Chapter 18
"What was that?" Alex said.
"NADIRA!!" Lucas yelled, kneeling next to her. She was just stunned, not dead. A dark figure ran to them and kicked them all out of the way, picking Nadira up and running away from them.
However, he was stopped by a falling tree. Nadira flew away from his arms, and landed next to Lucas. They distinctly saw Jen and Ransik moving towards the mutant. There was a pink flash, and Jen became the pink Time Force Ranger. Ransik ran towards the others.
"Go, help her, I'll take care of Nadira," he said. The others ran.
Alex stayed with Ransik. The others went to help Jen, morphing on the way. Ransik and Alex watched the fight from afar, and were so focused on it they didn't sense what was coming. They both fell to the floor next to Nadira and knew no more.
Jen and the other three Rangers fought the monster bravely, but he was way too strong. "Call the V weapons!" Jen ordered, and they did. "Form the cannon!" she ordered.
"Fire!" they all yelled, but the mutant deflected the blast and they all got hit by it.
"I'll take care of our new friend!" Jen said, and focused on the mutant, making him take off from the ground. The mutant shot her, but Lucas protected Jen by changing the course of the blast with his saber. Jen smiled at him behind her helmet, and returned her attention to the mutant.
Easy now, she ordered his mind. I'll make all the decisions from now on, is that okay?
"Yes," the mutant said out loud, his voice toneless.
"Good," Jen told him.
Now, I'm going to put you on the ground, and you are coming with us, quietly, she ordered. She put the mutant on the ground, and he just stood there, doing nothing.
"Come with us," she ordered. He did, approaching them. "Take samples from him."
"Aren't we going to arrest him?" Katie asked.
"No, The Mistress can't know this plan failed, I need him to go back to her, so we can find her," Jen said. "Now, take samples from him, let's see if he's got anything to do with this."
Trip and Circuit picked different samples from the mutant's body, while Jen dedicated herself to its mind. "Who are you working for?" she asked him.
"The Mistress."
"Who is she? What's her name?"
"I don't know."
"Why are you working for her? What is she giving you?"
"Because she's my mother."
"She bred you?"
"Personally," the mutant said this with a sick smile.
"You are proud of that, aren't you?" she asked. The mutant nodded, smiling.
"What do you want Nadira for?"
"The Mistress wants her, I don't know what for."
"Alex!" Jen called. There was no answer. "Alex!!" She called louder. Again no answer. She turned around and looked for him, but couldn't see him. "ALEX!!" she called him louder, getting really scared. She didn't care about the mutant now; all that mattered was finding her beloved Alex.
"JEN!" Lucas yelled suddenly. "LOOK OUT!!"
She didn't have time to turn around, because she felt the blast hit her on the back, forcing her to demorph. She lay there, barely breathing, her back burnt and her head dizzy. She looked up and saw the mutant running away. "No," she whispered. She tried to follow him with her mind, but she lost him half way, when she fainted.
Katie ran to Trip and picked him up; he had fainted too, but didn't seem to be in any real danger. Lucas had picked Jen up, she had fainted, and she seemed to be hurt, but not too bad.
"Let's take these two to the hospital," Katie said.
Lucas was looking at the spot where Ransik and Alex had been standing next to Nadira, now there was just Ransik's body, lying on the ground.
"Katie, they have Nadira," he told Katie. She looked up from Trip and fixed her stare on Ransik's body.
"And they also took Alex," she said, looking at Jen. "Lucas, now what?"
"Now we hope Jen doesn't lose it," he started. "For The Mistress's sake."
*********
Jen opened her eyes and looked around. The Time Force Headquarters building shone under the lights of the reflectors that pointed at it. "What happened?" she asked no one in particular.
"Hey, you okay?" Alex asked her.
She smiled. "Yes, I'm fine," she answered.
He smiled back, but not sweetly, he smiled evilly at her. "Then I guess we will have to do something about that," he said, pulling out a knife.
Jen looked into his eyes through the tears that clouded her own. He thrust the knife into her so quickly she could barely see him move, and she screamed, hurt physically and emotionally.
*******
Jen screamed loudly, and the paramedics held her down against the floor. She was writhing and screaming, as if she was caught in a nightmare.
**********
"Why?" she asked, crying. "Are you under some kind of spell?"
"A spell?" he repeated, amused. "No, this is the moment I've been waiting a long time for, the day I get to hurt you the way you hurt me."
"What?"
"You heard me," he said. "This is the moment we've been waiting for, tomorrow morning, one of us will be dead, slaughtered, and I'll give you a hint, it won't be me."
She shook her head 'no' and got up, trying to make a run for it, but she was hurt, and he was fast. He locked her in his arms, putting one of the strong arms she loved so much around her neck, trying to strangle her.
"Alex, baby, I love you; don't you love me?" she asked through gasps of breath.
"Love you? Maybe I did once, but not anymore," he answered, his voice filled with rage.
"It's not true, this can't be true," she kept saying as she felt his grip grow stronger around her neck.
"It is," he said. "And you are going down with me, baby," He stabbed her again, in her side. She cried out in pain.
Suddenly she felt a sting on her arm. A sting that couldn't be produced by anything near them, and it came to her, the truth. Her new enemy was much stronger than Catgat and was much more determined to destroy her in her own mind.
She had to make a run for it, towards reality.
To be continued.
"What was that?" Alex said.
"NADIRA!!" Lucas yelled, kneeling next to her. She was just stunned, not dead. A dark figure ran to them and kicked them all out of the way, picking Nadira up and running away from them.
However, he was stopped by a falling tree. Nadira flew away from his arms, and landed next to Lucas. They distinctly saw Jen and Ransik moving towards the mutant. There was a pink flash, and Jen became the pink Time Force Ranger. Ransik ran towards the others.
"Go, help her, I'll take care of Nadira," he said. The others ran.
Alex stayed with Ransik. The others went to help Jen, morphing on the way. Ransik and Alex watched the fight from afar, and were so focused on it they didn't sense what was coming. They both fell to the floor next to Nadira and knew no more.
Jen and the other three Rangers fought the monster bravely, but he was way too strong. "Call the V weapons!" Jen ordered, and they did. "Form the cannon!" she ordered.
"Fire!" they all yelled, but the mutant deflected the blast and they all got hit by it.
"I'll take care of our new friend!" Jen said, and focused on the mutant, making him take off from the ground. The mutant shot her, but Lucas protected Jen by changing the course of the blast with his saber. Jen smiled at him behind her helmet, and returned her attention to the mutant.
Easy now, she ordered his mind. I'll make all the decisions from now on, is that okay?
"Yes," the mutant said out loud, his voice toneless.
"Good," Jen told him.
Now, I'm going to put you on the ground, and you are coming with us, quietly, she ordered. She put the mutant on the ground, and he just stood there, doing nothing.
"Come with us," she ordered. He did, approaching them. "Take samples from him."
"Aren't we going to arrest him?" Katie asked.
"No, The Mistress can't know this plan failed, I need him to go back to her, so we can find her," Jen said. "Now, take samples from him, let's see if he's got anything to do with this."
Trip and Circuit picked different samples from the mutant's body, while Jen dedicated herself to its mind. "Who are you working for?" she asked him.
"The Mistress."
"Who is she? What's her name?"
"I don't know."
"Why are you working for her? What is she giving you?"
"Because she's my mother."
"She bred you?"
"Personally," the mutant said this with a sick smile.
"You are proud of that, aren't you?" she asked. The mutant nodded, smiling.
"What do you want Nadira for?"
"The Mistress wants her, I don't know what for."
"Alex!" Jen called. There was no answer. "Alex!!" She called louder. Again no answer. She turned around and looked for him, but couldn't see him. "ALEX!!" she called him louder, getting really scared. She didn't care about the mutant now; all that mattered was finding her beloved Alex.
"JEN!" Lucas yelled suddenly. "LOOK OUT!!"
She didn't have time to turn around, because she felt the blast hit her on the back, forcing her to demorph. She lay there, barely breathing, her back burnt and her head dizzy. She looked up and saw the mutant running away. "No," she whispered. She tried to follow him with her mind, but she lost him half way, when she fainted.
Katie ran to Trip and picked him up; he had fainted too, but didn't seem to be in any real danger. Lucas had picked Jen up, she had fainted, and she seemed to be hurt, but not too bad.
"Let's take these two to the hospital," Katie said.
Lucas was looking at the spot where Ransik and Alex had been standing next to Nadira, now there was just Ransik's body, lying on the ground.
"Katie, they have Nadira," he told Katie. She looked up from Trip and fixed her stare on Ransik's body.
"And they also took Alex," she said, looking at Jen. "Lucas, now what?"
"Now we hope Jen doesn't lose it," he started. "For The Mistress's sake."
*********
Jen opened her eyes and looked around. The Time Force Headquarters building shone under the lights of the reflectors that pointed at it. "What happened?" she asked no one in particular.
"Hey, you okay?" Alex asked her.
She smiled. "Yes, I'm fine," she answered.
He smiled back, but not sweetly, he smiled evilly at her. "Then I guess we will have to do something about that," he said, pulling out a knife.
Jen looked into his eyes through the tears that clouded her own. He thrust the knife into her so quickly she could barely see him move, and she screamed, hurt physically and emotionally.
*******
Jen screamed loudly, and the paramedics held her down against the floor. She was writhing and screaming, as if she was caught in a nightmare.
**********
"Why?" she asked, crying. "Are you under some kind of spell?"
"A spell?" he repeated, amused. "No, this is the moment I've been waiting a long time for, the day I get to hurt you the way you hurt me."
"What?"
"You heard me," he said. "This is the moment we've been waiting for, tomorrow morning, one of us will be dead, slaughtered, and I'll give you a hint, it won't be me."
She shook her head 'no' and got up, trying to make a run for it, but she was hurt, and he was fast. He locked her in his arms, putting one of the strong arms she loved so much around her neck, trying to strangle her.
"Alex, baby, I love you; don't you love me?" she asked through gasps of breath.
"Love you? Maybe I did once, but not anymore," he answered, his voice filled with rage.
"It's not true, this can't be true," she kept saying as she felt his grip grow stronger around her neck.
"It is," he said. "And you are going down with me, baby," He stabbed her again, in her side. She cried out in pain.
Suddenly she felt a sting on her arm. A sting that couldn't be produced by anything near them, and it came to her, the truth. Her new enemy was much stronger than Catgat and was much more determined to destroy her in her own mind.
She had to make a run for it, towards reality.
To be continued.
