Billy fixed the scanners and scanned down-town Angel-Grove for Skye - well actually for the Star Crystals' unique energy signature. He could not believe things could have gone downhill quite so quickly. A week ago when he had left the team had been on a high. With him added to the team as Blue Wolf Spirit Warrior, they had been thoroughly trouncing the monsters that Mondo was mustering. Everyone seemed to be getting on really well, Skye had been making friends with the others in their own right and enjoying his lessons with the Star Crystal as well. Then of course he had gone away for a week, a wonderful week for him, which appeared to have turned into the week from hell for all of his friends. As if someone had pulled out the key support that held them all together and the whole group had fallen apart.The teens examined the statue. In front was a man in some sort of armor, and behind him stood six people in obvious Ranger gear. By the shape of their bodies, three were definitely female. Skull cocked his head. "Those Ranger uniforms look very familiar," he commented.
          "They should," Andros responded. "The coins used by these six are the same ones that the six original Rangers of Earth used. This battle was when Rita got her hands on the Green Coin."
          "The Green Ranger is a woman," Kimberly noticed. "Some friends from the agrec crew," she said, studying him. "There's a hay party tonight. I want you to come."

He wasn't sure he'd heard her right. "Excuse me?"

"I want you to come with me," she said patiently. "I think you'd have fun."

She had never invited anyone but Ashley to go with her when she visited her spring friends. For so he had come to think of them: seasonal friends that only existed in the abstract. She'd worked on an agri reclamation site for several months, but she rarely mentioned the people she'd met there. She returned for periodic visits, but she had never asked him or Andros to accompany her.

          "Chylia Del Shan, an Edenite. She was married to the Red Ranger, who was from Danata. That caused a bit of a stir. Eltarens and Zarakin don't usually get along very well, but Zordon was always unconventional."
          The group was silent for a time, contemplating the sacrifices of the teams before them. Then Andros straightened.
          "Come on. We'd better head for the Palace."

The scan bleeped. It was as he thought. Skye had returned to the sublet studio flat in downtown Angel Grove where they had met.

"Zordon, I'm teleporting after Skye if you need me." he informed the Eltarian, before vanishing.