Chase held Cammy tightly in the back corner of the cell. They could hear the battle going on outside and through little holes they could see Sledge was winning. Kendall was getting her ass kicked. However, she refused to stay down. She refused to let Sledge near her energem as long as he and Cammy remained in the cell. She made it very clear Sledge would not get the energem unless her friends were free.
"She's tough, Cam," Chase promised the little girl as another cry was heard. Other prisoners were cheering, though Chase couldn't tell who for. If Kendall did defeat Sledge, their captor would be dead. But if Sledge won, he was sure to punish anyone who stood against him.
Suddenly, there was a cry from Sledge. Not one of pain. He was so heavily armoured, it was tough to cause him any form of injury. It sounded like one of disbelief and worry. Shortly after, Chase heard something hit the bars of his cell. Curious, he let go of Cammy, told her not to move and crawled to the front of his prison. Reaching out, he felt a blaster.
"The energems!" Chase said softly to himself, and stuck his other hand out to try and find the energems in the weapon.
"Hurry up!" Kendall shouted to him and Chase peeked out. He could barely make out Kendall standing against Sledge, stopping the overgrown brute from tearing the blaster away from Chase. She seemed weak on her feet. She was tired for sure from the fight and she was bound to be in pain. Chase knew he had to work quickly.
"Energems detected," he heard a robotic voice say and then a metallic claw pushed his hand out of the way. Chase frowned, wondering what could have been impeding him when suddenly he heard the voice again. "Black Energem found."
"I love you, Get-Bot," Chase smiled and felt the device place his energem in his hand.
"Blue energem found," the Get-Bot said and another energem was put in his hand. "Red energem, pink energem, green energem and gold energem found."
Chase felt all six energems resting in both his hands and smiled. He took the black one for himself, clipping it back onto his necklace before he raced back to Cammy.
"Hold these tight," he told her. Cammy accepted them fearfully. Chase smiled at her.
"We're breaking out of here," he said. "Energize!"
A bright light filled the room. Cammy covered her eyes and pulled the five energems close to her chest until the light faded. Then, when she looked up, she saw the black Ranger standing before her.
"My energems!" Sledge shouted angrily and suddenly the door to the cell opened. Sledge was met with the black Ranger and seemed to hesitate. He growled, puffing his chest. "Hand them over, Ranger!"
"You know, I'd really love to," Chase answered, smirking beneath his helmet. "But, you see, my boss would kill me if I did."
"I'll kill you if you don't!" Sledge roared and charged towards Chase. He readied himself to fight, but didn't need to. Sledge was suddenly shot in the back, and though it didn't seem to do him much harm, it did knock him over. He landed face first inside the cell. Chase looked down at the big green monster, but didn't question what had happened. He scooped Cammy up, taking her in his arms before racing out of the cell. There, he saw Kendall with her blaster in hand, waving for him to follow her. As he broke into a run, Kendall took out her Dino Com.
"I've got Chase, Cammy, and the energems! Rangers, head to the PlesioZord now!"
"It's a spaceship too?" Chase teased. Kendall grabbed him by the arm and pulled him along. They needed to leave before Sledge could get up and come after him.
He was faster than Kendall expected. For someone so big and so heavily armoured, he could move at an impressive speed. However, he wasn't fast or agile enough. Kendall knew if she ran directly back to the PlesioZord, he would likely catch up to her, Chase and Cammy just enough that if he had a working blaster on hand, his aim would be good enough. So she had to shake him off first. She lead Chase down a few hallways, hoping all the turns would slow Sledge down further and confuse him as to their whereabouts.
However, Kendall didn't expect to find herself in the main room, where Poisandra, Curio, Wrench and Fury were all waiting. She couldn't turn back, unsure of how much distance was between her and Sldege, but she couldn't push on. She had barely survived Sledge. There was no way she and Chase could take on four monsters and whatever viviks came to their aid.
She turned to Chase, looking to him worriedly though her helmet, hoping he had a plan. Chase gave her a nod and handed Cammy over.
"I never miss," he smiled and took out his own blaster. He shot at the aliens, striking the ground by their feet, stopping their coming close for just a moment. He pushed Kendall with Cammy, "Run, I'll be right behind you."
"Chase..."
"Go!" he shouted. "Get Cammy home!"
Kendall nodded. Cammy needed to be her priority. She hugged her sister close and started to run across the room. There was a door on the other side and from there, Kendall was sure she would have a clear run to the docking bay. All the monsters would be behind her.
She ran as fast as he legs would carry her, especially when an alarm started to ring throughout the ship. Kendall had no idea what the alarms meant but it couldn't have been good. If an alarm went off inside her lab, it was a sign of danger for her and the Rangers. Inside the ship, it had to mean the same thing for the monsters.
"Kendall!" Cammy screamed.
"We're getting out!"
Kendall recognized a hallway and knew the PlesioZord was close. She ran straight into the docking bay and found the tunnel that would lead her to her Zord. She set Cammy down, pushing her to the door.
"Go!"
"No!"
"Camille Holt, get your ass inside that Zord, now!" Kendall screamed, louder than she would like to ever scream at Cammy, especially when the little girl was afraid. However, it worked. Cammy started to run and made her way safely inside the Zord. The little girl would be safe, and five energems were now safe.
She just needed to get six Rangers to safety.
"Koda!" she shouted as loudly as she could not just because she was worried for him, but also because he had the best hearing. If he had chosen to stay close to his teammates, and if he could hear her, he would bring them all to her and the PlesioZord.
Before she could go looking for them, a swarm of viviks flooded the docking bay. Kendall stumbled backwards, unsure of how she would get herself out of this mess. She couldn't charge through the viviks to find her friends. Cammy was behind her, and though she was inside the Zord, there was no guarantee the viviks couldn't find a way in.
However, if she left, she would be abandoning all her friends. She shook her head. She couldn't do that.
"This is exhausting," she muttered to herself as she started to hold off the viviks. She would have to buy her friends time, though the alarm was sounding at a quick rate at this point. She wasn't sure how much time she had left.
"No hurt Kendall!"
Those words; she loved those three words. They always meant someone was watching her back. They always meant she was never alone. Viviks began to fly through the air as Koda, followed by the other four Rangers, fought their way through.
"Ms. Morgan..."
"I've got Cammy and the energems. Hurry inside!" she told her teammates and the Rangers listened without question. Kendall shot with her blaster any viviks that followed them as one by one the Rangers boarded the PlesioZord. Kendall followed them inside.
"Where's Chase?" Riley asked. Kendall glanced down the tunnel. He had promised he would be right behind her. As she shrugged her shoulders, an explosion rang through the tunnel and the PlesioZord was alerting Kendall that the same thing was happening throughout the whole ship.
It was going to blow, and if they didn't leave now, they would all go with it. Kendall had to make the toughest decision of her life. With tears in her eyes, she shut the door and commanded the PlesioZord head back to Earth.
