"Adelaide, wait, stop!"

Adelaide pulled herself free of Jessie's grip and slowed to a stop as her brother stepped in front of her. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Sasha and Keeper are in trouble!"

"And we'll help them," Jessie said, grabbing both her wrists. "But running in there like this is going to do nothing but get your hurt. Fury knows the lengths you're willing to go to protect Sasha, that's why he targeted her before."

"Exactly! He's already tried to hurt her twice," Adelaide argued. "Mom and Dad always used to say third time's a charm. What if he actually succeeds this time?"

"Sasha's a former air force pilot. She knows how to protect herself," Jessie said, reassuringly.

Adelaide didn't look convinced.

"What do you suggest?" Chase asked. He and the others had finally caught up with the siblings and had caught the end of their conversation.

"My guess is they've got the museum surrounded," Jessie said. "Fury is inside, but the rest if his army is outside. Their orders will be to take no prisoners. They'll destroy you on sight."

"It's probably just a couple of spikeballs and vivxs," Tyler said, shrugging halfheartedly. "No biggie. We've faced worse."

"I know," Jessie agreed. "But this time they have something that we want, which gives them the upper hand. If we go in there with our judgement clouded then Sasha and Keeper are as good as dead."

Kendall looked mildly impressed. "They teach you this in the Military?" she asked.

"Among other things," Jessie nodded. He back at Adelaide. "We need a plan."

"We don't have time for a plan," Adelaide argued. "And besides, none of our plans actually ever work."

"She's got a point," Tyler agreed.

"This one will," Jessie said. "There is one thing that Fury wants more than Sasha and Keeper, right now, and that's the Dark Energem."

"We can't give it to him," James protested.

"We won't," Jessie assured him. "Trust me. I have no intentions of handing the Dark Energem over to Fury, just like I have no intentions of getting my sisters hurt."

"Then what are we going to do?" Adelaide asked.

Jessie smiled, knowingly. "Here's my plan…"

~X~

Fury snarled as he paced around the base. Keeper and the scarlet Ranger's sister were huddled together near a destroyed computer desk. The pesky alien guardian was injured severely and the human had a couple of cuts and bruises on her face and arms.

"Looks like you're not as important as expected," Fury said, turning on Sasha. "Maybe your sister doesn't care about you."

Sasha glared heavily up at the demon. "You don't know Ade," she said. "She may be a pain and a thorn in your side, but she's no coward. She'll be here."

Fury laughed. "Your faith is laughable," he said. "Your sister, nor your Knight, are coming for you."

Sasha ignored the dig at Ivan and looked away from Fury. She believed in her team. They were coming for her and Keeper, they had never let them down before, and they weren't about to start now.

"Once I get what I want," Fury continued. "I'll gut both of you in front of your team. Let's see them win when their when their spirits are broken."

"I'd like to see you keep that promise, Fury!"

Fury whirled around at the voice. A snarl erupted from the back of his throat as he laid his eyes on six out of twelve rangers.

"You okay, Sash?" Adelaide asked.

"Yeah," Sasha said.

"Not for long!" Fury said. He grabbed Sasha's shoulder and dragged her to her feet, and held his sword to her throat.

The rangers hesitated.

"Give me what I want or watch her die!"

"That's not going to happen, Fury, and you know it isn't," said Tyler. "Just let Sasha and Keeper go, and maybe we'll let you walk away this time."

Fury barked a laugh. "Do you think I'm stupid?" he asked.

"Actually, believe it or not, no, we don't," said Chase. "We know you're not stupid. We know, compared to most of your army, Sledge included, you're one of the smartest."

"Yeah, if it weren't for Sledge and his orders, you probably would've destroyed us a long time ago," Shelby agreed. "Sure, it may have taken you sixty-five-million-years to locate the energems, but that was all you. Things only started going wrong when Sledge turned up."

"Do you ever imagine what could've happened if you were ever in charge?" Riley asked. "I'm inclined to believe that you -"

"Enough!" Fury roared. He shoved Sasha forward and swung his sword around.

"Duck!" Adelaide shouted.

Sasha dropped her knees and covered her head, just as a scarlet blast flew over her, striking Fury in the chest. The oni stumbled back into a table and toppled over it. He landed with a crunch on the other side.

The Rangers rushed forward. Adelaide and Chase checked Sasha, while Koda and Riley checked on Keeper, leaving Tyler and Shelby to deal with Fury.

"The Dark Energem will be mine!" Fury swore, staggering back to his feet. He levelled each ranger with a glare and then disappeared.

With Fury gone, Sasha let out a sigh of relief. "Keeper's been injured," she said. "He's going to need immediate help."

"Kendall's upstairs," Adelaide said. "She'll know what to do."

Sasha nodded and, with the help of Chase, stood up. "Fury'll be back," she added. "We need to be prepared."

"We can't be prepared here," said Tyler, looking around. "Fury really did a number on this place."

"We need to regroup," Sasha agreed.

"But where?" Adelaide asked. "There's nowhere else."

"Don't worry. I got that covered," said Sasha. "But right now we need to get out of here."

The others shared looks before leaving the base.

~X~

The Rangers gasped as they followed Sasha through a stone tunnel. Ahead, blocking their way was an arch door with a small glass window in the centre. "Tyler, there's a hidden panel just beside the door," said Sasha. "It's a code-based lock. Enter the digits: 3914."

Tyler broke away from the group.

"3914," Adelaide murmured. She blinked and then looked at Sasha. "That's the day of your incident: 3rd September 2014."

Sasha nodded. "I was going to use your birthday, but I figured, given how close you and I are, it would be an easy guess," she said. "Not a lot of people would use a day that they almost died as a passcode."

"Well, you've almost died twice, now, it's starting to look like not even death wants you."

Sasha smiled and shook her head. "I guess it's just not my time," she said.

"That's a good thing," Adelaide said, wrapping her arms around her sister.

There was a beep, and Sasha looked towards Tyler. The panel had turned from red to green and the door started to move. A small hum echoed throughout the tunnel and the door glided upwards, revealing Rusty on the other side.

"I never thought we'd have to use this thing," Rusty said. "But, I guess this is that 'in case of an emergency' that we discussed."

"Fury destroyed the base," Sasha said.

"I'm guessing that's why you're currently offline?" Rusty asked. He held up a tablet, revealing a blinking dot that was labelled 'Sasha' with the tagline 'offline' beneath it.

"Wait, you're in on this?" James asked his friend.

Rusty smiled guiltily. "Sasha needed help finding a second location, and I knew the perfect place," he explained. "This used to be a storm shelter back in the day. It's not very big, but it's enough to wait out any storm."

"I used my contacts in the military to put this place off any map, and keep it under the radar," Sasha explained. "We'll be safe here. It's also about a quarter mile away from the Zord bay."

The Rangers shared a look and followed Rusty inside.

Adelaide and Jessie hung back with Sasha.

"How long have you known about this?" Jessie asked. "Who else knows about it?"

"This place went offline about two weeks ago," Sasha explained. "Right around the time, we were looking for the Crimson and Silver Energems."

"So, around the time that Zenowing was Doomwing?" Adelaide asked.

Sasha nodded. "When we learned that Arcanon had hold of our data, I knew we needed another place just in case something went wrong. I never thought we'd have to use it, but Sledge nor Fury know about it. It's perfectly safe."

"I'm not questioning its safety," Jessie said. "But why didn't you tell us?"

"It was need to know," Sasha said. "Like I said, I kind of hoped that we'd never have to use it. But the Ranger base and the museum has been compromised. We can't take any chances."

"Who else knows about this place?" Jessie asked again. "I mean, this seems like a lot of work for just you and Rusty. Who are these 'contacts'?"

Sasha nodded over Adelaide's head. "If you'll turn around then you'll find out," she said.

Jessie frowned and Adelaide turned on the spot. A gasp escaped her lips, followed by a squeal, next second she was across the room and throwing her arms around a dark-haired figure in a military uniform.

The tall man laughed. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes," he said, his voice rumbling in his chest.

Adelaide giggled and disentangled herself from the man. He looked exactly like Jessie, except he was wearing Navy and not Crimson.

"Caleb!" Jessie said, laughing. He jogged across the room and high-fived his brother. "I should've known. You're the only person with high enough clearance to make a place like this disappear."

Caleb McMillian winked at his twin before hugging him. "What can I say?" he asked. "When your sister calls and says that your family is in trouble, you drop whatever you're doing and try to help. Especially when said family are risking their lives to save the world."

Adelaide bit her lower lip. "Looks like this family was born to save the world," she said.

"Yeah, by any means possible, it would seem," Caleb teased.

Adelaide blushed.

Caleb chuckled and swept her up into a hug. "Anyway, why don't we go check in with your team?" he asked. "Once everyone has been sorted, we can start on a plan to stop Fury."

"You know about Fury?" Adelaide asked.

"Sasha and Rusty have brought me up to speed on a lot of things," Caleb said.

"How long have you known about all this?"

"Since we started on this place," Caleb answered.

Adelaide stopped walking. "You've been in town for two weeks and didn't tell anyone?" she asked.

Caleb chuckled and shook his head. "Relax, buttercup, I've been in town two days," he explained. "I started working on this place while I was still overseas, and Sasha's been sending me encrypted information packets on everything else. You've been busy these past two years, huh?"

"What can I say," Adelaide giggled. "I'm just a little troublemaker." She run ahead and disappeared around the corner at the end.

Caleb, Sasha, and Jessie shook their heads in amusement as they followed behind.

~X~

Once the introductions were out of the way, both teams set about planning their next move against Sledge.

"We don't even know what his plan is," Tyler said, pacing the new base. "How are we going to fight him if we don't know what he is up too?"

"Maybe this will help?" Sasha asked. She walked over to a computer system and plugged in her iPad. "This message was recorded at the old base. My iPad must be still connected to their servers."

"Can't Wrench or Fury track us through that?" Shelby asked.

"No, the location has been encrypted," Caleb answered. "If they do try, the only thing they're going to get is 33.1376° S, 81.8262° E."

"What's that?" Ivan asked.

"It's longitude and latitude," Riley answered.

"Yep," Caleb nodded.

"But where does it put us?" Chase asked.

"In the Indian Ocean," Adelaide answered. She lightly shoved Caleb. "They're going to know that's bogus."

"Unless they think there is a secret base under the water," said Kendall. "Which cause issues, especially if they decide to send a monster to investigate."

"Personally," said Sasha, activating the message from the museum base. "I think they're out of monsters. That's why they're initiating their final plans." She hit enter and looked up at the computer screen. "Alright. We're ready."

"Then let's hear it," said Jessie.

The others nodded.

The computer screen flickered and a blurry image of Sledge appeared on the screen. "Your time is up, Power Rangers," Sledge's voice boomed. "Moments from now, my ship will yank the Earth out of orbit and into deep space. I've sold your miserable planet to the scrapyards on Kamen 5. You wouldn't give me the Energems, so now I'll pry them from your frozen hands."

The transmission ended and the image disappeared.

"He sold your planet, for scrap," said Heckyl, looking around at the team,

"No, he can't possibly be able to tow the Earth out of orbit, can he?" Ivan asked. He looked from Sasha to Kendall, and back again.

Suddenly the ground shook as if something had taken hold of it and tugged it hard. The Rangers stumbled into one another, with Ivan catching Sasha before she lost her footing.

"Are you alright?" Ivan asked.

Sasha nodded. "To answer your question: I think he can tow us out of orbit," she said.

"That's not good," Kendall said. She looked to Jessie as he let go after making sure she was alright.

"What just happened?" James asked.

"Sledge has attacked electro nets to the Earth in all the locations where you fought Greenzilla monsters," Caleb said, booting up a nearby computer. "The eggs have turned into anchor points."

"This was his plan all along," Riley said. "All so he could drag out planet out of its orbit."

"The further we move from the sun, the colder we'll get," said Shelby.

"How long before we freeze?" Koda asked, nervously.

"An hour, max," Sasha answered with a small shrug.

Tyler shrugged on his jacket. "We got to take Sledge out before that happens," he said, heading for the back of the base.

"How do you plan on doing that?" Caleb called.

"I don't know, but we've got to do something!" Tyler answered.

"Look, I want to protect the planet as much as you do, but going out there without a plan is a one-way ticket to getting yourself killed," Caleb said. "Your last plan worked, right?"

Tyler nodded.

"Then let's come up with another one before you go running off into danger," said Caleb. "Remember, wise men, don't do stupid shit."

Adelaide rolled her eyes. "Did you learn that in the Navy?" she asked. "Because you sure as hell didn't learn it in Portland."

Caleb playfully cuffed her on the back of the head. "Grandpa John taught me that, thank you," he said. "Maybe you stick around for longer than a week this summer, he can teach you a thing or two."

Adelaide stuck out her tongue and giggled.

"What's your plan, then?" James asked Caleb.

"How about our original plan?" Sasha asked. She took the mason jar containing the Dark Energem from a secure vault and placed it on the centre table. "Keeper says that our only hope of saving Earth is by unlocking the ultimate powers of your twelve energems, we've only managed to unlock five of them. We unlock the rest by destroying the Dark Energem, and once we've done that, we'll have more than enough power to destroy Sledge once and for all."

"Technically, we've unlocked six," said Jessie. "My power was activated the minute the Dark Energem came to Earth. It's neutral, remember?"

"Our end game is still the same," Sasha shrugged.

"But we blasted that thing with the Titano Cannon," said James, gathering around the table with the others.

"Not even scratched," Koda agreed.

Inside the jar, the Dark Energem pulsated.

Riley run a hand over his face before pausing. "Wait. Keeper, you said that the Dark Energem was made from pure darkness, right?" he asked.

"Yes, the essence of evil," Keeper confirmed.

"So, does that mean that light can destroy that darkness?" Riley asked.

"I'm not certain. But to do so would require an incredibly bright source," Keeper said.

"Where are we going to find that much light?" Shelby asked.

Adelaide looked from Jessie to the Dark Energem, and then back again. "Maybe we don't have too," she said.

"What are you looking at me for?" Jessie asked.

"Like you said, your Energem is neutral," said Adelaide. "Zenowing also said that the Crimson Energem is the one that can destroy the Dark Energem."

"Yeah, so?"

"Maybe we don't need to find an incredibly large source of light," said Adelaide. "What if the Crimson energem acts like a refractor, you know, like a mirror? One bolt of light turned into thousands. Wouldn't that be more than enough?"

"It would also fall into the category of using the Crimson Energem to destroy the Dark Energem," Sasha agreed.

"We'd still need a source of power," said Caleb. "Something tells me turning on a light is not going to work."

Adelaide nodded. "No, you're right," she said. "Fluorescent lighting isn't going to work. This source of light has to be pure."

Suddenly, Chase straightened up. "I have an idea," he said. "But it's going to take more than just us to execute."

"How much more?" Sasha asked.

"A lot more."

Caleb looked around at the team and nodded. "Let's get to work," he said.

~X~

With their plan underway, Adelaide, Chase, Ivan, Shelby, Koda, and Riley headed off for the Zord bay, leaving the others behind to secure the Dark Energem at the base.

"Let's do this!" Ivan said, donning the Super Drive gear as he and the others mounted the Ptera-Zord and took to the skies. Their plan was simple - gather the people of the world to assist in their own survival.

"Sasha, patch us through," Adelaide said.

"Hacking into the surveillance cameras all over the world," Sasha confirmed. "Be aware that not the whole world will see. Places like Russia have nets in place to catch hackers before they can breach their systems."

"It's OK. Hopefully, we won't need the entire world," said Adelaide. "Besides, across the pond is shrouded in darkness. I don't think moonlight is going to work."

"Good luck."

Adelaide nodded, despite the fact that her sister couldn't see, and ended the connection to the base. "Over to you, Chase," she said to her best friend.

"Friends!" Chase called, overlooking the city from the screen inside the Ptera Zord. "We are the Power Rangers! Please stop and listen to us!"

"Sledge is driving the Earth into space, where we'll all freeze!" Shelby continued once they had everyone's attention.

"There's only one way to stop him!" Ivan added.

"But we don't have much time!" said Riley.

"If we're to survive, then we're going to need your help," Adelaide said. "It's the only way that we can save our planet!"

"Listen carefully," said Chase. "In exactly twenty minutes, this is what you have to do."

~X~

"We have maximum coverage," Sasha said from the computers. "The others are distributing the plan to the whole world. Civilians are getting ready to fight back."

"This plan is definitely one for the ages," said Caleb. "Civilians have never been used to fight before. Not unless they're trained."

"Trained soldiers or not, we're all civilians in an intergalactic war," said Sasha. "Besides, if we're going to do, at least they'll die doing something heroic."

Caleb inclined his head. "At the end of the day, Dad always used to say it wasn't an extraordinary person that made a hero, an extra-ordinary person doing heroic things."

"Exactly. We aren't the heroes here," Sasha agreed. "They are. Those fighting to survive."

Caleb smiled and looked over Sasha's shoulder at the Rangers left behind. "Are you going with them?" he asked.

"I don't know," Sasha said. "Something tells me I should, but I also believe I'd be better off staying here with you and Rusty. I'm not a Ranger, despite having the command over a Zord."

"I think you should go," Caleb said. "Follow your gut. It's never led you astray before."

Sasha smiled and nodded. "While we're gone," she added. "I need you to do something for me."

"Yeah, and what's that?"

Sasha heaved a sigh and reached for her iPad. She opened a file and handed it to Caleb. "Ivan needs to know what happens to his family," she said. "I know at least one of his children survives, but I can't find any information on them after his disappearance. I need you and Rusty to find a way to send him home."

Caleb searched through the research that his sister had already gathered on the Gold Ranger's past. "Why do I get the feeling that you don't want him to go?" he asked.

"I'd be foolish to deny any attraction to him," Sasha confirmed. "But I also can't deny him what he wants. All he's ever talked about is his family, and I think meeting Zach has made his desire to return home all that more prominent. If him being happy is by going back to his time, then I'm willing to let him go."

"What about making yourself happy?"

Sasha shrugged. "Family is everyone's number one priority," she said. "No matter what time period you're in. I'll be happy knowing that Ivan is happy, even if that means I can't be happy with him."

"Life sucks," Caleb said.

"Maybe this will teach me to fall in love with someone from this century?"

"You can't help who you fall in love with, Sash," said Caleb, wrapping an arm around his sister. "But I'll try my best. You just be careful out there. Unlike the others, you don't have superpowers or a spandex suit."

"I helped create half of this weaponry," Sasha said. "Plus, I know my way around a battlefield."

Caleb chuckled and squeezed her tightly against his side.

"Guys, we have less than thirty seconds until impact," said Adelaide's voice over the coms. "Are you guys ready?"

"We're ready," Tyler responded. "We'll meet you at the rendezvous point in 15 minutes."

"Got it!"

~X~

"Remember, we need to position the satellite where it can gather the most light," Kendall said, as the Plesio and Ptera Zords hovered in outer space. Below them, still on a trajectory for deep space was their home planet.

"You got it, Miss Morgan," Tyler nodded. Once the Plesio was on target, they released the satellite holding the Dark Energem into the stratosphere, just in front of the sun.

"Jessie, be ready," Sasha said. She was standing on the podium next to her brother. Her breathing was slightly shallow as she combated her fear of flying in order to help her team.

Jessie nodded and waited for the go ahead.

"Ten seconds..." said Adelaide over the comms.

"Rangers," said Keeper, holding out his staff. "We have one chance."

"Five… Four… Three..." Adelaide counted backwards as she, and the others, held up their morphers, preparing to fire them into space. "Two…"

"Now, Jessie," said Sasha.

Without hesitation, Jessie ripped his Energem from around his neck and threw it towards the Dark Energem. The two gems pulsated as they entered one another's boundaries.

"One…"

Beams of light, from all over the world, hit the pulsating Crimson Energem as it collided with the satellite.

"Together!" Tyler called.

Each ranger fired their own blast at the satellite, resulting in a massive explosion the rocked, not only the two megazords but also Sledge's ship.

Adelaide shook her head as she looked up at the others. "Was that meant to happen?" she asked.

"I don't know," said Chase, helping her back to her feet.

"Is everyone alright?" Ivan asked.

"Yeah, I think it worked!" said Shelby, regaining her footing. She looked out into deep space but found nothing. No satellite, no Crimson Energem, and definitely no Dark Energem.

Keeper nodded in confirmation. "The Dark Energem has been destroyed," he said.

"Look," said Koda, as his energem glowed beneath his spandex suit. "My energem - it glows."

"Mine too," Ivan said, looking down.

"Your powers are being unlocked," said Sasha. "It's happening to Kendall, Philip, and James', too."

"Will we get to find out what powers they have?" Adelaide asked, eagerly.

"Unfortunately, no," said Sasha. "Maybe once this is over. We can figure it out."

Adelaide pouted. "Aw, no fair!" she grumbled.

"What the hell is that?" James' asked.

"What's what?" Adelaide asked.

"Oh no! That's a black hole..." said Sasha. "We must've caused it when we destroyed the Dark Energem. Too much light energy, probably."

Adelaide's eyes widened as she spotted the black hole on the Ptera Zord screens. "It's pulling Sledge in," she said.

The Rangers watched, horrified, as Sledge's ship was pulled into the swirling vortex.

"The Earth is being sucked in, too!" Chase said.

"What do we do?" Shelby asked.

With nothing to be done, the Rangers watched as their entire world disappeared into the swirling depths of the black hole.

"No! The planet!" Tyler yelled.

"It's gone!" Shelby sighed in defeat.

"The entire planet, destroyed!" said Heckyl in disbelief. "Just like Sentai Six."

Adelaide whimpered. "Caleb…"

"We caused this," said Kendall, shaking her head.

"By destroying the Dark Energem," Philip agreed.

Keeper shook his head and turned to the Rangers. "All is not lost," he said, reassuringly. "We can now use the ultimate power of the Energems."

"Whatever you're going to do, Keeper, you better do it fast!" Sasha said. "The gravitational pull on the black hole will stop at nothing. It will drag, not only the Earth but every planet within our solar system inside, including us."

Keeper nodded. "Rangers, listen carefully," he said, "You must remove your energems and throw them into space."

"Throw our Energems into space?" Adelaide repeated.

"Trust me, it is the only way," Keeper told her.

Adelaide hesitated and reached for her Energem. Her suit glowed and disappeared as the gem appeared in her palm. All around her, the others followed suit.

"On three," came Tyler's voice. "One… Two… Three!"

One-by-one, the team, save for Jessie, threw their Energems towards the Black Hole. As if pulled together by a magnetic force, they formed a circle and started to spin in a clockwise direction. The space between them glowed a pale white.

From inside the Ptera Zord, Keeper disappeared.

"Keeper?" Adelaide asked, looking around.

"I am here, Adelaide."

Adelaide looked at the screen to see a ghost-like figure of Keeper hovering beside the swirling energems. "Keeper, what's happening?" she asked, fear creeping into her voice.

"When the eleven Energems are joined, they break the chains that divide the past, present, and future," Keeper explained. "This is the Energems' ultimate power, the ability to transport you through time."

"Time travel?" Tyler asked, amazed.

"So the legends are true," Heckyl smiled.

"We must hurry!" said Philip, panic-stricken as the Black Hole seemed to creep closer and closer.

"I will send you back in time so that you can stop Sledge forever," Keeper said. "You alone have the ability to save your planet. The time portal is ready. Good luck, Rangers."

Keeper nodded and then disappeared.

Adelaide gasped and took a step forward. "Keeper!" she called.

"Ade, it's okay!" Sasha said.

"Where did he go?" Adelaide asked.

"Probably back in time, too," said Sasha. "Wherever he is sending us, he probably already exists. There can't be two individuals around at the same time. Once the timeline catches up with them, one has to disappear, and unfortunately, that has to be our Keeper."

Adelaide deflated and tears appeared in her eyes. She knew what Sasha meant. The Keeper of the past was still the alien she knew, but he didn't know her. It was heartbreaking to think that she had memories of a person that had none of her, especially given how close they were.

"Is everyone ready?" Tyler asked. "Ade?"

Chase placed a hand on Adelaide's shoulder and squeezed it. "She's ready," he confirmed. "Let's finish this."

The others nodded and directed the two Zords through the time portal.

~X~

Adelaide turned in a 360 circle as she disembarked from the Ptera Zord. They seemed to have landed in a remote countryside far away from the city, and civilisation by the looks of things.

"Tyler, James, come in," Riley said, holding up his Dino Com and trying to connect with the others. "Sasha?" He shook his head and looked around at the others. "No answer."

"We know Keeper sent us back in time," said Chase, catching Adelaide's arm and pulling her away from the Ptera Zord. "But how far back did he send us?"

"And where is Plesio Zord?" Koda asked.

Running ahead, Shelby gasped as she broke the crest of a nearby hill. "No way," she squealed. "You guys aren't going to believe this!"

Sharing intrigued looks, the others jogged over to their team-mate.

Adelaide laughed as she looked down into the valley below. What she had been expecting definitely wasn't what she was seeing. A field full of dinosaurs roamed happily throughout the valley.

"Of course!" Ivan gasped. "Keeper sent us back to the day he crashed on Earth with the Energems."

"Look!" Adelaide giggled, pointing out a large Spinosaurus as it stalked its way towards the lake. It towered over the T-Rex that was hunting on the outskirts of the trees.

An explosion, followed by a swirl of smoke, and a small aircraft carrier zooming overhead, caused the team to look up.

"That must be Keeper," Chase said.

"Let's go!" Shelby said, running off.

The others followed closely behind.

Breaking through the trees, the team of six spotted Keeper ahead. He was kneeling beside the container of sparkling Energems. As they grew nearer, Adelaide spotted the scarlet one. It seemed to pulsate brighter and then suddenly floated into the air.

Keeper made a catch for it but the small gem evaded his clutches and zoomed directly towards her.

"Woah," Adelaide said, looking down at her gem.

"How did you do that?" Keeper demanded as he turned to face them.

Adelaide cocked her head to the side. "Oh, right," she said, sadly. "You don't remember me."

"Remember you?" Keeper asked.

"In my time, you're considered one of my best friends," Adelaide said. "You've known me since I was five-years-old, ever since you saved me from Fury."

Keeper lowered his staff. "You know Fury?" he asked.

Adelaide nodded. "We all do," she said, motioning to her friends. "He's tried to destroy us on more than one occasion."

"And I've saved you, before?"

"You will, one day, save me from Fury, yes," Adelaide said, screwing up her face so that would get the terms right. She really hated time travel. It made her head hurt.

"You bonded to the scarlet Energem?"

"Eventually, yes," Adelaide nodded. "I found it when I was five. It protected me against Fury, and you saved me soon after."

"You must have been of pure heart for the energem to have protected you," Keeper explained. He nodded, as if able to sense the pureness coming from Adelaide now. "Why are you here, now?" he asked.

Adelaide looked at her friends.

Chase squeezed her shoulder and turned to Keeper. "Your future self sent us back in time to protect this planet from being destroyed," he explained. "Sledge and Fury know that you have crashed here. They are on their way to destroy you and take the Energems for their own personal needs."

"How can you help?" Keeper asked. "Only those bonded to the Energems," he nodded at Adelaide, "can help."

"We, too, have bonded to the Energems," said Riley.

Adelaide nodded. "It's true," she confirmed.

Keeper looked between the six and then stepped aside. "Prove to me that what you say is true," he said.

The team shared a look and stepped forward, each one holding out their hands. Individually, the black, green, pink, blue, and gold Energems hovered into the air and then zoomed into the waiting palms of their partners.

Keeper smiled and nodded at each of them. "Power Rangers," he said.

A growl from behind caused the team to turn. Fury and Sledge stalked out of the trees, looking less than happy.

"Keeper, you mangy cockroach!" Sledge snarled "These puny creatures are on your side?"

"Ew, do you kiss Poisandra with that mouth?" Adelaide snapped back.

Sledge growled and his eyes landed on her.

"Careful, Ade," Shelby said. "If he destroys you here, who knows what will happen to your future."

"Please, he couldn't destroy us when we were in the future," Adelaide said. "Things are different now. We know everything about him, while he knows nothing about us. That gives us the upper hand."

"Don't get cocky, Ade," said Chase.

"I'm not cocky. I'm confident!" Adelaide said.

Gripping his energem tightly, Koda stepped forward. "It's morphin' time! Energems -" he called.

"Ready!"

"Unleash the Power!"

Once morphed, Adelaide, Chase, Riley, Shelby, and Koda loaded a dino charger into their morphers, activated them and run the dial down their arms.

"Dino Steel, armour on!" they called, adorning their weaponry.

"What? Power Rangers!" Sledge exclaimed, surprised. "Vivix, rise!"

Adelaide rolled her eyes as the seaweed-headed foot soldiers materialised out of the ground in front of her. "Of course, he calls these idiots!" she said.

"Let's see how their fighting skills started off," said Chase, laughing lightly. "They obviously didn't improve in sixty-five-million-years."

"Attack!" Shelby and Koda said, running forward.

The others followed suit with Adelaide and Chase jumping over their friends and opening fire on the Vivix's. Each one fell as several arrows and energy blasts hit them in the chest, knocking them out of the game.

"Raptor claw!" Riley called, slashing his claw down the front of a vivix as it followed him to the edge of the clearing. It squealed and disappeared back into the ground.

"These guys were just born useless," said Chase, ducking to avoid a punch and kicking the vivix responsible in the gut. It stumbled back and rolled over a rock.

"Uh-huh!" Adelaide agreed. She run towards a nearby boulder and kicked off, flipping over a Vivix and unleashing another arrow, The scarlet beam hit the vivix in the chest and he disappeared.

Fury's evil laughed echoed from near the crash site. "Sledge!" he called. "I have the other six Energems!"

Adelaide looked around to see him holding the energems container. "No!" she cried, destroying another Vivix and running over to Ivan.

"Unhand those, you fiend!" Ivan said, catching Adelaide around the middle and holding her back. The last thing he wanted was to be the one to tell Sasha that her sister had been killed by Fury.

Disposing of Shelby and Koda, Sledge made his way over to his first-in-command and reached for the latch on the top of the box. "Good work, Fury," he said, opening the container, only to reveal a large glittering crystal, but no Energems.

"What? That's not the Energems!" Sledge boomed, angrily.

"Nope, it's not!" said Tyler, standing behind Sledge and Fury. He was fully morphed and holding the five remaining Energems in the palm of his hand. "I'll give you one guess what that is."

"It's a bomb!" Sledge roared. He turned toe and launched himself aside, just as the bomb exploded in Fury's face.

Adelaide turned away from the explosion as Ivan covered her with his body. Both of them could feel the heat of the blaze through their suits.

"No, Fury!" Sledge yelled.

Looking back, Adelaide and Ivan let out a sigh of relief as Fury disappeared.

"At last," Ivan said. "My captor has met his end."

"That means you never leave your timeline," said Adelaide. "You never meet Sasha. You can't come back to the future with us now, Ivan. You no longer have a place there,"

As Adelaide's words sunk in, Ivan turned away from the scarlet Ranger. Leaving Sasha was one a consequence of stopping Sledge from ever making it to the future.

"Adelaide, Ivan!" Riley called as he battled more and more vivix's.

Running back to her friends, Adelaide fired more arrows into the kill zone, covering both Chase and Riley as they were overrun with numerous growing vivix's.

"Tyler!" Chase suddenly called, running towards his friend and leader. He jumped over Sledge, firing his Para Chopper as he landed.

Sledge blocked the blasts and caught Chase's wrist and punched him in the stomach. Knocking the black ranger down. Sledge then turned and blocked Keeper's attack, knocking the guardian out of the air.

"Keeper!" Adelaide shouted, running over with Riley. They both attacked at the same time but were defeated by Sledge.

"Don't you get it?" Sledge asked, turning on Shelby, Koda, and Ivan as they tried to help their friends. "None of you stand a chance against me!"

Laughing evilly, Sledge turned on the Rangers as they staggered back to their feet. He held up their blaster and opened fire.

Adelaide felt her shield burst from her chest. The beams from Sledge's blaster hit the exterior and bounced off in different directions.

Sledge roared in anger.

"Your energem's power is still unlocked!" Shelby gasped. "How?"

"I don't know," Adelaide said. "It shouldn't be."

"Pure of heart," Keeper repeated. "The Scarlet Energem will only unlock for those it deems worthy. It must sense the innocence within you, Scarlet Ranger."

"We're all still bonded to our Energems," said Riley. "How come we don't have our unlocked powers?"

"Because bonding to an Energem is different to unlocking its power," Keeper explained. "Each Energem will unlock when it's power is greatly needed."

Riley nodded, although he didn't completely understand what Keeper meant.

"Enough playing around!" Sledge roared. "Time to show you something you've never seen before!"

"Let me guess. Magna Beam?" Tyler asked.

"Magna - hey, wait, how did you know?" Sledge asked, cutting himself short. He shook his head and reached into the skies. "It doesn't matter! Magna Beam!"

A glowing beam of blue light rocketed down from the skies and engulfed Sledge, as it disappeared the thirty-foot towering monster loomed over the Rangers.

"Say goodbye, you vermin!" he boomed.

"NOW!" Tyler shouted, diving aside with the others as Sledge tried to step on them.

"Huh?" Adelaide murmured, looking towards the Red Ranger.

"I'll crush you!" Sledge said, raising his boot again. Before he could smash it down on the Rangers, neon green electro beams wrapped around him, hauling backwards into the air.

Tyler laughed and regrouped with the others. "It worked!" he said, sounding pleased. "The others took over Sledge's ship!"

"You're a genius!" Shelby praised.

~X~

Sasha sighed in relief as Adelaide run into her arms. She had been worried when she couldn't get a hold of her little sister after arriving in the past. Not knowing what time period they had come back too, and having no communication was not something she was used too.

"I'm just glad you're alright," Sasha said, holding her sister at arm's length. "You are alright, aren't you?" she added, seeing the saddened look in her sister's eyes.

"Physically? Yes," Adelaide answered with a nod. "I just wish I didn't know what I know."

"What do you know?" Sasha asked, shaking her head in confusion.

"The consequences of destroying Sledge in this time period," Adelaide said. "It changes everything about our future. It changes people."

Sasha frowned. "Ade, what are you -?" she broke off as Keeper called for everyone's attention. He was holding the container that usually housed the Energems, and had collected all by the scarlet one.

"Well done, friends," Keeper said, as the Rangers gathered around him. "With Sledge and his monsters destroyed, your planet and the Energems are truly safe. You may return to the future in peace."

"Thank you, Keeper," Tyler said, nodding. "None of us would be here without you."

Keeper smiled and pressed a hand to his chest. "Adelaide, something tells me that in the future, taking this gem from you will be a struggle," he said, holding out his hand for the Scarlet gem.

Adelaide hesitated. "My five-year-old self is screaming at me to not give it back," she said. "Mostly because, back then, you stayed." She stared into the face of the alien and shook her head sadly. "But you can't stay this time, can you?"

"Dear, sweet, child, we'll meet again one day soon," Keeper promised. "Not everything in your future will change."

Lowering her gaze to her energem, Adelaide sighed and handed it over.

Sasha smiled and squeezed Adelaide tightly in a hug.

Adding the last Energem to it's designated slot, Keeper closed the container and looked around at the other Rangers. "Koda," he said, stopping at the caveman. "If you wish, you can return to your own time."

"I can go home?" Koda asked, excitedly. "See my brother Taku again?"

Adelaide glanced up at Sasha. She understood the consequence of Ivan going home, but she hadn't considered Koda leaving them too.

"Ivan, you too can go home," Keeper added to the Knight.

Sasha stiffened. Now she realised what Adelaide meant by 'consequences of the past'. With Fury and Sledge gone, Ivan would never be captured for 800 years and released into the 21st century. They would never have met.

"Back to the Knights of Zandar?" Ivan asked, equally excited as Koda.

But the excitement didn't last long. Both Koda and Ivan paused and turned to their friends. Going home meant leaving them behind.

"We all understand, guys," Chase said, sighing.

"Yeah. There's no place like home," Tyler agreed.

Koda forced a smile.

Meanwhile, Ivan spotted Sasha and approached her. "Lady Sasha," he said, offering her his hand.

Adelaide untangled herself from her sister's arms and hurried over to Jessie, wrapping herself around him instead. She rested her head against his side.

Sasha smiled at up at Ivan, although it did not reach her eyes. "I told you I'd find you a way home," she said.

"Indeed you did," Ivan agreed. "But I need not take it."

"Yeah you do," Sasha said. "Your wife and children are waiting for you. You can't willingly leave them, we both know that."

"This changes nothing, my lady."

Sasha gave a watery smile and shook her head. "This changes everything," she said. "We'd be foolish to think that it doesn't. The fact of the matter is that you have a family to go home too," she looked across at Adelaide and Jessie, "and so do I. There's nothing more important than family."

"Then it is settled," Keeper said, turning away from the team. He waved his staff through the air and opened a second-time portal.

Koda turned his back on the portal and considered his friends. "I will never forget you all," he said, his voice breaking.

"How could any of us forget being Power Rangers," Shelby said, "We are family, forever!"

With a small sob, Adelaide rushed into Koda's arms, hugging him as tightly as she could as tears dripped down her cheeks. She buried her face in his chest as the others wrapped their arms around the two of them. She didn't know exactly who was behind her, only that she could feel their body pressed against her back.

After a moment or two, the team untangled themselves and Adelaide stepped back, drying her eyes on the back of her hand. She turned to Ivan and hugged him just as tight as she had Koda.

"Goodbye, Lady Adelaide," Ivan said, kissing her hand as he stepped back.

Adelaide giggled and curtsied. "Bye, Ivan," she said. "Say hi to your family for me."

Ivan nodded and turned back to Sasha. He took her hand and kissed the back of it. "You have changed my life in ways I could scarcely have imagined," he said. "I will not forget that, or you."

"If your one goal before you leave is to make me cry, then please, keep talking," Sasha said, her voice shaking.

Ivan cupped her face with one hand and brushed his thumb across her cheek. "Goodbye, my lady," he whispered.

Sasha closed her eyes to hold back the tears that threatened to fall at his words. The fact that they were practically suited for one another made the whole idea of saying goodbye that much harder. But Ivan had to go back, both he and Sasha agreed it was for the best.

"Stupid consequences!" Adelaide grumbled.

Sasha and Ivan soon parted, and the Knight followed Koda towards the time portal. The pair stopped and looked back at their friends, before stepping through into their rightful time.

As soon as Ivan disappeared, Sasha took a deep breath and turned back to her friends. She offered them a small smile and accepted the hug that Adelaide was giving.

"Heckyl," Keeper said, turning his attention to the former villain. "I'd like you and Zenowing to go back in time to stop the Dark Energem from being stolen. You can save Sentai-6."

Adelaide gasped and looked around at her friends.

"I can do that?" Heckyl asked. "Save my planet?"

"Yes, you will become a Guardian," Keeper nodded. He waved his staff and a red robe covered Heckyl from head to toe. "The guardian of the Dark Energem. Make sure that it is never used for evil again."

Heckyl nodded and lowered the hood of his new robes. "Avae, I can save her?" he asked, looking hopefully from Adelaide and Chase to Keeper.

"Yes," Keeper confirmed. "Your partner will be waiting for you."

Heckyl smiled as Adelaide giggled and run over to him. She hugged him tightly, causing him to stumble in surprise, but he hugged her back nonetheless. "Thank you," he said, as they parted.

"I didn't do anything," said Adelaide, stepping back.

"You brought me hope," Heckyl said. "Gave me a second chance. I can never repay that."

"Knowing that you're going home to your best friend is payment enough," Adelaide said, linking arms with Chase as she rejoined him. "Don't lose her a second time."

Heckyl nodded and led Zenowing towards the time portal. "Good luck, Rangers," he said, before bidding them a farewell and disappearing.

"Guess it's our turn," Tyler said, turning to Keeper. "There's so much to say."

"We will meet again, my friends," Keeper assured them.

Philip nodded, straightened his jacket, and made his way towards the time portal along with James, Jessie, and Sasha. They passed through, followed closely by Kendall, Riley, Shelby, and Tyler.

Adelaide stopped beside the portal and looked back over her shoulder. Keeper smiled and waved at her, reassuring the former scarlet Ranger that their paths would one day overlap again.

"Come on," said Chase, offering his hand to his best friend. His parabatai rune still noticeable on the inside of his wrist.

Adelaide run her finger over her own wrist and smiled. "At least one thing didn't change," she said, taking his hand.

Chase shook his head. "We're not going anywhere," he promised. "No matter what happens, you're stuck with me."

"And you're stuck with me," said Adelaide.

Chase grinned and led the way through the time portal.

"Bye, Keeper," Adelaide whispered, waving once more at the alien guardian, before passing through the portal after her friends.

~X~

Adelaide laughed as she crashed through the portal after Chase, knocking them both to the ground. She rolled off her best friend and sat up, shaking her head. "We so did not stick that landing," she said, joyfully.

"What do you mean 'we'?" Chase asked. "I stuck the landing until you came barreling into me."

"Well, it's hardly fair if you stick the landing and not me," Adelaide argued. "You already won one competition on a technicality."

"I did not win on a technicality," Chase protested.

"Did!"

"Did not!"

"Did!"

"Did not!"

Shelby sighed. "Are you pair ever going to grow up?" she asked.

"No!" Adelaide and Chase answered, simultaneously. They looked back at one another and then started laughing.

The others shook their heads, although none of them could help the grins of amusement. It would seem, despite everything, Chase and Adelaide hadn't changed a bit.

"Hey, Matt just texted me," Riley said, checking his phone as it beeped.

"Does that mean we're back?" James asked.

"I think so," Kendall said, heading towards the side of the road. She smiled as a car drove past.

"Yes!" Chase exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "Now I can take Kaylee to New Zealand, the Sky Tower, my mum's pavlova… she's going to see it all!"

"As long as you don't push her off the Sky Tower like you did me, she should have a great time," Adelaide said.

Jessie and Sasha paused and turned to Chase.

"You pushed her off the Sky Tower?" Sasha asked.

"It was a skyjump, and she was attached to a wire!" Chase protested.

Adelaide grinned and giggled.

"You two are insufferable," Jessie sighed, walking away.

"Welcome to my world," Sasha said, following her brother back to the road.

Chase playfully glared at Adelaide as she stuck her tongue out at him before he too headed towards the road.

"We can finally start having our own adventures, too, Tyler," James said, clapping his son on the shoulder.

"You said it, Dad," Tyler agreed. He paused and turned to his girlfriend. "Shelby, you should come, too," he added.

Shelby grinned and kissed Tyler's cheek. "I will, once I've finished studying dinosaurs, of course," she said.

"Really?" Adelaide asked as the pair passed. "After all that, you still want to go back to studying dinosaurs?"

"What else is there to do?" Shelby asked.

"I dunno," Adelaide shrugged. "But after all that, I'm pretty sure I don't want to see another dinosaur."

"That's going to be difficult since you work in a dino museum," said Tyler.

Adelaide scrunched up her nose and pouted.

Philip chuckled and wrapped his arm around her waist as he reached her. "You can always come to Zandar with me," he offered.

"Really?"

"Mm-hm," Philip murmured. "There's so much I didn't get to show you last time."

Adelaide pressed a kiss to his cheek. "I can't wait!" she grinned.

"Guys! There's an emergency at the museum!" Kendall's panic-stricken voice called from the road. "Quick, we have to go!"

~X~

The run to the museum took more than ten minutes given the fact that the time portal had dropped them into the middle of the woodland area. However, when they returned, the team found that the museum looked as normal as ever. It was bustling with foot traffic, and it looked like it hadn't just been completely destroyed by a monster.

"So, where's the emergency?" Riley asked Kendall.

"Oh, thank goodness," Kendall said, signing in relief.

"Uh, guys, I wouldn't rejoice just yet," said Sasha, spying the sign on the side of the building. "Check it out!" she pointed to the plague.

The team gasped as Tyler read the sign aloud: "Amber Beach Dinosaur Zoo…?"

"Wait, what?" Adelaide asked. "How did that happen?"

"Of course," Shelby gasped. "Sledge's asteroids never hit Earth… so the -"

A low groan came from above the museum.

"DINOSAUR!" Adelaide yelled, pointing at the towering brachiosaurus behind the museum.

"They never went extinct!" Chase said, a grin playing its way onto his face.

From inside the building, a security guard jogged. He spotted the team and a look of relief swept across his face. "I've been looking all over for you guys," he said, puffing and panting. "They need you in the triceratops enclosure. Cera has indigestion, again!"

Shelby gasped and her eyes widened. "You want us to look after a triceratops?" she asked.

"Of course, who else?" the security guard asked.

Riley shrugged as Chase glanced his way. They did work for the Zoo. So, the guard made a valid point.

"Come on!" the guard said, leading the way back inside.

"You okay, Ade?" Sasha asked, noticing that her sister's gaze hadn't wavered from the sixty-two-tonne long-necked dinosaurs above.

Adelaide shrugged. "Am I the only one thinking of Jurassic Park?" she asked.

"Oh boy," Sasha mumbled.

The End