I don't own Power Rangers. Rick, Rebecca, Louis, Zara, Alex and Joe were created by Jetman21, Thewhatzupwriter26, RushQuake, GoseiShinkenPink, decode9 and TimmayIsAwesome, respectively. Jin was created by an as yet unknown guest user (If you know whom, please PM me). Ted and the Professor were created by me.

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Joe Rookhuyzen walked into the alley, brushing his dirty blonde fringe out of his face with his hand. He pulled from his bag the silver dirt bike gear he'd been given, tossing it down in the alley. As he did, a figure skulked out of the shadows, a long, black coat over him, the shadows obscuring his face. After a moment, the figure tossed a packet at Joe's feet.

"$1500. As promised." The man in the shadows said "I trust I can rely on your discretion?"

"Absolutely." Joe replied "Why did you want me to ride in that race for you only to throw it anyway?"

"To send a message to a friend." The man said simply "That will be all, Joseph. I will be sure to call you again if I ever find myself in need of someone to ride for me."

"Sweet." Joe said, turning and walking out of the alley.

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Louis sat in the lab with the Professor. He was undergoing a general physical, same as the other Rangers. Something to do with some kind of device the Professor was working on, making sure it was compatible with their physiologies. After what had happened with Zara initially, Louis could understand the discretion.

"We're almost done." The Professor said, answering the question that had been on Louis' mind for the last half hour "

"Good." Louis said, checking his phone "I've got my sister's recital in a couple of hours, and I need to get changed. Doubt my grandparents would like me showing up in my usual get up."

"Indeed." The Professor said, putting his instrument away "You can put your jacket back on. What does she play?"

"Huh?" Louis said as he grabbed the denim vest jacket from the back of the chair "What does who play?"

"Your sister." The Professor said, before repeating "What does she play?"

"Piano." Louis replied simply "Our parents, back when they were alive, tried to have us both take it up. I never took to it, but she loves it."

"I can imagine." The Professor said, looking over Louis' shoulder to see a photo of him and a girl in her very early teens "Is that her?"

"Yeah." Louis said "That's Kelly. Pain in the butt sometimes, but hey, she's my baby sister."

"You can't choose your family." The Professor said, before hurrying Louis to the door "Now, stop making small talk with me, go, support your sister."

Louis watched as the doors closed behind him, wondering about the Professor's comment. Maybe the man had family of his own. Still, it wasn't like he cared. He just had to get to his sister's recital.

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Louis sat in the hall watching his sister's recital. He'd ended up being a few minutes late, so he was stood against the wall at the back watching. He could sneak down to sit with his Grandparents in the interval. Unless his sister was in the first half, then he'd just say hi, congratulate her and slip away. He couldn't be bothered to watch all the other kids.

He thought about it for a moment, subtly hearing a beeping. He looked around, trying to find whose phone was beeping. After a moment, a dark haired man wearing glasses tapped him on the arm.

"Excuse me, young man," The man said to him "I'd appreciate if you could turn your phone off."

"Sorry." Louis said, stepping outside and looking around before pulling out his morpher "What is it? I'm at my sister's recital!"

"Buzzer attack at the museum." Alex's voice came through "The others are on their way."

"Me too." Louis said, looking around for a moment before running his morpher down his arm "Rev Max, Power Up!"

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Louis teleported to the museum, looking around. He couldn't see any Buzzers. He slowly moved towards the door, before a bolt of energy hit him, sending him flying into one of the stone support pillars out the front of the museum, the stone crumbling under the impact, a large amount of it falling on him.

Louis looked up, dazed, seeing a silver and gold figure slowly approaching, some kind of weapon in hand. As his vision came into focus, he saw the figure's identity; it was the Chrono Ranger, looking exactly as he did in the projection, a silver and gold blaster in his hand, trained directly on Louis.

"I expected more from one of the Professor's Rangers." The Chrono Ranger said, his voice mechanically modulated "Then again, I also expected more of the Kaltax. Chrono Defender, sabre mode!"

The Chrono Ranger flipped his arm in a flourish, his blaster quickly reconfiguring itself into a two handed sword handle, a long, silver blade erupting from what had been the barrel. The Ranger stopped, standing over Louis, the blade to his throat.

"Is this the part where you kill me?" Louis asked defiantly "Go on, do it!"

"In good time, my white friend." The Chrono Ranger replied coolly "For now, just ask him how his Red Ranger is working out."

The Chrono Ranger didn't say any more, instead disappearing in a flash of bright light as the other four Rangers arrived, Ted and Rick helping Louis up.

"What happened to you?" Zara asked.

"It was him." Louis said "Chronus... The Chrono Ranger..."

"What?" Rebecca asked "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Louis said, shrugging off Rick and Ted's support "Just my ego's a little bruised, is all."

"Glad you're okay, buddy." Rick said, slapping Louis on the arm "Who else is going to try to force me to play football?"

"I'd do it." Ted offered with half a laugh, the other four looking at him with their arms folded "What?"

"We need to let the Professor know." Louis said, tapping his belt, causing the five Rangers teleport away.

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"You fought him?!" Alex asked as she walked around the examination table Louis was laid on, sticking a thermometer in his mouth "Are you insane?!"

As soon as the Rangers had teleported in, Alex and the Professor had hurried the five of them into the med bay. The Rangers helmets were all sat on the shelf at the side, Ted and the Professor talking in hushed tones in the corner whilst Rick, Zara and Rebecca were stood beside Louis' bed, Rick and Rebecca trying to stay out of the way, Zara looking over at the Professor and Ted suspiciously.

"What do you think they're talking about?" She asked, getting the other three Rangers' and Alex's attention "Don't you guys find it weird they rush over there as soon as we get in here?"

"Ted was the Professor's assistant for a while." Rick said "It's probably just them having a little chat about personal stuff."

"No." Louis said, sitting up and spitting out the thermometer "I know that posturing. The Professor's defensive. Something he said has pissed Ted off, and he knows it."

As if to confirm his comment, Ted turned and stormed out of the Med bay. The four Rangers looked between each other, confused.

"What was that about?" Alex asked them "Does he do that all the time?"

"Only since you got here." Rebecca said with a laugh "Don't worry, I'm sure it's not related. It's the Professor whose annoying him."

"Or maybe he doesn't like other people having secrets too." Zara offered, the four teens beside her looking at her, curious "After my incident with the whole crystal in my chest getting removed, the Professor suggested that, if I wanted to talk about secrets, I should ask Ted. I've been trying to work out what it is."

"Maybe he's the Chrono Ranger?" Alex said, cocking an eyebrow as they all looked at her as if she'd thrown up on herself "What? It could happen."

"Don't be moronic." Louis said "No, his style when he went into sabre mode with his weapon was way too far away from Ted's style with his sword. Less random, more precise."

"What would you suggest then?" Rick asked.

"Maybe he just got told he's never getting a second zord?" Rebecca suggested.

"Or perhaps he was worried what his friends might be thinking." Came the voice of the Professor behind them "Apparently for good reason."

The four Rangers and Alex looked at the Professor. He looked between them hesitating before gesturing to the door.

"It is not my place to tell you what has annoyed Theodore." The Professor said "However, if any of you wish to pursue him, he may tell you himself."

"I'll go." Zara said beginning to move for the door.

"Hold up, I'm coming too." Louis said "Something tells me it's related in some way to me getting my butt handed to me."

The two Rangers walked out of the Med Bay, beginning to walk down the corridor, until they reached the dining area, finding Ted sat with a bowl of a red liquid in front of him, moving his spoon through it.

"Tomato soup." Louis said "You even eat red, huh?"

"Not in the mood, Louis." Ted said simply, continuing to play with his food "I just want to be alone."

"Which one of your secrets is this about?" Zara asked "Yeah, the Professor told me you had some."

"It's not mine, it's his!" Ted said, his tone aggressive "And it wasn't one he had a right to keep!"

"What is it?" Zara asked, sitting down opposite him "Go on, I've recently got a heart so I can listen."

"Was that a joke?" Louis asked, looking at her shocked "Needs work."

"You can talk." Zara muttered "So, Ted, what's up."

"I don't want to talk about it." Ted said simply "Please, just leave me alone."

Zara stood, and began to walk out with Louis. As they got to the door, Louis pushed Zara out of the door, pressing a few buttons, locking the room down. He turned back to Ted.

"Well, it's just you and me." He said, moving over to the table and sitting down "Look, I got my butt handed to me and I want to know why. I'm guessing whatever's annoying you has something to do with it, so go on, spill."

"Don't be moronic, Louis." Ted said "You don't give a crap about what's annoyed me, you don't give a crap about me in general, but you like to pretend to. So you feed me the crap about thinking what's annoyed me is related to why you got beat. I don't know why, but if it makes you feel better as a person, you tried, I just don't want to talk about it."

"Well, I do." Louis said, leaning forward "The Chrono Ranger told me to ask the Professor how you're working out. Not the team. You. Not Zara, who he stuck a super powerful gem inside. If I were him, that would be what I wanted to know about. Unless-"

"Louis, drop it." Ted said, his tone aggressive "Please."

"Unless you and he are connected." Louis said "Chrono Ranger. Chrono. Time. Time travel maybe. Is that it? He's some kind of temporally displaced you or some other Star Trek bull?"

"No." Ted said "Louis, please, stop."

"Then what is it?!" Louis snapped "I'm missing my little sister's recital for this so you owe me answers. What the hell is it that makes you so important to him?!"

"He's my father!" Ted yelled "Chronus is my father."

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To Be Continued

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So, this is part one of two for this bit. The storyline will be continued next chapter, explaining why the Buzzers were at the museum, and the history of Ted will begin to be revealed. R&R, please, no flames. B.