Billy sat at his desk and frowned. Kim was gone and he knew that it was only time till they connected the dots. He knew that it may come to zatark testing if they didn't believe his story. He knew that if he prepared himself he might be able to lie effectively to pass such a test. He had become excellent at lying in the last twelve years. He also knew that it wasn't time for him to be found out.

PRSG1

Sam sat in front of a computer terminal while Jonas and Teal'c searched other public records. SG1 had been assigned the task of researching how Kimberly Hart had gotten into the base but so far there was nothing. And for a person who was a gold medal gymnast there wasn't much public data to go by.

Jonas leaned over a file that had been sent to the SGC at the General's request, "Here is something!" Jonas paused, "Apparently Ms. Hart resigned from the gym where she was employed almost six months ago and moved out of her apartment four months ago."

"Yes I see that here," Sam sighed, "Up till then she was very regular, she never missed paying her rent. She hardly went out and partied, instead choosing to work on other routines. She was described as very devoted to her gymnastics."

Teal'c raised his eyebrow, "Kimberly Hart however claims she has worked for the GSA since she was fifteen has she not?"

Sam sighed and shrugged, "If she has then there is no record of it in any of her files. The answer has to lie somewhere else."

Jonas looked at a fact on another folder and then glanced at the copy of a tabloid he had been reading, "This might be something she was born and raised in Angel Grove and according to her birthdate she was fifteen in 1990."

Jack took that moment to walk in, "Jonas how many times have I told you that tabloids will rot your brain?"

Sam nodded and did a search, "She may have been born in Angel Grove and was fifteen when the alleged power rangers showed up but so were about two hundred other teenagers…" Sam's voice dropped off as she looked at a picture, "Sir, you should see this picture."

Sam stepped aside so Jack could look at the picture on her screen. Jack cursed, "Oh no! Now that isn't possible…"

Jonas took a look, "Is that…?"

"Indeed it is Jonas Quinn!" Teal'c nodded

Sam read the caption, "Angel Grove High Students Kimberly Hart, Trini Kwan, Jason Lee Scott, Zach Taylor and Billy Cranston participate in the park clean-up day along with several other students making the day a huge success."

"How did Trini get from Angel Grove to that planet that we encountered her on?" Jonas asked

"I have no idea but I am guessing that she was also involved with the GSA if that was indeed Trini Kwan we met out there." Sam said before searching up the other names in the list, "Jason Lee Scott and Zach Taylor both went missing about the same time as Trini Kwan went missing."

Jack recovered from shock, "So Trini Kwan went missing as did two of her other friends and now Kimberly Hart has joined them. Can we contact that other friend?"

Sam looked at the name and started typing in the name before stopping, "We can question him."

Jonas, Jack both responded, "We can?" and Teal'c raised his eyebrow.

Sam brought up the SGC manifest, "Dr. William Cranston."

Jack nodded, "He is behind all of this I can assure you of that!"

"We don't know that." Sam rolled her eyes.

Let's call him to the briefing room shall we and find out?" Jack asked

PRSG1

Billy sucked in a breath of air as he walked towards the briefing room. They had finally connected the dots about his connection to Kim. Now he had to answer for it.

As soon as he got to the briefing room he sat down and looked at SG1 and General Hammond

"Thank you for participating in this enquiry so willingly Dr. Cranston." General Hammond said

"No problem, I only want to get to the bottom of this as well." Billy said flatly feigning the shock that he knew he should feel.

"Can you confirm that you indeed did grow up in Angel Grove California and that you were friends with Kimberly Hart?" the General asked again

Billy nodded his head, "Yes I grew up in Angel Grove and I attended Angel Grove high school with Kim. We had been friends since preschool. She wasn't like other popular kids and accepted me for all my quirks even though she couldn't understand me half the time."

Sam leaned forward, "Did you notice anything different about her other than her acceptance of you?"

"No, and like I said we grew up together and I think she hung out with me because I helped her pass much of her science requirements." Billy shrugged, "In fact I was friends with Jason, Trini and Zach right from elementary school. I did get a little nervous when this new boy, who was a bit of a jock like Jason moved to town and started dating Kim but he accepted me as well, I think he knew if he wanted Kim her friends were a package deal."

"Speaking of Jason Trini and Zach, what do you know about them?" Jack asked curiously, "You are aware we have run into a person who looks like and calls her Trini on our excursions through the gate."

"I really have no clue as to how that could be. I was told she died in a fire." Billy shook his head in feigned disbelief. "I actually was wondering if something was going to happen to Kim and my warning to her is what made her step back from the competition side of gymnastics."

Jonas tilted his head, "You warned her about what?"

"Jason and Zach disappeared and I felt that Trini might have been killed because of their successes with the peace summit. That is the reason why I have never published any papers or made a name for myself. I was afraid that something might happen to me. It is also the reason why my friend Tommy is a science teacher and not a big name paleontologist like he could be." Billy shrugged, "Call it paranoia if you will but I have been afraid."

Sam looked at Billy again, "You are afraid yet you claim to not know anything different about them?"

"Wouldn't you be afraid if you are lead to believe that three of your friends are kidnapped or killed from two different places in less than a day?" Billy said leaning forward

Everyone nodded in agreement and General Hammond asked, "I have one question for you, did you know an Ashley Hammond?"

Billy nodded, "yes I knew Ashley, she was a good kid, a few grades below me but I tutored her in science a couple of times. You have my condolences."

General Hammond tilted his head, "I have recently found out that she hasn't been dead either, do you think or did you ever think that there might be any connection between your friends and her group of friends?"

Billy shrugged again, "Honestly I never really gave any thought about that. Their deaths or disappearances were two years apart and Ashley and her friends were not as well known by any means. They also if I remember the article right were killed in a rock slide while backpacking in Europe and their bodies were never recovered. In Trini's however there had been a burnt body that had been recovered from the fire that appeared to be about her height and stature but it was impossible to get any genetic details from the body."

Jonas leaned forward again, "Are you a Power Ranger?"

Jack slapped his face and groaned. "Jonas what did I tell you about that question?"

Billy laughed, "That is alright Colonel, if I had a penny for every time I was asked that I would be a rich man." Billy turned to Jonas, "Me a Power Ranger, that is really funny because aren't they supposed to be muscular and good fighters? I have two left feet!"

PRSG1

Daniel looked around at his surroundings and looked at who was next to him. It was the first time since his ascension that he had seen another ascended being. He sighed in relief as he realized that it was Oma Desala. "Where are we, why did you stop me from destroying Anubis?"

"I told you before that that was against the rules." Oma Desala responded not mincing words or responding cryptically, "we have been summoned for a meeting of the high council."

Daniel looked around and realized he could see thousands of other members of the Ascended.

Another person approached Daniel, "I welcome you to the council. I know the rules were never explained to you so I will explain. We live solitary lives normally because of the amount of energy we consume if we are amassed in large groups."

"But if that is so how can we all be together now?" Daniel asked looking around.

Another female member came towards them, "I am Daiya and we can be together now because of an event known as an overload in which the universal energy that we feed off of has negated itself so we gather together with the mortals that are our hands and feet in the universe."

"Mortals, but I thought we couldn't interfere?" Daniel responded

"Correct we cannot interfere however we have people who carry on our mission and serve the universe in the ways that we used to." Daiya said softly, "We meet with them during an overload and give them direction but otherwise we do not interfere with them at all."

The other member that was standing with them shrugged, "We do however give them suggestions but it is all on their own accord how they act with the information."

Daiya nodded, "there is a difference on what is considered what depending on what side of the energy barrier you are on when you interfere."

Daniel asked, "What do you mean energy barrier?"

Daiya nodded, "You will learn that at a later time depending on what you choose during the meeting."

Daniel looked up to see people start to come in to the meeting area in various ways some seemed to appear out of colorful beams of light in a way not unlike the Asguard transporter beams. Others walked in from a staging ground further off from the meeting place. However none came through the star gate which he could see off in the distance facing away from where he stood. Many of the people were human however he could tell that others differed slightly from humans in build while others differed greatly. He could name every race that appeared before them and gathered in a group that faced the ascended ones.

Daniel despite everything that he found he knew about this meeting was surprised when a young woman stepped forward to hand a set of discs over to the man he had just been talking to. This young woman wore a set of military BDU's that displayed SGC patches and she looked very familiar to him but he was unable to place her identity with his human knowledge.

The male she had handed the discs to nodded his head and thanked her, "have you had a chance to look over anything that is reported on these discs?"

"Yes I have looked over the information and even had a few moments of talking with some members of a team known as SG1. They are the team that is looking for the GSA." The girl responded

Daiya nodded, "We thank you Kimberly for giving up your comfortable life on Earth for this cause, it has been decided that the best cause would be to reform the original Earth team"

Kim raised an eyebrow, "You mean I will be joining Trini, Jason and Zach?" she glanced back towards three other people who were dressed as pirates.

"Yes you shall be specialist pink. You have been chosen because Zordon had selected the best when he recruited your team." Daiya nodded with a smile.

"Thank you." Kim nodded and went to stand with the three she had indicated but looked like she had much more to say.

Daniel got quite the surprise when a newcomer arrived to the meeting. The flash of light revealed a small group of three Asguard.

Daiya nodded, "Welcome fellow Brethren, it has been many years since we were able to partake a meeting with any of the Asguard."

The Asguard conferred among themselves before responding, "We are regretfully sorry for our extended absence however the war with the replicators has been hard and we have not been able to get away to meet with many of our allies."

"We understand completely. Our war with the darkness has not been going well until recently either." Daiya responded. "Our cause has not been helped by the escalating war going on just beyond the energy barrier with the Goa'uld."

Another woman stepped forward from behind Daiya, "Is now not the time to proceed with matters at hand?"

Daiya nodded, "Yes indeed you are correct Dimetria."

Dimetria nodded and bowed, "Kimberly will you tell us what you know?"

Kim stepped forward and faced the rest of the gathered, "I was asked to join you hear after I retrieved information downloaded from the computers of the SGC. I then had to read the files through and take note on some of the information."

The male that had collected the discs nodded, "that information will be available in the morphing grid the next time any of you fight."

"I took from the information three things that apply to us as rangers." Kim continued, "the first being that the SGC has discovered the location of one of the former peace settlements that broke off from the GSA, they have been obliterated by the Goa'uld however it is uncertain whether the Goa'uld were able to obtain any of the secrets those people ever had, second is that the team SG1 has discovered one of the old phase generators which allowed exposed people to see into the realm of our ancestors.

Another member of the assembled party spoke up and Daniel recognized them as a Triforian, "Those were forbidden because of the unpredictability of what you could see while under the influence."

Kim nodded, "They found it on a forgotten world on the other side of the energy barrier, and they also found out there an early genetic machine."

Daniel heard a few people behind him curse.

Kim continued, "The race of aliens on the planet has announced that they will destroy the device once they correct the problems caused to them by a member of the Goa'uld who learned to use the device."

Daiya shook her head, "It was only left alone because it was thought that no one would get it to work. We never tested it against people who didn't have the ranger gene so it was deemed harmless."

Daniel looked at Daiya, "What do you mean the ranger gene?"

"The ranger gene is a gene in many of the people you see before you. They possess an extra gene in their genetic code that allows them to have a more mental connection with their environment. Many races can experience this gene however Humans have a much higher rate of occurrence due to their genetic similarities to that of our mortal form." Daiya explained

"This Gene also makes human DNA very pliable to accept new abilities it still however only occurs in less than fifteen percent of all humans in the universe." The Asguard representative responded

Daniel became disturbed at the thought, "this machine was the only one out there right?"

"Out beyond our space it was the only one. It had been forgotten about in the haste of our surrendering much of the galaxy to the Goa'uld. We couldn't fight the Goa'uld and the darkness at the same time. Once we put up the energy barrier our powers are much weakened out there as you must know very well Daniel." Daiya responded

Daniel nodded as he realized that he felt much stronger standing here with the rest of the Ascended ones.

A young woman who wore a heavy grey overcoat and Daniel knew was representing the planet KO-35 stood, "we will take the information passed down and we will figure out how to use it to our advantage."

Dimetria nodded, "Shall it be so Ashley?"

"This war will be won and then we can go back to being the prosperous universe we once were." Ashley nodded confidently

Many people rose to return to staging grounds where they would meet individually and discuss things with representatives from the ascended community.

Daiya and a small contingent remained with Daniel and Oma Desala and Dimetria questioned "Must we discuss your belligerence Oma?"

"What Belligerence do you mean?" Oma asked back

"You have been reminded that we all can't hold preferences towards those affected by the Goa'uld and that if you didn't stop recruiting from those people without explaining the rules in full to everyone you recruited you would be brought back into the fold and kept there." Daiya frowned

"Shall we give you one more chance?" Dimetria asked, "Are you of value to us?"

Oma nodded, "I shall take that to heart."

"Before you leave, you will promise to guide that entire planet that you ascended before you move onto any other form of recruitment." Daiya warned, "Or you will see us do something that we don't like doing."

Oma Desala nodded and left the area in a flash of light returning to her own projects.

Daiya turned to Daniel, "You have two choices because of your actions."

"My actions?" Daniel asked looking at those around him.

"Did you clearly understand the rules of our people?" Dimetria enquired

"Oma only told me bits and pieces but never the entire thing." Daniel shrugged, "I never worried about it because I never saw any others who could tell me the rest of the rules."

"Well Know that sending people back to the mortal plain is not something we enjoy doing however we have to do it on occasion." Daiya said sadly, "But given your lack of knowledge and the full set of rules concerning our behaviors inside or outside the energy barrier you could have a chance to stick with one of us for the next couple thousand years."

Daniel looked from person to person in this group, "If I choose to leave the ascended plane of existence what would happen to me? I died from radiation poisoning in my previous life, or I was about to."

"You will begin your life as Daniel Jackson anew. You would return to your human body completely healthy at the point in life you were at before your untimely accident." Daiya nodded

"If I choose that route when would I leave?" Daniel asked

"Is that the choice that you want to make?" Dimetria asked

"Uhh, I think so…" Daniel asked unsure of his decision.

"Then you leave now." Daiya nodded and pushed him back away from the group causing him to vanish from the assembled members of the group.