Weeks passed without incident, but Ani had the sinking suspicion that something wasn't right. They were all back at the base full time, waiting for Grumm to strike.

She and Sky talked to their father nearly everyday, but he knew they had a job to do and promised that there would be more than enough time to be a family again.

Something Lucky had said to her before they left stayed in her mind. He had mentioned having another vision of she and Sky being dragged into some kind of portal.

Her mind was all over the place and she couldn't understand why she was so scatterbrained.

The doors to her lab opened and Syd came in, clenching her stomach, moaning dramatically. Ani rolled her eyes.

"What did you do?" she asked playfully.

Syd smiled. "I'd ask your brother, not me," she joked. Ani didn't find it funny though.

"Sydney… you're not…" she trailed off. Syd's eyes got wide.

"Oh no way!" she exclaimed. "I'm on birth control silly! I just have really bad cramps… you think you could give me something to help? I have training in like ten minutes!"

Ani breathed a heavy sigh of relief and reached into a drawer, handing her two white pills.

"Geeze Syd, you scared the shit out of me!" she said as Syd took the medication. "Just the thought you and Sky… nope. Forget it… too weird."

Syd laughed and saw Ani pale suddenly. She sobered her face and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Ani? What is it? Are you okay?"

Ani stared in disbelief at the calendar on her desk. "Oh my God… Syd… I… I think I'm late." Syd saw tears well up in her eyes and hugged her.

"How late?"

"Three weeks," she said softly. "Syd… what if I'm…"

Syd grabbed her hand. "Don't worry. You may just be stressed. You've been through a lot the passed few weeks. Not to mention you've been working out a lot more since you became a ranger. Your body could just be adjusting to your weight loss and muscle increase."

Ani stared at her numbly. "When did you learn all that?" she asked in shock.

"My gymnastics coach told me that when I began training for the Olympics. It happens to some female athletes. I know I was like two weeks once."

"So I may not be… pregnant?"

Before either one of them could say another word, the alarms went off and they immediately rushed off to Command with the others.

Cruger stood at his post with Kat by his side as always.

"Rangers, Broodwing's launching an attack downtown. Go!" he barked.

Ani looked to her brother and saw the instant worry in his eyes. They knew this was the beginning of the end. It made sense. Grumm had bided his time in order to launch his final attack… and he was starting with Broodwing.

"We're on it!" Jack said sternly. "Ready?"

Syd shot a glance at Ani, and the Omega Ranger sighed. Syd was worried about her, but she was soon morphing with the others, immediately heading downtown.

Jack reached the scene first, followed by Sky, Ani, Bridge, and the Girls in the jeep.

Broodwing grinned internally. This was going to be perfect…

The rangers immediately went to battle with the small army of Krybots, with Jack and Ani immediately heading towards Broodwing, weapons drawn.

Ani landed a few good hits, while Jack maneuvered behind him, firing from the opposite side. Broodwing fired something at Jack, sending him flying, landing hard, and demorphing him in the process.

Ani immediately ran over to him as Broodwing pulled something out of his robes. The others were being held back by the Krybots and watched in horror as a bright light began to swirl behind Ani and Jack, instantly pulling them inside.

"NO!" Sky and Z cried as they saw their siblings disappear.

Fury engulfed all the rangers as they defeated the remaining Krybots, charging at Broodwing, only to have him vanish.

Sky ran over to where the portal had been and pounded the ground with his fist. "Damn it!" he swore as his suite faded away. Bridge ran over with his glove off, scanning the area.

His eyes widened. "It's… it's a space portal… they could be anywhere," he said sadly. Z placed a hand on his shoulder as Syd moved to touch Sky's shoulder. He turned to her with tears running down his face.

"I promised her! I promised her I'd never let her disappear!" he screamed.

"We'll get her back," Syd soothed. "At least they're together."

And they were. Jack awoke first, his head spinning. His first reaction was to lie back down, but then he registered that he wasn't alone.

He paled when he saw Animaria lying next to him…