The Web of Fate
Part 2
HEY HEY. Part freakin 2. Plot thickening! Battles! Dramatic explosions! The things that make life beautiful. :') Oh…and power rangers! Now if only this was all life consisted of…done with the nostalgia now. Here we go! I own nothing!
Tommy's POV
"Who is Deker?" Tommy asked. Jayden looked mad.
"BRRRRRIINNNNNG!" The bell for lunch rang. The look of anger on Jayden's face changed to relief, and he hurried off to the cafeteria. The others exchanged confused glances. Tommy shrugged.
"Let's follow him." He said.
When they arrived in the cafeteria, they saw Jayden sitting next to Billy and Trini. They joined them, and talked. Jayden seemed to be pushing this Deker guy out of his mind, so no one mentioned it again. The rest of the day was uneventful. Tommy shared every class with Jayden except Chemistry, and Jayden was excellent at every subject. The next week went by quickly. Then, (dramatic pause) it was Parent Day. The Cyclops had yet to come back, which was somewhat good, because Zordon still couldn't figure out how to get Jayden back.
Just as Jayden had promised, he and Tommy hung out during the Parent Day party, as the other rangers greeted their own parents.
"Hey Tommy and Jayden!" Kim walked up to them, the adults with her were, as Tommy could tell, her parents for they looked much like her. "These are my parents." She gestured the the adults who smiled politely before walking off to get a drink. "So, Jayden. What are your parents like?" She asked. Jayden sighed.
"My parents are dead." He said. Kim looked horrified.
"I'm so sorry!" Jayden smiled weakly,
"It's okay." He said. Tommy looked down.
"Mine have passed away as well." He said. Kim looked depressed.
"It's okay, we can spend today remembering them." He added. Jayden and Kim nodded. Suddenly, tremors shook the building. A huge white lightning bolt struck through the room, and every adult disappeared! Every student but the rangers ran screaming from the building.
"Uh-Oh." Tommy said.
Antonio's POV
It had been a week now. They kept looking, but…they couldn't find their leader. At the time, everyone was in the living room. Kevin muttered,
"At least there haven't been any attacks." Then, of course, the gap sensor went off. The team ran to the area with the disturbance, only to find Deker.
"Where is the red ranger?" He bellowed. Antonio looked down.
"Not here…" He said. Deker looked at him with annoyance.
"Then I'll just have to find him myself…where are you….there!" He smiled. "I can find him, but you cannot? Pathetic!" The samurai were in a fury.
"Where is he?" They all shouted. Deker just laughed before shouting,
"I'm coming for you, red ranger!" And with a blast of light he was gone.
"Oh NO!" Antonio groaned. They were so frustrated. They were so close…but he was gone.
Jayden's POV
Jayden was running with the others to the place Zordon had said the parents were. They entered a foundry, where a crystal ball showed the parents all in cells, unconscious. "No!" Jayden thought, "They were supposed to be here!" A sudden flash of light was the last thing he saw before waking up in a cell. Rita Repulsa was staring down at him, grinning terribly.
"You will be my new minion!" She screeched, and blasted him with her wand. He fell into a sleep like state. But his body still moved. That wasn't him! He resisted with all his power, but he could not break the spell. He belonged to Rita….
Jason's POV
Jayden was gone! Where did he go? The team was deeply confused. Jason realized something,
"That was the same lightning that took the parents!" He gasped.
Deker's POV
"So the red ranger has gone into the past." Deker thought, as he traveled through time. "Interesting. I have run out of patience waiting for Urumasa. I will duel him with this!"
Deker appeared in a foundry, where some teenagers were looking around in puzzlement. The red ranger had just been here. The six teens teleported away. Didn't really surprise Deker. He's seen a lot of crazy things in his immortal life. An explosion occurred behind him. He erupted into flames, transforming, as he spun around. Just the one he had been waiting for was behind him.
The red ranger stood, breathing heavily as though something was wrong. Deker usually would've been suspicious, but he was too anxious at the moment.
"Red ranger!" He shouted, "Our time to duel has come!" The red ranger shook his head.
"I have more important things to do, Deker." Deker sneered.
"Is that so? Then my threat is the same as last time. Duel me or I will attack innocents." The red ranger shrugged.
"Okay then. Innocents don't matter. As I said before, I have something more important to do." At this point, Deker was more surprised than ever before. He said,
"What has happened to you?" Deker took a step backwards as the red ranger let out a cold, heartless laugh.
"I have an empress now. And serving her is all that matters. She wishes for me to destroy the power rangers, but first she requests my presence again. See you." With that he teleported away.
Deker needed to duel the red ranger. And the only way to do that is to break the spell. And to break the spell…he needed help. Unfortunately for him though…
Jason's POV
Jayden was gone, and they couldn't find him. The team went back to the foundry where he disappeared, looking for clues. A noise behind them ended their search. They spun around to see a long haired man, though not as long haired as Tommy, walking towards them. He wore a long white cloak, and had freakin awesome boots. The man spoke.
"Your friend, the red ranger. I just saw him." The MMPR looked at him hopefully. "And like you once were, green ranger, he is under the control of Rita Repulsa." The team looked down in horror. The man continued, "And this time, the only way to break it, is to destroy the red ranger. Or he'll have to break it himself." Jason felt numb with shock. But he had to know.
"Who are you? Why do you care?" He asked. The man smirked.
"I care," He said, "Because I need to duel the red ranger. No one else. And he won't duel me when he's like this. Who am I?" He said, erupting into flames before their eyes. A white, but red faced monster was standing where the man just was. He looked something like a skeleton.
My name is Deker." He looked at each ranger. "And I need your help."
Tommy's POV
Tommy didn't know how they could save Jayden…then an idea struck him.
"Deker." He said. The skeleton dude looked at him. "The only way we're going to save Jayden is to get his friends. And you can bring them here." Deker nodded.
Antonio's POV
Still no Jayden…Deker just disappeared…No attacks either…Then, of course once again, the gap sensor went off. When the samurai team arrived at the scene, it was Deker again. Before they could attack, he said,
"If you want to see your leader again, you'll listen to me." The team hesitated before lowering their spin swords. Deker continued, "I'd rather not tell you the story, another will." And a flash of light blinded Antonio. It was so bright, he shut his eyes tightly. When he opened them, he and the other samurai rangers were on the floor of a foundry, six teenagers and Deker staring down at them. At the sight of Deker, they all stood up.
"Deker!" Mike shouted. "Where's Jayden?" A long, dark haired teenager put up his hands and said,
"Hang on! Believe it or not, Deker is trying to help."
"Who are you?" Asked Emily.
"Yeah, and how do you know Jayden?" Mia added. Antonio interrupted.
"Never mind that, do you know where he is?" He asked. A red clothed teen said,
"Let us explain!" But just then Mike and Antonio realized something. They glared at the long haired guy and shouted,
"You're the one that took Jayden!" The red clothed guy shook his head.
"No!" He said. "We're the first ever power rangers. You have been sent back in time." This silenced the samurai for a little while before they all said,
"Oh." The red clothed guy continued,
"My name is Jason." After everyone was introduced, Tommy continued,
"Rita Repulsa, the enemy in our time had created her most deadly monster yet. It's called the Cyclops. Even all together, our team couldn't win. But Rita's minion Goldar sent me into your time, so the destruction of the power rangers would be faster. I met your friend and he saved me from some putties. I asked him to help, he agreed. I followed Goldar's energy back, but I wasn't sure how we would get Jayden back here though." Jason continued for him,
"With Jayden, the monster didn't stand a chance. It ran away. Jayden insisted on staying until he helped us beat the monster. Which was somewhat good since we didn't, and still don't have any idea how to get him back. So Jayden enrolled in school with us for a week. He's really intelligent. He never talks. Unless it's serious." Kim picked up,
"Then on the Parent Day, the parents were kidnapped. When we went to search for them…Jayden was taken as well." The samurai team gasped. Zack continued,
"She put Jayden under a spell like the one Tommy once had, but…" Deker said,
"This time, the only way to break the spell is either to destroy the red ranger, or he'll have to save himself." Everyone looked down. This was going to be hard. Trini said,
"He'll come back by tomorrow at the latest. Rita always loved to send Tommy down as much as possible." Tommy nodded. The samurai team nodded.
All of the sudden, an explosion occurred behind them. It was Jayden. He had super shark mode on, so this was going to be difficult. The rangers morphed together and charged the red ranger, who easily dispatched of the MMPRs. Deker sat and didn't do anything. The samurai were too busy not dying to speak to their leader. Jayden did a cool slash thing that sent the samurai rangers sprawling. He leaped at Antonio, and was about to finish him off, when he stopped. Antonio thought for a second that he had gotten through to Jayden, but the red ranger laughed in an evil way that turned Antonio's blood to ice.
"You're lucky this time, rangers." He snarled. "I must go to my empress." With that he teleported away. Mike groaned.
"Well that sucked." He said. Kevin nodded his head in agreement. Jason said,
"He'll definitely come back soon. We'll just have to try harder." Everyone had a determined face…except Deker, who wore an expressionless mask.
Jason's POV
As the MMPRs showed the samurai around Angel Grove, Jason noticed how worried the future rangers looked. Sure, the MMPRs were worried too, but not as badly as the samurai. At one point, he heard a startling conversation between Emily and Mia.
"This is even worse than the time when Deker took Jayden at the Tengen Gate." Jason had stiffened, as Mia responded,
"Definitely. And he was poisoned then too!" Jason shook his head. Jayden had been through a lot.
That night, at Ernie's, Deker sat and ate with them. Kevin looked at the half nighlok and asked,
"Deker. Why are you helping us save Jayden?" Deker responded,
"Because I need to duel him." Kevin had rolled his eyes.
"The last time you dueled, you did it incorrectly, and broke our leader's arm." Jason's eeyes widened. Deker's eyes flashed,
"That was his fault! He made the move of letting me wound him so he could get close enough to finish me. And he didn't! He just broke my sword. So I am still cursed."
Antonio's POV
The next morning, the rangers had a warning that a monster was attacking. It was the Cyclops! Just really big. Before they could get their zords, something interrupted them.
"Hold it rangers! If you want to fight that monster, you'll have to get through me first." It was Jayden. The rangers morphed and attacked. Jayden, in super shark mode, easily threw the MMPRs to the side again, and knocked the samurai rangers down. He let out a battle cry as he brought the spin sword to Antonio's head. Antonio played his last card; he demophed. Jayden's cry turned into a sort of choking noise. His sword was an inch from Antonio's neck. Antonio stood up.
"Guys!" He shouted. "Demorph!" The samurai listened and all walked over to Jayden. Their leader dropped his sword and staggered backwards a little bit.
"Come on Jayden!" They all shouted, "You can beat it!" Jayden began to breath heavily again. He fell to one knee, then onto the other. He groaned, and a shadow seemed to leave his body, as he demorphed. He looked at his team, exhaustion evident in every feature. As he whispered, each word sounded as though it took an extreme effort. He said,
"I'm…..sorry…" His team shook their heads.
"It wasn't your fault Jayden." Antonio said. Jayden looked at him.
"The….clawzord isn't….here. Here," He whispered as he took out his lion zord. He handed it to Antonio. "Form the megazord…and beat that monster!" Together the two ranger teams formed their megazords and defeated the Cyclops together. When they came back down, Jayden had recovered enough to stand. The MMPRs still had no idea how to get them back, but Jayden did. He walked up to Deker. The half Nighlok smiled.
"I will take you back. But only if you duel me when Urumasa is repaired. You've grown stronger. I'll need my sword to defeat you." Jayden nodded, then turned to the MMPRs.
"Thank you," He said, "For everything. And, who knows," He grinned, "Fate works in mysterious ways. We may meet again." With that, a blinding light took the samurai back to their time.
*Hint* *Hint* *Nudge* *Nudge* *Wink* *Wink* If you haven't gotten it by now, I'm working on the sequel. And they're going to meet again. And be stranded on a freakin island. Listening to Nugget in a Biscuit as I finish this….best song ever.