A/N: Who's ready for more Sophia and the rest of the their friends?!

Episode- The Bullzord

Chapter 19- The Mission

Xxxxx

Oliver House-Kim's Home Office
Reefside, CA

The reunion wasn't what they thought it was going to be. Instead, the party was filled with a twist and a turn. The twist: their son was a Power Ranger. The turn: Cole, Red Wild Force ranger, just disappeared—again.

Abruptly, the reunion ended.

Several teams, once again, formed search parties, helping the frantic Alyssa search for her husband. She explained Cole complained about having a headache, so he left for the bathroom. She thought he would've been back in time once the Samurai rangers arrived, but he didn't return. She made Max and Danny head to the bathroom. Privately, they notified he wasn't in there. Alyssa and Taylor excused themselves from the table and roamed the grounds. He was gone once more; it was like he had disappeared into thin air. The former White Wild Force ranger deeply apologized to the Dillon and Summer due to the attention shifting from them and to her husband. In a private moment with Tommy and Kim, she said her 'sorry' to them because she knew the official meeting with their son was unexpectedly cut short due to this.

The current team offered their assistance. All were met with 'nos'. All six remained persistent, and just wished to be extra pairs of eyes. The eldest, former rangers, as parents, reminded them it was getting pretty late, and they should just return home. They, the Samurai Power Rangers eventually agreed because by tomorrow, there was probably going to be another Nighlock on the prowl. Before they departed, they thanked whatever teams were in the room for inviting them. It was the least they could.

Once Jayden, who was still in the dark about his connection to them, faced Tommy and Kim, he was brought into a loving hug by the two. He stiffened, at first, since he wasn't used to parental affection. Mia's affection, that was a different story. He listened to the whispered words of positivity and encouragement, and that Tommy's offer would always be on the table for him. Jayden graciously nodded, and once more said bye.

As soon as the six were aboard the Astro Megaship III with Andros, Karone, and the rest of the In Space rangers, they left. Kim crumbled and broke down. Her closest friends supported her the best they could. She didn't expect this news about her son. She couldn't believe he was a Power Ranger. She was shocked that he was a fake, Red ranger, which seemed to demean him as a person. Kim couldn't dwell any longer on the issue though, there was a missing ranger, and she needed to help.

That was close to a month ago.

For the past hour, Kim had been in her office looking over some ads and printing the ones that appealed to her the most.

"Kim," Tommy shouted his call. He thought his wife was submerging herself into work once again. He needed to get her out of the house. The best way he thought was taking a drive to Angel Grove, having a romantic, picnic lunch at their park, and then going to pick up their children; one was at Hayley's Cyberspace and the other at the McKnight's house. He figured they should go to the pizza buffet with the arcade inside for dinner.

That was the perfect plan for family night.

"Yeah," Kim responded, a bit frazzled, as she rushed into hiding papers behind her. She stayed put, almost holding her breathe in. Her husband entered her office, and she nervously smiled. "Yes, Handsome," she greeted.

"Hey," he began, and looked closely at his wife, since her hands looked to be tied behind her back. She appeared to be keeping something from him. "What do you have there?"

She had to figure out how to get out of this one. She didn't want to inform him about her plan of action. Eventually, she would have to. She could imagine the look on her husband and the kids' face, if they came to an empty house. They would definitely be mortified. "Nothing," she lied.

Tommy's didn't believe her. He admitted to his closest guy friends she was acting strange. He was determined to get to the bottom of this. "Stop with the lies," he demanded with anger. She usually told him anything and everything, and now, she was surreptitiously hiding something from him.

She glared with intensity. "I'm not lying," she denied. Tears already fell though. She could admit that. Privately, for the past few weeks since the reunion, she cried in the comfort of her home office. She did so because she did not understand how this came to be.

Zordon was wrong. They placed all their trust into him, and he failed. That's right, she believed he failed them as a mentor, stand in father, and anything else sh thought of him to be. She blamed Zordon for her son becoming a Power Ranger behind their backs.

Inhaling a deep, calming breathe, he approached his wife with baby steps. He didn't want to fight with her, but he also wanted her to know she wasn't alone in this. He sat on the desk, right in front of her, and peered down. He hated to see her like this. She was usually strong, but she appeared to be beaten due to the truth.

"It's okay," he soothingly said, bringing her in for a hug. He felt the tears pierce the middle of his shirt, and he let her continue until she was finished. While she cried, she adjusted her position closer to him, and she hoped to suppress his anger. Taking a glance, to see how she was, Tommy was able to take a peek at what was behind her back. Though the papers were crumpled, he was able to read along the paper's newly given ridges.

"2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Townhouse by the waterfront, only $1600!"

He imagined, what was pretty much on point, where this was located. He looked away, anger resurfacing.

"Tommy," Kim pushed away from him and reclined back in her office chair. The papers were shoved behind her back still. She tightly held them, causing her knuckles to alter to white. "I'm fine," she fabricated once more. "I'm sorry for my blow up."

"Beautiful," he faked a smile, waiting patiently for her to tell him the reason behind that advertisement, "I know our emotions have been on edge because of Jayden. I understand."

"I love you."

He rose, concluding she didn't want him to be there. He bent down and kissed her lips chastely. He walked to the door, but wasn't able to let go of what he just saw. With his back turned, he said what was on his mind. "Do you need help packing," he spat the question with malevolence.

She let the papers cascade from her hands at his surprising inquiry. They littered around her office chair. "Tommy, I was going to tell you," she jolted out of her seat and to his side. She attached herself to his back, caressing his chest in an attempt to calm him down. "I really, really was."

"When," he shoved her arms off of him. He faced her, his eyes burning with fire. He could've melted ice cubes with the look expressed in his eyes. "Were you going to tell me after the fact? Or, maybe, you'd use the excuse you're just heading to the shop... and you would never come back!"

"I'd come back," she shouted, her chest elevated up and down, looking at him like he had gone mad. "You have no right to talk to me like this!"

"No right," he repeated, trying to make sure he heard her right. "You are my wife. I am your husband. I have the right to know what you are up to when it changes the dynamics of this family!"

"It's just until the shop is done!"

"Right," he again didn't believe her. "Because they have such thing as one month leases." He knew the true reason—his wife wanted to spy on him, and he would damned if he allowed this to happen. Jayden wasn't their only child, but she had this mentality he was. Under different conditions, he along with the rest of the family would move to Panorama City, so they could be with him. However, he was clothed, fed, surrounded by decent people, and he was fine. He was even fighting on the side of good.

Unlike when he was first told about Jayden's 'side job', he's accepted this. Yes, his son was a Power Ranger. He wouldn't have wished for that to happen, but there was nothing he could do now. His son was standing in for his adopted sister, and Jayden didn't seem to have a problem with it. Therefore, they couldn't hone in on this plan that's been in the works for awhile. He ultimately concluded, his son could not back out now. Until, the final battle was done, would they make themselves known.

On the other hand, if a life threatening issue happened, he'd be there in a heartbeat and forgo the Shiba Family's idea.

"This wasn't supposed to be his life," Kim reminded him. "I hung up my power suit a long time ago, and you promised the Black Dino Thunder ranger was your last go around. We've talked that we don't want Sophia or Tristan becoming a ranger, and the same could be said for Jayden."

Out of all the rangers, Tommy and Kim knew about that life, since they were constantly thrusted into the dangers of it.

Even under Rita's command, he still had the lingering feeling she could've caused him to turn the Sword of Darkness on himself at any time. He often felt disposable, since he gained and lost the power more than anyone else. He's fought against his friends, was tossed back in time, battled Lord Zedd on his own, became a preteen, unsure of how to get back to his teenage self, he's been to the moon and back, has been under the influence of dark magic, only God knows how many times. He was even blown off an island, cradling Red, Blue, and Yellow gems. He almost forgot about that time he was fully encased in amber, stuck in his power suit, and how his powers were amplified. He could see kids, but they couldn't see him. He's sustained scrapes, burns, gashes, broken bones, and even a broken heart for during his ranger years. He's been in plenty of precarious situations—he also knew the power would always follow him.

As for Kim, she was sucked into a monster's bottle, was captured in hopes of becoming Lord Zedd's empress, became trapped in a storybook, she unknowingly stepped into an invisible portal and traveled to the 1800s, and there was that time she almost lost her life. That was the scariest thing she ever had to endure. Not only was her power being drained, but so was her life. She couldn't imagine what would've happened had Lord Zedd and Rita's plan been fulfilled. She's been dropped into a pit of lava too. Her essential personality offered, so it could give life to Maligore.

They wouldn't want their children to be Power Rangers. They believed they would often be targeted like how they were. So what, Wes and Jen's son, Carter and Dana's daughter, Conner and Kira's son along with Danny's daughter all formed a team and became Power Rangers. That was the future, they've been heavily trained, and accepted this was their destiny. Those weren't their kids anyways.

Just because they haven't been in his life, since he was an five hours old, Jayden was still their son. Kim wanted to protect him, even if that meant living in another city to keep watch.

"I was upset and angry for what his adopted parents are making him do, but we have to think about Jayden and what he's going through," he sat on the couch. "He's saving the world."

Kim followed and sat with him. "We wouldn't have to be thinking about this kind of stuff, if we just kept him," she regretted her decision... again.

Tommy shook his head. "You agreed a long time ago this was best. We couldn't be parents and Power Rangers."

"But that ended up happening!"

"Damn it, Kim," he angrily cursed at her and pounded his fist on the armrest. "First of all, I became a ranger again after Sophia was born. Second, we were older. Third, I was only supposed to foster the group. I wasn't even supposed to be a damn ranger, but that fucking Dino Gem had to bond with my DNA. Though it did, I was on the field, what, 50, maybe 75 percent of the time. Did you forget that?! Most of the time I was behind the scenes, only stepping in if they needed help."

"Tommy," she gently said. "We really could have raised him." She buried herself in his arms, so he could calm down.

"No, we couldn't," he scolded bitterly. "If we did, then we would've relinquished the powers, dealt with the repercussions from our parents, and our lives would've changed for the worse. If we kept him, we probably would have ended up hating each other, blaming one another for him being a burden, broken up, and never had the daughter and son we have now," he wistfully rationalized.

Though they bickered and argued, sometimes to the point Tommy would leave for a hotel or the Cranston's house, or Kim would gather the kids and leave for Trini's house, their love was undeniable for one another. He couldn't imagine his life without her, and now, even more, they needed each other to deal with Jayden being the Red ranger.

Even, if they were from afar.

"That's bold of you to say," she involuntarily rolled her eyes at his irrational thoughts.

"It's true," he boldly stated, and he pulled her closer to him. "What would you accomplish by living closer to him anyways?"

"Everything," Kim answered. "I'd get to see him maybe everyday. We'd be able to talk. I want to tell him I'm his mom, and that he doesn't have to do this anymore. He doesn't have to put his life on the line, and he can come and live with us."

"That can't happen," he responded, rather upset with her. "Did you not hear what Andros told us?" Kim's gaze, with pertinent curiosity, wandered to meet his. "Jayden is selflessly putting his life on the line. He wants to do this. We can't just barge in and tell him, 'oh, give up your duty, leave the world unprotected'." He shook his head again. "We can't have his sister, his adopted sister, come out of hiding. She has the one symbol that can defeat this Master Xandred. She's not ready, if she was, then she would've made herself known."

"Then, let's help her," Kim announced, as if that was going to solve everything. "If we can't get Jayden home by informing him now, then we can speed up the process by training her to perform this symbol or whatever."

"Right, because we know so much about being Samurai rangers," he irritably countered.

"Cam, he's a Samurai. We'll pay him to help her," she ludicrously stated.

Tommy exasperatedly buried his face into his strong hands. His wife was as stubborn as a mule. She could probably go back and forth for hours, if he allowed it. He reclaimed some sanity, getting back to the issue at hand. "You are not moving to Panorama City," he infuriatingly ordered, "and that's final!" He got up and exited her office.

Kim was hot on his tail. They were in the kitchen. She watched as Tommy grabbed a bottle of scotch from the cabinets. He was fixing his favorite drink. "Drinking isn't going to solve your problems," she advised wisely.

"Of course not all of them," he momentarily got a relief from his wife's absurd words. He earnestly looked at her, after taking a gulp. "How would I explain this to Sophia and Brennan? Mommy's gone on a vacation? Mommy needs a break? Mommy has a hidden agenda?"

"Don't you dare," she maliciously threatened. "You're gonna make me sound like I've abandoned them."

"That's what you're doing. By moving to Panorama City, you are abandoning your husband, your daughter, and your son," he counted off, which caused her to become upset once more.

She regathered her thoughts, and then she came up with another solution. "We all move then. We won't give up this house, but we just rent a house in Panorama City. What do you think," she was willing to compromise.

"No," he hastily snapped. "The school year is still happening. Tristan is doing great at the preschool. You know how he is, he's always so fussy when he meets new people. I'm not going to burn gas and do a much longer commute from my house to work, and we have to think about Sophia. She goes to school here and her gymnastics is also here.. I'm not pulling her out of either," he found her to be so unreasonable. "I thought we came to a decision, we weren't going to let her know about Jayden being a ranger also. If she found out we were going to living in the same city as the Power Rangers, she's going to put it together."

"You just don't care about him," she shouted at the top of her lungs. Her eyes flashed pink, and she stomped away from him.

Before leaving, he took another sip and caught up to her. "That's not it at all, and you know it. We can't get ahead of ourselves and just be wasps, constantly pestering him. I've opened the line of contact by giving him our information. That should be enough. Kim, we can't do this. You're already going to Panorama City because of your shop out there. So, you'll be there, but just not constantly by his side. Isn't Antonio going to help at the opening too? Then, you'll be around him again."

"Fine," she gave in, not wanting to argue anymore. He was right. She would eventually see him. Her chances better now than previous years. "Now, are you sure we're doing the right thing by not telling Sophia she did fight with her brother a few months ago?"

Sadly, Tommy and Kim didn't tell Sophia the truth about her brother. There were a couple of reasons for why she couldn't know. Sophia was a little spitfire, they were almost positive she would find a way to join in on the fight. Furthermore, they alleged Sophia would make extra appearances in the city he lived in, probably giving away that Jayden was adopted. This would make Sophia angry and feel betrayed that they didn't admit to her they have met him, but they would eventually tell her the truth and explain why this was necessary.

"I hate hiding this from her, but we know how Sophia is. You moving there would definitely alert her something was up. Is that what you really want?" His wife shook her head. He grabbed her hand and brought her in for an intimate hug. He kissed her on the lips, since he felt alright to do so "How about we leave the house? Have lunch at our park, and then pick up the kids to go to their favorite place," he hoped to give her a distraction.

Kim softened. "Our park," she asked, knowing that place brought back memories. "I like the sound of that."

Angel Grove Park was definitely a place of solace for them. They quickly headed upstairs to get ready.

Xxxxx

Meanwhile...
Hayley's Cyberspace
Reefside, CA

Brennan, Sophia, Kaylani, Rock Jr, Adrian. and Nadia congregated at the couches that the Dino Thunder rangers used to sit at. From a 'ranger eye', they actually looked like they were a group of Power Rangers. Brennan always sported red, Sophia often wore pink, Kaylani favored green, Rocky Jr had a passion for blue, Adrian claimed green as his signature color and Nadia loved yellow. The difference between them and a group of rangers, they were spread out in different cities. Brennan attended school in Angel Grove, Sophia's district was Reefside, and the rest went to school in Stone Canyon. Though they weren't around each other during school hours, they always met during the weekend, rotating between the Scott's, Oliver's, DeSantos' and Park's house, or when there was special occasion.

Special occasions were often.

On this particular Saturday, all came to Reefside.

Hayley delivered their smoothies to them, while a worker came by with a tray full of food to satisfy the appetites of Rocky's children. Hayley stayed with them for a bit. "Alright, so what are you six up to today," she asked, sensing something was definitely going on or being planned. She placed the tray that would hold drinks to the side of her. They glanced at one another, obviously trying to come up with an answer. "Know what, I don't think I even want to know." She retreated to the back of the counter and occupied her time with other customers.

The six exhaled a breath of relief.

"Why did we come here again," Nadia's asked. She looked around nervously, as if they were being spied on. "Hayley's going to find out, I just know it." She grabbed for her sandwich wrap and chomped down, hastily eating.

"Naddy, shut up," Kaylani forcefully ordered. She loved the girl, but sometimes when Naddy, as that was her nickname, became jumpy she tended to overreact and even overeat. "Just act normal."

"Sis, calm down," Adrian rebuked, and he fished in his backpack for his mini laptop. He easily connected to the WIFI in a matter of seconds.

"Dude, did you even pay Hayley for that," Rocky Jr., or Rock, lowly asked, knowing that Hayley charged $15 dollars for an hour long session. He had to look over his shoulder at the redhead, who was wiping down the counter. She appeared busy enough.

Adrian's eyes grew big in order to shut up his best friend. "Say it louder, Rock, then she'll really know I hacked into her network," he shushed him with a finger firmly planted on his lips. He figured, since he didn't have money on him, he might as well save a few bucks. He didn't even need the internet for long anyways.

Sophia rolled her eyes. "Why don't both of you just blow our covers," she sarcastically accused, and the two bickering boys shrunk in their seats.

Brennan chuckled. He sequestered his girlfriend, who had a knack to instill intimidation in others. "Alright, so what do does he supposedly look like," he got them back on track.

"According to Adrian's genotype software ," Kaylani started, as she pulled out a sheet of paper from her purse, "he would be about six foot or so with dark brown hair, brown eyes and would look like a model." She then held the illustration up for everyone to see.

They all glanced at the photo. He appeared to be a regular Joe Schmo.

Adrian, with his expanse brain and flair for studying genetic material, offered to give Sophia an idea of what her brother potentially looked like. In his laboratory, which was basically his room, he began with what Tristan and Tommy looked like. He took certain features from those two and made an avatar, which was a fairly rough idea. Following that, with what he knew about genetics and the information he was able to gather from Sophia's hair, he made this picture.

"Then that could be him over there," Rock pointed inconspicuously at a random a guy, "Or that guy over there, or him." He was obviously unimpressed with these findings and stuffed his face with more food.

"No, they don't look like models," Naddy mindlessly bumbled, since that didn't correlate with what they were provided with. She shrugged.

These six were planning on a way to meet Jayden.

There were definitely plenty holes about Jayden's background. After Kim announced that she met Jayden on his most recent birthday, the past rangers still seemed unsuccessful in actually locating him. So, Sophia and her closest friends thought about finding him themselves and then bringing him back to Reefside. They thought this would be the right and heroic thing to do. All Sophia wanted to do was surprise her parents and little brother, give them a little peace of mind, and of course she wanted that older, protective, big brother. She hoped to meet him and build a relationship with him. They were unsure of where to begin, so a picture would be a clue at least.

They were also positive six brains were better than one. Plus, they were pretty precocious and determined to accomplish what the adults couldn't.

However, they were pretty clueless that one of them already met him, and he was definitely related to power.

"Looks like a model," Sophia repeated in utter shock while reclining back in her seat. She rested comfortably once Brennan placed an arm around her. "Since when is that picked up from genes?"

"Your dad is of model good looks," Lani, short for Kaylani, pointed out. "Not to mention, Tristan is a very cute tot. I can see him modeling for Gap Kids," she confidently stated.

"Well, I did also do the recessive genes," Adrian said in his defense. He continued typing and moved his mouse around. In no time at all, he came up with another picture. He didn't want to print it out here, so he showed everyone his computer screen.

All six clamored to take a look, making sure to block any unnecessary eyes.

Surprisingly, Tommy and Kim's daughter deemed this picture believable. "Adrian, you are a a genius," she complimented, looking at the blue eyes, strong features, and nicely tousled hair. This picture was pretty vivid, a definite contrast to the other one. She was amazed that Adrian could pick up genetic markers from strands of her hair and come up with something like this. As she stared harder, she thought this combination of features reminded her of someone. The blue eyes were so haunting. She wasn't sure where she seen them before though.

"Yush, loosh lysh a model to mesh," Rock grumbled around a hefty bite of food.

"Sophia, don't take this the wrong way, but if that's really what your brother looks like, then he is pretty hot," Adam and Tanya's daughter whistled as she tossed back some of her curly hair, thinking he was actually around.

"Oh gross, you guys," Brennan muttered in annoyance, while placing down his drink on the table. "This is just a picture. You can't get hot and bothered over a picture."

"I don't know," Naddy fanned herself with her right hand, as she continued to look. "He's really cute, kinda like Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon." Kaylani eagerly agreed with her.

"Disgusting," Brennan contorted his face to show his distaste. "Dude, he's like old now, and Naddy and Kaylani, hate to break it to you too, but that Tux guy is just a cartoon."

"Whatever," Naddy and Kaylani echoed each other.

"Okay, so do we really think we'll be able to find him based on all of this," Adrian earnestly wondered, as he sipped his drink. He made sure to save the picture on his computer. "I mean, this is a long shot. Our parents have been to Aquitar, KO-35, Eltar, Edenoi, they even have use of the computers on the Astro Megaship III, but still haven't found him. In my opinion, that is rather odd."

"Well, it's not like my parents or anyone else has come remotely close," Sophia truthfully thought. She was positive her parents would enlighten her if they did. Her mom's been pretty mum about it lately. That caused Sophia to think her mom has been swept in the fury of getting last touches of her shop together, or the person she met in Panorama City wasn't Jayden. She had to find out for herself. This search was taking too long. "I'd say, let's go to Panorama City, find a teen hangout, and go from there. I'm sure we'll run into him."

"When," her boyfriend asked, since he was definitely interested to go.

"Are you sure," Naddy queried in fright. She's never left a city without adults accompanying her. "Do you think that's a good idea?"

Kaylani caught that vindictive glint in Soph's eyes. She was formulating a plan, and it was going to be a good one. "I'm in," she already said, almost way too eagerly, not needing to hear anything else.

Adrian's eyes bugged out of his head. "Kay, are you crazy," he hissed. Though, Sophia was the heart of this group, she was also the daredevil, or the devil in disguise. Though, he would never admit that to her face. So, as of right now, this girl definitely had something up her sleeve. "Soph, come on, think about this rationally."

Rock mimicked Kaylani's enthusiasm. He didn't want to look like or act like a pussy in front of his friends, so he readily agreed. "What's the plan, Stan?" He actually even placed down a plate of food, giving his undivided attention.

"Who's Stan," Naddy chirped.

Everyone groaned. They loved Nadia, she was sweet, funny, kept them out of trouble, but she did act like a ditz sometimes.

"Alright, here it is," Sophia whispered, making sure Hayley didn't have a clue of what they were up to.

Xxxxx

Two Weeks Later
Downtown
Panorama City, CA

"Guys, I'm hungry," Rock whined in a child like way, as he followed his friends down the busy street. He looked around, and there were plenty of food carts, but one stood out the most and was only a few feet away. "Ooh, kebobs," he excitedly motioned, making sure they all saw. "Follow me!"

"Rocky," the others complained but knew they couldn't leave a man behind.

Naddy admitted her stomach had been grumbling. She ordered five. She overheard her brother whimper he didn't have any money, so she ended up also paying on his behalf. Brennan paid for his food along with his girlfriend's. Adrian, who saved his allowance for this excursion, was able to hand money over for his and and his sister's meal. The six found a spot and sat at a table.

They arrived in Panorama City an hour ago. Sophia's plan was for all of them to ditch school when she knew her mom wasn't going to come to the shop. Without her mom's interference, they had a whole day to freely roam around. They would take their city's bus, and they would converge at a neutral point. Her theory, Jayden was a high school student, so she found the address to the high school. For this 'mission', she was leader and assigned them jobs. She appointed Rock to find the places where all the teens would go for lunch, in case he went off campus during that time. Adrian was ordered to bring his laptop for obvious reasons. Lani, since she appeared older than the rest, could probably blend in on campus if that was needed. Naddy was the one to keep them on their toes by constantly reminding them of the time and when they should leave. As for Brennan, he provided support for everyone.

The night before, they all Skyped and reminded each other of what they needed to survive the day, such as, cell phones and money.

It seemed like Rock forgot about his money. "Sis, I'll pay you back," he promised, as he took a bite and chewed.

"You're fine," she assured him, and she looked at her watch. "Alright, it's close to 11:00. Time is on our side. Our parents," she pointed between herself and her brother, "think he has soccer practice after school, and I'm doing a school project with Lani, "

The next to speak was Lani. "Right, my mom and dad think I'll be with you," she pointed at Naddy. "And obviously, Adrian also has 'soccer practice' after school."

"My parents think I'll be at martial arts club," Brennan supplied.

"And of course, mine believe I'll be at gymnastics practice," Sophia said.

Adrian, who was also seen as a tech wiz, connected his laptop to wireless internet. He did some configurations, infiltrated voicemails, and made sure their parents weren't notified about their absences. "Alright, so where's this high school at," he queried.

Sophia got her cell phone out. "It's about a mile from here," she answered. "How long will that take us to walk there?"

"Probably 20 minutes, maybe faster if we ran," Kaylani quickly figured out.

"Well, I think it's better if we stayed downtown. I was able to gather this is where all the major food places are and where the teens hang out plus there's an arcade," Rock informed.

"I'm with Rock," Brennan updated.

The others seemed to agree. For another hour, they remained where they were. Instead of letting this hour boringly dwindle, the six initiated a kata taught to them. This was a special one, since it was developed while the Ninjetti were on the planet of Phaedos. Though Brennan's parents weren't one, he still knew the moves. They respectfully bowed and were silent when moving. Their arms flowed to the left and then to the right. Resuming starting position, their left arm smoothly, yet tautly swooped up, followed by the right arm repeating the same. They shifted their feet. Their legs fluidly moved to perform a swipe of their right leg up, and then the left leg extended like the right had. They repeated another five sets.

A crowd formed, watching these preteens gracefully in motion. For one, he firmly stood, his arms crossed in front of him with shopping bags in his hand, and he was garbed in a burnt orange like kimono shirt, long, black pants and wooden slippers. He watched in awe, amazed that these children were able to perform something this intricate. In his opinion, they did look beautiful together. He noted the colors too. Minus the black, he internally laughed that they looked like his own team. He saw their things on a table, and he placed a twenty there. People copied him.

Once the teens were done, they were met with unexpected applause. They almost jumped at the noise. Even more shocking, they found some money near their backpacks. Their eyes enlarged.

Mentor Ji had been watching. He clapped for them. "Such style, such grace, it's great to see this in a younger generation," he genuinely complimented as he gently approached them.

"Stranger danger," Naddy shrieked and bolted to grab her things. She protectively cradled her stuff, expecting her friends to do the same. "Guys?" She came back to their side, thinking the five of them had gone crazy in the head.

"Naddy," they nagged, telling her to be quiet.

"Thank you," Brennan acknowledged on their behalf. He took a good look at the man and found the man didn't allude to cruel intentions. His friends faced the older man too.

"Now, this may be none of my business, but you six don't appear to be over the age of 14. Shouldn't all of you be in school," Ji earnestly questioned, while giving them a stern eye, but only because he was concerned about their general welfare. The streets were usually littered with monsters. The rangers weren't as close as they usually were, since they were in the countryside. The six were sent there in an attempt what has never been done before, and that was to tame the Zord with primal power—the Bullzord. Yesterday, Cody, a young guardian whose been able to talk to the zord since he was three, became trapped in the cockpit. They've been trying to free him, but that was difficult due to the zord running rampant.

According to Jayden, it was like Cody 'was stuck on a runaway train'.

Ignoring his thoughts, Ji's eyes zeroed in on teen that stood out the most to him. She bared a faint resemblance to someone he knew.

"Oh, uh," Lani responded with anticipation her friends would quickly come up with something.

Sophia stood right in front of them, really soaking up the role of leader. She intervened and politely smiled at Ji. "We were just getting on our way. We'll be back to school in no time," she smartly retorted She grabbed her backpack, haphazardly slinging it over one of her shoulder's and told her friends they needed to get going. They began to walk away.

Mentor watched for a moment, then furrowed his brows. "Excuse me," he headed towards them—again. They flinched, scrambling words together in hopes of making him go away. "Middle school is that way," he helped by pointing them in what was intended to be the 'right' direction.

They keenly nodded, realization dawning on their youthful faces. They went in the opposite of where they initially thought to go.

Ji turned to go to his motorcycle, but the ground suddenly began to shake furiously. He tossed his eyes behind him, as he saw the issue that was happening in the far distance, more specifically on top of the mountains. The ravaging Bullzord was rapidly barreling down, dangerously teetering very close to the edge. One wrong move, and the first Samurai Zord would tumble down to the city and inflict major damage. He gasped while his eyes roved to the group of kids he was just talking to. They were in a deep trance it looked like, watching the the commotion that was going on. He quickly raced towards them, hastily pushing and trying to protect them. He persisted through the cries and pleas that they could handle themselves. He doubted that and moved them to an awning for their safety.

Every which way, rigid rocks, flaming debris, fused together clumps of dirt, and smoke from the Bullzord's tires were showering down. Innocent citizens, dodging the hazardous upheaval, ducked and covered themselves in fear being struck. They ran for their lives so quickly in hopes of not getting hit.

Sophia felt around her body, almost in a panic. Everyone else had their backpack but her. Her eyes darted everywhere, wondering where it could've been. They only moved just a second ago. There it was on the ground roughly fifty feet away from them. She tapped her boyfriend on the shoulder. She told him what happened. He couldn't hear her, since her voice seemed to be drowning in the sea of deafening noises. "It must've fallen off," she shouted towards him, her finger signaling her bag.

The Bullzord soared in the air. Everyone in the vicinity got a very good look at the new Zord. Mentor proudly watched. His rangers did good once again.

Tommy and Kim's daughter admired the newest addition as well, but her backpack wasn't in her possession still. Thinking the coast was clear and without another thought, Sophia hastily ran, preventing her petite self from touching the litter, to get the pink and white item.

"SOPHIA," her friends urgently shouted, once they realized she booked it without a word.

She instantly retrieved her bag and excitedly held it up for them to see. She was ready to come back now. Suddenly, a raging fireball and hardened rubble from the combusted Nighlock that was just ejected from the flying Zord powerfully struck her in the back. Upon the powerful impact, her body flew in the air like a weightless rag doll."Ahhh," Sophia screamed in terror. She voluntarily closed her eyes, bracing for the worst. She painfully skidded against the pavement further encountering more broken and inflamed pieces. She unnaturally traveled for a few more feet, her body finally coming to a rolling stop. Her bag dropping from her hand.

"Nooo," Brennan yelled and immediately headed for her. His heart dropped to the pit of his stomach. He didn't care if he was going to be caught in something harmful, all he cared about was getting her, his girlfriend, out of there. He rescued her, ignoring the sweat and other liquid sticking to his body, and ran back to where his friends and Mentor were. Once under the awning, he instantaneously dropped to the ground, panting heavily. He unveiled her body for everyone to see.

She looked lifeless. She had various cuts, scrapes and burns, up and down her body. One cut was rather long and open. Blood profusely exiting.

They looked in shock. Nadia and Kaylani began to cry, each respectively burying themselves into Adrian and Rock's arms.

Mentor had to do something. He immediately grabbed his phone.

"911, what is your emergency..."