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

AFTER A stressful week of the rangers gaining their new powers, there was also the stress of what had happened recently. The rangers teamed up with a group of rangers from the future and their friends from Reefside. Jared and Corey were captured by the future being of Christopher Askew and he gained new powers. 

Everything had gone at such a fast pace, and now things has finally began to slow down. It has been a couple of days since then and the rangers were spending time at the local park. They were sitting underneath a tree on a picnic table. The group of teens were so exhausted from the last couple of days and knew the group from Reefside must feel the same exhaustion.

"So," KZ finally spoke, "Has anyone heard from Terra?"

Gwen turns to KZ, "I heard she returned to Norland. Apparently one of her brothers is getting married."

Hunter nods, "That sounds more fun than this right now."

There was an awkward silence for a while. Omar, Artie, and Gwen sat on one side whereas Jared, KZ, Jenny, and Hunter say on the other side. Jared was fumbling with his hands and was looking directly at them. 

KZ glanced from the others to her boyfriend, she knew he hadn't said much about his experience from what had happened between him and Corey. Artie mentioned that Jared has been having issues sleeping but decided not to push his brother. KZ wanted Jared to confess to her what is on his mind, but knew if she pushed he'll only pull back.

Finally Jared looks up, "Hey guys."

Omar looks at his friend, "Yeah?" He spoke.

"What happened just before that amber crumbles and Corey and I came out?" Jared asks.

Gwen turns to Jared, "You don't remember?" She asks.

Jared shakes his head, "It's fuzzy." He admitted.

Artie looks at his brother, "We had to purify you and Corey, and in order for us to do that, we had to connect to you through your morphers." Artie said.

"Each one of us had to say something in a loving, encouraging way." Jenny adds.

Hunter looks at Jared, "Including the feelings." He said.

KZ placed her hand on top of Jared's hand, "We put our hands on to your morphers while Corey's teammates put their hands on his morpher." She said.

Omar nods, "Luna and Ester shined their healing purification light on to you and Corey." He said.

-FLASHBACK-

The rangers, old and new, were in the mountain base. They had located the captured leaders. Conner looks at them.

"Commence Phase 2", Conner said to them.

Luna nods, "Ok guys, we are going to do the Healing Purification Process." Luna said.

Julianne looks at the veteran rangers, "How are we are suppose to do that?" Julianne asks.

Omar nods agreeing with her, "Yeah what is it exactly?" He asks.

AV turns to the others, "Just listen to them, they know what they are doing." AV assured them.

Ryan turns to AV a bit uncertain, "Are you sure about this?" He asks.

AV nods, "Yes."

Ester looks from Luna to the others, "Luna and I can guide you on what to do. Each one of you must connect to the morpher. The people closest to the morpher gets to say the encouraging words to the trapped ones. When the morphers are glowing, Luna and I can take care of the rest. You guys ready," Ester said.

The entire group nod, "Ready." They all said.

Luna and Ester holds holds as they cross their bladed weapons in front of the amber surrounding the two boys.

"For Jared as they went back out to the fight!" Yelled from some of the rangers.

"For Corey as they went back to the fight!" Yelled from the other half of rangers.

Omar looks at the amber keeping his friend captive, "Jared, I do not know if you can hear me buddy, but you need to come back to us." Omar said.

Julianne looks to touch the amber, "Corey, you have really worried us this time. We are right here waiting for you." She says.

Hunter groans as it is referring to feelings and encouraging words and starting to cry, "You do not deserve to be put through that kind of hell Jared, and we need you back, man." Hunter said.

Matt stares at the amber, "You of all people don't deserve to be put through the horrible things to you again, Corey. We need you back." Matt said.

Jenny tries to hold back tears, "Please Jared, we need you back please." She begs.

Diana tries to keep herself from crying, "Corey, you of all people is a fighter. You got to fight this and come back to us." Diana said.

KZ rubs the tears away, "Jared, you are a fighter as much as Corey is. We need you back." KZ said.

Vivian looks at the amber, "Corey, you are not alone ever. If you think you are going to feel sorry about your self you can think again." Vivian said.

"Jared, I am sorry that you had to deal with the torture that thing did to you. I want you to be free and fight back." Artie says.

"Corey, I can not imagine what kind of pain you went through again." Wally says.

"Jared, I hope that you can hear me. There is no way I will let you feel down on yourself otherwise I will give you a Terra style butt kicking." Gwen said adding a small smirk at the last comment.

"Corey, I know that you can pull through this because you of all people have pulled through even tougher odds than this." Bobby says.

Zara stares at the amber in front of her, "Jared, you should not be alone in the aftermath in dealing with the terms of this ordeal. This darkness will not beat you ever." Zara said.

Iris nods, "Corey, like Zara said, you will not be alone to deal with the terms of this order, my melody is with you." Iris said.

"Corey, try to feel the beat of rhythm of my spirit and soul and it let merge with the melody in your heart." Robin said.

Adam stares at his student, "Jared,"

Kira looks at Corey, "Corey,"

"A ranger team is not complete without you, and the team needs you to come back," Both Kira and Adam said.

"We love you," Conner and Levi said at the same time.

Conner forms a small smile, "Champ,"

Levi smiles faintly, "Little bro."

All the sudden, the two teams sees Jared's and Corey's morphers shining brightly as that light hits Luna's and Esters weapons.

"Light of the Moon!" Luna yells.

"Light of the Star!" Ester yells.

"Healing Purification!" Ester and Luna both shout.

The teens see a gold and silver lights shine down on the fossilized statue. As the amber is crumbling, they see the branding marks disappearing as all of the pain and suffering is disappearing from their bodies. As they see Jared's and Corey's eyes opening up, the Amber is completely destroyed. KZ and Diana are swoon over by how Jared and Corey are shirtless. Though, it did not stop KZ from hugging Jared tightly and Diana did the same with Corey.

Jared looks around a bit confused, "Umm, hey everyone."

Corey grins, "Guess who is back."

-FLASHBACK OVER-

Jared nods remembering what happened afterwards.

"I see." Jared said.

KZ smiles at her boyfriend, "I'm just happy everything worked out in the end." She said.

Jared nods while smiling at her.

Jenny leans back to look at the sunny sky, "Guys, I can't believe how much we've all been through." Jenny said.

Omar snickers, "Yeah. All of the drama and crap." He said.

The others nod as well.

Hunter turns to Jared, "So what did you put down in Mr Nelson's assignment in the beginning of the year?"

Gwen seemed puzzled as did Artie.

"What?" Gwen asks.

Artie nods, "Yeah include us."

Jenny turns to the couple, "At the beginning of the year Mr Nelson assigned us to write a paper about a goal to accomplish by the end of the year. Mine was to stop stuttering, and thanks to all of you I've made the goal into reality." Jenny said.

Jared smirks, "You could have done it all on your own. We just nudged you in that direction." He said.

Gwen turns to Hunter, "Well what was yours?"

Hunter looks at Gwen, "I wasn't asking about myself. I was curious about our leader, here."

KZ smirks, "Oh come now, Hunter. We all deserve to know." She said.

Hunter sighs, "Fine. Originally I was going to write about swimming, but my goal was to stop the hating inside about my dad. And because of Jenny, I was able to speak to my dad again." Hunter said.

Jenny smiles while she kisses him on the cheek.

"Mine actually came true. I did indeed get the scholarship for soccer for my dream college." KZ said.

Artie grins, "That's amazing that you made yours come true." He said.

Omar smirks, "Originally I wanted to be taken serious instead of a clown, but I realized sometimes my joking behavior is just who I am. Instead I changed it to being a good friend, looking out for my comrades and being there. Which thanks to this experience of being rangers and this team, I've been able to keep my word." Omar said as he looked at each of the rangers.

Gwen smiles, "How noble." She said.

Artie nods.

Hunter then cuts in, "Okay that's nice. So what did you write, Jared?" Hunter asks.

Jared looks at them, "I never told you guys? Didn't I?"

"I wouldn't be asking if we knew." Hunter said.

Jared looks down for a moment and then back up, "My original idea was to write about a goal of just graduating high school and getting away, but as the week of getting to know you all was changing me, I knew I didn't hate this place as much as I use to. I changed my topic in being a leader, finding the confidence and the willpower to stand up for my friends and protect them from danger. I mean, it wasn't easy. This entire experience hasn't been easy, it's been hell." He said with a smirk at the end of his final comment.

The teens all exchanged looks of smiles and faint laughter.

"We've been through a lot," Artie says, "Us becoming brothers, becoming rivals, becoming a partners."

Gwen turns to her boyfriend, "Pardon?"

Jenny looks at Gwen, "At one point, Artie was controlled by Geena and Ripto." She said.

Gwen looks at her boyfriend, "What?"

Artie nods, "Yeah," He looks down then up, "It wasn't my best moments."

Jared looks at his brother, "Nevertheless, I'd never change our bond. Our bond as brothers is something strong because of it." Jared said.

Omar felt the gust of wind blow by, "I can't believe is May. I wouldn't have guessed this happening to me a year ago." Omar said.

Jenny then thought about something, "Jared, Omar, you remember four years ago when we watched the victory of the Power Rangers on the news?" Jenny asks.

Everyone looks at Jenny, Jared, and Omar. The trio who have known each other since the day they could practically crawl.

-FLASHBACK-

In Clover Hills, sitting in front of the TV were three fourteen year old kids. Jenny had long brown hair in pigtails, blue eyes, and a tan skin complexion. She was wearing a yellow sweater and black jeans. Omar had short black hair, gray eyes, and tan skin. He was wearing a blue shirt with Pokemon on it and blue jeans. Jared had shaggy brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair skin. He was wearing a long sleeve red shirt and blue jeans. The three of them were in the middle of doing their homework when the news came on every channel.

"The Power Rangers saved the day," Omar said in awe.

Jared looks at his best friend, "Yeah, Omar. And your dad is there right now, how do you feel?" Jared asks.

Omar pouts, "I'm jealous. It's not fair, Jared." He said.

Jared chuckles, "He's going to be complaining about this for a long time, Jenny."

Jenny nods, "R- R- Right. He- is going to be ver- very jealous that he didn't- meet the Pow- Power Rangers." Jenny stuttered through.

Omar pouts, "Come on! They are heroes and we're nobodies!" Omar yells.

Jared snickers, "What's wrong with being nobodies? Who knows maybe we'll be on TV like the rangers someday."

Jenny smiles, "Jared, that's a- a bit ov- over thinking it." Jenny said.

Omar nods, "Jen has a point. There is no way we'd be Power Rangers." Omar said.

Jared glanced at his best friend and his cousin and shrugs, "Anything is possible."

-FLASHBACK-

Omar points at Jared, "You jinked us!"

Jared laughs at Omar, "Well you wanted to be a ranger too." He said.

Jenny laughs at this, "It's so strange to think we all use to be so different before being rangers." Jenny said.

Gwen nods, "And to think we'll all be graduating at the end of this month." She said.

KZ noticed the sudden sad mood, "Hey, don't worry. We all aren't going to college until the fall, so we have the summer to hang out." KZ said.

Artie nods, "Before we all part ways."

Jared looks at them, "We'll stay friends. Even after defeating Ripto and going to college. We've become so close in such a short amount of time, we're all family." Jared said.

Hunter turns to Jared, "Hey, Jar."

Jared looks at Hunter, "Yeah?"

Hunter had a serious look on his face, "Think we can defeat Ripto?"

"Now?" Jared asks.

Hunter nods.

Jared sighs, "Not sure. I mean, I'm positive if we try we could- but. We don't know everything about him, he has been smart not to send himself to fight against us. So if anything, we should be certain that we'll be ready." Jared said.

Omar nods, "I agree with you man."

Jenny smiles while nodding.

KZ agrees.

Artie smirks, "Let's just hope that the final battle doesn't happen at graduation."

Gwen snickers, "Then Hunter will have to wait on KZ's middle name." Gwen teased.

Hunter pouts, "Shut it."

Which left the others laughing and smiling under the tree. Having a great day. Enjoying life.