Everything felt so far away, like he was, somehow, outside of his own body. Zhane could hear everything the psychos said and inwardly cursed for having allowed himself to drop his guard. The pain he felt was still present but not as excruciating. More like a constant, dull shock running through his head and making his body feel numb. A small favor, at least. But, somehow, he felt like that was actually worse than the initial pain he had felt.

He wanted so badly to start screaming and yelling and cursing out the psychos when they removed the gag, but hadn't been able to make his body so much as twitch.

/What the hell did they do to me?/ His mind frantically thought, trying to make even a finger twitch. It was like he was beating against the hull of the Astro Megaship with his bare fists. He wanted to shake his head and pull away as the helmet was secured over his head.

The feeling of something clicking in place against his temple gave way to a sharp jolt of pain. He could feel his body spasm for a moment and then go still and limp, like a marionette with their strings cut.

/You bastards! What are you doing to me?!/ The silver ranger mentally screamed.

He felt as if he was going insane. Unable to move, unable to speak but still hearing and feeling everything happening to and around him. It was as if he was trapped inside a nightmare he couldn't wake from.

Nothing Zhane did seemed to work. He couldn't regain control of his body. He couldn't use his voice. He couldn't even control which direction his eyes moved or when to blink. He wanted to scream and cry and nothing would happen. He couldn't even use his telekinesis. It was as if his mind had been disconnected from his body and locked inside a metal box.

He couldn't help but wonder if this was what Andros's sister was going through. Trapped inside her own mind and unable to free herself? Desperate to try and find a way to regain control before hurting those she loved and cared for?

/Assholes! When I get free I'm going to rip you limb from limb!/ An empty threat, but it seemed to be all he could do given his predicament. And the worst part was that none of those monsters could even hear him. No one could hear him. No. That wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that none of his friends knew what was happening. He had no way to warn them or ask for help.

For a brief moment, he thought he felt the presence of someone else and tried to reach out towards it. As quickly as it came, though, it was gone. Had he imagined it? With everything else happening, that was a possibility, right? Wishful thinking that someone might be able to help him.

He couldn't focus on something like that. He needed to free himself and hope he didn't end up killing any of the other rangers. Or worse, be forced to kill the one person who had no defenses. He'd never forgive himself if he ended up hurting Rina.

He had to get free from whatever was done to him quickly. Before the Psychos found out about her and tried using her in their sick and twisted plans. He just had no idea of how to do so and no idea on where to even start.