Al was still on the road, driving Jerry towards their final location. He already knew that by now the authorities had to have heard about the "theft" at the gas station. Hell, they had to; he had done everything he could to make sure he could be identified. He would gladly pay for the gas if they came. Hell, if he could be sure they'd take Jerry away and keep his family safe he'd gladly buy the whole damn gas station! However, as he drove, he couldn't help noticing he passed a police cruiser in a speed trap, but since they didn't seem to turn on their lights or start up their engine that they weren't in pursuit.

"I've got to admit you had some balls hiding the goods back here." Jerry said, topping up his high with another quick jolt of coke. They'd been driving pretty much all night, and he was sure that Jerry had to be feeling as tired as he was, but thanks to chemical assistance he wasn't in danger of just falling asleep. "I thought Panorama would be the last place you'd ever want to see again."

"Why do you think I hid the stuff here?" Al asked him. It was true that Al had a lot of bad memories of Panorama, and it was a place he'd never wanted to return to if he could help it. That said since Jerry had already threatened to go back to the house to go after Sarah or Ellie he had resolved to take him as far away as he could. "It's the last place the authorities would look."

"That's the Al I remember, you were always thinking!" Jerry said as he slapped the back of Al's seat. He checked around to make sure the car wasn't being followed. "We've been driving all night, how much further is it?"

"Not much further, we just need to get the ferry." Al told him.

"Ferry?" He asked.

"It's on Manalua." He informed him. "We'll be there in a couple of hours."

"Alright, but don't try anything funny." Jerry told him. "I hate boats."

At the Thompson House, Sarah was on the couch, with her mother lying along it, resting on her. She checked her watch, checking the time. There had been little danger of anyone in the Thompson House sleeping that night. With Al still missing and the police giving them little if any information on what they were doing to find him it was only sheer exhaustion that gave Ellie anything close to any kind of rest.

Sarah also knew that she had Wrench to worry about. She doubted that he would care much that Sarah was going out of her mind worrying about whether or not she was ever going to see her dad again. He was scheduled to come to Earth to begin the show any time now, and that was really all he cared about. Sarah felt Ellie move, clinging to her a little more tightly. She didn't even know what she would be able to say to her mom if she had to leave.

"Have there been any calls?" Ellie asked. It was a question that Sarah had already answered many times. It wasn't as though Ellie couldn't hear the phone, but Sarah understood that between her exhaustion and her thoughts over what could be happening to her husband that she wasn't thinking too clearly. Sarah just checked the phone for messages.

"Nothing new." Sarah sighed. "You want me to get us some more cocoa?"

Ellie just sat up, letting Sarah up from the couch. The Pink Ranger headed to the kitchen to start looking out what she needed.

"Sarah?" Ellie called out. Sarah breathed a sigh and stepped back a bit. She hadn't thought about it, but she had stepped out of view for a moment.

"Yes mom?" She asked.

"I...found that mug you were looking for." She told her. "You know the one that we couldn't find after the move? It turned out I'd packed it in a box of your dad's old clothes."

"Thanks mom." Sarah replied. She knew that her mom didn't really care about the mug. Right now, Sarah didn't care much about it either. It was a simple mug she'd been given at Amber Beach. When she had been on the team for a little while, they had given it to Sarah as a gesture to show she was a part of the team. It was a stupid little mug with a picture of Sarah and all her friends on it. It couldn't have cost more than about thirty dollars or so, but she loved that thing, and had been hunting for it for months. On any other day Sarah would have been over the moon that it was found, but right now, she could only think that she could drink out of a toilet and not even care.

Her Ninja-Comm bleeped, and she knew exactly what it had to be. Wrench had shown up, which meant it was time for her to go.

"What's that?" Ellie asked her.

"It's...it's nothing mom." Sarah lied, beginning to make up the cocoa. "It's just Hayley...she's a little bored with the hospital."

Sarah hated this, she was angry that she couldn't go and help her dad, but right now her mom needed to feel that Sarah was near her. She was livid that Wrench was attacking now. She knew that she didn't have any choice but to go, but she wasn't sure how she would ever explain to her mom who just wanted to know that she was nearby and was safe.

At a service station at the edge of the freeway, Trevor was pacing around by the patrol car, while talking on the phone.

"You're sure; it's definitely the car we're looking for?" Trevor asked. "And you said you saw it heading for the ferry port? OK, thank you! No, don't approach, but contact the closest officers, tell them to be on the lookout and consider him armed and dangerous. Do NOT approach unless he leaves you no choice!"

As he hung up, he rolled his eyes as Spike came running back, pulling up his fly.

"For the love of God Skullovitch, I swear you have a bladder the size of an acorn!" He berated his partner.

"I'm sorry, that tea went straight through me!" Spike protested.

"Well hurry up, we just got a lead!" Trevor told him. "They were spotted by a speed trap heading towards the harbour, and a patrol said they saw the car boarding the Manalua ferry."

"The Manalua ferry?" Spike asked, running around the car. "Give me the keys!"

"What?" Trevor asked.

"I used to live here! I know the roads!" Spike told him.

"They invented this thing called Sat-Nav." Trevor reminded him. "I already know if we follow this freeway..."

"If we follow this freeway you're going to run straight headlong into the morning gridlock!" Spike told him. "Of course if you take the back road we'll be there in about fifteen minutes in time for the next ferry!"

Trevor thought about it for a moment, before handing Spike the keys.

"I better not regret this Skullovitch!" He warned him as they got into the cruiser. Spike pulled a quick reverse 180 and then slammed the car into drive, screeching out of the parking lot at break-neck speed.

Back at the Thompson House, Sarah brought the cocoa into the Living Room, where her mom was waiting. Her Ninja-Comm bleeped again.

"You can answer that." Ellie told her.

"It's alright mom, I'll speak to Hayley later." Sarah told her. "Here, have some cocoa."

Her mom took the mug and took a long sip. Sarah held her cocoa as she watched her mom drinking.

"Did I tell you that your dad got me this mug on our first date?" Ellie asked her. "He got it from his college gift shop. He didn't have the money for anything else, but even with this he ended up eating ramen noodles for a week afterwards."

"Really?" Sarah asked, humouring her mother. She'd heard the story a million times, but right now Ellie needed to tell it again.

"I know it's your favourite." Sarah said, holding her mother warmly.

"I must have dropped this thing about a dozen times. He always superglues it back together for me." She said as she gulped down more. "I sometimes wonder if its' more glue than porcelain by now."

"The good news is by now it'd be more likely to bounce than break." Sarah told her as Ellie leaned on her for comfort. Sarah stroked her hair gently. Ellie moved to put her feet up on the couch as Sarah allowed her to lean on her.

"Mom?" Sarah asked. Just then, her mom's cocoa mug slipped from her hand. Sarah decided not to risk her bounce vs break theory and moved quickly to catch it as Ellie collapsed completely. She carefully put both mugs on the coffee table and extracted herself from her mom, laying her carefully on the couch.

"I'm sorry mom." Sarah whispered as she put a blanket over her, before taking the cups into the kitchen and pouring them into the sink. "I...I couldn't think of anything else."

With that, she went to the back door, quietly slipping out as her Ninja-Comm bleeped again.

"I'm here Mick." She answered.

"Sarah! You..."

"Make it quick Mick; I just had to drug my own mother!" Sarah interrupted him sharply. "Just tell me where Wrench is. He has SERIOUSLY picked the wrong day to mess with me!"

Elsewhere in the city, Wrench was sitting on a short wall in a shopping mall while people screamed. He had brought a contingent of kudabots with him just to stir up some trouble to gain some attention and draw Sarah out, but so far he'd been at this a while and there was no sign of her. He sat, with the head of his axe on the floor, spinning it in place to keep himself amused while he waited for her.

"What is taking so long? Has she chickened out and run away?" He demanded as he looked around. There were a lot of shoppers who had been barricaded into shops in order to keep them from escaping. Wrench was nothing if not a pragmatist and he always wanted a trump card available for him to use in case things didn't go as he planned. "That doesn't bode well for all of you by the way!"

He hefted his axe up onto his shoulder and started pacing, checking the clock again.

"Oh for the love of...what is TAKING so long?" He demanded again. He looked up to a balcony and noticed something odd. One of the shops he'd been using as an impromptu prison was now empty.

"What? How...how did that...?"

He heard something and spun around, just in time to see empty space where two of his kudabots should have been. A couple of others were on their way there, but were dragged out of view by some unseen hand.

"What's going on here?" He demanded, spinning around as he heard a crash. Another kudabot had just taken a nose-dive off the upper balconies and smashed into pieces on the floor. He looked up in time to see the Pink Ranger dropping down right into the middle of the kudabots he had on the ground floor, lashing out in all directions.

Sarah's screams echoed through the whole building as her sword blazed through kudabots in a fury. She had no patience for the usual battle and wanted to take care of things as quickly as possible. Her mom hadn't slept all night, and she knew between that and the medication she would have some time before she woke up, but she didn't know exactly how long and didn't want to take any chances. As well as that, she still wanted to be where she could be contacted by the police in case they had any news on her dad.

As the last kudabot fell, she glared straight at Wrench, who was standing before her in a cocky pose.

"So, you did finally show up." He taunted her. "You're looking a little short..."

"How about we dispense with the pleasantries and get on with this?" Sarah asked him, tears running down her face under her visor. "I could live without all your bullshit!"

"Such language!" Wrench chuckled. "Don't you think that's a little unbecoming of..."

Sarah had heard enough and ran straight for him. Wrench was only barely able to get his axe in the way as she swung for the fences, her sword coming at him so quickly even his systems had trouble keeping track of it.

Over on Manalua, Trevor and Spike rolled their cruiser off the ferry onto the island. Trevor looked to his young protégé.

"Alright, what now?" He asked.

"Manalua's a tourist trap, but it's a small island. It's only a couple of miles across." Spike told him. "We shouldn't have to look too hard to find them. We know what the car looks like."

"I was hoping you'd have some kind of insight here." Trevor told him. "I mean, you're Mr Panorama right? Not to mention you were involved in the original case."

"I was SIXTEEN!" Spike reminded him. "I wasn't even in the academy back then! I was in High School! The only thing I was involved in was the school siege!"

"So you know more than me!" Trevor reminded him. "Think, did anything happen out here?"

"Well, there was a Ranger battle here once, but that's nothing to do with this." Spike recalled. "Let me think...it's nowhere near the school...Mr Goodwill didn't live out here, he lived in the city..."

"Hurry up Skullovitch! Time's wasting!" Trevor beckoned him.

"STOP RUSHING ME! I don't know, nothing happened on Manalua that connects to the fraud or the..."

"What?" Trevor asked, noticing the pause. "What is it?"

"I think I know where they're heading!" He said, putting the car into drive. "I just hope I'm right!"

Back at the mall, Sarah was fighting like she was possessed. Wrench had already done so much to harm her friends that she wanted to see him destroyed for good. For him to keep her from her mom and dad when they needed her the most brought down a red mist that Sarah rarely felt. Wrench opened up his chest cavity, opening fire with his Gatling Laser as she knocked the axe from his hand before she could take advantage. Sarah was picked up and thrown through a couple of pillars before hitting a wall and falling to the floor. Sarah could already feel her breathing becoming more difficult.

"You got the drop on me there Pink Ranger, I'll give you that!" Wrench called out. "But without your friends, you're nothing!"

"Don't...talk...about...MY FRIENDS!" Sarah screamed at him as she shakily got back to her feet. Wrench saw her going for a Power Star and just laughed.

"Haven't you learned?" He demanded as he opened up his missile bays. He opened fire and launched a full salvo straight for her. Sarah disappeared as smoke and flame filled the room. Wrench turned away and summoned his axe to his hand, twirling it as he posed for the camera.

"You know, I always wondered why you Rangers did that." He said arrogantly as he looked into a Buzz-Cam. "But that does feel pretty damn good! Show's over, WRENCH WINS!"

Suddenly, he fell to the ground, his legs disappearing beneath him. He tried to get up, only to realise they hadn't just been swept out from under him, but completely severed! He put out a hand to turn over, only for a burning blade to come down, taking his arm off at the elbow. He rolled over, staring up at Sarah, who was standing, resplendent in the Lion Fire Armour. He brought up the axe, which Sarah sliced through in her fury, before taking off his other arm. She stood over him, gripping the blazing sword in both hands.

"You will NEVER mess with my friends AGAIN!" She screamed as she brought the blade down, again and again, smashing his body into pieces as she hacked him apart. In a flash of light, Wrench's head disappeared, but that didn't stop Sarah from carrying on, hacking away until virtually nothing was left but scrap. She only stopped when she looked up and saw some of the shoppers she had freed staring at her.

"I...think you've got him." One of them told her. Sarah just nodded wordlessly. She saw a Buzz-Cam flying into her field of view, as though looking for her post-match statement. She reached out, crushing it in her grip.

"Not today." She said as she looked outside, seeing a couple of Skullgators appearing. "Lion Fire Megazord! POWER UP!"

Over on Manalua, in a graveyard there, two young men were standing by one of the graves, one of them, a Hispanic looking man with spiky hair was holding a baby, while the other, a young blonde man was kneeling by the grave.

"You should see Kimberly; she's already running rings around Lauren." Jayden told his dad as he spoke to him. "It took a while to get through the paperwork, but it finally came through. I'd like you to meet your other granddaughter Stephanie."

Antonio held the baby a little closer as Jayden reached out to the grave.

"I really wish you could have met her. She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Jayden told him. "I really miss you dad. I just...really wanted you to see this."

"Jay, we should probably get going." Antonio told him, tapping him on the shoulder. "Lauren and Jeremy will be wondering where we are."

"Sorry, I guess I just lost track of time." Jayden replied, looking back to the gravestone. "Sorry dad, I guess I never did learn much about punctualit...HEY!"

Jayden stumbled and fell as someone bumped into him. Al looked to the young man apologetically.

"I'm sorry." He stated.

"Yeah, watch where you're going!" Antonio said abruptly, holding Stephanie closer, protectively.

"It's alright, I'm sure it was an accident." Jayden assured him as he got up. "Don't worry about..."

Unfortunately, Al and Jerry had already passed by.

"OK, that was rude!" Antonio said as he looked to Stephanie, making soothing sounds as he bobbed her up and down.

"Is it just me or did something seem off there?" Jayden asked.

"Like what?" Antonio asked.

"It just really seemed like that guy REALLY didn't want to be here!" Jayden stated.

"Jayden, it's a graveyard! I don't think anyone really wants to be here!" Antonio reminded him.

"Oh yeah? What about that then?" He asked as they saw Trevor and Spike coming into the graveyard, looking around. Spike pointed in the direction they went and they both headed down that path.

"Jayden..."

"Take Alex and go." Jayden told him.

"Jayden, the cops are here, it's not our problem!" Antonio answered.

"I just want to take a look." Jayden told him. "I won't take any risks, I promise."

"Why do I not take much reassurance hearing that from the guy that took on Dekker single-handed?" Antonio asked as he dutifully took their daughter and left, while Jayden headed into the graveyard, taking care not to be seen.