As Jason charged forth he was completely unawares that the Bomb King had already extracted one of his deadly bombs. Jason though had know idea what was about to happen to him; however as he started to charge forth and drawing out his weapons power he was blinded by rage and guilt over what his friends had been going through so far and when the Bomb King took out his bomb Jason had barely the chance to stop himself. It was Adam's voice off in the distance that forced him to look up at what the Bomb King had done and seeing the red numbers tick away Jason's heart nearly stopped.

" Jason!" Adam, Tanya, Aisha and Kimberly cried out all at once. They watched in horror as Jason tried to back away in time from being hit by the explosion that went off a the moment they each cried out his name. They could not see what had happen to him though because the explosion caused them to shield their eyes away from the attack.

" NO!!" Kimberly shouted as she along with the others was tossed violently backwards. They feel hard on the ground and she could feel the heat from the blast radiate off of her suit. And a moment later she passed out.

Back at the command center Rocky suddenly woke up from his sleep. He shot up violently and began to pant heavily. He just had a very bad dream that something horrible had just happened. Once he got up and started to check the command center he noticed right away that it was empty. No Zordon and no Alpha. " Where did everyone go?" Rocky wondered as he looked around the room. He went to check the viewing glob but noticed right away that it was not working. He stepped away from it and looking up at Zordon's tube he took a nervous gulp as he tried to contact Kat.

" Kat here." Rocky heard her reply from the other end. " Kat? Are you and Zack okay?" Rocky asked as he whipped some perspiration away from his forehead. There was a long silence over the other end and Rocky had to get her attention once more.

" We're fine." She said quickly, and then more silence. " Rocky something strange has happened. Goldar just vanished along with the other creeps. Are you okay?" She said as she tried to sound as calm as possible.

" He vanished?" Rocky asked. " He just left. Said he was no longer needed to keep us busy. Have you heard from the others?" Kat asked. " No. I just woke up. I'm better now. Fully recharged." Rocky said, trying to sound optimistic.

" That's good. Zack and I are going to teleport to the command center. " Okay. I'll be waiting." Rocky said as he then ended the communication.

Meanwhile from where Tommy and Billy were fighting Lord Zed suddenly stopped attacking. He was about to land a blow to Tommy but stopped. Tommy looked at him puzzled as he watched Lord Zed walk away. Tommy then started to slowly get up, holding his chest in pain as he did so.

" Hey! I'm not finished with you Zed." Tommy spat. " Oh but I am. Looks like my plan has worked. The Bomb King has done his job and did it well." Lord Zed said with a dark laugh.

" Jason…?" Tommy muttered as he looked down at the ground in worry for a moment. He then looked up at Lord Zed and glared at him.

" What did you do?" Tommy demanded, trying to keep himself steady. " You'll find out soon enough." Lord Zed said with an evil snicker and a moment later he disappeared.

" Tommy!" Billy cried out from behind him. Tommy though ignored him as he collapsed to the ground. " Are you okay?" Billy asked with worry. " Tommy?" Billy asked again when Tommy failed to respond again. Tommy took a strained gulp before speaking.

" We have to get to the command center." Tommy said in a slow yet firm voice. " Right." Billy said without questioning him further. They then both teleported out; both realizing that something horrible has just occurred, Tommy though secretly hoped that it was not what he thought it was.

After the explosion had ceased and all was quiet the rangers started to each come around. Adam was the first one to wake up and he noticed right away he was no longer morphed. He then tried to stand up but found he had trouble doing so. There was a searing pain in his right leg and looking down he saw blood. He reached down and touched his injured leg but immediately regretted it when he felt more pain. With his heart starting to race he looked around for the others.

They each were demorped and the one closets to him was Aisha. Adam started to crawl over towards her and once he got there he lifted her up. He tried to wake her up, calling out her name softly to her. " Aisha? Can you hear me?" Adam pleaded. He checked her over and noticed that she was not as badly injured as he was. He was grateful for that. She just had some cuts and bruises but nothing serious. As he continued to try and wake her, Adam then glanced around for Tanya and Kimberly. They both too looked to be all right and as he tried to wake Aisha up again he then remembered about Jason. His heart sank knowing that Jason took in the brunt of the explosion and his stomach contorted with worry and guilt.

" This is all my fault." Adam muttered. Just then his communicator went off. He did not even notice he was starting to cry. " Adam here." Adam answered weakly.

" Are you okay!?" It was Rocky who called him His voice was frantic and full of worry. " I'm okay. I think my legs broken or something. It hurts really badly. I can't walk on it." Adam explained as he continued to try and wake Aisha up. At least she's breathing. He thought to himself.

" What happened?" Rocky demanded. " It's…" He then stopped when he looked over to where the bomb had went off and with a nervous gulp he looked away. " It's what?" Rocky pressed.

" Can you just teleport us to the command center." Adam said. "…" Rocky did not reply and after a moment of silence he finally spoke up. " Okay." Rocky said and before Adam knew it, he along with the others were teleported out.

" Kimberly!" Adam heard Tommy's frantic voice as he saw Tommy run towards the unconscious Kimberly. He checked her over and looked up at Billy with worried eyes. Billy though was busy examining Tanya. " What the hell happened?!" Tommy practically snapped.

He looked over at Adam with demanding eyes. " Jason happened." Adam said as he lowered his head.

" Jason?" Tommy muttered. " No…" He said as he looked at each of the girls and then back at Adam. Billy had now moved onto Adam and was examining his injured leg.

" You have to tell me how this happened!" Tommy demanded. " He said he had everything under control…but the Bomb King had other plans for him I guess." Adam said.

" How could you let this happen?" Tommy said his anger rising. He then calmed down though when he heard a moan come from Kimberly. He looked down at her and he let out a weak smile as she opened her eyes.

" Jason…?" Kimberly muttered as she tried to regain her focus. Tommy's eyes started to water as he heard her speak Jason's name.

" Tommy?" Kimberly said as she finally realized who was holding her.

" Hey, beautiful." Tommy said. " Where's Jason?" She immediately asked. She started to look around the room and her eyes landed on Adam who was being examined by Billy. Her eyes grew with worry when she noticed the blood and the injured leg in which Billy was examining.

" Where's Jason?" She demanded her voice growing edgy and fearful. " We don't know." Tommy admitted. Kimberly only looked at him with disbelieving eyes. She started to shake her head no. " I…he's alive right?" She tried to say. Tommy looked at her with pain filled eyes. He then looked up at the others who all looked away. Not wanting to accept the fact that Jason was gone.

" We don't know." Tommy finally said. There was a long moment of silence as the others all wondered if Jason survived the attack or not.

Tommy then let Kimberly slowly stand up. She watched the others as she got up from where she was sitting. " We have to go back and check for him." Kimberly said. Her eyes fixated on Tommy.

" I know." Tommy said. " I'll go with you." Rocky volunteered as he stepped forwards. Tommy nodded his head in approval. " Rocky and I will check it out. Everyone else stay here." Tommy said as he and Rocky started to move into the middle of the room to be teleported. " I'm going too." Kimberly quickly said as she positioned herself beside Tommy. Tommy gave her a small smile and without another word the three of them teleported out.

Once they landed they each fanned out to look for Jason. They were of course morphed as they started to examine the area. And when they each came to the spot where the bomb exploded Kimberly started to feel a sense dread wash over her.

" He's nowhere." She said. Tommy walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. " He can't be dead." Rocky said as he spun around to get a better look over the area. " Yo, Jason! Answer us please!" Rocky pleaded. He then feel to the ground, and slammed his fits into the mud as he looked up at Tommy and Kimberly.

" He's not dead." Rocky insisted. " That's right he's not." Rocky suddenly jumped when he heard the all too familiar voice call out before him.

" Goldar!" Rocky cried out as he stood up in a fighting stance. " Missed me?" Goldar taunted. " Shut up. Where's Jason!" Rocky demanded. " Tell us where he is." Tommy demanded as he stepped forward. " I want to see him if he's alive." Tommy said.

" That's will not be possible. You'll have to have our word that he's in…well still in one piece so to say." Goldar laughed.

" You bastard. What do you want with him you big ape?" Kimberly demanded. As she stomped her foot on the ground in agitation, " Oh that's for me to know and for you to find out." Goldar explained.

" He's alive. That's what I was ordered to tell you. Now that I've done my bit I'm out of here. Later ranger brats, figure out how to save him if you can." Goldar said with a hideous laugh. They each stared at him with dread as they watched him leave.

"Jason…" Kimberly muttered. " Come on. We have to head back to the command center." Tommy ordered and without another word they each teleported out.

Authors Note: So what did you think? Hope you liked it. More coming soon. And thanks for the reviews. Later. I'm also pushing this story up to an M rating. Just to be safe.