DARK, PART 3.
The Rangers were shocked to see Major Wayne wounded in the forearm. Like many people, the Rangers believed that he would be too frail or too weak to escape from the hands of the Penguin or any kidnapper. They definitely underestimated him, but they were relieved that he had arrived safely. Finally, they could know what was going on with him and where J'onn was. Major Wayne went to the table so he could talk.
"Commander, you'd better tell us where J'onn is," Kal said. He was for the first time worried about the guide other than his fellow Rangers or Lois.
"You better go to the training room, cadets." Major Wayne said without even looking at his red Ranger in the eye. "Obviously, you saw that I was kidnapped, but before being kidnapped, I saw how that white-skinned monster who calls himself" Grundy "gave you a beating."
"Please commander," John said annoyed by the commander's neutral attitude. "You can not tell us that after..."
"Go to the training room, cadets." Commanded the commander, but as he had thought, this order made all his Rangers begin to shout at him. Fortunately, he knew what to say to keep it from getting worse. "As you know, I have to resolve the issue of my arm," he said, raising his arm causing him to growl in pain. "And I have other issues to do. Go to the training room, and then I will tell you what happened." Everyone protested.
"I swear," said the commander. It was the first time the commander said this, so he was more likely to lie again.
"They do not know, but I'm a man of my word and I still have to take care of my wound." The commander thought, "I'm last," moaning in pain. The Rangers decided it was better to give him this opportunity, since he had been kidnapped and wounded in the forearm. They would give him this opportunity to explain something.
The Rangers nodded and started to leave, but Major Wayne quickly left in the direction of the medical wing holding his forearm. All the Rangers saw how Major Wayne was walking for a few seconds, then they went to the training room.
In the medical wing, Major Wayne unbuttoned his uniform jacket quickly. He quickly slipped the jacket off one arm, but slowly slid it from the other because of the pain he felt when his wound touched anything. He left his jacket on a bed in the medical wing, leaving it in a short-sleeved shirt. The wing of the medical wing opened, and that person came in to help the commander, and also to see if he could get some information about Jonn's whereabouts or what would happen to the Penguin.
"You're not good at obeying orders," the commander said, suppressing his moans. He did not like to look weak in front of someone, and less in front of a Ranger.
"You need help, Mr. Wayne." Diana said, turning to him so he could examine her wound.
"I do not need help, but you need training, Prince," he said, heading toward the sideboard that held medical supplies. He opened the drawer and took out the injection, bandages and ointments. He had been in the medical wing many times before, and he literally ordered the soldiers that when they used something from the medical wing, they left him in the same place where they had grabbed him, order that all the soldiers have obeyed perfectly, to avoid a hard punishment of the commander.
"Curious." Diana said looking furiously at the commander. "You help me, and do not let me help you."
"It was professional business, Prince." Said the commander, applying a little of the ointment on his arm, very slowly. "I told you that a commander helps his soldiers from time to time."
"Then let me help you as you have, Bruce." Diana said. The commander did not know how to act since it was the first time she called him by his name, so he was surprised. "Do not react surprised, Bruce. Your name is Bruce."
"Do not call me that, Prince." The commander ordered. "I am your commander, and I do not give special treatment to anyone."
"There's always a first time for everything, Bruce. Even for you. "
The commander grunted at Diana and gave her a furious look, which Diana hardly noticed. She would not give up on him. Seeing that she would not give in, he nodded. Diana saw that she had won, so she took the ointment, took out a little and rubbed it on her hands and then rubbed it on the commander's forearm. Even for Diana, this was strange, since it had long since someone had helped to heal her physical injuries, and they were not a good memory, although she seemed to be satisfied with this.
While continuing to rub the ointment gently on the commander's forearm, she noticed a few scars on his muscular arms. She had never seen a man have scars, ever, so this was also new to her.
Bruce began to feel both strange and angry. He had helped his blue Ranger, as well as his other Rangers, but now his blue Ranger was helping him now by carefully injecting the sedative to lessen the pain after he told her what the syringe was and what the syringe was doing. Her blue Ranger was so stubborn, but she wanted to help him, which made him feel angry since she had won him in a verbal fight. But what made him feel strange was seeing how she showed concern for him. It had been a long time since anyone cared about him in this way, except J'onn.
J'onn. Finally he remembered that he had to save J'onn. Diana wrapped Bruce's forearm with the bandage to prevent further damage to her forearm. Finally, he got up and grabbed his jacket, but he did not put it on, since it was better to use another one when he went to his lodging.
"What happened to J'onn?" Diana asked.
"I'll tell you later, Prince." He responded by moving his forearm a little to get used to moving it again.
"He was in the conference room with you when you were taken," Diana said, grabbing him by the shoulder and causing him to turn to her. "J'onn is dead?"
"I do not understand how you dare to think about the worst. You're worse than El cadet in this," said Bruce.
"And how are you so sure about that?" Diana shouted.
"Because the Penguin hates me, and he will call us and demand that I go face him. Then I will tell you everything, but now I have to go to resolve some issues. "
"Tell me what's happening, now." Diana yelled again.
"I do not give special deals, now go or I'll take the Morpho away from you," he said, leaving the conference room to J'onn's lab.
Diana snorted and went with her companions to the training room. Her fellow Rangers were still fighting. At first they had noticed that Diana was not there, but they did not know where she had gone, and they did not want to disobey the commander's order, for what they trained. Diana would arrive some time later, and they were right.
The criminals they were facing disappeared when Diana opened the door and entered with her fellow Rangers.
"Where were you, Diana?" Kal asked.
"Trying to get information about J'onn or the Penguin." He replied very calmly. "We need to know if he is okay."
"I do not understand why you went there, novice," John said. "The commander will not say anything, not even you."
"But I tried, John." Diana put herself in combat position. "While you just spend your time obeying orders."
"Not quite Diana," Shayera interjected.
"We were talking while you were trying to get information, and maybe it's better if we leave Area C, even if that means being expelled from the League." This was a bomb inside Diana.
"How dare you do that?" Diana shouted. "These people need us, and you want to leave. Why are tyou doing this?! "
"It's not that we do not want to help, Diana, but the commander made it clear that he does not want us here, and he's probably not going to tell us what happened to J'onn." Kal replied, being careful what he said to avoid another fight with Diana.
"We cannot work like that, Di." Shayera interjected. "Not good."
"Give this a chance. We're need in Zone C and I'm not going to leave for any reason." This she meant it. It was not for the commander or J'onn. It's because she wanted to help zone C. "Just give it a chance."
"We'll see, but you have to train again, Diana," Kal said.
"Let's go. I also have to beat that giant monster. "Diana said, hoping her teammates would not give up the mission to help Zone C.
XXX
In J'onn's lab, Commander Wayne went to his computer to investigate the stake planted by Grundy. He was thinking of asking J'onn to investigate the stake, but it was before Clayface kidnapped them. He had to investigate on his own, which would not be so complicated. He analyzed the planted stake and saw how it emitted a strange energy. The computer announced that the same energy emanating from the stake was present in seven other points. The commander used the satellite and saw that there were eight stakes planted around the city. The commander investigated more about the stake and discovered that the purpose of the stake was destructive, enormously.
"Cobblepot has made an effort for this, I admit it." Thought the commander. "But now the Rangers will have to avoid it."
At the end of his investigation, the commander searched for J'onn's safe. It was a matter of time before the Penguin called and the real battle began. He looked for the box wherever he went, but without success. He managed to find the safe a few minutes later, which was behind a dresser. However, he did not know the password. He saw that it was a number board, but he did not know what buttons to press until he remembered what J'onn had said: "The funny thing is that it took us two years, three months and fifteen days for this". The commander pressed the keys and the box opened. There was nothing in the box except a small metal box. Major Wayne took it and opened it revealing...
XXX
In the conference room, Major Wayne had called the Rangers to come. It had been half an hour since the commandant left J'onn's lab and left for the conference room. Twenty minutes later, he received an alarm signal in the Iceberg room. Major Wayne saw the message, and now he had to show it to the Rangers.
The message showed Cobblepot walking around J'onn as he hit him hard with his umbrella. J'onn made complaints and cries of pain. The Penguin turned forward, coming out of J'onn's space and the flames of fire caught around J'onn, proving that he was in trouble because it was his greatest weakness.
"Wayne, if you want to save your Martian, then come to the Iceberg Show in half an hour, or your Martian dies. But if one of your Rangers or someone other than you comes, he dies. "Threatened the Penguin. With these words, the message ended.
"We're going to the Iceberg Hall." Kal said, but Major Wayne spoke before they could move a muscle.
"Negative, Rangers." He said very neutrally. "You listen to the Penguin. You can not go, I must go alone. "
"Lord, let me go and save J'onn only. It does not matter if I go alone, "said Kal.
"Negative, your mission is more important than mine." Before the Rangers began to protest, Major Wayne showed the Penguin's hologram on the table. "Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, aka the Penguin, was born in the wealthy Cobblepot family, but his family was left in ruins when he was studying at the university. When he returned, he learned the black market business, and due to his way of walking, he became "The Penguin". As you have seen, he is now a criminal leader seeking revenge against me. "
"Why?" John asked.
"According to him, my family, the Wayne family, destroyed his family. Obviously they have not discovered it, but I'm from the... Wayne family, the Gotham millionaires. "He said this very slowly. "In addition, we managed to stop Cobblepot's plan to destroy the city using an atomic submarine, but he escaped capture and left. We did not hear anything from him until now. "
He paused for a few moments, he had to tell them why his Rangers' mission was more important than his.
"Your mission is more important because I investigated the stakes that Grundy, the monster that attacked you, planted them in eight points of the city. I analyzed them and discovered that once they have planted the stake in the middle of the city, there will be a destructive tsunami that would destroy the entire city. If he does, he will get his revenge on me and the city. "
"How did you find out all that without J'onn?" Shayera asked.
"J'onn is my scientist, but I can also do other things besides fighting. I could have saved him, but he told me to go back to base so I could rescue him. But just because someone is not a Ranger does not mean they're useless. Now I have to rescue J'onn, and your mission is to go to the center of the city to prevent Grundy from planting the last stake. Also, during the fight J'onn told me that electricity makes him regenerate, so it's a bad idea to use Shayera's electricity on him. "
Shayera did not know how to take this, except with a little embarrassment. For the first time, she had made the situation worse.
"But how are you going to save J'onn? And why do not you let us go save J'onn? "Kal asked.
"Let's say I have a plan," said the commander. "Rangers, I know I've been tough on you, but more than anyone else, you should understand that they are Power Rangers, and Power Rangers are needed here more than in any other area. You do not know, but Zone C has not had Power Rangers in two years. In that time, the area has been plunged into terrible anarchy, chaos and slaughter. If you leave Zone C, or if..." It took more time to say this. "... you die in combat, it is more likely that no Power Ranger will return to Zone C, and let Zone C sink into a dark hole. Which would be very difficult to fix. "
There was a minute of silence.
"I will not ask you to stay, but I can only say that Zone C needs them, the League needs them, and... I need them here."
This was surprising. Finally, Major Wayne showed a human emotion. But not only that, he admitted that he needed them and told them the reasons why the Penguin planned to destroy the city. Apparently, he was a man of his word. He did not leave the promise unfulfilled.
After hearing this, Diana saw that the commander was insecure, insecure when speaking. It was very different from what she saw. Even the Rangers could not help but be surprised at this behavior. It seemed that he did care about them. It was time to complete the mission for the commander and for Zone C.
"We will not fail you, commander." The five Rangers from Kal told Shayera, one after the other.
"But save J'onn, please." Kal asked.
"I will, Rangers. Now go. There is not much time, "said the commander. It was time for the mission.
"Ready?" Kal asked.
"Ready!" Replied the four in unison.
"Justice League, activate!" The five shouted in unison. "Justice League Rangers!"
The Rangers went to their vehicles and left only the commander, who went to his room to grab something very precious. A weapon that would help him save J'onn. He needed all the possible resources. He pulled the gun out of his drawer, including another belt full of compartments that who knows what they would carry inside. He was going to do this for J'onn, Zone C, but most of all, for his Rangers.
NEXT: DARK, PART 4.