After T15 finished working on her first solo attack-bot, she left it offline and made her was to the computer.
T15 wasn't Venjix' only henchwoman. Of course, there used to be Tenaya Seven, but even when she had betrayed Venjix, T15 wasn't the only one.
Venjix had been battle Corinth, as well as NewTech. That was why NewTech needed Rangers. Fighting against the other city was Morgana.
Now that Venjix was gone and T15 planned on taking over the world, she needed to know what else stood in her way, aside from Corinth.
Morgana had been the T15 for the SPD Rangers. She was a strong and powerful woman, and T15 was positive that if Morgana did survive, they would buttheads constantly.
"Let's see how the little Morgana is doing against those stupid police Rangers," she grinned. She downloaded the files on her co-henchwoman and smirked at the results.
Morgana had been defeated. This meant that T15 had the entire palace and all its tools to herself.
T15 couldn't believe it. Those pesky SPD Rangers had actually helped her. Now she wasn't going to have a less intelligent robot trying to help her dominate the world.
T15 was confidant her plans would work flawlessly, because there would be no outside impute that would alter her train of thoughts.
"Perfect," she grinned, turning to the offline attack-bot. "Now, what should I make you?"
T15 was sure the Rangers wouldn't be expecting an attack from her any time soon. When she had left they, she had barely been in a condition to move. Only mere hours later she was already plotting the end of humanity.
She had all the time she needed to make this bot work.
"Hey... time," T15 grinned, "Maybe I don't have to kill the Rangers in this time. If I attack them when they're old I weak, I can rule the world from there."
-----RPM-----
"What do you mean no one is allowed inside?" Dustin yelled as Doc positioned himself in between the former yellow Ranger and the door to the infirmary. Dustin had assumed that once Doc was okay to leave the girls alone, he would be able to visit his daughter and niece, but now he was being told otherwise and he was angry.
"Look, Dustin, you can't go in there. Hayden needs a lot of rest to recover, and believe me; you don't want to see what Tenaya looks like."
"We don't care," Sierra said in a low voice. She had arrived a few moments before Doc left the room, allowed to leave the bunker because of the condition of her daughter, "I want to know she's okay."
"She's not," Doc sighed, "That's why I can't let you in there."
"What about Hayden?" Dustin asked, "Can't we see her?"
"She needs rest," David persisted, "I'm sorry you two, but until someone wakes up, I'm not letting anyone in."
As if on cue, the doors swung open and Dustin felt someone force her way into his arms, as if trying to hide inside him. He looked down, spotting a blood-stained blonde head of hair.
He wrapped his arms around her daughter, stroking her hair with a hand as he looked over at his sister. Sierra placed her hand on her niece's back and whispered gently.
"Hayden, are you okay?"
Hayden shook her head slowly, the movement causing Dustin to realise that Hayden had been sobbing on his shirt, getting it soaking wet in the few seconds she'd been in his arms. He pushed her away, keeping a strong grip on her arms as he looked down at her face.
Hayden argued, forcing her way back into him and grabbing his shirt. She was too afraid to leave his side. He was the only one she could trust.
"Hayden, you're awake," Kaylee smiled, seeing her daughter in Dustin's arms. Dustin felt Hayden tense up in both fear and anger. The little blonde turned to her mother, keeping herself in her father's arms.
Kaylee backed away when she say Hayden's face. She expected her daughter to be angry, but Hayden was throwing daggers at her with only her eyes.
"I hate you!" she screamed.
"Hay..."
"Shut up!" Hayden yelled. The other Rangers could hear her screaming from their bedrooms and came out to see what was wrong. Even Mike, who had broken down in tears by the time Samantha caught up to him and dreaded seeing his little cousin, had walked out. Though he didn't want to know what she was going to say to him, he had to prepare himself for her hatred.
Hayden looked up at the team. She had no idea how many people were in on the plan to kill her, so she could only assume.
"I hate you all!" she screamed.
"Hayden... listen," Dustin started, squeezing her lovingly, "You don't under..."
"NO!" Hayden yelled, pulling away from him as soon as she understood that he was going to try and help the people who tried to kill her.
"Listen, Hayden..."
"I don't want to!" Hayden took a few steps back, wiping her tears. Kaylee tried moving in closer, knowing it was only going to make Hayden run.
Hayden did just that, she turn and ran. She didn't get far, however, before colliding with a new body. It quickly wrapped its arms around her, holding her tight, and holding her close.
"What the fuck?" Kira asked, motioning to her very upset niece.
"Kira? I could ask you the same question," Kaylee frowned, "Aren't you supposed to be in NewTech?"
"Cam told me Venjix was defeated. I came to... why is she crying?" Kira jumped right to the more important question as she pointed to Hayden.
"They kinda tried to kill her..." Samantha said, pointing to Kaylee, Mike and Flynn.
Kira shook her head, "I signed up to be with the wrong family. She can't die! Why would you try?"
"It was a plan..."
"I hate you!" Hayden screamed, pulling away from her Aunt and trying to take off. Kira grabbed Hayden's arm, keeping her from going far.
"You stay," she told her niece.
"NO!" Hayden yelled, breaking loose and taking off, running to the border between Corinth and NewTech.
Summer sighed, dropping her head on the railing.
"She's pulling a Sam."
"A... I didn't..." Samantha frowned, looking to her cousin.
"No, your name, my body," Summer explained.
"Oh... um... wait I don't know this story," Samantha frowned, turning to everyone downstairs. "Is this when other Sammy ran to Uncle Hunter's house?"
"Yep," Kira nodded.
"Oh..." Samantha looked to her mother, cousin and future brother in-law, "She's pissed."
"You think," Flynn frowned.
Kaylee sunk down to her knees. She had screwed up. As guilty as they were going to feel, Flynn and Mike had nothing to feel badly for. Kaylee was the one who made the call, and she made it too early. She knew Daniela was still alive, and she knew Daniela well enough to know that the Silver Ranger was going to come back. That meant that there were still four Rangers against Venjix. Odds weren't good, but they never were.
Kira sighed, looking at the RPM family. She didn't know the story behind this, but she knew she needed to help.
"Look, I'll talk to Hayden, okay?" Kira smiled, kneeling in front of Kaylee and placing her hand on the younger woman's shoulder.
"You can't," Dustin sighed. He saw the look of panic on Hayden's face. She was afraid, not of dying, but of trust. The three people in her life she should have been able to trust completely: her mother, her protective cousin, and her fiancé/boyfriend, just turned on her and plotted on taking her life. Though it had been to protect her, Hayden wasn't aware of that fact yet. She understood it to a degree, but Dustin could see how Hayden must have witnessed the plan going down, and it wasn't pretty. "She can't trust."
"Trust who?" Kira asked, "She knows I won't ever hurt her... much... sometimes..."
"She thought the same thing of us," Dusting sighed, "And as far as she knows, we're all in on this plan."
"Hello, NewTech!" Kira frowned, waving her hands, "I'm still confused about the baby mentioned when I called for Hayden's birthday! How would I know about a plan to kill the unkillable?"
"Just, follow her," Sierra said, "Hayden'll run to whoever she can trust. I think all you can do is make sure she doesn't get hurt."
"And keep a close eye on her heart," Doc added as Kira turned to leave, "It's not healing."
Kira stopped in her tracks and turned back to her Corinth family slowly, "I'm not leaving you guys alone again. Every time something weird happens: babies, unconscious men and mentors... and Ziggy."
"Hey!" Ziggy pouted.
Kira smirked at the L-Green Ranger before finally getting on her way.
Flynn sighed, looking down at his hands. He hadn't done anything in the plan aside from distract Venjix, but he still felt horrible. His job was to protect Hayden from this, not cause it.
-----RPM-----
Security breach, level one.
"Who the hell could be attacking us now?" Z yelled, following the other Rangers as they charged through the SPD command center to find the infiltrator. "I thought we defeated evil."
"I guess not fu-OUF!" Samantha was quickly cut off when something ran right into her, slamming into her chest and knocking the wind out of her. She looked down, finding a mass of blood-stained blond hair atop of a small figure currently hugging her and possibly squeezing the life out of her.
"Um, Sammy, you got a Hayden on your shirt," Heather laughed.
"A... Hayden?" Samantha asked, pulling away from her younger cousin, looking down at the very upset little cousin. "What are you doing here?"
"No time to talk, we've got an infiltrator to find!" Ryan shouted. Samantha rolled her eyes.
Even Hayden paused and turned to join into the multiple stares directed at the Bradley boy. Ryan realised his mistake and chuckled nervously, sinking back inside the crowd of Rangers.
"Oops... my bad."
"You're an idiot," Sammy sighed.
"Hey, it's not his fault he's inherited more blonde than dirty," Benjamin smirked, "Of course, I wouldn't really know."
Heather gasped, turning to Ben and slapping his chest, "What have I told you before?"
"Shut up?" he asked her sweetly.
"And Aunt Kira thought my team had issues," Hayden managed to laugh through her tears.
"Hayden, what are you doing here?" Samantha asked, wrapping her arm around her cousin as she walked back to the main room so they could all sit and talk. "Where's the rest of your team?"
"Behind my back," Hayden growled, "With a knife."
"She's dark," Drew smirked, "I might like her."
"Shut up and eat your pudding!" Hayden snapped. She already knew about Drew's reputation from Summer, and she wasn't about to put up with it for a moment. Drew frowned, looking around.
"I don't have pudding."
"Go get some," Hayden growled.
The Rangers made it to the main room and Samantha let Hayden take a seat on the couch. Heather sat beside her with a worries look.
"What are you talking about?" she asked her cousin, "Behind you with a knife."
"Mike killed me!" Hayden yelled, "In the Venjix battle... he took out my mother's dagger and he stabbed me!"
"He wouldn't!" Samantha gasped. Hayden raised her eyebrows and pulled her shirt down slightly to show the blonde the wound.
"Shouldn't you heal?" Heather asked.
Hayden looked down, curious for a moment, before looking back up.
"I should... a long time ago..." Hayden exchanged looks with the SPD team. Only a select few of them knew of her healing powers. The rest were confused.
"Apparently your team is more messed up then ours," Bridge frowned, "Mike killed you, and you're here telling us about it?"
"Hayden's got spontaneous regeneration," Ryan explained for those who were lost. "Like, spontaneous, spontaneous."
"How did all this happen?" Kira's voice came as the leader of NewTech city arrived in the main room and sat next to her niece, wrapping her arm around the scared girl.
"We were losing..." Hayden breathed, "I... I heard mom tell Flynn and Mike that they knew what to do."
"So the bitch planned it?" Drew asked.
Samantha glared at the bitter young man, making her way over to him and his chair. She lifted it up, tipping it over and dumping him on the floor.
Samantha wiped the imaginary dust off her hands and looked at her cousin, "Go on."
"That's just it," Hayden sighed, "I don't know anything else! After mom said that, Flynn told Mike he couldn't do it. He went off and fought Venjix. That's when Mike pulled out mom's dagger and he... you know."
"Stabbed you?" Ben asked, causing both Heather and Z to nudge him.
"So... he actually stabbed you?" Ryan asked, a little surprised Mike would do something so... hurtful to his own cousin.
"Look, Hayden... I know it seems a little... intense... but your mother was only trying to protect you..." Kira started, but Hayden stuck her hands over her ears to drown her Aunt out. Samantha smirked, grabbing Hayden's hands and pulling them away.
"Want to talk about family betrayal?" she asked. "I think that's why you came here."
"I just wanted to get away," Hayden whispered, "I can't trust any of them..."
"Hayden..." Kira smiled, holding her niece close, "You family loves you, never forget that. Your mother is just... a little overprotective."
"Overprotective? She planned an attack!" Hayden growled, pulling away from her Aunt, "If she were overprotective she wouldn't have sent me out to the battle in the first place and I would we wrapped in bubbles!"
"Hay, go home," Kira smirked, "At least try and figure out their intentions."
"I don't want to see any of them," Hayden snapped.
"If it helps, I don't think many people knew," Kira said, "And even if they did, you should know your team and your family well enough. The only reason they would try something like this is to keep you from pain."
Hayden frowned as she began to poke her heart, over and over again, wincing every time her finger hit the wound.
"Yeah, there's no pain here."
Kira took Hayden's hands while motioning to the entire SPD team.
"Hayden, do you trust us?"
"Some more than others," Hayden nodded, "I trust you, I trust Sammy, I trust Heather and Ryan and Bridge and Z a little. But I don't know too much of Drew and Ben to call what I feel for them trust..."
"Feeling's mutual," Drew smirked.
"Pudding!" Hayden snapped.
"Then trust us when we all say, go home," Kira smiled.
"No."
"Hayden," Kira finally pulled Hayden into a hug, squeezing the young blonde tight, "As your Godmother, my job is to protect you and be your mom when your mom can't, right?"
"Whatever," Hayden sighed, rolling her eyes, "I guess."
"And you know I would never ask you to do anything that would hurt you. Not in a million years. I think Kaylee's plan was stupid and needed to be thought out a little more. Never would I have anyone kill you."
"I like you best. Mom can keep Summer and I'll live with you."
"I like that plan," Samantha chuckled.
Kira smiled at her daughter before looking back at Hayden, "At least go home. If anything happens that you don't like, or don't understand, you can call me and I'll be there in three seconds to smack some sense into your mother, cousins and boyfriends and everyone else who hurts you. Deal?"
"Promise?" Hayden asked, "I'm scared."
"I know, kiddo," Kira nodded, "It's hard to trust once you've been stabbed in the back."
"Even harder when it hits you in the heart," Hayden breathed, "I was so scared... Mike was actually ready to kill and my mom... she told him to do it... and Flynn didn't stop it... but he said he couldn't... he... and Mike actually stabbed me... I... I trusted him and he..."
"I know," Kira nodded, "But I can't do anything to help you. You've got to go home."
Hayden got up from the couch, wiping her tears. She wasn't ready to talk with anyone in Corinth, but her Aunt was right, she did have to go back home.
As Hayden left, Ben turned to Heather, "I think I like SPD."
"Why do you say that?" Heather asked him. Ben pointed to the doors closing behind Hayden.
"RPM's like a soap opera!" he frowned, "I'm sure this isn't their first problem."
"We've had problems," Z reminded the boy.
"Yeah, he's sitting in that chair," Samantha grinned, pointing to Drew.
"I didn't say anything!" Drew yelled in defence. Samantha rolled her eyes.
"You breathe!"
Drew frowned as he stopped breathing. He looked to Samantha with a knowing smirk.
"Hold that position, now," Ryan chuckled, "Until you turn blue, then a little longer."
"Guys," Kira sighed.
"C'mon, please!" Samantha begged, "We defeated evil! We don't need him anymore."
"No," Kira shook her head, "As much as I want to, I don't feel like doing paperwork tonight! And I'm probably already going to have to kill someone."
"Aunt Kaylee?"
"Tori really screwed her over when she dropped her."
Drew let go of his breathe and looked over at his team, "You know, I was sitting right here?"
"We know," Ryan nodded.
"C'mon, guys," Bridge smirked, tapping Z's leg as he got up, "It's starting to get late. We should get to bed if we want to help the city with clean-up tomorrow."
"Do we gotta?" the team whined. Bridge nodded.
"Yeah... going to bed is a little boring and uneventful. I would rather..."
"Oh no, no ranting today, I've heard enough strange things to last the rest of my life!" Kira groaned, "Goodnight, sleep tight and please, everyone, shut up."
The commander of SPD hopped up on her feet before lazily walking out. She was hoping to get some sleep tonight and that Hayden wasn't going to call. She loved that little Pink Ranger to death, and hated when she saw the princess in tears. Had she not known Kaylee as well as she did, she would have been ready to assume the worst had happened and would have killed the entire RPM team, excluding her own daughter of course, in less than a minute for causing Hayden's tears.
She just hoped everything was going to work out in Corinth.
