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WARNING: This chapter features a few scene's of abuse, mentions of alcohol, a bit of blood, and use of some foul language.
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The sun was setting in the town of Legacy Hills as the eight teens relaxed inside A&C after a battle with another one of Diablo's monsters, and despite it being a bit weaker they still used Legacy Mode on it.
"Anyone else thinking that battle was much easier than anything we handled in the past?" Adam asked as the others just ignore his question except for AV who held his hand.
"Come on it's over and done with. Let's just talk about something else." Sora suggested to them as Adam grins.
"Okay. Do you have a crush on anyone?" Adam decided to asked the question surprising Sora and causing her to tip her chair over to far and she falls to the ground and grips her head.
Adam laughs a bit as Alvin sighs. It was then that Alvin noticed someone had entered the small establishment and froze up upon recognizing the person.
"Get out of the way little brat!"
"Flesh and blood? That child is no son of mine!"
That a few others things that were said to him in the past began to come back to him, and move silently Alvin leaves his table and leaves A&C heading out the back way. The group of now seven noticed this and look around for their friend when a man in his mid to late forties approached the table. He had short cut black hair and brown eyes and wore a grey business suit and pants with a green undershirt and a light lavender tie.
"Excuse me, but could I pardon you children to help me?" The man asked as Eva nods.
"M-Maybe. What is it t-that you n-need?" Eva asked the others noticing that she was starting to become more use to them and interacting with others.
"Thank you miss. You see I'm actually looking for my son. Perhaps you know him?" He asked them.
Sora shrugs "Maybe. What's your son's name?" Sora asked the man.
"Alvin Gregory. I'm his father Orion Gregory." The man says revealing himself to be Alvin's father. The group went silent at this and Peter shrugs.
"We know him, but we don't know where he is. I think he went home." Peter says as the man nods and turns to leave. After he left the group looked at each other.
"Do you really think that was a good idea Peter? From what future Avalon said it seems like the two might not have a good history." Cassie asked as Adam looks down. He could relate to not having a good relationship with his own father after all, and it seemed just like him Alvin parents were also divorced.
"He's going to have to face him sooner or later. It should be now, and not graduation where his dad can make a big scene." Peter said as Cassie frowns.
"It's not your decision to make!" she tells him as AV sighs and puts her arms between them to separate them.
"That's enough out of you two. We'll talk to Alvin tomorrow and see how things are going. It enough that he has finals, and other school related stuff to worry about." AV tells them.
Both nod and the group gets up as AV looks to Adam "You want to go somewhere tonight Adam?" she asked as Adam shakes his head.
"I can't. I'm spending time with my father for the next couple days." He says as under her sunglasses her eyes turn bright orange and AV pouts.
"Alright. Well I've got to get going anyways. Bye AC." AV says walking off and calling him by her own little nickname and he blushes.
The group looks at him "AC? Since when did she start calling you that?" Eva asked her voice a bit above a whisper.
"F-For a while now. Bye!" Adam says and runs out.
"…Well that just happened." Leo says as the rest of them nod or shrug before heading out for their own home.
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[Flashback]
A recently turned 16 year old Alvin was in his room when he heard the downstairs door slammed shut and he winced as it was a common sign that his father was home, and was likely drunk as well as ready to possibly start a fight with others in the family. It was a good thing that his younger brother was staying the night at a friends.
His father use to be a rather successful businessman, but a little over two months ago his business went under. It wasn't long after that that his father began to drink to the point that he would come home like he was now. Yet it scared Alvin how much more violent that his father had become and when Alvin would return from school he would often see his mother with a few bruises.
Alvin opens his door slightly to listen to what is going on downstairs.
"Now you listen here little bitch. I do what I want with what I want so shut the fuck up and get me a drink!" Orion yells at Alvin's mother.
"Orion stop! Please just go lay down and rest." His mother says trying to calm down her husband. Alvin mother Irene Gregory was a woman around the same age as Orion. She stood at 5'3 and had sandy blond hair and brown eyes wearing a was currently wearing a grey top with sweat pants.
Alvin hesitated and heard the sounds of someone being pushed down then hears his mother yell in pain. Alvin runs downstairs and saw his father over his mother with a broken beer bottle.
"Let this be a lesson to you lousy whore! Do what I say or you will get worse than this!" he says raising the bottle high and began to swing it down. Alvin ran in to defend his mother and the bottle made contact slicing through his skin and he yells in pain falling to the ground. The last thing he saw before blacking out was blood flowing out from where he was hit.
Alvin blacked out and heard snippets of what happened and the sound of sirens as well as his father yelling before everything went quiet. When he woke up he was in a hospital room with his mom to his side head low. Hearing Alvin wake she looks up and gets up to hug him.
"What happened?" Alvin asked as Irene sighs.
"You had to be brought to the hospital to get stiches. I called the cops on your father and they took him away." Irene tells him and she sighs.
"It's a good thing your brother isn't here. I have something I need to tell you. I've come to a decision." She says pulling away from Alvin.
"Mom? What are you talking about?" he asked
"Ever since your father lost his business he's been different. He's not the man I use to love. I'm filing for divorce Alvin." She tells him.
[Flashback End]
Alvin sighed as he walked down the street recalling that day clearly in his mind. He rolled up his sleeve revealing a long scar that went from the bottom of his hand and down to the middle of his arm. His arm had long healed up, but it reminded him of that day.
Alvin let out a sigh "Why did he have to show up? What the hell is he even doing here?" he asked himself as he walked, but what he didn't hear was a low growl.
It was then that Zoelle jumped out of some nearby foliage "Hello green ranger. Miss me?" She says before lunging forward at him. Alvin rolls out of the way and morphs his axe in hand.
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Adam walked into his dad's house and lays his bag down on the floor "Hey Adam! How's my boy doing?" A male that looked like a much older Adam with slightly graying hair says walking in from the side.
Adam smiles a bit "Hey dad." Adam says to his dad.
"So how's the old lady doing? Still complaining?" his dad asked as Adam sighs at this.
"And here we go again." He thought.
"Not that I can recall dad. Can we maybe go at least the rest of my time here without you trying to get me to talk about mom?" Adam asked as his dad huffs.
"You're still to soft Adam. Must get it from your mother." He says as Adam sighs as he dad tosses a basketball at him which he catches.
"Well how about we shoot a few hoops champ? See if your arm is still as good as it was." His father said as Adam nods and both walk out heading towards the basketball hoop.
The two shot for an almost a half hour when suddenly his morphor went off alerting him to a monster attack "I'm going to go out for a walk dad. Be back in a few!" Adam says in a rush and runs out. He morphs quickly into his standard suit and arrives to the scene of the fight.
He saw Alvin was fighting against Zoelle, and summoning his weapon Adam jumps in to assist "Someone howl for help?" he jokes and Zoelle backs away at the presence of yet another ranger.
"Thanks for coming Adam." Alvin thanks as both ready their weapons to attack the wolf hybrid who glances around.
"That's two of you. Now where are your friends at?" Zoelle asked Adam glaring under his helmet.
"Not here. So for now you'll just be dealing with the two of us." Adam retorts as Zoelle huffs.
"Pity. I was hoping that your red ranger would be here. Would have loved to see her throw herself in the line of fire to protect me." Zoelle says confusing both rangers.
"Why would she do that?! You're a monster! You don't mean anything to her!" Adam shouts as Zoelle chuckles.
"Who's to say that is true? I might actually mean something to her." Zoelle says and vanished. Both rangers cancel their morphs returning back to normal.
"Thank you for your assistance Adam." Alvin thanks Adam who shrugs.
"It's no big deal." He says as someone shouting Alvin's name was heard and both turn seeing Orion jogging up to them.
"I'm so glad I finally found you Alvin. I was hoping that we could have a small discussion." Orion says as Alvin looks away from the older man.
"What do you want Orion? I'm heading home if you don't mind." Alvin retorts a hint of anger in his voice which surprised Adam as the older man gave a stern frown.
"That is no way to talk to your father young man." Orion says as Alvin looks at him.
"Yes you are my father, but there is a big difference between being a father and being a dad." Alvin says to Orion who takes a few steps back.
"I-I just…" Orion started as Alvin shakes his head.
"Save your excuses father. You don't know my me, mom, and James have been going through since you were put away. How did you even find us?!" Alvin shouts at the man who glares and then slaps Alvin across the face hard enough to knock him to the ground.
Adam sees this and goes to his friend to help him up, but he wouldn't move "Shut your mouth boy! Just be grateful I did find you and that whore! This family of ours can't survive without me taking charge of it." Orion states as Adam glares stepping up.
"Hey I don't care if you are his dad this isn't how you should treat your family." Adam says as his mind flashes playing images of when his father would constantly push and train him for different sports and athletics. It got so bad one time that he broke his leg, and his father told him to just walk it off and keep going. It was not long after that his mother filed for divorce and took him with her, and while they did have a joint custody agreement Adam stayed with his mother most of the time.
Orion sneers at Adam "Was I asking for your input boy? Now move so I can teach this boy a long overdue lesson." He says as Alvin was curled up on the ground barely looking up. He had smelt it on his breath, but hadn't said anything yet it was clear now. His father was drunk.
"While it's your own fault that you're like this now father it's not your fault because that stuff makes you do stuff you would rather not do. For that I can forgive, but it doesn't mean I will forget it." Alvin thought as Adam managed to get Orion to go away.
It was a couple minutes later that Alvin finally got up seeing that everything was now clear "T-Thank you Adam." Alvin says.
Adam sighs "It's not a problem. I can understand a bit actually." Adam replies.
"You have a father who became a drunk as well?" Alvin inquired as Adam shakes his head then notices the scar on the bottom of Alvin hand.
"What's that scar from?" Adam asked as Alvin sees it was visible and sighs.
"It is from my father actually." Alvin admits then tells him what had happened two years ago.
"After that my mother filed for divorce while he was doing jail time." He finished as Adam nods listening to the tale.
"I can understand where you're coming from. You know how I had my leg in a cast a few years back?" he asked to which Alvin nods.
"My dad pushed me hard when we trained, and one day my leg just slipped when I ran down the front steps that I broke it. My dad told me to walk it off, and little over a month later mom divorced him." Adam explained as he nods.
"Ever feel like you're the one at fault when your parents' divorce?" Alvin asked Adam who looks down to the ground.
"I did. I thought it was my fault that they got a divorce, but it turns out they were having trouble before then. They just put on a smile in front of me so I wouldn't be the one hurt in the end." He says and both sigh.
Adam glances over to Alvin "…You know Cassie is going to be going through the same thing. She might need someone there to support her." Adam says to which he nods.
"Well we have been through the same thing. Perhaps we should talk to her tomorrow." He adds on as both get up.
"Sounds good to me. We both better head home." Alvin says both heading on towards their home.
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The next day started off with each ranger having breakfast at their own household when their morphors went off calling them to the location that they had fought against Tricera and Velocity the second time, and were greeted by the scene of Shades and Gearz trying to yet again move a familiar large meteorite. In charge of them was Zisko and Zoelle.
"Why we need a hunk of space rock wolfie? Doesn't seem that mighty important." Zisko says as Zoelle rolled her eyes.
"Apparently Diablo thinks otherwise." Zoelle says as the sound of engines approaching was heard and the two turn just in time to see the rangers fire the Lore Cycles blasters at them and jump out of the way. Unfortunately the Gearz and Shades weren't as lucky and were destroyed by the blasts dropping the meteorite.
The rangers got off their cycles and they vanished as Sora looked around "Well isn't this a familiar site. So what is it that Diablo is…" she starts to ask before they all notice the meteorite was trying to yet again be stolen.
"…Never mind." Leo says as Zisko changes into his armored form drawing his weapon and runs at Sora who runs at him in response. The rest of the rangers change into Legacy Mode as Zoelle smirks showing her fangs.
"I'm going to enjoy this one." She says and runs at the rangers her staff ready.
Sora had changed into Element Fusion Red and both clashed swords "My my. Seems like someone is a tad bit angered." He notes as both push away and Sora swings aiming for the stomach, but he blocks it.
"Just tell me! You know where my mom is don't you?!" Sora demanded annoyed and swings again this time an overhead slice, but it is again blocked.
"Perhaps. Or maybe I was and still am just toying with you. Tell me isn't there something you noticed when you had your little tiff with Vaatu and his generals?" Zisko asked her.
"What's that got to do with anything?!" Sora demands as Zisko put away his sword and took out his pistols starting to blast her with concentrated bursts of dark red energy. The attacks hit and Sora was knocked to the ground turning back into her core form.
"Enough, but it seems that you aren't too bright are you girly? You should have figured it out by now." Zisko says as Sora gets up slowly.
"What does he mean? First the wolf clues, and now talking about when I teamed up with those other reds?" she thought as the only significant thing she can remember was that besides not seeing who Pyrus was that all the others she had seen were old family friends, and that two of them that she knew of were rangers in the past.
She actually stopped when she realized that because she also remembered when she had gotten home to help her mother when she texted her that the place was a mess and it looked like a fight had happened, and that her mother had seemed to be taken. The only reason she didn't get to call the cops or anything was because seconds after arriving home she had been teleported away to help on the mission with the other red rangers.
"…No…No no no no! You're just trying to mess with me aren't you?!" Sora demanded pointing her blade at Zisko. Zisko takes a photo out of his pocket and throws it at the girl who catches it and looks at it. Her eyes widen under the helmet when she looks at the picture.
A pain filled yell is heard as Zoelle was stabbed by one of Cassie's sai's and the group summons their Legacy Mode final weapon preparing it to finish Zoelle off.
Sora sees this and runs "NO!" She shouts getting in the way of the blast just as it was fired taking the hit and letting out a scream before falling to the ground her morph completely canceling.
The others were surprised by this, and that distraction gave Zoelle and Zisko enough time to teleport getting away from the scene of the fight.
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The eight rangers were in The Great Library as Lurre healed Sora and Maya bandaged the girl up who was remaining silent.
"Why didn't you let us finish her Sora?! We had her!" Leo says as Sora looks away tears forming.
"You guys won't listen. You'll just say that I'm being tricked by Zisko." Sora said.
"Because you likely are. When has anything that pirate done been in your best interest?" Cassie asked arms crossed as Sora sighs.
"Never, but I don't think his intentions this time was to hurt or help me…but it honestly wish he was out to hurt me now." Sora said as she took out of her pocket the photo that Zisko had showed her.
When the rest saw it they understood now why she did it "You guys see now don't you? That thing…Zoelle…is my mom. That is what she has become because of what Vaatu did to her." She says.
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At Diablo's lair he shakes his head seeing how the rangers had stopped him from obtaining that particular meteorite yet again.
"At this rate I will have to resort to other means." He says as Abbinus walks into the control room annoyed still by her defeat in the future.
Diablo glances over seeing this "Something troubling you?" he asked.
"It's those rangers! Every time…I swear I will get my revenge one way or another!" She declared as Diablo sighs shaking his head.
"Tell me Abbinus why is it that you seek revenge on Stella and her family." Diablo says to her.
"Because she took everything away from me! I…I love Mike! I'm the one that deserves him! It should be me that should be raising a child with him!" She shouts and looks away as Diablo noticed how her voice weakened at that last part.
"Your reason's are petty Abbinus. Revenge gets your nowhere in this world, and while it is an excellent motivator in the end all you feel is hollow." Diablo says and gets up leaving the control room to check on other vitally important objectives.
Abbinus huffs watching him leave "Revenge is all I have, and all that I…" she started then stops and sighs removing something from her clothes.
It was a photo of her when she was Abby and holding a small baby "Actually…there is also you my little girl. Allison Rebecca Jones." She says in a whisper smiling and puts the picture away her face changing into a determined glare.
"I will find her as well." She thought.
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Cassie walks out of a small coffee shop caring a few hot chocolates for herself as well as Sora, Eva, and AV. The four girls having a girls night out while the boys hung out at A&C.
Cassie trips and nearly falls, but is caught. She looks behind her to see a woman in her middle forties with wavy back length red hair and brown eyes wearing a black top with a heavy white jacket over it and jean pants.
"You should be more careful young lady." The woman says to Cassie.
"I-I'm sorry miss." Cassie apologized then noticed she wasn't holding the hot chocolates and saw that while the woman had saved her that didn't stop the hot chocolates from being dropped.
The woman noticed this as well and chuckles "Let me get some replacements for you. I'm guessing your with a few others right?" she asked and Cassie nods. The woman goes in and a couple minutes later walks out with four hot chocolates and a black coffee for herself.
"Thank you." Cassie says as she takes the hot chocolates from her.
"It's no problem dear." The woman says as Maxwell Johnson comes walking up.
"What is taking you so…" he starts then noticed Cassie.
"Oh hi Cassie. I see that you've met my mom." He said as Cassie looks to the woman then Maxwell and sees the similarities between them.
"Oh you're in Maxwell's class? We'll it is good to meet you. I'm Maxwell's mother Cynthia Johnson." Cynthia says introducing herself as Cassie was silent.
Maxwell looked at the scene and noticed the dropped cups and sighs "Mom what did you do? Did you bump into Cassie?" he asked as his mother looks at him glaring.
"The opposite actually dear. Miss Cassie was falling and I just happened to be passing by and caught her. I bought her some new drink to replace those she lost." She explained.
"Y-Yeah what she said. Which I am grateful for. Thank you Miss Johnson." Cassie says and starts to walk away.
"A new boy in my class named Maxwell, and his mother is named Cynthia!" Cassie thought and shakes her head.
"No it's just a minor coincidence. There are probably tons of people out their named Maxwell and Cynthia." she adds on in her thoughts and stops to look back and sees Cynthia wave at her.
Cassie smiles and waves back before turning around and walking to where her friends were "…or is it?" she asked herself in a whisper.
That's a wrap for Episode 4. So know I've established a bit more for Alvin and Adam in terms of family as well as their relationship with certain members of their family. Now I've been hinting at what happened to Rena for a while in fact I actually used the exact animal her zord was for Zoelle so it shouldn't come as that much a surprise that Rena is Zoelle. I've also come to the climax of the events with Cassie and the Johnson family, and it also appears that there is much more to Abbinus then what was expected. You all will see what I mean as the story keeps going, but until next time this has been decode9!