The replay ceased and Billy found his hands trembling. He was experiencing that chilling feeling they had all experienced when Tommy had been the Evil Green Ranger and been out of control...ye gods, Tommy's eyes!. He took a deep breath. Giving in to bad memories was not going to help matters, he needed to focus.

"Then what?" he asked.

Adam looked up his dark eyes troubled. "Then... After Skye teleported out no-one has seen him since. I couldn't find him at yours and all the scanners have been off-line." he said keenly aware of his inability to find his way around the Power Chambers consoles even when they were working. He vowed to himself to try and remedy that shortcoming as soon as possible."The Falcon needs an apprentice- it's a tradition of the order to have at least one, and he's getting on in his career. We're going to be on this planet for a while, and you need something to keep you from going insane with worry over the Prince. Besides, if you're a member of the Deshaadra, and the Black Falcon's apprentice, the Council will regard you in a much better light than if you were simply an Earth girl."
          "The trial is what, two weeks away? You think I can complete an apprenticeship in two weeks?"
          "Less. Most of the training is things you already know." The crystalline warrior grinned. "I keep a close eye on the Power Rangers. I know the things you and your brother have picked up over the years. Stealth tactics, fighting, picking locks- you already know all of that. Most of the Falcon's time will be taken with testing you, and then giving you the last bits of polish a Deshaadra needs." "That would be a good thing to mention," Kerone said with a small smile. "If KO-35 is going to blatantly disregard Earth, there's no reason Earth shouldn't make a few pointed comments in return."

"I don't want to turn this into a fight." TJ grabbed one of the stools from underneath the table and sat down, a troubled look on his face. "The morphers are ours, and I don't see that insulting KO-35 is going to make that any more or less true."

"I'm not talking about insulting them," Kerone insisted. "I'm talking about defending your right to be Rangers. If Eltare acknowledges that the Power chooses where it will, regardless of what planet a person is from, then I don't see why KO-35 can't abide by the same rule."

          "If he even says yes," Chelsea reminded him practically.

Tanya chipped in. "Tommy has been out of control, even though we were told pretty swiftly that Kim suffered only a mild concussion and cuts and bruises, which seemed miraculous at the time but now we know what happened, it makes sense....he's been fighting monsters like he was suicidal. We've all had close calls watching his back over the last few days....and yesterday, Rocky had to save him from Mondo's latest and took a glancing blast that would have finished Tommy...he's in the lab."