a/n-because i'm really nice, and cuz i really wanted to see what you thought of this chapter, i've decided to update now.
disclaimer-its really hard to find a new way to express the fact that i own none of this when i've been doing it for the past thirty somethin' chapters.
Chapter Thirty Six-Reunions
"Hey Aunt Trini! Uncle Billy! Where are you?" David called to the silent house.
Steps could be heard thindering up the stairs. Billy and trini burst into the room.
"What are you doing here?" Billy asked.
"And how did you get here?" Trini asked. "And who's the kid?"
"I resent that statement." Kaylie said. "Being short does not automatically classify me as being a kid."
Trini tilted her head and looked at kaylie for a moment. "That attitude reminds me of someone. But who?"
"Maybe me?" A voice said from the doorway.
"Jason?!" Trini exclaimed.
After the short reunion between Billy, Trini and Jason, BIlly asked his first question again.
"What are you doing here?" Billy asked again.
"We were short of hoping you could help us on that one." David said. "You see, your time machine thingy worked, and it sent us back. And we ended up saving everyone and all. Then we went back to the future for some reason, but it wasn't this far into the future. And then, we were supposed to go to Eltar, but we came back to earth to help everyone because all of the adults got captured by Scarlette. And we ended up having to seek refuge in the aquabase. But while we were there something changed in the timestream, and it brought us back to our real time."
"Really?" Trini asked.
"Really." Ann replied. "We think everything reverted back to its original state, because we were supposed to go back again."
"And because you didn't go back," Billy began, catching on to what they were saying, "NOthing was changed in the past to save the future."
"Exactly." Ann and David said together.
"Creepy." Kaylie said.
"Who are you?" Trini asked.
"Meet my daughter." Jason said, draping his arm around her shoulder.
"You have a kid?" Trini asked. "How come you never told us?"
"She said you were dead." Jason said softly.
Trini bit her lip. Then gave Jason a small smile. "Well all that matters now is that we are all here together." Then she turned to Ann and David.
"So, do the wonder twins have a plan?"
"Nice name." Kaylie muttered.
Ann glared at Trini and Kaylie. "Yes, we do."
"We need to find Trent, Ethan, and Conner. Then we need to find Ted. Don't know where to start on that one." David told everyone. "Then we have to get everyone from the aquabase. And maybe having HAyley here will help as well."
"Slow down." Trini commanded. "First of all, who the heck is Ted? And what is the aquabase?"
"In the future we travelled to," Ann began, "Ted was Adam and Tanya's adopted son."
"Yeah, he was also your boyfriend." David muttered.
"Not important now." Ann said breezily. "And the Aquabase was the ligthspeed rangers headquarters. It's where Kaylie and Jason have been living since Scarlette came."
"OH. MY. GOSH." David said suddenly.
"What?" Everyone else said at the same time.
"Our team." David said softly.
"What about it?" Ann asked. "We are both right here."
"No we aren't." David told her. "Well, we are. And so is Kaylie. and Ted will be when we find him. But Kimmie and Jason were never born. And who knows where Crystal is right now."
"Uh, confused." Trini said.
"I am perplexed." Billy added.
"Your what?" Kaylie asked.
"It's Billy lingo for 'I'm Confused.' " Ann explained.
"Who are Kimmie, Crystal, and jason?" Trini asked. "Of course, that is assuming that Jason isn't the guy standing right here, seeing as he was born."
"Jason was our youngest brother." Ann said. "In that other future we were in. And Kimmie was...well...she was your daughter. And Crystal is Scarlette's younger sister."
"We had a daugh- wait, did you just say the Empress of All Evil's sister was on your ranger team?" Trini asked.
"Yeah." Ann said. "Great person really. We didn't talk to her much, but she seemed really nice."
"But she was the empress of all evils younger sister." Billy protested.
"Yes well, lets just say that this apple fell quite far from the evil family tree." David said. Kaylie looked at him blankly. "She wasn't evil."
"So where do you think she is?" Jason asked.
"I don't know." Ann said. "We don't know much about her. But the best place to look could be at the moon palace. She probably lives there."
"We can't go there yet though." David said. "Scarlette might be there, and we don't have enough power to stop her yet."
"So first we find Ted." Kaylie said. "Easy enough. Where does he live?"
Ann and David just looked at her silently for a moment.
"Judging by the fact that his adopted parents never really adopted him since they never found him sleeping under the bushes in front of their house which they don't have," Ann began, "Ted probably lives in some dirty old alley in Angel Grove. Any more questions?"
"Do you really think we'll find him here?" Kaylie asked, picking her way thru the garbage littering the ground.
"Yes." The twins answered together.
"You do know that it's really creepy when you two do that, right?" Kaylie asked.
"Yes." They answered together again. Kaylie shuddered.
"You know," Kaylie said after a moment, "This place kind of reminds me of home. Except it's much brighter."
The three of them were walking down the millionth alley for the day just then. Jason, Billy, and Trini had gone off to find everyone else they would need. So far though, they weren't having much luck with finding Ted.
"Where could he be?" Ann asked exasperatedly.
"You know," David said slyly, "It's at times like these that I wonder if you want to find him cuz he's your boyfriend, or because he's supposed to be part of our ranger team."
"Shut up." Ann responded. "He was never my boyfriend. He was the other Ann's boyfriend. He barely ever even looked at me."
"Doesn't mean you couldn't look at him." Kaylie mumbled.
"It's times like these I wonder what life would be like if I never had a twin brother, or an annoying little cousin." Ann said.
David was about to respond when something jumped out of the shadwy corners of the alley. it looked like it could remotely resemble a human being. But it was covered in rags. And dirt. The three stopped walking, and stood silently watching the thing in front of them.
"What are you doing here?" A voice asked from underneath the rags and the grime. It was a voice that sounded quite familiar to two of the three people.
"We're looking for someone." Ann said confidentaly.
"This isn't a safe place to be. Even if you're here for a good cause." The thing said. "What could you possibly be looking for here?"
Ann looked at the figure in front of her. After quickly assessing the fact that he might know something, she decided to go out on a hunch and trust him.
"We're looking for this guy." She said. "He's about sixteen. And he's about as tall as my brother over here."
"What's his name?" The figure asked suspiciously.
"Ted." Ann said simply. "Or Theodore. Whichever."
"Who are you?"
Ann took this as a good omen that the figure knew Ted. "I'm just a friend. One that he doesn't know yet. But a friend nevertheless."
"I know a Ted." The figure said slowly. "What's his last name?"
"He doesn't have one." Ann said confidently. "He's lived his whole life on the streets and never knew his family. Therefore, he doesn't know his own last name."
"Who are you?" The figure asked again.
"My name is Ann Oliver-Hart, and I'm assuming that you, are Ted."
"So," Jason began, "Where do we start?"
"I think Hayley still owns her cyberspace cafe downtown." Trini said. "Let's check that place out. Maybe she knows where the guys are. And after that we can get everyone from the aquabase."
The three of them got into an old car which Jason recognized as Tommy's old Jeep. The drive to downtown Reefside lasted about twenty minutes. And when it ended, they stopped in front of a building with a sign on the outside which read: Hayley's Cyberspace Cafe.
"This is it." Trini said. "And it's open. This looks promising."
Upon walking inside, they found the place practically deserted, save for a middle-aged woman behind the counter, a guy playing a game ona computer, another guy staring unseeingly at a soccer game on tv, and another guy dazedly wiping the same spot on an empty table.
"Oh yeah, very promising." Jason muttered under his breath. Billy just shrugged and rolled his eyes at his wife's back.
The two men followed Trini obediently as she marched confidently up to the counter.
"Are you Hayley?" She asked of the woman behind the counter.
The woman nodded. "How can I help you?"
"You probably don't remember me." Trini said, sitting down behind the counter. Jason and Billy just stood behind her.
"You got that right." Hayley said.
"Hi, I'm Trini Cranston." Trini held her hand out. Hayley took it cautiously. "Although, the last time we met, I was Trini Kwan."
Hayley just looked clueless.
"Or," Trini said slowly, "The saber tooth tiger."
Taking this as their cue, Jason and Billy chose this time to speak.
"Tyranosaraus." Jason said, waving his hand.
"Triceratops." Bilyl said.
"I'm through with the rangers." Hayley snapped. She didn't look welcoming any more. "I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"No please don't." Trini said. "I have a really good reason for being here."
"What?" Hayley asked impatiently. This was a good sign. At least she was willing to listen.
"You remember Ann and David, don't you?"
Hayley nodded.
"Well, they took a little trip to the past. To make a long story short, they changed the future, then went to a different future, in which we were all quite happy and alive. Now they're back because something got messed up with all of the jumping around they did."
"What does any of this have to do with me?" Hayley asked.
"We need help." Trini said simply. "We need to gather all of the Ninjetti that are still around and use their powers to save Tommy. Then we can work on a plan to change the future again."
"I guess I could help." Hayley said slowly. "What can I do?"
"You can start by telling us where the dino thunder guys are." Jason said.
"Look around." Hayley said. "The people you are looking for are my depressed customers and employee."
"What do you want with me?" Ted snapped.
"We want you to come with us." Ann said.
"What for? I can't do anything to help you."
"Oh, but you can." David said, speaking for the first time. "You have no idea what you could do to help us."
"I also have no idea who you people are." Ted contradicted.
"Okay then." Ann said. "Fine. I don't care. We thought you could help. But obviously you won't. So we'll just leave you in peace. Come one guys, let's just go save the world without him."
She turned and started wlking away, Kaylie and David following hesitantly behind.
"Wait!" Ted called. "I guess I could help you guys."
a/n-and although all of you want to know what happens next with...well...everything, you're gonna have to wait till next time. hope u liked it.