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Chapter Three : The Pain Begins

The next morning the rangers woke up sore and hungry. Dekker walked into the room where the rangers were being held and gave them each a bowl of some sort of food. Although it wasn't the best food, the rangers were grateful they were being fed. As they were eating Dekker was giving them a lecture about what would be happening until Jayden found them and he got his long awaited duel.

Dekker began his speech, "It has been a day and the red ranger hasn't come for you yet. I was hoping he would have followed us here and I would have already gotten my duel, but Im afraid that didn't happen. So in order for him to hurry up and find you, everyday two of you will be beaten. He knows how much pain you will be in, and I am hoping it will motivate him. Now, who wants to go first?"

The rangers just stared at the floor. Hoping he would realize his plan was idiotic and set them free. Unfortunately, he decided he would choose since no one volunteered.

"You, yellow ranger. Come with me."

Emily slowly got up and followed Dekker. The others stayed silent in fear of what Dekker might do. They all wished she understood why they didn't fight back. After Dekker and Emily left, they all stayed silent. No one knew what to say.

***Taken***

"Come yellow ranger, it won't hurt too badly."

"I don't believe you. And how will Jayden even know we are being hurt?"

"Trust me, he will know. Now hurry up, stand against the wall."

Emily hesitantly stood against the wall. She didn't question how Jayden would know. She didn't want to cause any trouble. And she knew that somehow Dekker would find a way to let Jayden know, somehow or another. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a sharp pain on her back. The torture had begun.

***Taken***

Jayden woke up the next morning feeling terrible. He still had no idea where his team was, or what was being done to them. He walked into the living room feeling completely empty. That's when he noticed Antonio was still hurt, and had not gone to battle. He felt better that not all his team was missing, but he still felt empty. Normally Mike would be sitting in front of the TV playing video games, Kevin would be practicing in the dojo, Mia would be attempting to make everyone breakfast, and Emily would be sitting in the chair reading or helping Mia cook. He turned to Antonio who was in front of the map with Ji trying again to track the other rangers. Mentor must have filled him in on what happened, and he was now going to do all he could to help. Typical Antonio.

"Morning Jayden. How you doing?" Antonio asked him.

"Okay. It's not like most of my team is missing or anything." Jayden snapped at him.

"Well then cranky, maybe so breakfast will help cheer you up." Antonio said.

"I won't cheer up until we've found them." Jayden aregued.

"We'll find them Jay, don't worry." Antonio reassured his friend.

Just then Jayden's samuraizer started ringing. He ran over and picked it up, hoping it was one of the rangers calling to say that they escaped and were now on their way home.

"Hello?" Jayden said into the phone.

He heard nothing in response. Then he heard a pain filled scream in the background.

"Hello?" he said again, "Who is this?"

All he heard was more screams, they were getting louder, and he could now hear what sounded like whips in the background. He kept listening and heard crying in between screams. He knew whoever was on the other end was in extreme pain. He then realized who was screaming, it was Emily.

Then came a voice on the other end, "If you want to see your friends alive again, I suggest you hurry up and find them. This one can't stand much longer."

He was about to speak when he heard his name being screamed in the background. It was definitely Emily. He heard someone then say, "Be quiet you dumb girl!" he heard multiple whips after that, more screams, and more crying.

Jayden screamed into the phone, "Let her go! Don't hurt her! Anyone but Emily!"

"Better hurry up and save your little girlfriend and your team red ranger. I will have my duel."

Then the person on the other end hung up. He now knew who kidnapped his team, what they wanted, and why they left him alone. Dekker kidnapped them, he's the only person that wants to duel him. That's why he left Jayden alone, he kidnapped the team to motivate him to fight. And now they were getting beaten, all because he wouldn't duel Dekker.

"What happened Jay? Who was it?" Antonio asked.

"It was Dekker, he kidnapped them. And he's beating them. He's going to continue beating them until I find him and duel him." Jayden said sadly.

"I'm guessing he was beating Emily, you kept saying her name. You really like her don't you?" Antonio asked.

"It's not the time Antonio. We have to find them, before they get seriously hurt."

"Okay. What should we do then?"

"I don't know. I have absolutely no idea."

***Taken***

Emily screamed. Whatever they were doing to her, it hurt, it hurt so bad. She heard Dekker talking to someone, while he was whipping her. She knew who she was talking to. It had to be Jayden. She screamed his name as loud as she possibly could. She turned around to face Dekker, he yelled at her, "Be quiet you dumb girl!"

He whipped her again. She could feel the blood flowing down her back. She knew her shirt was probably stained red by now. She heard Dekker hang up. He stopped whipping her. She fell to the ground and cried. She cried until she felt Dekker pick her up, he picked her up and took her back to her cell. He laid her down on her blanket and walked out. She kept crying, she didn't care what the other rangers thought. She didn't care if they thought she was weak. It hurt, more then anything she had every felt before. It hurt more then any Nighlock fight.

"Emily! Are you okay? What happened to you?" Mia rushed over to Emily, careful not to touch her back.

"H-he whipped me." she paused, "H-he called Jayden, I think Jay heard my screams…"

"Atleast Jayden knows we're alive, and that Dekker kidnapped us. He'll find us soon Em. Don't worry. And we'll make sure you don't have to go back tomorrow. " Mia said.

"Thank goodness, I don't think I could take any more of that until I heal up a bit." Emily said, she was exhausted.

"Em! Are you okay?" Mike yelled from his cell. He heard Mia and Emily talking and saw a bloody Emily.

"I'm fine Mike. I'll be fine, I just need some rest." Emily reasuured him.

"Are you sure Em? It looks pretty bad from here." Kevin said.

"I'm sure. I just hope you guys don't get it as bad as me. Well I'm gonna get some sleep now, maybe when I wake up I'll feel better." Emily said.

Emily fell asleep right after she laid down, she was still bleeding, but not as bad. She woke up when Dekker came in to give them all dinner. The rangers ate dinner in silence, there wasn't much to talk about, and everyone was tired.

"I've decided not to hurt anyone else tonight. I'll give the red ranger some more time to find you." Dekker said. He then walked out.

They were all relieved, no one else was going to be hurt tonight. As soon as Dekker left, the rangers started talking.

"Hey Em, how you feeling? Has the pain gone away yet?" Kevin asked.

"It's better. There'll probably be a few scars, but I think it finally stopped bleeding." Emily gave Kevin a reassuring smile.

"So, how long until Jayden finds us?" Mike asked, trying to start a conversation.

"My guess is two days max, how about you Kevin?" Mia said.

"I'm hoping one day, but it'll probably be more like four days. Just because he knows we're being beaten doesn't mean he'll know where we are." Kevin said.

After an awkward silence Mike asked, "How long do you think Emily?"

Emily paused, "My guess? I would say a week. I'm hoping less, but Kevin is right. It'll take awhile for them to track us down. Especially since there's only two rangers looking for four."

The room went quiet. Everyone knew deep down she was probably right, but they were trying to stay positive. After a very long, very awkward silence, Mia spoke up again, "Well I'm gonna try and get some sleep now. We don't know what's coming tomorrow. Goodnight everyone."

"Goodnight." Everyone agreed and went to bed. It had been a long boring day. Nobody knew what was coming tomorrow, but they knew two people would get beaten. Nobody wanted to be chosen, but they knew two people were going to have to go anyways. It didn't do anything to worry about who would be chosen, it wouldn't change anything.