The Samurai and the Megaforce Rangers all arrived at the Brainfreeze, crowding the place out. With the CDC happy to call the quarantine off, a lot of the people that had been hanging out in the Brainfreeze while they waited for word it was safe to go home had left. It was a huge relief to Theo, Luen and Cat. While it had meant a very healthy boost to the profit margins, they had all been effectively stuck there all day, and all of them were exhausted. Cat in particular had taken her job to take the heavy lifting off Ernie because of his injuries was pretty much completely wiped out. They came in to find her in a corner booth, slumped over the table, snoring loudly. It wasn't necessarily the greatest image for the Brainfreeze, but between the fact no one else was there, and the fact she had been working on and off for close to 16 hours straight, Theo and Luen were only too happy to let her rest.

"I'll go and order up." Emily told them. "What do you guys...?"

"Usual." Troy called to Theo.

"Same." Jake chipped in.

"Make that the usual all round." Emma added as she sat down with Troy, taking his arm and wrapping it around herself.

"Wow, I guess you guys come here a lot." Emily surmised, turning her attention back to the counter. "Um...well the special sounds good for me, Terry Knickerbocker Glory?"

"Yeah, that sounds good." He added. "Strawberry if you can, extra raspberry syrup?"

"Got to stick with the colour scheme huh?" Jake teased him. Terry just sighed.

"Are you still on that?" Terry asked him.

"Dude, you're a dude...and you're PINK!" He teased him. Terry just looked to Lauren.

"When we train with them, I am so taking Jake." He told Lauren. Mike just chuckled as he gestured to his wife.

"Mint chip sundae here." Mike called over.

"Same." Kevin added. Lauren just smiled.

"Chocolate, definitely chocolate." She stated. "Same for Antonio."

"Alright, that'll be thirty bucks." Theo told her as Luen started to work on their order. Emily just furrowed her brows.

"Really? Only thirty?" She asked him.

"Special discount." He answered as she handed over the money. Emily just shrugged as she put her wallet away. Noah joined her at the counter.

Gia meanwhile had seen Cat sleeping in the corner, and made her way over. She placed a hand on her shoulder, and shook her gently.

"Five more minutes please." She mumbled. Gia just brushed some of her hair out of the way so she could see her face. She couldn't help smiling as she saw her.

"Cat...Cat, it's me." Gia whispered. Cat started to slowly stir.

"Gia?" She asked. "You...you're alright!"

"Not quite, but I will be." Gia answered. "I was sick, but I got the cure early. I'll be fine in a day or so."

"I was so worried, I couldn't reach you." Cat told her as she lifted up her head. It was then that Gia saw melted ice cream running down the side of her face. She couldn't help laughing.

"Um...Cat? You...uh...fell asleep in your sundae." Gia informed her.

"What?" Cat asked in response. It was only then that she felt something cold dripping down her face. She looked a little sheepish as she started trying to clean herself up. Gia though couldn't help finding the whole scene more than a little cute. She loved Cat's little ditzy moments. She loved how she could always see the best in anything. She loved her. "Oh."

"Theo, mind if we go and get cleaned up?" Gia asked. Theo just gestured them into the back. Emily just watched them go, smiling.

"Well, they seem happy." She commented as Noah came over to help her carry the sundaes. He picked up a couple of them.

"Yeah, they are." He commented. "I'm happy for them. It isn't easy finding something that makes you happy in times like this."

"It sounds like you're talking from experience." Emily stated, looking at him. He just nodded.

"It's...it's fine, we've straightened it out." He told her. "I was into Emma, but she's with Troy. It's no biggie."

"Well, it never feels good." Emily told him. "Mia, my best friend, she was really into Jayden at first."

"Jayden?" Noah asked her. "Isn't he...?"

"Well, none of us knew that at the time." Emily explained. "Even he hadn't figured it out. He just knew he didn't feel the same way about her. It was a while before she ended up being happy with Kevin."

"Well, I guess Jake was into Gia." Noah commented. "He makes out like it's no big deal, but a lot of its just bravado. I guess it's always going to suck being a spare wheel."

She put a hand on his arm and smiled.

"Sometimes these things take a while." Emily assured him. "I'm just one of the insanely lucky ones. Very few people are lucky enough to find the right person first time around. It'll probably happen without you even realising it."

"Yeah, because I'm what women want." He chuckled, gesturing to himself. "The right girl's just going to walk right up to the counter any second now and..."

"Noah, Hi!" Quinn greeted him as she came in, joining them by the counter. "How are you?"

"Um..."

"I've been swamped at the Wildlife Centre all day, because of the quarantine we've had to work twice as hard to make sure all the animals were fed and watered...and I remembered when I last saw you, you were drinking tap water! Did you get sick, are you...?"

"It's fine Quinn." Noah assured her. "I did get sick, but I got the cure pretty quickly. I'm still a little shaky, but I'll be fine."

"Oh, I almost forgot." She stated, pulling an application form out of her pocket and handing it to him. He just stared blankly at her. "Um...last time we talked, you said you were broke? I said I'd get you an application form."

"Oh...yeah, right of course." Noah answered. "Thanks."

"I also had a word with Mr Evans, the caretaker." She rushed out. "I told him all about you, how you love science and how you're one of the smartest kids in class, he seemed really eager to meet you."

"Thanks Quinn." Noah said with a smile. "I guess it would be nice to put my hand in my pocket and feel something other than my leg."

"Well...I know it's a little early since you haven't had an interview yet, but would you maybe like to take me up on the offer of that milkshake?" She asked him.

"I'm with company." He told her regretfully. "Maybe we can take a rain check?"

"Uh...OK." She replied, sounding a little disappointed. "I guess I'm taking my milkshake to go then. Mr Evans wants to see you tomorrow, ten AM."

"I'll be there." Noah answered. "Thanks again for this."

As she left, Noah picked up a couple of the sundaes and started to ferry them over to the table. Mike came up to her, seeing the way Emily was looking at Noah.

"OK, I know that look." He sighed.

"He really is completely clueless." Emily commented. "Did you see that? What does the girl need to do? Wear a t-shirt saying 'I'm into you, please ask me out?' He's hopeless!"

"Emily, not everyone's relationships is your business." He reminded her. "Just because you've had a little success..."

"A little?" She asked him. "Mia and Kevin, Spike and Vicky, Terry and Serena...I'm batting a hundred."

"I'm not going to talk you out of this am I?" Mike asked her. She just smiled sweetly at him as he picked up a couple of dishes.

"Have you ever been able to before?" She asked him. "He's going for a job interview tomorrow, so he's going to skip out on our traditional training session. I think the rest of you can get by without me."

As she went back towards the tables, Mike just shook his head.

"I really hope he's prepared for this." Mike commented. "My wife the matchmaker."

Meanwhile, over in another part of town, a truck rolled out to a disused quarry. The two men got out of the truck, while a third waited inside the cab. One of the men was quite young, maybe only around nineteen. He looked around uneasily.

"You're not afraid of the dark now are you kid?" The foreman asked him, sitting in the cab of the truck. He looked to his newspaper.

"No...I'm just worried about the authorities." The kid replied nervously. "I mean, this doesn't seem like a good idea. I don't want to get in trouble."

"Look, the waste management centre is another five miles down the road." The other guy said as he got a shovel and made his way towards the back of the truck. "It'll take us another half hour to get there, and the same to get back."

"But..."

"Not to mention that the company makes at least one of these trips a day." The Foreman reminded him. "Ten miles might not sound like much, but ten miles there and back, three hundred days a year; we're saving the company a fortune in fuel costs."

"But what about the fines?" The kid asked him. "What about the fact that we could end up with a record? I don't want to get a record, if the board of directors..."

"Who do you think told us about this place kid?" The one with the shovel asked as he opened the back of the truck, spilling waste onto the ground. He climbed inside, and using the shove, started to help shove out waste as the Foreman started to tilt the trailer to tip out the waste. The kid still looked around uneasily.

"But...if the cops..."

"Trust me kid, we've been coming here for a year and a half, no one gives a shit." The Foreman stated in an exasperated tone. "For God's sake, the cops never come out here!"

"But..."

"Hey, my name is Barry Winston and I came here to buy five tons of cocaine!" The one in the back of the truck yelled at the top of his lungs. "I brought a shipment of twenty thousand AK 47's to trade for it! Any takers!"

The kid just started to clench his jaw. He had genuine fears that they were risking a criminal record by being out here, but these two were treating it like a joke.

"Say Barry, make sure you bury those fifty bodies good and deep this time!" The Foreman called out loudly, before folding up his paper and going back to his Sudoku puzzle as Barry continued to work. "Seriously kid, no cops ever come out here. Just get on with it so we can go home. Doing it this way, the company saves some money, and we go home an hour early. It's a win/win situation."

As the kid just sighed and grabbed a shovel, he turned around to see a red glow in the distance. He immediately worried that his fear of the police finding them dumping illegally had come to pass, but that soon passed as the light came closer. He heard heavy footfalls in the gravel, and eventually the figure came close enough for them to see. The Robo Knight's armour reflected in the moonlight as he approached them.

"Um...boss?" The kid stammered as he saw the Robo Knight approaching. "I think you should see this."

"What now?" The Foreman asked as he got out of the truck. He stopped stock still as he saw the Robo Knight standing before them. "What the...?"

"You pollute the earth for your own selfish gain." The Robo Knight declared. "You are enemies of the Earth."

"What?" Barry asked in alarm, holding up his hands. "Look man, we're just..."

"Hold up Barry, don't worry about this." He declared with a smile. "It'll just be one of the guys playing a trick on the new kid, trying to freak him out."

"It's working." The kid said in a quiet voice. The Foreman approached, smiling at the Robo Knight.

"Come on, that looks nothing like the Ranger guy, it's obviously a cheap knock-off." He stated. "Look, this is all plastic!"

He knocked on the Robo Knight's forehead with an ominous clang. He gulped deeply, and turned slowly towards him, realising his mistake. This was no joke played to haze a young new start to the company. This really was the Robo Knight. The Robo Knight grabbed the massive foreman, hoisting him off the ground by the throat with one hand.

"Hey, what are you doing?" The kid shrieked. Barry gripped his shovel tightly, like he was seriously considering attacking, but his uncontrollable shaking indicated his heart was far from being in it. Robo Knight threw the Foreman into the side of the truck hard, so hard that he fell to the ground and stopped moving. The kid checked on him, finding to his relief that he was still breathing.

"What the hell?" The kid shrieked. "You're supposed to be one of the good guys!"

"And you poison the Earth." Robo Knight stated with authority, pulling out his blaster and levelling it at them. Barry threw down his shovel and held up his hands in submission.

"Come on, can't we talk about this?" He asked. "You're a Ranger! You don't go around vaporising innocent..."

"You are NOT INNOCENT!" The Robo Knight's voice rang out. He started to power up the blaster, but just as the two men were cowering, waiting for the end, the shot fired and ripped apart the back of the truck. At the last moment, the Robo Knight had pulled up his aim.

They watched as it started...screaming. The Robo Knight collapsed to his knees, dropping his blaster and clutching his head, screaming as though in agony. Barry just grabbed his boss' unconscious body, and dragged him towards the cab of the truck.

"Come on Kid!" He screamed as the younger man watched the Robo Knight fall forward on his knees, his forehead hitting the gravel as he clutched the sides of his head, almost like he was desperately trying to stop it falling apart. "Kid, that thing's gone psycho, let's go!"

The kid jumped into the cab of the truck as Barry started it up and hit the accelerator, scattering gravel in his haste as he powered the vehicle into a quick start onto the road and fled as fast as he could.

The Robo Knight finally released the sides of its helmet, and looked up. Its visor was black, but turned back red as he slowly got to his feet. He could see that his target was gone, having fled while it was struggling for control. It picked up its blaster, and put it back into its holster, before striding away into the night.

Fin.

Coming Soon...Who Controls the Knight?