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Chapter Eighteen: The End?

/N: Hey guys! I was a little unsure about the last chapter, by I'm glad you liked it. Here's the next chapter! Just when you thought it was over, I throw this one at ya! Enjoy!

"We've all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we chose to act on, that's who we really are." -Sirius Black

The rangers crowded around the unconscious teammate.

"Well?" Mia asked.

"It's hard to tell," Lauren said.

Antonio opened his eyes. "Hey," he said uncertainly.

"Hey yourself," Mike said. "How do you feel?"

"My head hurts," Antonio replied sitting up.

Jayden glanced at Lauren. Did it work?

"Antonio, do you remember the day we met?" Jayden asked.

"Yeah, of course," the gold ranger replied smiling. "It was one of the best days of my life."

"What about when you fist showed up to be a ranger? Do you remember what I said and how you felt?"

"Yeah," Antonio said confused.

"What about what Kevin said when you told us how you were going to fix the clawzord?" Mike asked.

"He said I was a computer geek, not a samurai. What's with all the questions?"

The rangers grinned and Lauren hugged him. "It's good to have you back 'Tonio."

"Back? Where did I go?"

"You mean you don't remember?" Emily asked as he stood up.

"No. I remember, we were in the woods, then we went home."

"That was almost a week ago," Kevin said.

Antonio blinked. "What happened?!"

"You're not going to believe us," Jayden said as he wrapped an arm around Antonio's shoulders.

"Try me," Antonio replied, his friends missing the flash of coldness in his eyes.

-Light and Dark-

"Wow," Antonio said after his friends explained how the last few days had gone. "Sounds pretty weird."

"It was," Jayden said.

"Well I'm glad I didn't kill myself, if that statement makes any sense."

"It does," Lauren assured him.

"I can't believe the nighlocks did something like that." It disturbed him a little that they had been inside his head.

"None of us can," Mia said.

Antonio suddenly thought of something. "The uh...evil me he didn't by chance say anything about my less than wonderful memories, did he?"

"Now that you mention it," Kevin said. "He said something about you feeling anger and resentment towards your dad."

Antonio immediately stiffened. "He did. Did he say anything else," he asked, his boxing becoming jumpy.

"No, but what-"

"Nothing," Antonio said anticipating the blue ranger's question. "Drop it."

Kevin decided to drop it. The growing habitation in the gold ranger's eyes was scaring him. The hair hair in the back of his neck stood up when he saw a flash of hatred appear.

"How about we celebrate," Jayden suggested, breaking the tension in the room.

"Fantastico idea," Antonio said snapping out of his daze.

"It's not everyday we save the world while dealing with a split-personality-disorder type plan," Mike said.

"That is definitely one way of putting it," Emily said.

"Gotta say though," Mia said. "I like the whole Antonio better than having two halves."

"Yeah," Kevin agreed. "Handling to of them are beyond even Jayden's ability."

"You guys realize I'm standing right here, right?" Antonio asked.

"Yeah we know," Mike said.

"Lets go," Emily said. "Before Jayden changes his mind."

"Jayden and Lauren will catch up with you guys," Ji said.

"Alright, well wait for you two," Antonio said following the others, minus the two red rangers out in to yard.

"What's wrong?" Jayden asked when the door closed.

"I wanted to be sure you two were ok," Ji said. "I know about the nightmares."

"How?" Jayden asked.

"Because I know you. Especially you Jayden."

"We're fine," Lauren said. "The black ranger is gone, Antonio is ok, and the nighlock's plan is defeated."

"If anything the nightmares should stop," Jayden said.

"Ok," Ji said nodding. "Go join the others."

"Bye Ji," Lauren said following her brother out.

"What did he want?" Antonio asked taking his girlfriend's hand.

"Nothing," Jayden said. "Everything's fine."

The rangers were too happy to notice a sudden change in Antonio's dimenor. His eyes became dead and evil filled his mind. "Or is it?"