Chapter Five: Coming Home

Dekker picked up the yellow ranger from the floor. He found his way out the door and he headed out into the forest. It was a long walk, but he knew he had to do this. Soon Dekker found the Shiba house. He knew he couldn't get inside the gate, but he could still get pretty close. He slowly placed Emily on the ground outside the house. He then picked up a rock and threw it hard against a window. The window shattered into millions of pieces, and as he hoped, a ranger had run to see what happened. Dekker quickly hid behind some plants, and watched.

"What the heck?" Jayden said as he walked out of the house to see who threw the stone he found in the house.

Jayden soon saw Emily and rushed to her side.

"Oh my god! Em! Are you okay?" Jayden said.

Emily slightly stirred, and her eyelids began to flutter open.

"My back hurts." Emily managed to say.

"Come on. Let's get you inside so Mentor can help." Jayden said.

He very carefully picked her up and carried her into the house. Antonio was in the common room when he brought her in.

"Emily! Your alive!" Antonio said as he ran over towards her.

"Antonio, go get Mentor. Now." Jayden commanded.

Antonio nodded his head and ran out of the room. Soon he came back with Mentor Ji behind him.

"What's wrong?" Mentor asked.

"She's bleeding. Really badly." Jayden said as the group walked into the recovery room.

Jayden set her down on one of the beds and Mentor began to look at her. Her back was bloody and injured. After a few minutes of inspection, Mentor began grabbing medical supplies and setting them by her bed. After he had all he needed, he began to work.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Antonio asked Mentor Ji.

"She should be." Mentor said quickly.

Mentor began stitching up some of the wounds on her back. It took a little over an hour for Emily to be stitched and bandaged up, but soon it was done.

"We should let her rest for a bit before we start asking any questions. She needs some sleep after all of that." Mentor said as he walked out of the room.

***Taken***

"I wonder where Em is." Mike said.

"I dunno, but I don't hear anything. That's gotta be a good sign." Mia said.

Then Dekker walked into the room with three bowls of food. He gave one to each remaining ranger.

"Where is Emily?" Mia asked as he was about to walk out.

"She is safe now. Do not worry." Dekker said as he started to walk away again,

"What do you mean safe?" Kevin asked him, stopping him once again.

"She is safe." Dekker said.

"Where is she though?" Mike asked.

"If you must know, I took her back to the Shiba house. I no longer needed her here." Dekker said as he once again started walking away.

The three rangers were quiet as he left the room. They were slightly shocked that he would just let her go home. They were very glad she would no longer be hurt, but surprised that he let her go, just like that.

"Why do you think he let her go?" Mike asked.

"I have no idea." Kevin said, still surprised at the news.

"Well she's safe now. Now all we have to do is wait for them to come and get us." Mia said.

***Taken***

Jayden was sitting in a chair beside Emily's bed. Her eyelids slowly began to flutter open as she woke up.

"How are you feeling?" Jayden asked once he saw she was awake.

"Better, but it still kinda hurts." Emily said.

"I bet. You got beat up pretty bad." Jayden said sadly.

"I don't blame you for it. Don't worry Jay." Emily said reassuringly.

"Thanks Em." Jayden said as he smiled.

"Anytime" Emily said as she smiled back.

"I hate to ask you this but, do you remember where you were?" Jayden asked.

"I wish I did. But we never saw the outside, and I was unconscious when Dekker brought me here." Emily said.

"It was Dekker that brought you?" Jayden asked.

"Yeah." Emily said.

"Why?" Jayden asked.

"I dunno. That's something you would have to ask him." Emily said.

Emily let out yawn and closed her eyes. Within seconds she was asleep again. Jayden quietly got up, kissed her forehead, and walked out of the room.

In the common room was Antonio. Jayden walked over and sat down on the couch.

"How is she?" Antonio asked.

"Okay, she's sleeping right now. But I'm sure she'll be fine after a while." Jayden said.

"That's good. But does she remember anything about where she was?" Antonio asked.

"Unfortunately no. She never saw the outside. And when Dekker carried her here she was unconscious." Jayden said.

"Dekker carried her here?" Antonio asked surprised.

"That's what I said. But she's pretty sure it was him. I don't know what changed his mind, but I'm glad it did." Jayden said.