"Kaylee, wait!" Rebecca called, running after her friend, leaving her oversized cloak behind as she ventured outside. She followed the older mentor, running down the streets. She was bumping into many people, most twice her size, but she would always squeeze her way through.

"Kaylee!" she yelled, finally catching the blonde's arm and spinning her around. Kaylee screamed, trying to break away, but Rebecca held tight. "Kaylee, calm down..."

"No!" Kaylee yelled, dropping to her knees in the middle of the street. "Everything's done... it's all my fault..."

"No, Kaylee, that's where you're mistaken," Rebecca frowned, dropping beside her friend, "This is my fault."

"Becca..."

"Let me finish," Rebecca pressed. She grabbed Kaylee's wrist, pulling her somewhere a little more secluded. When they were out of earshot from the rest of the city, Rebecca whispered. "I created the Venjix virus. I downloaded it and it's because of me we're living in a dome with no food."

"Bec..."

"You've been trying to fix my mistakes," Rebecca continued, "You've done nothing but try to right my wrongs... You can't put all this one yourself."

"She's as good as gone," Kaylee muttered, hiding her head in her hands and bringing her knees to her chest. "She's an invincible vegetable!"

"Who?" Rebecca asked, "Hayden? Kaylee, you know Hayden's going to bounce back, she always does!"

"I can't do this, Rebecca," Kaylee sobbed, finally looking up at the younger doctor. "I... I can't..."

"Kaylee, when you and I first met, I told you the same thing," Rebecca smiled. "There was so much I thought I wouldn't be able to do. After unleashing Venjix, I never thought I would really be helping in his destruction. It was just a wish. But you had the ideas and the technology to fight against him, and you told me you needed my help. Back then... you were really the only person who believed in me."

"Dr. K..."

"Please, Kaylee," Rebecca begged, grabbing Kaylee's arms, "You can't give up on yourself like this! I can't watch you break..."

-----RPM-----

After getting Hayden's to swallow the pills, Mike, Dani and Flynn sat by her bed. Flynn held her hand in his as she started to come too.

"What happened?" Hayden asked.

"You little idiot!" Mike yelled, glaring down at Hayden, "What the hell did you think you were doing?"

"Mike?" Hayden frowned.

"Seriously, Hayden!" Mike screamed, "Why the hell would you starve yourself?"

"Oh..." Hayden breathed as the memories came back. She remembered starving herself to keep her family well fed. She remembered passing out from lack of nutrients.

"Oh?" Mike frowned, "OH!? Is that all you have to say? OH!"

"Calm down, lad," Flynn said, grabbing Mike and holding him back. "She was just trying to help!"

"She never learns!" Mike said, shaking Flynn's hand off and walking to the side of the bed. "How many times have we told you...?"

"I'm sorry," Hayden whispered.

"I'm not taking it," Mike crossed his arms over his chest. "You say it every time. You always tell us you'll never do it again, and yet... you always do... I'm disappointed in you, Hayden..."

Mike stormed out of the room, slamming the bedroom door behind him. Hayden screamed, burying her head in her pillow. Flynn rested beside her, holding her in his arms.

"He was just scared," he whispered in her ear. "He's not mad... just scared."

Daniela huffed, turning to follow her cousin.

"What the hell was that!" she yelled from the top of the stairs, attracting attention from everyone else. Mike turned to look up and sighed. Daniela stomped over to the stairs, running down.

"Why the hell did you scream at her?" she yelled, walking right up to Mike. "You know why she did it. You don't need to make her feel bad! Why the hell are you yelling at her!"

Ziggy ran up to the two, grabbing Daniela and pulling her away. Samantha did the same to Mike. Both were keeping the two fighting cousins at a distance.

"She can't keep doing this!" Mike screamed, "She knows better! She knows she can get hurt! We've told her a thousand times..."

"This is her job!" Daniela growled, "Her job is to protect the city anyway she knows how! Putting herself in danger is the only thing she knows."

"She knows not to do this!"

"Look at this from her point of view, Michael! Try to see this from her eyes... she loves us, and she cares about us. That's not her fault. It's not her fault she can't die! It's not her fault this famine is hurting everyone! She's just trying to deal! She just wants all of us to be safe... not just her..."

"She needs to find another way..."

"Stop yelling at her..." Daniela felt the tears coming. "I don't want you guys to yell. I don't want you to fight..."

"Dani...?"

"Summer's gone... Aunt Kaylee's breaking down. I haven't seen my mother or father in days because they are so busy! Christian's gone! Engel's not waking me up in the middle of the night and I'm hungry!" Daniela sobbed. "I don't need you and Hayden to be fighting!"

"Look, team," Scott said, getting up from the couch. He put a hand on Mike's shoulder and wrapped the other around Samantha. "We're all hungry. We're tired... not everyone is thinking straight... but we need to be strong. We can't pretend like this famine isn't happening for most of the day, then suddenly scare ourselves when we get really hungry. We've got to fight it!"

"Scott's right," Dillon nodded, standing beside his leader, "We aren't going to solve this problem by sitting on our asses and flushing little white balls down the toilet. We're the defenders of Corinth! We're supposed to be out there protecting the city and keeping it from chaos and disaster."

"Yeah!" Ziggy agreed, pumping his fists in the air. "We're super heroes, guys! This is our job! Power Rangers protected the city from anything that could destroy it, not just Venjix."

"Alright!" Scott smiled, happy there was someone standing with him. "I say, tonight, we rest. We save our energy and relax, because tomorrow, we're putting an end to this famine!"

Daniela was beaming as she grabbed her morpher, "Greg... are you there?"

"I'm listening, Dan."

"Any luck with our solution?"

"We're working on it now," Greg's voice sounded positive. Daniela grinned, looking at her friends and cousins quickly before her gaze shifted back to her morpher.

"When will we see results?"

"Hopefully in a matter of..."

"... days. We're inventing a food press!"

"A what?" Scott laughed, hearing the twins on the morphers. He knew it was them, because there were two different voices speaking in sync.

"A food press!" Greg chuckled, "Just like the printing press. In the sixteenth century, Gutenberg invented the printing press and was able to make printed copies. It was used to print the Bible. With it, people could make dozens of copies, with just the original piece!"

"We based our ideas off Gutenberg and came up with a food press. We're working on it now!" Gemma added.

"And if we get it right, then we should be able to duplicate food! We'll never run out so long as we have at least one of everything!" Gem finished.

"Well... that's good news," Ziggy nodded. Scott laughed, he had to agree.

"Great job, guys, keep working on it."

"On it, boss!" Gem, Gemma and Greg spoke just before breaking off communication.

-----RPM-----

Rebecca was watching Kaylee cry and occasionally the blonde would hit her head against the hard wall. She couldn't bear to see the once emotionally and physically strong mentor so weak.

"Kaylee... you've been put in charge for a reason," the doctor whispered gently. "We all believe in you. We've never stopped..."

"I've let everyone down..."

"You just think that..."

"NO!" Kaylee screamed, "It's true! My entire life is a joke! I've spend my entire life thinking I was something special! I thought I was a hero! But now... when the world needs me... I can't do it!"

"You are a hero!"

"I'm worthless!"

"I beg to differ!" Rebecca snapped, "You are the greatest person to ever live! You fought space ninjas, mutant dinosaurs, magic creatures, monsters and animal spirits! You've raised a family and you created the technology that's keeping humanity going!"

"It was all a lie," Kaylee muttered. Rebecca shook her head. She was never going to break through. Kaylee was a stubborn one, there was no denying that.

Suddenly, an old saying hit her. Dr. K remembered the one thing in alphabet soup that her "parents" used to tell her.

"Some are born great... some achieve greatness... and some..."

Rebecca trailed off, turning to Kaylee. She sat in front of the blonde, lifting her face so they were looking eye to eye.

"Kaylee... some have greatness thrust upon them."

Kaylee didn't say a word as she waited for the young girl to continue. Rebecca smiled.

"You didn't choose the Wind Ninja Academy... it chose you. Your first morpher was given to you. You stumbled upon your second one, and recruited for the others! Kaylee, you weren't born great and you didn't achieve... it's been handed to you, whether you like it or not."

"K..."

"That's why I know you can do it," Rebecca smiled, "You've come way too far to give up now! There's nothing you can't do! You're the Great Kaylee Ann Hanson! Legendary Green Female Power Ranger and a damn good singer! You can't give up!"

Rebecca stood up.

"This city needs you now more than ever, and the Kaylee I know wouldn't run away because she was too afraid she was going to fail. You've got a team of friends and a huge family to support you. So you've lost some people on the way, it's all a part of the journey. No battle's been fought without any victims. We learn from experience and from our mistakes. Don't let those people die in vain."

The young doctor offered a hand to help Kaylee up.

"Are you with me?" she asked. Kaylee looked up and nodded, taking the doctor's hand.

"Let's save this city," she smiled, getting to her feet.

-----RPM-----

"How's the press coming along?" Greg asked the following morning, coming out of the bed chamber after a good night's sleep. He knew he wouldn't be able to get anything done if he was tired.

Gem and Gemma on the other hand pulled on all nighter. After Greg came up with the blue prints and explained how they could assemble the food press, the two found a new energy (caution: danger) and couldn't fall asleep. They had to get to work and they had to finish it.

"Great! We just need one thing!" Gem smiled.

"What's that?" Greg asked. Gemma pulled the little device out from behind her back and smiled.

"We need a super awesome name!" she beamed. Greg laughed, taking the machine from Gemma. He stared in awe.

"How about... the Foodinator?" Greg chuckled.

"Ooh, that sounds..."

"... awesome!"

"But we were thinking..."

"... of maybe calling it..."

"... The Food Boomer!" the twins shouted at the same time, high-fiving.

"Um, why boomer?"

"Cause we can nickname it the Boom," Gem shrugged happily, turning to his sister so she could finish.

"And we planted a little device in the tip that will make a booming noise when food is copied!"

"It's going to be awesome!" the twins exclaimed, high-fiving again. Greg smiled, handling the Food Boomer.

"Does it work?" he asked. "Have you tested it?"

"No... not..."

"... yet," Gemma sighed, turning to her brother.

"Good," Greg smirked. He was confident his technology and the twin's assembly was going to work, so confident, he was willing to test it in front of the entire city. "We've got a city assembly to call."

-----RPM-----

"Alright, Rangers, are you guys ready?" Scott asked, putting his morpher away neatly.

"Hungry... but ready," Mike nodded.

"You all know what you have to do?" Scott looked to the teenagers before him with a smile. They all nodded, except for Samantha. She was busy searching for two important members of the team.

"Um, before bed last night, did anyone tell Flynn and Hayden our plan?" she asked.

"I knew I forgot something!" Ziggy groaned. His shoulders dropped as he moved to the stairs. "Be right back, guys..."

The others chuckled, watching Ziggy disappear into the bedroom. They heard mumbling, which was Ziggy explaining the plan, then smiled when the three walked out.

"Hey, it's fainterella!" Dillon smirked, seeing Hayden for the first time since she passed out. "How's the head?"

"Drugged on pills," Hayden chuckled.

"And the stomach?" Samantha asked.

"As full as it's going to get... mid famine," Hayden laughed. She looked at Flynn who nodded happily in her direction. Scott smiled at the team.

"C'mon guys. Until that food press is made we're the..."

"Helloo!"

"Is anyone there?"

Scott heard the familiar voices of the Boom-Twins on the morphers and chuckled.

"Hey guys, we're all here," he said, "Well... all the Rangers and Sam."

"Becca and I are here too," Kaylee's voice came.

"Perfect," the twins said. "Because we have a surprise that will..."

"... knock your socks off!"

Hayden and Daniela looked down at their feet. Samantha rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Go on," she told the twins.

"The Food Boomer..."

"... is done!"

"The what?" Kaylee asked.

"Corinth's solution to world hunger!" Greg spoke, taking the communicator from the twins. "Gem and Gemma worked all night and got my ideas up and running. We're on our way to the center of the city to test it now!"

"Yes!" the Rangers cheered.

"I'll assemble the city, then," Kaylee exclaimed. "Over and out!"

"We've gotta get this bad boy to the assembly," Greg said, "Over and out!"

"And we've got an assembly to watch," Scott smiled, shutting off his morpher and looking at the team.

-----RPM-----

Kaylee walked through the crowd of hungry citizens, making her way to the podium where Greg, Gem and Gemma were standing with the Food Boomer in their hands. She could see the excitement on their faces as they prepared to test it out.

The forty-year old world leader walked to the microphone, turning it on.

"People of Corinth city," she started, hushing the crowd, "I know it's been a difficult week. We've been living on the brink of death for some time now, and we're all scared. Since day one a team of very intelligent teenagers have been working on a machine that should help us with this famine... we're all here now to see if it's going to work."

Kaylee turned to the Boom Twins with a smile. They waved, showing off their machine. Kaylee laughed, rolling her eyes before turning back to the crowd. She could see the anxiety in everyone's eyes as Gem pulled an apple from his jacket and placed it on the ground. Greg walked to the podium.

"If this works," he smiled, "My friend Gem should be able to duplicate this apple exactly. This means that there will be no more famine, because we can create food in an instant. No need for planting and waiting full seasons."

Gem turned on the machine. A soft purring noise made him smile. He looked at his sister, who was giving him an excited thumbs up.

Kaylee bit her lower lip nervously as she watched Gem take aim. Time slowed for her as his finger moved to the trigger. Just as he shot, she closed her eyes.

A loud boom echoed through the dome and Kaylee heard the twins cheering. She opened her eyes with a smile.

"Did it work?" she asked.

Suddenly, before the smoke cleared, Kaylee heard the cheering die as something wet hit her face. She wiped it off and licked it.

"Apple sauce?" she asked. Her eyes widened as the smoke cleared and she saw what the machine had done.

"They blew up the apple!" a woman yelled, pointing to the Twins and Greg. "Food is precious, and these kids are having fun destroying it!"

"GET THEM!" the angry mob of people screamed, throwing themselves on the stage. One man grabbed the food press and held it over his head.

"Worthless piece of shit!" he screamed, throwing the press down. Kaylee dove for the machine, catching it in her arms. The Rangers jumped into action as well, forcing the angry people off the stage.

"Everyone stop!" Kaylee screamed, her voice reaching the microphone and causing it to echo loudly through the city. "What the hell are we doing?"

"Fighting for our lives!" a man yelled. Kaylee growled. She shoved the food machine in Gemma's arms and jumped off the stage, into the pit of people.

"Fighting for your lives?" she asked, glaring at the person who spoke. "Is that what you guys call murder? We're a city; we're supposed to work together in times like this!"

"Who are you to talk?" a woman frowned, shoving Kaylee, "You had a breakdown in the middle of this mess. You're not a leader, you're worthless."

Kaylee shook her head, catching a glimpse of Rebecca. She smiled at the doc and nodded before turning back to the people.

"Am I really?" she asked. "Who the hell has been breaking their back trying to save you guys? When fights broke out I tried to stop them and deal with them fairly! I'll admit, I haven't been doing a great job in your eyes, but none of you have made this easy for me!"

Kaylee hopped back up on the stage, glaring at everyone, "When I announced the famine, I told you guys to work together! We all needed to be a team! What happens as soon as I turn my back? You guys started beating the other person... and for what? A can of peas! Sure, not it's important, but is it worth taking a life?"

Kaylee took a deep breath. She spotted Dustin, Tori, Kelly, RJ and Ronny in the crowd. They smiled weakly at her. From the stage, Kaylee could see scars from their attempts to break up some dangerous fights.

"I broke down... I cried... I gave up," Kaylee announced. "For a while, I didn't think I was going to do this. But that only made me stronger. I had sunk so low, there was no place to go but up. After all, I am only human, just like the rest of you. I do make mistakes and I do break. I'm no God. With a little help from my friends and family though, I bounced back. And now, here I am, standing before all of you, telling you all how stupid you guys... and I have been."

Kaylee grabbed Gem, Gemma and Greg gently, pulling them to the front of the stage.

"So they failed, who cares! If we make it out of this famine alive, I'm going to look at these three as heroes. In this entire city, they've been the only ones to search for a solution. They tried, and no one else can say that!"

Kaylee pointed to her family in the audience, "And while these heroes were trying, six other people were trying to keep the peace, and look at what you've done to them!"

Kaylee didn't see a single eye turn to the former Rangers. She raised her voice, "Look at them!"

The city turned to Dustin, Tori, Blake, Kelly, RJ and Ronny.

"These guys look like they took a walk through World Wars I & II because of all of you. They just wanted to help you... help me, and now I've got to find them a doctor for the scars you've all given them!"

Kaylee lowered her voice, taking another deep breath as a tear ran down her cheek, "We all make mistakes... you... them... me. But how we deal with our mistakes... that's what's going to pull us out of this. I can't save the city on my own... Greg, Gem and Gemma... they can't save the city by themselves. No one can. Everyone's got to do their part. I'm not asking you guys to work day and night inventing a machine. All I'm asking is for patience. I know you're all scared, but... if you guys will just calm down and help each other, we'll end this famine a lot faster. I'm not happy with what's happened, but I know we can all do our part. Aside from NewTech city, we're all that's left. We've been fighting Venjix for a while now, it would be pathetic if our friends in NewTech remember us as the city that fought Venjix, but died of hunger. We're better than that... We're the last stand."

Kaylee turned off her microphone and dropped it on the ground. She pulled the Twins and Greg along with her as she walked away.

"C'mon... we're going to fix this machine," she told them.

As she stepped off the stage, one man clapped his hands together slowly. In an instant, several other people joined him. Before Kaylee was gone, the whole city was clapping and cheering.

Hayden smiled, clapping with the city as she watched her mother, her hero, walk away and make history.

Suddenly, she heard a faint beep coming from the stage. She ran over to the source, finding a small computer. She read what was on the screen.

Famine: Day Eight.

Deaths: 296.

Chances of Survival: Great.

Hayden held the computer tight, turning to the crowd of people, still clapping for her mother. The rest of the Rangers joined her on stage.

"Looks like we've got nothing to worry about," Scott smiled. Hayden looked at him and nodded.

"Nothing... except a huge ass famine still sweeping the city."

"Minor details," Dani laughed, waving it off. "We'll figure it out. We've got the entire city behind us."

Rebecca shook her head, hopping up on stage, "No, we're all behind our Great Leader."