AN: So I am proud to announce that with this chapter before it even begins I have used 37 rangers and support characters from Power Rangers. This number does not include any character that has been mentioned but has not had any interaction with the SGC or other rangers in the present. Can you comb through the previous eleven chapters and find all 37? By the way there are roughly 114 characters from the series that have a potential to be shown. At this time Megaforce will not be included however some of the characters may make a cameo appearance. Do I have a reason for this? Yes I do and frankly it is because as of my starting to write this there is not enough known about the characters and I am using the pirate powers for something else other than a power up that they will receive next season.

A small select council was being held on KO-35. Daiya and Dimetria were present as well as the Astro rangers and the pirate rangers.

"How much ground have the people of Earth gained on discovering who we are?" Daiya asked

Billy nodded, "from what I can tell they are still mostly in the dark however I do know many of the Angel Grove rangers' Identities. Although this is because I didn't encode those rangers because I knew they already knew of Trini, Kim and myself."

Jason nodded, "I know most of them won't tell anything if they can help it"

Ashley groaned, "Why don't we just open up and tell everyone on Earth about our cause?"

Dimetria shook her head, "Ashley, Will the Earth Human's not use the knowledge against them?"

Andros nodded in understanding, "Ashley I understand here and don't you think if the people were capable of knowing the way we do here on KO-35 that there would be as many secrets?"

Carlos snorted, "Yeah, if they could handle the truth the stargate wouldn't be a huge secret and all the countries would live in peace."

Cassie wrapped her arm around her best friend, "You wouldn't have to hide from your Grandfather."

"Is it not something other than the political warfare that goes on?" Dimetria asked

TJ shook his head, "What do you mean?"

Trini nodded her head slowly, "It isn't just political; the problems on Earth extend into the spiritual and that is where the problems lie."

Zhane agreed with Trini, "Yes I can agree with that. Yes people in the GSA are spiritual but we are all aware and shun the darkness. On Earth the religions mix and twist with light and dark and there is no concept of which is true or not."

Kim stuck out her tongue, "I always hated that no one religion group could agree on which one might be truer and could only attack each other for their beliefs. Of course my family was never religious."

Trini shook her head, "This spiritual battle goes beyond the common everyday religions that the people of Earth practice. It is more a conflict of Mother Earth versus evil this is not inclusive with God or what people believe."

"Can we just move on from this?" Zach asked becoming uneasy.

Daiya nodded, "Yes Zach I did not mean for us to dwell on what your people believe. Religion should play a big part in a culture as it gives a sense of identity and in some cases a true relationship outside your own existence. We Eltarian's ourselves are very religious when it comes to our afterlife. We are also very insistent that we are not Gods' and that there is a power far greater than ourselves."

Zach looked like he was about to protest however he stopped when everyone noticed a newcomer to the small meeting. Trey had come from Triforia to meet with the Eltarian representatives

Jason intervened, "Billy you just said that the SGC knows of all the rangers from Angel Grove?"

"Yes, I left that information behind because I knew that they would find out soon enough and connect the dots." Billy nodded as he affirmed his previous statement.

"I intercepted the last data stream off of Earth and they have Justin working for them. Do you think he might be in any danger?" Jason asked

"I don't think so. The SGC is more bark than it is bite. I think Justin has enough of a head on his shoulders not to reveal anything. I know Taylor is in a position to intervene if it gets dangerous to Justin as is Eric although Taylor said something about telling the team SG1 that she is a ranger."

"We can see that you are having an important council at this moment however our advisors have informed us that the darkness might be trying to aim for another target that could have devastating effects if not stopped." Trey informed the group having waited for a moment to bring the concerns of his unified self forward.

"What power of fear does the darkness have over us?" Dimetria asked nodding her head and solemnly closing her eyes.

Trey nodded, "The Darkness has found the twisted ones."

"The Twisted ones?" Cassie asked with shock as the thought sunk in.

Andros nodded, "Long ago when the Eltarians' became what they are and gave up their home world some took a side with the darkness and began to see themselves as Gods. Because they were Eltarian they are not of the Darkness but they are like the Darkness and they are worse than the Goa'uld that lay outside the barrier."

"They were not always twisted. At one point they wanted nothing more than to maintain a normal life but slowly over time they became bored." Daiya nodded, "I doubt the darkness will be able to break the seal on them however there is a chance that others might meddle."

SG1PR

Justin sat in the garage working on the morphers while Storm Blaster and Red Lightning appeared to converse with each other however Justin understood none of the conversation as they were speaking in their own way and not in the mutual language the cars 'spoke' with their partner. Justin couldn't help but smile as the two cars appeared to be in a good mood.

Justin had had to move his workshop into the garage in this new home because while he knew the SGC knew about the GSA he didn't know how far their knowledge went. Every time he passed Taylor, Dana or Eric he resisted the urge to ask them. Any conversations that they had were kept purely professional and that was the way they all seemed to want it. But when he had moved in he had found that the only place he could make completely secure was the place where the cars stayed; nothing would get past them.

Justin heard a knock to the side door of the garage. Finding it strange that someone would come to that door as he had no lights and kept the windows blacked out while the front door was brightly illuminated in order to encourage anyone who might stop by to use that door. He reached for his monitoring system to check the camera but realized that he hadn't installed the camera over the garage door yet.

Going to the door his signaled both of the cars to fall silent which they promptly did. Carefully Justin moved the display case that he had put in front of the door which displayed all of his martial arts trophies. Once that was moved he slowly opened the door and a dark shadowy figure moved into the room.

"It is about time you answered your door Justin." The person shook their head, "I would have used the front door except I don't want to be seen quite yet."

"I am sorry but who are you?" Justin asked not sure who he was addressing.

"I am sorry that we haven't met before. I have been gone for a long time but I came to you because Tanya mentioned you would be a good person to make contact with." The person explained as they pulled off the black hood to their sweatshirt.

Justin recognized her immediately, "It is good to meet you Aisha."

"Thanks, Tanya has said nothing but good things about you in our letters." Aisha replied, "As you know I have been in Africa since I sent Tanya back with the Zeo crystal but I have not been out of the loop entirely."

Justin nodded, "But now you are following orders and moving in to get ready for whatever is going to happen."

Aisha shook her head, "Not exactly but it is close enough."

"I wish I could offer you a place to hide out however I am not sure how far under the microscope I am by the SGC." Justin replied, "It is hard to stay under the radar."

"I have lodging all set up however what I need is a morpher." Aisha explained as she pulled something from her pocket.

Justin let his eyes pop when he saw what Aisha held in her hands, "You really have had one all this time?"

Aisha nodded, "Yes I had it with me when I stayed in Africa."

"I haven't had a chance to get any of the others morphers but I was going to try and steal the energy readings off of Billy's. The SGC has it. I only just thought of trying to repair the original powers because I have been focusing on the turbo morphers." Justin explained as he showed her to his desk.

Aisha picked them up, "You are doing pretty good work however this material that you are using does not allow for the morphing energy to channel right. It might work in newer morphers however the powers that Zordon created have a slightly different energy signature."

"Have you spent the last ten years studying the morphing grid?" Justin asked her in amazement.

Aisha shrugged, "What else was I supposed to do there was no television in my Aunt's tribe."

"I guess, but if you know what I need to use could you help me find the correct materials and mediums?" Justin asked his strange visitor."

"Of course I can!" Aisha smirked, "I have learned to barter from the best at African trading posts. Of course I will need to go to Angel Grove first but then I will come back here to Colorado to operate out of."

"Why do you need to go to Angel Grove?" Justin asked confused about what Aisha would need to get in Angel Grove.

"For a genius you are just as numb as Billy was," Aisha shook her head; "The stuff we are going to need is not going to come cheap. I know Zordon had a secret stash of intergalactic currency up at the Command Center, I assume it is still there?"

"Well I didn't know anything about this stash so I couldn't tell you anything about it." Justin said cringing at her insult, "But make sure you don't use anything too costly or rare that you could get in trouble for trading with."

"I will shop around and figure everything out and what I either can't get for a reasonable price I will use my connection with Adam to talk to Carlos. Tanya has told me that Adam keeps in touch with Carlos on a fairly regular schedule." Aisha shrugged

"What do you need from me?" Justin asked thinking that he would have to give Aisha something in compensation for her time.

"I need a car," Aisha stated in reply.

"Is Red morphing energy too much for you to handle?" Justin asked as he reached for the red turbo morpher.

"As long as I don't morph it should be alright. But the backlash from morphing with a red morpher might not be such a great idea. I am out of shape; it has been ten years since I last morphed." Aisha shrugged as she took the morpher from Justin.

Before Justin would release the morpher he asked, "You have your driver's license right?"

"Yes, I have actually been back in the states for a year now but I have been flying under the radar checking things out. I got my license a couple of months ago." Aisha nodded and as she took the morpher into her hands she looked down at herself, "You do have something red I can borrow right?"

Justin nodded as he reached into a drawer, he didn't have much but he had gone out to get a few items when he had taken custody of red lightning. He pulled out a red sweatshirt and handed it over to Aisha who took off her black one and put on the red one.

SG1PR

Jon rolled around on his bunk bed trying to fall asleep but sat up suddenly when he heard his roommate Josh begin to put his shoes on.

Jon looked over the edge of the bunk, "What are you doing it is almost midnight?"

Josh looked up at Jon and shrugged, "I have a late night training session with Sensei Bradley. It is only for the best students."

"Why are you training at midnight?" Jon asked confused.

"Why do we train at all?" Josh asked, "You should go back to sleep before we get in trouble for talking after curfew."

Josh waited for the residential advisor to walk the halls before going to his room before darting out the door. Jon rolled his eyes, he had only been at Thunder Bay for a few weeks and he was already noticing that some people seemed to sneak around at odd hours but this was the first time that his roommate, who had started at the beginning of this term, had snuck around to his knowledge. It had to make Jon think that there was some kind of initiation that was run by the older students.

Shaking his head he laid down and counted the dots on the ceiling and attempted to fall asleep but before he could drift off his mind wandered to the upcoming ninja challenge in which a rival martial arts academy or something like that was coming to Thunder bay. Apparently this was the biggest event of the school year and everyone had been training for it. But during the week the lawns had been manicured and all the lamp posts but the ones by the entrance were flying the school colors of navy and crimson. The main entrance was flying the colors of Wind Academy which was Red Yellow and Blue.

The placing of the other school's flags also had him wondering what type of school he was going to. He knew it was normal for schools to have rival schools and make enemies about them but the students who were known to have family history with the school were downright cruel towards the arrival of the other school. Even some of the faculty was ready to chew the other academy to pieces. He hadn't seen much of this angst since he had fought in a war or gone through the stargate. It took school rivalries to a whole new level.

Jon closed his eyes and went to sleep only to have what felt like immediately after being shaken awake by Josh. Groaning as he rolled over, "How can you be so cheerful, you snuck out last night?"

Josh shook his head, "I was only out for about an hour, but you really do need to get up we will be late for breakfast if you don't."

Jon jumped off the bed and went searching for a clean pair of pants.

Josh waited for Jon to finish getting dressed before going down to the dining hall. When they got to the doors there was a crowd of people who were outraged standing around reading a news memo.

Josh and Jon waited until they could get up to read the sign and Josh whistled, "That is going to be a game changer!"

"What does this all mean?" Jon asked looking at his roommate.

"Basically both academies have been fighting out for the right to judge this event as they have for the last four years. Our cooperation is fairly new and as you can tell there is still some animosity between the schools." Josh described, "However a group of three who were loosely aligned with this school but never officially students are going to be the judges because they are a neutral team."

Going inside the dining room Jon stopped in front of the trophy case which displayed pictures of different winners of ninja competitions, "Are they on here?"

Josh nodded and pointed to a picture that was taken in 1992 and the three teens that stood in one picture. Jon stumbled for a moment realizing that the three seemed familiar but he couldn't place them.

"Allegedly they trained at both schools while going to a public high school before moving to Angel Grove where they won the final match in a statewide contest that doesn't happen anymore. They haven't judged a match ever because apparently the girl has been out of the country since 1993." Josh explained as they continued walking.

"But now she is back so they are judging?" Jon asked as they joined the meal line.

"Apparently and not a year too soon," Josh nodded, "I guess Sensei Bradley has been trying to make the schools work together but the strife is just getting worse. Some of the long time families refuse to forgive the Wind Academy for something or other and it is driving the school apart."

Jon began to say something but decided against it as he was served his food. His stomach came first before his curiosity.

SG1PR

Cassie walked into the house after school to find Janet talking on the phone with someone, "Yes, yes it will be good to see you again Anton. It has been much too long."

After Janet had hung up Cassie spoke up, "Who was that Mom?"

Janet spun around to face her daughter, "An old friend of mine whom I went to doctorate school with is in town and has asked if I would be available to have dinner with him."

"But tonight is taco night!" Cassie spit back not sure if she liked the idea of Janet going out on a date.

"We aren't going tonight, don't worry. The reservations are for tomorrow and you are invited as well. Anton is bringing his son who is just a few years older than you." Janet shook her head with a knowing smile on her face.

"This had better not be an attempt to match me up with the son of one of your friends." Cassie protested, "I may have broken up with Dom but I will not submit to any arranged marriages that is one thing I won't give in on. I enjoy the freedoms people here on Earth have to pick their own spouse."

Janet laughed as she responded to her daughter's protest, "I don't think I would ever try to arrange a marriage for you. I am just as much against that as you must be. You do these moments are getting fewer and farther between where you remind me of your past. Every day you act more and more like this is the planet you were born on."

"I guess I will have to try harder to remind you that I am from up north," Cassie smiled with a small laugh, "Because remember I am from Canada."

Janet laughed, "Yes you are from up north and I will never forget that. Now how about helping me make the tacos?"

SG1

Janet and Cassie waited in front of one of the nicer restaurants in Colorado Springs. Anton had made the reservations and had agreed to pay for the dinner. Cassie suspected that this was a sign that Anton had loved Janet for years but was only now getting up the courage to ask her out.

Cassie looked at Janet, "So tell me more about this Anton mom?"

Janet closed her eyes, "Well we were in school together although Anton wasn't there for a medical degree he was there for a science degree. We had a few classes together because he took a few anatomy classes. We were from two different worlds in the sense that he came from Money and I was being put through medical school by the Air force."

A rather expensive car pulled up to the valet parking and a well-dressed man a couple years older than Janet handed his keys over to the parking attendant.

To Janet's surprise he walked over to them but he was alone. She had been expecting Anton to bring the son he had been talking about on the phone.

"Janet it is so good to see you again and this must be Cassie, she is such a beautiful young lady." Anton addressed the two people before him.

Cassie sized Anton up trying to figure out what Janet had seen in the man. He wasn't exactly handsome and he stunk of money and overpriced cologne.

Janet hugged Anton, "It is good to see you again."

Anton nodded as they separated, "I must apologize Trent informed me this morning that he was flying home to be with his wife. I hope Cassie won't be too bored with us old timers."

Cassie shook her head, she was used to hanging out with people her Mom's age after all there were very few people that she could talk about her past with and they were all as old as Janet if not older… Teal'c was the oldest at over ninety except he didn't look a day over forty on a bad day.

"Tell us about your son Trent?" Janet asked she had been curious about this son of Anton's because when they had last been together he had not said anything about a family.

Anton nodded as he pulled out a picture of Trent and his parents, "About five years ago I was on a dig and there was a rock slide in a tunnel that we were working on. I got out but not before two of my team was trapped in the rubble. I tried to get them out but they were in too deep. I stayed with them until they passed away from their injuries but they made me promise that I would take care of their son for them."

"I am glad someone like you was able to give the boy a home. I have enjoyed every moment since I adopted Cassie from some distant relatives who could no longer care for her." Janet said as she hugged Cassie.

"Yes adoption can be a good thing but it can also be troublesome especially if the child resents you which unfortunately Trent and I didn't have the greatest early relationship." Anton frowned, "However since he has gotten married he and I have become a lot closer."

"Well you knew I had adopted Cassie, I do remember sharing that bit of information with you. You should have come to me and maybe I could have provided help with any difficulties that you had with Trent."

Cassie tilted her head as she looked at the picture of Trent and felt as if she had seen his picture before.

"I wish I had remembered that," Anton nodded, "it would have helped me so much however I was also dealing with some issues that were a repercussion of the cave in and I was a bit out of it for much of the first year. I was very surprised when I was approved to adopt Trent."