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Fire. There was fire everywhere around Sora as she ran. From what she didn't exactly know or why she was even running in the first place. She just knew she had to run and get away from this place and whatever it was that was maybe following her.
She eventually came to a dead end and looked around as the flames and smoke became higher and thicker, but the sound of small steps was heard as a small child seemed to be approaching Sora. Sora turned around to face what was coming, but before she could see who it was that was coming her vision began to turn white.
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Sora wakes up with a start and looks to Cassie who had woke her up having fallen asleep while the whole group was at A&C hanging out/discussing what to do next.
"Look Zoelle herself said that diamond on that control necklace is unbreakable. How is it possible to break something unbreakable?" Adam asked reminding Sora of the conversation they were having before she fell asleep as she looked down. They were trying to figure out how to free Sora's mom from the control she was under, and Alvin had said he had an idea of what they could do which was about when she fell asleep.
"It might actually work. If that diamond is what I think it is then my idea should work." Alvin says as Sora looks to Cassie.
"Long story short he thinks that a plea to the one being held would work, but it would have to be a loved one." Cassie said.
Leo had his arms crossed "Sorry, but I don't think it would work. I'm not risking my best friend on a plan like that." Leo said.
Peter nods "Same. Sorry Alvin I do think it has a chance, but we can't risk our leader." Peter says as Sora frowns. Isn't it suppose to be her decision to go through with it if she wants to?
"But if it gets Sora back her mom shouldn't we at least try it?" Eva asked as she was in agreement with Alvin.
AV slams her hands on the table surprising and fully waking up Sora as the others were silenced all attention going to her "You all need to calm down and stop for a moment. This decision does not affect any of you. It's Sora's mom so it's Sora's decision to go through with it or not." She says as the others nod except Sora who mouths 'thank you' to the younger girl.
Sora gets up "Guys we have been going over ideas how to free her since we found out the truth about Zoelle, and well normally I wouldn't mind your guys help…" Sora starts.
"But this is my mom. My problem. My fight against Zoelle. So next time she shows up stay out of the way." She continues tensing up as she did so.
"My next fight with Zoelle will be the last…" she says not finishing her sentence Leo having an idea what she wanted to say, but wouldn't.
"No matter the cost. Right Sora?" he thought as they all get up.
"If you say so Sora, but do you have a plan for fighting her?" Adam asked as Sora shrugs.
"Not really. For this I think I'm just going to wing it." Sora said to him, and before anything else can be asked Sora leaves the place as Cassie watches on worried about her.
Leo noticed this and nudged her "Go talk to her. I know you want to for more than one reason." He says as Cassie looks away blushing.
"I-I'm sorry. I don't know what you mean." Cassie said as Leo shakes his head.
"Look I'm no good at this mushy stuff, but from how you've been acting you aren't sure if it's me you like Sora. Look if you still like Sora then go after her." Leo said in a whisper causing Cassie to blush a deep red.
"I-I-I but you…" she starts as Leo stops her shaking his head.
"Look Cassie you're a nice girl and all, but I consider you a friend and sister more than a possible girlfriend. Also I don't think things would work out that well between us." He says as Cassie pouts and trying to figure out if he was serious or not about what he was saying.
A few minutes passed and then Cassie ran out the door to go after Sora as the others watched. Adam nudges Leo as he grinned "Smooth move Romeo. You should be a matchmaker." He teased as Leo turns to glare.
"Shut it Cots. I'm just looking out for my friend." He said as Adam grinned.
"A friend which so happens you dated before, and are now setting up with the girl she had been trying to avoid before it was known she was a girl as well." Adam pointed out.
Leo growls as the others back away slowly except for Adam "I'd stop right there if I were you Cots." Leo warns.
"Oh come on you've been trying to get with Cassie all year. Not like you to go soft and wimp out." He says and Leo's hand clutches into a fist.
"Uh-oh." Eva whispers.
"Not again." Alvin groans.
Peter shakes his head at this as Leo lunges forward at Adam. The group knew it was inevitable that the two would get into a fight with each other yet again due to Adam, but at the rate they were going they both would end up getting banned for the month again.
"Let's stop them before they break something again." AV said as the group split up to stop one friend from tying to kill the other.
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Cassie walked about looking for signs of Sora eventually coming to the park where Sora was sitting on a swing her head hung low as if she was thinking.
"She must really be missing her mother." Cassie thought frowning as she approached her. Hearing footsteps Sora looked up and saw that it was Cassie who took a seat in the swing next to her.
"Sora…" Cassie starts looking to the girl who would barely look up at her.
"…I might have to kill Zoelle Cassie." Sora says interrupting and shocking Cassie.
"B-But she's your mother Sora." Cassie says.
"I-I know, but if we can't help her…" Sora says as Cassie notices tears trickling down's Sora's cheeks.
"She's been holding it all in. Her mom being taken has took more of a toll on her than she's let on. Oh Sora…" Cassie thought sadly as she gets up and goes to Sora kneeling in front of her and brings her sleeve up using it to wipe away Sora's tears.
"We'll help her Sora. One way or another we'll help her." Cassie says confidently Sora staying silent.
"So umm…why did you come to the park anyway?" she then asked as Sora looks up.
"I don't know really. I just wanted to be somewhere quiet so I could be alone with my thoughts." Sora replied looking away Cassie noticing it.
"Sora is there something you're not telling us all?" Cassie asked as Sora looked down again avoiding eye contact causing Cassie to narrow her eyes.
"You are aren't you? Well I'm not going until you tell me." Cassie said as Sora huffs.
"There's no way you're getting anything out of me Cassie." Sora retorts as Cassie takes out her phone.
"Not me, but perhaps I can call AV and ask her over here. Then we'll both get it out of you." Cassie said giving Sora a challenging grin as said girl looked at her in a panic then huffs.
"Fine you win. I'll tell you." Sora says as Cassie puts away her phone.
"But only you. You have to promise me not to tell the others." She adds on and Cassie nods to which Sora lets out a sigh of relief.
"You see ever since our last visit to the future I've been having…well nightmares." Sora admits.
"Nightmares? About what Sora?" Cassie asked as she took Sora's hand into her's which Sora either didn't notice or she did but didn't really care at the moment.
"Fire. Lots of fire, and then there's this girl following me. I can never really make out the girl and I can't remember what she looks like since my dream always seems to end when I either catch a glimpse of her or turn to face her." Sora says then shudders.
"But the thing is. I-I think I know who it is." She adds on.
"Who? Who is it Sora?" Cassie asked after a half minute of silence as honestly she was dreading the answer.
"Me. I think it was a young me." Sora said and Cassie hugs the girl.
"I-I'm scared Cassie. That fire that happened at my old home years ago. No one knew what caused the fire." She added.
Cassie pulls away "Well according to you and the papers you showed us online it was some arsonist. What else could it have been?" Cassie asked as Sora looked down towards her hands and Cassie immediately knows what she is thinking.
"What if…what if it was me Cassie?" Sora asked as Cassie looks down knowing why she would think that. From what Sora told them of that day she was mad because of something that had happened at school, and perhaps because of that her power of fire had first awakened resulting in the loss of her family's home. After all it had been during one of their trips in time that Sora's anger caused said girl to create a fireball and throw it at their foe at the time.
"If it was you couldn't have know it would happen Sora. You have to stop doing this to yourself." Cassie said to her.
"Cassie I appreciate you trying to cheer me up, but it doesn't change things. My home still burned down, my family still moved here, and my mom is now a monster." Sora said as Cassie gets up putting her hands on her hips.
"Look Sora yes your house burned down, but have you stopped to think of the good things that have happened since you and your family moved here?" Cassie asked as Sora scratched her head in thought.
"Well I'll tell you. You made friends with the school thief and while you have helped him you stopped him from crossing the line. You befriend a girl who thought you were a boy at first and crushed on you for years. You've even become a power ranger Sora!" Cassie said as Sora blushed a bit
"Yeah that's all true, but what are you getting at?" Sora asked as Cassie groans.
"You are so dense. Stop acting like a teen girl with boy issues and get up and do what it is you have to do with that fiery spirit you have always had. You're the red ranger Sora, and as such you have a responsibility to this team, but you also have a responsibility to yourself." She says and Sora was surprised looking up at Cassie.
Sora gets up and hugs Cassie before pulling away "Thanks Cassie. I guess I just needed someone to tell me I've been acting moody." Sora says and Cassie giggles.
"Well I guess it's now or never." Cassie thought as Sora started to walk away.
"S-Sora! Wait a moment!" Cassie called out said girl stopping and turning to look at her friend who approached her.
"What is it Cassie?" Sora asked curiously.
"Umm…Before you go there is something I'd like to do." She says as Sora looks at her confused.
"Do? What do you…" Sora started, but before she could finish Cassie had grabbed her wrist and pulled Sora forward locking lips with her kissing Sora. Sora was shocked and didn't pull away until a few seconds later Cassie stepped back.
"I-I don't care if you're a girl or a guy. I really like you Sora. If this changes things between us I understand." Cassie says and runs away as quick as she can from Sora. Little did either girl know that a certain wolf was nearby and had seen everything happen and grins.
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The following day Cassie was walking by herself towards A&C to meet up with the guys and Eva. She was still thinking about the other day and kissing Sora wondering if she had messed up.
"So how did it go princess?" A male voiced joked from beside her and Cassie jumps in surprise and turns glaring at the source of which was a smirking Leo.
"Could you please not do that Leo! Especially right now." Cassie said and Leo laughs.
"Sorry about that. I couldn't help myself. So how did your talk with Sora go?" he asked grinning and Cassie looks away.
"I-It went fine at first…" Cassie starts trailing off.
Leo raised an eyebrow at the pink ranger "At first? Okay what else happened?" Leo asked.
Cassie looks away blushing "I-I umm…might have kissed her, confessed my feelings, and then ran away." She says as Leo groans shaking his head at the girl.
"You probably threw Sora for a loop Cassie, and running away probably wasn't the smartest of ideas you know." Leo tells her and Cassie groans.
"I know I know, but I was just so flustered!" Cassie tells him.
"And were thinking you made a mistake and have ruined your friendship with Sora." Leo said and Cassie nods her head in disappointment.
"Look Sora might be thrown for a loop, but even if you two don't go out she's not going to push you away. Might take her a while to adjust to being around you again since she now knows how you feel." He added on trying to comfort Cassie.
Cassie smiles a bit "Thanks for that Leo, but still I think I should maybe avoid Sora for a while." Cassie said to him and he shrugs.
"Alright if you think that's best, but still perhaps you should reconsider it." Leo said as they both walked.
As they walked a growl was heard and before either could react Leo was hit over the head with something and knocked to the ground. He heard Cassie scream and then he blacked out.
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Sora was still processing what had happened a day later as she was at the mall with AV, Jerrica, and Sara. Originally it had just been AV and Sora but it turned into a group of four when the pairs ran into each other when they stopped for lunch and have been hanging out together since.
"Sora? Hey something on your mind girl?" Sara asked waving her hand in front of said girl who looked at her.
"Sorry, and yes there is, but I don't exactly feel comfortable talking about it right now." Sora replied.
"No problem. I can relate." Sara said as Jerrica pats her friends back.
"Instead of acting depressed let's keep going. I still want to check out a few places before we leave." AV said to the rest of the girls and they nod following after the younger girl who took off in a sprint.
When they walked off Sora's morphor went off the screen flashing pink meaning that Cassie was contacting her. Sora went off to the side so no one would see what she's doing.
"What is it Cassie?" Sora asked with a sigh.
"Hehehehe. Sorry, but your pink ranger is currently preoccupied." The voice of Zoelle says and Sora freezes up.
"Well then now that I got you attention you're probably wondering why I have this. To put it simple I have your pink ranger." Zoelle continued.
Sora growls "Well you just made a mistake. Me and the others…" she starts.
"I'm going to have to stop you there. You see I can just as easily rip your pink ranger apart right now, but I haven't for one single reason." Zoelle says to her.
"What would that be?" Sora said in a huff.
"Because I want to finish our battle red ranger, but it's always interrupted by your comrades saving you." Zoelle's voice says and chuckles.
"But now I happen to be holding all the cards if you understand what I mean." She added and Sora grits her teeth.
"Fine. What are your conditions?" Sora asked her.
"Glad to see you are seeing things my way." Zoelle starts.
"First I will not be telling you where I am ranger. You will have to be clever enough to find where I am, and you will only have an hour. You don't find me and well…I didn't exactly eat this morning and I'm starting to get a little hungry." She adds on and chuckles Sora tensing up.
"Secondly you are not to tell your fellow rangers of this and are to come alone. I so much as smell someone else besides you I will tear her apart. Are we in agreement of terms?" she said.
"Fine." Sora said plainly.
"Good. Your hour begins now red ranger. Happy hunting." Zoelle taunts as the communicator went silent. Not wasting time Sora took off out of the mall taking her phone out and sending a text to AV telling her that she had to go home and help her dad with something.
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Leo groans wincing as he woke up in The Great Library and saw that Maya was tending to him and a worried looking Eva at him.
"What…happened?" he asked groggily.
"To put it simple you got hit over the head pretty hard Leo. Eva found you on her way to A&C and teleported you both here." Maya informed him and Eva nods.
"Well I'm fine. There's no need to worry about…Cassie!" Leo started and then recalled what the last thing he saw before blacking out.
Maya frowns "Cassie? Was she with you when you were attacked?" she asked and Leo nods.
"Yeah, and she was taken. I didn't see who it was, but I defiantly heard her scream." Leo said as Eva gasps.
"You don't think she was…kidnapped?" Eva asked as Leo was unsure what exactly happened.
"I believe she was taken, but not by a human." Lurre says as she walked towards them all.
Maya looks to her "Monster signal?" Maya asked and Lurre nods.
"Indeed. It was Zoelle who attacked you Leo, and she took Cassie as well with her. I'm having trouble tracing where she went though." Lurre informed them.
"Then we need to start searching for her!" Eva says Maya nodding in agreement about to call the rest of the team to help start looking, but was stopped by the alarm going off and map popping up showing a large amount of Gearz and Shades being led by Recks in town.
"Ugh…Why do they have to show up now?" Leo muttered.
Maya sighs "Leo, Eva go. I will call the rest and tell them to meet you there." She says and they nod morphing and teleport to where the attack was going on.
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Sora ran about town in a huff and heard her morphor beep and took it out the screen flashing white which meant that Lurre or Maya was trying to get in touch with her. She puts it away and it stops a few seconds later.
"I only have about twenty minutes left. Where could she be at?" Sora thought gritting her teeth.
"You're joking right?" A pre-teen boy says sounding like he was about to laugh.
"B-But I know what I saw! There was a wolf!" A little boy says to the older one.
At the mention of a wolf Sora looks over to them "Yeah and I'm sure it's at the destroyed junkyard." The pre-teen says rolling his eyes.
"But that's where it was going! It had someone with it!" the little boy insists as Sora stares at the two.
Her stare gets the pre teen's attention and he glares "You want something?" he asked rudely glaring at Sora.
"Oh. Sorry about that. Just couldn't help but hear you two…talking." She says deciding best not to aggravate the pre-teen boy.
"Just my brother and his active imagination. He's always seeing things." The pre-teen said with a shrug and the little boy looks down.
"I know what I saw. I didn't imagine it." He whimpered and Sora walks over kneeling down.
"Hey I believe you." Sora said and the boy looks up.
"You do?" he asked as the older boy looked shocked.
"You do!" he exclaimed surprised and she nods.
"Yeah. Considering what has been going on around her for the past few months perhaps your brother saw something the rangers haven't beaten yet." Sora said and gets up.
"You know I think I'll go check it out." Sora said.
"Whoa whoa whoa! If that thing is a monster then the rangers are likely to show up! You shouldn't get yourself caught in one of their battles!" the pre-teen said worried.
Sora sighs "At the first sign of danger I'll be out of there. No worries." She said.
"Alright, but you see us again tell us what you saw. Please?" The little boy asked and Sora giggles and messes with the boys hair.
"Alright. See you two later." Sora said and ran off in a sprint towards the destroyed junkyard.
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"I was wondering if you would be coming. I found this place very fitting seeing as this is where things began for you and your team." Zoelle's voice echoed when Sora arrived and walked into the destroyed junkyard.
"Or your just being unoriginal." Sora says morphing into her base for.
"Now hand over Cassie!" she adds on summoning her weapon to her.
Zoelle's chuckle echoes off everything around them both "Why would I do that? If I did then you would have no reason to stay and fight me." Zoelle says as a crash is heard behind Sora which she turns quickly to see it's Zoelle wielding a staff.
"The girl is safe. For now anyways. Now shall we begin?" Zoelle asked before rushing at Sora who jumps back trying to avoid being hit by the staff. Zoelle swings at Sora's feet knocking her to the ground.
Sora rolls out of the way of Zoelle who jabbed at the ground where she was and Sora gets up getting out of the way of the next blow.
"Yeah this isn't going that well. Plan B." She thought and pressed the button on her morphor.
"BATTLE LEGACY, UPLOAD!" her morphor called out as she quickly changed into her battle legacy form and blocks with her swords and kicks her back.
"Ohh…really felt that one kid. Right in the stomach." Zoelle says as Sora hesitates.
Zoelle sees this and takes advantage rushed forward knocking the weapons out of her hands and pinning her to the ground with the staff.
Zoelle grinned showing her fangs as beneath her Sora trembled. Despite what she said and was told yesterday by Cassie and what she told herself she was still having trouble trying to go through with it, and Zoelle knew it and was enjoying it.
"Aww…It's so cute when you can't do anything." Zoelle laughed.
"Though I will say these constant battle with you aren't doing well for this body…hmm perhaps that can be changed." She adds on with a grin.
"W-What?" Sora asked.
"Well you are pretty much broken and I enjoy torturing you too much, and your mother is becoming useless. I think this lovely necklace would look good on that pink girl." She says with a grin.
Sora growls as something inside her snapped "Leave. Cassie. Alone!" she says and when she finished she flung her hand in front of Zoelle the fireball she shot out exploding at the point blank range knocking Zoelle off and both away from the other. Sora was knocked back to her base form as a result of the attack.
Zoelle gets up and growls walking towards Sora who was trying to keep her balance by leaning on a car before she is picked up by Zoelle.
"I've had enough of you. While the torture and turmoil have been fun I meant it when I said this was it." Zoelle growls and goes to punch Sora in the gut, but when she does a large klang is heard and Zoelle grits her teeth dropping Sora as she clutches one of her clawed hands in pain and backs away from her.
Zoelle looks and sees Sora had her hand on the car the whole time and Zoelle's eyes narrow "Of course. I was stupid to forget that. You're their daughter after all." Zoelle says.
"Unlock the Legend!" Sora changed into Element Fusion Red and calms and readies herself to continue fighting. She gathered fire in her hand and honestly was a bit more in awe of it as well as still a bit frightened. She also felt the real memory of the day of the fire begin to come back to her.
[Flashback]
A 6 almost 7 year old Sora returned to her home in Meadowedge with a black eye and a couple scratches on her face from a fight she had gotten into that day.
"Mommy! Daddy! I'm home!" The girl calls out, but there is no reply as no one is home at the time.
The young girl sighs and tossed her bag down. Normally she would do her homework, but she was still so mad about what had happened at school that day and just wanted to go to her room and sleep.
The little girl walked up to her room and closed the door. When she got to her pillow she lifted it up to her face and let out a scream into it to try and let out all of the frustration of that day.
Young Sora threw the pillow on her bed and began to pound away at it in anger, and as she did so small spark of fire were coming off her hands. The young girl noticed this and stopped for a moment.
Curiosity got the better of her as well as her anger. Focusing on it and nothing else she held out the palms of her hands one of them a fireball appearing in it. Her anger faded away as she looked at the ball of fire curiously. The fire crackled some of the embers landing on her shoulder and Sora lets out a yelp and unintentionally throws the fireball hitting her unlit light shattering it as her room started to catch on fire.
Young Sora back up as the fire began to consume her room and spread throughout the house as well as start to spread to a few other houses nearby.
Over the crackle of the fire Sora didn't hear a car pull in as she coughs the smoke starting to get to her and she begins to feel dizzy and her vision turning black.
"Mommy…daddy…help me." Sora muttered.
"Sora! Sora!" Her father's voice called out before her vision went completely black from over exposure the heat of the flames and the smoke.
Sora woke up minutes later outside to the sounds of sirens and several people talking at once, and both of her parents looking at her with concern before her mother hugged her and was crying. Sora herself was traumatized to the point that she remembered how the fire happened differently.
[Flashback End]
The memory had only taken seconds to play out in Sora's mind and she turned throwing the fireball at a charging Zoelle who was caught off guard and thrown back.
Sora summons another "What? Can't handle the heat?" Sora asked joking doing her best not to sound scared as well.
Zoelle growls and lunges at Sora who rolls out of the way and hits her with the back of the katana before hitting her with the fireball.
Zoelle was getting irritated "She's suppose to be broken! How is she doing this?!" Zoelle thought.
"She's just full of surprises isn't she?" The soft voice of Rena said inside Zoelle's mind taunting the wolf a bit who growls.
"Alright Sora you can do this. Attacking her is useless." Sora thought ducking beneath a blow from Zoelle.
"Getting rid of that necklace will also be tough since the jewel can't be shattered." She thought and then eyes widen under her helmet recalling what Zoelle had said moments ago.
"She was going to remove it to have it put on Cassie. That thing can be removed. Well…simple is almost always the best." She thought grinning now using the katana to block a punch and counters with one of her own.
"Give up?" Sora asked Zoelle who lets out a howl rushing at Sora and jumps at her. Sora slides under and jumps up turning into Super Megaforce Red blaster in hand as she spot the back part of the necklace.
"Tale End!" Sora says shooting the blaster. Zoelle didn't have time to turn as the blaster hit the back portion of the necklace and it falls off.
Zoelle howls and falls hands on the ground as she started to change back to normal and eventually did revealing a very pregnant and out cold Rena.
Sora cancelled her morph and ran over to her worried "Mom?" she asked wondering if she was okay and worried.
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After finishing the battle the six rangers who were still morphed were also worried when there Red ranger didn't show up to the battle.
"She didn't pick up when I contacted her. That is not something she would normally do." Maya says worried as she typed away at the laptop trying to find Sora, but was getting some interference making it hard for her to pin where the red ranger was.
"Maybe she is just home? That is what she texted me earlier." AV said and Leo thinks a moment.
"Hmm…maybe she was lying?" Leo suggested to the rest who look to him.
Peter crosses his arms "You've been friends with Sora the longest, but I think your wrong about this. Sora would have no reason to lie to us." Peter says
Leo shakes his head "Actually she might. Earlier today I was with Cassie, and I was hit hard to the back of the head while she was taken." Leo said.
"How does this have to do with Sora?" Adam asked him.
"Cassie was telling me how her talk with Sora went yesterday, and well it didn't go as well as it should have." Leo said and sighs looking to Eva.
"It was Zoelle that took Cassie." Eva tells them.
"That's not good." AV muttered Alvin nodding in agreement.
"Indeed. Considering who Zoelle really is and who she…keeps…targeting…" Alvin started trailing off and his eyes widen forming a possible idea of what happened
"Zoelle took Cassie, and then used her morphor to contact Sora, and used her as a means to challenge Sora. While we would be occupied with a battle of our own." Alvin says and Leo nods
"Exactly what I was thinking." Leo said as their morphors beep.
"I found her. She's at the destroyed junkyard."Maya informed them and the rangers summoned their Lore Cycles headed off to where Sora would be at.
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The group arrived at the junkyard and it didn't take them long to find Sora who was near her mom.
Seeing her Eva steps up "We can take her Sora." Eva said surprising the girl who jumps up looking at them and then lets out a sigh of relief seeing it was just her friends morphed.
"Please don't do that guys." She said as she looks at Leo getting the feeling he was smirking under his helmet .
Adam sighs "Glad that is over with. Honestly I don't think I can handle much else today." Adam says. It was then that Alvin noticed Mrs. Daniels pants suddenly got a wet spot and was spreading.
"Umm…Sora does your mom happen to be laying on a water bottle or something?" Alvin asked as Sora looked up to him.
"No. Why?" Sora asked as Alvin pales a bit under his suit and sighs.
"Because we're probably going to have to get her to the hospital. I think her water just broke." Alvin said.
"WHAT!" They all exclaimed.
Sora looks to them "You guys go. Someone go tell my dad, but stayed morphed. I'll call him later and meet him at the hospital after he tells me what's going on." Sora said.
"You're going to look for Cassie right?" Peter said and Sora nods.
They all left as Sora went deeper in looking for Cassie "Where is she? I know this place got destroyed, but there can't be that may hiding places." Sora said then stops hearing a sigh coming from somewhere.
She speed up her search stopping every now and then when she thought she heard Cassie and changed direction going towards the sound. She eventually found Cassie, but couldn't help but laugh at how the girl was being restrained.
Cassie wasn't wearing a gag at all, but she was tied to some old railroad track by ropes. When she heard someone laughing she tilted her head up to look and saw it was Sora and gave a huff.
"Would you mind untying me? Been here for a while you know." Cassie said Sora calming down and went to Cassie untying her.
Cassie mumbled as she straightens out her clothes "Sorry I took so long Cassie." Sora said to her as Cassie crosses her arms.
"It's no problem. I should have been more careful. She got the jump on me." Cassie says looking down.
"It was something you couldn't have known to happen. Besides it's all been handled now." Sora says to reassure her. It was then that Sora's phone rings and she picks it up.
"Sora! Meet more over at the hospital quick!" her father said quickly and was between panicked and happy.
"Whoa dad calm down. What's going on?" she asked.
"It's your mom! The rangers found her and have taken her to the hospital!" he says as Sora hears him grabbing his keys.
"Hospital! Why would they take her there?" Sora asked, and despite knowing why she still couldn't help but ask as she herself was worried.
"The baby! Your mom is in labor and…well just get there as soon as you can!" he said.
"I will dad. Just finishing up with a friend here and I'll be on my way." She said not noticing Cassie frown and look down when she called her a friend.
Sora hung up the phone and turns to Cassie "Well I'm going to get going. See you…" she starts then notices Cassie looking away.
"Cassie? Are you okay?" Sora asked as Cassie huffs. Sora then recalled the kiss from the other day.
"Ohh…Umm Cassie? About the other day…" Sora starts.
"You don't like me like that. I get that now Sora. A friend is the best thing that I can be." Cassie said starting to walk away, but is stopped when Sora pulls her back.
"Look Cassie I umm…well I get how you feel." Sora said as Cassie looks away.
Sora sighs and takes in a breath "I'm not really that good when it comes to relationships and stuff like that. Sure I've dated Leo as well as some others Leo's introduced me to, but I've usually ended up embarrassing myself and ending things before it gets too far." Sora said blushing a bit.
"And well…I know every year since we've met you've sent me Valentine's Day cards. You might not have signed them, but I knew they were from you." She added on as Cassie looks to her.
"How? I was also so discreet when I put them in the mail." Cassie asked and Sora giggles.
"I did sit next to you for three years Cassie. With how often me, you, and Leo exchanged notes in class why wouldn't I recognize your handwriting?" she replied and Cassie blushes.
"And honestly well…I do kind of…" Sora started her next words Cassie couldn't make out because she could barely hear Sora.
"Mind say that a little louder?" Cassie asked and Sora blushes.
"I-I…IenjoybeingaroundyouandImightlikeyouokay!" Sora said quickly to Cassie.
Cassie blinks deciphering what Sora said "R-Really? But I didn't you were well you know." Cassie said to Sora.
"I'm Bi actually. Not long after dating Leo I kind of well got interested in a few girls at the school, but couldn't really ask since at the time almost everyone thought I was a boy. I really didn't want anyone to know besides Leo so I stayed single." Sora said rubbing her head.
Cassie grins "Was one of those girls me?" she asked.
Sora chuckles "Surprisingly yes. Sure you were a bit clingy, but you're much more open minded, your sweeter than most of the other girls at school, and you love to be around others." Sora said and Cassie blushes at the compliments.
"Look Cassie I know I've brushed you off, but that was just because I thought you'd be disappointed I was a girl. But let's just say I've done a bit of rethinking." Sora added and Cassie nods.
"B-Because of yesterday right?" Cassie asked and Sora nods smiling, but was actually a bit nervous.
"I was thinking perhaps well…you umm…maybe up for a movie this Friday? It could be fun." Sora asked a bit nervous and waits to hear what Cassie asked to say, but didn't have to wait long. Cassie stared at Sora like she was in a trance before letting out a squeal of delight and hugs Sora.
"Sure, but I'm picking the movie." Cassie said pulling away from Sora and grins.
"Fine by me." Sora said then recalled what she had to do.
"Sorry Cassie got to go! Mom, hospital, baby!" Sora said running off picking up the chocker necklace along the way to give to Lurre to hopefully find some way to get rid of it for good.
Cassie left heading home at her own brisk pace.
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Cassie arrived home and saw there were several pieces of luggage in the front of the house as well as her parents arguing, and from the looks of it it was her mother kicking out her father.
Noticing Cassie her mother calmed a bit "Cassie up to your room. Me and your father are discussing some private matters." She ordered and Cassie crosses her arms.
Her mother glares "I said up to your room!" she shouts.
"No." Cassie said simply.
"What did you say?" her mother growls.
"I said no mother. I'm 18 now. You can't tell me what I can and can't do." Cassie retorts.
"You will listen to me child or I swear…I swear…I will kick you out with your father!" her mom declares as Cassie grins. She walks upstairs towards her room and shuts the door. Her mother turns her attention back to her husband as both continue their discussion from earlier.
A few minutes passed and the sound of a door opening and closing was heard as Cassie came down with a couple of suitcases and the case with her guitar in it.
"What are you doing Cassandra! Put that stuff up. You're acting like your…" her mother starts.
"Leaving with dad. I've made my choice mom. You and him can't work anything out, and you clearly don't want to work anything out. I know for a fact that I'm one of the problems you refuse to work out, and until you can actually be a mom again you won't hear from me." Cassie said to her.
"What are you talking about? I'm a perfect mother." She retorts as Cassie shakes her head.
"Anyone can be a mother, but not everyone can be a mom." Cassie said and looks to her dad.
"Let's get packed up dad. I suppose she knows your coming?" she asked and he nods.
"I told her I might end up coming, and she has already made room for us both." He said as Cassie was surprised by this.
"She had this feeling you might be coming along. So she's made room for you to sleep with her while I sleep with Maxwell." He adds on as he grabs his luggage and both leave heading for the car Cassie's mom to stunned by Cassie's actions to do anything.
Both left heading for Cynthia's house.
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Sora paced outside the waiting room of the hospital waiting for news on her mother. Though she could hear her cries of pain and several unpleasant words and things being said from where she was as well as heard her father cry out in pain a doctor mention seconds later they would get him something for the pain.
A half hour passed and finally Sora was let in to see her parents. When she walked in she saw her mom exhausted and cradling a baby girl in a pink blanket that had a flame motif to it. Sora recognized it as the same blanket from her own baby photos. Her mother noticed her and waves her hand ushering Sora to come forward.
"You want to hold her?" her mother asked and Sora nods. After telling her the right way to hold a baby Sora was given her to hold.
Sora awed at the baby then turned to her parents "So what's her name?" she asked.
"We actually talked that over months ago, but we had finally settled on one." Her father said.
"Sora this is your little sister Rachel Zara Daniels." Rena says as Sora smiles at her baby sister.
Episode 8 is done as well as the first arc. So what did you all think of how I ended things? I know it seems like there is still some stuff left over for the sub plot with Cassie, and while there are still a few small things it's pretty much wrapped up the same for the Zoelle sub plot. Now though we have a new ranger couple, and honestly I didn't know myself which way to go for this one, but the more I thought about it the more that I figured that Leo is more of a big brother to Cassie than anything. Yet just because Sora and Cassie are together now doesn't mean there won't be some rough patches and things they will have to work through. Especially since Cassie has graduated, and yes as off this chapter all the senior rangers have graduated. Also the Daniels family now has as new addition to it. Well that's all for now everyone so until next time this has been decode9!
