When the ringing in Gia's ears softened enough for her to hear what was going on around, she wasn't sure she preferred real life. All she could hear were the cries of screaming children and the groans of her teammates as they recovered from the blast. Looking up, she could see Vrak admiring his aim as Loogies swarmed everyone, especially the children. Still too weak to get up, there was nothing she could do about it.

Vrak approached the kids and didn't care that they had gotten hurt. He was furious they had betrayed them.

"The rules were simple," he said as he looked down at each and every one of them. "You do not assist the Rangers. You serve me, and only me, until the day you die! I am your master!"

"You're just a bully!" Quinn pushed herself up to her knees and looked up at Vrak. She clenched her fists as the ground started to shake. Vines shot up from under Vrak's feet and wrapped themselves around him tightly, pinning him in place.

He tensed up as he recognized that power, and couldn't believe he hadn't noticed it before.

"Rangers…"

"Samurai!" Quinn shouted and lifted her hand. "And you better watch out! No one taught me how to use this!"

A rock formed from thin air and smacked into Vrak, sending him flying off into the wall. Quinn dropped down to her knees, tired already, but she knew the fight was far from won.

"Stop it!" Riley jumped up to her feet and grabbed her cousin, "Quinn…"

"You said it," Quinn looked up at Riley, "We have to do whatever we can to get the Rangers home. Claire and Emma can take them home and we can distract Vrak!"

"I won't be wasting my time with you children," Vrak managed to wriggle out from Quinn's vines and recovered from being smacked with the boulder. He rose to his feet and walked to the closest Ranger. Gia looked up at him, feeling a sense of dread wash over her as he smirked down at her.

"Ending the yellow Ranger's family line," he said. "Oh, how sweet will this be when I kill the person your mother gave her life to protect."

"No!" Quinn shouted and started to run as Vrak summoned his weapon and raised it high. Quinn jumped at him, grabbing him by the leg and biting as hard as she could. Vrak let out a cry as little but sharp teeth embedded themselves into his leg and he dropped his weapon.

"Quinn, stop it!" Gia shouted and tried to get up. Quinn shook her head and spit after releasing Vrak's leg.

"You saved me once," she said.

"You really remember that?"

"Yep," Quinn smiled before she was taken by the hair and pulled from Vrak's leg. He didn't even try to be gentle as he lifted her and tossed her across the room.

"My sister!" Felix shouted and charged at Vrak with anger. The alien flicked his wrist and Felix was shot back by an invisible force.

"Hey!" Jake shouted as he tried to get up, but his muscles were too tired and sore, "Vrak, it's us you want! Leave the kids alone!"

"No, don't leave us alone!" Terran shouted and waved teasingly at Vrak, "You can't handle a bunch of babies, you stupid head!"

Terran blew a raspberry. Vrak growled and took a step towards him, but tripped over something. He stumbled but caught himself before he hit the ground and looked down only to find Sammie trying to stop him with a punch to the shin.

"Stay away from Terran you big meanie!"

"Hey, Sammie, I'm the big brother," Terran rolled his eyes, "I protect you!"

"Here!" Vrak picked Sammie up by the back of the neck and threw it over to Terran, knocking them both over.

"Hey, pick on a little kid closer to you own size!" Riley roared as she stood before Vrak.

Mrs. Goodall, who finally recovered from the blast, jumped up to her feet and then helped Emma up.

"The kids are doing what they can. We need to get out of here."

"But…"

"Emma, if you get out of here, it doesn't matter what happens to us. They're making a noble sacrifice, and it'll be wasted if we don't get you four to the time machine."

Emma looked sadly over to the kids, who were doing what they could to keep Vrak busy, and then up at her mother with a little nod. She ran to Troy to lift him up, seeing he was struggling with getting up to his feet while Mrs. Goodall helped Jake.

"To the door, it's on the right," she told the Rangers and then turned around to the fight. Gia was on the other side of Vrak, and Mrs. Goodall could already see the look in her eyes. It matched her mother's perfectly. Now, there was no choice.

"Hey, Vrak!" she called out, "Are you too much of a wimp you have to fight children?"

"Mom!" Emma cried. "What are you doing?"

"Getting you home," Mrs. Goodall said and turned back to Vrak, "C'mon, show me what you've got."

"Emma," Jordan got to his feet and joined her and the boys, helping them get closer to the door. "You can't think about the people you're leaving behind. Once Gia's over here…"

"NO!" Emma screamed as Vrak picked up his weapon and put it through her mother's stomach. Jordan grabbed her, knowing he was the only thing that would stop her confronting Vrak and getting herself killed.

"Nasty," Jake muttered.

"All traitors will be killed!" Vrak shouted as he pulled his weapon out from Mrs. Goodall and let her drop to the ground lifeless. Then he turned to the kids, seeing them all watching him with horror. As he roared, they all stepped back in complete fear except for one who was frozen. Sammie couldn't bring herself to move. Terran, seeing his sister was in trouble, ran forward to her but Vrak made it to her first. He grabbed her around the neck and then swung his weapon at Terran.

"NO!" Riley screamed as she watched her cousin fall in two pieces on the ground. She grabbed Jesse, Quinn, and Felix in her arms to hold them back, fearful the same would happen to them.

Vrak lifted Sammie off the ground by her neck and held her up high, embracing the look of panic not just on the four year old's face, but on her cousins' faces and the Rangers'. There was one face he didn't account for, and it cost him his third kill in a row as his feet were taken out from under him.

Sammie felt herself falling as Vrak let go of her neck, but she never hit the ground. A pair of arms caught her and lowered her to the ground gently.

"Run, kids," Gia said and shoved Sammie over to her cousins.

"We're supposed to protect you!" Quinn screamed.

Gia growled as she stood before Vrak, who picked himself up from the ground.

"Let me go!" Emma screamed to Jordan, who looked between the battle with Vrak and the door in completely confusion. Getting the Rangers home safe and sound was his top priority, and he couldn't possibly let Emma run to her death. At the same time, unless he did something, Vrak was sure to kill Gia.

"We've got to…" Jake started to run to the fight but Jordan called for him to stop.

"No! If you don't go home, all these people stay dead! All the kids! Your parents…"

"Go!" Gia shouted as she stared Vrak down, trying to anticipate his next move. She could see he wanted to kill her, but knew he had it in him to go after her friends. After all, there were three Rangers all in one group, open for the kill. Three Rangers was better than one.

"First, your father," Vrak smirked as he dropped his sword in exchange for a blaster. "Then, your mother."

"Let me guess. Me next?" Gia asked and glanced quickly at the exit.

"Your mother fought so hard to bring me down," Vrak smirked as he leveled the blaster at her. "Before she died, she swore I wouldn't have this power for much longer. She put all her faith, all her hopes on you. Do you have any idea, at all, how much your mother loved you? How much pain she was willing to endure for this cause? For you? How much she gave up just to give you, her only daughter, the only thing she had left in this world, a fighting chance?"

"Leave Gia alone!" Quinn screamed as a giant boulder formed in thin air once again and smacked him. Gia saw her opportunity and started to make a run for the door.

"Go!" she called to her teammates.

"Gia…"

"Run like hell, you idiot!" Gia screamed to Jake before she felt a piercing pain in her back. Jake, Troy, Emma, and Jordan all saw nothing but a bright light, and then a ball of fire consume her and left nothing behind but the echoes of her screams. When the smoke cleared there was nothing left. Vrak shattered Quinn's boulder and sent all the debris flying before laughing.

"Perfect aim."

"She's…" Emma felt everything leave her body as she collapsed into Jordan's arms. Jordan held her up and spun her around so she was facing him.

"Listen to me," he told her as he looked her dead in the eyes, "That's going to keep happening if you don't run."

"But Jordan…"

"I'm going to take care of this," Jordan promised her, "Just, please, Emma, stop this from happening…"

"Stop what! We can't… we can't stop this!" Emma screamed.

"She's dead!" Jake agreed. "Dude, it's over. We can't go back…"

"You can stop Vrak at four," Jordan nodded his head. "You're going to have to, guys. You can't give this up! Too many people died to see you get home. Mrs. Moran, Mrs. Goodall, Terran, and Gia included! Put your grief aside now and run!"

"One down," Vrak taunted the Rangers as he leveled his blaster again, but was taken off his feet by a powerful force.

"GO!" Jordan shouted and shoved Emma to the door. She looked back, over her shoulder, and then made the toughest decision of her life.

"There's nothing more we can do," Troy assured her before she started running, with the two boys right behind her. Now, it was just a race to make it back home before Vrak could catch them.

Inside the palace, Jordan stood in front of the door and watched the fight between the kids and Vrak. He wasn't normally one to put kids in harm's way, but he had no other choice.

"Kid his butt, Samurai!" he called out to them and then took off running, finding the stairs that would lead him to a room that would hopefully help the Rangers fix everything.

As Felix, Jesse, and Sammie used all their strength to keep Vrak from going after the Rangers, Riley took a risk and grabbed Quinn, pulling her aside. Quinn tried to fight. She wanted to get back at Vrak for killing her cousin and the yellow Ranger, but Riley held her back.

"You're the only double Samurai," she told Quinn, "You have enough power to stop him."

"I want to!" Quinn screamed. "Let me go! I can do this!"

"You need to know how, Quinn," Riley grabbed her arms. "Throwing rocks at him won't work. You need to use all the Symbol Power you have!"

"I can't!"

"You can!" Riley nodded. "Auntie Emy and Uncle Mike were two of the best Samurai. They let nothing stop them, and always did the right thing, even if it was hard. If they could figure out how to stop Xandred, you can stop Vrak."

"I…"

"You are your parents, Quinny," Riley smiled. "Please… Quinn, it's going to take everything, and it's going to hurt, but if we can stop him, then the Rangers can get home safely. You'll have your parents back. We all will."

"It'll hurt?"

"Yeah, probably a lot."

"It'll take everything?"

"I'm proud of you, Quinny," Riley nodded her head. "Your mommy and daddy would be too. I know it's a lot to ask but…"

"What do I do?"

Riley turned Quinn around so she was watching the fight, "Kill him."

Quinn closed her eyes and felt the power building up inside of her. Soon, it was almost too much, and she had to fall to her knees because of the toll it was taking on her body.

"You're doing it, Quinny!" Riley encouraged her, "C'mon, it's almost over! When you wake up, everything's going to be okay! Go, Quinn! Finish him!"

She unleashed all the power she could muster up and fell forward before her energy could hit Vrak. Riley watched as yellow and green Symbol Power merged into one and hit the alien square in the chest, first tearing away at his armour, and then tearing through him. By the time the Symbol Power vanished, he was gone.

"We win!" Riley cried out happily before looking to the ground. She dropped to her knees beside her cousin and took her limp body in her arms. She hugged her close, "You did it, Quinny. We won! The Rangers are going home!"