Chapter 15: On the Road! First Contact with 2018
(Scene switch: Astro Megaship/Mike's POV)
Year Switch: 2018
I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in the Medical Room of the Astro Megaship. My shoulder ached in pain and it was bandaged, damn! Villamax hit me hard, but it was partly my own fault because I was worrying about Kendrix too much, it made me falter my attacks.
God only knows where she is. I sat up straight and got off the bed. My shoulder seemed OK to move and I put on my t-shirt. It would look weird of me going to the others half naked, it would especially be awkward for Maya and Krone.
I reached the main control room of the Megaship and saw the others, Damon was busy doing his usual stuff on the ship, Leo and Kai were acting like children having an Arm Wrestle and Maya and Krone were just chatting. I cleared my throat and they all looked,
"Hey you guys." I said,
"Mike! You're awake!" I rolled my eyes,
"Will you ever grow up Leo? It's no wonder Kendrix beats up with her Spirit Shadow Horse." Leo's face fell and warned,
"Now don't go that far, first time, I didn't mean to piss her off.",
"Well you did piss her off first time and it was no wonder, when we went to the park together about a month or two back, she knocked you into the loch!" Now that shut my brother up.
"Good call Mike. Although it was pretty funny." Krone laughed. Maya gave her a back-hand on the arm,
"Hey easy! This sort of power that Kendrix has, is no thing that should be played with.",
"Lighten up Maya, Kendrix can only use when she's threatened, angry or when any of us are in serious danger." Said Kai. Then, our conversation was cut short when Alpha came running in, looks like in a hurry,
"Ai ai ai! Someone is trying to make contact from another time zone. Damon strengthen the signal." And Damon got to work in an instant to boost the signal,
«Oh my god! Has Kendrix found a way to contact us?» I asked myself, I can finally hear my little sis' voice again.
(Scene switch: Command Centre/Kendrix' POV)
Year Switch: 1993
I ran over to Alpha,
"What's going on? Zordon?" I asked, looking up to him,
"We are making contact to your time. Prepare yourself." I smiled, I can finally, well at least speak and see Mike and my friends. They were so worried about me, ever since I got sucked into that blasted time portal.
"Alpha, boost the signal, it looks the contacts are trying to receive the signal.",
"Ai ai ai! Can this be any easier? Bless my circuits." I watched with the others, as Zordon and Alpha worked,
"Got it! I locked on the signal. We can bring them up on the Viewing Globe." Said Alpha. Relief hit me like lightening,
"Rangers, observe the Viewing Globe." Zordon ordered. We all turned and my friends appeared,
«Hello? What is that place?» I recognised Leo's voice,
«Hey! Who are those six people?» It was Kai. Tommy spoke,
"Hey, I'm Tommy Oliver. This is Kim, Jason, Zack, Billy and Trini. We're the power rangers." My friends looked at each other weirdly,
«Uh… we're the power rangers too. Galaxy rangers in fact.» Damon. Figures. I saw Mike pushing through them and eagerly,
«Kendrix? Lil sis? Are you there?» I pushed through myself on hearing his voice,
"Mike, Big bro, it's me." I said. Mike's face lit up when he saw me,
«It's so good to hear from you and to see you. Where are you?»,
"Well right now, I'm stuck in the year 1993, I'm in the Command Centre with Zordon and Alpha and, I'm mainly hanging out in Angel Grove." I answered, really in a nutshell. I then saw his shoulder bandaged up, "My god! Mike! What happened to your shoulder?" He looked at it,
«Ah it's nothing to be worried about lil sis. I got hit hard by Villamax.» He said, but I clenched my fist,
"That monster will pay. When I get back to 2018, I'm gonna kill him." I threatened,
«Woah! Hold your "horses" Keni.» Said Leo and jokingly since my Galactabeast is a horse,
"Leo, piss me off again and I swear, you're not just gonna get kicked by the Spirit Shadow Horse, but I learned how to summon a Spirit Stampede." I threatened. Leo's face went whiter than a ghost,
«Meaning… I'm gonna get crushed under a load of horses and-»,
"Not just one and it's a lot more painful." I saw Maya, "So Maya, when I do get back, prepare a load of ice-packs and pain killers." Mike smirked because he found it amusing that his younger brother was getting scared of me. Suddenly, the signal was getting weaker and screen began to be almost unseeable. I panicked,
"Alpha! What's going on?",
"The signal is starting to break. It won't hold any longer." The little robot said. Sweat beaded my forehead,
"Well find a way to strengthen it goddammit!" I snapped. Alpha frantically began to press buttons on the panels,
"Ai ai ai! Nothing's working!" I turned to the Viewing Globe,
"Mike! Mike!",
«K- Ken- Ca- Can you hear m- me?» Mike's voice was becoming unclear, I barely made out what he said and the visual broke. We lost the signal.
"No! Goddammit!" I yelled and kicked the control panels in anger.
"Shadow Ranger calm your rage. Cherish this moment right now. It's a start to bringing you back home." Said Zordon. I didn't look at him,
"Alpha, teleport me outta here now." I gritted through my teeth. Without questioning me, Alpha fiddled with a couple of buttons and I teleported out of the Command Centre.
(Scene and Time switch: Astro Megaship/Mike's POV)
Year Switch: 2018
I furiously slammed my fist on the control panel repeatedly.
"No! No! We couldn't have lost the signal already!" Soon, Leo and Kai clutched both my arms and pulled me back from the panels before I damaged them,
"Mike! Calm down! Mikey!" Leo yelled into my ear. I eased my temper and stopped struggling against my brother's and Kai's grip. I sat down on the seat and held my head on my hands. Krone placed her hand on my shoulder,
"You should cherish this moment Mike. Kendrix will come back to us. You saw where she was, Alpha and Zordon will help her return to this time." I looked at her. I took a deep breath before my anger exploded again,
"You're right. You're right. I'm sorry." I just worried for her so much. I'm the only closest to family she has. I can still remember the day I met her, back in University. God, she was so shy, quiet and insecure.
(Flashback)
I closed my locker as I placed back my books. Damn! Military History was tougher than I thought it was. I grabbed my lunch money and headed in the direction to the Canteen. I walked down the hallway, not looking where I was walking and crashed into someone. We both hit the floor. I clutched my head. Ow. The person across from me did the same thing,
"Geez, I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going." I said,
"No, the fault was mine. I wasn't looking where I was going." She replied. I helped her up and I watched as she fixed her glasses. I looked into eyes, man, I could see much pain and suffering. She mustn't had a good life. She was wearing a pair of jeans, sneakers and a pink short-sleeved top. It was quite warm today. I noticed her arm covered in one or two scars but they were noticeable, if you had good eye-sight.
"Hey. I'm Mike Corbett. I'm eighteen. What's your name?" I asked,
"Hey. I'm Kendrix." No surname. I gave a concerned stare, "Morgan. I'm seventeen years old." She finished. We shook hands,
"Nice to meet you Kendrix." Suddenly, one of the girls approached us. Must be one of the cheer-leaders, but I'm guessing, the actual leader. I saw her once, never liked her.
"Alright Keni, give me your Science homework." She commanded,
"Why can't you do it yourself? The work wasn't difficult." Kendrix answered, but timidly. This must be bringing back a memory that she wanted to forget,
"Maybe for you, but it was for me. I'm not science nerd like you. Give it up or I'll tell everyone that you never a life and your real parents shot themselves to avoid arrest." What did she mean by that? Now that has gone too far. I couldn't stand there and watch as Sarah, I believe, kept picking at Kendrix. I stepped in,
"OK Sarah, back off. Right now." I towered over, my height intimidated her, I'm actually 6'5" and she cowered. She did the right thing, retreat saying,
"I'll be back for you Kendrix!" What a bully and a bitch she is. Kendrix stared at the ground. I found a bench for both of us to sit down on.
"You really want to know. Don't you?" She questioned. I gave her confused stares,
"What are talking about Kendrix?",
"You want to know my background." I gulped, damn she can read me like a book there. I thought, I had choose my words carefully,
"Well, since Sarah blurt out something relating to it. Then I guess, if it's alright with you." Kendrix laughed a little bit,
"It's fine. People around here pick on me because of it. Saying things like, "Oh I had a much better life than you.", or "I'm glad not to be in your position whatever." But the one thing they never understood was: what it's like to be living in abuse." I gave her shocked stares and I blinked a couple times, to make sure I'm hearing things right. Did she say abuse?! Oh man, that's rough.
"Is it… OK, if I asked about your background?" She nodded. I'm guessing she's willing to open up,
"My parents, my mom and dad, they weren't exactly the parents you would want. My mom was an alcoholic and my dad a regular gambler. Money was seriously low. Just about enough to get me into school. I did attend, but never enjoyed it. Students there picked on me a lot, so I was basically the loner. Soon, my parents got so bad, they started to hit me for reasons unexplained, as you can the scars on my left arm. My mom struck me with a kitchen knife when she was drunk." She took a deep breath. I felt anger rise inside me, I wanted to kill them right now.
"I feel like killing your parents right now. That's seriously breaching the law in Child Protection.",
"Bit too late to say that. When the neighbours heard the abuse going on, they rung the police. I was like, twelve now and finishing Junior School. They found out the police were after them, there was a Revolver hiding under the couch, loaded. My parents committed suicide to avoid being arrested." She said. My mouth dropped, who could they do that to her!? They just could've faced the court, plead guilty, go to jail, then get help and counselling. Kendrix practically has no family! Kendrix continued her story,
"I was put in Foster Care, transferred school and completed it. I gradually learned to trust people again, but the past haunted me really badly and… I rarely spoke. My Foster Parents soon thought I had too many problems for them to deal with, so… they asked me to leave when I turned sixteen, finishing High School and as you can see, I applied for University at seventeen.",
"WHAT!" I blurted out, "Not that you applied to University, but the part they told you to leave. Why did they do such thing!? You've been through so much!",
"That was when I completely lost my faith with people. I spoke to no one. I had no friends, none of my other family members wanted anything to do with me and… oh god!" She started to cry, it was too painful for her to continue, but I got enough information to understand her past. I felt so sorry for her, she never deserved to suffer. I brought her closer to me and she cried into my shoulder,
"It's OK.",
"Please don't leave me. Mike." I heard her say,
"Don't worry. I won't ever leave you. I'll take care of you. Lil sis, it's a promise I won't break." And I felt my heart opening up to her. Not in a love way, but a sister-brother way.
(Flashback ends)
And I kept that promise ever since. I never let her go. By chance, when we were both in University, we nearly had the same classes, so I was able to keep an eye out for her. But she changed, since we went to Terra Venture, she opened up to my brother Leo, we met Kai a while later in University, then Damon, Krone and Maya, who has now become her first, closest friend in all her years.
I'm glad she has people like them. They're one-of-a-kind and nothing will replace them. But I did wonder, why did her other family members didn't want anything to do with her? What happened? But I'm only one, closest to family. Me, as her older brother.
Me: Woo! What a whopper of a chapter. By any means, this took me about three days to write out!
Mike: Yippee for you Masterfanfic. To be honest, I like how you… expressed the strong brother-sister bond between myself and Kendrix.
Me: Why thank you Mikey. I had much practice, since I'm seemingly writing a lot of Hurt/Comfort stories.
Kendrix: Now that's just sad.
Me: Shut up Keni.
kendrix: Well, how's Leo?
Me: In the hospital, with a black eye, broken nose and a few badly bruised ribs.
Mike: Wait, Kendrix, what did you do?
Kendrix: Nothing much, all I did was beat up your little brother because he annoys me so much.
Mike: (*nods*) I'll take that as exception. But hey, at least you're teaching him a lesson or two.
Me: Are you feeling alright Mike? I better go and get him checked out, psychologically. Stay tuned for updates! And I can see, this is a very popular story. Please, please review!