Prophecy Retrieval
"Rangers, there is something I want you to retrieve," Mentor Ji told his students.
It had been a week since Emily's encounter with her father, and she seemed to be doing better.
"What is it, Mentor?" Jayden asked, taking up his leading role.
"There is a prophecy I need you to get. It is found in a cave not far from here, but it is protected," the older man explained.
The rangers nodded and left.
They went into a cave and found it had three passages.
"Split up," Jayden told the team.
"Who with who?" Kevin asked.
"Mia and Emily go to the right. Kevin, you and Antonio go in the middle. Mike and I will go in the left. If you find someone contact the rest of the team," Jayden ordered.
They nodded and went their separate ways.
~With Antonio and Kevin~
They walked in silence.
"We should have brought a lamp, I could barely see," Antonio whined.
"Use some symbol power, Light Samurai," Kevin told him.
Antonio laughed and did as he was told. They continued to walk. Kevin stepped on a brick, without noticing and some type of creatures appeared.
Kevin and Antonio got ready. They morphed and stood back to back. The creatures, which looked like ancient animals.
~With Jayden and Mike~
Jayden lit a piece of wood and used it as a torch. They walked and talked about the girl they loved.
"So I see she's doing a lot better. I never got to asked you how the meeting with her dad went," Mike said.
"He said somethings, but other than that, it was okay. She's doing okay," Jayden answered back.
They were at a dead end. Jayden looked down from a cliff they were on top of. When they turned, there were the ancient animals, standing there.
~With Mia and Emily~
Emily and Mia had no way of lighting the way. Mia being a wind samurai and Emily being a earth samurai.
"How are you?" Mia asked.
"I've been better," Emily answered, truthfully.
"I haven't been able to talk to you in a while," Mia whispered, "I miss that."
"I do too," Emily responded. "I'm sorry I haven't been a good friends, the last couple of weeks."
"It's okay. As long as you get better," Mia answered.
They heard something from behind. They turned to see figures.
"Damn," Emily muttered.
~Antonio and Kevin~
Antonio used his barracuda blade and attacked. He seemed to be having no problem. Kevin on the other time, was having a hard time.
That confused the two rangers, because Kevin was a better samurai.
Antonio turned to see Kevin get doubled team. The creatures got Kevin to power down and tied him up.
"What are you doing?" Antonio asked.
"He must be destroyed," one said.
"We apologize if we got the wrong one," another said.
They knocked Antonio out and left with Kevin.
~Jayden and Mike~
Jayden and Mike morphed and stood ready.
The creatures attacked. Jayden and Mike moved, causing some to fall off the cliff. Mike laughed.
They started to fight. Jayden noticed that they mostly went to Mike.
While Jayden wasn't paying attention, he was worried for Emily, a creature got him. He fell off the cliff and was holding on the edge. Mike ran to help.
"Deja-vu," Mike said. The creatures got Mike and tied his hands behind his back. Mike struggled, and the creatures hit him hard enough, to demorph him.
Jayden got to the surface and glared at the creatures.
"What do you want with him?" Jayden asked.
"There are three. One more. One is the right one. They all must be destroyed," one said.
A creature hit Jayden hard enough to knock him out.
~Mia and Emily~
"Do you see anything?" Mia asked the yellow ranger. They had morphed and were ready to attack.
"Give us the girl, and we'll let you go," they heard. Both turned and looked at the figure.
"Who?" Emily asked.
"You," it answered.
"Why?" Mia asked, standing in front of Emily.
"You must be destroyed with the others," it said.
Mia and Emily were attacked from all the sides. Emily fought as hard as she could, Mia tried to protect her.
A creature hit Mia, demorphing her. Emily stood in front of her.
"Emily!" Mia shouted, as a creature got her.
"Stand up, and don't move, or this girl gets it," it said.
Emily stood up and some creatures wrapped a silver rope around her. It started to shock Emily, and she screamed in agony.
"Stop it!" Mia shouted. "What are you doing to her?"
"Causing her to demorph," one answered, with no emotion.
Once Emily fell, unconscious, the creatures picked her up and left. One stayed to make Mia lose consciousness.
A scream woke the three rangers up. When hey remembered what had happened, the three remaining rangers ran threw the tunnels. They met at the end of their tunnels.
"Jayden, Antonio, some creatures took Emily," Mia told them.
"They took Kevin, too," Antonio said.
"Also, Mike," Jayden told them. We have on more way to go.
In front of them, was an entrance to a dark tunnel.
Jayden lit a torch and led the way. They walked all the way, until they entered a room.
In the middle of the room, were three tables. Each held someone. None were awake.
Emily was in the right, Kevin was in the middle, and Mike was on the left.
They seemed to have been beat. They saw the creatures around another table.
"The prophecy," Jayden whispered.
The creatures moved away and went to Emily's table.
One had a short knife and raised it above her chest.
"NO!" Jayden screamed and he charged forward, morphing in the progress.
The other two went to help. They fought until the creatures retreated. Then they got the three weak rangers off the table.
Jayden went to the other table and saw a tablet. He got it, put it in a bag, and went to help get Mike out. They head home, each helping a ranger out.
Once at the Shiba house, Mentor Ji gasped when he saw a beaten Mike, Kevin, and Emily.
"What happened?" Mentor Ji asked.
They three awake ranger explained. Jayden got the tablet out and gave it to his father-figure.
The mentor read it out loud:
"At a time after pain,
A ranger that once attacked another,
Will hold the heart of darkness,
And will betray the team,
The only way to set the ranger free,
Is to stop it by death."
Their eyes widened.
They will have to kill one of their own.
To Be Continued...
On Darkness Within...