It turned out, a calm Sarah was a somewhat reasonable Sarah. Once Kelly could get Sarah over the hump of her emotions, she noticed Sarah was a little more receptive to different interpretations of the time travel story. Kelly had started with just saying that she was sure Mick felt poorly for how it all ended, and when Sarah didn't proceed to chew her head off, Kelly also suggested that Mick had probably only done what he thought was best.

Eventually, Sarah agreed to speak with him so Kelly took her down to the Ranger base. Mick was there, working by himself while RedBot was reading a book in the corner of the room. Both looked up as the girls walked in and both seemed somewhat fearful.

Kelly gravitated towards RedBot, allowing Mick and Sarah to have their painfully awkward, but desperately needed talk. Mick seemed to take one look at Sarah, noticed her limp was far worse than Kelly's, and his eyes welled up with tears.

"Sarah…"

"I'm okay," Sarah insisted. "I… I guess it could have been worse."

"Yeah… yeah, good thing it wasn't," Mick nodded his head. There was a brief silence between the two of them before Sarah remembered she was holding a coffee in her hand. She offered it to Mick. Despite never needing it, Mick had found he loved coffee, claiming he liked the way it made him twitch. Sarah had decided it would have to do as a peace offering. While she still wasn't happy with him, her talk with Kelly had convinced her that maybe she had been just a bit too tough on the shapeshifter.

"I, um… I'm sorry for… for the things I said the other day," Sarah whispered as she lowered her head. "For what it's worth, I don't think you wanted to let my dad die."

"Of course not," Mick said. He set the coffee down and approached Sarah. "All I wanted was, well, what you wanted. I just… I know that sometimes what we want and what we get don't line up and… I guess all I wanted was for you not to be disappointed."

"I still think I could have helped him," Sarah said. "I really believe you made the wrong call, letting him go, Mick."

"Sarah, he wasn't going to make it," Mick promised her. "Oh, Sarah, I knew the moment I saw him, he was on borrowed time already."

"We had a time machine."

"It wasn't going to change what happened," Mick shook his head. He brought Sarah over to a chair and set her down. "Sarah, your father asked me to leave him."

Sarah furrowed her brow deeply as she finally looked to Mick, "What?"

"He knew he wasn't going to make it."

"I could have tried."

"Sarah, he was a dead man walking," Mick hated being so blunt with Sarah, just like he hated doing so with her step-mother, but it needed to be done. If he beat around the bush, or if he used euphemisms, he risked giving Sarah false hope. That was the last thing she needed right now. Telling the truth was like getting a painful shot. It would hurt like a bitch for a while, but it needed to be done. "When Galvanax approached, I tried to take him with me. I didn't want to just abandon him, even if I knew he wouldn't make it much longer but… Your father just wanted you to be safe. He asked that I take you home."

"But.. but…"

"Sarah, we spoke about a time machine in front of him and he didn't question it once," Mick reminded her.

"That wasn't a priority," Sarah shook her head. "He… he wasn't thinking clearly, he…"

"Sarah, your father was not going to live long enough for any medical intervention."

"You don't know that."

"I do. Trust me, I do," Mick grabbed her arms gently and looked her in the eyes, trying to be as honest, but as gentle as possible. It was a difficult balance, but he really didn't want to hurt her anymore than he needed. "I did not want to let him die, but I did."

"You were wrong."

"I let him die, Sarah," Mick admitted, knowing there was no point in arguing the truth. Sarah would see right through him. "I didn't want to do it, but I did. I did it because if I tried to save him, I couldn't save you."

"Mick…"

"I found the time machine," he told her. "If I didn't let your father go, he and I would have both been crushed by Galvanax, and the time machine with us. You'd be stuck in the past, alone, maybe dead. I'm so sorry I let your father die, but I couldn't let you die too."

Mick let go of Sarah's arms as he waited for her reaction. She was still for a while, which terrified him almost as much as when she jumped up suddenly and kicked over her stool.

"Dammit!" she shouted.

"Sarah, he loved you so much," Mick told her. "All he wanted was for you to be safe. He would be so proud of you."

"Proud?" Sarah asked and whipped around to face Mick. "Proud? You think he'd be proud if he knew he died because of me?"

"Sarah…"

"Those were my holo-clones!"

"You had nothing to do with that," Mick assured her. "Galvanax took your invention. He's the one who caused all of this."

"I did!" Sarah shouted. "You let him die but I killed him!"

"Sarah…"

"Dammit!" Sarah shouted and kicked over the other stool. Kelly raced across the room. She didn't know what to do, but she knew what worked last time. She took Sarah in her arms and held her tight.

"You did everything you could to fix this," she told her. "It's not your fault."

"But Kelly…"

"You made a mistake. Galvanax took advantage. That's not your fault."

"But…"

"You're not going to let this mistake break you down," Kelly insisted and looked directly at Sarah. "You're not going to let this consume you. You're better than that."

"It's my fault."

"Show Galvanax that he made the biggest mistake by misusing your technology," Kelly told her. "Teach Galvanax that the worst thing he can do is take advantage of you. Come back stronger, okay? Don't let your father die in vain."

"But…"

"You're not going to make this mistake again," Kelly assured her. "You're better now; stronger. You put everything you're feeling into beating Galvanax for good, and I know you're going to make your father proud."

"How? After what I did…"

"I'd be proud," Kelly smiled. "I am proud already. You're Sarah freaking Thompson. You're not perfect but… you are Superman."

Sarah chuckled. It wasn't the first time Kelly had compared her to superman, mostly because she had a secret identity, fought evil, and as Kelly put, had a hot body. It did always make Sarah smile, though.

"Galvanax is going to really regret coming to Earth in the first place," Kelly said, then shook her head. "Actually, he won't have to regret it for too long. You're going to beat him, and he'll never hurt anyone again. I know it."

Sarah nodded her head and wiped her eyes. Then she turned to Mick.

"I still think you were wrong," she told him. Mick nodded his head.

"I understand."

"Thank you, Mick," Sarah said, and moved away from Kelly to give the mechanic a hug. "Just, thank you."

Mick smiled, hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head. He'd do anything for the Rangers. They were his family, and since they were so young, especially compared to him, they felt like his own children. He could live with Sarah being angry with him, because he knew he had done right by her in the end, but it still felt so good to know that she had forgiven him.

As they hugged, Kelly walked back over to RedBot with a confident smirk, "I helped her," she said excitedly. "I did that."

"Uh… good job?" he responded with confusion and gave a weak thumbs up. Kelly smiled.

"I'm getting better at this girlfriend thing."