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Here's another chapter. I'm trying to get some out as soon as I can because I'll be heading back to school soon so...the chapters may take a bit to come out.
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Adam glared at each of them. He looked at the boy in yellow lying on the table. He was staring up at Adam with wide, dark brown eyes. His eyes kind of reminded Adam of Kimberly's. Adam dropped his head and closed his eyes, feeling an intense headache come upon him. He shook it off and opened his eyes. The blonde girl with blue eyes was staring back at him. She had a worried look on her face. He remembered seeing that look on Aisha's face so many times before. He clenched his fists on his lap and tensed his muscles.
Adam looked at the teenagers sitting in front of him again. "You know nothing," he spat out. He resisted the urge to spit on the floor again, even though he knew how much they seemed to hate it. He looked at the Asian boy, who was sitting next to the blonde girl. Even though he looked concerned, he almost looked as if he didn't have a care in the world. Like he was free and just wanted to have fun. Kind of like Rocky.
He yelled out in pain and resisted against his bonds. Adam saw the boy in red warn the others to not do anything. They seemed to be watching him closely. Adam focused his eyes on the boy in red and narrowed his eyes at him. This kid seemed like a natural-born leader. He was fearless for his friends and wanted nothing more than the best for them. Like someone else he knew...Jason.
"Is he okay?"
Adam snarled at the new voice that entered his mind. He didn't know where it came from or who it was, but everything just seemed to be hurting his head. More and more. Everything was almost spinning and he felt sick. Despite that, he was able to focus his eyes on the blonde kid who looked as if he'd survived through a thousand and one battles. Adam could see a darkness in this boy. He knew that at one point, this kid was evil. Or under evil's influence. He remembered hearing that from him earlier. And Adam could tell that he'd lived a hard life. He could see it in his eyes. It reminded him of Tommy.
Adam yelled out, struggling against the rope that held his arms down. He clenched his eyes close and tried to make his head stop hurting. He moved around in the chair and it fell to its side with Adam still tied to it. Adam continued to fight against his bonds and finally broke through them. He brought his hands to his head and maneuvered himself into fetal position, still yelling out in pain. He could feel bodies surround him and tried to kick anyone who tried to help him away.
"ARGHHH!" Adam yelled, holding his head. All the sounds seemed magnified and his head was pounding. He tried to sit up, but couldn't even raise his head.
"Adam, Adam," he heard. "Hey, look at me."
Adam refused to let this new person take his hands off of his head. He closed his eyes tighter.
"Adam, it's me. Open your eyes. It's me, Billy. Open your eyes. Everything will be okay."
Adam yelled out loud again and tried to shove Billy away from him. He felt hands on his arms and tried to fight against the force.
"Open your eyes, Adam! Just open them!"
Adam twisted his body away from Billy, still holding his head. "It hurts!" he cried out. He yelled again and could feel his eyes well up with tears. He clenched his eyes closed, feeling a few stray tears run down the side of his head.
"Open your eyes, Adam," he heard again.
This time, Adam was too exhausted to fight against whoever was forcing him to open his eyes. He felt someone gently remove his hands from his head and allowed himself to be helped to sit up. Adam could still feel his head throbbing and didn't want to open his eyes.
"You'll be okay. You will. Everything will be okay."
The familiar, caring voice surprised Adam. He opened his eyes slowly, blinking a lot, since his eyes weren't adjusted to the light anymore. "Where am I?" he asked in a small voice.
"You're in a safe place."
Adam blinked a few more times, with his eyes settling on the familiar face in front of him. "Bi...Billy? Is that you?" He wiped his face in his hands.
Billy nodded. "It's me."
"What...where...why?"
"What do you remember, Adam?"
Adam rubbed his head and looked around. He saw a group of teenagers that he barely recognized and Carlos, Cassie, Ashley, and TJ standing nearby. "I...I don't know. The only thing I remember is...leaving the set of the movie I was working on...and getting attacked by...something. And then...it's...it's almost like a dream." He exhaled and looked at Billy. "Tommy...and Kim...Jason...Rocky...Aisha...and..." Adam closed his eyes, trying to think. "...these two girls with...the weirdest hair...I don't know...fighting...getting power...I don't know...it's gotta be a dream, right?"
Billy shook his head. "It wasn't a dream."
"So..." Adam's voice dropped. "It was real? I was evil?"
Billy didn't say anything for a bit. "It wasn't you."
He looked around and nodded to the teenagers. "So...you guys..."
"The wind rangers," said the boy in red.
"And the thunder rangers," added another boy in red.
"I'm Shane."
"Tori."
"Hunter."
"Blake. And this is Dustin."
Adam looked at the boy in yellow who was smiling at him. He saw his bloodstained shirt and how he was holding his abdomen. "Did...I..."
Blake shook his head. "No...it was...someone else."
"Oh..." Adam nodded slowly. "What am I doing here?"
At once, alarms blared. TJ looked back at the screen. "Trouble, guys. The psycho rangers are in some sort of...rock quarry. I don't know. But whatever it is, it can't be good."
Billy nodded. "Go. Just let me know if you need anything."
Shane nodded and stood up. "Ready?" He looked at Tori and Blake.
They nodded. "Ready."
"Ninja storm. Ranger form!"
"Thunder storm. Ranger form!"
"Let's rocket!"
At once, the eight rangers morphed into their suits and disappeared. Adam managed to make his way onto a chair and was watching the screen. "So...they're..."
"Tommy and the others," said Billy.
Adam nodded, biting his lip.
Hunter limped over to him and sat down next to Adam. "Are you okay?"
Adam looked at the younger boy and nodded slowly. "Now that the ringing has kind of subsided...it does feel a bit better." He put his hand on Hunter's shoulder. "Thank you."
Hunter shrugged. "It wasn't anything. I know my friends would've done the same for me."
Adam nodded. "Yeah. But I'm not one of your friends. I'm just..some old guy who was apparently trying to kill you guys."
"Well...you were a Power Ranger. And...that kinda ties us together, right?"
Adam nodded again. "Yeah. I'm glad the Power's in good hands."
Hunter shrugged and gestured to his leg. "Can't do too much out there."
"Sorry about that..."
"It's okay. Really, it is." Hunter looked at the screen. "I just hope they find some way to get the rest of your friends back."
"I do, too. From what I could remember...we weren't really happy with each other. I just remember a lot of yelling and screaming. Not really what you would've expected from a bunch of friends." He scrunched his eyes in thought. "It was the first time I've seen them since...I left the power, I think. I don't even remember the last time I spoke to any of them. Even Rocky and Aisha. And I've known them since I was like 5 or something."
"What happened? There in the lair?" asked Billy. He sat down and pulled a table near that had the black psycho morpher on it.
Adam shrugged. "I don't really remember too much, but...it just seemed like everyone hated each other."
Billy looked at Hunter. "Is that what it was like when you and your brother were evil?"
Hunter shook his head. "No, it wasn't like that. Not until Choobo was telling me that my brother was evil and wanted me dead or something. Blake was cool, though. He...he really pulled me through."
"Blake's your brother?" Adam asked.
Hunter nodded. "We were both adopted. And Lothor killed our parents. At first, he told us that Sensei was the one who did it, but...it turned out to be him."
"That's strange, though," said Billy. "You're saying that all of them, Jason, Tommy, Kim, Aisha, Rocky, and yourself, were walking around hating each other? Why?"
Adam shrugged. "I don't really know."
"Earlier, I don't know if you remember, you said that you didn't know a Billy. Only the one who left without even saying goodbye."
"I'm sorry, Billy. I didn't mean it."
Billy nodded. "I know...but...I think deep down that you did mean it. In some way. And again, I apologize for leaving that day without saying goodbye. I should've waited for you. All of you. Before leaving the planet."
"It's okay, Billy. It is. I mean, they needed you then. How could I ask you to wait just a few more minutes just to say goodbye to us?"
"Again, I apologize. I am truly sorry. I didn't...I didn't realize that...that it was the wrong way to leave. I'm sorry. I should've said goodbye. You guys were my best friends and...I just left. I'm sorry."
"It's okay, Billy. You don't have to keep apologizing. It did hurt at one point, maybe somewhere in the back of my mind, but...I mean, I know why you had to leave."
Hunter laughed a bit. "Why don't you guys just...agree to leave it in the past?"
Billy and Adam looked at each other and nodded. Billy clapped a hand on Adam's back. "Fine by me."
"And me." Adam grinned at Billy. "So...how can I help?"
"Nice to see you again, rangers," growled Tommy. He and the other psycho rangers stood in the middle of the large rock quarry. They each held their weapons at their side.
"Tommy, we're here to help you!" TJ yelled, taking a step forward.
Tommy laughed. "Yeah. Like I need your help, Power Ranger." He took a step forward and held out his sword, pointing it toward the rangers. "Psychos-attack!"
Rocky held out his power lance and waved it around, heading toward Blake. Blake pulled out his thunder stick and waved it around. They charged each other at the same time, making sparks fly as Rocky's lance made contact with Blake's thunder stick. "Let's dance, blue," said Rocky. He moved his lance and used it to drop Blake to the ground.
"It's NAVY!" Blake yelled, jumping up. He again charged at Rocky, holding his thunder stick out.
Aisha approached Cassie and Ashley slowly. She was holding the lone dagger she had in her hand, waving it around. "I was sorta hoping that you would give my other one back to me."
"Come on now," said Cassie. "We're rangers, just like you. You were one of us."
"Yeah?" Aisha looked at Cassie up and down. "Well, sorry, lady. I just don't see it." She charged at Cassie and Ashley, holding her dagger in one hand. She kicked Ashley, dropping her to the ground and continued to kick her. Cassie tackled her from behind and tried to grab Aisha's dagger from her. "No, no, no," Aisha said, throwing Cassie off her back. "This is mine. And I don't like it when people try to take my things. That's why I want my other one back!"
"I'm beginning to really look forward to the times we get to meet up, blue ranger," Kim said, brandishing her bow before her. She took a step toward Tori. "We should meet up more often."
"Yeah, maybe when you're good!" Tori yelled, running toward Kim, holding her ninja sword. She raised it above her head and aimed it toward Kim, who promptly blocked it with her bow. She used her bow to tangle up the sword and threw it to the side. Tori tried to run for it, but Kim kicked at her to the ground.
"Get up, blue ranger! Let me see that water that you so forced upon me earlier!" Kim yelled. She kicked at Tori again, aiming for her helmet.
Jason grinned beneath his helmet as he saw the red ranger and black ranger approach him. "This is gonna be fun." He set off a series of kicks, aimed between both Shane and Carlos and continued kicking them until they couldn't take no more and dropped to the ground. Carlos rolled out of the way and Jason ended up between Shane and Carlos.
"Tommy, come on, man!" TJ yelled. "I'm not going to fight you!"
"Then, I guess you're just going to die." Tommy ran toward TJ, holding his sword high above him. TJ moved from Tommy's aim and continued to dodge each of his hits. "Funny, I don't remember asking you to dance, red ranger."
"Tommy!"
"Quiet, red ranger!" Again, he held up his sword and tried to slash at TJ. TJ dodged Tommy's sword again
Blake hit Rocky with his thunder stick, forcing Rocky to take a few steps back. With Rocky's defenses down, Blake took advantage and kept hitting him.
"Argh!" Rocky fell backwards and used his arm and lance to block Blake's hits. He rolled over to avoid the thunder stick and used his leg to kick Blake's out from underneath him. Blake ended up on the ground with his back against the dirt and Rocky held his lance at Blake's neck.
Blake raised his hands in surrender. He looked around for his thunder stick and saw it laying a few yards away from him. Rocky saw Blake looking at it and kicked it further away. He laughed in Blake's face and held the lance high above him.
Tori used her water blast to get Kim to back off of her. She jumped up and held her ninja sword in front of her. Kim paced in a few yards away from Tori, up and down. Tori mimicked her moves, not wanting Kim to get too close and making sure she was ready for any sudden attacks from Kim.
Kim held up her Power Bow and pulled out an arrow. She cocked the bow and carefully placed arrow, aiming it at Tori. "Any last words, blue ranger?" Kim pulled back the string and released.
"Tori!" Blake yelled. He kicked at Rocky, throwing him in the air, right in the line of Kim's arrow. It hit Rocky's shoulder and he suddenly demorphed and dropped to the ground, yelling and screaming in pain. "Oh no," Blake said to himself. He and Tori ran over to Rocky and knelt down next to him.
"I'll be back for you blue," Kim said. She looked around at the other psycho rangers. "Psychos, out!" she called. She waved her bow around and promptly disappeared. The other psycho rangers promptly followed and disappeared.
Blake and Tori demorphed as soon as they saw the psycho rangers disappear. "It...it...I...he...Tor..." Blake started. "I...I didn't...I didn't mean to."
Tori nodded, putting a hand on Blake's shoulder. "I know." She sadly looked down at Rocky, who was writhing in pain. He screamed and yelled, piercing her ears.
"It's not your fault, Blake," said TJ, also demorphed. Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos ran up to them.
"We should get back," said Cassie.
"Be carefuly with him," said Ashley. "Don't pull the arrow out and try to not move him too much."
"Billy, you get that?" TJ asked, bringing his wrist to his mouth.
"Yes, TJ," Billy answered through the morpher. "Teleporting Rocky now."
There's that chapter! Please review and let me know what you think.
