Asa looked at his watch one more time thinking it was time for him to get going if he wanted to be on time for his shift at the Juice Bar. He had been putting it off ever since Adam had told him that Jason was back in town looking for him. He put a bandana on and his sunglasses and stepped outside. He walked to the Juice Bar.

When he entered the Juice Bar he found a small crowd gathered around the counter. He figured the monkeys were out as they always drew attention.

He hurried into the back and put on an apron and went back into the Juice Bar. Emily was already hard at work.

"Excuse me," a voice said.

"It'll be just…" his voice trailed off as he saw who was standing there. He dropped the smoothie he had been making.

"Lee," Detective Stone called. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Asa said as he started cleaning up the mess. He quickly made a new smoothie and apologized to the customer. When he turned around to face his father again, he was gone. He was busy for the next two hours making drinks but his mind was always on his father.

When it slowed down he took a break and sat down at one of the tables a little lost in thought. Adam had warned him to stay away from his father but it looked like his father had found him. He didn't know what to do.

After his break he got back to work and was reluctant to leave and kept looked for reasons to stay but eventually Detective Stone 'kicked' him out.

He walked out of the Youth Center and headed to his grandparents home. When he was only a couple blocks away there was a flash of light.

Asa stared in absolute shock. The man standing in front of him was his father but not the father he knew. This one was just a little younger then him and had a look on his face that told Asa he was in big trouble.

"So I finally meet the pretender," Jason said as he walked towards Asa. "The hair's wrong and your eyes are different but I could see how you could fool everyone into thinking you were me."

"They don't think I'm you," Asa said but stopped. He couldn't tell him who he was. "You want the morpher?" He asked. "Here it is." He said and tossed him the red turbo morpher.

Jason caught it and looked at it. "That's not the morpher. I know you have it. They gave it to you."

"The only morpher I was given is that one." Asa said. "Look my name's Asa and I'm not pretending to be you."

"You're right. You're pretending to be my cousin. You even have my parents fooled. Either give me the morpher or I will have to take it from you by force."

He moved his hands around and a sword appeared in his hands.

Asa really wished he hadn't thrown him the morpher. But he couldn't attack his own father, could he?

Jason ran towards him and Asa tried to block the sword but he had nothing to block it with.

"Look Jason if I had the morpher you were looking for I'd give it to you." Asa said. "But I only have one morpher."

"Zordon left my zeonizers in the Power Chamber," Jason said moving towards him again his sword still held high. "I saw you morphed as the Red Zeo Ranger."

"You've got it all wrong," Asa said, "I've never been a Ranger until now. You were…" he stopped. He almost said you were the one who sent me here to be the Red Ranger. "You were the Red Zeo Ranger."

Jason lunged at him and his sword cut into his shirt. Asa had moved too quickly for him to do any real damage thankfully. He had heard about spells from his father and other Rangers. Was Jason under a spell?

"Dimitria," Asa said into his communicator, "Jason's here and I need help."

Jason grabbed his arm and took the communicator off. "That's Tommy's communicator." He said. 'He tried to get help once and he's dead now. You have no right to use that communicator. Give me the morpher or let's repeat history."

Asa stood back in shock. His father was really going to kill him.

Jason circled him with weapon drawn.

Asa held his hands up nervously. "You don't want to do this Jason."

"Yes I do. My best friend was murdered and you have his morpher and my morpher."

"The only morpher I had was that one," he said pointing at the one still lying on the ground. "I don't know about any other morphers."

"Zordon left my zeonizers in the Power Chamber when he took us away. He made me watch my best friend die. I saw you morph into Zeo Ranger 5! You may have fooled my friends and parents but you won't fool me!" He said and than charged him.

Asa tried to block him but Jason had a sword. He was able to land in a kick but that only seemed to make him angrier. The fight after that was very one sided.

Asa pulled himself painfully to his feet. "My name is Asa and I swear I don't have any morphers!"

Jason held his sword and it shook a little but he quickly steadied it. "Say goodbye pretender!" He said and fired.

"No!" A voice yelled as Asa was hit full on by the blast. He fell to the ground unmoving.

The other Turbo Rangers had arrived in time to see Asa fall. Kat and Tanya ran over to Asa who was lying in a crumpled heap.

Adam and Rocky stood in front of them ready for Jason to attack.

Jason looked at them before he tossed something towards Adam. He disappeared as quickly as he had appeared.

Adam looked at the object in his hand. It was Asa's turbo key.

"We need to get him to the Power Chamber!" Tanya said. They teleported away.

Emily walked out from behind a tree shocked at what she had seen. Lee's name was Asa and he was a Power Ranger? And so was Jason? But than why did Jason just try to kill Asa? Nothing made sense to her.

When the Rangers had arrived in the Power Chamber they quickly lay Asa on a bio bed. Alpha hurried over to them and started scanning him.

"Why weren't we called sooner?" Rocky asked.

"RANGERS I NOTIFIED YOU AS SOON AS I WAS ALERTED THAT ASA WAS IN TROUBLE."

Billy who had just teleported in after being called by Adam stepped forward. "I don't believe in coincidences Dimitria. The same thing happened to Tommy. The Rangers weren't alerted until it was too late."

Dimitria looked down at him. "BILLY I AM NOT SURE WHY THE RANGERS WEREN'T ALERTED WHEN TOMMY WAS ATTACKED IN THE PARK. WHEN ASA WAS ATTACKED THE ALARMS DID NOT GO OFF UNTIL AFTER THEY STARTED FIGHTING. WE HAD NO WARNING."

"That's not true," Jason whispered in Billy's ear. "Asa tried to contact Dimitria. I was here when it happened but I couldn't do anything."

Billy frowned but didn't say that to Dimitria. He knew he had to get access to the security footage.

"How's Asa," Kat asked Alpha.

"He was hit with a lot of energy and his body is almost in a state of shock," it replied. "He should be fine after he recovers."

Billy looked over at the scanner in Alpha's hands. Something was wrong. Alpha was not being truthful about the severity of Asa's injuries. He wasn't sure if he should say something in front of the others but he didn't get a chance as the alarms started going off.

"RANGERS," Dimitria said. "DIVATOX HAS SENT DOWN A MONSTER TO THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. YOU MUST STOP HIM."

"Right." Rocky said as he stepped forward. "Shift Into Turbo!"

The Rangers teleported away.

Billy waited until the Rangers teleported away. "Wouldn't it have been better to tell them how serious Asa's injured?"

"BILLY I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN," Dimitria said, "BUT I DID NOT WISH TO WORRY THEM. JASON."

Billy was shocked that Dimitria knew Jason was there but he supposed he'd have been more surprised if she didn't know.

"I BELIEVE ASA MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF RECOVERING IN THE FUTURE."

"I'll take him home." He said and then Asa was gone in a flash of light.

Better chance in the future? Billy wondered. He wished Tommy had been given that chance.

Notes: there's something to ponder. This chapter really linked Tarnished Gold and Missing Red together don't you think?