A/N: Hey fellow Readers, I am so sorry for the long updates. I'm probably going to be updating it every once a week but it will be updated! Please enjoy this next chapter. I do apologize, I also have been spelling Summer's last name wrong. It's Landsdown. Not Lansdon. Haha. Whoops.
Chapter 07 There Is No Victory Without Sacrifice
(Day 6&7)
Summer watched as Dana and RJ were in the tree. They were inspecting the empty coffin for awhile. The young blonde stood there, crossing her arms and starring off at the radio tower. She was not with them when they had first discovered it. An ounce of hope lingered in her mind that it might be able to provide some way off the Island or at least some kind of answers.
"Do you think the body fell out?" RJ felt awkward saying. He glanced at everything below hoping to find some clues.
Dana didn't even react that oddly to the question. She sighed, "I have no idea." She turned, "It's going to get dark soon though. We should seek some shelter."
"What about the coffin?" Summer looked up at them, "Do you just want to leave it?"
"It's just a box." Dana just responded, "Useless without Ryan in it."
RJ took a deep breath. He closed his eyes, concentrating for a sec before finally opening and leaping out of the tree. He landed on his feet with smooth grace. Summer arched a brow. "Wow, I'm impress." She smirked. RJ grinned, shrugging it off. He wasn't the kind of guy that normally likes to show off but with two beautiful women around, he couldn't help it. "Too bad Karone isn't here." She added finally afterwards, sending a jolt of embarrassment for his action.
"Do you need help getting down?" RJ turned and looked up at the tree. Dana did not respond. She stood up on one of the large branches, looking down at the others. Without batting an eye, she flipped herself off and landed on her feet. She bent down to grab her bag, slinging it over her back.
"We should head towards the tower." She started to move.
Dawn was setting on the three rangers as they finally made it out of the jungle and into the clearing where the tower was. The large tower stood tall and massive. They looked up at it watching as the last remaining light shined upon the metal.
Dana walked forward. There was an old building at the edge of the cliff off to the side of the radio tower. Figuring it must have been the communication building, she made her way to the door with the others following behind. She turned the knob, trying to open the door. "Is it locked?" RJ asked.
"Here." Summer moved forward. Dana stepped aside as Summer kicked open the door with a powerful blow. She stepped aside to let Dana walk in first while RJ just gawked at her. Summer just rolled her eyes, "Oh don't be surprise. Plenty of women know how to use martial arts."
He shook the look off and just nodded, "Yeah." He finally spoke, "I mean I know a couple that do. It's just I think you remind me so much of someone. You just look familiar."
"Oh yeah? Who?"
"This girl I use to mentor. She was a formidable fighter. Had a thing for yellow." He glanced down at her fading yellow shirt. Summer cracked a small smile before heading in. RJ made his way right behind her.
They walked into an open room that had rows of computer counsels. Hanging on the wall was a giant shape of the Island. There weren't any legends on it so the markings were confusing to follow. Dana sat in one of the chairs and started to press random buttons. Summer made her way over and picked up a rotary phone to check for a dial tone. "Nothing." She groaned, "There isn't even any power here."
RJ moved over to Dana, "Are you alright?"
She hit another button before responding, "I'm fine." She simply stated.
Summer leaned against the wall, watching as the two talked. She turned away, starring back at the Island map.
Start flashback
"Go back in time, Dillon?" Summer crossed her arms watching as the once black ranger walked around. The two were standing in Summer's backyard. They had returned to the city of Cornith and back at her parents place.
Dillon sighed; the dark brunette adjusted his jacket before leaning against the wall. "It just seems the most logical thing to do."
"You want to prevent Venjix from ever even ruining the planet." She moved to him, "We beat her. We've won. I don't understand what we need to undo."
"If I can get back all those months without my sister or maybe even prevent all those people that we've lost from being lost, isn't that a chance we want to take?"
Summer just shook her head, "I was a spoiled princess before I became a ranger. I've grown stronger and I've learned so much. If we go back in time, I may not be the same person.
He placed his hands on her shoulder, "You became a good person because it is in your nature. Everything else is minor details." She smacked his hands away and turned around. Summer didn't even want to look at him. "I'm leaving tomorrow. I was hoping you would come with me." Dillon was going to put his hands on her shoulder again, but hesitated doing so. He turned and walked away. Summer craned her head and watched as he left.
End flashback
RJ moved to one of the computers and tried to flip a few switches, "Summer, do you have any idea how to work these things?"
She walked over starring at the buttons. Things were a little different from where she was from. She had no idea what she was looking at. Shrugging she helped push a button, "No." She finally answered.
Dana looked out the window. Night had pretty much fallen and the moon started to shine brightly into the building. She ran her hands through her hair and leaned in on the window sill, "We should stay here until sun up." She suggested.
"At least we got a roof over our head." He moved to the switch breaker, "Maybe these lights will work." He pried open the breaker box and flipped a few switches. A small generator began buzzing in the background and the lights started to turn on. The computers however remained off. Summer noticed a closet and made her way over. Opening it she walked in. RJ walked over to where Dana was sitting and leaned against one of the tables, "So how long have you been a Doctor?"
"Awhile." She responded, "I started off as a pediatrician but became a full fledged doctor. I wanted to travel the world. Although this wasn't really what I had in mind." She tried to smile about the situation they were in. "What about you? What are you some kind of sensei something? I've seen you meditating sometimes."
"I like to try to find my inner animal spirit." He grinned, "But I actually just own a pizza place." RJ looked down for a sec, "Mentoring teenagers is kind of like a hobby these days than a job."
"What were you doing in Sydney?" Dana cleared her bangs.
"I." He trailed a bit, "I was searching for something."
"I feel like we all are one way or another."
Summer was in the walk-in closet. She had discovered a couple of rifles buried in the shelf. Pulling them out, she leaned them against the wall before turning to a cardboard box. Opening it, she pulled out an old dusty motorcycle helmet.
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She placed her motorcycle helmet on before jumping on her bike. She pulled out her gloves from her leather jacket, putting them on before roaring down the streets. Weaving in and out of traffic, she made her way through the city of Cornith. A black car appeared out of nowhere and started to follow her.
Looking back, Summer increased her speed. A red light appeared up ahead and parallel traffic began to pick up. Using the situation at her advantage, she weaved through, causing a few cars to screech to a halt. The black car moved into the opposite lane, and by pure luck, missed an oncoming car from the side.
Kicking the brake, Summer slide and took a sharp left turn and proceeded down the road towards a building. Slowing down, she halted to a stop and jumped off her bike. The black car arrived shortly after.
Dillon stormed out of the car and quickly ran towards Summer who was heading into the building. He reached out to grab her arm. She swiftly turned, kicking him back and making his way forward. Lunging himself at her, he grabbed her again, spinning her around and slamming her against the wall, holding firmly one of her hands over her head to prevent her from hitting him back. He reached into her jacket and pulled out an envelope. "You have something that belongs to me."
"Dillon." She protested, "You can't do this." His face was close to hers as he remained silent. Her bangs fell down in front of her face. He let go of her hand and moved to clear it out of the way before turning. "Dillon, you don't need to go. Look at the world, we live in peace now."
Dillon continued to walk. She ran up and jumped on his back, trying to grab the envelope out of her hand, "I'm not letting you do this. Give me those pass codes."
"Summer." He tried to pry her off. She let go, kicking him into a street sign. He grabbed hold of it and turned to her, "You really going to fight me over this?"
"I will if I have to." She began to raise her hands up into a fist, "I promised as a yellow R.P.M ranger I would protect this city. Not the one you are trying to create." He slowly backed away, turning and heading towards his car. She lowered her hands and shouted, "Yeah that's right Dillon. Do what you always been good at. Leaving!"
End flashback
The sun began to rise the next day. Summer was standing outside the building watching as it peaked through. She leaned against the panel of the building. The door opened and RJ came walking out. He glanced around before turning his head to see her standing there.
"There you are," He spoke, "I was wondering where you went."
"Can you hear it?" She whispered looking out into the trees. RJ listened closely. He heard nothing. He looked at her once more, "Exactly, there are hardly any animals on this Island."
"I think I saw a boar on our way here." RJ shrugged, "What are you doing out here anyway?"
"I'm enjoying the scenery." Summer smirked. She pushed herself off and the two walked around the building, "I never really explored outside of my city. A lot of it was deserts or a waste land. I know were stuck here but this Island is beautiful."
RJ starred off at the bridge that connected the two cliffs together. "Where did you say you're from?"
"You wouldn't have heard of it." She quickly responded before pointing at the rope bridge,
"You look so familiar." He eyed her, "Ever since we been on this Island, I can't seem to figure it out."
"I thought I reminded you of a girl you "mentored." She smirked.
He shook his head, "No, not just that. Are you sure we haven't met?"
"It's impossible. I'm not from around here." She crossed her arm before changing the subject, "I suppose we will continue this way. I'm not exactly sure what Dana is looking for."
"She's struggling to find answers."
"Aren't we all." Summer turned to leave RJ standing there.
Start flashback
"Ziggy." Summer shouted.
The old young green R.P.M fell from his chair at the sound of the voice. Summer walked through the base, around Scott's red car and towards the goofy green ranger. Ziggy scrambled to his feet and turned to his fellow comrade, forcing a smile, "Oh hey Summer, so nice for you to drop by."
"Have you seen Dillon?"
"Uh." Ziggy looked around, scratching the back of his head, "Of course not."
"Ziggy, I know when you're lying." She crossed her hands, "Don't make me beat it out of you. Just tell me where he is."
"Look, Summer. He asked to not be followed." Ziggy said calmly, "I think you should just let him go. You know he'll never change his mind."
"Summer." Dillon stood behind her, "You won't give up, will you?" She turned around to face him. Ziggy scratched the back of his head again before awkwardly making his way out to leave them to talk. "I found a ship, I'm going to find a time warp and jump it."
"Do you even know what you are doing? Who knows what time period you will end up? What are you looking for?"
"Answers!" Dillon snapped, "Maybe I can find some answers. I'm not even fully human. Even with Venjix gone, I still have robotic parts inside me. If I can prevent all of it, maybe than I can remember who I really am and prevent Earth from ever having to be saved."
"You're Dillon." She whispered. He rested his forehead on the top of her head, cupping her cheeks, "If you change the future, you'll change everything about us." He let go and turned. "I'm coming with you." She shouted.
"What?"
"If I can convince you to stay then I am coming with you. We can learn the truth together."
End Flashback
RJ sat in the clearing cross legged. He began to meditate. The sun had clearly come out from behind the trees and morning was becoming late. Dana and Summer were inside packing and checking for any last minute things before they proceeded to continue their search.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you that pointing a gun is rude?" RJ casually stated with his eyes still closed. He slowly opened them and craned his head to see Taylor bent down with a pistol aimed right at his face.
"Oh you're good." She slyly said, nudging him to stand. RJ got onto his feet and looked right at her, "Not many people can hear me sneak up on them."
"Call it a wolf's intuition." He winked before swiftly moving to slap her arm out of the way, and thrusting forward to snatch the gun out of her hand, "Oh, look at that. Guess you know how it feels to be on the other end."
Taylor scoffed, giving him a smug look. She was hardly impressed. A few men came walking out from the jungle holding rifles in their hand. RJ craned his head, looking to see himself surrounded. He looked back to see a spin kick right to his face. He dropped the gun and hit the ground hard. Taylor bent down slowly and picked up the gun before pressing down on his chest, "So tell me how it feels, again?"
He shook his head, regaining focus. Dana and Summer turned to hear the commotion outside and peeked through the windows. "We got company." Dana whispered.
"I can see that." Summer quickly turned and made her way to the closet.
"Where are you going?"
Summer came out and tossed a rifle to Dana. She caught it before cocking one herself. The blonde in yellow than turned and pulled out a box from the closet. Dana made her way over and looked down, "What am I looking at?"
Summer rolled her eyes, "I forgot. You're a doctor." She pulled out a C4, "It's a bomb. There are too many of them so we are going to have to create a diversion."
Dana lifted her rifle up and grinned, "Honey, I've had my share of fighting. Just try to keep up."
Summer reached down and turned one of the C4's on. She set the time for 5 min before running to the door with Dana. She looked out the window one last time to see RJ still on the ground, "Knowing him, he's probably saying something stupid."
"Nice legs. You work out?" RJ laid there looking up at her.
Taylor was dumbfounded. He was held at gun point and he was doing nothing but making jokes about it. She just shook her head, "Where are the other two." She asked again, "Are they in the tower? Don't make me draw them out."
"I think you're doing the job by putting me at gunpoint." He turned his head to hear the door open. Both Dana and Summer came out with guns in their hands. They aimed it at the men, switching and changing between the others. They were clearly outnumbered.
Taylor lifted her foot off of RJ and moved towards the girls. She smirked, "I don't know why Xander doesn't have me just shoot you two." She annoyingly looked between the two, "But I guess orders are orders."
Dana aimed her gun right at her, "Just let us go. We aren't here to fight."
Taylor laughed, "Please, get that gun out of my face. I've been in the air force long enough to know that you're the kind of girl that would never shoot someone."
Summer turned and aimed her gun at Taylor soon after, "Care to wager if I will?" She sneered.
Taylor looked up and down her. The yellow shirt she was wearing and the long blonde hair. Pure confidence. Kind of reminded her of herself. "I'm not here for you princess. I'm here for Dana."
"Who are you?" Dana responded, "What do you want from me?" RJ finally stood up. He remained standing as a gun turned towards him.
Taylor looked back at him before answering, "We need a doctor." She rolled her eyes, "And we know you are a doctor so we need you to come with us."
"You sure got a strange way of asking for help." RJ chimed in on the conversation.
"We aren't asking."
"Sorry sister." Summer nodded to Dana, "She isn't going anywhere." The two quickly ducked. Taylor swiftly arched her brows and took a step forward, looking down at the two as they covered themselves.
"Why isn't it going off?" Dana whispered.
"I don't know." Summer shot back.
Taylor shook her head, "You two are Idi-"
The entire Radio Tower building exploded, causing everyone to get knocked off their feet. The cloud of smoke swallowed everyone whole as it rose to the sky. Summer grabbed hold of Dana and the two got up and ran through the smoke. The doctor made her way to RJ and helped him back up to his feet as the two darted to the bridge. Summer stood over Taylor, picking her up, and punching her across the face. "Don't call me princess."
She quickly ran to follow the others. Dana and RJ made their way across, turning to see the smoke slowly clear. Summer appeared out of it, running across the bridge. Taylor, groaning, rolled onto her stomach and grabbed hold of her gun and started to fire. The bullets zipped through the smoke and towards the rangers. RJ pushed Dana behind a tree, looking back to see where Summer was. He grabbed hold of the rifle Dana was holding and started to fire back to give her some cover.
Taylor got onto her feet and started to fire back. A bullet shot through and hit Summer in the leg, causing her to trip and fall on the bridge. The other men started to recover, picking up their rifles and joining Taylor in the gun fight.
Summer covered herself as bullets fired past her and towards RJ and Dana, pinning them behind the tree.
Start flashback
The emergency lights of the ship began to flash viciously. They had exited out of the black hole and through time. Summer quickly hit a few buttons, trying to assist Dillon who was flying the ship. "We are losing power." He quickly looked at the computers, "There is something wrong in the engine room."
"How do you know?" Summer shouted back. The ship began to rock as they entered the atmosphere.
He got up, placing the ship on auto pilot. "I can read computers, remember?" He flipped a few switches above him, "This ship is going to rip apart if we don't figure what is wrong."
"We lost the left panel." Summer glanced at a screen before turning to see him walk towards the back door, "Where are you going?"
He pointed to a screen that showed the engine room, "I'm going to relieve some pressure in the valves. Maybe it will balance out the ship."
Summer turned, hitting the button to turn the auto pilot off and started to fly the ship. The smoke rose from the back of the ship while she flew it through the clouds. She could see land down below, and a vast amount of ocean surrounding it. It was beautiful. She hadn't seen the ocean like this in a long time. Shaking off the thought, she focused, knowing she could enjoy it when they land safely. She averted her eyes up at the screen, watching steam spray out and hitting Dillon. The black ranger was struggling to remain balanced in amidst of the entire chaos. Suddenly sides of the engine room began breaking away from the ship.
Summer quickly got out of her seat, hitting the auto pilot button. She ran to the door, waiting for it to open but it didn't. She slammed on it, hitting a few buttons on the side panel before running back to the screen. She spoke into the intercom, "Dillon, open the door."
She watched as he held on tightly to a pipe, and looked at the camera. He hit the intercom at the other end, "I'm going to detach the bridge. You should be able to still control the ship and land it in the water."
"Wait." Summer screamed, "What about you? You need to come back onto the bridge."
"I wont make it in time. The ship is being torn apart."
"I'm not leaving you, Dillon. I told you that!" Dillon proceeded to detach the bridge. The flashing alarm began to change sounds and Summer looked around before looking at the screen, "Please, don't do this."
"I'll be fine, if we stay like this we will both die." He said calmly, "You just need to figure out what year this is. Find my parents." He paused, "And Summer… I lov-"
The screen went gray. Summer hit a few buttons, frantically figuring out what happened. "Dillon!" She slammed on the console. She ran her hands through her hair, "Goddamnit, always leaving."
End Flashback
Summer reached for her gun she dropped and aimed it. Taylor held up her hand and everyone ceased fire. The smoke had cleared and Taylor walked towards the bridge, "Stop fighting. Bring Dana over and we'll forget this entire thing happened."
Dana and RJ moved away from the tree. Summer turned and looked at them, "Whatever you do, do not listen to that bitch." She sneered, "I wouldn't trust anything she said."
Taylor nodded to one of the men and he made his way across the bridge. RJ raised his rifle, but hesitated when everyone else raised theirs as well. The man stopped at Summer, grabbing her by the hair, aiming his rifle at her head. "I highly suggest you would trust me now, princess." She averted her eyes to them, "I'm only going to ask you once. Come with me Dana, I promise nothing will happen to you but if you keep fighting me." She sighed, "Well, I hate to see where it goes next."
Summer forced herself not to yell from the pain. "You are so annoying." She looked at RJ and Dana, "Run. You two need to run!" She shouted.
RJ watched as she jabbed the guy. Dana tried to run towards her, but RJ swiftly pulled her and moved her away from the cliff. "Run. I'll save Summer." Dana hesitated but nodded, heading into the jungle.
Summer reached over and grabbed her gun, shooting the guy, "You'll have to get her over my dead body." Summer sneered, "I wasn't chosen to be a ranger, for nothing." She shouted before firing at the ropes. The rope of the bridge snapped in two, causing the entire bridge to shake before the other line snapped as well. The men fired, shooting bullets into her chest.
RJ moved towards the cliff, stunned by what she said. Summer fell back from the bullets, hitting the bridge hard, causing it to snap in two and giving way underneath her. "Summer!" he shouted, looking down to see where she went. He averted his eyes back at Taylor who was standing on the other side. The other men raised their rifles back up at him but Taylor held her hand up and commanded them to leave.
She stood there looking at RJ before finally turning to walk. RJ watched as she pulled out an old phone, unbeknown to him, was her old morpher. She glanced back at the man before disappearing into the forest.
Dana pressed against the jungle tree with the rifle that RJ had handed to her before running off. She heard footsteps nearby. Turning, she aimed it, startling RJ. He took a step back before moving past her, "Where's Summer?" Dana asked. He paused, thinking about the last thing that Summer had said. Was she really a ranger? It explained her way martial arts but he never saw it coming. "RJ, where is Summer?"
"She's gone." He turned to her, not bothering to tell her about what he and Taylor had learned.
Dana stood there frozen, holding her chest and closing her eyes, "It's all my fault."
"We should keep moving." He suggested, "Who knows if the others are coming after us."
She nodded, "You're right." Dana paused, "She sacrificed herself. I can't believe it. It is like she had ranger quality in her."
"What do you know about Ranger quality?"
She shook her head, "We should keep moving."
Start flashback
RJ began battling a group of Rinshi that were running around the city. He swiftly fought through, in his ranger suite, flipping them over. Citizens were fleeing left and right at the destruction around them. RJ black fipped, kicking a Rinshi back before turning and hitting another one. He turned to see a yellow blonde fighting as well.
She swiftly bent down, ducking as Rinshi flew over her. She than jumped in the air, spin kicking another before being hit to the ground. RJ ran over to her, knocking them back and taking them out. He bent down and held out his hand, "Are you alright?"
The young blonde flipped her hair out of her way and looked at the ranger stunned. She remained silent, before reaching out her hand and standing back up, "Are you a power ranger?"
He just looked at her. He had been fighting a long side his comrades for a few months now. Why she was surprised he was a ranger in the first place was beyond him. He nodded, "Yes, I am."
"Thank you." She paused, "What year is this?"
"2008." RJ responded confusingly, "You have some moves but you should leave where it is safe."
Summer quickly moved the ranger out of the way and forcefully kicked a Rishin onto his back. She turned to him, "I have to go." She started to run off.
"Wait! Who are you!"
She turned, "Summer." She said, "Don't ever stop being a ranger even when it is over." The blonde said before running off.
To Be Continued Please Please R&R Thanks!
I apologize if there were some mistakes. It was really late, and I read it over only once quickly to make any major corrections. I most likely missed a few.