Sometimes, happiness and sorrow get mixed up. Sometimes, Tommy thought that it was supposed to be like that. He had felt joy and sorrow when he first joined the team. He was happy that he was going to use his powers for good. But he knew while he was under Rita's spell, he did a lot of evil. His mother cried to into his shoulder and he couldn't understand what had happened. There was no way the incident with Rita and Zedd was on the news. Or was it?
"Mom, are you okay?" Tommy asked in a concerned voice.
"I was just watching the news," Jan explained she took a seat on the couch. Tommy and Kimberly sat down beside her. "I was watching the news and there was an airplane crash. The reporter said Rita and Zedd were attacking it. It showed the plane crashing into the lake... and Steve, Kimberly, and you were named as the three passengers on the plane. The reporter said you didn't survive."
"Jan we're okay," Kimberly started taking a deep breath. "I just wish I never where my uncle is."
"Where is Steve?" Jan asked as she wiped her eyes. "Why isn't he here with you?"
"Zedd through handcuffs on him," Tommy quickly answered. "They put him to sleep and then he vanished-"
"-Tommy, how did you manage to escape?"
"-we were rescued by the power rangers," Tommy replied taking a deep breath. "They teleported into the plane, and they brought us to safety."
"I suspect that you two are power rangers," Jan revealed in a stern voice.
"I don't know what you are talking about," Tommy lied trying to keep a straight face. "No one in Angel Grove-"
"-you know exactly what I'm talking about," Jan interrupted as she took a seat on the couch. "James told me."
"Tommy, Kimberly, I saw a beam of red and white light appear in the back yard," James declared when he walked into the living room. "There was no one else in the yard. So, it had to have been you two."
"Why would you keep something this important from us?" Jan questioned when James took a seat next to her. "This is something we would want to know."
"Jan, you don't realize how much we've wanted to tell you," Kimberly explained taking hold of Tommy's hand. "When we became power rangers, we had to agree to some rules. We can't use our powers for personal gain, we can't go into battle unless we are forced to, and we can't tell anyone we are power rangers."
James and Jan looked up at the floating head that was in a column glancing down at them. As soon as they learned Tommy and Kimberly were power rangers, all of them were teleported to the power chamber. They couldn't believe it when they saw Rocky, Adam, Tanya, and Kat at the command center. Never in a million years, would they have guessed their son's friends were power rangers too.
"Alpha has been running a background check on you two," Zordon explained. "You both are model citizens and trustworthy. It's very important that you keep the identities of the power rangers a secret. Therefore, I ask that you make a vow."
"We'll do it," Jan said with a smile.
"I swear under the forces of goodness to never reveal the true identities of the power rangers," Zordon declared.
"I swear under the forces of goodness to never reveal the true identities of the power rangers," James and Jan repeated.
Back at the Oliver house, Jan places delicious garlic bread on the table. She walked back over to the stove and took up spaghetti and meat sauce. She placed four plates of spaghetti on the table. Everyone took a seat at the table, and they all started talking.
"Was Jason, Trini, Zack, Aisha, and Billy power rangers?" Jan asked as she took a sip of her coke.
"Yes," Kimberly answered taking a bit of garlic bread. "Jason, Trini, Zack, Billy, and I were the five original rangers. Then later Tommy joined as the green ranger-"
"-I was the green ranger for a short time," Tommy reminded her. "Then I became the white ranger."
"Does anyone else know that you are power rangers?" James asked.
"My brother, David," Tommy replied. "He was captured by the machine empire. When the other rangers and I rescued him, he thought I was in danger. I removed my helmet to show him I was okay."
Author's note
What is going to happen now that James and Jan know who the power rangers are? Find out in the next chapter.
