Eric hung up the phone and sighed heavily, his hand covering his face. Taylor came into the communications room and saw her husband in a state she hadn't seen him in, in years. He was scared… The last time she had seen that look was when Ani and Sky had been abducted.

"Eric?" she asked softly as she entered. His head shot up; trying to hide the fact that he was terrified he would never see his daughter again. "What did he say?"

Eric stood and gathered her in his arms. "He said he's going to contact Zhane and Karone on KO-35. I'm only guessing they can contact the Galaxy Rangers to try and help."

"What can we do here?" she questioned.

"I'm taking a shuttle and going looking for her."

Taylor pulled away slightly. "Eric, you… you can't. Grumm's still out there looking for you! It could all be a set up to try and get you back!"

Eric backed away from his wife, shocked. "You seriously want me to stay here while our daughter's missing!" he shouted. Tears gather in Taylor's eyes, but she held her ground.

She walked over to him and grabbed his face in her hands. "I can't lose you again. I won't."

Eric took her hands away from him. "So you'd rather lose Ani?"

"She's not a little girl anymore! She knows how to handle herself. Not to mention Jack's with her."

Eric shook his head, still shocked that his wife would be willing to risk her daughter's life for his. "I'm going."

Taylor watched him walk away, a hurt, pissed off expression on her face. "Eric! If you leave I can't guarantee I'll be her when you get back."

Eric stopped dead in his tracks and turned to her. Her face was firm; tears falling down in large drops. He was so conflicted. He knew she was right… Ani wasn't completely defenseless… but then again, he swore to always protect his family… But Taylor… she was everything to him.

Without her, he wouldn't have the family he had always dreamed of. But he fact still remained. His daughter was missing, and he was going to do everything in his power to get her back.

He walked back to Taylor, held her tightly and kissed her. Taylor melted into him, returning the kiss.

"Let's go find her," Eric said as they walked together down to Command.

Meanwhile, Ani had changed back into her clothes and she and Jack were trudging up a hill.

"If we get to a high enough elevation, I may be able to reroute our morpher frequencies to contact the others," she said as they reached their destination.

Jack stood in awe of her. They had rested and slept a little before heading out at Ani's suggestion. She could feel Sky's worry and it troubled her deeply. She had tried to contact him, but nothing had worked. They were too far away…

Jack just watched as she popped open the back of her morpher, fiddling with the various wires, using her small pocketknife.

"Are you just going to stand there all day and watch me work?" she asked, not looking up.

Jack grinned and walked over to her. "Maybe," he said softly as he kissed her neck.

Ani smirked and closed her morpher. "None of that. You'll distract me," she said playfully as she opened her morpher and punched in a few codes. "Here goes nothing." She punched the final button, and Jack heard the familiar tones of the distress signal Kat installed in all their morphers, like an S.O.S.

Minutes passed before they heard some sort of signal back. It sounded like old Morse code, and Jack watched as Ani's eyes widened. She suddenly began punching in more codes, and they heard a crackled voice.

"Ani…aria," the voice said.

"Karone? Karone is that really you?" Ani said excitedly.

"Yes," Karone answered. "Send… coordinates… with… local…"

Jack looked at her nervously. "You know that person?"

"It's Karone Silver. She and her husband Zhane were rangers too. They looked out for me while I was on KO-35," she said as she sent them the coordinates to Elysia.

"Got it," Karone said. Ani smiled and literally jumped on Jack, who caught her easily.

"We have to get back there and stop Grumm before he launches his attack," Jack said.

"I don't think so."

Ani and Jack instantly got into fighting stances as they saw Broodwing emerge from behind a tree. "Grumm isn't the one that sent you here," he said evilly as he threw his cape off. "I wanted the pleasure of destroying you two myself."

Ani moved closer to Jack. "This is it," she whispered.

Jack looked at her and nodded. "I love you," he said as he kissed her quickly.

"Love you too," she said as they took their positions.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Ready."

"SPD EMERGENCY!" they called together.

Broodwing laughed to himself as they charged at him, weapons drawn. He stopped laughing though when he saw how well they worked together. Hit after hit, he felt his power draining. This was not going as planned.

Broodwing fired a few blasts at them, catching Ani in the shoulder, sending her to the ground. Jack bent down to her.

"Are you alright?" he asked nervously. Ani nodded and let him help her to stand.

"We have to break his dome," she said as she gripped her shoulder. "It'll cut off his air supply and cause him to weaken."

Jack nodded and removed his blasters from the holsters. Broodwing could only stand rooted to the spot as the dual blast of red energy hit him, shattering his protective cover.

"NO!" he screamed as his hands clasped where the shield had been.

"Ani! Do it!" Jack cried. Ani stood and opened her morpher.

"Judgment mode!" she called as the scanner changed from X to O, finally settling on X. "Guilty!"

She pulled out her blaster and fired directly at his chest. Broodwing gave one final cry before he was contained.

Jack ran over and picked up the card, securing it in his belt. Ani limped over and he pulled her into a tight embrace.

"We did it," she said happily. Jack smiled and leaned in…

"Animaria Jean Meyers! You better know that guy!"

Ani broke away. She knew that voice all too well. Jack felt his cheeks heat up as a tall man with platinum blonde hair made his way towards them.

"Zhane!" Ani cried happily as she hugged her (at one time) surrogate father. Zhane hugged her back and took a good look at her.

"You're a ranger now? Wow, guess all that training paid off," he commented. Moments later the hum of the Megaship loomed overhead.

"Zhane! Hurry up!" Karone's voice said over the loudspeakers. "We've got trouble!"

Ani grabbed Jack's hand and Jack was caught up in a teleportation beam, not used to the feeling of displacement.

As soon as his feet touched the floor of the ship, Ani had to steady him slightly.

"He's never been teleported before," she explained as Zhane walked over to a console.

"Who's your friend?" Zhane asked as they began a course back to Earth.

Karone lightly hit his arm. "Isn't it obvious knucklehead?" she said. "He's the Red Ranger."

"Looked like a little more than that to me," Zhane muttered under his breath. Jack caught the comment though and smiled.

"I'm Jack. Jack Landors," he said as he shook hands with Karone.

"I'm Karone, and the mouth over there is my husband Zhane. We were contacted by your father Ani, but I'm afraid they're having some problems of their own on Earth."

"What problems?" Ani asked nervously.

"Grumm's got Cruger," Zhane said. "We got confirmation about it not too long ago. When Broodwing showed up on Elysia, our sensors went off and we knew we had to get to you guys."

"Thank you," Jack said sincerely. "You got there just in time."

"We need to get you both back to Earth," Karone said. "The sooner the better."

Ani walked over to the window and Jack settled himself behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"We'll get there in time, Ani," he soothed.

Ani couldn't help the feeling of worry, undoubtedly coming from Sky. She knew he was fighting right now. She would occasionally feel slight pains, and that made her worry more.

"I hope so Jack. I really do."