********************* Command Chamber*****************************

"Billy what were you thinking?" Adam asked, rubbing at his neck where the collar Billy now wore once was. He couldn't imaging willing wearing such a thing again. He wondered if Billy understood how much freedom he had just lost.

Billy tried to sound stronger than he was feeling. "It was necessary. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt Kim or anyone else again." His eyes drifted towards the sleeping girl on the other side of the room before turning to look at Adam. 'I owe you an apology as well. What I did on the moon... how I attacked you. What I accused you and Kim of. I'm sorry. You have proven time and time again to be a caring friend."

Adam simply nodded, "No apology needed. It wasn't you. I know that. We all know that Billy."

"Still... the guilt inside..." Billy shook his head suddenly. "I've got to get back to work in the medical lab. The faster I find a cure, the better it will be for everyone."

"Would you like some help?" Adam asked.

Billy opened his mouth to say no but changed his mind at the last moment. "Actually help would be advantageous, if you don't mind."

"Sure."

The walked to the medical lab was one level down. Adam couldn't help but stare at everything. The command chamber was huge, so much bigger than he first thought. He knew about the hanger bay, which was bottom level that now contained the zords but... "Say Billy? How many levels are there?"

Billy shrugged. "I'm not sure. I was never much for exploring. There's the top level of course, the zord bay and then here which is medical..." Billy clicked on a light and the room they were entering lit up. "It's a bit small compared to our last medical lab."

Adam felt his jaw drop. This room was as big as the the whole first floor of his house and part of the back yard. There were rows and rows of equipment. Glass beakers, jars, burners, tubes, some kind of medical bed that Adam realized looked a lot like the medical table Tommy had in his falcon zord and some kind of giant cylinder with a glass front. It was filled with a greenish liquid. "This is small?"

Billy chuckled a little. "Medical is combined with the lab here. So a bit smaller than before but still quite apt at doing the job."

"Wow..." Adam mused.

Billy was already sitting down starting to work when Adam spoke after a few moments. "Billy? What's this?" He asked, hand on the glass of the liquid filled cylinder.

Billy turned to see what Adam was asking about. "Hydrolic Healing Chamber. If someone has a lot of internal organ damage the HHC is the best course of action."

"You mean, someone get put in there?" Adam couldn't help but shiver. He could see no air in there. "Wouldn't they drown?"

Billy shook his head. "There's a breathing mask that fits tightly over the face. Like scuba diving. Now about helping me?" He added.

"Right sorry. What do you need me to do?" Adam asked.

The duo worked over tube of liquid in varying colors for a few hours. Not chatting much but coming more to an understanding. Suddenly Billy cursed, "Oh no! I forgot a competent." He began to quickly dig through the drawers. He couldn't believe he forgot the most important part.

"What's missing?"

Billy held up a pair of thin silver scissors. "I need a hair sample from Kimberly but I can't leave this right now. The flame has to remain perfectly controlled or we will have to start over from scratch." He held out the scissors to Adam. "Kim should be awake by now."

Adam took them. "Right okay. How much do you need?"

"About an inch or so."

Adam nodded and turned on his heels running out the door. He needed to be fast.

********************** Other side of the command chamber

"Kat want to give me a hand?" Rocky asked moving one of the tables that had eaten on back out of the way. Aisha and Justin had already cleared the plates away to be washed and cleaned. Katherine didn't seem to be listening to Rocky. He looked at her yet her eyes never left Tommy... who was conveniently standing close by to where Kimberly was sleeping. Rocky shook his head. This wasn't his place to say anything but it was going to drive them all crazy sooner or later if this love triangle became a thing. "Kat? The table?"

"Hm? Oh yeah, right." She said coming to help him.

Rocky decided to change the topic. "I wonder where Ninjor has gone."

Katherine shrugged. "I don't know. We could ask Zordon though. He might know."

Rocky looked to the giant head in the tube who seemed to be speaking quietly to Alpha 5. "He seems busy. I'll ask later. There all done." Rocky turned but Katherine wasn't next to him anymore. He could see her approaching Tommy.

Yeah... this was gonna be a problem.

"Tommy?" Kat called quiet approaching him. She didn't want to startle the white ranger and he seemed so deep in thought. Not really looking at Kimberly but not really focused on anything else.

"Hm? Oh Katherine." he moved closer to her, away from his sleeping girlfriend. "Is everything okay?"

Katherine looked down a bit. "I was wondering... I mean... I want to go to my house. If its still standing. I wanted to try and find my parents. I need to know if they are still alive. I was hoping you might come with me?"

Tommy glanced back at Kimberly. "I don't know Kat."

"Please Tommy? It won't take long and she's perfectly safe here. Zordon and the others can look after Kim. I still don't know angel grove well but I have to know what happened. Even if they are... gone. Like everyone else parents."

Tommy felt his resolve melting in those blue eyes. Katherine had a point. Not knowing was the hardest thing. He felt that pain too. At least Rocky, Aisha, Justin and Adam knew there families were no longer alive. He wondered if that was better or worse then having eternal hope of not knowing. Plus Katherine was still so inexperienced as a fighter and a ranger. Should she get jumped or attacked, she might be in trouble.

"Okay. We'll go check it out. First we'll check in at the juice bar. Maybe your parents left a note on the board."

Katherine looked down. "They haven't yet."

"You never know. We can try there first then head over to your house."

She nodded. "Okay." And a moment later they arrived at the back of the juice bar. "Should we morph?"

"Nah. I think we'll fit in better normal. Come on, let's go around to the front."

*************************Command Chamber***************************

"Zordon? Can I talk to you?"

"Of course Rocky." The giant head replied. Focusing his attention on the red ranger.

"It's about Tommy, Kat and..." He glanced over his shoulder, making sure the original pink was still sleeping. "Kim. I don't want to over step but... Zordon there's going to be trouble. I've seen it enough times. Can you maybe talk to them or something?"

Zordon shook his head. "Out of all things Rocky, interfering in the relationships of my rangers is not something I have ever done. I can only encourage them to be honest with there feelings and remember we must be able to work as a team."

"But Zordon. This could tear the team apart. Adam and Billy will side with Kimberly. Aisha will side with Katherine. Justin, I don't know who the kid will side with. Probably with Adam or Tommy. And I just don't want to be in the middle of it. I've had... painful experiences being in the middle of these situations before." Rocky rubbed at his arm. Long healed pain coming back to his mind.

"Don't give up Rocky. We will wait and see what happens."

Rocky nodded but made up his own mind. When Kimberly woke up. He was going to tell her everything.