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This is it! The final battle! Will Wes get Jen back, or will she forever be lost?
Chapter 18! I know the last one was short, but this is sadly starting to wind down, maybe 1-2 chapters left…I'm going to say this now, this will be yet another short chapter…
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Time seemed to stop as they made eye contact. Wes stared into her eyes, trying to find his Jen in this monster.
"To the death!" Steelix cheered in back of him. "Destroy him, Jennifer!"
But Jen didn't move, her eyes were lock in with Wes's. "I can't…" she whispered and closed her fists into a tight ball. Jen suddenly turned around and picked up her Vortex blaster and fired at Steelix and Conwing, knocking them hard to the ground. "I won't!" she screamed and began to run towards them, but fell.
Steelix's voice cut through her like a knife as she felt herself being taken again. "No!" she screamed and gripped her temple. "No, no no no!"
A pair of arms was around her instantly, but she threw him off. "Yes, you will!" came a voice.
"Yes, I will." She sighed, the red returned to her eyes. "I'm sorry, Wes." She said. Instantly, Jen turned around and kicked him in the chest and heard a loud crack. Wes drew in a painful breathe and stood up.
Behind him, Sky was furious. "Dad!" he screamed and jumped forward. Eric, Lucas, Trip and Jack tried to restrain him, but it took Katie to hold the Blue Ranger back. "I won't let him die! Let me go, you bastards! Let me GO!"
"Hold him!" Eric commanded. But his grip was weakened as he heard Wes cry out in pain. He wasn't the kind that would pray, but he decided now was a good time to start. 'God, help him, please. Help his get her back. If Jen were to be taken, he'd never forgive himself.'
He was close. He could almost see his Jen coming back to him with each hit she served him. She was trying to break free. But each time he thought he got back to her, she'd push him closer away. Steelix would yell something, and she'd be back. He had to stop him.
He felt a tooth come loose as Jen smashed him in the face. "Eric, Lucas, Trip! Take Steelix and Conwing out, now!"
"Let me d-" Sky began, but Katie held him back.
"If we let you get to them, you'll destroy them." Eric said blandly. He rushed off as Lucas and Trip followed him.
"Now Jen, let's end this." He said and used the rest of his strength to stand up. Despite a few broken ribs, a twisted ankle, a dislocated shoulder and a broken heart, he was ready to face her.
Now was the chance to get her back. It was not or never. Jen came flying in again after Conwing gave her another command. This time Wes caught her fist and threw her back, shutting his eyes as he heard her contact the pavement.
"Jen, it's Wes." He said and walked towards her. "It's time to stop is game! You are no longer under their control!" She darted for him again, and hit him in his jaw. Wes immediately noticed something. She was getting weaker by the second.
He was getting to her. "Jen, listen to me." He ducked another punch and rolled on his bad shoulder and gritted his pain away. "You are no longer under his control!" She went to hook him, but he grabbed her wrist and placed her in a tight hug. It was like the one that he used to get her back before. But this was stronger. She began to violently thrash in his arms.
After securing Conwing in a holding container Eric, Lucas and Trip looked over to where Wes and Jen stood, silent. "Come on, Wes." Eric muttered.
Back behind Wes, Sky stood breathless as his mother's eyes slowly closed and she went limp. "Jen, come back to us." He closed his eyes and whispered. Jack, Bridge, Z and Katie all put a hand on his shoulder as Syd hugged the Blue Ranger tightly.
He whispered in her ear. "Come back to me. You aren't a monster. You are Jennifer Marie Scotts, Pink Ranger and Captain of Time Force." He felt her thrashing slowly begin to dissipate. "You are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with." The red in her eyes began to lighten up as she stopped moving. "Come back to me, Jennifer." He whispered again. "I love you."
She suddenly collapsed in his arms as he bore her entire weight. He buried his face in her shoulder, praying for her to come back to him. Then…
"Wes?" her voice was barely above a whisper.
But the Rangers' relief was short lived. Huge blasts erupted around the Rangers as Steelix came through, a vest was strapped to his chest. "I vowed I'd have my revenge, Jennifer!" he pulled a string and a loud beep was heard. "If I can't destroy one, I'll destroy you all!" His sinister laugh echoed throughout the square.
"He's got a vest full of bombs!" Jack yelled. "Run!"
Steelix laughed again as he pulled another string and blasts erupted around Jen, Wes and the Rangers. Buildings shook and the ground cracked as the vest exploded, as did Steelix.
Wes took off in a bolt with Jen at his side, hoping to flee with their lives. But time stopped again as the blast was at their heels and engulfed all eleven rangers whole.
Back at Command
"No!" Cruger said and slammed the computer keyboard, sparks flew from the broken keys. "Get a team together, now!"
Kat pressed a button and the alarms in SPD Headquarters began to scream. Hundreds of SPD workers started running into vehicles, which instantly began to speed towards Butler Square.
Cruger drove furiously down the highway and was the first to arrive on scene. He stopped breathing slightly as he took in the whole scene. It reminded him of something that happened long ago, he had heard the transmission through a satellite. It was back in September of the year 2001…
"Oh my god, the second Tower just collapsed!" the news reporter screamed. The camera was surrounded in a cloud of dust and smoke as the lens was dirtied. The transmission was stopped, but soon came back on. Bodies of people were scattered all around the camera. "This is just…" the reporter began to cry. "Here, bodies of people lay. Young and old, all silent. Silent…as the grave."
"It's like September 11th all over again." A cadet whispered. The SPD cadets and officers stood silent and looked at the wrecked building that surrounded them. Debris covered eleven silent bodies.
"Commander!" someone called and a rock moved.
"Let's move! Their alive!" Cruger called. Instantly, the place was abuzz with paramedics, ambulances and officers.
One by one each Ranger was revealed. Some with broken arms and ribs, some with nothing but a few scratches. "Commander." Jack said and hopped over to where Cruger stood. Slowly, Z, Bridge, Sky and Syd immerged and hugged their teammates, happy to see them alive.
"Where's Commander Myers and the rest?" Z asked.
"Over here!" Lucas called. Himself, Trip and Katie smiled as they rushed over and hugged the rest.
Behind them, the medics placed a sheet over Steelix's mauled body.
"Hey, where are my parents?" Sky asked, a sudden fear engulfed him.
"Guys!" came Eric's voice. The Rangers rushed away from the medics and came over to where he stood.
They were lost for words.
In a hole lay two motionless figures. Two figures that held each other closely. Their bodies were cut up, bruised and bloody. No one moved, only swallowed the horrific sight in front of them.
Jen and Wes lay together in that hole, hands tightly interlocked. Wes was on his side, while Jen as resting on top of him.
Fresh tears began to flow from Eric's eyes as he slowly walked towards the pair, cursing them silently. "Damn it, Wes."
Sky also walked forwards and stood by Eric's side and began to cry with him. Eric hugged the boy tightly as Trip and Katie held each other close. Lucas turned around trying hard to not cry, but he was quickly over that.
Sky looked again at them. For once, they looked so peaceful. "Dad…" he paused and said her name for the first time. "M-Mom…"
A silent breath escaped from her. "Sky…" Jen coughed loudly as dust exited her lungs and she clutched her chest.
The rest seemed like a blur as the medics came, but by the time they reached her, Jen had given herself to the darkness again.
An unknown time later
A man dressed in white exited the room that Wes was located in. "Doctor," Eric said quietly as he stood outside Wes's room. "Will he be alright?"
Sky watched from the waiting room seat he had as Eric talked with his father's doctor. He kept praying that his father would be okay. But his mother was beaten up more. The one thing they were worried about was if her heart would be able to handle the damage it sustained from the chemical.
"Cadet Tate," a doctor called. Sky stood up with a sling on his arm. "You can go see your mother now."
Sky thanked him and slowly walked into his mother's room. "Mom," he said quietly.
Jen smiled and kept her eyes closed. "You have no idea how lovely that sounds." Sky smiled and a few tears escaped his eyes.
"I'm so glad you're okay." He hugged her tightly and she lay back again.
"How are the others?" she asked.
"Fine, their all fine."
"And…how's your father?"
Sky sighed. "They're still working on him." Jen sniffed.
"This is all my fault." She said and tears began streaming down her face.
"No it's not." Sky comforted her with another warm hug. "None of this is."
For the next few hours Sky and his mother talked. They talked about anything and everything.
A few days later
Jen was wheeled out of her room and was greeted by Eric and the rest of the Rangers as they hugged her, all the while Jen as apologizing for everything.
"Commander Myers," came the doctor's voice. Eric looked at him and helped Jen stand up. "I'm afraid there's something you should know." His voice was solemn as he coughed.
"What is it, Doctor?" Eric asked. Eric looked at Jen's face, which went a ghostly pale.
The doctor cleared his throat. "It's Wes." He paused. "I'm afraid he's passed away."
