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(Kimberly)

I crossed my arms, both to shelter myself a bit more from the chilly wind, but also to hide my impatience and nerves. My eyes scanned the small hill before me and I sighed heavily through my nose. I glanced over to Billy, who arrived around the same time as me, and I spoke up.

"Where are they? We've been waiting for a while," I asked. Billy's head tilted up and he squinted his eyes as he adjusted to the increase in incoming sunlight. He looked over the hill, then to me, shrugging, undoubtedly more interested in the trinket he was messing with at the current moment. I kept my eyes on him for one more moment before looking back to the hill, seeing Zack approach. He walked over to us and Billy looked up in reaction to hearing someone approach.

"Good morning," he said with a chirp and I kept my arms crossed, giving him an unamused look. He reached me and his smile faded a little bit, a confused frown taking its place. "What?"

"You're late."

"What's your deal?" He asked with a small chuckle. "It doesn't matter if we are a few minutes late, it's not like we have anything to worry about."

"That's not necessarily true. There's a reason Zordon wanted to talk to us and-"

"Hey," I heard Jason say loudly. I saw him approach a second after I heard him and I looked to him, as did Billy and Zack, who turned around to face Jason. "Hey," he repeated once he reached us, a little out of breath like he was really hustling to get here. "Sorry I'm late."

"Yeah," I said and scoffed, nodding to Zack. "I expected him to be late, but you?"

Jason sheepishly smiled and I couldn't help but smile back a bit, as I found his smile contagious, and he tilted his head.

"Yeah, I know. I would've been here sooner but...my dad…" He trailed off, still a bit winded. He inhaled deeply and exhaled, looking over the edge of the cliff

"Everything alright, dude?" Zack asked, sitting on the ground and resting his arms on his knees. Jason turned back to face us and nodded, pursing his lips.

"Yeah. He's just still up my ass about everything. Even after the town gets shredded, he still has to make me feel all bad."

Neither Zack nor I said anything, not really knowing what to say. Billy was back to doing whatever it was with that odd object of his. I was about to speak, hoping to relieve some of the newfound awkwardness that filled the air around us, but stopped myself when Trini appeared over the hill.

"Hey, Crazy Girl," Zack said in a sing-songy voice. She gave him a slightly playful, slightly annoyed look and glanced over to Jason and I.

"You guys didn't have to wait for me, you know. I know the way," she joked.

"I just wanted to make sure everyone showed so we could go see Zordon. It seems important since he wouldn't summon us over nothing," I said back.

"Billy," Jason said, looking over to him. Billy's head shot up and he squinted his eyes once more, raising an eyebrow and waiting for a reason as to why his name was called. "Come on."

Jason motioned to the cliff and Billy hesitated for another moment before springing up. "Oh, right, right."

He walked over to us after putting his trinket in his backpack and we all waited, wondering who would want to go first this time. Jason looked to me and Trini and backed up to the side a bit, waving his arms towards the end of the cliff.

"Ladies first."

"You're such a gentleman," I said back with a smile, my irritation from waiting for them disappearing almost completely. Jason grinned back and I looked to Trini who nodded forward, waiting for me to jump. I took a deep, quiet breath and jumped off the edge of the cliff while pinching my nose, plunging into the cold water below. I swam over to the side and reached the wall just as another two splashes came, then one more, and then the final one, which was Zack.

"Ohhhh man," Billy said with a shallow breath after coming to the surface, shivering a little. "I don't know if I'll ever get used to that jump."

"Are you kidding?" Zack laughed and then raised his voice, looking up. "I love it!"

We all swam down and went into the ship, then following behind Jason into the main command center, the morphing grid light dim.

"Hello, Master Jason," Alpha greeted. "Master, Kimberly, Master Trini, Master Billy, Master Zack."

"Hey, Alpha," I said, and we walked further until we stood right in front of Zordon's wall. His face appeared and he looked down on us.

"Rangers, thank you for coming," he said, his voice loud as always.

"Of course," Jason said and crossed his arms slowly. "So...what's up?"

"The Green Coin is missing," Zordon stated bluntly. I felt my brows furrow in confusion as I exchanged both surprised and worried looks with the others. Billy quickly turned around and went up the short set of steps to see where we put the Coin.

"What-" Zack stuttered. "What do you mean 'missing?'"

"I mean it is no longer here. It's gone."

"Where'd it go? Does Rita have it?" I asked and Zordon shook his head. Billy came back down and shook his head at all of us, indicating that it really was missing.

"No, thankfully. Our sensors place it within Angel Grove High School, but that is as far as they can pinpoint it now. Unfortunately, due to Rita having the Green Coin all this time, we could not implement an exact tracking location on the Coin. Only your Coins could we do such a thing."

"Ok, so…someone in our school has it?" Jason asked.

"Precisely," Zordon answered. "With Rita no longer possessing the coin, it finds a new keeper. One who is worthy of holding the title of Green Ranger."

"A Green Ranger?" Billy asked and clapped his hands with excitement. "We get a new teammate?!"

"Yes, but first you all need to find out who that person is and I will let all of you judge if that person is worthy."

"How're we supposed to do that? Anyone in school could have it. And almost all of the kids who go there are complete morons," Trini pointed out and Zack laughed.

"We were all those same morons and we turned out to be pretty good Rangers."

"Keep your eyes peeled and be aware," Zordon interrupted, answering Trini's question. "You were all destined to be together, and eventually, fate will play a role in helping you identify who the Green Ranger is. But you must be the ones the realize and acknowledge the signs to find out who the Green Ranger is."

"Sounds easy enough," I mumbled sarcastically. Everyone else scoffed and Jason looked to Zordon.

"Zordon...can we ask you something?" He said and we all knew what he was referring to, as we all had the same concerns and had discussed them with each other just last night.

"Of course."

"Rita...she said there'd be more. More people to come after the Crystal. Is that...true? Are there others that we should be worried about?" Jason asked slowly, not sure if he wanted to hear the answer.

"Yes, it is absolutely possible," Zordon answered honestly. I felt a pit appear in my stomach, as I'm sure the rest of my team did too. It was the same pit that I felt while we headed to Angel Grove in the Zords. It was a pit of uncertainty mixed with fear. "But, you all will only continue to improve. And with the addition of a new Ranger, I have no doubt that you will all keep the Crystal safe."

"Ok...," Jason sighed with a bit of relief, needing to hear some encouragement and reassuring. "Thank you."

"Alright, alright, let's go train!" Alpha said with enthusiasm and we all looked over in bewilderment.

"Train?" Zack asked and Alpha put his hands up in question.

"What? You think just because you save the world you don't have to go to the Pit anymore?" He asked and started to laugh before quickly turning serious again when he saw our hesitation. "C'mon, c'mon! We have new stuff to learn!"

I rolled my eyes in a bit of a sarcastic way and Jason caught my expression, laughing a little once he saw it and walked next to me when we headed to the pit.