Notes: The theme song for this series is called Home by Chris Daughtry. Seems like there have been a lot of homecomings in this fic…this chapter is no exception.

He walked into the Youth Center looking around for anyone he knew. At the moment everyone's attention seemed to be turned away from him. It had been six months since he had been in Angel Grove but it seemed like years. When he had arrived home, his mother told him about the big party at the Youth Center and he had to go. He was not one to ever pass up on a party though he probably wasn't invited to this party. He hadn't graduated from this school.

He walked up to the juice bar and stood there waiting for the person to turn around. He was surprised it wasn't Ernie. It seemed wrong to see anyone besides Ernie or Richie standing behind the counter.

"Can I get you something?" He asked.

"Sure I'll take a strawberry smoothie."

"Coming right up." He said and turned his back to him.

He turned and looked out at everyone putting up decorations. He saw Kat and Tanya working on a banner while Rocky and Adam worked on setting out CDs.

"Here you go," Detective Stone said setting the cup in front of him.

"Thanks," he said and put the money down on the counter.

"Zack!" A voice called from the doorway.

Zack turned around with smoothie in hand to face one of his oldest friends. "Billy!" He called equally as excited as his friend.

"What are you doing here?" Billy asked.

"The Youth Conference ended yesterday so I flew home. Mom told me about the party and you know I can't pass up on a party." He became worried when he saw Mr. Kaplan walking towards them.

"Hi Mr. Kaplan," Zack greeted.

"Hello Zachary," Mr. Kaplan answered. "It is good to see you. I take it you have volunteered to help with the party?" Mr. Kaplan said with a smile.

"Oh totally," Zack said returning the grin. Inwardly he let out a sigh of relief. He had been worried that Mr. Kaplan was there to tell him he had to leave.

Mr. Kaplan nodded and left.

"Is Trini here also?" Billy asked.

"Nah she joined her parents in Hawaii. She said she'll be here before she goes to Yale for college."

"Great." Billy said glad to hear that Trini would be home soon. He knew she and Zack where a couple but he always valued both of their friendships.

"Hey Zack!" Kat said joining them. She gave him a hug. "What are you doing here?"

"Helping out with the party according to Mr. Kaplan," Zack said with a grin.

"I'm so glad to see you," Kat said.

"Has…" he trailed off not sure how to say this. "Has anyone seen Jason?"

"No," Billy answered and then he saw there were others within earshot so he kept his voice low as he said, "no one's seen him since he left the hospital." That was the official story that they were going with. Everyone in Angel Grove believed that Jason had run away but no one could figure out why. There was still a missing persons bulletin out for Jason.

"I just thought…" then he shook his head. He had no idea how to say what he was thinking especially with people around. He was sure Jason would have come back by now.

"Anyone seen Bulk and Skull?" Detective Stone asked.

"No. I don't even think they were at the graduation," Kat said.

"You mean they graduated?" Zack asked with a smile. He wasn't completely serious. He was glad that Bulk and Skull had graduated.

"Barely," Kat said with a smile. "Tanya and I were tutoring them the last month of school but they made it."

Detective Stone shook his head before he went back to making drinks for the newest arrival.

"Hey is that…" Zack said as he started to point at a young man seated at a table by himself.

"We're not sure," Billy answered.

"He looks just like him. Man I never realized how much he looked like J…"

"I know," Kat said quickly stopping him from saying what she knew he was going to say. "He doesn't know who he is," she explained.

"Oh." Zack wasn't sure how to react to that. Here was a guy who looked almost exactly like Jason but he had blond hair. He was sure it was the mysterious Asa that they had met briefly on the fateful day when Zordon and Jason disappeared.

Angel Grove was as crazy as he remembered it but it felt so good to be home.

Divatox stood on her submarine staring through the scope at the graduation party. "So those are the Rangers." She said with a frown. "They don't look that impressive to me."

"They beat me!" Elgar said.

"That's not hard to do," Rygog said entering the main room.

Divatox smiled before turning her attention back to what she was seeing. She sent a Putra Pod to the Youth Center. Now things would be interesting. "Let's see how the Rangers react to our crashing their little party." She was used to getting what she wanted and no one was going to stand in her way. She would prove to her mother that she was better then Rita and Zedd.

She would show the universe the reason why she should be declared an empress.