Here it is. The next (but not final) chapter of Missing Pieces! Enjoy!
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Shifter walked back, timidly, to Venjix's lair. He had let the Black and Yellow rangers get away and knew that his master wasn't going to be happy. It wasn't like it was his fault though. If it was anyone's fault, it was the Nightmare-Ghost Bot. But then again, he was the one who built it...
"General Shifter...I hope you have a good explaination for why Subject D44 and the Yellow Ranger escaped," Venjix sneered as the robot walked into the main room.
"It wasn't my fault, Master Venjix. The Nightmare-Ghost Bot was the one fighting," Shifter insisted.
"Weren't you the one who built that stupid thing?" Tenaya said, glad she wasn't the one in trouble.
"Silence Tenaya!" Venjix ordered. Tenaya rolled her eyes.
"In my defense, I was the one who found out that those two were snooping around," Tenaya retorted. Venjix ignored her.
"Shifter, I'll give you one last chance. Destroy those two while they are still outside of the dome or I'll reduce you to metal scrap! Am I understood?" Venjix barked.
"Yes Master Venjix!" Shifter stated. "And not to worry. This time, I have the perfect plan!"
Summer was sitting on the trunk of Dillon's car, looking at the map Gem and Gemma had given them. She was trying to find out how they were going to get back to the dome.
'If we left the base from the south side, that means we have to go north. When we reach the base again, we'll turn west. That should take us back to the dome,' Summer thought. Dillon came up to her from the left.
"Everything looks fine with the car. We're good to go. You figure out how to get back?" Dillon asked. Summer nodded as she got off the car.
"We go north up to the base, then we head west. We'll be back at Cornith in no time," she responded, folding the map.
Oh, how wrong she was...
"Gemma, can you pass me the 2-inch screwdriver?" Flynn asked. Gemma nodded and handed it over. It was morning back at Cornith and, as agreed, they were working on their next project.
"Morning," Scott said as walked down the steps.
"Morning Scott!" Gemma said, chipper as always.
"Hey," Flynn added, not looking up from his work.
"What are you guys working on this time?" Scott asked, looking at the piece of machinery in front of the blue and silver rangers.
"Can't tell you," Gemma stated excitedly, before Flynn could even open his mouth.
"How...come?" Scott wondered, a bit confused.
"A good mechanic never reveals their work until it's completed!" Gemma said enthusiastically, giving Flynn the thumbs-up sign. Scott glanced at Flynn. The blue ranger shrugged.
"What can I say? I taught her well," he responded, going back to work. Scott smirked.
"I'm sure you have," he said, patting Flynn on the back and walking away. Flynn looked up as his leader said that. He had an extremely annoyed look on his face. Obviously, Scott was trying to remind Flynn of their conversation from the night before. And he was successful. Very successful.
"Uh, Flynn," Gemma said, confusion clouding her face. The Scot looked at her. "Um, what did Scott mean by that?"
Flynn's eyes widened. "Oh! Uh, nothing. Nothing. You know Scott. He's, uh, he's crazy," he said, clearly embarrassed. But Gemma seemed to buy it and continued to work. Flynn quietly whistled in relief before joining her.
"Doc, any sign?" Scott asked, walking into the lab and standing next to the team's 'mentor'.
"Nothing yet. They must be too far away from the dome to be able to transmit a signal. If they weren't, I would've found their location by now," Dr. K reported, continuing her typing. Scott sighed.
Dillon had run of many times, but this had to be the worst occasion yet. They had been gone for over a day. And while Dillon was accustomed to living in the wastes, Summer wasn't.
'Dillon will take care of her,' Scott reassured himself. 'They'll both be okay...'
He was wrong too...
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Sorry there wasn't much, if not any, romance in this chapter. But don't worry, lots of S/D and F/G coming up! (Obviously more S/D than F/G, but...that's not important...hehe)
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