Kelly and Serena met up with the others at their vantage point. From here, they could see Kathryn, but she couldn't see them. Once Thomas came to collect his mother, they could grab him, Gia could take him and Kathryn and they could take Sarah home.

"You really think he'll fall for it?" Kelly asked and turned to Gia, who was quick to nod her head.

"You did everything he asked. His mother's here, you've stepped away. He'll show up. This is what he wants. He won't be long. If he's smart, he'll have given himself plenty of time to get away before he expects us back."

It was the longest wait of their lives, but eventually, in the distance, a van pulled up to the beach and a man stepped out. Gia turned to Tiger.

"You catch his scent?" she asked the cat, who nodded. The Rangers had all positioned themselves downwind so that, once he was close enough, Tiger could pick up Thomas scent. Although smell wasn't her best sense when it came to hunting down prey, it was still good for identifying her target.

Fortunately, for her, it was night. This meant, if she had to strike, she would have the advantage, with her sight being far superior to Thomas'. She was sure she would be able to hunt him down, no trouble.

All she had to do was wait for the command.

"It's him?" Gia asked and Tiger nodded again. She couldn't recognize him by smell, but she could see him quiet clearly, even in the dark.

"Where is Sarah?" Shane asked.

"She might be in the van," Gia said. "We wait until Thomas is close to Kathryn, then we strike. Shane, you take Hayley and Calvin to the van. Our priority is getting Sarah home safe. That's your job. The rest of you will follow me. Preston, Levi, Brody, you'll take Kathryn. Make sure, no matter what, she doesn't get away. Serena, Kelly, you'll take out Thomas with me."

"He's digging for the key," Levi announced. Serena reached into her pocket.

"Good thing I have it."

"Go!" Gia called out and the Rangers rushed from their vantage point to their target. Shane, Hayley and Calvin snuck over to the van to inspect it while the rest of them surrounded Thomas and Kathryn. Tiger stayed behind, still waiting on her specific command.

She watched as the Rangers surprised Thomas, catching him off guard with both their presence and their numbers. As they expected, he tried to run while Kathryn tugged on her restraints, doing what she could to free herself.

Tiger watch proudly as Gia took down Thomas as he tried to run and Preston, Levi and Brody stayed close to Kathryn to keep her in custody. Thomas had severely underestimated the group he had been dealing with.

However, she noticed Shane, Hayley and Calvin had left the van and Sarah wasn't with them.

"He didn't bring her," Hayley announced.

"And good thing. You tricked me!" he yelled as he looked to all the Rangers. He wasn't sure which of them was Kelly, Jenny, or whoever he had been talking to, but that didn't matter. They had lied to him. "Let me and Kathryn go or you'll never find her!"

"I think we'll take our chances," Gia said as she slapped some cuffs on Thomas then pushed him in the sand. However, as soon as she turned away to check on Kathryn (she couldn't very well let an inmate get hurt on her watch), Thomas scrambled to his feet and started to run. Kelly was about to go after him, but Gia grabbed her arm and held her back.

"This is what the cat's for." Gia then let out a whistle as a roar fill the air. Thomas glanced back just for a moment to see what could be coming behind him when, suddenly, he tripped over something in his path. After he hit the sand, face first, he looked up to see a tiger standing over him.

"What the fuck!"

"That's my favourite part!" Gia smiled as she came over. Thomas continued to try and run, but Tiger grabbed him by the back of his pants and forced him back into the sand. Then, she lay on top of him. Gia knelt before him. "Where is Sarah?"

"We had a deal."

"I made no deals," Gia shook her head. "You have two choices here, Baker. One, you can exercise your right to remain silent, and suffer the consequences of that. Or, you can exercise your right to free speech and suffer those consequences instead. Here's a trick, you tell us where Sarah is, and the consequence won't be you getting mauled by my pet over here."

"Get your overgrown cat off me."

"She's a real tiger, you know," Gia said. "In case the stripes, the teeth and the claws weren't obvious enough. And, I mean, she doesn't have a taste for human flesh just yet, but that can always change."

"This is police brutality."

"Did I threaten him?" Gia asked and looked to Tiger, who shook her head. Then she turned to the Rangers. "Did I make a threat?"

"Didn't hear anything," Levi shrugged and the others nodded their heads.

Gia sat in the sand and smiled. "You see, Thomas, we're onto your game. You want mommy over here to come back home with you and there will be this big, happy, twisted family reunion. Now, we want the same thing. We want our friend back so we can have our own big, happy, twisted family reunion. Because even though we've got the badges and the law on our side, we're twisted too. But you knew that, because you've already met the underside of my fur-child. So, here's the deal I'm going to make with you. You tell me where my friend is, and I won't turn my back and leave you alone with my tiger while I bring your mother back to my truck."

"You'll find her dead," he said with a smug smirk.

Despite her threat, when Gia saw Thomas wasn't going to give up, she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out from under Tiger.

"Can I trust you guys to take Kathryn back to the prison?" she asked. "I'll take this ass back to HQ."

"Can you handle that?" Serena asked her and Gia nodded her head.

"I'll have answers for you soon."

-Ninja-Steel-

"Sarah. Sarah, acorde, meu amor," a gentle voice called and pulled her from her sleep. Sarah opened her eyes and glanced around her bedroom before her eyes landed on her father.

"Papai?" she asked, then jumped up out of her bed and ran into his arms. He wrapped her up tight and kissed the top of the head.

"Are you okay?" he asked her. Sarah took a step back, then shook her head.

"How… how did I get here? I was… Thomas? Where is he? How are you alive?"

"I'm not," her father said and Sarah felt her heart break. He put his hand on her shoulder, "But I'm here. I can help."

"Did I escape?" Sarah asked and Bill shook his head again.

"You're still in trouble."

"Are my friends okay?"

"Yes," Bill said, with a little chuckle. "They're worried sick about you. They're looking for you."

"Will they find me?"

"What's going on, Sarah?" her father asked.

"Thomas," Sarah said. "I mean, he's not here right now but you said it yourself, I didn't escape yet."

"I mean aside from him," Bill shook his head. "Sarah, there's something else. Something keeping you down."

"Huh."

"Meu amor, you don't panic this much," Bill said. "You're good in a crisis, Sarah. You always have been. There's something going on. Fale comigo."

"Não."

"Sarah."

"Dad, I'm fine."

"It's the Power Stars," her father said and Sarah frowned deeply. She had no idea where she was, how she had gotten here, or why she could speak to her father. She wasn't about to tell him what was going on until she knew more. Unfortunately, he seemed to know. "Sarah…"

"It's fine, dad."

"Sarah, do you really think you're going to fail?

"Papai!" Sarah growled at her father and turned away.

"You're worried you'll disappoint them."

"No."

"Sarah…"

"I'm worried I'm going to get them killed," Sarah said and turned back to her father. "Just like how I got you killed."

"Oh, Sarah…"

"I overestimated myself then, and looked what happened," she pointed to him. "You didn't stand a chance."

"Eu não culpo você, Sarah."

"Mas é minha culpa."

"Não," he shook his head. "Sarah, listen to me…"

"Everyone is counting on me," Sarah interrupted. "I said I could do it and if I can't… who else will?"

"Tell them you can't do it. They'll understand."

"They'll understand that I got in way over my head again."

"You think they blame you for anything?" her father asked. "Fale com eles, meu amor", he said and kissed her forehead. "Eles entenderão."

"But…"

"I love you," he whispered, and Sarah saw him start to fade. She shook her head.

"Dad…"

"I am always with you, Sarah." Sarah nodded her head and looked to her father as he vanished.

"Que saudade, papai."

-Ninja-Steel-

Dane held Jenny's hand. Despite the books he brought and his numerous attempts at conversation, the only thing Jenny could focus on was her phone as she waited to hear more about Sarah.

"Do you think…"

"It's going to be fine," Dane assured her. "You know the Rangers better than I do. You know they'll bring her home safe. These things just… take time."

"She's all I've got," Jenny said and looked to Dane. "If I lose her…"

"I know," Dane nodded. "I felt the same way after my wife passed. My boys were everything to me. When Galvanax attacked, I just knew I had to do everything to keep them safe. Sacrificing my life to the Prism was the easiest decision I could make."

"At least there was something you could do back then," Jenny muttered. "Even if it didn't work out."

"Ouch," Dane winced, and Jenny looked to him apologetically.

"Sorry but… if Sarah doesn't come home, it's going to be a million times worse knowing I did nothing to change that. Knowing I was stuck here, in this hospital bed…"

"And what exactly would you be doing that's better than resting up?" Dane challenged her. "Are you going to fight him? You have to catch your breath just going to the washroom."

"I…"

"Are you going to track him down? Do you have a scanner or know who has her?"

"Well, no, but…"

"You're going to stress over the details. Over the little bumps and changes that happen with every mission, and you're just going to hurt yourself and the rescue. At least here, you're getting better. Now when Sarah comes home, you'll be there for her. You are where you need to be and that's more than enough."

"But…"

"My sacrifice may have protected the Prism, and Levi may have found a way to escape trouble, but I wasn't there for my boys growing up. When Brody needed me most, there was nothing I could do. Levi had to start a whole new life, find a new family, and live with a weight on his chest his entire teenage life. I acted to save my sons, but when they needed me most, I couldn't be there for them, and that's what I regret. You're a good mother, Jenny. You just put way too much pressure on yourself."

"Bill made it all seem so easy."

"Kaye did too," Dane smiled. "Whenever the boys cried, she knew what they needed. If they were hurt, she knew how to make them better and she knew how to get them to fall asleep. I was lost when I lost her. I felt like second place right up until the day the Prism took me. I always imagined my boys deserved more than me."

"Your boys love you," Jenny said. "Clearly, you did something right."

"My best," Dane said. "I wasn't going to let second place keep me from doing my best. Maybe I couldn't be as good as their mother. Maybe I never will be. But I did my damn hardest every day to give them what they needed and that paid off."

Dane took Jenny's hands in his and squeezed them gently. He smiled at her.

"Sarah loves you very much. That isn't an accident."