Chapter 36
Up, Up and Away
"Cephala Club!" Bailey summoned her club and charged towards Rito. He lifted his sword and blocked Bailey's attack and the two immediately went at it. Every slash, slice, and advancement they made the other would quickly block.
"Hold still you purple booger!" Rito shouted.
Bailey grinned beneath her helmet as she landed from a pushback on her knee. "Okay? How's this?" She lifted her weapon. "Cephala Club! Canon mode!" With a few twists of her wrist, she shifted her weapon into a high-powered canon and pointed it at Rito. "Fire!" a purple and white blast shot from the face of her cannon and towards Rito.
Rito lifted his sword and knocked the blast aside. He tilted is head back and roared with laughter. "Ha ha ha! You can't think something like that'll stop me!" He lifted his hand to his face and shot red energy towards Bailey. She dodge rolled out of the way and came to a stop just as Rito started up a new attack. He brought his hand to his chest where the area behind his hand started to glow a swirling black and gray.
The mixture continued until Rito shot out his hand towards her. The black-gray cloud formed the shape of a skull and cross bones before shooting forward and wrapped around her, pinning her arms to her sides. It was then followed by an even larger skull and cross bones that surrounded her and chomped down. Bailey cried out in pain as the dark energy swirled around her, knocking her to the ground.
"Hiya!" Conner leapt into the air and brought his Tyranno Staff down to strike putties that encircled around him. Then he pivoted on his foot and struck another one in the chest. It crumbled and fell apart almost immediately. He leapt up and started to systematically take down the putties that were around him. There were enough coming time and time again to keep them busy and it didn't seem like it was going to end anytime soon.
Kira and Ethan had the same issues. No matter how many putties they took down, there was always another one that would come up in its place. Then two, then three, then four. There were so many putties that the ones the circle that came around them would push in further and further. The googling sounds the putties made became louder and louder as the seconds passed. Ethan pressed his back against Kira's and turned his head to speak to her, nearly shouting over the sound of the putties.
"I think they're starting to get a little bit too loud!" He yelled.
"I think so, too," Kira yelled back. She sucked in a deep breath and Ethan crouched down, pressing his hands over his ears. Then Kira blasted out a pterra scream, knocking down the putties that came within arm's reach of them. Some were knocked over onto their backs where they flailed around, trying to get back up, others were hit directly in their Z-plates, knocking them down and out. She continued to scream until she had to take a breath, ceasing the area around them.
"Geez, I hope I'm never the guy that pisses you off like that," Fred commented, after bringing his hands from his ears.
Ethan then started to laugh, making Kira whip her head towards him. "Keep your mind on the fight, Ethan! We don't have time for this!"
"Sorry, sorry." Ethan held up his hands and summoned his Tricera shield, getting back into the fight once more.
Fred leapt up onto a nearby table and swung his legs, striking putties in the face. Then he grabbed plates and flung them towards the putties like Frisbees, striking them in the face, chest, and neck, knocking them out of the way. Then he grabbed onto cutlery and spun them around in his fingers a few times, much like ninja stars, and flung them directly into the z-plates of putties' chests. He smirked as they fell to the ground and scrambled to get away before breaking apart. Then he jumped off the table and hurried over to Bailey, who pushed herself back to her feet.
"You okay?" He asked her.
"It'll take a lot more than that to take me down," she replied.
"Yeah, let's take him on!" Fred agreed.
The two fell into mimicking fighting stances while Rito laughed uproariously. Then an incredibly evil gleam came to his skeletal face. A deep, growl came from his lips. "I was destroyed once before; I'm not going to go again!" With that, he started to change. His bones became spikier and a dark hue encompassed him. Bailey let out a curse under her breath as she watched Rito's transformation. He was turning into a new, skeletal creature, very similar to a dinosaur skeleton that Avalon had told her about when she and the others were on Phaedos.
"This isn't good," she murmured.
"You're telling me," Fred replied. He let out a low chuckle. "Kind of kicking myself for not staying to get Av's Turbo powers."
Bailey laughed back. But her laugh was as humorless as Fred's was. She was starting to feel a little scared, actually. Not because of Rito, but because of the other monsters that were around as well and how they would be the only ones who were the defenders of the cities to said monsters while the others were traveling to get their powers back.
"What are we going to do?" Kira asked.
"We'll have to take down these putties then we can take down Rito," Conner declared. "Let's combine our weapons."
"Right!" Kira and Ethan agreed.
Rito stopped transforming and a grotesque skeletal monster stood in his place. His voice was low, more dangerous, more guttural as he said, "Why don't you try me on for size!?" At that, Bailey and Fred raced forward and flipped over Rito's head at the same time. Then they turned and started to attack him again, working on a unified front; one of them would attack, get Rito's attention, then the other would attack, turning his attention the other way. It worked for a while, but then Rito brought his hands into his chest and sent out a wave of energy that knocked Bailey and Fred away from him. But it wasn't a normal blast of energy, pieces of his skeleton shot out as well.
Fred cried out in pain as the bone pieces sliced at his skin, combined with the scrapes he received when falling to the ground. Bailey, with more protection of her suit, screeched when each strike against her suit jolted her body around, almost like electric shocks were moving through her. She knew it was parts of the power of her suit failing, she had felt it time and time again while in battle but this was worse than ever.
Rito was stronger than he had been the last time they had faced off. That was clear now. If he was that bad, then that meant the others had to be even stronger than he was. This wasn't going to be a good fight and the others needed to get their powers back soon if they were to even stand a chance.
Conner, Kira, and Ethan quickly put their weapons together. "Z-Rex Blaster!" They shouted in unison. "Ready! Fire!" They held onto the Z-Rex Blaster as tightly as they could, pulling the weapon around in an arc to take out all of the putties around them. Once the putties were defeated, they turned the weapon onto Rito. "Fire!" They cried again.
Another blast shot out towards Rito. It struck him head on but it hardly made him flinch. Instead, Rito turned and a beam of energy came from his sword. Kira and Ethan were immediately hit by the blast but Conner rolled out of the way. "Guys!" he cried, watching them writhe on the ground.
"Just you left red ranger," Rito growled. "You should've made this more difficult, it was too easy!"
"We'll see about that," Conner cried. He brought up his hands. "Super Dino Mode!" A surge of power moved through his suit as he entered Super Dino Mode and held up his Tyranno Staff tightly in his hand. He spun it around a few times and pointed it right at Rito. "Come on!"
Rito started lumbering towards Conner, the red ranger holding his ground, watching as the monster lumbered towards him. There was a sudden shot of white light, back and forth over Rito's body. Rito screamed as he jerked back and forth by the hits. Then he stumbled backwards and the bright light came to a stop as the White Dino Ranger landed beside him.
Conner watched, warily. "Trent?"
Trent nodded back to him.
Despite his earlier misgivings, Conner smiled under his helmet. Whether or not Trent had a hold of his powers, he had a hold of them now and that's what was the most important. Trent summoned his weapon, the Drago Sword.
"One extra ranger isn't going to help you!" Rito declared.
"We'll see about that!" Trent pulled out his sword and quickly spun it in the air. Laser arrows appeared and shot towards Rito, almost stopping him in his path. That was all that Conner needed. Using his enhanced speed, her raced forward and around Rito, slashing with the Tyranno Staff as many times as he could get in, with Trent running along behind him.
Rito's body spastically jerked back and forth with the force of each attack by the two rangers. Finally, Conner and Ethan struck hard with final blows of energy from their weapons, making Rito fall back to the ground. His monstrous form deflected back to its original form with Rito rolling over and over, grabbing onto his head when he came to a stop.
"Oh, Mesogog isn't going to like this," he said.
"Come quietly and you'll be okay," Trent said as he and Conner slowly walked towards him.
"If not, prepare to be destroyed," Conner said.
Rito glared at them. "I don't think so," he said and disappeared in a burst of flames and his body breaking apart. Conner growled when he got away, shaking his head. He powered down and turned back to Trent, who powered down as well, falling to his knees. His face was ashen and he dry heaved. Conner went over and placed a hand on his shoulder, remembering what Kira said about him having lupus. He felt more respect for Trent than he had felt before. It took someone really strong to have to deal with that every time they morphed, let alone try to control himself.
Conner walked over and placed his hand on Trent's shoulder, squeezing it. Trent looked up took Conner's outstretched hand, allowing himself to be pulled to his feet. He nodded again and Conner nodded back before turning to his friends as they demorphed.
"Is everyone okay?" Conner asked, hurrying over to them. He grabbed Kira's wrist and gently helped her to her feet. Kira leaned heavily against him and looked up at him with an expression of thanks. He smiled a small smile, making her smile back. And that was it, all was forgiven from their fight earlier.
"I'm okay, too, if you're all dying to know," Ethan said sarcastically as he got to his feet.
"Fred? Fred!" Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Trent turned their attention to Bailey, who had de-morphed and now held Fred in her arms. Blood pooled around him and stained the ground, but his eyes were open, though it was hard for him to respond. Conner's eyebrows came together as they walked closer to them. "Hey, don't go to sleep."
"Why would I got to sleep after something like that?" Fred managed to joke. He tried to sit up and winced, falling back down. "Ouch."
"Don't get up, man, you really took a beating," Ethan said, holding his hand on his shoulder.
Fred gave a weak smile. "I've felt worse from one of her punches," he said, motioning to Bailey.
Bailey smiled back. "You wouldn't like them now; it's one of my new powers."
"I'll take your word for it."
"Let's get him back to the Command Center," Conner suggested. He ran a hand through his hair. "There's a place there we can check to make sure he's alright, right?" Bailey nodded. She reached up her hand and pressed it to her communicator, the two teleporting in a blast of purple light.
Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Trent followed them. Once arriving at the Command Center, Bailey brought Fred over to the medical center with the others following them. She carefully laid him down on an examining table and looked over at the equipment around her with a hand to her chin. "I reckon I should've paid more attention to what Billy had used when we came back from a fight."
"Has Rito ever done something like that before?" Conner asked, watching as she picked up syringes and bottles filled with different compounds. "Transform like that?"
Bailey shook her head. "No, I've never seen him able to do that before."
"It must've been Mesogog's influence then," Kira said. She rubbed the back of her neck, wincing as she rolled her neck. It was then Conner realized how sore he was, too. Rito really put a number on them this time. "He said something about him not being happy turning back."
"Let's be honest, Mesogog wouldn't be happy with anyone," Ethan said. "Let alone having us go off to Angel Grove to take down the monsters he sent here."
"That's true."
"What does that mean for the others then? Goldar and the Machine Empire?" Trent asked.
"It means we're in a lot of trouble," Bailey said matter of fact. She sighed, blowing her hair out of her face. "A very significant oversight, if I do say so myself." She picked up a bowl and a cloth, setting them beside Fred. Dipping the cloth in the bowl, she wrung it out then looked over at Fred. "This is going to hurt."
"Okay."
Fred steeled himself when Bailey pressed the cloth to the gashes in his skin and he hissed, doing all he could not to scream. Conner winced. He was used to the pressures and pain from numerous soccer practices and games, especially working them in around monster fights. The only different being that with the ranger powers it was harder for him to get as hurt as he used to. It'd take a lot of force to render him with bruises or sprains. It must've killed, considering Fred didn't have any powers to help him at all.
Bailey continued to move around Fred's arms and legs, to clean up the cuts. Then she moved to the blood that was starting to dry on his shirt. Without hesitation, she grabbed the bottom of his shirt and lifted it up. Kira and Ethan winced at the gash on his stomach. It didn't seem too deep or else he would've been bleeding heavier, organs at risk.
Fred smiled at her, or maybe it was a grimace; Conner wasn't exactly sure. "If you wanted me to take my shirt off, you should've asked."
"Normally I wouldn't have to, mate."
The two shared a smile and Conner's eyebrows came together even further. Clearly they had some history with each other. It was bordering on romantic, but Bailey had never mentioned having a boyfriend when she had kissed him. Then again, he had never really told her about his history with Kira either. It was strange, how alike the two of them were and how easy it would've been if they had just gotten together. But…his heart wanted what it wanted.
Whoa, there Conner, he thought to himself. You've been knocked around a couple of times, don't jump to conclusions now.
"How long do you think he'll be out?" Trent asked. His face paled even further as he turned away from Fred, as if even the sight of the cuts was making it worse for him. "Those look pretty nasty."
"Not long with these," Bailey said, remarking to the medicine around her. "Though that was on people with ranger abilities, I don't know if Billy ever used it on himself when he was testing them out. But…I reckon you lot know this is going to be a lot worse when the others head off to Eltar. We'll be the only line of defense back here."
"We can do it," Conner said firmly. "We'll have to."
"You're right." Bailey finished setting Fred up with his medication and smiled down at him. "You should be okay after a couple of hours. Just get some rest, yeah?" He nodded and she leaned in, giving him a kiss on the cheek before leaving the medical room. The group walked out to the main area of the Command Center.
Conner placed his hands on his hips, looking around. His eyes roved over the control panels and all of the equipment before stopping on the wall of suits. The very same suits that the others had used years before to take down the monsters. Conner pressed his lips together. He had heard stories from the former rangers of their past fights and now they had never given up. They couldn't give up now, either. He wouldn't let them. There were too many people relying on them.
"What do we do now?" Trent asked.
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky," Ethan joked. "Try to take over the world." Kira and Bailey laughed. That gave Conner a new sense of purpose, to know that no matter how many times they were defeated they'd get back up and start all over again.
"First thing we have to figure out, is whether or not Trent's powers are going to mess him up again," Conner pointed out.
Bailey nodded. She turned to Trent, "We figured out that the reason your powers are taking you over every time you morph, is because your gem isn't pure. Ours were all pure when we found them, but there's something with yours that's not."
"So you're saying my Dino Gem was already evil?" Trent asked.
"That's our theory," Conner pointed out. "We don't know for sure." He pressed his palms together. "Where did you find your Dino Gem?"
Trent thought for a moment. He brought his hands into his hair and closed his eyes as he thought about it. "Um…"Finally, he opened his eyes and waved his hand. "Um, yeah, I was talking to my dad about something. We got into a fight and he left the room. Then, suddenly, this portal thing opened up—"
"—An Invisiportal?" Kira asked.
Trent nodded. "Yeah, one of those. It opened up and the next thing I know, I was in this…lab. There were beakers and bottles filled with different things all over the place. There were so many machines I'd never seen before."
"Did it have, like, a green hue over everything?" Kira asked. Trent nodded. "Mesogog's lair. That's where the Invisiportal took you."
Conner and Ethan exchanged glances. Ethan looked a little skeptical but still, what other place had they been that would've made sense to Trent's description. They had been there once before when going to save Zack, Tommy, Avalon, and Bailey after they had been kidnapped and held by Elsa and Zeltrax. It had to be the same place.
"Right and I just saw it sitting on a bench, grabbed it, and…I felt this insurmountable amount of power." Trent started to smile at the memory. "It made me feel like my lupus wasn't something that I had to deal with. All of that went away. But as soon as I dimorph it comes back."
"There was no one else there when you got the Gem?" Bailey pressed.
"No. Just me."
Bailey took in a deep breath She played with her fingers, as she always did when deep in thought. She looked over at Conner and he realized she had the same expression on her face that had to be on his and that they were probably thinking the same thing.
Trent was transported to Mesogog's lair through a portal in his father's office.
Did that mean…Anton Mercer was Mesogog?
"All systems are go. As you requested, this is what will give you the ability to get to Eltar," General Norquist said. He turned from the control panel he stood at and regarded the rangers, past and present. Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Trini, Billy, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Tanya, Kat, Tommy, and Avalon stood in front of him, ready for what was to transport them out of NASADA.
Conner, Kira, Ethan, Trent, and Bailey stood behind, watching and waiting. General Norquist walked over to Billy, holding out his hand. Billy smiled and grabbed it, shaking his hand firmly. "It was nice to be in contact with you again, Mr. Cranston. It's always good to hear from you."
"Even better to know you can help," Billy said honestly. He dropped General Norquist's hand and took a step back, motioning to his friends. "We didn't think there was ever a way for you to get any of the rest of us up into space again after the Turbo rangers left."
"Yes, well, I had a lot of government interference with that one," General Norquist said. He crossed his arms, clearing his throat. "After sending the first set of rangers up, I've had a lot of conversations that had threatened to shut down our program out here in California."
"But you were helping rangers," Kira protested.
"Back then, the power rangers weren't consistently known as people who were helping," Jason pointed out. "There were so many times that there was unnecessary damage to the city that we were blamed for."
"Not to mention how many times schools had to close, how much construction had to be done, how many people moved away," Rocky added. He shook his head. "I've lived in Angel Grove since I moved here from Stone Canyon and I've seen the climate about the rangers change time and time again." He shrugged. "That's what happens with things like this."
"What does that mean for Reefside then?" Ethan asked.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Tommy said. "Right now, we need to worry about this and getting up there." He motioned towards the ceiling. He thought for a moment then spoke to General Norquist with, "Is it a similar means of how I got to Eltar the last time?"
General Norquist nodded. "Yes, very similar, but slightly different. The last time you were able to get to Eltar had been due to Zordon and Alpha's manipulations to get you there. As they're no longer with us at this point, I had to come up with a different form to get you up to Eltar."
"It's not going to hurt is it?" Adam joked. Tanya elbowed him on the arm.
"No, it won't hurt."
"He says that now, but next thing we know we get there missing a limb," Avalon said. She crossed her arms and studied the man for a long moment. There was nothing about him that they couldn't trust, she could see that. Still, this was a big thing. They didn't know if their mission was going to work but they had to take that risk anyway.
"Please, I expect a comment like that from Rocky," Kat said. Her voice was light and conversational but everyone could see the concern in her face. They were all worried.
Trini seemed to have noticed because she took a step forward and turned to address everyone. "We have to trust that these guys can hold their own while we're gone. Their fight against Rito was hard, but we've gone against things that were even harder and came out the other side tougher. Just have faith they can hold things together while we're gone and they can do it."
"We won't let you down!" Conner declared.
"Right, you'll get back and see how we kicked all of their butts," Bailey agreed.
"Let's go then," Zack declared. "We're not going to get anything done just by standing around here!"
General Norquist nodded. "I'll get things started."
While he did that, Tommy motioned to Conner and the red ranger went to his side. "While we're gone, you're going to be the only one in charge," he reminded him. "We won't be able to get in contact with you at all." Conner took on an expression of worry, running his hand through his hair. "Hey, you wouldn't be the red ranger if you couldn't do this. Right now you have to trust that you can too but…" Tommy glanced over at Kira for a moment. "Just make sure the rest of your team is right there with you, pay attention as things go on. When things get harder, not everyone will be able to deal with it the way you want. Got it?" Conner nodded. "Good. I know you can do this."
Conner nodded again and went back to his friends. Avalon eyed Tommy. "What was that about?" She asked.
"Something I noticed recently," Tommy replied. "But I'm not quite sure about it."
"What do you mean?"
Tommy licked his lips and lowered his voice, turning to his adoptive sister. "Just something I noticed with Kira lately," he said. "She hasn't been giving her all in fights, almost as if she's afraid of it. I first noticed when we were practicing back in Reefside, she reacted badly to stuff we were doing and has only gone downhill since then."
"By that you mean…?" Avalon trailed off as she got a good look at Tommy's face. Her eyebrows rose. "You can't mean what I think you mean, mate." He nodded. "Are you sure? You can't just accuse people of things like that."
"Honestly, Av, I think you'd be the one who would've figured it out before me."
"Why's that?"
"Because she reminds me of you when we first met. And it wasn't until later that you mentioned what Chase had been doing that it made sense."
Avalon started. Her eyes shifted back and forth as she thought about it. Then realized that Tommy was right. She ran a hand through her hair and shook her head. She couldn't believe she hadn't noticed. She prided herself on being able to see things other people couldn't, having spent a lot of time people watching and surveying the area while in the Vipers. But something so obvious…little snaps of anger, the way she dressed, the way she rebelled…Avalon should've noticed Kira's problem a lot sooner.
"We'll deal with it when we get back," Tommy reassured her. "Right now we have to get going."
Avalon nodded.
"Please come stand in a circle," General Norquist called. The rangers all nodded and did as they were told. "I've tapped into the teleportation powers that you have exhibited throughout your tenure as rangers as the frequency of our communicators that allow you to teleport. With the help of Billy, of course. There should be enough power to get you to Eltar; I still have the initial coordinates from sending TJ's team up into space. However, once you're there we will not be able to be in contact and you may not find your way back." He looked them over. "Do you still want to do this?"
"Anything to help keep innocent people safe," Kimberly said.
The others nodded.
"Okay, I'll start the process."
The rangers then reached out and, much like when Alpha teleported them to Phaedos, they held hands and closed their eyes to focus on the power within them. General Norquist stood at the nearby control panel and went through the sequence that would tap into the frequency of the rangers' communicators. It took a couple of seconds where they all started to flash their colors before turning into energy completely and rose through the sky, shooting out of NASADA.
"May the power protect you," Bailey murmured.
The rangers noticed the humidity of Eltar as soon as they landed. "This is not good for my hair," Aisha said, patting at her short hair do. "I should've kept my braids going."
"Girl, I know the feeling," Tanya agreed.
"Tommy, do you recognize anything around here?" Kat ask, placing her hand on Tommy's shoulder. She waited as Tommy frowned and started to look around. He placed his hands on his hips before removing the white, short-sleeved button down shirt he was wearing so that he was in his black tank top and green cargo pants.
"Not yet, but we should get going," Tommy said.
"Which direction do you plan on walking in?" Zack asked. He lifted a finger. "I don't know about you, but none of us have been here and not having an initial direction to go into isn't going to help much."
There was a thudding sound and everyone turned to find Billy standing up from a couch, having just dropped down from a tree he had shimmied up. Dusting off his hands, Billy turned to his friends. Judging by the sun is shining behind us and the time of day, that means it'll set behind us. It'll set in the west. We want to head North."
"How do you know that's the best way?" Kimberly asked.
"I spent just as much time studying space at MIT than I did mythology," Billy explained modestly. He tilted his head in the direction they were to go. "It's that way."
"If he says so, then I reckon its right," Avalon said. "Let's go." She was the first to start walking in the direction with the others following her. As they wandered along the path, the humidity seemed to increase, making sweat pour off their skin as they went.
"If we don't find it soon at least we won't have to worry about not being in shape," Adam said. He brought up a hand and wiped his forehead. "We'll just sweat out all of the extra weight we've been carrying."
"Whose carrying extra weight?" Rocky asked.
"We'll, we're not as young as we used to be."
"Speak for yourself, Adam," Kimberly warned him.
"Yeah, you don't want to find yourself on the bad end of the wrath of six women," Zack joked. He grabbed Adam by the shoulders and gently jostled him. "Trust me, my man. I've made that mistake one too many times. And we all know they can pack a punch. So you'd be screwed."
"That's right!" Kat agreed.
The group laughed to themselves before falling into silence once more. Avalon brought her long, thick hair back into a ponytail and fanned at the back of her neck. "I should've cut my hair when I had the chance," she remarked. "It's bloody hot here."
"Eltar is closer to the sun than Earth," Billy remarked. "So the climate here isn't what we're used to."
"And you couldn't have told us that before?"
"I wasn't sure we could even get there, no matter the technological advancements that had been made over the years. So, no, I didn't mention it." Billy smirked at her. "But I'll be sure to make sure you're up to speed next time."
Avalon rolled her eyes. "Fuck off."
Billy chuckled.
Tommy and Jason, with their long, steady strides, made their way to the front of the group. So they were the first one that noticed the shadow whip overhead. They immediately came to a stop, immediately going into fighting stances. "You saw that?" Tommy asked, to be sure.
"Yeah, man, couldn't miss it," Jason said.
The two continued to look around. The shadow whipped over them again, this time capturing the attention of all of the rangers. They immediately moved into a circle so everyone had their back covered by another ranger and they could see in all directions.
"Keep on your toes, guys," Tommy said. "We all know how weird things can get."
The shadow continued to move around, moving closer until the rangers realized it was a bird encircling them. Not one that was big, but not one that was too tiny either. Aisha tilted her head back and shielded her face to see what it was. Then she pointed. "It's an owl!"
"An owl?" Kimberly asked. Her nose wrinkled. "I didn't think they'd have owls on other planets."
"Let alone ones that would be able to make it past all of the other creatures that live here," Rocky added.
"Wait." Tommy held up a hand and waited, watching as the owl slowly lowered itself to the ground. Then, he took a step back as it lifted its wings, shaking itself out. Then a wind picked up and a colorful light started to surround the owl. It glowed brighter and brighter until, in the owl's place, was a young woman who knelt on the ground.
It wasn't until she stood up, coming to her full height, that the rangers knew who it was.
"Dulcea," Avalon breathed.
A/N: And I'm back! Ah, I missed writing about my girls and their friends. I will have this updated again son as well as Powerless as I know you guys are waiting for that. Check out my recent updates to Headstrong and Beautiful Disaster as well as Distraction. Let me know what you think of the addition of Dulcea to help them out.
Thanks to zombie-hunt, Adela, Ashley, lizziestrong ToxicWednesday, brankel1, LadyKeren, and TerraHart for reviewing.
Thanks to xoxMountainGirlxox for the idea for Trent having lupus.
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