It was happening again. A monster was attacking the city. Kelly was watching this on the little portal TV Dustin snuck out of Ninja Ops for her. Now that she knew who the Rangers were, she worried about their safety a lot more. To ease her worry (or increase it depending on how the battles were going), Dustin had given her the monitor so she could be a part of the action. Of course, no one aside from Dustin knew about it.

Kelly was watching closely as the Rangers arrived on scene, stealing the orb the monster was holding. Shane, who was the Red Ranger, had it in his hands and started to run. The monster didn't seem to like this. He blasted Shane, causing him to stumble over.

Shane rolled back onto his feet, pulling out a blaster and shooting at the monster, but before anything could happen, the monster disappeared, only to suddenly reappear behind him and knock him down.

"Shane, come in!" Kelly heard. She knew this voice was coming from Ninja Ops and the Rangers could hear it through the morpher. "You've got to conserve energy."

"Easier said than done," Shane said.

The monster approached Shane, holding his hands out, "Give that back to me."

Shane clutched onto the ball, getting back to his feet, "I'm taking my ball and going home!"

Suddenly, they both disappeared, as well as the other Rangers. Kelly frowned, tapping the side of her screen.

"Where are they?" she asked herself, hoping for the best.

Then, just like that, they all reappeared again, out of breath. Kelly held her own breath as they started to drop. She could hear them all complaining about a lack of energy, giving Kelly the indication that something was seriously wrong. They were a group of teenage kids and Hunter. If anything, they had an excess of energy.

In the air, the large face of the monster appeared, and from his eyes shot out lighting, striking the Rangers. Kelly bit her nails as she watched her friends twist around in pain.

The monster appeared again, making his way over to the Rangers.

"Now, for the last time," he said, "give that back!"

"Let me get this straight," Shane said, slowly getting to his feet, "We're just supposed to hand this over? With all our powers in it? That's never going to happen."

"All their powers?" Kelly frowned as it dawned on her. The Rangers had their energy taken from them. That must have been in the ball. With their energy gone, they didn't stand a chance.

Kelly looked back down at the screen in time to catch the end of the Megazord fight. The Rangers were being ejected from their cockpits and thrown to the ground, landing in a heap. Kelly didn't like this, and she couldn't just stand around while they took a beating.

Kelly dropped the screen back onto her desk and ran for the door just as a wave of energy hit the city. Kelly saw it seconds before it hit and ducked behind the row of bikes, keeping low to the ground. She watched the wave pass over her head, hitting the bikes and moving around them, like water.

When it passed her, Kelly got to her feet. She ran out the door, hoping to find the Rangers. She needed to help in some way, though she didn't exactly know how.

She wasn't afraid of getting involved in the fight. After Dustin told her the secret, he taught her a few moves she could use in case something like this were to happen. He thought she needed to be able to defend herself in case the Rangers weren't able to. Surely if she needed to, she could be a distraction for the monster. Once she got that ball in her hands, it would be like playing a sport, and Kelly was good at sports. The only difference would be that her opponent was a very dangerous energy sucking monster.

But when she stepped outside, Kelly saw the world was frozen. She stopped in her tracks and frowned.

"What the hell?" she said, before feeling something funny. She looked down at her hands and saw they were disappearing slowly.

Suddenly, she found herself in a room, looking a lot like a fancy cave. She looked around and spotted Blake, Tori, Hunter, Shane and Dustin, all dressed in their black Ninja uniforms. They were standing for a moment, before dropping suddenly.

"What's the deal?" Blake asked weakly.

"I feel so weak," Hunter commented.

"Save your energy Rangers," a guinea pig in the corner said. Kelly couldn't help but wonder how he was speaking. However, she knew she couldn't be seen. She pulled away, into the staircase just as the guinea pig turned and gazed in her direction. Kelly didn't know if he saw her or not, but wasn't willing to find out.

The guinea pig continued to speak, "I have engaged Cam's teleportation system to bring you to safety for now."

"Where is Cam?" Tori asked.

"He has embarked upon a journey that could very well determine the fate of the world as we know it."

"So, dude, what does that mean?" Dustin frowned. The guinea pig jumped from the rather large computer and over to the table, where the others had all gathered lazily.

"Cam has gone back in time to get help," he explained. "But if he is not returned before time resumes I fear there will be nothing to prevent Madtropolis from destroying our planet."

Kelly gasped instinctively, forgetting for a moment she wasn't supposed to be heard. All heads turned around quickly, afraid there had been a breach.

Knowing the Rangers had no energy to fight, the guinea pig walked over to the end of the table.

Kelly slowly pulled out of the shadows of the staircase, revealing herself before this strange talking guinea pig attacked. It was the Ranger's turn to gasp.

"Kelly?" Shane frowned, trying to get up. Kelly held her hand up, letting him know he didn't have to put in the effort.

"Kelly, we can explain..." Tori started, but Kelly shook her head. She looked over to Dustin, who lowered his head.

"Guys..."

"I don't know how I got here," Kelly said, rather honestly. She knew where she was and who her friends really were, but she had no idea how she wound up in their headquarters. "One minute I was in the store and the next there was this giant wave of something coming towards me. I jumped out of the way and I missed it. All of a sudden, I'm... here."

Dustin frowned, looking up at Kelly. She nodded and gave him a small smile. Even now that the cat was out of the bag, she wasn't going to rat him out.

"How did this happen?" Blake asked, looking to the guinea pig. The little creature shook his head.

"She must not have been frozen in time like everyone else," the guinea pig said. "When I teleported you here, she must have been pulled along as well, because she wasn't trapped in time."

"That raises more questions than answers," Kelly frowned.

"I agree with her," Dustin nodded, raising his hand weakly.

Kelly walked over to her friends, placing a hand on Blake and Shane's shoulders, "What happened to you guys? You look out of it."

"We're just a little winded," Hunter explained. Kelly frowned.

"That's not a little winded," she said, "You forget, I'm your coach. I've seen you when you were a lot winded. You guys look like you're about to drop dead."

"We feel that way," Shane nodded. He turned his head to the guinea pig, "Should we just tell her?"

"I don't see the harm," the guinea pig nodded.

"I do," Hunter grumbled. Kelly frowned, kicking him in the shin. "Dude, what was that for?"

Kelly shrugged, "I felt like it."

"Alright, Kel," Dustin explained, pushing himself to his feet, "I think it's best if we tell you. You might wanna sit down."

Kelly looked to the table and cushions and saw they were all taken. She turned to Dustin and frowned. He looked as well, realising the problem.

"Okay, well don't say I didn't warn you," he told her. He stepped over to her carefully, pretending to stumble over. Kelly caught him, holding him up. As she steadied him again, he whispered in her ear, "Act like you did when I first told you."

She nodded softly, keeping her hand close to Dustin for support, in case he fell over again. Dustin took a deep breath.

"Remember all those times you passed out, and woke up thinking you saw the Power Rangers?" Dustin started. Kelly nodded and looked around the room curiously.

"You don't mean...?"

Dustin nodded, "Well, when we said you were wrong, we were lying."

Kelly frowned and pulled away from Dustin. "What...?"

"Dustin and I are the two Rangers you saw the other day," Shane explained, looking up at his friend. "When we told you your head injury was making you see things... we lied."

"You... you lied?" Kelly asked, tears forming in her eyes. Dustin pulled away slightly, a little surprised at her acting skills.

"We're really sorry," Tori added, "But... this isn't a little secret..."

"How the hell could you do this?" Kelly screamed, glaring at Tori especially, who had really been the one to convince her she was sick. When she was staying with Tori and her mom, Tori had constantly been denying Kelly's hallucinations. "I really thought I was sick."

"Oh, and by the way," Hunter added, "Tori stole from Storm Chargers, not me."

Tori turned to the Crimson Ranger and growled. Hunter pulled away slightly, realising this wasn't the best time.

"Wait..." Kelly paused, moving her gaze from Tori, to Hunter, then back to Tori. Of course, she knew all this already, but if she was going to keep Dustin's secret, she had to be convincing. They had to believe she was hearing this for the first time. Kelly's stare rested on Tori, "You stole the money?"

Tori nodded, slowing getting to her feet. She stumbled over to a set of clothes, folded in the corner. She grabbed her pair of jeans and reached into the pocket, pulling out some money.

"This is it," she whispered meekly, "All the money's here..."

"Why?" Kelly asked, glaring at Tori with so much hate that the Blue Ranger was beginning to tear up. Kelly couldn't stand how much she was hurting Tori and the rest of the team, but she knew she had to do it.

"We had to cover for Hunter," Tori said, "He really did knock you out and drag you into the forest. He kidnapped you and Sensei and he's hurt your back with his thunder staff. But you weren't allowed to know."

"We had to come up with a story that would be believable," Shane cut in. "Hunter trashing the store was believable, but if the store was still all clean, you wouldn't believe us. So Tori and I messed it up and she took the money to frame Hunter."

"Do you like me now?" Hunter asked his boss. Kelly turned and glared.

"You're still in the wrong, blondie," she said. She looked back at Shane and Tori, "Why didn't you guys just tell me?"

"We couldn't," Dustin explained. "We had to protect you. The less you know, the safer you'll be."

"I hope you understand this, Kelly," the guinea pig said, "But the Rangers needed to keep their identities secret."

Kelly took a deep breath, "I... I..."

"We're really sorry, Kel," Shane said. He gestured to the entire team, "We all are. If we didn't care about you so much, we wouldn't have done any of this. You know you're like, the best boss-friend in the world."

Kelly smiled, "I guess I can't blame you guys. But there's one condition."

"What's that?" Blake asked.

"Next time you guys need help, let me know," Kelly said. "I was watching you guys fight on the... news. That monster has your energy, doesn't he?"

Dustin pointed to the ball that was sitting on the table, "We got it back," he said, "But we can't get it open."

"And if we can't open it, we can't find the energy to fight," Tori added.

Kelly knelt down before her friends, "You know, a few years back my dad coached a few sports' teams. I was always there, watching the games."

"We know," Shane nodded, "You're like the nerd of the jock world."

"Hey, this nerd knows how you guys can get back out on the field without your energy," Kelly smirked. "When it got to the end of the game, the teams would always be exhausted, especially if they were short-handed. My dad would always tell them, the best thing to do would be to work together."

"Didn't we already have this lesson?" Dustin frowned, looking over to Shane.

"I believe Kelly has a point," the guinea pig smiled.

"I've watched you guys on the news from the start. When you fight, you all seem to go all out, then back away so someone else can have a go. Before you know it, you're all exhausted. It's worked before, but you can't keep doing it."

"So, what?" Hunter frowned, "Are you saying we need more stamina."

"Shut up and let me finish," Kelly snapped. Even after everything was cleared up (publicly of course, she still seemed to hold some resentment against Hunter that he couldn't understand). "If you guys work together, and fight five against one, instead of five one on one plays, you'll do more damage and waste less energy."

"So, fight together?" Shane asked.

Kelly nodded, "Like, you go in for an attack and start it off, but you let Blake finish it. The monster won't know what hit it, and you still have more energy to go."

"What about the ball?" Tori asked, "We need it open. We can't keep living without energy."

"We'll figure that out later, Rangers," the guinea pig said, "For now, let's concentrate of defeating Madtropolis."

The Rangers nodded and looked down at their hands, noticing they were slowly fading away. Kelly noticed the same as she looked down at herself.

"What's going on?"

"Time is resuming its true course," the guinea pig explained to the team. "You will all be returned to where you were the moment time stopped."

"Okay..." Kelly frowned, "I just have one question. What are you?"

"Dude, that's Sensei," Dustin smiled.

"He's a guinea pig."

"Long story," Dustin laughed before disappearing completely.

-----Storm-Chargers-----

After Kelly appeared back at Storm Chargers, she could hear the TV screen Dustin gave her going off loudly. She six more monsters appearing and the Rangers were on it. She noticed a new Ranger and smiled, figuring it must have been the person everyone had been talking about back at the base, Cam.

With a new Ranger, and the five other Rangers' power back (the first monster had been defeated before Kelly could walk into the store), Kelly was confident they were going to be okay.

When the battles were over and people were starting to come onto the streets again, Kelly heard the door opening. She looked up and saw Tori walking in, with her head lowered. She could barely see Tori biting her lower lip, and the blue Ranger was playing with her hands nervously.

Kelly approached her, "Tori, are you okay?"

Tori shook her head and pulled out the money from her pockets. Kelly didn't have time to take it back when she was teleported away from Ninja Ops.

"Here," Tori whispered, handing her friend the money and quickly turning to run away. Kelly grabbed onto her arm, holding her back.

"Hey," she called, "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine," Tori said, never bothering to turn around.

"Is this about the money?" Kelly asked. She laid the money on the helmet rack and grabbed her friend with both hands, spinning her around. As she did, she saw tears in Tori's eyes, "Hey, it's okay... I understand..."

"It was still stolen," Tori whispered, "I'm sorry."

"You gave it back," Kelly said, "And you did it to protect me. How can I be mad at that?"

"I still shouldn't have done it," Tori tried to pull away, but Kelly held onto her arms tight.

"Don't worry about it," she told the small girl. "I know you aren't the kind of person who steals."

"But I stole from you."

"Which means I won't press charges," Kelly laughed. She pulled her friend into a hug, "It's okay, Tori."

"I feel really bad about this whole thing," Tori admitted, "Lying to you, stealing, running off... you were nothing but nice to us and we all blew you off without any reasons why."

"It's not like you had a choice," Kelly shrugged. "Just, promise me one thing, and you'll be totally off the hook."

"What's that?" Tori asked.

"Be careful out there," Kelly laughed. "You're fighting with my only three employees. They need to stay in shape for when they come back to work."

Tori laughed, "We'll be careful. I promise."

"Good," Kelly nodded, "Now I saw you got a new Ranger. Go have fun and celebrate. But tell Dustin, Blake and especially Hunter not to party too hard. They're opening the story tomorrow."

Tori was about to leave when she heard this. She turned around with a knowing smirk.

"You really hate Hunter, don't you?" she asked. Kelly crossed her arms.

"What gave it away?"

"The bickering," she laughed, "But the way you always mention him, or notice him... It's giving off some signals."

"That I really hate him."

Tori smirked. Kelly frowned.

"What?"

Tori shrugged, "Maybe I'm wrong..."

"Tori..." Kelly said cautiously.

"I mean, I may be wrong about it, but..."

"Don't say it."

"If it isn't true, then how do you know what I'm getting at?"

"Victoria Hanson!" Kelly screamed, and Tori took off running. Kelly grabbed the money, stuffing it in her pockets for safe keeping before taking off after the younger girl. "I swear..."