The Garden of Vacant Dreams

Unveiling the Past

AN: Saban/Disney owns the characters you know. I own the ones you don't.

CHAPTER THREE

UNVEILING THE PAST

"You know what's funny Jason?" Jamie asked, breaking the silence. "...I have always felt my dad was hiding something from me." She was staring out of the passenger side window of Jason's car as the sun hit her face in between the trees.

Jason continued to pay attention to the road, fearing that any eye contact made with his Goddaughter would give away his nervousness.

"Really?" He managed to get out.

"Yeah, really... and I think you know what that something is."

Jason had to hand it to Tommy. He raised one hell of a smart girl. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Your dad... well..." Jason paused as he tried to stall. He was wondering if he should just come straight out with it. "He's done a lot of great things, Jamie... and he has helped more people than you'll probably meet in your lifetime."

"Okay? So why would someone take him?"

Jason let out another long breath, preparing himself for the secret he was about to reveal to her. This was a huge revelation to bring into light and he had hoped Tommy would have been the one to confess it.

"Your dad...well.... he used to be Power Ranger."

He expected a response right away after delivering such big news but no response came. Finally after about a minute or so of silence, Jamie let out a small laugh.

"You know... as my Godfather... you really shouldn't lie to me."

"Lie to you?" Jason asked in disbelief.

"That's what I said." She sharply replied.

He pulled his truck over to the side of the road and flipped on his hazard lights.

"I'd never lie to you." He said as he looked over at her.

"A Power Ranger? Give me a break!" She countered as she crossed her arms. "There is no way! The Power Rangers are famous, I think I would have known by now if I were living with one."

"Jamie... please look at me?" Jason asked in a pleading tone. It took her a moment but when she did turn to face him her demeanor changed. Jason's composure and rigid expression told her he really was being honest. "We will get into all of the specifics later. I will tell you everything you want to know, I promise you. I have never lied to you before and I am not going to start now. But I'd rather it be your dad that tells you his life story. We just need to focus on finding him now."

Jamie's curiosity was starting to peek now as she was beginning to get over the shock.

"Which Ranger was he?"

Jason knew this was going to make her erupt with a million and one more questions. "The green Ranger, the white Ranger, the red Zeo Ranger, the red Turbo Ranger and right before he adopted you he was the black Dino Ranger."

Jamie almost blurted out her next question.

"The green Ranger? ...As in the first green Ranger? ...But that would mean he was..."

"Yes." Jason simply replied not wanting to delve into conversation on Tommy's first experience with the almighty power. "We broke the spell that he was under and he has been a good guy since."

Jamie didn't know how to process this all. Her dad was a genuine hero and she never knew it. She then realized what Jason had just said. "Wait, 'we'? ...Were you a Ranger too?"