Chapter 11 coming to Terms
"I can't believe this." Kimberly glared at nothing in particular as she reached for her morpher. They were now on the bridge of the astro megaship.
"Well it makes sense who else has access to the files?" TJ murmured thoughtful even as he too felt the rage inside. The blue astro ranger had become good friends with their leader and now one of their own had destroyed him. True to their knowledge it hadn't been a killing outright but if they'd not been doing this he'd not have gone out that morning.
"Look he did it and now it's time to take him down." Dana said grimly as she was adjusting her morpher.
"Dana calm down, you can'tjust go at him, we have to…" TJ began as he saw the blonde fairly crackling with fury.
"Dam it your boss is dead! You want to just sit here and…" The doctor demanded glaring at her.
"Dana, come on honey, I know your upset but…" Kimberly tried again but the blonde was backing away and towards the door.
"No, that monster is going down!" She shouted even as Jason glanced to his wife who then cleared the room.
"Dana," Jason began once they were alone. "I know your in pain, I know you two were in love but diving in will just get you or someone else hurt."
"But how? How can I… How can this all…" She fought to get control, he was right. Carter had worked to help people and hurting them wouldn't bring him back.
"Look I know your hurting, and dying inside but if we aren't very careful our mark might just slip passed us and get one of the others."
"Like Kelsey…" Dana's eyes began to spark a dark pink.
He'd seen that before, back when Tommy had been having power trouble. Now he knew she was in as much danger from her rage as from the killer.
"Dana, think of Carter, think about what you love about him." Jason said gently and she tried to, tried to use the image of Carter's handsome face, his amazing blue eyes to push back her rage but she couldn't, she just kept seeing his face, as she'd seen her fathers, and the terror, rage and pain tore into her.
"I can't, it's just sooo not fair!" She cried angry tears streaming down her flushed cheeks.
"Dana, I know, I know the pain, and I've lost people, like this, out of the blue and so unfairly."
"No, never like this no one should have to…" she sobbed even as Jason pulled the tormented woman into his arms. He could still remember how Kimberly had wept in his arms like this for Trini. God he'd even cried for her.
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Ryan couldn't believe it as he sat there, listening to Leo. Carter was gone, dead… His old friend and the man his sister loved was dead. Everything was completely falling apart.
Looking down at the still unconscious girl in the bed he felt rage, hot and vile rising up within his soul. He wanted to throw back his head and scream at the injustice of it all. Hadn't they all been through enough?
"Ryan?" The weak voice had his gaze flying to the girl's pretty face.
"Kelsey?" He couldn't believe something was finally going right. Yet her pretty eyes were open and she was gazing at him point blank.
"Yeah, what's going on? Why does my head hurt?" She sounded like she were in a fog, groggy and yet awake and he just brought her hands to his lips for a kiss.
"Your ok." Ryan said gently and she didn't want to move her head for it hurt so she gave his hand a little squeeze. Even as she did the memories hit her and her pretty face became a mask of pure terror.
"Kelsey?"
"I know who hit me." she said and he waited as she told him what happened.
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Dana pulled back looking at her new boss. She knew that had been wring, it was not the time to fall apart but…
"Are you ready to go get him?" the red ranger asked and she nodded.
Kimberly and TJ were waiting in the hall while Jen and Justin were getting the car.
"Feel any better?"
"yeah, are we ready to do this?" Dana asked and Kimberly nodded.
"We have a lock on his position and are going to…"
"I want to take him." the newest member of their team said and looking to Jason she received a reluctant nod.
"you aren't really to be a field agent but he's cost you more than us." Jason knew Carter would have never let her make the caller but he didn't care. Dana had dammed near lost everything. She should at least have this much.
"Ok well here's your bag of tricks." TJ said and Dana looked at the purse he held out to her. In it she found a pen sized laser, a pair of jet earrings which also contained a mini cam, and a ring that looked like an engagement band and was in fact a homing device.
"Ready?"
"Lets do this." She said and her eyes, Jason noticed were dry and very cold. It was almost like she'd left her self in that room and was now someone else. Not that he minded, she'd be able to handle what she was about to do better with the detachment her now shed tears would a lot her.
Jason glanced at TJ and an unspoken message went between the two. they knew Dana was a little better but things could still get a little hairy. For that the blue ranger would shadow her.
TBC
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