Tommy was sitting on the ground with the bottle of whiskey in his hand. He had never been the drinking type, but now he looked so... destroyed. Depressed. He was sitting under the wall in dark room, only light there was the one that was falling through the window. Street lamps and moon. He took a deep sip or maybe the proper would be to say that he started pouring alcohol into himself. Then, some door opened. Tommy didn't even look in that direction, he didn't say anything. Everything was so blurred, he had to be drunk. He felt the presence of somebody next to him, in the corner of his eye he saw some long red hair. Then, he felt a soft hand on his hand, which had on something... he didn't know what that was. In memory, Tommy looked finally at that person. Past Tommy couldn't recognize her, but it was Hayley. Drunk Tommy showed what he had in his hand. Little, soft box. With the ring. God. Was he proposing to Kimberly? Did she deny? Hayley didn't break the silence.
- What's wrong with me? - Tommy asked and looked at the wall. - First Kimberly's betrayal and that fucking breaking up via letter... now, this. - he looked at the ring. It looked expensive. Past Tommy didn't know what stone was in it, but it wasn't the ordinary diamond.
- Nothing is wrong with you... - Hayley said with calm voice.
- Then why did she say 'no'?! - he raised his voice and let go of this one tear. Hayley didn't have an answer for him. Even Katherine didn't give him one, so how Hay should know.
- I asked space rangers to bring this stone from space, you know? - he said, looking at the ring with beautiful stone. It seemed like it had every color in it. - It's called aramanaen... it's rare, even in whole space.
- It's beautiful. - Hayley admitted.
- Well... I guess it and my love weren't enough. - He murmured and took another sip of whiskey and then he threw the box with all strength into the wall. Box crashed and the ring fell somewhere, he didn't care where. He wanted to cry, to scream... but at the same time, he felt so hopeless, useless and worthless that he didn't have the strength to do so. Hayley just hugged him, she didn't judge that he was drinking, that he should forget about her or something like that. She was just there for him. Everything after that became blur again. Did he vomit? Was someone holding him against the toilet? He couldn't be sure... then, he felt a hell of a headache. He opened his eyes, the sunblinds were closed, so there wasn't much light in the room, but he guessed that it was a day already, then he noticed Hayley, sitting on the bed, next to him.
- I'm sorry Hay that you had to see me in that state. - he said and he felt how sore his throat was. Hayley gave him a glass of water.
- Don't. Just don't. I promised to be next to you, when you will need me, right? - she answered with the gentle smile when he was drinking the water. She looked like an angel in this perspective, so caring, so lovely and kind.
- That was about my project. - Tommy smiled.
- Well... let's say that I extended this. - Hay shrugged and smiled, Tommy laughed shortly. Ugh... headache. Then, Hayley put away from her pocket that bloody ring. Tommy wanted to say something, like throw this away through the window, but Hay was first to say something.
- It's too valuable to just throw it under the sofa. Hide it and give it to the right girl, not some pink-bitch. - Hay smile became warmer and she gave Tommy this ring.
The ring from the right girl.
- Aghhhh! - Tommy yelled when he was given a headache. Billy went to him and helped him to sit down under the scanner device. After a while, Tommy was ok again. Billy couldn't see his memory because he wasn't under scanner when it began.
- What did you see? - Billy asked and looked at Tommy, who become pale as a sheet. He didn't manage to give Billy the answer, he was too shocked. Will Kimberly betray him? And broke with him via letter? He will fall in someone else and she will deny his proposal? He felt so broken right now. He started to asking himself the same question... what was wrong with him that he couldn't fell in love in right person? He loves Kimberly, he thought that she loves him too. So, what will happen to them? Did he know already that in the future he will be enemies with Jason, but with Kim too? What the hell will happen in his future?!
At the same time. Kira, Conner, and Ethan showed very closely to dig side made by Zeltrax and Elsa. Billy and Tommy could observe this through viewing globe.
- What, you wanted to come back to where you were young and beautiful? - Conner teased.
- I heard that mud face mask are good, but this is too much. - Kira continued when she saw Elsa's face, which was dirty with mud.
Then, they started fighting.
- You can see, that you are a mentor of this kids, Tommy. - Alpha said and tilted his head when he was looking at the globe. Billy and Tommy didn't even notice when he came over here.
- Why? - Tommy asked and raised his brow, this words pulled him away from thoughts, at least for now.
- Only you laugh the monster in the face. - Alpha said and went to the control panel. Tommy smiled when he heard that. That was true, he usually was teasing with the Rita's and Zedd's monsters. Throwing some stupid jokes about how they look and something like that. He felt a connection with dino thunder team, probably because of the effect of dino gem, but still. He started to feel closer to them, than to his original team... especially after everything that he learned. Maybe the more he knew that the affection was stronger?
Conner felt much weaker, he looked at Kira and Ethan, then he summoned the Shield of Triumph. Kira and Ethan gave him the power up.
Then, red ranger started the walk in the direction of his enemies.
- Wow. - Tommy said, seeing how Conner is looking. He looked dangerous, powerful.
- That is amazing, Ethan and Kira power up this shield with their gems and Conner used it. - Billy said in awe.
- That is the shield of Triumph. Very powerful artifact. It was lost ages ago. - Alpha said.
- It seems that it won't be long lost. - Tommy answered.
- It seems so. - Billy agreed.
After dino thunder team win with Elsa and Zeltrax, pushing them to run away, they started to look at the dig site.
- Billy, can you hear us? - Ethan asked in the air, they didn't have any communication to the base.
Billy started to trying to connect with their communicators, but he failed. That technology that they had was amazing. Then, he went to the unconscious Tommy and raised his hand with the morpher.
- Yes. - He said to the communicator. He knew that it was weird, but it was some way, right?
- Can you scan somehow this area, what Zeltrax and Elsa could look for here? Because we only see here a lot of mud. - Conner said and sighed. Billy put away Dr. O's hand and went to the console, starting to scanning the area then he managed to connect to the communicator of Dr. O, without creepy rising his hand.
- There is nothing... no sign of anything. Just... mud. - Billy said.
- Are you sure? Maybe something WAS here? - Kira asked.
- Negative. No sigh of any energy. - Billy answered.
- Well... can you take us back? - Ethan asked and without question, Billy teleported them to command center. They demorphed in the teleporting.
- Wow... This is a strange feeling. - Conner said after teleporting. - It made me hungry.
- You are always hungry. - Kira rolled her eyes and sighed.
- We don't have an idea what they were looking for... Conner, what Dr. O said to you before you wanted to use the battlizer? - Ethan asked and looked at the red ranger. Conner furrowed the brow.
- To not shoot, that they want this. - red ranger answered.
- What would they want you to shoot the Mesogog's monster? - Kira rubbed her head.
- Maybe it wasn't about the shoot itself. - Billy suggested. - Maybe about the energy that it will generate? - he added after a while.
- Maybe... but we still don't know what could they do with it. - Ethan shrugged.
- You did well today. You deserve some rest... especially you Kira. - Tommy looked at his daughter, that was bearly standing, she was on the foot all the time. They nodded and they went to the room with sleeping bags.
- What's wrong with this version of Tommy? - Conner asked, looking at Kira. He seemed to be ill or something.
- Long story. - Kira sighed and before they went to sleep, she explained the affection between this Tommy a Dr. O's gem.
In the morning, other mighty morphin rangers brought some breakfast for others. Kimberly kissed Tommy's cheek for good morning, that made him uncomfortable, but Kim didn't notice that. Trini went to wake up Dino Thunder Rangers.
- Good morning. - she said with the smile. Kira opened her eyes and yawned then she patted Ethan, who was next to her and he kicked Conner to wake up, what makes Trini laugh.
- Oh. Trini, I didn't see you yesterday. As young and beautiful as always. - Conner said with a smile, Trini blushed and Conner was given disapproving looks from Ethan and Kira, they all went to the main room, where Conner's nose was sniffing for food. Kira rolled her eyes and they started eating breakfast. Conner looked and the other rangers, but only briefly. He just said, "Hi, I'm Conner". He didn't have a need to keep conversation with them. Especially some of them.
- So. We need Dr. O to wake up, so maybe we will learn more. - Conner said.
- Hey! Maybe Hayley will know what dad could mean? - Kira said and she took her communicator to mouths.
- Can we contact her? - Conner asked, shocked.
Hayley... that was that woman from yesterday memory. Tommy gulped.
- Hey. Hayley, do you find anything? - Kira asked.
- Hayley is sleeping, she was working the whole night. I took the job now. - William said and sighed. - And no. We have nothing. - he added with disappointment in his voice.
- Can you wake her? I remember that Dr. O said to me that I shouldn't shoot with battlizer, because Zeltrax and Elsa want it. Maybe she can figure out what he could mean. - Conner said and put in his mouth another bit of sandwich.
- It can be about the energy from the battlizer or the shield of triumph. - Billy said.
- Wow... that is strange to hear my voice. - William answered. - And It can be both, to summon the battlizer, firstly Conner has to summon the shield. - William answered.
- What are you talking about? - Jason asked.
- In the night, we have a little fight with Elsa and Zeltrax. - Ethan shrugged. - Conner used his shield, I guess that you two saw it. - Ethan looked at Tommy and Billy, who nodded.
- It's amazing how that shield works. - Billy said with amazement in his voice.
- Believe me, you will see more things like this. - William laughed. - I will bring Hayley to you. - He disconnected. Kira sighed and looked at original rangers and sighed.
- Good that Rita and Zedd aren't into it. - Trini said.
- Well.. they may want to use it, but Zeltrax and Elsa are too prideful to serve someone else than Mesogog. - Conner said and drank his soda. He knew that Zeltrax and Elsa wouldn't bow to someone who will be good in the next few years.
- You had a fight with this two and you didn't inform us? - Jason accused, what made Kira and Ethan look at Conner, hoping that he won't do anything stupid.
- We don't need your permission to deal with our enemies and it was middle of the night, we didn't want to wake you guys. We can deal with them. - Conner answered quite calm, but there was something in his eye, some angry glow. But for now, Jason didn't say anything more. Kira was grateful for it because she knew Conner and how little he needed to explode in this subject. Well, that was a touchy subject for every red ranger.
- Hey. - They heard Hayley's sleepy voice.
- Hey Hay... sorry for waking you. - Conner said with an awkward smile.
- No problem. I slept long enough. - Hayley answered.
- Hay... you should be glad that Dad isn't hearing that. - Kira answered she could imagine that Hayley rolled her eyes. Something inside young Tommy was pushing him to yell at Hay to go to bed, but he managed to stop himself.
- Soo... William told me that Tommy said to you, that Elsa and Zeltrax wanted you to shoot with battlizer? - Hayley asked. Conner answered with simple 'yes'. She hummed something and they could hear the sound of the keyboard.
- I will check if Tommy made some notes about this it can take a while. - She said after second. - How are you feeling? - she asked.
- Good, little... in the wrong place and wrong time, but fine. - Ethan answered and rolled his eyes. Hayley laughed. She had a beautiful laugh, Tommy thought. Then he looked at Kimberly, he felt quite guilty for this strange thing that he felt right now for Hayley... but then he remembered that Kimberly will betray him in the future, that made him feel ill.
- Tommy, are you ok? You are pale, mate. - Zach said, looking at Tommy.
- Yes, yes I'm fine. - he answered quickly.
- Lair. You answered too quickly. - Hayley answered, hearing that. That was the same mistake that Tommy made every time when he wanted to lie, answering too quickly. - I work with this guy too long to not know when he lies. - She added after a second, what makes Kimberly relax, she thought for a second that there may be something between her and Tommy, but it seemed that they only work with each other.. Ohh poor pink ranger, how wrong she was.
- I saw another of my future memory... about the ring under the sofa. - Tommy gulped. Ethan, Kira, and Conner didn't know what it was about. Kira raised her brow, Conner and Ethan looked at her, looking for an explanation of this memory, but she didn't have an idea what he was talking about. Maybe Dr. O was telling her a lot about himself, more than to the others... she wasn't walking encyclopedia of life of Thomas Oliver.
Hayley was silent for awhile, she even stopped patting in the keyboard.
- How are you holding up? - she asked with a worried voice.
- Shocked mostly. - Tommy answered.
- What did you know? - Kimberly asked, but Tommy just shook his head, he wasn't in the mood to talk about this.
- Don't you trust us? - Zach asked when Tommy didn't answer.
- Give him a break. - Conner stood in Tommy's defense.
- Shut up, kid. - Jason said with a heavy voice. Conner raised up, probably he wanted to punch him, but for salvation came Hayley who found something, because, in another way, it could end up with the fight. Conner was definitely ready to this, this would be for him like Christmas.
- Tommy did some notes about the energy of the shield, he wrote down the list of minerals, rocks, space junk, fossils that can be destroyed by that energy. - She said, checking Tommy notes. - But there is nothing more... I'm afraid that the only person who knows what it is about is our Tommy himself. - she sighed.
- But he is still unconscious, like Trent. Billy, how long it will take them to wake up? - Kira asked.
- I don't know... It can be an hour it can be another day, they were full of this energy. - Original blue ranger sighed and looked at two rangers, lying there. Hayley said them the list from Tommy's notes and sighed.
- Let me know when they wake up. - Hayley said.
- I promise. - Kira answered and they stopped the conversation.
- What is about with that ring under the sofa? - Kimberly asked, looking at her boyfriend. He didn't look at her, he was looking at the ground and he murmured under his nose that he don't wanna talk about it. Jason sat on the other side of his friend, what made Tommy even more uncomfortable. He would stand next to Dino Thunder team, he felt insecure right now.
- You should come here. - Trini said and looked at Kimberly and Jason.
- Why? - Jason asked.
- Don't you see? Tommy is tense around you. - She noticed. Jason and Kimberly looked at Tommy, who tried to look relaxed, but it was for nothing, he became even tenser.
- That is enough, you tree better start talking. - Jason rose up and went in the direction of DT rangers. Conner stood up quickly and came step in the front, standing at the first line of fire.
- JASON, THERE IS NO PURPOSE OF ATTACKING THEM. THEY SHOULDN'T TELL MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE. - Zordon warned.
- Zordon, they know something! They know why Tommy is behaving so strangely! - Jason said.
- YES, BUT IT IS NOT THE REASON TO MAKE THEM YOUR ENEMIES. - Zordon said with his wise voice.
- It's too late to that, Zordon. - Conner snorted.
- Conner! - Kira warned him.
- No Kira, I know that we shouldn't tell much about the future, but this jerk deserves to know! Don't you remember when you meet him? - Conner looked at Kira, who became very tense when Conner mentioned that. Red Thunder Ranger face was saying something that can be interpreted as "exactly". Then he looked at Conner. - You, better don't rise up the hand against my team or I will break it. - he hissed. Jason was shocked, what he will do in this future that he deserves so much venom from the young rangers? He stepped back. Conner tilted his head, suggesting that was a good move from Jason side.
- What will happen in that future, that you hate Jason so much? - Trini asked, looking at the young rangers.
Then, they heard a familiar voice. For the half of the rangers very familiar, with known little sharpness and little older, for others known but with strange adding.
- A lot. - Black Dino Thunder ranger said.
Finally, little longer chapter XD
MooNight-Winter - You were almost correct! But I decided not to give Tommy's memories from TV show, I think that better will be memories that will extend your knowledge what happened in between in my version of history, that it will show more. xD
See ya :* Till the next.