"Riley-nee-san," a little girl shouted. Riley turned around to see a little girl hopping out of a van and tossing her backpack back into the vehicle before sprinting over to her.

"Hello, Hina-chan. How was school?" Riley asked. Hina was a 3rd grader at an elementary school on the outskirts of Ishinomaki.

"It was fine," Hina said. We took a walk on the nature trail on the hill behind our school."

"You did? You guys went out in this snow?" The snow had been really coming down all day.

Hina nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, we go in different weather to see how different things are in the different seasons."

"And what did you see?"

"I could see all of Kamaya," Hina said. "And the Kitakami River. It's such a pretty area,"

Riley had to force a smile and suppress her bad thoughts regarding the utter destruction of the Kamaya area come March. She was enjoying her time in Ishinomaki, but it was ruined by her knowledge of the impeding tsunami. She wanted to desperately tell everyone about it to save their lives, but she couldn't change the future. Then her thoughts went to the man with the flute. She hadn't encountered him since that day on the roof but his comment about ending the world made her wonder.

"This whole area is very pretty," Riley said forcing her tragedy ridden thoughts aside. "Especially in the winter."

"How long will you stay here?" Hina asked.

Riley shrugged. "As long as I need to."

Hina didn't really understand that answer but it meant that Riley would stay in Ishinomaki for at least some time. Riley saw Hina's cheerful face suddenly change to one of fear. Riley felt a change of emotion herself. Something wasn't right.

Suddenly, a dark and dreadful tune filled the air. Riley had heard it before. A swirling vortex appeared in the sky and more of those humanoid bat creatures appeared in the sky. They descended upon the city.

"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" Riley shouted as she pulled her morpher. "WHITE RANGER POWER!"

Once Riley had fully morphed into her ranger form, she drew Saba and readied herself for battle. Once the civilians ran off in the opposite direction, she charged forward. She slashed to the left and then to the right, taking down a creature with each slash. She spun around with a roundhouse kick taking out two more creatures. She flipped Saba around and aimed his face at the creatures, letting him fire lasers from his eyes. More creatures fell from the laser attacks. She flipped Saba back around to use him as a sword once again.

"You know, my laser attacks are more efficient," Saba said.

Riley smirked. "I know. I'm just pissed off and need to let off some steam. Plus, I need you to locate that flute playing bastard."

"Got it," Saba said. "Give me a moment."

"Take your time," Riley said. "I've got a lot of pent up rage to let loose." She slashed, punched and kicked more creatures. Riley ran Saba's blade across the chests, faces and throats of the creatures.

"Found him," Saba said. "He's on a nearby roof."

"The fucker likes rooftops," Riley said.

The man with the flute calmly played his dark tune as he controlled the bat creatures. The fear and panic from the people gave him more power toward his ultimate plan.

From the thickness of the falling snow, the white ranger came down for an attack. Saba's blade glowed brightly. Riley slashed downward, launching a crescent shaped energy wave toward her opponent. The flute wielder stopped playing to dodge Riley's slash attack.

"You again?" he said.

"That's my line," Riley said. "I won't let you destroy this place with a tsunami."

The flute wielder's eyes widened. "How do you know of my plan?"

"I'm not from this time," Riley said swinging Saba downward once again. The flute wielder spun out of the way.

"I see," he said. "You're from the future. I knew there was something off about you. Regardless, I'll kill you now before you can stop me." He played his flute once again. More creatures rained down from the vortex. This time there were a lot more than before. He wasn't kidding when he said he'd kill her now. This might be more than she could handle but she'd be damned if she'd just let this guy do what he wanted.

She leapt down from the building and started her attack. The creatures kept coming with no end to them. She slashed, punched, kicked, slammed heads into walls, impaled faces with various objects. She was using everything she could think of to keep her ahead of them and not get overwhelmed.

A loud voice filled the air as if it was being projected by a loudspeaker. Everybody stopped moving, including the creatures. A white dotted line appeared between Riley and the creatures.

"THE TRAIN IS ARRIVING! PLEASE STAND BEHIND THE WHITE LINE!"

"What the hell?" Riley said aloud.

Suddenly, a multicolored train swooped in and ran over many of the creatures. It came to a stop and seven girls stepped out from it. They took position while holding small trains.

"ToQ change!" They said in unison.

"NOW TRANSFORMING! PLEASE STAND BEHIND THE WHITE LINE!"

Another white dotted line appeared between them and the creatures. The creatures tried to attack but were stopped by an invisible shield generated by the white line. The seven girls transformed into power rangers and did a choreographed pose.

"RESSHA SENTAI TOQGER!"

"Train Rangers?" Riley said to herself.