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"Tammie, stop moving!" Aisha cried at the fidgeting sixteen year old. It was Saturday afternoon and Tammie had asked her Aunt Aisha to help her get ready for her date with Damon.

"I'm sorry! I'm just…nervous," Tammie replied.

Aisha smiled. "There, I'm done." Tammie walked over to her mirror to admire Aisha's work. Her hair was pulled back in a half ponytail and was in soft curls. Tammie looked over her outfit, another one chosen by Aisha, to make sure that everything looked good together.

This time, Aisha chose a white halter top with pink stitching and pink stars, light blue jeans, and a white cropped jean jacket.

"He's here!" Aisha announced, looking out the window.

Tammie ran to her closet and pulled out her white and pink sneakers. "Why does she always choose white and pink?" Tammie wondered. "I would've thought she'd choose yellow, especially since she wears it all the time."

She quickly put on her shoes, but remained sitting on her bed.

"Tammie, I think you should go before your dad and uncles scare him away with the interrogation," joked Aisha.

Tammie took a deep breath and let it out. She stood up and followed Aisha down the stairs.

Damon let out a small sigh of relief as he heard foot steps coming down the stairs. He sat in the arm chair with Tommy, Jason, Rocky, and Adam watching him. He stood up as soon as Tammie appeared.

"Well, we're going now daddy," she said walking over to her dad. She pecked his cheek. "I'll see you all later."

"Good night, Mr. Oliver," Damon said, politely.

"Have fun!" said Aisha.

"Don't stay out too late!" called Tommy as the two teens walked out the door.

"I'm sorry about that," Tammie said, walking towards his car.

"It's okay," Damon smiled. He opened the car door for her and went around to his side.

"So, where will you be taking me tonight?" asked Tammie.

"Well, are you hungry?" asked Damon. Tammie nodded. "I guess dinner will be first."

Ten minutes later, Damon pulled into a small restaurant near the beach. After parking, the two got out of the car and headed inside. Damon took Tammie's hand into his and led her out into the restaurant's patio.

Tammie gasped as she saw the beautiful scenery of the sunset over the ocean.

"Wow," Tammie said. She felt Damon give a slight tug and followed him, her hand still in his. The two sat at a table and looked at the menu. After ordering, the two sat, not knowing what to say.

"Thank you for taking me here," Tammie said.

"Don't thank me yet," Damon replied. "Our date just got started, there's still a chance that things can get ruined."

Tammie laughed and turned to continue gazing at the sunset. Damon, on the other hand, was gazing at Tammie. He admired Tammie's face taking in her light brown eyes, framed by long, full lashes. Her lips, which always seemed to be in a form of a smile, were the right shade of pink.

Tammie returned her attention to Damon who gave her a small, shy smile.

"What?"

"You're beautiful," he said softly. Tammie gave her own shy smile as butterflies entered her stomach. Their moment was ruined when their waiter returned, carrying their orders.

"So, where next?" asked Tammie. As she settled in the passenger's seat.

"We can go watch a movie," suggested Damon. "Unless you had something else in mind."

Tammie thought it over and nodded. "Actually, I heard that there's a lake in Angel Grove park and I was hoping I could see it."

"Okay," Damon said pulling out of his parking spot. "Angel Grove Lake it is."

"Where did you learn karate?" asked Tammie. Damon seemed surprised at the random question.

"Um, well, Alex has always told me that I was a natural."

"You call your dad Alex?"

"He's not really my dad," Damon said.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Tammie began.

"No, it's alright. I don't really like talking about my family with other people."

"It's okay then."

Damon glanced at her. "But you're not other people."

Tammie smiled. "Well, I still don't mind if you don't want to talk about them. I can respect that."

"It's okay, I trust you," he told her. "I don't know if Carl told you or not, but I'm adopted."

Tammie nodded. Carl had told her.

"Alex adopted me because he always wanted a son, but his wife died and he didn't have the heart to remarry. He let me know from the start that I was adopted, but he still treated me like I was his real son. So, I got in the habit of just calling me Alex, and he doesn't seem to mind."

"Oh."

"What about you?" Damon asked. Tammie bit her lip, knowing that he was going to turn the tables on her. But thankfully, they arrived at the park.

"Are we here?" Tammie asked, avoiding the question.

"Yeah, we're going to have to walk to the lake from here." The two got out of the car and walked to the lake.

"It's pretty here," Tammie commented, looking up at the stars. "Is that the lake?"

"Yeah," Damon answered. "It's pretty nice out here. For all the years I've been here, I've never been to the lake at night."

He turned to see Tammie staring at the lake with a smile on her face.

"Why did you want to see the lake?"

"Well, from what I was told, it was my parents' special place," Tammie began to walk along the lake. Damon followed beside her. "Jason told me that this was where my dad always went to when he needed to think. One day, he went out here and my mom followed him. I guess he was having a bad day or something, because Jason told me that my mom was worried about him."

Damon listened intently. This was the first time Tammie was sharing something with him.

"And that day, he kissed her for the first time," Tammie stopped and smiled up at Damon. "That gave him the courage to ask her to the dance."

"Do you miss your mom?"

Tammie repeated the question in her mind. She looked into his eyes. "How can you miss someone you don't even remember?"

Damon was at lost for words.

"I was only six months old when she passed away," she told him. "The only memories that I have of her are from old pictures and stories that Jason and them tell me."

"Your dad doesn't talk about her?" asked Damon.

"No. All he's told me is that she died in a car accident. I asked him about it one time, and, uh, he nearly chewed my head off."

"Wow," Damon said, taking in what he just heard. Tammie gave a small laugh.

"Yeah, but anyway, that's enough drama for one night. I'll race you to the park!"

Damon stared after Tammie, confused by her sudden mood swing. He quickly shrugged it off and ran after her. The two passed the time swinging on the swings and talking, revealing more about their life.

"I think we should go," Damon said, looking at his watch. "You're dad told me to have you home by nine."

Tammie rolled her eyes. "Can you believe that he still treats me like a little girl."

"Well, you're his little girl. I mean, after everything you've told me, it seems that you are the only thing he has that reminds him of your mom."

Tammie stood up. "But still, he shouldn't-"

Suddenly the sound of something blowing up made the two look across the lake.

"What was that?" asked Tammie.

"I don't know," Damon replied. Then the ground began to shake violently. Tammie lost her balance and was thrown against Damon. He held onto her tight. After several more seconds, the earthquake finally stopped. "You alright?"

"Yeah," Tammie said, as Damon's arms unwrapped from around her. Then her cell phone rang. "Hello?"

"Are you alright sweetie?" came her dad's voice, filled with concern.

"Dad, I-I'm fine. Yes, I know. Damon was just about to drop me off when the earthquake happened. Daddy! Relax, I will be home soon."

As the two made their way back to Damon's car, Tammie held onto Damon's arm.

"You guys okay?" Jason asked, getting up from the floor.

"Yeah," Adam replied as he helped Aisha up. "Tommy?"

"I gotta call Tammie and see if she's okay," Tommy said as he ran to the phone.

"Uh, where's Rocky?" asked Aisha. The three former rangers looked around the room.

"I think I found him." Adam and Aisha followed Jason's gaze under the table. Rocky crawled out with an embarrassed look on his face.

"What?" he asked, trying to sound innocent. The three laughed at their former, fearless leader.

"You are a character," remarked Jason.

"How's Tammie?" asked Rocky, still on his hands and knees. "Is she good?"

"She's on her way home now," Tommy said. "What are you doing?"

Rocky finally stood up.

"Man, that was some earthquake," Rocky said.

"The last time a earthquake hit that hard was when…" Jason trailed off with a skeptical look on his face.

"When what?"

"…When Rita was released and we were first teleported to the Command Center."

All former Rangers looked at one another. Aisha picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

"What are you doing?" asked Rocky incredulously. "This is no time to watch TV Aisha! Some evil leader might be trying to-ow! Why'd you hit me for?"

Adam shook his head at his slow friend. "She's flipping to the news, idiot."

"Oh…"

They all took a seat on the couch, paying close attention to the news reporter.

"It seems as though Angel Grove has been hit with an unpredicted asteroid. The impact seemed to have caused the earthquake we all experienced just moments ago. Scientists down at the Angel Grove Scientific Research Center immediately rushed to the site. The asteroid seemed to have hit north of Angel Grove, in the mountainous terrain."

The former Rangers sat speechless as the TV showed the place where the asteroid had hit. It was the same place where the Command Center used to stand.

"Scientists are in the process of investigating this event."

Jason turned off the TV and turned to his friends.

"That hit a little too close to home." The others tried to laugh with him.

"Yeah, but it was just a coincidence," Aisha said, trying to sound confident. "Right?"

Everyone sat in silent, each trying to sort their own thoughts.

"Tammie's here." Tommy jumped up from his seat and ran to the door. He swung it open just as the two were leaning in to kiss. "I'll hurt him later," he told himself as he scooped his daughter into his arms.

"Daddy! I'm fine!" Tammie was annoyed at her dad's timing. Tommy let go, only semi-guilty that he interrupted their goodnight kiss.

"I'll see you on Monday," Damon said, knowing that Tommy was watching him like a hawk. "Good night, Mr. Oliver. Good night, Tammy."

"Good night," Tammie replied. She watched Damon pull out of her driveway and then stepped into the house.

"Where were you when the earthquake happened?" asked Tommy as they joined the others in the living room.

"We were at Angel Grove Park. We were just talking then a big boom comes followed by the earthquake." The rangers listened to the teenager. "What do you think it was?"

"The news said it was an asteroid."

"Don't they usually predict those things?" asked Tammie.

"There are some exceptions," Jason said, thinking about the day Rita was released.

Tammie shuddered. "Well that boom really scared me. It seemed so close. I hope nothing like this happens again."

With that, Tammie bid her good night and headed to her room.

The next week went on as usual. Carl noticed that his two friends seemed to be closer now. "It's about time," he thought. And to Tammie's obvious delight, Chris finally stopped bothering her. He only acknowledged her with a simple nod of his head.

That Thursday, Tammie, Damon, and Carl were at the Juice Bar. Tammie was on the balance beam while the two guys were sparring on the mats.

"Tammie, your dad wanted me to remind to be home by six," Adam called.

Tammie rolled her eyes before flipping off the beam. She picked up her towel and wiped the sweat from her head.

"Are you getting ready to go?" asked Damon.

"Yeah, I'm supposed to be home by six."

"I'll walk you home," offered Damon. Tammie nodded and picked up her bag. "You coming Carl?"

"Naw, I'm gonna hit the showers first. I got a date with Melissa tonight," he said, smiling. His two friends waved goodbye and headed out.

"Are you okay?" asked Tammie. "You seemed distracted the whole time you were sparring."

"Yeah, I know," Damon said. "I don't know what's wrong with me today, but I've been having a feeling of anxiety the whole day."

Tammie looked at him worriedly.

"But it's probably nothing," Damon assured her, not wanting to worry her. "Maybe, I'm just nervous about the history test tomorrow."

"Maybe," Tammie agreed slowly. The two headed towards the parking lot. Suddenly five beams of bright white light appeared in front of them.

"What the hell?" cried Damon in surprise as five figures dressed in black made an appearance. They had one inch slits which, Damon assumed, were their eyes. These eyes were blood red and seemed to glow under the black mask.

"Oh my God!" Tammie exclaimed. "What are those things?"

Damon instinctively stepped in front of Tammie.

"What do you want?"

The figures didn't answer; instead two of them stepped towards Damon. He kicked the one to his right and punched the one on his left. The third red eyed figure advanced towards him, while the last two crept behind Tammie.

"Let go of me!" Tammie kneed one in the ground and hit the other with her bag.

Damon ran back to Tammie and fought off the two that were attacking her. Even though Tammie was a good fighter, she was too scared and surprised to compose herself.

The five figures slowly got up and advanced towards them. Another set of five bright white lights appeared. Damon began kicking the monsters in the front. They were knocked down, but the others continued to approach them.

"Shit! There's too many of them," cried Damon. "And it seems like they don't even feel the hits."

Damon stayed close to Tammie as the monsters slowly enclosed around them. Damon prepared himself even though he didn't know what they were going to do. Another white light came. "I hope that's not more of them." But it wasn't. Instead, the white light seemed to come from him. The light brightened so much that Damon and Tammie had to close their eyes. Once they opened them again, they found that they were in lab.

There were machines with blinking buttons and a giant screen on one of the walls.

"Damon!" Carl cried. "What happened? One minute I was on my way to pick up Melissa when these weird red eyed guys appeared and then the next, I'm here."

"I don't know, man," Damon replied. "Same thing happened to me and Tammie."

Tammie looked around the room. "Where are we?"

"Alex's lab."

"Whoa, I knew that he had a lab, but I never knew it was this big!"

"Damon!" cried a voice. "Are you okay?"

A tall, well-built man entered the room. He had short dark blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.

"What's going?" asked Damon.

"I don't know, I'm not sure. But I'll explain as much as I can. Who's this?" asked Alex, noticing Tammie.

"This is Tammie," Damon said. "Tammie, this is Alex my dad."

"Hi, nice to meet you," Tammie said.. stepping forward.

"Nice to meet you as well, Tammie," Alex said. Shaking her hand. "But I'm sorry we couldn't have met in a much better situation."

Alex raised his left hand and swiped it over her face. Tammie's eyes closed and she fell back into Damon's arms.

"What-"

"Set her down on that chair," Alex ordered. Damon was hesitant. "Do it, Damon and I'll explain everything after we get rid of her."

"We-we're gonna kill her?" cried Carl.

"No! We just need to get her back to her house. The information I'm about to tell you two is strictly confidential."

Damon finally obeyed his father and sat Tammie down on the chair.

"Don't worry about her Damon," Alex said, placing his hand over her forehead. "I just put her to sleep and now I'm going to erase her memory so that she will have no recollection of what happened tonight."

Damon nodded. The teen boys stared in awe as bright blue light seeped out of Alex's hand and into Tammie's head.

"There," the man said. "I only erased her memory up until the attack. The last thing she will remember from tonight is leaving the Juice Bar."

Alex picked up Tammie and carried her over to Damon. "Now, I am going to teleport you to her home. Just put her in her bed and I'll teleport you back."

"Okay."

"I will be watching you Damon," Alex said. He pushed a few buttons and Damon disappeared. A few seconds later, Damon found himself in Tammie's room. He looked around, but his arms soon reminded him of the body he was carrying. He walked over to her bed and lay her down and pulled the covers over her. He sat at the edge of the bed and watched her. Then he leaned over, kissing her on her forehead. Once he stood up, he was teleported back into Alex's lab just as Tommy entered the house.

"Tammie!" he screamed, bounding up the stairs. Jason, Rocky, and Aisha followed after him. Tommy barged in Tammie's room only to find her soundly sleeping in her bed. Tommy let out a sigh of relief. The four adults went back downstairs and discussed what just happened.

All four of them were at the dojo closing up when they heard screams from outside. They ran out and saw figures dressed in all black with red slits for eyes. They all began to fight them, but the new monsters didn't seem too feel any pain. After several attempts to take them down, the monsters disappeared in a flash of white light.

"This is crazy!"

"Come on, Rocky. We were Rangers! This type of thing is not crazy."

"You know what I mean! Sixteen years of peace and quiet and suddenly they return? What's up with that?"

Aisha tuned in to the news. "Let's see what they have to say."

"After years of peace Angel Grove has now been disrupted again by monsters. We do not know who they are but we may know why they are here. Approximately one hour ago, scientists cracked open the asteroid to find a tablet with the following message: 'The rise and revenge of the evil forces from the past is yet to come. Only those who are destined will have the power to fight off this evil.' We only hope that those destined ones will appear soon."

Aisha muted the TV as the news reporter began a brief a history on the Power Rangers.

"Destined ones?"

"You guys don't think that it means…us? The Power Rangers?" asked Rocky. Just then Adam burst through the front door.

"Man, did you guys hear about the message?" he asked.

"Yeah," they said in unison.

"Do you think that-"

"We're being called back into action? Maybe…" Tommy said.

"Okay, what's going on?" Damon asked, after watching the news report. "What does this have to do with us?"

"I think you two might want to sit down," Alex said calmly. He led them to the long table that was in the center of the room. He took the seat at the end, while Carl and Damon took the seats beside him.

"You two are the destined ones."

"What?" asked Carl.

"You are the destined ones who are to fight off the evil, just like the message in the asteroid said."

"How do you know?" Damon asked, knowing that Alex would never pull a trick like this.

"The asteroid that hit Angel Grove last week was sent by another planet."

"Which one: Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus?"

Alex gave Carl a look and continued.

"Maybe it is best if I start from the beginning, yes?"

Damon nodded. The two teenage boys listened closely as Alex began to tell them the whole story.

The next day, Tammie went to school and found that everyone was talking about the night before. She heard them mention monsters and asteroids. She shook her head as she made her way to her locker. "These people are delusional."

After getting her books, she made her way to Damon's locker. She was surprised when she didn't see Damon and Carl waiting for her at her locker.

"Hey guys!"

The two boys looked up at her and then at each other, guilt seemed to play on their faces.

"Okay, what are you two up to?"

"Nothing-"

"Why?

"What makes you think that we're up to something?"

"Does it seem like we're up to something?"

Tammie looked at her two friends. "Oh no. Don't tell me that you two believe all this talk about monsters and the asteroids and the destined crap."

"Maybe Alex really did erase her memory," Damon thought. He didn't believe anything that had happened the night before. He didn't want to.

"Do you remember anything from last night?" he asked, half hoping that Tammie would say that the monsters were all a prank she was helping his dad pull. But he knew that the events were real.

"No, that's the weird thing," she said slowly. "All I remember is…walking outside of the Juice Bar…"

"And?"

"And then…that's it. Did I fall asleep when you were dropping me off? Maybe I was just so tired from all that gymnastics or something."

"Yeah, you fell asleep," Damon said. "Come on, we should get to class."

The bell rang and Tammie walked with Damon, still replaying everyone's strange behavior.

A/N: There's Chapter 4! I think the next chapter will be hard to write but I will try and get it up as soon as I can. (: I hope you enjoyed.