Reinforcements From the Future, Pt 1

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The scene opens on Taylor speeding down the highway in her cool yellow car, talking on her cell phone to Alyssa. She hears sirens behind her and sighs. "Alyssa, I gotta go." She hangs up and pulls to the side of the road, sighing and leaning her head back against the seat.

We see a figure approaching in her rearview mirror, wearing a familiar blue uniform, but his face isn't shown. Though it's a dead giveaway when he comes to her window and says in a very familiar voice, "Do you have any idea how fast you were going, ma'am?"

"I'm sorry, officer," she says. "You see--"

"Mm-hm," he interrupts. "Driver's license, please." She gives it and he says a civil, "Thank you."

Cut to him walking to his SUV as Taylor pulls away quickly. The man in the passenger seat turns. "So," he says, taking off his sunglasses to reveal Wesley Collins, Red Time Force Ranger, now wearing a full Silver Guardians uniform, complete with the red beret Eric once wore. "Did you give her a ticket?" he asks.

"Yep," Eric replies, taking off his own sunglasses so we can finally see his face. "I could just tell she was trouble."

Wes laughs, putting his sunglasses back on. "Just your type."

Eric gives him a look and straps on his seatbelt. "Are you kidding?" Cut to SUV pulling away.

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Scene of a full moon and we hear an owl hooting in the distance. Cut down to a warehouse of some kind, the wind blows papers and garbage around and lightning flashes. Three orgs appear and begin wreaking havoc on the place, tossing cars around and blowing things up.

Flying-Org jumps into the air and begins firing at them from above. The Guardians, including the two commanders, go flying. As the other orgs join the fight, Wes and Eric take cover behind a large rock and shout almost simultaneously, "Open fire!" They begin firing themselves.

The orgs are unaffected by the blasts, and ward off the blows by the other Guardians. Wes approaches, but the org hits his gun away, and then kicks Eric as he comes up, sending him flying back. Wes advances with a spinning heel, roundhouse, and then a straight punch, but all are blocked and he goes sailing through the air as the org throws him back.

The org blasts the Guardians again and they all go flying, and the orgs continue to block all their attacks. Eric advances on another one with a series of kicks and then a spinning heel, but the org catches his leg and throws him back. Eric lands on his feet but ends up on the ground when his feet are knocked from beneath him.

Wes runs to his side as Eric kneels, and tries to help him stand. "Let me help you," he says, pulling Eric up. Eric flinches and glares at him, but doesn't protest.

The two look back at the Guardians, all lying on the ground in various states of injury, and then nod at each other silently. Wes begins, "Time for . . ." Eric joins in with "Quantum Power" as Wes ends, "Time Force." Their morphing sequences play split screen and they are morphed.

Wes says, "All right, Eric. Let's finish this!" Wes runs at the org and leaps into the air, kicking him repeatedly before landing. The org is stunned, but with a single kick to Wes' chest he sends him flying and landing hard on some debris.

Eric tries his hand but has no better luck as he attempts a very strange jump-kick thing that I can't describe! He ends on the ground, but stands, holding his shoulder, and says, "You mutants haven't beaten us yet."

She steps up to him and his confusion is replaced with anger as he glares down at her. The WF rangers power down and run up to them just as Eric looks about to kill her. "Whoa, whoa, whoa," Cole says. "Wait a second, guys." He puts either hand on Eric and Taylor, trying to keep them apart.

Danny does the same from the other side. "Come on, we're all rangers here, right Taylor?" He looks at Eric. "Right?"

"All right, all right," Eric says, patting Danny's hand and removing it from his shoulder as Wes looks on amusedly. "But why don't you guys leave fighting mutants, to the big boys?"

Max and Alyssa look at each other. "Mutants?" Max asks. "You mean orgs." Alyssa nods.

"Orgs?" Wes and Eric ask in unison. There are a few seconds of confused silence, and then Wes looks away, appearing either to be having a vision or voices in his mind again. He nods to himself, and then looks at the others. "Listen guys, we have to go." He offers a hand to Cole. "Thanks for your help."

Cole takes his hand after a moment, then smiles. "Anytime."

Wes turns, saying, "Come on," to Eric. Eric doesn't move, glaring down at Taylor, and Wes grabs his arm, pulling him away. "Come on," he insists. They walk away and Wes shouts to all the Guardians, "All right, let's pack it up and move out!"

The WF rangers wave happily to the departing rangers, and Cole says, "Let's go, guys." They all walk away but Taylor stares after Eric, mimicking, "Leave the fighting to the big boys . . . who does he think he is?"

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Scene opens on the outside of the Animarium, then to the inside, where all the rangers but Taylor are gathered at the table with Princess Shayla, while Taylor stands by herself, looking deep in thought. Alyssa speaks. "Something about those orgs was different. And why did those other rangers call them mutants?"

Eric bows his head and Wes looks up, then turns away, saying softly, "Jen."

Eric looks at Wes and places a hand on his shoulder. Wes looks back at him and Eric gives his shoulder a pat, and then walks away.

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The orgs converse in their funny language on a rooftop, and a figure in a black robe watches them from cover, taking out a small device. The orgs words turn to English:

"Will help to pollute Earth."

"Create more orgs."

"We will rule future."

The device begins beeping and the orgs hear, but the person leaves and when they come over to look they find nothing. They throw a fit each, talk for a while in their language again, and then leave.

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Taylor is walking down the sidewalk, jingling her keys as she goes, and gets to her car as the SUV screeches to a halt beside her. She folds her arms and glares as the commanders get out and approach her. "Shouldn't you guys be searching for your mutants, instead of giving me more tickets?"

"No," Wes says seriously. "We need your help."

She smirks, looking at Eric. "Oh, so now you need help from us?"

"Listen," says Eric, crossing between them. "We think that if we can combine our knowledge, we can stop these mutants."

"First off they're not mutants," she says. "But if you guys are really serious about fighting orgs . . ." She looks at Wes and he nods. "Okay. Follow me."

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On the Animarium, Taylor leads the boys through the trees, and the Eagle Zord flies close above them, causing them to duck in fear and reach for their weapons. Taylor laughs. "Oh, that's my Eagle Zord. I'll bet you've never seen anything like it."

"Giant Eagle, huh?" Eric asks. He turns to Wes. "Big deal." Wes puts a hand on his shoulder and gives him a look, going past him to follow Taylor. Eric follows a ways behind. "You should see my Q-Rex."

Wes shoots him a glare and they step up to the plateau. Cole jumps down and grasps Wes' hand. "Good to see you again."

Shayla appears in a ball of light from the sacred waters, and smiles at the newcomers. "Welcome, friends. I'm Princess Shayla." Wes smiles and nods, Eric looks at her like she's a freak.

Alyssa comes up to them. "So, what brings you two all the way up here?"

Wes speaks, going over to Shayla. "Well, we came to ask you guys about these orgs. We've never encountered creatures like them before."

"The monsters you fought earlier were definitely orgs," Shayla says. "But, they're not like any I've ever seen before."

Wes nods and they are silent a moment, then something beeps. Wes nods over to Eric and they set up their computer screen on the picnic table. The WF rangers look on in amazement as the screen appears with Trip on it.

"Hey guys," Trip says cheerily. "Oh, I see you have company. Anyway, I've been doing some research for you, and I've got some information that I think is gonna help." Eric looks back at a bewildered Taylor like he invented the thing, and she smirks involuntarily. He looks back at Trip, satisfied, and Trip continues. "I found out that those three monsters that attacked you earlier are not just mutants. They’re also half org."

"What?" Wes asks in disbelief.

"In light of this evidence, Time Force has classified these suspects as Mut-Orgs."

Alyssa speaks up. "How can they be both mutant and org?"

"I, I don't know," Trip admits. "But, I think I know someone that could help." They all look confused but Wes, who looks knowing.

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The future is shown, same scenes as in the Time Force series, complete with Alex's car speeding off, though it is supposed to be another's. Then the outside of a new building is shown, and none other than Nadira kneels beside two children, talking to them happily. She looks worried as a Patrol Car pulls up. Then Katie (with a new hair-do) and Lucas, step out. Nadira grins and runs over to them. "Katie! Lucas!" She hugs Katie, who seems thrilled to see her. "How are you two?" Nadira asks.

Eric crosses over to Taylor, tucking his headset into his harness. "You've got some interesting friends," he comments.

Taylor shakes her head. "They drive me crazy sometimes."

They watch Danny and Max for a moment, then Eric says, "I used to feel the same way about my friends." Taylor looks at him and he realizes what he said, and walks away. Taylor watches him intently.

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The Silver Guardians SUV is cruising down the road, Wes and Cole inside. Cole is speaking. "I never knew there were other Power Rangers."

Wes smiles behind the wheel, not looking at the road. "There's other rangers out there, all right." he glances at the road briefly. "We all fight for the same goal."

"It's nice to know there are others in this world like us," Cole says.

"It's important to have friends you can count on," Wes says, eyes not on the road. Cole nods in agreement.

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A ship is flying towards the prison, and a computer voice comes over. "You are approaching a Maximum Security Prison. Please have all papers ready upon arrival."

Two guards enter a dark room and one says, "Unlock the cell."

The other goes to a cell, saying to the prisoner inside, "You've got visitors."

She takes her hood off, revealing herself to be Jennifer Scotts, Pink Time Force Ranger, and Wes gets to his knee, shouting, "Jen!"

Jen rips off her cap, showing a very-tight black leather uniform; unlike any other we've seen TF officers wear. Everyone stares a moment in shock, then Flying-org fires at her.

She leaps off the cliff, avoiding the blast, and lands at the bottom, going into a series of cool flips as the shots miss her. Jen lands near Wes and shoots off a couple of her own with the large weapon she yields, then goes to Wes, grabbing his arm and helping him stand. "Wes, come on."

Wes is stunned. "Jen, but how did you--"

"I'll explain later," she cuts in. "We gotta go now!"