So here is part 2 of the 3 part chapter.

WHITE LIGHT

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WHITE LIGHT PT 2

The rangers cheered at the Nighlok fell and victory was theirs. Walking back to the town square where they left Emily, Mike began to jump with excitement.

"Wow, who would have thought that Emily would be the one who saved us!" he said as he walked backwards while talking to them.

"Yea your right Mike" said Kevin "I thought we were doomed for sure. I wonder how she did it though."

"Jayden, you were the one who encountered Emily, could you tell us what happened?" Questioned Mia

He didn't know what to say for once, usually he always had an answer but what could he say, everything was so complicated. They would question everything and he could not have that, for many reasons, one being that it would all lead back to him being a Nighlok, two he really would prefer they not know his whole river adventure, and three…Mike.

Everyone knew how Mike felt about Emily. Except maybe Emily, who just thought mike was friendlier than everyone else. Mikes feelings about Emily had long been known to Jayden, since the beginning he knew about how Mike felt. In the beginning Jayden never really gave it much thought though. He did of course think Emily was quite cute but he had never sat around and thought about her like that. His feelings for her were only that of friendship, up until he was faced with losing her a while back. That day when he had made his fateful choice that had been the first time he felt strongly about Emily, or perhaps it had just been the first day he realized he felt strongly for her.

Up until that day he was quite content with letting Mike and Emily fall for one another. But now, now he was felt like he had backstabbed Mike. He never contested the truth when Mike had questioned him a while back, but he did not confirm it either. He simply allowed Mike to just believe what he wanted to believe.

He did not want to lie to his team but he could not tell the complete truth either so a vague answer would have to do. "You know, she just kind of showed up suddenly and when she did it was a big distraction." In truth it was her kiss that brought him a sense of clarity but the moment could quite honestly be described as a distraction. "I guess it was enough for me to get the jump on the Nighlok, so I guess we owe our lives to Emily."

Serena walked in front of everyone and stopped. "Wait, we cannot condone this, I know my sister helped but it was our parents' wishes that she stay away, they don't want her to be part of this anymore, when we see her it's okay to thank her but please send her away, for her own safety."

"I don't think I can do that Serena, I have missed Emily way too much, we all have." Said mike as he put a hand on her shoulder.

She pushed his hand away. "No, mike you have to! I'm not asking; if our parents find out they will be furious."

Mia stepped forward this time. "We understand what you are asking Serena and your heart is in the right place but…."

"There are no buts about it, why aren't you all listening to me." Serena snapped

Kevin nodded his head, "I think what Mia is trying to say is, you parents might be your parents but they are thinking more about what they want than what Emily wants."

"Yea, Life always ends in death and its never completely safe no matter what you do, but the important thing is you live life happy, and Emily is happy with us, she was heartbroken when she had to leave, I think this is her choice to make and no one else's." Said Antonio

Serena looked to all the faces of her new teammates. They all seemed very set in this opinion, it was clear they all wanted Emily back in their lives. She did not want to put Emily back in harm's way but she did accept that it could be of no real harm if she were allowed to at least spend time with them.

"Oh alright Emily can spend time with us, but I have some terms if this is going to happen…"

As she went on about her terms Jayden thought this would be a good time to sneak off and try and reach Emily before everyone else had a chance. He needed to talk to her first. He walked all over the town square but could not find her anywhere. He knew she had to be here somewhere; she wouldn't just leave after what had happened would she.

"Are you lost?" came the voice of a little girl, brown hair, and green eyes no more than 8 years old.

He looked down to the little girl. "No, I'm not lost, but a friend of mine is and I'm trying to find her."

"Hmmm, maybe I can help you." She piped

"Ha, Maybe." He said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the group photo of himself and all the other rangers. "See the pretty blonde girl next to me in this photo, that's the girl I'm looking for."

"Oh her! I don't know where she is now but she is with that guy." She chirped as she pointed to a man in the photo.

"This man here?" he asked her again to confirm.

"Yup, he is hard to miss; he has a funny dress on." She laughed "Oh but she was sleeping when he took her away, funny place to sleep though, she was sleeping just over there on the ground. I tried to sleep outside once my mom got real mad, the pretty girl is sooo lucky"

Jayden thanked her and watched her skip away before he took off in a mad dash back to the Shiba house.

Running in the door he began looking high and low for Ji and Emily. "Ji!" He yelled "Emily!"

Finally from behind him came the voice of the one he wanted to see more than anyone. "Jayden?"

He turned and there she was. A bit of dirt on her face but otherwise unharmed. Relived he reached for her and pulled her into his arms. Holding her close he whispered in her ear. "Are you okay, someone in town told me you were laying on the ground?"

She pulled away from him and looked him in the eyes. "I really don't know." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a white shimmering stone. Shocked swept across Jayden's face upon seeing that stone again. He recognized it as the stone his mother once wore around her neck. When he was a child she would tell him it was a magic stone that kept the monsters away.

"Where did you get that" he said as he reached for the stone.

"DON'T TOUCH IT JAYDEN!" shouted Mentor Ji from behind as he smacked Jayden hand away from Emily's

"That was my mother's she told me she lost it…right before she got sick too." He trailed off

"Jayden please you and Emily come with me we need to talk…somewhere private."

20 minutes later they found themselves back at the very spot at the river where Jayden's mother had died. "Why are we here Mentor?" Jayden asked disapprovingly. "I have already faced my past."

"No Jayden you have not, because you do not know the truth." He motioned for Jayden and Emily to sit by the river bed with him.

"The truth?" Jayden reiterated as he sat down by Emily

A saddened look crossed Ji's face "Your father is the reason for everything, Jayden."

His father's fault? It made no sense; his father told him everything was his fault "I don't understand?"

Ji sighed and begun to tell his tale, the truth.

When your mother was pregnant she was very ill, as you were in her womb. Your father was terrified; the thought of losing his wife and son was too much for him. So late nights when you mother was home and sleeping your father would sneak out, and spent much time with a woman named Sasha. He never loved the girl but he did intend on her to get pregnant in the event you died before conception. He knew he needed an heir and he made sure he would have one.

Sasha fell madly in love with your father and grew jealous of your mother. She was told your mother was ill and would not make it so she did nothing at the time to tempt your father. Months went by and your mother was getting worse, she was 8 months pregnant now and still knew nothing of the affair.

One night when you father was with his mistress you mother drug herself from bed and came to see me. She told me she wanted nothing more than for you to live, her only son. The doctors had said many times they did not know what was wrong with your mother only that whatever it was, would kill her. I had for years after the half defeat of Master Xandred suspected your father had a secret.

While he was still a ranger things began to happen. A month before the great battle your father feared he was too weak. Battles were getting harder and even with the team it was a struggle. Then as if out of the blue he became stronger, faster, and the Nighlok were falling faster than ever before. He said he had been training harder. The night Xandred was defeated he glared at your father; he said "You are a traitor red ranger; your progeny will suffer for your disloyalty."

I suspected you father had become part Nighlok, I questioned him many times and he always denied it, he also to my knowledge ever changed so I could not prove anything, not until the night your mother came to see me. I told her what I had believed for many years but could not prove. She told me I was crazy, she told me your father would never do such a thing, she had so much faith in him. I told her if he had been a Nighlok I could prove it that night. With the White Stone you hold in your hands now.

When a great evil is born into the world an equal great good power must also be born in order for balance to exist. As a protection for the Nighlok the only way to enter their world is to be a Nighlok, but everything must have a counter. When the first Samurai rangers were created their morphers were ancient power crystals. RED, BLUE, PINK, YELLOW, and GREEN. However there was a 6th. The white power crystal. Many times they tried to use it and create a white power ranger, but nothing ever happened. One day in battle they discovered that by wearing the crystal the Nighlok's power would weaken. Touching the Crystal to them would kill them.

The Original rangers used this power to make battles easy but it came at a price for all things must stay in balance. The day they went to battle Xandred the crystal betrayed them; it turned a dark shade of black, so when the red ranger went to use the power seal that would destroy Xandred it instead temporarily sealed him. For years new rangers would try to use the crystal and each time it would turn black, they soon learned the more corrupted you were the sooner it would turn and each time it turned its curse would be different.

When your father was a ranger we no longer allowed the use of the crystal we instead locked it away. In your fathers greed for power he became a Nighlok. He however managed to have absolute control of his changes and to this day I do not know how. Anyways I knew the crystal weakened Nighlok or killed them. I had hoped that since you were your father's child if we gave the crystal to your mother it would show us the truth. I was correct on this matter. Your mother's heart was pure and of good intent and it healed her and you, the Nighlok blood inside you was destroyed and your mother cured. In the event your father would harm your mother I insisted she keep the stone. She put it on a chain and wore it around her neck.

For years your father had since complained being around your mother made him feel weak but he seemed to put up with it. He had no idea why this was and he never seemed to suspect and thing. You grew older and so did the child your father had with the Sasha. It is my belief that the Nighlok DNA can only be passed on once which is why your half-sister was not afflicted by it nor was her mother.

Around the time your mother died, she had found out about your fathers affair. The little girl showed up at your home asking for her father. Your mother was heartbroken and filled with many dark emotions; I suppose she would have been okay if she had not acted on her anger. She went to Sasha's home and she burned it to the ground with both Sasha and your sister still inside. The crystal betrayed her moments later, it started to burn around her neck and she ripped it off. The following day she was poisoned. Weeks later…as you know she died.

Anger, disappointment, and confusion were the only things Jayden felt. He didn't know what to think. The father he once thought was a great ranger was nothing more than a cheater. His mother was a murderer and all these years Ji had known the truth and had not told him. Then to top it all off the girl he cared about was now in possession of a stone that apparently had mind of its own.

Jayden began to stutter in his rage. "What…what am I supposed to do with this information?" he yelled as he thrust a large rock into the river where his mother died. "Everything I have ever known is a lie!"

"Jayden please understand, this was a truth I myself never even wanted to know, much I only know because your mother sent me a letter before she died, as well she is the one who sent me the crystal."

Hours went by and they sat in complete silence while Jayden processed all the new information he was given.

Emily sat and fiddled with the white crystal in her hand. "Mentor?" she said calmly "Why? Why did you give this to me if you know what it can do?"

Jayden Immediately turned his head to look at Emily. He had forgotten all about her, he was so consumed in trying to understand his parents that he had forgotten all about Emily.

"Because Emily, from the moment I met you I have always known that you would be the one with the purest intention and if ever the need were to arise, I knew you could handle the crystal. Jayden…being what he is now….could be a problem as you saw earlier today, as long as you wear that crystal but never allow it to actually touch Jayden his Nighlok form will be suppressed until the day we can find a cure."

"Won't this weaken him though?" she asked with much concern in her voice. "I mean it's great that it will keep Jayden human but, won't he need to be able to fight Nighlok still?"

Before Ji could answer Jayden cut in. "No, Emily it won't matter, because you will not wear that thing, we will find another way."

"Jayden if the gem is not near you, we risk losing you, possibly forever." Ji rebutted

"And if Emily wears it I risk…. I mean we risk losing her forever."

While the men argued over what to do, Emily sat in silence lost in her own thoughts. She was confused, she felt like the little gem was talking to her. She knew that had to be impossible but it seemed as though it was, it was not like direct word but she knew the thoughts coming to her were not her own. But she felt like she could trust them, she felt like everything would be okay, because the gem was meant to come to her.

Interrupting the boy she spoke. "It's okay!" she shouted above them. "I am meant to control this power, I…I just know it, I feel like there was a greater purpose to this gem other than to corrupt people with power."

"What are you talking about Emily?" asked Jayden as he stopped his argument with Ji and turned to her. "Last time you used that thing to help me, you felt flat on the ground apparently and passed out, do you want to tell what that was all about?"

Ji interrupted "I don't know, that was the first time anything like that has ever happened, but what do you mean used the gem, Emily that gem is supposed to suppress the Nighlok on its own, you should not have had to do anything but be in the area."

Emily again felt the voice of the gem. "In the possession of its guardian it can be controlled and used at will instead of as it feels." She spoke, but the words did not feel like her own.

"Where did you come up with that idea?" asked Jayden as he looked at her like she was crazy.

"No,…No Jayden, I don't think Emily came up with that idea…I think…I think its talking to her."

"This is crazy! It's a rock! It can't think, it can't talk, it's a rock, a rock with messed up powers! Nothing more!" ranted Jayden as he forgetful reached over to Emily and pulled the gem from her hands.

"Jayden NO!" they both yelled, but it was too late, it was killing him.

"Stop!" cried Emily "Please stop!" she felt silly for yelled at what Jayden called a messed up rock but she hoped that if it could really communicate with her perhaps she could do the same.

Jayden fell to the ground in agony, and then in a flash he felt nothing. No pain, nothing. He was alive and still holding the messed up rock.

Knowing now that there was more to this but truly Emily could control what he would forever refer to as ' the messed up rock' he conceded to letting her wear it, but one mess up and he would throw it into the deepest body of water he could find.

It was late and Ji and returned back to Shiba house already. Leaving Jayden and Emily to themselves to talk before seeing the others again.

"So are you sure you want to do this?" Jayden asked her as they walked side by side back to the house.

She laughed. "Yes for the millionth time, I will be fine and I promise if anything happens we will get rid of it okay." She reassured him as she took his hand in hers.

Her holding his hand felt good, but off. He had wanted to get closer to her but this was backwards. He stopped and rearranged their hands so they were no both hand in hand, fingers intertwined. "I think this is how it's supposed to be done." He said with a smile.

Things would be different from this point on and they both knew it, no words had been spoken but they both knew, they would be with each other no matter what.

Okay everyone sorry if it was hard to follow, i reread it many time to make sure it made sense but if you have any questions just submit them in a review or PM and i will answer it for you, so long as it is not a spoiler.

Will have next chapter up soon