A/N- ok here is a new update, pretty short, but that's only because I have to think about exactly where I want this to go.

(When Old Meets New)… The Chaos Begins part 1

July 11th, Center of Angel Grove:

Max slowly spun around, trying to find exactly where she needed to go. Once she saw the mayor's office, she sprinted right in. The office was pretty empty for the time of day that it was, so she went unnoticed as she slipped the envelope onto the secretary's desk. Two seconds later, she was back out the door and on her way back to the park.

"Max, what are you doing?" Crys shouted at Max through the intercom.

"Yeah, cause right now we could really use your help!" Natalie added.

"I'm on my way!" Max answered as she cued up to get into the megazord.

Once inside, Max took her position as if nothing had ever happened. Soon enough the fight was over, and everyone seemed to forget that Max had run out during the fight.

July 12th, Oliver Home, 7:30 AM

"And in other news, it seems that the Power Rangers who were sent to protect us, may have an ulterior motive. In a report from Mayor Jones, it is reported that the rangers were asking the mayor for special treatment for protecting the city. No one knows if this letter came from a ranger or from a civilian who was just trying to create trouble. More news on this subject will be reported as soon as it is available to us." The news anchor said as the Tommy, Kim, and the triplets watched on in disbelieve, not knowing that it was Max who set this up, for it was only part 1.

"What? Who would do something like that!" Crys cried in shock.

July 12th, Dojo, 10 Am

The teens were all helping out at the Dojo today, but they could only talk about one thing- the news report of their behavior. It was causing many arguments between the team, just like Max and Zimitria had hoped it would.

"I don't think that a ranger did it, I mean who would be stupid enough to do that?" Crys said to the teens.

"Crys is right. It was probably just someone who was trying to get us to not focus," Luke started.

"Yeah, someone like Zimitria," Kyle finished.

"But why would she do it?" Natalie questioned.

This question went unanswered only because no one knew the real reason. The teens felt that even though they were disagreeing (well sort of…), they should just drop it and try to focus on clearing their name.

July 13th, Park, During attack of Cotton Candy Man, the newest monster.

The second step of the plan was to turn the rangers against each other during a fight, and so far, Max was able to by getting rangers to end up in each others way. Since the parents were there helping them too, Max decided to just focus on the teens and angering them.

"Max, what are you doing?" Tommy asked her as she got in Crys way.

"Oops! Oh my gosh! I did not mean to do that!" Max yelled to Crys as she 'tried' to get out of the way. When she took a little longer than she meant to, she ended up getting hit by the monster's blast. She soon recovered and attempted to work on her plan again when Jase and Crys came over to help her fight.

When the fight was over, the teens were not really mad at anyone except Max, who ended up getting hit by accident quite a few times. Once the excitement from the fight wore off, the teens and their parents left, leaving the Oliver's to deal with Max.

"Max, what were you thinking out there?" Tommy asked.

"Are you alright? You were acting a little weird," Crys stated to her sister.

"I'm fine, I was just not really ready for it," Max lied, hoping that it would get her family off of her case.

"Are you sure? I mean you were always fine before. What changed?" Jase asked in concern.

"Yes! I'm fine! I was just a little anxious out there!" was Max's exasperated reply.

During the whole conversation, only Kim stayed quiet. She was noticing something very different about her daughter, and the difference was something she noticed from a very long time ago. It was almost as if some evil force had changed her daughter into someone who was not focusing on the fights. Kim decided to just monitor the situation and tell Tommy about her suspicions later.

The good news was that the evening new did report on the battle that the rangers won, and the letter that was left at the mayors office was forgotten, with the anchors claiming that the rangers were "the greatest thing to happen to Angel Grove". This proved to be a problem for Max, who need something to create problems.

July 14th, 10:00 AM, The Mall, (teens)

The girls were running around, buying things like crazy. The guys were wondering how they got involved in this little shopping escapade. Everyone was having fun, yes, the guys included, but Max was not as hyper as she normally was. She was looking for some way to get the rangers involved in an argument of some sort.

Once the girls and guys split up, Max found a way to start an argument. While she and the girls were in the Pet Store, guess who decided to pay them a visit. Yep, it was Aaron.

"Max! Hey!" Aaron said as he came over to the girls. As soon as he came over, Crys and Natalie took off. It was only then that Max realized that none of the other rangers like Aaron.

"Hey Aaron! Sorry we haven't talked in a while, I've just been a little busy," Max told him as the two started to walk out of the store, with Max giving the other two a look that told them she would meet them later. Not even two seconds later, Crys and Natalie went in search of the guys. Talk about ironic considering this was not the first time this had happened.

The girls found the guys at the food court, not too far from where Aaron and Max were talking. You could tell that the guys hadn't noticed Aaron and Max because they were shocked when Crys and Natalie showed up alone. When the guys, especially Kyle, saw who Max was with, the gang took off, leaving Max and Aaron there alone. As the teens were leaving the mall, a weird sense of déjà vu fell upon them. Seconds later, the now familiar beeping tone rang through the air.

"RANGERS! TELEPORT TO THE COMMAND CENTER IMMEDIATELY!" Zordon boomed to the teens, who did exactly as they were told. When they got there, they were surprised to see Max and their parents waiting there for them.

"PLENGUAS AND THE RAFT OF DESTRUCTION ARE CREATING HAVOC AT THE LAKE. MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU!" Zordon told the rangers, new and old.

"It's Morphin' Time!" the rangers yelled together.

"The Eagle" started Kyle, who morphed in a flash of white.

"The Ape" yelled Jason followed by a flash of red.

"The Elephant" announced Luke followed by a flash of blue.

"The Giraffe" called Jeremy then being consumed by a flash of black.

"The Lion" screamed Trevor followed by a flash of green.

"The Panther" cried Natalie covered by a flash of purple.

"The Dolphin" finished Crystal, mophing in a flash of yellow.

"The Hawk" finished Maxine disappearing in a flash of pink.

"Zeo ranger I- PINK!" Kat started.

"Zeo ranger II- YELLOW!" Aisha called.

"Zeo ranger III- BLUE!" Rocky exclaimed.

"Zeo ranger IV- GREEN!" Angela added.

"Zeo ranger V- RED!" Jason shouted.

"Zeo ranger VI- BLACK!" Zack bellowed.

"Zeo ranger VII- PURPLE!" Emily finished.

"Shift into Turbo!" The Five remaining adults called.

At the lake, the rangers were able to get rid of the Plenguas easily. The trouble was with the raft creature because he was targeting the younger ones first, thinking they would be more easily defeated. They weren't defeated, but they were divided. Half of the rangers ended up on one the shore, while a few ended up in the water. The fight was not going very well, mainly due to Max not completely attacking the monster, but after a very long, and tiring fight, they all ended up defeating him, with little help from a certain pink ranger.

Zimitria on Delmed-

"Pathetic fools! Ha, with one less ranger, they seem to struggle! My little Max is doing perfectly! Once she helps me get rid of the rangers, all I have to do is get rid of her! But, if I were to get rid of her first, maybe the others would just disappear too!" Zimitria thought as she began thinking of her next attack.

July 15th, Lunch time, Kim's Gym

"Hey Tommy, I really need to talk to you about something, so do you think you could spare a few minutes and come over here to talk?" Kim asked into her communicator.

"Sure," was the only reply she got before seeing Tommy come strolling into the gym not even 3 minutes later.

"What's up Kim? You sounded weird," Tommy asked in a concerned voice to his wife who was lost in thought.

"I think that there is something wrong with Max…" was how Kim started.