Ok, so I decided to re write the Forever Red episode. Lets get real. The only good thing about those 22 minutes was seeing all the reds together. I decided to make it much more interesting. Give it some back bone. I wanted to answer alot of the questions that were asked, like how did TJ and Jason get their powers back? I wanted it to have a MUCH better ending. I wanted the entire story MORE drawn out. I wanted more interaction with the characters. I wanted to give things, that were terrible, something good. Alot of how I answer things may not be how other people would answer it, but hey, anything is possible in Power Rangers right? Yes, you will see some of the same lines used and said by the actors in the episode. No, your not going to ONLY hear the same lines in the episode. No I dont own any of these characters. For the record, I am open to ALL opinions and criticism. I will be doing these in chapters.
Chapter 1
"That one!" she exclaimed excitedly.
He looked into the case and said, "Which one?"
She pointed straight into the case and said, "This one here!"
Jason Lee Scott stood looking into a glass case of engagement rings, trying to get a closer look at the rings. "Which one? The one with the big blue diamond?"
"No," Kimberly Hart said. "You know I don't like the big diamonds. What if I wanted to run my hands through my hair? It might get tangled in it. Or what I had to save you from a mugger and punched them in the face? That would cause more damage then necessary."
Jason laughed looking into the case again, "Well its hard to tell which one your talking about. From where I'm standing, it looks like you could be pointing at several of them and there is only 30 different rings on that shelf."
Kim grabbed Jason's arm and pulled him to where she was standing and said, "That one right there!"
Now he could see that she was pointing to a ring with a small diamond on it. "That one? Its tiny."
"But I love it! I don't need anything expensive anyways. I mean, I get that guys want to buy expensive stuff for their girlfriends, but I just dont think its nesesary," Kim said.
"All this looking to come to this simple one?" Jason asked.
Kim looked at him saying, "Hey, you said you would take me ring shopping if we dated for two years. Its two years today!"
Jason replied, "Yeah, because I wanted to see if you found anything you like, in case..."
Kim suddenly perked up and looked at him saying, "In case what?"
Jason couldn't bring himself to say it. He couldn't even believe he was this far along with his relationship with Kimberly. Two wonderful years of dating and now he was looking at engagment rings. Time had really flown for Jason. He looked down at Kimberly, who was staring up at him.
"Just in case." Was all he said, trying hard to supress a huge grin but failing miserably.
"Just in case something happens?" She asked.
The more Jason thought about ''popping the question'', the more nervous he felt. Nervousness was not an feeling he was used to.
"Yes, just in case something happens." He said.
Kim looked at the glass case saying, "Well aren't you happy I finally picked one?"
Jason nodded, "Yes, after seven ring shops, yes I am. I have been getting hungry."
"But you know you love me." She said smiling at him.
Her smile was irresistable. He smiled warmly and said, "I do love you."
He leaned down, softly pressing his lips to hers. The two looked into each others eyes for one long moment. Time became timeless for Jason, as everything else around him had disappeared and it was just him and her. She had meant so much to him. He couldn't imagine life with out her. He finally spoke saying, "We...we better get going. Tommy is meeting us for lunch."
Kim smiled saying, "Yes. I didn't realize how hungry I was."
She took his hand as the two walked outside to Jason's 1993 Harley. They put their helmets on and she got on behind him. He rode off with his lady fair, off to see his best friend and fill his belly.
Kim rested her head on Jason's back. She had to keep from dozing off as it was comforting just to hold on to him. She never cared for motorcycles at first, but after riding with Jason, she came to enjoy them, so long as it was him she was with. In fact, anything involving Jason she was all in.
Jason pulled into a resturant and parked his motorcycle. He took his helmet off and walked inside with Kim. Jason looked at Kim saying, "Do you want a booth?"
"Duh? I want to be able to look at you." She smiled.
Jason picked a booth by the window and sat down as Kim sat across from him. She took both of his hands as he looked at her saying, "You sure are happy today."
"I can't help it. I went ring shopping, for the first time ever." She said, still smiling.
He couldn't help but smile at her. He heard a familiar voice, "Hey guys."
Jason looked over to see Tommy walking up to the table with Kat next to him. Tommy stood close to Kat as Kimberly jumped up and gently hugged Katherine. Kim looked down as Kat held a hand to her bloated belly. "How much longer?" Kim asked excited.
"Oh, about a month to go," Kat said. "I have felt so lazy this last week."
Jason gave Kat a hug as he said, "You have a reason to be."
Jason and Tommy shook hands, which turned into a hug. "How ya been man?" Tommy asked.
"Oh, just working alot but I guess thats what comes with being an EMT. I had today off, so we went out for the day." Jason said.
Everyone sat down. Kim sat next Kat. Kim asked, "So how is married life treating you guys?"
"Its amazing! All those years of pining finally paid off for me." Kat said.
"You didn't have to pine. I liked you from the start. There was something wonderful about you." Tommy said.
"This has been the best year of my life." Kat said.
Tommy and Kat had married nearly a year ago and were now expecting a baby. Jason hoped that one day, he and Kim would be in that position. He looked at Tommy saying, "Do you know if its a boy or girl yet?"
Tommy looked back at Jason saying, "Its a boy."
"Whats his name?" Kim asked.
"We can't really decide on one. We haven't found a name we think is suitable." Kat said.
Tommy said, "We even looked through a book of names and couldn't find a good one."
Kat looked at Tommy and said, "We looked through the book for two minutes before it was me looking through the book, calling name after name and hearing no...no...no."
Everyone laughed as Kim said, "So if he is born before you find a name?"
Kat looked at Tommy saying, "Yeah dad, what are you going to do if your son is born right here in this resturant?"
Tommy bite his lip and said, "We will figure that out when it happens."
"Atleast he will be a good dad." Jason added.
"Of course he will," Kat said. "We got an A back in high school when we were parents for a weekend."
"Woooo!" Kim said interested in the subject. "How did that go for you?"
Tommy and Kat looked at each other and grinned. At that moment, everyone laughed.
Jason was glad he and Tommy still remained such good friends, and that their dates also were good friends. Time like these were what meant the most to him. Being around the people who were genuine.
"So what did you two do on your day together?" Tommy asked.
Kim sat up and answered before Jason's mind could come up with the answer. "Ring shopping!"
Tommy looked a little surprised as he said, "Wow really? Big step!"
Jason nodded saying, "We went to seven stores and she found one she likes."
Kimberly bounced excitedly as Jason could only stare at her smiling.
Everyone order a meal and sat and ate. Their conversations went for well over an hour. Jason asked Tommy, "How is the gym going?"
"Oh its pretty good. I now I have five classes I'm teaching each week. There is about 13 kids in each class. I love teaching them martial arts. Its just a great thing for them to get into. It helps build so much confidence," Tommy said.
Kim looked at Jason saying, "Maybe you should go up there sometime and work out together."
Tommy said, "Yeah man, your welcome there any time. I wont charge you a penny."
"Thanks man, that would be great," Jason said.
Tommy said, "Sometimes, when I'm in that gym training these kids, I sometimes wonder if I am training someone who is going to be a Power Ranger sometime down the road."
Kat said, "Well if you are, then they are being trained by the best."
Tommy smiled at Kat. Kim said, "Its kind of strange how these new teams seem to pop up all over the place now."
Jason nodded and said, "Yeah, whats does that new team we saw on tv the other day call themselves? You know, the red ranger has that tiger or a lion or something on the helmet?"
"Wildforce," Kim stated.
"Thats it, Wildforce," Jason said.
Tommy said, "Yeah, they seem pretty good."
Jason said, "Yeah, they got that one Megazord with the spiky hair and lion on its chest."
Kim said, "Your making fun of their Megazord?"
"Well, no, it just looks odd," Jason said.
"Its nothing my Dragonzord can't handle," Tommy said.
Kat said, "They are keeping us safe, so thats all that matters."
"Maybe we inspired other groups in the world to make a team of Power Rangers," Jason said.
"That would make sense," Tommy said. "It just doesn't seem like a coinsidence that other teams were created with multi-colored suits and robots, without having gotten the idea from us."
Kat finished her meal and said, "Well I need to run to the restroom."
She slowly scooted to the end of the booth and began to stand as Tommy helped her up. "Will you be alright?" Tommy asked.
Kim stood up and said, "Ill go with her. I need to go myself."
Kim took Kat's hand and held on to her as Kat slowly walked forward. Kat looked at Kimberly as they walked saying, "You are happy about the ring shopping aren't you?"
Kimberly said, "Sort of, kind of. I mean, I guess I'm a sucker for wanting a happy ending. I always wanted to find my knight in shining armor and now I finally have. Well...more like knight in shining red."
Kat said, "To me, I remember him as black and gold."
Kim said, "Either way, I have found who I want to be with for the rest of my life."
Kimberly just grinned as Kat continued, "If your this happy ring shopping, then whats it gonna be like when you two finally..."
Kat stopped as Kim looked at her with a red face, as she slowly turned her head the other way.
Tommy and Jason sat at the booth. Their friendship held a bond that most friendships will never understand. The two had been through alot. Even after their Power Ranger days, they still managed to keep in contact every so often. With life rolling deeper and deeper, things only got better.
Tommy said, "So what kind of ring did she pick?"
Jason sat up saying, "A little diamond one. She said it was what pleased her."
"Did you buy it?" Tommy asked.
"Not yet," Jason said. "This way, I know what to get her when I'm ready to ask."
"So why dont you ask her? You know she will say yes, long before you even ask," Tommy assured.
"I know, its just..." Jason trailed off, trying to find the words. "Its a very nerve racking thing to do."
"Yes, but its well worth it," Tommy said.
Jason looked at Tommy and said, "Ok, I got to ask a question."
"Shoot," Tommy said.
Jason thought for a moment and then finally said, "I know your married, but do you ever feel jealous, or awkward, when Kimberly and I are around?"
"No." Tommy replied.
"Ever?" Jason asked.
Tommy shook his head. "At first, I thought I would. I mean, it was really hard when she wrote me that letter about her meeting someone else. Everyone tried to cheer me up. They tried getting me on a date with a girl I met when they took me skiing. It really didn't work out. I had to bail on her because of a monster. The date was ruined."
Jason couldn't think of anything to say. Tommy continued, "Poor Katherine. She was the waitress at the Youth Center for my date. She really did have to pine. After I came back from destroying the monster, Katherine and I ended up slow dancing. It was strange. I suddenly felt...safe."
Jason said, "I'm glad things worked out for you."
Tommy looked at Jason saying, "If your not asking her because your worried about Kim and I, its nothing anymore. There is nothing awkward. I'm proud and honored to say that Katherine is my wife and is carrying our child. I love her and she means more to me than Kim ever did. I don't mean for that to sound harsh, its just truth."
Jason nodded and understood. "Thanks bro."
On the moon, eight different colored borgs were busy monitoring the work of some left over Cogs. The Cogs seemed to be busy at work trying to dig up something left on the moon. An extremely long lump was covered by the moon's surface. About one hundred Cogs continued the digging process, which seemed to be nearly complete.
One black borg seemed to be in the center of the rest and kept the position as leader as the other borgs followed him. "We finally found it. Cogs keep digging. Zedd was a fool to leave this burried here! His loss, our gain!"
Andros, the red space ranger, watched from behind a few rocks, looking into a pair of binoculars, as the borgs continued digging. He had been monitoring the progress of this operation for quite some time. After several months, Andros could now see the dark green side of the massive Zord. He lowered the binoculars and pulled his hood from his face, letting his eyes take in the entire picture from afar. "Its worse than I thought. They have almost finished digging it out," he said to himself.
He knew he had to get help. Help really wasn't in his vocabulary, but he knew this was not something he could do on his own. He stood up and turned to leave as he heard the tumbling of rocks rolling down the edge he was on. He turned to see the borgs catching sight of him. The Green Borg turned to some of the other borgs shouting,"Let go!"
Gerrok jumped onto what looked like a dark blue horse, engulfed in a black aura of light. Two other borgs follows. The horses charged as fast as they could, nearly catching up to Andros as he ran as fast as he could. He glanced back seeing the horses would soon over take him. "Galaxy Glider, hang ten!"
His red Galaxy Glider zoomed past the two horses. Andros lept into the air as the glider caught him and quickly flew away from his pursuerers. Gerrok growled and said, "Let him go! It doesn't matter anymore."
Gerrok returned with the other borgs who had followed him as he approached the leader, General Venjix. Venjix looked at Gerrok and said, "Did you capture the spy?
Gerrok shook his head saying, "No, he escaped. It could not be helped."
Venjix paced back and forth for a long moment and then looked at Gerrok and spoke, "Now he knows of our plans. He must not be allowed to alert anyone else. Select a few borgs and take a squad of cogs and follow him. Find out who he is alerting and any plans made to attempt to thwart ours."
Gerrok bowed saying, "Yes General Venjix."
"Do not engage in battle. Not until we know what they are up to," Venjix said.
Gerrok marched towards the other Borgs who were observing the cogs digging and digging. Venjix looked towards the Earth and said, "We will not lose."
As Andros flew on, as he made it past the borgs' blue barrier, which allowed everyone on the moon, within the barrier, to move about as if they were on Earth. Andros had to hurry, he knew there wasn't much time. If the Borg finished what they were digging up, no one, and nothing, would be safe in this galaxy.
Andros flew to his new Megaship. The new Megaship was built exactly like the original, only this one was much more faster and manurverable in space. Andros liked it. It was always nice to have your own ship while in space. There was a sense of freedom that Andros liked about it.
He docked his Galaxy Glider and step into the ship from the Glider Docking Bay. He hurried to the front of the ship in the Control Room. He walked towards a control panel where a blonde girl was using the ships computer to keep track of the moon. He spoke to her, "Its nearly complete. What should I do Karone?" Andros asked.
Karone, Andros's sister, had once been Astronema and had been saved by Andros after one long search. With his sister found and safe from harm, Andros always felt at peace. After finding out that it was Darkonda who had kindnapped Karone, Andros was able to save her, with the help of the four other Space Rangers. Karone looked at him from where she sat and said, "How bad is it?"
"If they completely dig out Serpentera, the Earth, and every other planet, every other galaxy, is in serious trouble," Andros said.
"Well, I wish I could help more. I mean like, ranger wise," she said to him.
Andros nodded and said, "I know, but I dont want anything to happen to you. I mean, without suit or anything."
Karone stared out the window into the starry space. "What about getting more help?"
Andros gave her a questioning look as he asked, "Do you mean the other Space Rangers? I'm sure they would help. I just dont know if that would be enough for something of this magnitude."
Karone said, "Well, what about some other rangers? Weren't there other rangers on the Earth? I know Leo and the other galaxy rangers stayed on Mironi. Even Aquatar has rangers."
"I know, but I dont want anyone else to be dragged into this. Its too dangerous. Ill just go down to the moon and stop them myself," Andros said as he turned and started to leave.
Karone stood up and grabbed his arm saying, "I understand that you dont want something to happen to me, but can you understand that I dont want anything to happen to you? There is no way one ranger can end this, single handedly."
Andros knew she was right, but asking for help really wasn't his strong suit. He nodded and said, "Alright. We will start with Earth. It has the most rangers."
Karone said, "So Ill set a course for Earth?"
He nodded and said, "Ill use our computer to locate Tommy Oliver. He was the most well known Power Ranger from how TJ and Cassie talked about him. If he can help, he can get in touch with more rangers than we can."
Andros ran a few searches through the computer and located Tommy's house. Andros used a phone connected to the Megaship, which could dial a phone on any planet. He dialed Tommy's number from his readout and listened as it rang. On the third ring, someone answered. It was a females voice with a bit of an accent, "Hello?"
Andros spoke into the receiver, "Is Tommy there?"
"Yes, may I ask who is calling?" she asked.
"He wont know me. But its urgent I speak with him," Andros replied.
There was a moment of silence and a males voice came over the phone, "Hello?"
Andros spoke, "Tommy? Tommy Oliver?"
"Yes, thats me. Who is this?" Tommy asked.
"My name is Andros. I'm the Red Space Ranger. TJ and Cassie served with me for quite some time as we searched for Zordon," Andros explained.
"Ok. Well, I was the Green Ranger. And white, and red, and red again," Tommy said, laughing a little as he explained all his colors in order to Andros.
"Thats alot of different colors for a ranger. Before you know it, you will be adding another color to the list, like black or something," Andros said.
Tommy grinned saying, "Ah maybe, you never know."
"You must have served as a ranger for a long time for Zordon?" Andros asked.
"A very long time. It was awesome. Zordon was like my mentor," Tommy said as he remembered his times with Zordon as a ranger.
Andros began, "Well, the reason I was calling is that, I am in need of serious help from a ranger."
Tommy asked, "What do you mean?"
Andros paused and said, "Well...more like a lot of rangers."
"What is this about?" Tommy asked.
"Well, there are some remains of what was once called the Machine Army, which was run by a machine named King Mondo," Andros explained.
Tommy said, "Yes, that was back when I was the Red Zeo Ranger. We never actually defeated him, he just seemed to stop attacking and thats when Divatox came into the picture."
Andros spoke again, "Well, the remains of this army calls themselves, "The Borg." They specialize in reconstructing old zords. They are very secretive. They come out and gather the remains of a dead zord or any other kind of robot, and completely rebuild it and put it to work for themselves."
Tommy nodded and said, "Well, I never came across any Borgs during our battles with King Mondo. My wife and I just fought against cogs and monsters that King Mondo sent to attack Earth with."
"You and your wife?" Andros asked as he bit his lip. He felt a little bad for asking Tommy for help at this point.
"Yeah, I married the Pink Zeo Ranger. Her name is Katherine. We are even expecting a baby," Tommy said in a very cheery voice.
Andros hung his head and after a long pause Tommy asked, "Are you still there?"
Andros replied, "Yes. See, the Borg is digging up a zord on the moon called Serpentera and..."
Tommy interrupted as he said, "Serpentera? Lord Zedds old zord?"
"Yes, they are trying to dig this out. If they do..." Andros was again interrupted.
"If they do, there is no saving anyone. They have to be stopped. How long do you think it will be before they dig it out?" tommy asked.
"I would say, about another five days. Its a huge zord and all they have are Cogs to dig it out with. The generals never liked getting their hands dirty," Andros stated.
Tommy said, "Well count me in."
Andros asked, "Do you still have any powers?"
Tommy thought and said, "I should still have access to my old Zeo powers. They were abandoned for newer power later on, but it will still work since the power runs off of my Zeo Crystal."
"Good," Andros said. "Thats two. I was hoping you might know of more Earth rangersto help us. We will need alot of help."
"Yeah, I know of quite a few. There are rangers that I dont even know who they are, but I assure you alot of the newer teams that have spawned are probably more aware of each other than my old team is," Tommy said.
"Well, lets plan to meet in about two days. I know its short notice but we dont have much time as it is. There are too many Borgs and Cogs for two rangers to deal with," Andros stated.
Tommy nodded and said, "Agreed. Dumb question. Do you have a phone number?"
Andros laughed a little and said, "Yes, I'm calling you from my Megaship. If I'm not here, then you can ask for my sister Karone."
"Karone?" Tommy asked.
"Yes," Andros said.
"Intersting name," Tommy said.
Andros gave Tommy his information and explained to him that he would contact Mironi and Aquatar. When Tommy heard of the name Aquatar, he said to Andros, "Request that Billy Cranston, come back to Earth to help us. He is incredibly smart. He used to be a ranger also. I know he will help us."
"Sure thing. Thank you Tommy. I just hope nothing happens to us. I would hate for something to happen to you. I mean, since your married and waiting on your child," Andros said appologetically.
"Andros, you have nothing to worry about, man. If I dont' help, none of us will exist. I have to do this. I will get in touch with you soon," Tommy said.
The two hung up. Andros looked at Karone and said, "Tommy is going to help us."
Karone smiled and said, "I just got in touch with Leo." She said pointing at a screen on the wall.
Andros moved next to Karone as they both looked at the screen which had Leo looking at them. "Hey guys, how are you?" Leo asked.
"Great! How are you?" Karone asked.
"We are great. Everything has been amazing here on Mironi. Everyone else has been really busy. I find myself spending alot of time with my brother. I guess after what happened, I dont take anything for granted anymore," Leo said in a more positive manor.
Andros nodded and said, "How would you like to help us?"
"Help with what?" Leo asked.
"Its a long story. There are some enemies on the moon trying to dig up a weapon powerful enough to destroy galaxy's and just trust me when I'm saying I am NOT exaggurating," Andros explained.
"How can I help?" Leo asked.
"We need the old Lost Galaxy team to help us. If they can," Andros said.
Leo looked to his left and grinned as he pulled Kendrix into the picture. She waved and said, "Hi Karone!"
Karone waved back and smiled, "Hello Kendrix. Its been a while."
Leo explained the situation to Kendrix. Kendrix bit her lip saying, "We will both be ready. The rest of the team has gone on to other things. We haven't talked to each other in years sadly."
"We understand," Andros said. "We will send you a shuttle. It should fly you back on auto pilot."
Karone spoke, "Ill get the shuttle ready to get you, Leo."
"We will wait for you," Leo said as he waved goodbye.
Andros looked at Karone and said, "We actually have four rangers now."
Karone hurried to the Docking Bay to set the space shuttle off for Mironi. Andros sent a signal to the planet of Aquatar. A moment later, an alien like creature answered and was put on screen. It was Aurico. "Aurico, how are you? Its Andros!"
"Andros? We haven't...heard from you...in a long time. How have...you been?" Aurico asked in his Aquation tounge.
"Oh, its been a getting better and better. I need to cut the small talk. I need help from as many rangers as I can," Andros said.
"Whats the matter?" Aurico asked.
Before Andros went on, he said, "Do you know of a man named Billy Cranston?"
Aurico smiled and said, "Yes...he is here with us. In fact...you caught him here...at the right moment."
Billy walked next to Aurico. Beside Billy was Cestria. Aurico introduced everyone. Andros looked at them on the screen and said, "I'm Andros, the Red Space Ranger. I have come at a request for help. The remains of the Machine Empire are trying to dig out Serpentera on the moon."
All three on screen had a look of surprise. Billy said, "This is not good."
"If...Serpentera is used...for evil...everyone is doomed..." Aurico said.
Andros looked at Billy and said, "Tommy asked me to request you and Aurico to come back and help us on Earth."
"Affirmative," Billy said. "You dont even have to ask. Ill do whatever I can."
Andros said, "Ill send you a shuttle."
Billy grinned and said, "We have teleportation. Ill just need the coordinates." Billy said pointing to his wrist. Billy turned to Cestria and kissed her lips saying, "I will be back when this is over."
Cestria smiled and said, "I hope so...Billy. Return safely."
Andros gave Billy the coordinates. Billy stood with Aurico and pressed a button on his communicator and teleported onto the Megaship. Andros greeted them both as Karone returned from the Docking Bay. Andros finally felt maybe they had a chance.
Chapter 1
"That one!" she exclaimed excitedly.
He looked into the case and said, "Which one?"
She pointed straight into the case and said, "This one here!"
Jason Lee Scott stood looking into a glass case of engagement rings, trying to get a closer look at the rings. "Which one? The one with the big blue diamond?"
"No," Kimberly Hart said. "You know I don't like the big diamonds. What if I wanted to run my hands through my hair? It might get tangled in it. Or what I had to save you from a mugger and punched them in the face? That would cause more damage then necessary."
Jason laughed looking into the case again, "Well its hard to tell which one your talking about. From where I'm standing, it looks like you could be pointing at several of them and there is only 30 different rings on that shelf."
Kim grabbed Jason's arm and pulled him to where she was standing and said, "That one right there!"
Now he could see that she was pointing to a ring with a small diamond on it. "That one? Its tiny."
"But I love it! I don't need anything expensive anyways. I mean, I get that guys want to buy expensive stuff for their girlfriends, but I just dont think its nesesary," Kim said.
"All this looking to come to this simple one?" Jason asked.
Kim looked at him saying, "Hey, you said you would take me ring shopping if we dated for two years. Its two years today!"
Jason replied, "Yeah, because I wanted to see if you found anything you like, in case..."
Kim suddenly perked up and looked at him saying, "In case what?"
Jason couldn't bring himself to say it. He couldn't even believe he was this far along with his relationship with Kimberly. Two wonderful years of dating and now he was looking at engagment rings. Time had really flown for Jason. He looked down at Kimberly, who was staring up at him.
"Just in case." Was all he said, trying hard to supress a huge grin but failing miserably.
"Just in case something happens?" She asked.
The more Jason thought about ''popping the question'', the more nervous he felt. Nervousness was not an feeling he was used to.
"Yes, just in case something happens." He said.
Kim looked at the glass case saying, "Well aren't you happy I finally picked one?"
Jason nodded, "Yes, after seven ring shops, yes I am. I have been getting hungry."
"But you know you love me." She said smiling at him.
Her smile was irresistable. He smiled warmly and said, "I do love you."
He leaned down, softly pressing his lips to hers. The two looked into each others eyes for one long moment. Time became timeless for Jason, as everything else around him had disappeared and it was just him and her. She had meant so much to him. He couldn't imagine life with out her. He finally spoke saying, "We...we better get going. Tommy is meeting us for lunch."
Kim smiled saying, "Yes. I didn't realize how hungry I was."
She took his hand as the two walked outside to Jason's 1993 Harley. They put their helmets on and she got on behind him. He rode off with his lady fair, off to see his best friend and fill his belly.
Kim rested her head on Jason's back. She had to keep from dozing off as it was comforting just to hold on to him. She never cared for motorcycles at first, but after riding with Jason, she came to enjoy them, so long as it was him she was with. In fact, anything involving Jason she was all in.
Jason pulled into a resturant and parked his motorcycle. He took his helmet off and walked inside with Kim. Jason looked at Kim saying, "Do you want a booth?"
"Duh? I want to be able to look at you." She smiled.
Jason picked a booth by the window and sat down as Kim sat across from him. She took both of his hands as he looked at her saying, "You sure are happy today."
"I can't help it. I went ring shopping, for the first time ever." She said, still smiling.
He couldn't help but smile at her. He heard a familiar voice, "Hey guys."
Jason looked over to see Tommy walking up to the table with Kat next to him. Tommy stood close to Kat as Kimberly jumped up and gently hugged Katherine. Kim looked down as Kat held a hand to her bloated belly. "How much longer?" Kim asked excited.
"Oh, about a month to go," Kat said. "I have felt so lazy this last week."
Jason gave Kat a hug as he said, "You have a reason to be."
Jason and Tommy shook hands, which turned into a hug. "How ya been man?" Tommy asked.
"Oh, just working alot but I guess thats what comes with being an EMT. I had today off, so we went out for the day." Jason said.
Everyone sat down. Kim sat next Kat. Kim asked, "So how is married life treating you guys?"
"Its amazing! All those years of pining finally paid off for me." Kat said.
"You didn't have to pine. I liked you from the start. There was something wonderful about you." Tommy said.
"This has been the best year of my life." Kat said.
Tommy and Kat had married nearly a year ago and were now expecting a baby. Jason hoped that one day, he and Kim would be in that position. He looked at Tommy saying, "Do you know if its a boy or girl yet?"
Tommy looked back at Jason saying, "Its a boy."
"Whats his name?" Kim asked.
"We can't really decide on one. We haven't found a name we think is suitable." Kat said.
Tommy said, "We even looked through a book of names and couldn't find a good one."
Kat looked at Tommy and said, "We looked through the book for two minutes before it was me looking through the book, calling name after name and hearing no...no...no."
Everyone laughed as Kim said, "So if he is born before you find a name?"
Kat looked at Tommy saying, "Yeah dad, what are you going to do if your son is born right here in this resturant?"
Tommy bite his lip and said, "We will figure that out when it happens."
"Atleast he will be a good dad." Jason added.
"Of course he will," Kat said. "We got an A back in high school when we were parents for a weekend."
"Woooo!" Kim said interested in the subject. "How did that go for you?"
Tommy and Kat looked at each other and grinned. At that moment, everyone laughed.
Jason was glad he and Tommy still remained such good friends, and that their dates also were good friends. Time like these were what meant the most to him. Being around the people who were genuine.
"So what did you two do on your day together?" Tommy asked.
Kim sat up and answered before Jason's mind could come up with the answer. "Ring shopping!"
Tommy looked a little surprised as he said, "Wow really? Big step!"
Jason nodded saying, "We went to seven stores and she found one she likes."
Kimberly bounced excitedly as Jason could only stare at her smiling.
Everyone order a meal and sat and ate. Their conversations went for well over an hour. Jason asked Tommy, "How is the gym going?"
"Oh its pretty good. I now I have five classes I'm teaching each week. There is about 13 kids in each class. I love teaching them martial arts. Its just a great thing for them to get into. It helps build so much confidence," Tommy said.
Kim looked at Jason saying, "Maybe you should go up there sometime and work out together."
Tommy said, "Yeah man, your welcome there any time. I wont charge you a penny."
"Thanks man, that would be great," Jason said.
Tommy said, "Sometimes, when I'm in that gym training these kids, I sometimes wonder if I am training someone who is going to be a Power Ranger sometime down the road."
Kat said, "Well if you are, then they are being trained by the best."
Tommy smiled at Kat. Kim said, "Its kind of strange how these new teams seem to pop up all over the place now."
Jason nodded and said, "Yeah, whats does that new team we saw on tv the other day call themselves? You know, the red ranger has that tiger or a lion or something on the helmet?"
"Wildforce," Kim stated.
"Thats it, Wildforce," Jason said.
Tommy said, "Yeah, they seem pretty good."
Jason said, "Yeah, they got that one Megazord with the spiky hair and lion on its chest."
Kim said, "Your making fun of their Megazord?"
"Well, no, it just looks odd," Jason said.
"Its nothing my Dragonzord can't handle," Tommy said.
Kat said, "They are keeping us safe, so thats all that matters."
"Maybe we inspired other groups in the world to make a team of Power Rangers," Jason said.
"That would make sense," Tommy said. "It just doesn't seem like a coinsidence that other teams were created with multi-colored suits and robots, without having gotten the idea from us."
Kat finished her meal and said, "Well I need to run to the restroom."
She slowly scooted to the end of the booth and began to stand as Tommy helped her up. "Will you be alright?" Tommy asked.
Kim stood up and said, "Ill go with her. I need to go myself."
Kim took Kat's hand and held on to her as Kat slowly walked forward. Kat looked at Kimberly as they walked saying, "You are happy about the ring shopping aren't you?"
Kimberly said, "Sort of, kind of. I mean, I guess I'm a sucker for wanting a happy ending. I always wanted to find my knight in shining armor and now I finally have. Well...more like knight in shining red."
Kat said, "To me, I remember him as black and gold."
Kim said, "Either way, I have found who I want to be with for the rest of my life."
Kimberly just grinned as Kat continued, "If your this happy ring shopping, then whats it gonna be like when you two finally..."
Kat stopped as Kim looked at her with a red face, as she slowly turned her head the other way.
Tommy and Jason sat at the booth. Their friendship held a bond that most friendships will never understand. The two had been through alot. Even after their Power Ranger days, they still managed to keep in contact every so often. With life rolling deeper and deeper, things only got better.
Tommy said, "So what kind of ring did she pick?"
Jason sat up saying, "A little diamond one. She said it was what pleased her."
"Did you buy it?" Tommy asked.
"Not yet," Jason said. "This way, I know what to get her when I'm ready to ask."
"So why dont you ask her? You know she will say yes, long before you even ask," Tommy assured.
"I know, its just..." Jason trailed off, trying to find the words. "Its a very nerve racking thing to do."
"Yes, but its well worth it," Tommy said.
Jason looked at Tommy and said, "Ok, I got to ask a question."
"Shoot," Tommy said.
Jason thought for a moment and then finally said, "I know your married, but do you ever feel jealous, or awkward, when Kimberly and I are around?"
"No." Tommy replied.
"Ever?" Jason asked.
Tommy shook his head. "At first, I thought I would. I mean, it was really hard when she wrote me that letter about her meeting someone else. Everyone tried to cheer me up. They tried getting me on a date with a girl I met when they took me skiing. It really didn't work out. I had to bail on her because of a monster. The date was ruined."
Jason couldn't think of anything to say. Tommy continued, "Poor Katherine. She was the waitress at the Youth Center for my date. She really did have to pine. After I came back from destroying the monster, Katherine and I ended up slow dancing. It was strange. I suddenly felt...safe."
Jason said, "I'm glad things worked out for you."
Tommy looked at Jason saying, "If your not asking her because your worried about Kim and I, its nothing anymore. There is nothing awkward. I'm proud and honored to say that Katherine is my wife and is carrying our child. I love her and she means more to me than Kim ever did. I don't mean for that to sound harsh, its just truth."
Jason nodded and understood. "Thanks bro."
On the moon, eight different colored borgs were busy monitoring the work of some left over Cogs. The Cogs seemed to be busy at work trying to dig up something left on the moon. An extremely long lump was covered by the moon's surface. About one hundred Cogs continued the digging process, which seemed to be nearly complete.
One black borg seemed to be in the center of the rest and kept the position as leader as the other borgs followed him. "We finally found it. Cogs keep digging. Zedd was a fool to leave this burried here! His loss, our gain!"
Andros, the red space ranger, watched from behind a few rocks, looking into a pair of binoculars, as the borgs continued digging. He had been monitoring the progress of this operation for quite some time. After several months, Andros could now see the dark green side of the massive Zord. He lowered the binoculars and pulled his hood from his face, letting his eyes take in the entire picture from afar. "Its worse than I thought. They have almost finished digging it out," he said to himself.
He knew he had to get help. Help really wasn't in his vocabulary, but he knew this was not something he could do on his own. He stood up and turned to leave as he heard the tumbling of rocks rolling down the edge he was on. He turned to see the borgs catching sight of him. The Green Borg turned to some of the other borgs shouting,"Let go!"
Gerrok jumped onto what looked like a dark blue horse, engulfed in a black aura of light. Two other borgs follows. The horses charged as fast as they could, nearly catching up to Andros as he ran as fast as he could. He glanced back seeing the horses would soon over take him. "Galaxy Glider, hang ten!"
His red Galaxy Glider zoomed past the two horses. Andros lept into the air as the glider caught him and quickly flew away from his pursuerers. Gerrok growled and said, "Let him go! It doesn't matter anymore."
Gerrok returned with the other borgs who had followed him as he approached the leader, General Venjix. Venjix looked at Gerrok and said, "Did you capture the spy?
Gerrok shook his head saying, "No, he escaped. It could not be helped."
Venjix paced back and forth for a long moment and then looked at Gerrok and spoke, "Now he knows of our plans. He must not be allowed to alert anyone else. Select a few borgs and take a squad of cogs and follow him. Find out who he is alerting and any plans made to attempt to thwart ours."
Gerrok bowed saying, "Yes General Venjix."
"Do not engage in battle. Not until we know what they are up to," Venjix said.
Gerrok marched towards the other Borgs who were observing the cogs digging and digging. Venjix looked towards the Earth and said, "We will not lose."
As Andros flew on, as he made it past the borgs' blue barrier, which allowed everyone on the moon, within the barrier, to move about as if they were on Earth. Andros had to hurry, he knew there wasn't much time. If the Borg finished what they were digging up, no one, and nothing, would be safe in this galaxy.
Andros flew to his new Megaship. The new Megaship was built exactly like the original, only this one was much more faster and manurverable in space. Andros liked it. It was always nice to have your own ship while in space. There was a sense of freedom that Andros liked about it.
He docked his Galaxy Glider and step into the ship from the Glider Docking Bay. He hurried to the front of the ship in the Control Room. He walked towards a control panel where a blonde girl was using the ships computer to keep track of the moon. He spoke to her, "Its nearly complete. What should I do Karone?" Andros asked.
Karone, Andros's sister, had once been Astronema and had been saved by Andros after one long search. With his sister found and safe from harm, Andros always felt at peace. After finding out that it was Darkonda who had kindnapped Karone, Andros was able to save her, with the help of the four other Space Rangers. Karone looked at him from where she sat and said, "How bad is it?"
"If they completely dig out Serpentera, the Earth, and every other planet, every other galaxy, is in serious trouble," Andros said.
"Well, I wish I could help more. I mean like, ranger wise," she said to him.
Andros nodded and said, "I know, but I dont want anything to happen to you. I mean, without suit or anything."
Karone stared out the window into the starry space. "What about getting more help?"
Andros gave her a questioning look as he asked, "Do you mean the other Space Rangers? I'm sure they would help. I just dont know if that would be enough for something of this magnitude."
Karone said, "Well, what about some other rangers? Weren't there other rangers on the Earth? I know Leo and the other galaxy rangers stayed on Mironi. Even Aquatar has rangers."
"I know, but I dont want anyone else to be dragged into this. Its too dangerous. Ill just go down to the moon and stop them myself," Andros said as he turned and started to leave.
Karone stood up and grabbed his arm saying, "I understand that you dont want something to happen to me, but can you understand that I dont want anything to happen to you? There is no way one ranger can end this, single handedly."
Andros knew she was right, but asking for help really wasn't his strong suit. He nodded and said, "Alright. We will start with Earth. It has the most rangers."
Karone said, "So Ill set a course for Earth?"
He nodded and said, "Ill use our computer to locate Tommy Oliver. He was the most well known Power Ranger from how TJ and Cassie talked about him. If he can help, he can get in touch with more rangers than we can."
Andros ran a few searches through the computer and located Tommy's house. Andros used a phone connected to the Megaship, which could dial a phone on any planet. He dialed Tommy's number from his readout and listened as it rang. On the third ring, someone answered. It was a females voice with a bit of an accent, "Hello?"
Andros spoke into the receiver, "Is Tommy there?"
"Yes, may I ask who is calling?" she asked.
"He wont know me. But its urgent I speak with him," Andros replied.
There was a moment of silence and a males voice came over the phone, "Hello?"
Andros spoke, "Tommy? Tommy Oliver?"
"Yes, thats me. Who is this?" Tommy asked.
"My name is Andros. I'm the Red Space Ranger. TJ and Cassie served with me for quite some time as we searched for Zordon," Andros explained.
"Ok. Well, I was the Green Ranger. And white, and red, and red again," Tommy said, laughing a little as he explained all his colors in order to Andros.
"Thats alot of different colors for a ranger. Before you know it, you will be adding another color to the list, like black or something," Andros said.
Tommy grinned saying, "Ah maybe, you never know."
"You must have served as a ranger for a long time for Zordon?" Andros asked.
"A very long time. It was awesome. Zordon was like my mentor," Tommy said as he remembered his times with Zordon as a ranger.
Andros began, "Well, the reason I was calling is that, I am in need of serious help from a ranger."
Tommy asked, "What do you mean?"
Andros paused and said, "Well...more like a lot of rangers."
"What is this about?" Tommy asked.
"Well, there are some remains of what was once called the Machine Army, which was run by a machine named King Mondo," Andros explained.
Tommy said, "Yes, that was back when I was the Red Zeo Ranger. We never actually defeated him, he just seemed to stop attacking and thats when Divatox came into the picture."
Andros spoke again, "Well, the remains of this army calls themselves, "The Borg." They specialize in reconstructing old zords. They are very secretive. They come out and gather the remains of a dead zord or any other kind of robot, and completely rebuild it and put it to work for themselves."
Tommy nodded and said, "Well, I never came across any Borgs during our battles with King Mondo. My wife and I just fought against cogs and monsters that King Mondo sent to attack Earth with."
"You and your wife?" Andros asked as he bit his lip. He felt a little bad for asking Tommy for help at this point.
"Yeah, I married the Pink Zeo Ranger. Her name is Katherine. We are even expecting a baby," Tommy said in a very cheery voice.
Andros hung his head and after a long pause Tommy asked, "Are you still there?"
Andros replied, "Yes. See, the Borg is digging up a zord on the moon called Serpentera and..."
Tommy interrupted as he said, "Serpentera? Lord Zedds old zord?"
"Yes, they are trying to dig this out. If they do..." Andros was again interrupted.
"If they do, there is no saving anyone. They have to be stopped. How long do you think it will be before they dig it out?" tommy asked.
"I would say, about another five days. Its a huge zord and all they have are Cogs to dig it out with. The generals never liked getting their hands dirty," Andros stated.
Tommy said, "Well count me in."
Andros asked, "Do you still have any powers?"
Tommy thought and said, "I should still have access to my old Zeo powers. They were abandoned for newer power later on, but it will still work since the power runs off of my Zeo Crystal."
"Good," Andros said. "Thats two. I was hoping you might know of more Earth rangersto help us. We will need alot of help."
"Yeah, I know of quite a few. There are rangers that I dont even know who they are, but I assure you alot of the newer teams that have spawned are probably more aware of each other than my old team is," Tommy said.
"Well, lets plan to meet in about two days. I know its short notice but we dont have much time as it is. There are too many Borgs and Cogs for two rangers to deal with," Andros stated.
Tommy nodded and said, "Agreed. Dumb question. Do you have a phone number?"
Andros laughed a little and said, "Yes, I'm calling you from my Megaship. If I'm not here, then you can ask for my sister Karone."
"Karone?" Tommy asked.
"Yes," Andros said.
"Intersting name," Tommy said.
Andros gave Tommy his information and explained to him that he would contact Mironi and Aquatar. When Tommy heard of the name Aquatar, he said to Andros, "Request that Billy Cranston, come back to Earth to help us. He is incredibly smart. He used to be a ranger also. I know he will help us."
"Sure thing. Thank you Tommy. I just hope nothing happens to us. I would hate for something to happen to you. I mean, since your married and waiting on your child," Andros said appologetically.
"Andros, you have nothing to worry about, man. If I dont' help, none of us will exist. I have to do this. I will get in touch with you soon," Tommy said.
The two hung up. Andros looked at Karone and said, "Tommy is going to help us."
Karone smiled and said, "I just got in touch with Leo." She said pointing at a screen on the wall.
Andros moved next to Karone as they both looked at the screen which had Leo looking at them. "Hey guys, how are you?" Leo asked.
"Great! How are you?" Karone asked.
"We are great. Everything has been amazing here on Mironi. Everyone else has been really busy. I find myself spending alot of time with my brother. I guess after what happened, I dont take anything for granted anymore," Leo said in a more positive manor.
Andros nodded and said, "How would you like to help us?"
"Help with what?" Leo asked.
"Its a long story. There are some enemies on the moon trying to dig up a weapon powerful enough to destroy galaxy's and just trust me when I'm saying I am NOT exaggurating," Andros explained.
"How can I help?" Leo asked.
"We need the old Lost Galaxy team to help us. If they can," Andros said.
Leo looked to his left and grinned as he pulled Kendrix into the picture. She waved and said, "Hi Karone!"
Karone waved back and smiled, "Hello Kendrix. Its been a while."
Leo explained the situation to Kendrix. Kendrix bit her lip saying, "We will both be ready. The rest of the team has gone on to other things. We haven't talked to each other in years sadly."
"We understand," Andros said. "We will send you a shuttle. It should fly you back on auto pilot."
Karone spoke, "Ill get the shuttle ready to get you, Leo."
"We will wait for you," Leo said as he waved goodbye.
Andros looked at Karone and said, "We actually have four rangers now."
Karone hurried to the Docking Bay to set the space shuttle off for Mironi. Andros sent a signal to the planet of Aquatar. A moment later, an alien like creature answered and was put on screen. It was Aurico. "Aurico, how are you? Its Andros!"
"Andros? We haven't...heard from you...in a long time. How have...you been?" Aurico asked in his Aquation tounge.
"Oh, its been a getting better and better. I need to cut the small talk. I need help from as many rangers as I can," Andros said.
"Whats the matter?" Aurico asked.
Before Andros went on, he said, "Do you know of a man named Billy Cranston?"
Aurico smiled and said, "Yes...he is here with us. In fact...you caught him here...at the right moment."
Billy walked next to Aurico. Beside Billy was Cestria. Aurico introduced everyone. Andros looked at them on the screen and said, "I'm Andros, the Red Space Ranger. I have come at a request for help. The remains of the Machine Empire are trying to dig out Serpentera on the moon."
All three on screen had a look of surprise. Billy said, "This is not good."
"If...Serpentera is used...for evil...everyone is doomed..." Aurico said.
Andros looked at Billy and said, "Tommy asked me to request you and Aurico to come back and help us on Earth."
"Affirmative," Billy said. "You dont even have to ask. Ill do whatever I can."
Andros said, "Ill send you a shuttle."
Billy grinned and said, "We have teleportation. Ill just need the coordinates." Billy said pointing to his wrist. Billy turned to Cestria and kissed her lips saying, "I will be back when this is over."
Cestria smiled and said, "I hope so...Billy. Return safely."
Andros gave Billy the coordinates. Billy stood with Aurico and pressed a button on his communicator and teleported onto the Megaship. Andros greeted them both as Karone returned from the Docking Bay. Andros finally felt maybe they had a chance.
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