A/N: Ok, Plot Twist time. Hope you like. It really explains why I had a messed up Justin, because I kept getting way too ooc.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Justin grunted as he followed the others into the two-story house, and then he had to bite his tongue, it looked like Better Homes and Gardens had dropped in and decorated. Great, either there was a girl living here, or a couple of gays. It would be his luck, that's for sure. Not that Justin had anything against homosexuality; he'd been having some troubles in that direction lately, and a bad break-up because of it. A young man came out of a room further down the hall, "Justin," Carter said, "this is Shane, Shane; this is Justin, blue Turbo. Justin, Shane was the Red Wind Ranger." Three other men had followed Shane, but hovered in the doorway.
Justin nodded, "Got it," he added a grin, "I've had you on my list for over a year now, but now that I've got a face, I'll make double sure."
"Huh?" Shane asked.
"I work for the government," Justin shrugged, "officially? I'm R&D type stuff, unofficially; I keep them from getting a hold of Ranger Identities unless the Rangers want people to know who they are. I've been working there for a little over a year, and I had to play merry hell with the computers when I got there to keep your Academies unnoticed." He shrugged, "Of course, it would be so much more convenient for me if people would send me memos, say, two weeks in advance, with colors, Power source and home town. Then I can start keeping an eye on the data streams in advance for shit." Seeing even more people eyeing him, he laughed nervously, "Sorry, I'm joking. Tommy's team was worse; he kept adding people and forgetting to tell me about them." Again, blank looks, Justin sighed, "Sorry, I've been cooped up in an eight by eight for far too long, apparently. Let's change the subject, as in, who the hell are all of you beyond Power Rangers, and what the hell happened to TJ and Carlos?"
"Shane Clark," Shane said easily, "Former Red Wind Ranger, Teacher at the Wind Ninja Academy, Air Ninja."
"Dustin Brooks," said a dark haired young man who appeared at Shane's shoulder, "Former Yellow Wind Ranger, Teacher at the Wind Ninja Academy, Earth Ninja. Want some breakfast?"
"Not particularly, but thanks," Justin replied, "I came over from DC."
"That's not possible," said an Asian man, "there's no way that's possible. You were called less than half an hour ago."
Justin grinned, "I'll introduce you to Storm Blaster later. He's an alien that likes the form of a car: he's fully sentient, capable of hyper speed and space travel, seats five. I didn't have that much to pack, so I just headed straight over."
"Well, I'm Cameron Watanabe, Green Samurai Ranger, former of course. Teacher and tech support at the Wind Academy, Samurai." The Asian said, pushing his glasses up one handed.
"I'm Hunter Bradley," added the last member, a blond with an attitude, "Crimson Thunder Ranger, Head Teacher, Thunder Academy, and Lightning Ninja."
"You have a brother named Blake," Justin said, something clicking in his mind.
"Yeah," Hunter said, clearly unnerved.
"I have a message for you, from him," Justin said, "he said to tell you this: 'Tell my brother that the Night Stars must be found, and quickly. I'm ok, but I can't help right now, but when the time comes, so will I.' He disappeared after he said that, from the aura and manner of disappearance, I'd put it down to a projection and not an actual teleportation."
"Are you sure it was Blake?" Hunter demanded.
"Blake was the Navy Thunder, right?" Justin asked, pulling his key from his back pocket.
"Right," Hunter said.
Justin tossed the key lightly in the air and caught it, "Then it was him. The Blue Power wasn't as strong as it is in an active Ranger, but there was no mistaking the surge. I've held an active morpher since before puberty, the Power is as much a part of me as my hair and eyes, and it works a little differently for me than it does for others. I can sense Power in others, former Rangers for the most part, and what color they hold. It's strongest and most accurate with blues." He shrugged, "It's just part of who I am now, although I don't like to talk about what I can do, like Kim or Jason and Muranthias." At the looks he spoke quickly, "So you are the Ninja Storm Rangers, right, besides Blake, who is missing?"
"Tori," Hunter said finally, "the Blue Wind Ninja. She was taken by the same being that holds TJ and Carlos."
Justin nodded and turned to Carter, "And your team, Carter?"
"I'm Kelsey, Kelsey Winslow," said the girl in yellow, grinning; "Yellow Lightspeed Ranger."
"Joel Rawlings, Sky Cowboy, Green Lightspeed Ranger," said the black man to her right.
"Chad Lee, Blue Lightspeed Ranger," said the Asian man to her left, and Justin flashed his fellow Blue a grin.
"Dana Mitchell-Grayson," said the final member of the quartet behind Carter, "Pink Lightspeed Ranger and MD."
Justin nodded, "Good, I hope we only need you as the first and not the second."
"You and me both," Dana replied with a polite smile.
"Missing from our group is Ryan Mitchell, Dana's brother and the Titanium Ranger, he's with TJ and the others," Carter finished.
"The Silver, right," Justin nodded. At the look from Carter, he grinned, "I focus on color not title. Ryan's a Silver, even if he was called Titanium. Zane wasn't too happy about that, said that Silver's special enough, nobody should have to go and have a fancy title with it. Andros told Zane to shut up because he was just jealous."
Carter laughed, "I can see Andros saying that," he agreed.
"I'm Wesley Collins, Red Time Force, call me Wes. My partner, Eric Myers, is another of the missing," said the only one wearing a uniform.
"Red, called Quantum, right," Justin said.
"Yes," Wes nodded.
"We're Wild Force," said the third, red-clad man, "I'm Cole Evans, Red Ranger."
"Max Cooper, Blue," said the black man behind him.
"Danny Delgado, Black," said the man to his left.
"Taylor Earheart, Yellow," said the only girl, "Eric is my fiancé as well."
"Oh, double blow," Justin muttered.
"You know Zen Aku and me," Merric said, "I am the Silver Wild Force Ranger."
Justin nodded, "Of course, Merric."
"Our missing member is Alyssa Enrile, White Wild Force Ranger," Cole added.
Justin sighed, "I'm Justin Stewart, Blue Turbo Ranger, active, ally of Storm Blaster, government agent, Mensa member, and honorary member of the Eltarean scholastic society; inventor, computer expert and martial artist." He glanced around, "Can I get a look at what you got, please? I need information if I'm going to help, and if I know what's what, I can get in easy contact with some of the Astro Rangers."
"Come in here," Carter gestured, "I'll show you what we've got."
"I'll have breakfast ready for those who want it," Dustin added.
Cam followed Justin into a living room, there were papers spread over a coffee table. Justin sat down there and began to look at the papers quietly. "There's a memory stick as well," Cam added, "I haven't gotten past the password on it."
"How'd you get that?" Justin asked.
"Alyssa left it for us." Cam replied, he produced it quickly and offered it to Justin. "You should know, we think they've been turned evil."
"Wouldn't be the first time," Justin replied. He pulled his black laptop from his backpack and fitted the memory stick into the USB port. "Now then, let's see what nasty little secrets you hold." He said, flipping the laptop open.
"Be careful with that," Cam said, "it may have a virus on it."
"This laptop is a virus," Justin retorted dryly. He type in a few commands and the password prompt came up. "What was Alyssa's morphing call?" He asked.
"Wild Access," Merric replied.
"All of you said that," Carter objected.
"Noble Tiger," Cole said, "that's her designation."
Justin nodded and typed it in, and got an error message. "All right, Cole, what's yours?"
"Blazing lion, why?" Cole replied.
Justin grinned and typed that in, a password accepted message appeared on the screen. "She likes you Cole. Ask her out." Justin replied, an answer that was as confusing as the question had been in the first place.
A sudden pounding on the door made everyone jump, then rush for the door. Shane opened it and Justin stormed in. Spotting his double in the living room he announced, "I'm going to dismantle you, Christian."
"You say that all the time."
"Yeah well, a note is not the way to tell me these things. I know I reviewed proper procedure with you on emergencies. You're supposed to call me with a message. Not take off on your own."
"What, what the hell?" Shane said, looking between the pair.
Justin flipped out his key, "Shift into Turbo, Mountain Blaster Turbo Power." He popped his helmet off. "I'm the real Justin Christian Stewart. That's Christian, he's my robot ranger. I reactivated him to help with some work I was doing on the side for Tommy, so I could be in two places at once. Christian's not evil, just very annoying. Power Down." Standing in a suite Justin lifted a strange looking remote. "I'm going to reprogram you later," he promised the robot and pushed a button. Christian stiffened, his eyes closing. "I'm really sorry about this, truly."
