Chapter Five

Jason slowly opened his eyes and saw that everything was blurry. He found that it was hard for him to breathe. He tried moving his body but realized that he couldn't.

"Jase? Jason?" He heard his friend calling out to him, but he couldn't answer. He heard a thud and suddenly he realized Tommy was by his side. "Hold on man."

Jason felt the weight on his body lift. He groaned in pain as his ribs began to hurt.

"Jase, you gotta move man!" Tommy said. He was struggling to hold the space ship up and was scared that if he let go, it would crush his friend.

Jason let out a loud groan as he slowly dragged himself out from under the ship. Once he was out, Tommy let the space ship drop. He hurriedly went over to Jason.

"You alright bro?" Tommy asked.

Jason could only nod. His ribs felt bruised and it hurt for him to breathe or even talk.

"We gotta get you to the hospital." Tommy tried to help Jason up, but Jason shook his head.

"After we check that ship out first." Jason hobbled over to the ship. "There's someone inside!"

Tommy looked in the window and saw a man who seemed unconscious. He began to press the buttons near the window.

"The ship's power is dead, Tommy," Jason said. He bent down and with difficulty picked up a large rock. "We gotta break the window."

Tommy took the rock from Jason and smashed it against the window. He jumped in the small ship and pulled out his cell phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Calling Hayley to open a portal here. It'll be easier than climbing down the mountain carrying him."

Jason nodded.

"Hayley," Tommy cried once she picked up. "I need a really big favor."

"Uh oh, what is it now Oliver?"

"I need a portal opened."

"No time for details?"

"Not now. Maybe later."

"Alright what are your coordinates?"

"Uh…Jase, you wouldn't happen to know our coordinates would you?" Tommy asked, covering the mouth piece of his cell phone.

"Last time I check," Jason groaned. "I wasn't a genius like Billy."

"Just tell me where you are and I'll see if I can pinpoint it."

"Angel Grove. I'm in the mountains where the old Command Center used to be."

"Got it! There is one mighty energy signal there!" Hayley exclaimed.

"Yeah, you'll see why soon."

A few seconds later, Tommy heard a small whooshing sound. Tommy sighed with relief when he saw the portal open up beside the ship.

Jason slowly stood up and helped carry the stranger out of the ship.

"You alright?" Tommy asked.

"Let's just get out of here," Jason said. He was beginning to get dizzy.

Tommy and Jason walked towards the portal, holding the stranger on each side. They stepped in the portal and it closed up behind them.

"Tommy!" Hayley cried. "Jason? And who's this guy?"

"Don't know," Tommy said. "But we gotta get Jason to the hospital. I need your car, mine is still at Angel Grove."

"You take him," Hayley commanded, throwing him her keys. "I'll stay here and see what to do about this guy. Lay him on the table."

Tommy did as he was told before assisting Jason up the stairs, out of the house, and in his Jeep. Tommy used his training as a race car driver to speed along the roads towards the hospital.

"Relax Tommy," Jason cried. "I probably just have bruised ribs! It's not like I'm dying. I've been through worse, remember?"

Tommy slowed his car down when he remembered Jason's Gold Ranger days. Within ten minutes, they arrived at the hospital. After two hours of waiting, Jason was released and diagnosed with bruised ribs and was given orders from the doctor to rest for the next three weeks.

When they got back to Tommy's houses, they found Hayley waiting for them in the Dino Lab.

"Story time?" Hayley asked.

"Not much to tell Hayley," Tommy said. "Jason and I went up the mountain. And on our way down, there was a flash in the sky. Then out came a small spaceship, falling from the sky."

"The next thing I knew, I was pummeled by the spaceship with that guy in it," Jason added.

"You're telling me he just fell out of the sky?" Hayley asked, staring at the man that lay unconscious on the table.

"In a space ship," Tommy reminded her.

"I don't know why these kinds of things still surprise," she said, shaking her head. "What now?"

Tommy looked at his good friend. "What do you-"

"I know you're not just going to let this go," Hayley said as she put on her coat. "A small space ship drops from the sky with a person in it. Doctor Thomas Oliver, Reefside's science teacher by day and Black Dino Thunder Ranger by night, is not just going to turn his back on this….mystery, this potential adventure."

Jason smiled, "She's right, bro. This kinda thing just screams 'Power Rangers.'"

"Where there's evil, there's a ranger."

"And where there's a ranger, there's Tommy," Jason finished. Hayley and Jason laughed at their wittiness. Tommy remained silent. He knew that they were right.

"Funny, you two. But in all seriousness," Tommy began. "We don't know if he's evil. We don't know the whole who, what, where, and why."

"We can't know until he regains consciousness," Jason pointed out.

"On that note," Hayley said, making her way up the stairs. "I'll see you two tomorrow. I'll be here first thing in the morning to check up on him. And shouldn't you be getting some rest too, Jason?"

"Yeah, you go ahead, bro," Tommy said. "Feel free to stay in the guest room. I'm just gonna look over some things."

Jason nodded and followed up the stairs after Hayley. Tommy turned his attention back on the unconscious guy on the table. He was suited up in all black and had a symbol tattooed on his forehead. Tommy booted up his computer and decided his best bet was to find more about the symbol. 'Just another night in the office,' Tommy thought.