For the last couple of hours Chase had been driving nonstop in the SPD truck that had been loaned to him. He planned to drive straight through and would set the truck on auto-drive when he needed to get some sleep. He could feel the slight rapid pounding inside his chest. He was anxious to get to his destination; this had been something he had wanted to do for four years, but up until now he had never had the opportunity. He and Callie had always said they would come to Earth and take this trip, but that had all changed in one final moment when she had died in his arms. He shook the thought away, wanting to remember her the way she had been in their happiest moments.

Chase wrapped his arms tightly around Callie as they stopped in the park, just to hold each other for a moment. They just stood there in each other's arms feeling as the sun shone down on them and a light breeze went past them. Love was in both of their eyes and they could already see the future of their life coming together.

"Just think, one day soon we will go to Earth…" She kissed him lightly on the lips as she took his hand and led him to a bench.

"What if we can't find them? I can't even begin to piece together the papers my parents had. Most of it was destroyed when the ship crashed." He bowed his head down, sighing heavily. "I….I just don't want …I don't want any more disappointments, any more losses." He had already been through so much already in his life. "I don't think I'd be handle it."

She gently stroked his cheek, knowing he needed that extra push of confidence when it came to things like this. "Hey don't get yourself so down. Everything is going to be fine, Chase." She smiled brightly at him, looking into his eyes. "You'll see."

"How can you be so sure?" How could she have no much faith that things would work out and they wouldn't hi anymore dead ends?

"Because when I was a little girl, my dad told me that anything is possible if you put your mind to it."

"Your dad's a pretty smart guy." He ran his hand through her hair as he caressed her cheek.

"Of course he is. He did appoint you Red Ranger."

"Well…." He chuckled. "I always thought it was because he couldn't stand for his little girl to be the one in charge." He kissed her lightly on the lips. "Because you're a way better fighter than me."

"Well, I do have a lot to live up to…"

"Yeah. Having a dad and an uncle who were Power Rangers kind of can do that to you." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "My dad was just a simple violence-free dentist."

She laid her head against his shoulder. "And look how you turned out."

…..But that was a long time ago. Callie was dead and would not be able to make this trip with him, at least not in the way he had hoped she would. He knew she would be with him; no matter how far apart they were, she was with him, still guiding him every step of the way. All he hoped for now was that this trip wouldn't be a mistake; that he would find what he was looking for and it wouldn't end in heartbreak. His heart was broken as it was.

He took a right turn at the light just as his cellphone began to ring.

He answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey Chase, this is Bridge….."

"Hey Bridge. Is everything okay?"

"Well…um…."

"Just tell him…." came another voice from the phone, a voice he recognized as Z's.

"Bridge….."

"It's Megan…."

"What about her?"

"Well, it's kind of a long story….but she and Sam said they wanted to play hide and seek, and, well…."

Chase was at a stoplight and for a moment he swore he saw something move in the rearview mirror. He just shook his head, knowing very well he wasn't just seeing things. He didn't even need Bridge to go any further to get where his young green friend was going with this. "I see. Well, thanks for the update. I'll be sure to take care of it. Later, Bridge…."

About twenty minutes later Chase pulled into a drive-through; he stopped to order what he wanted. "Yeah. I like a double cheeseburger, with large fries and a chocolate milkshake."

"Is there anything else you'd like, sir?"

Chase looked over his shoulder into the back seat of the truck where his bags and a few blankets were, along with a couple other things that he hadn't brought along. "What about you two, you want something to eat?" Slowly two bodies began to emerge from under the blankets and bags.

"I told you this was a bad idea!" exclaimed Sam, as he glanced over at Megan, who just glared at him with a dirty look.

Sky walked down the hallway of the SPD Academy, having just left Bridge's room after his conversation with Jack. Though it did help a little to know about what might have caused Chase's behavior during the battle, that didn't help much with everything else that was bothering him. He had his own problems. And they weren't exactly things you could talk about to just anyone. A part of him felt like calling Eric, but with everything that had happened these past few days and even months before. He couldn't get past his pride to make that phone call, especially when he would have to bring up his recent suspension. The last thing he wanted now was a talk from Eric about that.

He tried his best to ignore the stares from several of the cadets whispering to each other in the halls. Most of them were on duty, while the rest were the remainder of the school-age cadets who had decided to remain at the academy during their vacation. It felt strange to walk through this academy, he felt naked without his morpher and blaster, out of place, like he didn't belong here. And then the feeling in the back of his mind that he had let everyone down, it was the one thing he hated the most. He had worked so hard to make it to Red Ranger and then in one moment he had lost control of his emotions and lashed out.

"Hey there, stranger," smiled Syd as she walked up to him happily. She was a little surprised to see him here, after what had happened between him and Cruger. She would have thought that Sky would stay away for a few days and cool down. "What are you doing here?"

"Just needed to clear my head."

"I take it Chase was still at the apartment."

"Yeah…." he answered dryly not wanting to get into it. "So, how's everything going on here? Z and you handling things okay?"

"Things are going good. B Squad's improving. Won't be long until we have new Rangers. You and Chase have done a good job with them." She knew this was hard for him. She knew Sky hated not being able to do anything but sit back and wait until his suspension was over. "And Z's out patrolling right now. I guess she also got a call from Bridge to go to your apartment needing help."

"What's Bridge doing at my apartment?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "All I heard was something about keeping an eye on Megan and Sam. I guess Chase was leaving this afternoon to go on some trip. Didn't know when you'd show back up."

"And he thought leaving Bridge in charge was a good thing?" Bridge was more of a big kid than a babysitter and could easily be swindled by any grand schemes that Megan and Sam could come up with.

"Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger."

Sky sighed heavily. "I better go check up on them." He didn't like the idea of Megan taking advantage of Bridge especially in Bridges condition right now.

"Okay." She looked at him, a little concerned as she kissed him on the cheek. "You okay, Sky? I mean … I know this is difficult for you…"

"Don't worry about me." He paused for a moment, not wanting to sound mean. He knew she was just looking out for him, like any good girlfriend would. "You have enough things to worry about trying to keep things from falling apart here."

"You'll be back here before you know it."

"Yeah…." he answered softly.

Chase had set the truck into auto-drive so that he and the kids could eat their burgers. He hadn't really said much to the two since he had ordered the burgers from the fast food joint. He hadn't been counting on having anyone tag along with him, yet he should have known that Megan was planning something. Once that girl got something in her head, there was little to stop it. And it does help to have a best friend that can just so happen to teleport.

"You going to send us back home?" asked Megan, as she glanced over at Chase, finally breaking the silence. She could handle him being angry and upset with her, but the one thing she couldn't stand was dead silence.

"No. I would just send you guys back home on a bus, but I don't really trust you to stay on route."

"I could always teleport us back home," announced Sam, as he finished off his fries.

While that was another possible option, it wasn't one that Chase liked. "I don't think that's a good idea Sam. You're still learning how to advance your powers. It's too risky." Sam was still young and while he was good at getting from point A to point B short-range, there was a big difference between that and jumping between states. He had already driven through a couple states thanks to the high-tech SPD truck. Sam could end up teleporting himself and Megan anywhere, like the edge of a cliff. "You're safer with me…"

"So then, where are we going?"

"I told you, to see Rose White."

Megan rolled her eyes; the one thing that she did hate about Chase was he could be short with his answers. "I was referring more to a location." She crossed her arms against her chest, looking him right in the eye, playing his game. "You might as well tell us now; we'll find out sooner or later."

She was right; he might as well tell them. "We're going to Massachusetts, Cambridge to be exact." He set the truck off of auto-drive and took back control. "Now buckle up, we're in for a long drive."

"Cambridge?" Megan thought about it for a minute. "Hey, my grandparents live there."

"Perfect. I'll have some place to drop you two off."

"Me and my big mouth."

"Speaking of your big mouth." Chase reached for his cellphone and tossed it to Megan. "Call your parents and tell them what's going on and then give me the phone."

"Why? Don't you trust me?" Megan smiled mischievously.

"We snunk into his truck, what do you think?" exclaimed Sam.

After a quick call to Megan's parents and Chase talking to her mother, telling her that it was no problem, plans were set for the three to stay at Hayley's parents' house while Chase took care of some business. So all Chase had to do now was get the three of them there safely, which shouldn't be a problem, provided that Megan behaved herself.

"So who is this Rose White anyways? Is she family or something? I thought you came from Mirinoi?" asked Sam. Megan had gotten him into this mess and he wanted to at least know why they were going all the way to Massachusetts.

"I don't know. Maybe."

"But wouldn't your family be on Mirinoi?" asked Sam, still not seeing a connection.

Chase bit his lip, though it was known by all who had known him on Mirinoi. It was not something that he had told anyone here about, he wasn't even sure if Cruger knew. This kind of information would not be found in his file at the academy. "I was raised on Mirinoi, but I was born here on Earth."

"What?' Megan about jumped from her seat. This was the first time she had heard this; all this time she had thought that Chase was a Mirinoian, when in reality he was an Earthling just like her and Sam. "But…."

"About a week or so after I was born my parents left with Terra Venture." He was just a little baby during the voyage, traveling through space, and several months later they landed upon Mirinoi, their new home. His home. It was the place he had grown up. The place where he had made friends. The place where he fell in love with the woman of his dreams and would later propose to her. It had been the place where his parents had died. And the place where he had buried the woman he loved along with the many friends he lost that dreadful day on Gamma 4.

And upon thinking about it, he missed that place. It was all he had ever known, though it was much emptier now, with the people he had lost. He still missed it. Not being able to visit the graves of his loved ones was painful and difficult, but he knew they were with him in his heart. They would never truly leave him.

"Is there anything else about you that we don't know?" asked Megan. All this time she had thought his biggest secret had been what had happened to Callie and the rest of his team, back when he had worked under Commander Colbertt. And now she found out that at one time, for however short it was, Earth had been his home. She was beginning to wonder what else he could be hiding and why had he not mentioned anything about this before.

Chase didn't answer. He wasn't ready to talk about all of his past just yet, he wasn't even too sure of it himself. That was why he had to see this Rose White; she would have the answers he needed. Whoever she was to him. "Why don't you guys take a nap, it's going to be a while until we're at your grandparents."

"Where's Megan?" asked Sky as he walked into his apartment to find Bridge sitting on the couch reading a science magazine.

"Ah well…" Bridge set down his magazine, knowing very well that Sky wouldn't be too happy with the answer, and the last thing he wanted to do was upset an already upset Sky. "She kind of went with Chase to Massachusetts."

"What do you mean, kind of?" asked Sky, as he stood over Bridge eyeing him with that hard crushing look of his.

"When I say kind of, I mean….. she really wasn't supposed to. And when I say she wasn't supposed to, I mean she tricked me, and…."

"Bridge!" exclaimed Sky, seeing that this was going to go into a long drawn out explanation.

"Sorry."

Sky just shook his head and sat down on the couch next to Bridge. "So where's Z?"

"Oh, she left a little while ago, to go back on her rounds. She said after she was finished she'd drop by and take me back to the academy."

"Oh. Well I have my car here, so I can give you a lift back there."

"You sure?" Bridge turned to him. "I don't want to be any trouble."

"No. It's no problem." Sky stood up from the couch and handed Bridge his crutches that were lying on the floor. "It's not like I have anything else to do."

Kat and Boom were in the lab still researching the results they had from the creatures that had attacked the Rangers. So much was still unknown about them and how they were able to hide themsevles from the Rangers.

"It doesn't make any sense, Kat," sighed Boom as he turned to her while she worked at her computer. "The only one that had the kind of power to generate creeatures like that was Omni, and he was killed. Thanks to Sky, Eric Myers and… Commander Collins…" He stopped short at mentioning Sky's dead father. No one was really sure just how Wes had shown up. Had it been just his spirit, a ghost, or was it something else?

Kat knew Boom was right; Omni had been the only one that they knew of with such power that could mimic creatures and place them anywhere he chose, dangerous enough to even kill. So if Omni was dead, who else could it be? Who else had this kind of power? "I don't know, Boom." She looked up at him from her computer screen. "But we have to find out. Whoever this is, is still out there and I have a feeling he won't stop until he gets what he wants." But she was no closer to gathering any more information than she had started with; everything they had come up with was dead ends. No one they had on file seemed to match what they had gathered from Bridge's description of the creatures. And then, as if a light bulb had gone off in her head- "….Maybe we're going about this all the wrong way?"

"Wh-what do you mean?" asked Boom, as he joined her.

"We know that Omni had this kind of power…"

"Okay…." Boom wasn't sure where she was going with this, they had already established that this had Omni written all over it, but Omni was dead. They knew that for a fact.

"I think that Omni may be a key piece here."

"But he's dead, Kat…. We saw the explosion."

"Omni may be dead, but maybe he had left someone behind…."

"Like a son?"

"Maybe." She eyed him. "Or maybe he had a brother or someone else related to him, that we don't know about." It was possible, Omni was a very myserious creature, who not even Cruger himself knew everything about. No one did.

"But…but…but..."

"I want you to start running DNA traces in the system, see if anyone we have on file matches Omni…" It was a long shot, but for now it was the only thing they had to go on, but for all she knew they might not even have anyone on file that matched Omni's DNA and if they didn't, they would be back where they started from. With nothing.

Chase was asleep at the wheel, letting the truck drive itself through the night. He was jerking slightly in his sleep, whimpering silently. His restlessness woke Megan from her deep sleep in the back seat. She turned to Sam who was fast alseep, nothing could wake him up. Megan climbed into the passenger's seat and began to shake Chase, trying to wake him up and get him out of his nightmare.

"Chase, wake up." She gently jerked his shoulder. "It's only a dream."

It took a few tugs, but slowly he opened his eyes and turned to meet hers, yawning slightly. "Megan?" He was a little disoriented, not remembering where he was or why Megan was with him. It took him a few moments to gather in his surroundings.

"You were having a nightmare."

"Oh, sorry if I woke you up." He ran his hand down his face, getting the sleep out of his eyes.

"It's okay." She couldn't help but look into his eyes. Something so sad about them, it was something she would occasionally see in Sky, but Sky would always hide it. Chase on the other hand was different; he didn't hide the sadness in his eyes. "You okay?"

"You know your sensibility throws people off, with your mischievous behavior."

"Well, what can I say, I'm a teenage girl. It's in my nature."

That got a smile and a laugh out of him. "That it is." He looked at the time on his cellphone; it was two in the morning. "You really should get some sleep."

"….Chase, is your nightmare the reason why you froze during the battle?"

The question had come out of nowhere, so that Chase had little time to react to it. He just sighed heavily and answered, "Yeah. I guess it was." Cruger had said he needed to talk to someone about it if he wouldn't discuss it with him. And since Megan already knew most of what had happened that caused his nightmares - though she was young she was someone he felt confortable talking to. "Once the fire started… I kept reliving that day over and over. I couldn't snap out of it." It wasn't something he should be ashamed of, it was very common, many solders who had been through horrific battles and watched as their comrades died had been known to have such experiences happen to them.

"Maybe if you told Sky? He'd understand…."

If only it were that simple. Sure he could tell Sky, but other things had arisen to cause problems between him and his teammate. "Unfortunately there's a lot more going on between Sky and me than what happened in the warehouse." He bowed his head down and bit his lip. "I said some inappropriate things to him about his relationship with Syd, among a few other things."

"….Well, Sky has never been one to get along with easily."

"You two seem to do okay, other than the occasional brother-sister banter."

"I guess." She shrugged her shoulders. "….We really don't know each other too well."

"What do you mean? I thought…."

"When Sky's grandfather died and my parents got guardianship of him, they hadn't seen him in years. I guess he resented them for that." Though she had been young back then, she did remember a few details about what had gone on. "He got early enrollment at the academy and ended up staying there the whole time." She turned to Chase. "We never saw him. He never wanted to come and visit and he didn't want us to." She leaned into the back of her seat. "I guess he wanted to be alone."

Chase was beginning to see a reason to why Sky was the way he was. Why he seemed to keep others at a distance and rarely ever talked about his feelings; it was all he had ever really known. "But he did end up changing his mind. I mean…."

"Yeah. I mean, after the whole ordeal with Gruumm, he and my dad talked. Sky ended up coming home with us for a couple of weeks and things seemed to be going fine, but then after his talk with his Uncle Drake..." She turned to Chase. "I don't know, after that, slowly things just started to fall apart and it feels like things are going back to what they used to be, only worse."

"And you don't know what this Drake said to him?"

"No. I tried asking my parents a few times, but they won't tell me."

Though her parents might have good reason, he couldn't imagine that it couldn't be something for her ears. What could there possibly be about Sky, that Megan's parents wouldn't want her to know? She was going to the same academy that he worked at and lived in an apartment under his watch on weekends. So what could they be hiding about Sky? But having witnessed Sky's odd behavior, he knew something was up with him. He just couldn't even begin to come up with an answer, other than Sky's tragic life of losing both his parents and grandfather, at such a tender time of growing up. "I'm sure that when they think you're ready to hear it, they'll tell you."

That was something Megan has been telling herself over and over, but for some reason she felt that even when the time did come when she could handle it, she wasn't so sure her parents would tell her. It was like it was the deepest of all gravest secrets, that could never be told. But what could be so secret about Sky, that no one, not even she could know about? "Maybe."