Wow...

Revisions suck!

Disclaimer: As per usual I do not own Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers or VR 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 are products of my way overactive imagination.

Having that said read on and enjoy!

Jason Lee Scott parked his motorcycle half a block down the street from his parent's house. The former Red and Gold Ranger had returned early from a karate tournament and had decided to surprise his parents. Because of all the activities he had become involved in since he had given the Gold Ranger powers back to Trey he didn't visit them as much as he would like to.

As he walked down the street, golden leaves crunched under his feet and a warm fall wind blew around him. As far back as Jason could remember, which was only till he was about 5 years old, he had loved playing in the leaves during fall. For 18 years he had roamed this street, never tiring of kicking the leaves around as he went along.

"It's good to be home," he whispered into the wind.

As he reached his home a sense of mischief welled into his usually calm demeanor. Quickly he snuck around to the back, being as quiet as a simple breeze. As he reached for the handle on the back door the sounds of yelling met his ears through the open kitchen window and he stopped dead in his tracks.

"What do you mean he's not there? You're supposed to keep a close eye on him and you can't even do that!"

"He had a county tournament this weekend."

"We couldn't keep him here. It means the world to him to keep competing."

"It's not your job to keep him happy. Just to keep him away from Crossworld City and the Steele's."

Jason had recognized the voices of his parents. He did not, however, recognize the third voice. Curiosity had overrun caution and he quietly opened the door and slipped inside. He crept in the direction of the still loud voices and found a sight he never would have imagined seeing in his home.

A large holographic image of some demented looking man was centered in the living room. Jason tried to find where it came from but at his position hiding behind a large houseplant he didn't have a good view.

"A normal parent's job is to keep their child happy," his mother replied.

"Well you're not normal parents now are you? My father made you two rejects too human."

"Give us some credit Lord Xarian," his father pleaded. "He thinks his kidnapping was a bad dream and he still believes that stupid story about the first 5 years of his life being lost to amnesia."

"I've heard enough of your excuses! You have both failed your mission and must now be punished by way of disintegration!"

Apparently their pleas of 'one more chance' and 'no, not that' fell on deaf ears as a blast of purple electricity burst from the computer screen beside them. As it crackled and surged around his parents they took on a different shape. They slightly resembled cogs in shape but were clothed in black and had gold robotic masks. As soon as they had changed fully they were sucked into the computer screen and the holograph shut off.

Jason came out from behind the houseplant with tears threatening to fall from his eyes. He stumbled to the computer desk and searched for a sign of his parents in the now dark screen. A sense of hopelessness overcame him as he realized this was more than he alone could handle and he slumped down in the desk chair.

"I don't believe this. I can't believe this. What…what do I do."

A glint of light on his wrist caught his eye. It had been the dying days sunlight reflecting off his communicator. Zordon had allowed him to keep it in case any of the evil he had helped fight came after him one day and as far as he was concerned this definitely constituted as being weird enough to involve at least Billy. Pushing the button to get a hold of his oldest friend

"Billy this is Jason. Are you there?" He listened intently for an answer and as he thought, he didn't have a long wait.

"Billy here. What's up?"

Jason could hear Alpha 5 in the background complaining about something or another and he couldn't help but smile.

"Jason?"

"Sorry Billy. There's just a lot on my mind. Could you do me a favor and come to my house."

"Can you give me a few minutes? I have to finish up this program for Zordon before Rita and Zedd launch another attack."

"Well how long do you think you'll be?"

Billy noticed the desperation in his voice and became very concerned. "I should only be another hour at most. Jason is everything all right?"

"Sure," he answered quietly. "I guess there's nothing to really do about it now."

"What was that?"

"Nothing," Jason answered quickly. "I'll…I'll see you in about an hour"

Billy tried to find out more from his friend but heard the end communication signal from Jason's end. He ran his fingers through his sandy hair and started to think he should leave now and make sure his best friend was really OK.

"Ayeyaiyaiyaiyai! Billy I think we may have a problem. I inputted the first part of the code out of sequence. Now the arms are attacking the legs!"

"I'm coming Alpha," he answered deciding to go back to work.

Three hours later Billy turned up at Jason's doorstep. It was about 10 at night and Billy felt really bad for keeping Jason waiting this long. He knocked on the door only to find that it opened with his touch.

"Jason?" He called cautiously into the darkness beyond the door. He pushed the door open the rest of the way and felt the wall beside him for the light switch. He found it and flipped it on illuminating the living room. Looking around he spotted Jason sitting at the computer desk staring into the computer screen as if mesmerized by it's light. Billy walked over to him, calling his name several times but his friend did not answer or even stir. When he was close enough he read the screen and found it to say 'INCORRECT PASSWORD'.

"Jason," he ventured placing a careful hand on his friend's shoulder. "What are you doing?"

"I can't break the password on my parent's computer Billy"

"Jas, you know how your parents are about this computer. If they catch you on it they'll spontaneously combust."

"Believe me Billy they aren't going to care. Not ever again."

"Jason. What are you talking about?"

"They were sucked into the computer screen Billy. I know this will be hard to believe but before that they were changed into something inhuman. Like a cross between a putty and a cog. Then sucked into the computer by a holograph."

"Whoa Jas. Why don't you start over? How did all this start?"

Jason took a deep breath and let it out slowly. He turned toward his friend and explained everything that had happened since he got to Angel Grove. He couldn't look Billy in the eye as much as he tried. He felt ashamed that he knew nothing of his fake parents and that his life long nightmare had been true. He had been kidnapped by robot when he was 5 and made to believe that it had all been a dream induced by his 'amnesia'.

"…And then while I was waiting for you I tried to break into their computer thinking there might be something on that guy I saw. But I was never really good at hacking."

"That's cause you always-skipped computer class. Here, let me try Jas."

Jason stood up, his face laced with disbelief. "You believe me Billy."

"Everyday for the past 7 years I've gone to the command centre and helped an intelligent robot and an inter-dimensional being that appears as a floating head. I think I can believe that your parents turned into robots and were sucked into the computer." Billy smiled as he sat at the computer and started concentrating furiously on typing.

Jason watched on in wonder as Billy hacked into the computer that stole his life. He had managed to get around the password but found that everything was encrypted and protected by firewalls. Every time Billy managed to get one down three more jumped up in its place.

"Well I'll give these robots credit. Whoever this Prince Xarian is, if he's as ruthless in life as he is protecting these files then I'd say there's a problem. But lucky for you he's never came across me." Billy pressed the enter key one last time and everything became readable. "Now what file do you want?"

"You are truly amazing Billy. Anything that has to do with the Steele family, Crossworld City or me."

"All right, here goes," he punched in some codes and the hard drive kicked into gear. About a minute later files started spilling onto the screen.

"Whoa Billy. Is this normal?"

"You mean for anyone other than spies? Jason this one's marked power rangers," he said in worry.

"Can you pull it up?"

Billy pulled up the file and they read in amazement everything Jason had done as the red and gold ranger.

"Billy they knew the whole time. They must have reported everything I ever did to this guy."

"No joke. There's even stuff in here about the rest of us. They know everything about the rangers."

They scrolled through some more and found one simply labeled: Steele.

When opened it told him His father's name was Tyler Steele and that he had two sons: Jason and Ryan. They lived in Crossworld City, and could often be found at a Dojo downtown that belonged to a family friend named Tao.

"Billy I think I need to make a trip to Crossworld City. If I remember right it should be about two hours east of here right?"

"Jason I don't think this is such a good idea. What if this is a trap to catch you again?"

"Billy they knew I was a power ranger. They can catch me anytime they want to they've proven that with the files on this computer. I'm going to try to find my family."

"You're not going now are you?"

"No time like the present," he said as he went to his room to gather some things. Billy followed him and he sighed as he packed a new bag. "You're not going to talk me out of it Billy so don't even try."

"I don't want to talk you out of it Jas. It's just that I think maybe you should go talk to Zordon about this."

"No. I'm not going to delay this anymore Billy. The only people I want to talk to are in Crossworld City."

"Then at least let me go with you." Jason picked up his bag and started for the living room again. "Jason please," Billy begged as he grabbed his arm to stop him.

"You know you're valuable to the power rangers Billy. What if they need you and you're not there for them. Alpha and Zordon may be smart. But not as smart as you. You always were the strongest out of all of us Billy. Keep them safe."

"Can't you at least wait until morning? It's midnight now Jas."

"No. It has to be now. If this is a trap they'll never expect me to come so soon. Besides there's a lot I want to think about on the way there. I'll be all right, so stop worrying. If there is a problem I'll contact you with my communicator OK?"

"I guess so. If you don't mind though I'm going to take this computer to Zordon. If it can suck people into it really shouldn't be left unattended.

"Good point. Go ahead and take it. I'll give you a ring in the morning. I don't know how long I'll be gone Billy. Take care of my house for me will ya?"

"No problem." With a handshake and a hug Jason was gone leaving Billy standing on his doorstep. After a moment Jason's bike was heard starting and then he drove out of sight. "Be careful Jason. Something tells me this is going to be harder than anything you ever faced as a ranger. I hope this isn't a trap. But if it is, I pity them for messing with you," he smirked as he turned back to the house to take the computer to Zordon.

As predicted Jason got to Crossworld City in about 2 hours. He drove around the town silently for a good 10 minutes before he found a hotel. Not knowing how long he would be in town he asked for the room for two nights. His conversation with the hotel clerk was brief. He was a tired looking old man and he grumbled about how early in the morning it was and something about the hotel rules. He hastily gave Jason his key and went back to the adjoining room to the infomercials on the TV.

As he settled into his room he realized just how tired he was. Setting the alarm for 8 the next morning he turned off the light and slipped into a nightmare plagued sleep.

DA DA DUM! What will happen in the morning? How will Tyler and Ryan react to Jason's sudden arrival? And what exactly are Prince Xarians' plans? Find out on the next exciting adventure of my messed up fan fiction.