and Andy. They all sat by the bank watching the various animals go about their daily routines.

"So what exactly is this place?" Nicky asked after a little while.

Brady perked up and leaned back in the grass. "This is all that's left of the great kingdom of Animaria. Princess Shayla lifted it into the sky thousands of years ago..." Brady began as he retold the story he has heard since birth.

Ethan, Kyle, and Andy all saw the smirk on Brady's face as he continued to try and impress Nicky. They had heard the story from Taylor countless times and they too took some comfort in the retelling of it.

"And then the Wild Force Rangers defeated Master Org and-"Brady stopped when he came to the end of it. There was silence amongst the teens.

Brady clenched his fists and slammed them hard against the ground. "And then Master Org came back and took the Rangers and their families-"

"Brady stop it!" Andy yelled. "You're not helping anything!"

"You know what Andy, I'm sick of you trying to play peacemaker here!" Brady shouted back.

"Don't talk to my sister like that!" Kyle said as he stood up to his cousin.

"You guys are all acting like a bunch of morons! There are more important things to think about here," Nicky said as she stood in between the two boys.

Finally Ethan couldn't take it anymore. "That's it!" he shouted as he extended his hands towards the lake. Without a second thought he shot a spray of water at them all, sending them to the ground.

"You all need to cool off," he said as he proceeded to run across the lake. Brady sputtered water out of his mouth.

"I thought he was training with Uncle Blake at the thunder academy!"

"He's an overachiever," Andy said as she wrung her hair out. "He takes part time classes at the Wind academy too."

Brady helped Nicky to stand. "He's right you know," she said. Brady reached over and pulled Andy into a tight hug.

"I'm sorry little cuz," he said. Andy returned it.

"It's okay Brady... I'll forgive you this time." They all laughed and turned their attention back to where they saw Ethan standing stone still on the water.

"What the hell?" Kyle said. "I've never seen him do that before."

"It's like something's holding him up," Nicky said as she sidled up next to Brady unconsciously.

"Holy shit... I think something is," Brady muttered as he saw the great body of the Blue Shark Zord emerge with Ethan on his back.

Ethan was shocked when he looked down into the water and saw the zord coming up towards him. He had been in deep concentration... thinking about everything that had happened that day... on his birthday no less.

The zord must have picked up on something, because the next thing he knew he was being driven back to his family.

Back in the jungle, Jack and Sam were scoping out the surroundings of a waterfall. "So what do you think Sensei Watanabe's going to tell the others when they get home?" Sam asked.

Jack sighed. "Maybe help them tune into our folks or something...maybe channel extra powers or something."

"But Jack, dad, Aunt Tori, Uncle Blake, Shane, Dustin, and Cam don't have powers anymore."

"Not ranger powers, but they still have their ninja powers... just like we do."

"But we don't know how to channel them yet."

"Cody and the others do...kinda," he said as he walked through a vine curtain. Sam was about to step through when she heard the distant sounds of footsteps. "Sam?"

"Hold up," she said as she ventured further into the forest. She walked a little further until she saw the most beautiful creature she had ever seen. Standing alone in a glade was a silver colored wolf... and it was staring right at her.

Back where Jack was, he too had seen something... something BIG... and it was heading right for him.

"Jack! Come here!" Sam called.

"Uh... I'll be there in a sec," Jack said cautiously. As the massive creature approached him, Jack found a sense of peace washing over him. It was the Bison Zord... he just knew it, and he knew this creature wasn't here to hurt him.

Sam continued to look at the wolf. It walked closer to her and she crouched down to its level. 'I should be freaking out right now, but I KNOW he's not going to hurt me,' she said in her head.

The wolf came over and let Sam pet him. She smiled and the creature retreated back into the woods. Sam ran out and saw the mighty Bison running back across the grass.

The two siblings just looked at each other with wide grins and ran back to the temple.

Leo had lost Xander somewhere in the jungle and decided to finally explore the great place his parents spoke so highly of. He remembered being there a long time ago. Alyssa, Cole, Taylor, and Eric had all brought their children to the beautiful Animarium.

Now, he only wished that they were all here again...

He reached a large rock face that was standing out in the middle of a great field. Something inside of him told him to stand very still and watched. Sure enough, out of nowhere the giant Red Lion Zord appeared before him.

"Wow," he said in awe. The zord plopped down on the rock and let out a mighty roar that Leo found strangely comforting. He carefully made his way over to the creature and grinned.

"You probably know me already... you were my father's zord all those years ago... I'm kinda named after you too."

The zord stood tall and let out another roar, causing Leo to smile.

Slowly, Leo began to see something red shining in front of his face... and it was materializing itself into a ball.

Leo held out his hand and the ball fit perfectly. He looked at the crystal and saw the lion inside of it.

Around the Animarium, Evie, Lindy, Ethan, Jack, and Sam all experienced the same thing Leo just had.

Yellow, White, Blue, Black, Silver... and Red.

All at once, the teens raced back to the temple to find Shayla and the others...

A/N Yeah! Wow, that took me awhile to get out. Anyway, new rangers! What'll happen to the Time Force and Ninja Storm powers? Are the parents alright? You'll find out soon...I promise!!!