He sat alone on the porch looking up at the sky. He could almost see her
eyes in the stars. If he reached up he could almost touch her face. He
could hear her voice in the soft breeze. But, she was gone.
He knew that there was some chance she was completely gone from this world, that maybe not even her body was in the grave in the garden. He wanted to know, but he knew he couldn't disturb her eternal slumber even though it may be somewhere else.
He'd been wrestling with the decision all night long.
"Wes," Eric's voice came into his thoughts waking him from his reverie.
"Eric. How's Ariel?"
"She's fine, Wes." Eric began.
"My parents made it back all right."
"Yes, Wes listen to me Alex is gone."
Wes spun around. "What do you mean he's gone?"
"He went upstairs for the night. I saw him. When I went to check on Ariel he was in his room there was a flash of light and when I went to look he was gone."
"Damn him" Wes growled.
Just then another flash of light filled the yard. Wes and Eric could see Katie push Alex unceremoniously through the portal.
"Tell him Alex." Katie ordered as she stepped through the portal.
"Tell me what." Wes said suspiciously.
"Jen's alive. She's the pink and white ranger." Alex said miserably.
Wes didn't think he dove at Alex and began pummeling him. Eric and Katie rushed to pull them apart. But they stopped when another flash of light appeared in the yard. Through it stepped the pink ranger and Marie.
"Wait!" Marie cried seeing Wes on top of Alex. "It's not his fault, it's mine"
"What's going on!" Andros yelled appearing in the doorway with the others.
"That's what I'm going to find out." Wes said pulling himself to his feet and stomping over to Marie.
"Now, what do you mean Jen's alive?" He asked furiously.
"Show him." Marie ordered the pink ranger.
"Power-down!" the pink ranger said.
"Oh my god." Eric whispered.
"Jen." Wes said almost in disbelief. He scrambled to his feet and ran to her. He stopped in front of her "I can't believe it's really you." He choked then he threw his arms around her and began sobbing into her shoulder.
Jen stiffened. "I-I'm sorry. I don't know who you are."
Wes lifted his tearstained face from her shoulder and looked into her eyes. "Don't you remember me? I'm your husband."
"When Jen died, all her memories died with her." Marie explained.
Wes grabbed Marie and shook her. "Well then put them back." He cried desperately. "If you have the power to bring people back from the dead and remove their memories you can give them back. You have to give them back."
Eric ran up and desperately tried to restrain Wes who was shaking the poor scientist. Andros, and Carter also grabbed him. Together they were able to pull him off of her. Wes was hysterical, it frightened Eric to see him this way. Behind them Alex was pulling a hypodermic needle from his pocket he began walking towards the struggling Wes.
"Hey what are you doing?" Dana yelled running up and kicking the needle from Alex's hand.
He turned and looked at her furiously. "Wes is going to kill her we need to stop him." He growled.
"Not that way." Dana said looking at him angrily "And, if you try anything like that again I'll beat you to within an inch of your life."
"Mommy!" Ariel cried pushing her way past Zhane who stood in the doorway.
Hearing his daughter's voice Wes stopped struggling and looked towards Ariel who was running towards Jen.
"Ariel no!" Wes cried breaking free from Eric, Andros, and Carter and trying to catch his daughter. He was too late she had already wrapped herself into Jen's legs.
"I knew you'd come back. I just knew it Mommy."
Jen looked confused and afraid.
"Ariel, Mommy's tired." Wes said gently trying to pull Ariel off of Jen. "Let's go back to bed and figure this out in the morning."
"No Daddy, I want Mommy." Ariel cried hysterically.
"Ariel, please." Wes begged. "Mommy's sick, she lost her memory. We have to help her get it back."
The scene was heartbreaking to the other rangers who stood by and watched helplessly. All of the sudden Alex came out of nowhere and pushed the hypodermic into Ariel's arm and pushed half of the fluid into her. Ariel yelped in pain and then collapsed unconscious into Wes's arms.
"What the hell did you do to her!" Wes screamed letting Ariel fall to the ground and jumping on him again.
Before he could start pummeling Alex. Alex pushed the needle into Wes' neck. He released the rest of the fluid that it contained and Wes collapsed to the ground on top of Alex who easily pushed him off.
"Damn you Alex!" Eric cried rushing forward towards him.
Andros, Zhane, Dana and Carter rushed towards the fallen Ariel and Wes.
"Eric, Don't he's not worth it!" Katie cried stepping in between them.
"You're on his side." Eric growled.
"No, I'm not. It's just we have bigger issues to attend to than who's to blame for this mess." She answered simply gesturing to their fallen comrades.
"Ariel, come on honey breathe for Aunt Dana." She said before blowing air into the little girl's mouth. Ariel coughed, Dana put her head down by Ariel's face and looked at Carter and nodded. "She's breathing we have to get her inside."
Carter nodded and gently picked Ariel up in his arms. He threw an angry glance at Alex and walked towards the house.
From inside the house a baby cried.
"I'll go." Zhane said looking up from where Wes lay.
He knew that there was some chance she was completely gone from this world, that maybe not even her body was in the grave in the garden. He wanted to know, but he knew he couldn't disturb her eternal slumber even though it may be somewhere else.
He'd been wrestling with the decision all night long.
"Wes," Eric's voice came into his thoughts waking him from his reverie.
"Eric. How's Ariel?"
"She's fine, Wes." Eric began.
"My parents made it back all right."
"Yes, Wes listen to me Alex is gone."
Wes spun around. "What do you mean he's gone?"
"He went upstairs for the night. I saw him. When I went to check on Ariel he was in his room there was a flash of light and when I went to look he was gone."
"Damn him" Wes growled.
Just then another flash of light filled the yard. Wes and Eric could see Katie push Alex unceremoniously through the portal.
"Tell him Alex." Katie ordered as she stepped through the portal.
"Tell me what." Wes said suspiciously.
"Jen's alive. She's the pink and white ranger." Alex said miserably.
Wes didn't think he dove at Alex and began pummeling him. Eric and Katie rushed to pull them apart. But they stopped when another flash of light appeared in the yard. Through it stepped the pink ranger and Marie.
"Wait!" Marie cried seeing Wes on top of Alex. "It's not his fault, it's mine"
"What's going on!" Andros yelled appearing in the doorway with the others.
"That's what I'm going to find out." Wes said pulling himself to his feet and stomping over to Marie.
"Now, what do you mean Jen's alive?" He asked furiously.
"Show him." Marie ordered the pink ranger.
"Power-down!" the pink ranger said.
"Oh my god." Eric whispered.
"Jen." Wes said almost in disbelief. He scrambled to his feet and ran to her. He stopped in front of her "I can't believe it's really you." He choked then he threw his arms around her and began sobbing into her shoulder.
Jen stiffened. "I-I'm sorry. I don't know who you are."
Wes lifted his tearstained face from her shoulder and looked into her eyes. "Don't you remember me? I'm your husband."
"When Jen died, all her memories died with her." Marie explained.
Wes grabbed Marie and shook her. "Well then put them back." He cried desperately. "If you have the power to bring people back from the dead and remove their memories you can give them back. You have to give them back."
Eric ran up and desperately tried to restrain Wes who was shaking the poor scientist. Andros, and Carter also grabbed him. Together they were able to pull him off of her. Wes was hysterical, it frightened Eric to see him this way. Behind them Alex was pulling a hypodermic needle from his pocket he began walking towards the struggling Wes.
"Hey what are you doing?" Dana yelled running up and kicking the needle from Alex's hand.
He turned and looked at her furiously. "Wes is going to kill her we need to stop him." He growled.
"Not that way." Dana said looking at him angrily "And, if you try anything like that again I'll beat you to within an inch of your life."
"Mommy!" Ariel cried pushing her way past Zhane who stood in the doorway.
Hearing his daughter's voice Wes stopped struggling and looked towards Ariel who was running towards Jen.
"Ariel no!" Wes cried breaking free from Eric, Andros, and Carter and trying to catch his daughter. He was too late she had already wrapped herself into Jen's legs.
"I knew you'd come back. I just knew it Mommy."
Jen looked confused and afraid.
"Ariel, Mommy's tired." Wes said gently trying to pull Ariel off of Jen. "Let's go back to bed and figure this out in the morning."
"No Daddy, I want Mommy." Ariel cried hysterically.
"Ariel, please." Wes begged. "Mommy's sick, she lost her memory. We have to help her get it back."
The scene was heartbreaking to the other rangers who stood by and watched helplessly. All of the sudden Alex came out of nowhere and pushed the hypodermic into Ariel's arm and pushed half of the fluid into her. Ariel yelped in pain and then collapsed unconscious into Wes's arms.
"What the hell did you do to her!" Wes screamed letting Ariel fall to the ground and jumping on him again.
Before he could start pummeling Alex. Alex pushed the needle into Wes' neck. He released the rest of the fluid that it contained and Wes collapsed to the ground on top of Alex who easily pushed him off.
"Damn you Alex!" Eric cried rushing forward towards him.
Andros, Zhane, Dana and Carter rushed towards the fallen Ariel and Wes.
"Eric, Don't he's not worth it!" Katie cried stepping in between them.
"You're on his side." Eric growled.
"No, I'm not. It's just we have bigger issues to attend to than who's to blame for this mess." She answered simply gesturing to their fallen comrades.
"Ariel, come on honey breathe for Aunt Dana." She said before blowing air into the little girl's mouth. Ariel coughed, Dana put her head down by Ariel's face and looked at Carter and nodded. "She's breathing we have to get her inside."
Carter nodded and gently picked Ariel up in his arms. He threw an angry glance at Alex and walked towards the house.
From inside the house a baby cried.
"I'll go." Zhane said looking up from where Wes lay.