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Chapter Fifteen: Break Her

Serena nudged Mike awake with her elbow. It was now just past 3:30 in the morning. Mike had fallen asleep almost immediately after they got onto the bus. Serena though had stayed awake worrying about what danger Emily could possibly be in. She knew there was a chance that nothing was wrong. But there was also a chance she was in trouble. After being sick and having to pass down her samuraizer, the last thing Serena wanted was for Emily to be in danger. Unfortunately, by replacing Emily she had done exactly that. Serena hadn't thought of the target she would be putting on Emily by sending her back home. After all she could have just asked Antonio to make another samuraizer and they both could have stayed. That also would have meant keeping Emily with her friends, who Serena knew cared for her deeply. But she hadn't thought of it, and now Emily was a target for the Nighlock she was supposed to be destroying.

"Are we there?" Mike mumbled after being awoken from his slumber.

"Kind of."

"What does that mean?" Mike asked, confused by her reply.

"We're almost at the bus station, but from there we need to walk to my farm." Serena explained.

"Are you kidding me? I hate exercise.."

"Do you want to see Emily or not? Because I have no problem sending you on another bus back."

"Shutting up now."

Serena leaned back in her seat and waited for this long trip to be over. She couldn't wait to see her sister, and to be far away from the green ranger.

When they finally arrived at the bus station Serena grabbed her bag and hopped off the train, quickly followed by Mike. Serena stepped off the platform and headed towards her farm. The sky was still dark, not surprisingly, and the stars and moon were still shining, giving Serena and Mike just enough light to walk.

"So about how far a walk is your farm?" Mike asked after a few seconds of quiet.

"Only about fifteen minutes if we cut through the fields." replied Serena.

Mike let out a grunt and threw his head back in frustration. This was way too early for him to be exercising. Plus, Serena's fast paced walking was doing nothing to help.

"So, uhm, how long will we be staying?" Mike asked.

"As long as we need to."

"But what about the others? We can't just leave them in the city to face the Nighlock without us."

Serena stopped in her tracks and turned around so she was facing the green ranger. Mike skidded to a stop right in front of her.

"No more questions, no more talking, not until we get back to my farm. Got it?" Serena asked while pointing her finger in Mike's face.

Mike nervously nodded his head yes and let out a sigh of relief when Serena turned back around and kept walking. He didn't want to admit it, but he was terrified of the older yellow. She was threatening and very intimidating. Mike was sure it was only because she was anxious to see Emily, but it was still scary. Which was why he was so confused. Emily couldn't scare anyone, not with her innocent face and kind heart. Which seemed like the exact opposite of Serena at the moment.

Serena and Emily were nothing alike. Emily was kind, caring, and quiet. While Mike didn't doubt Serena could be kind and caring, at this time it seemed she was only capable of being cold and threatening. But Mike shrugged it off and kept walking. He was sure he could see a small home in the distance with a few lights on inside and desperately wished it was Emily's home.

When Serena turned towards it and started walking, Mike broke out into a sprint. He had been on this journey for hours and he couldn't wait to reach his destination. As soon as Serena saw Mike running she ran too. Before she knew it they were both out of breath and standing on her porch. Serena and Mike both looked at each other, silently debating what to do.

Serena finally shrugged her shoulders and opened the door. It was unlocked. Serena quietly tiptoed inside with Mike behind her. She made her way to the kitchen and looked at the time, it was 4:07 in the morning. Before she could even think what to do, Mike and Serena heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Serena stepped out of the kitchen to see who was coming down. When she could make out Emily's figure, she gestured to Mike to stay hidden. He nodded his head, irritated he couldn't race to meet Emily and see her.

"Hello? Is someone there?" Emily asked, her voice shaky as she went down the stairs.

"Surprise!" Serena said as she gave her sister a big hug.

It took a moment for the shock to wear off, but when it did Emily wrapped her arms around her older sister. She hadn't gotten to talk to her except once for five minutes, and she was happy her sister was home.

"What are you doing here?" Emily said happily.

"What do you think? I came to see my baby sister!" Serena said.

She released Emily from the hug, "I also brought another surprise, regrettably."

"What do you- Mike!" Emily exclaimed when she recognized Mike standing in the doorway to the dark kitchen.

Emily raced over and wrapped her arms around the green ranger. Mike happily hugged her back and held her close. He had missed her at the Shiba house. He was also glad that things didn't seem to be awkward between them. He was still beating himself up over saying letting his feelings for her slip out.

When Mike finally let her go Emily dragged her sister and Mike into the kitchen and flipped on the lights. She pulled out a chair and sat down. When Mike and Serena stood in the doorway in shock, Emily looked to them puzzlingly.

"What's wrong?" Emily asked.

"Em, what's that on your face?" Mike asked worriedly.

Emily reached up and touched her face, confused as to what they were talking about it. That's when she remembered. She had a large blue and purple bruise on her face, on her left eye and part of her cheek. Travis and his football friends had missed having someone to beat up on, and decided to make up for lost time. Emily had told her parents that she slipped and had bruised her face by accident. They seemed to believe it, so Emily hadn't gone into the details. From the look on Mike and Serena's faces though, it seemed they wanted to know everything.

"Oh, this little thing? I slipped and fell, no big deal. It'll heal up pretty soon." Emily tried to brush it off.

"Emy that doesn't look like you fell. What happened?" Serena asked.

"I told you, I fell and bruised it." Emily said.

"Emily, tell me what really happened." Serena said sternly.

"Some stupid kid, it's no big deal Serena I promise! It doesn't even hurt that bad." Emily tried to tell her.

"Emily half of your face is black, it's a big damn deal!" Serena said angrily.

"Serena calm down." Mike said as he went as kneeled next to Emily. He wrapped his arms around her comfortingly as she let a few tears slip from her swollen eyes.

"I'm sorry." Emily sobbed as she hid her face away in Mike's shoulder. He gently rubbed circles on her back as he tried to sooth her.

Serena walked out of the room and out the front door before she lost it. She knew Emily had been bullied in the past and she knew Jessica was beating up on her know. But she hadn't expected it to get so bad again so fast.

"It's okay. It's not your fault, Serena isn't mad at you. She's made at the punk who thought they could hurt you." Mike said softly as Emily continued crying.

***Going Home***

"You need to break her." Dekker said to Jessica. They were standing a little ways from Emily's house. Jessica had gotten up extra early to play another joke on Emily, on her way though she had run into Dekker. She had met Dekker the day before Emily came back. He informed her of Emily's return and told her his plan to hurt her. Jessica had happily agreed to help him not caring as to why the older man wanted to hurt Emily, as long as it meant Emily was suffering.

But what she didn't know was that she was part of a bigger plan, organized by Serrator to destroy the samurai. The first step was to break Emily. She was an easy target. Once the rangers got word of Emily's death they would all be vulnerable. Soon they would start fighting with each other, so upset by her passing and weaken themselves further. Once they were weak Serrator planned to come in and take them out, forever.

"I'm doing my best to hurt her. I even got the football team to help out!" Jessica said.

"I don't care. She needs to be weak, emotionally and physically. If you don't hurry up and hold up your end of the bargain, I won't hold up mine. Now I must go, but I will be back and the girl better be weak." Dekker said as he walked away and was sucked into a gap.

"No… C'mon Jessica think of something. What would really hurt her?" Jessica asked herself, "I got it!"