Kendall trusted her friends. They had stuck by her as she deciphered what was true and what wasn't. She knew they weren't going to leave her like the other had. Those words that echoed in her head, the ones whispered to her by the mysterious figure who had captured her were wrong. The Rangers had left – her friends had gone on their own travels and left her behind – but they cared. Kendall knew how to tell who cared because they always came back, even if it was just through video call.

However, there was something weighing on her chest. She had no idea who she had spoken too but someone knew all the Rangers secrets. That someone was also powerful enough to bend her mind – to make her feel as though her friends wanted nothing to do with her, and make a quick day seem like weeks. He managed to bend her mind to the point she had no control over her actions and her thoughts were not private. He knew everything she knew – every secret anyone had shared with her, any secret she had kept to herself. This person knew how to get into the Dino Lab, how to access the scans and all the computers. The person knew about the chargers – what they did, how they worked and how they were connected to the Rangers and the energems.

Kendall had spilled every secret. She put her friends, their families, in danger. Someone knew way too much and it was all because of her. So when Koda, Chase, and Ivan tried to bring her back down to her lab to work, she shook her head and refused to step out of the elevator. Someone knew too much. This place was no longer safe. Her friends were not safe. And if someone knew everything she did, there was nothing she could build that would surprise them. The same person who hurt her was still out there. He knew just as much as her, but he still knew more: he knew who she was. She had no idea who he was. As far as she knew, she had already walked past him on the street.

"Kendall, something's out there," Chase said from inside the lab, his hand extended, inviting her to take it. "We need you back. We need you working. Only you know how to make new weapons and stuff."

"I won't," she whispered. The less she knew the better. That way, if the person did come back, they couldn't get any new information from her. She wouldn't put the Rangers in any more danger than she already had.

"Not need be scared," Koda promised her and pointed to the caves, "I stay here with you when work. Like before."

Kendall shook her head. She didn't need a bodyguard – she needed ignorance. She needed to know as little as possible about the Rangers' newest weapons, gears and Zords. She refused to betray her friends anymore than she had, even if it had been against her will.

The elevator doors started to close. Chase, with his hand out, stopped them. He looked to Kendall, pleading she trust him. Kendall shook her head again.

"No."

Chase rubbed his face in his hands and this time, when the elevator doors tried to close, he let them. He let Kendall win this fight.

"Call Riley," he said to Ivan and Koda. "If anyone can take her place, at least for now, it's him."

Koda nodded and grabbed his Dino Com. Riley answered after a few calls and seemed to be in the middle of a fencing tournament, confusing Koda with all the equipment. However, when Koda asked for Riley to come back, the green Ranger gave a nod.

"I'll be on the first bus over," he promised. Koda smiled a little, happy more and more of his tribe was coming back, though he hated the circumstances. Then he looked over at Chase and Ivan, who seemed to be waiting for the elevator to come back. They were going to talk to Kendall. He shook his head, pushed his way past and took the elevator himself.

"I talk with Kendall."

"You sure, big guy?" Chase asked. Koda nodded and let the elevator take him up. There, he followed Kendall's scent down to her office. It was still bare from when he moved her possessions down to the lab, but there was still a bookshelf, a couch and a desk. Kendall was seated on the couch, knees pulled up to her chest. Koda sat next to her.

"Scary," he said and she gave a little nod.

"I told him everything," she whispered. Koda frowned.

"Who?"

"Him," she said and he knew what she meant. "He knows. He pulled it out of me. I... I don't know how. It's just... I know, the less I know, the less he'll know."

"Not want to work on Ranger stuff?" Koda asked. "Scared he find out?"

"He pulled one over on me once already," Kendall nodded. "Who's to say he won't try again? That I won't end up back there... like I was?"

He put his arms around her, "I protect Kendall."

"Koda..."

"This like new world," he told her. "You scared but you take baby steps. And until you not scared, I protect you."

He put his own spin on the first speech she ever gave him once she had rescued him from the other scientists. When he was safe in her lab and when he had enough of an understanding of English, she had told him something similar. She wouldn't let anything in this new world hurt him, and she would introduce it to him a little bit at a time, never giving him anymore than he could handle.

She had stayed true to her word, to this day. Koda was a lot more independent now. He could do a lot of discovering on his own. However, Kendall was always there, making sure he took all the right steps, at the right time.

He owed her that much in return.

"No hurt Kendall," he promised her. "I protect you."

"I... I can change the access codes," Kendall stated. "If... if he does... If he comes back, he won't know the new codes."

Koda nodded and smiled, "Sound like good idea."

"But I'll know the codes," concerned flashed across her face. "I'll know it, and if he found out once..."

Koda put his hands on either side of Kendall's head, then kissed her forehead softly, "I protect you," he promised her.

"I said a lot," she told him. "About the Rangers, what I knew about their families and them and... Koda, he knows a lot."

"I protect you," he insisted once more. "We get through this, together."

"I'm sorry."

"Not your fault."

"I am."

Koda shook his head. He wouldn't let Kendall believe it, not for a minute. However, it was clear to him she just needed time to sit with her thoughts. So he sat with her, holding her, assuring her nothing had changed between them, and nothing would change between her and the Rangers. They would all understand she hadn't intentionally done anything against them.

And if they didn't, he would take care of them. No one, not even his friends, would make Kendall feel like she had done anything wrong.

-Dino-Charge-

Kendall refused to work on weapons and upgrades, but she was back in the lab. She was running scans over the city, searching for the man, person, or being that had captured her. She felt if he knew so much about her and the Rangers, she should learn a little something about him. Once she knew who he, or it was, she could design a charger that could counter his effects. Her hope was that no one would be under his control again.

Riley was helping her. He had come back from his family's farm to be her helping hand. It put her at ease to know that not everything that was taking place in the lab needed her. There were some things that only Riley knew. This way, even if the person did capture her again, she couldn't tell him everything about the Rangers.

"Lunch time," Chase called, bringing a tray down with meals for both Riley and Kendall. They would both get so caught up in their work that they would forget to eat unless food was put down right in front of them. Chase hoped, Kendall would continue to focus on her work and not notice that he had given her soup. He was taking a risk, but she had a strange aversion to the liquid meal. Just the sight of it made her physically sick. He wanted her to get over it. He wanted there to be nothing left from her time with her captor.

He set the bowls down in front of Riley and Kendall. Riley mindlessly began to eat as he analyzed some of the data he had collected. Kendall reached for the spoon, dipped it in her bowl then stopped herself. She looked down at the soup. Her stomach churned.

"Why?" Chase asked her. "You loved this, Kendall. Why not now?"

He placed himself behind her, putting his arms around her as he picked up the soup and began to feed her.

"You're no good to me dead," he said. Kendall refused the first bite, but his hand glowed and suddenly she couldn't control herself anymore. She ate as much as he fed her, though the food made her stomach turn.

"I'm not hungry," she told Chase, but seemed to be eyeing Riley as he ate, almost as if jealous the soup didn't turn him off like it did her. It didn't make him feel vulnerable and weak, like it did her.

"One bite, then I'll make you something else," Chase offered. Koda and Ivan were already preparing a burger for her, in case she couldn't bring herself to eat the soup, but Chase didn't want to back down so quickly. The aversion to soup, formerly one of her favourite meals, was ridiculous. He picked up the spoon, placed it in the bowl, and then brought some of the soup up to her lips. Kendall refused the first bite, but Chase didn't back down. "Come on," he told her, his tone giving away some of his frustration and suddenly, Kendall felt compelled to eat.

Riley watched the scene curiously. Kendall was eating, but she didn't seem to enjoy a single bite, and refused to take any herself unless it was fed to her by Chase. He frowned deeply, setting his own spoon down.

"Hey, uh, Chase," he called to the black Ranger. "Can I see you over here a second?"

Chase nodded, passed the spoon to Kendall and went to join Riley. He thought the green Ranger would just ask him about some of the data, wanting a second opinion, but he didn't. Riley just gestured to Kendall, who continued to look at the soup with unease.

"She doesn't like it," he said. Chase shook his head.

"It's ridiculous. She's gotta eat."

"Why?" he asked.

"I'm not letting him win."

"And this is how you're going to do it?" Riley asked. "Force feeding her something that clearly makes her sick?"

"I'm not force feeding her," Chase frowned. He crossed his arms over his chest, insulted Riley would make such a suggestion.

"She'll eat anything other than soup. You won't eat shrimp. Would you appreciate me serving it to you?"

"I don't like shrimp. She loved soup."

"Right. Loved," Riley nodded. "Just, get her the burger, alright."

"Sure," Chase sighed, picked up the bowl and made his way upstairs, hoping Ivan and Koda were almost done. Menawhile, Riley but back to work, but turned his attention to Kendall, smiling gently.

"He did feed you, didn't he?" he asked. Kendall turned to him.

"Excuse me?"

"Mystery thing," Riley said. "He gave you something to eat, even if it wasn't much. It was soup, wasn't it."

"Close enough to it."

"It reminds you of him?"

Kendall nodded her head. Riley smiled again.

"Chase is just trying to help."

"I know."

"You can still say no."

"I can't," Kendall whispered. Riley frowned.

"You've done it before."

"He gets angry then he leaves," she said.

"Ms. Morgan, Chase isn't going to leave," Riley came around and put his hand on her shoulder, hoping to be of some comfort, but Kendall didn't respond. He leaned in, looking to her and saw her eyes weren't focused on the task. She seemed to be lost in thought, as though off in some other world. "Ms. Morgan, you there?"

"He wants something from me," Kendall said. "I can't give it to him."

"He's not completely gone, is he Ms. Morgan?" Riley asked and Kendall turned to face him, a horrified look in her eyes. She put down her tools and stepped back from the table, shaking her head. Riley gave a little nod. "I'll keep working then. Why don't you head home?"

Kendall nodded and wordlessly made her way upstairs, just missing Chase who came down the slide from the cafe kitchen with her burger.

"Where did she...?"

"Home," Riley answered. "She'll probably have Koda take her."