Disclaimer: Power Rangers does not belong to me, nor does Dekarangers or Sailor Moon. The plot, as well as some of the script for this story is not my own. Shout-outs to TV-Nihon as well.
A/N: In the Dekaranger episode, they use the term pure heart. However, I wanted to use the phrase pure heart crystals, which originates from the anime series Sailor Moon just 'cause it made more sense to me for some reason.
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Chapter 4: The Awful Truth
Leaning over the railing, Z let the bay breeze blow across her face in the hopes it would wipe away her anxiety over Ron as well. Looking out over the water, Bridge's intervention about her boyfriend's suspicious behavior had made Z's nerves as choppy as the ocean waves themselves. As usual Bridge's crazy theories seemed to have merit, yet Z couldn't find it in her heart to believe the awful truth that the man she might possibly marry could be a crook.
"Ron is not a bad guy," Z thought desperately to herself. "Right?"
Z remembered back to all the fun dates they had gone out on, from feeding each other fondue at a café by the bay to horsing around on the basketball court. She loved the warmth of holding his hand and how sometimes he would goof around to make her laugh. And then when they kissed… just the thought lit Z's face with a huge grin. Ron really was her ideal guy.
"Bridge, you idiot," muttered Z resentfully under her breath.
At that moment, Z heard her cell ringing. As she curiously flipped the phone open, excitement filled her as she recognized Ron's number. Dismissing the rest of her doubts about her boyfriend, Z resolutely answered the call.
"Hello?" queried Z, smiling eagerly at the thought of talking to Ron.
"Lizzie?" questioned Ron seriously.
"Yes," replied Z. "What is it?"
"I want to see you right away," responded Ron so gravely that Z was worriedly taken aback.
"Huh?" exclaimed Z into the phone, wondering what could make her normally easy-going guy suddenly so uptight.
"You saw a strange blotch on Z's forehead?" inquired Cruger as Bridge poured over data coming out from the Command Center's computers.
"Yes," answered Bridge with unusual solemnity, never taking his eyes off the monitor. "If I can just find data on that blotch….ah, got it!"
"The alien's named Two-Timer," said Cruger, coming over beside Bridge to look at the computer print-out.
"Two-Timer's wanted throughout the galaxy for marriage fraud," read Bridge out loud. "That yellow, bull-horned shaped bruise appears when he sucks the pure heart crystal out of his victim."
"So our criminal uses psycho-mush to transform and trick the girls in order to devour their pure heart crystals," said Cruger, putting the pieces of the puzzle together. "When a girl says yes to both his ring and his proposal of marriage, only then is he able to at last drain her pure heart crystals…"
"…after which her body turn to sand and she dies!" cried Bridge in horror as he finished reading the data. "Oh no, Z!"