It was still dark out when Kira's alarm went off, causing her to groan and roll over, why did she have to get up so early compared to the others. However, a loud pounding on the door forced her to throw the blankets off and climb out of bed, "What is it," she demanded.

"Just making sure that you woke up," her father called out, "hurry up, the others are in the kitchen."

Kira groaned, hurrying to throw on the clothes that she had laid out the night before like she always did.

Down in the kitchen sat Connor, Ethan, and Trent all more asleep than awake as they quietly ate a bowl of cereal. It was an odd sight, the boys could never be together and be quiet at the same time. Kira slid into a seat, grabbing the box of cereal from Connor, "So what is so important that you had to drag us out of bed so freaking early?"

"Mesogog," Tommy started, sitting down as well, "He's come up with a plan to destroy Jupiter which would cause chaos throughout our galaxy and possibly beyond."

"Destroy Jupiter?" Connor repeated through a mouthful of Lucky Charms, "How is he planning on doing that?"

Tommy glanced at the red ranger, wondering what in the world his daughter saw in him, before forcing himself to focus on the mission on hand, "He has a satellite dish hidden in the forest, about a mile and a half from here. All you have to do is find and destroy it, simple enough."

"Since when has anything involving Power Rangers simple?" Ethan demanded, shoving another bite of food into his mouth.

"Never," Tommy stated, "Which is why you need to get going before it's time for school."

There was a lot of scraping noises as the others stood up, however, as Trent walked past to head to the lab, Tommy stopped him.

Trent looked at him in confusion, "What?" he demanded.

"How are you doing?" Tommy asked, "I can't help wondering if you can feel the effects of your powers being unstable, I never could unless I was fighting, but Jason, my cousin could quite easily."

Trent shrugged, "I only feel it if I overdo it, why?"

"Just keeping an eye on you, your powers are going to burn out sooner rather than later," Tommy confessed, "Honestly I'm surprised that they haven't yet, but we've been careful about how much you fight, and I'm sure that having me on the team might be contributing to it as well. I might be subconsciously boosting your powers."

"Wouldn't you know that you were using your powers?"

Tommy shook his head, "That was how Zordon, my mentor when I was your age, figured out who Kim and I were, I kept subconsciously boosting my green powers for months before even that couldn't keep me going."

Okay," Trent said slowly, "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Just be careful," Tommy pleaded, "I'm doing all that I can but even if Kim could help me, there isn't much I can do until we defeat the white ranger clone," Tommy eyes glazed over as he looked past Trent at something that only he could see, "I fear that if we don't defeat the white ranger soon both you and the clone could be destroyed."

Trent couldn't help but feel a shiver run down his spine at that, "You're the Legendary Power Couple," he pointed out, "Can't you do something?"

Tommy shook his head, "I wish I could, but just like my sister is bound by the rules of the Power Code, I am bound by the Morphing Grid."

"So you're saying that I could die if the others don't defeat the Evil Clone?" Trent had to double-check he must have misunderstood what he was saying.

"No," Tommy said, shaking his head which caused Trent to let out a sigh of relief, before Tommy continued, "According to tradition, you have to be the one to battle your Clone, alone."

Trent gasped, "Tradition? This is the twenty-first century, can't we break with tradition?"

Tommy shrugged, "I'm afraid not, in a case like this you need to prove yourself worthy of the power."

Trent looked up at his mentor, teacher, and teammate, trying to figure out what he just said, he had to defeat his clone in one on one combat, was that it?

...

Kira frowned as Trent put his things away in his locker, he had been acting odd all day, ever since her father had talked to him.

"Somethings bothering you," Connor said, appearing as if from thin air next to Kira.

Kira beamed up at him, slipping her hand into his, "Something's bothering Trent," she said, her eyes following the white ranger as he grabbed his bag, closed his locker and headed down the hall.

"I noticed that as well," Connor said, "I think he's worried about Mercer."

"Mercer?" Kira echoed, "Why would he be worried about Mercer."

"Kira," Connor said, with a little bit of a smirk, and people thought he was self-centered, "Think about it, Mercer is Trent's father, and for some reason he wants Trent to live with you and your family, 'Until he feels better,' isn't that almost exactly what your father said when you went to move in with your parents?"

Kira nodded, "He already lost one set of parents, now it looks like he might lose another, I can't imagine what that might be like."

"I think that we should keep an eye on him," Connor suggested, "Just to be sure that he's okay."

"You want to spy on Trent, you do realize what would happen if he found out?"

"He'll be furious," Connor replied, "and probably would believe that we don't trust him, and he might even use his camo powers to lose us." he looked at his girlfriend, "You do have a better idea right?"

Kira laughed, tugging Connor's arm to let him know that he should follow him, "Of course I have a plan, first things first, we need to catch up with Trent and offer him a ride," she gave Connor a teasing look as she added, "You can handle that, can't you."

"How do you know so much about keeping an eye on someone without them knowing about it?" Connor had to ask as he was being dragged down the hall.

"My mom's the Heart of the power rangers, I hear her talking about this kind of stuff all the time," Kira insisted before calling out to Trent who was ahead of them, "Hey, Trent, wait up!"

Trent stopped and turned around slowly to see his two teammates racing towards him, "What is it," he demanded, "Is something wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong," Kira insisted, "We just wanted to see if you wanted a ride to the Cyber Cafe, seeing as that's where Connor and I are headed."

Connor leaned down to whisper into Kira's ear, "We are?"

"Yes, Connor we are," Kira hissed back.

Trent looked at the two with amusement, obviously, they had some alternate reasons for offering him a ride, perhaps Dr. O had told Kira what was going on with his powers, and what he needed to do to keep them. "Actually, I have the day off, I'm headed home to check on my dad and get some stuff that I left there."

"Let us help you," Connor offered, far too quickly, had they figured out his connection to Mesogog, was that why they were acting so weird?

"Why are you acting so weird?" Trent asked, before grimacing, that was tactless, now they would be on guard.

"I'm... I mean we," Kira insisted, gesturing to her and Connor, "Are just worried about you, you seem upset, and I know what it's like to have a father too ill to take care of you."

"I don't need my dad to take care of me," Trent insisted, "I'm a year older than the rest of you, remember?"

"I know," Connor said, "What Kira meant to say was that it's hard to lose a parent at any age."

Trent rolled his eyes, "What did Dr. O tell you?"

"Well our most recent conversation was about Volcanos," Connor said with that smirk of his.

Trent almost wanted to scream, "About my powers, what did Dr. O tell you about my powers?"

"He and Mom were talking last night about..." Kira began, "I didn't hear a lot of it," she confessed, "Something about one final battle."

Trent nodded his head, he should have known that Kira would be the one to know about what was going on, she, after all, lived with the power couple, "I have to fight and defeat the White Ranger Clone to be able to keep my powers and remain a power ranger."

"What happens if you lose?" Connor asked, shocking Trent into realizing that Connor actually does care about him.

"I'll be destroyed," Trent finally confessed, looking at the floor so that he didn't have to meet his friends' eyes.

...

Trent shut the front door behind him, surprised by the echo it made in the empty grand entryway, so different from the Olivers' home, where the entryway was filled with coats, backpacks, and shoes. "Dad!" he called out, knowing that his father was probably in his office, or maybe in his lab, as long as Mesogog wasn't in control then he would be on Mesogog's island, "I'm home!"

He was glad that at the moment Connor and Ethan had left to deal with some sort of monster attack, leaving him alone for the first time since he had told them what Dr. O had told him about his powers.

He quickly found his father in his private lab, with Cassidy and Devin, "What are you doing here?" he demanded.

"What does it look like we're doing?" Cassidy asked, "We're interviewing Dr. Mercer here, what are you doing here?"

"I came to visit my father," Trent said, noting that his father was rubbing his head, a sure sign that Mesogog was trying to take over again, "Who, as you can see, isn't feeling well, I suggest you reschedule for later."

With that he basically pushed Cassidy and Devin out the door, shooting one last look at his father before he disappeared through an invisiportal so that it would be harder for Mesogog to attack Trent then if he was in the same house. He hadn't been able to tell him what was going on, not that he could because Mesogog would hear about it if he did.

Suddenly a sharp pain tore through his body, leaving him gasping for air on his hands in knees in front of Cassidy and Devin. Why couldn't his classmates just leave him alone?

"Are you alright?" Devin asked, offering him a hand up, which Trent took.

"You're aren't, like, contagious are you?" Cassidy demanded as Trent tried to pull himself up onto his feet, but all the muscles in his body seemed to protest being used, which caused him to lean heavily onto Devin.

"No," Trent said, through clenched teeth as the pain refused to ease anymore than it already had, "I"m fine, just," he pointed to a sitting room area nearby, "Can you help me get over there?"

Trent sank gratefully into the padded armchair, "Thanks," he said nodding to Devin.

"Maybe we should go get your father," Cassidy said, which surprised Trent because it actually sounded like she cared.

"No!" Trent cried out, frightened about what they may or may not find in the lab where they had left his father. However, they gave him a weird look after his outburst and he realized that he needed to give some sort of explanation, "I have episodes like this all the time," he lied, "if I tell my dad about it he will just worry about me, and he has enough to worry about already."

"Is there anything we can do?" Devin asked, obviously concerned about his classmate.

"I just need to..." Trent fell silent, "I'll be fine, I just need to rest, and call Hayley and tell her I won't be coming in today."

"Here," Devin said, pulling out his phone, "You can call her on my phone."

Trent shook his head, "I have her number saved in mine, he confessed before pulling his phone out of his pocket, with only a little wince. "Hayley it's Trent," he said as soon as Hayley answered, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come in today."

"You aren't scheduled to come in today," Hayley pointed out.

"I had another one of my episodes," Trent said, hoping that Hayley would pick up on what he was saying, "Luckily Devin and Cassidy were with me when it happened."

"Okay," Hayley offered, and Trent could almost hear it clicking in her brain as she offered, "I can have Ethan pick you up and take you to Dr. O if you want. He'll know what is going on."

"Thanks, Hayley, I'll appreciate it, I don't like having to disturb my dad when he's in an important meeting," after saying goodbye and hanging up, he turned to Devin and Cassidy, "I'm feeling better, but Hayley's going to send Ethan over and he's going to make sure I get to Dr. O's safely."

"Why are you staying at Dr. O's?" Cassidy asked.

"Dad's busy, and with my episodes, he doesn't want me to be alone," Trent explained even though he hadn't told his father about his episodes as he called them.

"That must be hard," Devin stated.

"Yes well, hopefully, this new treatment I'm on will take care of it, just takes a couple of days to take effect."

...

Trent leaned back on the couch in the lab, "I'm feeling better already," he informed Tommy and Kim, "It just, for a second there, I..."

"Couldn't even move for a little while, according to what Devin told Ethan when he showed up, and you had a relapse when you got here," Tommy pointed out, "It's almost as bad as Jason was. We need to lure that Clone out."

"Should be easy enough," Kim added, looking at Trent, "The Clone should be feeling the same effects, he'll come to you."

"Yeah," Kira insisted, "But is Trent fit enough to actually win the fight?"

"I'll see what I can do to help him, but it's up to him to win the battle by himself," Tommy finished, "Now it's late, Trent you need to get as much sleep as better, I'll call you in sick tomorrow."