Tommy quickly checked himself out in the mirror before answering the phone. He didn’t want to look like he had just ran a marathon. He looked good. Clad in a black dress shirt, with the top button undone, khaki slacks and his black boots, Tommy felt presentable. He went back downstairs to the living room to answer the phone.

Still outside, Kimberly had wandered away from the front door back to the side of the property, where she was daydreaming. The ocean was so peaceful. She needed the serenity before her encounter tonight.

“Hello?” Tommy asked quickly. He still had to answer the door!

“Bro! Where are you? We’ve been standing outside your door for ten minutes!” Jason laughed into the phone.“Calm down. You’re mom is on her way. She’s at the airport right now and will be here very soon. Kimberly, I need to talk to you very seriously. The other day you were injured in a gymnastic accident. Luckily your coach was still in the area and heard your pained cries. He had you brought here. We thoroughly examined your body. You’ve done irreversible damage to your spinal area, paralyzing your lower body. You will never be able to compete in gymnastics again and will be using a wheelchair for the rest of your life. We are going to see to it that you are able to adjust to it in the easiest way possible,” explained Dr. Matthews. It was very hard to explain everything to a sobbing teenager who’d just lost her a chance at her dreams and it stabbed at his heart. A knock on the door left any other thoughts forgotten. “Come in,” called Dr. Matthews.    Dragonzord unleashed a score of missiles, destroying two more, and the Triceratops unleashed a stream of electrical energy from it's horns, disrupting the circuitry of another fighter and causing it to spiral into the nearest building.

         Not to be outdone, Tommy opened Tyranosaur's mouth and let loose a ribbon of fire, melting yet another of the alien jet fighters to slag in midair.

         "Eight down," Mara reported, "Six to go."

         The saber-toothed Tiger leapt atop a nearby building and carefully leveled it's tail at the regrouping jets, firing a pencil-thin beam of energy which lanced out, breaking their formation and bringing down another.

         Something clicked in Tommy's head. "Where's the White Ranger?"