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Frax is back! That can only mean trouble! And when will Jen tell Lance about Wes?
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Yes, I know its short, but its leading up to the big event were the rangers receive some unexpected help in capturing Frax yet again…
Ch 8 is up! Yahoo!
Enjoy!
Steph
Frax's Revenge
The robot laughed evily. "Yes, it is I! Frax! Happy to see me, are we Rangers?"
"But I thought Ransik destroyed your data bank! You were an ordinary robot afterward! Then your were destroyed after Doomtron was!" Trip exclaimed. He recalled how Ransik told the court of erasing Frax's memory.
"Yes, that wretch did! Ten painful years of struggling to recover! Some of my faithful Cyclobots found me and put me back together." He glanced in Jen's direction. "After I heard that the famous Lieutenant Jennifer Scotts of Time Force had a child, I knew this was my perfect way of getting my revenge! Kidnap the child and destroy the Rangers! The come and destroy the Silver Guardians! It's foolproof! And I'll start with you, Lieutenant!" He laughed evily as he threw a powerful blast towards Jen and the rangers.
They fell to the ground as it steamed. Jen cried out in pain as the other rangers did as well. The members of the Guardians that gathered around also fell to the ground.
Jen watched painfully as Lance struggled to get up. He had been caught in the blast as well. Lance struggled greatly as blood oozed from a gash in his arm. Jen looked at Frax who was laughing himself into a fit.
"Rangers, you are terribly slow! I'm so disappointed!" His mechanical voiced scratched painfully at their ears. "I thought you were going to make it a task for me to destroy you, but now it looks like I'll do this by hand!" He aimed for Jen again, but she was on her feet and fired her blaster at him. Sparks flew from his arm.
"I'm not going to let you get away with this! You won't harm Lance, if I have anything to do with it. But my question is why?" Jen said. She held her blaster point blank.
Frax laughed evily. "To re-write the future of course, Lieutenant. You see, if I destroy you all, then Time Force won't exist! Then I can make my robot army grow and robots WILL RULE THE WORLD!" He laughed as a barrage of blasts was sent towards the rangers. Jen was mad at this point and didn't even feel the sting against her as she charged towards Frax.
"Chrono saber to full power!" Jen aimed her weapon and fired at Frax. Her fire didn't seem to faze him.
"Silly Ranger." Frax mumbled as he kicked Jen hard in the stomach. She doubled over and rolled out of the way, desperate for a breath.
Wes ran over to her. "Jen! Oh god, are you okay?" He asked and helped her sit up.
"I'm…" cough. "fine." Jen said. She gasped heavily, no doubt from a few broken ribs.
Lance watched painfully as his mother gasped. 'She's done so much for me, she's helpless.'
Katie yelled as Frax blasted her hard in the chest. 'Katie is like my second mother. I hate for her to be involved in this.'
Lucas slammed into a concrete wall as it spidered out. 'Lucas his been so nice to me, taking me places and everything.'
Trip flew across and landed on a roof of a car and rolled off. 'Trip has taught me so many things to help. He's been nice too.' Lance thought.
He hated being the only one that was so unhelpful. Eric landed hard against the ground and was kicked out of the way by Frax. 'Eric has been great too. Giving me tours and taking me places.'
Just then Wes flew across and landed on a bench and rolled off, clutching his shoulder. Lance winced. 'Wes has been great. He's like a father to me. It's time to be a son to him.'
Lance then saw Wes's chrono saber lying on the ground. His eyes grew fierce and he ran for the saber.
"You're finished, Rangers." Frax pointed his weapon at the rangers and fired. Jen turned her head and squeezed her eyes shut waiting for the blast to rip at her.
But instead she heard Frax scream and saw Lance fire the chrono saber. He leapt off the stairs and drove the saber into Frax's stomach. The robot jumped back as Lance fell, and the saber slashed. Sparks came from Frax. "No!" Frax called. A spray was sent over the place and tiny explosions erupted from all around Frax. "You'll pay for this, Rangers! You'll pay!" Frax said. He disappeared in a static cloud.
"He got away!" Lucas said as he got up. He kicked the ground as Trip shook his head. Katie looked at Lance who was lying on the ground.
"Lance!" Jen called as she ran over to him. "Lance, are you okay? God, Lance say something." Jen said. She was in hysterics.
"Five more minutes, please." Lance groaned. Jen laughed as Lance opened his eyes to see Jen's tearing.
"God, Lance. You scared me half to death!" Jen hugged her son, thankful he was okay. "Where did you learn to do that?" Lance looked at Wes who smiled shyly.
"I taught him, if that's okay." Wes said quietly. Jen smiled to him.
"I'm glad you did." Jen said. She laughed. "Come on, let's go home, huh?"
Lance smiled. "Home sounds good."
Collins Estate
Wes came walking into the kitchen to see Lance sitting on the peninsula and writing something. Lance looked at Wes
"Hi Wes." Lance said.
"Hey. How you feeling?" Wes asked. Lance shrugged.
"Better. My arm still hurts a bit, but I'll be okay." He paused. "Is Mom going to be ok?"
Wes sat down by Lance on the barstool. "She'll live through a few fractured ribs. Nothing she's had to deal with before."
Lance went back to writing. Wes curiously read the paper. "Whatcha writing?"
"Something for school." Lance said and continued writing.
Wes looked over Lance's shoulder and began to read it.
Lance grabbed the paper and held it against his chest, not letting Wes read it. "No! You can't read it yet. When it's ready."
Wes nodded. "Fare enough." He paused. "Want some pudding?"
"Sure, Wes." Lance said casually.
Meanwhile Jen watched from the staircase as Wes and Lance shared a bowl of chocolate pudding and were talking, smiles on both their faces. Wes took a finger full of pudding and put it on Lance's nose. Lance did the same thing to him. Jen rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"What do I get myself into?" She asked herself as Wes and Lance burst into laughter. Jen walked into her room and closed the door.
In the living room
Mr. Collins sat down on the couch with his paper and a cup of coffee. Lance was heard rummaging around with Wes in the kitchen, and Collins smiled to himself.
"Wes certainly has become attached to Lance. They've gotten to become such good friends, too." Collins said. "Just like his parents when they were here…" He trailed off. He turned around to see Wes and Lance throwing flour at each other. They were beginning to make some dough for cookies.
"What will happen when Jen and Lance return to the future?" Collins said. "Wes had to deal with having Jen return. I don't think he could bare with it again." Collins pondered and read another article.
1 week later
"Trip!" Katie called as he was thrown into a street post.
"Silly ranger! I defeated you once before and I'll do it again!" Frax said. "Cyclobots, DESTROY THEM!"
"Chrono sabers!" The rangers called.
"Quantum Defender, blade mode!" Eric said. The six rangers charged. Trip, Katie, Lucas and Eric took on the cyclobots as Wes and Jen ran towards Frax.
"Give it up, Frax! We will defeat you!" Jen called. Frax shook his finger.
"Don't count on it, Pink Ranger." Frax said as he threw a blast at Jen. Jen ducked and went into battle with Frax.
After a few minutes, Jen was also thrown clear across the street, only to caught by Wes.
"We'll finish this another time, rangers!" Frax disappeared in the static cloud.
Collins Estate, 7:23PM"I can't believe it's taken this long to capture him!" Jen protested angrily. The rangers had spent a consecutive week fighting Frax and they hadn't made a dent in him. "It never took this long to capture a criminal!" Wes, Lucas, Trip and Katie sat down in the living room where Jen was giving one of her famous speeches. "We should have captured him when he first came back!" Jen yelled. "What went wrong?" Jen asked her team. They were silent. "Well?"
"He hit us hard, Jen." Trip said quietly.
"I don't CARE how hard he hit us!" Jen spat in his face. She looked in the eyes of her team. "We should have him in custody now and awaiting trial back home! The longer he's here in the past, the more people are going to get hurt. I don't want to see that happen!" Jen said.
Wes stood up. "Look, Jen. Just because you want revenge on Frax is no reason to pin this on us. It's taken us longer to capture a mutant, let alone Frax." Trip, Katie and Lucas looked at him.
Jen glared daggers at him. "I don't want revenge on Frax, I…"
"Don't give me that, Jen. I know well enough you want revenge!" Wes said strongly.
"What would make you think I want revenge?" Jen got up in his face. Wes's went hard.
"For starters, how about your son? Hmm? Because Frax kidnapped Lance, you want revenge. He threatened your son's life and you want him dead." Wes matched her angry tone.
"I am doing my job! I am protecting innocent loves by doing my job! My job is to capture him and bring him back!" Jen yelled in face.
In the doorway, Lance listened to his mother and Wes fight.
"You know damn well you want Frax dead!" Wes retorted. "Admit it, Jen! You want him gone!" Jen rolled her eyes and let out an angry breath. Wes was amazed. "Jesus Christ, Jen! How can you be so think headed?"
Jen glared at him. "You're calling me thick headed? Am I the only one around here who wants Frax to be taken in?"
Wes was mad at this point. "I want to capture him as badly as you do, Jen! If you had just captured him in the first time he resurfaced, this wouldn't have happened!"
"Oh really! If you hadn't left your post when he attacked the second time then we would have captured him!" Jen got right in his face, to the point where they could feel each other's breath on their face.
"Don't you try to pin this one on me, Jen! That wasn't my fault!" He retorted. "Just because you're hell bent on revenge doesn't mean you can blame it on me! It wasn't my god damn fault!" Wes said hotly.
Jen's face was red "It was your god damn fault and you know it! If…"
"Stop it! Stop it! Stop yelling! I'm sick of it!" Lance said above them as his eyes flooded with tears. Jen's head shot left and she watched Lance look at her, then ran up the stairs and she heard a door slam.
UpstairsLance ran up to his room and slammed the door shut. He hated hearing his mother and Wes fight.
"They love each other, so why are they fighting?" Lance said. He plopped down on his bed. "I hope they still love each other. I'm sure of it." Lance buried his face in his pillow and recalled the past events. But seeing them argue over something that was no one's fault was too much for him. He knew his mom and Wes were in love; there was no question in his mind.
But now he wasn't so sure…
ch 9 up soon…