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Chapter Four: Another Call
Jayden woke up the next day feeling worse then yesterday. His team was still missing, and even though he knew they were alive, he knew they were getting hurt because of him. It didn't help that he kept waking up at night. He couldn't get Emily's screams out of his head. She was in so much pain, all because of him. He felt bad when he hit her in practice with his wooden sword, but now, knowing she was being beaten because of him, it was too much to handle.
Jayden's thoughts were interrupted when Antonio knocked on his door.
"Hey, Jayden? You okay?" Antonio asked from behind the door.
"Of course I'm not!" Jayden snapped at Antonio.
"Why don't you come out here and help Mentor and I track that signal?" Antonio asked.
"Fine." Jayden said. He would have stayed in bed all day, if it wasn't for the fact that he could help find his team faster, find Emily faster.
***Taken***
The rangers woke up the second day. Sleeping on the hard cold floor was really starting to get to them. Everybody was sore, especially Emily. After her beating the previous day, she hadn't been able to sleep. Her back hurt too much to sleep. But she didn't want her friends to know she was in pain.
"Morning sleepy-heads." Dekker said as he walked in with four bowls of food.
Dekker gave each ranger a bowl and began another lecture.
"Well, your pathetic red ranger still hasn't shown up. I don't know what is taking him so long. I thought he would have been here by now. But since he isn't here, I need a practice dummy. So, who is the best swordsman?" Dekker asked.
They all stayed quiet. Everyone knew it was Kevin, but no one wanted to be responsible for the beating he was about to get.
"Well, blue ranger. You it is. I'll be back in an hour. You should get some rest." Dekker smiled.
Kevin nodded his head and looked down. Dekker walked out of the room and it was dead silent. But everyone was thinking the same thought, 'If Dekker can do that to Emily with a whip, what could he do with a sword?'
***Taken***
Jayden got dressed and walked into the common room. He was in a terrible mood, but he knew he needed to find his friends. He saw Ji and Antonio still staring at the map.
"Have you tried tracing the call from yesterday?" Jayden asked.
"Yep. No luck." Antonio said sadly.
"Are any of their samuraizers on?" Ji asked.
"Dekker isn't that stupid." Antonio mumbled.
"Well how do you suggest we find them then?" Jayden asked angrily.
"All we can do is wait for another call, and hope it lasts longer than the last one." Antonio said.
Jayden sighed and sat down on the couch. Antonio came and sat next to him. For awhile, there was dead silence. Without the other rangers the house was boring and uneventful. They all sat there for a few more minutes before Antonio finally spoke up.
"Is there some symbol we can use to see where they are?" Antonio asked Ji.
"Well, you can see them. But you can't see the building. Only a close up of them." Ji said.
"Well what's the symbol?" Antonio asked.
"Hold on a moment." Ji said as he walked towards the bookshelf. He took a minute to find the right book. When he found it, he flipped to a page and showed Jayden the strokes.
Jayden pulled out his samuraizer and made the symbol. A puff of smoke appeared and a picture showed up inside. It was almost like they were watching a movie. One they looked they saw Kevin and Mike sleeping on a cold metal floor. They then saw Mia and Emily, also sleeping. Emily's shirt was now bright red on the back. And it had holes in it from the whip. Jayden got very upset, and the smoke disappeared.
"Did you see Emily?" Jayden asked.
"Yeah, she looked pretty beat up." Antonio said sadly.
"We gotta find them soon. Before they all get hurt." Jayden said with new determination.
***Taken***
"Wake up blue ranger. Time to practice." Dekker said as he stood outside the cell.
Kevin reluctantly got up and followed Dekker into a yard. There was two swords sitting on a bench. Dekker handed a sword to Kevin and picked one up himself. The two got in their fighting stance and the battle begun. They were at it for about an hour before Kevin came back into the cell. He didn't look nearly as bad as Emily. He had a few scratches on his face, and he was very sweaty. But besides that he looked just like before.
Dekker walked back into the room and walked up to Mia and Emily's cell.
"Who wants to come with me upstairs?" Dekker asked the girls.
The two stayed silent. No one said anything for a moment, Dekker then unlocked the cell and pulled Emily out.
"Time for round two, yellow." Dekker said as he dragged Emily out of the room.
"Nooo!" Mia screamed as they left.
"Emily can't go through that again!" Mike said angrily.
"Maybe he won't beat her this time." Kevin said hopefully.
***Taken***
Jayden's phone rang again. He ran over to it and answered. He heard silence, just like before. Then, just like before he heard pain filled screams. It was Emily again. He could hear her screams, each time she was whipped he could hear it.
"Stop it! Stop!" Jayden yelled into the phone.
"Hurry up red, I won't stop til I get my duel. And you might want to hurry, cause until you come, yellow and my whip will get some bonding time every day." Dekker said on the other end.
"Tell me where you are and we will duel. I swear." Jayden hissed into the phone.
"No way. You finding me is half the fun." Dekker laughed evily.
Dekker hung up the phone right before they got a location.
"He's mocking us." Jayden said, extremely angry.
"I know Jay. I know." Antonio said.
***Taken***
Emily felt the sharp pain on her back, yet again. She knew that Dekker had Jayden on the phone again. She couldn't help but scream each time he whipped her. She thought she had heard Jayden yell 'Stop!' or something of the nature. But what she heard next was loud and clear.
"Hurry up red, I won't stop til I get my duel. And you might want to hurry, cause until you come, yellow and my whip will get some bonding time every day." Dekker said into the phone.
Emily began crying, crying and screaming. She couldn't take this every day. She could barely take it once. She heard Dekker hang up. She was whipped once again, ever harder. She collapsed on the floor. She couldn't feel her back. She was sure soon she would faint from blood loss. But she knew Dekker wouldn't let her die. Not just yet, he would have to keep her alive until Jayden found them. Her only hope was that Jayden would come and find her, soon. Very soon. Or else, they may be looking for a new yellow ranger.