Disclaimer: There are a few things in this story that need to be credited to KSuzie. For starters, Ausus Productions was her idea. And there's a mention of the character Marie which will be based off the character she created. There's another mention of the Novas which are hers as well. And I do believe that's it.
Power Rangers: Legacy
“Changes”
Kim sat at the kitchen table of the house she was temporarily sharing with Carri as she nervously ate her breakfast while drinking her coffee. Kim had good reason to be nervous on this Thursday morning as she was getting ready to go for another job interview.
This would be her sixth interview in the six weeks they’ve been back. Not many companies were hiring for their marketing departments, and noone was hiring someone with an internship and no experience to speak of since graduating college in 2001.
It was frustrating to be in this position. The argument could be made that she put herself in this position, taking off to search the galaxy for Rhianna. But she didn’t for one second regret the quest. Through that quest she became a stronger woman, a stronger ranger, and those were things that she wouldn’t give back for anything. What she did regret was leaving Tommy for four years without ever really letting him know what was going on. But she had received updates on the battles on Earth, and she knew her leaving Tommy was for the best. His path led him to solidify his name in ranger history, creating his own team with his own powers and fighting his own bad guys in Reefside. As far as she knew he was still living in Reefside, but much like Carri she hadn’t felt like she was ready to go up to an old boyfriend and say sorry for disappearing for four years.
What frustrated Kim almost more than being in this position was the fact that a job had come so easily to Carri. Unlike Kim she did have some work experience, but she still didn’t have anything on her resume for the last four years. Of course when it’s your father that hires you, it doesn’t make a lot of difference.
Upon returning Carri let her family know she was back from trekking across the globe. After getting over the initial anger for not hearing from her for so long, her father was thrilled as he had thought of so many ideas for his daughter. He had seen the work she had done as a reporter for Angel Grove’s Fox News. He had seen how she worked the camera with ease, and how viewers didn’t hesitate to focus all their attention in on what she had to say. He thought she’d be a great hostess for a television show as she could easily captivate an audience. He had a show he wanted to produce that had involved giving viewers a different take on cities around the world and wanted Carri to be in charge of it since she had spent four years traveling.
At first Carri refused, saying that she had just gotten home from worldly travels and wasn’t about to pick up and leave again. Her father assured her that she was only going to be the shows hostess, filming the intros and endings and small pieces between segments, all of which could be filmed in the comforts of a studio in Angel Grove. Being that she had so little on camera work to do, he also asked her to take on some of the production duties. Carri was very hands on with each news story she did, and this kind of work wouldn’t be much different.
Carri agreed and they started on the production aspects of the show. She flew to New York for a week and helped her father hire three people who were going to be on location and cover different aspects of each city. The first was a culture expert, who discussed the people in the city, the places to go and the things to see while you were there. The second was a culinary expert who talked about typical food for the area and the best places to eat it. Carri was thrilled that they had hired one of the runners up from the Food Network’s challenge show. She had seen the footage of the show and had absolutely loved the guy they hired. The third was an expert in fashion, and discussed what was popular in each city and the best places to find it for the right prices.
They just finished shooting the first show, which was done right here in Angel Grove. As Kim had a lot of spare time on her hands, she was able to see what all Carri was doing with the shows. This first show she was more involved in as a hostess than normal, as she personally went with each expert to “introduce” them to the audience as they explored Angel Grove. Kim picked up on a lot of Carri’s jobs, including going through a list of potential sites in each city and picking the ones she wanted her experts to go to. The experts themselves would do the research and help come up with the dialogue for each site. She sat with her friend one afternoon in the studio as she and her team went through the footage, picking the clips of places that she thought would come across as most interesting to the viewer.
Now that the show was finished taping, Carri was busy working on the technical aspects of the show, including the credits both opening and closing, the fonts and the music. That was another one of the jobs that was more tedious the first time through, as once she did it once most of it she didn’t have to do again, with the exception of approving the music that would be played during the show itself. April was just around the corner, and they were hoping well before the months end they would have the first show finished and ready to go to a network. As soon as Carri’s father saw the show, did any edits he deemed necessary and approved it, it was going to be sent out to the stations that had already shown interest.
Kim sighed. If she wanted to she was sure one of her parents could help her get her a job. But she declined to follow in either’s footsteps. She didn’t think Carri would ever follow the career path her father suggested, but she made the argument that it wasn’t acting and it was a lot like the news, and that she was learning more production stuff than anything.
She couldn’t be angry at her friend for getting that sort of opportunity. It still frustrated her that a few days after coming home Carri was back into the swing of things. Meanwhile Kim sat six weeks later at the kitchen table not able to finish the cereal in front of her due to butterflies in her stomach, and her second cup of coffee was making her nervous jitters even worse.
Kim dumped the rest of the cereal down the sink and put her bowl and her coffee cup in the dishwasher. She took a deep breath as she head into the bedroom, getting dressed for her latest interview.
Two hours later Kim found herself sitting in the waiting room of what could very well be her last real chance to get a job. She was interviewing with the head of the company and the head of the marketing department for a position working in marketing. Kim hoped for the best as this was one of the most exciting job opportunities she’d had. Plus she thought she may actually have an advantage going into this one.
“They’ll see you now.” the secretary said as she smiled at Kim
Kim smiled back as she stood, legs wobbly. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself before walking toward the office and opening the doors, heading in for her interview. She shut the door behind her and saw two women there. The first woman was sitting beside the desk.
“Sandy Kern, head of marketing.” she said introducing herself as she stood, holding her hand out
“Kimberly Heart.” she replied shaking her hand before turning to the woman behind the desk and flashing her a huge smile
“Ashley Hammond.” the woman behind the desk said as she extended her hand to Kim. Of course she knew Kim, but for Sandy’s benefit she was going to pretend as though she didn’t. Sandy didn’t take well to people interviewing who knew the boss. Of course a lot of people claimed to know the boss, as Ashley was extremely popular well before her clothing company took off. A lot of people had spoken to her before because they were in awe of her being the former yellow ranger, and they thought that them knowing that would translate into work for them. What Ashley really cared about was qualifications, which most of those who knew her only as the yellow ranger lacked.
Kim shook Ashley’s hand before she had a seat. She was thrilled to be able to interview with Ashley. She was one of the few people in the universe that would understand her lack of employment for the last few years. Of course that wouldn’t be enough to get the job.
“So Kimberly,” Sandy said as she started to look through her resume, “there are some great work samples here from your internship. Six years ago.”
Kim felt the wind escape from her sails quickly. The tone in Sandy’s voice suggested that she didn’t think highly of Kim’s lack of work and wouldn’t care to much for Kim working for her. “Yes I was one of the top students in my class that year.” she said trying to save herself
“But since then you haven’t had any real work experience.” Sandy pointed out, much like everyone else she had ever interviewed with
“Yes but I can explain.”
Sandy declined to let Kim finish. “Let me guess. You were busy being a housewife?”
“Sandy.” Ashley snapped glaring toward her. Sandy immediately backed down. Usually Ashley would agree that a lack of work experience for five years wasn’t a good thing, but she knew what had happened in Kim’s situation. Zhane had been firmly attached to Karone since they had gotten back, and both and spent a lot of time with her and Andros. Zhane was eager to tell the stories from the last few years. What Sandy didn’t know, didn’t understand was that she owed her peaceful existence in Angel Grove to Kim’s mission of the last four years. “Let her explain.”
“My mother, she lives in Paris. She was very ill. The doctor’s didn’t think she was going to make it. I stood by her side through the surgeries and the treatments. After four years they were certain she was going to be alright, and I came back home.” Kim explained. She hated using her mother and saying that she was ill. But it was one of the few things that made sense for why she practically dropped off the face of the Earth for four years.
“I’m sorry. I just can’t see hiring someone who has no experience. At one point you would have made a bright young hire, but that was a long time ago.” Sandy said, not caring about Kim’s explanation for where she was all those years
Ashley watched as the expression on Kim’s face dropped. She had a feeling that she had been getting this sort of reaction across town. Ashley was the only one who knew what had actually happened to Kim over the last four years, and was the only one who would consider giving her a chance. If Kim was still able to do the work she had seen in her portfolio, she would make an excellent addition to their marketing team. “You’re hired.”
Almost simultaneously both Kim and Sandy replied with a “what?”, although Kim’s was more full of surprise while Sandy’s was angry. “This is my department and I seriously doubt she can do it.” Sandy said glaring at Ashley
Ashley flashed her a smile. “And this is my company and we’ll hire who I say we’ll hire.” she reminded her. Although Sandy did excellent work, she would be able to be easily replaced. Sandy was well aware of this, which is why her shoulders slumped as if to say she would comply. “Kim, you start Monday.”
Kim’s smile could have lit up the room as she stood and shook Ashley’s hand. “Thank you for the opportunity.” she said
“My pleasure.” Ashley said smiling back at her. She was excited to have Kim coming to work for her, and she hoped to be able to get together with her that weekend in a setting where they could talk freely.
Kim let go of Ashley’s hand before shaking Sandy’s as well, then turned to leave the office. Not even Sandy’s scowl could ruin her good mood as she headed home to change before meeting her best friend for lunch.
Carri sat outside her home and honked her horn. Kim was waiting inside and they were getting ready to go for a late lunch. She was glad for the interruption, as it had been a busy morning and Carri thought her head was going to explode if she had to sit there one more minute and go through any of the production papers her father had sent her. He wanted to make sure everything was perfect, which is why although she was technically in charge her father and brother had both been standing behind her telling her what to do next.
She sighed and stretched as she glanced at the front door of her house. It was amazing to have something like this in her name. She had gotten the job with her father not long after she returned, and that was enough for a house and a car. She had a lot of decorating she wanted to do with the place both inside and out, but hadn’t had much time yet with the busy schedule she was keeping. The house itself was nice. It was a ranch with two bedrooms and two full baths, a smaller room she used as an office, plus the living room, kitchen and dining room. The best part of it was the huge back porch with the amazing view of the lake in the distance.
After a few seconds of staring at the front door she was rewarded, as Kim came bouncing out of the house with more energy than Carri had seen in her since they had been back. Kim locked the door and climbed into the passengers seat of Carri’s brand new Eclipse Spyder and thought about how over the years some things didn’t change. Well at least one thing, and that was Carri’s desire to drive down the road with the wind whipping through her hair.
“Where are we going to lunch?” Kim asked as she shut the door and fastened her seatbelt
Carri smiled at her as if she was holding in some huge secret. “To this indoor/outdoor café I heard about.”
“Are you going to tell me?” Kim asked raising an eyebrow as Carri backed out of the driveway
“What and spoil the surprise?” she replied trying hard not to laugh
Kim gave her a look as she took off. She was bursting at the seams to go into detail about her morning and her interview with Ashley, but she figured that could wait until they were sitting at a table without the wind drowning them out. Instead they made small talk during the short trip to Carri’s lunch destination. Her friend pulled them into a parking spot and Kim got a good luck at the title on the café as Carri was closing the top on the car.
“Bulkmeier’s?” she questioned. “Is that?”
Carri knew the question she was formulating as she looked at the sign. Some of the guys who worked for her came here all the time and they went on and on about how much they loved it. She heard the name and couldn’t help but look the place up. When she found out who owned it, she knew she and Kim had to go there sometime. “Yes.” she said answering Kim’s unasked question. “Owned by Bulk and Skull.”
“Really?” she asked. Their high school antics made her wonder if they would ever amount to anything as adults. However if there was one thing Bulk knew about, it was food.
“Come on let’s go try it out.” Carri said as she climbed out of the car
Kim followed and listened as the door locks clicked. She and Carri headed into the restaurant and were immediately greeted by the hostess. “Two?” she questioned as she smiled at the two women who had walked into the café. Carri nodded so the hostess continued. “Indoors or outdoors?”
Kim and Carri thought about it as the hostess picked up menus and silverware while they glanced around the restaurant. Carri looked outside and suddenly grabbed Kim’s arm and pointed out the window. “Is that man by himself?” she asked looking over at the hostess
“Yes but that’s Mr. Scott. He is not to be disturbed.” the hostess replied giving them a smile.
Mr. Scott, or Jason as the girls knew him, had become quite famous over the years. Rangering ran through his blood, and it was the only thing he knew. He decided to put his tales into science fiction novels, where the main hero wasn’t a ranger but was a superhero based off of himself and the villains and monsters were based off of real experiences that he had as a ranger. He had hordes of secondary characters, including two brunette sisters who worked closely with him to save the galaxy plus several others that were reoccurring characters and also based on former rangers.
The realism of the novels made him not only a huge success in the science fiction community but with the mainstream community as well. Jason did not want to be known as the writer behind the books, so he wrote under the name Luke Kirk, a name his sister thought of for him. He had never been a huge science fiction fan, he only wrote in the genre because that’s what his experiences would be considered to the world, science fiction. That’s why he let his science fiction obsessed sister come up with the name he would publish under. She took names from two of her favorite science fiction characters ever, Luke Skywalker and Captain Kirk, combining them into one for Jason to use. Bulk and Skull were the only ones who knew that Jason was Luke Kirk, and that’s why while he was at Bulkmeier’s they made sure he was granted his privacy.
Kim smiled at the hostess. “I don’t think he’ll mind if we disturb him.” she said as she and Carri walked toward the back door.
The hostess chased after them as they opened the door and walked outside. “Excuse me Mr. Scott?” Carri called out smiling at an old friend
Jason looked up just as the hostess came through the door behind them. “I’m sorry Mr. Scott, we’ll escort them from the café.”
Jason smiled as he stood up and looked the two girls over. “It’s alright. They’re fine.” he replied as he looked at them. He couldn’t believe that after four years, his two best friends, his sisters, had finally returned home.
They had been there for him through a lot. They were there the day that he went home to Angel Grove, to visit his girlfriend only to find her in the arms of another man. Her excuse was that they were both in school and he was never there. After all they’d been through, her doing that to him hurt him more than anything ever had, but having Carri and Kim there made it better. They had become everything to him, as Emily was gone and Tommy was working so hard to get through school to eventually lead another ranger team that he didn’t have time for Kim, let alone Jason.
He kept up with them after graduation and was devastated to find that they had each taken off into space without him. Part of him was jealous, he would have loved to be able to be out there and back in the action. Another part of him was worried as here they were, each off on their own mission traveling through the galaxy without anyone to really protect them. Jason often visited the Command Chamber, getting updates from Billy on the action on Earth and getting updates on the slim bits of information Billy would get about their travels. Now they were standing here in front of him and it was almost too good to be true.
Jason walked over toward them and put his arms around both of them, pulling them in for a hug. “It’s so good to see you.” he said as he stood back and looked them over
“It’s good to see you too.” Kim replied smiling as Carri nodded and smiled as well
“How long have you been back?” Jason asked. He couldn’t imagine they would have been back too long, he was sure they would have contacted him.
“Six weeks.” Carri said flashing an apologetic smile. Jason frowned and she continued. “Sorry we haven’t called. It’s just been kind of odd you know? We’re trying to get back into the swing of things and I don’t think either of us has been really ready to start visiting old friends, even our not by blood brother. But we’re absolutely thrilled to see you now.”
Jason nodded. He couldn’t be mad at them, he had no idea what it was like to spend four years off planet only to come home and find that everything has changed. “It’s ok.” he said angling himself toward his table. “Care to join me for lunch?”
“Absolutely we’re starving.” Kim replied. She had hardly touched her breakfast, and now that her nerves were gone she felt like she could eat a horse.
Jason led them over to his table and pulled them each out a chair before going to the other side and having a seat. Everyone sat down and he flagged his waitress to come over so that she could take their orders. Jason pushed his menu their way and the waitress waited patiently for them to decide. Once everyone’s orders were in she took off, leaving the trio with time to talk.
“So are you getting settled back in? A lot has changed around here since you’ve been gone.” Jason said
“Yeah no kidding.” Carri replied. It felt like all the places she was familiar with had changed, and a lot of Angel Grove had been developed since she left. Inflation had kicked into overdrive and the first time she filled up she joked that she was going to have to take a second job just to put gas in her tank. These little changes around the town took some time to get used to, and what was going on nationwide and worldwide blew both her and Kim away.
Carri was going to discuss her job and the good news she had just learned that day, but the look that came across Kim’s face suggested she was going to burst if she couldn’t share something soon. Carri turned toward her, curious as to what she had to say.
Kim smiled at her friend first before smiling over at Jason. “I got the job.” she said
“Really?” Carri asked as Jason questioned “What job?”
“I had my five hundredth interview today.” she started just slightly over exaggerating the facts. “It was a marketing position with a clothing firm. Ashley Hammond’s clothing firm. And she gave me the job.”
“Kim that’s great!” Carri exclaimed smiling at her friend
“Yeah that’s huge.” Jason added. Ashley’s firm had taken off over the years. Her designs were popular with everyone, and she had even been asked to do event dresses for Hollywood’s elite. Of course the more popular she got the more help she needed, until finally she had a huge firm which included marketing and accounting teams, and seamstresses that brought all her ideas to life plus numerous other positions.
“I know I’m so excited. Working for Ashley is going to be an incredible experience.” Kim replied. Working with Ashley aside, if she could do well for her marketing team she could make a real name for herself.
“So Carri you going to let Kim support you?” Jason teased
Carri smiled nervously as she didn’t want to share her job and her news for fear of overshadowing Kim’s moment. But Kim answered Jason, not giving Carri a chance. “Please she works for her father.”
Jason couldn’t help but laugh. “What happened to the girl I knew who said there was no way in hell she’d work for her father?”
The waitress came back, sitting drinks down in front of everyone. Carri put sweetener in her iced tea, taking her time to stir it around and try it before answering the question. “First off, I said there was no way in hell I’d be an actress for my father. I’m not an actress, I’m a television hostess and am in charge of a lot of the production which is no different from being a reporter.” she said stretching the comparison between the two jobs. “Second, I don’t technically work for my father. I work for Ausus Productions, which is in my name. Sure it’s a branch off of Hilltop, but it’s not the same.”
In a way she did still work for her father, but she was going to let that slide. She had just found out that morning that Hilltop Productions was not going to be the company that produced the show. Hilltop had been her fathers company of the last fourteen years. Her father had been a producer and director since before she was born, and was well known in Hollywood. It took a lot to start your own company, and working out of Angel Grove just wouldn’t cut it. The area was too full of production companies and her father wanted to start somewhere that he could thrive. Not that he wasn’t doing well for himself out in California. As children Carri and Josh had everything top of the line that they ever wanted, including clothes, toys and electronics. When her father got an opportunity to start his own company in New York he moved his family there and created Hilltop, a play off of the Hillard’s being on top of the world. And that he was as starting his own company more than tripled his wealth.
That morning Carri received a call from her father saying that Hilltop would not be producing her show. He said that as long as she had the majority of the production rights, she needed to be the one producing it. He created Ausus for her as a combination of who she was, a woman from both Australia and the United States. Carri was baffled at first, she had thought this was going to be a fun little project not a career. After thinking on it for a while she realized that this was opening a door for her, one that could be an amazing opportunity.
Kim pulled Carri’s thoughts away from that morning and back into the present. “Since when?”
“Since a few hours ago. My dad just told me that he finalized everything so that the show I did most of the work on is going to be under a company in my name.” she said with a smile
“So when can I see this show?” Jason asked. He was amazed at what his friend had accomplished in the six short weeks she’d been back on Earth.
“I’ll be finished with the first episode by next week then dad’s taking a look at it after that. Once he’s done it depends on who picks it up and when they show it.” she explained. “From the premise it’s about a ninety-five percent chance that either TLC or the Discovery Channel will pick it up. There are a few other cable networks that want to take a look at it.”
Jason smiled and nodded. TLC and the Discovery Channel had both been overflowing with new highly rated cable programing from TLC’s What Not to Wear to the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. If one of those two could pick up Carri’s show, it had a shot at being a real success.
Kim leaned back in her seat just as plates of food were being delivered. She smiled over at Jason as the waitress left. “What about you? Have you been doing anything other than riding around the country on that bike of yours?” she asked. He had gotten a motorcycle right after he broke up with Emily. It was his way of making himself feel better, driving down the open road and taking all sorts of road trips.
Jason smiled at her as Carri laughed. “No I believe Jase has been keeping himself pretty busy.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” he asked as he finished swallowing a huge bite of his sandwich
“Zhane and I happened to be on KO-35 at the same time as Andros. He had come with the first book in a series he just finished reading by Luke Kirk and passed it on to us. He had read it because Trini read it and had told Ashley that it reminded her of her ranger days. Andros suspected that a ranger wrote it, and it took one read for me to figure out which one.” Carri replied smiling at him. She was eager to read it as that was the only entertainment from Earth she had seen in over a year.
Jason groaned. “You told all the former rangers didn’t you?” he asked. He had been trying to keep it a secret even from them, although one would have to imagine that if any of them read the books some of the situations that his hero got into would sound vaguely familiar. Not to mention the parallels that could be drawn between some of the main characters and some of the rangers.
“Hey you know me better than that.” she said with a grin. She hadn’t really told anybody about it, she had just kept it as her own little secret. She hadn’t read any more past the first book, but now she silently vowed to herself to find time to get to the rest of the series.
“Yeah I do.” he said giving her a look. That was precisely why he figured she had told everybody.
“I know she didn’t tell anybody because I just found out.” Kim assured him. She and Carri told each other everything, she couldn’t believe that hadn’t come up yet.
“Well now you know.” Jason said. Kim was right, if Carri had kept the secret from her she had kept it from everyone. The girls were once joined at the hip and could at times agitate him so much he’d want to pull his hair out. With their four year disappearance he found himself missing them in his life, even the agitation they could bring.
There was silence as everyone was working on their lunch. The conversation drifted from subject to subject, none of them too terribly important. Jason was dying to find out details about what happened in space, but now was not the time or place to ask. Instead they reconnected over everything else, and by the time they were finished eating it felt as though they were never gone.
Eventually the food was gone and the bill came, all three reaching for it. Jason snatched it out from under their hands, assuring them that he had it. This was the most exciting lunch he had eaten in a long time, and the least he could do was cover the food.
As the waitress walked away with the money people sitting on the outside of Bulkmeier’s café started to scream. The former rangers eyes darted everywhere until they fell on the disturbance. Kim and Carri shot out of their chairs. The only sound between them was that off Kim’s chair clattering to the floor as neither knew what to say.
“That’s impossible.” Kim whispered as the shock started to wear off
“How... I mean... I don’t understand.” Jason said as he went to stand beside the two girls. Two members of the group he recognized as Callisto and Goldar. The other two and the warriors he didn’t, he could only assume that they were Rita’s daughter and the rest of her crew that Kim and Carri had encountered in space.
Carri slowly started to edge toward the small army as the outdoor patrons had already fled and the ones indoors were doing much of the same. “What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be dead.” she growled
“Don’t you just hate when you kill somebody and they come back to haunt you?” Callisto asked smiling as she played with a small flame ball in her hand
Kim cocked her head as she smiled. “I guess we’re just going to have to kill you again.” she replied as she stepped forward to take command
“Really? Two lone rangers?” asked Rhianna. “Something tells me that two rangers won’t stop me from getting my revenge and conquering this miserable little planet that my parents should’ve conquered long ago.”
“Make that three.” Jason replied as he stepped forward and stood strong beside Kim. If they were going to fight as Ninjetti’s, he certainly wouldn’t back down.
“How cute.” Callisto replied as she glanced over at Cratus. “Kill them.”
Cratus nodded his head as he led the Cirranadrones into battle with Goldar following close behind. Callisto and Rhianna were waiting for the battle to get started before jumping in and trying to do their own damage as well.
“Ninjetti, cougar!” Jason yelled as he transformed into his Ninjetti form. When the girls didn’t follow he looked over at them, wondering if something was wrong. To his amazement they had something completely different in mind.
Kim looked at Carri who smiled and nodded. “Planetary rangers power up!” she called as a morpher appeared on the left wrist of both girls. The morphers were circular and the surface of them was silver with silver grid lines. In the center of the morpher was a symbol. For Kim it was a red flame and for Carri it was a white lightning bolt. The girls pushed the two edges of their morpher in simultaneously, causing their symbols to light up. They pressed the symbol in and flew up high in the air, transforming as they went.
When they landed what Jason saw was something he was never expecting. He knew that the girls had done some fighting, and that Billy had thought that they may have obtained morphing powers but he wasn’t sure. He didn’t expect Kim and Carri to be the red and white rangers standing before him right now. This made him even more curious as to what went on in space, however he didn’t have time to think about it as he was being attacked by Callisto’s warriors.
Jason found himself covered in these warriors. They were strong, more so than anything he’d ever faced before. He didn’t know what they were made of or what powered them, but he did know that one Ninjetti wasn’t going to last long in this fight. Suddenly a bolt of lightning came down on the warriors, sending some of them flying back. “Your welcome.” he heard Carri call from the side. He didn’t have time to register what she did or how she did it before more attacked and he had to quickly maneuver to keep from being defeated.
Kim and Carri were both fighting against the Cirranadrones as Cratus and Goldar were attacking them as well. They had spent a year fighting this fight and they knew how the key players worked and how they could stop them. Mostly for that reason Kim had kept a close eye on Callisto as she and Rhianna started to advance on the action. It was a good thing as Callisto threw the fireball she had been playing with earlier in Carri’s direction.
Thanks to Cratus, Carri had her back turned to Callisto and Rhianna so it was good for her that Kim kept an eye on them. Kim tossed Goldar aside and quickly jumped in Carri’s direction, holding her hand out to catch the oncoming fireball just seconds before it hit her friend. Part of being the Red Fire Ranger was the ability to manipulate fire, including Callisto’s fireballs. The goddess hissed and Kim threw the fireball back at her, then stuck her arm in front of her face and let it dissolve.
Kim stood back to back with Carri as the enemy was closing in, and she quickly decided she’s had enough. “Fire Saber!” she yelled the weapon falling into her hands
“Lightning Lance!” she heard Carri call from behind her
The two fought the advancing enemies trying to push them back. Kim noticed that even with Carri’s assistance Jason was having quite a bit of trouble with the Cirranadrones. In comparison to what they had seen in their previous battles this was a small army, and it would be best for all their sakes if they could just finish this now. Kim held her weapon high in the air. “Fire Saber power up!” Flames engulfed the sword and Kim started fiercely attacking the Cirranadrones, slicing through them easily.
Carri heard her call and she took her lance and used it to knock an oncoming Cirranadrone into Cratus, before powering her weapon up as well. She held the lance high above her as lightning crashed down toward it. The weapon absorbed the strike and Carri immediately turned to hit several Cirranadrones, jolting them full of electricity and sending them flying backwards.
With the girls at full power it didn’t take too much longer to defeat the rest of the Cirranadrones, and suddenly they found themselves standing with Jason staring down their four enemies. “What were you saying about two lone rangers?” she asked glaring at Rhianna and holding her sword in front of her, the fire making the blade glow red
Rhianna laughed as she looked at the red ranger. “Trust me, this is only the beginning.” she replied. There wasn’t much they wanted to accomplish on this visit to Earth. It took a month for them to pull themselves together and be ready for revenge and another two weeks to get to Earth. Callisto didn’t have many Cirranadrones left after their last encounter with the Planetary Rangers. She was in the process of cloning some more but as of right now it was going slowly, not to mention noone had really been at full power since the Planetary Rangers last attack. What they wanted to do was to make sure to get down to the surface to tell Kim and Carri hello. Now that the remaining Cirranadrones were gone and Kim and Carri knew they were here, it was time to get back to the ship they arrived in. “Until next time.” Rhianna said as they all took off.
“Shit.” Carri cursed as they took off. They were almost certain they were dead. And she and Kim were just getting used to life back on Earth after years of focusing on being rangers. Now regardless of whether or not they wanted to, they were going to get pulled back into the battle. Not that either would ever refuse, if the battle was there they would always step up and fight it.
“Let’s go to the Command Chamber.” Jason suggested looking at the two girls. He was still in awe over their uniforms and their powers and especially their weapons, but that conversation was going to have to be saved for later as first they would have to figure out what to do with Callisto.
“Yes let’s.” Kim agreed and the three of them took off for the Command Chamber
The trio powered down as soon as they were safely in the main room of the Command Chamber. They looked around in awe as the place looked completely different from the last time they were here. “What happened here?” Carri asked glancing around
“I recently upgraded the Command Chamber,” Billy replied, “but I don’t think that’s the most pressing question here.” Billy was at work when Callisto and Rhianna attacked, but he had received a message from a system he set up that routed alarms of new alien activity to his cell phone. He immediately excused himself and went to the Command Center, only to find two strange rangers and the Green Ninjetti already handling the problem.
“We both spent four years in space each on our own missions. We took on new powers, new responsibilities, all to defeat Rhianna, Callisto and their army. We only came back because we thought the mission was complete.” Kim said. She paused for a second before continuing. “We had dozens of rangers at the final battle, all swearing that they were dead, that the threat was over. With their empire collapsed and not an evil figure in sight, we thought they were right. Apparently we were all wrong and now they’ve come to Earth for us, for their revenge, and for the planet.”
Billy took all this in for a moment. There was a lot going on and there was a lot that was going to need to be decided. They would have to form a new ranger team. He could only assume that Kim and Carri would want to be a part of it as this was their mission to begin with. “We’ll need to call all the rangers together, get volunteers, figure out powers.” Billy said starting to plan out loud
Carri looked at Billy and shrugged. “Powers are easy. We’ve got four more Planetary morphers.”
“We can’t use those.” Billy said looking at the two girls
“What are you talking about?” Kim asked
“We can’t use those for two reasons.” Billy started glancing at them. He wasn’t aware that Kim and Carri had Planetary morphers, but he was well aware of how the Planetary powers worked. “One, you don’t choose the powers, the powers choose you. There have been a lot of rangers in the last thirteen years and who knows who the power is going to pick. A lot of those rangers aren’t going to want to go back and if the chosen few won’t be on your team, then you won’t have a team.”
Billy stopped speaking as Kim and Carri glared at him. “What’s the second reason?” Carri snapped a little more harshly than she intended. But she had a feeling she knew where Billy was going and she knew she wasn’t going to like it.
“Two you are both master rangers, not to mention you both have had training on other worlds. It takes a lot to handle these powers, and I can’t say with confidence that the people chosen to be rangers will be able to.” Billy finished. “I’ll call all the former rangers together and we’ll figure out who wants to be on the team. You two can be pink and yellow. I have an idea for powers but I have to go check on something.” Billy said quickly as he turned and headed for the door
Kim was upset and Carri was fuming. As Billy walked toward the door Carri looked around the room. She saw a chair sitting by a console on the far side of the main room. She concentrated on it and with a flick of her wrist the chair flew through the room and smacked into the door, stopping Billy dead in his tracks. Jason was stunned as Billy turned around to see Kim with her arms crossed over her chest and Carri looking like she was about to boil over.
“I did not spend a year in space as a red leading this mission to take orders from some punk teenager who hasn’t even had a morpher for a year.” Kim said. She didn’t have a problem being pink again as Carri didn’t have a problem being yellow. They could still be strong rangers from those positions. What they did have a problem with was taking orders from someone not even half as qualified as they were.
“I’m in.” Jason said taking a few steps forward and joining the girls. He was going to volunteer anyway, he has been looking for the opportunity to get back into the fight for a long time. However now seemed like a much better time to volunteer than later. “If all else fails I can be red.”
Kim nodded as if to say that was acceptable as Carri stopped looking like she was going to explode at any second. If Jason was red at least he’d show them respect as rangers and they knew he had the experience and knowledge to lead. “So then what about powers? We’ve still got our power coins, can we use those?”
“Not everyone has a power coin.” Billy reminded her with a smile. Although it would be possible to reestablish the morphing grid, only two other former rangers had coins and he wasn’t sure that their coins would work well with anyone else’s DNA. “Actually I was thinking along the lines of another power, one that Zordon spoke of long ago. I’m going to call all the former rangers together, and while we’re waiting on them I’m going to check up on these powers. About all I know on them is that you’re going to have to go search for them.”
“Fine.” Kim replied smiling for the first time since they’d been in the Command Chamber. “So where are the rangers going to gather?” she asked. Former rangers couldn’t exactly gather at the meeting room at the Hilton and discuss bad guys and who wants to suit up again.
“A lot has changed since you’ve been gone.” Billy started returning her smile. “I spent a lot of time working on an underground facility, which included a large meeting room. With so many people becoming former rangers I figured it would be best to have a place we could meet if necessary.” he explained
“Have you ever used it?” Carri questioned
Billy nodded. “Once recently. The former rangers got together, as sort of a way to meet each other.”
“Let’s get started.” Kim said as she made eye contact with Billy and gave him a slight nod. Billy smiled at her before taking off to contact the other rangers and research this new power.
Jason took Kim and Carri down to the underground facility to show them what Billy had created. It would still be a while before they were ready for the meeting as some of the rangers were off planet and would take a while to get there. Jason spent an hour walking the girls around the facility before ending in the meeting room. The room in itself could hold one hundred chairs, and at the front of the room there was some sort of projector screen, a podium, and a small stage.
After they examined the room Jason led them toward and adjoining room where they could close the door and talk in private before the meeting started. The rangers would all start arriving shortly and Jason wouldn’t be able to get information out of the girls, not to mention the girls weren’t ready to see all the former rangers. As the door shut Jason took a seat at a small table and smiled at the duo. “So what do you think?” he asked
“I’d have to say Billy did alright.” Carri replied with a grin
“Alright? I’d call it amazing.” Kim corrected. Although she shouldn’t be surprised, Billy did after all design an entire Command Chamber.
Kim sat and Carri continued standing over her friends. She tapped her foot for a few seconds before heading toward the door. “I’ll be right back.” she said as she opened the door
“Where are you going?” Jason asked
She raised an eyebrow. “Can’t a girl use the restroom?”
“Don’t get lost.” Jason teased as she rolled her eyes before walking out the door. Once she was gone he turned his attention to Kim. “So...,” he let his voice trail off for a few seconds before continuing, “if I’m going to be in on this, I’d like to know what happened while you guys were in space.”
“Fair enough.” Kim replied as she nodded her head. “As I’m sure you know we started off on separate missions. Carri went with Zhane looking for Callisto and I went with Delphine looking for Rhianna.”
“Right.” Jason said. The beginning he was well aware of. It was the details after that which alluded him. He knew the girls had met up and found Rhianna and Callisto, and he knew they helped in the battle against the duo which they thought they won.
“Sometime before we met up Carri and I both got training. She was trained on KO-35, while I was trained on Phaedos. Carri has telekinetic abilities.” Kim continued her story
“That explains her display in the Command Chamber.” Jason cut in. He was wondering how she flung that chair across the room without hardly moving a muscle. “What about you? Any abilities I should know about?”
“I can fly.” Kim said as Jason raised his eyebrows. She smiled at him and explained herself. “Well not really fly. But Dulcea taught me how to tap into the crane. Not only are some of my abilities enhanced, but I can hover in the air and maneuver above the bad guys. And the good guys too if I want to.”
Jason didn’t have anything to say to that. He couldn’t believe that Kim had been trained by Dulcea. It was hard to imagine all that the girls went through while they were gone. When Jason didn’t answer, Kim continued.
“After that at some point we ended up with the same contact and ran into each other. That contact led us to the planet Callisto and Rhianna were hiding on. We got our powers after we found them. As you noticed I’m red and Carri’s white, then Zhane’s green. I can manipulate fire and Carri can manipulate lightning, that’s what we were doing on the battlefield earlier.” Kim paused and watched as Jason nodded before she kept going. “We fought alone for a few months before we put out a call for help. We were joined by the Alien Rangers, the Novas, Trey, the Phantom Ranger... all of which I led as the Red Fire Ranger. We worked out a plan and I led us into battle. We thought we won and everyone went home.”
Jason took a second to digest everything she was saying. Kim had always been a strong ranger, but on Earth she had never had the opportunity to show herself as a leader. Now after four years in space she has not only become a leader, but was in charge of multiple teams in what was perhaps the largest scale battle in ranger history. He could see the small differences in the way she carried herself that suggested she was a leader, a stronger woman than the one that left him. He could even see the changes in Carri as the experience had made her stronger as well.
“I think that about covers it.” Kim told him as she smiled
“In that case.” Jason replied not finishing the thought as he smiled at her as well
As they waited for Carri to come back the two continued to talk and touch on ideas for what was going to happen with the upcoming battle.
Carri walked out of the bathroom stall and listened as the door clanked against the metal lock behind her. She walked over to the sink and ran water as she put her hands on the edges of the sink regarding herself in the mirror for a moment. She took a deep breath and thought about all the rangers they were about to face, some of which they had been avoiding up until that point. Not that they didn’t want to rekindle relationships with the former rangers, but she wasn’t sure if this was exactly the time or the place to be running into them again.
She washed her hands and shut the water off, grabbing a paper towel and turning to throw it away. As she headed for the door it swung open, and one of the last people she wanted to have a conversation with walked through. “Hey Kat.” Carri greeted flashing her a smile. She heard through the grapevine that Kat was angry with her and she didn’t blame her.
Kat was surprised to see her cousin standing there. She had heard through her family that she was home, but Carri hadn’t had the decency to call her. Without warning Kat’s eyes started to water and a few loose tears fell as she reached her hand back and slapped Carri across the face. “Bitch!” she spat
Carri stumbled back a few steps and put a hand to her stinging cheek. She knew Kat was pissed at her but she certainly wasn’t expecting that.
The tears started falling faster for a few moments before they stopped just as unexpectedly as they started. “I’m sorry.” she apologized. “I’m pregnant and sometimes the emotions are just...” she paused and sighed. She wasn’t sorry for being angry at Carri, but she shouldn’t have slapped her she didn’t know what came over her.
“Congratulations.” Carri said although there wasn’t much sincerity in her voice. She didn’t really care because first off she was pissed that Kat hit her, and second she didn’t think her husband’s genes should be passed on and she felt bad for what that kid was going to turn out to be like.
“What do you care.” Kat said coldly
Carri’s fist clinched by her side and the only thing that kept her from hitting Kat back was the fact that she’s pregnant. “Look Kat I know you’re mad at me but...”
“Mad?” Kat spat cutting her off. “I’m beyond mad. You didn’t have the decency to come home for my wedding. To be my maid of honor.” Kat was the only one in her family who knew where her cousin actually was. She had Billy send her transmissions pleading with her to come home long enough to be in the wedding, but she hadn’t responded to any of them.
Ever since they were little girls they dreamed of the big weddings and being each other’s maid of honor. They had once thought that it would be the coolest thing to have a joint wedding. If Carri had stuck around instead of run off on some half assed mission, that might of happened. She knew Rocky wanted to marry her. Kat ended up asking her best friend Marie to be her maid of honor. Marie was a good choice, as they had become close over the years. But nothing replaced having her cousin there.
Carri’s parents were angry that she couldn’t take a break from her world travels to come to her cousins wedding, but they forgave her. Although they didn’t hesitate to tell her that Kat cried about it forever and they weren’t sure if she had actually forgiven her. Carri could understand her being angry that she didn’t attend the wedding, maybe even angry that she wasn’t in the wedding. But for her to have held this anger for so long over her not being her maid of honor? Well Carri was more than slightly surprised.
It was an old childhood fantasy of theirs, one that Carri didn’t hold onto. As a teenager she wasn’t even sure if she was ever going to get married, let alone be Kat’s maid of honor and have Kat as hers. With the strained relationship they had starting in college and Carri’s disapproval of Chris she thought she had gotten herself booted out of the wedding party, and she would have never thought Kat wanted her as the maid of honor.
“We hardly spoke after college and you knew I didn’t like Chris and you still wanted me to be your maid of honor?” Carri questioned slightly amused by the situation
“I expected you to be the maid of honor.” Kat said glaring at her. “At the very least I expected you to attend my wedding.” The anger in her voice came through each time she spoke the word expected.
“Well I was on KO-35 and I didn’t exactly get messages.” Carri snapped the amusement fading with Kat’s continued anger. That was only partially a lie. She had gotten a few messages late in 2003 about Kat wanting her to be in the wedding. She was training during the wedding, and Zhane visited the colony a few times while she was there. He told her Kat was begging her to come back for the wedding, but Carri couldn’t leave her training and she couldn’t abandon her quest to find Callisto just to appease her cousin. She was sorry she couldn’t be there, but to her there was no question what was more important.
“How could you be off planet like that when I needed you here?” Kat asked glaring at her cousin. “It wasn’t fair.” she said softly as tears formed in her eyes again
“Fair?” Carri questioned. She took a deep breath and decided she wanted to end this conversation before it went any further. Kat was family and because of that she knew that they’d have to discuss their issues civilly, but there was too much at stake in the rest of the universe at the moment for Carri to even pretend to care about making Kat feel better. “I’m sorry.” she said her tone suggesting she was anything but
“Sorry? You’re sorry that you couldn’t manage to take one day out of your journey to come back for my wedding?” Kat didn’t believe her apology and she wanted her to clarify it
Carri clamped her jaw shut and glared at Kat. She knew her apology wasn’t even close to sincere, but she was hoping Kat would let it slide for the moment. Instead Kat dug in on her again on how she felt like Carri’s mission was lame and she could have at least made an appearance at her wedding. That was the last straw Carri could take at the moment and she was going to end this conversation and if she couldn’t pretend to do it civilly she would do it her way.
“Yeah Kat you’re right. I couldn’t take one day out of my little space journey to come back for your wedding event of the century. And you want to know why Kat?” she asked her anger rising. “Because I was busy heading to an intergalactic war. I was busy out there fighting so that your peaceful little existence here could continue, so that you could have your wedding and have kids without having to worry about a surprise attack from Callisto.”
With that Carri pushed past her cousin and flung the door open, heading back down the hallway. She headed back into the little room Kim and Jason were in, slamming the door behind her and flinging a seat back, plopping into it and crossing her arms as she sat.
“That was a long bathroom break.” Jason joked as she sat, trying to lighten her mood
“I ran into Kat.” she growled
Kim sighed. The last thing they needed right now was for Carri to be distracted by Kat. She knew Kat was more than a little unhappy about Carri not attending her wedding which was held while they were gone. She also knew that Carri’s parents must’ve told Kat she was back in town, and that Carri was purposely avoiding her. She knew Kat would be here today, but she would have hoped that they could hold whatever personal grievances they had until later. She knew Carri knew better, and that her focus was all on Callisto and Rhianna at the moment. She had to imagine that Kat went off on her as soon as she saw her.
Jason noticed the look on the girls faces and he could only imagine what the conversation was about. He attended the wedding mainly because she begged the former rangers to come. He and Rocky were the only two from the Ninja Zeo team there, and Kat had more than once mentioned to them how disrespectful it was of her cousin not to show. If it hadn’t been her wedding day, Jason wouldn’t have hesitated to let her know which was more important.
“Don’t let her get to you. We have more important things to worry about.” Jason pointed out trying to calm his friend
“I’m not.” she said the tone in her voice indicating that it was the opposite. Although the longer she sat with Kim and Jason, the more she seemed to calm down until finally she slid her chair up to the table and was ready for real conversation. “So have we heard anything more from Billy yet about the powers?”
“No not yet. Although he should be here soon. It sounds like the meeting room is starting to fill.” Kim said. She was anxious to find out what they were going to do about these new powers.
“Good we need to go ahead and get this started.” Jason pointed out. There was no telling when Callisto and Rhianna were going to attack again and they needed to be prepared.
“Yes and,” Carri started jumping suddenly in her seat. She reached down into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She was surprised that she got service down there, but then again she couldn’t imagine Billy would build this facility without a way to contact the outside world. She sighed as she looked at the caller ID and saw her production assistant’s name. “Hello?” she questioned picking up the phone
Kim and Jason turned toward her curious as to why she was taking phone calls when they had bigger things to worry about. They watched and listened to her end of the conversation, waiting for her to hang up.
“Yeah something happened with the new house. I had to get back.” Carri said. She paused for a moment before continuing. “Just leave it on my desk. If I don’t get to it tomorrow I’ll take it home and work on it this weekend.” she said. A few seconds later she wished her caller goodbye then hung up the phone as she looked up at the ceiling and sighed. Things were going to be much more complex than they were the first time around.
“What’s wrong?” asked Kim
“Nothing. They just need me at work.” she replied as she adjusted her self in her chair and refocused on the situation at hand. Fortunately for her this was her company and her show, so she didn’t really work a schedule. As long as the job got done it was alright. It just might mean longer hours and more weekends, but she wouldn’t let that get to her. “I’ll deal with it later.” she added
Kim nodded as the outside door to the room opened and Billy walked in. “Everyone is here.” he informed them
“So what’s going on with our powers?” Kim asked glancing over at him
“I’ve got all the details. The powers do still exist. But first let’s get a team together and then we can go back to the Command Chamber and I’ll go over everything with you before your quest.” Billy explained. He knew the team would have questions, and he figured it would be better if he went over everything with the entire team there. Besides a lot of former rangers had gathered and were waiting to get this meeting started.
“Are we ready to do this?” Kim asked gesturing to the side door that led straight to the stage area of the meeting room.
“As ready as we’ll ever be.” Billy replied as he nodded. “I’ll speak first and introduce you two, then you can take it from there.” he said looking toward Kim and Carri
Kim pushed her chair back and stood up, making eye contact with Billy. “Let’s do this.”
“Follow me.” he replied. He waited for a second as Carri and Jason stood, then led the trio out of the side door and into the meeting room. Jason shut the door behind them and leaned against it, allowing Kim, Carri and Billy to take care of everything.
As Billy walked to the podium and Kim and Carri followed, the girls glanced out over the audience and noticed the faces of the former rangers. Sitting on the very end of a row was Zhane, who smiled at Carri when she walked in. Carri flashed him a half smile back before her expression turned into a frown. Zhane sighed. For a meeting this big and Carri not happy, there weren’t many things it could be. He was afraid of what they had come to say and he hoped it wouldn’t be true, but he knew from years as a ranger to expect the impossible. He tried to relax as he sat back and put an arm around Karone.
Billy approached the podium and Carri and Kim stood off to the side. “Thank you everyone for getting here so quickly.” Billy said starting the meeting. “I’m sorry that we’re not getting together on better terms, but a lot has happened today that you all need to be made aware of.”
Billy continued to speak but neither Kim nor Carri were paying attention to his brief introduction. They were both busy looking out over the audience. Kim spotted Tommy sitting in the second row with four of the younger rangers. She could only assume the rangers were his Dino Thunder team as Tommy motioned for the male in red to take his foot off the chair in front of him and sit up. Looking at him Kim had the first feelings of being sorry she left. She knew he noticed her, but he wasn’t looking at her as his attention was solely on Billy.
Carri was looking around the audience as well. She noticed Tommy sitting with his Dino Thunder team, as well as the rest of the people that had been rangers prior to the Zordon wave. She saw Leo and Mike Corbett, who she’d heard had both been a part of a ranger team. She wasn’t surprised, she met them both in college and they seemed like they would have made great rangers. There were a lot of faces there she didn’t recognize, then suddenly she came across one in the back that she did.
For a brief second Carri made eye contact with Rocky and she felt like her heart skipped a beat. She missed him so much but wasn’t sure how to even approach the subject so she hadn’t bothered to try. Now that he knew she was back, she was going to have to try and talk to him at some point.
Her eyes drifted away but his stayed locked on her. He couldn’t believe that after four years she was finally home again. Rocky was hurt that she hadn’t called him to tell him she was back, that he had to find out through a power rangers meeting. But he couldn’t be angry with her, he missed her and he was glad that she was here. He watched as all eyes turned toward her and Kim, and Billy stepped away from the podium allowing them to step up and take the spotlight.
“As some of you know Carri and I have spent the last four years in space.” Kim started the discussion. “My mission was to find Rita’s daughter to stop her from coming to Earth.”
Kim paused and looked over at Carri who nodded. “Some of you have had experience with Callisto. We thought she was purified during the Zordon wave, but that wasn’t the case. My mission was to find her and keep her from attacking us.”
“Our missions intertwined when we learned that Rita’s daughter Rhianna was working with Callisto. We went into battle against the duo, as well as Goldar, Cratus and their army of Cirranadrones.” Kim explained
Carri went on to elaborate on some of Kim’s points. “I’m sure most of you are aware of Goldar. Cratus is Callisto’s head warrior, and Cirranadrones are her Tengas or Quantrons or whatever you want to refer to them as. They are strong warriors clad in black and purple, perhaps either clones of herself or other warriors she knew made partially with mechanical parts.” Carri paused and let Kim continue.
“After a year of fighting against them, we finally defeated them and returned home to Earth.” Kim explained
“That was six weeks ago. We had every reason to believe they were dead until they showed up at Bulkmeier’s just after lunchtime today.” Carri continued
“We are here now because we are forming a team to combat Callisto and Rhianna and their forces. Myself, Jason and Carri will be members of the team but we are looking for two volunteers.” Kim said as she looked over the crowd. Since noone was jumping at the chance she continued. “I know it has been a long time since some of you have been rangers, and I know some of you are too busy with real life to get involved again. But we can’t do this with just the three of us, we need two more rangers to make a team.”
Tommy sighed. Rhianna was Rita’s daughter, and he felt like Rita was his problem. Not to mention Callisto wasn’t fond of him and he’d like to take care of her too. Besides his life was still consumed by the rangers, why change that now. They would need a strong team to fight this battle and he was one of the most qualified in the room to do it. Tommy stood and looked at the two girls. “I’m in.” he said simply as he made his way toward the end of the row, ignoring the strange looks he was getting from his former Dino Thunder team.
There was silence as everyone in the room was contemplating getting involved as an active ranger again. Rocky stared at Carri as he thought about what being a ranger again would mean. He had his karate schools, but he could get someone to take over the day to day. It had been a long time since he had been involved as a ranger and he wasn’t sure how easy it was going to be to jump back into it. But seeing Carri standing there he wanted to help and felt as though nothing else mattered. “Me too.” he said standing up and working his way out of the row to go stand with Tommy and Jason
“Then it’s settled.” Kim said smiling. “Thank you all for coming.”
Billy pushed his way back up to the podium and Kim looked at him curiously. “It’s going to be a bit of a trek for them to obtain their new powers. I’m not asking for any permanent rangers, but I am asking for a team with powers to help out and fight against Callisto and Rhianna until they get back.” Billy was thinking about it, and there was no telling how long it was going to take them to get back. They couldn’t afford to risk Callisto and Rhianna taking over Earth while they were gone, they needed someone with powers to watch over the planet.
Leo looked over at his teammates. Per his suggestion the Galaxy rangers had stopped on Mirinoi to grab their Quasar Sabers before getting back to Earth. A sudden meeting of all former rangers was a huge deal, and Leo had thought it best to be prepared. Maya looked at him and smiled and nodded. Damon, Kendrix and Kai thought for a moment before each giving him and approving look as well.
Leo smiled at his team as he stood. “Galaxy Rangers at your service.” he said
“Thank you.” Billy said smiling at the Red Galaxy Ranger. “If the ten of you want to come with me, we’ll get everyone started in the right direction. To everyone else thank you again. Hopefully the next time we meet it will be under better circumstances.”
Carri and Kim continued to stand by Billy as the meeting broke up and some of the rangers found each other to talk. The Galaxy team walked up toward the stage and joined the three male rangers. The girls and Billy went to join them before Billy led everyone back to the Command Chamber so they could get the Galaxy Rangers situated for their temporary work and get the new team their powers.
The End