Rangers:
Red: Jared Scott
Blue: Omar Ellis
Yellow: Jennifer/Jenny Callahan
Green: Hunter Jacobson
Pink: Katherine/KZ Walker
Black: Arthur/Artie Carter-Scott
White: Gwen Anderson

THE RANGERS were just hanging out in the cave after school. Miss Moore had to stay late while the school was still under investigation, she had to answer some questions about the individuals the police are questioning. So it was only Zara and Adam in charge of the rangers. 

Although, they were in for a big surprise. As the teens were just hanging around while working on homework they hear someone or actually more than one person walking down the stairs. This peaked their attention, as they exchanged looks of confusion. That is until they started to see familiar faces.

"Terra!" Jenny yells.

"Zack!" Jared yells.

KZ stands up, "Mr Young!"

Smiling was an older Joshua Young, "Which one? Me or my brother?"

Standing in front of the Jurassic Squad team was none other than the Beast Warrior team. The nine of them smiled at the next generation of rangers as walking over was Zara and Adam. Though, everyone could tell how more excited Zara was than the others. Zara leaped into the air and hugged her boyfriend tightly.

"Missed you," Zara said.

Nate hugs her, "You too."

Sean stands next to Jacob while holding his hand, "Zack and Terra have been saying how cool and strong you all are. So we all decided to come here to see what the fuss is." She said.

Gwen smiles, "Well its an honor to meet you all." She said.

Artie looks at them, "Oh we haven't formally introduced. I'm Artie Scott, the Black Stegosaurus Ranger."

Gwen waves, "I am Gwen Anderson and I am the White Saber Tooth Ranger."

Hunter crosses his arms on his chest, "I am Hunter Jacobson and I am the Green Triceratops Ranger." Hunter said.

Omar smiles, "I am Omar Ellis and I am the Blue Raptor Ranger." He said.

Jenny waves, "I am Jenny Callahan and I am the Yellow Parasaurolophus Ranger." Jenny smiles.

KZ steps over, "I am KZ Walker and I am the Pink Pterodactyl Ranger." KZ said.

Jared looks them straight on, "And I am Jared Scott. I am the Red Tyrannosaurus Ranger." Jared introduced.

Rory smiles, "Right on mate, their power is dinosaurs." Rory said.

Ally smiles, "That is so cool."

Zack turns from the new rangers to his team, "We might as well introduce ourselves as well." He said.

Sean placed her hands on her hips, "I am Sean Verde and I am the Gold Bear Beast Ranger." She said.

Nate smiles, "I am Nathaniel Winchester but Nate will do, and I am the White Falcon Beast Ranger." Nate said.

Ally smiles widely, "I am Ally Verde and I am the Pink Cane Beast Ranger." Ally said.

Rory holds onto Ally's hand, "And I am Rory O'Callahan and I am the Black Bison Beast Ranger." He said.

Jacob waves, "You have met me before, but I am Jacob Young and I am the Blue Wolf Beast Ranger." Jacob said.

Terra joins in, "You all have met me. I am Terra Sloane and I am the Yellow Tiger Beast Ranger."

Joshua smiles as he waves, "I am Joshua Young and I am the Purple Komodo Dragon Beast Ranger." Joshua said.

Roxxy holds onto Zack's hand and smiles at the others, "I am Roxanne Dennis and I am the Orange Cheetah Beast Ranger." Roxxy said.

Zack grins, "And you know me. I am Zack Calvin and I am the Red Lion Beast Ranger." He said.

Adam looks at the others, "Its good to see you again; Terra, Zack, and Jacob. And it is nice to finally meet the others." Adam said.

With that said. The rangers quickly began to divide into smaller groups, Zack nudged Jared to follow him. So being the young leader he was, he followed the more skilled leader off to the side to have a serious conversation with the Beast Ranger. Zack and Jared stood a good amount away from the others when Zack looked down at Jared with a serious expression.

"Hey, I heard that you had a rough couple of days." Zack said looking down at Jared.

Jared looks up at him, "Yeah." Before lowering his head again.

Zack noticed that, "Man, when I heard that you and Corey were kidnapped by a villain from the future, it completely blows my mind." Zack said while looking forward.

Jared just nods.

Zack glanced back down, "How are you handling it?"

Jared sighs, "I'm dealing. I mean how else am I suppose to be? Suddenly back to normal?"

Zack remain silent.

"I mean with all of this," Jared motions to the entire cave, "How can my life ever be normal?"

Zack frowns, "Are you having nightmares?" He asks.

Jared just looks down.

Zack sighs, "As much as I'd love to give you advice, I think I have some people who can help you better than me. Just wait here for a second."

Jared watched Zack run off. Zack ran over to the group of rangers and former rangers, Jared saw some of his teammates looking at Jared with worried expressions mostly KZ. Jared avoided their expressions and looked at Zack, he was talking to Terra and Jacob. Zack was motioning over to Jared. The former Yellow and Blue Ranger nodded.

Jared looked down again.

"So," He hears Terra's voice, "Seems like Zack can't be a leader to another leader. What is wrong?"

Jacob frowns, "Yeah, we all heard about what happened recently. I bet you're going through hell."

Jared looks up, "Hell? It feels like every time I close my eyes I am back in that liar. Going through all that crap- feeling all that pain." Jared said.

Terra frowns, "Being held captured- it can leave you a mess afterwards." She said softly.

Jared looks at her, "Terra-? You've been captured before?"

"Yes, Jared, I am not going to lie to you. I have been captured before. It was years ago when I was a ranger. It was one of my worst experiences as a ranger. I was captured by Ruko and another villain named Zeomaxius, I was brought to the headquarters of Dr. Zingerot with Zane. I did try to escape, but I ended up being taken to this vault like cell separated from Zane and two other captive people. I was put into this cocoon machine were it had a force field as well. The force field put me into an animated sleep. By the time I was reunited with Zane, I was so tired and sore that I really could not do much. By the time the rescue came, everything went to plan saving not only myself but Zane as well." Terra said.

Jared nods.

Jacob noticed there was more, "What else is bugging you?"

Jared glanced at Jacob, "What do you mean?"

Jacob smirks, "I get it, kid. You keep everything to yourself to avoid having to loose control, you want to keep everything in your control so you can take care of things. You want to protect everyone, so that means maybe hurting yourself or keeping yourself in pain to avoid telling your team the issues."

Terra seemed confused, "Huh?" She spoke.

Jared looks from Terra to Jacob, "I've been getting told by the enemy, mostly one of our most hard enemy to beat named Drago, that I have this darkness inside of me. I keep getting worried, what if they are right? What if I have some darkness inside and I hurt someone?" Jared asks.

Terra looks at Jacob and then at Jared, "Don't believe them. If you had a shred of darkness in you, you wouldn't have questioned it. You have light, Jared." She said.

Jacob nods and placed his hand on Jared's shoulder, "I've been where you are. One of our enemies, Ruko, he got into my head. He said that I was being a burden and didn't really belong on the team. I nearly quit the team because of Ruko." Jacob said.

Jared looked shocked, "Seriously?"

Jacob nods, "Yeah believe it or not, every time Ruko came around, he tried to defeat me, but I finally destroy him as well." Jacob said.

Terra nods as well, "Ruko tried to get into my head as well. However, if it wasn't for Jacob here, Ruko probably would had convinced me that I was unloved." Terra said.

Jared looks at them, "Thanks, guys." He forms a small smile.

Jacob smiles at him, "It is hard at first but be honest with your friends and they'll help you." Jacob said.

Terra nods as well, "They are your team for a reason. They also look up to you, so make sure they aren't in the dark about things." She said.

Jared smiles a little more, "Alright, I promise." Jared said.

Terra lightly shoves him, "Good. Now no more of this click flick stuff." She said.

That left the two guys to laugh at Terra's behavior.

---

ROXXY WALKS over to Hunter, "So you had an alcoholic dad?"

Hunter looks at her, "How did you know?" He asks a bit defensive.

Roxxy raised her hands, "I come in peace. Besides, your girlfriend mentioned. I know how you feel, my dad was an alcoholic too." She said.

"Was?" He asks.

Roxxy nods, "He passed a couple of years ago. He involved in a car accident." She said.

Hunter looks at her, "Was he- I mean did you two have a relationship?"

Roxxy frowns, "I regret it. My dad became abusive and it led my mom and I to leave but- he reached out so much but I ignored it." She said.

Hunter frowns, "Why?" He asks.

Roxxy looks at him, "Because I thought it was going to be the same thing," She then looks down, "But it wasn't. He was actually cleaned up and doing better. Before he died we had a phone call and it ended badly. I regret what I said or better yet, what I didn't say." She said.

Hunter looks at her a bit confused, "Well why tell me?"

She turns back to him, "I heard that you are rebuilding a relationship with him. I just want to make sure you give him that chance, he might have wronged you or did something painful but- he's still your dad." Roxxy said.

Hunter looks from her to the ground, "Yeah. I've been thinking about bringing Danny with me next time I visit Thomas, uh my dad." Hunter said.

Roxxy smiles, "I am assuming Danny is the little brother?"

Hunter turns at her with a smile, "Uh huh. He is such a brat though."

Roxxy laughs, "Oh really now?" She spoke.

From across the room, Gwen was talking with Nathaniel and Sean whereas KZ and Ally were talking. Rory and Zack were talking with Omar and Jenny, though Terra and Jacob were returning as well as Jared. Artie was having a conversation with none other than Joshua. It seemed kind of serious so it made sense why the younger brothers moved a bit away.

"Look," Joshua said, "Coming from a brother of a brother who was a ranger, make sure you are there for your brother."

Artie nods, "Yeah sure."

Joshua shakes his head, "This is different stuff man. When I look at you and your brother I see me and my brother. Jared, he is protecting you from whatever is in his head and it is your job to dig it out of him. Even if its kept between you two, whatever. He needs to talk to someone and you need to make it you." Joshua said.

Artie looks at Joshua, "But what about KZ? Jared tells her everything." Artie said.

Joshua sighs, "Look I tell my girl Luna a lot and I know Jacob tells Sean a lot too, but a bond between siblings is suppose to be important. It's suppose to be special. He and you need to talk. It'll keep your relationship stronger." Joshua said.

Artie looks confused, "How do you know?"

Joshua snickers, "Believe me, at this age I confessed to him first that I didn't get into my first college choice so he helped me get into the next best thing." Joshua said.

Artie smiles, "That's a great brother." He said.

Joshua looks at Artie, "What has Jared done for you to help you out?" Joshua asks.

Artie thought about it, "He's protected me more times than I can recall from Drago or any other monster." Artie said.

Joshua smiles, "Now it's time you do something for him. Just be an ear for him or even a shoulder to cry. He's your brother, just be there." Joshua said.

Artie glanced from Joshua to his brother. Jared stood by Zack, Jared was laughing and looking at his cousin with a smile on his face. Whatever was being said over by Omar, Jenny, Jared, Zack, Jacob, Rory, and Terra seemed to be funny. Joshua placed a hand on Artie's shoulder, Artie looked at the former Purple Ranger.

"I'll be there for him," Artie said.

---

BY THE end of the day the Beast Warriors were saying their goodbyes. Hugging or waving goodbye to the next generation of rangers. Zara gave Nate one last goodbye kiss before departing. Jacob and Terra smile down at Jared, he nods at them. Joshua gave Artie thumbs up and he returned the same action. Roxxy messed with Hunter's hair, though the teen kind of glared at her. The entire Beast Rangers left the cave.

Adam turns to the rangers, "You all should head out too. It's getting late." He said.

They all nod in agreement.

As they were collecting their things, Jared felt someone touch his shoulder. He turns to see it was his brother.

"Jared," Artie spoke.

Jared picked up his bag, "Yeah man?"

Artie held onto his bag, "I want you to know, I'm here."

Jared nods, "I know." He said and started to leave.

Artie grabs Jared's arm, "Jared."

Jared stops and turns to him, "What?"

Artie looks at him more seriously, "I am here. I am here anytime you need me." Artie said.

Jared then understood what his brother was saying, "Okay, bro." He said.

KZ came over as well as Gwen, "You two wanna go get some smoothies or something?" Gwen asks.

KZ nods, "Yeah?"

Jared looks from his girlfriend then to his brother, "Uh can we have a rain check? I kind of want to hang with my brother, if that's okay?"

KZ nods, "Okay."

Gwen looks at Artie, "Whatever. Have fun." Gwen kisses her boyfriend on the cheek.

Artie watched as they all begin to head up the stairs. Jared and Artie were the last rangers out and stood in Adam's office alone for a moment.

"So?" Artie asks.

Jared then said, "Go for some ice cream?"

Artie grins, "Sure." He said.

The brothers exited the dojo. The two laughing and smiling. Jared rubbed his hand behind his head, Artie placed his arm around his brother's shoulder while they were talking about stories. Stories of meeting, being brothers, stories from school, etc. 

The two walked down the sidewalk that late afternoon. Standing by their vehicles were Terra and Jacob, with Sean in the passenger seat. The former rangers exchanged looks and smiled. Joshua was also by his vehicle watching the brothers leave together and spend some time together. This left the veteran ranger with a smile as he started up his car.