Say what? 2
"Why?" Wesley demanded after Mentor told him about their adventures with Max, "why didn't you ever tell me?"
"Because you didn't need to know," Jayden replied, trying to get his friend to calm down, "we didn't want to hurt you."
"With what?" he demanded, "the truth?"
"We didn't want you to think you're not special," Mia tried to sooth him, "Max was our old Silver Ranger for only a little while. Now you're our one and only."
"I wouldn't have minded knowing," he grumbled, agitated.
"Let's put it like this," Kevin tried, "Max is our past and your our future. It was for the good of the team you never knew. Then you'd want to know things about her."
"Yeah, but I wouldn't obsess over some chick!" he snapped, "I really thought that I was the only one. But even if I wasn't it would've been nice to know."
"This is what we all wanted to avoid," Mike groaned, "just chill already. Now you know. Big deal."
"Well maybe it's a big deal that my family wasn't honest with me!" Wesley yelled.
"Wesley," Mentor stepped in, "that is enough out of you."
"Mentor…" he began, but Mentor raised his stick.
"I suggest you calm down," he had warning in his eyes.
"No!" the Silver Ranger boomed, grabbing the stick and breaking it in half, "you calm down! You all calm down!"
"Wesley!" Mentor yelled, "that's…"
"Nothing is ever enough for you!" he snapped, "if you'd just told me…or appreciated my work! I'm always in the shadows."
"Well, you are the Dark Ranger," Mike tried to lighten his mood.
"Shut up, Green Been!" he snapped, "I'm outta' here!"
"Wesley," Jayden grabbed his friend's arm, "this behavior is…"
"Then so be it," he jerked away, "I'm not going to be treated like this any longer."
"What?" everybody yelled.
"I tried to try again," the Silver Samurai was choking up, "but I was wrong. I can't trust you."
"Don't leave!" Mia begged.
"Too late," he stormed off into the night.
"But…" Jayden felt like a twelve year old again, watching in tears as his best friend left the Shiba House that night.
"Jay!" Kevin gasped, "please, just…"
"I'm goin' to be okay," he sighed mournfully, "is everybody okay?"
"Yeah," the others nodded, just as sad.
"Em?" Mike and the others all looked at the blonde, who wasn't moving or hadn't spoken at all.
Suddenly, she burst into tears. But not just tears. Heartbroken, longing tears that struck everybody's heart.
Even Wesley's, who was standing in the shadows.
