"You okay?" asked Z as she and Syd took a seat in the common room, after just coming back from getting the results from Kat.

"…I don't know," she answered, not too sure what she was feeling at the moment. She just continued to stare down at the floor, looking at her feet. It did help knowing for sure now, but that still didn't help ease everything that was going through her mind right now.

"What are you going to tell him?"

"I have no idea." She sighed heavily, knowing she had a decision to make and wasn't sure where she was going to go with it. Syd's head hung low as even more weariness came over her. "….We don't even know if we'll find them." She felt a lump in her throat, finally coming to terms with Sky's disappearance. "They could be lost. Forever…." A feeling that was far worse; sure they had their problems in the relationship, but she would never wish for him never to come back from a mission, in fact that had always been her biggest fear, a fear she had longed accepted. …That one day, Sky would go on a mission, like he always had, but wouldn't make it back.

"…Syd…." Z started as she gripped her friends shoulder, knowing that this was difficult for her. But what could she say, she didn't know much about time travel, other than it was complicated. She too, was concerned that they might not see Sky or Chase again, that the two could be lost in time.

"We are working to resolve that issue, Officer Drew," announced Cruger as he and Bridge entered the room. "Eric Myers and an old friend who is familiar with these kind of situations have arrived and will do everything they can to locate Sky and Chase, and bring them home."

"….Along with that guy from the future," added Bridge, who found the whole thing mind-boggling. He knew time travel was possible because they had done it before, not at great length, but just the advancements and then knowing that a thousand years from now life would still be going on and that SPD, through a name change, would still be around. The whole thing was just amazing to him. He really didn't want to leave the Command Center, but understood that more was going on. "…I wonder if they still have toast in the future."

'Not to sound dumb, but what's he talking about?" asked Z, knowing that Bridge could be a little odd at times, but this was odd, even for Bridge.

"It is complicated and in light of the situation," he eyed them all, knowing that this would come to a shock to all of them, "and given your relationship with Sky, it was felt among all those concerned that you three should learn the truth about your fellow teammate origins ." Just before Bridge had been asked to leave the Command Center, Drake had told him that given what was happening he should tell the Rangers the truth about Sky.

"The truth? What exactly is there about Sky that we don't already know?" asked Z, not thinking much of it. "He's a hard-ass, all work and no play, whose whole life is SPD and becoming just like his dad."

"While all that is true, there is more to Sky." He motioned to Bridge to take a seat next to the girls so he could face the three of them. "I have known for sixteen years and a few months ago Sky learned the truth…."

"You mean he didn't know?" asked Syd.

"How is that possible?" asked Bridge. He had known Sky long enough to know his friend was not the type to just forget things. How could there have been something that Sky hadn't known about himself?

"I will explain all that, but I must first ask you that this information does not go beyond these walls." He looked them all hard in the eyes, staring them down. "Is that understood?

"Yes sir." They all nodded their heads, wondering what it possibly could be.

"This will come to a shock to all of you." He paused for a moment as he took a deep breath. "…Your teammate Sky came here in 2005 from the year 3009 when he was five years old…"

All sorts of looks were going over the Rangers' faces, looks of disbelief, shock, bewilderment, surprise and uncertainty. They weren't sure what to make of it, other than that it had to be the truth because Cruger would not lie to them.

"What!"

"….Are you sure? But how…." Syd started, now her mind was really wondering.

"….I always thought that something was off with him." Bridge's face showed signs that a part of him felt like he always had known. "I just never thought it would be something like this."

"Yes, it is the truth," Cruger announced. "Sky was brought here in 2005 to be united with his father Wes Collins, after his mother died."

"So hold on a minute." Z held up her hand. "Let me get this straight, are you saying that Sky's mom is from the future too?"

"Yes." Cruger nodded his head. "I don't know much about her, all I know is that she and Sky's father first worked together years ago in 2001…"

"…2001!" the three all said in union, as shocked looks came over their faces, not knowing how that was possible, Sky was born in 2000 …at least that's what they all had thought.

"It is useless to try to fight me, Rangers," smirked Mirloc, as he mocked the four Rangers who had been trying to take him down. "Give up now and I promise to make your deaths as quick as possible."

"Not on your life, pal," announced Chase. He wasn't about to give up now, not as long as he was still breathing. It was his duty as a Power Ranger and officer to bring in Mirloc. He pulled out his blaster, pointing it straight at the purple fugitive. "I was sent to bring you in and I promise you, I'm going to do just that."

"I wouldn't be making promises if I were you," Mirloc taunted as he walked circles around the Rangers, knowing he had proven himself to them to be a very dangerous threat. He was making it very clear as to who held the winning hand in their hands. "….Because you don't know what the future holds."

"And I suppose you do," remarked Lucas, not liking his tone or the fact that Jen wouldn't allow him to contact the others, but on the other hand there was still the matter of Ransik to be dealt with, someone needed to be around, just in case they didn't make it back, a thought he didn't want to think about.

"I know a lot more than you think I do." He glared with his dark yellow eyes right at the blue Time Force Ranger, as if he could see right through his helmet. Though he could see his reflection he had no intentions of escaping, at least not until he had finished what he had come to do. "…like for instance, I know you are Time Force Rangers that came here from the year 3000."

"…How do you know that?" asked Jen. There was no possible way that Mirloc should know that information.

"Something's not right here, Jen…." Lucas could feel his heart pounding against his chest. In the pit of his stomach he knew something about this was all wrong. What could there possibly be in 2001 that interested Mirloc so much? The only reason they were here was trying to stop Ransik, who just wanted to come to a time period where Time Force didn't exist. If Mirloc was looking to team up with Ransik, he would have done that by now, but just from fighting against him something told Lucas that Mirloc was not the type to be looking for a partner. He was the type that worked alone. "….There's something about him…. Something that doesn't fit….." But he couldn't put his finger on it, what was it about Mirloc that reminded him of something? "….We need to contact the others."

"No!" Jen shouted, along with Sky, which came to a surprise to everyone. The pink Time Force Ranger turned to the red Ranger. "…Why'd you say no?"

"My thoughts exactly," announced Chase, knowing that they could use all the help they could get. What reason would Sky have for not wanting Jen to contact the other Time Force Rangers?

"It's a bad idea." Sky drew out his weapon, pointing it straight at Mirloc and slowly started to approach him. "You don't know what he's capable of." And while that might be partly true, there was another reason as to why he didn't want the other Time Force Rangers to be involved in this. He didn't know if it was out of anger or fear, that he didn't want to have his father here right now, maybe both.

"Yes, and you know all about what I'm capable of, don't you, Sky…" mocked Mirloc, not at all intimidated by Sky's tactics, in fact he welcomed them because he knew one way or another he would use them to his advantage. He got right up to his face, breathing heavily against Sky's helmet, making sure his dark glowing yellow eyes glared right at the troublesome red Ranger. "You know all too well what I'm capable of!" He grabbed a hold of Sky's hurt shoulder, putting pressure on it, causing the red Ranger to drop his weapon. He leaned closer to Sky so he could whisper into his ear. "….That's why you won't let them call for help, isn't it?" He chuckled. "Afraid I'll kill daddy all over again?"

"Bastard!" Sky tensed up and with his free arm he clenched it into a fist and got ready to strike Mirloc, but his father's killer was ready and fought back as he twisted Sky's arm behind his back and kicked the red Ranger hard in the ribs, sending him flying towards a tree. The young Ranger crashed right into it and dropped to the ground hard, going into a forced demorph. "…Ahh" Sky cried out in pain, clutching at his ribs.

Mirloc grinned and turned to the other three, he opened his arms out, taunting at them to come and get him. "Who wants to be next?"

"I'll go check on Sky, you two try to handle him," announced Jen.

"Got it, Jen," exclaimed Lucas, he turned to his blue counterpart and nodded his head. "Let's double team him, blue style."

"With pleasure." Together Chase and Lucas ran straight towards Mirloc, knowing they would have to work together if they were going to take this beast down.

Jen ran towards Sky to help him up, but he pushed her away as he tried to get up by himself, but dropped to the ground. "Look, no offense, but I don't need your help."

"Looks like you could use all the help you can get." She held out her hand to him, waiting for him to take it. Sky was grateful she was wearing her helmet still so he didn't have to look her in the eye, as he took a deep painful breath, as he took her hand allowing her to help him up. "…You're a bit of a hard-ass, you know."

"Comes with the job…."

"Does losing all control and focus when bringing in criminals come along with it too?" she questioned him. "What you did was stupid, going after him like that; you can't take him down all on your own."

"You're the last person to be telling me what to do." Sky clutched at his shoulder, he didn't know where all this anger was coming from, but he couldn't help himself.

"What's that supposed to mean?" There was just something about the way he said it, almost as if it were personal.

He sighed heavily, knowing things were getting a little out of control. He was saying things that he shouldn't be saying, things that could land all of them in trouble. "Nothing. Just forget it!"

She didn't know what it was, but there was something very familiar about Sky, but she couldn't figure out what it was about him. It was like she knew him somehow, but that was impossible. They weren't even from the same time, unless…. "Do we know each other?

Jen wouldn't get her answer as two blue flashes were sent crashing right into her and Sky. Mirloc had managed to be victorious once again, as he had easily defeated Chase and Lucas with no problem. "Lucas, are you okay?" asked Jen, as she tried to help him up, but in his weakened state he dropped to the ground, going into a forced demorph, with Chase following soon after.

"…Man," sighed Chase, as he took a deep breath. "I sure wish the others were here with us." He turned to Sky, who was kneeling next to him clutching at his upper chest, breathing just as heavily as he was.

"That does it!" The pink Time Force Ranger pushed herself to her feet. "It ends here!" she exclaimed as she ran towards Mirloc, fully intending to take care of business right here and right now, knowing that she needed to protect the others who were in no condition to continue with the fight.

"Jen, no!" shouted Lucas, as he tried to get up to his feet to join her, but fell back to the ground, still feeling the effects of the forced demorph. "Damnit!"

"Oh, how right you are!" Mirloc was ready for her as Jen swung a punch at his shoulder, but it didn't faze him. He countered it with a hard kick to the gut, causing Jen's legs to give way, and before she had the chance to recover he kicked her hard in the head, sending her body flipping and flying in the air until it finally came crashing to the ground and rolled over. The impact was so intense that Jen, like the others before her, went into a forced demorph, feeling the strong effects of the weakening feeling.

"…Oh no, Jen!" Lucas managed to push himself up to go join her, but Mirloc turned around and blasted Lucas with a powerful stunning blaster, sending the Time Force Ranger right into the grasp of Chase and Sky.

"…Don't tamper with my plans, Time Force Ranger. I didn't really come here for you, but if you continue to delay my plans you will leave me with no choice but to take you out next."

Lucas gasped heavily as he watched Mirloc turn back around and start back towards Jen, who was slowly starting to come to. "…Why's he after Jen?" It just didn't make any sense to him, what would a criminal from the past want with Jen?

"I have no idea, but you're right," answered Chase, watching Mirloc closely. It was very clear that Mirloc was after Jen and didn't seem to want anything to do with them. "He is targeting her, for some reason."

Sky could feel his heart beating against his chest, feeling in some way this had more to do with him than it did Jen, but he couldn't let those two know it. "You two stay here, I'll save her." Before they could even say anything, Sky gathered all the strength he had left in him and ran towards Jen, jumping over Mirloc and getting in front of her, putting up one of his shields just as Mirloc tried to strike a powerful blast at Jen.

"Now, Chase!" Sky shouted as he struggled to keep the shield up for as long as he could.

Both Chase and Lucas drew out their blasters and blasted right at Mirloc, striking him down, causing him to drop to his knees, which gave time for Lucas and Chase to join up with them, finally able to stand on their own feet.

Sky's body dropped to the ground, having been drained from keeping the shield up for so long. His breathing was heavy, as he slowly lifted up his head to lock his eyes with Mirloc, letting him know he meant business.

"…You may have won this round." Mirloc raised his wrist up. "…But I can promise you that this is far from over. I will accomplish what I came to do." And before anyone could do anything, Mirloc disappeared in a flash of bright light.

With Mirloc gone, Lucas rushed towards Jen and helped her up. "Jen, are you all right?" he asked, his voice full of concern knowing she had taken both a hard hit and fall.

"Yeah. I'm fine," she answered as she regained her composure and looked down at Sky, who still appeared to be weakened from the shield he had used to protect her. "Thanks to you." She held out her hand to him, helping him up.

"….Don't worry about it," he answered all too quickly, not wanting to get into the whole ordeal.

"Sky, we should go now if we want to catch up with him."

"Right…." He licked his lips and eyed Jen, giving her a faint smile.

"I hope you guys catch him, he seems like one bad dude," said Lucas.

"We would go with you, but…." Jen started to say.

"You have your own mission to complete," finished Sky, a part of him wishing he could tell her who he was, maybe he could get some answers out of her to help him make sense of why his life seemed so turned upside down, but he knew it just wasn't possible to tell her who he was. It would break all the rules. And beside parents hadn't even addmited their true feelings for each other's yet. "….But I can promise you we will get him!"

"Thanks for the help, but I'm afraid…." Chase drew out the memory wiper that Command Cruger had given him. "I was given orders to erase all memories of anyone we come in contact with."

Jen and Lucas looked at the blaster. Their eyes lit up, as if it had some sort of meaning for them, but before they could even protest Chase used it against them and before the effect of the memory eraser took effect he and Sky disappeared in a flash of light, hoping to catch up to wherever Mirloc had gone.

Jen and Lucas looked around, and glanced at each other, both confused. "Lucas, why are your clothes such a mess?"

"Look who's talking!"

Jen looked around, as if she had no clue how they had gotten here, the last thing she remembered was the two had been near the pound and now they were deep in the park away from the pound. "How'd we get here?"

"Lucas, it's been too long," announced Drake, as he approached his friend on the Newtech City Beach, which just an hour before had been secured by SPD making sure no civilians or bystanders would be in eyes view as the time ship landed.

"I know what you mean, it's been eleven years for me." He shook his old friend's hand. It felt strange in a way, after not seeing him in so long, to now be looking him in the eyes. Though there were a few differences, time had aged his friend, his eyes seemed a little softer then he remembered and then there was the whole name difference. That was one change he wasn't sure he would ever be able to get used to. "…But I know it's been about five years more for you."

"Ah hum…. Hate to break up this little reunion, but shouldn't we be heading back to the academy to see what phase two of this plan will be?"

"Good to know some things never change," smiled Lucas turning to his old comrade. "How've you been, Eric…?"

Together the three got into the SPD truck that Drake and Eric had driven in and headed back to the academy, where some things needed to be sorted out before Drake would travel back in time to go bring Sky and Chase home. While Eric drove the truck back, Drake and Lucas caught up on lost time.

"So Lucas, I never figured you to ever consider being Captain." He turned to his friend, knowing that years ago being Captain of Time Force was the farthest thing from Lucas's mind, whose mind normally was on getting the girl and getting back on the tracks.

Lucas had to laugh at that, it wasn't the first time someone had questioned him on it. Back when he had gone through the progam to even be considered, there was a lot of talk going around the academy, some of them not being able to believe a guy like him would want to become the Captain. Almost everyone thought that he would retire from the Force early and head back into his racing career ….that never happened. In fact it had been years since he had been behind the wheels of a race car. "….Well, I can't say it was my idea to begin with, Captain Logan was the one who steered me to it. It's a hard job, but it does have some advantages…." One of which included this special top secret mission that he was on right now, seeing an old friend.

"….How long have you known that Sky and I have been alive?"

"Not long, after Captain Logan retired and I was promoted to the position. I was given access to his secret files."

"Logan knew then…"

"He never said it, just told me that there were some top secret files I should look over." It had been unreal for him, reading the files, the way he had found them and although he had always suspected it. It was still strange in some ways. "….It really didn't state in the files that you were alive, but there was evidence to suggest that you two might be alive in the past."

"Guess he knew me better than I thought he did…." Drake smiled. A part of him had always wondered if Logan knew the truth about Jen, about Sky, but he never wanted to ask or even find out. He knew it would put both him and Logan in a difficult position. "….So how are Trip and Katie doing?"

"Katie's doing great. She's still with Time Force; she works as a training instructor now. Still sweet as ever and can still handle her own, keeps that husband and kids of hers in line."

"She got married." Drake had to smile at that, remembering how Katie was back when he had known her. She indeed was a sweet girl, but her extreme strength had scared more than one guy away. "…And I thought every guy was too intimidated by her super strength."

"Yeah. She's been married for about nine years to Vince Storms; they have two great kids, Cody and Kayla."

"Sounds like she's real happy." He always had known that Katie wanted to start a family of her own, but having had trouble keeping guys around had kept her wary. He was just glad that she was able to find a guy who loved her for who she was and didn't scare easily. "…What about Trip, did he ever find the right girl?"

Lucas licked his lips and sighed heavily. "Katie and I haven't seen Trip for years. About a week after you and Sky were declared dead, he put in a transfer to go back to his home planet. Before he left, he sent a letter telling Katie and me to stay with Time Force, and that one of us needed to work our way up to become Captain, saying that it could come in handy in the future." He looked Drake in the eyes. "….I think that somehow he knew, Alex."

"Trip always did have a way of knowing things." He couldn't know for sure, but he did recall when he had said goodbye to Trip that his young green-haired friend looked at him in way, as if he knew this was goodbye for good. "….I guess he must have been afraid that if he stuck around it might have come out that he knew." Drake licked his lips. There was another question that he had been pondering in his mind for years; he needed to know. "Did you or Katie, at anytime before Jen died, did you ever think that Sky wasn't mine?"

"…I think we both knew that he was Wes's." It had always been what he truly believed, even when the two had gotten married, a part of him still believed that Alex was not the biological father. "But we knew that you guys had your reasons for wanting to keep it a secret. It's one thing for us to assume, it's another thing to know. We both understood; it's okay that you didn't tell us," Lucas told him as he gripped Drakes shoulder letting him know things were good between them.

"Thanks." It felt good to know that there was no hard feelings about the decision he and Jen had to make all those years ago, about keeping their friends in the dark. It was a difficult decision for them to make, especially for Jen who had never once lied to them."…So what about you, you and Nadira…."

"We've been married for ten years and have eight kids…."

"Eight!" exclaimed Eric.

"Five of them are adopted," grinned Lucas. "I'm good, but I'm not that good." He knew eight was a rather large number, but he loved each and every one of those kids. He wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. "Nadira wanted to give something back, to make up for everything she had done." He pulled out a handheld computer and brought up a holograph of his family, just as Eric pulled into the SPD parking garage. He started pointing everyone out from left to right, starting with the youngest member of the family, little 2 year old Ronny, 5 year old Natalie, 9 year old Lucas Jr., 10 year old Marcus, 11 year old Rose, 13 year old Mika, 15 year old Porter, 15 year old Ralph.

"Having all those kids must really put a damper on driving those fancy fast cars of yours," joked Eric, as he turned off the ignition.

"Oh, I may have a full nest, but I still have a fast car to drive to work every morning," he exclaimed as he put away the handheld and got out of the truck, knowing now it was time to get down to business.

"…Lucas, before we ended our conversation in the Command Center, you mentioned something about Mirloc," announced Drake. He hadn't liked the look or the tone of his old friend's voice, at mentioning the dangerous fugitive. Something was up and he wanted to have it out in the open.

Lucas sighed heavily, knowing there was no delaying it any longer. He bit his lip and looked at the two heavily. "….Yeah. I'm afraid it's not good…." His eyes locked directly with Drake, knowing he would know what this meant. "Mirloc is HARP, Alex..…"

His heart skipped a beat and his face turned white as a ghost, he felt a lump in his throat. "You're sure…."

"Yeah. My sources are all positive that it's him…."

"If they're right..." His eyes widened knowing now things had gotten critical. "….we don't have much time."

"….Hold on just a second here!" exclaimed Eric, not liking being left out of the loop. 'What the hell is HARP?"

A bright light emerged, and once it cleared Sky and Chase again found themselves in new surroundings. Chase pushed himself up to his feet, coming to grips as the strange sensation left his body, from just having traveled in time. "I don't care how many times we do that. That is something I'll never be able to get used to…"

"…What, it's too much for you?" questioned Sky a little harshly, as he dusted off his pants and torn shirt. He gripped his shoulder and leaned against the tree, wanting a moment to take a rest, still feeling the effects from the fight with Mirloc. "I would have thought a guy of your standards could take it."

"…You know, you've cocked an attitude ever since Jen and Lucas showed up to break up our little argument."

"And your point?"

"You tell me," jeered Chase, knowing that something had been up between Sky and Jen, something that didn't make any sense to him. "…You were a little harsh with her."

"….Last I checked, everyone thinks I'm an ass."

"Look, I'm just saying that I thought something was up between you and her. Not to mention the fact of how you knew so much about them…" He glared at Sky right in the eyes, knowing that he was keeping something from him. "…I'm just asking for the same thing you've asked of me. Something about her bothered you… If we're going to stop Mirloc, we need to start trusting each other and working together."

Sky looked him hard in the eyes. "There was nothing going on between us. I don't even know her…."

"Why don't I believe you?"

"…Hey, who are you two?" asked a young voice.

Chase and Sky turned around to find a young boy standing in front of a mansion. Sky's eyes widened and his heart began racing as his eyes met with the little boy's. Chase looked over his shoulder knowing very well just who this little boy was.

"….And I suppose now you'll tell me you don't know him either." Chase approced the boy getting down on his knees to be eye level with the young boy. "…Hey there, sport, I'm Chase. And my friend behind me is….."

"No one," answered Sky sternly, thinking that this was a really very bad idea.

"Don't mind him; he's a bit moody today."

"Yeah. He kind of looks like the Grinch, from that Christmas show my dad watched with me," answered the boy with a grin.

Chase got a laugh out of that and turned to Sky. "Kid's got a sense of humor, who would have thought that."

"Very funny." Sky gave him an annoyed look and crossed his arms against his chest.

He turned back to the young boy. "…Tell you what, kid-o, why don't we call him that?" Chase put out his hand, hoping he had gained the young boys trust, which seemed to be far easier than someone else he knew. "What do you say…."

"I'd call it a deal. I'm Sky, by the way…" He shook Chase's hand eagerly. His eyes then lit up when he noticed the SPD badge on Chase's uniform. "Hey, you work with SPD!" he said excitedly. "My dad works for SPD too, and my Uncle Eric. They're Power Rangers…"

"Awesome, little man." Chase was just amazed at the difference between the two's personalities, it didn't even seem possible that this little boy would one day grow up to be 'The Grinch' as he had so boldly said it. "…Hey, I got a question for you, how old are you?"

"I'm six." He held up six fingers. "….But I'll be seven in about a month."

"All right then." Chase pushed himself to his feet. "….Hey there, Sky, do you think my partner and I could come inside and maybe clean up a little? We were chasing some criminals and got into a bit of a scuffle." He eyed the boy closely. "…But it kind of needs to be Top Secret, if you know what I mean…." he said, winking at him.

"He's not going to fall for that load of crap!" exclaimed older Sky.

"Yeah, sure. Follow me, we can sneak in this way…." Young Sky answered excitedly, as he started to led the way around the mansion.

Chase turned to Sky and grinned. "Guess you don't know yourself as well as you thought you did."

Sky pulled Chase to the side. "This is a really bad idea…."

"What? Afraid that I'll find something out about you that you don't want me to know? Does mini you not make the bed in the morning?" But there was another reason why Chase felt the need to stick close to the young six year old boy. "…for all we know Mirloc could be after him, because if something happens to him," his eyes widened becoming very serious "you're history."

"Hey, you guys coming or what?" they heard him yell.

"All right, fine. …" agreed Sky, having a bad feeling that Chase might be right about this. Mirloc did seem to have been after his mother, which if he had succeeded, he wouldn't be here at all. "…But I still don't like it."

"When do you ever like anything?" remarked Chase.