Normal POV

Three weeks later the rangers are at the juice bar, sitting at their usual table. Tracy is wearing a baby doll dress and a pair of matching Jellies that she borrowed from Kimberly. She also has a butterfly clip in her hair. Mike is getting tired of hearing Tracy tapping her fingers on the table. He places his hand on top of hers.

"Tracy, what's on your mind?" Mike asks.

"I'm worried about graduation and a few other things." Tracy answers.

"Do you guys have any plans about what you are going to do after you graduate?" Kimberly asks.

"I'm going to Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara to study communication and media studies." Mike answers.

"That sounds great Mike. What about you, Tracy," Kimberly says.

"I don't know," Tracy says.

"Tracy, you can't answer every question with I don't know." Jason says.

"Are you sure Jason? I mean it's worked this long and I'm a senior in high school." Tracy says.

The rangers' communicators go off. They get up from the table and head outside. Jason presses the side of his communicator.

"We read you, Zordon." Jason says.

"Teleport to the command center, I have some good news." Zordon says.

 "We're on our way," Jason says.

 They get up from the table, go out into the hallway and teleport a few seconds later and land in the command center. Tracy looks to her left and sees the contraption that Alpha is working on.

"What is that thing Alpha?" Tracy asks.

"It's a machine that can make a time portal." Alpha answers.

"That's amazing thanks Alpha you rock. Let's fire it up," Tracy says eagerly.

"I haven't been able to test it yet. I'm not sure that it even creates a similiar portal to the one that brought you here." Alpha says.

"Alpha, the other rangers can go to the park to test it while you stay here and monitor the city." Billy says.

Alpha nods and hands the machine to him. The rangers' teleport to the park and they land in a clearing far away from the curious people who were enjoying the nice day. Billy turns the machine on.

I hope this works. I really want to go home before Rita tries to use one of her spells on Mike. Tracy thought.

They hear a few different strange sounds coming from it, Billy jumps when it gives him a light shock. The sudden jolt causes him to drop it.

"Billy, are you okay?" Kimberly asks.

"Yes," He answers.

I should have wished harder for it to work. Tracy thought.

"What went wrong Billy?" Jason asks.

When it was safe Billy picked the machine up. He examined it and tells the team what went wrong using a bunch of big technological terms. His explanation went over everyone's head- except Mike's, thanks to his Dino gem power.

"Billy or Mike can one of you try explaining that again in words normal people can understand please." Tracy says.

"Sure Tracy, basically Alpha just used a power source that was too strong for the engine and the thing overheated." Mike says.

"Next time could you explain it like that the first time one of asks what went wrong with a machine." Tracy says.

The boys nod. A few seconds later a bunch of putties appear. Billy sets the machine down next to a tree. The rangers stand in a ready stance ready to fight Rita's clay minions.

Does anyone besides me think this could be a distraction or a trap? Tracy thought.

They charge in towards the putties. While they are fighting, Rita appears quickly to take the machine. Mike and Tracy turn around a few seconds later. He runs over to her and she blasts Mike with a beam from her staff.

"Mike," Tracy shouts.

Mike flies backwards and hits a tree. Tracy looks back over at Rita and clenches her fists.

"OK Rita, what are you planning anyway? I mean besides stealing that machine." Tracy says.

"You'll find out soon enough pink ranger." Rita answers.

Rita fires a beam from her staff at her. This beam is different from the one she used on Mike. It was so strong when Tracy hit the tree she blacked out instantly.

Rita smiles evily and flees back to her castle with the machine. Mike gets to his feet. He turns to his left to see his unconscious girlfriend in front of a tree.

The rangers finish fighting off the putties. They turn around to see Mike being teleported. They thought it was Alpha, but it was Rita bringing Mike to her castle. Jason runs over to Tracy.

"Tracy, can you hear me?" Jason asks, as he shakes her gently trying to wake her up.

Tracy moans but doesn't wake up. Jason picks her up carefully after he calling Alpha and filling him in on Tracy's current state. He walks over to the group and Alpha teleports them back to the command center. Jason sets Tracy down on the exam table and lets Alpha runs his tests.

"Zordon, do you know where Mike is?" Kimberly asks.

"Yes Kimberly, I do. I'm afraid that the scanners tell us that Rita teleported him to her castle." He says.

Reefside 2004

The rangers speed down the flight of stairs leading down to the lab. Conner reaches the bottom first. He catches his breath before he says anything.

"Hayley, you really finished the machine?" He asks.

"Yes, the only problems are that it can only be used three times and it only has enough power to send one of you back to go get Tracy and Mike." Hayley answers.

"I'll go," Conner says.

"I don't think so Conner. If you go, the team with be at a strategical disadvantage." Hayley says.

"She is right Conner. I'll go." Kira says.

Hayley hands Kira the machine. She presses the button and a portal opens up in the lab. The rangers see the park in Angel Grove.

"Where is that, Dr. Oliver?" Trent asks.

"That's Angel Grove Trent." Dr. Oliver says.

"Do you guys think that Tracy and Mike are even there?" Ethan asks.

"There's only one way to find out." Kira says.

Kira slowly walks into the portal. The rangers watch as the portal closes behind her. Trent lets out a long nervous sigh.

Angel Grove 1994

In the command center, Tracy starts to come around. She tries to sit up. A dizzy spell hits her and she lies back down again. She looks to her left after the dizziness fades.

"Alpha, how did I get here? The last thing I remember is asking Rita why she stole the machine that you made." Tracy says.

"I teleported you here," Alpha answers.

A light bulb goes off inside Tracy's head. She sits up again. A huge headache hits her. Tracy rubs her temples in hopes it will go away.

"Tracy, you need to relax." Alpha says.

"I can't do that Alpha. I have to go bring Mike back from Rita's castle." Tracy says.

The alarm goes off again. Alpha helps Tracy down off the exam table. They walk over to the others.

"What's going on Zordon?" Kimberly asks.

"The scanners picked up a strange signal in the park." Zordon answers.

The rangers turn around to look at the viewing globe. They watch a time portal open. Tracy watches Kira land in the park.

"How did she do that?" Billy asks.

"That would be our tech expert Hayley." Tracy says.

"Tracy, we'll bring her back here. You stay here." Jason says.

"Okay, but if Rita tries anything, I'm going to help you guys out whether you like it or not." Tracy says.

Alpha teleports the team to the park for the second time and Tracy has no choice but to watch them leave in a flash of colored light, the same color as their ranger color. Meanwhile in the park Kira looks around at her new surroundings. A few seconds later she sees the ranger land in front of her.

"How did you guys do that?" Kira asks.

"We teleported from our command center. I'm Jason by the way." Jason says.

"It's nice to meet all of you, I'm Kira. Have you seen my friends, Tracy and Mike?" Kira says.

"Tracy is back at our command center. Our mentor Zordon will fill you in on where Mike is." Jason says.

Jason calls Alpha and asks him to teleport them back to the command center. The next thing Kira knows she is turned into a beam of yellow light. They land in the command center. Billy introduces her to Alpha and Zordon.

"Can I see that machine?" Alpha asks.

"Sure," Kira says.

She hands Alpha the machine. He sets it down on the exam table. He walks back over to the rangers. Kira looks to her left and sees Tracy.

"Wow, this looks so much better than our command center." Kira says.

"Yeah, I know it is so much better than the cave." Tracy says.

"How exactly do we get Mike back from Rita's castle?" Kira asks.

"I should be able to teleport him back here once I can lock onto his ranger energy." Alpha says.

Meanwhile, at Rita's castle, Mike lands in a cell. He looks around and is really confused. He sees the door to the cell. Rita appears in front of it a few seconds later.

"Hello my new evil green ranger," Rita says.

"Come on Rita, do you really think that I would work for you." Mike says.

"You don't have any choice." Rita says.

Rita blasts him with another beam. Mike's eyes flash a deeper shade of green than they usually are. Rita laughs evily. She teleports him back to the park after she tells him to destroy the rangers.

Perfect! I'll get to destroy Zordon's rangers and those new rangers too. Rita thought.