Galen sat at his thrown, staring down at the two rangers. It all seemed surreal to him, the fact that he had two of the most powerful rangers under his control, and that he was within moments of achieving his ultimate goal. 'Everything is falling into place,' he thought to himself. 'With these two doing my bidding, Time Force won't stand a chance,'

And for the most part, he was right. With foreknowledge of the future, he'd been able to anticipate the rangers every move, and he prepared for them. He knew that by now, Tommy and Jennifer had probably found their way out of the temporal holding cell, and that Lord Zedd had probably warned them by now. 'It doesn't matter, I'm ready,' he thought, smiling deviously.

"My children," he stood up, making his way towards them. "Two of the Time Force officers are on their way to the Fikus sector. You must intercept them and stop them from finding the power source. If they do, our plans will be in jeopardy," he told them.

"But sire, there is nothing that can prevent…" the pink ranger was cut short.

"Do not question me, simply follow my orders. You will take a ship to the Fikus sector and prevent them from finding the power source… by any means necessary," he ordered.

"As you wish," she paused. "But what are you intentions with Thomas Oliver and Jennifer Scotts?" she asked.

"My intentions with them are none of your concern. Do as you are told, or face the consequences," he warned.

"But you assured us they would be allowed to go free, to live in peace," she reminded him.

He took a step closer to her, grabbing her by the neck and lifting her up. "As long as Time Force is allowed to exist, we are at risk. Whatever you attachment to these two are, get over it, or all that we've done will be for nothing. Do you understand?"

"Yes," she groaned, gasping for air.

"Very good, now follow my orders," he snapped, dropping her to the ground.

Without a word, she reached for her morpher, disappearing into a stream of light. Once she was gone, Galen headed back to his thrown, sitting down. "I am becoming concerned about her loyalties. If it becomes necessary, we may have to eliminate her," Galen told her.

The green ranger stared at Galen with contempt in his eyes, but chose not to say anything. Eliminating her was not an option, as far as he was concerned. There wasn't much he knew about his past, but what he did remember was that the two of them had always been together. She was the closest thing he had to family, regardless to what Galen said.

There were parts of the plan he didn't understand, not that Galen had told him that much about it at all. All he did know was that Galen had ordered the two of them to set devices in the past, present and future, and each of the devices would serve their purpose. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed unlikely that Galen was simply trying to eliminate Time Force. 'If I didn't know better, I'd say he was trying to get rid of the entire human race,' he thought to himself.

'That can't be true, Galen said we're helping the human race. His intentions are noble,' he assured himself, but there was still no way he would eliminate the pink ranger.

"As you wish sire," he said, nodding slightly, then disappeared into a stream of light as well.



She'd been pacing back and forth in the front of the infirmary a little over twenty minutes, debating amongst herself if she should go see him or not. 'Of course I should, he's hurt, and he needs me,' she told herself. Trip had been nice enough to let her know that Alex was injured, and suggested that she pay him a visit, but she knew how Alex was. 'He probably doesn't want me to see him like that, hurt. Injured. Not in control,' she thought. Alex was always like that, unwilling to show his vulnerable side, unwilling to appear weak to those he was in command of.

'But I'm not under his command, he won't mind if I go in and check on him,' she assured herself. Besides, there were so many things had to tell him, so many things she wanted him to know. She'd been back with Time Force for a few months now, but she hadn't been able to tell him exactly how she felt. They'd lost four years, and during those four years, the only thing that kept her going was the idea that she'd see Alex again one day. 'If I can just hold on one more day, he'll come for me,' she would think to herself, and sure enough, after years of waiting, he did come for her.

'There's no reason that we can't be together now,' she thought. She knew he was in the middle of an important mission, one that had consequences she didn't even want to imagine, but she also knew that there was no sense of wasting time anymore. She'd seen Alex a handful of times since returning, and she refused to let another day go by before telling him how she truly felt.

With a reluctant sigh, she took a step forward, and the doors to the infirmary opened. There were a few doctors and medical assistances standing around, and she quickly made her way over to Alex, who was lying on an examining table. He seemed peaceful as he laid there, motionless. She brushed her hand against his cheek slightly, cracking a smile… until she realized that he felt cold.

"Doctor," she called out, trying to get someone's attention.

It was Dr. Young walked over to her with a clipboard in hand. "Hello Sierra," he sighed.

"Doc, why is Alex so cold?" she inquired.

The doctor stepped towards Alex, grabbing the white sheet he was laying under, and pulled it over his face. "I'm sorry, but there was nothing I could do for him," he sighed.

Sierra dropped to her knees. "No, it can't be," she cried.

"He lost a lot of blood, and there were serious internal injuries," he told her.

At that point, Sierra wasn't listening. She got to back to her feet, snatching the sheet away from and began to shake him. "You can't be dead, get up. You have to get up!" she screamed.

Dr. Young grabbed her, pulling her away. "I'm sorry," he sighed.

"There has to be something you can do, something that can bring him back. What about that sphere thing? The sphere of Omara? Can't we use that to bring him back?" she cried.

"No, it was simply his time to go. I'm sorry," he repeated.

"There was so much I wanted to tell you," she cried, laying on the examining table next to him, wrapping her arms around him as she rocked back and forth. "I love you so much Xander," she cried.

Dr. Young, with a tear in his eye himself, simply walked away.

"Approaching the Fikus sector," Adam announced, sitting in front of the controls of the shuttle.

The two of them had been cooped up in the shuttle for a little over an hour, neither of them with much to say. The mission they were on seemed to occupy their attention, so there was no room for small talk or conversation. He wanted to tell Camille about his plans to propose to Katie when they got back, but before he said anything about it, he wanted to be sure the two of them made it home in one piece.

"Reduce speed to impulse power and set a course for the fourth moon in orbit," she instructed.

"The moon?" he inquired.

"Our long range scans indicted that there was life on the fourth planet. We think that's the source of Katie's visions," she told him.

"Setting a course for the fourth moon, impulse power," he confirmed, entering the commands into the computer terminal. "So, what do you expect to find out here?"

"All out scans said was that there was life, but that's all we know. With any luck, we'll find the power source we need and we can get back before things get out of hand," she said.

"Initiating landing sequence, but I'm detecting high levels of radiation in this sector. According to the readings, its more than our bodies can handle," he said.

"That's why I came prepared," she stood up, walking over to a compartment in the shuttle, pulling out environmental protection suits. "These will shield us from the radiation, but only for about fifteen minutes. After that, we're on our own," she told him, tossing one of the suits to him.

"I don't suppose you have one in black, do you?" he asked.

"Nope, standard issue purple will have to do," Camille laughed.

The two of them slid into their environmental protection suits, but before they could exit the ship, and alert went off. Adam turned to the controls, reviewing them. "Looks like we've got company. There's a ship on an intercept course," he told her.

"Configuration?"

"It's a Time Force shuttle, but the signature is more advanced than any configuration I've seen," he said.

"It's the renegade rangers, they're coming," Camille sighed.

"You go ahead and track down the power source, I'll take the ship and try to hold them off the best I can. Just contact me when you're ready to teleport back to the ship," he said.

"You sure?"

"Just go. I'll handle those two," he said. "Besides, this suit makes me look fat,"

She nodded as he opened the hatch for her, and then stepped off the ship. As soon as she was clear, Adam quickly resealed the hatch, then turned back to the controls. "A.I.S.H.A, lay in a course for the approaching ship," he said.

'Course set,' it responded.

"The Time Force ship has left the fourth moon and is on an intercept course with us," the pink ranger said, sitting in front of the controls of their ship.

"Those fools, don't they realize they're no match for this ship?" he asked.

"Apparently not. Prepare the torpedoes for launch," she ordered.

'The enemy ship is preparing to launch torpedoes,' A.I.S.H.A. warned.

"Get ready to bring the phased cloak on line, and engage on my mark," Adam ordered.

'Preparing cloak now,'

"They're trying to use their phased cloaking device," the pink ranger mentioned.

"These fools won't know what hit them. Lock onto target and fire at will," he responded.

"Target locked… firing."

'Two torpedoes have been launched. Impact in 8 seconds,' A.I.S.H.A. reported.

"Activate the cloak," he ordered.

The lights in the ship dimmed, and were quickly replaced by blue lights, indicating the cloak was on line. Adam watched the screen as the torpedoes moved closer… and closer… and within seconds, the torpedoes hit the ship, shaking the entire ship on impact.

"What happened?" Adam asked.

'The enemy ship launched multi-phased torpedoes. They were able to match our cloaking frequency and penetrate it,' A.I.S.H.A. told him.

"Great, just great," he sighed.

'Navigational sensors are offline, and secondary hull has been compromised. Another impact will breach the inner hull,' A.I.S.H.A.warned.

"Its obvious we aren't going to beat them with speed and power. We'll have to think of something else," Adam said.

"They have taken heavy damage to their ship. Navigational sensors are off line, there is a slight breach in their hull, and all main power has gone off line. According to these readings, life support will fail in two minutes," the pink ranger said.

"Life signs?"

"There is one, but it is very faint."

"Galen said there were two Time Force officers on board," she mentioned.

"Perhaps one of them were killed in the battle, and the other seriously hurt. I think we should teleport over there and check… be to sure," he recommended.

"Galen would not approve."

"I suppose not, but I need to know what happened over there," he stood up. "I will go. You remain here, and when I return, destroy the ship," he said.

"As you wish."

He reached for his morpher, and then disappeared into a stream of light.

The ship was heavily damaged. There had been, from the looks of it, several explosions. Everything except for emergency power was offline, and Adam was face down on the floor of the ship. The green ranger did a quick survey of the shuttle, and quickly came to the conclusion that there was no thread.

He reached for his morpher. "There's only one officer aboard the ship, and he's down. I'm bringing him back with me," he said.

'Are you sure that's a good idea?' a voice asked.

"I'm not going to leave him here to die, its not what we do," he said.

'Fine, but we'll have to keep him restrained. I get a sweep of the fourth moon, and there is a human on the surface. When you get back, we'll set a course for the moon and intercept the human before they find the power source,' she explained.

"What about their ship?"

'We should lock on a tractor beam and take it with us when we leave. Lord Galen may have a use for it,' she suggested.

"Fine," he groaned. He leaned down, picking up Adam and putting him over his shoulder. "I'm on my way," he said.

He reached for his morpher again, and within seconds, the two of them disappeared into a stream of light.

The moon itself appeared to be baron, a virtual wasteland. For as far as the eye could see, there were no signs of life; no trees, no plants, no humanoid life, nothing. She was beginning to think the scans were inconclusive, or maybe they scanned a different moon. 'There is no life here,' she thought to herself, reaching for her scanning equipment.

Part of her wished she didn't let Adam leave with the shuttle. Because of the radiation around the moon, contact with anything in or around orbit would be impossible. She didn't like the idea of being left alone on a moon with no way to contact anyone for help if she needed it. 'Then again, its not like I'm about to be attacked by moon rocks,' she thought to herself.

Just then, her scanning device began to beep. She glanced down at it, trying to figure out what it was detecting, but there was no such luck. Before she could even determine something was happening, the ground began to shake, and an arm reached out from beneath the surface, grabbing her ankle. She managed to kick it away, but when she turned around, there was a being standing there. From the looks of it, it had pale-ish blue skin, and was very skinny. It reached out to her, but she ducked, giving it a sweep, taking it down. She tried to run, but soon, she found herself surrounded by the creatures.

Camille turned to her scanning device, inputting a series of codes, and then threw it towards them. It hit the ground, and in seconds, exploded. The explosion was enough to knock the creatures free of the little gravity the moon did have, sending most of them floating into space. What she didn't anticipate was the explosion sending a small rock racing towards her, cracking the glass in the helmet of her environmental protection suit. With the air seeping out her suit, she collapsed to the ground, unable to breath.



"Its you, you're the one responsible for all of this," Lord Zedd said, taking a step forward.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean?" Jen asked.

"She's the one who allowed Galen to remain of that planet alone. She is the one who will allow the renegades to live until of destroying them when we get the chance," he snarled.

"What are you saying? Are you talking about the future?"

"I'm talking about right now! She is the reason I've come here, and she is the key to preventing all of this from ever happening," he said.

"How?"

Jen sighed, placing her hands on her stomach. "It's the twins, he wants me to kill them." She sighed.

Tommy snatched away from Trip, standing in-between Jen and Lord Zedd. "He wants to do what?" he snapped.

"The renegades are your children Tommy, from the future. Preventing the renegades from being born will cause a shift in the time line. Galen would have no one to manipulate into assisting him in his plan against Time Force, and the universe will be safe," he explained.

"It won't work," Trip walked over to Jen. "Stopping the renegades from being born would change the timeline, but as long as they have their morphers, they will be shielded from changes in the timeline," he brought up.

"Well something needs to be done. This implosive device will go off, and the temporal wave will collide with the waves from the past and future, destroying us all. Do you truly want to weigh the lives of countless billions through-out not only this universe, but all others to the lives of two unborn children?" Zedd asked him. "Stopping them before it happens is our only solution."

"I suggest you find another solution. I will not lose my children," Tommy snapped.

Lord Zedd took a step closer to Tommy. "What about Trinity? The past has already been destroyed, and the only thing holding the present together is the Xybrian's device to shield this building from the shifts in the time line. The world as you know it is gone Tommy. The future has also been destroyed, so what can you truly offer your children at this point? By destroying them now, the universe will be safe," he told him.

"He's right Tommy," Jen cried.

"He's what?" he snapped, turning to his wife.

"Its selfish of us to sacrifice the entire universe for our children. We have to do this," she said.

"Jennifer, no," he sighed.

"This isn't easy for me Tommy, but we have to,"

"There has to be another way," he screamed.

"Our priority should be finding a way to track them, then taking their morphers. That way, when the time line shifts, they will be…" Trip was cut short.

"None of you are listening. No one is killing my children," Tommy snapped.

"Tommy, I know how you feel, but…"

"No, none of you do. I had a daughter, and because of my duty to protect the world, I didn't get to see her grow up. Now, I finally have the chance to be the father I want to be, and you want to destroy them before they're even born? I've saved the world a hundred times over, but this time, the world owes me. I will not sacrifice my children, not again," he snapped.

They all paused, staring around the room at one another. Finally, it was Lord Zedd who broke the silence. "You heard him, lets work on finding another way," he said, nodding slightly at Tommy.

Jen grabbed Tommy, pulling him to the side while Trip and Lord Zedd turned their attention to the control panels. "I know how you feel, I do. I know what its like to have to give someone up. I've already lost my sister to this invasion, and I don't want to lose the kids either, but if it's the only way we…"

"No, there is always another way. All we have to do is find it," he told her.

"What other way Tommy? The past is gone, the cadets were destroyed in the battle. Everything has been wiped out, including Trinity. The future is gone, our children destroyed everything there, and this, the present is all that's left. We have a chance to correct history, to save Trinity, to save the cadets, to save Kim and Wes, to save them all. I don't like the idea of hurting the children either, but we can't ignore what's at stake here. We're talking about every universe! Trillions of people will be killed; innocent lives will be destroyed in this reality and every other we've ever been too. If we have the chance to save them all, the chance to prevent the senseless deaths of the entire space/time continuum, I think we should…" she was cut short as Tommy, with a tear in his eye, walked over to Trip.

"Trip, can you set up a dampening field that will prevent their morphers from shielding them from the shifts in the time line?" he asked in a somber tone.

"Assuming that the morphers in the future work on the same frequency, I should be able to re-calibrate the sub…" he was cut short.

"Just do it. When we're ready to do this, I'll be the one to do it. I'll be the one who destroys them," he sighed.

Preview: Endgame pt. IV

Next time on Parallels II: Jen and Tommy come to terms with Lord Zedd's announcement. Meanwhile, Galen and the renegade rangers prepare for their final battle with Time Force.