Chapter 15- Rescue Mission Pt. 2

Julia Roberts, Brad Pitts, the smiling faces taunted Jennifer Scotts as she flipped through the pages of People Magazine, the type of celebrity book that had been outlawed in the year 3000. Although their faces looked happy, she wondered if their smiles were only a rope of hope that they were grasping tightly, the death of Alex made her think a lot about fate lately, and she knew that she couldn't mess up again. She had to reclaim her dignity.

"What am I going to do?" she said, tossing the magazine down onto a broken down cardboard box. "I'm here, my family is there, and I'm practically living in tower,"

The stairs of the Silver Hills abandoned Clock Tower creaked, as Katie Walker, walked up them smiling. "Jen, it's not that bad. I mean, we have great new clothes, food that actually tastes good, and all of the guys have a personality... and besides that, haven't you noticed how Wes looks at you?"

"Wes?" Jen snorted. "You can't be serious Katie,"

"Of course I'm serious," the Yellow Time Force Ranger answered playfully. "Besides, what's wrong with Wes? He's charming, handsome, he's a great fighter, a great bod-"

Before Katie could finish, Jen cut her off quickly. "Katie... he's not Alex,"

"Um, reality check, have you looked at the boy?" Katie responded.

"I know what you're getting ready to say, and I agree, Wes does resemble Alex... but you don't understand. You've never been in love Katie. Alex, and I had plans... we were supposed to be together,"

Katie sighed. "You're right Jen... I'll never know what it feels like to truly love someone. However, you can't spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been when your future could be staring you right in the face,"

Jen pondered for a second, trying to think of a comeback. Truthfully, she hated being put in situations like the one Katie had her placed in, and deep inside, she knew Katie was right. She couldn't let Alex's demise haunt her for the rest of her life, she knew she was stronger then this.

"You're right Katie," Jen said. "In fact, as soon as I get back to the year 3000 I'll start over,"

"Ugh," Katie sighed. "You're only half right there Jen... look, I know you like We-"

Katie jumped at the static forming on the Time Force communication screen. The screen was the only way those in the year 3000 could keep in contact with the Rangers. Captain Logan appeared on screen, his face full of panic. Katie and Jen hopped from their position on the couch and walked over to the screen. Just as Logan began speaking, Wes, Lucas, and Trip returned from their daily Odd Job, and joined the girls to see what all the fuss was about.

Captain Logan, commander of the Time Force Police Force cleared his throat. "We've just received a distress call from Zordon of El-"

"Zordon?" Jen tried to recall where she had heard that name, a name that was so important and yet so mystic. Then it hit her. "Zordon, that's impossible! Zordon's life source was sacrificed in the War of 1998, most famously known for the first recorded event of Rangers revealing their identities to the civilians of Earth,"

"Someone paid attention in Mr. Haikus' "The Life and Times of the Power Rangers" class," Lucas smirked causing Jen to glare at him.

"You misunderstood. This distress call was sent from the year 1993, the same year that Rita Repulsa was released from her dumpster, the same year that the Morphin Grid chose five teenagers to become Power Rangers in decades," Logan responded immediately. "It seems Ransik has fled to the past, in an attempt to corrupt the time line, this is a serious matter, as if those five teenagers are not chosen, it would erupt a chain of events that would erase our entire existence,"

"Wow," Jen couldn't think, suddenly the possibilities of what could occur began to empty into her brain. "What are we going to do? What can we possibly do, the time ship has exploded, and you've forbid us to leave the year 2001,"

"Calm down Jennifer," said Logan. "Forget what I said, you've got to stop Ransik, and you don't have long to do it!"

"How are we going to do that?" asked Trip. "You seem to forget that we are without time travel transportation,"

Logan sighed. "Not a problem, we've programmed your Time Fliers to transport you to the year 1993. Once you arrive, you have precisely five hours to stop Ransik, do whatever you have to, the effects that you cause cannot be helped now. Just make sure that Jason Scott, William Cranston, Zachary Taylor, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Hart are chosen as Power Rangers,"

"This sounds big," Wes said, causing the others to shake their heads.

"Grab your morphers..." Jen said. "We can wait for the zords to arrive, and then... we'll figure out our next move. Whatever you do, don't come in contact with anyone,"

Before ending the connection Logan spoke again. "Now you see what your failure has cost the future. If you fail again, I'm afraid there isn't going to be a future for any of you.

To Be Continued...

Next time on After the Power: Kimberly and Billy arrive at Zedd's Palace, where they are greeted by an old friend who may be their friend, or their enemy. The Time Force Rangers arrive in the year 1993. Will Kimberly and Jason ever admit their feelings to one another? Can the Time Force Rangers save the future?

Find out soon!

Note: I'm glad none of you gave up hope, I am now without conflicts, so I can continue this series! Sorry for the short chapter, I needed to get rid of all of the explanations.. So I did it here. Please continue reviewing... it helps a lot!

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