The telephone was ringing but Jason would not answer it, he was in his room sulking. His parents had no idea why he suddenly was this way and it worried them. They had tried to get him to talk but Jason would only push them away.
They had wondered if perhaps he had gotten in a fight with one of his friends but they had doubted that. Not once had Jason ever before had a flare up with one of his friends and so his parents quickly dismissed that idea.
Holding the phone in her hand Mrs. Scott stood outside of her sons room, she thought about leaving but decided that her son needed someone to talk too, she only wished she knew what was wrong with him, sighing she finally decided to knock on her sons door ever so lightly.
When she got no response she tried it again, she knocked a couple of more times and when he still did not reply she finally spoke up.
" Honey, Tommy is on the phone he wants to talk to you. He said it was important, something about Adam…." She explained through the other end of the door.
She waited a few more moments and when he still did not show up she sighed again and began to walk away, she was about to tell Tommy to try again later but that was when Jason finally opened the door.
She smiled. Glad to have finally seen her son after two days of sulking. She wanted to hug and kiss him and tell him everything will be fine and that if he needed to he should try and talk to either herself or his father. But she refrained from doing so and instead she just handed him the phone.
Before she handed it to him she had inspected him. He was still wearing the same clothes from two days ago, the shorts and tank top, and his eyes looked red rimed and dark from either lack of sleep or crying or perhaps both. She hated seeing him like this but handing him the phone in silence, she watched sadly as Jason took the phone with only a quick glance at his mother before he placed the receiver to his ear and then just shut door behind him. Turning sadly away, Mrs. Scott went back downstairs.
Once Jason was alone again without his mother's worried looks to upset him further, he took a deep sigh before he answered the phone, thinking all the while how he had made his parents worry. Eventually he would have to apologize to them but if they failed in getting Adam back, than maybe she would then know why he was sulking for two days straight.
" Hey…" Jason said in a voice that was barely above a whisper. He could hear Tommy's worried breathing on the other end.
" Jason, I want you to know that this is for the best." Tommy quickly began, and Jason began to feel the onsets of new tears forming when he realized what this telephone call was about.
" You made a decision haven't you?" Jason said darkly as he sat down on the foot of his bed, he began to stare off into space as Tommy continued the call. A photo had caught his attention the moment he sat down, it was taken the day Adam, Rocky and Aisha had joined the team. He was in it along with Zack and Trini.
" Jason you there?" Tommy asked worried. There was a long period of silence before Jason finally spoke up again.
" I wont have it. I wont let Lord Zed have him so easily." Jason said determined as his eyes remained fixed on the picture.
" It's not like we are giving up on him." Tommy tried to explain. Jason only gave him a disbelieving grunt.
" It sounds to me like you are. He saved my life Tommy." Jason said with a firm voice.
" I know he did. But you have to understand, there is no other way." Tommy tried to reason.
" There is, but you don't like the other way." Jason said bitterly. Tommy sighed frustrated on the other end of the phone.
" You know if you did not ignore your communicator we could be talking in person right now." Tommy said.
" Don't change the subject. You know I have no desire to see anyone right now, especially you." Jason replied with little emotion.
" Don't do this Jason, don't shut us out. We're not giving up. Just listen to me please." Tommy pleaded.
" Sorry Tommy, but my mind is made up." Jason said, and then he clicked the phone off and tossed the phone onto the floor before flopping down on his bed with an exasperated huff.
It has been two days. And all they have heard from Lord Zed was that if they wanted to see Adam ever again, he would have to give himself up. But Jason was never the type to give up so easily and believing that his friends would give up so easily only made matters worse.
Back at Tommy's the others watched as he placed the phone slowly down on the table next to him. He started to look miserable again. Kimberly then walked over to him and started to massage his shoulders to try and loosen the tension in them.
" It's okay. He'll come around he has too." Kimberly tried to assure him. But Tommy only shook his head in a disbelieving way.
" It's been two days and he thinks we have given up on Adam. How could he think that? It's been only two days…" Tommy said, his voice trailing off.
" He does not understand the gravity that this situation has brought forth. It's because Adam saved his life that he has become distrusting and so anxious. I only fear that if we don't some how make him realize that we have been doing nothing but trying to figure out on how to get Adam back without there being a casualty risk, than perhaps he might do something foolish on his own. If only he will see that he is the one the is at fault here, not us." Billy said.
" Jason's stubborn, more so now than ever. I should have never told him that we chose him over Adam. My mind was not completely made up. How could I have been so careless?" Tommy complained as he ran his hands through his hair.
" Don't worry. He'll come around Tommy. Don't beat yourself up. Everything is going to be okay, it always has before." Aisha tried to comfort.
" If anyone should feel like crap its me. I'm going to lose my best friend, and there's nothing I can do to save him…" Rocky said miserably as he slumped into a nearby chair.
" We just can't give up. Come on I have an idea that might help make Jason come around. But I have to stop off and see Zordon first." Billy said as he started to get up.
" What's the plan?" Rocky asked as he too got up. " You'll see. I just hope that Lord Zed will buy it. Come on. We have work to do." Billy said as everyone got up from where they were sitting.
Moments later after everyone was ready and in position and a few seconds later they teleported to the Power Chamber…
Authors Note: Well let me just say this, if no one reviews the story is gone. It depends on reviewers whether or not there is a happy ending to this story, so please review if you are at all interested to see where this goes.