~It's aggravating
how you threw me on and you tore me out
how your good intentions turn to doubt
the way you needed time to sort it out ~
***
She ran away, she ran from him.
Complicated as things were, Jen tried her hardest to look for some clarity. Some logic in this otherwise crazy situation. But there was none. Love doesn't always bare logic nor reasoning of any sort. It's filled with flaws and errors and questions that seem to pile so high and always come crashing down, stilled unanswered.
Love being an emotion, a feeling, a sensation that Jen couldn't fight nor control. It slips away without her noticing. It once filled her entire soul, the purest love she'd ever felt ran through her every being.
But the love she felt didn't elude her, it only shifted focus.
That both confused and angered her.
How can love just shift sides so suddenly? Change colors and still feel the same?
She didn't know.
She looked around, and noticed she was in another room, alone in the silence she surrounded herself with.
But her mind screamed, calling out as her heart slowly melted away by her unshed tears that burned like pouring acid.
This time last year, Jen was the happiest person alive, or rather that's how she felt inside. One year ago today, she had first met Alex, saw his deep dark eyes that stole her heart instantly.
Endless happiness only loomed through the minds of those living delusional lives. Back then, Jen lived the life, of a dreamer. Everyday bringing new challenges, with Alex by her side, anything they faced never seemed so frightening.
For too long, Jen had been struggling. Becoming a timeforce officer was a dream of hers, a dream Alex helped make come true.
But then Ransik entered her life, and forever changed it.
***
The day had come and gone, but always seeming to leave its mark, dark and forever lasting. Alex took off his jacket and fell into a chair next to a window. His thoughts were heavy and almost too painful to bare.
The ache in his heart that he'd struggled to hide seemed to spread through his body like a virus, destroying all his defences. He'd lost something he knew he would never find again and that thought alone pierced his heart a thousand times.
A word that had become so annoying seemed to float through his tortured mind, everytime he saw her.
Why?
That's all he wanted to know and she couldn't even give him that piece of solace. Alex clenched his jaw as he recalled her perplexed expression when he'd asked her that question. Did she even know? He could only wonder.
Now she's leaving, alone on a mission she'd never complete.
With a withering sigh, Alex sat back in his seat and turned his head towards the window.
She's going back to him.
That particular thought managed to burn in his mind, a ghastly feeling of betrayal and anger took over for a moment. But Alex shook his head hard, trying desperately to banish those feelings.
But he couldn't.
Even with his best efforts, the image of Wes in his mind, infuriated him to point where Alex got up and smashed his hand right into the window.
"He had no right to take her from me!" his angered voice hissed those words with enough venom to kill.
Glass shattered everywhere, Alex tried to breathe and pulled back his now bloody hand.
A knock on the door.
"Alex, is that you? What the heck was--" Trip walked in and stopped in mid sentence when he caught sight of Alex at the window holding his bleeding hand.
Trip ran up to Alex and grabbed his hand, gently inspecting it.
"What the hell happened?!"
Alex shrugged, his stern face kept looking out that broken window. The edges left jagged and sharp with his blood smeared and dripping down the sides.
"You smashed the window, why Alex? What's the matter?" Trip kept on insisting.
"Nothing." Was all that Alex had said before he turned away from the window and walked hastily past Trip. A trail of blood dripped from his bleeding hand, but Alex thought nothing of it and walked out of the room.
Trip stood there, extremely confused and wondered if he should run after him. Half a minute later Trip looked out of the broken window quickly and noticed a motorcycle storming through the streets.
Alex was in a hurry, and something was definitely bothering him.
Trip was going to find out what.
***
"Jen wait up," Katie's voice rang happily through the halls of timeforce office. People were packing up, the day was done.
Jen turned around with a slow sigh, her eyes were shot red and she had a throbbing headache.
Sleep was what she needed, nice.... quiet.... peaceful sleep.
"Jen!" A chime of laugher carried another perky voice that yelled out her name. Jen turned the other way and saw a skipping, happy, pink haired girl coming her way.
"Nadira," Jen quietly muttered, she put down her files and leaned against the table waiting for the explosive ray of sunshine to reach her.
"Hi Jen, are you busy after work? Because there's this new restaurant that opened up downtown and I thought maybe us girls could go out. What do you think?"
All Jen wanted to do was crawl under a rock and die... quietly.
"I'm really tired, maybe some other time?" Her toneless voice was filled with disinterest. Although, her eyes were apologetic, Katie saw that and smiled reassuringly giving Jen that "We'll talk about this later" look.
Nadira pouted slightly, but still threw a bright smile Jen's way. "Okay, I'll see you around then."
With that, Nadira was off in search of, "LUCAS!" a blue streak whizzed back out of an open door before Nadira caught sight and walked right on by.
Lucas peeked out from the door and quickly ran in, grabbed his stuff from his desk and ran back out. Katie watched with amusement as Lucas kept forgetting various things and then having to run back to get them.
Jen took advantage of this distraction and slipped away.
She needed to rest.
She was leaving for her mission tomorrow. Would she make it back?
Her future was still... unclear.
***
The shadows loomed in the dark allies, hidden whispers of forgotten truths layered the crumbling walls and smokey air. The moon hung high in the sky, and a clad figure sat on a fence completely motionless.
Slow breathing, a gentle heart beat, the unknown figure's eyes began to glow silver in the dark of the night.
He sat still, and watched.
Another man standing by his motorcycle looked up into the black sea that was stabbed with glowing stars.
"The dark bites, cold and quick. Yet you stand here, surrounded by wolves," A lucid voice hissed, shadows merged as the night got darker.
Alex slowly turned his head to the right and stared out at an empty alley way, where only cold air occupied.
"Who's there?"
Two old abandoned buildings lay idol and stayed still, frozen in time. Alex waited, and then heard a whisper.
"You disappoint me."
Alex's eyes darted around, searching out the owner of the voice, the voice that sounded dead to the world.
A figure stood in the shadows, the moonlight laced a shining glow around his moving body.
Closer, closer, it came towards Alex.
With a deep breath, Alex reached for his timeforce blaster and stood still waiting to see who was walking out of the shadows.
Black leather boots sifted through the gravel on the ground, the moon's light reflected off the face of the person standing only a few yards away from Alex. Deep dark eyes, that seemed to hold ancient times and lost souls, pierced through the dark of the night.
A serpent like smile smeared across his lips as the strange clad man watched Alex hold up his timeforce blaster.
"Who are you?" Alex demanded.
The man, who looked to be the same age as Alex, titled his head to the right and dropped his smile.
"When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, the darkness that stares back at you..." the words fell into the air and Alex clenched his jaw as a wave of fear swept over him. "...that is what I am." The strange man finished. With that whispered answer, he disappeared only to reappear standing directly behind Alex.
"You hurt, I can feel it. The stars burn for centuries and explode with age. You do the exact opposite."
The words sinking into Alex's ears like a tidal wave of searing fire. Alex stepped away and turned to face the creature who moved and sounded like Evil. He didn't know why he thought that, "Evil" was the only way to describe this.... thing.
"Look, I don't know what the hell you are, but if you know what's good for you, you'll leave me alone and maybe I won't hurt you." Alex was angry, his blaster was ready to fire when the creature moved closer.
"You roam the night, alone in its uncertainty and danger. You're broken. Pieces of you scattered in the air. I know this like I know my own name, Alex."
The creature grew more louder, and his eyes began to glow an unholy silver.
"Who the hell are you!?" Alex was furious, this stranger was telling him things... things he didn't understand, yet felt he should. Confusion and anger welled up in him; the trigger on his blaster was about to be pressed when the creature uttered these last words.
"She will break you again, and again, and forever...."
Alex lost it and his blaster went off, firing non-stop for a few seconds before he finally realized the man had disappeared.
He turned around and glared at his surroundings, searching for that evil presences he still felt lingering.
"And if you must know, my name is Zhane," the voice came rushing in from behind and just as Alex turned, an explosive fist hit him dead on.
This was when darkness truly became his only friend
~ It's amazing how you make your face just like a wall
how you take your heart and turn it off
how I turn my head and lose it all ~
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Okie, yeah, big shocker. I'll explain Zhane's unique situation in the next chapter. things will get a whole lot more complicated, so keep reading! ^_^ This is obviously going to be a crossover (PRTF/PRiS) of PR series... I've got this whole thing planned out. It'll be a challenge for me to get it out, updates will come asap! Thanks for reading and please do review and tell me what you think!
Thank you to the following sweet people who reviewed the first chapter!:
Sparkling Pink Ranger : You like the scene between Jen and Alex? Thankies! I'm just gonna tell you this now, the next time the two meet up... it should be explosive! It should be in the third chapter when Jen leaves for her mission and Alex... well, you'll see what happens to him. ^_^
goldrose81: Thanks for your comments! Yeah, the Nadira/Lucas thing is kinda old, and I'm trying to do something different with them. Lucas... is acting strange, Nadira is super happy and doesn't in anyway notice what's happening with Lucas. I have something planned for those two... and someone else who makes this otherwise boring couplet more interesting. Nadira is going to mature alot in this fic, things will happen (won't say what though ;o) that will force her to change. You'll see what I mean when I get further along with writing this story. ^_^
ang8921: Yes, Katie was, in my opinion, rather neglected in the actual TV show. I don't plan to ignore her in this fic either. You'll see some weird things happening to her, you'll see more of her personality and her interaction with another ranger. *grins* Remember this is kind of a (PRTF/PRiS crossover) I'm gonna have fun with Katie and another unlikely ranger! Keep reading and thank you for reviewing! Muah!
fan: Happy ending? For some there will be... for others, not quite so. This fic is very dark and the rangers will be tested in many different ways. Not all are ready to "Let Go" and some just don't believe they have what it takes... I'm not quite sure if Jen should stay with Wes or go back to Alex? *grins* I have two ways in which I'd like to end this fic.... I'm just having a little trouble deciding which one to run with. -_- Alex is going to change the most... will he have a happy ending? That's hard to say. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you keep reading!
cmar: Thank you so much for reading and reviewing. I must admit, this first chapter was written in a rush. I've taken far more consideration for the rest of my writing. Hehe, but I'm glad you enjoyed it nonetheless! Muah! Yes, there is going to be a Nadira/Lucas thing going on throughout this story, you'll see a twist in the end of their little tale. I hope you enjoy it! Thanx again for the R/R! ^_^