A/N: I covered a lot of ground here, so if it gets confusing, I'm sorry.

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TJ yawned as he drove past the Turtle Cove city limit, "Carlos, wake up," he said, poking his friend.

"Huh?" Carlos muttered.

"We're in Turtle Cove; you need to call Alyssa for directions to her place."

"Ok," Carlos said, he opened his cell phone and pulled up Alyssa's number. In moments, a flustered female voice answered, "Hello? Alyssa's home."

"Is Alyssa Enrile there?" Carlos asked.

"This is she," Alyssa replied, "Who is this?"

"Carlos Vargas, I'm with TJ Johnson."

"Oh, you're early!" Alyssa said, "I was just on my way to the store, good thing I answered the phone. Where are you?"

"We're on I-38 and we just passed the exit for the university," Carlos said.

"Take the next exit and turn left at the light," Alyssa said calmly.

"Next exit, left at the light," Carlos told TJ.

"From there, you'll go down four lights to Rosewood, turn right, follow Rosewood until you get to the houses, then look for Tiger Dr, turn right on Tiger, my house is the third on the left. Got that?"

"Rosewood, right, Tiger, right, third on left," Carlos repeated.

"Call me if you get lost, I'll be here," Alyssa said.

"Thank you," Carlos replied. They hung up and he settled back. "Look for Rosewood and turn right," he told TJ.

"Got it," TJ said. He got off the Interstate and swung left at the light. Then he drove down until he saw Rosewood, and swung a right; "now what?"

"Keep driving until you get to the residential section, then look for Tiger Dr, and turn right." Carlos said through a yawn.

"Don't fall asleep on me navigator." TJ teased, "I don't know where we're going."

"I won't," Carlos said absently.

Silence reigned in the car while they continued on, both content to just fall into the trance of many long trips together. They finally reached the residential section of Rosewood Ave and then Tiger Dr. As TJ turned, his eyes flicked to his mirror, "Carlos, we're being followed." A black SUV had been hanging in his mirror since they'd turned onto Rosewood, if not before.

"Third on the left," Carlos said, "could be coincidence."

"Do you believe that?" TJ demanded.

"Not really, but I had to say it," Carlos said as TJ pulled into Alyssa's drive way. The SUV followed suite.

Taking a deep breath, TJ got out as the door of the black SUV opened. When it shut, he grinned, "Eric! What are you doing here?"

"I could ask the same of you," Eric Myers replied as a second man got out of his SUV.

"Carlos, this is Eric Myers, Eric, this is Carlos Vargas." TJ said, "Carlos and I have been teammates since forever, although he's fans of Green and Black." He glanced at Carlos, "Eric served as sixth on Wes's team."

Carlos nodded, "I remember now, sorry, I'm only half awake."

"So am I," the other man said, yawning. "I'm Ryan Mitchell, from Mariner Bay. Lightspeed Titanium."

The door to the house opened and a petite brunette in white stepped out, "Eric, Ryan, TJ, and Carlos, good morning," she smiled as the four looked at her in surprise. "I'm Alyssa, Wild Force. Come in, please. Tori and I were just talking about when you'd get here." The four men followed her into her home, finding a pretty blond, easily five years younger than the others, sitting at the dining room table, frowning at one of the many sheets of paper on the table. As the front door shut, she looked up, and then stood up. "Eric, Ryan, TJ, and Carlos, I want you to meet Tori Hanson."

Tori smiled, "Hi, I was the Blue Wind Ranger. Please tell me that you have more pieces to this clue?"

"That won't be necessary, Ranger of the Wind." The Star Master announced. "I had hoped you would bring everyone together. It saves me the trouble of visiting each of you in person."

Black fog filled the room, and Alyssa reached for her growl phone, snapping it open and hitting the all call button, "Cole Help-" she began, but the fog enshrouded her.

"Quantum Power!" Eric cried, but the fog had him before he could go further.

Tori summoned the water from her glass, "Ninja Beams!" She yelled. The blue lights disappeared into the fog, with her a step behind. Then Carlos, TJ and Ryan were firmly enshrouded. The fog vanished, leaving the room empty.

Cole arrived at Alyssa's house in less than ten minutes after receiving her message. He came morphed and prepared for trouble, only to find an empty home. Papers were scattered over the dining room table, and he picked one up;

Look in Time for the Speed of Light,
In Space for the Turbo,
In the Wild to see the Wind
A meeting of Rangers,
Written in the Stars,
For Time's ending,
And Life's beginning

The Book of Stars in deepest light
Tells the tale of hope
Written in the Stars is Time's true end
Love forgotten is Love regained
Bonds forever in faded Dark

Cole swore softly, then he lifted his wrist-com to his mouth, "Danny, Max, Taylor, come to Alyssa's place. Something's happened to her."

It took half an hour for the three other Wild Force Rangers to arrive, and they found Cole studying a stack of papers on the table. "What's going on?" Taylor demanded.

"I'm not sure," Cole said, "Alyssa, did you guys hear her?"

"No," Taylor said, "I woke up when you paged me."

Danny and Max shook their heads, "No, we only heard you." They said together.

"Alyssa said Cole, help and then she was cut off. Look at this, she was in trouble, I think." Cole handed the papers over to the others.

"Eric, Ryan, TJ, Carlos," Taylor said, "These are former Rangers."

"Max, Danny, see if you can TJ and Carlos, I'll try Ryan. Taylor, can you call Eric?" Cole said, looking at them.

"I'm all over it," Max replied.

The four pulled out cell phones and began to make calls, but it wasn't long before frustration made them hang up. As Cole opened his mouth to speak, a strange ring tone filled the room, along with a loud buzzing. Spotting a stack of papers vibrating, Taylor moved them aside to reveal a strange cell phone. She flipped it open and said, "Hello?"

"Who is this? Where's Tori?" A male voice demanded.

"I'm Captain Taylor Earheart," Taylor replied, "Who are you and who is Tori?"

"Earheart," the voice paused, "I'm Cam Watanabe. Tori Hanson is the owner of this cell phone. Why are you answering Tori's phone?"

Taylor remembered, "You're her teammate, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"I'm a teammate of Alyssa, she met Tori yesterday. Alyssa's gone missing, and if Tori's phone is here, I'd guess she has to." Taylor said, taking a risk.

"Well, there goes my day," Cam muttered, making Taylor frown. "Listen, I can have Dustin and Shane in Turtle Cove in less than fifteen minutes if need be. Should I get them?"

Taylor moved the phone, "Alyssa met a Ranger yesterday, Tori Hanson from Blue Bay Harbor, the Blue Wind Ranger. It's her phone and her teammate. He's offering to send two of Tori's teammates here, what do you say?"

Cole nodded, "Tell them to come."

"Yes," Taylor said, "we're stumped, perhaps they can help."

"They're on their way." Cam replied. Taylor gave Cam directions to Alyssa's house, figuring it was better to meet here before they opted to go somewhere else; a central meeting place would be useful.

Taylor folded the phone, "I'm going to call Wes, he may know something."

"I'll call Carter," Cole replied. "Andros and the other Astros live off planet, but Tommy's got a communication device, we can see if they know anything."

Max and Danny began to sift through the notes left by Alyssa and Tori while the other two made their calls, however, a polite knock on the door drew Max away. Standing outside were two young men, one in red, the other in yellow. "Hello," Max said, calmly.

"I'm Shane, this is Dustin," the taller of the two said. "We're Tori's teammates."

Cole appeared behind Max, "Come in, but expect to prove yourselves," he said softly.

Shane led Dustin inside, before Max could shut the door, however, a firm gust of wind pushed it shut. The pair gestured and was clothed in black leather suits, identical save for badges and trim, Shane in red, Dustin in yellow. "What proof do you need?" Shane asked.

"Wes is coming," Taylor said from the living room. "We should move this to the Animarium, it'll be safer there."

Cole nodded, "The Wild Zords will know better than anyone if these two are truly Rangers." He turned to the pair, "The Animarium is our base, it's protected by enchantments that will allow few people onto it. Will you come with us?"

Shane looked at Dustin, who nodded, "Let me tell Cam," he said simply, "he'll contact Hunter and stand by."

Cole shrugged, "I'll try Carter again, then the Aqua Base, while you do that. Taylor, call Tommy. Ask him to see if he can find out if Andros knows where TJ and Carlos are, because we can't reach them and we have at least two missing Rangers on our hands."

All in all, it took half an hour for them to complete their calls, coming up with Eric, and most likely Ryan, having gone missing. Tommy would contact them when he'd spoken to Andros or someone else on the Mega Ship. He was concerned about the missing Rangers, but seemed unwilling to get involved. Taylor didn't blame him; the other Ranger had just helped his team defeat Mesogog and was no doubt exhausted. They gathered Alyssa's papers and went up to the Animarium. They spent the next four hours waiting on the Lightspeed Rangers and Wes to arrive. Finally, the teammates of the confirmed missing were on the Animarium, but no one was entirely sure where they stood.

It was later said that Dustin was to blame for what happened next, he was, after all, the first to complain about hunger. When others began to speak up, it was decided to head down for food, then return for the night. They went down to Earth and that's where things went wrong. Taylor saw them first, but her cry of relief became strangled as she, and everyone else, took in the new uniforms of their missing teammates.

TJ wore a dark red shirt that called to mind dried blood and black jeans and boots. He also had strange, scarlet markings on his face and arms.

Carlos wore stark white, and white streaks appeared in his hair, over his face and down his arms. Slung over his back was a sword.

Eric wore black, and his black markings seemed to be a reverse of Carlos.

Ryan wore dark grey, and the silver marking would have been hard to see had they not been edged in black.

Tori wore green, her hair was a solid mass of green, and her face looked hideous under the green markings.

Alyssa wore pink, and while the color would normally have been seen as soft, it seemed to be dark and menacing, especially when her eyes flashed.