The next morning, a Sunday, Beth dressed in a silver tunic, and black leggings. Dustin had left with his friends, announcing that he wouldn't be back until dinner.
After a simple breakfast of cereal, Beth headed to her room to do her morning routine, which consisted of yoga, and then a half hour of meditation. Feeling totally relaxed both physically, and mentally, the girl strapped on a pair of black and silver running shoes, and grabbed a small backpack, filed with essentials like her wallet, a water bottle, a plastic bag with dog treats, a few granola bars, and her leotard.
She then took Arda out of her kennel and strapped on her lead. The two headed off on their usual morning run to get out some energy. After a short 15 minute jog, Arda was given a treat, fed, and left in Beth's room to do as she pleased.
This time when Beth left the house, she had no purpose in mind. Beth ran, and ran; never speeding up, and never slowing down. As she went she started memorizing the streets and stores. 'Blue Bay seemed to be a peaceful city, filled with quaint shops, and polite people' she noted.
Beth was enjoying the sights when a now familiar voice hailed her.
"Lizzy!" Beth turned to her left to see her brother, clad in yellow, gesturing for her to come over.
"What do you want Waldo?!" she shouted as she ran over to him.
"You were running past the track, and I thought you'd like to see it," he explained.
"Okay then, Lead the way." They walked over to Blake, Hunter and Kelly, who were unloading the bikes.
"Dustin, glad you could make it. Beth, it's nice to see you again. Are you settling in well?" asked Kelly kindly.
"Yes, very well thank you. Blue Bay Harbor is surprisingly peaceful."
Ironically, foot soldiers chose that moment to appear, making weird growling noises. Kelly ran away, as Beth rolled her eyes. "I totally jinxed it didn't I?" she asked rhetorically.
"Kelzacks," Hunter swore softly.
The Kelzacks attacked, and all four of them leapt into the fray. They fought valiantly. A group of Kelzacks had cornered Dustin. A flash of silver appeared in front of him and took them out.
"No one and I mean no one, hurts my brother," Beth snarled from a protective stance in front of Dustin. She launched herself into the fray with a pair of wicked silver hunting knives, held in the reverse position, which appeared out of nowhere. "You three better go ahead and morph, I don't want to be covering for you the entire time."
To say that the three were extremely surprised is the understatement of the century. Though confused they complied. Randomly, Zurgane appeared behind Beth with a knife to the throat, and called a halt to the fight. "This battle is over; we have what Lothor wants."
"Not exactly." Beth smirked, as she pulled out a dagger and stabbed her captor. He dropped his knife, giving Beth enough time to yank the dagger out, and preform a standing back handspring, launching herself off of Zurgane's shoulder, and flipping through the air, to land three feet behind him.
"This isn't over silver!" the general vowed before disappearing.
The three boys rushed over to the girl demanding answers.
"I won't tell a soul; I promise. As for how I know, well… a former ranger can always tell, though the fact that I built those morphers may have contributed to my immediate recognition at the airport."
The boys had no way of knowing if this was true, so the Bradley brothers elected to drag her to Ninja Ops to get confirmation. Hunter grabbed her arm roughly and set off at a fast pace toward the forest.
"Dude, do you have to drag me? I can walk you know, and that really hurts!" Beth exclaimed.
"Well, I don't think I can trust you yet." He pointed out.
"I agree, you have no reason to trust me. But you also have no reason to distrust me. Plus, there are three of you and one of me, you all can morph, and I don't even want to escape."
"Dude you might want to loosen your grip a little," Dustin commented, pointing out the obvious pain on Beth's face.
"Oh, sorry," Hunter replied, promptly releasing her.
"At least it wasn't the hair like last time," Beth stated ruefully, rubbing her arm. By this time they had reached the waterfall, and Dustin led the way through. Once inside Ninja Ops, they ran into Cam, Tori, and Shane training.
"What's she doing here?" asked Shane accusingly.
Cam stepped forward. "Ah, Elizabeth, I should have known it was you," he stated.
"Cameron, I was wondering if you'd recognize me. It's good to see you again, after two whole years." Beth reached up to embrace him. Sensei chose this moment to interrupt.
"Elizabeth, I was watching your battle. You acquitted yourself well, as always. Do you know why they wanted you?"
Elizabeth gave a slight bow to the guinea pig. "Sensei Watanabe, I am honored at your appraisal. I can only guess at the reason behind their attempted abduction of me. It may be because of my powers. It may have been for ransom, or they may simple have wanted to knock the rangers off their game."
"Elizabeth you must continue your training. We can't have them getting ahold of you."
"Indeed Sensei," Beth replied. "I trust you will let me use your facilities to practice?"
"Only if you agree to assist me in the rangers training."
"It would be an honor," Beth smiled.
"Wait a minute," Blake interrupted "How do you guys know each other?"
A corner of Beth's mouth came up in a lopsided smirk. "Well, you know how I said I was studying at a private martial arts academy in Ocean Bluff?" Beth paused as everyone nodded, "Apparently, I was really advanced, so my teachers decide that I could have private lessons in the way of the ninja. Sensei oversaw my training, although I learned mostly from scrolls, as everything came easy to me. When I first met Cam, he was working on your morphers. I happened to point out what he was doing wrong, and we've kept in touch ever since."
"Good thing too, I would never have been able to connect the morphers to the grid without your help," Cam commented.
"The grid?" asked Hunter.
"The morphing grid," Beth supplied, "It powers every ranger team ever."
"And you knew how to access it, how?" asked Shane.
Beth broke down into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. "Oh I love meeting a new team," she chortled. "It's so refreshing."
"Are you going to tell us what you find so funny?" asked Tori.
Beth calmed down enough to reply. "I'm a power ranger."
"And…" prompted Cam teasingly.
Beth shot him a glare before continuing, "And I've built about eight morphers before these ones,"
"And…"
Beth sighed, "And I've been a ranger since I was nine years old."
"Whoa!" Dustin exclaimed. "You're the legendary silver ranger. My sister is the legendary silver!"
"Took you long enough! Waldo, let me guess, you're a huge fan." Beth rolled her eyes. Tori and Shane broke down laughing, remembering all the times Dustin had went on and on about her.
"Well, you were right Dustin, the silver ranger is beautiful," Tori giggled. Dustin blushed.
"And powerful," Sensei commented. "Beth, you are the only person who can wield the silver ninja morpher in battle." Cam brought out small silver container, and presented it to her.
Gingerly, Beth opened it a pulled out the morpher. She deftly attached it to her wrist, and bowed to the rangers. "I wish I will never have to use this morpher. This is your fight, not mine. However, when the time comes, I will proudly fight beside you."
The rangers bowed in return. Beth straitened and turned to Sensei. I'm going to go back home now. I need to spend some time to think." Beth turned on her heel and marched out the door.