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Chapter 6
Broodwing slowly entered Valdix's quarters. The armored villain practiced his martial arts on the Krybots. The mutant bat quickly dodged one of the oncoming robots flung in his direction. Valdix noticed his entrance and quickly sent the lackeys on their way, kicking the dismantled ones out of his room. Valdix motioned for him to take a seat, but he refused insisting that he wouldn't stay long.
"So, what happened?" He asked removing his forearm armor, revealing tight black Speedo outfit and a badly scared hand.
"It seems you were right about your friend. I caught him with your best buddy." Valdix removed his helmet, looking bewildered. "The red ranger." He pointed his scared finger and laughed.
"That was a good one. So, you took them out like I said, right?" Broodwing stood silent. The smile on Valdix's face quickly faded as he rose from his chair. "You did kill the both of them, right?"
"Well…you see, I decided to let the red ranger leave before I…" He was cut off by a swift backhand that sent him to the floor.
"I told you to take them both out, not just the hobo! He could have given him information that could destroy me!" Broodwing covered his face in fear of another attack. Then, as if by prayer, Grumm entered the room.
"What the hell is going on in here?" his eyes lit up as he yelled. Valdix quickly helped the bat up and brushed him off.
"Just some old fashioned training." He grinned. Grumm rubbed his chin as he studied the liar's naked face. It was the first time he had laid eyes upon him without his armor.
"Well…keep it down…I'm trying to sleep."
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It hurt. It hurt more than it was supposed to. As he sat at his window looking down on the city, he thought about the promise he made to Piggy. Now he was dead. There was a somewhat weirdness to the whole thing. He just spoke to Piggy that morning. To hear that he was dead after only leaving for only a few hours was indescribably painful. He knew that somehow He was apart of it. It was the only reasonable explanation.
It was too much. Two people he cared about got hurt. This couldn't continue any longer. He rose from the window and marched out of his door, heading for the command center. As he reached he noticed Cruger conversating with Kat. Cruger excused himself and approached his cadet.
"How are you feeling?"
"It depends."
"On what?" Cruger asked puzzled at his antics.
"If you answer me this. I want the arrest of Valdix Alquarez to be my solo mission. I don't want help from any of the other rangers."
Cruger threw his hands behind his back and gave him a firm, "No." Cruger began walking away and noticed that the ambitious Jack continued to follow. Cruger turned stopping him dead in his tracks. "Cadet, Valdix is too dangerous to be handled alone. You will need your teams help. I would be sentencing you to death if I granted you such a mission." Jack tightened his jaw.
"Commander, you can't do this to me! You know how I feel! It's the same thing with you and Grumm. You him one-on-one just as bad as I want Valdix. Please, I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing it for everybody he's ever hurt." The two eyed each other for what seemed like years. Cruger could not lie, he did want Grumm, and he wanted him bad. All the people he ever cared about were violently killed for no apparent reason. Grumm was a monster, and he would give his badge up to have one, just one chance to get at him.
"I must say Jack, you are a remarkable young man, but I cannot and will not grant you that mission." Jack threw his head back and gave a heavy sigh. There was nothing else he could say to change Anubis's mind. He began making his way to the media room when Bridge caught up with him.
"What's wrong?" He asked putting his hand on his partner's shoulder.
"How can you tell something's wrong with me?"
"Two reasons: 1, you don look happy, and 2, I read your energy while your back was turned." Jack couldn't help but smile a bit. They made tier way to the couch in the corner of the room and plopped down.
"I have to get my hands on him, Bridge. It just burns me up that I'm sitting here and he's probably laughing his ass off at me."
"Um…don't you mean 'We have to get our hands on him' and 'laughing his ass off at us.'?" We're still a team Jack; everybody has everybody's back. Or is it…"
"Please, Bridge!" He grinned.
"I was about to do it again, wasn't I?" Jack nodded and laughed. He started thinking about Z again. He had a different feeling inside about her. He needed her right now. "Thinking about Z?" Jack nodded. "She's gonna be alright." Bridge was a character to Jack. He was so goofy and lovable, yet he was a genius with technology. That's when it hit Jack.
"Bridge!" The green ranger nearly jumped out of his seat after hearing his name called out so loudly and that range.
"What!"
"Those diamonds that were stolen by Grumm, how many do we have left?"
"Only a few, but I really don't think this is time for a shopping spree Jack."
"No, no, no. Piggy told me that Valdix's armor was made out of Grylock diamonds, which have a negative power force."
"Ok…so…"
"So, earth diamonds have a positive power force. If they were thrown at each other fast enough, they could cause a humongous explosion!"
"Yeah. It could probably break things that are normally unbreakable."
"Let's say, oh I don't know, a certain armor…."
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