Title: Through the Motions
Author: LiLAqUaMaRiE
Fandom: Power Rangers
Season: Lost Galaxy
Pairings/Characters: Rangers from both PRiS and PRLG.
Rating: PG-13/K+
Warnings: Drama, tragedy.
Word Count: 1,785
Summary: This starts right after the 31st episode of PRLG, - The Power of Pink - in where Kendrix Morgan, the Pink Galaxy Ranger died in order to save a friend and fellow ranger, Cassie, the Pink Astro Ranger from death.
Note: I re-edited this chapter and I am currently working on chapter two of this so for anyone who has read this chapter before and was wondering when I was going to finish this – I'll promise very soon.

Keys:

Italics - for someone's thoughts

Boldness – for flash backs/memories

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I was left to cry there
Waiting outside there
Grinning with a lost stare
- Losing Grip by Avril Lavigne

Chapter 1 – Losing Grip

Cassie Chan kept her eyes focused straight ahead of her, not really staring at anything specifically but just staring in the direction where Kendrix Morgan was just a few moments ago. Tears freely rolled down her cheeks from her almond color eyes; she could not comprehend what had just taken place. She still wanted to scream out in pain, wanted to make the dreadful pain that was growing each second inside her to go away. But her throat was too sore for any more damage to be done to it, so even if she tried no sound would be heard.

She so passionately wished that everything that had happened a few moments ago was just a bad dream – a mere dream, and nothing more. Unfortunately, that was just something that was impossible, since it did happen. Everything that had transpired mere moments ago was coming back in an onslaught of flashes in her mind. It was like she was reliving it over again. Remembering how both she and Kendrix managed to follow Psycho Pink to the planet Rashon who was in pursuit of the Savage Sword that was located there.

Together both Pink Rangers are running around the deserted planet, looking for their target. "Stay alert Cassie!" Kendrix's voice speaks out to her comrade as they continue to look around together, "We can't let Psycho Pink find the sword before we do."

Remembering how they managed to find Psycho Pink as she was about to place her hand on the sword; not even their attempt to plead with her could make that vile creature change her mind. Cassie closed her eyes for a second, 'Nothing stopped her, she just wanted to make us suffer and she succeeded using the sword. I can still remember her evil laughter and her words... "It's pay back time" just as she placed her hand over the sword and pulled it out.'

'Damn you Psycho Pink! Why did you have to survive the fight when the other Psychos didn't? Damn you! If it weren't for you, Kendrix wouldn't have had to sacrifice herself for me.' Cassie's heart ached at the mere memory of her lost friend, 'Oh god...I miss you Kendrix...'

She remembers seeing Psycho Pink coming toward them in a run with the sword; remembering how her eyes widened in horror behind her helmet as she did the only thing that came to her mind at the time. She pushed Kendrix out of harm's way, yelling "Look out!" as she did. But before she realized it, the sword struck her between her shoulder and her neck; and it painfully started to clutch onto her energy, zapping it away as it drained her.

The memories would not leave her – they haunted her. The way Kendrix fought her way through the vortex to destroy the Savage Sword that had done a lot of damage. How Kendrix fought to not only save anyone else from getting hurt but fought to save her life that was nearing its end – that was caused by Psycho Pink with the usage of the evil sword. 'She gave her life to save mine.' Cassie swallowed hard as she tried to blink back more tears that were threatening to fall. 'Mine…my life. Why?' She closed her eyes, 'I didn't want this, and I certainly did not want her dead...Oh god.'

Psycho Pink slashes at the Pink Astro Ranger's mid section with the Savage Sword twice as if forming an X on her; the impact is so great that Cassie falls to the ground in pain, demorphing as she does. "That's it for you Pink Ranger!" Psycho Pink yells out triumphantly as she was about to give the final blow, but she freezes – stopping as she noticed Cassie's morpher on the ground. It had fallen off the Ranger's wrist as she had fallen from the last impact with the sword. Psycho Pink laughs evilly as she stares down at the demorphed Pink Astro Ranger, "I'll get you later..." Before she starts to head toward the morpher.

The Pink Lost Galaxy Ranger – Kendrix – who was trying to crawl her way to Psycho Pink, watches in disbelief as Psycho Pink is nearing the fallen morpher; Kendrix struggles to push herself up to her feet, but fails making her resort to just stretching her arm forward toward the evil ranger as she starts screaming "Nooo!"

Psycho Pink ignores the other fallen Pink Ranger as she speaks to Cassie, "Your morpher holds much power!"

Kendrix's voice could be heard "Don't do it!" Psycho Pink just continues to ignore her, "And that power, will be mine!" She yells out with a cackle. Psycho Pink gets ready to strike down at the morpher with the sword in her hands. Cassie struggles to get up as she yells out weakly, "Nooo..."

Psycho Pink retorts back saying, "Yes!" before striking at the morpher in the center, causing a dark pinkish color vortex to form around the morpher and the sword that is standing up straight stuck inside the now broken morpher. The morpher held much power and with the blow at the center, all that power starts to leak out.

Cassie wanted the memories to go away – to leave her mind. This was more painful then torture itself, but more flashes of what took place before started playing out; it was as if she was watching it over and over even with closed eyes.

Cassie cries out in pain, since her body is bonded to the morpher, with each drain it was if her life force was being drained from her as well.

Kendrix tries to call her friend out from the world of pain she was in, "Cassie... Cassie..." Nothing worked. Cassie is yelling out more and more as the seconds go by; Kendrix stops to glance at the vortex, she sees how much power the morpher is releasing and looks back down to Cassie who is in her arms. "Cassie you got to hold on! I know we're going to beat this!"

Cassie could not help but feel guilt for what had happen, 'The Galaxy Rangers must hate me...'

Kendrix looks down at Cassie's pained face, then back towards the vortex. She starts talking more to herself than to Cassie. "I got to do something." More power is being drained, "I'm the only one that can save her." She places her hand on her quasar sword, pulling it out.

Cassie manages to slowly turn toward the direction Kendrix was standing realizing what she was attempting to do, she gasps out her name "Kendrix" but the Pink Galaxy Ranger runs toward the vortex. Reaching it, Kendrix tries to enter it, but gets zapped back into the ground. Cassie who was watching from afar screams out her name.

'...because of me, their fellow Ranger and friend is gone. Hell, Leo should hate me hundred folds more!' Cassie wanted to die herself. 'She…Kendrix...' She bit her bottom lip hard, '...she was his girlfriend, his love. She was more than just a friend or a fellow ranger to him.'

She remembered watching in horror as Kendrix slowly, with much pain managed to enter the vortex; she remembered screaming "Kendrix get out of there!" Remembering how the Pink Galaxy Ranger stopped slowly ignoring the pain she was feeling to look back at her, yelling back as much as she could, "I have to Cassie..." before continuing her mission.

Kendrix with a slowing stagger manages to enter the "eye" of the vortex where the sword and the morpher were at; Cassie's screams can be heard, "GET OUT OF THERE!" Kendrix glances one last time to Cassie with sad eyes behind her helmet before looking back to the sword. "But I got to destroy it...forever!" With that she smashes the sword with her quasar saber making it blow up in a pure white light – with her right along with it.

Once all the other rangers managed to catch up with the two Pink rangers, Kendrix's spirit materializes in front of them. Her spirit glances toward all of them slowly before smiling softly, "I'm okay...I'll always be here..." With that final message, her spirit slowly vaporizes into the sword as it starts to fly into the sky above.

A second later Cassie's morpher is fixed, as if nothing ever happened to it.

She opened her eyes slowly as it started to sting with pain from all the crying, 'Because of me she's gone; because of me. This is not fair.'

Cassie still did not move from where she stood; the exact place where she watched Kendrix's spirit say goodbye to them. She lowered her face as she closed her eyes once more, her hands at her sides forming into small tight fists.

'Why Kendrix, why did you have to die?' Swallowing was becoming difficult for her due to the lump she had in her throat, 'You were my friend, my fellow Pink ranger. We pink rangers were supposed to stick together...' She swallowed back a sob that was threatening to come out. '...not fall apart. God, even though with the short time we met...' Her resolve to not cry anymore was breaking; 'We clicked so well when we interacted for the first time Kendrix. I never wished you any harm...' She was biting her lip hard almost making it bleed, 'Hell I rather hoped you had allowed me to die than you.'

The Astro Pink Ranger dropped to her knees on the ground below. More tears of pain were running down her cheeks freely. She couldn't hold back her sobs any longer. The other rangers around her could hear her sobs; each of them breaking away from their own pain to watch Cassie with sad eyes as she pounded the ground with her fists, sobbing out with anger.

"Why? Why? Kendrix..." She continued to pound as she sobbed out the words. "No...You couldn't have died...no..." She stopped pounding as her uncontrollable sobs started to take their toll on her and with a blood-curdling scream she yelled out the name of the fallen Pink Galaxy Ranger.

"KENDRIX!"

Cassie fell on her side on the ground, crawling into a tight small ball sobbing her heart out. The rest of the Astro Rangers could not stand to watch any longer their fallen comrade and ran to her side.

The Red Astro Ranger – Andros – called out as he reached her, "Cassie." Andros pulled her towards him, cradling her body to him in his arms. He started to stroke her hair whispering soothing words. The other Astro Rangers knelt around them watching with sad eyes but as well giving comforting words as possible while the other rangers – the Lost Galaxy ones stood to the side watching in silence.

TBC.