I don't own Power Rangers. Rick, Rebecca, Louis and Zara were created by Jetman21, Thewhatzupwriter26, RushQuake and GoseiShinkenPink, respectively. Ted and the Professor were created by me.

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The five Rangers and the Professor were transported into the lab. All around them were high tech machines, along with a trio of beds, all attached to monitors, which wouldn't have looked out of place in Star Trek. Rick and Louis set Zara down on one of the bed whilst Ted put the Professor down on another one. The four morphed rangers powered down, before Ted moved to one of the consoles.

"Rebecca, can you give me a hand over here." Ted said, gesturing to the console "Keep those bars level. If any of them start to dip, press the control marked 'sonic'."

"What does it do?" Rebecca asked, taking over the console.

"Uhm, it's..." Ted began, trailing off in an inaudible "I have no idea..."

"Wow you're an idiot..." Louis said "You hook them up to a machine you don't know anything about."

"Less yacking, please!" Zara yelled, rolling around slightly in pain on her bed "Just hurry up and fix this!"

"What happened?" The Professor asked, slowly sitting up, looking at Rick, who was stood beside him "Daddy?"

"I really hope not." Rick said "Hey, red boy, he's awake!"

Ted rushed over, helping the Professor up and taking him over to the monitor. The Professor took a moment to look at the monitor, giving it a puzzled look, before beginning to punch in a few commands, an energy dome coming over Zara's body, her screams of pain stopping.

"What's happening?" Zara asked, panicked, trying to move "Why can't I move?"

"Energy dampening ionic field. It's suppressing all energy sources within it. At the moment, it's regulating all your autonomic functions." The Professor said "We're going to need to perform surgery."

"Say what?!" Rebecca said "You're going to perform surgery on her?!"

"Relax, I've performed it on people much younger and much more petit." The Professor said "Removing that little crystal in her chest and replacing it with a mechanical heart should be a simple procedure."

As he spoke, an alarm siren rang out. A holographic projection of a map of the city appeared, a red dot in one of the suburbs, quickly being zoomed in on before an image of the area was displayed, showing Buzzers attacking civilians.

"It's the Kaltax again." The Professor said, looking at the four standing Rangers "You four need to get down there, now."

"But what about her?" Rebecca asked, gesturing to Zara "And what did you mean about a crystal?"

"I'll tell you later, just go." Zara said, before yelling "Becca, go!"

"We need to go." Ted said, putting a hand on Rebecca's shoulder before pulling his morpher "You guys ready?"

"Ready!" The other three said with a nod as they drew their own morphers, before pressing the centre button and running them down from shoulders to fingertip, all four of them yelling "Rev Max, power up!"

There was a flash and the teens were stood there in their Ranger suits. After a second, the four of them were teleported out. The Professor turned back to Zara, pressing a few controls as a number of holographic hands appeared above her.

"What's going on?" Zara asked "What are those?"

"Hands, obviously." The Professor said, matter-of-factly "They're hard light holograms, I use them for delicate procedures that would require contact or a steady hand. Machines don't make mistakes, but I get the feeling you already know that."

"You mentioned a crystal in my chest." Zara said as one of the hands injected her with a anaesthetic "How'd you know about that?"

"Oh, uhm, the computer scans showed me." The Professor said, showing a false smile "Unfortunately, that crystal conflicted with the morphing grid, causing an instability within both the crystal and your morph. That's why it collapsed."

"How did you know that happened?" She asked "You were unconscious?"

"The suits all have a video feed that take transcripts, I've been reading over one while doing this." He replied "In fact, we can see what the other's are doing now..."

The Professor pressed a few commands, before a video feed of the city came up, showing the Rangers in combat with the Buzzers.

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Rick and Ted were knocked back into each other by a group of Buzzers. Meanwhile, Rebecca and Louis were being pounded on by several of the creatures as well, before being thrown at the other two. The four Rangers pulled their Rev Protectors, firing blasts all around, taking the Buzzers out in a ball of fire.

"That's how it's done!" Ted said, turning to the other three "We totally owned those guys!"

"Stop being an idiot!" Louis said, slapping Ted round the back of the head "We should get back to base."

"Yeah!" Rebecca exclaimed "Maybe the Professor has finished working on Zara, then he can tell us what he was talking about..."

"Agreed." Rick said, going to press his belt before a large blast of crimson energy came down from the sky "What was that?!"

As if in response to his question, a pair of Buzzers rose up from the crumpled heap they were in on the floor, before beginning to grow until they were over 300 feet tall.

"Oh man, that's not good..." Ted said, pressing two fingers to the side of his helmet "Professor, tell me you've got something to deal with a giant Buzzer? Or two?"

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"You're lucky, Theodore." The Professor said, pulling up a holographic display in front of him, showing blueprints for five different vehicles "I'm sending the Rev Transport. It's got four other vehicles onboard. Theodore, the transport is yours. Richard, your zord is the Rev Cementer. Rebecca, yours is the Rev Truck. Louis, your Rev Cruiser is onboard too. I'm also sending Zara's Rev Speeder, Theodore can control it by remote from the Transport."

As he spoke, the holographic hands were finishing closing up after Zara's operation. A red gem was sat in a containment unit beside her. As it finished closing the synthetic flesh covering over the artificial heart, the energy field restraining her was released. She stood, flinching slightly before walking over to the Professor, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Ignore the last statement." The Professor said "Zara's coming too."

"Yes I am." Zara said, pulling her morpher, pressing the centre button and running the gyro down her arm "Rev Max, Power Up!"

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The four Rangers stood there, a low rumble coming over the ridge. After a moment, a large red car carrier truck came over the ridge. In the containment area, was a blue Cement Driver and a yellow Hummer with large lights on top of the roof on the bottom, and a white police cruiser and black sports car on top. The carrier stopped, the four Rangers jumping up into it, finding themselves in a cockpit with five seats, Zara already sat on the far left, in the cab.

"Oh man, this is cool." Ted said, pressing a few commands "I wonder what all these buttons do."

"Wait, don't just press-" Louis said as Ted hit a control behind his steering wheel, Louis muttering as he, Zara, Rick and Rebecca had their chairs and consoles move out of the cockpit via the back "Moron."

The four Rangers quickly found themselves in their respective zords. As they did, the back of the bottom section opened, the Rev Cementer and Rev Truck both rolling out, before the top section opened, the Rev Speeder and Rev Cruiser both revving up their engines before shooting out of the open hatch, going over the ramp and jumping.

"Wow, this is nice." Rick said "A cement driver shouldn't, but this handles like a dream."

"I know what you mean!" Rebecca exclaimed "This truck can pull turns my dad's Lamborghini couldn't!"

"Your dad has a Lamborghini?!" Louis said, shocked "And I thought this cruiser was fast."

"Speak for yourself. This speeder is absolutely gorgeous." Zara said, hitting a control in front of her "Firing high beams!"

Blasts of black energy fired from the headlights of the speeder. As they did, the cruiser came about, firing blasts from the sirens on top. A moment later, the cement mixer on the cement driver rose up, revealing a large, single missile launcher, whilst the truck had the lights on the roof flip up to reveal a multi-missile rack, both firing at the Buzzers simultaneously. Finally, the transport came alongside the cement driver and truck, the sides of the cab flipping down to reveal missile racks and laser cannons, all firing at the Buzzers at once, the two creatures falling and exploding in a ball of flames.

"And that's how we Rev it up, Rangers!" Ted said, jumping up and punching the air in his truck cab.

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The five Rangers came back into the base, their helmets off. Zara and Rebecca sat on the bed in the corner chatting, whilst Rick and Louis stood beside a table doing the same. Ted walked over to the Professor.

"You weren't surprised about something being up with Zara." Ted asked, his tone slightly accusing "Why?"

"Calm down, Theodore." The Professor said, his tone calm as ever "I understand, she is part of your team, but you weren't a team until today. That means you do not have to be so emotionally involved in their wellbeing."

"Emotionally involved?!" Ted asked, his tone belligerent "You knew something about someone who I'd never met before today but happened to be put on my team! Why?"

"I'd kind of like to know that too." Zara said, standing up "Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for what you did, but how did you know about my heart, or lack thereof?"

"You didn't have a heart?" Rebecca said "Then how were you alive?"

"It's a long story." Zara said "When I was born, I was pronounced dead, because I didn't have a heart, just a hole in my chest. A man took me. Apparently, he wore a silver suit and a helmet with a black visor. He never gave my parents a name, just put that gem over there in my chest. And it kept me alive."

"Silver suit? Black visor?" Rick asked "Sounds like you're describing a Ranger."

"Don't be moronic!" Louis said "Why would a Ranger do that?!"

"Because he's a scientist." The Professor cut in "And before you ask how I know that, this is how."

The Professor pressed a few controls, before a hologram appeared. It was of a figure, wearing what looked like a silver version of Ted's Ranger suit. On it's chest was a gold chest piece with a silver gear emblem in the middle of it. The helmet was nearly identical to Ted's, except the arrow point was missing, leaving the mouth piece as the same solid shape as the other four.

"This is the Chrono Ranger." The Professor said "He was my partner for two years before we created his powers. We never used real names, decided it was too risky, in case either of us was ever compromised. I was the Professor and he was Cronus. It was three years since Power Rangers had first appeared, we figured the monsters they fought may have kept showing up so we created our own prototype Ranger suit. The result; Cronus became the Chrono Ranger. He must've operated on Zara, put that crystal in her chest. After he'd stolen it from this lab. Now it's back, well, I hope you don't mind if I keep hold of it, Zara."

"Go ahead..." Zara said, looking him in the eye "Did you have anything to do with what was done?"

"No." The Professor replied "Cronus went rogue within six months of getting the powers. They drove him mad. As for the inevitable 'why me' question, my theory is he needed somewhere to store the crystal. He used you."

"No one would look in a person." Ted commented "Makes sense to me. If not morbid sense..."

"Exactly." The Professor said "Now, all of you, go, get some rest. The Kaltax are hardly likely to leave us alone too long."

The five Rangers began to walk out. As they did, the Professor put a hand on Zara's shoulder.

"Zara, stay a moment, please." He said, holding up a scanner "I'd just like to run a few tests."

"Okay..." Zara said, sitting down as the Professor began scanning her "So, got any more secrets to tell?"

"One or two of my own." The Professor said, reading the results "However, a better person to ask about secrets would be Theodore."

"What do you mean?" Zara asked, cocking an eyebrow "What's Ted got to hide?"

"Nothing, of course." The Professor said "Forget I said anything."

"Right..." Zara said, turning her head in time to see Ted and the others walk around the corner "Nothing..."

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So, here's chapter two. I hope everyone likes it. Yes, the Chrono Ranger will be explored in more depth later, the Zords will become the Megazord and Ted's secret will eventually come out, as will the Professor's. R&R. Please, no flames. B.