"Yes, Mattie?" he said

"We don't have to worry about my dad anymore" she said in excitement

"Why?"

"He and my mom are getting divorced and he's moving out of Briarwood" she sighed

"Hey, lighten up, this is a good thing… listen I got to go, I'll call you later, I've got to meet back up with my cousin, he came to visit my sister and me," he paused "I'll meet you later and will take a ride on my bike, okay"

Mattie laughed slightly, he knew how much she liked riding his motorcycle "Sounds great, see you then"

"Bye, love you"

"Love you too, Nick"

Jason smiled in satisfaction as he heard his cousin talking to his girlfriend; he had no idea that his cousin's cell phone was actually a Mystic Morpher. Nick came out and they headed to his sister's house to talk there.

"So, who called you?"

"That was Madison, we don't have to worry about her dad anymore, he's leaving Briarwood, permanently, her parents are getting a divorce" Nick said "I'm going to meet her later on my bike and we're going to spend some time together"

"Okay, just don't do anything stupid," Jason advised

"Don't worry, Jase, I don't plan on hurting her… her sister, Vida, has given me a clear impression that if I broke her sister's heart, she'd break me!"

Jason laughed, that defiantly sounded like someone he knew.

"Speaking of breaking people' Jason thought 'I wonder how our newlyweds are doing', Jason was referring to Tommy and Kimberly when he thought of their newlyweds, they had only been married two months thus far and seemed happy enough.

Nick went off to get ready to meet up with Madison as Jason grabbed his cell phone and called Tommy at home, and Kimberly answered the phone, Tommy hadn't arrived home yet.

"Hi Jason" Kim laughed

"How did you… oh yeah, you guys got caller id not too long ago" Jason laughed at his own forgetfulness

"So how's Briarwood?" Kim asked

"Quiet" Jason replied, "My cousin has a girlfriend now"

"Now which cousin are we talking about?"

"Nick Russell" Jason laughed, "He's one of the ones you haven't met"

"Okay, no wonder the name didn't sound familiar" Kim paused "so what is she like?"

"I wouldn't know, I haven't met her yet, but I get the impression her sister is a lot like Aisha," he confessed

Tommy arrived as Jason was talking

"Who is it?" Tommy asked Kim

"Jason" she mouthed

"Who was that?" Jason asked

"That was Tommy" Kim said as Tommy grabbed an extension

"Hey" he said

"Hey, Tommy" Jason laughed slightly "how's things in Reefside?"

"Quiet" Tommy sighed ", especially now that Mesogog's gone"

"You sound almost sad to see it end again" Jason said

"Well, it has gotten boring without having to watch for his creeps showing up at the most inopportune moments!" Tommy chuckled

"I guess it would" Jason suddenly noticed strange foot soldiers outside "what the… aw shit, I gotta go! I got company!"

"See ya" Tommy said

"Bye"

Kim and Tommy hung up, Jason right behind them… he had no idea what he was facing off against, but he wasn't going to let them hang around.

Nick came out to see his cousin fighting against the Hidiacs and doing pretty good for himself.

Nick slipped into an empty room and pulled his Mystic Morpher and entered the spell code.

"MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE!" he exclaimed and transformed to the red mystic ranger "Magi Staff, Sword mode!"

He entered the fight and the Hidiacs were soon history.

"You okay?" Nick asked

"Yeah, I'm fine" Jason replied confused by the fact that this red ranger's voice sounded disturbingly familiar.

"Okay, good…" the red ranger left, going far enough that Jason couldn't tell where he went and Nick dimorphed and came back from the general direction he would have had he just been in his room. Jason didn't ask any questions, just let the fact that Nick sounded a lot like the red ranger that had just left roll off him, he couldn't exactly grill Nick on that without giving away the fact that he was a former ranger, himself, he would have to be a little more sneaky if he was going to figure out if his cousin had followed in his footsteps and become a red ranger.

That evening Nick left to pick Madison up, his mind still reeling from the events that had occurred only hours prior, the way Jason fought you would have thought he'd done that before. Nick had to dismiss all thought of what had happened that evening as not to rouse Madison's suspicion that something might be going on.

Jason looked at an old coin he had come across on his way from Angel Grove, he didn't know why but he had felt the urge to pick it up and see what it was, but he couldn't tell because it was so dirty. He began to clean the old coin and felt a weird feeling as he uncovered the Tyrannosaurs emblem; it was the old red ranger coin.

'Is it possible that the old thing still has power?' Jason wondered as he felt the old ranger energy within him 'there's only one way to know' he held the coin behind his back and felt the old morpher take its place "It's Morphin' Time… Tyrannosaurs!" he looked down and realized he was in his old ranger uniform 'it does work' he thought then dimorphed, he had a lot to think about now that his ranger power was working again, he went for a drive in his car to try and sort out his thoughts, he had no idea what he would stumble onto while trying to figure out what he should do.

Meanwhile: Nick and Madison rode off to a secluded spot where they could converse without worrying about being disturbed by anyone.

"Nick, what's on you mind?" Madison asked as she realized he had been quieter than normal.

"It's not important" he replied quickly

"Yes it is, otherwise it wouldn't be bothering you like it is" Madison pointed out

"I guess you're right" Nick replied and told her about what happened

"We'll have to talk to Udonna about this" she said

"Yeah, but not right now" Nick said, not realizing what that attack of Hidiacs had truly meant, that Koragg was after him and Madison. Suddenly Hidiacs surrounded them before they could realize anything was going on.

"Oh shoot" they started fighting in civilian form, but realized that wasn't going to cut it and morphed, not realizing they should check around for anyone watching them.

Jason Scott had gone up that way to think and heard a fight going on and went to check it out and found that Nick and a girl, he could only assume was Madison, were facing off against the same strange monsters that had attacked him earlier. Then suddenly they morphed, and for the first time in his life Jason hated being right.

'He is the red ranger' Jason thought in exasperation 'great, why couldn't I be wrong for once!' he didn't want to believe that his cousin was a red ranger, but he guessed he would have to accept that fact because there was nothing he could do or say to change that fact. He watched the fight from a distance and realized that Nick and Madison could handle the fight themselves and his help wasn't necessary, but just as he started to leave the battle ended and Nick and Madison easily heard his movements.

At the end of the fight Nick realized there was someone around that shouldn't be just as Madison was about to power down

"No, don't power down yet!" he exclaimed

"Okay, why?" Madison asked

"Wait just a second" Nick said as he headed into the wooded area nearby and found his cousin standing where he could easily see them.

'Oh, great, I hope he didn't see me morph!' Nick thought as he laid eyes on his cousin.

To Be Continued…


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