DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power rangers or anything affiliated with the series. I do, however, own the characters of Melissa Blake and Chad McPherson.

"Hello, my name is Melissa Blake," Melissa said as a black male entered the room, wearing a pair of jeans and a black polo shirt, which he had tucked into his pants.

She had learned a lot in her meeting with Kimberly yesterday, but she didn't know which ranger she would be getting today. She honestly was dreading the day that the husband came in, because he would have the most information, but he would also be the most emotionally distraught. She just didn't know how much he would be able to take and she didn't feel that she could push him as much as she could push the others. He had suffered the greatest loss and he would probably have the most vengeance in mind.

"Hey," Zack said as he sat down and looked around the office with an approving air. He knew enough about psychologists to recognize a good office structure when he walked into one.

"I have been asked to tape these sessions by the Police Department. However, there are some things that may need to be omitted for your safety. I don't want for them to have any excuses to come after you. Do you understand that?" Melissa asked critically as Zack nodded his head yes. He was here to help as much as he could. Kim had given them the scoop on what had happened during her visit and they were going to use it to their advantage. He had been racking his mind for the past twenty-four hours trying to figure out everything that he could that would possibly help with the investigation. It wasn't much, but it was at least a start. "Then let's begin."

BEGIN Tape: KX103PR

"Will you please state you name, martial status, and ranger color," Melissa said, formally, as Zack smiled and gave her a brief nod of his head.

"My name is Zachary Taylor, I am married to a civilian, and I was the first black Power Ranger," Zack said as Melissa grabbed a manila envelope from her desk.

"We're going to cover some basics first, then we will delve into some other aspects of your time as a ranger that will hopefully help us solve what happened to Trini," Melissa said as Zack warily eyed the envelope that she was now holding.

Kim had shared hers with everyone but Jason and it was scary, but to think there was more at the police department worried them. That information, in the wrong hands, could destroy them all and they really did not want to have to flee earth in order to escape being revealed. He could only imagine what his wife would say if she heard that sort of news. She had suspected things about her husband, but he was sure that finding out he was a ranger would push her over the edge.

"Okay," Zack said as he spun his chair around to face Melissa.

"Do you have any other living family, besides your wife?" Melissa asked as Zack smiled. Kim had been right about the lack of information that they had given her.

Kim's envelope had held all of the answers to these basic questions that she was asking, but he respected Melissa for not prying into the matter too deeply. It seemed to him that she wanted to be as unbiased as possible and that was exactly what they needed at a time like this. They didn't need someone who thought they knew everything about the Power Rangers already, because that person wouldn't even be able to comprehend the half of what they had been through. Although, to be really honest no one could understand them unless they had been a ranger and even some of the rangers had a hard time with it.

"I have a brother and a sister and my parents are still alive. We're actually expecting our first child right now, but that's my only family," Zack said as Melissa nodded. "I have to keep my phone on in case she calls. She doesn't know I'm here. She doesn't need to know about it. It would worry her even more."

"How many years were you a Power Ranger?" Melissa asked as Zack looked up at the ceiling then back at her.

"About two years. I left to go to Geneva towards the end of my second year and that ended my being a ranger. I was too far away to really do any good and leaving there to come back to Angel Grove for an attack wasn't an option. That would have given away who we were quicker than anything else. We couldn't risk people finding out we were the rangers," Zack said as Melissa nodded.

She doubted there would be any discrepancies in their stories, but the police thought they might be able to find something there. She thought it would be fruitless, but she thought it wise not to say so. The police department had been fairly satisfied with Kimberly's tape, but she got the impression that they wanted to get more information out of each ranger that followed her.

"How did being a Power Ranger effect you?" Melissa asked as Zack shook his head and tried to piece together something that she would understand.

"The most dramatic change that you have ever been through is not even a hundredth of what becoming a Power Ranger does to you," Zack said as Melissa nodded her head again, in order to not break his train of thought. "You gain power which makes you feel some what invincible. Your friends could keep you grounded, but when they are going through the same thing, it tends to be rough. You have to figure out how to keep yourself grounded and it's pretty rough for a teenager to do with everything else that is going on around them. We still were expected to do all of our work and be at school everyday, our parents didn't take it easy on us. Of course, they didn't know about it either."

"Were all of your friends rangers as well?" Melissa asked as Zack thought back to high school.

"Yeah, except for my girlfriend. She didn't know and still doesn't know that I was a ranger. It's not exactly something that you tell everyone you know. It's not a secret that you would like to let get out. There would be people that would want to poke and prod us, to figure out why we are special, why we became the rangers. Then there would be crazed fans who would want autographs, it's just best for our achievements to be left without a name. None of us could take that type of idol worship," Zack said as Melissa smiled. She had gotten that feeling from Kimberly, but now Zack confirmed just how alone they had really been while they were rangers.

"So you were and are a fairly private person?" Melissa asked as Zack actually laughed. He was probably the least private of them all.

"Not really. No one knows about my being a Power Ranger, but I was very social in high school, I still am social amongst my co-workers and college friends. We all were social, except maybe Tommy, but he went through more than the rest of us back then. But the people that I am the most honest with are the rangers, they know me better than anyone else, even my wife, but don't tell her that. She wouldn't like to hear it," Zack said leaning back and taking another look around the office that he was in. It was surprisingly well decorated, which was much different from his own. He had the degrees and other crap posted on the wall, but most of his wall space was covered in drawings from kids and pictures of his friends and family. He didn't like it to feel like a psychiatrists office, so he tried to make it as homey as possible. "You're not very old are you?"

"How could you tell?" Melissa asked, surprised at the sudden shift in conversation. Zack just smirked at her and then stood up to examine the degrees up close.

"I can read and my own degrees are from only a couple of years later," Zack said, as he turned and looked back at her. "You must have gone to school with us, since you are from around here. I don't think that the police would go find someone who had never heard of the Power Rangers to counsel us. Someone like that would probably throw us in a mental institution, but why didn't you tell Kim that you went to school with us?"

"She didn't mention anything about it and neither did I. I'd like it to be kept a secret. I don't remember much about you from high school, to be honest. I haven't recognized any of you so far," Melissa said as Zack laughed and then went to sit down again.

"Yeah, we lived at Ernie's. We were in the karate competitions and the gymnastics competitions and an occasion pick-up volleyball game. How can you not remember us?" Zack asked as Melissa's mouth dropped open, as she could suddenly remember many more faces that were in his same crowd.

"That was you? Gosh, you've changed so much since then," Melissa said as Zack nodded his head. It had been close to ten years since she had graduated and in those last two years of their high school career they had grown taller and smarter, as well as had some other changes, but they didn't really talk about those.

"But we're not here to talk about how much I've changed since high school. I could have told you that without being asked," Zack said as Melissa nodded and looked back down at her notepad, which had other questions, but they didn't really seem relevant anymore. "We need to talk about Trini, the layers of her. That is something that Jason won't do, although he knows them the best of all."

"Jason?" Melissa asked, carefully.

"That was her husband. He'll be the emotional wreck of the group, Billy won't be much better but he has an analytical mind, so he'll have vital information for you and Tommy, well, he'll have his own opinion and the rest of Kim's. She tends to take a few days to truly form her own opinion about a matter when it's thrown at her like this," Zack said as Melissa nodded.

"So, you were one of the ones that went with her to Geneva," Melissa stated as Zack nodded his head briefly.

Geneva was a place that he rarely revisited with anyone except Jason and Trini. He had been fine in Geneva, but he had never liked it as much as them and he had had the worst withdrawal of the three of them, which did not help matters any.

"It changed us all when we left the rangers and went there to try to establish peace. We had already been trying to do that for two years and you see where it got us, but it was different out there. It was more about legislation and less about getting out there and whooping ass. Trini and Jason fell in love out there. That's not saying they admitted it to any of us back then, though. They didn't realize they were in love until he left to help another group of Power Rangers, about a year later. It put the two of them through an emotional hell. Trini couldn't sleep without having terrible nightmares and Jason lost twenty pounds, which we all thought was physically impossible with the way he ate," Zack said as he frowned at a memory that had come back to him. "One night we got a call from Billy to tell us Jason had been hurt in one of the battles. Usually Billy wouldn't call to tell us something like that, but it was more serious that time. Trini broke down on the phone with Billy and he teleported her to the ranger's headquarters. That was when we all found out how much they loved each other. If we had lost him that night, we would have lost Trini as well. I don't know how he is going to make it without her being here."

"Would you call it a high school romance?" Melissa asked, as Zack shook his head no. "Why not?"

"Because true high school romances usually fade away with time. I've seen enough brokenhearted teenagers in my practice to know that they are a rare exception to the rule. All of us seemed to have gotten lucky until this freak accident changed everything. We all are still involved with our high school interest, but that is not to say that we didn't go through some tough times over the years and some hard breakups. The break ups just weren't enough to force us apart. When you are connected as a ranger, it is much deeper than some simple romance. You've seen things in the other that no one else can claim they have ever been around and you understand what true protection is," Zack said as Melissa handed him his manila envelope and clicked off the tape recorder.

PAUSE Tape: KX103PR

REPORT KX103PRa

Evidence is found that said tape, KX103PR, was paused for an unknown amount of time by Doctor of Psychology, Melissa Blake. Neither Ms. Blake nor Dr. Taylor are present to confirm or deny this allegation. Speculation as to what this information might be is varied, but is to no use as neither Ms. Blake nor Dr. Taylor will comment on this section of speech.

Deputy Chad McPherson, Angel Grove Police Department

END REPORT KX103PRa

"You are no longer on tape Zack. I don't want your reaction to that material to be displayed for the Police Department to look through. They only need information on what they know, you know exists. They do not need to know that you have been passed this information," Melissa said as Zack nodded and carefully opened the envelope and dumped out it contents.

"Oh man," Zack muttered as he rifled through the pages of information and pictures. "And this is only a small bit of what they have on us."

"From what we know, yes, that is only a very small bit of what they have gathered on you over the years of research they have done," Melissa said as Zack found a note and slowly opened it.

Zack,

I know you are giving all of the information you can think of, unlike Kim or Jason, the stingy bastards. I know that in all likelihood, I won't come back to you, but I needed you to know some things and this was the only way that seemed plausible.

I'm sure that you probably know about Chad McPherson by now Zack, but he is trying to help, honestly. I just don't think you can wait to act. The evidence against us is staggering and the surveillance they have been cleared to do would scare you even more. Billy's letter has some instructions, but I don't know when he will get those. So, you are my next best bet. I'm not going to ask you to meet Chad or anyone else but there is a conspiracy within the Police Department. If you do not get the information and destroy it we will be revealed and from what I've heard of the consequences, they are planning to try us for all the damage that was incurred during attacks. It is ridiculous, but I feel that they wish us to be in jail, so we will reveal more rangers to them, as they know that we were not the only set.

Do whatever you have to do to protect us, Zack. You and the others are the only thing that is keeping it a secret and cooperating with the police is a definite suggestion for the time being. If something weird happens, stop it. If they want the information bad enough they'll come around to our side. If anything else happens, and I do mean anything, go to Aquitar, take Angela with you and go. The other rangers will need to be told that Zack, I forgot to put it in Kim's letter. That is a safe haven and there is no way anyone from Earth can harm you there. I love you and be careful.

Trini

"I was afraid of this," Zack said as Melissa looked at him with a rather odd gaze. "I didn't want to have to do anything illegal."

"Who says you have to do something illegal?" Melissa asked as Zack could only shake his head.

"How else do you think that we'll be able to get that information out of the police departments headquarters?" Zack asked as Melissa shrugged. She surely thought that they could find a way that was not illegal to do what needed to be done.

"Well, I'm sure that you could find some way," Melissa said as Zack could only shake his head.

"I'll have to talk with Billy. You can turn back on the tape recorder now. We've got to get this finished sometime today. My wife is expecting me to be home soon," Zack said as Melissa nodded then clicked on the recorder.

RECORD PRESSED Tape: KX103PR

"Did you have any contact with Trini the day that she died?" Melissa asked, as Zack sadly shook his head no.

He wished that he had talked to her that day, maybe he would have been able to help, but why would he think something was wrong? Everything had been perfectly normal for them since the DinoThunder rangers disbanded a few months ago.

"The only person that did was Jason. He told us that she called him at the dojo to say that she'd get home early that afternoon. She was going to stop by and spar with him and Tommy until Kim showed up. Jason got the call that he needed to come to the hospital during one of his classes. Tommy was coming in from school, so he left and told them just to wait around for Tommy. Tommy didn't know what had happened until Jason came back. The rest of us were notified and brought to the precinct, while Tommy taught class and Jason handled matters at the hospital. We've been through a lot together but this is the most torn up we have ever been," Zack said with a frustrated sigh.

He knew that there was nothing he could really change and this investigation didn't seem to be much more to him than a ploy to get additional information about their lives as rangers. But he couldn't let Jason down. Jason told them that if this helped they should try, although he didn't see how it would help. The information would still be sitting in Angel Grove's police department and Trini's death would still be classified as an accident to all of those outside their small circle. Her parents wouldn't even get the gratification of knowing how she had really died, which was something that they all wished could happen.

"How was the condition of the car odd?" Melissa asked, sensing that Zack had finally reached the end of his rope and would soon stop giving out any information.

Kim and Zack seemed to be able to only go so far with her and although she was grateful that they gave her any information at all, she wished that she could guarantee them that the police department would do them right and keep their identities hidden. She couldn't do that and she had the feeling that if they had a place to go, they had better be ready in case things went to hell.

"There was a dent from the crash into the tree, but that didn't do near enough damage to kill her. She was dead before she hit the tree. The inside of the car was destroyed. Being a psychologist, I was allowed to see the medical report. Actually, I just picked it up and looked at it. They didn't think I would be able to decipher it, but I did. Her injuries were those of someone who fought a fight and lost. She was strangled which was something they didn't bother to tell Jason. Someone or something was in that car with her. We just don't know what it is and we don't know how to figure it out. Me and Billy have tried to figure it out, but nothing seems to work right now," Zack said as Melissa stared at him in shock. The new revelation bothered her because he knew much more than the police wanted him to know and he seemed to want to find a way to use it.

"Who else knows?" Melissa asked, curiously, to see if he was keeping it a secret from all of the rangers or just Jason.

"Tommy and Billy. Kim would march down to the police department and start raising hell. She would know that they are trying to conceal something then. She would be likely to get herself thrown in jail and we can't risk something like that happening. And Jason…well, let's just say that hell hath no fury like a pissed off Jason. If he knew, the investigators would pay for holding that back from him," Zack said as Melissa nodded and Zack managed a small smile.

"Why tell Tommy and Billy though?" Melissa asked as Zack shrugged his shoulders.

"The two of them hold PHD's as well, Tommy's a doer and Billy's a thinker. Why not tell the two most level headed people in the group? They can help make a plan as to what we'll investigate and although it may not be fool proof, I don't know what anyone will be able to do to stop us. We're the only ones that might be able to figure this out," Zack said with a smile. He knew the police would eat up this tape because he sounded like he knew too much. Really all he knew was what he had seen on Trini's autopsy report, but even that was enough for him to use. They could use it to try to find someone, but the only witness to the attack was not coming forward because he would be revealing himself to the police as an informant to the rangers. He didn't need that type of trouble with his career. "But who knows what we'll come up with."

"Do you think the police can help you?" Melissa asked as Zack shook his head no, but took a few moments to gather what he was going to say aloud.

"They will help me and all of us when they are honest and will protect us, not give us up to the media. Until then I think help will come from within us. We're going to have to do all the work to find her murderer," Zack said as Melissa just nodded her head.

"No suspects?" Melissa asked as Zack stood and walked to the door.

"None that they would believe or want to hear about," Zack said with a smile. "End Zachary Taylor, black Power Ranger."

AN: I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter and let me know what you think about it!