Chapter 7: Losing a Friend

Carter woke up when he heard his morpher go off. "What is it, Captain?" He whispered.

"Carter, you're needed for a training session," Captain Mitchell replied.

"I'll be right there," Carter whispered.

Carter carefully untangled himself from Dana's arms and went to get ready. Once he was dressed and ready to go, he walked over and placed a kiss on the side of her head. Dana woke up and looked at him. "Hey, your dad called me out for a training session," he informed.

"I'll get up," she murmured.

"No, go back to sleep. You need to sleep," he insisted.

He gave her a kiss and left. Dana lied back down and went back to sleep.

During the training session, Carter and the rest of the gang was watching Kelsey and Kimberly practice their fighting techniques. When Kelsey tried to do a sweep kick, Kimberly did a flip over her head and landed behind her. Kelsey yelped when Kimberly pinned her down the mat. "I win," she announced. Kelsey laughed and they stood up.

"That was great work, you guys," Angela commented.

Ryan walked over and swung his fiancé around. Kelsey left and clung to him. Kimberly smiled and then she walked over to her car. "Kimberly, Ryan and I are going to hang out tonight. Would you like to join us with Tommy?" Kelsey asked.

"I'd like that a lot," Kimberly replied.

She got into her car and drove back to the Aqua-Base.

Dana was working in the lab when the rest of them came back. "How as the training session?" Dana asked.

"It went great," Carter replied.

Dana smiled as her husband pulled her to him.

That evening, Tommy, Kimberly, Kelsey, and Ryan were walking down the streets of Mariner Bay talking about anything and everything.

Rajani and Mahesh were watching them with glee. "Now, my warriors, go," Rajani ordered. The monsters bowed and disappeared.

When they were close to the jeep, the monsters appeared. "Hand over the Yellow Ranger," the rock monster ordered. Ryan stood in front of Kelsey.

"She's not going anywhere with you guys," Ryan snapped.

"Then we'll take her by force," the zombie growled.

"LIGHTSPEED RESCUE!"

"TITANIUM POWER!"

They morphed and started fighting the monsters. Ryan grabbed Kelsey's arm and spun her around to have her hit the zombie in the stomach. Suddenly, they found themselves separated from each other.

The alarms went off and the rest of the Lightspeed Rangers went to help their friends.

Kelsey was trying to fight the zombie off when she felt someone grab her around the waist. She looked up to see that it was Mahesh. "You're coming with me, Yellow Ranger," he laughed. Kelsey struggled against Mahesh and saw Ryan not that far away.

"RYAN!" She yelled.

Ryan looked over his shoulder to see Kelsey being held. "KELSEY!" He yelled. He ran to save her when Mahesh and the rest of the mutants disappeared. "NO!" He yelled. He fell on his knees where Kelsey was just taken. Carter walked over and placed a hand on his brother-in-law's shoulder. "I won't stop fighting until I get Kelsey back, Carter. I won't stop," he vowed.

Kelsey struggled as Mahesh carried her to a cell. "LET ME GO! PUT ME DOWN!" She yelled. Rajani smiled evilly as her brother put Kelsey into the cell.

"Stay here, and when the time comes. Your powers will belong to us," he laughed.

Kelsey glared at him and went to escape when the door was slammed closed. "NO!" She yelled. She kicked the door and then she fell against the wall. She slid to the floor and looked at her engagement ring.

"Its sad that I had to take you away from your fiancé, but that's war," he commented.

"Ryan and our friends will save me. You can count on that," she snapped.

Mahesh glared at her and walked away.

Dana sighed when she found her brother asleep in the lab. She walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Ryan," she murmured. Ryan woke up and looked over to see his sister. "Its getting late. We'll continue searching for Kelsey in the morning," she assured him.

"How can you be so calm?" He asked.

"I have to be calm, someone in this family has to be calm," she replied.

Ryan sighed and then he went off to bed. Dana watched her brother with a sad smile. Carter walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist and placed his hands on her stomach. "I just hope Ryan keeps it together so we'll be able to save them," she murmured.

"He will."

Then they went off to bed all hoping that they'll save Kelsey.