Troy and Jake were awakened by the alarms blaring, and knew it was time for round two. They went to retrieve Emma and reviewed the plan one more time. When the rangers arrived in the warehouse where the signal came from, they were greeted by Metal Alice and their two friends, except she wasn't holding her tablet. Troy froze upon seeing this, and wondered how Noah and Gia were still under her control.

Before he could think about the matter any further, the robot ran straight at him. He had just enough time to morph and block her lunge with his own sword, and Emma and Jake just barely rolled away. The two rangers looked at each other, unsure of what to do since Metal Alice had engaged Troy.

Gia answered that question as she started sprinting towards Jake. He morphed and summoned his Snake Axe, and just barely got it up in time to parry her Tiger Claw. The yellow ranger continued to jab at him, and Jake was having a bit of trouble keeping pace. Meanwhile, Emma was shooting at Noah with her Phoenix Shot, but not anywhere near as accurately as she could have been.

Everyone knew she was the best shot on the team, so when her attacks kept falling at his feet, it was obvious she was not giving it her all. Noah took advantage of this fact and rushed her. He knew if she couldn't keep range, she would have no way to beat him. He tackled her to the floor and they rolled to a stop near a pile of barrels. Noah drove his knee into her stomach and she wheezed, short of breath. Pain lanced through her cracked ribs, but she tried to block it out. Emma silently apologized for what she was about to do.

The pink ranger planted one foot on his stomach and pushed as hard as she could. It wasn't enough to cause pain, but he flew straight into the barrels and knocked them all over. Troy was distracted by the loud noise and looked over for just one second, and Metal Alice took the opportunity to slash him across the chest. He fell backwards, trying to recover quick enough to counter. He lunged at her suddenly, but she was able to sidestep the strike. They kept going back and forth, neither able to get an advantage.

Emma saw that Noah was still reeling from being thrown into the barrels, and noticed that Troy needed help. Right as she was about to run over, she saw Gia blast Jake out of the corner of her eye. The black ranger fell to the floor, powered down, and could do nothing as Gia advanced on him. Emma charged over and tackled Gia to the floor before she could finish him.

The girls landed on the floor with a thud and immediately began grappling for position. When he saw that Gia had gotten the better of Emma, Jake rushed over to help, but he too was brought to the floor by something behind him. When he was able to gain his bearings, he turned and saw his best friend.

The black ranger was powered down while Noah was still in his ranger suit, and he knew Noah would kill him. In a last ditch attempt, he tried to reach his best friend.

"Noah, please. It's me, Jake. We've been best friends since we were kids, and we're practically brothers. I know that you're still in there somewhere, deep down. I need you. Noah, you've always been so kind to me, always putting up with me and I know the last thing either of us want to do is hurt each other. Being around you has made me into a better man. Don't do this. You can overcome this."

Upon hearing those words, something in Noah's brain completely switched. He looked down and saw he was about to attack his best friend, and immediately stood up in horror. Before he was able to register what he was about to do, he collapsed. His brain had been under extreme duress, having been under Metal Alice's control for so long. Breaking that control had completely exhausted him.

When Jake saw his best friend keel over and fall to the floor, he immediately assumed the worst. He ran over and knelt by Noah, trying to make sure he was still breathing.

On the other side of the warehouse, Gia and Emma were still fighting for position. When Gia kicked Emma and she rolled onto her back, the yellow ranger immediately pounced and wrapped her hands around the pink ranger's neck. Emma tried to break the grip and clawed at Gia's arms, but through the suit, Gia didn't feel anything.

Emma felt herself starting to grow faint as she lost oxygen, and powered down. Upon Emma's face being revealed, Gia's grip loosened slightly and the pink ranger felt a small bit of hope blossom in her chest. That hope was quickly dashed when Gia's hands tightened. Emma saw the corners of her vision going dark, and managed to squeeze out. "It's... not your fault."

Gia felt a jolt in her brain as she looked down and came back to herself. She immediately released her friend and tried to stand, when she felt herself being thrown off aggressively. She looked to see who her attacker was, thinking it was one of the boys, but instead saw Gavin kneeling by his sister.

Tensou had given Gavin a communicator which he could use to not only stay in touch with the rangers, but also teleport. With the fear that Vrak was targeting him, the rangers wanted to be sure that he had the ability to teleport to the Command Center at a moment's notice.

As soon as Gia was shoved off and released her neck, Emma rolled over on all fours and started gasping. She was retching and coughing, trying to suck in as much oxygen as possible. Gia felt guilt shoot through her, looking down at her hands uncomprehendingly, but before she could do anything or even apologize, she collapsed and fell to the floor.

In the midst of his battle with Metal Alice, Troy saw that there was a busy scene in the corner of his eye. When he finally caught enough of a break to see what was going on, he spotted Gia and Noah collapsed on the floor. He saw Jake was tending to the fallen rangers and Emma was breathing heavily. When he saw Gavin trying to soothe her, he knew that this battle couldn't continue any longer.

He disengaged from Metal Alice and ran over to his friends, teleporting them all to the Command Center before anyone could be hurt any further.