A/N: 'Twas the night term let out, and all through the college, the students were excited, brains filled with knowledge. One author's mind whirred with ideas, should she waste Christmas break, or write to her readers? So she sat back to type, and make something snappy, a series of updates to make them all happy.

I'm back and here's your Christmas gift! I've updated all my stories!

"'Tis better to have loved and lost…"

Gen had just finished rewiring part of the morphin' grid. A blue spark slid down a colored wire, and jumped out, touching her skin. Gen half expected, after her experience with Alpha, to be shocked. The sensation was actually pleasant. Like a surge of the morphin' power. It probably was. Suddenly, she lost control of her powers again. The other rangers in the Command Center were thinking about their morphers being back on line. Vaguely she heard them cheer. She was shaking again. Gen was still filled with an odd rage toward Drew. Rage like that made her lose control over her powers. She sat back, exhausted. She decided to do a little mind surfing. Mind surfing to Gen was like searching the web for nothing. It was like junk food for the mind. She let the thoughts of the others flow over her.

Gen's good at this Rose's thoughts.

Wish I could do that Theo

Wonder if Zach knows about his son Billy's thoughts. Suddenly, Gen jumped as she heard whirring and beeping noises.

"What in the world?" She said to no one in particular. Billy crouched down next to her.

"Alpha's mind can be a trip, huh." He said, grinning with private amusement. "First time I did it, I thought I was accidentally in the morphin' grid!" Gen smiled back. No more of that.

"Right, um, huh. So, what did you adults do in this situation?" Gen asked the parents.

"Well, actually, we didn't really get the Command Center back online for quite a bit longer." Kim said.

"It's a new record. You trained her too well." Alpha said to Billy. Everyone laughed.

"All we can do now is wait." Tommy said. Gen heard Maggie sigh. Maggie hated waiting.

"Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi! Rangers! The Green Ranger is in the park! And he's got the Dragon Zord!" Alpha fretted an hour later.

"Joel would like to know, what's a Zord?" Joel was back to his usual, insane self.

"YOUR ZORDS ARE PART OF YOUR MORPHIN' POWER. THEY ARE LARGE ROBOTS DESIGNED FOR BATTLE. YOUR PARENTAL UNITS HAD THREE ZORDS AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THEIR TIME AS RANGERS. THEY WERE THE THUNDER ZORDS, ULTRA ZORDS, AND NINJA ZORDS."

"How did they get them, Zordon?" Theo asked.

"YOUR ZORDS WILL BE GIVIN TO YOU. YOU WILL RECIVE ONE OF THE ZORDS THE FORMER RANGER OF YOUR COLOR HAD. THE ZORD WILL CHOOSE."

"What do you mean?" Rose asked.

"What he means is that the Zords are sentient beings, like Alpha." Gen said with sudden realization.

"Really? Is that how they responded to us and only us?" Billy asked.

"YES, BILLY. IT IS."

"Rangers, are you ready?" Alpha asked.

The rangers sat in a circle. All closed their eyes. Gen felt herself whisked away to a land within the mind unknown to the rest of the world. She opened her eyes. She was in a forest. She saw a path, and walked down it. She suddenly realized she was on all fours. Sitting again, she realized she had become an elegant black wolf. She walked on. She saw her pack. The suddenly combined, and she was human again, but in her ranger uniform. She saw her brother's wolf zord. She felt herself pulled out of her trance. Billy smiled and hugged her.

Joel found himself in the arctic. He was bigger than before. And hairier. He saw his tusks and looked up again. Suddenly, he was in his ranger uniform. The mastodon thunder zord was in front of him. He opened his eyes. Rocky leaned over, and hugged his son, more proud of him than ever before.

Theo looked down. He was huge. The world around him was small. A pterodactyl flew above him. He looked down at his reflection in the water. His sharp teeth were longer than he'd ever guessed. Then he was a ranger again, staring up at the Tyrannosaurus thunder zord. Opening his eyes, he stared at the faces of the group, and grinned.

Maggie looked around her. She was tall and graceful. Standing in a pool of still water, she could see a reflection she recognized from somewhere. She was a crane. Then, she was in her pink ranger uniform. Staring at the Crane ninja zord, she smiled. Opening her eyes, she had a secret pleasure of the pride on her mother's face.

Rose discovered she was huge in a second. Huge and furry. Smaller animals looked like they wanted to run away. She gave them a friendly growl. Then she looked into the water. The bear staring back seemed like her mother. She was a ranger again soon enough and stared up in awe of the Bear ninja zord. Her mother would be proud.

"RANGERS. YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ZORDS. USE THEM WISELY, AND MAKE YOUR PARENTS PROUD." Zordon said.

The Green Ranger waited behind a computer console. Gen had, in her weariness, forgotten to rebuild the security system. He waited for the others to leave. In his talk with Gen, he'd discovered exactly how methodical she was. She would stay late, perhaps with her half-brother, and finish the systems. He would strike then. The two of them would be vulnerable, and he could add some honor to his position. He smiled. The other rangers and parents left. Only Gen, Billy, Alpha and Zordon remained. He would have to get her now, however. She had just discovered her blunder and went straight to work on the security system. He emerged from his hiding place.

"Hello, Gen. Lovely to see you." Gen looked up. She knew just who it was behind her.

"Eat my shorts, Drew." She answered. The Green Ranger started in surprise. This was an unexpected twist.

"Well, then. I guess you know why I'm here." He said.

"Oh, I know, and you're not going to like the plan I have up my sleeve." Gen said, angrily, preparing to fight. Drew was preparing for a mind blast or a morph. It surprised him when she turned and came in kicking.

Gen started with several round kicks, and a triple punch, then quickly blocked and dodged the Green Ranger's attacks. He was good, but Gen was better. The team might or might not ever know why. Gen thought to herself. Gen pinned the Green Ranger to the floor. Then, she removed his helmet. Staring into Drew's face, she glared at him, fury coating her features.

"Why." She said mirthfully.

"What are you talking about?"

"Why? Why did you act like you liked me? Was it to gain my trust? Or was it to get me to let my guard down. Tell me."

"No." He said, fighting for some kind of control, but it wasn't with her. "No! Get out!" Drew screamed. Gen prepared herself. She looked at her brother, and they both entered Drew's mind.

Inside his head was a different story. Drew had been Zack's nephew, but was adopted as his son when Drew's real father has murdered his mother and then killed himself. All while Drew was watching. Memories clogged the busy neurocanals that Gen and Billy would navigate. Until they were in the subconscious, they could say nothing, lest they alter a memory or skill. Rushing through horrors, and some foreign things (Gen assumed they belonged to whoever was controlling Drew) Gen and Billy barely made it to the subconscious. It was heavily guarded by some kind of thought guards. Gen stared at their massive size. With a mental army that size, the thing in his head had to be huge. Gen was surprised his head hadn't exploded. Gen nodded decisively toward her brother, and they flew into action. They evaded most of the army. The thing couldn't be that big if the army was that slow. Inside the subconscious, the real Drew was chained to a wall. Gen could talk now.

"Drew! Are you all right?"

"Get out of here! He'll hurt you, or worse!" Drew shouted. He was frantic and panicky. Gen had never dealt with this before. Then a creature rose up behind her. Turning with Billy, Drew's father laughed.

"So that's your game. You hook up with evil after you're dead and destroy your son. You son of a gun." Billy said to the human.

"Bingo! My brother-in-law was right about you. You are smart." And then there was nothing. Gen was kneeling on the floor of the Command Center. Drew had been teleported away.