Chapter 25: Werewolf Ranger
A/N: Revised Chapter
Serrator and Kameyo appeared in the countryside and glanced around. In the distance, they could see a large farm with a couple feeding the animals. "Is that the place?" Kameyo asked, glancing at Serrator who smirked. "Yes," Serrator answered walking towards the farm. "This is where the Yellow ranger's sister lives. Come. We have some work to do."
Emily's mother threw some corn in the ground, calling the chickens to come eat. She stood up and stretched her back, hurting for leaning down for too long before feeling a strange presence behind her. She turned around to face Serrator who was glancing down at her. She gasped and quickly got into a fighting stance.
"Nighlok! How dare you step into my home!" she spat. "What do you want?!" Serrator chuckled at the old Yellow ranger's temper and simply stated, "Your daughter." He raised a hand and fired a blast at her but the old Yellow ranger dove to the side, evading the attack. She grabbed a hoe that was near her and used it to block Serrator's attack. "It is a simply request, Ellen," Serrator stated as the Yellow ranger blocked his attack. "I really do not want to get my hands dirty."
"You should have thought of that, once you stepped into my home, Nighlok!" Ellen growled. "Ellen, Ellen, you should know you should never mess with a Nighlok, especially since you're powerless," Serrator taunted. "You bastard!" the old Yellow ranger yelled, spinning around to slam the hoe into Serrator when Kameyo slashed the gardening tool in half with her short katana. "Enough," Kameyo stated as she threw Ellen's husband near the old Yellow ranger's feet. "Brad!" Ellen gasped, seeing her husband unconscious. "What did you do to him?!" "What I'm going to do to you, if you don't tell us where the Yellow ranger is," Kameyo warned. Ellen glanced at her husband before glancing at the Nighlok. "Over my dead bo-!" Ellen didn't get to finish as Kameyo had grabbed her head and slowly took out the Yellow ranger's energy away.
The former ranger collapsed beside her husband while Kameyo licked her lips. "Her energy had a very, delicious taste." "Come on," Serrator replied as he walked inside of the house. Kameyo followed him into the house and glanced around.
Suddenly a sword flew towards them making Kameyo dodge but Serrator catch the blade between his fingers. Serrator chuckled and glanced up at the second floor where a blonde woman was leaning against the railing. "Ah, Serena," he stated slyly as he flipped the sword to grab it's handle. "Hello."
Serena leaned off the railing and stood in a fighting stance with another sword in her hands. Her body shook in effort as her body was too weak to stand up for too long. "What do you want, Nighlok?" Serena asked. "I want you," Serrator replied climbing the stairs but Serena jerked towards him. "Don't near me," Serena wheezed, her eyes narrowed in anger. "Why do you even try, Serena? You are too weakened to be fighting me, don't you think?"
"Shut up!" Serena snarled, raising her sword. "I think she's going to fight you," Kameyo noted as Serena rushed down the stairs. "Don't make me laugh," Serrator replied as he dodged Serena's attacks. "You think you can fight me in that condition." "Yes!" Serena shouted, trying to stab Serrator but he caught the blade with his bare hand. Serrator ripped the blade away from her and punched in the stomach. Serena gasped out, doubling over before Serrator slammed an elbow into her head, knocking her out.
Kameyo picked Serena from the ground and glanced at Serrator. "What next?" Serrator raised his hands as a mist covered them both. "We go to our hideout," he answered, as they both disappeared.
The rangers watched in horror as the people began to change into werewolves. Suddenly Jayden dropped to his knees, feeling an unbearing pain overwhelm his body. He screamed, clutching his stomach and demorphed. "Jay!" Antonio yelled, seeing his best friend on the ground in pain.
"Jayden!" Emily rushed towards him first, since she was closer and fell to her knees. The Red ranger was shaking uncontrollably and began to transform. "Emily! Get away from him!" Mike yelled, his green eyes wide in fear. Emily scooted back as the Red ranger turned into a huge werewolf. He landed on all fours and snarled, turning towards Emily. Saliva dripped from his slightly opened jaw and snarled at the Yellow ranger.
"Emily!" Mike yelled as he rushed towards her but Kevin grabbed him and pulled him back. Ami who was closests to Emily grabbed the Yellow ranger before Jayden pounced to where she once stood. "Well, I guess the ranger suit didn't protect him," the Nighlok laughed. "Change them back!" Kevin yelled at the Nighlok who only laughed. "No can do! See you around, rangers! Have fun!" the Nighlok saluted as he disappeared through a gap.
Werewolf-Jayden roared at the rangers, making the other people who turned into werewolves glance at him. "Shit! This isn't good," Ami stated as the rangers huddled into a circle. The werewolves surrounded them, circling them. "Stop acting like this isn't your fault!" Mike whispered at Ami angrily. "This isn't my doing, Michael," Ami snarled back. Mike glared at her before seeing behind the visor, into her brown eyes that she was...terrified.
She didn't have to do anything about this plan.
Tashiko watched in horror as the werewolves surrounded the rangers. She had to do something or else they would attack and injure the rangers. She couldn't use her Symbol Power and she didn't have a Spinsword. What could she do?
She bit her lip and her eyes watered as Werewolf-Jayden circled the rangers. "Jayden, please," Tashiko whispered. "Don't hurt them!" Tashiko froze realizing what she could do. Jayden had a weak spot for her, he would do anything in his power to protect her. His mind would be clouded by the spell but she believed he could take over this new form.
Tashiko felt terrified in what she was going to do but she had to brave. She was training to be a ranger. She could do this.
Tashiko stepped out from behind the tree and yelled, "Jayden! Stop!" The alpha Werewolf glanced at Tashiko, his shiny yellow eyes glinting in the sunlight. He bared his teeth at her making the rangers bring up their guard. "What the hell is she doing?" Ami stated, clenching her teeth. "She's going to get killed!" Kevin replied, summoning his Hydro Bow.
Werewolf-Jayden slowly approached Tashiko, growling at her, his jaw slightly parted, ready to sink his jaws into her. "Jayden, I believe you're still in there, please. Don't hurt them," she told him. But the Werewolf snarled at her, shooting towards her.
"Scatter!" Kevin yelled as the others fought against the werewolves. Tashiko turned around, not wanting to see her impediment death when Antonio caught her in time. They both rolled on the ground before Antonio demorphed, staying still. Tashiko touched her head before glancing at the Gold ranger who groaned. "Antonio!" Tashiko gasped, crawling towards him. She could see he was clutching his side to find his fingers covered in blood.
A long ugly, deep gash covered his side and his eyes were closed. "Oh no!" Tashiko gasped, covering her mouth. What had she done?! She had put the Gold ranger in danger because of her. She quickly got to her feet and glanced around to see the rangers fighting against the werewolves. She could see Werewolf-Jayden circling around, seeing the werewolves attack his friends.
"Jayden, what have you done!" Tashiko yelled at the Red ranger. The werewolf snapped around, glaring at her with his yellow eyes. "I thought you were better than this," Tashiko stated, her eyes brimming with tears. "How dare you hurt your friends!"
"We have to do something!" Mia declared, blowing the werewolves away with her Sky Fan. "We can't kill them!" Emily replied as she slashed at one of them. "We need a counter spell!" Kevin told the others as he avoided a werewolf snapping it's jaws at him. "I wonder what that could be," Ami sarcastically replied. "This isn't the time for your sarcastic jokes Ami!" Mike growled, summoning his Forest Spear. "Wait, where's Werewolf-Jayden?" "I don't know, I lost track which one it is!" Mia replied.
"Over there!" Kevin pointed to see Werewolf-Jayden taking a step back from Tashiko. "Tashiko! And Antonio?!" "What...Why is Antonio on the ground?" Emily asked panic entering her voice. "We need to help her!" Mike declared as he attached his disk into his Forest Spear. "Forest Spear! Forest Vortex!" A green tornado of leaves appeared hitting the werewolves and sending them flying towards the ground. "We need to hurry, now! Before his animal instincts take over!" Ami told them as she slashed at a werewolf.
"Jayden, please stop," Tashiko continued, taking a step back. "I know you're better than this. Please, please, don't do this." For a moment, the werewolves eyes turned green and a whine came out of his mouth. But as quickly as it changed, it's eyes went yellow and he snarled at her. His hackles raised and he stood on two legs and attacked her. Before she could do anything, the Werewolf snarled, swiping it's claws at her face. He clawed her right side of her face, leaving three long gashes across her cheek: one from the tear duct of her right eye all the way towards the end of her cheek, the other starting from the bridge of her nose to her cheekbone and the last one from the edge of her mouth to the end of her chin.
Tashiko screamed in agony as she felt the claws rake her face and felt her cheek grow hot and sticky. She staggered holding her face as blood streamed down between her fingers. Tashiko glanced at her hand, seeing it covered in blood and looked at Werewolf-Jayden in horror.
The Werewolf growled at her before it's eyes turned green once more. Seeing what he had done to her, he stepped back.
The rangers heard Tashiko's scream and looked at her in horror at her bleeding face. "Tashiko!" Kevin gasped and rushed towards her. Mike followed suit while the girls tried to knock out the other werewolves. "Symbol Power! Vines!" Mike shouted as he slammed the symbol into the ground. Vines erupted from the ground making Werewolf-Jayden avoid the attack. Kevin aimed at Werewolf-Jayden with his Hydro Bow and fired at him. The werewolf cried as the blue arrows made contact with it's body and collapsed into the ground.
"Mike, check on them," Kevin ordered. "I'll try to keep this Werewolf off your tail." Mike gave him a nod and rushed towards Tashiko and Antonio. He reached Antonio first who was bleeding heavily. "Tell me you're okay," Mike told him. "I'm okay, just hurting really badly," Antonio responded. Mike then turned to Tashiko who was on the ground, kneeled down, holding her face. "Tashiko, are you okay?" he asked her. She slowly glanced at him, who was pale and felt like the right side of her face was frozen. "S-Sorry," she whispered before she collapsed into the ground, losing consciousness.
Mike quickly got to his feet and yelled at Kevin, "They both need medical attention! Now!"
"They keep getting up no matter how much we hit them!" Emily pointed out as she slashed at the Werewolf. "Then we kill them!" Ami suggested, giving Emily a smirk. "No! Then we have to kill Jayden too!" Emily shot back at her. "We can't kill them! They're innocent people caught in the Nighlok's spell!" Mia cried back.
Suddenly the Werewolves stopped attacking, they froze to see their Alpha injured on the ground. Werewolf-Jayden got to his feet, feeling Kevin's arrows on his back. "You...will….pay," the Werewolf hissed, glaring at the Blue and Green rangers. He shot forward and snapped at Mike, grabbing him by the leg and threw him to the side. Kevin shot him more arrows but the Werewolf avoided his shots, pinning him down to the ground. He was about to plunge it's jaws to the Blue rangers neck when Ami slashed at him with her Spinsword.
The Werewolf roared in agony and spun around to face Ami. "Come at me!" Ami yelled as Werewolf-Jayden launched towards Ami who stepped aside. She was about to plunge her sword into Jayden when Emily blocked the attack. "In case you forgot, our leader is still in there," Emily growled lowly. "We didn't decide to kill him but to try and save him. I think Kevin made that clear." Ami smirked and said, "Aw, baby Emily has finally decided to step up her game?"
Suddenly Werewolf-Jayden snarled and knocked both of the girls over. He pinned Emily down and snarled at her. "Emily!" Mike yelled, trying to get to his feet. "Jayden, don't hurt us. We are your friends, your family," Emily whispered. "Look around you, look at what you've done." The Werewolf growled, it's jaws getting closer to Emily. Tears streamed down her face as she looked into the Werewolves yellow eyes. It changed back to green when suddenly it howled in pain. He backed away, a sword embedded into his back as Ami grabbed Emily and ran for their lives. "What have you done?!" Emily yelled at her. "Saving your ass!" Ami shouted back.
Werewolf-Jayden backed away before running for it's life. "No!" Kevin called as he watched the Werewolf run away. "Do you think that was...Jayden?" Mia asked as the Werewolf disappeared from sight. "I-I don't know," Kevin whispered.
"I don't know."
Serrator and Kameyo appeared in a cave where Hideo was waiting for them. Kameyo dropped the now conscious Yellow ranger into the ground. "What do you want from me, Nighlok?" Serena asked, coughing. Serrator ignored her and glanced at Hideo. "You know what to do. Make some medicine for this...pest. I want her to live, so she can see her sister try to rescue her, only to see her fail." "Yes master," Hideo bowed at Serrator, his crystal ball glowing. He waved it over Serena to find what antidote he needed to make.
Serena glared at Serrator and snarled, "She won't fail. She will kick your ass!" Serrator chuckled and stated, "She is the weakest of all the rangers put together." He gave Hideo a nod and said, "Take care of her, will you?" "Of course," Hideo smirked back. "She'll be in good hands." "I hope so," Serrator replied darkly before he and Kameyo disappeared through a gap.
Hideo changed into his human form and glanced at Serena who glared at him. "I'm sorry for the show." Serena narrowed her eyes and scooted back. "Show? What are you talking about?" "I will need a little favor, from you Serena," Hideo told her as he began to mix some ingredients for his potion. "Why would I do that for you? Half-Nighlok?" Serena spat at him. "Because if you don't," Hideo began, his eyes letting off a deep eerie glow. "Your sister and her friends will die."
Tashiko's eyes snapped open, finding herself inside of her inner mind. She quickly sat up and glanced around. "What the hell am I doing here?" she murmured before touching her face. She could feel the scars of the three gashes she received from Werewolf-Jayden and felt a deep sadness well in her chest.
Well, if it isn't our guest, came an echoing voice. Good job in scarring my face.. "Who are you?" Tashiko asked, looking around trying to find the source of the voice. I would tell you the same thing, Tashiko…. The voice continued. Who are you?
"I'm Tashiko," Tashiko replied, getting to her feet.
Are you really Tashiko? Or are you, someone else?, the voice asked.
"Tashiko is the name Cody and Aaron gave me, because...I don't know who I am," Tashiko answered. "I told you who am I. Tell me who are you?"
The sound of chains dragging against the floor echoed around Tashiko's head. Tashiko turned around to find an approaching figure with glowing red eyes walking towards her. "Who are you?" Tashiko asked, noticing that this person wasn't Kaisoko-Hime.
Kaisoko-Hime, isn't here, the figure told her. Right now, she's having a bit of fun in her new...cage.
Tashiko's eyes went wide in horror and stated, "What have you done to Kaisoko-Hime?!"
What I should have done the moment I landed here, the voice growled.
"Who are you?!" Tashiko shouted, getting into a defensive position. The figure stepped out into the light and Tashiko's breath got stuck in her throat.
I am..you, the figure replied, a small cackle flowing out of her mouth and gradually got louder.
Serena stood on her feet not believing what had just happened. She was on her feet, without wheezing or coughing her lungs out. Hideo's medicine had cured her! "I don't believe it," Serena smiled, prancing around like a kid. She glanced at Hideo who was looking at his crystal ball in concern. "Is something wrong?" Serena asked, her smile disappearing. "Yeah," Hideo replied, making the images of his crystal ball disappear. He got to his feet and walked towards the mouth of the cave. "It seems like we are going to change our plans." "What? Why?" Serena replied, following Hideo. "You're going to help me, remember?" Hideo told her as he turned around to face her.
"Yes. I promised I would," Serena replied as Hideo raised his staff. "Spiriti della foresta , sentire la mia chiamata ! Concedere questo Samurai Terra suoi poteri!" he yelled as a white glow surrounded Serena.
After the light disappeared, Serena stood in front of Hideo with a White Samurai ranger suit. "Whoa!" Serena gasped, turning around in a circle as she observed her new suit. "This is amazing! Thank you!" Hideo gave her a nod, showing her a small smile before it disappeared. "Come, Serena. We have work to do." He waved his staff as they both disappeared in a swirl of magic.