a/n-so i tried holding this chapter hostage cuz i only got like 3 reviews. but that didn't work cuz i ended up really wanting to post it. so i hope u like the new chapter.

Disclaimer-please see previous chapter for what should be seen here. ah, forget about me saying please. just do it! actually on second thoguht, why bother? you would have heard if saban sold the power ragners to a teenager, trust me.

Chapter Forty Two-Dead, Lost, and Found Again, Along with Some Closure and Moving On

Ann bit her lip. It was with some hesitance that she spoke. "She's been dead for years dad. It was Scarlette's fault. Mom died around the same time that you sent us home. Acutally, it was because she died that you sent us home. Her death broke the spell for a brief moment. You chose to save us over you."

"But how did she die?" Tommy asked.

"Scarlette disguised her as a monster or something." Hayley told him. "She was under a spell as well, but she tried to fight it. And she got the old rangers to attack her. They killed her. But she wanted them to. She knew it would break Scarlette's spell. If only for a moment."

"How did Kira die?" Tommy asked after a moment.

David answered now. "There's this really complicated thing that has to do with the spirit's of past, present, and future rangers being connected. Mom and Kira were connected by their bond as rangers. When mom died, a bit of Kira, her spirit to be exact, died. She lost the will to fight, and Goldar killed her."

"But it's Goldar." Tommy said desperately. "She could have taken him easily."

"She lost faith." Hayley said. "But they managed to get her body out of there. The guys. Conner really hasn't been the same since. The other guys grieved, but they got over it, to a degree. No one ever gets over the death of a friend."

"Where are the guys?" Tommy asked suddenly. "They didn't come with us to the Power Chamber. But they were there in Angel Grove."

"What do you mean they didn't come with you?" Rocky asked. "We saw them teleport out of there."

"Oh man." Tommy groaned. "Somethings never change with them. Where on Earth could they be?"

"Where are we?" Trent asked.

"How should I know?" Conner said. "I'm just the dumb jock, remember?"

"Um, guys?" Ethan interrupted. "I think I know where we are."

"Well you're the geek, you're supposed to know everything." Conner replied.

"What does that make me then?" Trent asked thoughtfully.

"The son of an old rich guy who still has his old high school job in a small cafe." Conner stated. "In other words, the loser of the group."

"I resent that comment." Trent said. "At least I have a college education."

"GUYS!" Ethan siad. "Do you want to know where we are or not?"

"Fine." The other two muttered.

"We are on Phaedos." Ethan announced.

"Don't worry about them." Zordon said. "They are grown men, and wherever they are, they'll be fine."

"You don't kow them like I do." Tommy muttered. "So, anything new with Scarlette?"

"She'll be gone by morning." Zordon informed him. "I should be going now though, Alpha and I are working on something."

"Alright." Tommy sighed. "Tommy out."

The screen went blank. Tommy turned and was about to walk back up the stairs when he stopped dead. Because standing on the steps that led up into the kitchen, was Kimberly. But that was impossible. THey had told him she was dead. He must be imagining things. Kim was dead. She couldn't come back. Could she?

"Kim?" Tommy said softly.

Kim smiled. "Hey Tommy."

"But...but...how is this possible? They told me you were dead." Tommy said softly, walking towards the stairs. Towards Kimberly.

"But I am. Well kind of anyway." Kim said. "I'm sorta from the past. Remember the coma I was in for like three years? Not that I do. But anyway, I was here the whole time. Sort of in this spirit form. I'm alive, but the Kim that is supposed to be in this time is dead."

Tommy just stared at her for a moment. Then his face lit up. "But this is good. This means we can change everything. We can give everyone a second chance."

"Huh?"

"Come with me." He grabbed her hand and started pulling her up the stairs, towards the kitchen, where everyone, minus the guys, was sitting.

"Well this is pleasant." Conner said dryly, looking at their surroundings. "I've always wanted to come back to this place. I find the dead and decaying bodies particularly attractive."

Trent took a good long look at Conner. From Trent's point of view, Conner had lost all remaining sanity. If there had ever been any to begin with. He turned to Ethan.

"Any ideas about why we're here?"

"The only thing I can think of is because we would become rangers again, but we already have powers. We don't need new ones. And there aren't any new threats. Scarlette is powerless. A new evil wouldn't surface so soon after the old one was defeated." Ethan said thoughtfully.

"So, the question remains," Conner began, "Why are we here?"

Trent was looking at Conner strangely again. Ethan patted his arm consolingly. "Don't worry, he has random spurts of wisdom. They come and go quite frequently. Well they go quite frequently, they hardly ever come."

"You guys do know I am right here, right?" Conner asked.

"They know." A familiar sounding voice said from behind them. "They just choose to ignore you. Like always."

As one, the three guys spun around on the spot. They were met with a startling sight. Standing there, well more like floating there, was Kira.

"This could work." Billy announced to the kitchen. "It is definitely possible. All we have to do is see if there is anything that happened before the four of you were taken."

"What kind of thing?" Ann asked.

"Something that could have been a sign of what was going to happen." Billy said. "It could have been anything. Goldar was supposed to be following you, wasn't he? Well, maybe you saw him without knowing it."

Tommy sat there silently for a moment, his face screwed up in concentration for a moment. Then his face lit up as if he had suddenly remembered something. "The bushes." He said softly.

"Bushes?" David questioned. "What about them?"

"Kim saw them moving. The day we brought her home from the hospital. I bet it was Goldar watching the house." Tommy explained. He turned to Kim. "All you have to do is tell me to see what's there. I will be able to morph, because-"

"Wait! You become a power ranger again?" Kim questioned.

"Um...yeah." Tommy said sheepishly. "But anyway, I'll be able to morph and we can bring him to Zordon, because he came back to Earth before that. Then we can face Scarlette, and we already know how to defeat her."

"Yeah, speaking of defeating Scarlette," Tanya began, "How did you do that anyway?"

"She's nothing without her staff." Ted said. "We got that away from her and she was powerless."

"Then the plan should work." Adam concluded. "So, what do we do for the next two years until Kim goes back?"

"Anything I guess." Trini said. "There's not much else we can do. Anything we do now won't affect us really because we'll be changing everything back to the way Ann and David saw it."

"What did you guys see there anyway?" Aisha asked. "Were we much different there?"

"Well, obviously, none of you lived at the Aquabase." David said. "Trini and Billy lived with their daughter in Reefside. And Jason and Kat lived next door tio them with their two kids. Rocky and Hayley were married, and they had a young son. Then Aisha and Zack still had their same three kids that they do now, except you lived in Angel Grove."

"And Tanya and Adam lived across the street from you." Ann added. "And they had a daughter, and Ted."

"This Ted?" Tanya asked, indicationg the teenager sitting next to her, who was looking quite shocked.

"Yeah, that Ted." Ann said. "Mom found him when she was visiting your house one day. You both fell in love with him and adopted him. You two had been thinking of adopting anyway. You see, the doctor told you it would be fairly impossible for you to have kids, but you proved him wrong. Teresa was born a few years later."

Tanya smiled. "That sounds so nice, that life. What was your life like?"

"We had three younger brothers." David told everyone. "Triplets. Zachary, Willie, and Jason. When Ann, Ted, and I became rangers, so did Kaylie, Jason, and Kimmie, Trini and Billy's daughter. It was kind of weird, because they were all twelve, and we were sixteen. But then we had Crystal later on, and she's older than us."

"What about Tommy's rangers?" Jason asked. "What were there lives like?"

"Trent and Ethan were just being Trent and Ethan. Neither of them were married, sometimes they had girlfriends. And they had successful careers." Ann said. "But Conner and Kira were married. And they had a baby boy named Alex."

"Speaking of 'my' rangers," Tommy cut in, "Where are they? I haven't seen them in ages. Where could they have gone?"

"That's a very good question."

"Kira?" Conner said softly. "But...but...you're dead."

"No duh." Kira said rolling her eyes. "You think I didn't know that? Of course I'm dead."

"Then how are you here?" Ethan said. "It's scientifically impossible for someone to come back from the dead."

"To come back from the dead I would have to be alive." Kira pointed out. "And just for the record, I am quite dead, thank you very much."

"Which brings us back to Ethan's original question." Trent said. "How are you here?"

"I possess the spirit of the lion." Kira stated. "Or at least I did when I was alive. Anyway, my spirit and my animal spirit have always been connected. And my spirit animal resides here, so, now I do too. I had Dulcea bring you here, because there is something I need to tell you."

"What?" Conner questioned impatiently.

Kira narrowed her eyes at him. "If you give me a chance to speak, then I'll tell you."

"Fine." Conner muttered. Kira smiled happily. She had always had that sort of control over the guys.

"You need to move on with your lives." Kira said, the smile now wiped off of her face. "I know you were depressed when I died, but you had the power to get over it. Now, I'm not asking you to forget me. I just want you to get out there again Live a little. Trent, you still have your high school job for heavens sake! Ethan, you could own your own computer company right now! And Conner, you've always wanted to be a professional athlete. None of your dreams should have changed when I died. You should have gone on with your lives in memory of me."

After this little speech, all three of the guys had the decency to look ashamed of themselves. Once again, Kira smiled at them.

"That was just a warning." She warned. "When I send you back, I want you to fix up your lives."

"We will." Ethan promised. "Geez, you would have thought that I could own my own computer company?"

"Probably everyone who has ever met you." Conner muttered so Ethan wouldn't hear him. Kira rolled her eyes.

"When you get back, you don't need to tell anyone where you've been. But you will need to talk to Dr. O about what's going to be happening in a few years." Kira said.

"Something is going to be happening in a couple years?" Trent asked confused. "What?"

"You'll see." Was all that Kira said before her three former teammates were teleported back to Reefside.

Back at the Oliver Household, a few minutes later, the guys were confronted by Tommy. When he asked where they were, all they replied was that they had been 'visiting' Kira. Tommy decided to just leave it at that. His three former students would never cease to amaze, or confuse, him.

a/n-and so ends this chapter. i'm so sad. this story is almost over! there's gonna be one, maybe two more chapters, then an epilogue.