Chapter Five-A Ranger's Duty

By the lake, Kim decided to go to the shelter of the trees nearest to her. She didn't want to talk to any more of her former classmates. It was just too strange.

When she reached her destination, she just stared. Before her were five people, four males and the fifth female. The tallest boy had on red shirt, blue jeans and his brown hair fell pass his ears. The black boy next to him, donned the color blue. Next a boy entirely in a mixture of white and black, but mostly white and he stood close to the smallest member of the group was the girl with long brown hair with blonde highlights. She wore yellow t-shirt over a long sleeved white shirt and flair blue jeans. Fashionable Kim noted.

It wasn't the teens that had her staring, it was the second to tallest male in the group. He was easily the oldest. He wore a olive green jacket over white and plaid open button up shirt which revealed a black t-shirt. His long legs were clad in tan cargo pants. He was familiar. Very familiar. A scary familiar. His short spiky hair threw her off, but his lovely, chocolate colored eyes with long lashes gave him away.

It just couldn't be him, it just couldn't be.

"Tommy?" She squeaked as she stared blatantly at the man.

"Kimberly?" Tommy said hoping he was seeing things.

There went Kim's hopes of it not talking to any more former classmates as well has her hopes of never laying eyes on Tommy Oliver ever again.

"Damn." Kim mumbled. "It is him."

For the longest moment the two just stared, before anger caught in the man's eyes. Dr. Oliver didn't like the fact that the woman standing in front of him wasn't an illusion. He was obviously not happy to see her again. He also hoped he would never see Kimberly Hart again.

"Great, not only do I have to get my team back to our own time, I have to save you as well." He said.

"You say it like it's a bad thing." Kim said crossing her arms over her chest. She wasn't in the mood for an argument, but it looked like she was going to get one.

"It is. How is Trevor?"

He just had to bring up the man she left him for.

"Divorced me. How's Kat?"

Dr. Oliver could have laughed. She was so out of touched with everyone from Angel Grove it was laughable. She had no clue how much he and the others had changed. How much their lives had changed. He could have bet his life she didn't know Tanya and Adam had a baby.

"Where have you been? She's been seeing Jason for nearly five years now. So ask him."

"Oh yeah, I must have forgotten. She left you for your best friend."

Dr. Oliver snorted. Forgotten, she never knew to begin with, not with what had happened his sophomore year in college.

"Actually, we broke up before then. I was happy for them. I still am. "He shot back. "She's not like you. She doesn't cheat."

Kim sucked in a breath. To her she didn't cheat. She tried to tell him.

"Excuse me, if you weren't getting my calls."

"Any brats?" Dr. O asked taking the subject off of him.

"No. You outta retirement?"

Kim had finally started to put things together. Reefside, five new Power Rangers, four teens wearing the colors of the Rangers, Dr. O wearing black, the five matching bracelets. It was obvious to someone who has been through it before.

"Yes."

"Then I guess it's your job to save me."

The Black Dino Thunder Ranger glared at the petite woman. Hasn't he saved her enough in his lifetime.

The teens watched as their teacher and his ex went at it. They didn't know what to make out the scene before them. Before today, the would have thought Dr. O would be happy to see another Ranger from when he was a teen, but after finding the letter, they could sort of understand why their teacher was angry at the woman. Still, you would think after nearly ten years some of the anger would have dissipated. It seemed as if something else, bigger than the letter had happened to the feuding couple.

So, they just watched. When one spoke their heads turned to that person and then the other. It was like watching an intense tennis match.

"Well, I guess it's my duty." The science teacher grumbled. "Besides, becoming a Ranger again seemed like a good idea."

"Yeah right."

"I had no choice in the matter."

"There's always a choice."

"Not for me and as I recall, decisions are usually made without my knowledge." He said bringing their argument back to their break up.

"I told you it just happened. I fell in love." Kim tried to reason.

"You were in love."

Reefside, 2003, Mesogog stood over a knocked out Elsa. The evil White Ranger Clone behind him and many tyrannodrones and triptoids surrounded them.

Elsa awoke, her vision a little hazy. When her vision cleared and she saw her lord, Mesosgog she immediately bowed before her master.

"I'm sorry master." She said humbly. "I have failed you."

"Usually," Mesogog hissed. "I would be punishing you, but you have done well." he paused. "For once."

Elsa smile before tucking her head.

"What shall we do now?" she asked. "We can do anything. The Rangers are stuck in another time."

"Now," the villain sucked in a deep breath. "We follow them."

"Excuse me?"

Elsa's head shot up to stare at her master.

"They should have been transported somewhere where they are powerless."

A clueless expression appeared on her face.

"Master?"

"Where ever the Rangers are, there should not be a power source on this planet to support their powers. There we can destroy them and take their gems."

"And once you have them?"

"We will return here and finally build our utopia."

Elsa gave a wicked grin as she followed her master through the portal. The clone, the triptoids and the drones close behind.

When the last tyrannodrone passed through, the portal closed leaving the Dino Thunder Rangers and Mesogog and his army trapped in whatever time they ended up.