There was Jen, facing him, pointing a blaster right at his face. Wes's hand was shaking over the blaster gun he had taken from Eric. Wes knew he should grab it from his belt strap, but he was just too much in shock to do it. And a big part of him did not want to shoot Jen, in fact he didn't want to at all. The fact that he had been denying had become reality. Jen was no longer the Jen he remembered.

Jen's eyes were red, her face and whole body stiff. Her eyes just sent chills down his spine. Jen's eyes then fell on the blaster gun he had hooked in his belt. She quickly reached out and grabbed the gun from his belt, nearly knocking Wes to the ground. She now had two blasters pointing right at him.

Wes gulped. His heart was pounding rapidly. "Jen…It's me……Wes. Your husband…..the man you love…….Please. You have to remember…" Wes cried out, feeling tears to begin to break out.

Jen showed no emotion at all, only the dark cold stare. "The Jen you knew no longer exists…." Jen quickly walked up closer to Wes going around him and putting one of her arms around his neck tightly. With her other hand she pressed it against his back, while the other blaster in the hand around his neck was pressed against his cheek.

"Noo….." Wes cried. She couldn't be gone. He couldn't have lost her, not now. She had to be in there, somewhere.

"Now move!" she growled.

Wes, having no choice, did as she told him.

Jason was having the battle of his life. He knew he needed to be quick and react fast to every blow the CellBorg threw at him. Jason raised his arms up and blocked an oncoming punch that would have hit his face. "That was a close one!"

The CellBorg gave Jason no time to recover, he went at Jason, this time kicking him in the stomach. Jason was unable to stop that blow, the kick sent him falling backwards and crashing to the ground. It left him dazed and confused. Jason shook his head a few times to get his bearings back, and just in time. The CellBorg had used its blaster to shoot at Jason. Jason reacted just in time. He grabbed his sword from his belt and reflected the blast beam away from himself. He jumped to his feet. It was time for round two.

"Man! I wish I had some help," said Jason. He took a deep breath, watching as the CellBorg circled around him, as if he were waiting for the right moment to attack. Jason wasn't about to give him the chance to do so. "You want me? Come and get me!" he snapped.

The CellBorg's red eyes grew darker. It began to charge at Jason. Jason stood his ground waiting for the right moment. Jason jumped in the air doing a flip over the CellBorg just before the CellBorg would have rammed into him. Jason acted quickly and slashed the CellBorg on its back just before it had a chance to turn around. Although sparks flew, it had not been enough to take out the metal beast. The CellBorg turned around angrily; it whacked the sword from Jason's hand sending it flying over the cliff.

Jason, now weaponless, knew this battle wouldn't last much longer. He could only hold out for so long. He was already beginning to get tired. How long would it be before his powers did a forced demorph? And when that happened Jason knew he wouldn't have a chance.

The Phantom Ranger and Billy continued to wait as the ship began to absorb the powers from the ruby and crystal. Billy began to notice that the Phantom Ranger appeared tired, although the helmet hid any real evidence. Billy could tell just by his form, by the way the Phantom Ranger's body seemed to slump and how he rested his head on his hand. That's when he remembered something, something he had learned from the Alien Rangers.

"It's the ruby, isn't it?"

The Phantom Ranger turned his head, looking at Billy. "I'll be fine. Don't worry….." The Phantom took a deep breath and leaned back against his seat.

Billy knew right away he was lying. The ruby obviously was what kept him going, but what he didn't know was why? All the other power ranger powers had not been like this, to this extent anyway. The ruby seemed to be what kept him alive, but if that were true... Why would the Phantom Ranger give up the ruby's powers, if it was the one thing that kept him alive? "There's something you're not telling me, isn't there?" Billy asked.

The Phantom Ranger did not answer right away, as if he were gathering his thoughts. "Everything is how it should be, even if Zordon did not want this to happen. It must be this way…"

Billy turned around, not quite following. "What do you mean? I know Zordon didn't want this whole attack of the CellBorgs to happen, but I'm getting that you're talking about something a little more than just that."

The Phantom Ranger chuckled. "Zordon was right when he told me you were one of the smartest and skilled people he ever met." He turned to face Billy. "You are right, there is something I am leaving out. Something about me, something Zordon never spoke of." The Phantom Ranger paused. "As you know, Zordon and I are from the same planet, but what you don't know is…….I'm his great and so on grandson…."

Billy's eyes lit up. How was that possible? Then again, Zordon never spoke of his past. "So you're saying you're an heir of Zordon's?"

"Yes…….His only living heir…." answered the Phantom Ranger softly.

Billy could sense the sorrow and pain in his voice.

"A few years after I had begun my days as the Phantom Ranger, Dark Specter came to my home planet. As you know he was after Zordon. Many fought and tried to stop his army from taking Zordon, many perished, my whole family was wiped out, leaving me as the only one of Zordon's family alive. Although, Zikar son of Zordon Sr. and Zeeka died a few years before…." The Phantom Ranger dropped his head.

"Your family thought you were dead?" asked Billy.

"…..Yes. You see they never knew Zordon had called on me, no one did. Zordon and I both believed we could stop this from happening. What we did not know was we were setting destiny's path…"

"Meaning?"

"Meaning I was supposed to go to Oxlee, lose a battle, come close to dying, only to be saved by becoming the Phantom Ranger…"

"But at a price."

"Yes. No one could know that Zikar was alive. I could never be him again, only a Phantom. The Phantom Ranger," answered the Phantom Ranger sadly.

"Neither you nor Zordon could have known that would have happened."

"No, we couldn't have…..You see, Zordon would have stayed on Earth, but he truly believed with all of his heart he could stop this from ever happening. He talked to me about it and I accepted the challenge. There is no one to blame……Expect maybe fate…."

Billy then began to see the sorrow and pain Zordon had in his last days. He began to see him as the Zordon he remembered, the father figure. It didn't matter anymore that Zordon had never told them in person, back before this all happened. Billy began to understand that Zordon was just doing what he always had done, as any father would, protecting his children. Any anger or grudge he may have been holding against Zordon, he let it go. "I forgive you, Zordon…" he whispered softly to himself.

The computer began to beep. The sound brought Billy out of his thoughts.

"Just a few more minutes…." The Phantom Ranger announced softly.

It would all be over soon. Zordon's Prophesy would be complete; at least that's what both of them were hoping for.

Thanks Cmar for checking over the grammer and spelling errors/