Summary: As the fight continues, the rangers try to keep their lives as normal as possible while learning about their full powers.

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As The Battle Rages

Chapter 21

Anlon was pacing the room and basically driving everyone nuts doing so.

"Anlon, it's not your fault." Saryn tried to comfort his eldest.

"I was there! I knew something was up, but just because I couldn't see… or feel them anymore I'd let Eshla talk me out of the idea of them being in trouble!" Anlon exploded. "You know, this wouldn't have happened if Aurora had been around - she would have continued looking until we were sure they were safe, school or no school. Thanks a lot for kicking her out of the team, Eshla." He added sarcastically, letting his emotions take the better of him.

"You wanted her gone as much as I did!" Eshla shot back, glaring at Anlon.

"Look you two, we're all to blame here!" Murtagh intervened, rage writing all over his normal tranquil features, shocking everyone present. "Have you even noticed Megan still hasn't arrived yet?"

The room fell quiet and looked at Murtagh with wide eyes. In all commotion they hadn't even noticed Megan wasn't around.

"We should spread out and look for her." Eshla ordered, worried about her sister.

"No - we should team up and look for her." Murtagh cut her off. "Alone we're more vulnerable. If we want to find them, we need to be ready for anything and need some close by back up."

"You've put a lot of thought in this." Reese observed.

"Just saying what I think Aurora would do in this situation." Murtagh shrugged.

"Will you shut up about perfect Aurora!" Eshla snapped, tense with worry and frustration.

"Dymphna, you're going with Eshla, Reese and Murtagh are with me." Anlon ordered, suddenly realising the team up. "No gender separation intended."

"That's okay." Dymphna smiled weakly and turned to Eshla. "Where do we start?"

"The school, I wanna see if Megan might still be hanging around there." Eshla replied before teleporting out, Dymphna close behind here.

"Okay, so we'll start in the park." Anlon told them, nodding to the grown-ups before teleporting out to.

"We'll find them." Murtagh whispered softly before he and Reese followed Anlon.

The school

With a sigh Eshla walked out the doors, shaking her head to Dymphna.

"Megan's not here?" She guessed, already knowing the answer. "Don't worry," she added comfortingly. "We'll find her."

"I know." Eshla sighed. "But there should be an easier way."

"There would have been. Murtagh is right and you know it. You didn't have to snap at him for that, you know." Dymphna told her quietly.

"I know. I just can't help but feel it's my fault the team fell apart." Eshla admitted, tears forming in the corners of her eyes.

"We share that blame, all of us." Dymphna reassured her. "We can make it right when they get back, but until then, we're on our own."

"You're right. Let's get looking." Eshla smiled.

Two hours later

Exhausted from looking, Dymphna and Eshla teleported back to NASADA only to find the tension in the air having grown suffocating.

"What's going on?" Dymphna asked, holding her breath, looking around with a look of anxiety on her face.

"We only turned our back for two seconds or so." Anlon told her with a blank face.

"When we turned around…" Reese swallowed. "He was gone.

Eshla caught the girl as her feet gave way. Carlos and Aura were clinging to each other for support in a far corner of the room and everyone else was looking at them and each other in defeat.

If Murtagh could disappear with Reese and Anlon right next to him…

Somewhere else

Murtagh opened his eyes and immediately horror was written all over his face. He was in the middle of a desert with no water source in sight and survival didn't look promising.

He didn't like it.

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