Legacy Rangers (Book Two of the Chosen Universe)

Chapter Four

TRINI

The last thing she'd expected was to get a call from the United States in the middle of the night. She recognized the area code and answered it quickly, concerned something terrible might have happened. The last time someone had called her in the middle of the night, she'd been told that her beloved friend Billy had been killed in a freak explosion.

Cautiously, Trini picked up the phone, trying to brace herself for whoever might be calling. "Hello?" She answered.

"Trini? It's Katie... Katie Oliver?" Katie replied.

"Tommy's little girl?" Trini asked.

"Not so little anymore. I need your help."

"Katie, it's the middle of the night here... What's wrong?"

"Sorry! I wasn't sure of the time difference. I should have checked. Look, Trini... Were you the witness to Billy's will?"

That had come out of left field. Trini paused. "Yes, Katie, I was. Why do you ask?"

"Do you have a copy?"

"No. Billy only kept one copy, and it was in his safe. He had this impressive safe in the basement that no one could break into. What's going on?"

"It's Josh, Trini... Josh is living in a group home, and it's awful, and we need that will to get him back."

"A group home? He was supposed to live with your parents!" Trini was horrified. Sweet little Josh was stuck in some group home with strangers? How had that happened?

"My parents tried to get custody. They were denied. So were Kim, Jason, and my aunt and uncle."

"Oh God... Poor Josh! What can I do?"

"Help us find it? You were a witness. You can verify if it's real once we do have it."

"Of course..."

"How soon can you come back to the States?"

"Give me a few hours... I need to talk to my husband and make sure he can take care of the kids for a while."

"Okay. Thank you so much, Trini. Josh is really in trouble. He needs help."

"Billy loved that boy more than anything. It's the least I can do."

"Um... Speaking of Billy... Trini, are you sitting down?"

"I am now..." She sat, not sure what shocking news Katie might be ready to throw at her.

"It turns out that Billy's not as dead as we thought."

"What?" Trini dropped her phone. It took her a minute to pick it back up. "I'm sorry... Did you just say...?"

"Billy's alive. Aunt Casey admitted she's been keeping it from us because of some stupid hippie reason I don't care about. There's no reason that's good enough. But you needed to know that before you came home."

"Are... Are you sure?"

"Yeah. We don't know where he is... But he's alive, Trini. And I'm going to find a way to bring him home."

When they hung up, Trini rushed to pack a bag. Her husband slept like the dead, but she woke him up now. "Cho... I have to go back to Angel Grove for a while," she said.

"What? Trini... What's going on?" He asked, trying to shake off his grogginess.

"I just found out two things... My friend Billy's son is living in a group home because they never found his will, and I'm the only witness who can try to help. Also... Billy may not be dead."