They heard a muffled laugh behind them and both turned to see Skye chuckling at their angst. "Is it me, or is it getting spookier in here?" Cassie asked nervously. The strange luminescence which had lit the caves since the Rangers began their trek was now decreasing slowly. The six teens were walking closer together now, and Cassie linked her arm with Andros'. The Red Astro Ranger was suddenly very grateful for the low light. It hid the blush on his face.
          Kat frowned. "Hey, I don't remember mist coming up in here," she remarked. The others turned towards her in curiosity.
          "Mist?" Trini asked. "I don't see any mist." "We're going to have to climb," she added, peering through the hatch. "It's a couple of stories up to the nearest hover pad, if you guys are cool with that."

"Whoa," Zhane said quickly. "Climb in what? I don't do small spaces; sorry."

Andros looked at him in surprise. He was one of a very few people who knew Zhane was claustrophobic, and he had never heard the Silver Ranger admit it aloud. He had to keep reminding himself that this was not the friend he had grown up with. Seeing him, though, it was easy to forget that his Zhane hadn't been this cheerful in weeks.

          Suddenly Kat's eyes widened. "No!" she cried, throwing her hands up. "Get away from me! I'm not evil anymore. I'm not YOU anymore!"
          Like a thunderbolt, the answer hit Kimberly, who groaned. "Heads up, guys. We're facing our worst fears again," she called. Trini made a face.
          "This is getting old," the Yellow Warrior replied. Suddenly, she too seemed to be staring at nothing. "NO! God- too high!" She backed herself against a rock, seemingly trying to merge with it.
          "She's afraid of heights?" Cassie asked. Kim nodded.

"You guys kill me!" he laughed. "Would it make either of you feel any better to know that Billy has figuratively already been to college?"

"What?!" Father and son queried in unison. Skye nodded to Alpha who brought over the same thick blue file he had shown to Jason only a few nights before and handed it to Billy. Father and sons' expressions became identical features of mirrored incredulity as they leafed through the sheaf of certificates.

"This is for real?" Hank Cranston asked in a tone that denied the validity of what was before him..

"How did I do this?" Billy asked in the same breath.