Justin sat at Sam's computer. Sam had called him to her lab but when he had gotten there she had been called to the General's office. Justin took that moment to borrow a copy of the data she had collected from the super warrior created by Anubis. The results of the armor tests were frightening and he knew that Anubis' projects needed to be stopped by someone inside the GSA if at all possible. He understood why Anubis had been kicked out but what he didn't understand was how Anubis was able to use so much of the GSA technology. Many others had left of their own volition and they didn't remember half as much, Daniel had been kicked out and he remembered squat.

Copying the data as he heard Sam approach her office he quickly took the disc and hid it. He knew he was going to have to get the disc to a transport location in order to be studied by GSA scientists. The readings needed to be compared to the ranger energy readings.

Sam walked into the lab just as Justin hid the disc inside his shirt, "I know we were supposed to go over the data from the last tests I took of the Kull warrior's armor however I am going to have to reschedule."

"Is there a reason why you need to reschedule?" Justin asked curiously of his supervising officer.

"I have just received word that the Prometheus is ready for her return flight back to Earth. I have volunteered to go along in order to be on hand if anything goes wrong with the jury rigged engines." Sam replied as she collected a few items from her desk.

"Well that is a worthy cause and I hope nothing goes wrong with the ship. I can't wait to see it in person. I have read over the specs of the ship and am in are of what Earth has been able to build albeit with tech that we are 'borrowing' but still." Justin said with a smirk.

Sam shook her head wondering just how much Justin knew of other space faring races that he knew of. She wondered if he had been off world and what his experiences as a ranger had been. She had a hard time believing that this child prodigy had been a ranger when he was only twelve. In the weeks since he had come to the SGC he had failed to indicated anything about his past as a ranger or any connections with the GSA

SG1PR

Jon was walking from a training session to his math class when he saw a red convertible pull into the visitor parking lot. Leaning over to Josh he nodded, "That is a nice car."

Josh nodded, "They might be here for the competition this weekend we should go make sure they know where they are going."

"Why us," Jon asked confused, "there are hundreds of other students wandering around."

"Sensei Bradley has asked that I welcome some of the VIP guests and her car screams VIP." Josh shrugged as Jon followed him over to the car.

Walking over to the car Josh greeted the driver, "Welcome to Thunder Bay Academy, are you here for the team ninja competition?"

The driver got out of the car and stood in front of them, "I am Aisha Campbell, and I am one of the judges. Could you direct me to Sensei Bradley?"

Jon stared at the woman as she removed her sunglasses and smoothed her yellow and red dress.

Josh nodded and pointed back in the direction he had just come from, "He was over by the practice field a few minutes ago. I am Joshua Kendal by the way."

"Joshua it is a pleasure to meet you. Will you be competing?" Aisha asked with a smile.

"No, maybe next year, "Josh said nervously, "I only just began stepping up my training."

Aisha nodded before turning to go in the indicated direction, "I will see you at training tonight then,"

Jon turned to Josh as they headed back towards the math building, "You are going to be going out again tonight?"

"Of course, I have training three times a week and then all day on Saturday and Sunday," Josh shrugged as if it was no big deal, "Sensei Bradley believes I could win next year. Only the best students get chosen to take their training to the level that I am. Maybe if you keep working hard you will be able to join."

Jon shook his head, "All this cloak and dagger stuff is making me nervous."

Josh shook his head, "You shouldn't be nervous, it is just one of the traditions of this school and it is not a fight club if that is what you are worried about."

"I am not worried." Jon shook his head as he walked into the math building making it inside just before the last bell.

SG1PR

Justin looked at the disc in his hands. He was deciding who he needed to get the information to. In the long run he needed to get it to the top of the GSA so it could be analyzed and something devised if Anubis decided to use the super soldiers to cross into GSA space. But he also felt he could analyze the data if he had better computers than the ones at the SGC. He could either go to Tommy's or he could go to see Cam at Ninja Ops.

No Ninja ops was out because the ninja's were getting ready for their annual duel between schools, first wind would take on Thunder as the opening duel of the season and then they would go onto other schools and a victor would be decided in a month's time. Aisha had called to tell him that she would be held up as she had asked to be the judge this year in order to ease the tensions between the two biggest rival schools in the ninja network.

Sighing he shook his head Tommy's computers while they were good were not good enough he needed something more. He was about to face the fact that he wouldn't be able to research into the powers more on his own when he remembered Andrew Hartford had had an impressive set up. Only problem with that was the fact that Andrew Hartford was currently running a ranger operation from that lab and he wasn't supposed to meddle with active rangers, they had to choose their own path before interacting with inactive rangers.

However there was the fact that Andrew's team was an international team that had been assigned to bring the corona aurora back into functional use because otherwise the Darkness had learned they could use it. If he timed his arrival right he could bypass interacting with any member of the team at all and could be in and out of the lab before they returned. Yes he smiled he could do that and he would do that.

SG1PR

Aisha stood with her arms crossed as she watched a group of students train before dinner. It was the eve before the Wind vs. Thunder Ninja competition.

"Is it wise to be watching them train?" A voice called from behind her causing Aisha to spin around.

"Rocky, Adam!" Aisha hugged her longtime friends she had meant to see them before now however their schedules and hers had not matched up so they had ended up reuniting at Thunder Bay.

"It has been way too long!" Adam said as he hugged back.

"10 years is way too long to go without seeing your best friends. You should have visited." Rocky scolded Aisha.

"Sorry, it was difficult to leave my work. You should have come to visit me. You would have loved my Aunt's stories." Aisha said with a huge smile, "I am not watching the competitors."

"Ahh, so these are the students who didn't make the cut for this year?" Rocky asked with a nod.

Aisha nodded as she pointed to one student in particular, "That over there is Jonathon Grayson."

"You mean as in the boy that Dana and Carter adopted with the military concealed past." Adam asked confused.

"That's the boy who somehow shows a super ranger gene," Rocky shook his head, "a super gene that could mean the end of the war?"

Aisha nodded, "That is him, and according to Hunter he has made a lot of progress since he was enrolled here not too long ago. He has somehow had all the right training."

"If he has this super gene why is he here at Thunder Bay? Why not ship him off to the headquarters of SPD?" Adam asked confused, isn't that giving the Ninja's an unfair advantage over other teams?"

Aisha shook her head, "Hunter told me that Thunder Bay won't be keeping him. He will be transferred once he is mentally ready to other GSA organizations for training."

Rocky shook his head, "Mentally ready?"

"That is sort of messed up. How many other rangers out there were never prepared and were just selected off of the street?" Adam asked alarmed that such measures were being taken with this young man.

"I guess it is like sharpening a knife. He needed to hone his skills towards being a ranger. That and I guess Dana was telling Hunter that Jon has a very dubious history when it comes to the rangers. I guess being here is supposed to open his mind to his full potential which is what the GSA needs." Aisha explained.

"I sure hope he is worth it." Rocky shook his head still doubting what was being laid upon the boy who stood before him practicing a kata.

SG1PR

Justin parked Mountain Blaster and hurried to the front door of the mansion. He had called ahead and talked to Andrew and had found out that the rangers were leaving on a mission that should take them up to a week to complete. Confident that he could do what needed to be done in half that time he had finished his journey. He had told General Hammond that he needed to talk with some people for a research project that he was working on independent of the SGC which was party true but he had succeeded in getting a leave of absence from the SGC.

Knocking on the front door an older gentleman opened the door but refused to allow him entrance. Andrew walked through the foyer at that moment and nodded, "Spencer you can let him in, this is Dr. Stewart."

Spencer bowed and begged an apology, "I am sorry I didn't recognize you Dr. Stewart of course you are welcome here."

Justin nodded, "The fault it mine, and I could have announced myself better. But please call me Justin."

Spencer nodded as he went back to his duties as the butler while Andrew showed Justin down to the labs far below the basement off any sort of radar that might pick up his advanced computer systems.

"I thank you for bending the rules Andrew. I really need to do this research but the time wasn't right for me to go to any of the other labs we have at our disposal here on Earth." Justin shook his head as he sat at a computer terminal and began running his analysis.

Andrew nodded, "It has made it very difficult what with SPD leaving Earth, and I now have the most advanced computer system on Earth."

Justin nodded, "Cam has a close second over at Ninja ops however due to the Ninja competitions this weekend I would have been a hindrance using their system."

"I have heard of that," Andrew shook his head, "I am having a hard time figuring out how two GSA member organizations can have a hard time getting along."

"It goes far deeper than the GSA. Wind and Thunder Ninja academies have developed a rivalry from years of challenges and duels. They are working through their differences however it takes a long time to drop all grudges especially from outlying members of each organization." Justin explained.

"I guess," Andrew nodded, "I am going to go make sure if the rangers come back early that they won't disturb you."

Justin nodded as he settled into a simulated battle between the two types of energy signatures.

SG1PR

Ronnie piloted the SHARC back towards the mansion. Will and Mack had both left some important items in their rooms and it was necessary to get them. Rose wanted to pick up an additional scanner from the lab seeing as they needed to go back.

Will saw the jeep first and addressed Mack, "Looks like your Dad has a guest."

As they got closer Mack shook his head, "I have never seen that jeep before, I wonder who could be visiting my Dad."

Parking the SHARC Ronnie shrugged, "It is probably one of your father's investors."

Will crossed his arms, "An investor riding around in a jeep doesn't make a whole lot of sense."

Spencer greeted them at the door a little hesitantly, "You only just left what are you doing back so soon?"

"We needed to get some things that we left behind." Dax protested towards Spencer as they were blocked from going any further than the foyer.

Rose sensing that something wasn't right disappeared while Spencer was distracted and made her way towards the elevator shaft while invisible.

Exiting out of the elevator outside the lab she found the doors to the main lab were sealed shut; something that she had never experienced before. Not only were they sealed but the intruder alarms were triggered as she exited the elevator despite being completely invisible.

Reappearing Rose stood there and groaned as she saw Andrew walking towards her, "Rose I need to ask you to leave the lab."

"I only need an additional scanner." Rose begged with a pleading yet innocent look on her face and she saw Andrew lose his composure.

Andrew showed Rose into the lab but stayed right with her making sure she didn't avert her eyes in any one direction for too long however Rose soon saw the person who didn't technically belong in the lab.

Rose stopped in her tracks, "Justin?"

Justin turned slowly around before turning back to his work as he hurried to save his data that he had been working, "Rose I apologize but I am unable to talk right now."

Rose broke away from Justin, "Justin what are you doing here?"

"I can't explain to you everything because I shouldn't even be seeing you right now. If I had known you were here I would never have come here." Justin groaned as he packed up his items and pulled the disc from the computer.

Andrew nodded, "Justin did you get enough done?"

Justin nodded in a hurry, "Yes I did, and I think I will be able to make progress."

Andrew nodded, "If you want I can send your research in the next GSA data stream."

"Thank you Andrew that will be a huge help." Justin handed over a copy of the data on a second disc while he kept the original copy with him.

As Justin left he heard Andrew begin to explain the rougher explanation as to why Justin was there. Justin knew that occasionally former rangers did interact with current ones but only on an as needed basis and he knew this wasn't an as needed basis.

Justin could only hope that Rose kept any calls or letters to a minimum until after she was finished. He knew that now that she knew he knew something he would have to ignore all advances from her. There was a reason why current and past rangers were not supposed to interact outside of dire circumstances and it was because feelings could develop and the more experienced ranger might try to over compensate for the newer rangers lack of experience.