==Stanford, California, United States==

The seven remaining Rangers ran around through campus with Johnny at the helm. Ryleigh was his girlfriend and it would only be fair for him to go in for the big save. Since they had their noise amplifiers, it was easier for them to pay attention to any familiar sounds

Fortunately, Johnny knew his girlfriend in and out and was able to pinpoint where her screams for help were coming from. He felt like everything was his fault. He knew that the drinking from the previous night would have some sort of consequence, but he was only expecting something like a headache. He never expected his girlfriend to be taken like such.

"Guys, I think I'm picking her voice up from over here!" Johnny shouted in the alleyway and ran over to a broken hole in the wall. "Huh, it looks like someone's been here before."

"This is where we came for the first kidnapping." Raylan commented and took notice of the surroundings.

"Guys, we've been here before!" Emma exclaimed. "Play it safe, we don't know what we're dealing with here."

Johnny led the six other Rangers through the small hole and into the edge of the building. Like all buildings, they had to get through the initial framework and pipes that lined the walls. It was a bit of a trek, but it was something that was forced on them.

As they walked, Johnny couldn't help but feel sick in his stomach. Sydney had been kidnapped and Raylan had let his girlfriend slip his grasp before, but now Johnny was in that place. The feeling stung and he didn't know what to expect. Whatever he had to fight off had kept his girlfriend with them and intended to keep it that way. It was all fair game for them.

Despite him feeling a bit scared, it was an extremely familiar situation. Back when the Rangers had first acquired their powers, Ryleigh and Raylan had both died at different points. Raylan's situation was a bit different and he was able to pull himself out by himself. Ryleigh, on the other hand, required saving from Johnny and the rest of the Rangers. Ryleigh had managed to find herself in a similar situation later on when she was kidnapped by a Shadow-infused human in their school named Kyle. He had beaten and raped her to the point where she needed her Ranger friends around her. She needed the same kind of saving again.

"Shh..." Johnny shushed the Rangers to pick up some noise. "Ryleigh!" he shouted and ran over to where he heard her voice.

They found Ryleigh beaten and helpless on the ground, a sight that they were somewhat used to seeing. Surrounding her were five male students with blood red irises. The boys noticed them and turned around to face them.

"Leave her alone!" Johnny shouted.

"Or what?" the boy in the middle asked with a light chuckled.

"We'll beat the shit out of you." Johnny threatened. "This is your last warning."

The student in the middle laughed and backed himself up to where Ryleigh was groaning on the ground. He cocked his leg back all the way and kicked her as hard as he could in the hip. The sound she made when she flew and hit a wall snapped something inside of Johnny. He ran straight at the boy and threw him off his feet. He picked him up from his neck and held him in the air.

"Nobody touches her like that!" he shouted and slammed him against a wall.

The other four students realized they were losing and ran in for help. However, they were outnumbered greatly as the other Rangers intercepted them. It was just a pointless fight for power with Ryleigh still stuck in the middle. Johnny, realizing that his girlfriend still needed help, dropped his opponent and ran over to her. Mike covered the guy that was fighting Johnny by holding him back.

"I can't believe I let this happen to you." Johnny whispered to his girlfriend as he kneeled by her side.

"It's...it's okay." Ryleigh whimpered.

"I'm so sorry." Johnny unmorphed and rubbed her face. "You're so helpless..."

"Johnny, it's really okay." Ryleigh tried to crack a smile through her pain.

"I...I...this is impossible." Johnny started to tear up a bit.

"Don't cry..." Ryliegh muttered and teared up with her boyfriend. "Please, don't..."

"You'll be okay." Johnny promised. "These sons of bitches won't see what's coming to them."

"Kill them for me." Ryleigh smiled.

"I thought you didn't like killing humans?" Johnny smirked.

"They're not humans. They're monsters." Ryleigh stuck her tongue out. "Just do me the favor."

Johnny nodded and stood up. He morphed into his suit once again and ran straight at the same student that had kicked Ryleigh. He held him from the head and smashed it straight into the wall. The sound he made as he hit the wall was wince-worthy, but it was relieving. It was safe to say with a head split open, he was very much dead.

"That was brutal." Raylan commented with wide eyes and did the same to another.

Eventually, the Rangers had taken all but one of them out. Tyler kept the last one in a headlock and put his blaster to his head. This was their last chance to get answers.

"I'm going to ask you once." Tyler told him. "Why did you take her?"

"We want to fuck with you guys." the student chuckled, his red eyes starting to come down to normal.

"And what's up with your eyes?" Raylan asked.

"None of your business!"

"Tell us!" Johnny roared and punched his gut as hard as he could.

"F-Father wants his strength." the student gasped, trying to regain some air after the hit.

"What do you mean?"

"We are the feast that makes him as powerful as he is." the student smirked. "He will rise to what he wants to be."

"What are you talking about?" Raylan asked with a hint of concern in his tone. "A feast?"

"There is so much that you will never come to know."

"No, we're going to find out right here and right now." Raylan said. "Explain your feast."

"No."

Raylan send his knee straight at the student's gut. He gasped for air before making painful eye contact with him.

"The level of testosterone a man is powered by when he does the dirty is unreal." the student stated. "And when it comes through force...the power is unnatural. Father feeds on the energy we receive."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Johnny asked. "A feast? The feeding?"

"Does he eat you or something?" Raylan asked.

"Yes."