Chapter 1
Joey sat in the dark cell, shivering. She hated the dark. Most people grew out of their childish fears, but at seventeen, Joey was still terrified.
"Someone please, help me." She whispered as she stared out at the stars through the small barred window, wishing for daylight. She heard a clatter as a chunk of bread was shoved through a slot in the door.
"Dinner." She heard. She had been captured about five years ago from her home planet, and she still didn't know who her captors were or what they looked like. She remembered the day clearly.
Her twelfth birthday had been going wonderfully. She had gotten a new bow and arrow for her birthday and she and her father were going to test it out in the woods nearby. She had just gotten her first kill, a small rabbit, when the earth began shaking. Suddenly her whole town was running towards her, including her father. She saw something chasing after them, but was too short to see over anyone's heads. Whatever it was, her father recognized the danger and pushed her forward, following the other townspeople. Then something grabbed her by the back of the shirt.
"Jo!" Her father cried out.
"Daddy!" She yelled, before the creature put a hand over her mouth.
"Jo! Joey! I'll come back! I'll look for you! I promise!" Her father yelled as the crowd drug him in the opposite direction.
Joey sighed. She could still hear the words embedded in her memory. Her captor whispering into her ear,
"Sorry, kid. Daddy's not saving you this time," He said, pulling her farther and farther away from her Father, "We have special plans for you."
And plans they had. Torturing her for information about things she had never heard of.
Her first day in the prison, there were some people that were kind to her, assuring her that five super heroes called Power Rangers would save them all soon. But her captors soon isolated her from the other prisoners.
It had been five years and no one had come for her. Not her father, nor any Power Rangers.
Pulling herself back into reality again, Joey lay down on the floor, taking a bite of the hard bread, but sat up again when she heard cheering coming from the other prisoners. Slowly, she walked towards her door, almost afraid of what she would see. Some of the more sadistic prisoners who had been trapped longer enjoyed seeing new people come in, or watching them walk to be executed. Joey, on the other hand, hated it.
Looking through the slot of her door outside, she saw five people in different colored suits with helmets opening up cell doors. She recognized their descriptions immediately from the rumors and smiled, knowing that these people could possibly be the power rangers. Whoever they were, these heroes would save them all. Her smile faded, though, when she remembered how her own cell door purposefully blended into the wall. She didn't think even the rangers could find her in there. Sadly, she walked back to her corner by the window and sat down on the floor.
"Wait! Guys! I think there's something here!" She heard someone call.
"That's where the little girl is held. I don't know why they keep her.
She doesn't do any labor like the rest of us. She must have some sort of information." She heard one of the prisoners say.
"Come on guys, help me get this door open!" a third voice said. Joey ran towards the door.
"I'll help! It opens toward you! I'll push, you guys pull!" She called.
"Okay!" the voice said.
Joey broke a sweat as she tried to push the door open. After a while it opened about two inches.
"It's no use. Just go. I'll be okay." Joey called.
"Not a chance." Said the voice.
"But Leo, Trakeena and the sting wingers will be here any minute! We have to get these people out of here." She heard a female voice say.
"Fine! Don't worry kid. We'll be back soon. Just hang on." The voice told her. She slumped as her father's words echoed in her head.
"Yeah. I'll believe that when I see it." She muttered. A few minutes later, though, she heard someone running toward her.
"Are you okay? Come on, we have to get this door open." Joey was startled.
"You came back?" She asked.
"Well, yeah. I told you I would, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, but..." she was cut off.
"No time. The other rangers are helping the prisoners escape. Now all we need to do is get you out." He said. He began pulling at the door. Joey nodded, not thinking that he couldn't see her, and started pushing. The door opened up just enough for her to squeeze through when a woman came towards them.
"Not so fast, Red Ranger." She said. Joey looked at her rescuer, noticing he was The Red Power Ranger.
"The child is mine." Joey recognized the voice of her captor and felt almost relieved to put a face on her.
"You'll have to get through me first, Trakeena!" The ranger said. Trakeena charged, and Joey watched them battle until she couldn't take it anymore. The red ranger was sprawled on the ground, and Trakeena was taking aim.
"Stop!" Joey screamed. She ran in front of the ranger, spreading her arms out.
"Leave him alone!" Trakeena just laughed and fired. There was a blinding light and a tug on her arm, pulling her to the ground. She felt sparks hit her eyes and screamed in pain.
"It's okay, I got you." She heard the Ranger say. He helped her stand and lead her as they ran. She held her eyes closed. They burned. Suddenly she felt something burning hit her in the back.
She screamed before she blacked out.