Chapter One
"Jason." Kimberly called from her position at their at home miniature command station. "Come here a minute" Even though their time as active Power Rangers has long since ended, there have been a few times over the past few years that retired Power Rangers have been called back into action. There were two times in the past few years that Kimberly herself had been called back to battle to save the world from evil. Ever since every team of Power Rangers from all across the galaxy (and even from other dimensions and time) were called forth to assist the Megaforce Rangers defeat the Armada, the veteran Rangers decided to come together to create the U.R.L...or United Ranger League.
Jason Lee Scott picked up his cup of coffee and made his way from the kitchen table to where his wife sat. "What's up?" He asked, his eyes scanning the many monitors and devices. Every house that a veteran Ranger occupied was equipped with what they called a miniature command center. Tv's and monitors connected to each other that used special top secret satellites to monitor every inch of Earth. There was a radar scanner that kept an eye on anything that was headed towards earth, whether it be natural or alien. Their old teammate, Billy Cranston had teamed up with Kendall Morgan, the Purple Dino Charge Ranger to create a device that monitored the morphing grid to make sure there weren't any evil entities trying to access. The entire set up was a complete work of art and wouldn't have been made possible if not for some of the brightest minds that ever existed. Fortunately for the U.R.L., those bright minds belonged to Power Rangers. "What am I looking at?" His eyes finally settling on the monitor his wife was looking at.
"There's something approaching earth. I can't tell if it's friend or foe." Kimberly pointed her perfectly manicured finger at the blip on the space scanner. "The Vessel is cloaked. I tried to send a communication message but it bounced back." She paused to look at her husband. "It may be nothing but it may be something."
Jason thought for a moment. As the first Red Ranger picked by Zordon, A lot of people looked up to him to be a strong leader. He was, after all, the first leader of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He and Tommy Oliver, who took over for him as leader of his team after he went away for the World Peace Conference, were co-leaders of the U.R.L. "I'll shoot Tommy and Kat a message to see what they think. Do you have an estimated trajectory?"
Kimberly's fingers ran across a keyboard and after about a minute the monitor showed a projected touchdown. "It looks like if it stays on its current course, it will land somewhere in Egypt. I'll send Aisha a message. As of right now, she's the only Ranger in that vicinity who can get there quickly." Kimberly picked up her phone and for a moment all you could hear was the clicking of her fingers and she typed up a quick message. "Done. Now we just wait for a response." Aisha Campbell, was the second yellow ranger of his team. Like Tommy, who had taken over for him as leader when he left for the World Peace Conference, Aisha Campbell had taken over for the original yellow ranger, Trini Kwan.
Jason had pulled his phone out of his pocket and sent similar messages to Tommy and his wife, Kat. Katherine Hillard-Oliver had taken over for Kimberly as the pink ranger when Kimberly left to train for the Pan Global Games. Jason finished his cup of coffee and walked over to the sink to rinse it out when both his and Kimberly's phones went off. "Tommy said that he definitely thinks it's worth looking into but doesn't want any aggressive actions until we know for certain if there's a threat or not."
Kimberly looked up from her phone and gave a small nod in agreement. "Aisha said that Rocky and Adam are there paying a visit and the three of them will keep an eye on the area and keep us updated." Adam Park and Rocky DeSantos were, like Aisha, were replacement rangers. Rocky had taken over for him as the red ranger and Adam had taken over for Zack Taylor as the black ranger.
"Good. The more rangers we have on alert the better. I knew Rocky and Adam were taking a vacation, I didn't realize they were going to Africa." Jason thought aloud. Adam and Rocky were husbands. Aisha, Rocky and Adam were originally from Stone Canyon. They had transferred to Angel Grove High shortly before Jason, Zack and Trini left. Kimberly got the chance to get to know the three of them before Kat had taken over for her. Jason, regrettably, didn't get the chance to know Aisha before the events that led her to live in Africa. However, he did get the opportunity to know Adam and Rocky due to his short stint as the Gold Zeo Ranger. He, as well as Kat and Tanya Sloan - Aisha's replacement, often wondered if there was something going on between them. They were best friends, sure, but it was small things that he and the girls noticed. Looks shared between them, how concerned they got about each other. The fact that they practically did everything together. They often slept over at each other's houses. Of course, that was the 90's and being gay wasn't widely acceptible. After college, Adam and Rocky got a place together and within a few months, they had announced to everyone that they were together. The boys were actually going to be celebrating their 10 year anniversary in a few months.
Jason looked over at his wife and a smile formed on his face. Next year was their twenty-third anniversary. He couldn't even believe it. It felt like just yesterday that they had said their nuptials. Jason and Kimberly had known each other practically their whole lives. They went to school together ever since elementary and they were teammates. If Jason was being honest, he had feelings for Kimberly ever since High School. In fact, he was working up the nerve to ask her out and was going to the day that Rita Repulsa escaped and they were recruited by Zordon. The only reason he didn't ask her later was because he didn't want to complicate their team. By the time that he realized that being together wouldn't disrupt the team and in fact would make it better, she had met and fallen for Tommy. Was he a bit jealous of Tommy at first? Most definitely but he put his feelings aside and focused on his ranger duties. That was the real reason that he volunteered for the World Peace Conference. Then Kimberly left for Florida and Jason decided to come back. He started dating a girl named Emily, to try and forget about Kimberly. While she was gone, Kimberly had broken up with Tommy. After breaking up with Emily, he flew to Florida and finally poured his heart out to Kim. After confessing that there was no other man, that she just didn't want to hold Tommy back, Kim asked him out for dinner. It sounded crazy but after a month of dating, he asked her to marry him. She said yes without any hesitation. They had heard that there was a martial arts event being held to raise money to save the Angel Grove shelter and they decided that was the perfect opportunity to come back, give a helping hand and surprise their ranger family with the engagement news. Divatox, an intergalactic space pirate threw a slight wrench in their perfectly laid plans as they were abducted while scuba diving.
Kim's voice brought Jason out of his thoughts. "Babe? You there?" She asked, waving a hand in front of his face. Jason's eyes focused on her beautiful face and smiled. "Huh?" he asked. Kimberly chucked. "I said, It looks like something is trailing our mystery vessel. I think we should put some vacation in and make a trip to Africa. Whoever it is, whether friend or foe is being followed. If it's a friend, they may need back up, if it's a foe then whoever is trailing them might need reinforcements."
Jason nodded in agreement. "Let me gather some friends. We don't know what we're dealing with and I don't want to go in there blind sided. Message Aisha and let her know we're coming." Jason once more pulled out his phone and sent a group message.