Live Like You Were Dying

Title: Live Like You Were Dying
Author: kazeko
Show: Power Rangers
Rating: PG 13
Chapters: ?
Series: no, also no relation to "Children of the Gods"
Multipart: yes
Time: About a year after Power Rangers in Space, changing the Power Rangers timeline after that
Couple(s): Tommy/Kimberly, Jason/Kat, Tanya/Adam
Disclaimer: Saban and Disney own Power Rangers and they don't deserve it if they won't release MMPR on DVD!
Disclaimer 2: I own everything else, including characters, other planets, and the plot.

Chapter 16: The President
It was a very quiet day in Washington, D.C. There were no scheduled tours, just a few random people strolling around the monuments. The White House was frighteningly quiet, the president's husband so bored he was making paper airplanes and watching them soar across the room.

"Stop that, Jess," Arissa groaned. "How could all of my meetings today be cancelled? I'm the president and no one wants to talk to me!"

Jesse Falcon tossed his latest airplane at his wife, smiling when she glared at him. "Riss, we're supposed to appreciate the day off."

"Normally I would, but most days off are planned. It's almost like there's a conspiracy out there . . . if those Power Rangers from Angle Grove hadn't defeated the last of the evil threatening Earth, I would suspect one of those guys."

"You're half right."

Arissa and Jesse were on their feet in a second, pulling back to the doors and wondering where the hell their security was. A single woman dressed in long lavender robes and wearing more jewels than most people owned, stepped into the light, apparently stepping out of thin air into the oval office. She carried a white staff topped by a clear crystal and covered in gold wire, feathers, and gems. "Greetings, President Arissa Falcon. I am here on behalf of the first Power Rangers." The president froze, instants before calling for the Secret Service. "They need a press conference before they leave the Earth."

"Leave? Wait, you know who the Power Rangers are?"

"Of course. Two days from now a group of their friends from Angel Grove will arrive and arrange a proper time for the conference. All they ask is that you arrange a time for them to speak. Have a good day, Madame President." The woman faded.

Arissa jerked awake to find her husband shaking her gently, glancing at the two press secretaries standing on the other side of the desk. "Riss? Are you okay? You just fell asleep all of a sudden. We were about to call the doctor."

"Fell asleep?" Arissa sat up and shook her head, glancing around the room. "You mean there wasn't just a woman with red hair in a purple dress in here?"

Jesse shook his head in confusion. "No. Are you okay?"

"Fine." Arissa stood up and straightened her skirt, clearing her throat. "I need to call a press conference on Wednesday. We need as great a media presence as possible."

"Certainly. What should we say is the focus of the conference?"

"The Power Rangers want to say a few words."

"That's the last of them. Do you think they will still work?"

"They should." Kimberly picked up her old Power Coin, tears filling her eyes at the memories it brought back. "To be the Pink Ranger again . . ."

Tommy grinned as he held up the white coin and morpher. "Too bad the green coin is completely gone. I miss being the Green Ranger."

"I liked you as both, Tommy, but they will know you more as the White Ranger."

"What about Tanya? She never answered to one of these coins."

"I thought about that. Kat is going to be the Ninja Ranger since you have your original coin, and Rocky and Adam will, too, but there were three Yellow Rangers."

"What's wrong with having two Yellow Rangers? Tanya can be the Ninja Ranger and Aisha and I will simply wear the same suit." Trini closed her hand over the coin in her palm and it doubled, the second Sabertooth Tiger Coin appearing in Aisha's hand as the second Yellow Ranger moved closer to the prince and princess to see what they were talking about. Glancing at the Ninja Coin in her hand, she waved for Tanya to approach from the other side of the room. The Empath-Advisor approached the small group, leaving Kat and Zack behind to finish their argument.

"We took a vote, Tanya, and you get the Ninja Coin." Aisha handed it over and Tanya smiled, staring at the tiny piece of metal.

"Then every one has a Coin. Baliree and Alina are ready for the conference, if you two are. We've arranged a small spell to change you two, Jason, and Kat into your more royal robes for the presentation, so just relax when the rest of us change, okay?"

"We're ready when the rest of you are. Are Baliree and Alina ready to take us to Adameren Prime?"

"Yeah. Did Baliree's dream-imaging go as planned?"

"It did, Tanya Sloan," the duchess answered as she stepped into the room from thin air, easily concealing her teleport. She did it to make the Power Rangers jealous, and they knew it. "The woman was very receptive. I do not believe a man in that position would have been. Is Arissa Flacon from around here?"

"Actually, she is from Angel Grove. She wasn't here when we were Rangers, but her nieces and youngest sister were saved by the Rangers once or twice. She visited back when she was a senator and I remember that she was very nice." Kimberly smiled, remembering back to her teenage days when saving the world was her duty and she had the best boyfriend in the world. She glanced up at Tommy, smiling at the man nine inches taller than her. "I still have the best boyfriend in the world."

"Now the word is technically 'fiancé', Beautiful," Tommy reminded her, slipping an arm around her waist. "Then we're ready whenever President Falcon calls the conference. Until then, shall we go for a picnic?"

"Thank you for coming. I suppose you ten are the representatives of the Power Rangers I was told about?"

"Eleven," a new voice answered as a tall man with sandy blonde hair and dressed in blue entered the Oval Office, eagerly greeted by the crowd of men and women. "Billy Cranston, from Angel Grove," he introduced, bowing slightly.

"Are all of you from Angel Grove?"

"We all lived there for a while," Tommy answered. "I hear from my fiancée that you and your family are from Angel Grove."

The president nodded, a small smile twitching at the edge of her lips. "My youngest sister and her children all owe their lives to the Power Rangers. I have always wanted to meet them and thank them."

"You're welcome," Kimberly answered automatically, without thinking, without any hesitation at all. All eyes turned to her, and she shrunk down, biting her lip, but she stood taller and smiled at the president. "I remember your sister and your nieces. They didn't recognize me, of course, but I remember them. And you're welcome."

Arissa Falcon's dark eyes widened and she swayed, catching herself on the chair behind her. "Oh God . . . you are the Power Rangers . . . I can't . . . you were just kids! It's just not possible . . . you were teenagers . . ."

Jason rolled his eyes. "And getting out of class isn't easy when you aren't allowed to tell the teacher that Rita Repulsa just dropped a monster in the park and Angel Grove would be flattened unless you missed one quiz."

"And Bulk and Skull didn't make it any easier with their unending quest to uncover the identities of the Power Rangers," Trini added, smiling. "If only they knew the truth. We decided that they would never believe it."

"Our current course of action implies that they will be left with little choice," Billy pointed out. "Since we are going to perform this demonstration."

"You don't have to, Billy," Adam pointed out. "You can go back to Aquitar and forget this whole thing. No one will ever know."

"Are you kidding? I was a Power Ranger for three years and part of the team for even longer. I'm not going to miss this for the world!"

Tommy, obviously the leader, smiled as all of the young men and women turned back to Arissa. "Are you ready, Madame President?"

For the first time in her life, words failed Arissa Falcon, and she just nodded.

TBC . . . I know it took a while, but here's another chapter!