A/N: Chapter 13. Rangers new and old come together and the spy who has infiltrated Adrianna's ranks reveals herself to Adrianna's prisoners.

A/N 2: I own nothing. Power Rangers once belonged to Saban, then they went to Disney and belong to Saban again.

Chapter 13 – Come Together

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Adrianna Repulsa's Dungeon

M-51 Galaxy

As Adrianna's prized prisoners struggled to barely stand, the lone figure watched from the shadows with deep sorrow.

The person who had infiltrated Adrianna Repulsa's ranks and had been watching over these fine, upstanding men and women the past several weeks almost would have preferred going back to where she came from. This place was filthy and rotten to the core, with all sorts of nasty animals and pitfalls that could have ended her life.

But there was one thing she wanted more than anything else and that was to be with the one person she wanted, and the only way to do that was to go back in time and serve a major mission.

So, as a member of the Power Rangers proud legacy, she was willing to put up with the filth, the grime and the evil around her and masquerade as one of Adrianna's errand people in hopes of a much bigger prize.

Besides, the people she had been taking care of (which Adrianna for her part enjoyed so she could torture them every day) were people she had come to consider her own children. That is, if she were to have children.

The lone figure quietly opened the door, and clearly the prisoners were afraid of what was about to happen. The recent torture had touched such a nerve that the prisoners were afraid of any little thing.

Gently taking her cloak off the hooded figure revealed itself as a young woman with chestnut brown hair, clad in a pink shirt (or what was a pink shirt) covered in filth.

Wordlessly, she began embracing each one of the prisoners, allowing the tears they were emitting to run down her shirt; she more than anyone else understood their pain. But she also understood the circumstances of why they couldn't be rescued at this point.

"I wish there were more words I could say to you than hang in there, but I'm having trouble finding them," the young woman said. "It's such a shame that this disgusting, rotten lady turns to tactics like revealing a Ranger's identities in front of all of you."

"How could they keep this secret from us?" Shawna Hilton asked as tears rained down her face. "Why would Aisha WILLINGLY do that to me?"

"It's because they can't for many reasons over," the young woman said. "I know you wouldn't betray Aisha, Kimberly or the rest of their friends, but they have been under strict orders from their mentor for years to keep their identities a secret. Think of how bad it would be if the federal authorities got ahold of their identities."

"As hard as it is to accept that they were the Rangers, I'm not surprised, and moreover I understand that reasoning," Jerome Stone said. "The federal government has been trying for years to uncover their identities and if they ever do, there are innumerable things they could do to those kids."

"That's exactly right," the mysterious young woman said. "Just please know that they all love you and there is nothing more that they would love than to walk in here, kick that disgusting woman's ass and bring all of you home where you belong. But they can't because they aren't near ready to come up here and take her on. That's part of why I'm here."

"Why are you taking care of us, anyways?" Lisa Appleby said. "You had one of those creepy cloaks on. Aren't you supposed to be kicking our ass or something? We've seen you feed us for two months and we still don't know which side you're on."

"That's because I can't tip my hand; I'm a spy, as a matter of fact, I'm a former Ranger but from another time," the young woman said. "My name is Jennifer Scotts and I'm the Time Force Pink Ranger from the year 3000. My story and my ultimate goal is long and complicated, but I can tell my story because Adrianna and her disgusting goons have gone to bed. Are you guys up for a story?"

"Anybody have some popcorn?" Ernie asked as everyone fixed their eyes on Jen. "Then again, it's not like we'd find any in this piece of crap place."

30 minutes later

"And, well, that's my story, guys. I was able to come back, but knowing my memory would be wiped of this time and with the stipulation that I'd have to take part in at least one mission to earn a permanent life here," Jen said as she finished explaining her complicated, convoluted history. "I had my memory wiped clean of how everything goes in this time and the only thing I know is there is going to be a battle in the future; this battle will arguably the be the most pivotal one in the fight between good and evil. I just wish someone could tell Wes that I love him."

"I think I speak for all of us when I say we respect your accomplishments and what you've done, as well as your decision to come back and try to make your own destiny," Anton said. "I was close with Tommy and his Rangers, schemed against Tommy and his Rangers, and my son was one too and I assure all of you that being a Power Ranger is not fun and games. It's risky business and I always have knowledge that lives are put on the line every time they go out there."

"That's exactly right," Jen said. "Zordon and his Rangers and everyone who came after them, me included, took up the mantle not because we think it's cool; anyone who's in it for that isn't in it for the right reason. We do it to save lives and do what's right. That's exactly why Zordon chose your friends."

"They couldn't have chosen finer people," Ms. Appleby said. "But that still begs the question; how the hell are we gonna get out of here? Who knows when the rescue committee will come?"

"I know this, I can't bust you out of here at this time, but I have friends on the Council of Light who can maybe do something about this," Jen said. "They're familiar with me and some are familiar with Tommy and his Rangers, so I'll see what can be done. Adrianna leaves for vacation in three days and will be gone for about a week, so I can take the time to go to Eltar or something. In the meantime, I will stay with you for as long as it takes."

"Yeah, and you might want to put that cloak back on and leave," Ernie said. "You wouldn't want your cover blown."

"Ha, no I wouldn't," Jen said. "Hopefully you guys sleep as well as you can."

The Oliver Home

Reefside, CA

"Anything on the systems?" Zordon asked as Tommy continued to work on his computer; the changes that Zordon had implemented on Tommy's lab had continued even 10 days after the reunification of Tommy's relationship with Kimberly.

For one thing, Zordon and Hayley had upgraded Tommy's lab to receive distress signals from throughout the galaxy; during the Dino Thunder era that had not been possible as Billy had not been able to install that in Tommy's system before Mesogog attacked.

Also, Zordon and Hayley had upgraded the Dino Thunder ATVs; now they could go at an even faster speed and had more weaponry to aid the Rangers. Not to mention, the Black Dino Gem had chosen its next holder. Tommy had contacted his Rangers in Cabo to inform them of the news, but would not divulge the secret of who it was.

"Not a whole lot; things seem pretty quiet," Tommy said. "It seems that Adrianna isn't going to attack which is surprising to me; I know she has her bait, but she can't be happy with us getting back together."

"She probably thought at some point that there's nothing more that she could have done, I mean, she only started Forever Red and blew up the island you were working on, saw you go into a coma and then was behind the destruction of this place," Zordon reminded.

Suddenly, Tommy's cell phone rang and when he saw who was on the other end, he smiled and pressed speaker phone, then answered the call.

"Hey, Beautiful," Tommy said. "Nice little surprise to hear from you; it's been 10 days since but it feels like 100."

"Yeah, I feel the same way," Kimberly said. "Just couldn't stay off the phones for too long. Things pretty quiet over there?"

"Yeah, it's pretty quiet," Tommy said. "My Rangers are still in Cabo partying it up and won't be back till Monday. There hasn't been anything from Adrianna, either."

"Yeah, you know she won't attack since she has her trump card," Kimberly groused. "And as much as I'd love to go up there and kick her ass, we both know we have no business going up there."

"Yep, sad but true," Tommy said. "Oh, I almost forgot, Zordon here and my old friend Hayley are item."

"You mean, the redhead you went to school with?" Kimberly said. "Yeah, I've heard of her although we haven't been formally introduced. She did an interview for a business magazine that I subscribe to and I really admire the way she runs her business. Hey, that gives me an idea."

"And what idea would that be?" Tommy said.

"I think we should do a picnic; all of us old-timers and your Rangers all in one place. Zedd and Rita and their gang should join us too, since they've got as much stake as we've got," Kimberly said.

"That's a really good idea I think; I don't think there's necessarily a division between my Rangers and you guys, but I think a good day out would serve us all well," Tommy said. "A Saturday would probably work best obviously."

"I've got just the date for all of us; hopefully everyone will be available," Kimberly said. "Saturday, July 31 is 40 days after we got back together."

"That's a good idea," Tommy said. "We'll have to see if we can make that work."

"Oh damn, I've got a call and it's from one of my co-workers, I gotta run," Kimberly said. "Talk again soon?"

"I can arrange that," Tommy said. "Later, Beautiful."

With that, the line clicked dead and Tommy turned around to a smile from his mentor.

"This is a good thing," Zordon said. "I agree that I don't necessarily sense divisions within the two teams, but there can be ways to bring the team closer together."

"Agreed; I'll contact them and Elsa as soon as possible."

Saturday, July 31

12:30 p.m.

Reefside Park

Reefside, CA

Not long after the conversation 30 days earlier, the call had gone out, and the news had reached the rest of the Dino Thunder Rangers not long after they had returned from Cabo and had gone on with their lives. Thus, the date was set: July 31, 2004, 40 days since the Falcon and Crane had reunited.

Tommy had sent the email out to everyone who had held the mantle, but he didn't expect anyone but his Rangers and his old friends through the Space team to show because that's who he'd gotten confirmations from. One thing he knew for sure was that Wes and Eric wouldn't be there; they'd tried to get off from Silver Guardians but Mr. Collins had things for them to do.

"Looks like we're early," Conner said as he and Kira looked around at the spot Tommy had designated the picnic would be. They had indeed arrived early; in fact they were the first of those who had said they would be here to arrive. They also had brought what Tommy had told them to bring, the all-important napkins which were necessary for what was about to happen.

"We even beat out Dr. O and Kimberly," Conner said as he sat down on a nearby bench. "It's funny to hear the rumors from Dr. O's friends about how Dr. O used to be so tardy for everything, but of course now he has to be on time for everything."

"It's actually true though. He was late for everything growing up," Conner heard a voice say from about 10 feet behind him and Kira. He turned around to see one of the men who had been there the night the Falcon and Crane's union had been restored. With him was a petite, well-built Asian woman with jet-black hair.

"Hey, Jason," Conner said. "Everything going well?"

"Yeah, about as well as it can be," Jason said. "That's my wife Trini, by the way; first Yellow of Earth."

"Conner and Kira, right?" Trini said. "It seems that the red and yellows run in the family. How was Cabo San Lucas?"

"It was a total blast," Kira said. "After the school year that we had, Cabo completely hit the spot, although we had…that one night interrupted. But it was worth it."

"I don't know, you looked sort of cool in a bikini," Jason said, which earned him a slap to the face from Trini.

"Ignore him; he doesn't know any better," Trini said. "You guys bring the napkins?"

"Yep, right here," Conner said. "Apparently Dr. O has new ATV's for us; we offered to clean them as well but he said no don't worry about it."

"Next time, don't offer to do something like that," Jason said. "Our Zords got so brutally beat up after one battle that Zordon made us clean them; every bit of them."

"So they did their job and we have the salad," Trini said. "Hopefully everyone takes care of their part too."

Not two minutes later, the four present heard a very loud honk as they saw a pink, purple and gold Cadillac convertible pull up.

"Holy hell; who drives something snazzy like that?" Conner said.

"Kimberly does. That's got to be her and Rainbow Ranger," Jason said.

"Rainbow Ranger…that's a good one…too bad he's our mentor so we can't use it on him," Kira said.

"Yeah, but we can," Jason said. "And it drives him nuts."

"Just so you know he's probably going to be in a pretty good mood when he comes out here," Trini said. "In a better mood, at least, than what you know him to be in sometimes."

"Yeah, he's been living it up for the past 40 days since he got Kim back," Jason said.

"Yeah, there were few things worse than when Dr. O got cranky about something. Nothing worse than when he gives you the glare of death," Kira said.

"I'm surprised Dr. O isn't in his Jeep," Conner said.

"Kimberly's got him wrapped around her finger so much that she probably used a lot of persuasion to let her drive him," Jason said. "They're supposed to be bringing dessert; Kimberly loves that. Kimberly loves cooking anything but I think dessert is her specialty."

"As far as the driving, Kimberly is very persuasive especially where Tommy is concerned," Trini said. "She probably gave him that puppy-dog look."

"Yeah and that Jeep of his has a lot of miles on it too," another voice said; it came from about 15 feet away from those four and was getting closer. All four people turned and saw a tall, well-built pink clad blonde and a sturdy young man in a blue t-shirt walking towards them.

"That's my childhood friend Billy Cranston and his girlfriend Katherine Hillard," Trini told Conner and Kira as Trini saw Jason go off to talk to Billy and Kat. "Katherine was Kimberly's replacement and Billy was the original Blue Ranger. Kat now teaches dance classes close by and Billy works at NASADA and is an adjunct professor at Angel Grove University. Be careful, Billy speaks in scientific tongues. We'll translate it for you if you need it."

"We get it; we're around Hayley all the time," Conner said. Just then, Conner saw Tommy and Kimberly approaching from his right.

"Hey, Conner," Tommy said, waving Conner off when he attempted to give Tommy the napkins. "Hold on to those, I'll ask for them later."

"You must be Kira and Conner," Kimberly said. "I'm honored to meet the newest Red addition to the legacy; we didn't really get formally introduced last time."

"The pleasure is all ours," Conner said as he and Kimberly shared a quick hug before Kimberly turned her attention to Kira.

"Pterodactyl to Pterodactyl, I couldn't be prouder of my successor. We may wear different colors but you have my eternal respect for many reasons over. Tanya tells me you play a wicked guitar too," Kimberly said.

"Yeah, I'm still in the running to maybe be a part of her traveling band," Kira said. "I have one more round to get through to really get a final interview."

"Well, that's really exciting. If I wasn't wrapped up in gymnastics my whole life, I'd have been a musician. I can play some guitar too," Kimberly said. "We've brought some great desserts to share. Tommy knows this already but I cook a mean dessert."

"Just so you know, don't butter her ego up any more than it already is," Tommy whispered. "She thinks she's the best dessert maker ever."

"I heard that, flyboy!" Kimberly said smacking him across the arm.

"Are you two going to let us get introduced to these guys are what?" Katherine asked from not too far away.

"Oh! Surprise, I guess," Kimberly said, as she motioned both Billy and Kat over.

"It's an honor to be formally introduced to two of the newest members of our legacy," Billy said. "Be careful around Kitty here, she has a short fuse."

"Billy, don't scare them!" Kat exclaimed, smacking him in the face. "Sorry about that; pleased to meet the both of you."

"Like we told Kimberly, the pleasure's all ours," Conner said. "And he didn't need to say that; I know how to behave when around lady Rangers. They're all nice but they pack a punch when pissed off."

"It sounds like you speak from experience," Kat said.

"Yeah, after a battle once, Trent, Ethan and I were teasing Kira about her hitting monsters like a girl, and I made some snarky comment and she'd had enough," Conner said. "She slammed me into a light post and I was seeing stars for a few hours afterwards. So I'm not going that route."

"For the record, there's no need to be slamming a teammate into a light post, Kira," Kat chided. Kira opened her mouth to say something but Kat looked at her as if to say, 'I've got this.' "But Conner, I'm glad you've learned your lesson. And for the record, the yellows have nothing on the pink legacy. Pinks are the last color that you ever want to piss off. And I'm not even the worst one."

"She's got that right," another voice said as two more figures appeared; one was a tall, African-American boy who looked like even at an advanced age he could still play sports. With him was a young Asian woman clad in pink.

"Conner and Kira, right?" the man asked, to which they both nodded. "I'm T.J. Johnson, and I replaced your mentor on the Turbo team and this is my wife, Cassie. As far as Pinks you don't want to piss off, Cassie's probably at the top of the list, although legend has it that Jennifer Scotts might beat her out."

"Jennifer Scotts? Not sure if I remember her being shown on the video Dr. O showed us," Kira said.

"She was the Time Force Pink Ranger and she's from the year 3000; she left to go back to the future after the Time Force Rangers defeated their baddie. I know all about her because all Wes did on the Forever Red mission was reminisce about her," T.J. groused.

"Better hope she doesn't come back because if she does, I'll have Wes sic Jen on you," Cassie warned.

"Uh, no thank you. I'll shut up now," T.J. said as Cassie smiled at her victory.

"How in the world did you do that? It's never that easy to shut my teammates up," Kira said.

"Being the lone female on a team full of boys is not an enviable position," Cassie said. "There are ways to shut a male Ranger up though; I'll show you sometime."

"Believe me, I've been shut up by my wife many times," another voice said; this time, Kira whipped her head around to see a young 25 year old man approaching; he was wearing a casual black tank top and a green pair of shorts.

"You must be Kira; I'm Adam Park, second Black and second Green Ranger. You know my wife Tanya, the Yellow Zeo and first Turbo," Adam said, pointing to his wife who came up just behind him. "And you must be the Conner, the newest Red. By the way, Conner, please stop torturing Rocky on the soccer field. You give him nightmares every time he faces you."

"Well, the good news for him is that I'm moving on to college and I'll torture anyone I face once I get to college," Conner said, "so he won't have to worry about me anymore."

"And he'll be glad for that," Adam said. "It's pretty cool also to meet someone that may end up being in Tanya's band soon."

"With some luck, I sure hope so," Kira said. "If I don't end up with a gig right now, I'll go to college and hone my skills there."

"Good idea; get your education, and then you'll be even better when you get out," Adam said. "But I think you have a good chance."

Adam suddenly turned to his right and saw Trent quickly heading in his direction.

"Ah, Trent Fernandez-Mercer, just the man I wanted to see before this whole thing gets started. You and I are going to have a little talk," Adam said. "Guys, I've got something to take care of. Kira, you can get Conner introduced to Tanya."

One by one, Rangers and friends filed into the park, until about 15 minutes later, everyone from the Mighty Morphin through the Space teams (and their allies) plus the newest members of the legacy were present.

1:10 p.m.

"So let me get this straight, Tommy got stuck in amber while he was fighting Mesogog?" Ashley said. "And he got stuck in his morph after that? How much trouble can you possibly get into, Rainbow Ranger?"

"Not as bad as you and the rest of the second Turbo team getting baked into a pizza," Tommy said as he grabbed some ham, which earned him the glare of death from Cassie.

"No, it's true! That's embarrassing to get baked into a pizza of all things," Tommy said.

"As much as I hate to admit it, we gotta wear that one," Justin said glumly. "That was awful."

"Still not as gross as Pudgy Pig eating all our weapons," Kimberly said. "I'm actually glad Tommy didn't come till later because that was even queasy for me."

"Yeah, I didn't come till the Green Ranger saga and I think I even would have been queasy with that one," Selena said; it went unnoticed to no one that Selena had her arm draped around Trent pretty much the whole time through and that Trent looked awfully comfortable. "If someone ate my weapon, I might throw up in battle; that would be a first for any of us I think."

"Hey Conner, if you want to throw something Rocky's way whenever he talks shit at you, just remind him that he basically fell in love with a pachinko machine once," Aisha said.

"Don't you start that too!" Rocky protested.

"Hey, I'm not the one who spent all his time on a pachinko machine," Aisha said.

"Yeah, it's true, back in the day, Zedd cast a spell to try to divide the team and he made Rocky play the pachinko machine all day, then he even goofed off on the battle field," Adam said. "We nearly lost because of all that."

"Wow, I don't think that ever happened to me once; I can be a dumb jock but I know my place too," Conner said. "That doesn't mean that we aren't susceptible to something weird happening, especially against that freaky snake lady."

"Believe us when we tell you, we're going to make sure you are on top of your training," Tommy said. "You…and really all of you are going to need to be both physically and mentally prepared when we do go up there."

Suddenly, everyone's communicator began beeping (the Dino Thunder Rangers had receive communicators not long after their return from Cabo), to which Conner stood up and said, "I'll take this one."

"This is Conner."

"Conner, as soon as your picnic is over, all of you must report back to Dr. Oliver's residence immediately. There is no attack; however there is someone here who would like to have a word with you," Zordon said.

Zordon was the only one of the group who wasn't at the picnic; he had been cryptic but he had insisted on staying at Dr. Oliver's residence and keeping track of everything going on.

"Thanks, Zordon, we'll be there when it's over. Conner out," he said as his communicator clicked dead.

"If he's interrupting us during our picnic, this must be really important," Tommy said.

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