The clouds stormed above K035, shrouding darkness around the scenery. Rain started to fall from the sky, slowing bringing the unconscious from the ground. Karone let out a groan, and was met with smell of wet earth, mixed with something horrible. Karone squeezed her eyes shut hoping she was just waking up from a dream, but still felt the shackles, restraining her arms. "Karone…" Zhane managed to croak out, not being able to tell if she was breathing or not. Letting out another groan, Karone tried to turn around to face Zhane. Reality had set in for Zhane, but he knew that he had to hold back, and make sure Karone was going to be ok before he finally let out what he was feeling.

Focusing on her shackles, he telekinetically unlocked her from her shackles, before doing the same with his. The rain turned from a slight drizzle, to all out downpour, as Zhane and Karone once again got used to their surroundings. Zhane looked around at the bodies surrounding the area, and reached out for Karone, trying to turn her away from their fallen teammates…their friends. Guilt was sinking into Zhane. Him and Karone were the only survivors of Demios' slaughter of their friends…something he now knew what soldiers went through in history books…survivor's guilt.

Zhane finally managed to grab a hold of Karone's shoulder, and gently turned her away from the bodies. "We-," Karone managed to choke out finally. "We…ne…need to get their morphers," Karone managed to whisper. Zhane shook his head, as Karone tried to turn back around.

"Just…" Zhane swallowed, forcing the tears back so Karone could be spared. "Stand over there…" he whispered hoarsely, "I'll…"

"Zhane…" she whimpered. She opened her mouth again to protest, but Zhane shook his head. Before Zhane could even take a step towards any of the now lifeless bodies, his morpher shown red, and two morphers appeared in Zhane's hands, and the other two in Karone's. The bodies disappeared in a swirl of lights, and they teleported back to the ship. Karone felt for anything to support her weight as her knees started to give out on her.

Zhane's arm wrapped around Karone's shoulders, and led her towards one of the consoles to sit down. Tears once again falling down her cheeks, and sobs racked her body. The morphers that were in her hands dropped to the floor, and Zhane knelt down next to her, no idea how to comfort her. Tears also slipping out of his eyes, Zhane slowly wrapped his arms around his sobbing girlfriend, and she eagerly leaned into him. He still had no idea what he could say to ease the pain that was hurting Karone, and it was slowly getting harder to ignore the pain developing in his chest.

"What…what are we supposed to do?" Karone cried into his shoulder, tightening her arms around him tightly. "I…I…" Zhane made a shushing noise, and rubbed her back, trying to coax her into letting all of her emotions out. Zhane felt sobs trying to come towards him but once again pushed them down.

"I don't know," Zhane whispered, running his hand through her hair.

On the other side of the galaxy, four tattered and dirty Rangers climbed into a shuttle. All four watched the remains of the Command Center smolder and burn before them. Ashley had to look away. It couldn't really be happening like this.

"Where are we going?" Cassie asked, watching TJ program something into the console.

"After them. We have to find Zordon," TJ answered. The shuttle fell into silence as they were hurtled into space. The Earth began to grow smaller and they knew they were leaving home. Ashley dabbed the corners of her eyes as best she could.

"We'll find him," Carlos said, trying to comfort her.

"I know," Ashley breathed, trying to compose herself.

The shuttle continued on its path through the stars, drawing ever closer to the Mega ship. Inside, Zhane and Karone too had fallen into silence. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the images of her friends dying. Each image brought fresh tears that simply slipped down her cheeks. "I...why would he do this?" she sniffled. She knew Zhane wouldn't have an answer but she needed to ask it anyways.

"I wish I knew, Karone. But...we can't stop fighting," Zhane answered, trying to be strong for her. She numbly nodded her head, and tried to pull away from Zhane's embrace. He held her against him, once again staving off the flow of tears trying to enter his eyes again.

"Come on...I think we both need some rest," Zhane breathed, pulling her to her feet. Slowly he led her to their quarters. The ship felt so deserted without the rest of the team. He helped her out of her blood stained clothes and climbed out of his as well. They grabbed a brief shower, letting the water beat against their bodies. Zhane dressed quickly and helped her with her nightgown.

"I love you," he murmured against her hair as he encircled her in his arms.

Out in space, the Earth rangers continued to spiral towards the Megaship. It was now that they realized they were on a collision course.

"TJ...change course. We're going to hit that ship," Cassie said.

"I'm trying but it's like the ship is pulling us towards it," TJ replied just as the Megaship opened up and a visible magnetic field appeared, pulling the shuttle inside.

"What just happened?" Carlos asked.

"I have no idea," TJ replied.

"I think we should stay here," Ashley voiced.

"I think we need to figure out why this ship pulled us in," TJ countered. With a sigh, Ashley unbuckled and followed the team off the shuttle.

In their room, Karone began to stir, the images of earlier still filling her thoughts. She sat up but managed not to wake Zhane.

As she ran a hand through her hair she felt the ship lurch.

"DECA what's going on?" she whispered.

"We have received a sh-" The computer began but Karone didn't listen. She was on her feet and heading for the bridge. She scanned the ship and found four human life forms in the holding bay. Something inside of her leapt. Maybe it had all really been a bad dream. Her feet moved as quickly as she could make them go to the holding bay. She hit the keypad and the doors slid open. Before her stood four very dirty and downtrodden teenagers. Zhane had woken shortly after Karone had. He looked around wildly.

"DECA where is Karone?" he demanded.

"She has gone to the holding bay," the computer answered.

Zhane grabbed an astro blaster on his way down to the bay, unsure of what he would find. He found Karone staring at the four intruders and he quickly put himself between them.

"It's not them," Karone murmured, beginning to cry again. It wasn't a dream. She had been hoping that they would be her friends but they were strangers. Zhane lowered the astro blaster in his hands, and turned his body slightly to Karone, still keeping a wary eye at the strangers in front of them. "It wasn't a dream…" she murmured, and Zhane felt the scratch in his heart deepen as sobs started to wrack her body. Zhane turned his

"Sh…" he said, "Karone…" he whispered, kissing her softly on the forehead. Taking a look at the people in front of them, he turned back to Karone. "Karone…go back inside…I'll see what they want ok?" he said softly, gently beckoning her towards the direction of their room.

Too tired, and not have the will to argue with him, she squeezed his hand tightly before going towards their room again. "Is she ok?" A girl asked, and Zhane turned to her, and was surprised not to feel any anger towards her.

"What…are you doing here?" Zhane asked, ignoring the question that the girl in yellow asked.

"We were kind of pulled in here…" TJ said, folding his arms across his chest. "We thought that you had pulled us in," he said, as he felt his suspicions leave as he saw Zhane's face playing out with emotions.

"Well…neither of us let you in as far as I know…" Zhane said, tucking the Astro Blaster away, feeling he could trust the people in front of him. Deciding to let them on the ship, "Um…lets get you out of here so we can talk," he said, pulling back to let them in. The ship started to rock a bit. "DECA…what's going on?" Zhane asked as the ship lurched again.

"Dark Fortress is heading towards the ship," DECA's cool voice answered. Zhane felt his stomach turn, and he knew he needed to get out of the Dark Fortress's sights.

"Strap yourselves in," Zhane commanded suddenly, and none of them objected as he tried to throw the ship away from the Dark Fortress. Karone walked back onto the bridge, putting on a brave front, not willing to let Zhane handle this by himself. Zhane saw Karone in his peripheral vision, and saw her run next to him, manning the co-pilot controls. Zhane glanced at Karone, worry etched into his face.

"I'm ok," she whispered, hiding her pain with a determined look on her face. Zhane didn't object, but still couldn't help but feel worried about her still. Carlos glanced at Ashley, and saw she was a little scared. He reached his hand out towards hers, and grasped it. She looked at Carlos, and felt him squeeze her hand gently. She lightly squeezed his hand back, and turned her gaze towards Zhane and Karone once again.

Finally they managed to lose the Dark Fortress, and they stopped. Zhane put a hand on her knee, and her hand went down on top of his, lightly squeezing it. They turned towards the Earth Rangers, and had no idea what to say.