Author's Note: Okay, I know this was supposed to be posted after Faith put up the Mystic Force oneshot, but things came up that keeps it from getting done, and I really wanted to post this, so, here it is. But I warn you now, if you don't want any spoilers for the oneshot, stop reading, turn back, pretend this was never updated. I do not want any reviews telling me I should not have updated and that I should have waited for Faith. I'm leaving the choice up to you if you want to read it. If you choose to do so, enjoy and don't worry about the confusion, everything will be explained in the oneshot when it's posted (we're aiming for soon, if things go well).
All in all, enjoy this chapter. Let me know what you think and leave a review if you choose to read it.
In case you didn't read the author's note because you thought it was nothing important. If you don't want a spoiler for the MF oneshotf, do not read!
"You know, I can barely remember what life was like before Operation Overdrive!" Rose smiled as she took a glass of lemonade from Spencer, like the other Rangers. Hartford reached out for his glass, but Kaylee stole it from him and gave it to Spencer.
"I'll get my own damn lemonade," he frowned, turning back to the kitchen.
"I can!" Mack said, smiling at Rose. "Boring! Being a Ranger is definitely the most exciting thing to happen to me!"
"I've got to admit," Will smiled, resting an arm on Dax's shoulder. "I thought my life was adventurous before, but now it's like..."
"Something from a movie!" Dax finished for his friend.
"C'mon!" Tyzonn spoke up, holding his lemonade in his hand and raising it slightly. "You forgot the best part about being a Ranger."
The Rangers, minus Kaylee, who wasn't paying much attention, turned to Tyzonn.
"What's that?" Rose asked.
"Saving the world!" Tyzonn answered, as if the answer was obvious.
The Rangers laughed at their own stupidity before an alarm sounded. A picture frame above the fireplace changed into a monitor, showing an ugly monster, and the other villains, in the city.
"Who's that?" Kaylee frowned.
"I am Thrax! Son of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd..."
"The original Emo Barbie and Ken!" Kaylee giggled.
"And the orchestrator of your doom!" Thrax finished.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"What do ya want?" Mack asked the evil alliance once he and the others finally made it into the city to fight.
"I want to be part of the end of the power rangers!" Thrax smiled, causing the Rangers to gasp. Kaylee however yawned.
"Like I haven't heard that before!" she yelled. "And every time it failed!"
Thrax frowned at the green Ranger, giving her a nasty look before sending the villains out into battle. Moltor, Flurious, Mig, Benglo, Miratrix, Kamdor, the chillers and lava lizards all charged at the Rangers, with Thrax leading them.
Mack fought against the demon spawn. He was quickly slashed across the chest by Thrax's staff, but bounced right back into the fight. Just as he was about to aim a punch, Thrax aimed his staff at the Red Ranger and blasted him high into the air.
Dax fought Moltor and started off better than the Red Ranger until Benglo joined the fight. Both villains jumped into the air, each holding one of Dax's arms. When they reached the highest point, they both brought down their swords on Dax's chest, taking out the blue Ranger.
Tyzonn fought the Chillers and Miratrix. Sadly, he underestimated the Chillers' powers, and was blasted into the air. Before landing, Miratrix joined him and took him out like Moltor, Benglo and Thrax had done with their Rangers.
Ronny fought against the second set of Chillers and Mig. The Fearcat grabbed Ronny and flipped her high over his shoulder, causing her to land by a destroyed car and its remains. As she tried to get back up, Mig pulled out his blaster and shot her.
Rose thought she had the upper hand by taking out the Transtech armour, but she was proven wrong when the Lava lizards and Kamdor destroyed it. Rose was ejected from the pilot's seat and taken down by Kamdor.
Will took on Flurious and the second set of Lava Lizards. The Lizards grabbed Will's arms and held him still while Flurious took aim. He shot at the Black Ranger, taking him down.
"Thrax was right!" Kamdor smiled as he joined Miratrix and the Fearcats in a small circle. "Together, we are unstoppable!"
"Forgetting me?" Kaylee yelled, zwopping in the middle and kicking back the four villans. Thrax turned to them and smiled.
He raised his staff in the air and absorbed a small amount of evil energy from the villains. A wave of energy came down from the sky, knocking all the Rangers down to their knees and stealing their Ranger powers from them.
In the middle of the circle, Kaylee was defenceless against the four four raised their sword and were about to bring it down, until roots popped up from the ground and trapped all the villains.
"WHAT!?" Thrax yelled, squirming in the roots and freeing himself as he turned to see a Green clad Ranger, dressed in a different uniform than the Overdrive one was wearing.
"Surprise!" the Ranger said.
Thrax prepared himself to take on the new Ranger, hoping he was just a minor setback in his plan, but after taking the first step, a huge gust of wind started to blow, sending him flying backwards.
"It wouldn't exactly be a reunion without me, would it?"
Thrax looked up from his spot on the ground and saw a pink Ranger, dressed in the same uniform as the new green one.
"Two more Rangers isn't a big deal!" Thrax yelled, getting back to his feet. Just as he did, he was blasted from behind. Once back on the ground, Thrax turned and found a Red Ranger, with a completely different uniform than the last two Rangers, and the Overdrive team.
"I'm back!" the Red Ranger said, putting away his blaster.
Flurious fell from the roots holding him and his evil alliance, and decided to use this to surprise the new Rangers. He lifted his staff into the air, with the tip freezing, brought it down to blast the Red Ranger.
But it wasn't in his hand.
"What?" Flurious frowned, looking around. Did he drop it? Maybe it was stuck in the air?
"Over here, dipshit!"
Flurious looked up and saw a new yellow Ranger, standing up on the roof of a small building, holding his staff in her hand.
"It's great to be back!" the yellow Ranger said as she snapped his staff in half.
Moltor laughed at his brother as he too escaped the roots and dropped to the ground. He didn't get the chance to attack, because a new blue Ranger streaked past him and slashed at him twice with her sword.
"Let the games begin," the Ranger said once she stopped.
The other villains finally got free from the roots and were ready to attack, but an earthquake knocked them off their feet as a Black and White Rangers stood side by side, the Black one holding a hammer.
Thrax realised the evil alliance was outnumbered and decided to retreat until he could get a new plan running. The new Rangers smiled as they stood in a line, their backs facing the Overdrive Rangers. Once the villains were gone, they powered down and turned around.
"Tori... Kira?" Mack asked, seeing two familiar faces in the new group as his team approached the Rangers.
Kaylee's eyes widened when she saw her friends had come to her help and started bouncing on the balls of her feet, until her eyes caught sight of the Black Ranger. Adam Park.
"ADAM! RIBBIT!" Kaylee screamed, jumping up and down as she started poking Adam. "RIBBIT! RIBBIT!"
Adam, knowing Kira and Tori knew Kaylee very well, turned to the two girls and frowned.
"What the..."
"RIBBIT!" Kira yelled, interrupting the Black Ranger as she smiled.
Adam turned to his long time friend and frowned.
"Tommy, explain," he said. He knew that Tommy was Kira's mentor at one point, so anything Kira would know about him, must have come from Tommy's mouth.
"Hey, don't look at me," Dr. O frowned, raising his hands defensively. "You remember that video of us, when we get our Ninjetti powers?"
"Yes..."
"They found it in a shoppers drug mart," Tommy laughed.
Adam shook his head in defeat and remained silent.
"So, who are the rest of you?" Rose asked, looking over at the Black Ranger, then the white Ranger, who she now knew as Adam and Tommy. She then looked at the Red Ranger, who stood confidently, but with a goofy grin on his face. She shook her head and turned to the Pink Ranger. She didn't remember hearing about a redheaded Ranger in pink, but whoever she was, she was giving the Green Ranger beside her a death glare for putting his arm around her.
"Dr. O, Adam Park, Tori Bradley, Kira Ford, some dude, Kelly Holloway and Xander Bly," Kaylee smiled. She either knew the Ranger directly, like Dr. O, Tori, Kira and Kelly, or indirectly, like Adam, or past her powers down to the Ranger, like Xander. (A/N: here's the surprise. Kelly's a Ranger. Right now your jaws must be on the floor going WHAT?! When did this happen? She was never a Ranger, how is she on this team? Like I said before, MF oneshot will explain everything. But a little information so you don't get confused, Kaylee, Dustin, Kira, Conner, Ethan and Kelly were the first generation of Mystic Force Rangers, who passed their powers on to Nick, Chip, Xander and the others. Kelly became a Ranger, fought evil for a while, then went back to her normal life. Anyways, sorry for the interruption, moving on)
"Well, thanks for your help," Mack smiled, shaking Dr. O's hand.
"We're glad to help," Dr. O smiled.
"Is anyone else confused here?" Dax asked, pointing to the new team, and Kaylee.
"I think we can answer all your questions," Tori smiled.
"But I don't think this is the right place," Kelly pointed out as civilians started coming out from their homes.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Whoa... this is way better than a hollow tree!" Xander announced in his Australian accent as he and the others walked down the stairs to the Overdrive base. The Rangers all lined up, with their team as they stood in the middle.
"Xander, anything is better than a tree," Kelly frowned.
"So, you've all been Rangers before," Will stated.
"Well, uh, except for me!" the Red Ranger, Bridge, smiled as he raised his hand in the air. "You see, I'm not a Ranger yet, but I will be, in, uh, in- in the future!"
Kaylee looked over at Bridge and gave him a funny look. Not because he said he was from the future, but because she had a feeling she met him before.
"In the future, I'm going to be the Green Ranger!" Bridge continued, sneaking a glance at Kaylee.
Xander turned to his team-mate and smiled.
"Oh, and then I'm going to be the Blue Ranger."
Tori rolled her eyes at the comment. There was no way Bridge could hold the position of the calm blue Ranger like the one she knew.
"But, you're wearing red?" Rose asked. It was pretty obvious he was wearing red, but why would he if he was the blue Ranger?
"Oh, uh, yeah," Bridge stuttered, "Long story short, our mentor, who's, well, uh, who's a dog, got promoted to head of SPD, which used to be run by a bird, but he retired and went down to NewTech beach, because Corinth is anti-alien, anti-power... thing... yeah, and then Sky got promoted and I got promoted, and that's why I'm the red Ranger! Or rather... will be!"
Every Ranger in the room gave Bridge a strange look, while Kaylee and Kira exchanged glances. They had a horrible feeling they had met Bridge, and a dog, somewhere before, but they couldn't quite remember when, or where.
"Makes sense to me!" Dax smiled.
"So, is Sky a cat?" Kaylee asked.
"No, Kat's a cat," Bridge explained.
"Karly's a cat!" Kaylee exclaimed as she felt something soft rub against her leg. "And she's hungry. I don't think Hartford fed her."
"In any case!" Hartford started, because Kaylee started insulting him again. "Welcome, we're so glad to have you here!"
"Um, why are you here?" Kaylee asked.
"Lord Zedd broke the morphing grid," Tommy explained. "Your morphers' connection to the grid is no longer. You can't call your Ranger powers, or any weapons that go along with it."
"Dr. O," Kira laughed, pointing to Kaylee. The teacher laughed, seeing Kaylee's confused look.
Kelly shook her head and sighed, before snapping her fingers to catch the blonde's attention.
"Kayl," she said. "Ranger power poof!"
"Why didn't you just say that?" Kaylee asked.
"But if the grid was destroyed, how were you guys able to morph?" Rose asked.
"The Knight used some of his powers to give us ours," Tori explained.
"And I technically never lost my powers," Kelly smirked.
"And you're back because..."
"Once a Ranger," Tommy started.
"Always a Ranger," he finished, with the other Retro Rangers joining him.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"... and these are the Zords," Kaylee finished showing the Retro Rangers around the Zord bay, while the rest of her team was off resting.
"No one touches them but me!" Ronny said, but she couldn't be seen. Kaylee laughed when she saw her friends looking around in confusion. She put her foot, on what looked like a skateboard, and dragged it out from under the Green Zord.
"Um, guys!" Kaylee called, pointing to the Yellow Ranger lying on the board. "She's right here."
The retro rangers' faces turned red from embarrassment as Ronny stood up.
"Wow Kayl, you are right, they are all dumb as posts," Ronny teased.
"We're what?" Kelly asked, glaring at her friend.
"Oh my god! Is that... um... DUCK!" Kaylee yelled, pointing behind the Rangers before jumping on the board Ronny was lying on, and using it as a skateboard to run away.
"She will never change," Dr. O sighed.
"You know, I never noticed this before, but she's kinda cute," Xander smiled, watching as Kaylee turned a corner.
"Don't even think about it, flirts-a-lot," Kira groaned.
"Alright, fine," Xander said, wrapping his arm around Kelly.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"All Rangers please report to the base!" Spencer's voice said over the intercom, alerting all the Rangers that their help was needed. When he didn't hear footsteps he yelled. "NOW!"
Within seconds, all fourteen Rangers were flooding into the base, using the poles, the stairs, or the elevator.
"What's up Spencer?" Kaylee asked.
"It seems like a group of chillers and lizards are attacking a young girl," Spencer explained, bringing up live footage.
"What the hell does he want with her?" Will asked. "She's all the way out in Ocean Bluff."
"It seems Thrax is trying to draw you out," Spencer said. "Without your Ranger powers, you are helpless."
"Or so he thinks," Kaylee smiled.
"You guys don't seriously think you're going out there on your own, do you?" Adam frowned. "If he's anything like Rita and Zedd, he's trouble."
"Froggers, everyone we fight is 'trouble'," Kaylee reminded him. "And we're not Power-less."
"Kaylee, you can't go out there!" Tori sighed. "Thrax is like, the worst of the worst! He could kill you!"
Ignoring the disagreement going on between Kaylee and her retro friends, Ronny took another look at the video and screamed, before running for the door.
"Ronny, where are you going?" Hartford asked, grabbing her arm and holding her back. Ronny struggled to break free as she pointed to the monitors.
"She's my sister!" she yelled. "That's my little sister!"
"We now know what Thrax wants with her," Will frowned.
Ronny pulled her arm out of Hartford grasp and turned for the door, but stopped when she ran into David.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" he asked her, grabbing her wrists in his hands and holding her back.
"Thrax has my sister!" Ronny yelled. "That's Lily!"
"You only have one sister, I know her name," David laughed, pulling Ronny into a hug.
"Retros, go," Hartford ordered, allowing the retro Rangers to run off. "Operation Overdrive, you stay behind."
The retros stopped in their paths, turning back to the original team.
"What?" Kaylee frowned. "No!"
"Kaylee, that's an order!" Hartford yelled.
"I don't giv–!" Kaylee yelled.
"Kaylee, listen to him!" the sentinel knight said as he materialized before her.
"Sentinel, I can't just sit here and do nothing!" Kaylee frowned.
"Kaylee, the new team can take care of it. As long as you seven don't have your powers, you are to remain at the base."
"Wait..." Mack said, looking up to the glowing knight. "Are they... are they replacing us?"
The seven retro Rangers looked down in shame, refusing to look any of the Overdrive Rangers in the eye.
"I didn't have a choice," the Knight explained.
"Did you guys know about this?" Kaylee asked, walking up to her sister, forcing Tori to look down at her.
"I'm sorry Kaylee, but the Knight told me you were in trouble... I had to help! Even if..."
"Even if it meant beating me, again," Kaylee interrupted. "You never did like it when your baby sister beat you at something. You always had to be better. And now, replacing me... you're trying to be a better Ranger too!"
"Kaylee, it's not like that! You don't have your powers! I couldn't leave you to fight Thrax without your Ranger suits to protect you."
"None of us could," Kira added, and Kelly nodded.
"You two shut-up!" Kaylee yelled. "It's bad enough you're replacing us, but you didn't tell me! Did you think we were going to let you take over just because we don't have powers? I thought I heard you guys chant, Once A Ranger, Always A Ranger, but... maybe you just meant you guys."
Kaylee walked past her sister, bumping shoulders with her as she passed. Tori turned around and grabbed Kaylee's arm, holding her back.
"Kaylee, you're one of the best Rangers I've ever seen!" Tori said. "But, right now, you need help."
"I know," Kaylee frowned. "But I don't need you replacing me."
"Kaylee, I can't risk losing you! Thrax, and the others, they're tough! I can't lose you!"
"Because I'm the only family you have left, right?" Kaylee asked. "What about Blake, huh? Why don't you just go home to Blake and forget about me. You seem to do that a lot."
"Kaylee, I've never forgotten you!"
"Just, go home," Kaylee said, tears burning her eyes. Tori let go of Kaylee's hand and watched as Kaylee turned to run away. "Go home..."
Kira and Kelly put a comforting hand on Tori's shoulder as the Blue Ranger turned to the Overdrive team. Each of the Rangers were giving her angry looks, and she could understand why.
"C'mon guys," Tommy whispered. "Let's go help Ronny's sister. I think we wasted enough time."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Ronny, you coming?" Rose called from the living, holding a pink bag and yellow bag over her shoulder. Ronny quickly turned to Rose and the others, before looking back at the picture frame monitor, which was showing the retro Rangers saving her sister.
"Um... yeah," Ronny sighed, standing up, off the couch and grabbing her bag from Rose. "Are we all ready?"
"All our bags are packed," Mack said, a smile never crossing his face.
"So, where are we headed?" Ronny asked.
"Just, driving," Kaylee explained. "Getting away from here. But we figured we'd stop by your family's house, just so you can see if Lily's okay."
"Yeah... sure," Ronny smiled slightly. "Lily would love that. She hasn't seen me in years, and she's a huge fan."
"Fan? Of you?" Kaylee asked.
"No... well, yeah, but I meant you," Ronny said. "She dances to yours and Kira's music all the time. She has your album too."
"Awesome!" Kaylee cheered, her mood brightening slightly. "I love meeting fans!"
"Where are you going?" Spencer asked, turning the corner and walking into the living room, holding Karly. He saw the Rangers had packed their bags and frowned.
"Spencer... we have to go," Kaylee explained, dropping her bag and walking up to Spencer.
"This wouldn't be because your sister stole your spotlight, would it?" Spencer asked.
"It's not a sibling rivalry thing!" Kaylee frowned. "But yeah... she doesn't trust me... and she's pulling a Ronny!"
"Hey!" Ronny frowned.
"She always used to want to beat me, at everything!" Kaylee explained. "And she's doing it again."
"Miss Hanson," Spencer frowned. "I'm not sure your sister is trying to 'beat' you."
"Spencer, you didn't know little Tori."
"Kaylee, if you ask me, Tori's just looking out for you," Spencer smiled.
"Spencer, I love my sister, dearly. But she pulled that, you're the only family I have left crap," Kaylee sighed. "If I was really the only family she had, she wouldn't be spending her life with Blake! Ignoring me completely!"
"I don't think she's ignoring you," Spencer said. "Kaylee, you lost your parents, and soon after that, Tori got married. I think you're scared..."
"I don't care, Spencer," Kaylee snapped. "She's bullshitting me!"
Spencer frowned, noticing Kaylee didn't replace shit with Zwop. It wasn't like her to drop Zwop.
"Kaylee, I'm not going to stop you, any of you, from leaving," Spencer sighed. "But know, you can always come home."
Kaylee smiled, reaching out to pet her cat.
"Hold onto Karly," she smiled. "That way, I have to come back."
She kissed Spencer on the cheek before leading her team out the door. As they walked out, they passed by the Retro Rangers, who were just getting home.
"Kaylee," Tori called out, as Kaylee brushed past her. Kaylee ignored her, tossing her keys to Ronny, before turning back to the retro boys.
"Good luck guys," she said. "Moltor, Flurious, Kamdor, Miratrix and the Fearcats are not easy."
"Kaylee, you can't ignore us!" Kelly frowned. Kaylee looked up at the redhead sympathetically. She hated being mad at Kelly.
"Goodbye," she whispered.
"Kaylee," Kira yelled, reaching out to grab Kaylee's hand, but Kaylee pulled away and got in the car. "Kaylee! KAYLEE!"