"Lord Zedd," Ransik sighed.

"It's a shame you went through all that trouble to restore your power. Now I have to take you down," Adam said as he disengaged his cloak, going after Zedd. The two golden blades extended from his forearms, but before he could make a move, Zedd's staff materialized in his hand. Adam swung, but Zedd was able to block it, and then counter with a kick. Adam crashed through one of the tubes holding a mutant, and before he could get up, Zedd shot an energy beam at him, sending him through the wall.

As soon as Adam got back to his feet, Zedd came after him, cocking back and trying to stab him through the chest, but Adam caught the staff in his hand, using it to pick Zedd up and throw him across the room. Adam stumbled through the hole in the wall, standing in front of the control panel.

"I thought you were suppose to be powerful. Is that all you got?" Adam taunted.

"You haven't seen a portion of my power you pathetic ranger," Zedd snarled, shooting about energy bolt at him.

Adam dodged the bolt and it connected with the control panel, deactivating the force field holding the other rangers.

"Alright guys, lets get'em," Tommy said.

The red and pink ranger called for their Chrono sabers and double teamed Zedd with a double spin kick, followed by Lucas picking up the phaser cannon, aiming and firing at Zedd. He managed to avoid being hit and deflected the beam back at Lucas. Lucas dived out the way, and the beam hit the side of the ship.

"Oh no," Ransik sighed as the pressure began to suck everything through the hole. He quickly dived for the hole, trying to block it. "I can't hold it forever rangers, finish this," he screamed.

The yellow, gold and white ranger teamed up on Zedd with a triple tornado kick, knocking his staff out his hand. It was the red ranger would caught it, then aimed it at Lord Zedd and fired it. That was enough to knock Zedd against the wall, falling to his knees.

The blue ranger hurried over to the only functioning control panel, going over the readings. She turned up one of the active modules, opening the door as a lifeless mutant fell out. "Get'em in the tube," she screamed to the others.

It was the white and gold rangers who got the message, hitting a double spin kick and knocking Zedd into the module. As soon as he was in, the blue ranger closed the door and activated the module, trapping Zedd inside.

"What are you doing?" Tommy asked.

"Giving Zedd a taste of his own medicine," she said as the machine lit up, sucking the life out of him.

"So that's it, it's over," Nadira sighed with relief.

Then it happened……

"Goodbye rangers," Ransik mumbled as he was ripped in half by the pressure, sucking him through the hole in the ship.

"NOOOO!" Katie yelled as she jumped through the hole, going after him.

Camille hurried back to the controls. "If we don't get this ship stabilized soon, we're all going to die in the crash," she said.

'Cammy, this is Trip. Do you read me?' a voice asked.

"Loud and clear baby,"

'With the forcefields down, I was able to tap into the ship's navigational systems. I'm overriding the controls and setting it on auto-destruct,' he said.

"But we're all still here and we have Lord Zedd in custody,"

'You'll have to leave him. According to my calculations, that ship will collide with downtown Silver Hills and kill everyone within a mile radius. The only way to prevent that is auto-destruct,' he said.

"How long do we have?"

'Two minutes,' he said.

"You heard the man, lets get moving," the gold ranger said.

"You guys go, I'm going to see if I can save the module," Camille said.

"Camille, we don't have time for this," Jen said.

"Just go!" she screamed.

Jen, Tommy, Nadira and Lt. Emery reached for their morphers, disappearing into streams of light, leaving Camille, Lucas and Adam behind.

"90 seconds," Lucas reminded her.

"I'm working on it. Adam, I put the module on reserve power, it should be able to sustain Zedd for about one hour. Take the module and get back to Time Force," she ordered.

"I'm on it," he said, rushing over to the module and disconnecting it from the rest of the ship. As soon as he picked the module up, it was sucked through the hole in the side of the ship. "Damn it," Adam mumbled, reaching for the module, but Lucas grabbed him.

"Let it go man, its gone," he sighed.

"Lets get out of here guys," she said, grabbing Luca by the hand as the two of them disappearing into another stream of light.

(*)

Adam opened his eyes slowly, only to find himself in a medical bay. He sat up slowly, trying to shake off the disorientation. As he glanced around, he realized he wasn't the only person there. Across from him were Jen, Tommy and Katie. He slid off the examining table, walking over to Katie, who had been hooked to several machines.

"It looks pretty bad for her," Dr. Young said as he walked in the room with a clipboard in hand.

"What happened to her?"

"From what I can tell, she has several broken bones and had some major internal bleeding. She was barely alive when Lt. Emery and Nadira brought her in, but I was able to stabilize her condition," he told him.

"Will she live?"

"Its 50/50 at the moment. She lost a lot of blood, and until I run some more tests, I won't even be able to ascertain the extent of the damage done," he said.

"What about the others?"

"Captain Scott and Lt. Oliver had some minor cuts and bruises. They'll both be fine," the doctor informed him.

Just then, the Admiral walked into the medical bay, excusing the doctor from the room. Adam quickly stood at attention.

"At ease Mr. Park," Adam sat on the edge of the examining table. "How are you feeling?" he inquired.

"Like I got hit by a mack truck, but I'll be okay. I'm more worried about Katie," he told him.

"I read Camille's official report. She said Ransik used his body to seal a breach in the ship, and was eventually sucked through. The pressure was said to rip him in half," he sighed.

"Yes sir,"

"We have search parties searching for his body, but we haven't found anything yet,"

"Did you find Lord Zedd?" Adam asked.

"What do you mean?"

"When I disconnected the module from the wall, the module was sucked through the hole," he told him.

"Our initial search party did find a module, but it was destroyed and there was no one inside," the admiral said.

"You mean he's still out there?"

"From what I've read in the reports, the only reason Kate survived the fall was because she was morphed and managed to land in water, not to mention her enhanced strength. We found the module a few miles away from the ocean, there is no way anyone could have survived a fall like that," he assured him.

"Lets hope not,"

"Its going to be a few weeks before we can get all systems up and running again, which means all of you will be getting some much needed rest. I suggest you take this time off and use it wisely," he said.

"Yes sir," he sighed.

~

"I wish you didn't have to go back as soon. It would have been nice if you could stick around a little longer," Trip said as he stood in front of his counterpart.

"Yeah, how often does a girl get to have a threesome without cheating on her man," Camille added as she walked over to them, wrapping her arms around her Trip.

They all laughed. "I'd love to stay, but I'm sure I'll have a lot of explaining to do to the Xybrian authorities when I get back," he told them, reaching for the white Chrono Morpher on his wrist. "Here, this belongs to you,"

Camille shook her head. "No, you keep it. Now that we have Nadira and Lt. Emery, we'll have more than enough help around here," she said.

"Thank you, both of you. You've been very kind,"

"Like I said, you're practically family," Trip said as he hugged him.

Camille wrapped her arms around him as well, kissing him gently on the cheek. "You keep in touch," she sighed.

"I will,"

"We managed to repair your shuttle. It isn't much, but it should get you back to Xybria with no problem," Trip said.

"Thanks," he said, nodding slightly as he headed for his shuttle.

Trip and Camille watched as the shuttle lifted off, disappearing into the sky.

"You think he was cuter than me, don't you?" Trip asked.

"Of course not, white isn't really your color," Camille giggled as she kissed him on the cheek, and then walked away.

~

Lucas stood in the doorway, only to see that the room was completely dark. "Lights," he called out, but the computer didn't oblige him.

He cautiously walked into the room, where he found Nadira sitting on the couch, simply staring at the wall.

"Are you okay?" he inquired, sitting down next to her.

"I can't believe he's gone," she cried, resting her head on his shoulder.

"He gave his life to protect us Nadira. He knew what we was doing," he told her, realizing that it wouldn't offer her much comfort.

"Admiral Logan told me that Time Force would be holding a memorial service for him next week as a way to honor what he did," she said.

"He deserves it,"

"How am I supposed to live without him? He always took care of me," she cried as her emotions got the best of her.

"I guess I'll have to take care of you from now on," he paused. "I was thinking; now that I'm back in Time Force, I won't have as much time to spend with you. I thought it would be nice if you moved in here, so we could at least spend evenings together," he said.

"You mean it?"

"Yeah. I meant to ask you before we went on the mission, but things were kinda hectic around here," Lucas said. "Besides, you don't want to go back to your old quarters. I'm sure there are too many memories there for you," Lucas told her.

She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. "Thank you Lucas, I appreciate the offer, but I think its time I started taking care of myself for once," Nadira sighed.

(*) Location: unknown (*)

The sun was beginning to set as the light reflected off the waves in the ocean. Time Force officers were scattered near the shore, examining the wreckage. Finally, one of the officers walked over to Lt. Emery, who was still wearing his gold ranger uniform.

"Sir, we've finished our sweep of the area and have found nothing out of the ordinary. We did however find something you should take a look at," he said.

"What is it ensign?" he asked. He would never admit it, but there was part of him that enjoyed having people call him sir. 'After all, I was just an ensign a few days ago,' he thought to himself.

He followed the ensign to the edge of the river, where other officers were pushing a stretcher with a white sheet over it. "We found him floating about a half mile east of here," the ensign told him.

Lt. Emery pulled back the sheet, revealing the remains of Ransik. The sight of it was enough to make him cringe. "Jesus, where is the rest of him?"

"We haven't found it yet, sir," he sighed.

"Continue your search ensign, contact me if you find anything. I'll report your findings to the admiral at once," he said.

"Yes sir,"

Lt. Emery headed towards the truck they arrived in, sitting in the passenger seat and letting out a sign of frustration.

~

He'd been hiding in the forest since they arrived, watching them as they searched endlessly for him. 'Those pathetic rangers think that's it. They think its over. This is only a minor setback, and soon, very soon, they will feel my wrath,' he thought to himself as he watched the Time Force officers continue their search, then disappeared into the shadows.