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Chapter 10
Gai tried to think of another possible way to escape. He kept coming back to the fact that he couldn't run though. It didn't matter if he did manage to get out of the cell, because the fact was he'd have to run to get away from Basco. He sighed and rested his head against the wall. He stared up at the ceiling, guilt starting to consume him. He couldn't believe he'd given Basco all the information needed to take Megaranger's grand power. "I betrayed my team," he whispered. "I betrayed a former sentai. My hero." He gently pulled his legs up to his chest, wincing and cringing.
"Gai-chan!" Basco said coming in. Gai looked up as Sally opened the cell door. Basco crouched down and set the tray of food down. "I did say that I would feed you and I don't need you dying of hunger. You're useless dead." Gai looked at the food uncertainly. He was pretty sure that Basco had done something to it. Drugged it or something. "Aren't you hungry?" Gai shook his head. He felt sick to his stomach just thinking about what'd happened earlier. "I have some work to do," Basco told him standing up. "If you don't eat Gai-chan, then I'll have to force feed you." Basco smirked at him and Gai shrunk back a little. He got the message. He couldn't get away with letting himself starve to death. Basco would make sure he stayed alive.
Gai waited until Basco and Sally were gone to reach for the food. He picked at the piece of bread with his fingers. He was surprised that it didn't actually taste that bad. His hand started shaking as he heard Mega Red asking him if he'd helped Basco. "It's true," he whispered. He set the bread down on the tray and realized both his hands were shaking. He suddenly couldn't see straight and threw the tray across the cell. He felt tears start to fall down his face. He curled up and grabbed at his hair with his hands. "I told him. I helped him." He wanted to get out of there. He knew Basco would want another grand power soon. "I won't help him again. I won't. I won't! If you can hear me Basco, I won't help you again!" Gai laid down on his side and stared out at the cell.
"I wonder what the others are doing," he mused. He imagined the door opening and Marvelous coming in instead of Basco. The others would follow, all happy to see him. He pictured himself going over, well crawling over, to the edge of the cell. Doc would assure him that he was safe and that he was going to be ok, with Ahim helping him. Marvelous would start muttering about how dead Basco was going to be. Gai imagined himself telling Marvelous how sorry he was that he'd helped Basco. That was when the Marvelous in his head stopped and nodded.
"That's right," he said. "You did help Basco. You helped him get a grand power that should've been ours."
"You spent all that time talking about how great the super sentai are," Luka agreed. "But you chose to betray someone you called a hero to save yourself."
"That doesn't sound very heroic indeed," Ahim nodded. "Gai-san, you acted very-"
"Weak," Joe cut in. "You're weak if you can't take a few hits to protect what you care about. I think that makes you a very bad pirate and an even worse super sentai."
"You betrayed us," Marvelous said lowly. "You aided our enemy, someone who has done so much to hurt us. You know we need every grand power, and yet you only thought of saving yourself from him." Marvelous suddenly turned and walked away. "If you want to live like a traitor, then you can stay with one. You two should get along perfectly."
"No!" Gai yelled. "Marvelous-san, please! Don't leave me here! Please! Help me! Please!" He blinked and started to cry. "Please! Please don't leave me here!"
Basco stood just inside the door, completely unnoticed. He smiled and laughed quietly as he listened to Gai cry. "I thought it would take longer to break him. Clearly I was wrong." He smirked. "Wonder how Marvey-chan would take the news?" He looked at Sally. "Keep the ship hidden. I'm going down to the planet for a little bit. Tomorrow Gai-chan will tell me another team. Or at least," he smiled as he left the room. "I'm going to start convincing him to."