Tammie, Damon, Carl, and Bryan were in the hotel lobby waiting for the older adults to come down from their room. They were passing the time sharing their high school stories with Bryan, minus, of course the whole being rangers and saving the world part.

"Wow, no offense, but your lives were pretty boring," Bryan said, faking a yawn.

The three best friends started laughing.

"If you only knew," Carl said.

Bryan gave the three a weird look. Relief came upon him when he saw his three mentors and Adam come out of the elevator.

"Are you guys ready to head out?" Tommy asked.

"What? Can't we eat first?"

"How did I know that that was coming?" Adam said, shaking his head.

"Hey! Why don't we stop by Hayley's café? We can eat there and say bye to her too!"

"Sounds good!" Rocky cried as he grabbed his bags and headed out that door. Everyone shook their head with amusement before following out the door.


"Whoa! Is this heaven?" Bryan asked once he entered the cybercafé. The place was his sort of sanctuary, housing three of the most important things to him: girls, computers, and video games.

"This is like the Youth Center of the future," Adam joked.

"Hey guys!" cried Hayley from behind the counter.

"Hi Hayley! We were on our way home when we decided to stop for lunch."

"Well, I'm glad you did! What would you guys like? Everything's on the house."

Rocky's eyes widened with excitement.

"Uh, I'm not sure that's a good idea," Tammie said.

"Yeah, Rocko's stomach here never gets full-"

"We wouldn't want to put you out of business," Jason finished.

Hayley laughed and nodded. "Okay, drinks are the on the house then. Everything else, you gotta pay for."

The group all settled at a table and ordered their lunch. After finishing his lunch, Bryan excused himself so he can chat up with a few of the girls.

"So what are we going to do now?" Carl asked.

"Look for Mercer," Damon said.

"That's going to be hard," Tammie spoke up. All of the guys looked at her. "This new baddie has him."

She quickly told them about what she saw and heard the day before.

"A white ranger?" Tommy asked. "Another one?"

"Yeah," Tammie looked over at her husband, who avoided eye contact. "He looked exactly like Damon, but his helmet was like a serpent's head."

"Was this the evil ranger you were talking about?" Jason asked turning to Damon who simply nodded.

Tammie looked to him for an explanation.

"While everyone else was fighting, I rushed into the museum. I saw the evil ranger and fought him off till Mercer could escape." 'Half lie number three. Keep on going, Damon! But it's not a lie at all. I just left out the fact that this wasn't my first time seeing the evil ranger.'

"But he ended up taking both Mercer and the gems!" Carl cried, clearly frustrated.

"Which leads us to square one," Adam said. "No gems."

"Well, not exactly square one," Tammie replied. "We now know that this evil ranger has both the gems and Mercer. We know why he would want the gems, but why would he want Mercer?"

"Human sacrifice?" Carl joked.

Tommy, Jason, Adam, and Rocky didn't laugh.

"It wouldn't be the first time," Tommy said.

"Look, all of this is just making me want to head back home and contact Alex and Amon," Jason told them.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Damon asked.

Carl went off to get Bryan as the others bid farewell to Hayley.

"Feel free to stop by anytime you're in town!"

"Will do," Jason said, smiling and nodding at her.


Aisha and Kim looked disappointed with the news they received.

"We're going around in circles," Aisha groaned.

"Any advice?" Damon asked, looking up at the screen at Alex.

"Unfortunately, no," Alex said. "This Evil Ranger has the upper hand."

"For now," Tammie spoke up. Everyone turned to her. "Alex, all rangers, good or bad, have a specific power signature that can be seen on the morphing grid, correct?"

"Yes, your majesty."

"Good. Now, if this evil ranger dude is a new threat, wouldn't his power signature show up?"

"Yes, however, Billy has already suggested that idea and from the looks of it, no unidentified power signatures have shown up."

"So you're saying that this guy really is a ranger?" Tommy asked.

"A ranger under a spell? Or a ranger gone…" Carl trailed off, as he cast a glance at Tammie. Tammie only nodded.

"Good question, Carl. Alex?"

"That I have no answer for either," her loyal warrior said, bowing his head slightly.

The group seemed to look even more down than they did before. Carl's ringing cell phone echoed in the quiet room. He quickly answered.

"Hey, babe," Carl said, walking away from the group.

"Well, bro, I'm gonna call it a night," Jason said, standing up and stretching.

"Yeah, me too," Adam agreed.

"Already?" Damon asked.

"Damon, there's nothing more we can do tonight," Tammie replied wearily. "They all have work tomorrow."

Jason and Adam took that as their cue to leave.

"I should get started on dinner," Kimberly said, slowly getting up.

"I'll help you, girl," Aisha stood up, helping Kimberly up the stairs.

Damon also stood and walked over to the console. He began punching and pushing buttons until the maps of Angel Grove and Reefside appeared on the screen.

Tammie sighed, watching as her husband banged the console in front of him out of frustration. Tommy rubbed his daughter's shoulders and gave her a small smile. Then he looked at Rocky and tilted his head towards the stairs, leaving the three Elite rangers in the lab.

"You alright?" Tammie asked, rubbing Damon's back.

"Do you really even have to ask that?" Damon snapped. Tammie bit back the pain she felt and only continued to rub his back.

"Okay, lovebirds, I gotta go-" Carl began.

"What? Where you going?" Damon raised his voice.

"To see Melissa."

"You can see her tomorrow."

"Look, we just got in a fight and she's upset. I want to go see her to apologize," Carl explained, a hint of edge in his voice.

"It's okay Carl," Tammie said. "We'll see you tomorrow."

"No, it's not okay!" Damon cried, his temper was getting the best of him. "We have a job to do here! We need to find those damn Dinogems and find out who the hell this evil ranger is!"

"Damon! Let him go, his girlfriend needs him right now!" His wife pleaded with him.

"Well he has duties to tend to and he should rethink his priorities more!"

Tammie stepped in between the two best friends, both red with anger.

"I could say the same to you too, my majesty," Carl spat out before spinning on his heel and walking out.

Damon's chest rose and fell. He was taking deep breaths to calm him down.

"Baby, I know you're frustrated but you don't need to take that out on everyone. Yes, we're all rangers, but they still have other important things going on in their lives."

"If I could put those important things on hold, then they can too." Damon seemed oblivious to Tammie's reaction. "If I can put off spending time with you to fulfill my duties, then he can do the same for his girlfriend!"

Damon turned to look at Tammie and was met with her chocolate brown eyes which were filled with tears. A small, sad smile was plastered on her face.

"Good night, Damon," she said as she turned and walked out of the lab.