UPDATE TIME! :) Almost done with this revision and I really love how it's turned out.
From that day on, Justin sort of reverted back to his old self. Kira tried to talk to him, but nothing worked. It also didn't help that he still was staying away from the command center, mainly because he couldn't face Tommy yet. Yeah sure he'd been in the same room as him when they were explaining Trent, but that was for moral support for Trent, especially knowing how bad Connor can be at times. Of course today would be different. Justin needed to ask Haley a question, but had to wait as she discussed something with Tommy. Tommy had apparently found a way to revert himself back to being normal. But unfortunately it came with a huge risk.
"Tommy, no. It's too dangerous."
"It's worth a shot Haley."
"Are you nuts?"
"Haley…" Tommy began, but Haley interrupted him.
"Tommy. It's not just me who's gone over these configurations. Justin has too. Even he says the risk it too high. I mean, he was right about the slime wasn't he?" She pointed out, reminding Tommy of the slime he thought would help him dimorph. It worked, to an extent. For one he was no longer stuck in his Ranger uniform; but the downside was that his invisibility power from his dino gem to kick into overdrive. Having Tommy invisible all the time meant it was pretty difficult to be in the house. You didn't know if he was in a room or where he was, unless he said something.
"What's going on?" Connor asked, as he, Kira, Ethan, and Trent came into Command Center.
"We might have found a way to revert Tommy back to his normal form. Unfortunately, it has way too much of a risk." Haley told them, giving them the gist of the problem.
"Well, what's the way to revert him back?"
"By using the power of his dino gem, we hope it will restore the balance of is invisibility problem. But like I've said, Justin and I have done extensive research on this and we both agree there's too great a risk with it."
"It's my choice." He said as he hooked himself up to the machine. "I can't be invisible for the rest of my life, especially with Mesagog running around."
Carefully Haley inserted the dino gem into the machine they were using for the procedure. Upstairs, Justin noticed the lights flickering and immediately headed downstairs, knowing what was happening. Just before he reached the bottom, he heard an explosion and quickened his pace. As he entered the room, he saw everyone huddled over Tommy, who was lying still on the table.
"Tommy? Tommy? Can you hear me?"
"You let him do it?" He exlaimed, emotion filling his voice. His presence shocked the four rangers, given they didn't see him when they arrived through the front door.
"I tried talking him out of it, but he was very adamant about doing it." Haley defended.
"Damn it Tommy!" He shouted, kicking a chair, tears threatening to fall in front of the others. He couldn't lose Tommy. Not now; not when he had yet to tell him how sorry he was for being such a jerk to him. "I'm calling an ambulance." He said, running back upstairs.
"Man, that guy's got serious anger issues."
"Connor, lay off." Kira scolded.
"No. The guy has serious issues and I'm tired of dealing with them."
"Connor, he's the one who gave me the courage to come to you guys after I became good. He may have some issues he's dealing with, but his heart is in the right place when it comes to the safety of others and saving the world." Trent defended
"Whatever. Until he starts showing it, I'm not going to believe it."
Hospitals, something Justin hated going to because of the memories associated with them. Haley followed the ambulance, while the others went off to fight the latest threat unleashed on Reefside. Justin stayed in the Command Center, hoping to help them out, especially when Mesagog's latest monster drained them of their dino powers. They found it impossible to morph and no matter how hard he tried, Justin couldn't find any sort of reserve energy to allow them to fight the monster morph. As they huddled around Tommy's bedside, they saw on the news that the monster was terrorizing the city again and Cassidy Cornell, who had managed to land the story, was assuring the people that the Power Rangers would never abandon the people of Reefside. This gave Trent, Kira, Ethan, and Connor the boost they needed to go out and fight as best they could; it's also what Tommy would've done and they didn't want to let him down. Haley left to go get some coffee, leaving Justin in the room with his friend. It was the first time he'd been alone with Tommy in a long while, despite the fact he was currently in some type of coma. After about 5 minutes, Justin finally found the courage to speak to Tommy, hoping it would help.
"I don't know what's going on in your head right now, Tommy but you have to fight it. They need you! Mesagog's monster drained their powers and only you can stop him." No response came, not even a twitch from some part of his body. "Come on Tommy, fight. Fight and wake up." He urged, eventually leaving the room because if he spoke anymore he'd be shouting. Besides, the nostalgia from the hospital was getting to him, worse than when Connor and Ethan had bombarded him with his past as a Power Ranger. He went outside, heading to Storm Blaster, taking several deep breaths of air. Storm Blaster asked if Justin was ok, and Justin assured him he was, he just needed some fresh air. His thoughts went to the other rangers fighting the monster.
"You think we can do it Storm Blaster? Think we can try and fight one of Mesagog's creations again?" The car gave him its response by blinking and producing the morpher. Justin grabbed it and put it on his wrist, deciding it was time to stop running away from his past.
Brief compared to my other chapters, I know, but as I finished writing this section, I felt like this was a chapter. Thanks to all who have reviewed. Means a lot to hear that you love the revision.
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