Chapter Three: New Leader

The man that she ran into dropped down on one knee. He looked at her. She was sobbing and not looking at anyone. He touched her arm and she jumped. He pulled his hand back. Now he was scared. Mentor Ji walked into the room to see Emily on the floor crying with a man clad in red next to her. Everyone else was in their rooms.

"Who are you?" asked Mentor Ji, suspiciously. Why does he seem so familiar, Mentor Ji asked himself.

"You don't recognize me Ji. I am hurt," the man said and he turned around. A small smile stretched across his face but concern was written in his eyes.

"Jayden, I am so glad you came," said Mentor Ji," You are ready?"

"As ready as I can be," said Jayden. He turned to the girl on the floor. Ji saw concern and fear flicker through his eyes.

"Watch and learn," said Ji. He walked to Emily and said," Hey, Emily. Do you need a hug?" Emily nodded. Mentor Ji grabbed her into a hug. She put her head on his shoulders and cried. He held her close to him and stroked her back. He said soothingly," It's alright. Let it out. I'm here for you. I love you." Emily slowly stopped crying, but she was still sniffling.

"For real?" asked Emily.

"Of course," said Mentor Ji. Jayden walked over.

"Wow, Ji. That was brilliant," said Jayden. Emily jumped back. Fear ran through her eyes. The others came out to see what was going on. They froze. Concern was written all over Jayden's face. Ji flinched.

"Emily, it's okay. He's not going to hurt you," said Ji. Jayden stared at Ji. He was even more concerned and a little bit hurt. Ji stared back him telling him that right now was not the time to ask questions.

"Who's not going to hurt who?" asked Mikialaya. Everyone jumped. The others started backing away from Mikialaya and started to head towards Emily. A look of shock crossed Mikialaya's face when she saw Jayden and she said," Jayden, you know you aren't allowed to visit. It is too dangerous."

"I'm not visiting. I'm here to stay," Jayden replied calmly.

"Fine, I'll go pack my things and get out of your room. Here are your Samurizer and the Lion Folding Zord," Mikialaya said.

Two hours later, Mikialaya had her things packed and left without a goodbye. That confused Jayden. He shook his head and looked at his team. He saw two emotions on all of their faces; fear and confusion.

"This is your new and rightful leader, Jayden Shiba," said Mentor Ji. They bowed. Confusion flickered across Jayden's face. He looked at Mentor Ji. He saw Mentor Ji flinch again. He flinched twice now. Something isn't right, thought Jayden.

"Ji, what's going on that you haven't told me about?" asked Jayden, giving him the No nonsense look.

Ji flinched again and said," Mikialaya had them bow. They had to call her Miss Shiba, ma'am, Mistress, and Mistress Shiba. They weren't allowed to sit unless she told them they could and she had to be sitting too. They didn't eat what she ate. They couldn't have pizza, pancakes, or anything like that. For breakfast they had oatmeal and water. For lunch they had fruit and water. For dinner they usually have bland soup and water, but can have pretty much anything in their cabinet and their refrigerator. She was, um, abusive. She'd beat them if they did something wrong, they didn't know a move, or just for fun. She would emotionally abuse them for the same reasons. I'm so sorry Jayden," said Mentor Ji. He knew it pained Jayden to hear that even though he showed no emotion and was very calm after hearing this. He knew he would be hurt because one, it was his younger sister that did this, and two, this was his team.

"She really did that to them?" asked Jayden. Mentor Ji nodded. Jayden sat down in a chair and put his head in his hands.

"Jayden, you have to dismiss them," said Mentor Ji.

"If you want them to leave, you have to dismiss them or they'll stand there forever," Mentor Ji said.

"You guys are dismissed," said Jayden. They bowed and left. Jayden flinched.