"HOLY SHIT!"

Damon scrambled up from the floor of the bridge where he had been thrown when the shockwave of the exploding Scorpion Stinger rocked the MegaShip. He watched as Mike also quickly returned to his seat at the forward consoles.

"I'm not picking up Leo's Jet Jammer yet," Mike reported, trying his best to get maximum output from the sensors. "It's probably because of Trakeena's ship."

"It's about time that thing crashed and burned," Damon muttered as he watched the Scorpion Stinger plummet toward the nearby moon on the viewscreen. He turned to glance over at Mike. "Have you picked up Leo yet?"

Mike's flying fingers slowed in their pace as he hesitated to answer the question; he didn't like the answer - hell, he didn't want to BELIEVE the answer! "I'm not picking up Leo or his Jet Jammer anywhere." Reluctantly, he spun around in his chair and faced Damon.

"What are you talking about, Mike?" Damon pushed unbelievingly.

"I mean that I'm not picking Leo up! He's not out there!" Mike slammed his fist down on the side of the console, part in frustration and part in fear. Stupid little brother had to go out and be the damned hero; it was hypocritical thinking on Mike's part, but it was the only kind of thinking he could understand at that moment. "The only thing I can think of is that maybe the sensors aren't picking him up because he's already on the planet."

"Right," Damon agreed, but his shaky voice betrayed him. "Let's just go down there and hope he's there."

Mike nodded as Damon began to pilot the Astro MegaShip toward the New World. "By the way, don't mention this to Karone; she doesn't need to be stressed out anymore than she already is..."

****

"...something's wrong with Leo. I can feel it!"

"Karone! Calm down!" Maya coaxed Karone back down onto the bed just as the blonde was about to climb off it. "I'm sure Leo is perfectly fine."

"But you felt it when the ship rocked! It was hit or something! I just KNOW Leo isn't okay!" Karone babbled frantically, sweat slowly starting to form at her brow.

"Alpha, have you got that sedative ready yet?" Maya spared a quick glance at the robot as she continued to watch her friend's condition slowly deteriorate.

Alpha Six approached Karone's bedside holding a syringe halfway filled with a clear liquid. "Here it is." Taking Karone's arm, Alpha felt for a vein and easily found one. Without any hesitation, he injected the sedative into Karone's bloodstream and pulled out the needle. "You'll be alright now, Karone."

Too self-involved with her worries about Leo, Karone hardly noticed the injection and mere seconds later nodded off into a peaceful sleep.

"Are you sure this sedative is okay, Alpha?"

"I'm sure, Maya. It was just for the stress she was putting herself under. She's nowhere near ready to give birth yet; she'll be fine."

*****

"Ughh..." Leo slowly pulled himself out of the wreckage of his Jet Jammer, clutching his head. "Who says being morphed protects you from all the head-on collisions?"

Looking around himself, he immediately groaned. "Crap, do NOT tell me I crashed on the moon!?"

Even though he may not have wanted to believe it, Leo had crashed on the moon. In the distance, he could see the circular structure that was Terra Venture and farther off in the opposite direction, Leo was able to make out the fiery remnants of the Scorpion Stinger. "Well, at least I stopped Trakeena," Leo sighed, shrugging his shoulders. "I'd better find a way to contact the others."

Accessing his helmet's internal communicator, Leo began to speak. "Hey, guys! Kai? Damon? Any of you guys actually hearing me?!"

In return, the Red Ranger got an earful of static, but just as he was about to call out again, he heard Damon's crackly voice. "Leo?"

"Yeah, it's me. I'm fine, but I crash-landed on the moon. Can you guys pick me up?"

This time around Leo waited a good five minutes for Damon to reply, but all he got was static and even more static. "DAMN!" He slammed his fist down on a broken piece of metal. "There goes that lifeline."

Looking out toward Terra Venture, Leo decided to go explore, figuring he could find some communications device onboard the abandoned colony and started walking toward the wreck.

***

"Were you able to trace his signal?" Damon looked over at Mike.

The former Magna Defender growled in frustration. "No. I lost Leo's signal too soon. If we had maybe ten seconds more I would've been able to trace it, but..."

"From what we heard Leo say, we know he's okay. He's just probably down on the planet waiting for us," Damon hypothesized hopefully.

Mike nodded, a little more confident this time around. "You're probably right, Damon."