Division V: Mistakes
EclipseKlutz
A/N: advanced warning: there's some Latin, Japanese, and uh… violence in this chapter, plus a few parts might be kind of gory.
Taking a small breath, Shane lashed out with his sword, wanting to make the first move. Kapri stepped aside and held her own sword out in the way of his and shoved it back. Then stepping forwards, she swiped at his side, an attack he only narrowly countered.
Dustin stumbled back into Shane, he had allowed Marah to make the first attack and was thrown off his feet, so to speak. He shoved his own ninja-sword forwards, shoving Marah harshly away, before hopping to his feet again.
Marah glared and walked around him, speeding her pace as she went. As he began to get dizzy she knelt down quickly and pulled her leg under his feet, once more dragging him to the floor.
Shane glanced over one second too long and got knocked on the side of the head by Kapri's sword, he stumbled slightly, though quickly regained his posture and hooked his sword.
Nearby, Kit was performing a sequence of acrobatic flips and ducks, every now and then sending a kick or punch. She was obviously out of breath and loosing, hardly finding the breath to mutter one of the incantations she had learned at the academy, "C-cunto… apud debello…"
Blake threw a punch at her, and she tried to duck away, though still received most of the blow. She flipped backwards, and tripped over Marah's foot, landing sprawled on her face on the ground.
The navy ranger approached, wanting to get this over with, though only to be stopped as Dustin dodged Marah, and accidentally struck Blake with his sword, causing the thunder ranger to turn quickly away from his target, and go after Dustin.
"Dustin, get away!" Kit shouted as she climbed to her feet. "Erus cimmerii apud acipio, auquilibritas abnocto adiutrix actium cautor praedis advolvo apud."
Dustin quickly obliged and returned to his battle with Marah, alerting her to his presence with a tap on her shoulder with the blade of his sword, and then lashed out with it.
Blake was thrown into the back wall of the subway station by a wave of dark energy, and Kit stumbled backwards landing on her back on the floor muttering something about "backlashes of the demon of fear".
In the background the sound of Blake screaming something about flying monkeys gave Shane the chance to push Kapri back so she stood beside Marah, and Dustin brought out his over-sized yellow hammer, pounding the ground with it. The force of the tremor saw the two ditzy space aliens off their feet.
Marah glared at Dustin and pulled herself up. Using Kapri as an unwilling footstool, she leapt into the air and kicked him in the stomach. Kapri stood as well, and turned to Shane- suddenly she was gone.
He heard the rustle of wind as someone crept up behind him, and stepped aside just before Kapri's sword swiped at the space where his left shoulder had been moments before.
"Yuki rakka achi-kochi kurai sora; mamoru hanarete kindai no yokotawaru. Anata ga shite mo yoi sukoshimo hashiru soshite kakusu, sore wa de atta dake hitotsu no yume. Hitotsu no yume nageru no soba ni higure hidari." Kit muttered as she leaned against a wall in the far corner, glaring at Lothor though watching Blake from the corner of her eye just to make sure she didn't over-do the spell on him.
Suddenly the room fogged up with a thick blanket of smoke, and a black ninja sword spun through the air.
Even though Dustin couldn't see anything through the fog that pressed down around him, he and everyone else in the room easily heard Kit's echoing scream as the sword pierced her flesh.He waved a hand in front of his face, and abandoning the stunned Marah, he ran toward who he thought had thrown the sword. As he approached the area of the subway tunnel the mist grew gradually denser, as though to shield the person it was hiding. He lashed out with his sword, only to find it halted in midair by the unknown ninja's hand.
"Don't allow your feelings to cloud your judgment, it causes your worst mistakes," The ninja informed him; his voice was muffled by the black mask that covered his face and mouth.
Pulling his sword back and striking out with it again only to have it once again blocked, Dustin replied with a simple yet meaningful and angered, "Oh, yeah? What would you know if you're a murderer?"
"How many space aliens have you killed at this point? How many more in the future? What makes this any different?" The ninja sneered as he forcefully pushed Dustin away and tried to walk out of the subway station.
"She wasn't evil!" Dustin shouted swiping at him once again only to have his blow deflected once more.
The ninja spun around angrily, "What makes you so sure of that?"
His words left Dustin slightly dumbfounded giving the ninja a chance to leave, which he took. As he left his last words hung in the air as a silent mourning, "I'm really sorry, Ketsueki."
Shaking the strange feeling of déjà vu off, Dustin hastily sprinted over to Kit only to find her condition was a lot worse than he had been hoping. Shane stood beside him a moment later, since Lothor and his two nieces along with Blake had retreated.
The sword stuck through her abdomen, pinning her two the wall and bleeding quite freely. Kit glared at up at them, her hands cut and bleeding as well from attempting to pull the sword out yet making little progress.
"Quickly," she muttered as Shane tried to pull the sword out.
He nodded and yanked as hard as he could, and in result Kit collapsed to the floor. The two boys exchanged glances, not bothering to wipe away the vast amounts of blood that had managed get everywhere.
Shane pulled out his morpher and began talking into it, "Cam…"
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"What's going on?"
The frightened inquiry awoke Hunter from his needed slumber, but as he looked around ready to scream at whoever had spoken it seemed his heart skipped a beat. "You're awake."
Tori was propped up against the wall behind her bed, looking a little better besides the cuts on her face, and her extremely confused expression. She glanced over at him, "Who the hell are you?"
Hunter was a little taken back but replied as calmly as he could, "You don't remember?"
Tori's expression twisted into concentration, as she sifted through her few remaining memories. After what seemed like eternity she shook her head, "No… though I don't seem to like you much, do I?"
"I don't know how you felt, but you did manage to most likely save my life," Hunter shrugged, trying to hide the slight hurt he felt.
"Wow. A hero with no memory, well that beats my theory of ordinary person caught in fire," Tori responded dryly. "So, what happened?"
Hunter bit his lower lip, "I was hoping you could tell me."
Tori slouched down back underneath the covers looking disappointed, "Great… so, with the basics- who am I and who are you?"
"Your Tori Hanson," Hunter responded watching with slight amusement as she gave him a strange look. "And I'm Hunter…"
"Yeah, uh, and how do I know you- and why do I have the feeling I'm in the wrong place?" Tori inquired looking around at the bleach-white walls of her hospital room.
Hunter sighed and set to work telling her about Shane, Dustin, and the power rangers then told her a false story about how she was here (they went on a road trip) though he did at least tell her the true events of the hotel (leaving out that she didn't have her morpher). Finally he yawned, signifying that he was done with his tale.
"Alright I guess," Tori replied finally as the nurse walked in.
The nurse stared at her wide-eyed and with her jaw hanging until she turned and ran out of the room muttering something about, "And Dc. Stevenson said she'd never wake up!"
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"Doctor!" Shane shouted as he ran slightly in front of Dustin and behind Cam into the emergency center of the local hospital.
The secretary at the front desk looked at them through her turquoise-shell spectacles and gasped. She glanced down the hall and motioned frantically for the nearest team of nurses wheeling a cot to come.
Dustin set Kit gently down on the white bed, immediately soaking most of the covers beneath her in blood and tried to follow as they wheeled her away.
"What happened?" One of the male nurses inquired.
"Uh… she was chasing her cat through a construction site and fell into one of the basements- she landed on what's supposed to be the plumbing line," Dustin lied quickly- too quickly.
The nurse glanced at him unbelievingly yet said nothing and trailed the rest of the nurse-team into one of the emergency rooms.
"A construction site?" Cam asked, lifting an eyebrow.
"Spur of the moment thing," Dustin replied hastily, flopping down in one of the dark blue chairs in the waiting room.
"I guess- next time use my playground one," Shane muttered as he sat down across from the yellow ranger.
Cam rolled his eyes, "Next time I come up with the excuse."
Roughly an hour and fifteen minutes later found the group inside Kit's room, sipping coffee as various doctors and nurses bustled in and out.
"Sorry Kit."
Dustin spun at the familiar muffled voice, his eyes narrowing immediately, "You. Why are you here?"
"I'm apologizing," the ninja said simply in a quiet, angst-ridden voice. "Something you might to try- it could save someone's life in the future."
"What would you know about saving someone?" Cam demanded.
"A lot actually- more than you."
"How much do you know of murder?" Dustin sneered, pointing at Kit. "She's dead, you know. According to the doctors. They gave up on her and declared her dead ten minutes ago."
The ninja nodded and pushed his way passed them over to her bedside. "I know, and I regret it more than you… though it had to happen, preferably sooner but," he didn't finish, but merely placed a black rose on the table next to the bed.
Suddenly Shane tackled him, surprising the ninja greatly. The other two pitched in until finally they managed to wrestle him to the floor.
"Now let's see who you are," Cam muttered as he yanked off the ninja's mask.
The group stared in stunned silence at the familiar face.
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A/N: I know, I know. I could've written this a lot better but I wanted to get it up. I also know its short by I like the attempted-cliffhanger. Can anyone guess who the 'Ninja' is? Anyways- reviews I update, no reviews it stays as it is. Preferably more than six if you want a quick update!