Lee sat down on one of the gym mats exhausted. This was an all night party and currently the teens were watching Independence Day using a projector and a blank wall. He looked around and noticed most of the teens were not actually watching the movie. They were all talking quietly to each other.

He heard a noise coming from outside so he got up. He had wanted to get some air anyway. He went outside and saw that a cat had knocked over a trashcan. He went over and started petting it.

"Guess you have no where to go either, huh cat?" He asked as he picked it up looking for a tag or something but didn't find one.

"Zack listen to me," a voice said from not too far away. "We need you. We need a Red Ranger and we want you to be it."

"I don't know Rocky," Zack said. "That's Jason's spot."

"Jason's not here Zack," Rocky reminded him. "He left six months ago and no one's seen him since."

Red Ranger? Lee thought. Are they Power Rangers? He didn't know much about Power Rangers other then they came and defeated the monster. He turned around and found himself staring at someone with dark hair who eerily looked like him. There was a flash of light and he and the cat were gone.


"Did you hear that?" Zack asked turning around.

Rocky did the same thing but neither of them saw anything. "I'm going inside," Rocky said and turned away from him.

"I'll see you inside," Zack said turning as he stared up at the sky. Him a Power Ranger again, yeah right. It was tempting but he couldn't be the Red Ranger. It would feel like he was taking Jason's spot. He still held onto the idea that Jason would come back. Part of him hoped that Lee was actually Jason. They looked a lot alike. The only thing that really made them look different was the blond hair.

"Zack," a voice said from behind him.

Zack turned around and saw someone in a hat standing in front of him. "Who are you?" He demanded.

The person looked around before taking their hat off.

Zack took a stop back in shock. There was a flash of light and he was gone.


"Billy," Mr. Kaplan said coming up to him.

"Yes Mr. Kaplan," Billy asked as he turned away from his conversation with Kat.

"I was wondering if you could take those bags of garbage to the dumpster," Mr. Kaplan said nodding to where two bags that were overflowing with trash were sitting.

"Sure sir," Billy said and went over to grab them.

Kat came up to him. "I can help you," she volunteered.

"No I've got it." Billy said and grabbed the bags and headed outside.

Something caught his attention as he approached the dumpster. There was a hat sitting on the lid. He picked it up and frowned as he took a better look.

It was Jason's. He remembered it being Jason's because when Jason was younger he used to write his initials in his hat so he would know which ones were his and which ones were his dad's. He assumed that maybe he was still doing that.

"Jason?" He called.

He received no answer.

He threw the two bags of trash into he dumpster and turned around still holding the hat. He decided to look around to see if he saw his friend but could not find him. He was about to go back to the Youth Center when someone tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hi Billy," he greeted.

"Jason." Billy said and then he was gone in a flash of light.