Conner winced as Kim placed some antibacterial medicine on one of his nastier wounds. The pink ranger having jumped into a mother/wife-like persona as she went between him and Tommy to treat their wounds.
"Ouch Kim!" he yelped as she applied a bit of pressure.
"Well I'm sorry Mr. White ranger but some of us," she said setting both him and Tommy with a glare, "decided that it would be a good idea to push themselves past their limits."
"It's not like we had a choice Kim," Tommy defended, "Zedd was going to destroy the Earth so we had to do whatever we could to stop him."
"That doesn't include killing yourself in there process!"
'Dear Zordon mom can be scary when she's mad,' Conner thought as he watched the pink ranger.
"Let's all look at the positives right," Jason stepped in with a grin, "we're all alive and Zedd knows that the Earth is protected, I don't think we'll see him again for a while."
"You might not see Zedd," Conner said putting his tank top back on, "but he's not done, he'll send monsters to defeat you and he'll keep doing it until they either beat you once and for all or he gets mad enough to come finish the job himself."
Rolling his arm to relieve some of the tension in it, he smirked as he recalled some of the stories that Dr. O told him about the original team.
"But of course now that you guys have a power ranger team you'll easily be able to handle it."
"Yeah," Tommy agreed sadly, "you'll guys be a great team."
"Tommy," Kim whispered looking at the former green ranger.
"I'm fine, really," he promised with a small smile, "it was great helping out while I could, but with the power of the Dragonzord completely drained there's nothing I can do."
"Oh I wouldn't say that," Conner spoke up with his own grin, "after all I told you before that I don't believe your story is over and I meant it, because I know your story doesn't end here."
The team looked at the white ranger in confusion as he walked over to Tommy. Conner summoned Saba and held it out to him, the green ranger looking down at it in confusion, holding up his hands as he backed up.
"I...I can't take this Conner," he muttered, "you're the white ranger not me."
"I'm a white ranger," Conner assured him, "but on Earth-1 our Tommy went through the same thing you're going through, although he went through it differently, but that doesn't matter."
He once again held out Saba to Tommy, this time all but shoving the saber into his hands.
"What matters is that once his green ranger powers were taken from him, he was made the leader of the team, he became the white ranger, and I want you to lead this team against Zedd."
Tommy looked down at Saba, the enchanted saber nodding to him as if it felt at home. He could feel the power of the white tiger following through him and it felt right, but he found that he couldn't accept the power.
"I'm sorry Conner, but you came all this way to get this power," he recalled shaking his head, "I can't take it from you."
Conner chuckled and looked over to the team's robotic companion.
"Alpha do you have what I asked for?"
"The project was completed not long ago," Alpha replied typing something in on the command board.
The team watched as yet another power coin appeared in Conner's hand, Conner smirking as he held it out to the former green ranger. Tommy took the coin and looked it over noticing that the symbol was that of the white tiger.
"But this is your coin," he said confused, "or...a copy of it?"
"That will be your power coin from this point forward," Conner explained pointing at it, "once I leave and go back to Earth-1 then the coin I have will connect to the morphing grid over there and this one will connect to this Earth's morphing grid."
"Does anyone else understand what he's saying?" Zack asked blinking confused.
"Don't worry Conner we understand," Trini promised as she grinned at him, patting Billy on the back.
Conner nodded and turned around to face Zordon, his body straightening up in his presence.
"I want to thank you Zordon," he stated with a smile, "for believing in me, helping me, just...for everything."
"I am sad to see you leave us Conner but I understand that your Earth needs you," Zordon's voice boomed as he looked down at him, "I can see that you are both a good ranger and a good man, the power could not have chosen anyone better."
"That means alot coming from you Zordon," the white ranger admitted, a portal opening up behind the team.
"Ayi yi yi, the portal between our two worlds has opened," Alpha said excitedly.
"Conner the time has come for you to return to your Earth and save your team," Zordon stated, "good luck in your mission and may the power protect you."
"Thanks Zordon," the white ranger said grinning before turning to the others, "thanks all of you, I wouldn't have been able to do this on my own."
"You think we'll ever see you again?" Jason asked frowning.
"Doubtful," he replied, "It took a lot of power to get here in the first place and to get back to my world, so I don't think you'll be seeing me again."
He smiled as he looked over at Tommy and Kimberly, the two of them leaning against each other.
"At least you won't be seeing me like this again."
Billy cleared his throat as he walked over to Conner, the white ranger heading towards the portal.
"Conner can I speak to you privately?"
"Um kinda on a time schedule but sure what's up?" he replied with a shrug.
"You see when Kim was helping clean up your wounds I took some of the blood and ran some test to see if the power of the morphing grid had an adverse effect on us," he explained pushing his glasses up his nose, "but when I was looking at all of our samples together I noticed something strange."
"Oh and what's that?" Conner asked confused.
"At first I didn't think anything of it, you were from a different world so of course you'd be a bit different from us," the blue ranger continued, "but when I compared it to just how different it was from ours I…"
"Billy I need to get back to my world and help my team," Conner reminded him, "so not to be rude but if we can get to the point then…"
"Why didn't you tell us you were Tommy and Kim's son?"
Conner remained quiet, glancing back at the two new rangers then back at the blue ranger with a smirk.
"They didn't need to know," he explained quietly, "in fact I honestly have no idea if I even exist or if I'm going to exist in this world, if I'm actually Tommy and Kim's son or if I'm the son of the McKnights, who knows I might be born a girl in this world."
Conner chuckled as he shook his head, shoving his hands in his pockets and running his thumb over the White Tiger coin.
"The multiverse holds many surprises," he whispered with a lopsided smile.
"I...see," Billy muttered after a few seconds thinking it over, "I guess the saying would be better safe than sorry."
"I didn't want to force them into a relationship they might not have wanted out of obligation," Conner admitted looking back at the now confused rangers, "though looking at them now I can see my concern was misplaced."
"I'm going to assume you're not this well versed on your Earth?"
Conner laughed and shook his head, patting Billy on the back before walking over to the portal.
"Not one bit Billy," he remarked, "but hey learn something new everyday don't we?"
Billy nodded in agreement, the other rangers and Alpha walking over to join him in seeing Conner off. He smiled back at them, giving them a thumbs up before taking a step towards his way home.
"CONNER HELP!"
His body froze and he felt his heart start to race as he recognized the voice that called out to him.
"K-Kira!"
"Kira?" Trini asked confused.
"She, she's one of my teammates," Conner explained with a growl, "and I think she's in trouble."
A flash of white and Conner suddenly found himself in the middle of the street in, much to his surprise, Reefside. Looking around he spotted something that made his heart stop and his breath catch in his throat. The rangers, old and new, were there on the ground looking rather beat up but it was the position that Kim and Kira were in that made him afraid. Standing there above the two female rangers was Goldar, his sword in the air and ready to strike the two of them in what looked to be the final blow. He didn't think, he didn't hesitate, Conner lept forward and attempted to stop the blade before it could hit them, but as he reached them the sword went through his hand and he through Goldar.
"NO!" he yelled as the sword came down, the distant sound of the town clock striking noon ringing in the distance. He was too late.
Suddenly Conner found himself back in the Command Center, the team surrounding him as he felt a growl coming from deep within him. It was all a dream or...a vision, but still it was haunting all the same.
"Conner are you okay?" Tommy asked, placing a hand on Conner's shoulder.
"I...I saw…"
He shook his head and ran his hand through his hair.
"I saw some of my friends just...die."
Kimberly gasped, the others looking at each other with concern before Jason spoke up.
"We're sorry for your lost Conner," he apologized.
"Don't be you...you didn't know them."
"No," Trini replied hugging him, "But we got to know you and we understand that you're in pain."
"...Yeah," Conner mumbled angrily, "yeah I'm in pain, and I'm going to make sure that Goldar knows what pain I'm in."
"Hey remember what you told me," Tommy cautioned him, "don't lose your temper."
"I'm sorry Tommy, I know it's hypocritical of me but…" Conner took a deep breath and looked back at the green ranger with an angry stare, "I'm not going to forgive someone who willing kill people, PEOPLE I LOVE."
"Conner…" Kim whispered taking a step back.
"Tell us what you saw Conner," Zordon said as the rangers turned to face him.
"Perhaps we'll be able to help you," Alpha offered making him smile sadly.
"I don't see how but...alright."
Conner told them what he saw, omitting the parts about who it was that Goldar destroyed, and he could feel tears cascade down his cheeks. Kim and Trini hugged him again, helping him calm down as Zordon thought over what they were just told.
"See, I told you there's nothing we can do about it," Conner stated turning back to the portal, "and if I don't hurry up then the rest of my friends will be destroyed as well."
"Wait you said that it was noon when he killed them right?" Billy asked frowning.
"Yeah why?"
"Well it's only eleven in the morning here," Billy pointed out, "maybe our times are similar, maybe you saw the future."
"Billy as good as that sounds, your world is years, decades, behind mine," Conner remarked, "I don't see how our times would match."
"Conner I can see that you're in pain and I maybe able to help," Zordon offered, "if I were to transfer some of my power to the portal then I maybe able to allow you to pinpoint the time you want to arrive."
"The issue with that is that there's no guarantee that it will work," Alpha stated sorrowfully, "so you'll have to be willing to live with the fact that your friends won't be there."
Conner looked down at the ground trembling, clenching his fist before looking up and nodding towards the team's mentor. Zordon closed his eyes and white lightning emitted off of the tube he was in, the power flowing from him and into the portal, the portal itself turning white as the team stood in front of it.
"With any luck the power that I had transferred to the portal will be enough to get you there in time," Zordon spoke, Conner hearing an edge of exhaustion in his voice.
"I'm sorry you had to do that Zordon," Conner apologized, "but I promise that if this works I'll make sure it wasn't for nothing."
"There is no need to apologize Conner, the safety of the power rangers is reward enough," Zordon assured him, "now go your team needs him."
Conner nodded, clenching his fist once more before using his super speed to rush through the portal back to his world. As he left, Kimberly took a hold of Tommy's hand, the pink and white ranger watching as the portal closed behind him, closing off the two worlds once more.
"Good luck Conner," Tommy muttered holding Kim close to him, "and may the power protect you."
It was different this time going through the portal, what was once a multitude of colors that guided him to Earth-2, was now pictures, memories of his time as a power ranger. Closing his eyes he pushed on, feeling like he was reaching speeds that he never hit before. It was soon over though as he heard a loud boom and he felt his feet touch the ground below him, a surprised yelp greeting him as he opened his eyes. Looking around he felt a weight lift off his shoulders as he noticed he was back in the Dino Thunder headquarters, Hayley sitting at the computer.
"C-Conner!" Hayley said in shock as the white/red ranger looked around, "what are you doing here, we thought you'd be coming back at Angel Grove?"
"Long story," Conner replied hurriedly, "Hayley what time is it?"
"Time? It's eleven fifty, why?"
"It worked," he stated relieved before realizing something, "That means I have ten minutes to reach them!"
"Ten minutes to reach who?" Hayley asked confused, "Conner what's going on?"
"I'll explain later Hayley, right now I have to get to the others and stop Goldar before it's too late," Conner said holding up his morpher, "WHITE TIGER!"
A/N: I...I have been watching a LOT of the Flash lately, in all honesty it's becoming one of my favorite television series out there, if not the favorite. So if there are some similarities then sorry.