In a dark room crickets chipped, wind whispered, and sheets rustled. Lin was asleep, but he tossed and turned. His teeth clamped shut against making any noise. Something haunted his dreams. He could hear himself gasping through those clutch teeth as he tried to escape. He saw a large, white, metal vehicle and then a red battle key. He sat up with a jolt fully awake now and covered in sweat. He took several deep breaths and stretched his aching jaw. He listened to the manufactured nighttime noise trying to remember where he had been and where he really was. 'I'm on Earth,' he thought to himself. 'Nothing can hunt me here.'

He got to his feet and went to wash up. 'A bathroom and clean water, what a luxury,' he thought running his hand over the smooth, cold tile. The others had no idea how much he reveled in his first real shower in nearly two years. He was in the hub. He was no longer running from one safe place to another. He could take his time. He told himself he was safe, but dreams can be so real.

Suited up he walked to the control center where his remaining three keys were. Sage was there but she didn't hear him. He past her not wanting to talk and went to where the keys floated in midair somehow. There it was, the red key from his dream. He reached out for it. Then Lin heard something behind him. He grabbed a nearby tool turning and hurling it at the first person he saw. The lone person ducked and shouted. Lin knew he had to deal with this enemy and get out of there before their possible backup arrived. Lin lunged and caught the person around the waist. Bringing them to the floor, he rose to strike but the person went completely limp. Lin stopped and looked at the person. He wondered if perhaps he knew them. The person didn't move, they only stared up at him. He shook his head and looked again at the person beneath him. He quickly scrambled away on hands and knees. "Sage," he breathed shocked. He was freaking out as he backed into a console. He had tried to hurt her after everything she had helped him with.

She sat up slowly. "Easy, Lin. Your mother and I had a long talk about trauma. I think you're having a panic attack. You need to continue breathing. You must find your center and become calm." She carefully came closer.

"I'm sorry. I…" Lin whispered. "I didn't even see you."

"Understood. Your mother informed me of this potential reaction."

"Sage, what happened? I thought someone shouted," Vert said rushing in. He saw Lin sitting nearby pale and shaken.

"I startled him. He's so quiet," Sage explained and Vert headed toward Lin. "Slowly, Vert."

Vert nodded and carefully approached, "Lin, buddy, how are you feeling?"

"I didn't… the red battle key…" he said dragging himself to his feet. His mind was still reeling, but his body started moving in the correct direction.

"Take it easy, it can wait," Vert insisted.

"Actually Vert, I have just detected a rift created by Krytus to the battle zone that key opens. I was about to alert everyone."

"Krytus will be there," Vert said, "but Agura…"

Sage activated the alarm. The team rushed to the control center quickly, some more awake than others. "Does no one understand the meaning of beauty sleep?" Stanford snapped working on his fawhawk.

"Yes, but there's no beauties here," Spinner joked. "Get it."

Tezz rolled his eyes and stated, "I've been working on my vehicle's damages from the last battle zone. The Splitwire's windshield will have to be replaced."

"The mission's to stop whatever Krytus is up to and grab Lin's next stash in the same battle zone." Vert explained. He looked at the key and then at Lin. "Lin, how did you know about this key and Krytus?"

"Krytus? What's going on?" Sherman asked.

The team stared at Lin's back as he froze. "I didn't. I… It's just…never mind."

"Yes, what is it?" Zoom prompted.

"It's crazy," he whispered leaning against his bike. He thought he heard someone mutter about his sanity. He mentally agreed with the rude remark. "I swear I was asleep and I saw this big white and metal… thing and then the key." He felt so embarrassed to have to admit he was acting on a bizarre dream.

The team started talking at once, but Spinner was surprisingly a little thoughtful. Then he lit up and said, "Oh… oh, oh… I got it. I know what the thing is." Lin turned and Spinner moved to grab his arm before stopping and offering his hand. "Come with me."

Lin nodded but couldn't make himself take Spinner's hand. The smaller Cortez shrugged it off and led him at a run to a different part of the underground garage. The team followed doubtful of Spinner's hunch. Spinner stopped and presented to Lin, "Here is a big white and metal thing."

"It's… here," Lin said totally confused looking at a vehicle that was somehow foreign and familiar at the same time.

"The Mobias Command Center," Sage said. "Are you sure?"

Lin slowly nodded and he heard his voice but he didn't have any idea why he was saying it, "…We need to go get it." He headed for the Guardian.

"Right, Agura this is your mission. Who do you need?" Vert said.

Agura paused only a moment, "For Krytus and a Mobi, I need the Cortez brothers, Stanford, and… you, Vert."

"What?" AJ said, "but I thought…"

"All right, let's go," Vert said nodding. Her decision was exactly what he would have chosen.

As the team got ready, Agura stated her plan, "Lin find the Mobi. Cortez brothers find the safest route through Krytus' team to the Mobi and back. Vert, Stanford, and I will maintain the guard."

Sage watched Lin's confusion with confusion of her own. "Something is familiar about how he is acting."

"What do you mean?" Tezz asked.

"It is hard to explain, like a stored memory," she tried to explain. "I will research this while they are on this mission."

The portal opened in to the battle zone. As the team landed, Spinner asked, "Are we in a factory?"

"An abandoned one, perhaps," his brother wondered. Everyone looked around at the motionless metal arms and conveyor belts that stretched down several hallways and levels.

"Any sign of Krytus?" Vert asked.

"Nothing on the scanner yet," Sherman explained.

"Lin, where is the Mobias?" Agura asked pulling up beside him.

Lin stopped rubbing his forehead and looked down some hallways. He pointed down one hallway and warned, "Past the security system."

"What kind of security?" Stanford asked nervously.

Lin thought about how describe it and explained, "Little metal-eating robots."

"How little?" Spinner asked as his brother asked, "How many?"

Lin held out his fist, "I think this size. I saw the Mobias, then a cloud of robots and ran."

"So the Mobi isn't cloaked?" Vert inquired. Lin nodded.

"What are the odds its still there?" Stanford complained.

"Krytus is here for a reason," Agura reminded them.

"True, stay sharp," Vert said. "Agura, this hunts yours."

"Right," she said, "Lin, is there access to the upper levels from here?" He nodded. "Good, take Stanford and find positions to give us cover."

Stanford drawled, "Never fear, Stanford Isaac Rhodes will protect you."

"Stanford… Lin's leaving you."

Stanford turned to see Lin heading for one of the hallways. "Hey, wait for me," he snapped going after him. Lin barely turned his head.

"Let's go boys," Agura said leading the way down the main hall.

Sherman studied his monitor, "I've got some strange readings."

"What do you mean?"

"It's fuzzy. I'm not getting clear readings. This battle zone's structure is interfering with my scanners."

"Can you track the Red Sentients or locate the Mobi?" Vert asked.

"Maybe, but I'm not sure."

Stanford and Lin drove through the halls at a steady incline. "Whoa," Stanford snapped stopping the Reverb. In front of his tires was a snare from Kyburi, the Red Hunter. Lin pointed out another one. "They are definitely about."

"This way. We need to get into position," Lin said turning down a different hallway.

"How much further?" he demanded. The hallway opened up into a room shaped like a dome. "Oh." He activated his sonar guns driving up to the level's edge. "What is that black smoke down there?" he asked seeing a strange mist circling the ground level.

Lin chose another position nearby and prepared a more sniper-like rifle. "That's not smoke," he said dryly.

Stanford looked again and saw the robots, tiny legs that supported a head that was mostly the mouth of fangs. Beneath the robots he could make out the Mobi. "Glad I'm not going near those things. Better let the others know. Any sign, well new signs of the Red Sentients?"

"No, but it's always too quiet here," he said hiding his nerves.

"Please stay calm this time," Stanford pleaded as he contacted the rest of the team. "Here's an idea, why don't you activate your stealth system?"

On a higher level, Kyburi eased her Venikus forward just enough to see the two vehicles. She chuckled cruelly, "Kyrosys hold your position."

"Why?" he snapped, "I have a clear shot."

"Battle Force Five is here and they brought the sword wielder this time."

"Excellent," Krytus said. "Stay hidden. Let the humans neutralize the Scrapbits."

"And then all the prey will be ours for the claiming," Kyburi finished and carefully reversed back into the shadows.

"Got it Stanford, keep your eyes peeled for any of Krytus' goons," Agura ordered. The three vehicles eased to the corner before the dome room.

"Whoa," Vert said softly seeing the little robots. "They're not much more than teeth."

"Well, Lin did say he ran after seeing them," Sherman mentioned.

"Can we?" Spinner asked.

"No, Spinner. You see the Mobi," Agura snapped. "Sherman any ideas?"

"They look like a swarm. Lin said they eat metal. If we attack even one, the rest tear our rides to pieces."

"We have to be smart about this," Vert said. "How did the Mobi get in the middle of those robots?"

"And uneaten. There has to be a way to neutralize them," Sherman said studying the interior of the dome. "I think, that button on the floor is the off switch."

"How do we reach it without getting eaten?" Spinner demanded leaning forward.

"Lin?"

"Yes, Agura."

"Among your range weapon pieces, is there a harpoon or something like it?"

Lin opened his bike's compartments and checked, "Yes, you're right, but only one shot." He began changing out components.

"Take your time to hit that button. Stanford cover him. Cortez brothers find the Red Sentients. Vert, you get the Mobi. Then all of us cover Vert."

"Where are they?" Sherman said. "This zone's not that big." He manipulated his scanners over and over. "This doesn't make sense. We know they're here and yet something is blocking my system."

"Then there's only one explanation," Vert said. "A trap."

"Trap," Spinner stammered, "Can we run now?"

"If we do, they get the Mobi," Agura said.

Lin rolled up to the edge and settled the rifle to his shoulder lining up his shot. Something didn't feel right but he couldn't get himself to mention it. Instead the words he said were, "I'm ready to secure the Mobias."

"Do we or don't," Vert wondered aloud.

"I don't like this, but we don't have a better choice. Is everyone ready?" Agura asked. With each of the team's affirmative response, Agura said, "Lin, whenever you're ready?"

Lin carefully lined up the harpoon to the button. The robots flew lazily over the button as well as around the Mobi. He waited for a clear shot and pulled the trigger. As the bolt flew, Lin began to holster the rifle, feeling more comfortable with his sword.

"Lin, look out!" Stanford shouted.

He didn't even get his head up before a snare slammed into the Guardian's side pinning his leg and knocked the rifle away. Even as he shouted he heard Kyburi laughing while the other Sentients attacked. The harpoon struck the button and the robots froze in midair before dropping to the floor. Krytus tried to seize the Mobi but Vert smashed into him unable to safely secure the Mobi himself. The Cortez brothers and Agura were attacked two Sentients as Kytren, the Scout, rode down on Stanford.

Kyburi reeled in her snare dragging Lin to the floor's edge. Lin grabbed his sword and attempted to pry the snare off. "Now, to claim the prey," she purred as the Guardian slipped over the edge hanging by her cable alone. One of the snare's arms came loose and Lin slid his leg free. He jumped free of the bike to Kyburi's rage and use the dome's support beams to make a controlled drop to the ground floor. Once there, Lin saw how everyone was tied up with the enemy and then the harpoon. "Everyone get out of the dome," he ordered and ran for it.

"Why?" Spinner asked.

"Uh-oh," Sherman said. "He's reactivating the security!" He floored the Buster out of there as Lin seized the bolt freeing the security button. Vert and Agura retreated to the hallways and the robots stirred.

"Retreat!" Krytus screamed.

Unfortunately, for them, Kyrosys and Kytren weren't fast enough and the robots hissed their mouths wide with row after row of teeth. They flew through the air slicing through the vehicles like they were made of paper. The Sentients themselves transformed into red energy and flew away.

"Whoa, everyone stay away from those things," Vert said. "Lin, how are you doing? … Lin? Lin, come in!"

"Lin's a little busy, Vert," Stanford said from his vantage point. His guns were trained on Kyburi who now had the Guardian but both drivers were also watching a very still Lin being examined by the robots. They were hovering just inches from him, staring at him with their unblinking, blue eyes. Lin was rock still and wide-eyed. 'I am not metal. I am flesh. They won't eat me.' One of the robots darted in and yanked the harpoon bolt away and another his sword. Lin gulped but stayed still. The robots devoured the metal with shocking speed. He could see edges of both the BF5 vehicles and the Red Sentients down the hallways in his line of sight. Finally, the robots turned away from him and resumed flying in a circle. Lin collapsed to the ground taking huge breaths of relief.

"You ok, mate?" Stanford asked.

"I hate this zone," Lin whispered. "And I have no weapons."

Agura looked into the dome as the Buster kept an eye on Krylox across the doorway. Vert and Krytus were in a similar position on the other side of the dome. "Looks like we're at a stalemate, boys," Agura said. "Any ideas?"

"I do." Vert nodded slowly, "Lin, can you get the Mobi online?"

Lin stood up slowly but the robots ignored him. "I think so, but the robots?"

"Getting to that. Stanford, can you knocked the Guardian away from Kyburi?"

"Sure, but that's a long drop. The Guardian won't handle it."

"That's ok. Make sure once you do to lead Kyburi on a merry little hunt in our direction, got it?"

"Well yes, but I don't understand."

"Don't worry, I got Krytus. Cortez brothers knock out Krylox. Agura grab the Guardian, board the Mobi, and drive it out while Lin keeps the security off. Lin board the Mobi once it's clear."

Agura smiled, "I got you. We use the security instead of fight it."

"Bingo. Lin the Mobi's password is 1, 3, 5, 7, 11. Got it?"

Lin waved and boarded the Mobi.

"What are they up to?" Krytus snarled. "That human can't move the Mobi while the Scrapbits are active."

"I have the sword wielder's vehicle, sir," Kyburi said. "And he is unarmed."

"We are outnumbered, my lord," Krylox said carefully hoping not to get yelled at.

Krytus roared, "I will have one of them at all costs."

The Mobi's engine purred to life. Everyone waited for someone to make the next move. The BF5 watched the Mobi's door for Lin. "Get ready guys, Lin's getting into position," Agura said.

"Where, I don't see him?" Spinner said checking the area.

"Watch the floor real close. He's gotten really good with the stealth system in his shock suit," she said. With his helmet on Lin was hugging the ground on the tips of his fingers and the balls of his feet. Moving slow like a tiger stalking prey he blended into the floor very well. With the Sentients looking for him to walk out as he had walked in, they had completely missed him.

"I said it once and I'll say it again. Lin is the master of hide and go seek," Vert said revving his engine. "Everyone ready?"

Krytus glared at the BF5 vehicles and said, "They're up to something… Kyburi, when they make their move forget about the Mobi and the bike. The sword wielder is your only prey. Capture him and take him to our stronghold. Kylox and I will cover you. His knowledge of the multi-verse will be mine."

"As you wish," she said carefully positioning her vehicle at the very edge. Her scanners didn't pick him up, but the hunter knew he had to strike the button again.

"Whenever you're ready, Lin. Go for it!"

Again they watched as the Scrapbits stopped and fell to the ground. Lin stood with one foot holding the button down. Stanford took his shot snapping the cable thinking Kyburi would attack him, but she went over the edge and skidded down the support beams. The Red Sentients attacked as Agura rode in snatching the Guardian with her own snare as it landed on the floor. She headed into the Mobi not seeing Kyburi. Lin saw her but was stuck without a weapon or a way to hold the button off.

Stanford made a quick decision and opened fire on Krytus yelling, "Vert! Kyburi's after Lin."

Kyburi leaped the rest of the way down toward Lin. Lin lunged away trying to evade her. One of her front claws pressed the button down and the other knocked Lin against the floor preventing his escape. His helmet was knocked off, Lin went limp and everyone was afraid he was not just unconscious but seriously hurt.

"Let him go," Vert ordered activating the Saber's weapons.

"Friend of yours," she laughed and lifted the claw off the button. The Scrapbits stirred and the Saber retreated a little. She put the claw back over the button. "Looks like you have a problem."

The Mobi's weapons activated and they all heard Agura's voice, "So do you, Kyburi."

Kyburi lifted the claw holding Lin and turned her vehicle to put him between her and the Mobi's missiles. "What are you going to do now, human?" The claw wrapped Lin dangerous only leaving one arm free.

Battle Force 5 froze looking between each other and the Red Sentient. Agura glared at Kyburi, thinking and rejecting idea after idea. Then a mostly limp Lin pointed at the button. It took Agura only a moment to notice that the Kyburi's claw wasn't on it anymore. The button was jammed off. Then Lin raised his head and glared at Kyburi. The Red hunter gaped at his now glowing blue eyes. Lin raised his fist and slammed it on the claw that held him. The claw open and he dropped to the floor.

Agura grinned, "Bye-bye." She fired a couple missiles.

Kyburi screamed and vanished in red energy. Krytus snarled and headed for Lin. When he looked over everyone saw his eyes. The BF5 stopped to stare. "I knew it!" Krytus shouted headed for him.

Lin grabbed his helmet and hit the button dislodging it. "Too late," he whispered. The team noticed his voice sounded different as the Saber and Buster sped to safety. The robots woke and attacked the remaining Red Sentients. Once they were gone, Lin deactivated the security once again and motioned for Agura to drive Mobi out of the dome. Once everyone was clear, Lin walked out his eyes still glowing. He headed for the Mobi while the others parked their vehicles inside.

"Lin, you ok?" Vert asked at the Mobi's ramp. Lin said nothing. He just walked passed his friend. He jumped onto the upper level and typed on the computer.

Spinner rushed up to see he was typing in Sentient. "Hey, how do you know how to do this?"

At that moment Lin swayed, blinking a couple times and the glowing blue eyes faded away. Then he collapsed on the floor. "Lin?" Spinner said shaking him. "Agura! Double-time it to Earth!"

"What happened?" Agura snapped flooring the accelerator.

"Lin, wake up?" Vert demanded reaching them.

"Wait! We should let Sage see him first," Sherman said. "We need to be careful before moving him."

The team watched as Sage monitored Lin's physical readings. The young man was dazed as he lay on the infirmary bed.

"Sage, what's wrong with him?" Zoom asked.

"He has a mild head injury," Sage explained. "What he needs is rest?"

"But what about his eyes? Why were they glowing?" Agura asked.

"What do you mean glowing?" she asked.

"One moment he was out, the next he had eyes just like yours," Stanford said.

"And then he just hit Kyburi's claw and it let him go. It just opened up," Agura explained.

"Like mine?" she said startled. She looked into his eyes, but they were dark and confused. "Could it be?"

"What? What's wrong with me?"

Sage settled her hands on either side of his face. She focused on his eyes as though reaching for something. After several minutes she nodded. "I now understand what has happened to you," Sage said.

Vert waited a moment and asked, "Well, what is it?"

"He has come into contact with a Guardian Sentient, who was probably near a full systems shutdown. He absorbed the remaining Sentient conscious into his mind. Many of his memories have been locked for security purposes. It is not only repressed memories, as Mrs. Zang believed. At least, not completely."

"Security? Against what?" Stanford demanded.

"Hey, come to think of it, he did name his bike the Guardian," Spinner pointed out. "Might be a connection."

Sage only nodded to Spinner's comment but answered Stanford's question, "Anyone who would want to harm Blue Sentient or the multi-verse. He is permitted to remember the existence of battle zones and the multi-verse while on an actual world, but any information or memories pertaining to a battle zone will only unlock while in the particular battle zone. Going through portals are like keys to his mind."

"That explains his confusion when he enters a battle zone," Tezz added.

"And the headaches after with the memory loss," Zoom said excitedly.

"Why did this happen to me?" Lin asked pulling away from her.

"I am not certain, but it does explain why Krytus is so determined to capture you." The team waited for her to explain it. "You now hold the knowledge of all the Guardians that ever lived. So much knowledge and memory is too much for any one mind at one time; therefore the information is available only when needed. But from now on he has the ability to locate Blue Sentient technology and my people."

"Wait a second," AJ said, "He's like a living Sentient tracking device."

"Correct, simply speaking. Someplace in Lin's mind are all the hidden locations my people used before and since the war started. If Krytus captured Lin and took him through the correct series of portals like a security code there is no telling what Lin would reveal. Not being a Sentient, he probably wouldn't be able stop himself."

"That's not going to happen," Vert snapped. "We can't take the chance. Lin's not going through any more portals."

"But why? The man's good," Spinner pointed out. Vert glared at him. Spinner cringed and back-tracked, "But on the other hand, Lin can use amnesia as his excuse for being gone so long. His memories have been messed with."

"Great idea Spinner," Agura said sarcastically, "but how do you explain his hair trigger?"

"Oh right."

"Actually, it might work," Sherman said, "Losing two years, can be frightening and mess with his psyche. We can ask Mrs. Zang to confirm that."

"Sage, how did he, she, it take over like that?" Lin asked. "Will it happen again? My dreams?"

"I don't know. The Guardians were a very closed unit among my people," she explained. "Their ways were foreign to most, but as they were the protectors of my people, they became the primary targets at the beginning of the war." She saw her words weren't helping. "I will help you figure this out, Lin I promise. Just rest for now."