Blues: Hello gang. I'm Blues. I'm the new owner of this account and I will be taking over all of Rain's fics from here on out, barring four of them at the moment since he wants to do one last chapter before disappearing for good but for The Legend of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, this is my first chapter. Forgive me if it may be a little rough in some places but it's been a bit since I've written so I do hope everyone enjoys.

*Intro*
(Theme of Intro – Sakura Mitsutsuki from Gintama)

(On a spring night…) The scene begins with the Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger plunging into a dark void, her ranger suit shining in the light from above. She seemed to be reaching out for a hand that was quickly fading from view.

The scene shows a slightly older Kimberly sitting at a table in a dark room, her eyes locked on the helmet of the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger. She then picks it up and presses her forehead against it as tears fell down her face. (…I was alone)

(My sighs fade away-) The scene changes to a slightly older looking Ashley standing at eleven graves and placing a hand on the one that read "Jason Lee Scott" on it, bitter tears falling down her face. (-into the monochrome sky)

(The fast-moving-) The scene then changes with Jason and his friends but his mind only stared at the empty seat in between himself and Ashley and frowned in guilt.(-wave of people)

The scene then changed to reveal a figure bathed in green light in a dark room.(Staring at that,) in front of the beam, stood Rita, Goldar and Scorpina, the Empress smirking as the green beam faded to reveal a silhouetted figure and once the beam faded away, the silhouetted figure smirk. (I was waiting all this time!)

(If we, if we-) A new scene shows the Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger running towards the Mighty Morphin Dawnbreaker, her Power Bow shooting energy arrows at the ranger, who deflected them with her blade. (-could find the other half.)

(Of that-) The scene then changes to the Red clashing blades with Dawnbreaker, the sparks that were born from their clashing swords splashing against their suits while Pink was unconscious behind him on the ground. (-broken moon)

(And if we could-)The scene changes to Pink crashing against the ground against the same green silhouette, streaks of black, yellow, violet and blue going across its body (-share our solitude.)

(Then, again-) The scene changes to the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger clashing blades repeatedly with a Green silhouette, his helmet shattered to reveal his glowing red eye and bleeding forehead. (-I'd take the vow.)

(Since then, since then-) The scene changed to reveal the entire Mighty Morphin Power Rangers running towards a large green dragon before they leapt into their Megazord, which caused its yellow eyes to glow bright before it summoned its blade. (I was searching for-)

(-the other half-) The scene changes to show Jason and Kimberly standing across from each other in burning building. (-Of that broken moon) Tears were falling down their faces as they pulled out their morphers and morphed, one into Red and the Other into Ranger Slayer. (So that…)

(One day, one day,) The scene changes to Pink and Red battling against the Green Silhouette and Dawnbreaker, Red blocking each swipe from the two opponents before he twisted his body to allow Pink to fire her arrows at the two enemies before a bright light overtook the scene

(I can return by the full moon)The final scene changes to a Cliffside where the Power Sword was stabbed in the ground and the Power Bow leaning against it as Red and Pink's helmets sat in front of them, bathed in moonlight. (Where cherry-blossom flowers bloom)

And between the two helmets was a single Sakura Flower.

*Intro End*

The Legend of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Chapter Seventy: Thoughts and Realizations

SCENE START – ANGEL GROVE
HOLIDAY INN – TJ JOHNSON

"-The Power Rangers are seen here battling a golden armored baboon-"

"-There must be more to these monster attacks. Could the Power Rangers be the cause of them? I'm your host-"

"-These Monsters are increasing violence. The Government must be held accountable-"

"-How long can the President remain silent while Angel Grove goes through these attacks?-"

"-The Power Rangers have shown they are Earth's Defenders but all these attacks are in Angel Grove! It is a matter of time before these monsters begin to branch out and attack other cities in the world-"

With a click of the remote, the television shut off and TJ sighed. Ever since his rescue, TJ had been feeling odd about his time in Angel Grove.

He shouldn't be. He was rescued, the bad guys were defeated and all became well. However, something didn't sit right with him. When he came to Angel Grove, his welcome wagon was helping Tommy and David along with his new friends during battle against those monsters.

But after watching his new friends in the rangers go through battle after battle, each one worse than the last, he realized that they couldn't keep doing this alone. One day, they were going to meet an enemy they could not beat and when they day came, he did not want to hear about their deaths.

But with that thought came a more scandalize idea. He and the others had battled these monsters repeatedly without the rangers. Could it be possible that they could be the backup Jason and the others needed?

He certainly believed that they could be the back-up the rangers needed but how would he even approach the subject? He couldn't just walk up and say "Make me a Power Ranger." That wouldn't go over too well.

But what could he do?

*Knock Knock*

"Hey Teej, open up will you?!"

TJ looked to his left at the hotel room door and rose from his bed and walked to the door and when he opened it, he saw Cassie on the other side.

Cassie.

His best friend.

The girl he was falling in love with.

The one he could tell all of his secrets and concerns to. She always had a knack of coming to him when he was too deep into his thoughts and often helped bring levity to his always focused mind. "Hey Cass," TJ said to her with what was hopefully a charming grin.

"Hey yourself. The others didn't see you downstairs. You were supposed to go to lunch with us, remember?" Cassie questioned with a poke to his covered abs.

"Right, sorry about that. I was thinking," TJ responded.

Cassie gave that teasing grin that made TJ's heart beat increase as she replied "That's never a good sign. Well, mind if I come in so we can talk about it?" TJ moved aside and she entered his room as if she owned the place before he shut the door behind her.

She plopped down on his bed and asked "So Teej, what's on your mind?"

TJ walked to her and sat by her side and sighed. "I just…We've been through a lot since we came to Angel Grove. We fought those monsters at the welcoming sign. We fought those monsters at the stadium. We then fought those monsters through the hotel and then we were kidnapped and saved by the Power Rangers. So in short, I believe we have some experience with all of this."

"Yeah…I was thinking about that too," Cassie admitted. "It seems crazy that all of this spanned over the last week and a half. We went from just being kids to all of this madness. We even know the Power Rangers. It's insane!"

"It is…But I feel like it isn't enough to just fight these monsters and to keep their identities," TJ told her. He watched as confusion brushed over Cassie's face. Cassie was smart and TJ knew she would read underneath what he was hinting at and like clockwork, realization set in.

"You want to be one to help them, don't you?" Cassie asked.

TJ nodded.

Cassie's lips turned into a wide grin before she began to laugh, which took TJ by surprise. Out of all of the reactions, that was one he wasn't expecting. "That is so like you TJ," Cassie said as her laughter began to die down. "Always wanting to do the thing right. Even if it puts you at risk," Cassie continued as a somewhat odd smile appeared on her face. It looked similar to the smile his mom often gave him when he did something that made her proud but there was something more to this smile that he wasn't seeing.

But what?

"I know it's stupid because I don't even know where to begin but-" Cassie's right index finger touched his lips to silence him mid-sentence.

"Let me go grab Adam, Tanya and Aisha so we can talk about this," Cassie whispered in a tone that left TJ aching to touch her. It was so soft and caring that he nearly forgot what he was going to say. Instead, he nodded, which made her smile grow and soon, she was out of the room.

It didn't take Cassie long to gather their friends and bring them to his room and with a nod from Cassie, TJ went over his thoughts with the three. For a moment, the three stared at him before Adam said "I can understand the thought process of this truthfully. We did go through a lot and admittedly, I was expecting myself to be able to fight at the level I did during these events."

"Same here," Tanya said. "Being able to fight alongside you guys and test my own abilities have been magnificent. If I could become a ranger, I would be able to see my skills increase into untold levels."

Aisha remained silent, which prompted TJ to look at her and ask "What's on your mind?"

"I mean for me, I learned to fight to test my skills to see if I could ever be as good as my father and fighting these monsters are showing me that I can. But I'm not sure if I want to risk my life. Don't get me wrong, Trini, Zack, Jason, Katherine, Billy and Kimberly, I like them. But do I like them enough to risk my life? I'm not sure."

"That's understandable," Adam spoke up before TJ could. "I'm in the same boat but I my want to become stronger kind of eclipses that thought. Besides, TJ is right, they can't keep doing this on their own and we have experience at this point. Why not put to good use?"

"I guess…" Aisha murmured as she looked at her fist. "Well…For now, I'm on the fence about it but that could change. But for right now, we should be more focused on figuring out where Rocky and Ashley are. We haven't seen them since earlier this morning and the sun is setting…"

TJ's eyes widened. "Holy shit, I totally forgot about them! Which is surprising. Considering Rocky is fairly boisterous and Ashley is dating Jason…I think."

"Rocky is not always boisterous," Aisha defended with a grumble.

"Aisha, I love Rocky like a brother but he can be pretty loud when he wants," Adam told her but a look from Aisha made Adam lift up his arms in surrender.

"Aisha, you really need to tell Rocky how you feel," Tanya said with an amused tone.

TJ watched as a blush appeared on Aisha's face as she shouted "W-What you trying to imply?!"

"Nothing, nothing," Tanya said with a teasing smile.

*Knock Knock*

Six heads swerved to the door at the sound of the knocks from it.

"Theodore Jay Johnson? Are you in there?" An unfamiliar voice asked.

TJ rose up from his bed and glanced at his friends but Cassie's hand grabbed his left forearm. "Don't answer it. It could be a trick from the person that sends those monsters."

"It could also be the police," Adam said with a shrug.

TJ narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Peter Hillard. Beside me is my wife, Charlotte Hillard. We are Katherine's parents and we work with Skyforce Labs! We were told by our boss Grace Sterling to retrieve you!" the voice replied.

"Grace Sterling…" Tanya muttered. "It rings a bell."

"She's the one behind the giant tech company, Promethea," Aisha said. "My Aunt and Adam's dad works at Promethea."

"Small world," Cassie noted.

"Ask them to slide their badges under the door," Aisha told TJ.

TJ nodded and said, "Slide your badges under the door."

A moment passed and TJ saw to laminated Squares slide beneath the door. TJ walked forward and picked them both up as Aisha and Adam walked behind him. "Those look legit," Adam said with Aisha nodding in agreement.

TJ nodded and opened the door to see the two adults and said "Come on in." He moved to the side to allow them to enter the room and once they did, he closed the door behind him and asked, "So how can I help you today?"

"As mentioned before by my too trusting husband," Charlotte began. "Grace Sterling has sent us to find all of you. Lucky for us, you were at the very first hotel room we could check."

"Why would Grace want to see us?" Aisha asked.

Peter and Charlotte exchanged glances with one another before Peter said "Grace has been working on something of grave importance and through our research, we realized that you six, along with Rocky DeSantos and Ashley Hammond, both of which are currently heading to Skyforce-"

TJ heard Aisha sigh in relief.

"-Would be perfect for," Peter finished.

"And would that be?" Tanya asked.

"That is something she wishes to speak with you directly," Charlotte answered.

TJ glanced at his comrades and said "What do you guys think? Should we go?"

"You said Rocky and Ashley are there, right?" Adam said. "Where were they?"

"They were with my Mrs. Sterling, my daughter and her friends," Peter answered with a smile.

"And where were they?" Tanya questioned.

"Healing," Charlotte said with a short tone. "Now can we please get going? We don't have a lot of time before they arrive."

"Char," Peter said with a tone before he turned back to TJ and said "My apologies for her shortness. She has been stressed as of late regarding our daughter. Will you come with us?"

"What do you guys think? Should we go?" TJ asked.

"Might as well see what the big deal about this is," Adam said with a shrug.

"If you feel right about it TJ, I will follow your lead," Cassie said with a thumbs up.

"I'm too curious for my own good," Tanya said with a smile. "I'll come along."

Aisha was silent and at first, TJ thought she would refuse but instead, she said, "And you two are certain Rocky is there?"

"Very," Charlotte replied.

"Alright, I'll come along," Aisha said.

"Perfect, then I'm in," TJ said with a nod.

"Perfect. Let's get a move on," Charlotte said as she turned away and walked out the door, Once again, Peter gave TJ and his group an apologetic smile before he left the room as well, with TJ and his group in tow.

SCENE CHANGE – ANGEL GROVE
SKYFORCE LABS – AISHA CAMPBELL

The drive from the hotel to Skyforce Labs was a nice and calm one and because of this, she was able to observe the town. Despite the craziness, everyone seemed to be looking and acting normally. It was odd to see. Weren't they worried about the monsters appearing?

It could happen at any time and yet they looked so carefree.

Was it because they knew that the Power Rangers would protect them from the monsters? That had to be the case. The Power Rangers have shown themselves as undefeatable to the citizens time and time again, despite any issues between them.

Any monster that stepped up, the Rangers put down but would they be so carefree if they knew that the Power Rangers, the ones protecting their city and essentially, the world, were just some teens?

She admittedly felt that way originally.

She had told Adam and Rocky that while the Power Rangers were around, they would be safe in Angel Grove but now that she knew them, she was concerned. She saw the insane fights they were in and the odds they faced and had even participated in those fights.

How did they do this day in and day out? In between saving the world, they had school and family to juggle around too. It was insane to her that they were able to do what they did.

What drove them, a bunch of teens with their lives ahead of them, to risk their lives like this for this city and potentially, the world?

Soon, she had her friends had arrived at Skyforce labs and were ushered into a large white room where there was two-way mirror and a large door beside it. A few moments later, Aisha felt her heart quicken when she saw Jason and his group, along with Ashley and the person she was worried about that most, enter the room they were observing from another door.

Her bone-headed idiot, Rocky.

She let out a sigh of relief.

He was okay.

"Well, look at that. Rocky is ok. Doesn't that make you happy Aisha?" Tanya's voice asked from her left with a nudge to her side.

"W-Why do you think I'm in concerned about him?" Aisha hurriedly replied. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Adam with an amused smirk on his face. "Shut up Adam!" Aisha exclaimed.

She also saw Cassie giggling against TJ's shoulder, who also looked amused by this.

Aisha growled and turned away from her traitorous friends and gazed back at Rocky, who was conversing with Jason, and felt her scowl soften into a small smile.

Still…She was happy to see that he was okay.

It was then Grace walked into the room with her wife and the past of the pair woman had been given. Aisha was admittedly surprised. There was a former ranger group? A palace on the moon? Who was Zordon?

She looked around and noticed the enraptured looks on her friends faces and understood. This was a lot of information that was being given to them.

But Aisha had to wonder…

Why?

Why were they allowed to hear this?

This was Power Ranger business and yet they were listening in on this. Not to mention, Jamie mentioned that she knew of her friends when she introduced herself to Rocky and Ashley and even asked where they were.

And from Grace and Jamie's past as former Rangers, she realized what the lesson was in it.

A rag-tag group of people with no prior knowledge of each other were given the power of superheroes by an ill-suited mentor with no sort of training for them to understand their power, went into battle on an unknown terrain with no preparation and fought a powerful enemy where three of them died in battle and two walked out with scars with nothing to show for it.

If they had been more prepared with a mentor that cared for them, grew to know and care for one another and created that synergy of teamwork, they all would have walked out alive.

But as Jason made his speech, she also agreed with Jason's words. This Zordon made a mistake but the bravery they showed, despite the odds, gave them all a chance to make the world a better place, and also gave the new Power Rangers a chance to fight against this Rita's forces.

But still, she wondered.

Why were they here to hear this lesson?

It was they Grace began to speak.

"I created Promethea and SkyForce labs to keep my promise to my fallen comrades to make this planet worth saving. While I know your heart and the heart of your teammates lie solely on protecting this world, I also know that Zordon cannot be trusted. Therefore, I will say this to all of you. I am creating my own ranger team."

Aisha suddenly felt her heart drop as the pieces slowly began to fall into place.

"Guys…" Aisha breathed out; disbelief heavy in her voice. She looked to her friends and saw that from the realization that was blossoming on their faces, they were putting the pieces together as well.

"We had a feeling," Jason responded as Aisha watched the rangers stand up around him, their faces becoming firm, an air of seriousness that she had never seen on the group before.

"I originally was going to ask if you six wanted to become my ranger team. However, I realized that this would be a mistake. Despite his failure, there is loyalty and you six have become beacons of light to Angel Grove. Therefore, I will not force you six to choose nor will I drive you six to leave that life. Instead, I will be crafting my own team." Grace said.

It was then the door on the side of the two-way mirror opened and Aisha heard Katherine's parents tell them "To go inside," but Aisha was rooted to her spot.

This couldn't be happening, could it?

She felt a hand touch her shoulder and saw the firm but encouraging face of Cassie and slowly nodded and together, the five of them walked through the door.

She registered the shocked expressions on the rangers' faces as well as Rocky and Ashley's, but she could see in the latter pairs eyes, that realization she and her friends had moments before was starting to set in.

"So, Power Rangers, I want to introduce the six of you to my chosen. Rocky DeSantos, Ashley Hammond, along with Cassie Chan, Theodore Jay Johnson, Aisha Campbell, Adam Park and Tanya Sloan. You have all been chosen to become my Jetmen," Grace finished with a proud smile.

TO BE CONTINUED

Blues: We have reached the end. I hope my first chapter is good. I wanted to show some new perspectives, so TJ and Aisha were the first two I choose. The next chapter will clue you guys into the minds of Cassie, Adam and Tanya.

With introducing this new ranger team, I wanted to dedicate this chapter and part of the next to the heaviness of what that will entail since Jason and his group jumped at the call and personally, I always disliked it in Power Rangers how each team just went head first into it with this sort of discussion.

But do not worry, for the second half of the next chapter will have Rita's plan commence as well, which will be fun. So until then, thank you all so much for reading! I hope I can carry this fic as Rain did these past few years.