A/N I do not own Power Rangers.
Truths Revealed
Jenny stood and looked out the window for a few minutes lost in thought. She turned and said, "Antonio, will you go back to your friend's house with me so I can apologize to them?" Antonio got up and hugged Jenny and kissed her.
"Of course I will. There really is no need to apologize, and I am sure they will understand, plus they will be VERY interested."
Antonio and Jenny entered the Shiba house. Jayden and Kevin were looking over some zord combinations, Mike was playing a video game, Emily and Mia were playing a board game. Antonio cleared his throat and the group looked up, "Uh, guys..Jenny wants to talk with you."
Jenny stepped forward and not letting go of Antonio's hand she spoke a small nervous, "Hi." They all looked at her and smiled, which made her feel a bit more comfortable. She took a deep breath and went on before her thoughts and courage disappeared. "I would like to apologize for running out on you earlier." She looked around and let out the breath she had been holding. Before she could speak again, Ji started to talk.
Antonio spoke up, "Mentor, no disrespect, but I think you should hear Jenny out before you say anything." Mentor shrugged his shoulders and waved his hand as if to say, You have the floor.
Again, holding tight to Antonio's hand, she told her story to the six people who did not take their eyes from her. When she was finished she relaxed her grip on Antonio's hand. The first person to speak was Mia.
"What you say I know is true of the fire." All the others looked at her.
"What?" Jayden looked at her as if to say, why have you not told us.
"Yes," she nodded at him, "Do you remember when we were in the Nilock's dream world. Well, I was in Dayu's dream. She and Deker were married and there was a fire. Deker was dying and then Serrator showed up and said he could save Deker if Dayu would give him her soul. She agreed and he saved Deker, but he put the curse on both of them. Dayu did not know that Serrator was going to do that to Deker." Mia stood up and crossed the room to Jenny. She took her hand and said, "I believe you."
Jayden stepped forward and said, "Welcome Jenny. We too hope you will accept our apology for our behavior." Jenny smiled at the tall brown haired leader who was Antonio's childhood friend.
"Now," Emily said, "we have to think of how to help Deker and Dayu." As soon as she said this, the gap sensor sounded. Antonio told Jenny to stay with Ji as they took off.
"Jenny, wait here, I will make us some tea." With that, Ji lef the room. Jenny had an idea of how to help Deker and Dayu. She left the Shiba house yelling to Ji, "Thanks for the tea, but I have to go, I have an idea!"
Jenny went to her apartment and got the box with the pictures and went to the beach where she first saw Dayu. She waited and soon Dayu showed up.
"Dalia, thank you for coming." Jenny smiled at her.
"Why have you involved the Rangers?" Dayu was not too pleased with this turn of events.
Jenny laughed and said, "Actually, they are on your side. Dalia, you say I remind you of Jenny Martin. If this is so, then I need you to trust me. I have an idea of how to break the curse."
Dayu laughed and said, "Deker does not know me."
"Of course not." Jenny broke in. "You look nothing like you did, plus his memory is gone or hiding, but have a trust in me. After all, we are family. Tell me of the night you and Deker received this curse." Then when she finished her story, Jenny looked at her and said, "Trust me Dalia, but this is what I need you to do..."
Jenny traveled with Dayu to the forest where she and Deker would wait for Serrator. Jenny wondered if she should have told Antonio, but she did not know where he was, and if he was fighting a Nighlock, he didn't have time to talk to her. Jenny and Dayu waited and waited, it was starting to be late afternoon. Then, it seemed out of nowhere Deker appeared. He was angry, "What is this person doing here?"
Jenny stepped up before Dayu could say anything. She turned to Dayu and said, "Thank you Dalia for bringing me here. Now if you could bring what I talked about, I would appreciate it." Dayu made a small bow and vanished. Then Jenny turned towards Deker who was coming towards her in a rage.
He stopped and said to her, "Are you not afraid of me?"
Jenny stiffened she was, but yet this was her mission and she only hoped the voices would talk to him! "Uncle Deker, our relatives have brought me here to see you." He stopped short of her and glared into her eyes. Those eyes reminded him of something or someone, but who.
"Our relatives?" He laughed. "How can you know who I am, when I don't know!" He had such a stern look on his face that she wondered if he ever smiled.
"Yes our relatives." She tried to remain calm. She saw how he could fight and the Nighlock being he transformed into, but she knew she had to try. "Please listen to me and see what I have brought to show you. If you do not believe me or trust me after that, then I will leave or you may strike me if you wish." WHAT, I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT, way to go big mouth, she thought.
"Please sit." so both Deker and Jenny sat down. He sat on a fallen tree and she sat on the ground. Jenny opened the box as she spoke and gathered several pictures. "Yes, you are my great-great-great Uncle Deker. Your twin brother is my great-great grandfather." Deker looked at her and his one eyebrow raised either in understanding or in amusement, Jenny didn't know which. She handed him the pictures as she continued to talk. "In these pictures you see you, your brother and his son, and so forth down the line. I have been having voices in my head that are telling me the words they need you, he needs you. I had no idea what it meant and I followed the voices. They brought me here." She glanced up at him, he was listening, but studying the pictures carefully.
Jenny handed him the next picture, the one of him and Dalia. "This is from your wedding to Dalia."
"Wedding, my bride?" Deker looked totally shocked. He had been studying this intently.
"On your wedding night, there was a fire in your home. The family thought you both had perished in the fire, although they found no remains. But, that is not what happened." She had his full attention and so she went on. "You were severely injured in the fire. Dalia was so upset. She loved you more than her own life. She was holding you and asking for someone to help you. That is when Serrator appeared. Dalia was scared, but Serrator said he could save you in exchange for her to become a Nighlock. The price for your life, was her soul." Jenny let that part sink in and then continued.
"Dalia agreed and so Serrator saved you. However, what she did not know was that Serrator put a curse on you too. She was devastated, heartbroken and has lived with the fact that she didn't want to lose you, but she did lose you in the end. Serrator had tricked her."
Deker was growing angry, yet he wanted to hear more from this young girl whose eyes reminded him of someone. He had a twin brother. A wife, and she didn't want him to die, but he is living a fate worse than death. He stood up and turned. Jenny jumped up and grabbed hold of his hand, "Uncle Deker please, please listen. I believe I have a way to end this curse for both of you."
"Both of us? Who and where is Dalia?"
Will Deker forgive Dayu for the curse? Will he regain his memory of her. Will Jenny be safe?
