Hello everyone, here is the long awaited chapter 2. First of all I would like to apologize for the long wait, I've been so incredibly busy the past couple of months, I couldn't even think about writing. However, I'm back in school now, therefore I have some more time to write now. Again so sorry it took me such a long time to update this story, enjoy the 2nd chapter!
"Troy?!" The megaforce rangers' voices echoed throughout the warehouse district as they looked for their leader in trouble. They'd left Ernie's as soon as Troy had contacted them. They didn't know if he was hurt or not and more importantly, what had happened to him. " Troy?" It was Emma's voice that shouted his name this time.
She couldn't help but feel worried about him, even after what she thought he'd done to her. Well to here belongins. Her feelings for him were making it very difficult for her to stay mad at him.
They tried calling his morpher again, but he wasn't answering. " Wait, do you guys hear that?" Noah asked the others as he started walking to the warehouse that Troy'd mentioned.
" What is it Noah?" Gia asked as they followed after him. " I think it's his morpher, I can hear it, he's inside this warehouse!" Noah didn't wait for a reply as he ran towards the building, checking the doors. He kicked the main door in anger when he found it locked. That's when he noticed the stairway that provided a second entrance. He ran up the stairs, the others right behind him. He was happy to find that this door was unlocked, they stepped inside, the door closing behind them with a loud bang.
"Do you guys see him anywhere?" Emma asked as they looked around the building from upstairs. She looked past the parked car and noticed a pair of familiar sneakers between the barrels that were stacked near the wall, a few of them scattered around the floor. " There!" She pointed towards the barrels as she was already halfway down the stairs, leading inside the warehouse.
She ran towards him, not knowing what to expect. As she neared him she could see that he was lying on his side, unconscious. They were all shocked by the sight of their leader, his clothes were dirty and covered in blood. There was blood underneath his right arm, the arm he was lying on.
Even though they had no idea what had happened to him, they couldn't help but feel guilty.
Emma was the first to kneel next to him as she took in the sight in front of her. His hair was matted to his head with blood from a gash at his hairline, bruises outlined his cheekbone and jawline and this was what they could actually see. Her hand covered her mouth in shock as she fought the tears that were threatening to fall. " What happened?" She asked more to herself than anyone else. Noah knelt down next to her, his hand hovering in the air, afraid to touch their hurt leader. " Troy can you hear me?" Noah asked, not really expecting an answer in the first place. He waited a few seconds, but Troy remained unresponsive.
Noah grabbed gently grabbed ahold of Troy's shoulder, but was met by a soft groan of pain as he did so. His eyelids fluttered, but remained closed. " Troy?" Still nothing. "We've got to get him to the hospital" Jake said as he knelt down and gently picked him up.
They requested an emergency teleportation from Tensou and found themselves behind the hospital within a few seconds, not risking the change of being seen teleported by others. They sprinted through the front door of the hospital and were immediately greeted by a nurse with a gurney. In a blink of an eye he was weeled away from them, the nurse now accompanied by a doctor as well. " Male teenager, visible head injury." Was all they could hear before Troy was out of their sight and they were pointed towards the waiting room.
It had been a few hours and no doctor had come to them with an update yet, the waiting was driving them crazy. The only time a doctor had approached them was to ask for some comfortable clothes for Troy, which Emma got for him but that was over an hour ago, off course they had asked about him too but they were not allowed to give away any information at that moment.
They were however very interested in what had happened to him, which was a mystery to them as well. They had answered honestly and told the doctors that he had called them in distress and they had found him in an unconscious state.
" Noah sit down, you're giving me a headache." Gia said as she glared at Noah who'd been pacing the waiting room for the past 20 minutes. He mumbled a "sorry" before sitting down between the others. Emma had fallen asleep, her head resting on Gia's shoulder and Jake was sprawled on the couch, snoring softly.
Jake's clothes had been replaced by blue hospital scrubs, since he'd gotten quite some blood on his from carrying Troy. Gia and Noah sprang up from their chairs when a doctor approached them, forgetting about Emma who'd been sleeping on Gia's shoulder, she was awake now too. She looked confused for a second until she noticed the doctor whom had entered the room.
She nudged Jake's knee, waking him up as well. "Family of Troy Burrows?" The doctor asked. "That's us." Emma replied, which confused the doctor. He frowned before replying " you are all direct family?"
"Well not exactly, we're the closest thing to a family he has. He lives with his uncle but he is currently deployed in Afghanistan, so it's just us. He seemed to contemplate this for a second before sighing. " Very well then, my name is dr. Anderson and I've been taking care of your friend-" "How is he?" Jake interrupted which resulted in a slap on his arm from Gia. "Let him finish."
The doctor smiled before continuing. "As I was saying, your friend has suffered 4 cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a severe concussion. There were some cuts that required stitches he's going to be in a lot of pain for the next few weeks, but should make a full recovery. We would like to keep him for at least 2 days. He is in room 314, you are allowed to see him now. "
They thanked him and made their way towards his room. Troy was asleep when they entered his room, he was hooked up to a bunch of machines. His ribs were wrapped up in bandages, his left arm lay across his chest in a sling. His right forearm was bandaged as well. Dark bruises outlined his cheeks. Overall, he looked terrible.
They grabbed some chairs and sat down around his bed. Emma grabbed ahold of his right hand, mindful of the IV and started to stroke the back of his hand gently. For a few minutes they didn't say anything, not really knowing what to say. They felt as though they had failed their leader.
" Why didn't he call us sooner?" Emma asked what was on everyone's minds.
" Maybe he felt like he couldn't trust us? I mean we haven't exactly been on good terms lately." Gia replied as everyone seemed to contemplate this. They hadn't been the team that they were before. They were arguing with him constantly, even though those arguments had been mostly one sided. Basically they had treated him like crap and they knew it.
" Who do you think attacked him? I mean was it a new monster or- " Noah cut Emma off. "No Tensou en Gosei would have alerted us if there was a new monster in town."
They were interrupted by a groan. They looked towards the bed where the sound had come from. Troy stirred and his eyelids fluttered open. His eyes were glazed over with pain and he fought to focus them. Emma squeezed his hand as gently as possible and he focused his gaze on her, a small smile forming on his lips.
Her heart fluttered in her chest and she wanted to kiss him so badly, but she wouldn't, not in front of the other. Besides, she didn't know how he felt about her. " How are you feeling?" Emma knew it was a stupid question, but couldn't help asking anyway.
" Like i've been run over by a semi." He replied, surprised by how hoarse his voice sounded. Jake chuckled. " You look like it too."
He was exhausted, but at the same time relieved to see the others, which meant that they had come for him. His arm and ribs were on fire, yet at the same time the pain was slightly numbed, must be morphine he thought. His head was throbbing and he could feel his eyelids growing heavier again.
"What happened?" Noah asked him as all the others nodded in agreement. They knew he was exhausted and needed rest, but they had to know who did this to him.
"Orion happened." Was his reply before his eyes closed and he was asleep again.
That's it for this chapter, I know it's short but I felt like I had to give you something as soon as possible, since you've been waiting for an update long enough. I hope you liked it and the next update will be much sooner, I promise!