A/N: Yay! It's Sean's episode! This one is a lot longer than I originally intended it to be, but it's still good, I think. I hope you like it, guys!
Now, without further ado, I give you, Power Rangers Element Storm Chapter 7. Enjoy!
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Episode 7: Secret Wind
Sean Varsiano woke up to the annoying blare of his alarm clock. He reached over quickly to turn it off, plunging the house into silence again. Groaning sleepily, he checked the clock and saw that it was 7:01 am. He yawned and sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Once he was fully awake, he stood up and started to get dressed.
He sighed sadly as he dressed, thinking about what had happened on Monday. It wasn't fair, he thought. He had finally gained the courage to tell Beth how he felt about her, and she didn't even remember it. Will had explained that this was because of the stress put on her from using her Element to such an extent and losing control of it. He had also said that the reason she lost control was because she "didn't have faith in her Element". Because she doubted its power and its choosing her, it became uncontrollable for a time. If she learned to have faith in her power, Will assured her that it wouldn't happen again.
This explanation of why she had forgotten the events of that day did not make Sean feel any better about it. The fact was that he had told her his feelings at last, and now, she didn't remember, and it was like it had never happened. Sean didn't know if he would have the courage to tell her again, at least not any time soon. It had been hard enough to tell her once, even in such a time of stress, but two times…
Once he was dressed and ready for school, Sean left his room and went into the room next to his. On a little bed up against the wall, a small girl was sleeping. She was about 6 years old, and she held some resemblance to the White Ranger. He smiled at her sleeping form and walked up to the bed, shaking her gently.
"Marie," he said softly. "Time to wake up." The girl murmured something in her sleep and rolled over, but she showed no signs of waking. Sean laughed quietly and shook her again, this time speaking a bit louder. "Come on, sleepy," he said. "It's time to get up." At last, her eyelids fluttered open and she gazed at him with her tiny blue eyes.
"Good morning, Sean," she said, half cheerfully and half sleepily. She yawned and smiled at him.
"Morning, little one," he said, smiling back at her. Marie was Sean's little sister. She was 6 years old, she had just started kindergarten, and she was his big secret, the one thing his friends didn't know about him.
When Marie was two years old and Sean was 13, their parents died in a car accident, leaving them all alone. Their uncle had come to live with them for a while, but he only stayed for a year before mysteriously disappearing one day. Sean didn't know why he left or where he went, but he didn't really care. His uncle was not a nice man, and he was anything but kind to his niece and nephew. It was also a mystery that Social Services never came to take them to a foster home or anything. Sean and Marie were left alone in the world, but Sean liked it better that way. Ever since his uncle left, he had taken care of his sister all by himself, somehow. It wasn't easy, but his next door neighbor Kim, who had graduated from high school a year ago, helped by babysitting Marie while Sean was at school or work.
At first, it had been easy enough to keep his sister a secret from his friends. She spent most of her time at Kim's house playing with her little sister who was the same age as her. Now, though, Marie had started kindergarten, which she had in the afternoons. Luckily, if Sean went as fast as he could after his school to Kim's house, he would be able to get his sister to kindergarten on time. Her school had a different Spring Break than his. It had been a week before theirs, and that was why he had been late meeting his friends so often. He had had to take her to school at those times.
Sean sighed as he helped Marie get dressed. He wished that he didn't have to keep her a secret, but he knew that he didn't have any choice. The fact was, he was only 17 and too young to live by himself without parents, let alone taking care of a 6 year old. But, neither of them wanted to go to a foster home, especially since there was a chance they might get separated. So, they agreed to keep their situation a secret to everyone except for Kim. It was harder for him than for her, though. Marie only had to pretend at school that she had parents, but Sean had to pretend he had parents and that he didn't have a sister. It was especially difficult with his friends, and it was only getting harder now that she was in kindergarten. They were getting suspicious as to why he was always late, he could tell. But, they couldn't know about Marie. Although he was sure he could trust them not to tell, he was still scared to get the secret out at all. Things happened, and…It was too risky, he decided.
Once Marie was dressed and ready, Sean grabbed his backpack and the two of them walked hand in hand to Kim's house. Marie insisted on being the one to knock on the door, so Sean picked her up so that she could reach the door knocker. It didn't take long for Kim to answer, and her bright smile greeted them as usual.
"Good morning, Sean," she said cheerfully. "Good morning, Marie." The two siblings returned the greeting.
Sean leaned down and hugged his sister. "Have a good day, little one," he said. "Be good for Kim."
Marie hugged her brother back and kissed him on the cheek. "I always am, right?" she asked, looking up at her babysitter, who smiled and nodded. "Good bye, Sean." With that, the two girls went inside the house and shut the door. Sean walked back over to his house and climbed into his car, driving off towards the school. He hated having to leave Marie with a babysitter all the time and not being able to spend much time with her, but she had told him many times that it was okay and she didn't mind. She was such a sweet child, he thought with a smile.
Rufus gazed through the telescope, blinking, a look of surprise on his face. So, that was the White Ranger's secret, he thought. The one time he had read the Yellow Ranger's mind, he had heard some thoughts that Sean was acting strange lately and that he might be hiding something from them. Now, Rufus knew just what that was. He grinned evilly as an idea came to him. As much as he hated to do it, he decided to enlist the help of Stephen for this plan. He looked around the room and found the older boy standing not too far away, looking off into space and obviously deep in thought. Rufus cringed, knowing that his superior didn't like to be interrupted when he was thinking, but he felt that his plan was good enough that it wouldn't matter much.
"The White Ranger has a secret," Rufus said in a casual tone, still looking through the telescope. From the corner of his eye, he saw Stephen start out of his trance-like thinking state and turn to him angrily. The anger soon melted into curiosity once what Rufus had said registered to him. Erica, who was also in the room, perked up as well and gave him a questioning look.
"Oh, really?" Stephen asked, trying to sound casual and uninterested. "And what's that?"
Rufus finally turned away from the telescope and faced the leader of the Chaos Three. "He has a sister he's hiding from the others."
Erica grinned. "We can use that against him," she said, walking over to where Rufus was standing. "If the others found out that he's been keeping something from them, they're bound to be angry, right?"
"Right," Stephen said, coming a bit closer to them. "This is an excellent opportunity to stir up some trouble amongst the team. We must find a way to reveal his secret to his team mates." He paused, thinking for a second. "But, how?" He looked at each of his companions in turn. "Any ideas?" he asked.
Erica thought for a moment, then returned his gaze. "We could kidnap her," she suggested. "We'll make sure that the White Ranger knows who did it, of course. Then, he'll have to tell his friends his secret in order to get them to help him save her. They'll do whatever they can to help, of course, but the trust amongst the team will be broken when they find out he's been hiding something like this." She held her breath uncontrollably, waiting for an answer from Stephen. She hoped he liked her plan.
"An excellent idea, Erica," he said after a moment's thought. The girl let out the breath she was holding and relaxed, feeling relieved. "Now," Stephen continued, looking away from her and grinning evilly. "We must think of how to go about setting this plan into motion."
After school that day, which seemed to take forever, Sean drove back to Kim's house to pick up Marie and take her to kindergarten. It didn't take long to get there because his school was fairly close to home. When he knocked on his neighbor's door, it was opened by his sister, who jumped up in his arms and hugged him around the neck. He hugged her tightly as well, and, after saying goodbye to Kim, the two of them piled in his car and headed to the kindergarten.
"So," Sean said as he drove, glancing down at his sister and smiling. "How was your morning with Kim and Sammy?" Sammy was Kim's sister.
"Fun, as always," Marie replied, grinning. She proceeded to explain with great detail everything the three of them had done that day. It was a ritual of theirs to tell each other everything they did when they were not together. At first, Sean felt bad because he couldn't tell her everything. After all, he couldn't exactly tell her that he was a Ranger. But, it wasn't long after he became a Ranger that Marie found out his secret. She was a very observant girl, and it didn't take her long to make the connection between his "watch" and the morphers she had seen on the Rangers on the news. After making sure that she understood that she must keep this information a secret, Sean was actually happy and relieved that she knew. Now, his stories weren't so blank, and he didn't feel guilty about hiding something from his sister. Plus, it was nice having someone to talk to about his Rangerhood besides his team mates for some reason.
As they pulled up to the small kindergarten building, Sean finished telling her what had happened on Monday. The girl was especially interested in this story, especially since she had known for a long time that her brother had a crush on his friend Beth. Not only could she tell from his stories, but he had trusted her with this information and told her himself. One day, Marie hoped to meet this Beth so she could make sure she was good enough for her brother. The two of them were very protective of each other.
Sean parked in front of the school and unlocked the door, allowing Marie to get out. She would not allow him to take her to her classroom, saying that she was grown up enough to go by herself. Before leaving the car, though, she leaned across her seat and kissed her brother on the cheek, saying goodbye in her cheerful, childish tone. Sean smiled at her and waved, waiting in the parking space until she had made it inside the building. Once she was safely inside, he pulled out and made his way to the Overclocked Café to meet his friends as usual.
When he got there, he saw that Beth was working today. He was kind of happy about that, because it would give him a chance to talk to the others for a while. After he sat down next to Tiz and they all exchanged their usual greeting, Sean took a deep breath and looked sadly at the table in front of him.
"I still can't believe that Beth forgot what happened on Monday." His voice was soft, although Beth was on the other side of the café and couldn't possibly hear him. The other Rangers looked around at each other and there was a moment's silence.
"Well, it makes sense after what happened that day," Dan said at last. "As Will said, Beth used her powers too strongly, and the stress and energy put into that was too much for her. Will said he was surprised something worse didn't happen."
"I know," Sean said. "But, that doesn't make it any better. I mean, I poured my heart out to her and finally told her how I felt, and now she doesn't remember. It's not her fault of course, but it still depresses me."
Tiz laid his hand on his friend's shoulder and gave him a sympathetic look. "Well," he said. "Why don't you tell her again? She said she feels the same way."
Sean closed his eyes tightly and shook his head slowly. "I can't. It was hard enough the first time. I don't think I could do it again, at least not any time soon." His voice trailed off sadly as he opened his eyes again and continued to stare at the table.
"Well," Peg said. "If that's how you feel, I don't know what to tell you, Sean." The White Ranger made no response, and an uncomfortable silence filled the table. Soon, though, it was broken by two familiar voices coming up to them and saying, "Hey, guys!" The Rangers turned to see Angela and Jorge walking up, hand in hand, smiling at them. They all returned the greeting warmly, even Sean, although he didn't exactly feel cheerful. The two non-rangers sat across from each other at the table, which was big enough to hold all of them, luckily. Angela sat next to Peg and Jorge next to Sean.
"So, what's up?" Angela asked, eager to start a conversation. "School is sucking again already, isn't it?"
"Heck yeah," Tiz said, grinning. "It's so boring, and it's cutting into my gaming time."
Peg rolled her eyes at him. "Yeah, you would say that, Tiz." She smiled, then sighed. "Yeah, it's boring," she said. "And I already have a test coming up this week."
Jorge smiled grimly. "You're lucky, then," he said. "I've already had two tests this week, and it's only Wednesday." The others gave him sympathetic glances, and the words "Poor Jorge" and "That sucks, man" were heard around the table. He grinned and shook his head. "Eh, it's not that bad. It could always be worse, right?"
"Yep," Sean said softly, more to himself than the others. "It could always be worse." Jorge heard him and looked at him questioningly, but before he had a chance to say anything, they were interrupted by the sound of a cell phone ringing. Sean pulled his phone out of his pocket and answered it.
"Hello?" he said. He paused for a moment, listening to the voice on the other side. "What! Is she okay?" Another pause. "Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can. Thank you." He closed his phone and put it back in his pocket, motioning to Jorge that he needed to get up. Jorge stood up to let him out.
"What happened?" he asked, concern in his voice.
"Uh, nothing," was Sean's answer as he looked away. "I've got to go, though, guys. I'll see you tomorrow." With that, he turned and started walking out of the café.
Just then, Beth walked up to the table. "Hey, guys," she said. "Where's Sean going?"
"I don't know," Dan answered. "He just got some sort of phone call and now he has to leave."
Beth frowned, thinking for a second. "Well, I'm on break now, and I'm going to follow him. He's been acting strange lately, and I want to find out why." Without waiting for the others to respond, the Green Ranger turned and ran out of the café and to the parking lot. She climbed into her sister's car, which she had borrowed that day, and took off after Sean, who was just pulling out of the driveway. She knew it was wrong to spy on him like this, but she had to get to the bottom of his strange behavior. He had been late meeting them all during Spring Break, and then he had something to do after school every day, and now he had gotten a mysterious phone call and taken off. Beth had to find out why.
Before long, Sean turned into a driveway and parked in front of what Beth knew was a kindergarten building and went inside. "That's weird," she said to herself. "What is he doing here?" She parked next to him and waited, wondering what would happen next. Soon, Sean came back out of the building carrying a small girl in his arms. She had a bandage wrapped around her leg. After putting her in his car, Sean drove away, and Beth followed.
It wasn't long before the White Ranger parked in the driveway of an unfamiliar house. Was this where Sean lived? Beth realized now that she had never been to his house before. She parked on the street in front of the house and watched as he got out and picked up the girl again. This was just too weird, Beth thought. Who was that girl? Sean never mentioned any siblings or anything. Sighing, she got out of the car and went over to him as he walked up to the door of the house.
"Hi, Sean," she said in a bewildered voice. The White Ranger gave a start and turned around to see Beth standing near him. He winced a little and set the girl down on the ground in front of him.
"Go on inside, Marie," he said in a gentle tone. "I'll be there in a second." The girl nodded and went inside silently. Sean turned back to Beth and sighed, saying nothing.
"So," the Green Ranger said. "Who was that?" Sean looked down sadly, an almost worried look on his face.
"That's my sister, Marie," he said with an effort. "She fell and sprained her ankle, so I had to go pick her up early from kindergarten."
"Why couldn't your parents do that?"
Sean hesitated for a second. At last, he decided that he could trust Beth, and he couldn't exactly lie to her now.
"I don't have any parents," he said. Beth looked shocked, but she said nothing. Sean proceeded to explain his situation to her in detail, something he never intended to do ever. Somehow, when he finished telling her, he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.
"So, you've been taking care of her by yourself, Sean?" Beth asked, an amazed look on her face. Her friend nodded. "Wow," she said. But, before she could say anything else, a small voice interrupted them.
"Who's this, Sean?" The two Rangers looked down to see Marie standing there, looking up at her brother. He smiled at her and picked her up gently.
"Marie," he said. "This is my friend Beth." The two of them exchanged knowing glances before the girl extended her small hand to the Green Ranger.
"Hello, Beth," she said as she shook her hand.
"Hello, Marie," Beth responded, smiling at her. "It's nice to meet you." Marie opened her mouth to respond, but instead of words, a scream came out. The others turned to see what she was screaming about and saw that a group of Crodus had appeared in front of the house. Sean carefully placed his sister on the step and told her to go back inside. He didn't notice that she didn't obey, though, as he ran forward towards the Crodus, Beth following behind him. The two started fighting them, wondering why they had chosen now to attack.
Beth kicked a Crodu away as it came towards her and sent it flying into another one. She then turned around and punched one in the face, if you could call it a face. Then, one came up from behind and grabbed her. Sean saw this and he came up from the side and kicked the Crodus' hip, making it let go and fly off sideways. Beth smiled at her friend and nodded a thank you before continuing to fight. As a Crodu tried to sneak up behind Sean, he elbowed it in the head then turned around and kicked it. As the Green and White Rangers fought, they realized that the number of Crodus never seemed to diminish, even though they had defeated many of them, more seemed to take their place almost immediately.
"Beth!" Sean cried over the noise of the battle. "We'll have to morph!" Beth glanced towards the house and saw that Marie was standing there watching them.
"We can't," she said, motioning in the girl's direction.
"Don't worry," Sean said with a smile. "She already knows that I'm a Ranger." Beth gave him a surprised look, but she decided not to say anything about it. She just nodded at him and prepared to morph.
"Element, Wind!"
"Element, Earth!"
With that, the two of them morphed into their respective Ranger colors.
"Perhaps we should use our weapons," Beth suggested. Sean nodded.
"White Wind Bow!"
"Green Earth Daggers!"
Sean immediately started shooting arrows at the Crodus while Beth attacked with her daggers. She slashed across the chest of a nearby Crodu and sent sparks flying off of it. Then, she kicked hard in the chest. Suddenly, a Crodu tried to attack Beth from behind, but she didn't notice that it was there, because she was fighting one in front of her. Sean noticed, though, and he shot an arrow through it, glaring at it from beneath his helmet. As another Crodu ran up to Sean, the White Ranger took out one of his arrows and stabbed it through the creature, pulling it back out again and shooting it at another one.
Then, he heard a horrible noise coming from the direction of the house; the sound of his sister screaming. He turned to look just in time to see a Crodu grab her and disappear, teleporting away with her.
"No!" Sean cried as the other Crodus disappeared as well. Beth ran up to him.
"What happened?" She asked, powering down. Sean did the same thing, and as he did Beth could see tears shining in his eyes.
"They took her," he said, anger simmering in his voice. "They took Marie."
Stephen smiled as the Crodu appeared in front of him, carrying a small, struggling thing.
"Perfect," he said. He motioned something to the Crodu, and it proceeded to tie the girl to a nearby chair, placing a gag around her mouth. Tears were flowing down her cheeks, and there was fear in her eyes, something Stephen loved to see.
After the Crodu finished its job, Stephen glanced at it and shot a fireball, destroying it instantly. What good was it now? It had served its purpose, and he could always make more later. Now, he turned his attention to his young captive. Her eyes darted around the room, trying to figure out where she was. They were in a warehouse outside of town that hadn't been used in years.
Stephen realized that this would probably be the first place the Rangers would go to look for the girl he had just captured, but he didn't mind. He wanted them to find her. Having captured her wasn't the goal. The goal was to make the other Rangers stop trusting the White Ranger when they realized that he had kept a secret from them. Stephen was only slightly disappointed in the way the Green Ranger had responded to finding out the secret, but she was just one Ranger. The others were sure to react differently, and in the way he wanted them to react.
Just then, Erica and Rufus came into the room. Erica grinned.
"I see phase one of the plan has worked out nicely," she said, looking at Marie. She felt kind of bad for the poor girl, who looked so frightened right now. But, she shook the feeling way and replaced it with a feeling of triumph. Her plan might actually work! Stephen would be proud of her if it did. Then he wouldn't think she was pathetic like he did now. He would respect her for once.
The leader of the Chaos Three grinned at Erica, knowing what she was probably thinking. He then motioned to her to leave and started to leave himself. Turning back to Rufus, he spoke to him.
"Stay here and guard her." The younger boy nodded as Erica and Stephen left the room. Rufus looked sadly at Marie with pity in his eyes. She looked so scared right now. And why shouldn't she, he thought. For all she knew, they intended to hurt or kill her or something. Rufus winced, trying to imagine what must be going on in her mind right now. At last, he couldn't stand it anymore and he went over to her, leaning down so he was at eye level with her.
"Hey," he said gently. "If I take the gag off of you, do you promise not to scream?" He decided that if he could talk to her and allow her to talk to him, he might be able to make her feel a little better. She nodded in response to his question, so it untied the gag from around her mouth and took it off. He smiled at her. "That's better, isn't it?"
She forced a smile and said a weak thank you, fear still evident in her tone.
"So, what's your name?" Rufus asked her, figuring that if he could get her to talk it would make her feel better.
"Marie Varsiano," she said softly.
"Marie, eh?" Rufus asked. "That's a nice name. My name is Rufus." Marie giggled.
"Rufus?" she said. "I like that name. It sounds cool."
He laughed as well. "Thanks," he said. The two of them talked for a long time, not interrupted by Stephen and Erica. It was obvious that the conversation was helping Marie, and she was feeling a lot less scared now.
About half an hour after the fight with the Crodus, the five Rangers were all gathered in Sean's house, along with Will. Beth had contacted them through their morphers and told them to come here. Sean had just finished telling them his situation and what had happened that day. Silence filled the room as the others let the new information sink in. They couldn't believe that Sean was taking care of his little sister by himself, but more importantly they couldn't believe that he hadn't told them about this sooner. Dan was the first to speak, and he asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"Why didn't you tell us before?"
Sean hung his head sadly and hesitated before responding. "Well," he said. "I'm only 17, and technically not old enough to take care of Marie by myself. I was afraid that if anyone found out about this, she would get taken away from me and we might both be placed in a foster home, or, worse, get separated. So, I kept it a secret from everyone."
"Sean," Peg said gently. "You know we wouldn't have told anyone about this."
He nodded. "I know. But, I didn't want to risk getting the secret out at all. I know I can trust you guys, but things happen, and, I guess I was just being paranoid."
"Yes, you were," Tiz said with a laugh. Sean smiled but said nothing in response.
"Although you're right and you shouldn't be living without an adult, and let alone caring for a little kid," Will began giving the White Ranger a stern look, "I understand you not wanting to be separated from her. So, your secret is safe with me."
The others agreed with him in their own way, and Sean smiled at them.
"Thanks, guys," he said. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."
"That's okay, Sean," Beth said, hugging him. "I'm glad we know now, though."
"Yes," Will said. "And now we have to figure out where the Chaos Three are keeping her." Sean gave him a serious look and nodded.
"Where do you think they could be?" Dan asked. "There aren't a lot of places around here where they could hide and remain unnoticed."
Tiz thought for a moment. "There is that abandoned warehouse outside of town," he suggested. "No one's been there for a long time, and I think they're going to condemn it soon."
"That's a good place to start looking," Will agreed. "You'd better hurry, though." The others nodded and went outside.
"I'll drive," Dan said, and they all piled into his car and headed for the warehouse. It took them about ten minutes to get there, but it seemed like an eternity to Sean. He said a silent prayer that they would find Marie soon and that she would be okay. He promised himself that the Chaos Three would pay if they hurt her in any way at all.
When they got to the warehouse, they all got out of the car and stared at the ominous building. Of course, this place was an extremely obvious place for the Chaos Three to hide, seeing as it was the only real abandoned building around here (besides the jailhouse, but the Rangers figured their enemies wouldn't use the same place twice). But, they decided to check here anyways. This kidnapping could be a trap, perhaps, and maybe they wanted to be found. If that was the case, the Rangers would be sure not to disappoint them.
"Ready, guys?" Dan asked, looking around at his team. They nodded and prepared to morph before going inside.
"Element, Fire!"
"Element, Water!"
"Element, Wind!"
"Element, Earth!"
"Element, Thunder!"
With the Ranger morphed and made their way inside the warehouse. There were a few small rooms off to the sides, but most of them were obviously locked. The main room is what caught the Ranger's attention. It was large and dusty, filled with old crates and empty boxes making many great hiding places. Dan motioned to the others to spit up and search quietly, hoping that the Chaos Three did not know they were there yet.
Even though the room was quite massive, it didn't take long for Sean and Beth to find Rufus kneeling next to Marie. Sean was about to rush forward and attack him, but Beth held him back and called Dan on her morpher, talking quietly so she wouldn't be heard. She told the Red Ranger her position, and the other Rangers closed in around the spot, which was in the middle of the room. Once they had the spot surrounded, Dan motioned for them to come forward.
"Let her go, Rufus!" the Red Ranger cried, holding his sword out towards his enemy. Rufus stood and put his hands up in a motion of surrender, but the Rangers were still on their guard.
"Fine," the Chaos Three member said. "Go ahead and take her."
Marie, seeing the Rangers around her, turned to the White Ranger and smiled at him. "Sean!" she cried. "I knew you'd find me." Dan, Tiz, and Peg were confused by this, but Sean and Beth understood. They nodded at each other as the White Ranger went in and untied his sister, still keeping a wary eye on Rufus.
"Don't worry, guys," Beth explained. "Marie knows that Sean is a Ranger." Once Marie was untied, she hugged Sean tightly, a bit of fear still in her tiny eyes. Rufus smiled at her for a second, secretly glad that she was safe now. But, he knew he had to do something or Stephen would think he let her go on purpose and he would be angry. Backing off into the shadows, he shot an electric bolt at Peg, sending her flying back into a nearby crate.
"Peggy!" Dan cried, rushing over to his friend's side. Rufus laughed and shot another stream of electricity at him, causing him to fall forward on top of the Blue Ranger.
"Hey, leave them alone!" Tiz said, glaring from under his helmet. He demorphed and shot his own thunder bolt at the place the other electricity had come from. Rufus cried out in pain and stumbled forward into the light, clutching at his stomach. Sean stood up and demorphed as well, sending a strong wind at his enemy. He looked from Marie to the Green Ranger.
"Beth, could you take Marie outside where she'll be safe?" he asked. Beth nodded and demorphed, picking up the little girl and heading outside with her.
By this time, Dan and Peg had gotten up and demorphed, ready for an Element battle with Rufus. The four Rangers and one Chaos Three member stood in battle positions, facing each other, ready to fight. Before they hade a chance, though, the menacing form of Stephen appeared from the shadows where he had, apparently, been invisible, watching them. He turned to his team mate.
"Come on," he said. "The plan failed. Let's get out of here."
Rufus nodded and said the name of his leader and of Erica as well, knowing she was still in the warehouse somewhere. Just before they teleported away, Stephen sent a large fireball at the Rangers, causing them all to collapse in pain.
Stephen, Rufus, and Erica teleported to the tower, each appearing in their own respective colors. The oldest member of the Chaos Three growled angrily and went over to the telescope, looking at the place in the warehouse where they had just been. The Rangers were getting up painfully and heading outside where Beth and Marie were waiting. Stephen glared at Erica, intending to yell at her for the failure of her plan. But, he relented, deciding that that would be fruitless. The plan had failed because the Rangers were too close knit to allow something like a secret to tear them apart. The Chaos Three had been expecting them to get angry at their team mate for keeping a secret from them, but instead they had been understanding and kind about it. That thought sickened Stephen, but it didn't exactly surprise him. That seemed to be how friends were with each other on Earth, and, he guessed, on Trienith as well. Not that he would know that first hand, seeing as his only "friends" were Erica and Rufus, and they were more like servants in his eyes, although they really weren't, he knew.
Sighing deeply, he went off to his room, wanting to be alone with his thoughts. He had to find a way to defeat those Rangers somehow, he knew. But how? He obviously couldn't tear them apart. That had been proven today. But, was there any way he could use their closeness against them? Grinning, he realized that that was exactly what he had to do. Now, he just had to figure out how.
Erica sighed with relief, expecting again to get yelled at by Stephen for the failure of her plan. She couldn't help wondering why he hadn't gotten angry at her, but she decided not to question it as she went in her room to sleep. She was tired and it had been a long day. Before closing the door to her room, she glanced over at Rufus who was looking through the telescope and smiled at him.
Rufus focused the telescope to show outside the warehouse, where the Rangers had gone out to meet Beth and Marie. He smiled as he watched the White Ranger pick up his sister and hug her tightly. The two of them looked so happy. Rufus sighed, though, not knowing why he cared. The Rangers were his enemies, after all. Looking at them one last time, he turned away from the telescope and went to his room. Lying on his bed and pulling out his book, he began to read.
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A/N: I hope you liked it! Leave a review!
lil Cwick-Glad you like it!
juzblue-I know, isn't that sad? Poor Sean!
Girl of Many Faces-Wow, this was the first PR fic you've read? That's cool. I'm glad you liked it. The reason I don't use lines or anything to separate one perspective from the next is because I usually change perspective by paragraphs or sections. When there are three spaces between paragraphs instead of two, it means that it's a different section.
Hikaru Shido-I'm glad you liked the first episode. Hopefully you'll read the others too lol. And by the way, I'm not "man" lol I would be "girl" or "chick" or something ;-) lol
