Chapter 12
Kendrix was in the kitchen of the house, she'd woke from her nap and found she couldn't sit still. She needed to move around and not think about her now dead friend. She still couldn't believe that Carter was gone. God, this was supposed to be her wedding and all hell was coming to town.
Maya came in then and found her soon to be 05sister-in-law scrubbing already clean counters till they sparkled.
"you know if you do that any harder the Formica's going to rebel and scrub you." the voice had her head snapping around even as she spun into the fighting stance.
"Maya, I really wish you walked a little louder." Kendrix muttered and the jungle girl shrugged. .
"Sorry, I'd have thought you'd have heard me." the yellow galaxy ranger said moving to take a seat at the table.
"No, I was just thinking about the insanity around here lately." Kendrix admitted ad her best friend nodded.
"there's been a lot of excitement hasn't there."
"I'd say." Kendrix said and it struck her as odd that the Mirinoian didn't seem all that upset over Carter's death. It was true that the yellow clad native didn't really know him that well but none of their tam had. Sure they were friends but it more the girls. Yet Carter had been on world for the last few months. for months One would have thought she'd have come to know him better than that.
Kendrix shrugged inwardly, her friend was at times still a mystery to her.
"there's still some coffee if you'd like a cup." the pink clad bride-to-be offered.
"I'm fine." the yellow clad young lady said.
"Oh, well if your sure I could make you a sandwich or something."
"No, I'm ok." Maya said even as the phone rang.
"I've got it." Kendrix called and was pulling her cell.
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"hello?" Dana waited a moment and then.
"Kendrix it's Dana, I need you to listen to me. We know who the killer is, you need to get Maya and get out of there." the blonde pathologist told her.
"Wait there's someone at the door." Kendrix was saying and Dana frowned.
"Kendrix don't open it the killers…the scream she heard had Dana cursing. "Jason step on it, Kimberly get Mike and Leo on the horn now!" She barked even as she again tried t get Kendrix's attention.
Kendrix had heard the cry and was running for the door even as she clutched the cell.
the first thing she saw was Maya being held by a very familiar man.
"Kai?"
"Kendrix, I think you should hang up now."
"what? What's going on?" Kendrix asked confused.
"Hang up and I'll tell you." Kai said calmly but Kendrix didn't listen; instead she took in what Dana had said and the truth.
"it was you, all this time…" she couldn't believe that all that time he'd been working against them, helping Trakeena and then he'd almost killed Dana.
"I see our good doctor called you?" Kai commented amusement lacing his voice.
"Oh well I think she would have figured it out when she saw this." Maya choked in his hold.
"Kai why?" Kendrix said, in truth she couldn't see him like he was, she kept remembering how in the acadimy he'd looked after her.
"That's right; you were out of the little loop." He smiled amiably, as if they were simply conversing about the day's events. "Lets go in the kitchen and I'll tell you everything princess." the blue ranger said a strange light in his usually sober eyes.
Maya knew this was bad, she'd known it as she'd opened the door to him. If only she'd seen the strange looking blaster…
"What does Dana have to do with this?" Kendrix tried to stall knowing Dana could hear and would get help.
"That nebby little brat beat me. She was supposed to die in that accident." He bit out resentfully.
"Nosy? Leo said you killed her father." Kendrix shot back.
"That wasn't meant to happen." Kai shrugged as if that was a minor blooper.
"No, you wanted Dana." another voice announced and Kai swung the blaster up aiming at the red clad figure in the kitchen doorway. Maya took the chance to bring up her foot and stomp on Kai's instep at the same time she jerked down with her head and spun out of his hold.
Kai didn't miss a beat swinging the blaster around and firing at the one time yellow galaxy ranger. At the same time the magna-defender shot him in the hand so his blaster clattered to the ground.
he had worked too hard for this and so in one fast move, before Mike could shoot him again Kai leapt forward grabbing Kendrix by the arm.
"Let her go Kieran." Leo called from where he now stood behind Mike blaster at the ready.
"What and give up all this?" Kieran chuckled as he gestured to the room with his head even as his arm tightened about Kendrix's neck. "Not gonna happen."
Leo's heart stopped when he saw the blaster change to a wire thin blade in Kai's hand. God, he had to get her out of here, he couldn't lose her again, he just couldn't…
"Let her go." came a quiet voice and all turned as a tall figure in pink appeared in the doorway behind Leo.
"Oh goody the busy body's here." The blue galaxy ranger grinned even as he felt the humiliation at how she'd defeated him. "Why would I want to do that?"
"To trade her for me." Dana said flatly and he arched a black brow.
"Quite a selfless offer, could it be that you still feel guilty for not dying?" He mocked adding. "after all I got your daddy and then your boyfriend and best friend."
"Does it matter? I said I'll take her place as your hostage." She said and he seemed to maul that over a moment before nodding slowly.
"you come to the center of the room and I'll make the trade." Kieran said and Dana helped it would work.
"No…" Kendrix choked out, "he'll kill you."
"It's my choice." Dana replied and she hoped she knew what she was doing as she began across the room.
when she was in place The blue clad young man made one quick move, shoving Kendrix away and grabbing Dana about the throat.
Leo caught his fiancé and pulled her quickly out of the room and the building so she was completely clear of the violence which might explode at any second.
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Ryan could feel the rage rushing through his soul as he slammed on the break; he had to get to them before Kai did. It still stunned him that it had been the blue galaxy ranger all of the time. Yet when Maya had told him it had suddenly all clicked into place. Kai both had to opportunity to play with the computers data and to move about in ranger circles without anyone questioning him.
What was really odd was the fact that since Ryan himself had once been hell bent on vengeance he could think just as the blue ranger would. He new that he'd go after the hearts of the teams and since heed failed twice with Dana that only left Kendrix.
Ryan had managed to get a hold of Leo and now he just hoped the red galaxy ranger could get to her before that monster did.
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"Your going to die now like you should have in the car." Kieran hissed as he jerked his arm tighter about her neck.
Dana let a whimper pass her lips even as she felt her oxygen being cut off. She then shifted and suddenly the blade was over the spot where her heart beat. chin.
"go on ranger keep moving, it's not like I've never killed at close range before."
"you do and your dead before she hits the floor." a new voice said and Dana knew she must be hearing things thanks to the lack of oxygen. It really sounded like…
"Nice of you two join the party Grayson." Came Kieran's hiss as he felt the blaster at his one head.
"Yes well how could I resist the invitation?" Carter quipped then in a low voice he added. "Let her go."
"Not likely, I can stick this in her before you can blink." Kai pointed out jerking Dana hard and. Carter knew it was true. Damn it this was going all wrong.
"you may kill me Kieran but you'll be…" Dana tried to bite out even as the blade of the stiletto began to penetrate her flesh.
"Shut up!" the blue ranger hissed and Dana wondered if the blade was as long as it looked. She then wondered if balloons could float in space. Dana, get a grip, she told herself and then she had an idea, in a single flash she reached up, grabbing Kieran's hand. He was surprised by the move and as she struggled with his knife hand the blaster fired.
TBC
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If you're wondering how Kai could change the blaster to a knife remember he's part magic. Everything else will be explained yet.
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