Here's the new chapter!
Aisha sat down on a chair and closed her eyes, trying to get some rest. She was angry that she had not been able to retrieve her dagger and now the rangers had it. She sat there for a long time, thinking of ways to try to get it back. Aisha rolled her eyes, remembering how Kim nearly hit her with an arrow from her Power Bow. She resolved to get her back for that. Even if it meant a little slip of her other dagger.
She thought back to throwing her other dagger at the yellow ranger. She grinned wickedly remembering how quick the yellow ranger fell and how quick the blood pooled out of his abdomen. He was a little too cheery for her. She wondered if he had survived the blow and hoped that he didn't. With the yellow ranger out of the way, the faster they could get rid of the others. And hey, since she was the one who dealt the fatal blow, Aisha would be the one who would receive all the glory. And she could be the leader. She laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing about?" asked Kim, walking in.
"None of your business!" Aisha replied. She stood up and headed out of the room.
Kim narrowed her eyes as she watched Aisha leave. "What is she planning?" Kim thought to herself. She sat down where Aisha had sat earlier and tried to come up with what Aisha was planning. She wanted to try and step in and take whatever credit Aisha was going to get. She figured that if the yellow ranger died from his wounds, she'd be all over the wall, rubbing it in their faces. Kim clenched her fist and thought about the blue ranger.
For some reason, the blue ranger got on her nerves. She couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was, but that blue ranger, and especially that navy ranger, just got on her nerves. In the far back of her mind, they sort of reminded Kim of herself and Tommy.
Kim shook her head, trying to remove that thought from her mind. When she saw Tommy, all she felt now was hurt and anger, both at herself and him. "Why didn't he care enough?" she thought. "Why didn't he come after me? Why did I write that stupid thing in the first place?" It didn't matter now. What's done is done and there is obviously no going back. Tommy hated her and Kim couldn't blame him. She knew he couldn't leave the rangers and at this very moment, Kim was feeling very selfish. "Why did I choose her?" she thought. "Why didn't he love me enough? Why did I feel so alone?" Kim exhaled loudly, rubbing her temples.
She hated living in the past. There was nothing that could change it. And she hated relying on people other than herself. Because at the end of the day, nobody ever really cares. And people always leave. Her dad. Her brother. Her mom. Jason, Trini, and Zack. Hell, even she left people that she thought she cared about. Aisha, Adam, Rocky, Billy...and Tommy. So, in a way, Kim guessed that a lot of her anger and hurt was her fault. And there was no way that she could get over that.
So the new rangers will just have to take the brunt of her anger. Especially that blue ranger and that navy ranger.
"What do you want?" she said, seeing the blue psycho ranger walk in the room and take a seat near her.
Rocky looked at her and his red eyes flashed in anger. "None of your business," he replied.
"Well, this room's taken."
Rocky shrugged his shoulders as he put up his feet. "I don't mind."
"Well, I do."
"So go find yourself another hideaway."
"I was here first. You go."
"You're the one with the problem. I have no problem whatsoever and you can go on and leave if you want."
"Get the hell out of this room!"
"You get the hell out of this room!"
"Ugh!" Kim groaned loudly and jumped up, purposely swinging her hand at Rocky's head. Rocky dodged Kim's hit and as she angrily stomped out of the room, she could hear Rocky laughing in a mocking way.
Rocky watched her leave. He sighed as he intertwined his hands behind his head and leaned back on his chair. In some strange way, Rocky was glad to be back with his friends. But he was also angry at them. So angry that he could barely see straight sometimes.
He was always forgotten by them. That much he knew. He was a red ranger, sure he wasn't the leader of the team, Saint Tommy had to fill that role, but he was still a red ranger, nonetheless.
So why didn't Tommy call him for that red ranger mission on the moon?
Rocky couldn't remember where or who he heard it from, but he knew there was a red ranger moon mission. And he heard that Tommy was the leader of that mission. And even Jason came back for it. Jason, the same Jason who seemed to disappear off the face of the Earth after the Turbo rangers saved him and Kimberly from Divatox. And Jason, the same Jason who he replaced and who then replaced him. Rocky guessed that that's just the way karma works. Since he took Jason's place as the red ranger, it was only fitting that Jason took his place on the team when he came back as the gold ranger.
And Tommy. Rocky wasn't just angry at him, he was pissed. Tommy stole his best friend from him. Rocky and Adam had done everything together. And then Adam became the green ranger and second-in-command and all of a sudden, there was no room for Rocky. Instead, it was always Adam and Tommy. Then Jason came and it was the three of them.
Rocky's eyes flashed red, remembering that Tommy had forgotten that he was a red ranger, too. And so Rocky gets left out again. He still had the red ranger power of the Ninjetti. So why wasn't he invited to the party?
Angry, Rocky jumped up and kicked his chair across the room. An image of Aisha flashed through his mind. He felt his eyes tear up and he balled up his fists and banged it against the wall. And Aisha...she left him. Didn't even think about him or anyone else. She just up and moved to a different continent. And for what? To help a bunch of sick animals? He shook his head. Obviously, a crapload of sick animals mattered more than he did. And what happened after that? He got new powers and was demoted from red ranger to blue ranger. Not even to second-in-command!
Rocky exhaled loudly. He gave the chair one last kick and walked out of the room, nearly bumping into Adam.
"Was that you making all that noise?" Adam asked.
"Shut up." Rocky shoved Adam out of the way with his shoulder.
Adam's eyes flashed red as he shoved Rocky back. "What the hell, man?"
"Shut up," Rocky said again. "Why don't you go hang out with your best friends?"
"What!" Adam looked angry and confused as Rocky walked away. He stared after Rocky. "What the hell is his problem?" he asked out loud to no one in particular.
"Maybe you are." Tommy showed up out of nowhere and smirked at Adam.
Adam rolled his eyes. "Oh, why don't you shut up!" Adam angrily stomped away, thinking about how angry he was feeling. He didn't even know why he was so angry. All he knew was that when he saw his old friends again, at first he was actually a little bit excited, maybe even a little happy. But now...he just wanted to rip them to shreds. Get that smug look off of Jason's face. Break all the bones in Tommy's hand. Kick Rocky senselessly until he begged for mercy. And ignore Aisha and Kimberly as if they did not exist. Just as they did when they both moved away from Angel Grove.
He tried to keep in touch with them. Both of them. He wrote Kim weekly and tried to call her at least once a month to see how she was doing. He felt like they were becoming good friends. But she never replied. The only thing he ever read from her was that letter that she had written to Tommy.
With Aisha, he made a bit more of an effort. After all, they had known each other since they were children. Adam would stay up late and call at times when he was certain that Aisha was awake. He would save up his money to buy calling cards to Africa every week and even sent some care packages to Aisha so she wouldn't forget about them. But it was obvious that she had. He hadn't heard from her since they were turned into children by Master Vile, Rita's father.
So he just didn't try anymore. With anybody.
Adam prowled the halls, looking for something to do. He was trying to avoid Lothor's two annoying nieces. All they did around him was blabber on and on about how they were excited to have new family members and all. Gosh, he knew he always tried hard at trying to find someplace he belonged, but he hoped he wasn't as irritating as these two girls.
He passed by Cam's cell and saw the green ranger on the ground, holding a hand to his face.
"He...help...he...hel...help me..." he coughed out, seeing Adam pass by.
Adam stopped in front of him and watched him for a bit. "Why should I?"
"Ppp...puh...please."
"You're pathetic, green ranger," said Adam. "I know what you're thinking. You're trapped here and you're waiting for your friends to come and save you. Well, here's news for you: your friends...they don't really care. Nobody really does. Everyone just leaves you and ignore you and act as if you don't exist. Because you don't."
Adam spit on the ground and continued walking.
"Where do you think you're going?" Jason stepped out of the shadows and stood in front of Adam.
"What's it to you?" he retorted.
"You think you'll be Lothor's favorite if you go down and destroy the rangers yourself, don't you? You've always had some weird thing about you. Giving up practically everything so people'll like you. So people will be your friend." Jason laughed and his eyes flashed red. "How'd that work for you? Or can every friend you've ever had been prone to wear one color or another for a long period of time?" He stood toe-to-toe with Adam. "You should've just stayed in Stone Canyon. Then we wouldn't have had to give up our powers to you. I would've been leader longer and I would've been the most powerful ranger alive."
"Shut up, Jason. You didn't even give me your powers."
"Maybe not. But that's only because I can find that ape man anywhere around. So I guess you'll have to do."
"For what?"
Jason raised a fist in Adam's face and swung it, but stopped a couple of centimeters from his nose. He laughed, seeing Adam's eyes close suddenly, preparing for the hit. "Can't even defend yourself." He shook his head, walking backwards. "And you call yourself a ranger..." Jason laughed again, taunting Adam. He waved his fist around and punched himself in the chin. "Better watch out, Black. Never know who's in the shadows."
Thanks for reading! Please let me know what you think. I know there's not really much action going on in this chapter, but I wanted to show that even though they're evil, the psycho rangers still had their human emotions and thoughts. Just leaning a bit more towards the dark side.