(This was originally posted as a stand alone fic, but moved to the generations section...)

Disclaimer: Power Rangers Wild Force is property of Disney Entertainment. I am using these characters without permission. If I do by some chance make a profit, I will flee the country and refuse to pay royalties.

A/N: Consider it a pre-quel to Wild Force, from Cole's perspective…

First impressions

"Cole, here you have lived since before you could walk, and we've always treated you like one of our own. The time has come for you to follow your own life path. These were in the grass near where we found you as a baby. Perhaps they can lead you to your destiny," the Elder said, handing me a picture and a small, red sphere.

My initial reaction 'I don't want to go, why should I?'

For as long as I could remember, the Tribe had been my family, and the Elder had been a father to me. My friends were here, my family was here, but I was being forced away from the only home I had ever known to chase after my real family?

'If they were my real family, they wouldn't have abandoned me in the jungle', I thought.

A few hours after the ceremony, I took some time to look at the picture. What a happy family they appeared to be. An attractive woman, who I assumed was my birth mother, a handsome man, who had to be my father, and a child who was no older than a year old. What a warm, caring family they appeared to be.

'If they were so wonderful, why leave me? What was it about me that they had to drop me off in the damn jungle and leave?' I wondered, but I knew there was only one way to find out.

The next morning, Roth, my tribal brother, provided me with a boat to travel to the city of Turtle Cove.

"Be warned brother, the people of Turtle Cove may not be as accepting to you as we once were," he told me.

I walked over to him, hugging him tightly, realizing that it may be the last time I would see him.

"I will be fine brother," I assured him, climbing cautiously in the boat, then pushed away from shore.

During the journey, I had the chance to examine the picture again. It was an old picture, and the edges were a bit rough, but there seemed to be another person in the picture, a person who had been torn out of the picture. Judging by how broad the shoulders were, I was led to believe it was a man, but that was all I could tell.

After hours of floating, drifting towards the city, I arrived, and as Roth had predicted, the people in the city weren't very accepting. Everyone I approached to ask if they had seen the people in my picture, they turned away, almost disgusted that I had even spoken to them.

I was beginning to think more and more that this was a bad idea……

I headed to a nearby park to find shelter, but there was none, so I decided to lie on a bench and start bright and early. It was then that a dog walked over to me.

He barked at me.

"Well hello, I'm looking for these people, have you seen them?" I asked, showing him the picture.

He barked again.

"You're right, this is a big city. A very big city," I answered.

Strange, the only person who had befriended me since arriving to the city wasn't even a person at all. He hurried away, and I lay down on my bench.

Just as I was falling asleep, I heard my friend barking in the distance. From the sound of it, he was in trouble.

I leaped up, running around the corner to find him, but he was being taken away in a van. I couldn't allow my only friend to be taken away, so I followed, only to find other animals were captured as well. Their captures didn't seem to be the brightest, and I had no problem freeing them animals.

Once it was all over, I headed back to my bench and went to sleep.

"Cole, is your name Cole?" I heard a voice ask.

I opened my eyes to see a beautiful young lady in front of me, but there were three others, and none of them seemed very friendly.

"You have to come with us," one of them ordered.

"You can help us save lives," the young one said.

Finally, there was another one, wearing all yellow, which approached me, hitting me in the chest. It was enough to knock the wind out of me.

"You've just been drafted jungle boy," she said, and the biggest of their group carried me away.