Futile, pointless, stupid…these were just some of the words that could be used to describe the efforts to evacuate all the animals from the woods. There were literally thousands of animals of all kinds, spanning dozens, possibly hundreds of species. The prospect of collecting, temporarily storing and re-homing all of them was simply an impossibility, even if Zoey managed to convince Commander Shaw to lend every vehicle, resource, every inch of storage space and every one of Grid Battleforce's employees to the task.

Ben and Betty would want to help, but after the explosion they were still in the infirmary, which left just Nate, the Beast Bots, and the Rangers to the task. Commander Shaw gave them some storage space and allowed them to sign out two transports, but that was still only enough to scratch the surface. The focus, therefore, was on trying to get a couple of as many species as possible to preserve at least the diversity of the woods for once they were released following the building of the road. The rest, sadly, would have to fend for themselves. Some would hopefully move on the correct way, but it was inevitable many would be lost.

Devon was scooping up a millipede, putting it into a carrying container to keep it safe.

"You're a creepy little dude, but I'm going to save you anyway." Devon commented as he sealed the container. He looked around to where Nate was cataloguing all the species they found as they had them gathered up for transport to the temporary storage facility they were being given until after the road was completed. The Beast Bots were helping round animals up while the Rangers were mostly taking the animals and putting them into containers for the trip. Devon stopped by Ravi, who was putting a container with a hedgehog into the back of one of the trucks.

"Zoey's really into all this stuff, huh?" Devon asked him. He hadn't really known Ravi or Zoey terribly long. He'd seen Ravi at the gym when Blaze attacked him, and Zoey he more or less met when the two of them blundered straight into the middle of their first Ranger battle. Ravi just shrugged.

"She seems to be." He answered. Devon just looked at him a little surprised. "What? You don't think I knew everyone on the base right? I barely knew her until all this started."

"I don't know, I guess this is all pretty cool." Devon responded as he was looking around. "I just can't believe I've lived in this city my whole life and I've never been out here."

"Never?" Ravi asked him. Devon just shrugged.

"Well, maybe I've passed by it a few times, gone through it on my way somewhere else, but I guess I was always more of an indoors kind of guy."

Zoey came wandering past with a carrying cage, making soothing sounds to the creature inside. She put it in the back of the truck. She looked pretty exhausted. None of them had been working harder than her. If it wasn't for the fact, she had already assured them she knew they couldn't save all of the animals, it would look like she was definitely giving it a damn good try.

"Zoey, are you OK?" Jax asked her.

"I'm…I'm fine." She told him, wiping some sweat from her forehead.

"You look like you could use a rest." Jax told her.

"Guys, seriously I'm…"

"NATE!" Jax yelled in a deceptively loud voice for the size of his body. The Rangers all recoiled.

"Jeez, little warning next time?" Devon asked as he started clearing out his ears.

"What is it?" Nate asked.

"Zoey looks pretty exhausted." Jax told him.

"I told you guys, I'm fine." She groaned. "We need to get on with this and…"

"Don't worry, we'll make sure these little critters are safe until their homes are too." Jax assured her. Devon put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn and look at him.

"Don't worry Zoey." He assured her. "We'll stay out here all night if we have to."

As they headed away to get somewhere for Zoey to rest and eat, Devon took the opportunity for a break as well, getting a bottle of water and taking a drink. He looked to Ravi.

"So, I was just thinking about Blaze…"

"Man, not this again." Ravi groaned. "Dude, finding him at a rally once doesn't mean he's still the Blaze we all used to know and loathe."

"No, I'm not saying he's exactly the same, but…if he's even similar, maybe that's something we can use." Devon replied. "See, when I'm playing a video game…"

"Dude, we're NOT playing a video game!" Ravi snapped.

"Ravi, calm down." Devon said, backing up a little. "I was just thinking…maybe learning a little more about them from before they were avatars wouldn't be a bad thing."

"We don't need to go prying into their personal lives." Ravi stated.

"Look, Blaze was a dick, that much is clear, but…what about Roxy?" Devon asked him. "What do you remember about Roxy from before all of this?"

"We need to get back to work." Ravi told him, putting his drink away.

"Dude, all I'm asking is…"

"I said I'm working!" Ravi yelled in response. Devon just blinked as he saw the savageness of Ravi's response. He got the impression Ravi wasn't the kind of person who made many personal connections. He seemed to mostly treat most of the people on the base as work colleagues, and had only moments earlier admitted that he didn't really know Zoey until they became Rangers despite them both being on the Ranger programme together. So why did he react like that when he was asking about Roxy? Was it possible…?

"That's IT!" Zoey called out, causing them to look around as she got up, pulling out her notebook and looking up the ideas she'd scribbled down. "People were into Ben and Betty's bike because it was cooler! We just need to make the X-bikes cooler! We could build some of those tandems for couples!"

"Or…how about make them glow in the dark?" Ravi suggested, causing them to look around. He just shrugged. "What? You only want people to ride them during the day? What could be better than a ride around the park at night?"

"We could have a contest, like a race or to see who could jump the highest or pull the coolest trick!" Devon suggested. "There's nothing people love better than a good competition, right?"

"We could upgrade them with speakers to play music!" Nate suggested. Zoey started frantically scribbling all of these ideas down. It would be a lot to organise in only a couple of days, but it was definitely a step in the right direction. It was better than sitting feeling sorry for herself. Just then, their communicators bleeped. Devon was the first to answer.

"Go ahead." Devon answered.

"Blaze was spotted near City Hall." Commander Shaw told them.

"We'll check it out." Devon answered.

"There's a bunch of my X-bikes there." Zoey informed them. She'd put a stand there specifically to make them visible to the people working at city hall to keep them fresh in their minds, and also, hopefully, to encourage some of them to start using them. If the city's movers and shakers were seen using the bikes, surely it would encourage others to do so. "He must be back for the Morph-X."

"It's alright, the Beast Bots and I will take care of the animals." He assured them, cradling a rather large looking beetle.

"Thanks Nate." Zoey said, putting a hand on his shoulder, before they all ran for one of the trucks and sped away. Nate looked to the creature in his hands and smiled.

"Scarabaeus Sacer…wow, I had no idea these were even native to this climate, never mind within the city limits!" He said excitedly as he put it in a container.

In another part of the city, right near City Hall, Blaze was by another X-Bike stand, using the Needletron's weapon to gather more Morph-X.

"Who needs a robot when you can just do the job yourself?" He asked. Just then, the needle was ripped from his hands as it was hit by a blast. He saw it sparking, before it exploded. He let out a scream of frustration as he turned to see the Rangers arriving.

"Nice shot Ravi." Devon complimented him. "Talk about a shot in the arm."

"You!" Blaze sneered as he turned to face them. "Who knows? Maybe with the three of you here it might just be a challenge."

He pulled out his key, placing it into his morpher, but instead of the usual pyrotechnics, nothing happened. He pressed it against the morpher a couple more times, before starting to whack it with the key. The Rangers stood dumbfounded as he started to rant and rave.

"My morpher isn't working!" He growled in a tone reminiscent of a child's tantrum. "Why isn't my morpher working?"

"Performance anxiety?" Zoey suggested with a shrug. Devon completely lost it and doubled over laughing. Even Ravi's chest was showing some pretty telling movement despite his struggle not to laugh. Blaze let out a yell and grabbed one of the X-Bikes and turned it on, before starting to peddle furiously.

"Uh…that just happened right?" Devon asked. "His escape plan is to use a bike?"

"Come on!" Zoey yelled as she snatched up one of the bikes. "He's not the only one that knows how to ride!"

Devon and Ravi both looked to each other and shrugged, before grabbing the bikes and joining her.

Muriel was sitting in the news helicopter hovering over the city. She had her eyes closed as she did some of her vocal exercises for the broadcast.

"You know, you need to open your eyes to do the traffic report." The pilot chuckled.

"I'm concentrating." She responded as she continued with her exercises. "Just because this assignment blows doesn't mean to say I need to do it badly."

While no one strictly speaking said this was a punishment, it sure as hell felt that way. Muriel often got the soft news and the fluff pieces. Partly because many of the others on the crew didn't take her seriously and partly because when she did launch any investigations, she had a habit of ruffling feathers and rubbing people, powerful and influential people the wrong way, that she would often be kept away and put where she was likely to cause the least damage. The fact she had been reporting on the ground breaking of a new road and had ended up with a story about a potential initiative that would make that road unnecessary had caused a little bit of a stir.

There were a lot of people making positive comments, saying how wonderful it was that the news was finally showing an alternative to turning every piece of land into a building project, others weren't quite so happy. Namely those working on the road crew and others that saw the road as a solution to the traffic congestion. The only call that her editor cared about was from Mr Winchester, who while not actually owning the station, certainly paid for a lot of advertising during the broadcasts and was far from happy the station was hamstringing his pet project. By the time morning briefing came around, Muriel found out she was in the traffic copter.

"What do you have against traffic?" The cameraman asked her. Muriel just sighed.

"Let's just say I can't remember the last time anyone won a Peabody for reporting on the morning tailback." She sighed as she straightened out her hair. "Alright, let's do this. Three, two…This is Muriel Reeves with your traffic report. Traffic on 14th Street is looking heavy now, you may want to…"

She suddenly paused and looked away from the traffic. The cameraman snapped his fingers.

"Dead air, dead air." He whispered. "Muriel…"

She just grabbed the camera and swung it around to show another direction. There, unmistakably in bright colours, the Rangers could be seen, and it looked like they were chasing someone through the city. Muriel was still sceptical of the anonymity of the Rangers, but she could not doubt their popularity. They were news, BIG news! The fact they also seemed to be riding Morph-X bikes could only help her daughter's campaign. The fact it would piss off Winchester would likely land her in hot water…but that was just a bonus!

"Hold on, it appears the Power Rangers are chasing someone on those new X-Bikes!" She rushed out. "Down there, take the chopper lower!"

"I'm getting a better angle." The cameraman said, beginning to pull on a harness. He clipped straps onto it and unclipped his seatbelt, before leaning right out of the helicopter, standing on the skid and leaning out, the straps being the only thing between him and a very messy end. Sometimes in the media, people were willing to quite literally risk it all for a good shot.

"Take the chopper lower!" She yelled at the pilot.

"Anything you say!" He replied as he dipped the controls. Muriel could only smile, thinking about her earlier assertion. Sure, no one doing a traffic report had won a Peabody as far as she knew…but that didn't mean to say there might not be a first time!

Down on the ground, the Rangers pursued Blaze, keeping close to him as they weaved through the city, dodging traffic and pedestrians. He finally rode into the front of a warehouse, disappearing inside.

"We've got him cornered." Devon called out. Unfortunately, as they came in, they were quickly under attack. Blasts flew their way, forcing them to abandon the bikes and head for cover. As they finally got the time and space to see what was happening, they all saw Roxy standing with a blaster in each hand and a wicked smile on her face. There were some Tronics all around her, working on gathering some barrels behind her.

"Well, well, it seems we have visitors." She commented. "How unexpected."

"Sorry…couldn't shake them." Blaze replied in an insincere tone. Devon started to put the pieces together as he heard this.

"There's only one way in…guys, he led us here!" Devon rushed out. "It was a trap!"

"Wow, you're only about a dozen steps behind." Roxy taunted him, beginning to pace around. "You must be the brains of the outfit…you really are in trouble then."

Blaze pulled out the key to his morpher and pressed a button.

"OOPS." He remarked sarcastically. "It works better when you turn it on."

"Roxy?" Ravi asked, seeing the woman he loved standing before him. His brain knew that she wasn't really here, he'd spent hours sitting next to her pod in the medical bay, but here she was, standing right in front of him, speaking to him. She just laughed a little.

"Nice to see you too Ravi." She commented. "Miss me?"

"Look!" Zoey called out, pointing behind them. There were a whole pile of Morph-X drums and canisters sitting behind them.

"We've been stealing Morph-X right under your noses." Roxy replied as she tossed her hair, looking straight to them. "And after we've taken this little lot, we'll have plenty to spare for quite some time."

Ravi started to make his way forward. If he could get to her, if he could talk to her away from Blaze and the Tronics, maybe he could talk her out of giving it away to Evox.

"Ah, ah, ah!" She warned him, pointing a blaster at the drums. "Just one little blast and this whole building goes boom!"

Ravi could only stand, uncertain what to do. Inside he was being torn apart. The amount of Morph-X she was aiming at was enough to take out a city block! There was no way he could get to her before she pulled the trigger. He was more than willing to sacrifice his own life, but to risk the lives of the others and everyone living within a city block of the warehouse? That was far too much to risk for any one person, even if it was the woman, he'd gladly give everything for.

Devon took the decision out of his hands. Activating his Cheetah Speed, he rushed across the room, body-checking Roxy several feet. Now that the Morph-X barrels were not in danger, the others could make their move too. Zoey leapt across the room, kicking Blaze back towards Ravi, who hit him with a clothesline that would have almost decapitated any human, but just sent the avatar spinning into the concrete. As Blaze and Roxy got to their feet, Roxy activated her cable bind attack, holding the Rangers in place.

"Take as much Morph-X as you can and take it to Scrozzle." She told him. "I'll take care of the Rangers and bring the rest myself."

As Blaze and the Tronics teleported out, taking all but one of the barrels with them, Roxy threw the Rangers into the wall. She recalled her cables as she stood, watching them get to their feet.

"I don't know why you're doing this." Devon stated. "But you're going to regret it! There's three of us and one of you!"

"Oh, dear…I didn't think of that! Oh no, what ever will poor, helpless little me do?" She asked, feigning worry. Just then, they heard some crashing from outside. Their communicators bleeped. Commander Shaw's voice broke through.

"Rangers, there's a giant robot heading for Morph-X Tower Tango 6." She told them. "Sensors show it's more powerful than the last one!"

"We need to deal with this." Devon stated.

"You go." Ravi told him. "I'll…"

"Ravi!" Zoey interrupted him, looking to him. She was the only one that knew what Roxy had meant to him. She took a deep breath. "You're no good to her like this."

"But Zoey…"

"Just…go and deal with this." Zoey interrupted him. "I'll bring Roxy home."

Ravi looked between Roxy and Devon, trying to decide what he should do. He wanted to stay, to try and reason with Roxy and convince her to come with them, but then he realised that was the problem. Could he really destroy her? Even if it was just an image of her, would he be able to bring himself to make the difficult choice if he needed to? He looked to Zoey and nodded gratefully, before running out with Devon, leaving Zoey and Roxy alone in the warehouse. Roxy just smirked as she saw Zoey remaining behind.

"Well, alone at last roomie." She chuckled. "So, what are you going to do? Ask me to watch crappy movies in our pyjamas?"

Zoey leapt for Roxy, aiming a kick right for her. But Roxy was too quick for her, leaping up into the air and kicking Zoey clear. Zoey tumbled along the ground at which Roxy landed a little way off.

"You think you're the only one with that trick, little bunny?" She asked her as she pulled out her Morph-X key. She pressed it into her morpher, changing form. "You forget, I was the one that earned that spot. You…you're just an accident of circumstance. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Maybe." Zoey responded as she summoned up her Morph-X sabre. "But I want my friend back!"

With that, they ran at each other, yelling battle cries.