There are references to a previous chapter or two. Also mentions Turbo and a brief mention of an episode of MMPR season 3.
The next week was quite, as far as no monster attacks. Kira and her parents accepted Zack's proposal, Ethan and Lena both got accepted to Reefside Tect, and Trent applied to an art school in New York. However his dad was not pleased with his love for art. Conner was trying to figure out what he should do. He got scholarship offers from some of the colleges with top soccer programs however, a lot of them were concern about his grades and GPA. Although his grades had slowly improve, due in part to Katie. Katie was still set on going to a college in Indiana. One morning before school, Lena saw a look of worry on Conner's face.
"Hey Conner what's wrong?"
"Huh, oh it's nothing."
"Let me guess, you are thinking about what will happen to you and Katie after graduation?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"Well, I do have a few gifts that I got before I moved here."
"Hey where is Ethan? Doesn't he usually bring you?"
"His truck broke down and his mom is bringing him. I can ask the same about you and Katie."
"She went to talk to Miss D about yesterday's class.
Lena lowered her voice when she asked, "Did Miss D really use to be a villain?"
Conner shook his head yes.
Then he lowered his voice when he said, "Elsa grabbed her and turned her back into her old self."
"So what happened?"
"We manged to turn her back into who she is now."
"After Miss D and Dr. O realized their 'history', Conner started to put his foot in his mouth," Katie said.
"Katie, how long have you been standing there?" Conner asked.
"I just got here when Lena asked what happened. You forgot about the short reunion between Miss D and Kira's cousin."
"Let me guess, former villain?"
"Nope, youngest ever ranger, and a former teammate of Dr. O's before he went off to college," Conner said.
"Are you guy's talking about Justin?" Kira asked when her and Trent joined the group.
Yup," Katie said.
"Wait, you said he was the youngest and a teammate of Dr O's. How old was he and how did he become one? 13, 14?" Lena asked.
"More like 12 when he accidentally discovered the team. The previous blue, Rocky, injured his back. Justin found out he was blue, so Justin took Rocky's place as the blue ranger," Kira said.
"Are you guy's talking about me? I heard blue and ranger," Ethan said when he caught up to the group.
"No, we were talking about Kira's cousin," Lena said.
"You know Justin," Kira said.
"Wasn't it obvious that a kid was a ranger?" Lena asked.
Tommy walked up behind Conner when he said, "No when he morphed he grew to to our size. Had Rocky been blue instead of Justin, I think we would have noticed Zordon had a sense of humor."
"Dude, Dr. O, don't scare me like that," Conner said after he jumped. "I forgot you do not want me to call you dude."
"What was the joke?" Lena asked.
Kira started laughing when she said, "Ha ha I get it. The blue zord was called Mountain Blaster. If Rocky was not force to retire that would have been his zord."
The others figured it out and started laughing.
"We better get to class before the bell rings," Tommy said.
On the way to science class, Lena sent Conner a text that read, I want to have a word with you alone when we get a chance. He hid his phone in the glove box of his car, he read it after school.
"Is everything ok?" Katie asked.
"Oh yeah, Lena want's to talk to me sometime. Probably to ask me more about When Dr. O was a ranger."
"Wouldn't it be better if she asked him and not you?"
"Yea, I was just guessing though. Off to the Cyberspace Cafe we go."
When they got to the café Katie asked, "Do you want your usual?"
"Yes please."
Conner found Lena alone at a table, while Katie went to get their smoothies.
"So what do you need to talk to me about?" Conner asked.
"I have a way you can get Katie to consider going to college somewhere closer."
"Really how?"
Lean whispered, in his ear, how she got Cassiday to be nice for a day. He grew a big smile at the idea.
When Katie joined them she said,"Oh hey Lena, where's Ethan?"
"He might be here later. His grandparents are in town."
"That's nice," Katie said.
"Shouldn't Trent and Kira be here?" Conner asked.
"They are at the lake. Trent is working on a drawing and Kira is working on a song," Lena said.
"Let's hope they do not decide to do what the clones did. Don't even think about it McKnight!" Katie hissed pointing a finger towards Conner.
Lena let out a laugh.
"So Katie, how many colleges have you looked into?" Lena asked.
"Just one. USWI has been my dream school. Even before dad worked there."
"Did you ever think about Reefside Tect? I bet you could get your schooling paid for," Conner said.
"Not really. I mean I did take a tour of the campus when the university was interested in hiring my dad. Then again, after looking at the list of majors they offer, I went back to my original idea."
"What do you want to major in?" Conner asked.
"I am not sure, it probably won't be something that Reefside Tect has."
"I wonder if Trent and Kira are enjoying their selves," Conner said.
"If they were to go to far, I bet they would not get anywhere before a group of Tyrandrones showed up," Katie said.
"Probably," Lena said.
Hayley walked up to the three before she could say anything Lena asked, "So Hayley has Billy purposed to you yet."
"We have not even talked about marriage. Even if we do, it probably will happen after Mesogog is gone."
"If there is a wedding, make sure all of us are invited," Conner said.
"Wait, didn't Kim, from the past, say something about inviting her to your wedding?" Katie asked.
"Her dad and my mom did not know each other back when Kim and Tommy were together."
"How do you know what time period they were from?" Lena asked.
"From talking to Billy and Tommy, it was sometime between Tommy becoming white and Kim leaving for Florida," Hayley said.
Meanwhile Tommy, Billy, and Alpha were in the lab.
"Do you have an explanation of how the dragon coin turned me back to being good?" Tommy asked.
"The only thing I could think of is that is has good energy in it. Once the clone became a regular person in the past, it must have been filled with good energy. Then when you picked it up, it must have over ride the evil inside of you," Billy said.
The power flickered off and on. It stayed off for a few seconds.
Before it came back on Alpha said, "Tommy did you pay the electric bill?"
When it came back on, the computer monitor went blank and the familiar gold banner return. This time a blueish gray O appeared in the middle of the screen.
"Ayi-yi-yi it seems that somebody who had a connection to Zordon is trying to contact us."
"Either that or when his tube was destroyed, perhaps his spirit was re united with his body that he had on Eltar," Billy said.
"I thought Eltar was destroyed," Tommy said.
"Maybe he was trapped in the time warp on another planet, and maybe the body laid dormant there until the tube was destroyed," Billy said.
"Hum that is something to think about," Tommy said.
The next morning, Conner found Tommy in his classroom before school started.
"You're early Conner," Tommy said shocked.
"Yea I wanted to talk to you before anyone else walked in."
"What's wrong?"
"With graduation in a few months, everybody leaving town, and Katie going back home"
"You are afraid she will find someone else?"
"Yea, how did you handle Kim going to Florida?"
"It was hard, although I had to be strong. Also, I ate like crazy for a day. Unlike the other hard times, I had in high school, I was not able to get away. The internet was still new in school, and home, so neither one of us had an email address. The hardest part was when she sent the Dear John letter."
"You were so depressed all you could do was eat? How did you get over that?"
"Aisha bought a giant sundae that brought the junk food monster out of me."
"I thought you really went into a depression and you couldn't stop eating."
"I knew better than to do that. I never did get over losing Kim, I just pushed it off to the side as the years went on."
"Do you think the lack off commutation caused the break up?"
"I don't know. I am sure Billy, Hayley, or Ethan can invent some form of commutation so you and Katie could stay in better contact."
"Technology is one step ahead of you Doc."
The bell rung than other students came in. The next week was Spring Break. One day, Conner and Katie got to the Cyberspace Cafe before the others. After they got their lunch, Katie thought they were having a kiss. However it was more, it was the only way Conner could think of to try to get her to think about going to a college closer.
We'll see if Lena's trick works. He thought.
The next morning, the rangers hung out at the lake. Instead of Conner picking Katie up, she decided to walk to the lake since it is close to her house. Everybody was their street clothes and Chatting when Katie found them.
"Hey guys," she said.
They were surprised to see her in pink cut off shorts that were really short. Her shirt was a sleeveless pink button down shirt with red strips going up, down, and sideways that was tied at the bottom that showed some of her belly. Her hair was wavy. Conner smiled.
Ok so Katie has gotten away from her conservative look. Kira thought.
"Last night I was thinking maybe I should go to a college close by. I mean my parents, brother, and sisters are here," Katie said.
It worked. Conner thought.
If Conner got her to dress like that, then he has a one track mind. Lena thought.
"It's your decision," Ethan said.
While Ethan, Lena, Kira, and Trent were fixing lunch Conner and Katie took a walk around the lake.
"Later on, if there no monster attacks, we can go back to my place and I show you some of the new dance moves I have worked on," she said.
Lena's super sensitive hearing heard this.
Oh gosh did he influence her to dance for him also. If I knew he wanted a little more from her, I would not told him about the trick. She thought.
Later that afternoon, Lena and Katie were talking. Lena told her how Conner influenced her to think about going to a college closer to him. Lena also told her that Conner might have influenced her to dress the way she is.
"If he did, then he has another thing coming," Katie said.
When everybody was going home, Conner went back to Katie's. She went into her room. Just when Conner thought he was going to get a private dance, Katie came out dressed in clothes that she normally wore.
"Are you disappointed?" She asked.
He had a look of confusion on his face when she said, "Lena told me what you did."
The next thing she knew, he took off to his car.
Now to talk to her about a payback. Katie thought.