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Jen as turned evil! Can the Rangers find a way to bring her back or will they have no choice but to finish her off?

Mrs. Coolio: I know it may seem that way, but trust me. I'm not doing what others do. Post four or five stories and leave them unfinished. The other two I put up were one-shots that were written for a contest, and I may expand them once I finish with my three current stories. As for now, I'm having a writer's block on the other two and am focusing on this story for now. Thanks for the compliment about my writing!

Chapter 13 up! Enjoy!

Phantom Released

"Nothing, Doggie." Kat yawned. They had been up all night trying to find the whereabouts of Jen. The clock had struck 2am and the Rangers were tired. Jack and Z were asleep on the couch; Bridge was drooling all over the computer's keyboard. Katie, Trip and Lucas slept somewhere in a corner. Sky and Syd lay asleep in each other's arms in the opposite corner.

"Keep searching, Kat." Eric said. "We need to find her. God only knows what Steelix and Conwig have up their sleeves." His glance turned to where Wes stood. His eyes were gazing over the city, and seemed to count the stars. Eric walked slowly over towards his friend and placed a hand on this shoulder. "How are you doing, Wes?"

The Red Ranger shook his head. "I don't know. Steelix has Jen…enough said."

"We'll find her, Wes. I know we will." Eric reassured him.

"Not if Steelix hasn't done anything with her yet." He muttered. Eric's eyes dropped to the floor.

Cruger sighed. "Wes, you need to rest. The Rangers will need you for tomorrow's battle, if we have one."

But Wes merely shook his head. "No. I'm not going to sleep until we find her."

"Wes," Eric began. But he stopped, knowing that there would be no way to get through to Wes. He was as stubborn as his father was. "Just don't stay up too late."

Wes nodded and turned back to the city rooftops. Eric sighed and made his way towards his bedroom as the Rangers did the same.

Sky was the only one that remained. He kissed Syd good night and stood by his father. His father seemed to gaze off into nothing.

"Dad," he began. "Have we found anything yet?" Wes shook his head slowly.

"Nothing." He paused. "I'm scared, Sky. Steelix has done this one before."

"What did he do?" the curious Blue Ranger asked.

Wes sighed as he reminisced on the first time that Steelix had Jen.

'Why did she do this?' Wes asked himself. His and the other Rangers sped down Silver Hills Boulevard, hoping to reach Jen before it was too late. She had gone off in search of Steelix alone, and without her morpher.

"This is it!" Trip's voice came over his helmet. The Rangers stopped and dismounted from the bikes, hoping they weren't to late.

"And, what happened?" Sky asked.

Wes sighed. "The unexpected."

He jumped into the doorway to see her demorphed and lying on the floor. "Jen!" he shouted. "What have you done to her?"

Steelix laughed. "You'll find out soon enough." He took off running in the opposite direction.

"You guys go after Steelix, I'll take care of her." He commanded.

"Right Wes. Come on, guys!" Lucas called.

"Power down." Wes said as he took his spot next to Jen. "Jen?" he patted her cheek softly and earned a stir from her. "Jen, it's Wes."

Jen shook her head slowly as she felt his arms on her waist and helped her up.

"Jen, you okay?" Wes asked. But she merely shrugged him off. Wes raised an eyebrow. She never acted like this.

She slowly turned around, her eyes blazed red. "I'm fine."

Now he knew something wrong and gulped. "Jen?" he asked quietly. The next thing he knew her foot contacted with his chest and sent him flying back.

"So Steelix had her under a spell?" Sky asked. Wes nodded. "She was broken from it, obviously. But how?"

Wes turned to Sky. "I was able to hold onto her and remind her that all Time Force officers needed to stick together. She snapped out of it and we defeated Steelix."

"Dad, you don't think that he put Jen under another spell, do you?" Sky asked. Wes sighed heavily.

"I hope not. If he does, I don't know if we'll be able to defeat her. And I wouldn't want to…" Wes stopped. He didn't want to say it, he couldn't.

Sky pulled his worried father into a hug. "We'll find her, Dad." Sky said. 'We have to.'

The next day

"Piggy, open up!" Jack banged on the metal door.

"Uhh, sorry. No one's home!" came the reply.

Jack looked at Sky in dismay. Sky pushed the Red Ranger aside and banged harder. "Damn it, Piggy! Open up!"

Z pulled the Blue Ranger back. "Easy up, Sky. SO Piggy doesn't' want a double decker moldy ham and cheese sandwich with rotten eggs, so what?"

The metal door swung open so fast it nearly hit Sky and Jack in the face. "Where?"

Piggy was suddenly seized by Katie and Lucas. They held him down while Bridge closed the door. "Hey!" the creature complained. "What's the big idea here?"

Wes immerged from the Rangers. "I need information."

Piggy gave him a hard stare. "You again?" he complained. Wes just ignored his comment.

"What did Steelix want from you?" Wes asked. Piggy remained silent. "Please, he took my fiancé." Piggy was still silent, and that was annoying Sky.

"Listen here, Piggy." He said as he grabbed him. "That mutant has my mother and is doing something to her. You tell me what Steelix asked for and I'll let you go."

Piggy pried himself out of Sky's hands. "If you put it that way. Yes, your gray friend asked for something. A chemical, I believe."

"And the name of that chemical was…" Bridge trailed off.

"Phantom56." Piggy shrugged it off.

Wes's worst fear had come true. "Oh no." He suddenly bolted off.

"Wes!" the Time Force Ranger called.

"Dad, wait!" Sky called and went on chase of his father.

"We have to find Steelix before he…"

Out of nowhere, a laser hit Wes directly in the chest, knocking him flat.

"Wes!" Trip called and helped the Red Ranger up. "You okay, Wes?"

Wes stood up slowly. "I'll be fine."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Commander." A voice called. The Rangers watched as Steelix, Conwig and…

"Emperor Gruumm?" Syd said.

"That's right, Pink Ranger. I have decided to visit your pitiful Earth before I destroy you and take over. My collogues have also offered me an interesting offer."

"I'm afraid to know." Eric muttered.

"Oh, my friend. You do want to know." Gruumm replied.

Steelix stepped forward with Conwig. "But you have to get through us first!" Conwig stated.

"Ready?" Wes threw up his wrist. The reply came from the Rangers behind him as they cried, "Time for…Time Force!"

"Quantum Power!" Eric said.

"SPD…EMERGENCY!" the SPD Rangers cried.

Gruumm smiled to himself. "Excellent, eleven Rangers that I can destroy! Crybots!"

"Lets do it!" Jack called as the Rangers went into action. Trip, Bridge, Katie, Z, and Syd began to battle it out with the Crybots. Eric and Jack took on Conwig while Wes and Sky battled Steelix.

"You won't win, Rangers." Steelix laughed as him and Wes fired at each other.

"Just watch us." Sky muttered and fired at the mutant. He ducked and fired back.

Minutes later, Conwig and Steelix rolled to Gruumm's feet, each holding themselves. They quickly stood up and stood at the monster's feet.

Wes stepped forward; his chrono saber glowed in the sunlight. When no one answered him, he took it to the next level. "Chrono saber, full power!" He ran forward ready to strike.

The next thing he knew, he was on the floor, his weapon behind him. He was hit by a powerful force that made him demorph. He heard Gruumm laugh as his assailant came into view. It was wearing a pink and black ranger's uniform, and its eyes glowed an evil red.

"No…" he muttered.

Back behind him, the rest of the Rangers were in awe and frightened. "He's taken her again." Lucas muttered. They all waited the next move of the evil Ranger.

Wes lay on the ground in shock. Only one word escaped his mouth.

"Jennifer…"