The Ultimate Sacrifice

"We're not going to let you down, we'll save you" Jayden said as he looked in to Emily's weakening eyes. "Just hold on until then" he said a reassuringly as he could. He smiled at her hoping that it would give her some hope. She began to smile back and then in a second her body gave out and she feel into darkness.

"No" Mia cried "She's falling back asleep" Jayden smile began to fade and concern began to fill his face, he knew that time was running out and if they wanted to help Emily they would need to act quickly.

Jayden stood up and turned and walked away. "Hey Jayden, you can't just leave we need to save her! We have to help Emily!" Mike shouted at him. It was like Jayden could not hear him though; his only thoughts were on saving Emily and doing it alone.

"Where do you think he will go?" asked Mia

"I don't know but all I can say for sure is that where ever he is going he's going there for Emily." Responded Kevin

"I found Jayden!" shouted mentor Ji "He back at the plaza where you first fought the Nighlok"

Jayden began slashing the pillar where the Nighlok escaped though "Come out Nighlok! You can't have Emily!"

"Your screams are for not red ranger" Jayden turned around to see Deker standing in human form armed and ready to fight. "It seems I have bad timing, I thought we could duel but you are obviously preoccupied."

"If you already know that then what you are doing here "Jayden retorted "Go away, I don't have time for you games"

"You seek passage to the netherworld; there is only one way that I know of to achieve this, you must give yourself to the darkness. Sacrifice your human existence, you willingly give yourself to them and pass through the gap."

"Wait, are you saying you made that choice?" Jayden was sickened by the thought of it.

"I don't remember how it happened to me, but I'm living proof that it can be done." He then transformed into his Nighlok form "I welcome you to do it, you can then fight in ways no living human can, it will make our impending duel even more glorious."

"I'm a ranger I fight for the good of humanity not against it, I would never become like you!"

Deker then transformed back into his human self "I see, then you will have to live with your decision, when the yellow ranger is lost forever you might think differently."

Jayden was now torn on the inside. He wanted nothing more than to save Emily, he was unsure of his feeling for her but she made his fighting spirit so much stronger, she made he feel alive. Then on the other hand he knew he was no good to humanity if he were a Nighlok

"If I do this…how soon will I lose my humanity?" he said in a deep voice

"You are a ranger your body is imbued with good, and you mind is strong, I believe your transformation will be very slow, for months you will likely notice no change at all, but sooner or later you will begin to change, your memories will be forgotten and you will be no different from myself."

Jayden quickly averted his gaze to Deker

"You were a ranger?"

"No, but I know a great deal of the process of how it works, I have seen humans give in to the darkness before, it always ends the same but progresses differently depending on how strong their moral was, after losing their memories they either walked the world aimlessly until death or they served the master."

As the sun began to set Jayden realized he was running out of time to save Emily, he knew this was the only way

"I'll do"

"I expect a proper duel after this red ranger." He walked toward the pillar and stood by the red ranger.

"You must focus your thoughts only on sacrificing your human existence to the darkness and then you will pass through the pillar, on the other side you will be in your new Nighlok form, a word of caution though, your new form is weak until you have fully become a Nighlok, Kill the one you seek and escape before they realize who you are, for once you true identity is discovered they will take the opportunity to kill you."

"Why do you care so much?"

"I don't particularly care so much for you as I do the impending duel between us; I will not let your human foolishness take that from me."

Jayden rolled his eyes and turned toward the pillar. He knew he had to be quick the last thing he wanted was for the others to see him do this.

He focused on what he wanted and knew what I took, soon he could feel a dark presence within him, and then he knew it was time to step through portal and save Emily

So that was the prelude to my story, all other chapters will be longer than this. The more reviews the more often i will update, i need to know if people actually want to read the story so yea reviews are crucial.