Zoey had never been more nervous than she was right now. As the boys unloaded her Morph-X Bike prototype from the car, she and Sarah were making their way over to the Mayor. While the plan to run a road through the forest wasn't official yet, the Mayor wanted to know how it would be possible, and needed a solid plan to present to the city so that the people would know exactly what they were voting for.

Coral Harbour always prided itself on its green space. It had fields, parks and forests that were supposed to remain untouched. However, the idyllic nature of the city had attracted a lot of people to live there and as a result, the city was becoming more and more congested. Traffic was starting to build up on some of the major roads and people were complaining loudly about it. When he had been elected, the Mayor had promised to find a solution to the traffic problems, and he wasn't intending on disappointing. Unfortunately, the only way to ease traffic was by building another road, and the only spot where there was room was through the forest.

Zoey knew her idea would work. People wanted a way to be more active that wouldn't interfere with their already busy lives. Biking to work wouldn't take much longer than sitting in busy traffic and would provide people with the exercise they wanted. If people were too tired, or simply preferred the convenience of biking, without the effort, the Morph-X bikes could provide that too. Though they did have pedals, the Morph-X engine built into the bike meant that it could run on its own, allowing the user to take a break when they were tired.

More people on bikes meant less cars on the road, which meant there would be less traffic and no need to tear down the forest to build a road.

"Are you ready?" Sarah asked. Zoey shrugged her shoulders. Nothing would prepare her for this. She wasn't sure how she would even get the Mayor's attention, never mind what she might say when she had it. Sarah, though, seemed confident, and had already promised Zoey that she would step in if Zoey appeared to need it. "All you have to do it try, alright?"

"And say what?"

"You'll know," Sarah assured her, then called for the Mayor, interrupting his conversation with the planner. When he saw Sarah, he excused himself and made his way over. Sarah looked to him with a bright smile, "Sorry for the interruption, Mayor Daniels, but we have a proposal for you."

Zoey played with her hands nervously. She could feel her heart racing and her palms sweating. The world seemed to spin around her and the only reason she didn't think she was going to have a full blown attack in this moment was because it was Sarah talking.

"I'm kind of in the middle of a proposal right now," the Mayor told Sarah. "If this is Ranger related, Grid Battleforce already has my blessing to do what needs to be done."

"It's about this project," Sarah said and pointed to the forest. "Did you know Coral Harbour has some of the cleanest air in the country?"

"We've already crunched the numbers, considered alternatives…"

"You haven't considered Zoey's idea, yet," Sarah said. She turned to Zoey and smiled brightly. Zoey seemed a little stunned, though, so Sarah knew she might need some prompting. Fortunately, it was at this time that Devon and Ravi brought Zoey's bike over. Sarah pointed to it, reminding Zoey was she needed to say.

"Bikes?" the Mayor asked when he saw. "You don't think I considered bikes?"

"Zoey?" Sarah asked, prompting her again. "This isn't just any bike, is it?"

Zoey shook her head, swallowed the lump in her throat and looked at the bike, "It's… it's uh… it's a Morph-X bike."

"She designed it herself," Sarah said confidently.

"And what makes it different from all the other bikes out there?" the Mayor asked Zoey. She looked to him nervously, then to the bike.

"It's… it's powered by Morph-X."

"It's a motorized bike," Sarah said. "Powered by clean energy."

"It's a great idea, dad," Devon told his father. He had learned all about it in the car on the way over and thought for sure that his father would go for it. Unfortunately, the Mayor shook his head.

"We've tried bike to work initiatives. It's just not efficient enough for most people, and by the time you get to work, you're sweating and…"

"But that's the bright side to these bikes," Ravi added.

"You… you can bike to work if you want," Zoey said. "But with the motor, if you're in a rush or don't want to risk sweating, the bike will drive itself. You… you get to work without sweating a drip… drop."

"Dad, you know this is a great idea," Devon pushed. The Mayor looked to the bike, then to the four before him. Sarah seemed confident in the idea. Devon looked a little excited and Ravi seemed to support it without hesitation. However, Sarah had mentioned that this was Zoey's idea, and the young woman seemed nervous, almost fearful when presenting it, which left the Mayor to wonder if she had full faith in this project or not.

"I still need some time to get this project ready," he decided. "There's a week before I propose the idea to the city. If you can get these Morph-X bikes on the road, and people using them by then, and it eases traffic, I'll halt the road project."

Success, or at least, they hadn't failed yet. Sarah would take it. She thanked the Mayor profusely for his time, insisting they wouldn't disappoint, then turned to celebrate with the others. Devon knew this was a good reaction from his father so was all to happy to give Sarah a high five. Ravi was glad to hear that the project would have a little more time.

Zoey didn't see the success. She saw the failure. The Mayor didn't like her idea – not yet. He didn't seem to think it would work, and was giving Zoey a chance to really mess things up. Without his support, how was she going to get most people riding the bikes in the span of a single week? The Mayor was asking her to solve a problem he hadn't yet solved himself, and giving her no time at all to do it.

While Devon and Ravi helped to pack up the bike, Sarah walked back to the van with Zoey.

"You did it," Sarah said, but Zoey didn't respond. Sarah put her hand on the yellow Ranger's arm. "Zoey, we have a week to make this work. The mayor giving us a shot. That's a good thing."

"How are we supposed to do this?" Zoey asked.

"We'll make it work," Sarah promised her. "We'll get some more bikes from Nate, we'll ride them around, show them off…"

"It's never going to be good enough," Zoey muttered. Sarah shook her head. She saw this as a win, but from the way Zoey was talking, it was clear their perspectives were a little different. Sarah knew about anxiety, and the darkness that it could create inside someone's head. Zoey couldn't see the good in this situation. She could only see where she had failed.

"Hey, listen," Sarah said and stopped to look at Zoey. "This isn't ideal, I agree. But we have a shot and we'll make it work. And even if it fails, it's the bike that failed, not you. You talked to the mayor today about your idea…"

"With help."

"But you did it," Sarah insisted. "Even if he turned it down, which he didn't, I'd still call this a win."

"I don't know…"

"Just… trust me, okay," Sarah said. "Don't trust anything but me right now. This is a huge win for us, and a huge opportunity, okay?"

"I…"

"You won today. Tomorrow, we'll get the bikes out to the public. Maybe we'll win tomorrow too. Okay?"

"I… I guess," Zoey nodded. Sarah smiled.

"One step at a time. For now, though, we celebrate. I promised Commander Shaw we'd get some training done, but what about some ice-cream after?"

"Ice-cream?"

"You want something else?" Sarah frowned. She was used to a more enthusiastic response whenever ice-cream was proposed.

"No, ice-cream sounds good…"

"Zoey, this is your win. What do you want?" Sarah said. "I'll eat anything. Cookies? A cake? Fro-yo?"

"Carrots?"

"Ca… Okay, we'll pick up some carrots after training," Sarah said and tried to sound as enthusiastic as possible over picking up a celebratory bag of carrots.