He teleported in to his hidden arrival spot just around from his house and walked slowly up his drive and let himself in.

"Billy? that you?" His dad walked through from the kitchen beaming. "Did you have a good trip?" Trip? It seemed like an age ago...so much had happened since he had left Trini and it had been all of..barely over 24 hours.

"Oh yes, fantastic!" he said truthfully, and then yawned. "Sorry dad."Dex's jaw hit the floor. Trey had joined forces with ECLIPTOR? He could think of few people that Trey hated worse than Dark Specter's lieutenant. According to the journal, Trey had simply told the Rangers that he'd found other transportation to Triforia, and didn't want to endanger them by going. The evening stars had long since set, replaced by midnight skies and eventually the constellations of predawn, but the bonfires burned on and the volume of the music had yet to abate. With hovers parked in every corner of the recently hayed field, the stereo sound was inescapable and occasionally deafening, but no one seemed to mind. One of the advantages of agri reclamation was that neighbors were all but nonexistent.

Sprawled across the back of a trailer, Kerone felt someone nudge her shoulder. She rolled over to find Tevi nodding in the same direction she had been staring a moment earlier. "Is he with you?" the other girl wanted to know, settling down on the trailer bed beside her.

          Now this was interesting. Ecliptor alleged that someone named Darkonda was behind the attacks. The only Darkonda Dex knew of was a member of the Council, one of the good guys. As much as he hated to admit it, however, this made sense. A Council representative would be in the perfect position to direct an assault on Zordon and Trey. It also explained why no-one had come after him. As far as the Council knew, he was still on Edenoi, fighting to displace Dregon. His grandfather had seen to that, ensuring that no one would attempt to arrest him for violating the interdict placed on Earth.

"That's okay - Skye said he spent most of yesterday waiting at the airport as your flight had been shuttled around owing to technical difficulties. I admit I wondered where he had gone and why you weren't back." his father said understandingly. "I guess you must be tired, and it looks like Skye didn't get a lot of rest at the airport - though I wish you'd call!"