Gia had given her morpher to Rebecca, so she would have to walk back to the Sky Ship and have Tensou pick her up. Fortunately, with the city under attack, most of the roads were cleared. Gia was sure it would be an easy walk.

She found out the hard way she was wrong. When she turned the corner, she saw it was just the Armada trying to destroy the city on this day. Cliff stood before her with that wicked smirk she had grown to hate. He cracked his knuckles when he saw her. Gia clenched her fists.

"What do you want?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Cliff asked. He looked around quickly. "Where's your puppy?"

"I see you got your arm back," Gia answered. She didn't want to admit to Cliff she was all alone, but doubted he would believe her invisible friends were behind her. Tensou could see the other Rangers, and the Armada had no trouble seeing them either. It was likely with his upgrades Cliff would be able to spot them as well.

Not to mention, she could hear the explosions down the street from the battle going on. Cliff wasn't a total idiot.

"Yeah, that's something we need to talk about," Cliff growled. "I'm tired of playing your little games."

"Cliff..."

"You're mine!"

"I don't belong to anyone!"

"You're telling me you're happy with that pathetic kid?" Cliff asked. "You go from a real man to... that?"

"We've had this talk, Cliff. You're the furthest thing from a real man..."

"You need someone to put you back in your place," Cliff growled. "See, if you were still with me..."

"I'd kill myself."

"Alright then," Cliff detached his Vulcan Cannon from his belt set it on the ground and then kicked it over to Gia. "Vrak's just waiting in the shadows for when your friends finish their fight. He'll keep them distracted long enough for this to get ugly. And I know you're without a morpher."

"Yeah, but now I have this," Gia picked up the blaster and held it up for Cliff to see. "One shot with this might not kill you, but it will leave you crippled enough for me to get away."

"Go ahead," Cliff opened his arms, exposing himself and giving Gia easy access to his chest. Even with the Robo-Knight armour, Gia knew shooting him would cause a fair bit of damage. The Vulcan Cannon had always been a very powerful weapon.

So she fired, without a second thought. The blast shot out of the barrel and went straight to Cliff, but only halfway before it turned around and came right back to Gia. She jumped out of the way to miss the shot itself, but the explosion swept her up and knocked her into the side of the building. Cliff chuckled.

"Did you really think I'd hand you my blaster and not put the safety on it first?" he asked. "You can fire as often as you'd like, it's never going to shoot me. But if you'd really rather die than be with me, go ahead. Make life easier for everyone."

Gia growled as she picked up the Vulcan Cannon again. Cliff watched her with amusement. He was enjoying it and Gia didn't like that.

"You'd really let me die?" she asked him. "After all this, you'd just let me blow myself up? Have you found another girl?"

"Are you jealous?"

"I just need to know if there's someone who needs rescuing," Gia shook her head. She threw the blaster to the ground. "I'm not killing myself and I'm not going anywhere with you."

She turned around to run, but suddenly Cliff was right in front of her. She bumped into his chest and stumbled back. She looked up at him. He was still smirking.

"You're cute when you think you have a choice," he said. He reached out to stroke her cheek but Gia pushed his hand away. Cliff chuckled, "I will get you back."

"There's no way," Gia shook her head. She tried to walk the other way. Cliff followed her.

"It's because of your puppy, right? Him and his friends and that annoying little sis of mine. They're the ones telling you lies that you can do better?"

"Lies?" Gia scoffed. Cliff put his arm around her. Gia threw it off. "I know better."

"No, you don't," Cliff growled and then slapped her cheek. The next thing Gia knew, she was on the ground. She spit blood from her mouth as she pushed herself back up. Cliff grabbed her wrists as soon as she was on her feet and pulled her in. "I'm trying a new approach. One I'm sure will get you back. You see, I'm going to be everywhere. We know about your robo-heart. We know all about the hardware because, well, I've got the same one."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"We can track you, Gia," Cliff smirked. "My father's build a machine special for this. At any time, no matter where you go, I can find you. I know when you leave that precious ship. I can even tell when you're alone."

"Based on my robo-heart?"

"You put on a brave face, but deep down, you're still a scared, pathetic little girl," Cliff said. "And every time you leave your ship, I'll be there. Every time you're alone, I'll be there. Every time you're with that stupid puppy, I'll be there."

"And you're telling me this because..."

"Because I don't want you to feel safe. I want you to know that everywhere you go, everything you do, I'll be right there with you, just waiting for the right moment to strike."

As he said that, he smashed Gia into the building and lifted her off the ground. He looked up at her, smirking.

"And if you think your puppy or any of your friends can protect you, you're wrong. I'm going to break them, just like I've broken you. That little wimp you call a boyfriend, I'll get him first. I'll break his neck. I'll make him wish he was never born and that he never once touched you."

"Don't hurt him."

"I'm going to hurt him. I'm going to hurt him so bad, he'll hate you for it. And, once I've got him where I want him, I'll let him watch as I take you back. As I have my way with you and show him how a real man keeps you in line."

"You're all talk..."

"Really?" Cliff asked with a little smirk, "When have I ever been all talk? I go through with my promises. All of them. Remember?"

Gia growled. Cliff slammed her into the wall again.

"Then, when I'm done with your little boy toy, I'm going to hurt Emma."

"She's your sister..."

"Oh, I'm not going to do anything. But don't think it's gotten past us who she really is. A princess? Vekar's wife. I'm sure he'd be thrilled to take her back."

"Thrilled? She locked him up."

"Hey, I don't care what he does with her. Kills her, tortures her, maybe forces her to actually be a real wife instead of an out of control little whore. Whatever. As long as she's out of my way, he can do what he wants. As for your other friends, I'll let Vrak kill them all. Slowly, so they hurt, and only after all of them know just how pathetic and stupid they are for letting a little bitch like you run them over."

"You can't hurt me," Gia shook her head. "I won't let you..."

"You won't have a choice," Cliff said. "By the time I get to you again, you'll already be broken with nothing to hope for. I'll be the only one you have left."

Cliff leaned in and pressed his lips to hers. With her back against a wall, Gia couldn't pull away but she refused to kiss him back even when he slapped her and told her to do what she was told. Eventually he let her go. She dropped to the ground on her knees and then lost her breathe when Cliff kicked her. She grabbed her stomach and gasped for air as she fell forward. Cliff knelt next to her as she tried to catch her breath.

"So what'll it be?" he asked. He picked up the Vulcan Cannon and offered it to her, "Are we going to play my little game or will you just end it? After all, if I can't have you, nobody else should."

Gia reached out for the Vulcan Cannon. There was no way she was going to play Cliff's game. She wasn't going to let him win. As soon as she saw a flash of pink in the corner of her eye, she shot the blaster right for Cliff. Just as expected, the blast turned around before it could hit him and came right back for her. She couldn't jump out of the way, but didn't take the full brunt of the shot. However, the explosion did spread wide. She soared through the air and heard Cliff crying out in pain as he too was caught in the aftermath.

-Megaforce-

Rebecca wanted to cheer and celebrate her win as she walked onto the Sky Ship, but she was exhausted. After she helped the team defeat the ghost alien, Vrak had turned up. He gave the Rangers a run for their money and now Rebecca knew for sure they weren't lying when they said he was a tough opponent, but an explosion from down the street pulled his attention away before he could start to finish off the Rangers and he left without reason. Tensou had alerted the Rangers that Cliff had also turned up in the city, so Rebecca, figured it had something to do with that. She thought maybe his plan had messed up. She was happy for the way things turned out, but really tired.

"You were great," Noah said to her as he put his arm around her.

"You would have made an amazing silver Ranger," Orion agreed. Rebecca felt his hand touch her back and smiled brightly. She had given up on wanting to be a Ranger a while back, especially when she found out she had just missed on her chance to have a morpher, but she was glad that for the second time, she got to live her dream.

"Better than you?" she asked the alien.

"Maybe... maybe not," he said playfully. Rebecca smirked.

"Well, I'll take that as a yes."

"You did great, but we could have used an extra hand," Jake commented as he looked around the ship. "Where do you think Emma took off to?"

"Tensou did say Cliff was in town," Troy pointed out. "She must have gone to see what he was up to. It couldn't be anything good."

"Hey, if Vrak took off as suddenly as he did, that's got to mean she did something right. She must have foiled his plan or something."

"Probably kicked his ass," Noah chuckled. "Man, even though I know I can watch it for free, I'd still pay to see that happen every time."

"Maybe next time Cliff comes to town I should just take off," Jake muttered. "I want to hand him his ass too."

"Even Noah got a shot at that," Orion chuckled. Noah rolled his eyes.

"I'd hardly call standing up to him only to get my ass kicked handing him his ass. Though it did feel pretty awesome to frustrate him."

"I'm just saying, I want my shot."

"I'm sure you'll get it," Troy said and pat Jake on the back just as Emma walked out from the bedroom. She had some scars, most of which the boys could place from the fight against the ghost alien, but others that seemed newer. Then she placed her broken morpher on the table and looked up at the guys sadly.

"Okay, don't freak out..."

"Freak out?" Noah grumbled as he picked up her morpher. "Do you know how long it's going to take to fix this?"

"Tensou promised he'd fix it," Emma shook her head. "But... um, that's not what you have to worry about."

"Worry about what?" Jake asked. "Are we still invisible? Did Cliff do something worse? Can't we just get a day off?"

"Gia wants to see you," Emma told him. Jake didn't think much of it. Gia had taken his parents somewhere safe before he got to say a proper goodbye. He assumed she just had a few words to pass on from them.

Emma watched him walk into her bedroom and while she was sure the others were curious about what was going on she knew they wouldn't have to wait long. The door barely had any time to close before the green Ranger stormed out, red with anger. Emma rushed over to stop him leaving the ship.

"Jake, don't do something stupid."

"I don't care. I'll kill him! I'll kill him dead!" Jake shouted. Emma grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"He wants you pissed off. He'll want a fight!"

"I'll kick his ass. I'll make him regret..."

"Jake, stop it!"

"You stop it!" Jake shouted and shoved Emma to the floor. He was about to turn away, but as he looked up he saw Gia standing in the doorway of her room, staring at him in horror. He knew what she had seen and he knew what she would think if he took off. He took a deep breath and offered his hand to Emma.

"I'm sorry," he said. He helped her up to her feet. "Just... just tell me what happened."