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A/N: This takes place moments after "The End of Time pt. III"

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New Silver Hills, California 3001 AD

"I'm just about ready over here," Trip said, never taking his eyes off of his work. The smoke was starting to bother him, but he didn't let it stop him from what he was doing. "I've used the trixyruim crystal we had on board to power the device, but the portal itself is going to be even smaller than I originally thought, and I'll only be able to keep it open for about six seconds."

Alex walked over to him, putting his hand on Trip's shoulder. "Good work. Are you able to get a lock on the time coordinates?" he asked.

"Yes, but without a specific time or month, whoever goes could end up the day before it happens, a month before it happens, or even two months after it happens. There's no way to be sure," he paused. "Oh, there's one more thing. Whoever goes, we can't take a morpher with us. The energy signature from the morpher will interfere with the portal."

"What? Without a morpher we'll…"

"I know, but this is our only shot at this. I can only keep it open for a few seconds, so whoever's going to go, I need to know now," Trip said.

Jen removed her morpher, handing it to Alex. "I'll go."

Alex shook his head. "No, I'm not going to let you risk your life like that. I'll go, it makes more sense. Besides," he handed her morpher back to her. "Pink isn't really my color."

"I'm going. If I don't make it, you need to be here with Trip and Katie. You know more about this time line than I do, and all of you will have a better chance of surviving with you here. Don't waste your time arguing with me Alexander, I've made up my mind," Jen told him.

He cracked a smile. "Just be careful Jennifer."

"Don't worry, if this works, you won't even remember this conversation," she said.

"I'm opening the time portal… now," Trip announced.

A small portal began to form, and the equipment began to smoke. "Jen, just go!" Alex shouted.

Jen nodded, and without a second thought, jumped through the portal. No sooner than she went through, the machine exploded, closing the vortex.

"I hope she made it," Trip said.

"Yeah, me too."

New Tech City, California 2025 AD

"What are we doing out here Boom?" Sky asked.

It appeared to be a scrap yard of some kind. For as far as he could see, there were parts and machinery scattered around. Some of it was stacked so high that he couldn't see over it, but there were small trails for them to follow.

"Looking for spare parts," he rushed over to a pile of old parts. "One man's trash is another man's treasure," he told him.

"Well make this quick. I'm sure there are other things we could be focusing our attention on," he brought up.

"Sure thing," Boom said, disappearing into a mountain of machine parts.

Sky rolled his eyes, convinced that Boom wasn't listening to a word he said, and then caught up with Syd, who was a few steps ahead of him. "I still don't get why Commander Cruger has us in some junk yard. Gruum has been a lot more aggressive lately. We should be preparing for his next attack, not babysitting Boom while he searches for scrap parts."

"It doesn't bother me. Its either this or going over procedures and protocols back at headquarters. Besides," she looked up at the sky. "It's a nice day out. Aren't you just glad to be out here on such a beautiful day?"

"Hadn't noticed."

"You never notice. You're always so busy with that stick up your…"

"Hey! There's nothing wrong with being prepared at all times," Sky told her.

She grabbed his arm, wrapping hers around his slightly. "Yeah, but you're missing out on everything else. Your job is important, that's cool, but there's more to life than being in SPD," she said.

He quickly pulled his arm away. "Its all my father had, and he did just fine."

Syd rolled her eyes. "Fine, be dark and broody if you want. Just don't be surprised when you look up and realize that life is passing you by," she warned him.

"I don't think that…" he paused as Boom came running from out of nowhere.

"Guys, come take a look at this," he said.

"Let me guess, he found some old toaster parts," Sky groaned as the two of them walked over to Boom.

As they got closer, they saw was Boom was looking at. It was long, golden frame of some kind. There were pieces of it scattered across the area, but for the most part looked intact.

"It looks like…"

"… a robot. Or what's left of it," Syd said.

"Who would just throw out a robot like this?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't look like any model I've ever seen before." Boom brought up.

"You think its one of Gruum's?"

"Could be," he reached for his morpher. "Commander Cruger, come in. I think we found something."

"This is Commander Cruger. What did you find Cadet Tate?"

"Looks like a robot, but badly damaged. It doesn't match any known robot I've ever seen. Boom doesn't know much about it either"

"Is it active?"

"No sir. It looks it hasn't been active in a while."

"If I had to guess, it's been years since this thing was online," Boom added.

"Do you think it would be a security risk?"

"No sir, whatever it is, its no threat."

"Very well. Pack it up and bring it back to headquarters. We'll let Kat have a look at it."

"Yes sir. Sky out," he said, tucking his morpher neatly in his pocket. "Gather up as much of it as you can. We'll let Kat make heads or tails of it," he instructed.

"Oh look, a toaster," Boom said as something else caught his attention.

"So what do you think?" Commander Cruger asked as he paced back and forth in Kat's lab. Over the years, he'd grown to respect Kat a great deal; not just for what she could do, but for her friendship as well.

"I've cross checked the technology with what we have here, and its years ahead of everything we have. I even contacted Supreme Commander Birdie about it, and there's nothing in SPD files about technology this advanced," she opened a small panel, showing it to him. "This is its memory core. It stores almost three times as much as this entire station, but it's less than one tenth of the size. Whoever designed this was simply amazing," she explained.

"Is there anything you can use here?"

"I'd have to try to repair it, access the memory core and see what it has stored in memory, but I'd say to potential to upgrade our ranger technology is definitely here. Give me a few hours, I'll tell you what I find," she said.

"Very well Kat, keep me updated," he told her, walking out the room.

Kat never took her eyes off her work, closing the small panel, then began to repair what she assumed was the head. It had a long neck, longer than she'd seen in any robot, but it was still a humanoid form. As she continued to reattach wires, there was a spark of energy, and the eyes on the robot began to glow. Kat hurried over to her science station, going over the readings.

"Boom!" she called out.

Within seconds, Boom rushed into the room. "What's up Kat?"

"According to this reading, the memory files have been active for… twenty-four years," she said.

Boom walked over to her, looking over the readings. "Weird. When we found it, it was barely scrap metal."

"It still isn't, but its core is still intact," she paused. "Oh my God, look at this."

"It says it was activated in… 2995? The future? How is that possible?"

"I don't know, but it does explain why this thing is years ahead of anything we have. We're going to have to run some more tests, try to…" she stopped as all the lights in the lab began to blink, eventually going out altogether. "What's going on?"

"Power surge?"

"I don't think so," she looked over at the robot. "It's the robot, its siphoning energy from the station. We have to disconnect it."

Boom hurried over to it, trying to disconnect it, but a surge of power hit him, knocking him across the room. Kat rushed over to Boom, checking him on. He was alive, simply unconscious. She walked over to the robot, grabbing a handful of the wires that connected it to her equipment, but the robot reached out, grabbing her arm.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

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