Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Power Rangers…this is for entertainment only…
So Jen and Alex are having some issues, as well as Wes and Jessica…
Ch 2 up!
Steph
Open-Heart Wounds
Alex was still trying to get back with Jen, which greatly bothered her. Jen didn't want to start anything with Alex, knowing the consequences of what would come. Jen walked out her apartment with this still on her mind.
"Jen! Wait up!" a female voice called. Jen turned around to see a young, dark-skinned woman running towards her. "Hey, what's the rush?"
Jen turned around to face Katie. "No rush. I just a lot on my mind." Her voice was quiet.
"Like…" Katie asked. Jen sighed and turned around.
"Alex is still trying to get back together." Jen said. Katie nodded her head.
"Ah. Young love." Katie smirked. Jen didn't laugh.
"I just can't do it. I mean, I am trying to get over him…it's been three years…" Jen trailed off.
"We all know you love him, Jen. But what are the chances Wes's moved on?" Katie asked.
Jen sighed. "You're probably right." Katie smiled. "But I just can't. My mind is telling me to get over him, but my heart says don't forget him."
Katie laughed, causing Jen to stare at her, confused. "What is so funny?" Jen asked.
"You, Jen. It's like your some stressed out teenager. You're only 25." Katie pointed out the obvious.
Jen did laugh this time. "Hell, I'd rather be 25 then 52. I like being young!" She playfully slapped Katie's arm.
Katie returned her slap. "Then if you're that young, I want to take you to a new club that just opened up, it's called Vanilla Ice."
"I heard of that a few weeks ago." Jen said. "But I have work."
Katie threw up her hands. "You're a 52 year old trapped in a 25 year olds body."
The two officers laughed as they walked into Time Force Headquarters, a fresh snow crushing beneath their feet.
Year 2003Wes woke up the next morning to find Jessica draped over him. He slowly got up and looked outside. It had snowed the previous night, causing a white blanket to cover the ground. He had taken a shower and put on his Silver Guardian uniform. As he got dressed, he looked in the mirror.
"Not bad, Collins." Wes said, admiring his well-built body. He was 26 and still good-looking.
"Admiring yourself again, Wes?" He turned around to see Jessica sitting up in his bed. He smiled at her.
"Of course," he walked over to the bed. "I have to get ready for work. I'll see you later." He kissed her and walked outside, the snow sloshed beneath his feet.
Silver Guardian HeadquartersWes walked in to smell of Starbucks. It was his lifeline at 7:30am. Eric walked out from behind a desk and handed him a cup.
"Hey there, lover boy." Eric joked.
Wes smirked. "Funny. Thanks for the coffee, Eric." Wes took a sip of his coffee.
"Well, you'll never guess what we're doing today." Eric said. Wes rolled his eyes.
"Please don't tell me traffic duty." Wes muttered.
"Okay, then I won't tell you." Eric joked. "Come on. We better get a move on."
The two Commanders walked out to the car to start another day's work.
Year 3002Jen sat in her office, chatting with Katie, for the spare moments she had.
"Hey girls." Lucas and Trip walked in to see Jen and Katie chatting.
"Anything up?" Trip asked. "I'm dieing for some action!"
Jen laughed. "Tell me about it."
Just then, the one person Jen didn't want to see walked into her office. "Jen, can I speak with you, in private, please." Alex said.
"And that's our queue to leave. We'll see you soon, Jen." Katie pushed Lucas and Trip out of the room.
"Jen…"Alex trailed off. "I want to apologize for last night. I've opened up some tough wounds. But what would it hurt, just one date?" Alex asked. Jen saw the passion behind his eyes.
Jen sighed deeply. "You're right, what could it hurt." Jen said. But a little voice inside her said that she'd hurt deeply from it.
Just then Katie and Trip jumped through the door, smiled on their faces.
Lucas jumped, excited with the news he held. "We have trouble!"
The four rangers ran out of Jen's office just as the alarms started blaring.
Outside of HQ, a mutant was seen terrorizing downtown.
"Let's go!" Jen ran down the street with Lucas, Katie and Trip following right behind her. Alex, however, hung back and ran back into the building.
"Hold it right there!" Jen said. A look of relief came from the near-by pedestrians. "Time Force, you're under arrest. Put down your weapon or we will be forced to shoot."
The mutant merely laughed. "You have not heard of me?"
"Enlighten me." Jen said dangerously.
The mutant smiled. He seemed to be half human, half snake. "Ransik is only second to me. They call me Deaton. I am the most powerful mutant, and the most respected of the mutants. My servants are these…" he motioned to the group of mutants behind him. "I call them Serpentones. They are more powerful then Ransik's so called cyclobots. Would you like an example? Serpentones, attack!"
The mutants charged at the rangers.
Jen stepped forward and kicked their new enemy. To her surprise, they were strong. As the rangers fought, Lucas called out to Jen.
"Jen, we can't beat them without morphing!" Lucas kicked one in the head. Jen followed.
"Right." She turned to Vemono. "Deaton, your time is UP!" the four rangers stepped forward, and cried out in unison.
"TIME FOR TIME FORCE!" Different flashes of light left the rangers morphed.
"You're up against the Time Force rangers now!" Trip yelled.
"Let's finish this!" Jen charged forward, her chrono saber in hand.
They fought gallantly, but were hit hard by Deaton, who smiled evily.
"And I thought the famous Lieutenant Jennifer Scotts could do better then that!" He fired a blast at the rangers.
Jen was flabbergasted. "How do you know my name?"
"Oh, news about Time Force is always traveling in the mutant realm. And as of now, you are the main subject." Deaton hissed. "I've heard of your victory against Ransik. He was weak, giving up because of some measly crimes he felt bad for. But I, Lieutenant, will not go down as easily!" He fired a blast a Jen. But she moved, and returned his shot, which hit him on the shoulder.
"Sir!" one of the serpentones came up to Deaton. "It is ready."
Jen watched as a dangerous smirk came onto her enemy's face. "Well, Lieutenant, this is my time to leave. And destroy Time Force before it begins, to finish Ransik's work, only I WILL SUCCEED!"
"Get him!" Jen charged with her rangers, and a few officers behind her.
Deaton fired at the group, knocking them all out.
"It's a time hole!" Trip exclaimed.
"What? AFTER HIM!" Jen called. She was about to charge forward, when her morpher beeped.
"Jen, It's Alex. I have a time ship ready in Headquarters." Alex said.
Jen nodded. "Right." She turned to the rangers. "Trip, Katie, Lucas, there' s a time ship ready at headquarters." She bolted, with them right behind her.
Once back at headquarters, Jen saw Alex standing by a small time ship. "Inside, it's ready to follow them!" Alex stated. Jen nodded and they ground ran into the time ship.
Once buckled in, the rangers felt the time ship life off of the ground.
"BEGIN TIME SHIFT" the voice said. The rangers felt themselves begin to phase, and disappeared from the hanger of Time Force.
Somewhere in time
The ship touched down softly on a sandy beach. Jen, Alex, Katie, Trip and Lucas came out of the ship.
Trip had an excited look upon his face. "Circuit, what time are we in?"
The owl came flying out of the time ship. "The year 2003, Trip."
Katie jumped. "We're back!"
Lucas smiled. "It's good to be back, I still have a valid driver's license!"
Jen, however, stared out into the bay, which didn't go unnoticed by the group. "We're back." She whispered. "Silver Hills, year 2003."
Alex came up beside her. "Yes. Jen, if you don't want to do this, we'll---"
Jen shook her head. "No. This is a mission, my mission. I can do this." She turned around.
Alex nodded. "Let's get moving. We have a long walk."
The Time Force officers began a walk, Alex in the middle, Jen and Katie to his right, Trip and Lucas to his left. They set out, to search for their enemy in the city of Silver Hills.
Times Square
The five officers walked down, in one straight line, all on step, eyes scanning intensely for any sign of a mutant.
Jen noticed the people around her. When they were here three years ago, they were given weird looks, but people had surprised looks upon their faces, as if they knew who they were. Soon, they stopped.
"They're bound to be in this vicinity. Scan mode, now." Alex said sternly. They activated their glasses by a little button behind their ears, and their glasses came over their face.
"Katie, Trip take south." Alex said. They nodded. "Lucas, take east." He nodded as well. "I'll take north." He turned to Jen. "Jen, take west." She nodded. "Let's move out." With a slick turn on their heels, the party separated in search of Deaton.
Near a café
Wes and Eric sat down with a small ground of Guardians, just I time for lunch. Jessica also met Wes there for lunch. Once the waitress was done taking their orders, Eric spoke.
"Any more traffic tickets, and I'll go nuts!" Eric said.
Jessica's eyes rose. "That many?" Eric nodded.
Wes giggled. "Tell me about it. I'd dieing for some action."
"Then you may as well die anyway!" a voice hissed. The next thing the Guardians knew, they were on the ground, it was smoking.
Wes was amazed at what he saw. "A mutant?" He muttered.
"Not just any mutant, I am Deaton! Leader of the mutant realm, and your destroyer for today, Red Ranger." Deaton said.
"Wait, Wes, I thought all mutants were taken back to the future!" Eric said as Wes and Eric took their ground.
"Oh, I wasn't captured, I escaped back to here!" Deaton laughed.
Wes's eyes grew wide. "You…just came from the future?"
"That is correct, Red Ranger. Now, I will destroy you!" He fired a blast at the rangers, who fell back.
"Wes, we need to morph!" Eric said. Wes nodded.
"You're up against the Silver Guardians now!" He raised his wrist. "TIME FOR TIME FORCE!"
Eric did the same. "QUANTUM POWER!"
Flashed of Red and Eric and Wes where in their ranger attire.
"I've missed this." Wes smiled.
"But you will miss it even more! Serpentones, destroy them!" Deaton said. He then spotted Jessica standing in a corner. "Hello, my sweet." He began to take a step towards her.
Wes saw this. "Don't you lay a hand on her!" He slashed Deaton with his chrono saber. Deaton merely shrieked.
"You'll pay for that!" He struck out against Wes, who was hit and powered down. He was about to strike again, when a pink lazer whizzed by Wes's ear and struck Deaton, sending him flying back. "What the…"
Wes zipped his head around, as he got up and went over to Eric, unmorphed, who was with the Guardians and Jessica. Wes's face dropped, as a young woman in a white uniform stepped in front of them, blaster pointed.
"Don't even think about hurting him, Deaton." The female said.
Wes just stood there. "Jen?" His voice was quiet. Jen didn't answer, only stepped forward, slowly, eyes fixed on Deaton.
"Oh, now I have a new target!" the mutant said and charged up his weapon, but Jen fired again, and he fell back. Wes watched as she grabbed her badge.
"Time Force…you are under arrest." Jen said.
Deaton snickered at her. "Oh and like one ranger is capable of stopping me?"
"Then now about four?" a male voice called out. Wes watched as figures clothed in blue, yellow and green jumped on either side of Jen.
"Give up, Deaton." Katie said. "Make it easy on yourself." Trip, Lucas and her took a step forward, all three morphed.
An unmorphed Wes followed up her statement. "You're up against Time Force now."
"It would be a wise decision to turn yourself in." Jen said.
Deaton smirked. "Well, I see you are all hard headed. I won't give up so easily. Until we meet again, Lieutenant Scotts." He disappeared in a static cloud.
Jen stood her ground for a brief moment and let the fact that Deaton escaped soak in.
"Wes!" Trip called as he demorphed. Lucas and Katie followed his lead and went to see their friend. Eric shook hands with each, while Katie and Trip gave Wes a big hug.
"Well, it's nice to see you guys too!" Wes exclaimed.
"Wesley." Alex said. "It's good to see you again."
The two shook hands. "Same here, Alex."
"You must be Commander Myers." Alex said as he looked at Eric. "Nice to finally meet you."
"So you're Wes's double." Eric said. Alex merely nodded.
Wes walked slowly over to where Jen stood, looking out over the horizon. "Hi Jen." He said softly. She turned her head, the glasses hiding her eyes.
Jen didn't answer, only walked past him, making Wes drift off into thought.
"Geez, was it ever this cold?" Lucas said as he rubbed his hands together.
Wes snapped back to reality. "Umm, no. Come on, you guys can stay at my house."
The rangers nodded and piled up into Wes and Eric's car. Katie, Trip, Wes and Jessica were in Wes's car, while Alex, Jen and Lucas went with Eric.
As Wes was getting into his car, Jen was opening the passenger side door to Eric's car. To his surprise, she looked at him, and their eyes locked.
But for that brief moment that Wes looked into her eyes, he saw they were distant…and as if they were trying to look past him. Jen broke contact and got into the car. Wes tried to shake it off, but he found it quite bothersome.
As Wes drove home, his mind was still set on Jen, and why she didn't talk to him and it was December 1st, with Christmas coming around the corner.
A fresh blanket of snow began to fall as Wes silently began to re-evaluate his relationship with Jen.
Or what was left of it…
ch 3 up soon…