The Fallen
Chapter Three: Midnight Whispers
Note: See Chapter One
"Just hold on a little bit longer
The thoughts and memories will be enough
My need for you is only growing stronger
I know you don't understand it much
But it doesn't mean I care about you any less
It doesn't have a thing to do with that
There's still so many questions that are going to be addressed
I'm sorry that it had to be like this…
But there's still time to make things right"
Wait For Me by Flaw
"Hello Tommy"
Tommy Oliver couldn't believe his eyes as both Kimberly Hart and Trini Kwan walked into the hospital room. He stood and hugged Trini, who welcomed him with ease and then looked down at Kim who stood motionless. As she looked into his eyes, she saw grief and a little bit of joy and set aside everything and hugged him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, gently, releasing Kim from his tight grip, Trini held out her FBI badge and Kim un-zipped her coat and her police badge was attached to her shirt.
"FBI, Agent Kwan, at your service." Trini said, and then Kim introduced new herself to the one and only man she loved.
"Detective Kimberly Hart. Now if Agent Kwan and I could get back on track…"Kim said, as she looked at the teen in the bed.
"Yeah, sorry Tommy, we are here on business, is this the boy who was with the girl when she was taken?" Trini asked, Tommy sighed heavily, as he sat in the chair at the bedside.
"Her name is Kira and his name is Conner, and yes, he was. I think the gunshot proves it, I'm glad you're the two on the case, there are a few things you need know about Kira and Conner." He stopped and rubbed his eyes, removing the glasses that had been framing his eyes, then looked around, seeing that the hallway was empty and that they were alone. "She and Conner are Power Rangers, the newest generation-Dino Thunder. They're 17-year-old students at Reefside High School, where I'm teaching, that's where I met them. Uh, I know this probably isn't helping you but what do you need to know?" Both women could tell that this was effecting him deeply, Kim heard Conner yawn and he opened his eyes.
"Hey Doctor O-Kira! Kira! Oh God, he has her, damn it this is all my fault!" Conner said, pain and anger taking over him, as tears gathered in his eyes. Tommy patted him gently on the shoulder.
"It's not your fault, she'll be alright, its Kira remember?" Tommy said, trying to help Conner stop blaming himself. Kim frowned down at the boy, finding nothing to say to him.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Trini asked, gently, sitting on the corner of the bed.
"Kira and I were heading to the movies, it's was dark and cold, we were huddled close together when I felt this pain reverberating through me and I felt myself fall. Kira was telling me I was bleeding, and she was lowering me to the sidewalk, and trying to stop the bleeding at the same time. Then I saw a man standing over her and then clocked her in the head, her eyes rolled back into her head and she collapsed onto me and I tried to hold her but I couldn't move and I watched as he took her and dragged her off somewhere. Please, I'll do anything to help, I cannot lose her." Conner said, there was so much pain in his voice.
"You really care about her don't you?" Kim asked, Conner nodded and sighed, closing his eyes and dropping his chin to his chest.
"I love her, she doesn't know and now I'm kicking myself for not telling her when I had the chance."
"Don't act like she's dead, she isn't! We are going to find her and bring her and the other girl back!" Trini said, icily, and Kim knew that Trini wouldn't stop until she returned the missing girls. Then she released that Conner had passed out again, and knew Tommy was going to ask the dreaded question.
"How bad is this guy?"
"The last body…she had no face." Kim whispered
Meanwhile
FBI HQ
Dylan and Cassidine studied the tape over and over, watching the man drag the blonde teenager to his car and throw her in. As Cassidine concentrated hard, she realized that she could see another person in the vehicle.
"Hey, hey, zoom in, I think someone else is in the car." Dylan zoomed in and he followed the woman's eyes to the backseat of the car, they couldn't see her face, but they could see that she was bleeding heavily, her yellow shirt was covered in blood.
"There's the second victim, or is she the first now. What in the hell is he looking for with these two?" Dylan asked, as Cassidy was forced into the car, and the door was slammed shut. Cassidine felt her blood boil as the car drove away again and Dylan rewound the tape.
"I think we've seen everything we need to see, lets call Trini and see how she and Kim are doing." he said, Cassidine picked up her cell phone and hit her speed dial number one. On the second ring Kim answered, her voice seemed sad and there was no cheer to be heard.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kim, find out anything?"
"Yeah, not a lot, Trini and I are going to follow up on some leads here, you and the others need to take a break, Trini says go have some down time and we're going to finish up soon. We'll let you know what we find if anything." Kim said, and Cassidine nodded and sighed.
"Fine, see you around." She said, and they exchanged good byes and hung up. She looked to Dylan who was now staring intently at her.
"Kim and Trini said we can take some down time and I'm exhausted." Dylan laughed and helped her up.
"Welcome to the world of being an FBI Agent." He said, as they headed from the room.
"Hiding all my fear
My nightmare becoming real
Take a look at me
I'm a loser."
1:19 by Lacuna Coil
Even before Kira tried to open her eyes, she could smell blood; the metallic scent was so strong it overwhelmed her. She heard someone moving at her side, and a familiar voice snapped her into reality.
"Kira! Oh good, you're awake." Kira opened her eyes and looked over to Cassidy who was sitting at her side. Kira blinked, as her vision became blurred with blood, and tried to sit up. Pain instantly overtaking her, she groaned and crumpled back down, Cassidy sucked in her breath and gently placed her hand on Kira's arm.
"Are you alright?" Kira shook her head 'no' and coughed as she tried to breathe, and wasn't surprised that she tasted blood.
"What happened?" She managed to gasp out, Cassidy looked down at her and Kira saw tears in the other girl's eyes.
"Me and Devin were heading to the Cyber Café and the guy shot him and threw me in the car, that's when I saw you. You were out cold, you have been for a good part of today and yesterday when we were brought here." Cassidy explained, then Kira bolted up in remembrance of Conner.
"Conner! Oh no! He got shot too! I tried to help him when the guy clocked me." Kira said, Cassidy snorted.
"He must have hit you really hard, I was scared for a little bit that you weren't gonna wake back up." The blonde retorted, Kira sighed and looked around, seeing that they were in a dark room, and nothing else.
"Where are we?"
"Basement, you can see it easier when its day time, the bastard hasn't come back down since he threw us in here, there's a crawlspace that he shoved us through to get us down here." Cassidy said, and scooted closer to Kira, who arched her eyebrow.
"What? Its cold and I'm scared, if we're going to get through this we're going to have to together." Cassidy said, Kira sighed and didn't want to admit that she was right.
The Dino Thunder Power Rangers HQ
(aka Tommy's hidden basement)
Trini and Kim joined Tommy, Hayley, Conner, Trent and Ethan down in the hidden room of Tommy's secluded house. Kim looked around, actually beginning to long for the days that she was a Ranger. Tommy gently coaxed her over to screen where Hayley was tracking Kira; she had her location, and was surprised that she was on the edge of town.
"Since Kira is a Ranger, I knew that I could track her by simply taping into her morpher, and actually I'm surprised that she hasn't tried to contact anyone yet…" just then Conner's communicator went off, and they heard a soft voice whisper.
"Conner?"
"Kira? Thank God, are you ok?" There was a pause, and Kira's ragged voice broke through.
"No-he's taken Cassidy upstairs, and she started screaming, a few minutes ago the screaming stopped, and its silent up there. I think he killed her, I'm next, I know it. He said when he took her that I won't look like myself any longer and no amount of tests will be able to reveal my identity. You guys have to help me!"
"Kira, calm down, it's going to be ok. Trust me, listen to my words, you are going to be fine." Conner said, he looked to Trini who withdrew her gun and made sure that it was loaded completely then she nodded.
"Trini and Kim are going to be there shortly, you and Cassidy will be fine. Just stay calm and remember what and who you are." Conner said, referring to her Ranger powers and Dino powers.
"Conner, I love you" were her next words, Tommy looked to Conner who had silent tears running down his face.
"I love you too, Kira, I always have and when you get back, we're going to plan our future together." They heard her sniffle, Kim touched Tommy's arm.
"We're going to get them back, don't worry." She promised then she and Trini rushed upstairs and out to their car. Tommy touched Conner's shoulder and prayed for the safety of Kira, Cassidy, Kim and Trini.
As Kim drove to the address that Trini had written down and parked a way away so that they could surprise the killer. Trini called the others and they were on their way, but Kim and Trini decided that the faster they get inside the better. As they crept inside the darkened house, weapons drawn they heard someone moving around upstairs and knew it was him. They heard a girl struggling and something crashing to the floor, Trini pulled Kim over to her.
"We are going to rush up there and surprise him, then it he pulls a weapon on us or her, we fire. I don't really care if we kill him before we question him, just please Kim, be careful." Trini said, Kim squeezed Trini's shoulder, and nodded.
"Be careful too" Kim said, then they began creeping upstairs, when they went to the master bedroom, since that's where all the noise was coming from. Trini went to one side of the door and Kim went to the other, then with a nod Trini slammed her foot into the door and it crashed open, taking the man inside by surprise.
"Freeze, FBI!" Trini cried, but a gunshot echoed through night, and Trini's eyes grew wide, crimson blossomed on her stomach, her blood soaking through her clothes, beginning to soak through as she fell to the ground.
"NO!" Kim screamed as she tried to run to Trini, instead the man shoved Cassidy at her and the girl's unconscious body fell on top of her. Kim struggled under the girl's dead weight and reached for Trini's arm, grabbing on her wrist she tracked her pulse. Trini looked to Kim, her skin paling faster and faster.
"Kim, please, don't leave me." Trini whispered.
"I'm not, I promise." Kim swore, and was finally able to sit up as thunderous footsteps came into the room. Shawn, Julie, Dylan and Cassidine rushed in.
"Take Cassidy, and call 911, Trini, please hang on." Kim begged, Dylan effortlessly lifted the girl off of her and began to feel for her pulse. Kim struggled through Trini's blood and placed her hand on the wound. Kim began to cry, but Trini touched Kim's hand, and looked her in the eyes.
"I'll be ok…I'm fine…" she whispered, as she closed her eyes, soon people were moving her away from Trini, and she struggled in their arms.
"No, Trini!" she wailed as the paramedics lifted her onto a stretcher and brought her downstairs and out to the ambulance.
"Come on Kim, I'll take you to the hospital, there's nothing more we can do right now." Cassidine whispered, taking Kim's arms and helping her up, Kim just sobbed and Cassidine pulled her into her arms and hugged her.
"She'll be fine, don't worry, she'll be fine."
To Be Continued
Chapter Four: Secrets and Shadows