"You what!" Wes roared. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. What he was seeing, the video, the papers, everything. "I can't believe this!" Wes stood up and began walking furiously around the room. "Something that you did caused my morpher to change not only my DNA, but theirs as well, and messed up their kids' DNA, giving them powers which will affect them for the rest of their lives?"

"Wes please, calm down, you've been under enough stress as it is," urged his father, trying to calm Wes down.

"Calm down! You want me to calm down. Well I'm sorry, Dad, but you've pretty much screwed that up!" Although his behavior suggested he was angry, he was more hurt than angry. How could four years go by without his father telling him?

"Wes, please hear me out. It wasn't supposed to be like this."

"What's that supposed to mean? That if this whole SPD thing weren't happening you weren't going to tell me?" When his father didn't answer, Wes got right into his face. "When were you planning on telling me, Dad? Huh? Before or after I had kids, or when little Wes Jr. started doing something abnormal?" Wes knew he was being somewhat irrational and childish, but at the moment he didn't care.

Collins bowed his head, sighing. "I'm sorry, son, I never meant for this to happen. The only reason I didn't want to tell you at first is because I didn't want you to feel responsible."

"Yeah. Well it's a little late for that. It was my morpher that caused the changes, so I am responsible."

"Wes wait," Collins called after Wes, but only to have the door slammed in his face.

"Kat, how you doing?" asked Andros as he walked into the lab where Dr. Manx was working.

"Andros, it's good to see you." She walked up to him and gave him a hug. "I'm doing just fine, thank you. Did everything go according to plan?"

"Yes." Andros smiled. "Commander Cruger told me to tell you hello and sends his best." Andros' eyes then fell upon a morpher, lying on top of the desk. It didn't appear to be completely finished. "Is that one of the morphers?"

Kat nodded her head and handed it over to Andros. "Yes. The one and only. It's not finished, we still need to run a few more tests on it. It probably will be a few more years until I have the first set of morphers completed."

"That's great. So the information that Mr. Collins provided you from his wife's research, as well as his and my own, was helpful to you."

"Yes, very helpful. Mr. Collins' wife was a brilliant scientist. It's a shame she isn't here to see her work coming into place."

Andros nodded his head.

"Yes, she was," answered Collins, walking into the lab.

Andros turned around and right away could tell things with Wes hadn't gone well. "I take it Wes didn't take the news well."

Collins sighed and nodded his head.

"I'm sure he'll come around, just give it time," smiled Kat, knowing how hard this all was on Collins; just when he and his son were getting their relationship back on track, it all just seemed to fall apart.

"I'm sure you're right, Dr. Manx." Collins smiled faintly. "So now for the morpher, is it ready for a trial run?"

"Yes." Manx turned to Andros. "Andros, if you will."

"Right!" Andros nodded his head, as he placed the moprher around his wrist. "SPD red!" In a flash of light Andros felt the power running through his body. It was unlike anything he had ever felt, but it only lasted for a few seconds and he was quickly back in his civilian clothes.

"Hmm, not much of a lasting effect," Kat said.

"That was incredible. I never felt anything like it." Andros handed the morpher back to Kat. "Once you get this morpher running at full speed, it will be unbeatable."

"How long do you believe it will take you?" asked Collins.

"It took me almost four years to make this one. It could be a while until I have all five of the squad A morphers running at a hundred percent. Once those are finished I will begin working on a back up set of morphers and eventually the special project morphers,"

Collins nodded his head, understanding. "Very well. Good work, Doctor."

Kat smiled. "Thank you, Mr. Collins."

"Well, if that will be all, I should be on my way. Good day." Collins started to head over to the door.

"Wait, Mr. Collins." Andros looked to Kat and she nodded. "There's something you should know."

"Yes?" Collins stopped and turned around.

"You know how I've told you about the possibility of having other beings coming to live on Earth."

"Yes."

Andros glanced to Kat, nodding his head. Within seconds Kat transformed herself into her true form.

Collins' eyes widened in disbelief and shock; he was speechless. "You're an alien?" Collins looked to Andros. "You knew?"

"Yes." He nodded his head. "Kat's planet was destroyed. I and my team rescued who we could; there were very few. And at that time, there were very few who would take in drifters. We stationed whoever we could on all surrounding planets."

"So you brought her here, to Earth, to Bio-Lab?"

"Yes. I had believed that with her knowledge she could be very useful to your company. I am sorry for not telling you earlier on, but we were never sure if this placement would become permanent."

Kat stepped forward. "I am sorry, Mr. Collins. I should have told you a long time ago. I was just afraid if you knew-"

Collins raised his hand up. "No need to explain. I understand. And it's all right. I'm just grateful you told me now."

"So does that mean I can stay?"

"Yes, of course. After all, I can't afford to lose my top scientist." Collins smiled. After all it wasn't like he hadn't kept secrets, so why should he get upset when someone else did?

"Thought I might find you here." Eric walked around Wes, watching to make sure he didn't trip over any of the rubble, the remains of the clock tower.

"Eric, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay with Hayley until the transfer went through."

"You did. But I decided not to listen."

"As usual," muttered Wes.

Eric could tell that Wes didn't look too pleased to see him and he couldn't really blame Wes, after what his father had told him, but... "You know, you should really cut him a break."

"I knew it." Wes could feel his anger and frustration grow inside of him. "He called you and you're siding with him." He glared at Eric, angry. "I guess some things never change." Wes got up and started walking away.

Eric jumped to his feet and started towards Wes. "I'm not siding with anyone. I thought you knew me better then that."

"What do you want, Eric?" sighed Wes, turning around to face him.

"What I want is for you to cut your father some slack."

"Did he tell you what he did? What happened?" Wes couldn't believe this, he would have thought Eric would have sided with him, would have understood. "And you want me to cut him some slack."

"He's your father, Wes!" Eric glared at him in the eyes. "In case you have forgotten he's all you've got."

"Yeah, well, maybe he should have thought of that before." Wes just turned around and walked away.

Eric stayed back, not knowing what the next move would be, because part of him knew this wasn't something he could just fix with a few simple words. He had fought so many battles, and won them all with a few quick moves, but this time his quick moves and fast thinking wasn't going to fix this. He couldn't make Wes forgive his father any more then he could stop Collins from blaming himself. He was at a loss and wished that Hayley was here, but he knew even she couldn't fix this.

Distant future

Trip and Alex stared at each other in silence in the small apartment. "Make it a day to remember, Trip."

"Why do I get the feeling this is some kind of goodbye?" asked Trip, having a strange and worried feeling coming over him, a feeling of loss, of doubt and sacrifice.

Alex was silent. "I really have a lot of work to do, Trip. You should go catch up with them, have fun today, make memories."

Trip sighed and nodded his head. "We will…. I'm sorry." In that moment Trip finally understood everything, but he wouldn't let on that he did, and he knew why. And if he had to he too would keep this information from Lucas and Katie. The less they knew the better. The less anyone knew the better.

"Thank you for everything, Trip."