Chapter Four: The Diagnosis
"CARTER!!" Dana cried running over too him. Carter had blacked out for what he thought was a moment and when he opened his eyes all he could see was a pink blur.
"Dana?" he asked weakly.
"Shhh…lye still its alright." she said stroking his face trying to keep him calm, "Careful with him."
Carter could feel people pick him up and moving him, then there was blackness. Dana de-morphed and climbed into the ambulance with him. The Four Ranger stood together while the ambulance pulled away. Kelsey's hand gripped Chad's in a vice like grip and Joel held his hand at his side. No joy or amusement in his normally happy face. Ryan stood with clench fist anger boiled in his veins. Slowly they returned to the rover and headed for the hospital.
Chris was walking out into the common room after her shower to find the other fire fighters gathered around the TV they were watching the news. She sat down to listen about how the Power Rangers had saved them all. Then they showed the fight Chris's brain froze as she heard about the Red Ranger, then the rest of her body went numb. She spent several hours anxious for news as to what fate her friend faced. Finally Aaron called her and told her that Carter going to be down for sometime. This was anything but good, it was good he wasn't dead but not in the long run. She knew it wasn't going to be easy on Carter mentally he was so hard on himself so critical. This defiantly was going to take a mental toll on him more than anything and it was the one wound that was going to take the longest to heal. After a conversation with her Company's Captain she was out to the store to get some get well items for Carter.
Captain Mitchell walked to the waiting area given to the Rangers to wait for news. He walked in and looked at the worried and stress faces of the rangers. Kelsey's eyes were red Chad was more silent then normal, Joel was one his feet. Ryan looked ready to break everything in sight. Dana was with Carter she had not left his side the entire time. They're attention was immediately his, he sighed and started to speak.
"He won't be able to fight for three months at the earliest." This was anything but good.
"How are we going to fight for three months without a Red Ranger?" Kelsey said.
"We are going to have to have someone cover Carter's place until he heals." Captain Mitchell said. This wasn't what the Rangers wanted to hear, and they defiantly didn't like it. This was going to be difficult for anyone who was going to be the Red Ranger. He had a good idea of who would be best for the position and left the room to set their recruitment into motion.
TBC.....
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