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Has Wes found a way to get Jen back? This is starting to wind down, and the last battle of love and fate is just around the corner!
I know this chapter is short, but it's slowly reaching the final battle between Jen and Wes...a battle that will change both of their lives as they know it...
Enjoy chapter 16!
The Race Against Time, part 1
He felt himself coming around, a bright light shown in his eyes. "Is he going to be okay?" someone asked
"I don't know," The doctor shook his head. "Only time will tell."
He closed his eyes again and came to another place.
"Wesley." A man called. Wes slowly sat up and came to face a mirror.
Only it wasn't a mirror… "Alex?" Wes asked in a dazed voice.
"You must save Jen." Alex said sternly.
"I…don't know how." Wes muttered.
"Use your heart, you've found a way. Just use your heart." Alex stood still.
"But…"
"I know you can save me, Wes." He turned around to see Jen standing in a white sundress; her hair was spread over her shoulders. Beautiful.
"Jen?" He said, amazed.
"Wes?" she asked again. Her voice suddenly went deep.
"Wes?" came a familiar voice. Wes shut his eyes in a desperate attempt to keep the light from his eyes. "He's awake!" The man's voice grated the Red Ranger's ears.
"Lower your voice, Eric. Please."
Eric let out a hearty laugh as Wes slowly sat up and groaned. "How long have I been out of it?" he asked and rubbed the back of his head.
"Almost four days." Eric shrugged.
"What?" Wes almost jumped out of his skin.
Eric laughed again and slapped Wes's shoulder. "I'm kidding, relax. It's only been a few hours."
"What about Jen?" Wes asked.
"We don't know, Commander." Kat walked in with a clipboard and looked at a machine. "We picked up signs of her, but none to provide us with an exact location."
Wes sighed and closed his eyes.
"Wes, the next time you decide to get your ass handed to you, let me know so I can make sure you get out if it alive." Eric smiled, trying to lighten the mood in the room.
"Funny, aren't we?" Wes shot Eric a look. Eric's face went neutral.
The alarms suddenly started going off as Z came running in. "Commander Myers! Steelix and Gruumm have been spotted downtown."
"Has Jen been sited with them?" Wes asked.
"Oh no…no, no, no. You almost killed yourself twice within the past two weeks, you're staying here to rest." Eric forced his friend backward onto the bed.
"You don't understand, I—"
"Want to get her back and think you are the only one that can break through to her." Eric bobbed his head from side to side in a feeble attempt to mock Wes. "I know you can do that, but you need your strength if we hope to get Jen back. I want her here as much as you do, believe me. But you need to rest."
"Wow, Eric…that was deep." Wes teased.
"Don't remind me." The Quantum Ranger said and turned. "If we need you Wes, I'll contact Cruger and he'll send for you. Deal?" Wes nodded. "Good. Let's move out!"
Wes watched as the Rangers made their way out the door, a look of worry ran across his face.
"Don't worry, Commander." Boom said as Wes sat up. "I'm sure they'll be fine."
Wes sighed and pulled a shirt over his head. "I hope you're right, Boom." He then walked out of the room and into Command. "I hope you're right."
Butler Square
"Destroy the city, and anyone who gets in your way!" Gruumm told the Krybots. They let out a mechanical scream as Gruumm disappeared and let them do their work.
Steelix and Conwing were talking amongst themselves, as Jen stood behind them, silent as the grave.
"Soon we shall destroy the Rangers and mutants will finally rule!" Steelix laughed. The next thing he knew, he was flat on his back, and Conwing was behind him.
"I don't think so!" Katie said and stepped forward, the other Rangers behind her. "Time Force! You're under arrest!"
"Surrender now or we will shoot." Trip added.
"Ha," Conwing muttered and stood up. "Like that will ever happen."
The Rangers were suddenly blasted and fell back, smoke rose from around them.
"Where did that come from?" Sky grumbled and stood up.
"Next time I won't miss, Blue Ranger!" Jen screamed. Sky looked at his mother with pain in his eyes. "Chrono saber!"
"Watch out!" Eric screamed. Jen fired again and sent the Rangers flying. Sky watched in horror as Syd went flying overhead and landed on a crate. "Syd!" he rushed forward and knelt at her side. "You okay, Syd?" he asked as she stood up. She nodded.
"Just a scratch." She muttered. Sky turned to see Jen laughing.
Anger suddenly consumed the Blue Ranger. "That's it!" Sky said and bolted forward. "You're anything but my mother! What happened to the woman that I would talk to every night?"
"That woman is gone, and I remain!" Jen's voice was monotone as she lowered her weapon.
"No, I think she's still in there, hunting for a way out." Sky stated calmly.
Jen's eyes turned again. "You're the only thing that is being hunted." She whispered. "V5! Full power!"
"Oh, shit…run!" Lucas yelled and they began a scramble for their lives.
"Fire." Jen said. A pink laser suddenly charged out of its holder and caught the Rangers' at their heels.
All was surrounded in a ball of fire.
Back at Command
"No!" Wes screamed. He shut his eyes as he watched the Rangers go flying all over the place. Their uniforms were black and torn. "How can she do this? There has to be a way to get her back."
He tried to think of what he did the last time Steelix took her. It was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Commander," came Kat's request. "Jen is in serious danger!"
His head whipped around quickly. "What do you mean 'in danger'?" he asked.
Kat pointed to a scanner. "It's her heart," Kat let out a worried breath of air. "It's slowly failing. If she keeps fighting like this, that Phantom56 chemical will kill her. It's taking a large toll on her heart." Wes bowed his head and sighed. "On a better note, I think I may have found a way to disarm her." She handed Wes a chip. He looked at it with curious eyes. "It'd be a matter of disabling her morpher."
"How?" Wes asked.
"Power surge." Kat said and brought up the hologram of the test. "Overloading it will cause the morpher she wears to loose power and she'll power down. Her weapons will be locked until it can recharge…"
"In return, giving me enough time to get to her." Wes finished her sentence.
Cruger nodded. "You must place this on her morpher, it doesn't matter where."
Wes's eyes suddenly faced the floor. "Will…it hurt her at all?"
Kat hesitated to answer. "It'll deliver a powerful shock, but just enough to disable the morpher. It will hurt, but she'll recover quickly and make it easier for you."
Wes ran off with Kat's design in hand. As he drove along, there were many things that came to mind. He may get Jen back, but the price was her life, her heart. It was slowly failing with every drop of blood it put out. There was no doubt in his mind that this would be her last battle.
He sighed. Maybe he could get her back in time. Maybe, just maybe, he could save her. Now was the final battle.
Now it was a race against time…
ch 17 up soon…
