Chapter 41: Rebecca's Weakness

"Those miserable Power Rangers have the strongest people on their team. Now it is only a matter of time before they destroy me," the Dark Wizard hissed. He got up from his throne and started walking around. Lizard bowed to him as he passed him.

"My lord, what should we do?" He asked.

He then had the screen appear and had it come on Rebecca. She was in the park with Jack. They were practicing karate, but then, Jack grabbed Rebecca's arm as he fell when she did a sweep kick. He flinched to see them so much in love. "Love is the tool we need to destroy the Pink Ranger," he murmured. He then had the perfect idea form. "THAT'S IT! We'll use a monster to attack only to the Red Ranger, once the Red Ranger is injured badly, that the Pink Ranger will doubt herself because she wouldn't be able to help him. This idea is perfect," he cackled. He created an evil bat monster and sent it to the park.

Rebecca and Jack were lying on the ground looking at the clouds. "I hope Ann and Brandon are okay," she murmured. Jack held Rebecca's hand and kissed the top of it.

"I'm sure they'll be just fine," he replied.

Rebecca sighed and looked at him. "Jack," she murmured.

"Hmm," he replied.

"Promise me something."

Jack sat up a bit and looked at her. "Okay," he acknowledged.

"Promise you'll never leave me no matter what," she requested.

Jack smiled and touched her face. "I promise," he vowed. He kissed her forehead and then the monster appeared with minions.

"Hello, Power Rangers," he laughed.

They stood up and nodded to each other before morphing. "POWER TIME!" Rebecca yelled.

"PINK FOX!"

"RED THUNDERBIRD!"

They morphed and went to fight the monster and the minions. However, the monster had the minions go after Rebecca while he fought Jack. Rebecca did her best to defeat the minions, but every time she defeated one set of minions another set would appear. The bat monster laughed and did a high pitch shriek. Jack fell to the ground in pain and held onto the sides of his helmet. Rebecca looked up with a gasp. "JACK!" She screamed. She tried to get to him, but the minions kept her back. The monster then raised it's claws and struck Jack so many times that he de-morphed from the pain. "NO!" She screamed. The minions and the monster disappeared once their job was done. Rebecca de-morphed and ran over to Jack. "Jack, Jack, Jack please say something. Please don't do this to me," she begged. Jack groaned and opened his eyes.

"Rebecca?" He asked.

"I'm here, Jack," she replied.

She touched his face when he fell unconscious. Tears welled up in her eyes and she touched his bruised face. She looked up when her brother and their friends came. "I couldn't help him. I didn't try hard enough to save him," she babbled. Josh kneeled next to his sister and checked for Jack's pulse.

"He's alive, but he's hurt pretty bad. We better get him back to the lab," he instructed.

Brock and Alex got Jack back to the lab while Josh sat his sister down to talk. "Rebecca, this isn't your fault," he insisted.

"How was it not my fault?" She demanded.

"You were surrounded by minions," he replied.

"I am one of the strongest Power Rangers. I can save civilians, but I can't even save my own boyfriend."

She got up and left.

When she got home, Tommy had her go downstairs.

Jack was lying on the table when Rebecca went downstairs. "Jack," she whispered. Jack opened his eyes and smiled to find his girlfriend next to him.

"Hey, Becky," he whispered back.

She placed a hand over his and sat next to him. "I feel like this was all my fault," she murmured.

"Babe, this wasn't your fault. You have to keep fighting until I'm able to fight," he assured.

Rebecca shook her head and stood up. She removed her morpher and her communicator. She turned and looked at her dad. "Dad, find another Pink Ranger," she insisted. She placed the morpher and communicator down and walked away.

In her dorm room, Teresa was having a strange dream.

(Teresa's Dream)

Teresa looked around and found herself surrounded by yellow smoke. "Hello?" She asked.

"Hello, Teresa," a voice greeted.

Teresa gasped and spun around to find her mother standing there. "Mom?" She asked. Trini smiled and walked over to her daughter.

"Yes, Teresa it's me. I don't have a lot of time. Your friends need your help," Trini warned.

"What's wrong, is Brock okay?" She asked.

"Your brother is fine. It's Rebecca. The Dark Wizard has made her doubt herself by attacking Jack."

"What can I do? I'm not a Power Ranger anymore."

"I know, but use this if you really need to."

A Power Coin appeared in her hand and Teresa lifted her hand up to see that it was the Saber-Tooth Tiger Power Coin. "Mom, these were destroyed years ago," she reminded.

"I know, but Tommy was able to have Jason use his Power Coin. I've made it so you can use the Power Coin one last time," Trini assured.

Teresa remembered about the Dark Wizard's staff being capable of turning back time. Trini knew what her daughter wanted to do and placed a hand on her shoulder. "No, Teresa, you can't turn back time to rescue me," Trini assured. Teresa looked at her with tearful eyes.

"But I've missed you," she whispered.

"And I have missed you. In time we'll see each other again."

"Time was stolen from us."

"I know time has been stolen from us. Teresa, look at your father now. He's happy with Hayley, Brian, and the new baby on the way. He still loves you, Teresa. Just because I'm gone doesn't mean he'll stop loving you. You and Brock are his first and he'll love you both no matter what."

"What about you, mom?"
"I miss your dad sometimes, but you know as well as I do that we can't change the past."

Teresa sighed and looked at her mother again. "I love you, mom," she murmured. Trini hugged her daughter tight with a sigh.

"I love you too, Teresa. Tell Brock that I love him so much too. Now, it's time for you to go back. I'll be with you when you call for help," she stated.

(End Dream)

Teresa woke up and looked into her hand to find the Power Coin. She jumped up and quickly had to tell her professors that she had to return home because of family trouble. Then she grabbed what she needed and went back to Reefside.