"So, do you like, not feel pain at all?" Ziggy asked, poking Hayden as the two marched down the halls to the lab.

"Sometimes," Hayden said, rolling her eyes at the light green ranger. "Like right now, I can feel your finger digging into my skin every time you touch me."

Ziggy pulled his hand away and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Sorry," he chuckled. "It's just... you're a superhuman.... and we're in Corinth... I never thought I would see one here... never mind in the military. You know superhumans are treated like criminals, right?"

"I know," Hayden sighed. "That's why you can't tell anyone, not even the Colonel about this."

"He doesn't know?"

"No," Hayden breathed. "When the Venjix first took over... my mom and the Operation Overdrive team were questioned about a lot of things. Why they didn't try to stop him, what happened to their powers... What happened to the other Ranger teams..."

"Did she tell them?" Ziggy asked.

"She couldn't" Hayden shook her head. "Corinth is afraid of us... they think we're working with the Venjix to wipe out the human race. My mom had to lie about the Rangers losing their civilian powers, and had to lie about me..."

"You?"

"Yeah... according to the best genetic scientist, humans only need one X chromosome to develop superhuman abilities. Boys have only one, and girls have two... but no matter, because if one has the mutation, you have a power," Hayden turned away from Ziggy as memories of the trial surfaced. "The men tried testing me... to see if my mom was lying... they were going to hurt me... to see if I heal. She had to work hard to convince them I was a normal kid, and that I didn't have any powers, nor will I gain any."

"Did Summer and Mike go through this?" Ziggy asked. "Tori, Blake, Kira and Conner all have powers..."

"Corinth doesn't know," Hayden explained. "They don't know Summer and Mike have parents who were Rangers... and the Overdrive kids are either in NewTech, where powers are allowed, or in hiding..."

"So, what would happen if the military found out?" Ziggy asked.

"I would be thrown in jail, for the rest of my life," Hayden started.

"And your parents?"

"My mother would probably be locked away in a high security prison, if not sentenced to death for lying under oath and hiding a superhuman. Then... everyone would have to be checked for powers. They would discover my dad's powers, and Mike and Summer's.... then that would mean Aunt Tori and Uncle Blake would be found out, and Jason and Elena... my whole family could be in jeopardy... not to mention the Overdrive families living here!"

The two entered the lab, where the others were sitting around, entertaining themselves. The day had been pretty slow, with no reports of attacks anywhere in the city.

Kaylee had taken the day off to relax, but Dr. K didn't believe in vacation.

Flynn was in the kitchen, whipping up smoothies for the team, while Scott, Summer and Dillon were playing pool. Mike was balancing himself on the arm rest of the couch, pretending it was a surfboard.

"That's... a lot on your plate," Ziggy finally managed to say.

"What is?" Kaylee asked, coming over to her daughter and Ziggy.

"I couldn't deal with a secret as big as powers," Ziggy frowned. "Why didn't you guys just move to Newtech?"

"Because, Corinth needed protection," Hayden smiled. "We couldn't leave this city defenceless. I mean, the military is great and all, but only the Rangers have the power to fight the attack bots."

"Alright, then for the good of humanity, mouth staying shut... now!" just as Ziggy ran his fingers over his lips, the alarm went off and everyone in the room sighed in relief.

"Saved by the alarm," Scott joked, running around the pool table, dropping his pool stick and smiling as he joined the others by the screens. "If I got my ass handed to me by Summer again, I probably would need to take a loan for the next year!"

"Hey, I said we didn't have to wager money," Summer smirked, holding a pack of twenties. Kaylee gave her niece a disappointed look as she snatched the money away and gave it back to Scott.

"You're the daughter of Kira Ford," she breathed. "The last thing you need is money."

"I don't get it," Dr. K frowned, typing madly on the computer, trying to bring up an image of the attack. "I can't find any traces of an attack bot in the city."

"We should still check," Mike suggested. "I mean... don't the bad guys always find us?"

"Be careful guys," Kaylee told them, putting her hand on Hayden's shoulder and watching as it slowly slid off as Hayden ran for the door.

"Don't they always?" Dr. K asked, but it wasn't in a comforting tone. She was implying that the Rangers always did their best to protect themselves from harm... well, all but one.

"I wish."

-----Ranger-Pink-----

"Okay, so I think there was a malfunction in the system," Scott started, looking around and holding his morpher.

"Ya think?" Hayden frowned. "There's nothing here... or anywhere else in this stupid city."

"Maybe it's invisible," Mike offered. The others looked at him funny. He shrunk back slightly, playing with his hands nervously. "What, Dr. O, Rose and Greg can do it... maybe Venjix figured it out."

Ziggy didn't know exactly who Mike was talking about, so while the others rolled his eyes, he turned back to the city, looking for any sign of trouble. That was when he saw it.

"Um, guys..." he called, taking a few steps back, hiding behind Dillon. Dillon growled as he turned to Ziggy.

"What?" he asked.

"I think I know why there hasn't been a monster attack recently," he said, pointing to one of the tables in the plaza.

"What are you talking about?" Flynn asked, patting his fellow Ranger on the shoulder as he walked over to the table. "It's just a table, you know, for eating."

"No, not the table," Ziggy said, pulling Flynn back, "Underneath it."

Flynn knelt down to look under, but Ziggy stopped him from getting to close by grabbing his arm and yanking him away.

"No! It's beeping faster and faster!" he yelled, trying with all his might to pull the Blue Ranger back, but Flynn wasn't moving.

"What's beeping?" Hayden asked, pushing her way to the front of the group and walking to the table. She looked under the top and found a small, blinking device attached to the bottom.

"It's a bomb!" Summer cried, reaching to pull her younger cousin away.

Hayden reached for her communicator pushing the button to contact her mom.

"Mom, I think we found the 'monster'," she said.

"What is it?" Kaylee asked on the other end.

"A bomb," Hayden smirked, pulling the device off the table and playing with it.

"Hayden, don't you dare touch it!" Kaylee yelled through the system.

"How many times do I have to tell you this," Hayden groaned, rolling her eyes. "I can't get hurt!"

"You can't die," Kaylee reminded her. "But you can get hurt."

"We'll bring it back to base," Hayden assured her mother. "And I'll be fine. It's just beeping."

Hayden grinned as she shut off her communicator and began to walk back to the base. The other Rangers stayed behind, watching her curiously, before Mike's communicator went off.

"Make sure that doesn't explode in her hand," Kaylee ordered. Mike nodded, only to remember Kaylee couldn't see it.

"No worries, Aunt K," he smiled. "She can't die... you said it yourself."

"Unless..." Kaylee trailed off.

"It would take something big to make her lose that much blood," Summer said confidently, comforting her aunt, "And she's a Ranger, her suit protects her from losing too much."

"It's just... after what happened not too long ago... with her and Sammy."

"It won't happen again," Dillon said in a calming voice, which was strange for him.

Just as he said this, there was a bright light as the sound of something exploding filled all the Ranger's ears.

"After this one..." Dillon added, before Mike shut his communicator and the team rushed forward.

"Hayden!" he yelled, running through the wreckage.

"Aw, shoot!" Tenaya's voice rang as the smoke cleared. "Did we miss?"

"Okay, so there was a breach," Ziggy frowned.

"Where's Hayden?" Summer yelled.

"You mean the princess?" Tenaya asked. "I thought she was with you."

Tenaya smirked playfully as she kicked aside a piece of debris, revealing Hayden's beaten form.

"Hm," Tenaya snickered. "I guess we didn't miss all of them."

As Tenaya retreated, Corinth's military defence unit invaded the area, helping some of the civilians who were caught in the explosion.

Colonel Truman was with them and he took it as his responsibility to check up on Hayden. He ran to the spot where she was lying and looked down at her.

To his surprise, the wounds on her body were quickly healing themselves. His jaw dropped in utter shock as he grabbed her roughly and held her up, showing her to the others.

"Who can explain this?" he yelled, throwing her down in front of him.

"Sir, explain what?" Flynn asked, hoping the Colonel didn't see what he wasn't supposed to.

"Her injuries," Colonel Truman yelled, "they healed! Just like that! Last I heard, spontaneous regeneration was not a part of project Ranger, and had not been confirmed by the city as a legal power."

Colonel Truman once again grabbed Hayden and pulled her behind him as he headed off to the base, where he would get his answers. Hayden was screaming behind him, trying to pull free.

"Um... I think this is an oh-shit moment," Ziggy gulped before the Rangers took off after the Colonel.

-----Ranger-Pink----

"Colonel, what's going on?" Kaylee asked as her daughter was pushed roughly into the room. Hayden fell into Kaylee's arms, while Dr. K joined the group. The Rangers were right behind the Colonel, and all of them looked worried."

"What can you tell me about this?" the Colonel pulled out his blaster and aimed it at Hayden. Before anyone could protest, he shot the blaster.

Hayden put herself in front of her mother, shielding her from the blast but taking it full on. Both Brooks girls were sent flying back in the wall.

"Aunt Kaylee!" Summer yelled, running over to her aunt.

"Hayden!" Mike called, gently pulling Hayden off of his aunt so Kaylee could get up. Kaylee scrambled to her feet and pulled Hayden in a hug, protecting her from the Colonel, and keeping the Colonel from seeing her healing powers take effect.

"What the Hell was that?" Kaylee yelled, squeezing her daughter as she glared at the Colonel.

"You know perfectly well Hayden's going to be fine," the Colonel snapped, reaching out for Hayden, but Kaylee stepped back, bringing her daughter with her.

"Touch her again, and I will hurt you!" Kaylee growled; rubbing her daughter's back.

"Kaylee Brooks, I'm afraid you're under arrest for..." the Colonel started, but before he could even reach for the handcuffs attached to his belt, Kaylee and Hayden were gone.

ZWOP!

"She lied," the Colonel snarled as he looked around the room.

He had been present when Kaylee and the Overdrive Rangers were on trial for their powers. He knew Kaylee claimed that she had lost her powers shortly after Hayden was born, and that Hayden didn't have any powers.

"Did you guys know about this?" the Colonel yelled, turning to the Rangers and Dr. K. They all remained silent as they averted their gaze. The Colonel walked up to his son, standing over him. "Did you know about this?"

"Dad..."

"Did you know, Scott?" Colonel interrupted.

"Yes... I knew," Scott admitted, lowering his head in shame.

"Why didn't you warn me?" the Colonel yelled. "You know super humans are a threat to the city. They all have to be eliminated! Especially those two!"

"Eliminated!" Dillon snapped, pushing past Scott to stand down the Colonel. "What happened to imprisonment, where they can live their life?"

"What do you think happens to them after imprisonment sentence?" the Colonel frowned. "Where do you think they went? The wasteland's filled with radiation that could easily give powers to any human. If we kept them all, our prisons would be overflowing with those... those..."

"Those what?" Summer asked.

"Those freaks!" the Colonel yelled. "Project Ranger is being shut down until we've located them."

"What are you going to do to them?" Mike asked, pulling Summer behind him. The only reason he and Summer weren't under suspicion was because their parents weren't known as Power Rangers. To Corinth City, Tori and Blake were just regular people, and Kira and Conner lived in NewTech, where laws were different. But even with that kind of protection, the Colonel was attacking his family, and he was going to protect what he had left.

"That's classified, Ranger D-Green," the Colonel said, turning toe to walk out the door.

Summer felt her stomach turn as she heard this. Nothing was classified from the Rangers. That was how she managed to talk to Dillon when he was in prison. If the Colonel was keeping Hayden and Kaylee's fates classified, then either he had lost all trust in the Rangers, or their lives were in the hands of something worse – way worse – than the military.

When the Colonel was gone, Dr. K walked over to her small lab room and opened the door.

"You can come out now, Kaylee and Ranger Pink," she breathed softly, stepping aside to let them out. Kaylee walked out first and ran a hand through her hair, before looking down at her daughter, disappointed.

"I'm sorry, mom," Hayden said, lowering her face so her hair fell in front, keeping the others from seeing her tears.

"Sorry?" Kaylee asked, raising her voice. "I told you not to touch the bomb! I told you to leave it where it was. I told you, you can get hurt! And what do you do? You run off with it like it's some kind of toy! Hayden Victoria Brooks, you not only put our lives in danger... you may have just put all of Corinth and NewTech in danger as well. Sorry's not going to fix this one, Hayden."

"Mom..."

"I have to go fix this," Kaylee groaned, brushing past Hayden and retreating into the lab, where the Rangers and Dr. K heard the door click.

Hayden started to shake uncontrollably as Mike pulled her close to him. He held her in his arms as she let her tears fall freely.

She didn't know why she was crying. Of course it was because she was hurt. But she didn't know if she was hurting because she was afraid of being killed off by her allies...

...Or if it was because she had let her mother – her hero – down.

"She's not really mad at you," Summer whispered, taking Hayden's hand. "She's just scared."

Hayden looked up at her cousin, shaking her head.

"She's right," Hayden mumbled. "I let you guys down... I let everyone down... Corinth, NewTech... you guys... Dr. K... my dad, my sister, my brother... and my mom."

"Hayden, I can talk to my dad. I'm sure I can get him to reconsider..." Scott started, but Hayden silenced him.

"You dad hasn't been the same since Marcus' death," Hayden reminded him. "He's going to go through with this."

"Lass, you don't know that," Flynn smiled confidently, taking Hayden from her cousin and holding her close.

"Flynn, you saw him... and you know him as well as the rest of us! He's a stubborn little... he's a... he's..."

"A jackass?" Scott finished. Hayden nodded, looking up at the blue Ranger.

"Aye, but that doesn't mean we can't get him to reconsider. Not only for ya, but for every other 'freak' who had to die because of a stupid paranoid army, who can shove their elimination penalty law up their..."

"Thanks Flynn," Hayden smiled, getting up on her toes to kiss his cheek. She smiled at him again before running to her room, hoping for a little alone time.

The Rangers heard a sob coming from Summer, and turned to her curiously.

"Sunshine," Dillon started, moving towards her. "Sunshine... what's wrong?"

"I'm scared," Summer admitted, burying her face in Dillon's chest.

The act was so sudden, and so unexpected, that Dillon didn't know how to react. Was he supposed to hug her back? Was he supposed to push her away and tell her to shape up?

He remembered how Flynn held Hayden when she was upset. He knew the Pink and Blue Rangers had a crush on each other... was that what he had with Summer? If so... did that mean he was supposed to hold her and tell her everything was going to be okay?

But then again, Dillon didn't know if Summer liked him back. If she didn't, would he have to push her away. Was that what she wanted, someone to tell her to be strong and not to act like a "sissy", as Flynn would call it.

Dillon went with his instincts and wrapped his arms around Summer, holding her close to him as she cried in his chest. It felt good to hold her small body... it felt like he was where he was supposed to be... and he was doing what he had always been supposed to do.

-----Ranger-Pink-----

"I have to what?"

"You have to take Summer and Mike," Kaylee said for the millionth time to Kira, who was on the other end of the communicator. Because of the Venjix, communication between the last two cities on earth was rare, possible, but rare. Dr. K had advised Kaylee only to use it in case of emergency.

"What did you do, Kaylee?" Kira groaned, looking through the camera at Kaylee.

"It wasn't me!" Kaylee snapped, raising her voice in pure anger at Kira for the first time. Kira jumped back slightly at the rage. She had never heard Kaylee yell at anyone with such a passion. Even during Operation Overdrive, when the Retros took over the team, kicking Kaylee down and out of the one thing she was supposed to be awesome at. Kaylee had been angry, but had never yelled the way she just did. "Damn it, Kira! It wasn't me..."

Kaylee's voice weakened dramatically towards the end, and Kira could sense it, not only in her voice, but by her body language. Kaylee was now holding her head in her hands as sobbing could be heard.

"Kayl, it's going to be okay..." Kira began, wishing she could be there for her friend. "Just... tell me what happened?"

"Colonel Truman knows," Kaylee whispered.

"Knows?"

"About us," Kaylee explained. "He saw Hayden heal, and he saw me teleport... he's getting permission from his superiors now for the elimination penalty. I've lied to the authorities... they know... Kira, he's going to kill her."

"You mean both of you?" Kira asked; confused as to why Kaylee would be worried about only Hayden. It was completely understandable as to why she would worry about her only living daughter, but she thought Kaylee would have enough fear to worry about herself as well.

"I don't care about myself," Kaylee breathed. "They kill me, it's all good and done. I suffer for maybe five minutes and life doesn't go on... but Hayden..."

"Can't die," Kira finished. "Unless she bleeds to death..."

"The colonel doesn't know that! He thinks he just has to injure her enough... he's going to torture her until she finally does lose enough blood," Kaylee cried. "Kira, he's going to hurt my baby."

"Kaylee," Kira spoke softly. "Kaylee, are you okay?"

"Of course I'm not okay!" Kaylee yelled. "How would you feel if Summer or Sam were sentenced to a death they couldn't do! How would you feel if either one of them were strapped to a table, with nowhere to go, while people poke and pry at them!"

"Kaylee, maybe... maybe it won't be too bad," Kira said hopefully, but even she didn't believe it. "Hayden doesn't feel half the things that hurt her..."

"They would figure that out before they figure out how to kill her," Kaylee cried. "They would think that maybe she has to feel pain to die... they would find a way to cause her all the pain in the world, and even that won't work..."

In her head, Kaylee could hear Hayden screaming for help as a bunch of scientist stood over her, trying anything they could to kill her baby.

"Kira... the only way to kill her is to keep her injuries open... and let them bleed... they would rip open her skin... maybe her stomach... and they would use some kind of separator to hold the cut open... by then, they would have given her a serum to allow her to feel pain... she would be awake during all this... she would feel the pain... she's going to be torture..."

"You're jumping to conclusions, Kayl Whale," Kira told her blonde friend.

"I've let her down," Kaylee whispered in a tone that was barely audible, but Kira heard it.

"How?" she asked. "How did you let her down? This wasn't your fault..."

"I should have told the truth at the trial," Kaylee explained. "I should have let them test her then... before the death penalty... maybe... maybe back then... when things weren't so bad... and there was still hope... maybe I could have changed their mind about us..."

"Kayl, don't do this to yourself," Kira said gently. She breathed deeply, running her hand through her hair and leaning back on her chair. "Have you talked to Tori about this?"

"I don't want to drag her and the others into this. If I run to my sister while the colonel makes our secret known... they'll realise she knows... they'll go after her, and the kids, and Blake..."

"Okay, I'm coming over," Kira said, standing up. Kaylee looked up at the screen and frowned.

"You're..."

"You just said you wanted to protect Blake," Kira smiled. "Something's wrong."

Kaylee smiled back at her best friend... her sister, catching her attempt to break the tension.

"Kira."

"Yeah, Kayl."

"Thanks... for everything."

"No problem, kiddo," Kira giggled, using the nickname for Kaylee that made the least sense. They were only a month apart age wise; therefore, Kira calling the younger girl kiddo was a little extreme. "And look, if you're still worried about Summer and Mike, send them over to me. You and Hayden may be in shit, but that doesn't mean they should go down with you."

"I'm just looking out for them," Kaylee smiled. "I know you're her mother, and you should have the final say in where Summer lives... but right now, Corinth isn't the best place."

"How are you going to tell Tori?" Kira frowned. "I know her just as well as you do. If you walk up to her and tell her you plan on shipping her son across the wastelands so he can live in NewTech with his crazy, bitchy aunt... wait... that might be a good idea. She'll kill you, and you don't have to worry about the death penalty."

"Kira!" Kaylee laughed.

"No, no, I can totally see this!" Kira smirked. "She'll kill you, then, because she's still mad, she'll kill the rest of your family! It's perfect!"

"Are you planning my death?" Kaylee frowned.

"You won't have to worry about Hayden being tortured, because Tori knows what to do!" Kira exclaimed. "Kaylee, go piss Tori off and get yourself killed!"

"Kira!" Kaylee yelled playfully. "This is totally the last time I come to you for help. Whenever I do, you plot my demise!"

"I need a hobby," Kira shrugged, "Working here ain't all it's cracked up to be."

"Tell me about it," Kaylee groaned. "When I finally remembered my time as SPD green, there were a lot of boring moments. Don't get me wrong, being with Bridge, Z and 'em was awesome, but how many times can you look at the same silver walls before you get bored?"

"I'll talk to ya later, Kayl," Kira laughed, turning off the communication now that Kaylee was feeling better.

"Bye, Kir," Kaylee smiled, doing the same on her end.

-----Ranger-Pink-----

After a few hours, Flynn decided it was best to talk to Hayden. She had been locked in her room the entire time, and not one person had bothered to make sure she was okay.

She knew Scott would be trying to reach his dad, to get him to change his mind. But Flynn was sure Scott would have at least tried to talk to Hayden... or even get her to come out of her room.

Ziggy had gone upstairs a few times, but never quite made it to her door. He had tried several times to check up on her, but every time his fist was just about to hit the door, he turned away. As much as he wanted to help, he didn't know how.

Flynn didn't expect Dillon to help out at all, but the brooding bad boy had decided to do so with Summer. He had been by her side since the Colonel's departure and Summer's spontaneous hug. Though he didn't have many calming words for her, or any hope, Flynn could tell that Summer was feeling better just by the Black Ranger's presence.

Mike hadn't bothered to disturb his cousin, but that was understandable. He had been affected by the revelation, because his entire family was living in Corinth, and every member had a power. His mother and little brother and himself all had the power of water, while his father and baby sister, had the power of thunder.

Dr. K had been the only one to reach out to Hayden, but that was via intercom and by reaching out, Flynn meant threatened to blast her out of her room if she didn't come on her own to talk. Needless to say, the plan failed. Hayden had lost all hope of escaping the elimination penalty and was suicidal at the moment. Flynn was worried she was going to try to get herself to bleed, if she hadn't already. He was going to talk to her, before she hurt herself – emotionally.

"Hayden, can I come in?" he asked, knocking on her door. There was a vibration on the door and a loud thump. "Did you just throw something at me, lass?"

"Go away!" Hayden yelled through the door. "Leave me alone."

"No wonder Ziggy left," Flynn muttered to himself as he opened the door. He was a little surprised when he didn't see Hayden.

"Alright, where did ya go?" he called, looking around the room.

"Go away!" Hayden yelled again, and Flynn felt something hit his feet. He looked down and saw Hayden's pink Teddy Bear. As he bent down to pick it up, his eyes met Hayden's.

"Whatcha doing under the bed?" he asked, extending a hand to help her out. Hayden glared at it, before slapping it away.

"Hiding," she replied.

"Mind if I hide with you?" Flynn asked.

"There's no room," Hayden stated.

"Then why don't we hide somewhere together?" Flynn suggested, grabbing Hayden's arm and helping her out. When Hayden was back on her feet, she turned back to her bed and sat down on it.

"Flynn..."

"Yeah?"

"Did you talk to the Colonel?" Hayden asked, looking up at her friend. Flynn shook his head sadly, taking the spot next to her.

"Your still in trouble," he told her. "But hey, don't worry."

"Don't worry?" Hayden yelled, pushing him away. "My mom's going to die, because I was too stupid to give a damn about my own safety! I know I can't get hurt.... but I forget that everyone else can."

"Hayden, you can get hurt," Flynn smiled, taking her hand. "Maybe not physically, but emotionally... I worry about ya Hay."

"You worry about me?" Hayden asked.

"Aye," Flynn nodded. "You have a lot on your plate. You can't die, so you put yourself out there all the time for us... and because of your powers, you always feel responsible when someone gets hurt, am I right?"

"Aye?" Hayden said, and Flynn noticed a ghost of a smile on her lips. He pulled her on his lap and held her close.

"Don't worry about your mother. She's gonna be fine," Flynn assured her. "What you need to do, is prove to the Colonel that you're not about to take over Corinth."

"I don't want take it over! How do you do that with healing powers?" Hayden frowned.

"Good, then you don't have to act the part," Flynn laughed, poking Hayden on the nose. "But you still have to be there when the Colonel comes back with the warrant for yours, and your mother's arrest."

Hayden nodded, resting her head on Flynn's chest, before suddenly pulling away.

"Flynn, does Dr. K still have that fridge cannon?" she asked.

-----Ranger-Pink-----

The Colonel marched back into the garage, where the Ranger team was waiting for him.

Dr. K sat at her computer, putting the last few adjustments on her newest assignment. Dillon and Summer were sitting on the hood of his car, growing impatient. Scott was leaning against the wall, glaring daggers and other sharp objects at his father. Ziggy was sitting on the ground beside his red friend, giving the Colonel an equally uncomfortable look.

Flynn was watching the scene from a corner behind where the Colonel was now standing. Though he wasn't giving the colonel a dirty look, he was wishing horrible things on the man.

Dustin had joined the group, and was sitting on the couch, with Kaylee in his arms and little Christian on her lap. Hayden sat on the other side of her father, resting her head on his chest and trying to keep herself from looking at her mother.

"Mayden," Christian called out, holding his adopted sister's hand. "You no go away. I protect you."

"Thanks buddy," Hayden smiled, rubbing his little hand with her finger.

"I got the warrant," Colonel Truman started, holding up the papers. "You two are needed in court."

"Court?" Dustin asked. "You're going to prolong their suffering by sending them to court?"

"We need to figure out if anyone else has powers. It's best we get inside information."

"Inside information my ass!" Dustin yelled, getting off the couch. "You walk in here, holding papers that allow you to kill my wife and my bloody daughter, and now you want to exploit them for your own personal gain?"

"It's not my gain, it's to protect the city... your family!"

"You want to protect my family by killing off the mother of my children, and half of my living children?" Dustin frowned. "Wow, and I thought Kaylee's logic didn't make sense... you're just..."

"A jackass," Scott finished.

"Scott!" the Colonel yelled, surprised his son would talk back like he did.

"Dad, you're trying to kill my friends!" Scott growled. "Kaylee and Hayden wouldn't even dream about destroying the city. You're just judging them because you're afraid of anything different!"

"We can't take any risks, Scott!" the colonel answered. "The world's human population is in jeopardy, we can't risk eliminating ourselves by letting these monsters roam free!"

"Monsters?" Kaylee screamed, standing beside her husband. "You think I'm a monster? I've saved this world more times than you can count! I've saved your ignorant ass way too many times..."

"This is why we want to eliminate them!" the colonel explained to the others. "She's mad with rage! She could tap into her powers and wipe us all out."

"No, my fist is going to tap your face!" Kaylee yelled, thrusting herself forward. Dustin quickly grabbed her and held her away from the colonel.

"Mom... don't push it!" Hayden whispered to her mother.

"Kaylee, power corrupts," the colonel started. "And you didn't admit to having powers. You kept them hidden, how am I supposed to trust you now?"

"You just have to!" Kaylee yelled.

"How can I be sure you aren't plotting your reign with Venjix? Keeping powers hidden and joining us is a great plan for a surprise attack!"

"Uh-oh," Dr. K said, pushing herself away from her computer.

"Uh-oh?" Summer frowned, sliding off the hood of the car and walking over to the doc. The computers had been set up just outside the kitchen so Dr. K could work on her project and be a part of the conversation.

"I think I made a mistake," Dr. K explained.

Suddenly, the fridge door swung open as a cannon slid out, pointing at the Colonel. He noticed this and began to back away, afraid of the power it might hold.

Summer saw where the cannon was aimed and ran for the colonel, pushing him out of the way so she was standing in range. The colonel was wide eyed when he realised what she did, but it was nothing compared to his reaction when he saw how she protected herself.

Eyes closed, mouth open wide and a trust forward, and suddenly a sonic scream came from her tiny body. The waves from her powers fought against the blast from the cannon, holding it off until its power faded.

"S-Summer?" the colonel stuttered, looking at the yellow Ranger. "You too?"

Summer glared at the colonel, before bringing her hand up, holding her middle finger in the air.

"Now you need to get another warrant," she smirked. Mike, Kaylee, Dustin and Hayden were shocked at her anger.

"Sammy, it's not you, is it?" Mike laughed.

"No, it's me," Summer smirked. "Now, colonel, can you really bring yourself to killing the girl who just saved your ass?"

"I have to, you three are a menace to the remaining population."

"Then I guess I'm a menace too," Mike said, bringing his hands up as water surrounded them.

"You too?" the colonel asked in shock.

"And me," Dillon smiled, standing behind Summer. "Four of the seven Rangers have super human powers."

"We'll get new Rangers... all of you must go!" the colonel growled.

"The Ranger Bio Hardware has bonded to their DNA. It would be impossible to break that bond and find candidates before Venjix gets wind of the fallen team," Dr. K explained. "If you put those four to death, then you would be responsible for the destruction of Corinth city."

"Face it, dude," Ziggy grinned. "We need these monsters to protect the city."

"Ironic, isn't it?" Dustin said. "You were locking up superhumans, because you thought they were a danger to the city, when all this time, they've been the ones protecting it."

"You need us," Kaylee smirked. "You've needed us from the start. If you get rid of my Rangers... my team... my kids... then you're going to suffer. You're going to be destroyed."

The colonel looked over at the team, clutching the warrant for Kaylee and Hayden's death in his hands.

"Dad..." Scott started. "You have to trust them... us. Would I really be working with the people who killed Marcus?"

"Scott, this isn't about Marcus."

"You're mad," Kaylee frowned, but she didn't seem snappy at the colonel. She sounded sympathetic. "It is about Marcus, isn't it?"

"He was my son," the colonel snapped. "And the Venjix and those freaks killed him! And they almost got Scott too!"

Hayden got off the couch, giving her two year old brother to her father as she walked to the colonel. She put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye.

"We didn't kill your son," she said. "You have to understand... We were trying to save the civilians that finally made it to the city. He died in the line of duty. You can't think that eliminating those who might be helping Venjix will bring him back."

"He was my son," the colonel growled.

"I lost my sister," Hayden breathed, looking down. "It was an accident. My mom was oblivious to her pregnancy and was careless. Because of her, I didn't grow up with my Sammy, but that doesn't mean I want to destroy her."

"It's different..."

"It's not," Kaylee smiled. "We've both lost a child. I know you're grieving, but the people you've killed... they're people."

"Marcus wouldn't have wanted this, dad," Scott started. "He knew about Mike, Summer, Kaylee and Hayden. He liked them. If he knew you wanted to kill them..."

"I'm sorry Rangers," the colonel said, wiping away a tear before ripping up the warrant. "This death penalty... it's going to stop."

Hayden smiled as she jumped into the colonel's arms. He hugged her back, before letting her go and turning away. Scott followed him out, while the others regrouped.

"Great job guys," Flynn smiled, walking out of the shadows, holding a remote in his hands.

"That was fun," Summer laughed, "I didn't think I could scream... it's been so long."

"What?" Mike yelled, cupping his ear with his hand. Summer frowned, playfully punching his chest.

"Good job pulling it off team," Kaylee smiled. "Everything went perfectly according to plan... and now we're free to take over the world!"

Kaylee raised her hands in the air as she laughed maniacally. Dustin looked down at her, putting a hand over her mouth.

"Only you," he smiled, pulling her into a hug. He had to admit, he had his doubts about Hayden and Flynn's plan's to convince the Colonel that superhumans weren't a threat. Now that it worked, it felt as if a giant weight had been lifted. His family was safe.

"Mom... I'm sorry," Hayden said, walking up to her parents. "I should have listened to you. I know I can't die... but I can get hurt... and I can hurt you guys... like I did."

"Hayden, its okay," Kaylee smiled, hugging her daughter. "We all make mistakes. Yours was just epic."

"And nearly killed you, and your mother," Dustin laughed. "But you've learned from it, and you fixed your mistake, you put Mike and Summer in danger in the meantime, but you still fixed it."

"All I know is, I'm never using my powers again," Hayden breathed happily. "It's too much of a nuisance."

"Dustin, get the bubble wrap," Kaylee turned to her husband and winked. Dustin laughed as he reached behind the couch, where a roll of bubble wrap was resting.

"Bubble wrap?" Hayden frowned.

"There's a reason your aunts call me overprotective," Kaylee giggled, spinning the bubble wrap around her daughter. "The only reason I didn't do this before was because you could heal from injury. Now that you won't, I have to protect you somehow."

"MOM!" Hayden giggled, struggling to get out of the bubble wrap, only to lose her balance and fall backwards, right into Flynn's arms.

"See, you're safe!" Kaylee laughed.

"Yeah, but the bubble wrap's what hurt me."

"You'll get used to it," Dustin smiled. "After all, your mother did."

"When?"

"When she was pregnant with you," Dustin laughed. "After Sammy, I was scared I would lose you."

"If there was a contest, he would have won overprotective-future-father-of-the year!" Kaylee teased, poking Dustin in the ribs.

"Hey, it worked," Dustin beamed. "I have a beautiful daughter and my wife's still here with me!"

"Oh no," Hayden groaned before she felt herself being pulled out of Flynn's arms and in to a group hug. Both her and her mother were trapped in Dustin's arms as they tried to pull out.

"UP!" Christian called, jumping. He wanted to be a part of the hug. Kaylee picked him up and brought him into the embrace.

"Did someone call for a ride to NewTech?" Conner's voice rang as the former Dino Ranger walked into the garage.

"Dad?" Summer frowned.

"Oh... I forgot to cancel with Kira, didn't I?" Kaylee asked.

"A little," Conner smiled as Summer jumped into his arms.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Kaylee called Kira, asking if she could send you and Mike to NewTech to keep you safe. I just came to pick you up."

"Okay, I'll take it," Summer smiled.

Hayden pulled the bubble wrap off and wrapped herself in Flynn's arms.

"Thanks for helping me, Flynn," she said. "I wouldn't have been able to do this if it weren't for you."

"Anytime," Flynn beamed. "Just next time we find a bomb, don't run off with it. You may not be able to die, but we all still worry about you."

"And by all, he means he worries about you," Dillon teased.

"I mean all," Flynn frowned, pushing Dillon away. He knew the Black Ranger was trying to set him and Hayden up. It was his hobby during the night, when he didn't sleep. In a way, setting Hayden and Flynn up was a way for Dillon to learn about love. He thought that maybe if he remembered what true love was, he would remember everything.

"I agree with Dillon," Hayden smirked. "You can just say it, you know. We're friends. I worry about you."

Flynn wanted to say it. He wanted to come out tell her he was crazy about her. But he couldn't. He knew that every time someone got hurt, Hayden took it personally. She had the power to save lives, but she couldn't use it. He didn't want her to feel that she had to risk herself for him. And he knew that if they got together, Hayden would do anything to make sure he was safe. He didn't want her to do that. He didn't want her to risk her life for him. She meant too much. If anything, Flynn would put his life on the line for her.

"We were all worried," Flynn said, disappointing the blonde in his arms. "Me no more than the others."

Hayden was upset he couldn't say something as simple as I was worried about you, but she shook it off, kissing his cheek once more before running to her mother.

"Forgive me?" she smiled.

"Always," Kaylee nodded, hugging her daughter.