It was around ten thirty when Blake brought Jessie home. When they pulled up to her apartment she didn't notice any lights on but she was sure that Jen was waiting up on her; she always did.

"I had an amazing time with you tonight." Blake said as he walked her to the door.

"I did too, the beach was so beautiful." Jessie smiled.

"I want to see you again, but we can't can we?"

"Blake, I've never been mesmerized by anyone like I have with you. I'm sorry it has to be this way." Jessie replied.

"I am too," Blake leaned down and kissed her on the hand. "Good night Jess."

Jessie wished that things were different, "Good night Blake."

He waited for her to get inside the apartment and lock the door before he drove off, his heart heavy.

Jessie walked inside and locked the door behind her. She couldn't believe how much attraction she felt to this guy after just one date and a few days of knowing him. She couldn't hide the anguish on her face as she walked into the living room and came face to face with her sister.

"Jesus, Jen!" Jessie jumped back.

"What?" Jen asked.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack, creeping around like that? Lights," Jessie commanded, the lights in the room beginning to dim on.

"Creeping? I wasn't creeping, just waiting on you." Jen replied laughing at Jessie.

"You could've at least left a light on, but no you had to sit in the dark and wait on me." Jessie was being sarcastic.

"Well I also could have had the house looking like the run-way for the Time Ship too, but I figured that it might be kind of obvious." Jen could throw it right back at her sister.

Jessie walked over to the couch and flopped down.

"So, how was your dinner?" Jen asked.

"Jen, it was amazing. I've never felt like this about anyone, and I can't even be with him" Jessie sighed.

"Oh honey, I'm sorry." Jen sat down beside her.

"Why does he have to be a lieutenant?" Jessie laid her head on Jen's shoulder.

Jessie sounded so pitiful, she ran her hand threw her hair, "I know the feeling all too well."

"Why did I have to go and fall in love with an underclassman?" Jessie wanted to beat herself up.

"Why did I have to fall in love with someone who lives a thousand years away from me? It just happens Jess, no matter how much you try to stop it." Jen felt sorry for her sister; she didn't want her to feel the same pain that plagued her thoughts everyday.

A cloaked figure cast an unseen eye upon the scene before them, playing through the center window. It looked Jessie over with its eyes and slipped away into the darkness.

The next morning Jen awoke unusually early and failing to return to her slumber, got dressed and decided to go jogging. She laced up her tennis shoes and set out down the driveway. It was a cool, crisp February morning and Jen knew that her workout would succeed in waking up her senses and rejuvenating her body; just what she needed. She thought of Wes and the time when they had worked out together, it seemed so long ago. She did miss him and it broke her heart to think that he was all alone; if only they he had been born one thousand years later, or her a thousand years earlier. A tear slipped down her cheek but mingling with her sweat, it went unnoticed. It wasn't like Jen to cry, but then again ever since she had known Wes she did many things that were out of the ordinary. For example, she had opened up so much more to Jessie; they had been close before but she was afraid to love again and get hurt once more. Jessie was too young to remember much of their parents, but Jen did and she hoped that she was making them proud of her and everything that she had done.

A young man of about twenty-seven picked up a little girl with chocolate hair and hazel eyes, "Hey, Jenny, what did you do today?"

"Daddy, I was outside playing and I saw a whole bunch of people and they were in all these different colored clothes and they were fighting this big ugly monster thing!" A seven year old Jen was sitting in the chair beside the man who had just returned from work.

"Do you know who those people were?" he asked. Jen shook her head. "They were power rangers; they help keep everyone safe from the big ugly monster things."

"When I get older, I'm going to be a power ranger." Jen told her father.

"What's this I hear you two talking about in here?" A beautiful woman with creamy blonde hair asked. She was only around twenty-five and had a soft face with shocking green eyes. She was followed into the room by a waddling toddler.

"Mommy, I'm going to be a power ranger when I grow up!" Jen bounced over to her mother.

"Oh really? You know, if you want to do that you will have to work extra hard in school and make really good grades so that you can be." The woman smiled at her daughter.

"I will mom; I know I can do it." Jen assured her.

"I know you can too." The woman hugged her. "Why don't you take your sister and go and get ready for a bath okay?"

Jen scampered off with Jessie scooting along behind.

Jen smiled at the thought of the day she realized that she wanted to be a power ranger. Unfortunately, her parents never made it to see the day that she kept her promise.

Jen had turned around and was heading back towards the apartment; it was almost seven and Jessie would be waking up soon.

"Poor Jess," Jen thought. "She went and got herself into the same mess that I did."

Ever since Jen had given Alex back his ring, he had become jaded and did everything half-heartedly. To avoid this problem, Time Force had instituted a regulation about intra-office dating. It stated that no personnel were to have an emotional relationship with another person that was above or below his or her rank. They had omitted the same rank, meaning that Jessie and Blake could be together if they were the same rank; the only problem with that was that there were no more Captain positions available and no one was in any hurry to give theirs up.

She reached the apartment and went inside to find Jessie sitting at the kitchen counter, dressed and ready for work.

"What are you doing up?" Jen was surprised to see her, Jessie wasn't a morning person.

"Trip called; they have the upgrade finished on my morpher and they want me to come in and run the logistics this morning." Jessie picked up her bag and headed out the door.

"I'll drop by later and see how everything is; besides I need to talk to Trip anyway." Jen told her.

"Later Jen," Jessie called shutting the door.

"Bye Jess," Jen walked down the hall and into the bathroom to get a shower.

Jessie had arrived at the simulation lab and found Trip rapping away at the keyboard of a computer, as usual.

"Hey Trip," Jessie greeted him.

"Hey Jessie, how's everything going this morning?" The green-haired ranger asked.

"It was good until someone called and woke me up an hour early." Jessie teased.

"Yeah, well trust me, the new upgrades I put on your morpher are worth it." Trip replied bringing up a schematics program.

"What do we have here? English, Trip, please." Jessie sat down beside him.

"Well, I put in a new defense system which will allow you to absorb all of the power an opponent throws at you by way of these transistors on your wrists and ankles." He pulled up a hologram of Jessie's ranger attire and she watched as the cuffs on her wrists and boots enlarged and became embedded with a sliver strip. "It's lightning mode."

"Sweet, Trip, this is awesome!" Jessie was amazed once again by his abilities.

"There is only one problem; I couldn't get the power frequency any lower than 4.5 megahertz and your other weapons are only at two megahertz." Trip replied.

"Okay so that means it's just going to take a little more energy to maintain." Jessie was determined as always.

"Not only that, but your body isn't used to the shock. We'll have to acclimate you to it if we can." Trip told her.

"What does that mean, if we can?" Jessie asked.

"Your body may not be able to take the power surge. If it doesn't we won't be able to use the upgrade." Trip replied.

"Well let's try it out, we won't know until then." Jessie took off her white Time Force uniform and revealed a pair of black shorts and a white spaghetti strap shirt.

Trip handed her three EKG monitors, "Here, attach two of these to your chest and the other on your left side just under your first rib. They'll monitor your heart rate so if the voltage becomes too much then we can shut it down."

"No problem," Jessie placed the monitors where Trip had told her and strapped her morpher back onto her wrist.

Trip walked back into the control room and shut the door to the simulation deck. He could contact her through the microphone in her helmet.

"Alright Jessie, once you morph I'll start the simulation out at two megahertz, the same frequency as your other weapons and I'll increase it as we go." Trip was beginning to press and flip several switches on the control panel.

"Time for Time Force!" Jessie yelled as her shorts and shirt were engulfed in a brilliantly white suit that closely resembled the other Time Force Rangers with the exception of the print on the helmet; it was an inverted triangle with a jagged edge.

"Are you ready?" She heard Trip's voice coming from her com system inside her helmet.

"Yeah, let's do it." Jessie braced herself. "Lightning Mode!"

A rush of what seemed to be white lightning engulfed Jessie's arms and legs.

"Increasing to two and a half megahertz," Trip stated.

The lightning grew brighter and thicker. Jessie was beginning to feel its effects.

"Go ahead Trip." She said strain evident in her voice.

"Increasing to three megahertz," Trip replied checking her heart on the monitors.

The lightning engulfed her entire body and Jessie began to shake and gasp from the pain. All of a sudden, her heart rate skyrocketed and she collapsed to the floor and demorphed. Trip immediately shut down the program.

"Jessie!" Trip exclaimed, rushing to her side. "Are you alright?"

Jessie sat up gasping for air, "You weren't kidding about the power surge."

"I'll go get the medics." Trip began to leave, but Jessie stopped him.

"No, I'm fine; let's run it again." Jessie stood up a little wobbly.

"Jess, I don't know if we should." Trip told her.

"If I don't get this upgrade Time Force will be in some serious trouble." Jessie explained referring to the cyclotrons.

"I don't know if your heart will take it." Trip was skeptical.

"Do it again Trip," Jessie commanded.

He reluctantly went back to the controls and ran the program again and again Jessie didn't make it past three megahertz, yet she told him to run it over and over. The same results were still produced however. Trip finally refused to run the simulation anymore when Jessie could barely walk. He should have done it a long time ago.