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Four weeks after Jungle Fury, friday 4pm, Oliver house
“Another school year finished!” Jason exclaimed, giving glasses of champagne to the three other adults in the room. “Cheers for three months of no work!” Tommy said while raising his glass. “Cheers!” The other three echoed and they were about to take a sip when Tommy’s phone started ringing. They all set their glasses down. Tommy looked at the caller ID.
“Jase, where’s your phone?” Tommy asked. “He forgot it in the car.” Trini answered. Tommy rolled his eyes. “It’s for the Reds.” He replied. Kim and Trini exchanged glances while Jason followed Tommy inside.
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Oliver basement
Tommy set up the video call on his laptop. “Alright, we’re only missing Jason, Cole, and Hunter.” Rocky said. “Jason is with me.” Tommy said as he turned on his video.
“Hunter and Blake were here so he’s with me.” Shane added. “I’m at Animarium so Cole is unfortunately with me.” Eric finished. Eric’s hand left the screen. They could hear Cole yelp as Eric brought his hand back.
“Stop messing with my laptop! This is Silver Guardian property that’s connected to the morphing grid and there’s a reason Danny has to help you!” All the red rangers before Wild Force laughed while the ones after Wild Force looked confused.
“Cole was raised in the jungle. Merrick, Shayla, Daggeron, Leanbow, and Udonna learned electronics quickly but Max and Danny, their blue and black rangers, gave up trying to teach Cole after a few months.” Jason explained.
“We should introduce ourselves. I’m Cole, red Wild Force ranger.” Cole decided. “I’m Eric, Time Force Quantum ranger.” “Casey, red Jungle Fury ranger.” “Leo, red Lost Galaxy ranger.” “Andros, red space ranger. That’s TJ, red turbo and blue space.” “Connor, red dino thunder.” “Shane, red wind ranger, and that’s Hunter, crimson thunder, we’re from Ninja Storm.”
“I’m Mack, Overdrive.” “Nick, Mystic Force.” “Carter, red lightspeed ranger.” “Aurico, alien ranger.” “I’m Rocky. Red Ninjetti and Blue Zeo.” “I’m Jason, original red and gold zeo.” “Tom-” Tommy started but was quickly cut off. “That’s Tommy. Black dino thunder, white ninjetti, red zeo, and the original green and white rangers.” Jason finished.
“Is it too late to change my mind about giving up the throne I was offered?” Tommy said, glaring at Jason. “It’s definitely too late. We already destroyed the guys who offered you the throne.” Rocky told him. The other rangers looked at them in confusion. “Prince Gasket gave Tommy amnesia and then told him he’s the king of the Machine Empire.” Jason explained.
Connor nodded in understanding while TJ and Andros just nodded with blank expressions and all the other rangers looked confused.
“It’s easier to act like you understand someone else’s complex ranger adventure than to ask for details. But don’t let TJ talk about the weekly Turbo monsters, all you will hear about is how he got baked into a giant pizza.” Andros recommended.
“I’m Wes, red Time Force. Now back to the purpose of the meeting.” Wes snapped. “We have a source that told us about a dangerous virus taking over devices all over the world. They estimated about a week before it reaches California.”
“We’re too far to get there in time.” Andros said to which Leo and Aurico nodded. “And someone didn’t add a hover mode.” TJ said, shooting a glare at Andros. “Both of our academies use technology.” Hunter stated.
“Rootcore doesn’t have a food source for humans and our spells can’t provide food for everyone.” Nick added. “That leaves one option, Animarium. Me and Taylor discussed it with Princess Shayla, only rangers and those aware of who they are can come.” Eric concluded. “So who has scattered teammates?”
Jason, Tommy, TJ, Rocky, Connor, Casey, and Mack raised their hands. “I can get through to Zack, Tommy can reach the rest.” Jason said to which Rocky nodded.
“We still keep our morphers on us.” Connor revealed. “Our team hung up our morphers. We still hang out, although Tyzonn went back to his planet.” Mack explained. “Lily and Theo are still working for RJ at his pizza place. Lily speaks with Dominic’s girlfriend every week.” Casey said.
“Me and Jason are with our wives. Kat and Kim still keep in contact. Rocky, Aisha’s husband, co-owns a dojo with Adam who is married to Tanya.” Worry leaked into TJ’s expression. “Don’t worry TJ, I have Lightning Cruiser. It can get through to Storm Blaster and Justin.” Tommy’s added sentence put TJ at ease. “So what do we do after we get everyone?” Mack asked.
“We were wondering if Tommy would do that thing he did on the moon…” Wes said slowly. Tommy shrugged. “It’s the only way without technology.” He remarked. “You can only bring technology if it’s connected to the Morphing Grid.” Wes added.
“Everyone who’s not on Animarium should get to Wesley’s house. Be there with your teammates and anyone you want to take who knows your identity.” Eric ordered. “How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?” Wes demanded. Eric smirked and left the call. Wes left it shortly after.
“Wait, what does his house look like and where is it?” Nick interrupted. “The mansion in Silver Hills.” Carter explained before he logged off. The others logged off as well leaving Tommy, Jason, Rocky, and Connor. “I will tell Adam but I want you to tell Aisha and Tanya.” Rocky declared before logging off.
“Coach-” “We said you can call us by our names since you graduated.” Jason interrupted. “I forgot. Anyway, can you get in touch with Hayley?” Tommy and Jason nodded. “Tell Trent we’ll get in contact with his dad, step-mom, and Hayley.” Tommy added. Connor nodded and both of them closed their laptops.
“Here’s the question, do we finish our drinks?” Tommy asked. “Well, Trini and Kim will want to go shopping one last time.” Jason pointed out. Tommy nodded. “Zack is right. We’re definitely whipped. Let’s tell them.” Tommy admitted.
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The back porch, Oliver Residence
“It’s about time. You’ve been gone for an hour.” Kim snapped as Jason and Tommy came back. In reality it had only been ten minutes, but the boys knew better than to tell their wives that.
“Wes told us some very important news, so we have to discuss what to do about it.” Tommy told them. Jason explained everything Wes told them. “Here’s the deal, we contact all of them. We’ll meet up with the gang in Angel Grove tomorrow for one final shopping trip.”
“Kim and Trini contact the girls including Hayley. Jason will contact Zack and Leslie. I got Justin and Anton.” Tommy ordered. They nodded and split up. As the three others left, Tommy decided to call Anton from there.
“Hey Tommy, something urgent?” Anton asked.
“Yeah. How soon can you be home?”
“If I go now I’ll be there tomorrow morning.”
“Ok. Do that now. We’re meeting at the mansion in Silver Hills. Bring anything you’d live with except electronics. We are going to move in.”
“Move in where?” Anton repeated.
“A floating island.” Tommy answered.
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Oliver living room, two minutes later
Jason dialed Zack first.
“Hey Jason, been a long time.” Zack commented.
“Hey Zack. Anyway, this isn’t a social call.” Jason replied.
“What happened?” Zack responded.
“There’s an evil computer virus invading. We’re all moving to Animarium.”
“The floating island used by Wild Force?”
“Yep. Can you meet us at the mansion in Silver Hills by Friday?”
“Sure. Anything I should bring?” Zack replied.
“Pretty much anything you would live with. No tech unless it’s connected to the morphing grid.”
“Got it. I’m going to let you take the girls on their last shopping trip.”
“Traitor.” Jason muttered and hung up. He called Leslie next.
“Coach Scott, is something wrong?” She asked.
“Sorta. Pack up anything you want to keep and meet us at the mansion in Silver Hills by Friday. We’re moving to a floating island because of an evil computer virus. No electronics.” Jason replied.
“Anton isn’t going to be here till Saturday.” Leslie said worriedly.
“Tommy will reach him.”
“Alright. I’ll start packing when I get home.” Leslie responded before hanging up.
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The basement, same time
Kim moved her husband’s laptop and opened hers. She started the video call. Aisha and Tanya answered from Aisha’s laptop and Kat answered soon after. Hayley was last. “How’s everyone been?” Kat asked.
“Good.” Tanya answered. “Hey, we’ve got some info that Rocky was too chicken to tell anyone but Adam.” Trini revealed. Aisha narrowed her eyes. “Apparently we’re going to be moving to Animarium. Something about an evil virus. We can all pack tonight and meet up in Angel Grove in the morning for one last shopping trip.” Trini said.
“You can only bring electronics that are connected to the morphing grid.” Kim added. “We’ll be there.” Tanya replied to which Aisha nodded. “I can’t make it. I have to close Cyberspace if we’re doing this.” Hayley said. “If I use Wind Rider, I can make it on time.” Kat replied.
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Garage, a minute later
“Lightning Cruiser, can you talk to Storm Blaster?” The race car beeped in response. “This is Justin and Storm Blaster.” A voice said a second later.
“Hey kid. It’s me, Tommy.” “Tommy, been a while. You are aware I’m not a kid anymore, right? I’m twenty-four.” Justin replied. “And you said the original turbo rangers could always call you kid.” Tommy reminded him.
Justin cursed under his breath. “So what’s going on?” He asked. “We’re all moving to Animarium. Bring anything you want except devices that aren’t connected to the Morphing Grid. Be at the mansion in Silver Hills by Friday.” Tommy responded. “Alright, Justin and Storm Blaster out.”