Tammie looked down the table at Alex, who seemed to be deep in thought. Then she looked at Damon and Carl, both were focused on Alex, waiting for him to begin explaining.

Tammie didn't want to be rude, but she couldn't wait to know what was going on.

"So…what's the deal with this whole…'destiny' thing?" she asked, not knowing how else to put it.

Alex looked into her eyes, as if trying to read her soul. Tammie wanted to avoid his gaze, but his piercing blue eyes seemed to control her eyes.

"I recognize the spirit and power that you possess inside. Although it baffles me on how and why you have it."

Tammie didn't know how to react. But Alex continued on anyway. "There are other planets that exist in this universe besides the ones you learn about in school. And this part may surprise you, but Damon, Carl, and I come from those planets."

"What?" Tammie asked, her jaw dropping.

"That's what we said," Carl replied.

"Why are you all here then?"

Alex nodded his head. "Ten years ago, my planet of Eltar was attacked by one of the most powerful evil emperors, Lord Silas. And six years prior to that attack, he was almost defeated by a team of Rangers that came from here, from Earth. Of course, that near defeat only added to his hatred towards the Rangers and any forces that went against him. He attacked Eltar first, because that was where the Ranger powers originated from."

"And he thought that he could take over Eltar and make off with some powers of his own," Tammie guessed.

Alex nodded his head once again. "But he did not succeed. He was still weak from his battle with the Rangers and the king of Eltar was able to get him to withdraw from the battle. However, Lord Silas vowed revenge on Eltar. Surprise attacks became frequent and the king made the decision to send me to earth, along with his sons." Alex glanced at Damon. "Damon is one of the princes of Eltar."

"And Carl is the other one?"

"No, I'm prince of another planet," he said cheerfully. "I am prince of A-atas…no, wait. Asterisk, no, that's not it…" Alex rolled his eyes.

"Carl is prince of the planet Ataris. Lord Silas tried to take down our ship, and we were forced to land in the planet of Ataris. The king of Ataris knew that by helping us, he would be endangering his own planet. But he was a good man, and helped repair our ship. And in exchange, I took Carl, his only heir with us to Earth. But, we also lost Damon's younger brother, Prince Evan."

Alex let a few moments of silence pass by before speaking again.

"Lord Silas soon grew tiresome of the wars. He was still too weak. So he finally pulled out of the war, but before he did so, he claimed that he will rise again, stronger than ever."

"And now he's back," Damon said.

"Why now?"

"I believe that he has been resting up over the years…but it is still far too early to see what he has planned."

Then he stood up. "But now, you three have been called upon to help fight off this unnecessary evil that has returned. You are the three destined ones. You have the power inside you to help fend off the evil. Although this is your destiny, it is still your decision whether or not to accept it."

The three teens looked at each other. Damon stood up. "I'll accept," he said. Carl also stood up and accepted. All three of the guys all turned to Tammie. She stared up at them, but Alex could see the doubt and fear in her eyes.

"Anything the matter?"

"It's just that…I mean, I understand why Damon and Carl are destined for this. It's because they are princes of other planets. But for me, I'm just…me… Why was I chosen?"

Alex stood up and walked over to Tammie. "That is one of the things that I have no answer to. Maybe this is the opportunity you need to explore that part of your life. Maybe you're an heir of another planet which I do not know of. After all, I only know about Damon and Carl because I was the one who brought them here."

Tammie accepted this answer. She stood up, "I accept."

Alex smiled. "You three are now, the new Power Ranger Ninjettis. Your identity of a ninjetti must remain a secret."

The three teenagers nodded.

"Whenever you need to morph, just call to the Dragon spirit like you did earlier," their new mentor instructed. With that, Alex dismissed his 'students' and left the lab.

"Wow," Tammie said, the first to speak up.

"Yeah, wow," Damon agreed. Suddenly Tammie's cell phone rang.

"Hi dad," she said. "Um…I'm on my date with Damon, remember?"

Damon froze when he remembered about their date.

"Yeah, he's dropping me off now. Okay, bye daddy."

"Tammie, I'm sor-" Damon began as soon as she got off the phone.

"It's okay Damon," she said, giving him a smile. "You had to princely matters to attend to."

Damon laughed.

"Come on, I'll drop you guys off."

"Why can't we just teleport?" asked Carl. "That was tight! We can save some serious money on gas!"

"Carl, come on," Tammie said. "We don't even know how to use these machines yet."

Carl finally gave in.

………………….

Once Tammie got home, Tommy and the other ex Rangers all hurried towards her, asking if she was alright. Tammie, who was bursting with excitement, told them that she was fine. "I'm a Power Ranger!" she told them mentally.

As soon as they heard her bedroom door close, the ex Rangers all began to discuss the day's events.

"So, there's a new Ranger team, but how did they get their powers?" asked Jason.

"Ninjor," Rocky said, pleased with his answer.

"But when we got our ninjetti powers," Aisha began. "Our animals reflected our spirits. But all of the ninjas' symbols were dragons."

"Maybe, they were just random ninjas?" suggested Rocky.

"How do you explain them teleporting?"

"Man, this is crazy! Did you notice that they didn't have a girl?" Everyone looked at Rocky. "What? I'm just saying! They don't have a girl this time!"

Aisha rolled her eyes.

"Well, I guess we just sit back and let them carry on with their missions," the yellow ranger said. "Can you guys handle being on the sidelines?"

The look on their faces showed that they couldn't.

"You know," Adam spoke. "It felt pretty good going back into action. Even though we were getting our asses kicked!"

The rest of the rangers had to agree. They missed fighting against the bad guys.

……

That Monday, the whole school was buzzing with the talk about the three new Power Rangers. Damon and Carl walked down the hall, each with a small smile on their lips.

"This is so cool!" Carl exclaimed quietly. "Last weekend was the best! I found out that I was a prince and I became a superhero!"

Damon laughed. "Alright, calm down man. Alex said he have to keep it a secret."

"I know," Carl replied.

"I wonder who they are," a girl said to her friend as they passed the two guys.

"I know! They must be some major hotties!"

"Did you hear that? They think we're hotties!"

Damon only shook his head at his friend's hyped mood.

"Hey, princes," Tammie's voice called out. She stopped in front of them and did a curtsy.

"Hey yourself, Mulan," Damon teased back.

"Isn't this awesome? We're the talk of the whole school!"

"No," Tammie said. "The Rangers are the talk of the whole school."

"Whatever," Carl said. "This is so cool though!"

"Alright, alright," Damon said. "This is pretty cool, but we gotta keep it to ourselves."

His other two friends nodded.

"Alex said to meet at the lab after school. He said he wants to teach us new styles of fighting and he has new things to give us."

"Oh yeah! I hope it'll be weapons. I could use some cool laser guns or something."

Tammie only rolled her eyes. "Okay, we have the last class together anyway."

The three friends ran to their first class as the bell rang.

…………………………………..

The three new Rangers sat in their last class, history, watching the clock. They were the first to jump up and head out of the classroom once the bell rang. They piled into Damon's car and headed to Damon's house.

"Alex!" Damon called as they entered the house. "We're here."

Alex emerged from the stairs that led down to the lab.

"I didn't expect you three be here so early," he said with a smile.

"What can we say? We're excited," Tammie said.

"Yeah, so do you have new weapons for us?"

Alex only motioned for them to follow him into the lab.

He led them over to the table. He picked up something and held it up to show them.

"This is a chip which I want you to insert into all of your cell phones." He handed each of them a chip.

"This chip will allow me to contact you via your cell phone."

"Can't you just call us normally?" asked Tammie.

"Yes, but with the chip, I will still be able to contact each of you even if your cell phone is turned off. And if you permit me to tamper with it, then you'll be able to teleport with is as well."

The three teenagers took out their phones and handed it to Alex. Then, he proceeded to explain the machines that were in the lab.

"I don't expect you all to remember all the buttons. That's why the fighting is left to you and the research to me. Now, I want you to practice."

"Practice?"

"Yes, through that door is a simulation room. I have managed to study the actions and movements of the monsters that you were up against. And I duplicated into a simulation which you can fight."

"Did you happen to whip one up of the boss?" asked Damon.

"Unfortunately, no. But for now, you should just practice with what we have."

Damon nodded and turned to his other team mates. "Ready?"

Carl nodded excitedly and Tammie smiled.

"White Dragon Spirit Force!"

"Black Dragon Spirit Force!"

"Red Dragon Spirit Force!"

The three Rangers proceeded into the simulation room, while Alex watched. The Rangers came back out ten minutes later. They demorphed and collapsed on the ground.

"Man, that was hard!"

"I know," Tammie said.

"Don't worry, as you fight more and more, you'll get used to it," Alex assured them. "Now, get back in there. I'm going to double the number of monsters."

The three rangers obeyed and came out again fifteen minutes later.

"Do you have any other monsters?" asked Carl. "I'm kinda getting tired of seeing those red slits of eyes."

Alex chuckled. "Do you want a challenge?"

The three nodded their heads. Alex's entire body began to glow a light blue. Once it stopped, Alex stood in front of them dressed in a blue uniform similar to theirs.

"Shall we?" he asked.

Damon looked at Carl and then at Tammie. Then he flipped up and kicked, but missed. The red and black ninjetti ranger got up and began to attack Alex. Fifteen minutes later, the teens were collapsed around him, catching their breaths. Alex stood, looking down on them, with a smirk.

"I think that is enough for today," Alex said.

"No, not yet," Damon said, determined to take Alex down.

"It is getting late and I'm sure that you three have homework to do."

"Yeah, my dad is probably looking for me," Tammie said, getting up and demorphing.

"And I got a math test tomorrow," Carl added, doing the same.

"Fine," Damon said.

"Can we teleport outta here?" asked Carl eagerly.

Alex nodded. He gave them their cell phones.

"I have added a button on the side which you can push. It will teleport you anywhere you please, just as long as the coordinates are programmed in. I already took the liberty to program coordinates for some places around Angel Grove, including your homes. To teleport, just think of where you want to go and press the button."

"Simple enough," Tammie said. "Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow." She closed her eyes and pushed the button on her cell phone. They watched as Tammie disappeared into a beam of red light.

When she opened her eyes she saw that she was in her room. She walked to her door just as her dad opened it.

Tommy looked at her in surprise.

"When did you get home?"

"I've been home," Tammie said quickly. "What are you doing home so early?"

"Jason's taking over my class. I didn't hear you come in."

"I'm a gymnast. We have quick, quiet feet," Tammie laughed nervously. Tommy looked at his daughter.

"Well, I'm about to make dinner," he said.

"Uh, no offense, but maybe I should make dinner," she said making her way past him. Tommy only shook his head in amusement.

……………………………

For the remainder of the week, the teenagers met at the lab, working on their fighting skills. After the fourth day, the three teens finally were able to pin Alex down.

"See, teamwork does help at times," Alex gasped. The three teens got up and exchanged high fives. "Let's go for round two."

"Oh what the…" Carl said as a blue sword appeared in Alex's hands.

"That's not fair!" Tammie protested.

"Where are our weapons?" asked Damon.

Alex held out his left hand and three beams of blue light fell in front of the rangers.

"Tammie, you have the Red Dragon Bo Staff." Tammie reached out and grabbed the thick, long wooden staff. It was red and had a gold dragon engraved on it.

"Carl, you have the Black Dragon Nunchucks." Carl took the black nunchucks with the gold dragon on it.

"And Damon, you get the White Dragon Blade." Damon took his weapon. It was a sword that was similar to Alex, but his blade was silver with a dragon engraved on it.

"Each of your weapons hold a special power."

"How do we use it?"

"These weapons are linked to your fighting spirits. It will only perform the power when you reached the max of your own power."

Alex drew up his sword again. "Ready?"

Damon was the first to attack with his blade. The two swords met blade to blade. Alex kicked him in the stomach which sent him flying. Tammie performed a flip and the end of her Bo Staff met Alex's chest. He stumbled back. Tammie placed one end of her staff on the ground and swung herself around, kicking him and making him fall back. Carl advanced to Alex, swinging his nunchucks. Alex looked hesitant, not knowing how to attack Carl without getting hit with the nunchucks. Finally Alex grabbed onto one of the nunchucks and flipped Carl over.

Their fighting continued until the clock showed that it was six o'clock. Alex changed back to his normal clothing.

"It's been quiet this week," he said. "But I want you three to continue being alert."

The three nodded. Tammie and Carl then teleported back home.

…………………………………….

Tammie, Damon, and Carl continued to meet at the lab after school and even on the weekends. They quickly learned to use their weapons and strengthen their powers.

They were so focused on being ready for their next attack that Tammie didn't notice that her birthday was coming up.

It was a Sunday afternoon and Alex convinced the Rangers to take a break. All three walked over to the Juice Bar, grateful for the fresh air.

"Hey, haven't seen you three around in a while," Adam said.

"I know, we've been busy with homework," Carl said.

"We expect to get straight A's this quarter," Damon added.

Adam smiled and turned to Tammie. "Tammie, can you do me a favor and clean up that table over there?" Adam pointed to the furthest table from the bar."

"Sure," she replied getting up.

Once she was out of earshot, Adam motioned for the two boys to lean in closer.

"Tammie's birthday is this Friday," Adam told them.

"Really?" Adam clamped his hand over Carl's mouth.

"Shh! Tommy is planning a surprise party for her. It's a good thing she's been busy so it makes it easier for us."

Adam let go of Carl.

"Do you need help with anything?" asked Damon.

"We have everything so far. It's going to be held here. We just need to make sure Tammie stays away from here while we decorate and set up. We just need you two to invite other friends of Tammie's. And-" Adam glanced up, seeing Tammie headed their way and began wiping the counter

She joined her two friends. "You know, I haven't been practicing my gymnastics in a while."

"You should go practice," Carl said eagerly.

"Maybe I should," she said, not noticing Carl's eager tone to get rid of her. She hopped off the stool and made her way to the beam.

"Okay, like I was saying," Adam said. He began to fill the two boys in on the details.

…………………………..

The week flew by with no other monster attacks. The new Rangers kept themselves busy again by practicing, while the old Rangers were making sure plans went smoothly for Tammie's party.