Author Note: Okay first off I need to say this. I know I already said this on my profile page but I'm working on a story with Saix1234, so if you want to his profile page is linked to mine in my fav. author and it's his power ranger story called Z-Force.

The flames had yet to die down after the battle that destroyed Tommy's house as both the firefighters and Lightspeed rangers came to put it out. Tommy and the older rangers were being checked out as they were the ones that took the brunt of the attack while the younger rangers were watching the fire with upset expressions. Their headquarters was fine but they had grown attached to the house, especially Kira who had been living there for awhile, they didn't want to see it burn down and now that it was they didn't know what to think. Feeling tears starting to form in her eyes, Kira hugged Conner, and started to cry into his chest as he rubbed her back comfortingly.

"It's going to be okay Kira," Conner whispered kissing the top of her head.

"Do you think that insurance is going to pay for this?" Alex asked picking up a broken piece of wood.

"They should, I mean the house was completely destroyed due to the attack," Ethan muttered watching the flames.

Conner was about to say something when he saw that Carter was walking over to them with a concerned look. Straightening up Conner walked towards Carter and stopped when they were about two feet away from each other.

"Carter what's going on?" Conner asked frowning.

"Tommy and the others are going to be fine but for the time being…they shouldn't morph for awhile," Carter explained sighing.

"But what about saving Erica?" Alex asked confused.

"We're going to have to have all of us if we're going to sneak into Messagog's Fortress," Ethan pointed out as Carter looked over at Tommy and Jason.

Conner stood there looking at the ground while Carter explained something that he knew he should be listening to, but at the time he just couldn't. He knew that if they waited any longer then they run the risk of Erica getting hurt and that wasn't something he wanted to add to his list of guilt. So when Carter walked away, Conner finally looked up and around hoping to find the one person that he knew would be able to help them. Sensing that something was wrong, Kira looked back and saw her boyfriend with a serious look on his face as he scanned the crowd. Taking a hold of his hand, Kira brought him back to reality then took a hold of his face and tilted his head towards her.

"Conner what are you doing?" She asked frowning.

"Looking for Hayley, she's the only person who can help us now," the red ranger explained finally spotting the tech woman, "follow me."

The others all looked at each other confused before following their leader and stopping when they got to Hayley. Conner then motioned for Hayley to come with them, the rangers then started to make their way towards the other entrance in the headquarters when Hayley grabbed Conner's arm forcing him to stop.

"Conner what is going on here?" She asked as the other looked at him for an answer.

"…Fine I guess I could tell you now," Conner said rubbing the back of his neck, "the four of us are going to break into Messagog's island and save Erica."

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Hayley asked, wide eyed.

"Conner I'm sorry but you can't be serious," Kira said concerned.

"I'm in," Alex said shocking everyone.

"Alex dude think this through," Ethan said stepping in front of the two, "we're nowhere near ready to fight Messagog."

"It's now or never Ethan, now Conner's right we need to go and save Erica," Alex said glaring at the blue ranger, "now we're not saying that we're going to fight Messagog, if anything I want to go in, save Erica and get out, but if it comes to a fight then I'll do everything I can in order to defeat him."

Ethan and Kira looked at each other, trying to think of anything that they could say in order to talk their friends out of their plan. When nothing came to their mind, Kira took a hold of Conner's hand again and kissed his palm before smiling at him,

"I guess that I don't have a choice, if you're going then I'm going," She promised making him smile.

"Well if you three are going then I guess I better go," Ethan said sighing and rubbing the back of his neck.

"This is insane you guys, there is no way that the others will allow you to do this," Hayley said trying to talk some sense into them, "and Kira what about Kim, she would be crushed if you got hurt."

"Hayley I was in danger of getting hurt from the second I took a hold of the yellow gem," Kira pointed out, "and right now there's a civilian that needs our help."

Looking at the four, Hayley saw that there was no way that she was going to be able to talk them out of it and figured that they knew what they were doing. Then a thought crossed her mind, they didn't know the layout of the fortress and the one who did wouldn't be able to go. Smirking Hayley pointed out the flaw in their plan, knowing that they couldn't talk their way out of it when Alex frowned.

"I…I know the layout of the place," Alex said confusing them.

"What but…but how?" Hayley asked freaking out.

"I think that it has something to do with Trent's memory due to him being the previous white ranger," Alex explained looking at the ground and shoving his hands in his pocket, "I noticed it when we summoned the zords, I never done it before but then I felt something tug at the back of my head and bang I knew what to do."

"But…but…"

"And if his memories are correct, Erica will be in the cells at the bottom of the fortress on the island, there should be and elevator shaft that will take us straight there and if that doesn't work, we fight through five floors of Tyrannodrones."

"Damn it I'm not going to be able to talk you out of this am I?" Hayley groaned as they smirked.

"Nope now are you going to help us Hayley?" Conner asked.

Sighing Hayley walked into the headquarters and sat down at the computer before starting to type away on the keyboard when a map popped up on the screen. After downloading it to a PDA, she handed it to Ethan and walked with them over to the raptor riders and the white ATV.

"Alright guys the next portal will open up there in the next half hour, after that then you'll only have one hour in order to get in, grab Erica, and get out."

"Thanks Hayley, you're a life saver," Alex said as they got on their rides and went off.

The location on the PDA took them to a nearby beach and the rangers started to look around for where the portal would be. Looking at the PDA, Ethan notice that they were right where they needed to be and that they had at least two minutes to wait.

"So what's the plan?" Ethan asked as Conner looked out over the water.

"We go in, get to Erica, save her, and then get the hell out of there," Conner said turning back to them.

"Pretty cut and dry," Kira said smiling.

Just then the portal opened up and the rangers all faced it before they activated their morphers. Quickly morphing, they ran through the portal and towards what they figured would be their hardest fight in their ranger career.