Kelly could hear Sarah's sobs as soon as she left the base and searched behind a stack of tires until she found her girlfriend doubled over on the ground, crying loudly. Tears filled Kelly's eyes as she sat down next to Sarah and put her arm around her.

"I-I-I-I did-didn't-I didn't- I didn't- didn't mean it-it," Sarah cried out and Kelly nodded her head.

"I know."

"Did-did-did you-did you tell Mick I-I-I was so-s-sorry?"

"I did, but I think later you might want to tell him yourself," Kelly said. "You know, just to remind him you couldn't control it."

Kelly felt Sarah's body tremble and first worried it was another seizure, but when Sarah let out another sob, Kelly pulled her in closer.

"We're going to figure this out," she promised her. "It's going to get easier."

Sarah shook her head, "Y-You- you don't-you don't have to- to stay."

"It's okay," Kelly answered.

"I mean with- mean- I m-m-mean with me," Sarah clarified. "You d-d-don't have to s-st-stay with m-me."

"What?" Kelly frowned and shook her head. "Like… break up?"

"If you-if that's what- if-f-if you want."

"No," Kelly shook her head. The idea had never crossed her mind. Of course, having a girlfriend with a brain injury was difficult. Of course, Kelly didn't like not knowing when Sarah would get angry. Of course, the stuttering could be annoying, especially when Kelly knew what Sarah wanted to say and was growing impatient.

But leave? None of that was enough to make Kelly want to leave. If anything, Sarah should have been the one pulling away. It was Kelly's father who turned Sarah into a target with his hate-article. It was Kelly's mother who had kidnapped them, tied Sarah up, left her in a closet and shocked her into seizures. It was Kelly's mother who had caused the severe injury to Sarah's brain and left her this way.

It was Kelly who allowed Sarah into her life, knowing her parents were never going to support their relationship; knowing they would fight tooth and nail to break them up.

"Y-You… you d-don't ha-have t-t-t-to p-put up with m-me."

"I… I…" it was Kelly's turn to stammer as she tried to think of something – anything she could say to convince Sarah she had no thoughts about breaking up. "Sarah, I… I'd never."

"It's-s-It's okay. I-I-I w-would-wouldn't-I wouldn't want-t-t-to-want to be with m-me either after-after that."

"I want to be with you, Sarah," Kelly promised her.

"B-but-b-but-but it w-w-would-d b-b-be easier."

"I'm not going for easy," Kelly shook her head.

"Are you guys out here?" Calvin and Preston called out and Kelly could only assume they were looking for them. She put her hand up, waving them over, then took Sarah's face in her hands gently and smiled at her.

"You're stuck with me, got it?" she said, but when Sarah didn't answer, she repeated. "Got it?"

"B-but…"

"We'll figure this out as we go," Kelly said. "No matter what happens, I'm not dumping you because of a stutter and some anger."

"What if-what-what if I hurt you?"

"Don't," Kelly said as Calvin and Preston arrived. Kelly shook her head, "You're still Sarah. Even when it's hard, you can still control this. You have to try."

"I-I am."

"Don't give up," Kelly smiled and suddenly the ground shook. Earthquakes weren't uncommon in California and Summer Cove, but after their last earthquake, the Rangers couldn't be too careful. Calvin climbed up a stack of tires to see over the fence, then called down to his friends.

"It's a… big drill," he said. Preston climbed up next to him and looked over, then called down to Kelly.

"We need to go."

Kelly nodded and looked to Sarah, "Get in the base, okay. Somewhere safe."

"H-have you- have-have you f-fought-fought…"

"Monsters? No," Kelly interrupted and she didn't like doing so. She knew Sarah worked hard just to say words, never mind sentences. But right now, time was not something they had a lot of. "I'll be fine, though. I've watched you. I'm ready."

"B-but…"

"I'll be safe. Just stay out of sight, okay?" Kelly said and morphed as she followed the boys out. Hayley, Brody and Levi rushed out the base shortly after and all of them begged Sarah to head inside as they left.

Sarah glanced to the Ranger base and knew it was probably best if she went inside. She didn't know what the monster was capable of and if she did get injured, it could be the end of her Rangering career, her dream of being an engineer, or even her life.

But as she heard the fight going in the background, she knew she couldn't just sit and wait for the best. She had damaged all the equipment in the base, so she wouldn't be able to watch down there.

Not to mention, she was afraid to face Mick without Kelly's support. She was afraid that her shame, coupled with her fear for her friends, might trigger another attack.

So carefully, she walked over to the gate, peering out to see what was going on. She saw a monster that resembled a hammer fighting with her friends.

"Drill," she muttered to herself when she heard Brody tell the monster to Drill this as he attacked him. He looked like a drill, not a hammer. "D-Drill, S-Sarah. That's- That's a drill."

Just then, Sarah heard a cry. First, she thought it was one of her friends, but she saw they had managed to deflect a blast from the hammer-drill monster. They were fine, for now, but their deflection caused the blast to hit one of the trucks, where, at the top, a woman had been standing. She fell to the ground then didn't move.

The Rangers were so caught up in the battle, they didn't notice the injured woman. Sarah tried to call out to them, but with the blasts and the shouts, they couldn't hear her.

"D-Dammit," she muttered and broke cover, darting across the school construction site. She wasn't sure what her plan was, but she had to help the woman. When she was close, she knelt next to her as the woman tried to get up. "D-Don't-Don't move," she said. "L-Let me h-help."

"Don't touch me," the woman growled and pushed Sarah away. Sarah was about to back off to let the woman try to help herself, but then she heard another blast. None of the Rangers had noticed her yet. She knew if they had, they wouldn't have been deflecting so many shots. One was coming right for them. Sarah could run, but considering how long it took the woman just to get up to all fours, Sarah knew she wouldn't make it.

"S-Sorry," she said and grabbed the woman, pulling her up and to safety as the spot where they had been blew up. The shockwave from the blast knocked them both off their feet and while the woman was only a little shaken, Sarah didn't move.

"Sarah!" Preston called out, the first to notice his best friend on the battlefield. He pulled away from the others, running to Sarah's side. He tried to rouse her, but Sarah was slow to come to. He looked to the woman. "Are you okay?"

Preston noticed the woman was wearing strange armour of some sort, but he wasn't really one to judge, considering he liked to walk around in a top hat and jacket on days he was performing magic. Maybe there was a convention of some sort in town.

The woman looked to the blue Ranger, then to Sarah, who was only just starting to stir. "She… Is she one of you?"

"Uh…" Preston rubbed the back of his neck. He was morphed, Sarah wasn't. He didn't want to blow her cover, though he was already holding Sarah's hand. "A friend."

"She… saved me," the woman said. Preston nodded his head.

"I guess."

The woman didn't say anything more. She rose to her feet and looked to the monster.

"Drillion, stop the battle!"

"Not now Princess," the monster said and Preston's jaw dropped.

"Princess?"

"You will obey me," the woman, the princess, insisted. "Stop!"

"But…" the monster trailed off when the princess glared at him. He lowered his hands and she teleported them away. Preston watched in confusion before he saw Sarah sit up. He turned to her.

"Are you okay?"

"What the hell were you thinking?" Kelly shouted as she came over. Sarah could only look up at Kelly before her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Preston caught her before she hit the ground but then couldn't rouse her.

"Get her inside," Brody commanded and the Rangers powered down.