as they reached the foot of the mountain, they deformed and looked around them, the mountain behind them towered over and the mist started to appear at the top. the freshness of the country was calming and relishing as they walked through the temple grounds, the colors tribal but strong.

the training ground was a space of cleared ground as the green grass was growing but controlled, very neat like someone had cut them fresh, and as they advanced further they reached a cobbled stone square in the center of the temple with pebbles surrounding a large stone statue in the middle. the statue presented the shape of a dinosaur like gabutyre as its head was flung back like in the middle of a roar. in front of them was a traditional red and black house that was elegant and pristine but empty. everything perfect and welcoming but abandoned and isolated in the middle of nowhere.

the landscape traveled a while but then disappeared into the horizon mist almost as if this was a location contained in a large cloud,

the door to enter was large black and golden crafted door to show a setting of many dinosaurs again with their snouts up and proud but as Amy reached out to touch one that represented her respected dinosaur, the gold radiated a chill that left her finger tips numb for a short time, she pulled back quickly warning them not to touch it, but a door creek reflected and bounced towards them, shocking them slightly as they looked in the direction of the sound to see a outline of a hidden corridor as it suddenly came to their view, that hadn't seen it for it was concealed in the shadows but just down a little stairway was a long corridor with many doors to each side.

ian, souji and nobuharu opened each door slowly and quietly as they zig-zagged up the corridor, finally reaching the final door. they scuffled over and placed their ear on the wooden door, hearing shuffles of feet and a mumble of conversation starting to rise in the hidden room behind the evading door.

"what are they saying" Amy asked from behind

"shh" Souji hushed her down but Utsumaru saw her worry as she looked behind nervously, "don't worry Amy-dono, just wait"

the room fell silent and Souji looked confused. he clasped the door handle, now determined that no one was around on the other side, he turned the handle and yanked it open

as he thought, empty but with signs of recent life. they all entered the room and saw lots of letters, printed out pictures of king and sheets laid out with stats and reports, some scattered on the table, and some that had fallen on the floor. Souji and Utsumaru studied them as Ian and Nobuharu looked around the room with Amy following but saw a door that had been slightly opened. she peered into the secret room and saw the window opened wide with the breeze traveling through the room to the room she was present in.

she looked behind, 'maybe this is how the sheets of paper fell on the floor, the breeze' she thought to herself and entered the room

the room was bigger then she had through with a polished wooden door but with the sun shining through the window being so bright, she couldn't see the full room, the beams shining in her eyes. she approached the window while she shielded her eyes but finally closed the curtains.

the light stayed as a streak that she couldn't hide as the top of the curtain, being picky with her, but she left it so she still had a light source. inside the large room was many portraits of dinosaurs, same as the door outside, all victory scenes and loving scenes of hope and joy but as she continued to explore the room, some paintings started to become haunting ones of death and defeat. the feeling of despair now showing on her face as she now had an ominous feeling.

she continued down the large hall until she reach a corner which had been in the shadow all this time.

she slowly venture around the corner to see a unforgettable face, king

king was there, but in a position that she would not have like to have seen. his lifeless body still and beaten, helpless and weak as she made her way over to him. her hand touched his cheek and the chill that had emitted off his skin confirmed her superstitions and made worse dreams into a reality.

she couldn't believe it, she wouldn't believe it

"AMY, AMY" her male comrades voice's called her name as they searched for her," we need to talk, they lied about king" Ian yelled, they heard her cry of sadness and followed the sound around the darkened corner. they had the same reaction, "Amy" Souji looked at her as her tears fell onto his dead body, "he's...he's..." she tried to tell them the heartbreaking but obvious truth but it wouldn't come out of her mouth, her vocal cords numbed as they all felt their feelings pang, their hearts break for their comrade and a feeling in their gut made them feel sick to the stomach.

Amy hauled over the dead body again gripping on its clothes, wailing into it as the tears escaped again and drenched the top, as Nobuharu and Utsamaru fell to their knees, "you were finally part of my new family" Nobuhuaru screamed," you had to stay" he looked up as he stared up in silence, "I've lost another lord" Utchy slammed the floor with his fists. Ian walked over to kings body and stared down, "you...you didn't keep your promise, you didn't die together with me, you died before me" Amy looked up and asked for him to stop, her eyes now pink and intense but he continued with his rage", you didn't wait for me, you didn't wait longer for me" he dropped to his knees and pulled off the still crying Amy.

he grabbed onto his cuffs of his red jacket, pulling up the body and shaking it, this made it worse for everyone, no muscle contract to stop the shaking, no resistance of the body made him stop, just a reply of weakness and a whack of the floor as the body was dropped again. the body ended up in a strange position as the head now had blood escaping the side.

"Ian, your gonna kill him" Amy shouted at him, "he's already dead" Ian answered back, they're argument echoing through the hall and returned back.

they continued like this for a while as Souji was the only one who hadn't talked, he was behind them looking down on the floor, he saw his comrades crying, broken, confused and then looked upon king, 'this is why he apologized that night and never returned after' he cursed at himself for doubting him, and finally he snapped, and ran to the center of the main hall.

the other's gaze followed him as he disappeared into the center of the hall

"Souji, what are you doing" Nobuharu asked as he stood up rather limply and followed him round the corner

Souji stopped and shouted like his life depended on it, "TORIN, TESSAI , YAYOI, RAMIEZ, WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT IS THIS?"

Ian ran to Souji, "SHUT UP, WE DON'T WANT THEM KNOWING WE ARE HERE"

Souji said definitely angry "WELL TOO LATE"

Torin and Tessai entered after one another, Tessai was no deformed in his traditional clothes, Yayoi entered with Ramiez through a door on the other side of the room and they all stared at the rangers in the middle, them looking completely shocked and open mouthed.

"you guys, have you?"

"TORIN, WHAT IS WITH KING" souji ran to torin and grabbed his cuffs of his clothes cutting his speech.

"yayoi, is this what you wanted us to see" amy asked stilled red eyed as she snuffled to clear her voice.

"yayoi, you did this, you brought them here" tessai exclaimed as he walked directly in front of her, his fury sending everyone into confusion, "he said no one should know, you know it was ..." he turned around nearly letting another secret escape in the same day

"well its good she did hint to us" ian pushed to the front of the barricade which the spirits had made while the commotion happened. behind them was the way back to king, blocking it from them, "king is dead and when were you going to tell us?" ian now letting his tears show but no one answered

"when, when did he die" utchy asked as nossan followed with, "is he actually dead-dead, like not living dead or ...is there a mistake"

everyone stared at him and he soon silenced. he saw Amy's face wince at the memory of feeling no heart beat, her eyes daring to cry, feeling a prickly salty warmth from them

"everyone, i will explain it all soon, so please lets leave him in peace for a while" he summons them all out side. the spirits walked out first followed by torin, yayoi stayed with the lingering group, they all looked at the hidden corner and couldn't look away.

they had been cursing him, hating him since he didn't return with the others, wanting a answer for his disloyalty and a good hard apology, not thinking that there was a possibility that his absence was not to do with his stupidity but because he wasn't with them in the world, at all anymore. they had damned a dead body, a good man and a helpless person with no second thought. but they had desired to forgive and forget, asking for him to wait, wonder about his safety, and adding them to their personal family. but when they finally found him, they couldn't say sorry or beg for his forgiveness. they were the ones who needed to beg for his.

they eventually followed yayoi's tug on amy's arm as they made their way out of the hall, all finding themselves able to peal themselves from the view of the corner but ian was left in the dingy hall alone. "you didn't wait, king. you didn't wait"