==Kangchenjunga, Sikkim, India==

The Rangers were still confused as to how they were at the peak of a Himalayan and how Raylan was there. They were instantly teleported after Troy's and Johnny's death, raising some suspicion.

"What's going on?" Chase asked as he stepped in front of the Rangers.

"Everything is falling apart..." Raylan groaned.

"Raylan! Are you okay?" Emma exclaimed before she ran over to him. "You look terrible!"

"I'm...I'm not okay..." Raylan breathed. In his state of condition, it was hard to speak.

"What happened to you?"

"My essence is dying."

"What do you mean?"

"You guys are dying, and with each death, I'm being torn from the inside." Raylan managed to say. When he finished speaking, two large bruises started to appear on his arm. The pain was too much for him to tolerate and he fell down.

"Oh my gosh!" Emma exclaimed. "What's wrong with you?"

"GRAH!" Raylan shouted. "IT BURNS!"

The other Rangers ran over to Raylan and tried to help him stand. He was too weak to make the effort to move his muscles by himself, so he ended up falling back down again.

"I can't do this..." he grunted.

"We've already lost too much, we can't let you go, too." Ryleigh told him. "You'll be fine."

"No he won't!" Jake Holling fired back at Ryleigh. "Face it, we're losing!"

"Keep your mouth shut!" Emma Goodall exclaimed. "You're just mad that Noah died!"

"Shut up, I'll have you know that Troy's dead, too!"

"Troy...?" Emma's face turned stone cold.

"Please don't fight..." Nick mumbled to himself.

The team was falling apart. The Rangers started shouting insults at each other, despite the fact that they all knew everything they said was pointless. It seemed like a hopeless battle.

"This is no way to be acting." Raylan told his wife, who was rubbing his wounds. "We're going nowhere with this kind of attitude."

"I love you so much..." Emma whispered to him. "I'm not going to let this kill you."

"Say something..." Raylan barely managed to say.

Emma took a deep breath and stood up. "Everyone, be quiet!" her voice boomed. Everyone silenced.

"Is this any way to behave?" she asked the Rangers. "The fate of the human race rests in our hands and we're just standing here bickering about senseless garbage? Sure, we lost a few lives, but that can't stop us. We have no choice to continue fighting! While we're running our mouths trying to piss each other off, Exo is probably running his army through the rest of the world!"

"I...I agree." Ryleigh finally stated. "If we want to win, we have to act like winners. I know that we all lost people extremely important to us, but we have to put the past behind us. It's the future that we have to think about."

"I get that, but how do we get out of here?" Chase asked. "There's no one here."

"There is no one here..." Raylan whimpered. "No one but dragons..."

"Dragons?"

At the sound of the word, Odahviing and Paarthurnax hovered over the group of the Rangers. To their shock and surprise, the dragons landed behind Raylan.

"The Dovahkiin is hurting." Paarthurnax announced.

"Who's the Dovahkiin?" the Rangers asked.

"The human you call Raylan." Odahviing answered. "He controls the balance of the world, and if his life is lost, so will the rest of your race! Put aside your differences and fight for each other. The sake of your world depends on it!"

"Raylan...?" Emma asked. "Is that true?"

"It is." Raylan nodded weakly. "But I can't continue to fight at this condition. You're going to have to go out there without me."

"Go out where?"

"With his Dragon Priests gone, Exo is pursuing his first idea of a nuclear world takeover again. He has stations set up in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. I want at least one Ranger in each country setting up a post with the rest in Palisade."

"What are we going to do there?" Chase asked. "It's not like we have a game plan."

"You guys don't, but I do." Raylan said. "You all just go focus on the defense and let me take care of the offense."

"You can count on us." Chase nodded. He turned back to the remaining Rangers and took a deep breath. "I'm guessing you expect me to give a battle speech, right?"

The Rangers nodded and waited for Chase to talk.

"Okay, here I go. Today, we go into the world as heroes. We go into the world with the idea that we're protectors, that we're defenders of the Earth. All of our friends, family, inspirations, schoolmates, colleagues, passer-bys, and any other loved ones are counting on us for help. We have to make the push to finish off the last of the wyrms, for the sake of our planet depends on it. If failure is not an option, success is guaranteed. Now let's get out there and win this fight!"

"For Alli!" the Rangers chanted.

"For Noah!"

"For Kenzie!"

"For Jake!"

"For Shane!"

"For Troy!"

"For Johnny!"

"For Raylan!"

And with that, the Rangers were teleported away.

"Now, what was that idea you had?" Raylan asked Paarthurnax.

"Odahviing will take you to Exo's base, where we are sure the word wall that you are looking for exists." Paarthurnax affirmed. "It should contain the words for the shout 'Call of Valor'. That should allow you to contact high powered spirits. If you find it, summon J and Isus."

"Where do you think it will be?" Raylan asked.

"He should have a highly protected room somewhere in the depths of his castle. When J had to fall back in battle a long time ago, Exo stole the word wall and sealed it near his library. I would start looking there." Paarthurnax said.

"Remember, you cannot be spotted or engage in battle until the Rangers have secured their posts." Odahviingu reminded Raylan. "You are far too frail to get yourself into any sort of battle."

"I won't, I promise." Raylan stated.

"Now pack your belongings, you have a mission to complete." Paarthurnax raised his head.

"Thank you, guys." Raylan nodded. "I'll get on it."


==Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation==

Ryleigh dropped from a height and crashed on a tiled floor. She got up and let her vision get adjusted to the place. She took notice of the metallic gadgets and technology in her surroundings.

"Where am I?" she asked herself.

Once she felt she had her vision back at a hundred percent, she started to look around for clues. Since everything there was in Cyrillic, she knew it would be impossible to understand the writing. She had to search for other visual clues.

That was until she saw a familiar symbol.

"The radioactivity symbol." she mumbled to herself as she took notice of the black shapes cast against the yellow background. "I must be in a nuclear plant."

Suddenly, a heavy weight tumbled on top of her and she fell on the ground. As she sprawled out in pain, the weight started to stir above her.

"Who are you?" Ryleigh asked, wincing.

"It's me!" a familiar voice answered.

"Tyler, is that you?"

"Yes, it's me." Tyler said as he managed to pull himself off of Ryleigh. "Where the hell are we?" he asked.

"We're in a Russian nuclear power plant." Ryleigh answered.

Tyler adjusted his glasses and took a good look around the place. "Wow, it looks like this plant has been inactive for a really long time."

"Thanks for pointing that out, captain obvious." Ryleigh replied sarcastically.

"Jeez, no need to be so snappy."

"Sorry, I just need to sort things out." Ryleigh sighed.

"What do you mean?" Tyler asked. Then he remembered what happened to Johnny. "Oh wait, never mind...sorry for asking..."

"It's okay." Ryleigh replied sadly. "I just have to accept that there are things outside of my control. I just want to know where Alissa is."

"I think Gadget-X took her."

"Oh, that's a relief, even though I feel terrible saying that."

"No, it's okay. Like you said, we have to put the past behind us if we want to reach the future."

"You're right. Let's start looking around. Raylan said that Exo wanted to harvest nuclear power or something."

"Yeah, we're supposed to be on guard in case he sends his pesky army here."

Ryleigh and Tyler walked around the plant looking for signs of destruction. To their surprise, the nuclear plant didn't look fully inactive. There were signs of recent use.

"Who was here?" Tyler asked as he saw the freshly painted controls on a switch.

Ryleigh nudged Tyler. "I don't think we're the only ones here." she said.

"What are you talking about?"

"Look for yourself!" Ryleigh exclaimed before she grabbed Tyler's shirt and turned him around to face the monster.

"You nosy humans..." Exo growled as he rushed at them.


==Tashkent, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan==

Emma Westbrook's vision came back to her as she took recognition of her surroundings. She was by the road at the limits of a city. The road signs had unfamiliar text which she couldn't recognize.

"What the hell is this?" she asked.

She looked around for more road signs until she saw one with a little bit of English on it. She took notice of the word 'Tashkent' sprawled out on it in Roman lettering.

"Tashkent...why does that sound so familiar?" she thought to herself. "Wait a second, I'm in the capital city of Uzbekistan!"

She looked at the skyline of the city and started walking towards it. The one thing she needed the most was a good walk to think about the things that happened.

For starters, she didn't know how to feel about her husband. In the midst of the deaths of a large amount of Rangers, she was thankful that her husband was alive. However, he also looked like he was at the verge of death from causes that she did not know.

Also, she had no word on her daughter. She was teleported to the peak of the mountain without knowing what happened to Casey. While she was sure that Raylan found a way to get Casey to safety, it still worried her that she didn't know where she was.

Additionally, she finally got a glimpse of what he actually did. It showed her what happened behind the scenes and the things he did to make sure that the team was fully protected from wyrm attacks.

As she approached the city, she realized that she didn't know what to do. She didn't speak Uzbek, so there was no way she would be able to find her way around the city. Additionally, Raylan hadn't given her any instructions. She was going into the battlefield without any prior knowledge of her surroundings. Without even doing anything, she was already losing.

"What am I even doing?" she asked herself.

Then, she remembered that Raylan talked about some nuclear takeover. If she knew anything, it was that she had to find some sort of nuclear reactor. Based on what Raylan had told her, it would be where Exo was about to strike next.

She instantly pulled out her smartphone and started searching Google for an Uzbek translator. She knew that massive overseas charges would be applied to her cellphone bill, but anything was worth it to save the world.

After a painfully long walk, she finally reached the business district by herself. While she would never usually walk by herself, she had no other choice. She smiled when she finally saw two friendly looking females. She smiled and approached them.

"Yadroviy reaktori?" she asked them as basically as she could in a blatant American accent. It directly translated to 'nuclear reactor'.

"We speak English." one of the ladies chuckled in a thick accent.

"Oh, that's embarrassing, but do you know where one is?" Emma asked.

"There was an old one down south which was shut down a few months back. That's the only one I know of." the other lady said.

"Thank you very much!" Emma chirped.

She finally had some sense of place.