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What's going on with our Red Ranger? Where did Alex take Wes?

You're gonna hate me for the ending of this one!

Enjoy guys!

Love's Inferno

"We were too late…" He whispered.

"Captain Drake." An officer came up behind him. "Captain Logan has ordered that we return to base."

The Red Ranger turned around to face the officer. "Tell Logan I'll be back later. I have some things I need to take care of."

The officer nodded. "Yes sir."

The Ranger stood on the edge of the cliff. "This wasn't suppose to happen." He muttered.

"Captain Drake." Datas called. "Alex, are you okay?"

He didn't answer, only sighed.

Datas looked at him again. "We'll talk back at base." Datas gave him one last look, then left.

With Datas gone, he was finally alone.

"Power down." He said. A flash of Red light and he was back in uniform. "We're on a dead trail now." The officer muttered. He gazed into the sunset.

But as he turned his head, something caught his eye. "Tire tracks…" He ran over to where they were. They were indeed tire tracks, and fresh.

"Rob…" he said into the morpher.

Logan's eyes widened to see who was on the screen. "Wait, I thought that—"

"That's not important now. I found tire tracks running parallel to the cliff. I think that's where they went."

"Right, come back to base and we'll track them down." The Captain said.

"I'm on my way." He leapt onto the vector cycle and sped back to Headquarters.

At a warehouse

"You're insane!" Jen yelled. Her hands were tied behind a pole in the middle of the room. "I thought you were crazy back in high school, but now it's a different story."

Jen kept yelling. "Oh Vinnie! Doesn't it make you wonder why a genius is going after me, instead of the world? The whole world shunned you out, even on high school!"

Vinnie was beginning to loose his temper. "What did they call out? Let me see if can recall it." Jen cleared her throat.

"Vinnie the Weenie!" Jen yelled. "Was that it? Vinnie Weenie who wears a beanie, who wanted to do Josephine Feeny. Was that it?"

He threw a beaker at her, barely missing her head.

"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" Vinnie screamed. Jen quieted down. "You think I liked being a loser in high school?"

"No, I thought you were elected from the geek patrol." Jen retorted.

He yelled as he punched her in the face. "Shut up and let me finish my work! I was thinking about making your death quick and painless, but I think I'm going to let you suffer."

He turned back to his computer and continued to work.

"Harting! Your chemicals are here! Come help me unpack it!" Galden's voice penetrated the dark ceiling.

"I'll be there in a minute." He yelled back. Vinnie put his beaker down and walked out of the room.

Jen watched him walk out. "If…I can…" Jen moved her right hand over to where her morpher lay. Jen hit the button. "Alex…Alex are you there? It's Jen."

Meanwhile, at Time Force

Logan looked around the room. "All right, let's get him. Captain Drake his provided us with tire tracks that we've discovered to lead to the old Cranston Warehouse at the end of the Boulevard. I…"

"Alex! Damn it, where are you?" Jen's voice came over his morpher.

Everyone looked hopefully at the Red Ranger. "Go ahead, Jen." He said.

"Alex? Are you sure that's you?"

"That's not important. Are you okay?"

"A little scratched, but I'm fine. Vinnie's starting to finish up on the performance enhancers."

"Jen, we're on our way. Just hold on." He said. "I'll see you soon." The connection was cut. He looked at Datas and Logan. "Let's move out!"

The officers left abruptly, prepared to get Vinnie once and for good.

At the Warehouse

Once the connection was cut, Jen was in a state of awe. "Alex sounded…different. Not like he normally was."

"What the hell are you muttering?" Vinnie said as he walked past her.

"None of your damn business." Jen retorted.

Vinnie ran to the computer. "Supercharge the chemical structure…" He grabbed a glowing green metal stick and placed it into the concoction. It slowly began to melt. "Perfect."

"Vinnie, you're going to get yourself killed!" Jen yelled. "This is what happened to your father, and it's happening to you!"

Vinnie threw off his lab coat, ignoring Jen. "Damn it, Vinnie! I know you hear me! You're turning into something your not!"

He walked towards her. "Now, you listen to me, Jen. You ruined my life by turning me in!"

Jen tried to break free of the chains, but couldn't. Her voice rose and nearly broke the windows. "No! You ruined your life by getting drunk all the time! The one reason I joined Time Force was to put scumbags like you away! If you hadn't gone crazy I would have stayed with you in high school! If you hadn't raped me I would have been married to you by now! So don't pin this shit on me, this is all your fault!"

Vinnie smashed a beaker on the ground by her, sending glass flying into her face.

"This is something my life's work! I won't let anyone, not even YOU get in the way of that." He looked out of the window, a smile glowing on his face.

"Looks like Time Force is on their way for their precious Lieutenant. Too bad they'll only find her body…"

The doors burst open asCaptain Loganran in, blaster hot. "Put the chemical down, Harting!"

He looked at the Captain, then to Jen. Vinnie raised the beaker as it pulsated green. "This is it, Jennifer."

"Don't do it, Vinnie!" Jen called again. "But the beaker down before you kill yourself!"

He walked over to her and kissed her hard, then backed away slowly.

Vinnie gulped down the contents. His eyes went unfocused as he fell, clutching his stomach. He pressed a button that he held in his hand.

Everything went silent.

Jen watched the sight. "Oh shit…"

Explosions rocked around Vinnie as the contents of each beaker blew up, sending chemicals spraying onto the mad scientist. He yelled as he began to grow. His muscles grew, causing his skin to stretch. His eyes changed from a light brown to an evil red.

"TRANSFORMATION COMPLETE." The computer said.

Vinnie picked himself off of the floor. His was taller, powerful and stronger then ever before.

"I've done it. The enhancers…I've DONE IT!" He held up his arms.

Vinnie turned to where Jen sat, fear shown in her eyes. "You're first to go, Jennifer."

He began to walk towards her as Jen tried to back up, but the pole stopped her. Vinnie grabbed a metal pipe and raised it high over his head, and brought it down onto Jen.

Sparks flew as metal clashed with metal. Vinnie fell back as he was slashed across the chest, but it only left a scratch.

The Red Ranger stepped in front of Jen. "Don't lay a hand on her." He said.

"Alex." Jen said happily.

He turned to her. "Jen, you okay?" He went behind the pole.

Jen nodded. "Yea, just get me the hell outta here." She felt the chains drop as she jumped up.

"Watch out!" the Ranger threw Jen aside.

Vinnie, or what used to be him, had smoke coming out of his hand. "I'm becoming more powerful by the minute!" his voice deepened.

"He's mutating!" Jen yelled.

The Rangers watched in horror as Vinnie grew, his skin turning green, his eyes blood red. His hair turned a yellowy blonde.

"Jen, run!" the Red Ranger said. The rolled out of the way as Vinnie hit a rafter overhead.

Jen looked at Vinnie. "He's human on the inside, the mutant gene he created is taking over. We need to kill that part." Jen leapt up. "TIME FOR, TIME FORCE!"

A flash of pink, and she was in her Ranger attire. "Let's finish this, Vin. Just you and me."

An evil smile crept across the mutant's face. "My pleasure." He fired a beam from his palm, and Jen dodged it. She ran around the perimeter, the Red Ranger joining in her chase.

"Chrono saber!" Jen called. "FIRE!" The beam hit the mutant, sending him back into a pipe.

"All right, Jen!" The Red Ranger said. They ran up in separate directions up the stairs.

"Hold still while I kill you and your Red friend!" he yelled. He threw shots around, hitting both the rangers as they fell from the rafters.

"OPEN FIRE!"Logan yelled. Lasers of white all combined to push Vinnie back against a wall, his computer crashing and all the chemicals combining. The mutant bounced against the wall and fell into the mixture. He screamed as the acidic mixture burned his skin, green ooze coming from his body.

Vinnie looked at Jen, who was slowly advancing. "I won't let you…stop me!" With one final energy burst, he fired at her.

Jen dodged, but the blast flew past them and hit a large room, explosives came out, with the fuse lit.

On the other side of the warehouse, the Red Ranger threw off his helmet as it cracked and disappeared.

"Evacuate now!" He said. "Jen!" He looked around, but she was no where to be found.

A cough came from under a pile of rubble. "Oh god, Jen." He ran towards her. He threw pieces of metal and wood off of her. "Come on," He took her arm and placed it around his neck. "Jen, we need to go!"

"Then let's go." She got up slowly.

But the fire had grown. The Red Ranger desperately searched for a way out, but none was found.

Outside

"Is that everyone?" Logan yelled. "Where are the Rangers?"

"Sir, we can't find them." Someone called. Logan looked at the building as the fire came out from the glass.

"Come on, Jen." Logan muttered. "I know you're in there."

Another explosion shook the ground as the building went up in flames.

Fire engulfed the doors as two figures were seen running through the fire, their bright pink and red attire now scalded with dark black patches, their faces revealed and covered with dirt and debris.

"Where the hell is my ambulance?" Logan yelled. As if on queue, they pulled up and the medics jumped out.

The Rangers made their way into the open ground and collapsed, gasping for air.

"Alex," Jen coughed. "The next time you decide to run through the fire, tell me first!" She drew in another deep breath of air.

Her fellow ranger also coughed. "I figured you'd trust me on that decision." He coughed again. "You do trust me, right?"

Jen collapsed onto the cold ground. "Of course I tru—" she stopped as the man's face hovered over hers. Jen sat up immediately.

"Wes?" she asked in disbelief.

"Hi Jen." Wes coughed.

Jen looked at him as they stood up, joy shining in her eyes. But anger quickly engulfed her. Jen shoved him.

"Easy!" Wes protested.

"You asshole!" Jen yelled. "You are such an IDIOT, Wes! You nearly got yourself killed in there! Like falling twenty feet wasn't enough, no! You had to suffocate yourself!"

Each officer watched in disbelief to see Wes standing in front of them, dressed in Ranger attire.

Jen got right up in his face, her voice still loud. "You're lucky I don't rip that morpher right off your wrist!"

Wes was just about to respond when a loud scream was heard from inside the building. He looked back at the flame-engulfed doors, Jen knowing exactly what he had in mind.

Jen shook her head. "Oh no you don't, there is no way in hell yo—"

Wes's lips silenced her, has he placed his hand around her neck, and earned a silent stare from the officers as well. Once he pulled back, he gave her one lastlook and bolted off into the building.

Jen tried to run after him. "Wes!" she called. But glass flew from the higher windows as the fire broke through. Flames burst out from the doors as they engulfed Wes.

Jen jumped forward, but a pair of arms restrained her. "WES! NO!" She yelled. The blast of air that escaped forced her to the ground, the oxygen above her head being immediately consumed by its hungry predator.

She looked back at the doors, wanting Wes to run back through them, wanting him to be okay. 'Please let him be okay.'

"Get back! It's gonna blow!" an officer yelled.

Jen looked back at the building, tears blurring her eyes.

Someone pulled her back. "Lieutenant, come on! There's enough C4 in there to make a new Grand Canyon!"

'How can this be happening!' Jen's mind screamed. "No! I won't let him die!" Jen raised her left wrist. "Wes, damn it I know you hear me! Get out of there!"

But there was no response. Officers dashed away as a loud ear shattering blast was heard and metal went flying.

Jen looked at the sight. "WES!" she yelled. "No!" She fell to her knees, her eyes focused on those two doors. "God, don't let this be happening, please!" she pleaded up to the heavens.

Hell's fire broke loose as black smoke billowed out and not a sign of life was seen.

Five minutes passed, then ten. Finally, a whole hour passed with Jen staring at those two doors, waiting just a second longer for Wes to come out.

But he never did. Each officer was silent; the only sound was the fire that popped.

Jen knelt on the pavement, her eyes wondering into the fire, trying to search for him.

No one dared to move, no one dared to speak. All they could do was watch the fire burn away their last hopes for Wes's survival.

But Jen never moved from that spot, not a muscle in her body moved. It was like when Wes died, she died. For a while, everyone thought she stopped breathing, trying not to waste that breath on a hope Wes may be alive.

But as the fire was taken under control, bits and pieces of debris came flying out occasionally and rolled along the ground.

"Jen." A distant voice called. Jen turned her tear streaken face around to see Allie, Jamie, Davis and Kyle. She slowly got up, nearly collapsing onto the Ensigns. "I'm so sorry." Allie held her friend tightly, not knowing the pain Jen felt.

The Pink Ranger burst out into tears as the Ensigns encircled her, tears coming down from their faces as well.

But one small metal object rolled to Jen's foot, but she never felt it hit. Her eyes glanced down as her tears made the molten metal smoke. Once it was cooled, she picked it up and cleared the soot from it. The words Time Force were barely visible.

Jen recognized this to be only thing of Wes's she now had as a reminder.

It was the badge she gave him so long ago.

Daylight

Jen wasn't sure how long she'd been there, as she lost track of time, and of reality. But she found herself back in uniform, unsure of when that also happened.

No one bothered her for anything. Jen felt like she lost all hope, and a reason for living.

"Why him?" Jen muttered as she looked at the sun. It was rising slowly over the horizon, flooding over her face.

All of a sudden, Wes's voice came to her.

"Jen, wake up. I want to show you something." He shook her.

Jen batted him away and buried her face into the pillow. "Go away, Wes. It's 5:30 in the morning."

"Exactly. Come on, get up." His voice was soft.

She looked at him, and slowly rose. He lead her over to the side door in their apartment and out onto a small balcony.

"What do you want to show me, Wes?" Jen asked.

He looked at the horizon. "Look." He pointed.

Jen watched as the sun shown its face over the city, its color scattered among the wet windows. It cast a lighted shadow over them as a brilliance of pinks, oranges, reds, purples and whites flooded the city.

She looked at Wes's face. "Have you ever seen a sunrise? Just the way the light hits everything, giving it all so much character. If I were to die today, I'd like to see the sunrise just once more."

She saw the distant look he had in his eyes. Jen knew this look he had. It was the same look he'd give her when he said he loved her. "I never really got a chance to look at the sunrise. It's something I never really paid much attention to. But you're right, Wes." Her eyes scanned the marvelous sight, looking for a flaw. "It's beautiful."

He gave her that same look. "Knew you'd like it."

Jen laughed as she rolled her eyes and felt his arm go around her waist, pulling her close. Wes's eyes shown with passion as the sun swallowed them in its essence.

"You're my sunrise, Jen." Wes told her. His hand caressed her cheek lovingly. "You always will be."

Jen squeezed her eyes shut as more memories of Wes popped into her mind. The melted badge still clutched tightly in her hand.

All of a sudden a wave of officers and firefighters sprinted for the wasted building.

Shouts were heard as Jen followed the crowd slowly, quickening her pace and soon advancing to a run.

Officials held back the crowd as Jen advanced, the smell of smoldering wood and melted metal soon took over.

She was let through, only to be stopped dead in her tracks. A new set of emotions ran through her.

Jen's hands shook as more tears came cascading from its source. She drew in an unsteady breath as her hands rose to her cheeks.

There lying in the rubble was a man. A man with a strong build and a soft face.

But the one feature that struck Jen the most was an all too familiar mop of dirty blonde hair…