"Guys why her? She started the war." Rocky said rather disappointed. "No Dark Specter started the war Rocky. Karone was a victim." Tommy told him. "Yea Rocky, I mean, think about it. She was kidnapped as a child and told that the power rangers killed her family while being trained for vengeance." Adam said. Rocky just glared at his best friend. "Adam, he's hopeless." Aisha told him. "Rocky will you just shut up for once in your life!" Kim shouted at him. She was upset about Jason and not in the mood for Rocky. "Well at least I'm not leaving someone via some heartless dear john letter Kim. I would have opened my mouth and said something before I did that!" Kim looked at Rocky mortified at the words that Rocky had chosen. Each cut her like a knife. Kim's eyes filled with tears and she ran down the corridor.
Unknowing Kim ran into the arms of General Dickson. "Hey there love. What's wrong?" The General asked her. She buried her face in his chest. He was thankful he had taken off his armor now. "Rocky said I was heartless!" She said through sobs as she cried into his chest. Joseph didn't say a word just sat there and let her cry herself to sleep. The General then took her in and set her on his bed before going off.
Minutes later Dickson came upon the group still listening to Rocky bitch about Karone. "She is the…" Rocky didn't get a chance to finish as the generals right fist high-fived Rocky's nose. "You insensitive prick!" The general yelled at Rocky as blood poured from his nose. "You want answers fine! One; I chose Karone because other than myself no one has lost more in life, in this universe than her! Now two; Kim was so upset because you called her heartless! She is asleep on my bed in my quarters!" Dickson turns to Tommy. "It's room six nineteen on deck three. Go on." Tommy nodded before sprinting toward the Generals quarters. Dickson turned back to the fallen blue ranger. "Maybe you can understand she was heartbroken when she sent that letter. She just found out someone using Kats name was writing her letters saying Tommy was with her. A damn lie that destroyed her life! And if anyone repeats that I'll hunt you down like deer!" Dickson raved before finally walking away toward the infirmary, followed by the rangers who left Rocky sitting in his own blood.
Meanwhile Tommy just entered General Dickson's quarters where after a few minutes of searching he found the slumbering Kimberly Hart. He sat down in a chair next to the bed and watched her. His heart melted sitting there watching her sleep. He felt like he was in paradise. He could never stay upset with her. She was and is his beautiful. He knew it was time to get up though, and go see Jason. He slowly got up and moved over to the bed beside her. He tilted her head and said in the most soothing voice. "Wake up beautiful." "Just five more minutes handsome." Just then Kim's eyes shot open "Tommy!" Kim shouted surprised. He only smiled. "Kim it's okay. General took care of Rocky and he sent me here to be your white knight." Tommy told her. "How'd he take care of Rocky?" Kim asked a little worried. "Broke his nose then chewed him out." Tommy replied with a grin. "Oh my god!" Kim gasped. "I guess he knows something about you we don't. And to get that type of reaction from him it must be big." Tommy said with a chuckle. "It is." Kim said forcing a smile. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." "Thanks Tommy." He told her. "Anytime beautiful." Tommy responded. "Let's get to the infirmary. They should be about ready to start reviving Jason" Tommy revealed. Kim just nodded and walked to the infirmary safely in Tommy's arms.
Everyone had arrived in the infirmary. "Okay everyone. Let's get this show on the road." Dickson stated. "What we have in this case is a gift from some friends from out of town." "It's a stasis pod." Zack said without thinking. "Yes but it's what's in it that will save Jason." Dickson explained. Kim stepped forward and placed her hand around the face of the glass. She began rubbing the frost from the glass and gasped. "Jason!" Kim looked at the body on the bed and then back at the one in the stasis pod. "How…" Your gene pool is intelligent smart no matter what dimension Kim. One of you and Tommy's son was a great leader their before he passed the power to his first." Dickson told them. Every ones eyes shot open. "Just told him a version his parents needed his help in another dimension and he pulled some strings to get me a cloned body." Dickson continued. "But aren't they unstable?" Kim asked. "Only if given accelerated growth. I went back far enough to visited for about twenty years. Then came back here to transfer Jason's life force and knock the shit out of big mouth over there." Dickson said with a grin. "Angelos! You ready hun!" Dickson called to the head of medical for the entire Andromada military. (Angelos of Trebla is one of the brightest medical minds in all reality. She was recruited by Shadow Warrior/Admiral Yoshi Doce to lead the medical field for Shadow Force ten thousand years ago during The Katana Invasion of the Andromada Galaxy) "As soon as Zeo Ranger Three's nose stops bleeding!" She called back. "Leave Zeo Blue Balls to tend to himself! If he would think every now and then his nose wouldn't have met my fist!" Dickson yelled. Destany just stood behind the crowd, as she got embarrassed every time he spoke like that. She may have been a young adult but it was still embarrassing to her for some reason. "Daddy why do you insist on embarrassing me?" Destany asked. "Sorry princess. Rocky just said the wrong thing about the wrong person."
As the general and his daughter were bickering about his language Doctor Angelos had taken Rocky into a back room in the medical bay. "What the hell could you possibly have done to get him to hit you? I mean he is the hardest person to piss off in the universe yet you manage it." Angelos asked Rocky. "I kind of, called Kim heartless." Rocky cringed as Angelos shot back at him. "You idiot." "What?" Rocky said confused at the doctor's tone. "You emotionally tore apart someone he considers family. Your lucky he didn't kill you." Rocky gulped at this now knowing that the broken nose was a warning shot. "You need to curve that mouth because if you hurt another person he cares about he may just cripple you." Angelos told him. "He is very protective. Ever since he lost his wife he has been over protective over everyone he cares about." Rocky just nodded and the two left to join the group.
"Nice of you two to join us." After welcoming the two Dickson took Jason's power coin and opened the stasis pod. "Lay the clone on the bed beside Jason." He ordered. Tommy, Andros, and Zack took the stiff body out of the small chamber and laid it next to Jason on the next bed "Tommy, you're the greatest link to the morphin' grid." He gave the power coin to Tommy. "Hold this in his hand and don't let go." Tommy did as the general told him and the general took his place with one hand on Jason's chest and one on the cloned bodies chest. A bolt of red energy surged through the general as he used himself as a buffer and the light energy surged into the cloned body. The general hit the ground unconscious after the apparent transfer. "Daddy!" Destany yelled scared and ran up to him. Angelos quickly went to the general's side checking his vitals. Before they knew it the cloned body was breathing and Jason's damaged body was limp and pale. Color was also forming in the clone body's face. "Jase?" Tommy said quietly. "Jason wake up." Tommy continued. After a few seconds his eyes started to flutter open. "Would someone turn off those damn lights?" Jason said. "Jason!" Kim screamed as she ran up and hugged him. Tommy then turned his attention to the small group carrying the general into an emergency area. Tommy walked to the door where they had taken the general. He then peaked his head in to see Destany on the general's right holding his hand, and Admiral Dantly, and James Conly at his feet. "How is he?" Tommy asked of his friend. Dantly looked up before speaking. "Tommy, get everyone to the observation room. I'll explain there." Tommy nodded and left before Dantly turned back to Destany. "You and James stay with him. I'll be back soon." Destany nodded and with tears in her eyes watched her uncle leave before turning back to her unconscious father.
In the observation room Admiral Dantly took his seat at the head of the table. He was calm, collected, a vast improvement from the man Doce found fighting in a bar on a virtually abandoned Shadow Empire home world. He had learned how to stay calm in a hazardous situation. "Before you ask, yes he will live." Dantly told them. "What happened?" Wes asked. "During the transfer his body was overwhelmed and it shut down." Dantly explained. "Human bodies can not handle two souls. Although for only a short time Jason was literally being housed in Joe's body. If Jason would not have left eventually Joe's body would have died." Dantly Continued. "And he knew this?" Zhane asked. "Yes." Dantly responded. Jason who insisted on coming finally spoke. "So he risked his life to save me?" He said with surprise in his voice. "Yes." Dantly replied. "Ever since he lost his friends and wife he promised himself that if he was ever forced back into battle he would never lose another person who had fought by his side." Jason was hurt that he had almost cost someone his life. However Dickson made the sacrifice on his own and without a second thought. "So he wasn't always like this?" Commander Scotts from Time Force asked. "No. He was a sorry smart-ass and asshole who accepted such comments as compliments. He was arrogant, lax in his training, and believed he was unbeatable. He had a right to feel that way. Until Emrass showed up he had never failed at anything." Dantly told them. "I can't believe it. Losing his wife caused the change." Tommy commented. "No, losing her turned him into a drunk. You first met him on a mission during that time." Dantly told him. "Destany made him the man he is today. He swore he would never let her down like he did Tarra." Dantly revealed. Everyone just nodded their heads until Eric Myers spoke up. "I'm sorry but for those of us who are not a Hart, Oliver, or part of the Time Force brass could you please inform us on who TARRA is?" "Qinn'Tarra Jinn-Dickson is his wife Eric. Tommy said. "Oh." Eric took a deep breath and let it out before continuing. "What happened?" "Psychotic rebellion." Jen told him. "She was the Black Minotar Knight under General Dickson's command. The General led the Knights as The Black Olympus Knight. He also led the rebellion. Emrass, the psychotic lord was on the verge of defeat. General Dickson ordered the entire rebel military to finish off Emrass. He led the knights through Emrass' palace. They thought they destroyed him, but his body exploded." "A clone?" Billy interrupted. "Yes. A clone. It left a nuclear detonator inside killing all the knights except her and him. Effectively ending the rebellion." Commander Scotts concluded. "I thought you said she was dead." Trip asked. "For all intents and purposes she is. She has been in a coma in a lifeless body. Even when he was with Destany's mother he would sneak of days at a time and just sit and sing to Tarra." Dantly told them. "How long has she been in there?" Jason asked. "Eighteen years." A voice came from the door. General Dickson's best friend stood in the door. "James. Welcome." Dantly greeted Mr. Conly. "How is he?" Tommy said quickly. "He will live. Color has returned to his face. If he wasn't a Shadow Imperial Prince it would have killed him on transfer." James told him. "I'm sorry for causing this." Jason said softly. "Jason it's not your fault." Kim said. "Yea, you didn't know what was happening." Kat continued with a hand on his shoulder. Finally Dantly spoke up. "Guys I think you should all go home. Jason you should stay on the ship a couple days." Dantly told them. "I'm sure that after Joe's little reveal yourselves to the world plan your phones are going to be ringing off the hook." Everyone looked at each other just realizing what had happened. Like reality hitting them like Dickson hit Rocky earlier that day. Andros jumped at the statement. "He's right guys. This battle will be replayed throughout the galaxy." "Agreed. Let's get going." Tommy said. "Tommy, I'll call you in a few days to get Jason." Dantly said. Tommy just nodded before being led to another area of the ship. The group teleported out to their respective homes for what was sure to be a busy few days.
Notes: I wanted to do this all in one chapter but I decided it would be way too long. So there will be another chapter out soon.