Ivan is Back
Chapter 12 (Interlude: Zordon's Twelve)
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A/N: I wrote this because of a review; I thought this would show what the rangers had been up to since their time as rangers. Thank you AngelAmongTheStars :) Happy reading everyone!
Serving as a ranger for a little over a year had helped Aisha realize that there were other ways to help protect the earth. During her search for the zeo shard in '96 she found herself in the hot African desert; that was where she also found her purpose outside of the rangers. After locating her zeo shard she made a tough decision to remain in Africa and help the natives with the animals that were often turning up sick. She selected a young girl named Tanya to return to Angel Grove in her place with the crystal. Leaving her friends and life in Angel Grove behind was tough but she had not regretted the choice in the years since she gave up the power. In 1997 she chose to return to sunny southern California where she found Adam getting over the loss of the turbo powers. The two decided to get a cheap apartment and save on money for school. During their first year of college they found themselves in love and by 1999 they were married and well on the way to starting their lives together. 16 years after giving up the power she had managed to make a wonderful career for herself as a veterinarian that travels across America giving lectures and talking at career days. She knew the moment she heard the bear roar that the quiet life was over.
Adam Parks had served as a ranger for almost three years making him the third longest serving ranger in Zordon's Era. He had accepted the power when Zack chose to leave the team, then went to a different planet to receive new powers, traveled through time to locate his zeo shard, and finally ended his time as a ranger shifting into turbo. After he passed his powers onto Carlos he chose to remain in Angel Grove and attend the local college. He never expected his life long friend and former teammate to return from Africa or that he would develop feelings for her. The two dated for just over a year before they had a short engagement and were married in the fall of 1999. He graduated college with a masters in business and with his knowledge of martial arts he managed to open his own martial arts building in 2000. 12 years later he now has 4 different locations with the possibility of expanding in New York; or he did until Ivan Ooze made an appearance again.
Leaving the rangers had been a tough call for Rocky but with an injured back fighting the forces of evil just wasn't an option anymore. When he gave his powers to Justin he knew that the others probably wouldn't understand but with time running out for his friends they needed a blue ranger and quick. After graduation he decided to return home to Stone Canyon and get a job there until he could figure out what he wanted to go to school for. Working as a waiter for 3 years he finally chose his career choice after one of the cooks at the restaurant he worked at called in and he had to cover the shift. He found that cooking was what he enjoyed; it was relaxing. He went to culinary school and graduated with honors and continued to work at the restaurant in Stone Canyon where he was now a popular chef. In fact, the owner had talked about leaving the restaurant to Rocky when he retired next year. At 33 years old Rocky was content with his life.
When Zack was selected as one of the three to join the World Peace Conference he felt relieved. He had been honored to fight as a ranger and protect the world but dancing was his calling. He served with the peace conference for 2 years before returning to the states; however Angel Grove was not where he wanted to be. He had left that town in his past much like he had left the rangers there. He decided to follow his dream of dance and applied to the Julliard School of Performing Arts. After graduating from Julliard he moved out to Los Angeles where he became a small project dance instructor/choreographer. Happy with his job he hadn't planned on moving away from sunny California but when he was offered a job working as a choreographer for shows on Broadway he jumped at the chance. So when Jason called for Zack to return to active ranger duty it was only natural that he hesitated...he was content in his life; without the violence.
Much like the original black ranger Katherine ended her time as a ranger at peace with herself. She had truly felt that she had done some good during her time in uniform. After Kimberly had left the team Katherine spent a lot of time trying to be her, she spent a lot of late nights watching previous battles just to study Kimberly's fighting methods and how she could learn to move as fluidly at Tommy's side as Kimberly had once done. It wasn't until Rocky told her how he felt when Jason had returned to use the gold ranger powers that she realized that trying to be Kimberly wasn't what she needed. She had spent so much time trying to be her that when the break up letter came she latched onto the fact that she could now have everything Kimberly once held dear; the friends, the powers, and the boyfriend. She and Tommy fell into a comfortable relationship but she wished it was more. As their time as rangers ended she realized that Tommy's heart would never be hers, because when Kimberly left for Florida so did his heart. She accepted a scholarship to study at a prestigious dance academy in London, England as soon as she graduated high school and lucky for her it was time to move on from the rangers then as well. She left the rangers, Tommy, and America to follow her dream of dance. After spending five years in London she decided to return to Sydney and open her own small dance studio. When she caught word of the mysterious ooze creatures attacking rangers she decided to take the chance that they would need every available ranger and left for Angel Grove; only to be taken hostage upon arrival. Her only hope now was that the rangers still held true to form that everyone needed rescuing; even if they did some wrong things in the past.
Trinity 'Trini' Kwan had been a bright young woman who was always doing the selfless thing. At 15 she became the first Earth yellow ranger, at 16 she left the rangers to join the peace conference in Switzerland, at 18 she returned to the United States and started attending the University of California in Los Angeles for medicine. Trini had decided that after seeing all the damage that happens during ranger battles she wanted to be one to help heal people not hurt them; no matter how accidental it was. In 2001 she was driving back to her LA dorm from Angel Grove when tragedy struck. Trinity 'Trini' Kwan had lost her life to a drunk driver at the age of 22.
After the problems caused by his own well-built machine to reverse the effects of Master Vile's age regression Billy had left the rangers and taken off for Aquitar where he managed to make a full recovery and find love with someone who understood him. He tried to keep in contact with his earth friends but after the rangers passed their powers on he began to lose touch with them. It wasn't until 2002 when Aurico was called to join the red rangers on the moon that he got back in touch with Tommy and Jason both of which were also on the moon. Billy was the one that helped compile the ranger archive video that was shown to the Dino Thunder rangers in 2004. After that things were quiet once more between the two worlds until the attack that destroyed Aquitar. Billy knew that as ninjetti he was sworn to protect the earth from Ivan Ooze; and that was exactly what he was going to do.
After watching his four new friends launch into space Justin Stewart decided to finish high school at Angel Grove which he did successfully at the age of 15. After high school he decided to head off to one of America's best technical schools; MIT. While there he became one of the computer science students within the first year and by the time he graduated he had secured a job working at Mercer Computer Analysis. Also on the side helping ranger teams unknowingly with building weapons, zords, and linking to morphing grid. Now, at 26 years old he is well known for his work with the computers and the rangers as well so it was only natural that he take over the blue lightspeed morpher after the death of Chad Lee.
Tanya Sloan was one of the most peculiar people to be selected as a ranger having had absolutely no idea what a power ranger was before Aisha has come to Africa in search of the yellow zeo shard. Having helped Aisha retrieve her shard from Ashalla she showed just how dedicated and loyal she could be. This is one of the reasons Aisha chose Tanya to be her successor when she remained in the African village. Taking the yellow zeo shard she returned to Angel Grove and helped restore the Earth's natural rotation. When it was pointed out that there were only five shards she offered to let Billy remain a ranger. He refused choosing instead to remain in the center to help better the weapons they would need to face the Machine Empire. Tanya trained with the guys day after day trying to become a decent fighter so she could hold her own in a battle. She chose to remain a ranger until graduation when she passed her powers onto Ashley Hammond and moved on to working at a local radio station. Now, she is the manager of the best known radio station in Angel Grove and happily married to Jason for 11 years.
Jason Lee Scott thought that his time as a ranger was well served when he passed his coin onto Rocky. He never once thought that he would be called upon once more just a short while later to take on the powers of the gold ranger; the protector of Triforia and guardian of the super zeo zords. His time as the gold ranger was short lived only lasting a month before they destroyed King Mondo and the gold powers began to fade due to Jason's human body not being able to withstand the true power of the gold ranger. Wearing the uniform for a total of 1 year and 4 months Jason knew that separation from the power was tough but he managed. He bought the Juice Bar from Ernie when he decided he no longer could run it in 2000. After his honeymoon he reformed the gym and now he runs a juice bar and gym much like what Ernie had when he was in high school. He also gave defense classes to anyone and everyone in Angel Grove; being the home of the power rangers for 5 years straight who could blame them?
Kimberly 'Kim' Hart; world renowned gymnast and earth's very first pink ranger, she knew the battle field as well as anyone. After her time as a ranger she competed in the pan global games. She then decided that she wanted to teach others all that she had to offer which meant opening her own school. After the attack on Earth during Astronema's reign Kimberly decided to reach out to Andros and look into the history of the evil they have fought before; even looking into the history of Ivan Ooze. It wasn't really any surprise to her that Ivan Ooze had returned and was seeking revenge. Kimberly just had to hope that nobody else died on her watch.
Five different powers, four colors, three career choices, two predecessors, and one true love; 33 year old Thomas 'Tommy' Oliver truly believed he was done in uniform. He had lost powers and gained powers, faced death and danger more times than he could count, and yet the power held him tight. He had lead three teams and served as a mentor to the fourth and wasn't planning on morphing ever again. He was tired of the fight he had wanted to continue to teach in peace; yet when Jason told him Ivan Ooze was back he willingly rushed to aid his former team.