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

KZ WALKED down the stairs of her place to find, surprisingly, her father sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. Usually he'd be at his law firm but he was going to be going up to Stone Canyon and then Reefside to talk to some of his clients.

KZ wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed her dad on the cheek, he looked up at her as he folds the newspaper shut. KZ walks around to face him fully, he then places the newspaper on the coffee table.

"Well good morning, dear." Her father said.

KZ smiles, "Good morning, dad. I was wondering why you were here still, thought you had business do to at the firm." She said.

Richard crossed his leg over his other leg, "I do have business to take care of. You know that, sweetie." Richard said.

KZ awkwardly rubs the back of her neck, "It's just strange seeing you here early."

Richard nods, "And I understand. Your mother and I are planning on having a discussion relating our work patterns and maybe starting to spend more time with you like the old times." Richard said.

KZ nods slowly, "Okay." She reached for her backpack which was by the shoe rack.

"You coming straight home after school?" Richard asks.

KZ shakes her head, "I got karate until after four." She said.

Richard nods as he stands up, "I see. Well we'll talk after four then." He said.

KZ grabs her car keys, "I guess we will." She said and left for school.

---

JENNY WITH Hunter over to Artie's and KZ's locker. The two have lockers basically side by side. Over by these two lockers were of course KZ and Artie, but also Jared and Omar. When Jenny and Hunter reached their group of friends, Jenny reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone.

"I just got a text from Diana." She said.

Hunter glanced at his girlfriend, "The Yellow Ranger from Reefside?" He asks.

Jenny nods.

"So what's going on?" Omar asks.

"She, Wally, and Levi have passed their test of acceptance." Jenny said.

Jared looks at his cousin, "Seriously?" He asks.

Jenny nods again, "Yeah. They had to face an allusion in Meadowedge." She said.

Artie seemed puzzled, "An allusion?"

Jenny was reading the text message, "Yeah. They even saw a person that affected them greatly. For Wally it was his mom, for Diana it was her sister, and for Levi it was Corey." Jenny says.

Jared rubbed his hand through his hair, "Man that must have been crazy." He said.

Jenny was scrolling through the text message, "Yeah they earned the gift of rhythm and it is a metronome." She then showed her friends the photo.

KZ seemed a bit confused, "I've never seen a metronome looking like that before." She said.

Jared noticed something, "Yeah but those initials on it. It has the first letter of their name." He said.

The others noticed what their leader saw and were getting the same idea as him.

"If that's the case, what does the I and R stand for?" Omar asks looking at Jared.

Jared shakes his head, "Who knows." He said.

With that the bell rang for the class to start, so the rangers hurried into English class. Gwen was there, in her seat. She saw Jared and smiled, which inside was annoying KZ but she wouldn't say it out in the open. The teens took their seats and like that class began like usual. Mr Nelson, however was not in.

Instead there was a different person filling in for Mr Nelson, this person seemed very familiar and yet none of the kids could figure out why. This guy was twenty-one years old, but yet looked very much like a kid. He had short brown hair, more cut for a professional appearance, hazel eyes, with a tan skin complexion, and seemed slightly muscular through his button down shirt. He was wearing a white button down shirt with a blue tie on, khaki pants on, with black dress shoes.

He faced the chalk board and wrote his name on the board, "Hello class. My name is Mr Young and I'll be your substitute until Mr Nelson returns." He said.

Then a hand rose, "Aren't you a little too young to be a teacher?"

Mr Young looked at the name list and said, "Well, Mandy. I am currently a student teacher and have just finished my college." He said.

Jared nudged Omar, "He seems familiar, or is it just me?"

Omar shrugs, "I don't know man."

Mr Young looked at the lesson plan for the class, "Well it seems like you have a pop quiz over what you read for homework last night. So I'll pass that out." He said.

As Mr Young begins to pass out the quiz, Gwen pokes Jared with her pencil. The guy turns around in his seat, giving Gwen a small smile. From KZ's seat, she seemed a bit jealous but wasn't going to jump to conclusion.

"I didn't read it? How about you?" Gwen asks.

Jared smirks, "The entire book." He said.

Gwen frowns, "I hate you." She said and stuck out her tongue.

From Jenny's seat, she turned to KZ. She sees KZ's glare on her face. Jenny pokes KZ with her pencil, which snapped KZ out of her glare state.

"He is only being nice to her. Its his nature." Jenny said.

KZ nods, "I trust him. I just don't trust her."

Mr Young placed the quiz down on KZ's desk, "Ladies you have to be quiet. I have started passing out the quiz."

At the same time both Jenny and KZ said, "Sorry."

---

DURING LUNCH the team sat at their usual table. Gwen was off sitting with some friends she had made on her first day of school, so the team didn't have to worry about ranger activities going on and her being curious about it.

Jared was drinking a Pepsi while reading from his history text book and eating some french fries. KZ was eating a salad while she was chatting with Jenny, who was also eating a salad. Artie was eating a packed lunch much like his half-brother, which did have a Pespi as a drink but he was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Omar and Hunter were enjoying the pizza for lunch for the day.

"So the Music Force and Spirit Warrior teams are getting upgrades, but what about us? How come we are still last place?" Hunter asks.

KZ pokes at her salad with her fork, "You're overreacting, Hunter." She said.

Hunter rolls his eyes, "Am I? I got a text from Luke saying how he got his warrior feather for protecting his older brother." Hunter said.

Jared peaks up from his book, "Hunter."

Omar joins in, "I mean he does have a point. They all have been getting stronger and what about us?"

Jenny frowns, "Maybe we are just not there yet."

Artie nods, "When I was doing research on other rangers I found something interesting. I read about the Beast Rangers and they didn't have an upgrade until near their finale battle. However, getting their new power put someone they loved at risk." Artie said.

Hunter chuckles, "Wow for a whole second I thought you were Jared." Hunter teased.

Artie throws a potato chip at him, "Shut it."

KZ then placed a hand on Artie's shoulder, "Despite what Hunter said, you have a good point. An upgrade may take time for us. Maybe we needed to wait until Artie was on our team." KZ said.

Jared shuts his book, "Or maybe we are waiting for another ranger."

Omar sighs, "Oh I hope if there is another ranger they won't be evil." He then turned to Artie, "No offense."

Artie sighs, "None taken."

Suddenly their morphers began beeping, the team exchanged looks and nodded.

---

THE RANGERS arrive at the battlefield, it was in the middle of downtown. The rangers were already in their suits and held their weapons. Standing in front of them was a strange creature, it was like the hybrid creature. It was a mix of a snake and a lizard. The color of the scales were a dark red and the eyes were red as well. The fangs and claws were sharp, and the snake part did indeed have the tongue down.

"Why, welcome." He hissed.

Hunter spun his daggers with his fingers, "So let me guess, your name is 006?"

The snake laughed, "My creator would call me that but no. My name is Hiss." Hiss spoke.

"Hiss? You serious?" Artie asks.

Hiss chuckles, "Want to see if you can handle me or not?"

With that said each of the rangers bolted into the fight. Jared went in first with his sword, he slashed his blade at Hiss but the snake creature slapped him with his tail. It caused Jared to tumble back. Jenny fired her blaster at the beast, though Hiss did the exact same thing to her that he did to her cousin. Hunter and Artie went in at the same time, with Hunter's daggers striking and Artie's sword striking at the same time.

Though Hiss grabbed the two and threw then back with heavy force. KZ and Omar went in next. KZ swung her staff at the beast, and then he punched her in the face and it sent her rolling back. Omar went to stab the beast but he sent him in the direction of the rangers minus KZ. As the rangers all stood up, Hiss shot some kind of laser beams from his eyes which hit Omar, Hunter, Jenny, Artie, and Jared. There was an explosion, which caused though teens to fall back onto the ground while powering down.

KZ shouted, "No!"

Hiss turns, "I missed one, huh?"

Hiss went to do the same thing but then felt someone grab his tail and pull him onto the ground. Standing before KZ was her substitute English teacher.

"Mr Young?" KZ spoke.

Mr Young had a smirk on his face, "Looks like no matter where I go it seems like old habits will always catch up with me." He spoke.

KZ was confused by this and then saw him reach into his pocket and pulled out a morpher, she gasped with shock. She saw the color of blue on it and saw the wolf on it as well as a blue gem centering it.

"Power Rangers! Awaken The Beast!" He shouted.

Standing now before KZ and Hiss was another Blue Ranger. Hiss went to shoot his laser beams at the new ranger and KZ, but this new ranger tackled KZ down for safety and then pulled out his blaster.

"Power of the Wolf!" He shouted and fired his blaster.

However, Hiss vanished to avoid the powerful attack. KZ stood in utter shock and then saw him power down, he turned to her and glanced at the injured rangers.

"Okay, KZ. Power down already." He said.

Powering down she seemed shocked, "How did you know?"

He grins, "Your friends kind of gave it away. Not only that but, being a ranger when I was your age kind of makes me good at noticing these things." He said.

KZ nods, "So you're a ranger?"

"Jacob Young is the name, but we should check on your friends." He said.

KZ nods remembering that, "R- Right!"

KZ and Jacob ran over to the now waking up rangers. They stumbled to stand but something was wrong that KZ didn't seem to notice. She was most worried about Jared, she went to touch him with concern but he slapped her hand away.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jared asks.

"I was checking for injures." KZ said.

Jared glares, "Well who asked you?" He spoke.

KZ looks confused, "Jared? I'm your girlfriend."

Omar chuckles, "A girlfriend who was clearly into me when we first met."

KZ gasped, "What?"

Jared turns to Omar, "You shut your mouth, Ellis." Jared shoves Omar back.

Jenny and Hunter exchange glares as well, Artie crossed his arms on his chest. KZ took a step back with confusion and glanced at Jacob.

"At least you don't have to go home with this joke," Artie said pointing to Jared.

Jared chuckles, "At least my mom didn't abandon me."

Artie grins, "Oh, like his dad?" Artie spoke as he pointed to Hunter.

Hunter grabbed a handful of Artie's shirt, "How about you shut up before I take away that pretty face."

KZ turns to Jenny, "Jenny? Aren't you going to stop them?" She asks.

Jenny pouts, "Why is it my job? Just because I am related to two of them doesn't mean crap."

Jared looks from KZ to the others, "You know what? I'm sick of looking at all of you."

"Me too!" Omar yells.

Hunter crosses his arms on his chest, "Seeing you all makes me sick."

Jenny steps forward, "I don't understand why I even did this stupid thing with you anyways." She said.

Artie glanced at the others, "So the Power Rangers is over?"

With that five of them walked off in different directions leaving KZ, puzzled and confused, with Jacob.

"What- do we do?" KZ asks turning to Jacob.

Jacob looks at her, "Who is your mentor?"

---

RUNNING INTO the Batcave was KZ with Jacob trailing behind her. Adam was leaning against Zara's chair, and Tia was not there since school was still in session.

"Adam! Adam!" KZ yells.

Adam turns around looking confused, "Why are you here? You have school?" Adam asks.

Zara turns around and spots Jacob, "Jake? What are you doing here?" She asks.

KZ looks at Jacob, "You know each other?" KZ asks.

Jacob nods, "Never mind that. Adam, right?"

Adam nods, "Yeah, what's going on?" He asks.

KZ walks over to Adam, "Jared and the others- we were attacked by a hybrid named Hiss. He used these laser beams at the others and now they aren't acting normal." She said.

"Are they behaving evil?" Adam asks.

KZ shakes her head, "No. But like jerks." She said.

Zara stands up, "Seems like this is serious." Zara said.

Adam reached for his phone, "I'm going to call Tia. Tell her what is going on, she could meet up with you three."

"Us three?" KZ asks.

Zara pulled out her morpher, "I am a Power Ranger too, and its been a while since I was in action. How long as it been, Jacob?" Zara asks.

Jacob grins, "Four years ago, about the same time I last morphed." He said.

Adam placed his phone back in his pocket, "Tia is on her way. Lucky for her as well as you and your friends, KZ, that you all have free period right now." He said.

KZ nods, "But that can only help us for so long." She said.

---

RETURNING TO the spot where they had their fight against Hiss, KZ felt a bit nervous about being with two veteran rangers. Zara was from the Element Rangers as well as Tia, she remembered hearing about their actions when she was ten years old.

As for Jacob she remembered hearing about the attacks in Norland and the world being saved when she was fourteen. They were literally superheroes and she was going to fight with them.

"So this Hiss character, how did he exactly cause this reversing behavior?" Zara asks.

"He- uh-," KZ suddenly felt more nervous.

Jacob noticed this, "He used some eye laser beams. It seemed like take him out, the reversing behavior should go away." Jacob said.

Zara nods, "Sounds legit."

Tia comes running over, as she catches up with them she is getting filled in by Zara. The four began walking the city, Tia and Zara in front while Jacob and KZ were behind.

Jacob glanced down and noticed the Pink Ranger frown. He nudged her and she glanced up at him now, he sees her bright blue-green eyes stare up at him. He grins and looks forward, placing his hands in his pant pockets.

"You remind me of someone I know." He said.

"Huh?" KZ asks.

Jacob looks at her, "You remind me of my girlfriend. You are so genuine and kind."

KZ nods.

Jacob grins, "Seriously, don't be nervous. I'm not a celebrity. I'm just a normal guy." He said.

KZ shakes her head, "You saved the world. You, Zara, heck even Miss Moore." She said.

Jacob nods, "And so will you. One day." He said.

KZ frowns, "I guess." She said.

Jacob looks from the teen to his surroundings, "So have any siblings?"

She shakes her head, "Only child. I spend a lot of time alone, you know parents are busy." She said.

Jacob grins, "Yeah I get that, but I wasn't completely alone. I had a brother with me twenty-four seven, my twin brother actually." He said.

"You have a twin?" KZ asks.

Jacob nods, "Yeah. His name is Josh, and he is a pro football player." He said.

KZ sees the smile on Jacob's face, "You seem proud."

Jacob looks at her, "Proud? That's an understatement. I practically made sure he graduated high school and even graduated college, even if we were miles away. So I like to say I am the reason he is where he is." Jacob said.

KZ smiles, "You are a great brother." She said.

Jacob sees her smile, "Well I think you'd make a great sister if you were given the chance." He said.

KZ frowns slightly, "I'll never know what that's like." She said.

Jacob shrugs, "Well in a way aren't the rangers like your family? I mean that's how it was with my team. Zack was our annoying and loud brother thinking he knew exactly everything, while Terra was the baby sister everyone was either impressed with or worried about all the time." Jacob said.

KZ thought about it, "Yeah I guess we are a family. Jenny is like the sister I've always wanted, and I treat Hunter and Omar like dorky brothers. Artie is like the adopted brother just joining in. Then there is Jared- he's my boyfriend." KZ said.

Jacob grins, "Maybe one day my family will meet your family." He said.

KZ giggles, "I'd like that. A lot."

Tia and Zara exchanged looks, a smile appeared on both girl's faces. They were happy to see KZ bond with Jacob, the two couldn't be more different. Though they weren't surprised how Jacob was able to easily open up to KZ, he was able to get close to Terra without even trying. It was something Jacob knew Zack was easily jealous over, but the two guys let it go. Tia then turned to the two behind her.

"Guys, I think I found your snake problem." She said.

KZ and Jacob looked up to see Hiss destroying cars which caused an explosion. The four of them ran in that direction, which then gained Hiss' attention.

"Oh, what do we have? More rangers, am I right?" Hiss asks.

The four pulled out their morphers, "Looks like your a lot smarter then you look." Zara taunted.

Tia turns to the three with her, "Ready?" She asks.

"Ready!" The three shout.

"Elements Among Us! Legendary Element Fusion!" Tia yells.

"Gold Element Power!" Zara yells.

"Power Rangers! Awaken The Beast!" Jacob yells.

"Power Rangers! Jurassic Squad!" KZ yells.

And like that the Yellow Element Ranger, the Gold Element Ranger, the Blue Beast Ranger, and the Pink Jurassic Ranger stood in front of Hiss. Tia held her sais in her hands, Zara held her blade in her hands, Jacob held his blaster, and KZ held her bow staff.

"Well, this ought to be fun." Hiss said.

Jacob glanced at KZ, "Ready to save your friends?" He asks.

KZ grins underneath her helmet, "Born ready."

---

HISS WENT in and was hit by a blast by Jacob's wolf blaster, the snake creature went to charge at the Blue Beast Ranger. Though Jacob was swift enough to dodge Hiss' tail, the man rolled on the ground to avoid being hit. Then Zara slashed her blade at Hiss with quick speed, Hiss stumbled back and felt lightning inside of him.

It was shocking. Zara grins watching this. Tia then jumped in while slashing her sais in each of her hands at Hiss, Hiss tried to avoid them but was smacked in the back hard by KZ's bow staff. This swing sent his chest forward and Tia slashed at him.

Hiss collapsed onto the ground, "Gaaah," He growled.

Tia and Zara stood side by side, "Element power?" Tia asks.

Zara grins underneath her helmet, "Element power." She nods.

KZ seemed confused, "Huh?"

Jacob smiles, "Just watch."

Tia held her hand out and suddenly there was a bright light blinding Hiss, as well as KZ and Jacob though they covered their eyes for it not to hurt. Then KZ sees Zara hold her hand up in the air, suddenly lightning charged from the sky and the shocking waves went down her arm and then she pulls back that arm.

Suddenly she throws her fist forward with the lightning, the light that Tia created dimmed down but Hiss did not see the lightning coming. The lightning hit him directly. Which caused an explosion.

"Wow, impressive." KZ says.

Jacob grins, "My turn." He said.

A blue aura seemed to be glowing around Jacob, "Power of the Wolf!" Jacob shouted.

And as he said that, he opened fired with his blaster. That blast had a spirit image of a wolf running over and hitting Hiss, which caused an explosion. Hiss stumbled back and fell to his knees.

He was about to escape but then KZ grabbed her bow staff and then she screamed, as she swung her bow staff to hard it generated a loud shake. Which then ended in a large explosion that did defend Hiss.

"Looks like the rookie is good, "Jacob said.

The veteran rangers powered down as well as KZ, they walked over to KZ.

Zara smiles, "Of course she is awesome. I've seen her train and I may or may not have given her some advice." Zara said.

Tia rolls her eyes, "You do not." Tia said.

KZ turns to see them banter, "We did it."

Zara placed a hand on KZ's shoulder, "With your help."

KZ nods, "Yeah- wait! The guys, are they? Is everything back to normal?" KZ asks.

"Try turning around to find out," Jacob said and pointed behind her.

KZ turns around to see her team. They all had smiles on their faces. Jenny and Hunter were holding hands, exchanging a smile then turning to KZ. Omar crossed his arms on his chest with a smile. Artie had his hands in his pant pockets with his smile. Jared stood a few steps forward with his smile. KZ felt Jacob nudge her forward, she turned back and saw him motion for her to go to her team. She smiles and then runs over.

"Guys!" KZ yells.

Tia, Zara, and Jacob watched this. They watch as KZ hug Jared, the two spin in a circle. KZ kisses Jared on the lips for a moment, then she lets go of her boyfriend. KZ hugs both Omar and Artie at the same time, then she even surprisingly hugs Hunter, lastly hugs Jenny. Zara nudged Jacob over, the three veteran rangers walk over to the new team. Jared and his team go from all happy with their teammate to turning to the past generation.

"Our substitute is a ranger?" Hunter spoke.

"Seems like every adult coming into our lives are rangers, next thing they'll be saying our parents were." Omar said.

Artie rolls his eyes, "Doubtful."

Jared turns to Jacob, "Thanks. You guys are amazing." He said.

Jared holds his hand out for Jacob, "You're welcome, all of you." Jacob said.

Jacob and Jared shakes hands, Tia and Zara exchange smiles on their faces.

KZ steps over, "Guys meet Jacob Young, our subititute teacher but also Blue Beast Ranger." She said.

"Blue Ranger?" Omar got excited.

Jacob nods, "Guilty."

Jenny smiles, "Well its an honor to meet you."

Tia looks at her watch, "We better get back to school. That free period ends in ten minutes." She said.

The teens nods. With that said, all the teens including both Tia and Jacob ran in the direction of Tia's car to drive them all back to the school.

Zara stood there for a moment, she had a smile on her face and then she heard her phone ringing. She pulled out her cell phone, staring at the caller ID she began to smile. She clicked the answer button and placed her phone to her ear.

"I was wondering when you were going to call," Zara said.

Zara hears some chuckling, "I could never be certain to call with my schedule and your schedule."  Said a male voice.

Zara smiles, "So does this mean this whole long distance thing is almost over?" She asks.

"Yeah,"  The voice said.

Zara looks at the sky, "Good. I miss you so much." She said.

"I miss you too, Zara."  He said, "I love you."

"I love you so much, Nate." She said.

Zara began to walk off while still on the phone. In the distance you can see the rangers run into the school building with panic to avoid being late for their next period, as well as Zara walking down the sidewalk in the middle of downtown while on the phone.

---

KZ RETURNED home after school to find her parents both sitting on the couch together. She seemed a bit confused but placed her backpack on the floor, she walked over with a bit of concern.

"Mom, dad?" KZ asks.

Vivian looks up, "Oh you're home."

"What's going on?" KZ asks as she sits on the sofa.

Richard looks from his wife to his daughter, "Well its going to be different from this point on."

KZ leans forward, "What's wrong?" She asks.

Both Richard and Vivian had smiles on their faces, "KZ, baby. I'm pregnant." Vivian said.

KZ's expression changed from concern to shock then to happy, "Seriously?"

Richard nods, "Yes."

KZ stands up with her parents, "You're pregnant? Your going to have another baby?"

Vivian nods, "Yes, KZ." She said.

KZ gets hugged by her dad first and then hugged by her mom last, "I'm going to be a sister."