Trent followed the others back to town. He noticed that Kyoya and Alex were gone. He wondered if he should point it out or not. The others would want to know where Kyoya was since Sandra had attacked him. Trent himself wanted to know why Sandra was so intent on attacking Kyoya. He wasn't a ranger but yet, she seemed more interested in him than any of the rangers. Feeling he should go look for them, he walked up to Dr. O.
"Hey, Kyoya and Alex are gone. Mind if I go and find them?" he asked.
"Go on ahead, Trent, but be careful," Dr. O warned. Trent nodded and ran off in search of the two. He first ran back to the clearing where they had their meeting. He found footsteps in the dirt veering off from the group's and began to follow them. He picked up his pace until he was almost jogging. It wasn't long until he found the two, moving much slower than normal. Kyoya had a limp in his step but he seemed to be trying to hide it. Alex was waking slow so he could keep up, trying to make it so Kyoya wouldn't notice she was doing so. Sandra actually hurt him, Trent thought, seeing Kyoya wince a little after one step.
"Where are you two going?" he asked. Kyoya looked over his shoulder at him and Alex turned to face him.
"We're going to find Sandra," she answered.
Trent opened his mouth to protest but shut it after seeing the looks in both their eyes. They don't care what happens to them. They just want to make sure Sandra's ok. Trent smiled. Sandra's made some good friends.
He nodded. "Alright. The others wouldn't let you go but I will."
Alex blinked with confusion. Kyoya slightly smiled and nodded. Trent knew he knew why.
"Why are you letting us go?" Alex asked.
"Because right now, Sandra needs friends like you," Trent replied. "Friends who want to help her no matter what happens to them. Kyoya's already proven that," he added looking at Kyoya's leg.
"I'm fine!" Kyoya growled. Trent flinched a little but soon became calm again.
"Just promise to be careful, you two. And not a word of this to the others. I know I'm not supposed to let you go find Sandra," Trent explained.
"Then why are you? It's like you're disobeying an order," Alex commented.
"Well, I might be because Dr. O might actually want me to bring you two back, but they're going to be mad at me later," Trent answered, his eyes widening once he realized he'd said too much. Why can't you just keep your mouth shut?!
"Why are they going to be mad at you?" Alex asked, narrowing her eyes. Kyoya even looked interested.
"I might be keeping something from them," Trent said, trying to get out of telling them. He'd already told Sandra. Nobody else needed to know what he'd promised.
"What are you keeping?" Kyoya asked, his yes narrowed.
Trent sighed. With Kyoya staring at him like that, then there was no way of getting out of telling them the truth. "Fine, but you can't tell anyone else. Only Sandra and I know. Promise you won't tell anyone?" Alex and Kyoya both nodded. "Ok. I know who Mesogog really is. Mesogog is my father, better known as Anton Mercer."
"What?!" Alex exclaimed. "You're father has been Mesogog this entire time and you never told anyone?"
"How could I tell anyone? He took me when my parents disappeared and raised me as his own son. How could I betray him?" Trent explained.
Alex still looked as shocked as she was before, but Kyoya nodded with understanding. "You're lucky to have a father," he said. Trent blinked, confused. Was that grief and sadness he saw in the Kyoya's eyes? He never imagined he'd see that in his eyes.
Alex noticed this too, and whispered in Trent's ear, "His father killed his mother and is in jail."
Trent nodded and glanced back at Kyoya, who had turned his back once again. "Let's go, Alex," he said.
Alex nodded. "We'll talk later, Trent," she promised as she followed Kyoya, who was already limping off. Trent watched, wondering if they would make it back before dark with Kyoya walking like that. Turning, Trent headed back to town and found a bench to sat on. He became lost in his own thoughts. I can't believe I told them that my father was Mesogog. I can't tell anyone else. Nobody else. Not even Kira.
"Trent?" Trent was snapped out of his thoughts just as Kira came up and sat beside him. "Weren't you looking for Alex and Kyoya?"
"Yeah, but they were fine so I left them be," Trent answered. "You know how independent Kyoya can be."
"I haven't even known him that long and I know that," Kira replied. She then looked back at him, concern in her eyes. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah, I guess I'm just worried about Sandra," Trent said. Although it wasn't a lie, it wasn't the entire truth.
"Don't worry. We're all worried about her, but we'll find a way to save her," Kira assured him. "I promise we'll find a way to get the piece of her gem back."
"Too bad Haley isn't here or we could find an invisi-portal," Trent replied. Kira nodded.
"I'm going to head back. I'll meet you back at the hotel," she said, getting up and walking off. Trent watched her for awhile before looking up at the blue sky. He knew what he was doing now. It didn't matter what happened to him. He had to go and get the piece of Sandra's gem back sometime soon.
