Sorry it took so long, but wow, this chapter is huge! (For me, at least)

It just ran away from me… and the SPD Rangers started doing their own thing… anyway, here it is.

Episode 4: The Excuses of SPD

"I wish Hayley was here." sighed Ethan. He, Conner and Kira were sitting in Charlie's Café, trying to look inconspicuous. They'd already been mugged by a group of preschoolers wanting autographs, and were beginning to draw stares from some of the café's younger occupants.

"This is ridiculous." hissed Kira. "How are we supposed to do anything?"

"At least we're out of Dr O's way." mumbled Conner with a shudder.

The three teens grimaced. Ever since his temper tantrum several days before, Tommy had been on edge. Jason and Adam seemed to be able to calm him down, but unfortunately Conner had a way of making anything worse.

"Hey, where's Trent?" asked Ethan quietly.

"He said he was going to go and visit Cam, I think he just needed to get out." answered Kira, the two boys nodded knowingly.

"Want any more shakes, guys?" Lizzy greeted them happily, as she and her teammates entered the café and sat at the table next to their new friends.

"Not unless you have one that can turn us invisible." sighed Conner. "Why did Dr O have to get that power? He never even uses it."

"Hey, at least with your power, you can run away." grumbled Ethan. "Seriously, what does mine do?"

"Well, I guess I could always knock 'em down for a quick getaway." snorted Kira.

"Cheer up, hopefully it will all blow over soon." Ian smiled at them.

"Sure." drawled Conner. "And Dr O will take up ballet."

"Ew. Bad mental image." Ethan shook his head.

"He's still freaked out, huh?" asked Ruth, already knowing the answer.

"Yeah. Let's just say I'm really glad I'm not connected to SPD." Kira rolled her eyes.

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"Isn't this great?" smiled Bridge, looking out one of the Aquabase windows. "I mean, it's underwater, and waterproof, although it might not be, I mean I'm glad it is, but 'underwater' doesn't necessarily mean 'waterproof', and there's a great view, although it probably doesn't change much, and…"

"Bridge!" snapped an exasperated Sydney. Z snickered quietly, and Sky let out a loud sigh.

Jack ignored them. "It's not bad." he nodded to himself. "But where are the dorms? And the food?"

"And the Zords." smirked Sky.

"Looks like it's time to explore." grinned Z, poking Syd in the arm. "Are you coming?" Syd frowned at the oblivious Bridge once more, and flounced out the door, the rest of the team following behind.

"Do you think they have toasters?"

"BRIDGE!" yelled four annoyed voices.

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"I really don't think that's a good idea…" Jason looked sharply at Tommy. "I mean, you aren't exactly… yourself at the moment."

"I don't care. Someone needs to talk to them." snapped Tommy. "They can't just go around messing with people's brains."

"But what if you loose your temper again?" asked Adam. "I know you wouldn't mean to, but you might hurt them." Tommy sighed.

"I give up. I'll be in the lab if you need me." he frowned at them one last time and disappeared down the stairs.

"That went better than I expected." said Adam quietly. Jason raised an eyebrow.

"Let's just hope he calms down before he sees them."

Once he was down the stairs, Tommy smirked to himself. Getting away had been easier than he'd thought. Now all he had to do was find the SPD Rangers and teleport… and they'd better have a good explanation or two.

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"Are they train Zords?!" the SPD Rangers had finally found Lightspeed Rescue's Zord bay. Bridge was happily examining the schematics and Syd was cooing over the lovely shade of the pink Zord but Jack, Sky and Z were staring at the huge machines in disbelief.

"Train Zords." Sky's voice was expressionless.

"Don't trains need tracks?" asked Z, a bemused look on her face.

"Well, they're certainly big." Jack was craning his neck, trying to see the roof.

"Guys, they're some kind of Carrierzords." called Bridge, not looking up from the screen he was playing with. "The actual Zords are inside them."

"So how do they get out?" asked Jack.

"Um… well, there's not much room in here, I mean there is, there's heaps of room, but not enough to fit all the Zords, maybe if I…" Bridge entered a series of commands into the computer, and the Zord bay shook.

"What did you do?" shrieked Syd, falling to the floor as the room began to rise.

"I'm not really sure…"

"It's moving!" yelled Jack, grabbing hold of the nearest railing.

"Really? I would never have noticed." Sky shot back.

"Uh, guys? We seem to be surfacing…" Z was studying one of the display screens on the wall next to her seat on the floor.

"Maybe we should test drive them." smirked Jack.

"That's not a bad idea" Sky was leaning against the wall in an attempt to stay upright. "But we have no idea how they work."

"We'll just have to find out how then." smiled Z.

"Yeah!" squeaked Syd, still sitting on the floor by the pink Carrierzord.

"All right then, you know what to do."

As soon as the Zord bay stopped moving, five yells of "SPD, Emergency!" echoed to the ceiling, and the Rangers each ran to the Zord of their color.

"I think they're actually called Rail Rescues." came Jack's voice over the intercom.

"How'd you figure that?" drawled Sky.

"Maybe it was the words 'Rail Rescues, on track' on the screen..."

"Guys, could you give it a rest?" Z sounded annoyed.

"Yeah, I want to see what these can do." agreed Syd.

"Where are we, anyway?" asked Bridge. "I don't want to crash into anything…"

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As it turned out, the train bay had surfaced near the harbor, just missing a tug boat, and it was drawing a lot of attention.

"PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUSELF." called the closet coast guard patrol boat, pulling as close the pylons as it could. The train bay doors opened slowly, and one at a time the Rail Rescues pulled out onto the tracks in front of them.

"These are great!" called Syd happily as all the Rail Rescues connected to form a very large train.

"PLEASE IDENTIFY!" the coast guard repeated.

"Hey Jack? The coast guard is calling us…" Bridge was having a hard time trying not to laugh.

"We've got a bigger problem!" yelled Jack, "The track ends!"

"WHAT? It can't just end, there must be something…" panicked Z.

"There's a bridge!" called Sky.

"It's not moving fast enough!" wailed Syd, but just as their train reached the edge, the bridge swung into place, and the train thundered across.

"IDENTIFY!" wailed the coast guard.

"Apparently it has its own tracks, Z!" laughed Jack as the Rail Rescues barreled down the line next to the harbor, passing a regular train with ease.

"The coast guard is still yelling at us, Jack." Bridge called. Jack pulled the brakes, and the train skidded to an abrupt halt.

"Ow." moaned Z.

"A little warning next time?" growled Sky.

"Yeah." Syd frowned.

"Sorry guys…" Jack examined the controls for a moment. "Bridge? Any idea how we separate the Zords?"

"Try something near the joystick." answered Bridge.

"Here goes nothing…" mumbled Jack. With a jolt, each carriage opened to reveal a smaller Zord.

"A fire truck? I guess it's not that different." smiled Jack.

"I'm not sure what mine is…" Sky sounded a little confused.

"Same here… it's definitely yellow, but beyond that, I have no idea what it is." Z shrugged.

"Mine's an ambulance." Syd was secretly rather smug about recognizing what her new Zord was. "And it has speakers!"

"Great, Syd. Tell the coast guard to shut up." ordered Jack.

"I'm on it." grinned Syd, driving her Zord back towards the harbor edge.

"Oh no." squeaked Bridge.

"What is it?" questioned Sky.

"Mine flies. I'm not that good at flying…"

"Just calm down. You did fine in the S.W.A.T. fliers."

"But I didn't really have to control them, I mean I did, but they were programmed, so I didn't have to really fly much, and we didn't use them in flier mode very often, and I… ARGH! IT'S TAKING OFF!" The green Zord rose from the train, hanging in the air like an overweight bird.

"Bridge! Get a grip!" snapped Sky.

"Sorry, but it's a lot more sensitive than my S.W.A.T. flier. Can we swap Zords Sky?"

"No." said Sky at once.

"But…"

"No." repeated Sky, in a very stern voice.

"Syd's in position." grinned Z, just as the pink Zord pulled up near the coast guard and turned on its speakers.

"SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE." Syd's voice boomed across the bay and echoed down the streets. "WE'RE JUST TEST DRIVING THE ZORDS."

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Tommy Oliver was sitting in front of the main computer in his basement, trying to decide whether to laugh or growl. He'd found the SPD rangers easily, and they appeared to be having some major Zord troubles. With a dark smile, he pulled out an old morpher.

No-one was there to see his eyes flash green…

"Dragonzord!"

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The SPD Rangers were just beginning to get familiar with their new Zords when a loud, trumpeting call floated across the water of the bay, and the waves began to part as a large dark shape rose from the deep.

Sky was the first to recover. "What is that?"

"I have no idea." was Jack's answer as a head came out of the roiling sea.

"Is that a Zord?" Syd stared out the front of her own Zord as a dragon crawled out of the sea.

"PLEASE IDENTIFY…" the coast guard was cut off as the Dragonzord smashed it's tail straight through the small boat. It turned towards the Rescue Zords and roared.

"RUN!" yelled Jack, as the Dragonzord charged. The Rescue Zords scattered. From the top of the train bay, evil laughter rang out across the water.

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"Ai-yi-yi, this is terrible!" Alpha ran across the Command Centre as the alarm went off, and the viewing globe lit up to show the Dragonzord chasing the Rescue Zords.

"Alpha, contact Jason immediately." ordered Zordon. The robot quickly tapped into Jason's communicator… and waited.

"Try again Alpha!" but again, there was no answer.

"What will we do?" wailed Alpha, throwing his hands in the air.

"Try contacting the Dino Thunder team." suggested Zordon.

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Unfortunately, Jason was walking cautiously through the park on his way to the shops, trying to blend in, when his communicator beeped loudly. Jason looked around wildly, as did most of the nearby teenagers.

"Oh no…" Jason frantically looked for somewhere to hide, but it was too late.

"Hey, that guy looks like Jason!" yelled a twelve year old. As his communicator beeped again and the kids in the park started to come closer, Jason did the only thing he could think of, and set off at a sprint. Holding his communicator in front of him, he tried to activate it. Behind him, at least a dozen teenagers set out in pursuit.

After several minutes, Jason managed to get through.

"Alpha! Get me out of here!"

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Conner, Kira and Ethan jumped nervously when their communicators went off, as did the new team. Several people in the café looked around suspiciously.

"What is it?" hissed Conner, setting his wrist in the middle of the table so they could all hear.

"Please come to the command center! It's an emergency!" pleaded Alpha.

"Give us a moment." said Conner quietly. He looked at Ian.

"We'll be right behind you." nodded the newest Red Ranger. As the eight teenagers left the café, Jason ran down the other side of the street, now followed by a small mob.

"Is that Jason?!" Sean stared at the running man.

"JASE!" Tristan waved his arms.

"Shh! They might come after us!" hissed Ruth.

"No time… let's go." Conner led them into the alley beside the café, and they teleported to the Command Center.

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"Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi!" wailed Alpha as the eight teenagers landed. "Where is Jason?!"

"He's being chased by a mob." grimaced Lizzy.

"Can you teleport a running person?" asked Ruth.

"I don't know, but we can try." Alpha nodded decisively.

"ALPHA!" Jason was yelling into his communicator. "DO something! Please!"

"Hold on Jason, I'm trying." said Alpha, fiddling with the teleport controls. A streak of red light split the middle of the room and Jason appeared, still running. He smashed into a bank of controls and flipped over them.

"Ouch." he moaned from the floor.

"That is why we do not teleport moving people." said Zordon sternly.

"What's the big emergency?" asked Kira, as Ian and Conner helped Jason to his feet.

"The Dragonzord is attacking the Rescue Zords." said Zordon gravely. "The SPD Rangers are not familiar with their Zords, and Tommy could seriously damage them."

"Oh no…" breathed Lizzy.

"But he was still at his house!" Jason stared at the viewing globe in disbelief. The Dragonzord was trying to bat Aero Rescue Three out of the air, and the flying Zord was wobbling dangerously.

"We need all the Tyrannosaur Zords..." Ruth winced as the Dragonzord's tail scraped across the side of Med Rescue Five, throwing the ambulance onto two wheels for a moment. "Conner, Jason, please go help them."

Tristan dashed for the communications controls, setting them on a wide band.

"ERIC! We need the Q-Rex, immediately!"

"He's already on his way." Wes' voice came through. "Cam's been monitoring things from this end."

"What's going on?" asked Nick in a confused voice.

"Major problems..." answered Tristan.

"Hey, your team has a dragon Zord, don't they?" interrupted Sean.

"Sure do, and a real dragon. Fireheart has been a little edgy today."

"Do you think you could help? Tommy's set the Dragonzord on the SPD Rangers, and we're trying to distract it and get the Rescue Zords out of the way."

"We'll be there." Nick signed out.

"I hope they're alright…" said Ruth quietly, staring at the viewing globe. "…all of them…"

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The Dragonzord had managed to grab hold of Aero Rescue Three and was shaking the green Zord back and forth like a maraca, to the tune of Bridge's terrified yells.

Jason and Conner appeared near the edge of the harbor.

"Conner, try and hold off the Dragonzord, I'll see if I can get through to Tommy."

"You got it." nodded Conner. "Tyrannozord!" The red Dinozord charged the Dragonzord, but had to veer away as the Dragonzord's tail swung around. Conner dodged to the right and tried again, but the Dragonzord followed his every move. After dodging the Dragonzord's tail for the third time, Conner got angry.

"Two can play that game!" he yelled at the other Zord. "Tyranno-drill!" The Dragonzord was unprepared for its quarry to copy its moves, and Conner's attack caught the large Zord in the side, jolting Aero Rescue Three from its grasp. The green Zord went soaring in an uncontrolled arc towards the harbor, only to be caught by the ladder-arms of Pyro Rescue One.

"Gotcha!" exclaimed Jack as he set Bridge's Zord on the pavement.

"I hate flying, I hate flying, I hate flying…" Bridge was muttering to himself, eyes clamped firmly shut.

The Dragonzord now turned all its attention on Conner, and the Tyrannozord staggered as the Dragonzord fired its missiles, hitting the Red Zord dead center.

"Ouch!" complained Conner.

"Here comes the cavalry! Q-Rex, attack!" called a voice as another dinosaur Zord charged the Dragonzord from behind.

"Am I glad to see you." sighed a relieved Conner.

"I've always thought my Q-Rex was better than some crummy Dragonzord." smirked Eric. His grin faded as the Dragonzord spun around and tossed the Q-Rex off its feet. "Hey! Watch it!"

"Geronimo!" yelled someone else, as two more dragons flew from the sky, herding the Dragonzord away from the downed Q-Rex. Nick waved at Conner from the back of Fireheart, while the rest of his team turned their Titan form around for another dive.

"JACK!" yelled Eric through the chaos, "Get out of here!"

"Rodger that." nodded Jack, loading his Rescue Runner back into the train. "Come on guys!"

As the Rail Rescue train headed back to the train bay, Jason finally managed to reach Tommy.

"Tommy, what are you doing?!" he yelled at the Green Ranger standing on top of the train bay.

"They will pay!" roared Tommy with an evil laugh.

"Tommy, snap out of it, man!" Jason edged towards the Green Ranger. "I don't think using the Green powers was a good idea…" he murmured.

"My powers are fine!" growled Tommy. "In fact, they're better than yours!" With a furious yell, the Green Ranger launched himself at Jason.

"Tommy! Stop it! Look at what you're doing!" pleaded Jason, blocking a flurry of punches, and returning a few of his own. The Rail Rescues pulled into the train bay beneath their feet, and the whole structure shook slightly as it began to sink beneath the waves. The two battling Rangers staggered for a moment.

"Get out of my way!" hissed Tommy. "I'll teach those idiots not to mess with me…"

Jason decided to change tactics. "Wouldn't you rather beat them without your powers?" he suggested, "Show them just how much better you are?" The Green Ranger paused for a moment, as if thinking.

"That is a good plan. I could beat them with my bare hands!"

Jason smiled to himself. "Can I watch?"

"If you behave…" the Green Ranger powered down, but his eyes stayed green for a moment. When the color cleared, Tommy fell to his knees, breathing heavily.

"Why me?" he groaned.

"Maybe we should lock up the green coin, too." Jason demorphed as well, kneeling next to his friend.

"I was just so mad at them, I still am, but I never meant…"

"I know." Jason put a reassuring hand on his friend's shoulder, "But we really have to go…"

The two of them teleported out just as the train bay sank back underwater.

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Tommy and Jason reappeared in the Command Center, and Tommy immediately began to pace.

"Why is it always me? Did I do something terrible when I was a kid?"

"How about we go apologize?" asked Jason, giving the younger Rangers in the shadows a look that said clearly 'leave this to me.'

"What if I loose it again?"

"Leave the green coin here, Zordon can lock it up with the others. It's not like you don't have any other powers…" Jason struggled to keep the smirk off his face.

"I guess…" Tommy sighed. "…but you're coming with me."

"Sure bro, but first we get rid of that coin."

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Jack led the SPD Rangers back into the train bay, but Bridge was so badly shaken that Z and Sky had to team up to work out how to get it back to the Aquabase. Thankfully it hadn't taken long. While Syd was trying to comfort Bridge, who was still mumbling "I hate flying…" to himself, Jack looked over the Zords. They didn't appear too badly damaged, but he was unsure about Aero Rescue Three.

As the train bay rejoined the Aquabase with a slight jolt, Syd and Sky helped Bridge to his feet.

"How are we going to snap him out of this?" asked Jack, staring at the Green Ranger. While the rest of the team had demorphed, Bridge seemed frozen.

"How about toast?" asked Z with a shrug. Jack and Sky both glanced at her with the sort of look that a parent gives a child who has just said something very strange. "What? It was all I could think of..."

"Can we just go, please?" growled Syd. "We can argue later."

She and Sky led Bridge down the hall towards the lounge area they'd found earlier. Jack and Z followed along behind, quietly debating just how buttery the toast would have to be.

They sat Bridge in a corner, propped against the walls. Thankfully, he had stopped mumbling, but he wasn't answering Syd as she prattled on about joining SPD, how they'd met, and several of the funny things that had happened back when they were cadets.

Sky had immediately left claiming he was going to buy bread and butter, but as Syd recounted the story of a very young Sky with a pet mouse which he set loose in the girl's dormitories, Jack had to wonder if he was really just looking for an excuse to get away from Syd.

Z snickered quietly as she hunted through the cupboards on the other side of the room. She had already managed to find a plate, a knife, and the required electrical outlet, but there was still no sign of a toaster.

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While Sky walked along the side of the bay vainly searching for a grocery store, getting several strange looks along the way, he began to think that perhaps he should have changed first. As he turned down a side street and finally found a small corner store, he suddenly realized that the shopkeeper probably wouldn't take the kind of money he had.

He decided to ask anyway, so he took a deep breath and bravely pushed open the door.

When the young girl behind the counter squealed happily, it took all of his mental discipline to keep from running out again.

"Can I help you?" the girl smiled widely, her eyes glinting in a most peculiar way.

"Um, yes… I don't think I've got the correct money, but I need a loaf of bread and some butter." Sky tried to sound as unconcerned as possible.

"Would that be for Bridge?" asked the shop girl, leaning forward in an almost predatory manner. Sky swallowed nervously, and decided not to answer that.

"I don't suppose I could trade for it or something…"

"Could I have your autograph?" asked the girl. Sky blinked in surprise.

"I guess so… we could trade then?"

"Sure!" the girl chirped, and suddenly dashed about the store, grabbing two loaves of bread (one white, one brown) and the largest package of butter that Sky had ever seen. She had all of it back on the counter in less than thirty seconds, still smiling at him in a most unnerving manner.

"Here…" she held out a piece of paper and a pen towards him. Sky took it gingerly and looked both items over carefully before signing his name and handing it back.

"Thanks…" the girl began, but Sky's morpher interrupted, beeping an alarm. If it was possible, the girl was grinning even wider. Sky flicked open the morpher, and Jack's voice filtered through the little store.

"Sky, we need you to get a toaster as well. Z and I have looked everywhere, can you believe this place doesn't have a toaster?!"

Sky frowned at the device in his hand. The shop girl stared with starry eyes.

"Sky? You okay?" came Jack's voice again. Sky shook his head.

"Sorry, yeah, I'll see what I can do…." he snapped the morpher shut as quickly as he could and snatched the items from the counter. He was just about to leave when the girl called after him.

"I have a toaster…" Sky turned around slowly, one eyebrow shooting towards the ceiling.

"This is a corner store." he said flatly. The girl blushed slightly.

"Yes, well, we have one out back, for the employees. I might be persuaded to let you have it…" The girl slowly stepped around the counter. Sky had a bad feeling about this, and he continued to edge towards the door as slowly as he could.

"I'll give you the toaster…" said the girl softly, "…if you kiss me." She moved closer and closed her eyes, which meant she never saw Sky as he dove out the door in a panic.

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"Did you find a toaster?" demanded Jack as soon as Sky poked his head in the doorway of the lounge. Sky's face paled dramatically, and he almost threw the bread and butter at Jack.

"No. You're lucky I got this."

"What happened?" asked Z, pausing in her second search through the cupboards. Sky froze for a moment.

"Nothing. Nothing happened." he snapped hurriedly. Syd looked up at him.

"Someone stalked you again, huh?"

"What? No! No-one is stalking me…" he trailed off as Syd frowned at him.

"Okay, perhaps, but there was just no way I was going to kiss her for the toaster…"

"Whoa, what?" Jack held up his hands in an attempt to stall Sky's ranting. "Kiss for the toaster? What kind of shop did you go to?!" Sky glared at him.

"Did you ever think that our money might not be valid in the year 2007? Or that an SPD uniform stands out quite a bit?"

"So how did you manage to get the food?" asked Jack with a knowing smirk.

"Anyway guys, the point is, how do we make toast without a toaster?" interrupted Z loudly. Jack and Sky traded puzzled looks, but it was Syd who solved the problem.

"We make a fire!"

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That was how it came to be that when Jason and Tommy teleported to the Aquabase, the corridors were full of smoke and water. The smoke detectors were blaring and the sprinkler systems had gone off.

"What in the world…" Jason lifted one foot out of the water that covered the floor and shook it.

"They get into more trouble than me." remarked Tommy dryly. "Do we follow the smoke?"

"I guess…" Jason waded slowly down the hallway, Tommy squelching along behind.

It didn't take long to find the SPD team, the first thing they heard was laughter. As the two of them came to the door of the break room, they were greeted with the sight of the Green Ranger holding onto a chair, doubled over with laughter. After all, being doused in water will tend to wake people, whatever their state of mind.

The Blue and Yellow Rangers were scowling at a smoldering pile of paper and cardboard, the Pink Ranger was wringing out her hair, and the Red Ranger was sitting off to one side as if trying to pretend he didn't know these people.

It was he who spotted the visitors first.

Jack jumped from his seat and settled in an attack position facing the door, frowning.

"Haven't you done enough for one day?" he growled. Tommy ground his teeth together, and Jason choked back his laughter. The other Rangers turned towards the door, all but the Green Ranger immediately stiffening and preparing for an attack.

Bridge continued to laugh.

"Whoa! Calm down." Jason held his hands up in surrender. "We're here to apologize."

"And to get some answers." frowned Tommy.

"Answers about what? You just attacked us!" snapped Jack.

"With a Zord, no less." Z was not amused.

"Yeah, we'd like some answers ourselves." Sky frowned.

"Answers about erasing memories." Tommy's expression was guarded, as if he expected them to wipe his memories at any moment. Jack pulled a confused face, Sky blinked, Syd pouted angrily, Z rolled her eyes, and Bridge continued chuckling quietly to himself.

"Erasing memories?" Sky repeated, giving Tommy a searching look. Tommy simply nodded.

"And why would we do that… come to think of it, I can't remember doing that…" Jack trailed off, his face a picture of intense concentration.

"I bet it was that Cruger guy." Jason interrupted the staring match between Tommy and Sky.

"If it was," drawled Jack carefully, "then he must have erased ours too, because I don't remember seeing you before, do you guys?"

The whole SPD team shook their heads, expressions ranging from confused, to thoughtful, to angry.

"Commander Cruger wouldn't do that to us… would he?" Syd sounded more like she was trying to convince herself than her team mates.

"He would." Sky, Jack and Z were quick to chorus.

"The fact remains, you did it, and messing with people's brains is downright dangerous." Tommy stared at them through narrowed eyes.

"Well, technically it wasn't even us, I mean, it might have been, but even if it was then Commander Cruger was the one who really…" Bridge trailed off as Sky elbowed him in the ribs and looked pointedly in Tommy's direction. From the look on the veteran's face, it was quite easy to believe he'd been evil… and not quite so easy to believe that he wasn't anymore.

"Look, if we did, we're sorry." said Jack, arms wide in an effort to placate Tommy. "Although it seems to me like we all have the same problem."

"Maybe." Tommy didn't seem convinced. "But if anything like this happens again, I'll sic the Time Force team on you for messing about with time travel." he spun around and tried to stomp out the door, but the effect was ruined by the splashing of the floor, still covered in at least an inch of water. Jason shrugged apologetically at the SPD Rangers and followed Tommy down the hallway. As the two of them turned the corner and teleported out, the last thing they heard was Bridge's voice…

"So, has anyone found a toaster around here?"

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Coming up in Episode Five: The Great Zord Lesson…

After the debacle with the Lightspeed Zords, the Earth Rangers begin to wonder if they have Zords… and if they do, can they get them to work?

"Because the Powers aren't constrained to a specific pattern, they draw on our perceptions, so all of our Powers and uniforms are substantially diverse, and if the Zords are also mismatched, it could create huge problems when trying to combine them effectively."

Everyone stared at Tristan for a moment, then turned to Ruth.

"The trouble is that the Powers aren't fixed, they form to thought, that's why our uniforms are so different. If the Zords are too different, we might not be able to make a Megazord…"

Next time, on Power Ranger Real Earth…