Part 2
Tommy couldn't remember a time when he wished he could morph more than right this moment. From the time that his team had entered the Vandairre stronghold up until this moment things had gone horribly wrong. Jerrin and Laran had been seperated from the rest of the group when blast door had slammed down in front of them. To make matters worse their communicators weren't responding. To top at all of Audra had been knocked unconcious when they encountered a group of soldiers and they hadn't been able to wake her.
Tommy adjusted the girl as she sat straddled on his back. Katherine moved cautiously behind them, her eyes sweeping back and forth for any signs of danger. "Tommy we have to find a way out of here." she said to her husband.
"I know but we can't leave without Jerrin and Laran." he replied as she stopped to poke his head around a corner.
Kat nodded in agreement. It had been a long time since either of them had been Rangers but this part of Tommy hadn't changed one bit. He was willing to sacrifice for his friends.
Tommy lurched back, nearly falling over and dropping Audra. "There's five of them around that corner." he said.
"Tommy" Katherine started.
"Yes Kat."
"I sure wish we could morph right now."
Tommy let out a slight smile at his wifes echoing of the sentiment that he himself had expressed just a few moments before. "Things aren't that easy anymore hun."
They never saw it coming. The light cloud of black fog washed over them and the two resistance fighters both let out a slight cough.
Bryan turned to Becky and stared at her angrily. "I've had enough of this." he said as he stood up and walked toward her. "What is your problem?"
Becky stopped digging through the debris and turned her head to look at Bryan. "You want to know what my problem is Bryan." she shouted. "Then I'll tell you. I know that you're lying to me. There's something that your keeping from me and have been. I know what it is and I'm not going to let you get away with it."
Bryan stopped in his tracks 'Does she know that I'm a Power Ranger?' he wondered.
"I know that you trained at the academy." Becky said. "You're planning on giving us away to the Vandairre."
Bryan almost wished that she had said the she knew that he was the Blue Ranger. It felt like he had been stabbed in the heart and he jumped back slightly. "What the hell are you talking about?" Bryan shouted at her.
"That explains why you're never around during the attacks." She told him. "You've been giving the Vandairre our secrets."
"Are you out of your mind?" Bryan yelled defensively. "If I worked for the Vandairre would I have..." he stopped just before reminding her that he had entered the Power Chamber. The last thing that he wanted her to do was put two and two together.
"Would you have what?" Becky asked, getting in Bryans face.
Bryan turned from her and started to walk away "Think what you want." he said.
Tommy leaned Audra against a wall and then took a defensive position. Soldiers were coming from both directions and he knew that he and Kat were going to have a hard time dealing with them. It was going to be even more difficult now that they had to defend Audra.
"How are we going to get out of this?" Kat asked.
Tommy looked at her for a second and then stepped back without moving out of his defensive stance. "I want you to take Audra and get out of here." he told his wife.
"What... I'm not leaving you." Kat announced.
"Look I can't look out for all of us. I need to know that you're safe." Tommy said.
"You know that I can handle myself." Kat said defensively.
"Yeah but she can't right now." Tommy returned pointing down to Audra, who was still unconcious. "I need you to get her out of here. I'll cover you, find the others and then we'll met you back at base."
Kat wanted to argue but knew that it would be pointless so she leaned over and picked Audra up, throwing the smaller girl over her shoulder. "I'll do it but you better promise me that you'll come back."
"I promise." Tommy said as he leaned over to give Kat a kiss.
"And I'm holding you to that." Kat smiled back.
Tommy moved around the corner and to take on the oncoming soldiers.
"Stop right there." Becky called out to her second in command.
Bryan ignored her and kept walking. He had come to help not be insulted by someone that he thought was a friend. A laser blast impacted right in front of him, stopping the unmorphed Blue Ranger dead in his tracks.
"I said stop right there traitor." Becky demanded.
"What are you doing?" Bryan asked "You could have killed me."
"Oh if I wanted to hit you I would have. But that's to good for what you've done." Becky said waving her pistol around. "No you're going to stand trial for this."
As Becky approached the sounds of footsteps broke the silence that had suddenly deadened the area.
"What's going on in here?" Micheal asked as he and the two other youths that were with him entered the small area.
"I want you to take this traitor under arrest." Becky instructed while pointing her weapon towards Bryan.
Micheal stepped back for a second trying to take in what he was being told. "Captain are you sure?" he asked in shock.
Beckys anger jumped instantly to its boiling point. "Are you questioning me?" she yelled.
"No it's just that uhh well uhh..." Micheal stuttered.
"I see, so that's how it is. I should have known that he couldn't have pulled it off alone." Becky said. "You're all traitors."
"Becky just calm down." Bryan said as he slowly began to approach her.
The other three stood there confused. None of them was exactly sure what was going on but were all afraid to move and take the chance of getting incinerated.
"Stay right where you are Cranston." Becky instructed. "Like father like son I guess."
Bryan froze in position. There was little he could do but try to calm her down. "Listen Rebecca if you put the gun down we could talk about this."
"Nothing to talk about Bryan. I'm taking you down you lousy rotten traitor." With that she lifted the weapon, took aim and pulled the trigger.
There seemed to be no end to the Vandairre that were coming after him. He just hoped that he had distracted them long enough for his wife and friends to get away.
"Why don't you just surrender." one of the soldiers said. "You can't take all of us."
"Doesn't look that way from where I'm standing." Tommy said pointing down to the 8 soldiers that he had already taken down.
"You may have been able to defeat a few of us but sooner or later we will overwhelm you." The soldier told him.
Tommy knew that he was right. He wasn't a Ranger anymore and he didn't have the power watching over him. He could already feel his strength fading and the soldiers continued to come. The hallway was already filled with them and there was nowhere to go. Either way he wasn't going down without a fight. "Okay tough guy we want me come and get me.
Bryan dove to the side as Becky let loose with a burst of laser fire. He knew that he had to stop her before she hurt one of them. But even more importantly he had to do it without hurting her. He had no idea how he was going to do it, she was armed and extremely dangerous. Normally he would morph but this time it wasn't a monster that he was facing but a friend. That and the fact that there were others here watching. Bryan turned to face the others "You guys get out of here. I'll handle the Captain." he said.
The others looked at him, not quite sure what to do. "But sir..."
"I said go!" Bryan yelled.
Without saying another word the three turned around and ran.
"Don't worry I'll get you traitors after I'm finished here." Becky called after them.
Bryan faced his commander. "Becky what's going on?"
"I already told you that I'm going to take you out." She said.
"why? You know that we're not traitors." said Bryan as he moved to approach her.
"Don't come any closer." Becky said, leveling her blaster on him.
Bryan continued to move towards her with his hands up to show that he didn't have any weapons.
Becky fired a shot at Bryan, who responded by rolling to the side and then diving towards her. As he hit her the blaster flew out of her hand and across the room.
He then grabbed her arms and pinned them to back but she responded by planting her feet on his chest and rolling to the side, tossing him back first into a wall.
"You're not going to get me that easily Cranston." Becky said as she dove in the direction of the blaster.
Bryan hopped to his feet and ran towards the blaster, reaching it at the same time as Becky. Just as she grabbed it he kicked out with his foot and sent it flying across the room.
Becky spun her legs around and kicked Bryans feet out from under him. Once again he found himself down. He hadn't expected Becky to be this tough, but knew that he should have figured as much considering the fact that she was the leader of a resistance cell and had probably been fighting the aliens for as far back as she could remember.
Bryan scrambled to his feet but Becky caught him off guard and kicked him in the ribs flipping him to his back. 'Damn I have to get to my feet.' he thought.
Before he could move Becky was on him again, kicking and punching. Bryan threw his feet out quickly and caught her with the same move the she had used on him. Becky tumbled to the ground while Bryan hurried to stand. He then reached down and grabbed Beckys arms and locked them behind her. She continued to fight, kicking and throwing her arms back in an attempt to get him to release her.
"Let go of me. There's no way that I'm letting you turn me in to those filthy aliens." She shouted.
As Bryan was about to say something there was an explosion that sent them both flying across the room. He looked over at Becky, who was staring at something behind him and trembling.
Bryan turned around to see what he could swear was a huge mole. "Damn this just isn't my day." he said as he got to his feet and took a fighting stance.