Disclaimer: As per usual I do not own Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers or V. R. Troopers. (Let's face it ya'll if I did I wouldn't be working on this rotten piece of junk I have for a computer.) Prince Xarian and Juliet's Humanoid form Chameleon (she'll show up eventually. I promise) are products of my way overactive imagination.

Having that said, read on and enjoy!

Ryan Steele sat casually on his couch in the late hours of the night, reading a book that he had borrowed from his karate sensei, Tao. He was a very strict teacher especially on Ryan. Although Tao sometimes joked that Ryan was harder on himself than he was. Ever since Ryan had started Karate at the Dojo with Tao they had become buddies. Tao was so many more things to Ryan than a friend, he was a mentor, a teacher, and in some ways, a father.

The book was about a Great warrior named Tatzu, whose mysterious long lost brother had come back to discover his past. But his brother was evil instead of good like he was. Where Ryan was at the moment was when Tatzu first discovered that he had a brother.

Ryan laid the book open on his lap, put his head against the back of the sofa and closed his eyes. He let his thoughts drift off in any direction and soon he had fallen asleep and started to dream.

In his dream he was standing at the temple. His father and two children Ryan didn't recognize were there also. Ryan guessed their ages to be about 4 and 2 years old, and his father looked a good twenty years younger. But they didn't pay any attention to him. Ryan was simply an onlooker in what appeared to be the past, a past that he didn't remember.

"Okay Jason," Tyler Steele said as he reached into the bag behind him and pulled out his camera. "Jason, I want you to sit down by your brother so I can take your picture. That's good Jason now put your arm around him."

Ryan leaned against a tree and watched as the boy put a loving arm tightly around his little brother.

"Like this daddy?" Came the small reply.

"Yes Jason that's very good, just not so tight. Okay. . . that's looks really cute boys." He started to take the picture when suddenly the smaller of the two started to look at the ground and not pay attention. Tyler looked up from the camera. "Ryan . . . Ryan. Son could you look at the camera and be still for a moment?"

That's me? The older Ryan questioned. 'But I don't have a brother.

"Don't wanna Daddy. Wanna go play. "

Jason looked at the little Ryan and started whispering to him. But Ryan could hear every word that was said.

"Hey, little bro tell you what. Sit still for just a minute for the picture and I'll tell you a secret."

"What?" The little boy whispered in return.

"That daddy's got ice-cream at home and I'll sneak you some when we get home. But you gotta be still for the picture. Okay?"

"Okay. Ready for picture daddy."

Tyler looked suspiciously at his sons. "What did you tell him Jason?

"It's a secret daddy. Better take picture before he moves again.

"Okay ready . . . say cheese!

"ICE CREAM!" they both shouted together.

Tyler snapped the picture, then laughed. "I guess I know the secret now." Ryan watched his dad turn around and put the camera back in the bag when suddenly a cry from one of the boys made them both turn around and face the boys. And the image before them turned Ryan's blood to ice. He looked at his father and the smile that had been there before had been replaced by a look of pure horror and fear as he saw his sons attacker.

A robot.

What's a robot doing here? Ryan wondered.

"Sorry to interrupt this family get together, but your time is up Steele. "

The 'bot had Jason under one of his arms and reached unsuccessfully toward little Ryan

as he scooted away to his father.

Tyler grabbed his youngest son protectively and glared at the robot. "Give me back my son!"

"Give Grimlord the information he desires and you can have your son back," the robot countered.

Ryan rushed forward in an attempt to free the boy from the robot, but all he accomplished was successfully flying through the image of the robot and Jason. Ryan looked helplessly at his father and saw his father still protecting the little form of Ryan.

"I will never give Grimlord that information. He'll use it to destroy reality!"

Ryan could see the predicament that his father had landed in. If he rushed forward to save his son he left the one that was already safe unprotected and risked loosing him too. And if he gave the requested information. . .Then all of reality would be destroyed. What could he possibly do?

"Then you'll never see your precious son again. Think about the offer more. . . or next time it will be your other son!" And with his threat made the robot disappeared.

"NO!" Tyler shouted, but it was too late the robot was gone and so were his chances of seeing him again. He held the younger Ryan, who had been crying, tightly and tried to calm him down.

"Where's Jason dada?" the little boy sobbed. "Whanna see Jason!"

"Don't worry son you will. If it takes me my whole life, you'll see your brother again. I promise."

Ryan watched this silently hoping he could help and comfort the little boy that had been him. Suddenly the image grew dark and clouds surrounded him. His fathers image was gone and was replaced by an image of Grimlord. . . Laughing. Ryan became scared and yelled as Grimlord reached out for him.

"You're mine Steele!" The Gravely voice growled.

Ryan woke up with a start and yelled as two hands grabbed his shoulders. He jumped up off his couch turned around and took a fighting stance. He was surprised to see his fathers worried face.

"Whoa, Ryan. Take it easy. It's only me," Tyler Steele said as he threw up his hands.

"Dad? Is it really you?" Ryan asked suspiciously.

"Yeah it's really me. Who'd you think it was?"

"No one." Ryan relaxed from his fighting stance. "Sorry Dad. I was having a bad dream."

"Must've been a nightmare. You threw your book at my head when I tried to wake you up the first time. I had to wake you up from behind the couch. I figured it was safer than you punching me in your sleep." Tyler had walked around the couch and was now standing one foot in front of his son still worried. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"No dad it's not that important. It was just some dream about this kid named Jason being my brother. You were taking a picture of us when he was kidnapped by a robot because you wouldn't give Grimlord some kind of information. I guess I had the dream because of this book I'm reading" He went and picked it up off the floor and handed it to his father. "I borrowed it from Tao."

Tyler looked at the book in curiosity. "I don't see how a book from Tao could make you have a nightmare." He opened the cover of the book and read the first page. Suddenly Ryan's dream began to take form in his mind as his own nightmare. He remembered the book alright. He had borrowed it from Tao a long time ago, when Ryan was a child. There was an important secret in this book. An old, old secret that had caused him years of pain. It was also the reason behind Ryan's nightmare. "I thought that you'd never remember that. It was such a long time ago," Tyler whispered very softly to himself.

"What did you say dad?" Ryan asked him. He seriously wondered what his dad was talking about. What had he remembered? Was the dream true? Had he remembered something about his past?

Tyler looked up shocked. He had spoken out loud. "It's late Ryan. We'll have lunch together tomorrow and I'll tell you all about it. Go to sleep Ryan."

"Okay. Goodnight dad."

As Ryan walked up the stairs his dad opened the book and from a secret cut in the hard-cover of the book pulled out the picture from Ryan's dream. And looked at it sadly. He remembered that terrible day his oldest son was taken from him by Grimlords robot. Funny , he thought to himself, I haven't thought about Jason for a long time . That made him feel terrible. He had forgotten all about his son that had disappeared almost twenty years ago. "I'll tell you all about it Ryan. I'll have to. It's about time you know the truth about your brother."

DA DA DUM! What will Ryan learn about Jason? Why Hasn't Tyler been looking for him? And when is Jason going to show up? All That to be answered in upcoming chapters of my messed up fanfiction.