Tracy's POV

The alarm clock goes off for the sixth time. I open my eyes and reach over hit the snooze button. The only problem is my body won't let me move. Fear starts to build up in my body when I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. I think one of my internal organs may have exploded. My vision is a bit more burry than usual without my glasses. I can hardly make out Quickdraw's face as he walks up to me from the foot of my bed. Before things slowly fade to black, I see the fear in my trusted partner's eyes. I also hear, "Rangers, report to the command center." rang over the intercom.

Normal POV

The rangers enter the command center.

"Commander Birdie is coming in two days," Cruger says.

"Is there a reason why he is visiting us, sir?" Sky asks.

"He wants to see first hand how well we work with Cadet Blankenship and her Pokémon team." Cruger replies, "Where is Cadet Blankenship?" Cruger asks, noticing that Tracy wasn't standing in between Sky and Bridge.

A few seconds later, everyone sees a blur of yellow as Pikachu zips into the command center using Quick Attack. Then they see Beautifly enter and uses Psychic to prevent him from hitting the computer in the middle of the room. After placing the electric mouse on the floor, the butterfly lands on one of the chairs. They see a look of fear and concern in both the Pokemon's eyes.

"Okay, we need to go check on Tracy, sir," Kat says.

Commander Cruger dismisses the team. The team and Kat sprint up to Tracy's room. The door slowly slides open, and they see laying her bed. Skitty rubs her trainer's cheek, trying to wake her up. Kat walks over and notices that her face is red as a tomato.

"Kat, what's wrong with her?" Bridge asks.

"I'm not sure, but she has a fever," Kat answers.

"Can she move?" Sky asks.

"I don't think so if Tracy didn't report to the command center," Bridge says.

"We need to get her to the infirmary fast," Kat says.

Dr. Felix's POV

In the operation room, my team and I are prepping Tracy for surgery. I walk over to her and notice she is starting to come around. She looks terrified.

"Just try to relax, everything is going to be okay, I promise," I say calmly.

"Where am I?" She asks me, still really scared.

"You're in the OR. When you wake up, you're going to feel better, but you will be a little sore," I say calmly.

The anesthesiologist places the mask on Tracy's face. She takes a deep breath, and the smell of strawberries is the last thing she remembers before she drifts to sleep. An hour later, in the recovery room, Kat, Commander Cruger, the rangers, and I are standing at the foot of Tracy's bed. Pikachu jumps off Kat's shoulder. He crawls under her right arm.

"Doctor Felix, what was wrong with her?" Cruger asks.

"Her appendix bursts," I answer.

"That is pretty serious, isn't it?" Kat asks.

"Yes. The operation went as well as my team and I hoped it would. We had to ask a cadet to donate some blood," I reply.

"Why did she need a blood transfusion?" Kat asks.

"An abscess from around the rupture, and she lost a lot of blood," I explain.

"She will be fine, won't she?" Sky asks.

"Yes, but her body is weak from fighting off the infection, she needs to rest," I say.

"When will she be able to get back into the field," Bridge asks.

"She'll be staying here for the next five days," I explain.

"Do you have any idea when her appendix burst?" Bridge asks.

"It's hard to say, Bridge, but from the size of the abscess, we removed. Tracy had to been walking around with it brewing inside her for a few days," I say.

A few minutes later, Tracy slowly opens her eyes, and she looks around the room. Pikachu moves out from under her arm, and he rubs her cheek.

"All right, buddy, I'm glad to see you too," Tracy says with a smile.

"How are you feeling?" I ask.

"A little light-headed, so, how long am I stuck in here anyway?" She asks.

"Five days at the most," I answer.

"Everyone, I'm sorry for scaring you like this," She says.

"You don't have to apologize, cadet, we're glad that you're okay," Cruger says in a very understanding tone.

"Sir, there is something else that I wanted to tell you." She says, yawning through the sentence.

"You can tell me after you get some rest cadet," Cruger says with a smile.

"But, Sir, this is important." She argues, yawning again.

"Tracy." He growls.

A few seconds later, Tracy slowly drifts back to sleep, and Pikachu crawls back under her arm. We leave the room and continue our conversation as we walk down the hallway.

"I bet once Tracy wakes up in a few hours, she will be right back in the command center again," Kat says with a smile.

"I thought that might happen. I'll have Sophia stay in her room to make sure that she stays put." I explain.

Tracy's POV

Three days pass, and I'm sitting up in my bed and petting Quick Draw. I look up to see Michael walk in, holding a small bouquet of tulips.

"Hey, so I bet that they have you on some strong pain killers, right?" Micheal asks as he sets them on the table.

"I'm not sure, I think so," I say.

"So, if I were to say something romantic or corny, you probably won't remember will you," Micheal asks.

"I might remember bits and pieces," I say.

"I'll take that risk," Micheal says, "When I came to visit you a few days ago, and I heard when happened. I felt my heart shatter into a bunch of tiny pieces. All of them grew wings and flew over to you to give you the strength need to help you heal. Once I heard that you're going to be okay, some of them came back to me, so I'd have the courage to tell you this," Michael continues.

Normal POV

Doctor Felix waits in the doorway and looks over at the monitor to see Tracy's heart skip a beat after Michael finished admitting that he developed feelings for her. A few seconds later, He walks in and stands at the foot of her bed.

"Hi, doctor, so how much of that did you hear?" Micheal asks, blushing from embarrassment.

"Just the last few words," Dr. Felix says.

"So, do you have some good news," Michael asks.

"Yes, I do," Dr. Felix says

"I go now?" Tracy asks excitedly.

Tracy starts to get out of bed and head towards the door, but Dr. Felix uses his arm as a barricade to stop her.

"Slow down there, cadet. There are a few more tests that I would like to run before you go anywhere. You will have to wait a few more hours." He says with a smile.

~Welcome TO SPD~

Tracy's POV

I walk inside the simulator and see Syd and Z training with Skitty and Kecleon.

"Skitty, use Shadow Ball," Z commands.

Skitty produced a perfect Shadow Ball.

"Kecleon, dodge it, then use Rollout," Syd calls.

Kecleon quickly dodges Skitty's attack; His Rollout attack zooms in towards Skitty.

"Skitty, counter it with Double Slap." Z calls.

Skitty blocks Kecleon's attack and sends him flying backward.

I knew that I was right. My Pokémon team doesn't need me anymore.

I turn around and walk out of the simulator, trying not to cry.

Normal POV

"Syd, do you have any idea why they just stopped like that?" Z asks.

"Yeah, I thought I saw Tracy." She answers.

"I thought that she was still in the infirmary," Z says.

"Dr. Felix released earlier this morning." Syd reminds her.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot," Z says.

Outside the base, in the training area, Tracy sees Sky and Bridge training with Beautifly, Blastoise, and Charizard.

"Blastoise, use Ice Beam." Sky commands.

"Beautifly, use Protect," Bridge yells.

Beautifly creates a barrier, and Blastoise's attack gets bounced back.

"That Ice Beam is starting to get strong," Bridge says.

"Yes, and the Protect looked great as well." Sky adds.

Sky puts Blastoise back in its Pokéball. Charizard takes over for her training.

"Beautifly, use Aerial Ace." Bridge commands.

"Charizard, counter with Steel Wing," Sky yells.

The two Pokémon fly towards each other, and as the two attacks came in contact with the other, there is an explosion. When the smoke clears, Tracy is glad to see that everyone is okay.

I was right. The team doesn't need me anymore. Maybe it would be better if I left S.P.D., Tracy thinks.

She walks away, hanging her head. Meanwhile, Kat is plugging in the test results from the experiment that Pikachu helped her with earlier. She takes her eyes off the screen for a few minutes and goes to get the other file with the results from the experiment that she did last week and compared the two results before she sees Cruger walk in.

"Hello, Commander." She greets.

"How is the new project coming?" He asks.

"Fine Commander, right on schedule," She answers.

"Have you seen Tracy by any chance?" He asks.

"Not since Dr. Felix released her this morning. Why?" She answers

"I can't find her anywhere." He explains.

"Have you checked the range or the simulator?" She suggests.

"Yes, she wasn't there." He says.

R.I.C. walks in with a folded piece of paper in his mouth. He gives the piece of paper to him.

"What do you have three, boy?" He asks the robotic canine.

"What is it?" Kat asks.

"It's a note." He answers.

"Who is it from?" She asks

"Tracy," He answers.

Cruger reads the note to himself. When he finishes reading it, a look of pure shock appears on his face.

"Doggie, what did it say?" She asks.

"Kat, call everyone to the command center. I'll explain it there." He commands.

"Yes, Sir," She says.

The Rangers enter the command center and stand in front of Cruger.
"Tracy, she has left S.P.D.," Cruger tells them.

"Why did she leave?" Bridge asks.

"This note explains it all." He says.

Dear everyone

I know that this is sudden, but I feel that I have done all that I could do in the battle against Grumm. I didn't want to hand in an official letter because I knew that you would try to convince me that you still need me here. I couldn't force Pikachu and the others to leave because they love it here. So I guess that this is goodbye.

Tracy

Cruger folds up the note and looks back at the team.

"She left because she is jealous of us training with Skitty and the others," Sky says.

"No matter how long we train with them, we will never be able to bring out their true power," Z adds.

"Tracy is the only person who can do that," Syd says.

"What do we do now, commander?" Z asks.

"I don't know, cadet." He answers.

"Shouldn't we go look for her?" Bridge asks.

"Tracy left her morpher here so we can't track her," Kat explains, holding Tracy's morpher in her hand.

Tracy's POV

Meanwhile, in a cave in the forest, outside the city, I was leaning on the wall near the entrance. Shaking off a dizzy spell debating if going off while I'm still having a tough time moving because I was still sore from the surgery five days ago. I groan, taking off my backpack and setting my sleeping bag on the cave floor. I climb inside and rest my eyes for a few minutes.

Normal POV

Back in the base, the alarm goes off.

"There is a robbery in progress at the gold depository," Kat says.

"What about Tracy?" Bridge asks.

"Don't worry. I'll find Tracy and bring her back home. I want the rest of you to stop that robbery."Cruger answers.

"Yes, Sir," The rangers say together.

The cadets and Cruger morph and start to leave the command center.

"Doggie wait," Kat shouts.

Kat tosses Tracy's morpher to him. He thanks her and leaves the room. He heads to the vehicle bay, hops on his ATV, and speeds off to find the red ranger.

Tracy's POV

I woke up from my power nap. Luckily, this time, I didn't fall into a deep enough sleep to have the nightmare again. I pack up and head back to the base.

"It's time to head back home," I say as I walk out of the cave.

"That's if you even make it back ranger." A mysterious voice says.

I freeze in my tracks and slowly turn around and see a tall alien standing in the shadows.

"Come out and face me, coward," I yell into the forest.

The alien slowly came out of the shadows.

"So, ranger, why don't we cut the idle chit-chat and just skip straight to the battle." the alien says, smiling an evil smile.

"Whatever you say, creep," I say confidently.

I reach for my morpher and notice that it's gone.

Oh, yeah, my morpher is back at the base. I knew that.

I had no choice but to fight the alien on my own without my powers.

"Well, small fry, you have a strong fighting spirit," the alien says, laughing maniacally.

"What did you just call me?" I ask the alien.

"You heard me, Shrimp." It answers.

"Nobody calls me shrimp and gets away with it," I say.

The alien pulls out a laser and fires it. A few seconds later, I see the laser blast coming towards me. I try to doge in time, but it was coming in too fast. When it hits me, I fly backward. A few seconds later, my back smacks against a tree. I feel a sharp pain flow through my entire body, and I struggle to get back on my feet.

"Give up, ranger." It says.

"I'll never give up creep. So no matter how many times you knock me down, I'm going to get right back up again and keep on fighting." I yell back.

I get back on my feet, but the alien fires his weapon again. When my back hits the tree again, my body slides down the trunk of the tree. I hear the sound of fabric tearing and felt the bark price into the skin on my back. I land with my face in the dirt. I push myself up from the ground, but I didn't have enough strength left. I fall back down in the same position as before.

"I may be down, but I'm not out yet creep," I say with my face in the dirt.

"What was that? I couldn't hear you ranger with your face in the dirt in all." It says, trying to make a joke.

After the alien speaks those words, adrenaline starts to flow through my veins. I push myself off the ground and let out a battle cry. I charge towards the alien, throwing punch after punch.

"You call that a punch? My grandma hits harder." It taunts.

"Take this," I yell, throwing my next punch.

When my punch lands the alien flies about a foot, A few seconds later the alien gets back to his feet.

"How do you like them apples, creep?" I say.

"You just got lucky, ranger." The alien says.

The alien runs up, grabs me by my neck, and chokes me. It slams me against the tree so hard that I hear a loud pop. I don't feel it because the adrenaline is still flowing. It drops me, stands two inches in front of me, and is ready to fire his blaster again. I see another laser blast come out of nowhere and hit the alien sending him flying. I hear the sound of an ATV approaching.

Cruger's POV

I get off the ATV and run over to her.

"Tracy, are you okay?" I ask.

"Yes, Sir, I'm fine." She answers.

I hand Tracy her morpher. Then she pushes herself back to her feet and stands ready to battle.

"So who is going to battle me now? You or the Shadow Ranger?" The alien asks.

"This battle is still on. Now I'm going to make this battle a little more even-sided - well for me anyway," She says.

Tracy morphs, and the alien isn't impressed with what it sees.

"I think that your commander made a bad choice making the red ranger a girl. Everyone knows that a girl could never handle the responsibly of leading a team." It says.

"Oh, that's it! You can call me small and weak, but when you disrespect my commander, you have just crossed the line that you wished you hadn't creep." Tracy yells.

"You just got lucky again, ranger. Let's see if you can handle it when I turn up my blaster to three times the power." The alien says.

It fires its weapon towards Tracy and the blast files in as fast as lightning.

"Tracy, no!" I yell as the blast hits her.

Tracy's POV

The attack hits me. I fly backward and roll down a hill a few feet away. A few seconds later, I use all my strength to get back on my feet. A few attempts later, I finally get to my feet. I slowly trod back up the hill, and when I reach the top, I face the alien ready to fight again.

"Well, ranger, I'm impressed that you took all those attacks, and your body can not handle much more you look like a rag doll. Yet you still want to keep fighting, even though you are defeated." The alien says.

"As I said before, no matter how many times you knock me down, I'm just going to get right back up again," I yell.

The alien took out a baseball-sized sphere, and several kybots came out.

"Have fun rangers. Red ranger, remember one thing that you failed." The alien says as it slides back into the shadows.

"Hey, come back and fight," I yell.

"Tracy, just let him go. We need to take care of these kybots first." Commander Cruger commands.

"But commander," I say.

Before he can say another word, a krybot shoots a laser beam attack at me. When it hits me, I roll down the hill for the second time. My head hits a few trees along the way. The last words the alien spoke 'you failed,' still ringing in my mind, as everything fades to black.

Normal POV

Back at the top of the hill Commander Cruger easily defeats the kybots and starts to run down the hill fighting gravity along the way. He reaches the bottom and sees Tracy on the ground motionless. He walks over to her. He shakes Tracy gently, trying to wake her up. He didn't get a response, so he tries again.

"Come on, Tracy, please open your eyes." He begs.

He tries a third time and still fails to get a response. He picks Tracy up carefully. He slowly climbs back to the top of the hill. When he reaches the top, his morpher goes off. He walks back to his ATV and gently props her up against the right front tire.

"Sir, did you find Tracy yet?" Kat asks him

"Yes, I did, but so did one of Grumm's friends." Cruger answers.

"What happened?" She asks in an anxious tone.

"I'll tell everyone later, but now she needs immediate medical attention." He says.

She tells him that she is sending the medics and that they would be there as fast as they could. He thanks her and waits for what seems like hours for the paramedics to arrive. They arrive ten minutes later. They put Tracy on the stretcher and slowly wheel her into the ambulance. Commander Cruger follows closely behind, as it drives to the base with the siren blaring.