Episode 571: Power Rangers Millennial Kingdom: Graduation
August 2110
On the Skyship, as Jack and Joe prepare to return to the Time Force Academy, Alex shows up
"Cadets Hollings, Burrows, wait just a moment" said Alex "Captain Burrows, I'd like to speak to you and Noah, along with Marvin and Vesper"
"How can we help you, Alex?" Troy asked
"I would like to make Marvin and Vesper the same offer I made Jack and Joe" said Alex "a chance to join the Time Force Academy. We still need more cadets"
"It's up to them" said Troy and Noah
"There's no question" said Marvin
"I'm in" said Vesper
"Excellent" said Alex "be ready to go tomorrow. Cadets Hollings and Burrows, you may delay your arrival by a day to go with them" and he leaves
The next day, Jack, Joe, Marvin, and Vesper all teleport to the Delta Base on Venus. Jack and Joe take Marvin and Vesper to the office in charge of them
"Cadets Hollings and Burrows reports in, Officer Trip" said Jack "along with two new recruits"
"Good" said Trip "Cadet Burrows, please take your brother to his room" and he hands Joe a paper with a room number on it "and Cadet Hollings, please take Vesper to her room" and he hands Jack a piece of paper.
On the way to Marvin's room, Joe explains the schedule
"Classes are Monday through Friday, 8am-3pm, with a one hour lunch at noon" said Joe "Classes include both academics as well physical activities. After school small groups meet. Dinner is at 5pm. On Sunday, church is in the morning, you can do what you'd like in the afternoon. Doing schoolwork is discouraged on Sundays, so assignments will never be due on a Sunday or a Monday. Here's your room" and they arrive to see someone already in there
"Hi!" said the young man "I'm your roommate. My name is Edward Banks X, but you can just call me Eddie"
"I'm Marvin Burrows" said Marvin "but you can call me Marv"
"Burrows, as in Troy Burrows?" Eddie asked "you're the son of the Red Megaforce Ranger?!"
"And I'm his older brother" said Joe
"I'm meeting two offspring of the Megaforce in one day?!" Eddie asked "this is too much, I have so many questions…"
"I don't mean to disappoint you" said Marvin "but we probably don't know much more than you. We grew up on the Skyship, and I have seen their Legendary Morphers and Power Keys, but they haven't morphed since the Battle of Armageddon. There's no reason to, and one of the rules of being a Ranger is…"
"Not using your Powers for personal gain" said Eddie
"Well, I'll leave you two, see you on Sunday, Cap" said Joe and he leaves
"Now I can tell you is some cool stories I heard from the angel Gabriel…" said Marvin
The following Sunday, Marvin seeks out Joe at church, bringing Eddie with him
"Hey Eddie" said Joe "this is my roommate, Jack Hollings and our friend Vesper Carver"
"Two more Ranger descendants!" said Eddie
"Nice to meet you Eddie" said Jack
"Hi!" said Vesper "everyone, this is my roommate, Abigail" and everyone introduces themselves as the service begins
May 2111
Many gather outside the Delta Base to see the new graduates from the Time Force Academy. Troy, Noah, Jake, Gia, Emma, Marvin, Vesper, Eddie, and Chloe sit together to watch Jack and Joe graduate.
"Next to graduate is Jack Hollings" said Alex and he gives him a diploma and a Time Force badge
"And Joseph Burrows" said Alex and he gives him a diploma and a Time Force badge "Officers Hollings and Burrows will be partners and will serve under Officer Trip"
After the ceremony, Jack and Joe's family and friends congratulate them on their graduation. They are then taken away by Trip
"Officers" said Trip "your Time Force badges will serve not just as a containment device, but also as communication and teleportation devices. Your first mission is on Andresia, some of the seedier elements are beginning to make a comeback. There has been numerous thefts, find the thieves and arrest them"
"Yes, sir!" said Jack and Joe
October 2112
In the Delta Base, Joe enters the command center, where he is greeted by Alex, Trip, Sky, Cruger, and Kat
"Officer Trip, what's going on?" Joe asked, realizing something big must be happening if the higher ups of Time Force and SPD are all here "and why didn't you want my partner here?"
"We assumed you've heard the news" said Alex and Joe knew exactly what he heard about. Recently, someone who was born shortly after the start of the Tribulation had died. This was the first death since the end of the Tribulation
"I've heard" said Joe
"What hasn't been said is that the small time gangs you've been investigating are enraged" said Sky "they are now realizing that refusal to kneel to Zordon will indeed result in their death on their hundredth birthday"
"But that's open knowledge, why are they enraged now?" Joe asked
"Because it hadn't actually happened yet" said Kat "now that they are seeing it actually happen they realize their plan is in danger of failing"
"What plan?" Joe asked
"That's what we're not entirely sure of" said Trip "we know from your work that they were scheming something, but we don't know what. We do know that having their members die is not going to help their plan, no matter how brilliant your plan is, if all your members are dead, your plan isn't going to work. "
"So you want Jack and me to find members of these gangs and stop them, like we've been doing?" Joe asked
"Yes and no" said Cruger "While you and Officer Hollings will continue to clean up the streets, we have a special mission for just you. These gangs hatred have united them into something they're calling the Alliance. As Officer Trip said, we don't know their plan, but we know we must stop them. We need you to do three things: one, continue investigating with Office Hollings when you can; two, go undercover and find out what the Alliance is up to; and three, stop them when they go too far without blowing your cover"
"To aid you in your mission, we got permission from Zordon Himself to make this for you" said Kat, who hands Trip a box that he passes to Joe who opens it and almost drops it from shock
"You know what this is" said Trip
"Yes" said Joe
"Then you know the rules if you take it" said Trip
"I do" said Joe "but I have one question, isn't this a little extreme? I mean our basic stun guns have been more than enough in the past"
"Somethings changed" said Cruger "they're no longer just stealing… someone's figured out how to create monsters and foot soldiers…"
"… which won't die on their hundredth birthday because they were never alive to begin with" said Joe, finally understanding why he was given what's in the box…
A Chrono Morpher
Next time on Power Rangers Millennial Kingdom:
Joe uses his new Powers to investigate the Alliance
