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Chapter Ninteen: A Small Mishap
A/N: hey! So the story's not over till I say it is and I say...I still have a couple more things to throw in first. But there the story is coming to an end soon. But for now, read the new chapter! And reviews! Lots off reviews!
"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
Jayden wandered through a twilight lightened world. He was near the docks in the city. As he got closer he saw that there was a lone fisherman standing at the railing. "Hello," he said as he got closer. "What's going- Antonio!" He felt relieved when he saw the gold ranger. "Antonio!"
Antonio slowly turned as Jayden ran towards him. The red ranger stopped dead in his tracks when he was a foot away. His best friend's eyes were cold and untouched by happiness as they bore into him. Jayden swallowed his budding fear.
"Antonio? Are you ok?"
"Ok? You ruined me. It's your fault."
"What?! No! Wait what's my fault?"
"You couldn't leave well enough alone. Could you? Let the war rage in its natural course instead of bottling it up."
"What are you talking about?"
"Everyone will hurt. You'll divide and defeat them. All you had to do was let go."
"Let go of what? Of you?"
Antonio looked at the sky as it darkened. "He's winning. I can't let him."
"Who? Who's winning?" He jumped back as Antonio became the black ranger. "You!"
"Miss me Jay?" the black ranger laughed.
"We got rid of you. We put you back with the Light. We defeated you."
"Did you?"
...
Jayden jerked awake. He put his hand on his sweaty forehead. He sat up and took a steadying breath. He got up and stumbled to his door. He walked silently to Antonio's and opened it slowly. He saw the gold ranger was fast asleep, his chest rising and falling with Lauren's head on it. Jayden shook his head. I really did not need to see this. He sighed and and turned away shutting the door silently behind him.
-Light and Dark-
in the morning when the rangers were all awake Antonio was eager to go fishing.
"Stay here," Lauren protested. "Just stay and train with us. Please?"
"I don't know mí-" He was cut off as she kissed him. "I think the fish can wait a while."
Lauren smiled and walked off to get ready. Antonio blinked and smiled.
A few minutes later all the rangers were training in the yard. Antonio ducked as Kevin tried to hit him in the head. He smiled and kicked the blue ranger in the chest.
"Whoa, wat h it there," Kevin said as he rubbed his chest. "A little too- ow!" His head snapped back as Antonio punched him in the face. "Hey!" He quickly blocked another hit and kneed the gold ranger away. "Antonio what-" Antonio apparently didn't hear him because he kept attacking. His grabbed Kevin's wrist and bent it back, bring the blue ranger to his knees and knees him in the face. Kevin fell backwards. "Ah! Antonio stop!"
"Antonio that's enough!" Jayden said.
Antonio didn't seem to hear because he jumped on top of Kevin and punched him in the face multiple times.
"Dude stop!" Mike shouted.
"Antonio!" Emily said running over and grabbing his arm. He turned to her snarled, his eyes cold and enraged. She stopped at the sight of them, and he stopped beating Kevin long enough to grab her wrist and flip her over onto her back. She cried out in pain and rolled away, Mia helping her to her feet. Kevin tried to throw Antonio off, but he wasn't trying enough. Antonio had the blue ranger's wrists pinned beneath his knees.
Kevin's eyes widened in fear as Antonio punched him again. "Ah! Stop!"
"Antonio!" Lauren said running over.
Mike beat her to it and whacked the gold ranger in the head with his practice katana. He gasped in pain and fell over. Mike grabbed Kevin and pulled him away. Lauren ran to Antonio and pinned his arms behind his back.
"What happened?" Ji demanded when he saw one ranger with bruises and a bloody nose, another holding her wrist in pain, and a other with blood sliding down his face while Lauren held his hands behind his back.
"Antonio went all beserk on Kevin," Mike explained.
"Why?"
"Ask him."
Ji looked at Antonio who was mumbling about his head. "Antonio!"
The gold ranger blinked and shook his head. He stood up straight and looked around in astonishment. "What happened?!"
"What- you tell us!" Mia said. "You're the one who attacked Kev and Em shamelessly."
"What? No. There's no way I-" He looked at the pain in the yellow and blue ranger's faces. He started shaking as bile rose in his throat. "I...I did that?"
"Yeah. You did," Mike said, still angry.
Lauren released Antonio as his shaking increased. "Antonio. Antonio!" she called after him as he bolted from the yard.
"I'll go after him," Jayden said running out.
"Come on," Ji said. "Let's get you two cleaned up."
-Light and Dark-
Antonio ran from the house and didn't look back. He tripped over a tree root and fell face first onto the ground. He lay there, unmoving and grabbed at the dirt with his hands. He felt sick to his stomach. All he could see was Kevin's bloody face, and Emily's eyes filled with fear. What happened?! I don't remember doing it. I would never do s like that. But I did! I did and I don't know why!
Some time later he heard footsteps coming towards him. He didn't bother to lift his head.
"Antonio," Jayden sighed. "Have you been here this whole time?" The gold ranger nodded, still not bringing his face up from the dirt. "Antonio come on. Let's go home." He shook his head. "Why not? Because you hurt Kevin?" Antonio nodded. "Antonio no one's mad anymore."
Antonio titled his head to the side so he could see Jayden. "Really?"
"Yes," Jayden assured him. "We all know it was an accident."
"It was?"
"Yes." Jayden sat down on the ground next to him. "Ji reckons that this...um...personality disorder moment might be a side effect from reuniting your two halves. He says so long as we keep you out of violent or stress situations we should be fine. Ok?"
Antonio hesitated. "Are Kevin and Emily ok?"
"Yes. Kevin's actually impressed because you took him down so fast."
Antonio smiled a small smile.
"Will you come back now?"
"Yes," Antonio said getting up. "He long have I been here?"
"A few hours. I flowed you, but I couldn't find you so I went home for a bit, and Lauren was getting all worried so I came back out to look for you."
"Just Lauren?" Antonio asked, eyebrows raised.
"Ok, I was worried too. But so was everyone else."
Antonio smiled. "Good to know."
Jayden patted him on the back. He was sure this was a one time thing, but the small part of his brain that kept going back to his dream begged to differ.