Meanwhile, back at the Shiba house the pink, green, blue, yellow and gold rangers all sat around at a table meeting with Mentor Ji. It was unusual that the red ranger wasn't with them. Jayden was normally the first one at these gathering, save for mentor. The team hadn't seen him all day, not since they had that strange encounter with the Moogers. They noticed that was when Jayden started acting…different. But the thing about this meeting was, it wasn't called on by Mentor.

Kevin stood up and looked over his team, a serious look on his face. "Mentor, we've all called you here because we need to talk to you." He said.

Mentor looked at the blue ranger and nodded, holding his staff in his hands. "Of course, Kevin." He answered. "About what?"

The rangers all exchanged glances before Mia finally spoke up. "Jayden." She told him.

Ji gave a quick once over to the team, now realizing that Jayden wasn't among them. "Where is he?" he asked them.

"He's in his room studying the Sealing Symbol Power—just like he has been for…" Mike said, looking to his watch. "…twelve hours now."

Mentor Ji nodded in understanding. "Mastering that specific symbol power is a daunting task that takes a great deal of concentration and discipline." He reminded them.

Emily stood when she heard these words. "But, he's locked himself in there. He hasn't come out once—not even for food. Also, none of us can get in there to make sure he's okay."

Mia shook her head in dismay. "Jayden wouldn't even come out for one of my famous sushi cupcakes." She said, not noticing the groans of disgust coming from her team. Mia was the only one that didn't notice that her cooking was…better left uneaten. Her friends feared her concoctions almost as much as they feared the Nighlok.

"It isn't just that." Antonio added on. "He totally freaked out during training this morning. He demolished one of the training dummies, smashing it like it was Master Xandred himself."

Ji let out a hard sigh before speaking. "The burden of being the red ranger is a great one. Jayden deals with a lot of struggles because of that. Putting any of you in danger is his biggest fear." He explained.

"Well," Emily chimed in, "Jayden getting hurt is one of our greatest fears as well. If he's struggling with something…we'd need to know what it was so we could maybe find a way to help him."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, rangers." Ji broke to them, quickly seeing their spirits fade to sadness. He stood and began to walk out of the room. "All you need to know is that Jayden will master that symbol power. Everything else will be revealed in due time."

XXX

As the team had their meeting with one another, the possessed Jayden searched through every drawer and paper in his desk. He wanted nothing more than to learn that sealing power and report it back to his master so they could find some way to nullify it.

When he couldn't find the answers he so desperately wanted, he flipped the desk over in fury. The papers flying all over the place, floating down to the floor.

The red ranger let out a loud growl. "Grr! Why can't I find the data I need for Red Ranger's symbol power!? It has to be here somewhere!'

Suddenly, he heard the gap sensor go off, ringing loudly in his ears. A moment later, he heard a faint knocking on his door.

"Jayden? We need your help, there's signs of a Nighlok attack on the beach." Emily said through the door, fear somewhat emitting through her voice. She was afraid she was disturbing him and with his new personality he had, she didn't want to ruffle his feathers.

Poe knew that he had to go with the rangers to maintain his image of Jayden, so he was at a crossroad. "Damn it!" he shouted, punching the wall beside him with all his might, cracking it with ease.

Once he calmed down he altered his voice to sound like that of the red ranger. "Be right there!" he told Emily. A few seconds later his voice deepened and became lower. "I have to keep up appearances." He said to himself, his eyes flashing red once more.