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Jen is back! Some of you had questions as to why Sky didn't recognize her right away, that'll be explained now…

For all those of you who are reading my other PR story, "the Time Code" its been updated finally!

Here it is! Chapter five! Enjoy!

A Labyrinth of Emotions

Sky sat on his bed and stared at the picture of his mother that his father had given him. Something suddenly clicked in his mind. He banged his head against the wall and swung his feet over the side of the bed. He cursed himself for not realizing it before. "How could I have been so stupid?" he muttered. He'd been so caught up in the moment with meeting this woman from the future, he hadn't recognized her face.

"What?" Bridge stood on his head in a corner.

Sky chuckled to himself. "The Captain, she's my mother." The Blue Ranger walked out of the room excitedly and made his way to his father's room to talk with him. Instead of entering, he saw them out on the balcony. Sky watched this sight with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Wes. It's me." She said. "I'm home."

He watched his father smile and kiss her, tears coming from both of their faces. He decided to leave them alone and talk tomorrow.

The Blue Ranger made his way back to his room; a triumphant feeling came to him. He eventually wound up in his bed and fell asleep, a new thought turned into a dream. Everything seemed so right in the world.

Or so he thought…

Two days later

"Time Force!" Jen called. "You're under arrest!" her badge shown brightly in the sun.

"Give up, Anacin!" Wes stood behind her. "You can't defeat us!"

"Just watch me!" Anacin shouted. He fired his weapon at the rangers who ducked out of its way.

"Watch your backs!" Eric called to the rookies.

"Keep focused!" Jen followed his statement.

Jack stood up. "You heard her, lets get going!" Sky and the rest followed.

"Delta blasters!" they called. "Fire!"

"Chrono saber!" Jen and Wes called for their weapons. Eric did the same. The combined blast from the Rangers sent Anacin flying back.

Sky stepped in front of his mother. "SPD, freeze! Judgment mode!"

Jen looked at Wes and gave him a look through her helmet. "Judgment mode?" her voice came into his helmet. Wes shrugged.

"I didn't design the morphers, don't look at me." Wes retorted.

"Guilty!" Sky said triumphantly. He looked at the Time Force Rangers. "He's all yours!"

Jen stepped forward as Wes and Eric flung her through the air. "Time strike!" A large pink blast came form her sabers as the mutant was hit and shrunk.

The Captain held the container out and picked up the mutant's shrunken body. "Good job, Rangers." Jen walked over to the SPD Rangers and powered down. "You did quite well."

"Thank you, ma'am!" the Rangers saluted happily. "Power down." A multicolor flash put them back in uniform.

"But don't let one mutant get to your head. There's plenty more of where he came from, and they'll only get stronger." She paused. "Who's up for some pizza?"

Bridge jumped. "All right! Pizza time!" Wes walked up behind Jen who began to laugh. "What?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Bridge. It's just that, well, you're much like Trip." Jen chuckled. "The Time Force Green Ranger."

Wes laughed at her comparison. "Trip loves pizza as much as you do." Eric merely rolled his eyes.

"That's all we need as another Trip." The Quantum Ranger muttered.

Bridge gave him a look. "Hey!" Eric laughed as he walked with the Rangers. They all made their way back to the Jeep. Sky stood outside for a moment and watched his mother and father walk off towards the bay.

"Sky, you coming or what?" Z asked.

"Yea, I'm coming." He sighed and hopped on his bike. "When am I going to talk with her?" he muttered. He pulled his helmet over his head and stated his bike up, speeding off after the jeep.

At the bay

A cool breeze swept over the Time Force Rangers as Jen and Wes walked along the waterline. There were many things that went unsaid between them, so many questions that were popping up in Wes's mind.

"I'm glad to have you back, Jen." He said. "I've missed you."

Jen smiled. "Me too." She paused and looked out into the beach. "I've missed this place."

"Things have changed a lot since you left us." Wes stated. He sighed heavily.

"How's your father been, Wes?" Jen asked.

"H-he died, eight years ago." He whispered. Jen had now regretted saying anything.

"Oh, Wes. I'm sorry." She hugged the Red Ranger. She felt his tears soak her shirt as he buried his face into her shoulder.

"It's been hard, raising a son and having to worry about him." he muttered. "On top of that, running Bio Lab and working with the Guardians."

"You've got a lot on your hands, haven't you?" Jen chuckled. "You're going to run yourself down. You're not twenty anymore."

He lifted his head from her shoulder and looked at her. "What's that suppose to mean?"

She shrugged innocently. "Nothing at all." He eyed her suspiciously.

"You're calling me old?" He asked. "And you're not twenty either, Captain."

"Oh, now you're calling me old, Commander?" Jen played off of his tone. "If I'm not mistaken, Wes, you just turned forty-two last week?"

Wes bobbed his head form side to side. "If I'm not mistaken, Jen, you just turned thirty-nine last month."

"But still, you're older." Jen said. "So there, I win."

Suddenly, Wes swept her off of her feet and ran towards the water. "I'm not old enough for this!"

Horror came into Jen's eyes as he ran towards it. "No, Wes! I was kidding! This is the only uniform I"

A loud splash cut her off as Wes dived into the bay. Jen gasped for air as she surfaced with Wes right behind her.

"You asshole!" Jen yelled. Wes floated behind her and laughed.

"You look good when you're wet, Jen." He said. Jen dived for him as he pulled her under with him. He surfaced and began a swim for his life. Once the water was shoulder high he felt Jen drag him under again, holding him there for a few seconds. But he grabbed her and they both disappeared beneath the water, surfacing for a few minutes again. They held each other close, laughing at their current situation.

They floated for a while, nothing was said.

"Jen," Wes finally broke the silence. "I love you."

Jen gazed into his baby blue eyes. "I love you, too." She paused. "You're lucky I love you, for if I didn't your body would be floating upriver."

Wes let out a small laugh and kissed her deeply. The two lovers floated in the water for a while, them slowly sunk beneath the water, letting the small waves role above them, and carry them back towards the shore.

The next day: Cadet dorm hallway

"Syd, would you like to…no. That's no good. Hey Syd, are you free Friday night? I was thinking maybe we could catch a movie and some dinner?" Sky muttered. "No, that's bad." He finally came to her door. The Blue Ranger let out a slow breath and knocked.

"Who is it?" Syd's voice penetrated the door. Footsteps were heard as she approached the door. It opened to reveal Sky behind it. "Hey Sky, what's up?" the Pink Ranger asked.

Sky choked. "I was wondering…if…if…"

"If…what?" Syd asked.

"If…you've…seen Jack around. I had some questions for him." Sky said. 'Damn it, Sky! You just screwed it up!'

"Uh, yea. I believe that he went down to Command to talk with Captain Scotts." She said. "Is everything okay?"

"Yea, everything's just fine." He let out a defeated sigh. "I got to get going, see you later."

Syd watched him walk away, cursing himself and handing his head low. "He's got the hots for ya, Princess." Z spoke up. Syd looked at the Yellow Ranger. She was sitting on the bed with her headphones on. "I could hear it in his voice."

Syd closed the door and sat back down on her bed. "Please, Sky and me are just…friends."

Z laughed. "Ha, that's what they all say. Come on, he was here to ask you for a date."

"Z!" Syd raised her voice. "He doesn't like me. I'm…" she paused, Z's words running over. "I'm sure of it."

Z placed her headphones over her ears. "Whatever you say, Syd." She chuckled. "Whatever you say."

Syd didn't respond, only thought about it. Did Sky really like her?

Did Syd like him?

Later-6:00PM

"BEGIN SIMULATION" the computer said. The SPD Rangers found themselves in a warehouse, crates all around them.

"Bridge," Jack said. "where is he?"

The Green Ranger moved his hand around; a green spiral came from it, illuminating the mutant. "There!" he pointed.

"SPD! You're under arrest!" Sky said. "Give up."

The mutant jumped and fired. "You'll never catch me alive!"

"Lets do it!" the Rangers chanted. "SPD…Emergency!"

Outside the room, Jen watched intensely as the Rangers fought the mutant. Her eyes followed Sky as he fought, firing a shot with an expert hit.

"He's got excellent stamina." She stated as Wes walked up besides her. "They all do."

"Cruger taut them well." Wes said. He could tell by the way she spoke, something was on her mind.

"I feel so bad, not being able to see him grow up." She said solemnly. "His first words, first steps," she chuckled. "first date."

"I've got tons of home videos, Jen. We can watch them later of you'd like." Wes said. He felt her hand go around his waist and she sighed.

"I'd like that, Wes." Wes leaned in and kissed her temple.

"Judgment mode!" Jack called.

The mutant screamed. "Jack! Jack, stop!" The simulation was terminated as Boom was put back into his normal attire. Jack lowered his morpher as Jen walked in.

"Very good, Rangers." Jen said as she clapped. "The next mutant doesn't stand a chance. Go relax, dinner is in two hours."

"All right! I'm starved." Jack said. Z rolled her eyes.

"All you think about is food." She stated.

"What's wrong with food?" Bridge retorted. "Food is good!"

"Men." Syd said. Z laughed in agreement.

"Come on, Princess and me are going shopping." Syd and Z left the room and went out. Bridge and Jack went to the arcade, leaving Wes, Sky and Jen in the room. Sky watched Syd walk out and left as well.

Jen saw this and followed. Sky walked out into a balcony and sighed.

"Girl trouble?" Jen asked. Sky turned around to see her standing behind him. "Mind if I?" she gestured besides him.

"Not at all." Sky said. Now, they could talk. So many things between them were left unsaid, so many things left unexplained. "So, you're from the future?" Sky broke the silence.

Jen nodded. "The year 3019."

Sky hesitated. "You're my mother." He looked at her with hopeful eyes.

"That, I cannot deny, Sky." She said quietly. She looked at him, hurt shown in her yes. "Do you blame me?"

"Blame you for what, Captain?" Sky asked.

"Please, Sky. Call me Jen." She said. "Blame me for all this. For having to lie to you for twenty years about who I really was, and the fact that I wasn't dead."

"Not at all, but I am curious as to why this was kept a secret from me." Sky said. He held his breath for her answer.

"Your father and I fell in love under a tough set of rules. One thousand years apart, we couldn't be together. After I left back in 2001, I never thought I'd see him again. That's when three MutOrgs escaped back through time and I went after them, back in late 2001."

"But, I'm twenty, how could it have been 2001?" he asked.

"Because you were born in late 2001, after the MutOrgs were defeated. I stayed until you were born, then two months after that. But a war was about to break out, and I was needed back in my time. I came back to see you when you were five, to tell that stubborn father of yours not to let you take part of this, SPD."

Sky gave her a curious look. "Why?"

Jen looked at him. "Protection, and the fact that I didn't want my only son to experience the pain I went through. Having to keep my identity a secret, doing so many things in secret. That's the one downfall to becoming a Ranger that I found. Everything was so hush-hush."

"Wait, that was you then!" Sky recalled the memory of a young woman yelling at his father about SPD. "I was playing a video game in my room and saw you, you told Dad not to let me take part in this." Something else clicked. "Then you came back at my eighth birthday. I saw you and Dad talking outside."

Jen nodded. "I had thought about it, and decided if you wanted to be a Ranger, go with it. You got your stubbornness from me, and I could see there was no way around it. So your father and I talked, and you were put on the Cadet list for SPD. But I had one request."

"What was that?" Sky asked.

"That you not become the Red Ranger." Jen said quietly, and awaited his response.

Sky stood there, silent. "Why didn't you want me being the Red Ranger?"

"Many reasons that I can't explain, one being danger. The Red Ranger has a higher energy output, and is more dangerous. My ex-fiancé, Alex Drake, was the Red Ranger before your father. He was killed by Ransik, due to a heavy strike to the back."

Sky remained speechless. She was engaged before she met his dad?

"That's why I traveled back in time and met your father." Jen looked at him, his eyes were wide. "Alex and your father had the exact same DNA pattern, the exact same face, only a different hair style and a different personality."

"So, your fiancé was dead-" Sky began, only to be cut off by her again.

"He was alive and well, actually. The technology we have at Time Force helped him survive, and he came back, taking the morpher from your father."

Sky chuckled. "You left that out of your story when you told us a few nights ago."

"That's because I wanted you to know this, personally." Jen said. "But I convinced Alex to let Wes have the morpher back, which he did."

Sky rolled his eyes. "Obviously." Jen looked at him. "Sorry, continue."

"So Alex returned to the year 3000, where he continued to watch over us. A few weeks later, Doomtron had been created, and Wes sent Katie, Trip, Lucas and myself back to our time, where Alex wanted us to go through Memory Adaptation."

"Sounds fun." Sky said.

"Not at all, it was to erase our memories of the past, and my memory of Wes. But I got out, and that's when we returned to the past and saved Silver Hills. But before we returned, I gave the ring back to Alex and broke out engagement."

"That's when you told Dad you loved him, and you saw him again. Then I came along." Sky said.

Jen gave him a playful nudge and earned a smile from her son. "You catch on pretty quick." Sky smiled.

The bell rang, signifying dinner. "I hope we can talk again, Jen."

Jen nodded. "So do I. I want to know everything that you've done, Sky."

Sky walked towards the exit and smiled. "Of course. Tomorrow sound good?"

"Sounds great." Jen said. She watched him leave. "Oh, Sky, one more thing."

Sky walked back over. "What's up?"

"Just as Syd out, I can see it in your eyes. The perfect way to do that, take her somewhere special and ask her there." Jen smiled. "That's what your father did for me."

The Blue Ranger was speechless. How'd she know he liked Syd? "How'd you-"

"I have my sources, Sky." Jen winked at him and left, leaving Sky in awe. He looked over the railing to see Syd and Z returning from their shopping trip.

"Here goes nothing." He muttered. Sky raced downstairs just in time to see Syd.

From a corner, Jen watched him ask her, which she happily accepted. "At a boy, Sky." She said with a smile.

The Time Force Captain made her way up towards her room where a fax from Time Force had just come in. Jen looked at it. It was the mandatory physical that each officer went through. Normally, everything would have come out okay, but something was different.

Jen collapsed onto her bed. "It can't be…" she re-read the letter. But it said the same thing. "No, no, no." she muttered. Jen sighed and closed her eyes.

The paper fell to the ground silently…

ch 6 up soon…