The Forbidden Love Chapter 14

By the time I reached my apartment I was quite hungry. I wanted to see Olympus as soon as possible, but I needed to clean myself up first and have a little something to eat. I went into the bathroom with my brush in hand. It only took me a few minutes to brush the knots out of my hair.

When I came out of the bathroom I went into the kitchen to get something to eat. As I passed by the kitchen table I noticed something that wasn't there before. It was a rolled up piece of paper tied up with a string. Curious I went over to the table, picked up the paper, untied the string, and unrolled the paper. I then read the message that was written on the parchment.

Kushina, come quickly. Jinxer says that he may have found something we can use.

Olympus

Olympus must've had Jinxer send this message for him. The letter was short, but its meaning was perfectly clear.

I needed to get down to the cave. My appetite completely disappeared. Honestly, right now I was so excited that I didn't even notice it go away. I didn't waste any time.

I ran straight out of the apartment with enough time to grab the cloak from where it was hanging by the door. I didn't even bother to lock up. I was too caught up in my thoughts to do even that.

I was about half way there when it happened.

Out of nowhere there was a loud explosion.

"Huh," I exclaimed, "what was that?" More explosions came after the first and I could hear shouting in the distance. "What's going on?"

I picked up speed and headed toward the sound. As I was getting closer and closer to it I realized that it was coming from the same exact direction of Olympus's hiding place. A feeling of dread began to grown inside of me. Getting closer I could recognize one of the voices as belonging to Olympus while the other one sounded familiar to me, but I didn't recognize it.

I arrived at the cave and my stomach dropped when I saw what was going on. Olympus must be at full strength by now because he was fighting.

Olympus was battling with a young man. The explosions I had been hearing were coming from the young man's blaster and the fireballs coming from Olympus. Jinxer was there too, but he was staying a safe distance away from the two figures.

I was hiding behind some bushed trying to make sure that I wasn't even seen by any of them.

After a closer look at the person Olympus was fighting against I finally realized who it was. It was he red power ranger. He must've found this place while he was out jogging. I could tell by the clothes he was wearing. I had a feeling that the red ranger must've spotted Jinxer as he was going to see Olympus and followed him to the cave.

Olympus and the red ranger seemed to be even matched at first. But after a few moments it was quite clear that Olympus had the upper hand in this fight. At one point when the red ranger was distracted Olympus took advantage of the situation and tripped him up. The red ranger flew into the air and landed on his back a few feet away from where he was standing. I couldn't help, but wince when he hit the ground. That really had to hurt.

The ranger moaned in pain while Olympus laughed and advance toward the young man with his double-bladed spear pointed straight at him.

"Time to end it," said Olympus.

The ranger got back up onto his feet and backed away. He was taking a step back with each step that Olympus was taking toward him.

I then noticed the ranger looking in every direction as if he was searching for something. Then I saw his eyes rest in one spot in particular, but it only lasted for a second before he turned his attention back to Olympus.

Something was up.

I looked in that same direction and spotted what had caught the guy's interest. There was a hovercraft coming out way. The ranger must've called for it sometime during the fight. Olympus couldn't see it coming it was out of his line of sight. He wouldn't be able to see it until it was right on top of him.

"You're finished, Ranger," said Olympus.

"Oh, I don't think so," said the power ranger.

Olympus swiped at him with his double-bladed spear.

The ranger dodged the attack by doing a flip in the air. There was a shout "Lightspeed Rescue!" Right at the same time the red suit of the red ranger appeared on the young man's body.

As soon as the red ranger landed he turned on the spot and shot a few shots from his blaster at Olympus. Olympus blocked the shorts with his own weapon, none of them managed to hit him.

The hovercraft had finally reached the scene and was now hovering behind the red ranger. The red ranger took this opportunity to try to get away. He jumped right into the driver's seat and began to move away. If he thought he was going to be able to escape from Olympus that easily then he was wrong.

Olympus saw the red ranger trying to escape and he wasn't about to let that happen. "Oh no, you don't," he said. Olympus shot fireballs at the retreating ranger, none of them made an impact. "You're not getting away," shouted Olympus. Olympus flapped his wings until he was off the ground and flew right after the fleeing ranger.

It was at that same moment that I chose to come out of my hiding place. "Olympus, no, come back," I shouted.

Jinxer was shocked at my sudden appearance. He actually jumped a few feet when I burst out of the bushes. "Kushina," he said, surprised.

"Come back," I shouted, again.

It was no use at all. Olympus was too far away and even if he was close enough to hear me he wouldn't listen to me. Olympus was way too focused on the red ranger to stop now. I had to move fast if I was going to at least have a chance of keeping up with Olympus or keeping him in my sight.

I ran straight after Olympus as fast as I could.

"Miss Kushina, wait! You won't be able to keep up with him," shouted Jinxer.

I looked back at him as I was running. "Watch me," I shouted back. I faced forward and kept on going.

"Hey, wait for me," yelled Jinxer.

Jinxer tried to follow me, but there was absolutely no way he was able to keep up with me. I was so much faster than him. Besides, his body wasn't really made for running very fast. Instead of wasting energy trying to keep up with me, Jinxer went back to the lair where all of the other demons were residing.

My body was being pushed to its limit. I'm telling you I'd never run so hard in my life. I was barely able to keep up with Olympus. I was no match for his flight abilities. The only thing I was able to do was keep Olympus in my sights. I didn't dare to take my eyes off of him for fear of losing him. The only problem is that I wasn't watching where I was going and kept bumping into people. I kept getting rude remarks, but I didn't even have time to apologize.

Olympus was throwing fireball after fireball at the red ranger. He was trying to shoot the red ranger as hard as he could out of the sky. The red ranger had been very lucky so far, but unfortunately for him that luck of his wasn't going to last much longer. With the next attack Olympus wasn't going to miss.

The red ranger dodged a fireball that was aimed at the left wing of his vehicle. Paying attention to that attack distracted him from another. Olympus had a second fireball waiting behind the first. It hit directly at the back of the hovercraft on the engine. The red ranger tried very hard to stabilize his vehicle, but he was already going down.

People on the ground screamed in terror as they saw what happened. Olympus's laughter could clearly be heard over everything else. There was a loud crash as the red ranger and the hovercraft crash landed behind some buildings a few blocks away.

Olympus shot straight down for the crash site. To everyone, including me, his intentions toward the red ranger were quite clear.

Everyone was running away in the opposite direction in order to get as far away as possible from the demon. But I was still moving toward Olympus, not changing my course.

The red ranger had crashed into a large courtyard in the middle of a shopping area. Like I did before I followed the sound of a battle zone. Once I reached the scene the two of them had started fighting again. I hid next to a building close by them, but I made sure that they couldn't see me.

Olympus and the red ranger had both somehow gotten separated from their weapons before I had got there. So these two were now fighting hand to hand and Olympus was using his Star Power every chance he got. When Olympus aimed a kick at the red ranger the ranger dived behind the fountain inside the courtyard. At the same time he picked put his blaster from where he had dropped it. As soon as he was behind the fountain the red ranger started shooting away at Olympus. Olympus flew into the air to escape the shots. He then expelled fire from his hand and aimed it straight at the red ranger. The red ranger had to duck in order to avoid being burnt alive from the attack. This gave Olympus the chance he needed to retrieve his own weapon.

With his double-bladed spear back in his hands Olympus bolted right for the red ranger. Seeing Olympus coming toward him the ranger pointed his blaster straight at Olympus, but Olympus got to him before he could even shoot. Olympus knocked the blaster out of the red rangers hands with his spear. The blaster went flying and landed only a few feet away from me. I didn't notice it at first, my attention was occupied.

Olympus now had the red ranger cornered. The ranger had been knocked down to the ground and Olympus was standing over him with a foot on his stomach to keep him down. He held his weapon high over his head.

"This is how it ends, Ranger," said Olympus.

Olympus went to plunge his weapon into the ranger's body and the ranger held his arms over him as if to block he attack…the spear never even reached him.

Shots from a blaster came out of nowhere and hit Olympus directly in the chest. He was thrown back from the red ranger and landed heavily on his side. "Who dares…," he demanded.

We looked in the direction where the shots had come from and spotted who did them. It was the other five power rangers. They all had their weapons out, coming to the rescue of their comrade. The red ranger rolled in their direction when he saw them. He wanted to put some more distance between him and Olympus.

"Carter, are you all right," asked the pink ranger.

"I'm fine," said the red ranger, Carter. He got up with only a little bit of help from the blue and green rangers.

As soon as Carter was standing he pressed a couple of buttons in a certain order. A moment later a red V appeared in front of him and a bit after a staff like weapon materialized from it. I recognized the weapon as a V- Lancer. I'd seen the rangers use it before. It was a very powerful weapon and if I wasn't worried for Olympus before I definitely was now.

"I don't know how you survived, Olympus," said the red ranger, taking the V-Lancer in hand, "but you're going to wish you never came back."

Without another word the red ranger charged Olympus and the other five rangers followed his example. With a roar Olympus ran out to meet them. Olympus shot a fireball straight at the power rangers, but none of them wavered. Olympus took a swing at the red ranger with his spear, but the red ranger blocked it with his V-Lancer.

Olympus shot an energy blast at the titanium ranger. The titanium ranger absorbed the energy into his battle ax and shot it right back at Olympus. It hit him right on the shoulder. Olympus took a few steps back from the impact. The titanium ranger held his arms straight out athis sides. The pink and yellow rangers jumped off a sholder for an extra boost. Both of them landed a pretty hard kick on Olympus. Olympus retaliated by attacking them with fireballs. Both of them couldn't dodge them in time, they didn't have enough time to maneuver. The fireballs hit the two rangers hard and threw them right through a brick wall.

The blue and green rangers now stepped in. The two of them shot at Olympus with their Rescue Blasters. Olympus ran straight for them. He was twirling his spear quickly in front of him, blocking their shots. The two rangers quickly moved backwards when they realized that their shots weren't getting through. When Olympus got close enough the two of them he knocked their Rescue Blasters out of their hands. He then sliced his double-bladed spear across their chests. Small explosions happened on their suits and they were thrown to the ground. Their suits protected them, but Olympus's attack still caused damage. The blue and green rangers were left moaning on the ground.

Now only the titanium and red rangers were the two he had to fight now.

As Olympus turned to now face those two my heart was pounding extremely hard. The whole time he was fighting I was restraining myself from even going out there. Olympus was fighting, but he was still getting hurt. I didn't know how much longer I could stand just standing on the sidelines. I know that my loyalty should be with the rangers because they were protecting Mariner Bay I wanted Olympus to win.

The red ranger, titanium ranger, and Olympus were circling each other. Olympus needed to finish this quickly. It was only a matter of time before the other four rangers recovered and jumped back into the fight. This thought must've been in his mind like mine because less than a minute later he attacked first.

Olympus expelled fire from his hands and aimed it at the two remaining rangers. The two rangers rolled out of the way. At the same time the titanium ranger changed his weapon back into a blaster. He then blasted away at Olympus. Olympus wasn't able to block these and the shots exploded on his chest.

"Olympus," I said.

Olympus shot an energy blast at the guy. When the titanium ranger got hit his body did a complete flip in the air and landed hard on his stomach. I winced when I heard the impact.

Olympus and the red ranger had their weapons locked together. They were moving so fast that I could hardly see their attacks and I could barely keep up with their movements. I could clearly hear it when the two weapons made contact.

While I was watching Olympus and the red ranger fight some other movement caught my eye. The rest of the rangers had now recovered and rising back to their feet.

"Oh no," I whispered. I looked back at Olympus to see if he had seen them, but he hadn't. I wanted to call out and warn him, but I knew that doing so would give away my position.

The red ranger was now gaining the upper hand in this fight and Olympus was beginning to lose ground. He was losing more by the minute. Olympus was getting a few flows in, but now it was he who was on the defensive while the red ranger was on the offensive.

Then Olympus made a very big error in judgment. At some point he did notice the other rangers coming up from behind him. He could see them coming up in the reflection of the red ranger's helmet. Olympus turned his attention over to them and that was a mistake. By doing this Olympus let his guard down and that was the opening that the red ranger had been waiting for.

While Olympus was distracted the red ranger swiped at him with his V-Lancer. It was a direct hit. The red ranger gave Olympus a very hard kick right in the stomach.

Olympus screamed and bent over in pain. Shots were then fired from the rest of the rangers. He turned toward them as if he was going to attack, but didn't get the chance. There were so many shots coming from the rest of the rangers at one time that he wasn't able to block all of them. A handful of those shots made a direct hit on his body. He was forced down to one knee.

"We've got him now," shouted the titanium ranger.

The yellow, pink, blue, and green rangers attacked Olympus again as he was trying to get back up. The blue and green rangers fired their Rescue Blasters at his legs, forcing Olympus back down. The yellow and pink rangers jumped forward and aimed powerful kicks at his chest which scent Olympus flying backward.

Olympus landed hard on his back. His double-bladed spear slipped from his grip and landed next to him close by.

I had to slap my hands over my mouth in order to smother the scram that was trying to escape. "No," I whispered. "Please get up. Olympus, get up."

Olympus was trying to rise, using his spear as leverage to help himself get back up. Unfortunately, he was only able to get back up on one knee like before. Olympus looked up with a look of menace on his face and in his eyes.

The power rangers were advancing on him with their weapons pointing straight at him. The rangers were meaning to finish him for good now.

I had to help Olympus and I had to do it now. I knew if I didn't do something now Olympus was going to end up dead in just a few seconds. I quickly searched for something to use as a weapon. I was looking for anything that could be of use to me. It was then that I spotted the red rangers Rescue Blaster only a few feet from where I was standing.

The red ranger said "After this day you won't be hurting anyone ever again."

Olympus backed away from them. With each step they took toward him he took one back.

"Olympus," said the red ranger.

Olympus looked back at him with narrowed eyes.

"It's over."

All of the power rangers aimed their weapons directly at Olympus's heart. But before any of them could fire their weapons something completely unexpected happened.

Out of nowhere a voice shouted "Leave him alone!"

At the same time all six of the rangers were hit with lasers. Taken by surprise the power rangers didn't have any time to react. They screamed and let out exclamations of surprise. All of them were knocked off of their feet. There was a lot of moaning and groaning as the rangers tried to right themselves.

At the same time they all heard someone running close and suddenly stop in front of them.

"Don't move."

The rangers looked up to face the one who had attacked them. They were expecting to see another demon in front of them, but what they didn't expect to see… was a human.

I had finally come out of my hiding place and was now standing protectively in front of Olympus. I had the red rangers Rescue Blaster pointed straight at them. My hands were shaking slightly, but I stood firm.

Olympus was looking at me in shock. He was surprised of my sudden appearance. "Kushina," he said.

Hearing my name I turned a little and smiled at him behind me.

The rangers were shocked to see me as well, but in a completely different way.

"What the hell are you doing," shouted the red ranger. "He's the enemy!"

"Not to me," I said.

"Don't do anything foolish now," said the green ranger, getting to his feet. "Just move aside and there won't be any trouble." The green ranger took a step toward me.

I snapped the weapon in his direction, stopping him in his tracks. "Not another step," I said, warningly.

"Look just calm down," said the blue ranger, moving forward.

I redirected the blaster right at him. "Move and I fire," I said.

Most of the rangers knew I wasn't playing any games, but the green ranger still had to try his luck. "Just put the gun down." He said. He took a few steps toward Olympus and I despite my warning.

I shot directly at the ground just a few inches away from his feet to show that I meant business. "Stay where you are."

"Do as she says, Joel," ordered the red ranger.

The green ranger, Joel, obeyed, not making any other move toward us.

During this whole time the pink and yellow rangers were looking at me closely. These two knew that they had seen me before, but they just couldn't figure out where.

Since my attention was mostly on the male rangers I was oblivious to their stares. Their helmets, also, contributed to this fact. I only was able to realize what they were doing when one of them spoke up.

"I know you," said the pink ranger.

We all turned our attention over to her, but I still kept the Rescue Blaster pointed at them.

"You know that girl, Dana," asked the titanium ranger.

"Yeah, she goes to the same college as me," said the pink ranger, Dana, nodding.

The yellow ranger said "We saw her yesterday, too. We were heading back to the Aqua base when we met her."

I didn't realize what they were talking about at first, but now I did. Even though I couldn't see their faces I recognized their voices. "You're the ones that nearly ran me over," I exclaimed.

Olympus didn't like that at all. He growled when he heard this. Fire started to form in his hand. He was going to attack. I shook my head, no. The message in my eyes was clear. The fire disappeared from his hand.

The transaction between Olympus and me did not go unnoticed.

"Why are you helping him," demanded the yellow ranger. "He and his kind are trying to destroy our home."

"This is no longer my home," I said.

"Oh really," said the green ranger, "and where is your home?" There was a lot of sarcasm in his voice.

"My home is anywhere," I answered. "That is if I'm with the one I love." I said the last part with a glance at Olympus.

Before the rangers didn't really know why I was taking Olympus's side, but if they didn't know before then they definitely did now.

"What," the rangers all shouted in union.

"Please tell me I heard wrong," said the yellow ranger. "It sounded like you just said that you love Olympus."

"A monster," emphasized the blue ranger.

"Yes," I said, nodding, "yes I do."

There was silence. None of the power rangers actually knew what to say. They didn't really know for sure if I was joking or if I was actually being serious.

A hand was put on my shoulder.

"Kushina."

I turned my head to come face to face with Olympus. He had finally managed to get back up on his feet. "Come," he said, softly, "It's time to go." He was right it was time. I moved closer to Olympus's side.

"Wait," said the red ranger. "Think about what you're doing."

"Oh I have and I've made my choice," I said, firmly with a tone of finality in my voice.

Titanium ranger said you're making a big mistake."

I laughed.

"Listen to me, I've lived among them for years," persisted Titanium Ranger. He pointed at Olympus as he said this. "If you go with him, you won't last long."

"That's what you think," I said, smugly.

"You're joining the enemy," said the red ranger. "Don't you understand? If they succeed, Mariner Bay will completely be destroyed along with everyone in it!"

I put my arm around Olympus and laid my cheek against his chest, "I'm sorry, Ranger," I said in a soft, throaty voice. I lifted my chin and he kissed me. "But you see, I support a different cause."

Olympus wrapped an arm around me and held me close to him. Olympus turned his attention back over to the power rangers who were now just standing there watching. They weren't even going to try to stop me from leaving with Olympus. Coming to a decision Olympus made the choice to not continue the fight at the moment.

"We will finish this later," said Olympus, a bit of malice in his voice.

Olympus then teleported the two of us out of there. As he was using his power to get us out of there I tossed the Rescue Blaster aside. I wasn't going to need it anymore. It only took a few seconds and we were gone.

It took a minute or two to register what had just happened after Olympus teleported the two of us out.

"Please tell me that didn't just happen," said the blue ranger, Chad.

The red ranger, Carter, went over to where his Rescue Blaster was lying on the ground. When Carter reached his weapon he picked it up and turned back toward his teammates. "This is not good," he said. "Not good at all."

Apparently Captain William Mitchell, the big commander of Lightspeed and father of the pink and titanium rangers, thought the same way. He had been watching everything in the Control Room of the Aquabase and most certainly did not like what he had just seen. Now the Commander contacted the ranger through the com-link channel. There were things they needed to discuss.

"Rangers, report back to the Aquabase immediately," he ordered.

Instantly all of the rangers obeyed this order from their leader.