It had been a day since Tensou had promised the Rangers he could work a miracle on Jake's recovery. Gia was hopeful, but she tried not to put all her faith in Tensou. She had a horrible feeling he was going to let her down and she didn't want to be disappointed.

After breakfast, she stopped by the command center. There was nothing she could do while Tensou and Gosei worked on Jake, but she figured she could be there for her boyfriend. She found him still lying on the table, but today he was morphed in his Ranger suit. When she looked to Tensou for an explanation, he told her the Ranger suit was how the chip would be implanted into his brain without an invasive surgical procedure. When the Rangers morphed, a lot of information about their weapons, Zords, and Power Cards had been downloaded into their brains. Gia assumed it was the same process for the chip that would hopefully help Jake regain control over his body.

"Can I have a minute alone with him?" Gia asked. Tensou nodded his head and rolled into the back room. He had all the computers and monitors set up to work and could afford to step away for a few minutes. Gia watched him go and then she turned around to Gosei. She crossed her arms over her chest.

"You too."

"Gia, I feel I should warn you, Jake does understand what is…"

"Yeah, and I want him too. Thank you, Gosei. You can melt back into wall art, now."

Gia saw the lights in his eyes dim until they were off and then grabbed a chair from up against the wall. She brought it over to the table and took Jake's hand. She wished she could take off his helmet, but at the same time it kept her from seeing the blank stare that was stuck on Jake's face until the chip could work. She did remove his glove though, wanting to feel his skin.

"Troy convinced your dad to attend a weekend workshop out of town for parents of children with disabilities. He's gone, but only because he knows it's best for you in the long run. So don't worry, your dad's not freaking out and wondering where you are. We've got that covered. Noah's also cancelled all the nurses by rearranging their shifts at the hospital. I don't know how he does it, but he's good. Hopefully, by the time everything goes back to normal, you'll be back to normal too. And if you're worried about explaining the chip in your head to doctors, Tensou says it'll be invisible on scans and x-rays. You'll just be another medical miracle."

She squeezed his hand gently and let out a sigh, "I don't like this, Jake. I don't like waiting or wondering what's going to happen. Dad's dead, and I'm still having a hard time getting over that. Now, those bastards tried to hurt everyone else I love. Mom's fine. She's just got a bit of a headache still, like me. Emma's bruises are healing. She's been a real soldier. It's just you, Jake. They wanted to hurt me, and if you can pull this off, it's not going to happen. But if I lose you…"

A tear fell from her cheek and landed on Jake's hand. She shook her head, "I hate leaning on other people Jake. I hate how weak I feel right now waiting to see if you'll be okay so I'll be okay. I just… I hate how you have this control over me and I hate that I like it. I hate that I like that I can lean on you, and trust you. I hate that I like that I can lean on you. I hate that you know how royally fucked up I am but you still like me. I hate it all, but I need it. I want it. Tensou promises this is going to work and I need it to. I need you, Jake, more than I've ever needed anyone before. Please get better, Jake. I love you."

She kissed his helmet, put the glove back on his hand and then slowly walked out of the command center. Tensou rolled into the main room slowly as she left and let out a sigh as he watched her go. Then he turned back to the table and he saw the black Ranger's head slowly turning. At first he couldn't believe it, but when he knew it was true he called for Gia but she was already gone. He rolled over to Jake quickly and checked all his monitors.

"It's working!" he cried happily and rolled around the room in excitement, "My chip! It's actually working!"

He rolled back to the table and elevated himself so he could lean over Jake. He looked at the black Ranger through the visor.

"Black Ranger, if you can hear me, nod your head."

It took a moment, but Tensou saw Jake's head moving up and down. It was slow, and it wasn't at a regular pace, but it was more than he could do in the past few days. After that, Tensou tried another test, verbally asking Jake to complete a few simple physical tasks. Jake passed them all.

"Jake's spirit has always been strong, Tensou," Gosei announced. "I suggest you get started on something to bring the rest of him back."

"Right away! I'll get started right away!" Tensou cried out excitedly and hurried around the room.