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In this chapter, Tess meets a kind-hearted alien that Heckyl enlisted to take the rangers' energems. But when Singe and Fury use force to make him attack the rangers, Tess must go against her friends to help him.
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Chapter 35: True Colors
Tess was out and about in Amber Beach, taking pictures with a brand-new camera that she got from her grandparents. Today was a beautiful day and Tess wanted to take all the sights in. Tess took pictures of everything from children playing to all the plants blooming on this beautiful day.
As Tess took a close up shot of a bush of carnations, she noticed a little Boston Terrier running up towards her. "Hi little guy" Tess smiled, scratching behind his ear. "Are you lost?"
He barked in response as he to jump in front of her. This little Terrier had a lot of energy and was eager to play with Tess.
"I'm guess that's a yes" Tess smiled. "You want your picture taken?" He barked in response.
Tess smiled as she snapped several pictures of the energetic little pup, who was more than happy to be her model. Once she more than enough pictures, Tess crouched down to pet behind his ear. "I think that's more than enough. Who knew you were so photogenic? I gotta go take more pictures..."
With that said, Tess left the park to go into the city to take more shots. As Tess left the park, the Boston Terrier followed after her.
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Meanwhile in the Amber Beach quarry, Heckyl was circling the cell area plotting his next move against the rangers. Heckyl's patience was starting to wear thin.
"Those rangers are really starting to work my last nerve!" Heckyl growled as Fury and Singe followed closely behind him.
"Master Heckyl please let me go back down to Earth!" Fury pleaded. Fury knew that he could beat the rangers, all he needed was his opportunity.
"Please Fury, the rangers have beaten you like a little chew toy how many times?" Singe taunted Fury.
"How about I put you out, you burnt out piece of wax?" Fury and Singe faced off.
"You two are giving me a headache" Heckyl pinched the bridge of his nose. "You!" Heckyl pointed at the cowering alien in his cell. "Get him out of his cell!"
"Yes, Master Heckyl" Singe compiled dragging him out of his cell.
"Negicon..." Heckyl circled the cowering alien.
Negicon is a hulking alien convict with several tentacles and an intimidating stature with brute strength to match, but the monster was anything but scary. Negicon is a very gentle alien that doesn't want to hurt anything or anyone. But after being captured by Sledge, Negicon was forced into doing heinous crimes. The last thing Negicon wants to do is hurt anybody.
"I need you get me an energem..." Heckyl glared at Negicon. "And destroy anybody in your way..."
"Destroy?" Negicon whimpered. "I don't want to hurt anybody!"
"Really? Well do you want to see what happens when anyone doesn't do what I say..." Heckyl tapped his chin. "You won't know when I'm through with you" Heckyl channeled an energy blast in his hand.
Negicon screamed, "Don't hurt me! I don't want to fight!" Negicon shoved Singe and Fury aside and escaped the ship.
"Useless monster" Fury growled.
"Get him back here and beat those rangers, or Negicon isn't going to be the only one destroyed..." Heckyl growled.
"Yes Master Heckyl" Fury and Singe complied as they went after Negicon.
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Back in the city, people were running away as Negicon stumbled his way into the city. "No, wait! I'm not going to hurt you! Please I just need help!" Negicon pleaded. As Negicon hulked around downtown, he noticed a little girl crying. "Oh, please don't cry, little girl. I'm not going to hurt you." Negicon walked slowly towards her.
"Get away from her!" her mom quickly came, carrying her daughter away.
"I wouldn't hurt her, I wouldn't hurt anybody!" Negicon cried.
As Negicon continued to make his way downtown, Tess was by the fountain taking more pictures. While Tess snapped a photo, her Dino com went off, "Alien bio-signs downtown" Kendall informed the rangers.
"I'm closer, meet me there" Tess said as she went to the coordinates she received from Kendall.
As Tess made her way to the coordinates, Tess noticed Negicon stumbling around, crying out, "Somebody help me please!"
Confused, Tess hid behind a tree trying to figure out what was going on. From what she saw, the monster wasn't scary at all. As Tess hid, Fury and Singe along with a number of vivix surrounded him. "There you are!" Fury growled. "You will fight the rangers!"
"No I can't! I don't want to fight!" Negicon cowered in fear.
"Maybe this will change your mind" Singe cackled as he threw a zotac ring at Negicon. The zotac rings have the power to either neutralize surrounding energy forces or blast strong surges of energy on command.
Once the zotac ring was around Negicon's neck, Singe blasted Negicon with a strong surge of energy, hurting him. "Ahh! Stop, I'm begging you!" Negicon pleaded.
"Destroy him! He's worthless anyway!" Fury growled.
"Stop!" Tess shouted, seeing enough. Tess did a swift front flip in, throwing several vivix aside. After doing a swift low sweeping kick, Tess caught an incoming fist before flipping another Vivix.
"Meddling ranger" Fury growled as he and Singe quickly retreated.
Once Fury and Singe were gone, Tess quickly headed to Negicon to see if he was okay. "Are you alright?" Tess helped him up.
"Please you have to help me! I don't want to hurt anyone" Negicon pleaded to Tess.
"I..." Tess was about to speak before the rest of the rangers came, morphed and ready to fight.
"Tess, we're here!" Shelby exclaimed.
"Horrible monster, have at thee!" Ivan exclaimed as he pointed his Ptera saber at Negicon.
"Guys, wait!" Tess stood in front of Negicon.
"Don't hurt me!" Negicon cried out before running away.
"Wait!" Tess cried out.
"Tess, what's going on?" Tyler asked her.
"I wish I could tell you" Tess breathed out.
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Back at the Command Center, the rangers regrouped to figure out their next move. "We can't just let this monster run loose in Amber Beach" Riley said as the rangers huddled around projector, trying to find Negicon's location.
But while all the rangers were huddled together, Tess was sitting by herself, thinking back to her earlier encounter with Negicon. Any other alien she encountered before wouldn't hesitate to destroy her, but Negicon wasn't. Negicon wanted help. Negicon was more terrified than scary. To say Tess was beyond confused was an understatement. Tess just couldn't in her heart of hearts hurt Negicon.
"We need to stop him before he hurts anyone else" Tyler said.
"You guys didn't see him, he's not dangerous" Tess spoke out.
"Tess, did you see him?" Chase scratched his head. "He's huge and strong, that's pretty dangerous."
"As much as I hate to agree with him, Chase is right" Shelby added. "He's gonna hurt someone if we don't stop him."
"I spoke to him, he said he needed help. He doesn't seem like he can hurt anyone" Tess defended Negicon to the rest of the rangers.
"Tess he's monster" Riley added.
"He's not dangerous, he doesn't want to fight!" Tess argued.
As the rangers went back and forth, an alarm rang throughout the command center. "It's Negicon..." Kendall said, seeing Negicon's energy signature deep in the forest.
When Kendall said that, Tess was about to leave before Shelby spoke out, "Tess, you can't go alone..."
"Are you guys going to destroy him?" Tess asked but all the rangers stayed silent. That was all Tess needed. "That's what I thought. If you guys are just going to destroy him for being different, don't even bother. You're no different than them."
With that said, Tess ran out to go find Negicon before Fury and Singe do.
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"You mean to tell me that Negicon managed to escape?" Heckyl stood in front of Fury and Singe.
"We would have Negicon if it wasn't for those meddling rangers" Fury growled. "Negicon was useless anyway. What use is an alien that won't fight?"
"Trust me, Negicon will fight, whether he wants to or not..." Singe cackled as he held up a controller. Now that Negicon had that zotac ring around his neck, controlling him would become a lot easier. Whether he wants to or not, Negicon was going to beat the rangers.
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Meanwhile deep in the Amber Beach forest, Negicon was hiding behind a tree crying, "I'm not dangerous! I just want to go home! I don't want to hurt anybody!"
As Negicon sat there, the little Boston Terrier from town slowly approached the hulking monster. "Hello, are you scared of me too?" Negicon asked the little pup.
The Boston Terrier titled his head confused, before slowly approaching Negicon closer before sniffing his tentacle. Realizing that Negicon wasn't a threat, he ended up licking his hand before barking happily. "I'm not scary" Negicon gently petted the pup's head.
As Negicon hid, he heard someone walking around the forest. Scared that it was Fury or Singe, Negicon cowered before working up the courage to see who it was. Negicon peeked out from behind the tree to see that it was Tess.
Tess wandered around the forest for awhile, trying to find Negicon and get him to safety before anyone can hurt him. As Tess walked around the forest, she used her Dino com to track Negicon's coordinates. As Tess walked around, she noticed a hulking figure hiding behind a tree. Thinking it was Fury or Singe, Tess whipped out her Dino blaster, ready to put up a fight if she needed to. As Tess slowly approached the tree with her Dino blaster up, she circled around the tree to see Negicon cowering behind it.
"Please don't hurt me!" Negicon cried out.
Breathing out in relief, Tess put her blaster down before crouching down to talk to Negicon, "I'm not gonna hurt you. You're safe. What's going on with you?"
"You've got to help me" Negicon pleaded. "I may look scary but you have to believe me, I wouldn't hurt a fly. I just want to go home again..."
"I believe you..." Tess believed Negicon. She saw first hand the kindness inside this monster's heart. "But how did you get mixed up with Heckyl and Fury?"
"They were hunting me! People paid them hundreds of space dollars to hunt me because of how I looked. I wouldn't hurt anyone" Negicon cried out.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you" Tess reassured Negicon, looked around the forest to make sure no one else was around.
"Thank you ranger" Negicon thanked Tess for her kindness.
"You can call me Tess" Tess smiled.
"Thank you, Tess..."
Once the coast was clear, Tess turned back to Negicon and noticed a strange ring around his neck. "What is that thing?" Tess asked. As she was about to touch the ring, it shocked he with a quick but powerful burst of energy.
"It's a zotac ring" Negicon cried. "It really hurts..."
"We have to get it off you before they hurt you again..." Tess said as she reached inside her pocket and pulled out a swiss army knife. Although Tess isn't as handy at technology like Kendall, Shelby, or Riley, a skill she had was doing well with what she has.
"What is that?" Negicon asked.
"Just a little tool, hopefully it gets this ring off of you" Tess said as she started to pick at the zotac ring.
"Ouch, don't do that! It hurts!" Negicon cried out.
"It's no use, it won't come off. If I do anymore, it could seriously hurt you..."
"Then I'll do it myself" Negicon tried pulling the ring off.
"Don't do it!" Tess tried to stop Negicon.
"If Heckyl finds me, he'll force me to hurt people! I couldn't live with myself if I ever did that!" Negicon cried out.
"Don't give up, I'll find a way to help you" Tess used up all her strength to stop Negicon from hurting himself.
"Thank you, Tess..."
"Shhh... I hear someone" Tess shushed Negicon.
Tess pulled out her Dino blaster, ready to fight anyone who was ever there. Timing it out, Tess jumped out from behind a tree to see none other than Chase. "Chase, you scared me!" Tess put her hand on her heart.
"Not as scary as you with that blaster" Chase chuckled, putting his hands up in defense.
"Please don't hurt me!" Negicon pleaded to Chase.
"No, he's my friend" Tess reassured Negicon. "Chase what are you doing out here?"
"I may have followed you..." Chase scratched behind his neck. "If you think he's not dangerous, I believe you."
"Really?" Tess raised an eyebrow at Chase.
"You've never been wrong before, I doubt your gonna start now" Chase chuckled.
"True" Tess agreed. "But we need to help him. That ring around his neck is hurting him."
"Okay, I'm gonna blast it off" Chase powered up his Dino Blaster.
"Swear to me, you're not gonna hurt him" Tess put her hand on Chase's forearm. If Chase didn't aim properly, he could seriously end up hurting Negicon.
"They don't call me hot shot for nothing" Chase smirked as he aimed at the zotac ring around Negicon's neck. But the blast just bounced off the zotac ring and destroyed a tree.
"Wow, that thing is tough" Chase breathed out.
"What do we do? If we stay out here Fury and Heckyl will definitely find us" Tess told Chase.
"No, please don't let them find me. I don't want to fight anyone. I'd rather just stay in my cell" Negicon pleaded to them.
"Don't worry, pal. We'll help you out" Chase reassured him. "Let's get him back to the base. Maybe Ms. Morgan can help him get that thing off."
"We better hurry" Tess nodded as she and Chase helped Negicon up.
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As they trekked throughout the forest, Chase asked Negicon, "So, how did you get mixed up with Fury and his goons? You're not like all the other ones..."
"It was years ago..." Negicon recalled his experiences before he was imprisoned. "My home in Sentai 6 was taken over. One day, Sledge imprisoned me for turning on my people. I didn't do anything, I was framed! I don't know, how would do this to me..." Negicon cried. That day changed his life. Since that day, he was forced to serve under Sledge. All Negicon wanted was to go home.
"That's a new low, even for Fury" Chase grumbled.
"Doesn't surprise me though" Tess sneered. The rangers always knew that Fury and Sledge were despicable but to frame someone innocent for a crime they didn't commit, was just down right evil.
As they made their way throughout the forest, the were met by several blasts. They looked up to see none other than Fury and Singe, with an army of Vivix behind them.
"Negicon!" Fury roared. "You will serve under Master Heckyl and you will steal those energems!"
"Please, don't make me do this!" Negicon pleaded.
"You wanna get to him, you gotta go through us!" Tess exclaimed as she and Chase charged at them.
Tess ducked underneath one of the Vivix's fist before hitting him with a front roundhouse kick. Evading another Vivix, she did a back handspring into a low sweep kick. Chase jumped off a rock before catching a Vivix by the shoulder before throwing him to the side like nothing.
"You guys are really pests!" Chase exclaimed as he kicked a Vivix back with a strong front kick.
"Let's see how you deal with me!" Fury roared as he charged at Chase. Although he managed to hold his own for a little while, the feral warrior was just too strong. Once kick from him sent Chase flying back.
"Chase!" Tess exclaimed before Singe came at her.
"You rangers are truly pests!" Singe and Tess went toe-to-toe.
"Not as annoying as you guys!" Tess exclaimed as she blocked his fist. "How low could you guys get to frame a crime on someone innocent?!"
"Because we can!" Singe roared as he kicked Tess in the gut, sending her flying back.
"Tess!" Chase went to her side.
"You pesky rangers are really starting to work our last nerve..." Singe stalked towards them. Before he strike them, a large body came out of nowhere, tackled him.
"Negicon, you fool!" Fury roared.
"Don't hurt my friends!" Negicon pleaded, holding Singe back. Negicon was tired of watching Fury and Singe throw Tess and Chase around. They believed in him when no one else did. They protect him now it was time for him to protect them.
"I won't need to..." Singe smirked. "But you will." Singe activated the controller that controls the zotac ring around Negicon's neck. Negicon soon felt this strange presence overcome him. It felt like he was no longer in control of his own body.
"Now go attack those pesky rangers!" Singe commanded. Negicon hulked towards Chase and Tess.
"Negicon, what's going on?!" Tess panicked.
"I don't know! It's like I can't control anything" Negicon panicked as he charged at Tess. Negicon picked her up by the neck and pinned her to a tree.
"Negicon stop!" Chase tried to pull the hulking monster off Tess, but he was just too strong.
"I can't!" Negicon strained before he elbowed Chase in the gut, sending him flying back.
"Negicon... you're hurting... me!" Tess strained trying to catch her breath. Tess tried to pull Negicon off her but his grip was too strong.
"Tess, I'm sorry! I'm losing control!" Negicon cried before he was blasted away. Tess feel to her knees, holding her throat trying to catch her breath. "Tess are you alright?!" Chase came to her side.
"I'm fine..." Tess caught her breath.
"We tracked you guys on Ms. Morgan's computer and it lead us out here" Tyler told them.
"Guys, are you alright?!" Riley asked, as the rest of the rangers came, already morphed and ready to fight.
"We're okay" Tess reassured them. But Tess looked up and saw Negicon holding his head, writhing in pain. Singe's hold on him is weakening him significantly.
"We told you that monster was dangerous!" Shelby reprimanded Tess for trusting Negicon. The rangers saw how Negicon manhandled Tess and Chase. He was dangerous.
"Guys, he really isn't dangerous!" Chase sided with Tess.
"Yeah, we need to destroy that controller!" Tess told them. "It's that controller that made him attack us! If we destroy it then he'll be free!"
"Okay..." Shelby believed her.
"Okay?"
"We believe you" Tyler placed his hand on her shoulder. "If you believe that Negicon isn't bad and we need to help him, then we believe you..."
"Thanks guys" Tess smiled.
"You annoying rangers have gotten in our way for too long" Fury growled as he and Singe stood off against them.
"You're done tricking people" Tess sneered at them. "You ready Chase?"
"You know it" Chase smirked.
"Dino charger!"
"Ready!"
"Energize! Unleash the power!"
"Vivix rise!" Singe brought a number of Vivix in front of them to take care of the rangers.
"Dinosaur might, ready to fight!" the rangers exclaimed.
"Power rangers..."
"Dino super charge!"
"We need to get to that controller!" Tess told the rangers.
"Let's do this!" Tyler exclaimed as the rangers charged at them.
"You vivix get peskier with age!" Tyler joked as he jumped off a Vivix's back before kicking the Vivix in front of them. Doing a front flip, Tyler blocked a Vivix' fist before flipping him, before jumping off his stomach before kicking a Vivix in front of him.
"You too easy for me!" Koda exclaimed, catching a Vivix coming at him. Koda caught him and threw him at the group of Vivix in front of him.
"Kicks for you! Kicks for you!" Shelby hit a number of Vivix in front of her, taking them all down. "And I didn't forget about you!" Shelby caught a Vivix fist and flipping it over her shoulder.
"Raptor slash!" Riley exclaimed, taking down all the Vivix in front of him.
"Let's see how you deal with me, green ranger?!" Fury roared as he came at Riley. Riley managed to blocked Fury's saber as they faced off. Riley managed to duck underneath Fury's saber but was caught with a kick.
"Let's see how you deal with the two of us!" Ivan exclaimed as he came in to help his friend.
"You rangers are really starting to get on my nerves" Singe groaned as he went up against Tess and Chase.
"Well, then we're gonna give you a big headache" Chase smirked as they ganged up on Singe.
Tess rolled off Chase's back and hit Singe in the gut, sending him stumbling back. Singe managed to hold back Chase, but Tess came in.
"Enough of this!" Singe breathed out, activating his controller. This sent Negicon stumbling in.
"No! I don't want to fight!" Negicon cried. "Please don't make me!"
"You will fight and you will get their energems!" Singe controlled Negicon.
"Chase, we can't fight him! He has nothing to do with this" Tess told Chase. Tess was very apprehensive to fight Negicon.
"Tess, we may not have a choice..." Chase told her.
"Please, you guys... end this!" Negicon hulked towards them, blasting them with a powerful lightning blast. This sent Tess and Chase flying into a tree.
"Are you guys okay?!" Tyler asked them, as the rangers regrouped.
"We're okay" Tess said as they got up.
"Please, destroy me..." Negicon pleaded to them. Negicon was tired of hurting people and doing terrible things. He would rather be destroyed than do all these terrible things for Heckyl.
"Negicon, I..." Tess was at a loss for words. Tess doesn't know if she can bring herself to do it.
"Please, end this!" Negicon exclaimed to Tess.
"Tess, we may not have any other choice..." Chase placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Okay..." Tess nodded her head.
"Alright" Tyler pulled out his T-Rex Dino super charger. "Dino charger, ready! Summon, T-Rex super charge mode!"
Dino charger, engage!
"T-Rex super charge morpher! Ha!" Tyler holding up his T-Rex super charge blaster!
Dino charger, engage!
"Activate! T-Rex super charger, ready!" Tyler activated his T-Rex super charge mode.
Against his will, Negicon blasted at Tyler but he managed to jump out of the way. "Alright, let's try a brand-new combination! T-Rex super charge, Hypa-Para formation!" Tyler exclaimed, loading up Tess and Chase's Dino chargers into his T-Rex super charge blaster.
Hypa charger, engage!
Para charger, engage!
T-Rex charger, engage!
"Activate! T-Rex super charge, Hypa-Para formation, ready!" Tyler armed himself with a Hypa bow and a Para chopper.
"Those pesky rangers" Singe sneered as he and Fury stood back.
"Do it!" Negicon exclaimed.
"Hypa bow, Hypa slash!" Tyler exclaimed, charging at Negicon, attacking him with a powerful slash. This sent Negicon flying back.
"Let's end this!" Tyler exclaimed. "Para chopper blast!" Tyler blasted at Negicon, finally destroying him.
While the rangers destroyed Negicon, the victory was pretty bittersweet.
"You okay?" Chase asked Tess.
"Yeah, I guess..." Tess breathed out. "I mean, at least they can't bully him anymore."
Meanwhile, back in the quarry, Heckyl was watching from the main control room, very annoyed. "Pathetic monsters, fire the magna beam!"
The magna beam resurrected Negicon, amplifying him in size and strength.
"Maybe I spoke too soon..." Tess looked up at Negicon.
"I'm so sorry!" Negicon cried as he was about to step on the rangers. The rangers managed to jump out of the way.
"We need to stop him before he goes into the city!" Shelby exclaimed.
"Summon zords!" Ivan, Tess, and Chase summoned the zords.
Dino chargers, engage!
"Activate, Plesio charge megazord, Hypa-Para formation!" Tess exclaimed. "Dino charger, ready!"
Dino super drive charger, engage!
"Dino super drive, activate!" Tess activated Dino super drive mode. "We need to end this..."
"I'm sorry Tess!" Negicon cried as he shot the megazord with a powerful energy blast. This caused the megazord to stumble back.
"Negion has incredible strength!" Ivan exclaimed, as the rangers tried to steady themselves.
"It's that ring around his neck!" Tess pointed out as the megazord and Negicon locked hands.
"He isn't letting up" Riley breathed out.
"We need to finish this!" Tess exclaimed as the megazord pushed Negicon back.
"Para zord, fire ball fist!" the rangers exclaimed, blasting Negicon with a powerful blast from the Para zord.
"Dino super drive saber, activate!" Tess exclaimed, placing all six primary energems into the saber's barrel.
Dino chargers, engage!
"Dino super drive saber..."
"Dynamic strike!" the rangers exclaimed, hitting Negicon with a powerful blast, destroying him once and for all.
"Monster extinct..."
"That monster was useless anyway..." Fury growled.
"Good riddance" Singe added as he and Fury left. They decided to let them have this victory because the next time they see the rangers, it won't be as easy.
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After a long day, Tess didn't know how to feel. As a power ranger, she felt like it was her responsibility to help everyone. So that fact that she destroyed Negicon when he needed help broke her heart. After this victory she didn't know how to feel.
Tess was making her way back to the museum when she heard barking behind her. Tess turned around to see that same Boston Terrier from earlier.
"Why are you following me?" Tess chuckled, crouching down to pet him.
"Rocket!" a voice exclaimed as someone stood in front of them.
Tess stood up to a very handsome young man in front of her. The little dog barked happily at this young man. It was no surprise that this guy was this dog's owner. "Thank you so much for finding my dog!" he thanked her.
"No problem, he's a cute little guy" Tess forced a smile on her face.
"I'm Jason" he introduced himself.
"I'm Tess" Tess shook his hand. "I gotta go back to work to close up. It was nice meeting you."
"You too, hopefully I see you again" he winked at her before leaving with his dog. While that Tess made smile, she was still pretty deflated.
As she walked into the cafe, Chase was putting some chairs on top of the table and finish closing up.
"Hey" Tess smiled. "Where is everyone?"
"Down in the command center, Kendall is following up a lead Mr. Navarro found on the Silver energem" Chase told her. "Hey, are you alright?"
"I dunno..." Tess sat down on a stool. "Chase, as rangers we're supposed to be heroes. We're supposed to help everyone. Negicon needed our help, and we couldn't help him..."
"We did all that we could" Chase sat next to her. "But no matter what, Heckyl and his goons would always control him. We had no choice. Even Negicon lost hope" It was clear that Negicon had lost hope at ever having his freedom back.
"It just sucks" Tess breathed out. "It sucks knowing that we can't save everyone."
"But we can do everything we can to save as many people as we can" Chase wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "That's what heroes do."
Tess leaned her head on Chase's shoulder, "At least they can't bully Negicon anymore..."
They just sat there in very peaceful silence. Tess took a chance and listened to her heart, and it didn't let her down. Even though things didn't work how she wanted them to, it was alright. At the end of the day, Tess knows she can't save everyone. All she could do was hope that she and the other rangers can save as many people as they can.
As they sat there, Kaylee was about to walk into the cafe to meet up with Chase but saw that he was with Tess. Noticing Tess leaning her head on Chase's shoulder, as he leaned up against her. Kaylee always knew that Chase and Tess were close, but she never knew they were that close. Seeing Chase so natural with Tess, she's only ever seen him like that with her. A little unsettled to see her boyfriend so close with another girl, Kaylee simply left.
Author's Note: Well, that just happened [cue awkward silence] ...
So first things first, RIP Negicon. As much as Tess wanted to save him, there wasn't really much she could do for him. Firstly, there is nothing wrong with going against your head and listening to your heart, especially if it means helping people. It took a lot of heart for Tess to go against the other rangers to help Negicon all by herself. Also, as a hero as much as you want to save everyone, you really can't. The goal is to help as many people as you can, when you can.
Secondly, Tess/Chase. I know you guys have been wanting some moments between the two of them and this chapter really highlights their friendship. The amount of faith and trust that Chase has in Tess is insurmountable. It's very clear that he trusts in her judgment. But that sweet moment in the end was ruined by the appearance of Kaylee. This is going to make things very tense and is going to set up a story arc involving Chase/Kaylee/Tess/Prince Phillip later on.
Lastly, thank you to all of you for helping me reach 400 reviews and I know that we'll able to reach 500 soon! I love you all!
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