Chapter Six
Marah looked up in terror, her vision blurred due to her pain and fear as Lother stood over her preparing to finish her off.
"You always were pathetic and useless just like your natural father".
"What do you mean?" her voice was weak.
"I killed him and now I will kill you as well".
Dustin breathing hard searched the wooded area of Blue Bay Point getting closer to the spot where he had battled Lother. *Marah be all right, please be all right* he thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard screaming like he had never heard before. "Blake! Tori! Come on!" He didn't care if they heard him he only cared about Marah.
Lother prepared to zap his niece one final time when a voice came, the voice of the yellow wind ranger. "That's no way to treat anyone much less a female!"
"Stay out of this ranger".
"I don't think so Lother!" Dustin raised his wrist his morpher was on, Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!" In a flash Dustin made his transformation and he and Lother went into fierce battle. "What have you done to Marah!?"
"Wouldn't you love to know" Lother replied laughing evilly.
Just then Lother saw Tori and Blake show up and he knocked Dustin into them, "goodbye Rangers!" In a flash he vanished.
Dustin went to the side of the female Lother had been working over, praying it wasn't Marah. He turned her over and felt sick, Tori couldn't bear to watch and turned away, Blake let loose some expletives.
Whoever she was her face was bloodied and unrecognizable, strange whip-like marks covered her body. Her clothing was torn and her breathing was labored. Dustin lifted her up gently so he wouldn't cause her any more pain but she didn't even stir.
"Come on lets get her back to Ninja Ops" he didn't care what anyone said, whoever this girl was Lother obviously wanted her dead.
Cam stood over his patient giving her aid; it was days like this that made him glad he had medical training. "Will she be ok?" Dustin asked.
"It's touch and go, Lother beat her badly" Cam sighed, knowing the news he was about to bring wouldn't be of any comfort. "I'm sorry Dustin but I've run a DNA test from what we have on file, it's Marah".
"The son of a bitch! How could anyone do this to his own family?"
Sensei appeared next to the bed, "Lother has no heart Dustin, and he cares about no one but himself. But you did make the right decision by bringing her here; we can help her perhaps even help her become good".
"Dustin can we talk?" Shane had walked in. Dustin sighed and walked out of the hideout and into the meadow where the waterfall was located.
"Shane don't get started with me, I couldn't leave her out there".
"No I understand but be aware that Lother won't stop until he finishes what he's begun, also he'll be coming after you".
"I know the risk Shane and I've chosen to take it". Dustin walked back into the portal that would take him back to Ninja Ops and sat next to Marah holding her hand.
The days turned into weeks and Marah slowly began to heal, although she remained in a coma. Cam had discovered some head injuries due to some blows she had taken to the head. Dustin barely left her side, although Blake and Tori took turns sitting beside her as well.
One two months after Marah had arrived Cam was running some scans when he saw an unfamiliar mass in her brain. He quickly called for the others. "There's a reason Marah hasn't woken up, Lother somehow got a virus into her brain, she's healing mostly, but the virus is designed to begin shutting down her body at a certain point".
Dustin let out a moan, as Blake and Tori held his shoulders for support. Shane looked at her, "how long does she have?"
"Two three maybe four months, I can keep her comfortable, continue to give her shots to strengthen her immune system, I'll have to do more studying".
"It won't do any good, we need to capture Lother make him pay" Dustin screamed out.
"Nobody is going anywhere, not until Cam knows more, then we can think of a plan" Sensei told them in his calm voice.
Dustin spent the rest of the day seething, nobody understood but he wasn't going to sit by and watch her die. At midnight he snuck out of Ninja Ops and used his morpher to teleport up to Lother's ship and quietly made his way down the halls.
He entered a room that held scrolls, *maybe one of these can tell me something* he had just reached for one when someone grabbed him. Evil laughter came as Lother appeared in front of him.
"Hello Wind Ranger, welcome to your new prison". The last thing Dustin saw was Lother's fist coming toward his face.
Marah looked up in terror, her vision blurred due to her pain and fear as Lother stood over her preparing to finish her off.
"You always were pathetic and useless just like your natural father".
"What do you mean?" her voice was weak.
"I killed him and now I will kill you as well".
Dustin breathing hard searched the wooded area of Blue Bay Point getting closer to the spot where he had battled Lother. *Marah be all right, please be all right* he thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard screaming like he had never heard before. "Blake! Tori! Come on!" He didn't care if they heard him he only cared about Marah.
Lother prepared to zap his niece one final time when a voice came, the voice of the yellow wind ranger. "That's no way to treat anyone much less a female!"
"Stay out of this ranger".
"I don't think so Lother!" Dustin raised his wrist his morpher was on, Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!" In a flash Dustin made his transformation and he and Lother went into fierce battle. "What have you done to Marah!?"
"Wouldn't you love to know" Lother replied laughing evilly.
Just then Lother saw Tori and Blake show up and he knocked Dustin into them, "goodbye Rangers!" In a flash he vanished.
Dustin went to the side of the female Lother had been working over, praying it wasn't Marah. He turned her over and felt sick, Tori couldn't bear to watch and turned away, Blake let loose some expletives.
Whoever she was her face was bloodied and unrecognizable, strange whip-like marks covered her body. Her clothing was torn and her breathing was labored. Dustin lifted her up gently so he wouldn't cause her any more pain but she didn't even stir.
"Come on lets get her back to Ninja Ops" he didn't care what anyone said, whoever this girl was Lother obviously wanted her dead.
Cam stood over his patient giving her aid; it was days like this that made him glad he had medical training. "Will she be ok?" Dustin asked.
"It's touch and go, Lother beat her badly" Cam sighed, knowing the news he was about to bring wouldn't be of any comfort. "I'm sorry Dustin but I've run a DNA test from what we have on file, it's Marah".
"The son of a bitch! How could anyone do this to his own family?"
Sensei appeared next to the bed, "Lother has no heart Dustin, and he cares about no one but himself. But you did make the right decision by bringing her here; we can help her perhaps even help her become good".
"Dustin can we talk?" Shane had walked in. Dustin sighed and walked out of the hideout and into the meadow where the waterfall was located.
"Shane don't get started with me, I couldn't leave her out there".
"No I understand but be aware that Lother won't stop until he finishes what he's begun, also he'll be coming after you".
"I know the risk Shane and I've chosen to take it". Dustin walked back into the portal that would take him back to Ninja Ops and sat next to Marah holding her hand.
The days turned into weeks and Marah slowly began to heal, although she remained in a coma. Cam had discovered some head injuries due to some blows she had taken to the head. Dustin barely left her side, although Blake and Tori took turns sitting beside her as well.
One two months after Marah had arrived Cam was running some scans when he saw an unfamiliar mass in her brain. He quickly called for the others. "There's a reason Marah hasn't woken up, Lother somehow got a virus into her brain, she's healing mostly, but the virus is designed to begin shutting down her body at a certain point".
Dustin let out a moan, as Blake and Tori held his shoulders for support. Shane looked at her, "how long does she have?"
"Two three maybe four months, I can keep her comfortable, continue to give her shots to strengthen her immune system, I'll have to do more studying".
"It won't do any good, we need to capture Lother make him pay" Dustin screamed out.
"Nobody is going anywhere, not until Cam knows more, then we can think of a plan" Sensei told them in his calm voice.
Dustin spent the rest of the day seething, nobody understood but he wasn't going to sit by and watch her die. At midnight he snuck out of Ninja Ops and used his morpher to teleport up to Lother's ship and quietly made his way down the halls.
He entered a room that held scrolls, *maybe one of these can tell me something* he had just reached for one when someone grabbed him. Evil laughter came as Lother appeared in front of him.
"Hello Wind Ranger, welcome to your new prison". The last thing Dustin saw was Lother's fist coming toward his face.