It was late out. The sky was pitch black, bright stars covered the night sky. Tommy could feel his eyes getting heavy and he was starting to swerve on the road; luckily no one else was on the road with him. The last time he had seen a car was about a half hour ago. He sighed heavily as he pulled over to the side. "Sorry Hayley, but your rescue going to have to wait until tomorrow. I just hope you can hold out that long." He turned off the car and leaned back against his seat, staring up at the sky, thinking of better days.

He wasn't sure why but his mind was on Hayley and his past relationship with her. He had loved her, there was no doubt about that in his mind, and she had loved him, but for all the wrong reasons, they just never knew that at the time. Tommy opened up the glove compartment and put the map back in; his hand then wrapped around a small box, not knowing what it was, he pulled it out.

His eyes widened. "I can't believe I still have this." He opened it up; it was an engagement ring, and it wasn't for the person everyone would expect. He smiled faintly at the ring. He had never gotten around to asking her and he had never told her about the ring. After everything that had happened between them he didn't see the point. But now it didn't matter, they were friends. The truth was it was probably good he never asked her, more than likely it wouldn't have worked out, but there was always that slim chance of what if. Tommy yawned heavily and fell into a deep sleep, needing his rest for what could be his final battle.

Wes and Jen lay in bed. Wes wrapped his arms around Jen; she had been unusually quiet today, but acted as if everything was all right.

"Hey, you okay?" asked Wes softly, concern in his eyes.

She shifted in his arms until she could look him in the eyes. She knew what she had to do, but didn't have the heart to do it. She just loved him too much, probably more than she should. That was what made this all so hard. "Everything's fine." She forced a smile, hoping he wouldn't be able to see right through it. To see the hidden sadness in her eyes, and the feeling that at any moment her voice would break down into sobs.

He knew Jen pretty well, but even he couldn't always see right through her. "You'd tell me if something was wrong, right?"

"Of course I would, but everything's fine. All that matters right now is that we're together." She pulled him closer to her and kissed him deeply on the lips, needing the feeling of his touch, needing to remember what it feels like to be loved by him, and hoping that she could have another chance without having to break his heart all over again.

Wes wrapped his arms around her, returning her kisses. And soon all was forgotten, everything was as it should be and all his worries and fears withered away. "I love you," he whispered into her ear.

"I love you too." And she said even softer, "I always will."

Conner was fast asleep in one of the chairs. Kira, Trent and Ethan were all asleep on the couch. Eric sat in the chair watching them sleep, so peacefully. He had forgotten just how young they were, in a matter of days their lives would be forever changed. They would be graduating from high school and soon would be off to college, with no one ever knowing what they had done for the world already.

"With everything that's happened, it makes you forgot how young they are," commented Alex, walking up behind Eric.

"Yeah," he sighed. "They're not too bad for a bunch of kids."

"No, they're not." Alex smiled. "With their experiences as rangers, they'll be able to do great things for the world." Alex walked around until he was facing Eric. "Even Conner."

He laughed. "I don't think the world is quite ready for all Conner can offer."

"You'd be surprised. After all, you didn't turn out so bad."

Eric didn't respond, just smiled faintly. His mind soon drifted away from the others and settled onto Hayley. He had no idea if she was alive or dead. And no one had heard from Tommy since he had left, they had tried to make contact with him several times over the last few hours, but for some unknown reason contact with Tommy had failed every time.

Tommy stepped onto the mountain top. Even though it had been a little over four years since he was last here, the memory of what had happened seemed like yesterday. He and Smitty had gotten into an argument and soon found themselves hanging onto the cliff for dear life.

They were hanging onto the edge of a mountain. Tommy gripped the rock tightly, while his other hand hung onto Smitty.

"You have to drop it, Smitty. I need you to use your other hand to climb up me and reach the top of the mountain; it's the only way we'll both make it."

Smitty held on to the small box which held the Dino gems. "Never! There's no way in hell I'm dropping this money keeper, not with what it can do for me!"

"Smitty, you have to! Forget the money!"

Laughter... "Easy for you to say, you're already getting paid twice the amount I was. I won't let you win!"

"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?"

"Sorry's not good enough, traitor!"

"Look, just drop the case and climb to the top and you can have my spot. I'll tell Mercer I don't want it. Alright?" Tommy's hand began slipping. "I can't hang on for much longer!"

"We have a deal, then!" But Smitty didn't drop the case; instead he tossed it to the top of the mountain. "You didn't really think I would drop it, did you, not after what I've seen, what it can do!" With those words Smitty began to climb up Tommy's back and reached the top of the mountain.

Once Smitty was on the mountaintop, Tommy used both of his hands to pull himself up. Tommy watched as Smitty dove for the case, then everything happened so fast. There was a massive earthquake. Smitty ended up dropping the case. It went flying into midair, almost falling over the edge, but Tommy dove and caught it just in time.

Tommy then watched in horror as Smitty fell off the mountain. "SMITTY!"

Tommy kept seeing the image of Smitty falling to his supposed death over and over, for years he had been unable to get rid of this nightmare and make peace with his guilt.

"Brings back memories, doesn't it?"

A shadow stepped behind Tommy. He felt a cold shiver go down his spine as he turned around and found his one-time friend turned enemy standing before him. "Smitty!"

"I no longer go by that name. Only Zeltrax remains."

"Where is she!" Tommy raised his voice; Hayley was nowhere in sight.

"The girl?" He laughed. "She's fine; can't say the same for you though."

"Let her go, Zeltrax." He stared Zeltrax down. "This is between you and me."

"We agree on one thing then." Zeltrax got his sword out from his holster. "Any last words before I slice your throat?"

"Yeah, three words!" Tommy raised his arm up and got ready to morph. "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" But nothing happened. Tommy repeated his phrase and again nothing happened. "What's going on?"

Zeltrax laughed. "It seems your morpher has outlived its usefulness,"

Tommy then looked at his wrist. His eye's widened with fear; his morpher was destroyed. The black gem was cracked. The power was gone. Then it hit him, the explosion somehow must have destroyed his morpher, which would explain why the others hadn't made contact with him, they weren't able to. He would have to fight this battle without his powers. He had done it once before, but the question was, could he do it again?

"That's your problem Tommy, always so dependant on your morphers. Can't live life without them, can you?" mocked Zeltrax.

"You're wrong. I don't need a morpher to defeat you. I can beat you without my powers."

"Well, there is only one way to find out." Zeltrax charged at Tommy. But Tommy was ready for him. He jumped over Zeltrax, doing a flip in midair as Zeltrax slashed one of the massive rocks with his sword cutting it into two. Angry, Zeltrax lifted one of the rocks and threw it at Tommy who dodged the rock, just barely, but he wasn't so lucky the next time. The next rock was thrown, hitting Tommy, knocking him hard to the ground.

Everything was spinning and he felt dazed as Zeltrax approached him, sword held above his head. "Goodbye Dr. Oliver!"

Making a quick decision, hoping to buy some time, Tommy pulled the old photograph from out of his shirt. "Look at this, Smitty!" He watched as Zeltrax froze slightly. "This used to be you. You were human once.' He pointed at Smitty. "We used to be friends."

"I told you, Smitty is dead!" he responded harshly.

"I don't believe that, you're still in there." He gulped in heavily. His heart was racing with fear and determination, there had to be a way to get him to remember, to show him the man he used to be...

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Smitty is no longer inside me. He is dead." Unknowingly and unprotected, Zeltrax lowered his weapon. "How many times must we go over this?"

"Hopefully this will be the last time!" With his strength back, Tommy jumped to his feet and charged at Zeltrax, sending him backwards towards the cliff.

But Zeltrax wasn't one to give up. He grabbed a hold of Tommy, holding him hard. "If I go down, you're going with me!"

Tommy struggled to get free but he couldn't. Zeltrax was strong, stronger then him. The two fell over the edge, which felt all too familiar to Tommy. He grabbed a hold of the edge of the cliff with one hand and with the other hand Zeltrax. It was just like it was all those years ago, except this time, Tommy wasn't holding onto Smitty. He was holding onto the man, creature, dark warrior, that used to be Smitty.

Zeltrax looked down and saw the bottom or at least part of the bottom. And slowly it was all starting to come back to him. The truth was finally revealed. All this time he had thought that Tommy had deliberately let him fall, but that hadn't been the case. It had been his own greed and carelessness that had let him fall.

"Just hang on, I got you!" Tommy struggled to pull Zeltrax up, but his body was just too heavy for him. The massive black armor added far too much weight.

"You can't save us both, Tommy," said an all too familiar voice.

"Smitty? Is it…?"

"Yes, it is me. I remember now, everything." Smitty, still in the form of Zeltrax, looked up to Tommy. "I am sorry, for everything." He slowly released his hand from Tommy's grip. "Forgive me." Smitty then released himself from Tommy and fell.

"SMITTY!" yelled Tommy, his heart racing with fear. It was hard enough witnessing it once, but a second time, was all too much. But something was different this time, something he didn't notice before. He watched as the body fell and then it just disappeared, in midair. "What the hell?" What was going on here? He bit his lip, hoping he was right, because if he wasn't he'd end up on the six o clock news, that's if anyone found his body. "Let's hope I'm right about this." Tommy released his hand from the cliff and continued to fall, fall………