A/N: One week till my bday! Ah, so excited! BTW, I'M SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE! I'M SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY! Can you forgive me…? *cries* I hope you like this chapter!
Disclaimer: I'm not even gonna hope anymore. Saban, you win.
ROSEMARY'S P.O.V.
I was in a field. I didn't know where, but I knew that I was in a field. There wasn't a tree or a building for miles, and the only sounds I heard were the crickets chirping in the night. This seemed like a good place to settle down tonight. Coyotes and Mountain Lions don't go into fields…right?
JAYDEN'S P.O.V.
"Who was with her last?" I asked everyone tensely. Rosemary had been missing for over two hours, and we still hadn't come up with any trace of her.
"No one. After her little…encounter…with Mike, she walked outside alone. That was the last time I saw her." Mia said, fretfully. She had grown close to the girl, and was extremely worried for her safety.
I can't believe I let this happen. Rosemary is under my care, and I should have been watching her. Because of me, she's out there somewhere, probably shaking in her shoes.
"You can't blame yourself, Jayden. You never could have known that she would do this." Emily said, laying her hand on my arm. I put my hand on hers and smiled at her. She knew all of my worries.
"You're right, Em. But, that still doesn't make me not blame myself. We have to find her." I addressed the last part to the group and they all nodded.
"Wait, guys, Rosemary and Jayden are related, right?" Mike asked. We all looked at him insanely.
"Right. Okay, so, Jayden, where would you go if you wanted to be alone?" He asked. His plan actually made sense.
"Mike, that's genius!" Antonio said.
"Well, I do have my GREEN moments." He said, laughing, until Antonio swiped him on the arm.
"Anyway…" Mia said, motioning for Jayden to continue.
"I would definitely go someplace quiet, where I wouldn't be disturbed by anyone or anything." I said thoughtfully.
"So, where's the only place that you can't hear any cars, and there aren't any buildings, and not a lot of trees?" Kevin asked. It was the first thing he'd said all night.
"McGregor's Field!" Emily exclaimed. It was perfect. Quiet, nothing in the way. The exact place I would go to clear my head. Which meant there was a good chance Rosemary was there too.
"Team, let's head out." I said and we sprinted out the door.
EMILY'S P.O.V.
By the time we had gotten to the field, it was well past midnight, and the darkness surrounding us made it nearly impossible to see. Luckily, Antonio always came prepared with his portable lightzord.
"Lightzord, show us the way to Rosemary!" As if someone had commanded the sun to rise early, a sudden burst of light filled the field, providing great views of the endless grass plains. It was easy to see everything, from the little pebbles on the ground, to the large trees looming over us.
As one, we called out Rosemary's name repeatedly, fanning out throughout the field.
"Rosemary—aah!" I shrieked as I tripped over a lump on the ground. As I looked closer, rubbing my ankle, I realized that the lump was a girl sleeping on the ground. She looked up startled into my eyes, and glared at me.
"Rosemary! We've been looking everywhere for you!" I said enthusiastically.
"Oh, really? Was I in the way again?" She said mockingly. I could tell she was thoroughly pissed, but under that there was her constant layer of sadness.
"What? Oh." I said, coming to the realization that she had overheard my conversation with Mia.
"Yeah, oh. Why didn't you just tell me how you felt?" She said, a bit beggingly. She must have been genuinely hurt by my words, and I felt really guilty. I didn't mean to say those things, or to have her hear them.
"I didn't tell you because it's not really true. It was just my own insecurities, and I came to realize that Jayden could easily balance both of us in his life. I didn't really mean that you were in the way, it was just the chip on my shoulder that has now been brushed off." I said, smiling. She weighed me in her mind, and then smiled back. I was glad that this was now behind us.
"Jayden! I found them!" We turned to see Kevin leaping towards us. Jayden came from the other side, and immediately kneeled down beside Rosemary.
"Are you ok?" He said, shaking her shoulders. "You had me worried! Why did you run away?" He asked. Rosemary looked at me, and I shook my head at her. I really did not want Jayden to know about my stupidity.
"Nothing anymore, don't worry. It won't happen again." Rosemary said, and Jayden sighed in relief. Finally he turned towards me and grabbed my hand.
"Thank you, Em, for finding her." He said, his eyes glowing with happiness and gratitude. I smiled back adoringly and took his hand as help getting up.
Suddenly, a shooting pain comes across my left ankle. It's like lightning had struck this one specific spot, and fall back down on the ground with a hiss of pain.
"Emily? Em, what's wrong?!" Jayden said frantically.
"My ankle. I just twisted it, nothing serious." I said, even as I watched with my very own eyes as a dark brown and black bruise developed quickly and it started to swell.
"We should probably get it checked out by Ji, just to be safe. Come on, you can ride on my back." Jayden said caringly. He kneeled down so I could get on but in that very same second, a blast came out of nowhere and hit the spot where Rosemary had been sitting only moments before she crawled over to my side. Jayden and the others Rangers snapped to attention, but I struggled from my sitting position to stand, before Rosemary put her hand on my shoulder and I sagged in defeat.
"Rangers! Come play with me!" A grotesque nighlock yelled tauntingly. It skipped around the field, blasting a red laser wherever it wanted to.
"Rangers! Go, go Samurai!" Jayden yelled and they all transformed. I longed to be with them. But I knew that if I couldn't even stand, I would just be a burden in their battle.
They fought hard and strong, but they couldn't land a dent on the nighlock. In fact, the nighlock wasn't even trying to land blows on them. It was almost…distracting them. Suddenly, the realization hit me that the rangers weren't its target. We were.
I quickly covered Rosemary's body with my own just as an arrow was shot and skimmed the top of our heads. We would have been goners had I hadn't ducked with her. I turned to see Dayu holding an unfamiliar looking bow and quiver of arrows, aiming directly at us. She shot more arrows, one of which clipped me in the shoulder but I still managed to keep Rosemary out of harms way.
"Emily, what is that!" She yelled, quivering under me.
"That's Dayu. Master Xandred's little musicmaker. She's probably here to take you away to get to Jayden. But, don't worry Rosemary, I won't let her take you." I said protectively, proceeding to shield her form two more arrows. One of them landed in the ground right next to us, a slimy green liquid dripping from it's point.
"Poison." I whispered, as I began to feel a burning sensation on my shoulder where the arrow had clipped me. I had to ignore it though, in order to protect Rosemary. Jayden would want me to protect Rosemary.
I tried another attempt at standing, but could only manage to get on one knee.
"Oh. The poor little yellow ranger is injured. Good, that'll make this task all the more easier." She said, and she snapped her fingers. Suddenly, the burning sensation in my shoulder spread to the entire left side of my body, turning from burning to a painful numbness. I clutched my shoulder and let out a gasp of pain.
"Emily!" Rosemary yelled. I continued to shield her, even though I felt like dying. The pain was so terrible. Dayu was coming closer.
"Rosemary, run!" I yelled at her.
"I can't leave you!" She yelled back at me. I shook my head viciously as Dayu just came closer, getting another arrow ready to fire.
"ROSEMARY, RUN!" I shrieked in her face. She seemed to get the message and tearfully nodded at me. She sprinted away from me towards the other rangers, who continued to fight the decoy nighlock, oblivious to what was going on. I looked at Dayu, ten steps away from me, and tried to crawl away, but the pain was too much. She raised her bow, and this time, the arrow landed in my heart.
A/N: DO NOT WORRY. THE STORY DOES NOT END HERE. I'm so so so so so so so so so so so sorry for not updating, and then proceeding to give you such a short chapter! Please don't hate me, because I love all of you! I will try to update as soon as I can, I promise! I've just got so much homework! High School sucks. Anyway, I hope you liked it. But, even if you hated it, review and tell me why so that I can make it better!
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