Demetrius appeared from nowhere slamming into Alex with the force of a freight train. Alex fell to the ground unconscious.

"Alex!" Wes yelled rushing to his aid.

Demetrius towered over Alex glaring down at the fallen ranger. "It ends here brother."

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Wes shouted at him. "Time for Timeforce."

Wes morphed and activated his battle armor. He spun through the air towards Demetrius who deflected his attack easily. Wes was knocked to the ground stunned. As Wes was attacking Demetrius an already morphed Jen caught him off guard she landed a roundhouse kick to his head dazing him for just a moment. Before she could get another punch in he whipped around and sent her flying with his own roundhouse kick she hit a tree causing her to demorph. Demetrius abandoned Alex for a moment to tower over the fallen Jen.

"Or maybe instead of destroying you dear brother maybe I should destroy the woman you love."

"Adam, don't." Alex said struggling to his feet. "Your fight isn't with her, it's with me."

Alex took a defensive stance.

"Adam is dead. You killed him." Demetrius said angrily. "Don't ever utter that name again."

"Why not? It's the name you were given by our parents." Alex said sensing his inner turmoil. Maybe his brother was still in there.

"Adam is dead." Demetrius growled diving at Alex.

The fighting grew in violence with Alex and the Dark Ranger exchanging blow after blow. Matching each other in force and speed. Wes took the chance to rush to Jen's side with Demetrius' attention turned from her to Alex.

Wes managed to pull her from the battlezone.

"Jen, Jen wake up." He said touching her face. "Jen, please."

Jen opened her eyes. "Wes?"

"Jen, are you all right?" Wes asked helping her to sit up.

"Alex," She said. "Is he all right?"

Wes' face fell. "They're fighting. I pulled you out before you were.."

"Killed?"

Wes nodded.

"We have to help Alex. The future depends on him."

"I don't think this day is going to end without someone being destroyed." Wes said.

"We have to stop this before they destroy the city." Jen said determinedly.

"Jen you can't. Your morpher." Wes said drawing her attention to the crushed morpher.

"Wes. We have to do this. Lives are depending on it."

Wes knew this battle would kill Jen. But he nodded anyway knowing she could not be dissuaded.

With a loud cry they rushed into battle together taking the attention from Alex to them. Demetrius dropped him to the ground with a sickening thud.

"So you have chosen the honor of being the first rangers that I destroy." Demetrius said aiming his blaster at them.

"Don't you mean we'll be the rangers that destroy you?" Jen said coolly. "I might be unable to morph. But I'm going to enjoy taking you down."

Wes and Jen rushed at him. Landing heavy blows to his midsection and knocking the wind out of Demetrius. But it didn't last long. He spun around hitting Wes throwing him toward Jen she spun out of the way and aimed her blaster at him but before she could fire he managed a blast of his own sending Jen to the ground battered and bleeding.

"Jen NO!" Wes cried.

Demetrius spun around and aimed his blaster at Wes. "Don't worry you'll be joining her very soon."

Before he could fire a bright flash appeared behind him and a blast of smoke enveloped the dark ranger. He collapsed to the ground beside Alex.

Wes looked up. Marie stood behind Demetrius.

"What are you doing here?" he asked weakly.

"Saving your life." She answered simply.

"My life," He said despondently. "My life ended when Jen's did."

"You're wrong. Your life has just begun." Marie said.

"What about Alex and Demetrius."

"The weapon is a cryogenic weapon much like the weapon used to put the mutants into cryosleep. Alex and Adam will be put into cryosleep. Alex will be awakened once his wounds are healed. But Adam will remain at rest he's too dangerous to be allowed to live on as Adam. Demetrius will always be a part of him."

"Stanislav."

"Dissappeared. That's why Adam will be taken to a secure facility kept under heavy guard so that Stanislav will never have the chance to reanimate him."

"What about Jen?" Wes asked tearfully.

"She's gone. You must get on with your life for your children."

"So this is where it ends." Wes asked.

"When one story ends, another begins. Goodbye Wesley Collins."

Marie, Alex, Demetrius and Jen disappeared in a flash of light.

Wes closed his eyes.

A week later

Wes watched his daughter walking down the aisle in the beautiful robins egg blue dress her and Dana had selected for Ashley's wedding. It was the first time in a long time he had seen her smiling. The whole ordeal with Jen and Demetrius had taken its toll on all of them. Ariel was awakened by terrible nightmares. Her screams chilled him to his very core. Worst of all was the second loss of Jen. He knew she was gone forever. There was no hope of ever reanimating her. But this time was different. Jen died on her own terms and not on technology. It was a warrior's death, the kind of death she would have wanted.

"Jen I wish you could see this." He thought.

"She can." Zhane whispered.

"Get out of my thoughts." Wes warned.

"I mean it Wes she really can." Zhane indicated nodding toward the back of the church.

Wes looked up and saw Jen standing at the back of the church. The epaulettes of her Time Force uniform glimmering in the candlelight.

"Jen?" He asked in disbelief taking a step towards her. Then he broke into a run.

Ariel stopped in her tracks, she turned around and cried "Mommy!" and rushed into her arms before Wes even made it to her.

"Yes darling it's me." She whispered into Ariel's ear.

Ariel looked into her mother's face. It started changing, contorting into a hideous monster's face the red eyes glimmering and burning before her. Ariel screamed.

Wes was awakened yet again by his daughter's cry. He rushed to her bedside Eric closely at his heels.

"Ariel, Ariel wake up it's Daddy it's all right honey." Wes said gently. Ariel woke in his arms and looked up at him wide eyed. "Shh....now everything is all right." Wes soothed leaning back against the back of the bed with her as he had done every night.

Ariel curled into her father's arms she closed her eyes knowing if sleep were to take her she would be safe with him and Uncle Eric standing guard.

Wes closed his eyes. But a few hours later he was awakened by a bright flash of light coming from the backyard. Carefully, he placed Ariel on the bed and went downstairs. He made his way to the sliding door. He opened it slowly on his guard not knowing what was waiting for him outside. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness he saw two figures clad in white in the yard. Then in a flash they were gone again. He walked toward where they had been and saw another figure standing there alone. As he approached he realized just who the figures had been.

"Jen!" He cried rushing toward her.

"Wes?" She asked spinning around.

"Oh my god, Jen its really you!" Wes said touching her face tears in his eyes.

"Wes, what happened? Where are we? What are we doing here?"

"We're in angel grove and it's a long story." Wes choked. "But I know a little girl who really wants to see her mommy. We can talk about everything else later."

END