Eric and Mr. Collins went over to the CellBorg and Wes. The two slowly dragged Wes's body away, as Tommy, Jen and Justin continued to aim their blasters at the CellBorg, not letting their guard down.

Eric and Collins lifted Wes and sat him down on a chair; they saw a small cut on his forehead. Both could tell it wasn't bleeding, but there was evidence of dried blood.

The Commander of the Silver Guardians glared angrily at the now surrounded CellBorg. "What the hell did you do to him, Cy-Core…Frax, or whatever the hell your name is!" he demanded.

"I did nothing. If it hadn't been for me he'd still be trapped in his car, until someone found him by the tree he hit."

Jen stepped closer, aiming her blaster right in his face. "How do we know it wasn't your fault that he hit the tree? And there is no possible way you could be Frax or Dr. Fericks, both of them died years ago..."

He laughed. "Are you sure about that?"

Jen's eyes widened. Was it possible? Could he be telling the truth? Did he somehow lock onto Frax and Dr. Fericks, when he took some of the technology from the remains of the robot?

"We have time for a story, before Sy-Kee will contact you. I'm sure by then your young foolish friend will have waked up."

Tommy stepped forward, blaster still in hand, his eyes full of rage for the thing he hated most. The thing that had taken everything he ever loved away from him. The thing that had destroyed his life. "Give us one reason why we should listen to you or believe anything you say!" His voice was full of heartbreak and rage. After everything that had happened there was no way he would trust a CellBorg so easily, nor believe a word he said.

"Do you really think I would have brought your friend back alive if I weren't telling the truth?"

Everyone looked at each other. He had them there. They knew he could have easily killed Wes if he wanted to, unless this was a trap, and if it was they were already in too deep to get out now.

Jen eyed the CellBorg carefully; she had no way of knowing whether she could trust him or not. She began to wish that Trip or even Cole were around, they were both good at reading people's thoughts. But they weren't here, she would have to trust what she felt, and at that moment she didn't know what she felt.

"What do you think, Jen?" asked Tommy, as he kept his eyes locked on his target.

There was a long pause of silence, until...

"We can trust him," said a soft voice. Everyone looked around trying to figure out who had said that; then they found the source of the voice. It was Wes. He must have hit his head harder than they thought. Did he just say they could trust him? Trust one of the things that had tried to kill all of them?

Wes slowly sat up, but quickly sank back down feeling dizzy and winded. Taking a deep breath he went on, "If it hadn't been for him, or rather the other him, I probably would have never escaped from the CellBorgs..."

All eyes and ears became alert. This was the first they had heard of this; all eyes then fell back onto Cy-Core. It took several moments, but Tommy, Jen and Justin all lowered their blasters and took a few steps back, wondering if that would be a mistake.

It took a moment for all of them to get settled, taking a seat and letting Cy-Core have the floor. Although Wes had said they could trust him, no one was too sure about that. Tommy and the others had told them the CellBorgs were capable of controlling humans; for all they knew Wes could be a danger to them all.

Cy-Core could see the looks of distrust and doubt in their eyes, and he couldn't blame them. They had every right not to trust or believe a word he said. But one way or another he would tell his story, of how he had changed, or as he called it, his curse.

"It all started when both Sy-Kee and I had copied information from the remains of a robot which was found at Bio-Lab. I believe you called him Frax. From the information we both gained technology on weapons, the future, practically everything; we gained powers beyond our wildest dreams. But there were side effects. We noticed something different in the first group of CellBorgs that had copied the information. During battles, when killing humans, some of them were hesitant, as if they had a conscience. Sy-Kee had them destroyed….I was the one ordered to destroy them…."

Cy-Core powered up his blaster at the group of terrified human-like CellBorgs His eyes locked with each and every one of them; some of them had once been his friends, and soon there would be nothing left of them. Once the blaster had finished powering up, he aimed it right at them, getting ready to shoot, when… Something happened, the trigger was never pulled, Cy-Core tried several times to pull the trigger, but his fingers never pressed hard enough to fire the power beam. What was wrong? This was his job, he was supposed to take the traitors out, but he couldn't for some reason. There was something inside of him stopping him, preventing him from doing something which he had never had a problem with before. He shook his head, and soon what was there was gone; not waiting for the strange feeling to come back, he quickly pulled the trigger, watching as the powerful blast hit the CellBorgs. He watched as they all exploded in front of his eyes. A large fire burned on as he lowered his blaster. Cy-Core felt a sharp pain inside of him, causing him to drop the blaster. The pain was so strong he dropped to his knees, grabbing a hold of his chest. "What is wrong with me?"

"…I continued to watch as my comrades burned before my eyes. I began to realize that I cared for them. I soon realized that the part I had gotten from the remains of the robot Frax was what was left of his human side, and I had just killed all others like me. I tried to hide that part of me, and for a while I succeeded, until the day I met Wes Collins in the holding chamber…"

All eyes fell on Wes, full of questions. He had never once brought up what had happened to him while the CellBorgs had him or even how he had escaped. And although they knew it hadn't been this CellBorg that had saved him, it was another like him.

Cy-Core then eyed Jen, knowing that this might be hard for her to hear. "He had been there for months, beaten, and sometimes starved. "I had wondered why he didn't just give up, let them kill him, or even kill himself. I finally asked him one day, the day I helped him escape. I even recorded the message, wanting to know what it was like to be human. To understand what it is that I felt inside."

Jen's eyes widened and she felt her heart skip a beat; both Justin and Tommy were at her side, hands on her shoulders, letting her know she wouldn't have to go through this alone. This had been the one responsible for the few hours she was able to spend with Wes until he died.

The room became completely silent, as Cy-Core played the message to them all; perhaps it was the one thing that would gain their trust.

"Why do you continue to live, day after day they beat you."

"Because I'm holding out for her. I promised her I would come back."

"Who is this her?"

"Someone I love very much, more than life."

"Love? Is that what I feel?"

"What?"

"This love you speak of, where does it come from?"

"I'm not sure what you mean. Love is all around, it's inside me."

"Maybe this love you speak of is inside me too; something has happened to me. It is as if I care, about you and all humans."

"If you care, then help get me out of here, please..." Cy-Core remembered seeing the tears in Wes's eyes. Something he had never seen or felt before.

"I cannot help you get out of here, they would destroy me, but I can release you from those chains and leave the cell gate open for you. Your morpher is in the control room, that is all I can tell you..."

"Thank you……Hey, if for some reason I don't make it out of here alive can you do something for me?"

Cy-Core sounded hesitant. "If I am able."

"Could you tell Jen, she's the pink ranger, that I love her, and that I'm sorry for breaking our promise."

"I hope I do not have to, but if I must I will try to."

The recorded message ended. Cy-Core then put his head down; it had taken him sometime but he finally had fulfilled the promise he had made to Wes more than a year ago.

Wes put his head down, remembering that day, the words he had spoken. Even then he wasn't sure why he had begun talking to Cy-Core, maybe it was because he was lonely and needed someone to talk to. Or maybe it was something in the sound of his voice that made Cy-Core different from the others. He took a glance over at Jen, wanting to see her reaction.

There were tears in her eyes, as Justin and Tommy comforted her. Although Wes did escape with his life from the grasp of the CellBorgs, it still did hurt very much. To hear his voice, which she longed for, which she was starting to forget, and it hurt even more learning what he had gone through during those two months and to have it all end so badly. But in some ways, she was glad to hear the message played, just to hear him say 'I love you.'

"Are you okay?" she heard Wes ask.

She wiped her eyes dry and looked up over at him. "I will be," and then she wondered, "Do you think he really meant what he said?"

Wes smiled faintly. "Yeah, because I know I did." There was no time for anyone else to say a word, when Wes's morpher beeped.

Everyone looked at each other. This was it; Sy-Kee was ready for them…