Disclaimers: I do not own Power Rangers. However the characters that exist as their children are my creation.

Their Children

Chapter Seventeen: A Plan Comes Together

The sun was beginning to set when the former rangers met back at the Oliver's Residence. They all took random seats in the living room, ready to go over the plan. Tanya was the first to break the silence. "Is everything ready?" She directed this question to the resident genius.

Billy looked at his friends. "I am confident that the device will work. The synthetic lightning should allow us to pierce an opening into the barrier. From that point, we may use the communicators to transport through." He informed his friends.

Jason nodded his head. "And with the four communicators, eight of us will be able to go through?"

Adam decided to answer this one. "Well, we originally hoped that'd be the case; however, the three communicators you found were unfinished. With our limited resources, Billy was able to complete them as best he could but…" He left off glancing at said friend.

Billy continued. "But they are still unstable. They should be safe for use, but I recommend only one person to a communicator. The one originally in my possession is, in fact, stable. Two persons will be able to use it."

"Alright, that's great. Five of us will be able to go through." Zack stated. "So who's it gonna be?" He asked looking around.

Tommy sighed. "That's a good question." He looked around at everyone. "I guess you plan to stay behind and run the equipment?" He asked, his eyes on Billy.

"Affirmative Tommy. Trini will also stay behind. We felt that it would be best for her to assist me, should any issues arise." Billy said, glancing at his wife lovingly.

Trini smiled as she added. "Well, we will also have to keep in mind that the portal will need to be guarded while opened." She glanced at her husband as he nodded his head. "I will stay with Billy, but we may need another should Lord Xian's goons attack."

Tommy nodded his head. "That's a good idea. Any volunteers?" He asked.

"I'll do it." Everyone turned at the sound of Adam's voice. "This way I can also assist with any arising issues if necessary."

Kim had a thought. "What about the kids? Er… the ones here. Someone will need to stay with them."

"Well I can stay." Tanya voiced. "I'm pregnant, so I can't exactly go on any daring adventures right now."

They all nodded their heads in understanding. "I will stay as well." Cassie remarked, then looked at Zack. "Katie may need one of us, so I'll stick around here and keep Tanya company." Zack smiled at his wife, grabbing her hand.

"That's a great idea." Kat stated. She looked at Jason. "I'm assuming that you are going through the portal. So I'm going to stay as well. It's probably not necessary for three of us to be here, but like Cass said, the kids need to be with one of their parents."

"If you're sure." Jason said. He wanted Kat to do what she felt best. And if she preferred that she go find Alex while he stayed with Andy, then it was okay with him.

Kat smiled at him. "Yes Jase, I am sure." Squeezing his hand in assurance. "Plus, we're close enough to the park that if Billy and the others need any help, I can be back up."

Tommy nodded his head. "Okay, that leaves Zack, Rocky, Aisha, Kim, and myself seeing how we've already established that Jason is going through the portal." He paused before continuing. "So that's five of us with only four spots left."

"I'll stay behind." Kim announced. She turned at looked at both Rocky and Aisha. "I think that it's important that the both of you go. We all saw Tiffany fall and we don't know what state she's in." Kim grabbed her friend's hand as Aisha fought her tears. "I'll stick around with Adam and help fend off any goons."

Teary eyed, Aisha looked at her friend. "Thank you Kimberly." Kim just smiled at her softly.

Tommy looked at his wife with pride in his eyes. "Okay that settles it. Jason, Rocky, Zack, Aisha, and me will all be entering the portal." He looked at Billy. "You will operate the device with the aide of Trini. Adam and Kim will guard." He looked at Cassie, Kat, and Tanya. "And you ladies will watch over the children here." Everyone nodded their heads in affirmation. "Now that we have our stations covered, let's decide our course of action." Tommy turned to Billy. "Alright Billy, what's the plan?"

Billy took a deep breath, leaned forward, and met the gaze of his peers.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

As the rays of light diminished, six confused teens stood in it's place.

The rangers immediately looked over themselves and each other. Alex was the first to speak. "Where's Tiffany?"

As if on cue, a ray of pink light brightened the room. As it faded, they could see their teammate slowly fall to her knees. Tommy was by her side in a second, the others trailing after. "Tiffany? Tiff you okay?"

Tiffany looked up, caught in Tommy's gaze. "Tommy?"

He cracked a grin. "Yeah, it's me. Can you stand?"

After his question, she looked down and realized she was on the floor. White, pristine floor. 'Where's the dirt?' She quickly looked up to find several faces staring down at her. She slowly stood, taking in the rest of her surroundings. "Umm… where… how did we get back to the C-Deck?"

Olivia grabbed onto her hand, "T, do you remember anything?"

Tiffany raised a brow. "Like what? You mean the rocky cavern we all fell into, along with its equally rocky passageway. Yeah I remember that."

"Anything else?" Marcus asked.

Tiffany thought for a moment before shaking her head. "No, can't say that I do."

"And the hieroglyphs?" Connor asked.

Tiffany furrowed her brow in confusion. "Now you've lost me."

"The symbols etched into the walls?" Sammie reiterated. "You were trying to decipher them."

Tiffany pondered a bit before shaking her head. "Sorry. No recollection of anything like that. I'm drawing a complete blank." She paused, staring at her friends. They all seemed deep in thought. "Was it important?"

"You could say that." Marcus mumbled, lost in contemplation.

Tiffany began to worry. "Well, what happened?" She sounded distressed.

Noticing this, Alex felt it time to intervene. "Okay guys, we just got back. Let's give Tiff some breathing room. We all could use a little rest."

"But…" Tiffany wanted answers.

Alex turned to her. "Not now Tiff. You really should rest first. It may even jog your memory. I promise, we'll fill you in."

Tiffany frowned. But before she could say anything, someone else beat her to it.

"Welcome back rangers." Zordon greeted. The seven teens turned to see Zordon enter the C-Deck. It was only then they noticed the other occupants in the room. Reidyn and Omega stood silently near the computer consoles. "Alex is right." He agreed. "You all just came from quite an ordeal. You need to rest."

Tommy took a step further. "Zordon, what happened? Connor seems to believe that that last test was no test at all. And I am inclined to agree with him. And Tiffany," here he glanced at her and then sighed. "Tiffany can't remember any of the happenings. And well, when we were wherever we were she was in a trance like state." He finished, not exactly sure if Zordon would have the answers, but hopeful all the same.

Zordon repressed a sigh. "You are right. It was not the third test. There was a miscalculation. However, the error has been found and corrected." He stated, saying no more.

"And Tiffany?" Olivia asked.

Zordon looked over his pink ranger. "Tiffany's case is a little more complicated than that. Whatever happened down there was not expected. Therefore, I do not currently have any answers as to the what and why. But I am sure all will be revealed in time. However, as of now-"

"Where were we?" Connor interrupted. He slightly blushed at Zordon's startled look. "I mean, were we on a different planet? The symbols we saw-"

"Are not important as now." They turned to the voice coming from the second level. There they witnessed Phaedra sauntering down the stairs. "What is important," she continued, "is that you have all returned. You must now rest. Your battle will begin soon enough. And your mind should stay focused on Lord Xian."

Connor did not look pleased with this avoidance of answering his question, but with a look from Tommy he did not press the issue. At least he would not for now. "Very well. We will continue this at a more convenient time." He said nodding his head to Phaedra, informing her with his eyes that this was not over. She however, did not look unsettled in the least.

Sensing the tension, Alex stretched and said, "I don't know about you guys, but I am beat. If there is nothing else Zordon, I'd like to get in some of that rest you've been promising."

Zordon smiled. "Of course Alex. You are all free to retire for the moment. You have most assuredly earned it."

Alex grinned. "Thanks. Let's go guys." He turned to face his friends. They all hesitated.

Tommy recognized the look Alex gave them. "Alright guys, let's go." He nodded towards the exit. "I'm a little tired myself. I'm sure our questions can wait for now." He headed to the exit. The remaining rangers looked at one another before they too turned and walked out of the C-Deck.

Walking down the well lit corridors, Tiffany pondered on what just happened. Looking at the back of all of her friends, she had a feeling that they were going to be doing more that just 'resting'. Recalling the look he gave earlier, she narrowed her eyes at the back of Alex's blonde head. 'What are you thinking?'

Alex halted in his step and turned to her. "You say something Tiff?" The others continued walking unaware of the couple's pause.

Tiffany's eyes widened. 'What?' "No. I… I didn't say anything."

Alex's eyes narrowed in confusion. "Oh, I thought I heard… Oh nevermind." He continued walking. Scratching the top of his head along the way.

Tiffany quickly followed. She glared at the floor. 'What the hell was that?'

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Everyone sat quietly watching Billy. They waited patiently for him to begin.

Billy took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose before slipping them back on. He began speaking. "We can't be seen, so we will have to wait until nightfall. Two hours after curfew, we will go to the park, to where the Power Rangers were last seen. Because of the recent activity, we should be able to create a tear into the barrier." Billy began. "I will use the contraption to make the synthetic lightning. Once the portal is created, you will have to teleport through. There should still be a slight trace of their teleportation auras to provide you a trail." He finished, allowing them to take in what he said.

"Once we are through, how long will we have before the tear closes?" Jason asked.

"That is unknown. I see no reason for a time constraint; however, keep in mind that this is all unpredictable and that you guys will be going in blind." Billy informed.

"Luckily Billy built a device that will allow us to communicate with you guys without needing to keep one of the communicators behind." Adam said.

This grabbed Rocky's attention. "Is it connected to the Morphin Grid as well?"

Billy nodded his head. "Yes. It is very much similar to the communicators, sans the ability to teleport. I have dubbed it the communication radio." He rubbed his left hand through his hair. "I can't stress enough how important it is for the procedure to go uninterrupted. There is a fair amount of risk should the goons disrupt us."

Tommy and Jason glanced at each other. Tommy set his eyes on his blue clad friend. "What kind of a risk?"

"Disrupting the connection can close the portal. Unfortunately, it will be hard enough getting one to open the first time, I'm not even sure if it is at all possible to get it to open a second time." He sighed. "If something happens, you all may be stuck wherever you are teleported to. Same thing goes if it closes on it's own prematurely." He finished.

"Well then," Rocky started, "we had better find them. Because if we get stuck, the power rangers will be our only ticket home." Everyone nodded their head, seeing his logic. "Alright, I love it when a plan comes together." He grinned. "When do we start?"

Billy glanced at his watch. "It's only an hour before curfew. I still have a few things that we'll need." He stood up. "Trini and I will head back home and collect the equipment."

Rocky stood with him. "Alright, Aisha and I will head home as well. Maybe change into something more comfortable."

Aisha looked down at the sundress she was wearing. She nodded her head standing up. "Yea, let's do that."

"There's a couple things I want to grab from the house." Jason stated. "And I'll just meet you guys at the park after curfew." He stood and gave Kat a kiss.

Zack repeated the action on his own wife, then stood as well. "I'll come with you. That way we could both head to the park together." Jason nodded his head.

Adam held Tanya's hand. "I'll stay here until it's time to meet at the park."

Kimberly nodded her head. "I think that's a great idea Adam. We'll leave together." She then looked at Tommy. "All three of us?"

Tommy smiled at her. "Yeah, I'm going to stick around here and prepare as well." He then looked at his six friends standing beside the door. "Alright guys, meet together at the park two hours past curfew." They all nodded their heads in agreement and the six former rangers left the house. Tommy turned and looked at his wife. "I'll be in the basement." She nodded her head in understanding. He looked at Adam. "Hey Adam, would you like to help me."

Curious, Adam removed himself from beside Tanya. "Sure."

"Alright follow me." Was Tommy's instruction. With a quick glance to his wife, Adam followed Tommy to the basement.

Kim rose out of her seat and stretched her limbs. "Okay girls, I guess I had better go prepare." She headed for the stairs and then paused. "On second thought, Kat you better come with me. If we need you for backup, which I really hope won't be necessary, but you'll need some comfortable clothes to fight in."

Kat looked down at her light pink cami, short jean skirt, and sandal clad feet. She sighed, "I suppose you're right." With a smile she followed her friend up to the second level.

Once the two ladies left the room, Tanya turned to Cassie. "It's too quiet now. Let's turn on the news."

Cassie nodded her head in agreement as Tanya switched the television on. "We should put the kids to bed soon. But let's wait until Kat comes back down." She then leaned back into the couch. 'I hope everything goes smoothly tonight.' She thought with a sigh.

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A/N: Ta daa! There's ch 17 for ya. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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