Chase's jaw was clenched, his hands were balled up tight, his muscles tensed up and his heart broke.

"Play again," Koda demanded but Chase shook his head and slammed Kendall's laptop shut.

"We've seen it enough."

"How the hell did Heckyl get in here?" Shelby asked with a deep frown. Chase didn't listen to the answer. He didn't care. All that mattered was that Heckyl had walked out with Kendall, after cuffing her and breaking her wrist to steal her energem.

"It happened in the middle of the night. He could have taken her anywhere by now," Tyler stated. Chase kicked the desk leg.

"We have to get her back," Jeremy said.

"From where?" Riley asked. "Last we heard, Heckyl was Archanon's prisoner. Either they're trying to set us up for a trap, or Heckyl would be stupid to break free and then go right back to the ship."

"We can't just wait for Heckyl to try and bargain, can we?" Jeremy frowned. He turned to Koda, "We're not going to do that, right?"

"No. We find Kendall now!"

"Where?" Shelby asked as she opened up Kendall's laptop and showed everyone the empty screen. "Ms. Morgan's communicator is here, so it's useless and wherever her energem is, its signal isn't getting through. She could be anywhere on this planet, if she's even still here."

"But you can't expect me to just... sit around and wait for Heckyl to make the first move," Jeremy said.

"Maybe we can count on Heckyl's weird crush on Ms. Morgan to keep her safe," Tyler suggested. "She might not be in the greatest position right now, but... Heckyl wouldn't hurt her, would he?"

"He wouldn't hurt her?" Chase growled. "Did you not see him breaking her fucking wrist, mate? The man's unstable!"

"And Ms. Morgan's smart," Tyler said.

"Oh, you're right," Chase scoffed, waving his hand dismissively at Tyler, "Because the smart kids never get their asses kicked!"

"Chase, I'm just saying..."

"What if it was Shelby?" Chase asked and Shelby frowned.

"Hey!"

"You wouldn't be suggesting we just sit around on our arses and hope the crazy villain just decided to hand her back over, would you?"

"I..."

"Tyler!" Shelby shrieked when he hesitated.

"Of course I wouldn't," Tyler insisted, looking to Shelby, hoping he had convinced her. "But... maybe it would be the best thing to do."

"Well, excuse me," Shelby rolled her eyes.

"It's not like that," Tyler said to the pink Ranger. "It's just that... we don't know what we're running into right now. We don't even know where she is. If we go running into the ship demanding for her and she's not there, Archanon will know about us for sure. He'll know about her. He's going to have questions and someone will give him answers."

"So?"

"So, do we really want to make it a race to saving Ms. Morgan?" Tyler asked. "Whoever gets to her first gets to do whatever they want to her? I'm not saying we don't look for her. I'd never say that," Tyler glanced to Shelby and hoped she got the message he was trying to give her. "I'm just saying we approach this cautiously. We hope the fact that Heckyl likes her works in our favour to buy us a little extra time to figure out what to do."

"And if it doesn't?" Jeremy asked. "If something happens to my little sister?"

"Then you can pound on me all you want," Tyler offered. "I won't fight back."

"Hope you right," Koda said and bumped shoulders with Tyler as he headed for the elevator. He stopped when, before he could reach the sensor, the doors opened. Cammy stepped out with a bright smile on her face. She saw the Rangers looking to her in confusion and chuckled.

"After Archanon was seen in the forest yesterday, they kept the school closed," Cammy smirked. "I get a three day weekend and Jon and Bella said I could spend the whole day here while they're at work! How awesome is... Where's Kendall?"

Cammy glanced around the room again. She saw Koda, Tyler, Chase, Jeremy, Shelby, Riley and Ivan, but Kendall wasn't in the lab. It was an odd sight for sure. She was always in the lab.

"You want to take this one, Captain Positivity?" Jeremy looked to Tyler. The red Ranger gulped. It had been hard enough explaining their plan of attack, or lack thereof so far, to a group of logical adults. Trying to explain to Cammy that not only was Kendall missing, but they weren't yet going to storm Archanon's ship and demand for her return all while destroying him, Heckyl, and anyone else who dared to lay a finger on Kendall was going to be next to impossible.

"You see, it's rather... complicated."

"Did she fall asleep again?" Cammy asked as she started to make her way to Koda's caves. "She does that, you know. Sometimes I come down here and she's fast asleep! It's funny. She snores."

"Cammy, have a seat," Chase said, calling her over. Cammy looked nervously to her friends as she made her way over to the bench.

"What? What's happening?"

-Dino-Charge-

She absolutely hated working with one hand; particularly when that work involved helping the enemy. Heckyl had tasked her with finding a way to separate him from Snide; something Kendall felt was very possible.

When she first heard of the energems, she had no idea what she would find. Energems were powerful stones that had been lost millions of years before she was ever made aware of their existence. In that time, so much on Earth had changed. Kendall was certain some energems would be embedded in rocks or deep in the ground. Long ago, she had come up with a machine that would separate two different bodies. She never needed it. Luckily enough, the energems would always make their way to the surface of the Earth to be found. However, it meant she was familiar enough with the technology. She was certain she could build something to separate Heckyl and Snide.

And if her machine was a failure, well harming them both seemed like more of a bonus than a failure. She could see no way in which this experiment would go wrong. Until the door opened up, at least, and a fuming Poisandra made her way inside.

"He's... he's such a jerk!" she shrieked, stomping her feet. Kendall looked up at the heart-shaped monster with a frown.

"Excuse me?"

"He promised me we would find my Sledgy-kins," Poisandra shrieked. "I let him go and betrayed Lord Archanon for nothing!"

Kendall paused her work and smirked. Had an escape plan just fallen into her lap? She set her tools down and looked to Poisandra.

"What did you expect?" she said. "Heckyl is one of you. A bad guy."

"So?"

"Lies and betrayals are part of the game," Kendall told her. "You know, you really should have seen that coming."

"He infuriates me!" Poisandra cried out. "And now he's got everything he wants. A private ship, you, the chance to get all the energems..."

"What if he didn't?" Kendall asked. "You could let me go."

"And why would I do that?"

"Piss off Heckyl and Snide," Kendall said with a little shrug. "Pay him back for betraying you."

"So you get your freedom, and I still don't get my Sledgey-poo and I have to deal with an angry ship-mate? No thank you."

"Poisandra, I would owe you," Kendall stated, to which Poisandra turned in her direction. Kendall nodded her head and smirked. "And think about it. I'm the good one. We keep our promises."

She had no intention of honouring her promise. As far as she was concerned, if Sledge wanted to stay in hiding, if he was even still alive, he could. It would be one less alien to destroy. Of course, she didn't need Poisandra to know that. Not until she genuinely had her freedom.

"Keep talking," the monster said.

"There's nothing in this lab for me to use to track down anyone, much less Sledge. But let me go, help me get out of here and I can take you to my lab. You do me a favour and I can help you find Sledge."

"You would really do that for me?"

"I'm a little out of options right now," Kendall said and gestured to her cuffs and ankle chain. "Heckyl's hurt us both, we don't want to see Archanon taking over the Earth and honestly, I couldn't give a rat's ass what you and Sledge plan on doing, so long as you don't do it in front of me. Our goals line up."

"Would you really help me out?" Poisandra asked.

"If you helped me first."

"Are you seriously falling for this bullshit?" Snide asked as he stormed in. Poisandra shrieked and almost jumped a foot in the air, confirming to Kendall that since she had something to worry about with Snide walking in, she had genuinely considered being helpful. However, since it was Snide who came in and not Heckyl, it seemed Poisandra was quick to turn on Kendall in favour of not pissing off the monster who seemed to be running this small ship.

"Of course not, Snide," she shook her head. "I was just... testing her. Seeing if she really was going to help you out. Clearly, all she's thinking about is how to get out of here. I did you a favour."

"Why don't you stop talking with the prisoner and go be of actual use to me?" Snide said and pointed to the door. "Scrub the kitchen clean and do it right, otherwise I'll mail you back to Archanon myself and let him deal with traitors in his usual way."

Poisandra shrieked and ran off. Snide shut the door behind her then turned to Kendall.

"It seems Heckyl has tasked you with separating our bodies."

"If all goes well, you should both survive the process," Kendall nodded, certain that was the only right answer, except perhaps telling Snide that it would kill Heckyl.

"And you were going to do that? For him?"

"For whichever of you walked in when the machine was ready," Kendall stated. "I have no preference."

"Is it safe?" Snide asked. "When the split occurs, will we be vulnerable?"

"Maybe for a time," Kendall said. "I can't say I've ever had a part of me removed before but based on early testing, the process will take quite a toll on both your bodies. You may be slightly disoriented, nauseated, fatigued."

"How quickly will we recover?"

"Depends on your body," Kendall shrugged.

Snide seemed pleased with this response. At first, Kendall wasn't sure why. Both he and Heckyl would be weak for a time.

"Is it ready now?"

"It's operational," Kendall nodded. "Give me a little more time to test it and..."

"Time is something I don't have," Snide shook his head. "At any given minute, Heckyl could take back control, in which case I will be pulled from him."

"Does that make a difference?" Kendall asked. "You'll both be present by the end of this process."

"Are you telling me there's no difference?" Snide asked. "That being torn from within is only just as taxing as having a pest removed?"

"I... I guess not. It may be harder on Heckyl's body..."

"Good," Snide smirked. "Set it up."

Kendall nodded her head and picked up the first piece of the machine. She placed it on the ground then moved the next three pieces to the ground, creating a square.

"You stand in the middle," she said. "When I push the button a field of energy will build up around you. If all goes well, you and Heckyl will be individuals."

Kendall thought Snide would step into the square. Instead, he walked past it and grabbed her tightly by the arm. He pulled her back, moving her towards the wall until her ankle cuff tugged on her leg. Snide blasted the desk, freeing the chain and then turned back to Kendall and pressed her up against the wall. He put his hands around her neck and lifted her off the ground.

"You plan anything, scientist, while I'm weak, and I promise, it will be the last thing you do," he growled at her. "Make no mistake, I will be on my feet long before you can cause me any real harm. Understood?"

Kendall tried to gasp for breath. Snide was choking her and with her hands cuffed together, she couldn't do much to stop him. She knew she wouldn't be able to fight back. Panic crossed her face as her lips turned blue and she realized that if Snide wanted, he could kill her now and still be able to separate himself from Heckyl. All he needed to do was press a button, and he could do that from inside the square.

But just as she was starting to see spots in her eyes, Snide let her go. He ripped the remote from her hand and walked into the square. He pressed the button himself. As Kendall rubbed her throat and tried to catch her breath, she heard Snide screaming in the background. When she turned around to see what was happening, she watched Heckyl be ripped from his body and both of them were thrown to the ground. They lay there, unmoving for a moment. It did occur to Kendall to destroy them both, but she was without weapons. She would have to beat them to death, and as Snide said, she wouldn't be able to do any real damage, especially given his thick armour-like skin, before he got his bearings. So she watched with baited breathe and wondered what each would do when they were strong enough to stand once again.

Snide was the first to start to rise. He stumbled a bit at first, but it seemed like his body was recovering much faster than Heckyl's. Kendall realized his form was much more powerful and could withstand stronger blows. Perhaps that was why Snide was the side that attacked more aggressively. He could afford it. Whereas Heckyl's body was weaker, but he did have the patience and the cunning to make more elaborate attacks.

"Shit," Kendall muttered as Snide set his sights on her. She tried to get up to run, despite not knowing where she would go considering the door to the lab was shut and too heavy for her to open quickly. But as she started to run, Snide grabbed the long chain still attached to her ankle and tripped her. Kendall fell to the floor and then felt Snide dragging her closer by the chain.

He grabbed her, pulling her up. Kendall tried to pull away from him and was surprised when he let her go. However, he still held on to the chain around her ankle. He tripped her up again and this time, when he pulled her in, he wrapped the chain around her waist before he pulled her back up.

Kendall fought back. She had to. She could see how Snide wouldn't need her anymore if he had never been a fan of keeping her alive in the first place. Unlike Heckyl, he didn't want to keep her around for any reason, believing he could obtain all the energems without any help. She was sure he would kill her.

In her struggle though, she noticed that she was getting tangled up in her own chain, and Snide wasn't helping things by intentionally wrapping the chain around her any chance he got. Eventually her legs and both her arms were caught, and Snide had just enough chain left over to wrap it once around her neck. It wasn't too tight. She could still breathe, but it wasn't easy. She could feel the pressure on her neck, constricting her airway enough to cause a panic.

"What are you doing?" Heckyl suddenly yelled and Snide turned around, pulling Kendall with him. She heard Snide chuckle as Heckyl's expression was one of horror. Heckyl held out his hands, "Snide, don't. We can use her."

"We?" Snide asked. "You wanted to rid yourself of me. Now you think we can work together?"

"Maybe we can work out some sort of deal?" Heckyl suggested.

"Like the deal you made to Poisandra?"

"You suggested it!" Heckyl shouted. "We made that deal together! We broke it together! I will honour this deal if you just let her go."

"She has always been your weak point," Snide said. "Perhaps I can use that to my advantage."

"No!"

"Get out," Snide demanded. "Leave my base and don't interfere with any of my plans."

"Let me take her with me."

"She stays with me."

"NO!"

"I can kill her on the spot, if that's what you prefer," Snide said and suddenly Kendall couldn't breathe at all.

"Snide, don't do this."

"You know me well, Heckyl," Snide chuckled. "You know I will do it. All you need to do is leave and I'll let her live."

"With you."

"At least she'll be alive," Snide said. "But if you try to fight it, if you try to save her, you'll only lose her. Quickly, Heckyl, a decision needs to be made. She's already falling into my..."

"You hurt her, even just a bit and I swear..."

"She's only got seconds left," Snide taunted. Heckyl frowned deeply just before he turned and ran off. Snide released the tight grip of the chain around Kendall's neck, allowing her to just barely breathe once again.

Then he dropped her, dumping her body on the ground before he walked out and slammed the door shut. Kendall tried to free herself from the chain, but every time she moved, she felt them getting tighter around her whole body, her neck included. Snide certainly knew exactly what he had been doing when he tangled her up.