Chapter Six-Changes in the Morphing Grid
"Zordon, what's wrong?" The Yellow Mighty Morphin Ranger asked.
The Rangers gathered in the Command Center.
"Nothing is wrong, Aisha." Zordon reassured.
"Then why are we here?" Rocky, the Red Mighty Morphin Ranger asked.
"I have detected a change in the Morphing Grid." The big, giant, floating head informed.
"A change?" Tommy stepped up. "What kind of change?"
"It's a positive change. A new power, similar to your former dino powers."
The Rangers looked around at one another.
"Is this power like ours then?" Aisha asked. "Can it be given to a person to make new rangers?"
"They're already been given." Alpha 5, the red robot with a lightning bolt symbol on his chest, said as he typed in some coordinates into the computer.
"What?" Tommy exclaimed.
"Behold, the Viewing Globe." Zordon instructed.
The six teens turned to the orb and what they saw shocked them.
Tommy and Kimberly were in the park arguing surrounded by four teens they had never seen before.
"Well, excuse me for following my heart." They heard the other Kim shout up to the other Tommy.
"And see where it got you." Dr. Oliver threw back. "You lost touch with everyone from your past. When was the last time you talked to Aisha or Trini or Jason for that matter?"
The other Kimberly bit her lip as tears began to well in her eyes.
"I thought so. You turned your back on us. We were the Power Rangers. You were the very first Pink Ranger of Earth and you abandoned all of that you were for some guy who didn't even last."
The 1996 Rangers were silent.
"Alpha, teleport them all here." Zordon ordered.
"Right away, Zordon." The little robot said and did as instructed.
The people visualized on the globe disappeared in yellow, white, blue, black, red, and a grayish beams of light to the Command Center.
The teens landed in a large heap while the adult landed neatly beside them.
"Get off of me!" Conner exclaimed.
The pile slowly became individual persons and they each stood.
"How come you two are standing?" The Red Dino Thunder asked his teacher huffily.
"We're used to it." was Dr. Oliver's simple reply.
Kim squealed at his side completely forgetting their argument.
"I haven't seen this place in years."
"Not intact any way." the man in black said.
"Who are you?" Teen Kimberly stepped forward.
Everyone from the future shared looks.
Kira stepped forward and looked at each past Ranger.
"I'm Kira Ford," she paused. "I'm Yellow Ptera Ranger."
Conner was next to step up.
"Conner McKnight, I'm the Red Tyranno Ranger and the leader of this team."
"Ethan James, the Blue Tricera Ranger."
"Trent Fernandez. I also go by Trent Mercer. I'm the White Drago Ranger."
After they were done, they looked at their mentor. Dr. Oliver fidgeted. How was he going to introduce himself was unknown. It was weird enough he was looking at his past self.
"Kimberly Hart." Kim said nervously. "I was..." She pointed to her past self. "The first human Pink Ranger. Um... I'm a gymnastics coach, but I think I might retire early."
Dr. Oliver glared down at the woman.
"I'm Dr. Tommy Oliver."
"That's mature." Kim snorted at the use of his common name and not his proper name.
"I'm a Paleontologist and High School Science teacher. I am the Black Brachio Ranger."
"And the oldest person to be a Ranger."
"Will you shut up."
"Sorry, just stating the facts." Kim huffed. "Oh and you follow a seventeen year old."
Dr. Oliver made the gesture of strangulation in her direction.
"You are in possible, you know that?"
"And you're unbearable. No wonder I stopped all contacts to you."
"No wonder."
The future teens ignored them and moved to stand near the other Rangers.
"So, are you going to introduce yourselves." Conner asked.
Rocky walked to him and shook his hand.
"Rocky DeSantos. I'm the Red Ranger. My spirit animal is the Ape."
"I'm Aisha Campbell, Yellow Ranger and my animal spirit is the bear."
"Adam Park," Adam said shyly. "Black Ranger and the frog."
"I am Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger. My animal spirit is the wolf."
The Dino Thunder teens stared at the past Blue Ranger. It was strange. Less than two hours ago they were staring at the same person.
Billy shuffled in discomfort. He didn't like their stares.
The teen versions of Kim and Tommy, were at their counter parts. It was odd to see themselves fighting. They wondered how they had come to this.
"Kim?" Aisha tugged her best friend over to the group and Rocky pulled Tommy.
Kimberly took her eyes off of the bickering couple to the other teens.
"Um... Kimberly Hart." she tentatively. "The Pink Crane."
"Tommy Oliver." the White Ranger said. "White Falcon."
He was glad to be distracted from the argument. "I'm the leader of this team."
He shook their hands.
"This is weird." Conner said. "You're our science teacher."
"Yeah, well, I always liked teaching."
"You're so good at it." Kimberly beamed.
Tommy smiled down at her.
"So, you're Rangers." Tommy asked.
"Yeah." Kira answered. "From the future."
They all nodded and fell into an awkward silence.
"Thomas, Kimberly." Zordon said firmly to the adults and both sets jumped.
The bickering came to a halt.
"It is rude of you to be so absorb in your arguments. You are in the same predicament. You should be working together."
The two adults looked like twenty years younger. Kim bit her lip nervously.
"Sorry." They said in unison.
Dr. Oliver turned to his team.
"Guys, this is my mentor, Zordon of Eltar and the robot is Alpha 5."
"It is nice to meet you." Alpha said.
The teens from the future smiled.
Meanwhile on the surface of the moon, Lord Zedd sat on his stone thrown in his dark chambers. His metal clawed fingers drummed on the arm of his seat. In his other hand he held his staff was clutched tightly. He glowed red with anger.
Something was different in the Morphing Grid. He could feel it.
"This is..."
He couldn't think of a word to describe the abundance of good energy and to make things worse two were familiar to the Grid.
"More Rangers." He bummed and his minions quivered in fear.
He stood and tossed his staff to his other hand. He walked to the stone balcony.
Lord Zedd was livid.
"How is this possible?"
"Uh... Zeddy?" His wife, Rita Repulsa ventured. "Do you think Zordon found new powers."
He focused his evil gaze at the annoying, evil witch.
"Not Zordon." Came a hiss at the doorway. "Dr. Thomas Oliver."
Back at the Command Center, the group of people was in a deep conversation.
"We were fighting, Elsa," Conner said. "and some tyrannodrones."
"Who, what?" asked Aisha.
"Elsa is our villain's head minion. Tyrannodrones are our version of putties and tangas." Dr. Oliver explained.
They all nodded in understanding.
"Elsa grabbed my arm and used a key," he said and showed them his morpher. "When she turned it, a large amount of my dino gem's energy was released into the time portal."
The past Rangers stared at the black gem set in a metal bracelet.
"And at the same time we used out special abilities." Ethan said and pointed to himself, Kira, Trent, and Conner. "That energy must have sucked into the power. One minute we were in our time, the next here."
"And all I was doing was walking down the beach and ended up here." Kim said.
"Billy," Zordon said." I would like for you and Alpha to find the portals they came through."
"Right." The Blue Mighty Morphin Ranger nodded.
"I'll help." Ethan said as he headed over to the console.