Tracy's POV
A few days later I walk inside the simulator and see Syd and Z training with Skitty and Kecleon.
"Skitty, use Shadow Ball," Z commands.
Skitty produced a perfect Shadow Ball attack with a good amount of power and speed behind it.
"Kecleon, dodge it, then use Rollout." Syd calls.
Kecleon quickly dodges Skitty's attack; His Rollout attack zooms in towards Skitty.
"Skitty, counter it with Double Slap." Z calls.
Skitty blocks Kecleon's attack and sends him flying backwards.
I knew that I was right. My Pokémon team doesn't need me anymore.
I turn around and walk out of the simulator trying not to cry.
Normal POV
After Tracy leaves the two Pokémon stop mid-battle.
"Syd, do you have any idea why they just stopped like that?" Z asks.
"Yeah, I thought I saw Tracy." She answers.
"I thought that she was still in the infirmary." Z says.
"Remember, Kat said Dr. Felix released her two days ago." Syd reminds her.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot."Z says.
Outside the base, in the training area, Tracy sees Sky and Bridge training with Beautifly, Blastoise and Charizard.
"Blastoise, use Ice Beam." Sky commands.
"Beautifly, use Protect." Bridge yells.
Beautifly creates a barrier and Blastoise's attack gets bounced back.
"That Ice Beam is starting to get really strong." Bridge says.
"Yes and the Protect looked great as well." Sky adds.
Sky puts Blastoise back in its Poké ball. Charizard takes over for her training.
"Beautifly, use Aerial Ace." Bridge commands.
"Charizard, counter with Steel Wing," Sky yells.
The two Pokémon fly towards each other and as the two attacks came in contact with the other there is an explosion. When the smoke clears, Tracy is glad to see that everyone is okay.
I was right, the team doesn't need me anymore. Maybe it would be better if I left S.P.D. Tracy thinks.
She walks away hanging my head. Meanwhile in her lab, Kat is plugging in the test results from the experiment that Pikachu helped her with earlier. She takes her eyes off the screen for a few minutes and goes to get the other file with the results from the experiment that she did last week and compared the two results before she sees Cruger walk in.
"Hello Commander." She greets.
"How is the new project coming?" He asks.
"Fine Commander, right on schedule" She answers.
"Have you seen Tracy by any chance?" He asks.
"Not since Dr. Felix released her a few days ago. Why?" She answers
"I can't find her anywhere." He explains.
"Have you checked the range or the simulator?" She suggests.
"Yes, she wasn't there." He says.
R.I.C. walks in with a folded piece of paper in his mouth. He gives the piece of paper to him.
"What do you have boy?" He asks the robotic canine.
"What is it?" Kat asks.
"It's a note." He answers.
"Who is it from?" She asks
"Tracy," He answers.
Cruger reads the note to himself. When he finishes reading it a look of pure shock appears on his face.
"Doggie, what did it say?" She asks.
"Kat, call everyone to the command center. I'll explain it there." He commands.
"Yes, Sir," She says.
"Rangers reporting Sir," the four teenagers state in unison as they enter the Command Center.
"Tracy, she has left S.P.D." Cruger tells them.
"Why did she leave?" Bridge asks.
"This note explains it all." He says.
Dear everyone
I know that this is sudden, but I fell that I have done all that I could do in the battle against Grumm. I didn't want to hand in an official letter because I knew that you would try to convince me that you still need me here. I couldn't force Pikachu and the others to leave because they love it here. I know, if they continue training at S.P.D., they will become even stronger than I could ever make them. So I guess that this is goodbye.
Tracy
Cruger folds up the note and looks back at the team.
"She left because she is jealous of us training with Skitty and the others." Sky says.
"I think that she thought that she lost their friendship." Bridge explains.
"Come on Bridge that's impossible. No matter how long we train with them we will never be able to bring out their true power." Sky adds.
"I know Sky, Tracy is the only person who can do that." Bridge says.
"What do we do now commander?" Z asks.
"I don't know cadet." He answers.
"Shouldn't we go look for her?" Bridge asks.
"That would work if she wanted us to find her." Kat adds.
"What do you mean Kat?" Cruger asks.
"Tracy left her morpher here so we can't track her." she explains, holding Tracy's morpher in her hand.
Tracy's POV
Meanwhile in a cave in the forest, outside the city, I was leaning on the wall near the entrance.
I know that I should have stayed and told everyone the real reason I have been so weird lately. But, what if they would get mad to me for not telling them.
I take off my backpack and took out my sleeping bag and set in on the cave floor. I climb inside and rest my eyes for a few minutes.
Normal POV
Back in the base the alarm goes off.
"There is a robbery in progress at the gold depository." Kat says.
"What about Tracy?" Bridge asks.
"Don't worry. I'll go find her and bring her back home. I want the rest of you to stop that robbery."Cruger answers.
"Yes, Sir," The rangers say together.
The cadets and Cruger morph and start to leave the command center.
"Doggie wait," Kat shouts.
Kat tosses Tracy's morpher to him. He thanks her and leaves the room. He heads to vehicle bay, hops on his ATV and speeds off to find the red ranger.
Tracy's POV
I just woke up from my power nap. Luckily, this time, I didn't fall into a deep enough sleep to have the nightmare again. I pack up and head back to the base.
"It's time to head back home." I say as I walk out of the cave.
"That's if you even make it back ranger." A mysterious voice says.
I freeze in my tracks and slowly turn around and see a tall alien standing in the shadows.
"Come out and face me, coward." I yell into the forest.
The alien slowly came out of the shadows.
"So, ranger, why don't we cut the idle chit-chat and just skip straight to the battle." the alien says smiling an evil smile.
"Whatever you say, creep." I say confidently.
I reach for my morpher and notice that it's gone.
Oh, yeah, my morpher is back at the base. I knew that.
I had no choice but to fight the alien on my own without my powers.
"Well for a small fry you have a strong fighting spirit," the alien says laughing manicly.
"What did you just call me?" I ask the alien.
"You heard me Shrimp." It answers.
"Nobody calls me shrimp and gets away with it." I say.
The alien pulls out a laser and fires it. A few seconds later, I see the laser blast coming towards me. I try to doge in time but it was coming in too fast. When it hits me I fly backwards. A few seconds later my back smacks against a tree. I feel a sharp pain flow through my entire body and I struggle to get back on my feet.
"Give up ranger." It says.
"I'll never give up creep. So no matter how many times you knock me down I'm going to get right back up again and keep on fighting." I yell back.
I get back on my feet but the alien fires his weapon again. When my back hits the tree again my body slides down the trunk of the tree. All the way down I could hear the sound of fabric tearing and felt the bark price into the skin on my back. I land with my face in the dirt. I push myself up from the ground but I didn't have enough strength left. I fall back down in the same position as before.
"I maybe down but I'm not out yet creep." I say with my face in the dirt.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you ranger with your face in the dirt in all." It says trying to make a joke.
After the alien speaks those words, adrenaline starts to flow through my veins. I push myself off the ground and let out a battle cry. I charge towards the alien, throwing punch after punch.
"You call that a punch? My grandma hits harder." It taunts.
"Take this." I yell throwing my next punch.
When my punch lands the alien flies about a foot, A few seconds later the alien gets back to his feet.
"How do you like them apples, creep?" I say.
"You just got lucky ranger." The alien says.
The alien charges in towards me and grabs me by my neck and chokes me. It slams me against the tree so hard that I hear a loud pop. I don't feel it because the adrenaline is still flowing. It drops me, stands two inches in front of me and is ready to fire his blaster again. I see another laser blast come out of nowhere and hit the alien sending him flying. I hear the sound of an ATV approaching.
Cruger's POV
I get of the ATV and run over to her.
"Tracy, are you OK?" I ask.
"Yes, Sir, I'm fine." She answers.
I hand Tracy her morpher. Then she pushes herself back to her feet and stands ready to battle.
"So who is going to battle me now? You or the Shadow Ranger?" The alien asks.
"This battle is still on. Now I'm going to make this battle a little more even sided - well for me anyway" She says.
Tracy morphs and the alien isn't impressed with what it sees.
"A girl as red ranger? I think that you commander made a bad choice considering that a girl could never handle the responsibly of leading a team." It says.
"Oh that's it! You can call me small and weak but when you disrespect my commander you have just crossed the line that you wished you hadn't creep." Tracy yells.
"You just got lucky again ranger. Let's see if you can handle it when I turn up my blaster to three times the power." The alien says.
It fires it weapon towards Tracy and the blast files in as fast as lighting.
"Tracy, no!" I yell as the blast hits her.
Tracy's POV
The attack hits me. I fly backwards and roll down a hill a few feet away. A few seconds later I finally reached the bottom of the hill. I use all my strength to get back on my feet. A few attempts later, I finally get to my feet. I slowly trod back up the hill and when I reach the top I face the alien ready to fight again.
"Well ranger I'm impressed that you took all those attacks and clearly your body can not handle much more. Yet you still want to keep fighting, even though you are clearly defeated." The alien says.
"Like I said before, no matter how many times you knock I'm just going to get right back up again." I yell.
The alien took out a baseball sized sphere and several kybots came out.
"Have fun rangers. Red ranger, remember one thing that you failed." The alien says as it slides back into the shadows.
"Hey, come back and fight" I yell.
"Tracy, just let him go. We need to take care of these kybots first." Commander Cruger commands.
"But commander," I say.
Before he can say another word, a krybot shoots a laser beam attack at me. When it hits me I roll down the hill for the second time. As I'm rolling down the hill, going faster and faster, my head hits a few trees along the way. The last words the alien spoke 'you failed', still ringing in my head, but by the time I reach the bottom of the hill everything goes black.
Normal POV
Back at the top of the hill Commander Cruger easily defeats the kybots and starts to run down the hill fighting gravity along the way. He reaches the bottom of the hill and sees Tracy on the ground motionless. He walks over to her. He shakes Tracy gently, trying to wake her up. He didn't get a response so he tries again.
"Come on Tracy, please open your eyes." He begs.
He tries a third time and still fails to get a response. He picks her up carefully, so not to make her other injures worse. He slowly climbs back to the top of the hill. When he reaches the top his morpher goes off. He walks back to his ATV and gently props her up against the right front tire.
"Sir, did you find Tracy yet?" Kat asks him
"Yes I did, but so did one of Grumm's friends." Cruger answers.
"What happened?" She asks in a very worried tone.
"I'll tell everyone later but now she needs immediate medical attention." He says.
She tells him that she is sending the medics and that they would be there as fast as they could. He thanks her and waits for what seems like hours for the medics to arrive. They arrive ten minutes later. They put Tracy on the stretcher and slowly wheel her into the ambulance. Commander Cruger follows closely behind, as it drives to the base with the siren blaring.