Disclaimer: Well, as usual, I don't own the rangers or anything on the show. If you don't know who my originals are, then you need to read part one again. As for these disclaimers, anyone else tired of reading the same thing every chapter? Well, from now on, I am going to do things different.

AN: Thanks to those of you who reviewed, if any. There is action in these next few chapters as the rangers welcome home their friends and go to Phaedos. And I would really like to see some reviews for these chapters so that I know what you think of the story. Now, enjoy!

PROMISES

Billy sighed and sat down next to his dad. "It's not really bad but its not really good. We have to go to Phaedos for a week, just not this week."

"When do you have to go?" Hank looked up as Zack and Trini sat down.

"Well, we will be going next week. We are hoping to get our school work done and caught up and then having Ernie up there to do that weeks work." Trini leaned back and sighed. "I'm just a little worried about how this week will pan out."

"Why do you say that Trini?" Hank leaned forward and turned off the news.

"Well, we will be busy with Ernie and them for our schoolwork, but then we have to get out of there once in a while so we will be using our disguises. I'm just wondering about how they will take it when they find out we tricked them." She smiled at Billy.

"Well, I think they will be a little angry but they will just go with the flow." Billy smiled at his dad. "So, what did Ernie tell you?"

"He will go. His friend will watch the Juice Bar for him." Hank sighed and stood up. "I'm going to head up. Goodnight kids."

"Night!" Trini watched him disappear up the stairs before turning to Billy. "So, what now?"

"Well, we should get some sleep. We have a tough day ahead of us tomorrow." He stood up and pulled her up. "You want to sleep here or are we going to go up to my room?"

"Let's go up to your room." Trini pulled Zack along as they headed upstairs. "It's soundproofed so we can talk about you know what without Hank hearing."

"Good idea Tri." Zack shut the door behind them and helped them move stuff out of the way. Once they took their turns in the bathroom and all got changed, they settled down on the floor and talked about the week ahead of them.

Bright and early the next morning, Hank smiled as he checked on the teens. He set a box down on the bed with a note and quietly exited the room.

Billy opened his eyes as he heard a soft click. When he saw the box on his bed, he sat up and looked around. Trini was curled up next to him and Zack was sprawled out on the other side of him. He quietly stood up and sat down on the bed to read the note. "All of them?"

"All of who?" Trini sat up and looked at him. "I heard your door close."

"Me too." Zack got up and joined them on the bed. "What's in the box?"

Billy shrugged. "We are supposed to get Tommy, Kim, and Jason to join us before opening it."

"Well then, let's get them over here." Zack picked up Billy's phone and looked at the clock. "Will Tommy be up?"

"Call Kim first. She can handle Tommy." Trini laughed as she headed to the door. "I am going to get a quick shower and get dressed."

"Ok. I'll call Jason while he calls Kim." Billy headed towards his dad's room. "I will get a shower while I'm in there as well."

Zack waved them off as he talked to Kim. "Yeah, The note says that you guys have to be here. Will you get Tommy? Billy is gonna call Jase." He smiled as she laughed and answered. "Ok, see you in a bit." He hung up as Trini came in. "Done already?"

"I said a quick shower." She smiled as she pushed him to the door. "Go before they get here." She laughed as he grabbed his stuff and ran out the door. Billy soon joined her in the room and he carried the box down the steps as they headed down for some breakfast. "Knowing Kim, Tommy will be here soon."

Billy laughed as the doorbell rang. "Guess so." He opened the door and let Jason in. "Figures you would be first." He looked up as a horn sounded. "Well, looks like Tommy fell under Kim's magic again." He laughed as Tommy climbed out of his jeep with wet hair.

"Shut up." Tommy glared at Kim as she followed him to the house. "Not one word guys."

Zack laughed as he stepped off the stairs. "Man Kim, I hope I never find a girl like you!" He ducked as Tommy swatted at him. "Chill man, I'm on your side!"

Kim smiled. "I had to actually drag him out of the bathroom." She smiled at Tommy's glare. "He was dressed and all but he takes longer than me in front of the mirror!"

"Hey, I had just gotten dressed! You didn't even give me a chance when you called! You called from right in front of my house!" He glared at her as they followed Billy into the living room. "So, what's got us all here on a Sunday morning?"

Billy pointed to the box in front of them. "My dad left this on my bed this morning. We are all supposed to be here when I open it." He took the lid off and gasped. "Wow."

Kim looked inside and gasped as she pulled out a picture. "It's our parents!" She held up a picture of the Harts, The Scotts, and The Cranstons.

Trini smiled and pulled out another picture. "This is my parent's wedding picture! Is there anything that says why all these pictures are in here?" She pulled out many other pictures and papers.

Billy skimmed over the papers and picked out one. "Here is a letter. Its is signed by my parents, Mr. Scott, Ernie's wife, and Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hart, and Lee." He passed the letter around as tears came to his eyes.

Tommy looked at the letter and cocked his head. Ok, I can get the meaning behind all of you being here but why me?"

Billy sighed. "Because you are like Jenny. She came into their lives as a new student and was immediately brought into their circle of close friends. A lot like you."

"Without the evil bit right?" Tommy smiled at Kim. "But I get what you are saying."

Kim smiled and reread the letter. "Guys, do you realize what they are saying in this letter?" She looked around at their blank faces. "The seven of them made a promise to always be there for each other, no matter where or when they were needed. No matter where they may be."

Billy nodded. "Yeah, after Jenny died, Ernie took her place in the promise. Aside from being my godfather, he kept her promise to always watch out over their friends kids as if they were his own." He sighed as he thought back to his conversation with Ernie. She and my mom were like Kim and Trini are. They were friends forever."

Trini smiled and gave him a hug. "Ernie stepped in where he didn't have to and has kept up his end of the bargain. Jenny must have really been his life."

"She was. Mom was always telling me about her. When she died, mom lost a part of herself. That's where Kim's mom came in." He looked over at Kim with a smile. "She and Jenny were as close as she and my mom so they helped each other through it. She took up the god mother job as well as Jenny did."

Kim nodded. "She loved your mom and their friends to no end. I was always told about Jenny too." She motioned to the letter. They made a promise to each other and I intend to keep it going." She stood up as they all stared at her. Billy smiled as she headed over to the counter.

"I'm with you Kim." He turned to see the others watching in confusion. "They signed it and promised in blood. Their fingerprints are in blood. You can join us if you want." He took the Swiss army knife from Kim and cut his palm.

Kim shook his hand and smiled. "Anyone else?" She held out the knife with her un-cut hand.

Tommy nodded and cut his palm before handing the knife to Jason. "I think we all agree. In Jenny's memory." He shook hands with every one of them. "Now what?"

Billy used his clean hand and wiped off the knife and putting a bloody fingerprint under his parents. "Put your fingerprint under your parents. Tommy, you are under Jenny." Once they all did so, he signed his name under his fingerprint and handed the pen to Trini.

Once the teens all signed their names, they washed their hands and bandaged them. Jason smiled at the box. "So, what else is in there?"

"Jason!" Kim held out a picture. "Look!"

"Hey, I remember that field trip to the Smithsonian! There were other schools there that day too! That cross country school convention was there." He looked up as Trini gasped. "What's wrong?"

Trini held p another picture. "Looks like we were all there that day! My mom is talking To Mrs. Hart and Zack's is talking to Mrs. Oliver! They are all acting like they are best friends!" Trini took out another picture. "And look at this! Zack's dad and my dad are chatting with your dads!"

Zack laughed as he rooted through the other stuff. "Hey, what's this key?" He held up a skeleton key that had a blue embossed heart on the handle.

Billy smiled. "That's nothing. Something of my mom's that dad must have figured it was time to open." He fingered the heart and laughed. "He always told me that he would wait till I got married. Then it would be my wedding present."

Trini put an arm around him and smiled. "Well, that is this summer so I'd say it's a little early."

Jason laughed. "Oh well!" He stopped laughing as he looked at another paper. "Hey, check this out Billy!"

"What's that?" Tommy took the picture of a group of kids. "Who did this? It looks like some kind of School assignment."

"I did it in first grade." Billy smiled. We had to draw a picture of what makes us really happy. That's me, Kim, Jason, and two other friends of mine. "Alex was a friend since my first year at science camp when we were five. Lizzy is Ernie's niece."

Kim laughed. "And she is going to be here for a week sometime this month." She sighed as they continued looking through the box. "There is a lot of stuff in here."

"Mom never really threw anything important out. She liked to save things she thought would be important to me and my friends in the future." Billy smiled at a picture of them in their superhero costumes. "Sometimes I miss the days when she would let us run all over and drag her into our games."

Zack smiled. "You know Billy, from what my dad and mom say about her, I think she would be really happy with the way you are living now. I mean you have a close circle of friends who would do anything for you and a bunch of teachers in the palm of your hands." He patted his friend's shoulder. "I'd be watching out for bullies come graduation man!"

Billy laughed. "I think I can handle them." He jumped as the phone rang. "Hello?" He frowned as he listened to the person on the other end. "No, he should be at work. If I hear from him I will have him call. Okay, thank you." He hung up with a worried expression.

Zack looked at him. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know. That was the hospital. They tried to call dad at work but he wasn't there." He looked up as his dad came in with a bag of food. "Dad!"

"Hey!" Hank set the food on the counter and looked at the teens. "What's wrong? I brought some lunch for you kids."

Billy crossed his arms and looked at his dad. "The hospital just called. They said they were trying to reach you at work. Its an emergency."

Hank nodded and picked up the phone. "I'll see what they need." He dialed the hospital and talked to whoever answered. As they transferred him, he waved them off. "I'll be right back." He headed into the kitchen. A few minutes later, he came back in with an ashen face. "Billy, we need to get to the hospital now!"

"What's going on?" Billy followed his dad out to the car and stopped him from getting in. "Tell me!"

"It's Jack. He's in the Emergency room right now." He motioned to the other kids. "You can come if you want."

They nodded and separated into one other car as Trini hopped in with Billy and Hank. "I'm coming with you." Once at the hospital, Hank was pulled away by a doctor as the teens sat outside the recovery room. "What is wrong with Mr. Benner?"

Tommy sighed as he looked at Kim and Jason. "He's been sick. He hasn't been in school since shortly around Halloween." He bit his lip as Billy looked at him in shock. "Mr. Kaplan told us that he would tell you when you came back to school."

Billy nodded. "Do you know how sick he is?" He looked up as his dad walked up to him. "What's going on?"

Hank sighed and motioned them into a nearby waiting room. "Guys, I'll tell you right now but you can't tell anyone else. Ernie and the teacher's know but that's about all that do." He motioned to the door. "Mr. Benner is in a situation that would really cause something at the school if it got around to the students."

"We won't tell Hank." Trini nodded to the others before looking back at him. "What is it?"

Hank looked at his son and squeezed his hand. "Jack has brain cancer. Shortly before Halloween, he was admitted into the hospital. Today, something happened that dropped his blood pressure."

Billy shook his head as he paced. "But he was fine at the beginning of the school year! How can it just hit him that fast? I don't get it!" He looked at his dad with tears in his eyes. "There is something else isn't there? There has to be."

Hank sighed and looked at the others. "Could I talk to him alone for a minute?" They nodded and left the room, closing the door behind them. "Billy, he has the same disease Jenny had. I am his emergency contact so I was the one they call."

Billy sat down in shock. "The same as Jenny?"

"The exact. There is no hope for him unless someone comes up with some kind of medicine to fight both diseases at once." He looked at his son. "He was working on one for both kinds but not for people with both. He found out he had Jenny's disease when he collapsed after school around Halloween."

Billy shot up and started pacing again. "I was helping him with those medicines. If I hadn't left, he might have gotten farther with them." His dad stopped him. "Can I get access to his lab to work on them?"

"Billy, its too far advanced to help him. The brain cancer is his least problem. But Jenny's disease is really advanced."

"NO!" Billy shouted and cringed at his dad's wince. "Sorry. But I had a project I was working on for the science fair. Dad, it was a treatment for advanced cases of Jenny's disease. I need to talk to Mr. Benner."

Hank nodded. "Okay. He is in the third room down the hall on the left. Room 212. He should be awake by now." He watched his son run out and down the hall. He smiled at Trini. "Go help him. He may need it." As she hurried after Billy, he turned to the others. "Do me a favor."

"Anything Mr. C." Kim walked over to him with a smile. "What do you need?"

"I need you to talk to Mr. Kaplan and Mrs. Applebee. You need to help Billy and Trini with a new project and need their permission to get into Jack's lab." He patted her shoulder. "I can't say why but I know that they trust you almost as much as they trust Billy and Trini. And that's saying a lot."

Tommy nodded and started to turn away. "Just one thing Mr. C." When the man turned back to him, he cocked his head. "Can I ask why they would call you when he had this problem?"

Hank smiled and nodded. "Its something we don't tell anyone unless we know they can keep it secret." He leaned in and smiled. "Jack is my godfather. Since he has no living relatives, he made me his emergency contact. He was my father's best friend."