Authorial Explanation: This is a collection of shorts, of scenes that correspond to my corner of the PR universe as seen in Learning the Truth and Meeting Fate but don't fit into either of those two stories for one reason or another. I have no definite ideas for this story, as such it could be months between updates or days. I have a few scenes in mind that I'd like to write but if you want something feel free to request it and I'll do my best to accommodate. I recommend reading Learning the Truth and Meeting Fate as I won't be doing a lot of explanation of surrounding events in these stories.

I already plan to do the following scenes: The mission that Tommy and Andros go on in 8 & 9 of MF (This chapter); Kim's reaction to said mission; Kim and Amanda's day out from 9 of MF; Tommy and Kim's first date in 10 years; first dates for the twins (this may be two chapters or maybe only one).

Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers, that pleasure belongs to Disney, lucky Disney. I asked for them for Christmas but all I got was an action figure. Not complaining though, Black Dino Thunder . . . I love me my Tommy. But that's as close as I come to owning the Power Rangers. So don't sue, I don't have any money.

A.N: This chapter has an evil cliffhanger but its not my fault. I lost the notes for the second half of the chapter and while I found them again last night, well I'd already typed this up and decided to just go ahead and post the chapter in 2 parts. So evil cliff hanger it is. I'll put part 2 up at some point, like when I get enough free time for working on my senior thesis to type something else.

Snippets: An Ethically Debatable Mission

Two days after my confrontation with Kim I was sitting in my classroom during my free period going over lesson plans when my cell phone buzzed. This is not an unusual experience as people are forever forgetting that I do actually have a real job. I glanced at the display fully intending to ignore whoever it was and froze. Of all the names I'd been expecting to see on that screen the one that was there was not one of them. The person the caller id claimed was calling me never calls me, except of course for that little fact that he was currently calling me. Resigned and knowing that it was very likely I wasn't going to like what I was about to hear I hit the accept button and brought the phone to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Tommy? It's Andros."

I shut my eyes and cursed silently in my head even as I responded, after all the last time he called me I ended up on the moon. "What's up?"

"Nothing good."

The cursing in my head got even louder. "What do you need?"

"You."

"Me?" Not that I was surprised or anything. It was the only reason he'd call me after all. "What can I do for you?"

"Do you still have your Dino gift?"

"Yes" I drew the word out cautiously. "Why?"

"Can't tell you that over the phone, much to risky. Let your boss know that the fate of the world rests on you taking an indefinite leave of absence and then meet me at the Shallow Cove Air Force Base. They're expecting you and they'll let you in. Bring some Power with you." And then he was gone before I could even argue the preemptory summons. No doubt his way of making sure I actually showed up.

Kind of stunned I stared at the phone that was currently emitting the really irritating dial tone noise. I'd coordinated with Andros on several missions and he'd never been quite that brusque before. Slightly shaken because whatever it was that made him sound that way had to be bad I gathered up my things. Quickly I made my way over to Principal Randall's office. One advantage to having a boss in on your secret identity is it makes it very easy to get a leave of absence. 10 minutes later I was speeding away in my jeep, my absence arranged and a substitute ready in the form of Anton Mercer.

After an hour drive I pulled to a stop in front of the gates of the Shallow Cove Air Force Base. The young private who approached eyed my dusty, dirty jeep and me with a bit of suspicion but he was polite enough as he asked for my id. I handed him my driver's license and waited patiently while he returned to the guard shack to verify that I was expected. He was back relatively quickly and I was mildly disappointed. I'd been looking forward to a delay, anything to putt off whatever terrible news Andros had. Thanking him for the return of my license I pulled through the gates and carefully navigated my way around to the massive hanger bay that I assumed was housing the AstroMegaship.

I'd no sooner turned the engine off then Andros had appeared next to the car. Careful to hide my start of surprise I grabbed the stuff I'd stopped at my house to get and go out of the car, making sure to lock it as I did so.

"Did you bring your Zeonizers?" He asked me in a low voice even though we were the only 2 people in sight.

"Yes. But why do I need them? And why do you need me? I came, now you need to give me some answers. I can't exactly go tearing off at the drop of a hat anymore."

He looked intrigued by my last sentence but refused to ask. "We'll discuss that later. For now let's board the ship, I'll brief you on the way."

"What I don't get a chance to decide if I want to go on this little voyage?"

"Nope. You're our only hope, the only one that can do what needs to be done. And since it has to be you, well you have to come."

I grinned ruefully. "You sure know which strings to pull. Let's get this show on the road then, I have to get back ASAP."

Within minutes Andros and I were settled in the briefing room I'd seen before during the Forever Red mission while Zhane took care of getting us into space and on our way to where ever the hell it was we were headed. I toyed with my broken Dino Gem bracelet while Andros got both of us some coffee. With luck mine would be laced with whiskey, but I wasn't getting the vibe that this was my lucky day. With the day I was having it was more likely to be decaf. Decaf coffee shouldn't exist. If you can't handle the caffeine don't drink coffee. Simple enough really.

Soon enough Andros was back and fortunately for all involved my coffee was not decaf, though it was also unlaced with whiskey. Oh well, you can't have everything you want out of life. Andros settled into his own seat and toyed with his mug apparently trying to decide where to start.

"You got the power of invisibility with that gem, right?" He asked finally.

"Yes."
"Does it still work?"

"The gem or my ability to go invisible?"

"Both, either?"

"I can go invisible still. But I can't morph with the Dino Gem."

"But you can still use your Zeonizers, right?"

"I assume so. I haven't tried since our last mission."

"Can you use the power of invisibility while morphed as the red Zeo ranger?"

"I haven't the faintest idea."

"Can you try?"

"Why?"

"It's for the mission."

I glared by Andros is the epitome of a stubborn red ranger so finally I gave in. "I guess I can try." I pulled my Zeonizers out of the pocket of my cargo pants and slipped them onto my wrists. I had to remove the band with my Dino Gem on it to do so, the first time I'd taken it off since I put it on, and it was with a definite pang that I slipped it into the pocket I'd removed the Zenoizers from.

Standing I took a spot in the cleared area of the room and then had to stop and think about how to do the Zeo morph. Strangely enough I remembered the Turbo morph better and I'd used that set of powers for a much shorter period of time. Finally I thought I remembered it and hoping desperately I was right I moved my arms through the motions I thought I remembered while calling "Zeo Ranger V Red!" Apparently I'd remembered it correctly because this was followed by the familiar sensation of being covered in spandex and the snick of a helmet closing. Looking down it was a bit odd to see a red suit. After a year of black I'd gotten used to it and it was weird to see red again. And it made me wish for my Tigerzord powers. I missed being the White Ranger the most.

Andros had no sensitivity for the moment and broke into my thoughts rather quickly. "So you can morph. Can you use the power of invisibility and hold the morph at the same tiem?"

Gritting my teeth I resisted the urge to deck him for being annoying and closed-mouthed and rather focused on going invisible. Of course it was all normal to me so I didn't realized I'd managed the feat until Andros sucked in his breath. "Am I invisible?" I asked, just to be sure.

"Yep. You are very gone. Are you still morphed?"

I looked down at myself, not that it was really necessary since I was still seeing the world through a star. "Yep."
"Good." He sounded relieved and I realized I was out of patience.

"Power Down." I said, releasing the invisibility at the same time. Andros was a bit startled by my sudden reappearance but I didn't give him time to recover. "What the hell is going on Andros? I'm in but I need to know what I'm in for."

He sighed and dropped into a chair. "Do you remember me telling you about the legend I found of a set of jewels of great power. Jewels I was sure would be able to serve as a power source for tapping into the Morphin' Grid?"

"Yeah, the World Powers, right?"

"Those are the ones. Anyway, I found a lead on them. I traced this through a winding trail of crooks and fences until it ended.And I was able to ascertain that they will let us access the Morphin' Grid, these are more then viable powers for Ranger powers, they're actually already connected to the Grid; they were formed that way. We need to get them. But there's a bit of a problem. See I found them, but somebody else already has them.

"So buy them off the guy."

"Tried. He won't give them up. He doesn't know what he has, and I'm not telling him." He added, correctly interpreting the look on my face. "Rando Nex is the biggest crime leader in his part of space. I'm not telling him he has the ability to make Power Rangers at his disposal."

"No, of course not." I paused. "So what are we doing since we can't buy them back?"

"You're going to steal them."