Power Rangers Dino Super Charge- Betrayed

Chapter 26- New Secrets

Death.

Dying.

Kendall Morgan was dying.

I can't believe this is happening.

Chase clung to the Purple Ranger's body like she and him were the last people on Earth. Her shirt was ripped in many places and it was plainly seen that the nasty infected wound on her stomach had split open again, causing more blood to spill out of her onto the dirt.

"Chase, wait!" Riley turned back to him and Kendall. "Doesn't Heckyl have healing powers that he can use to help her stay alive?"

"Yes, but he's back at my house, which, as you know from an earlier experience, is a long way away."

"That's the best idea we have, though, and he's the only one who can save her without making her suffer."

The Black Ranger sighed. "But she's lost too much blood already." His own hands were covered in the salty liquid. "There- there's no hope left for her."

"There is still hope for her. I think you're the one who has lost it because you're scared it will happen to someone else on the team." Riley's eyes flitted over to Shelby and Tyler.

Chase nodded. "That is why. But I've never seen her like this before. She's always been so strong and confident and an ambitious member on the team. Watching her lay bleeding and dying right in front of me... it's just too much."

Tyler staggered over to them with Shelby gripping him like static cling. "I say we go with Riley's idea. If she dies on the way there, we can just..."

"Tyler, stop putting that idea in his head," James snapped at his son. "You're not helping. Just pay attention to the fact that your girlfriend is basically frozen to you because she's scared." He knelt down beside Chase and stretched an arm out to lay it across the wounded girl's limp figure.

Shockingly, as if she had been awakened by his touch, Kendall struggled to push herself up in Chase's arms, sniffing back tears as pain overwhelmed her once again. She clung on to the one holding her for dear life, clenching her teeth together.

"I'm... so sorry..." she murmured. "I know... I shouldn't have...fought A- Arcanon." Chase worriedly placed her in front of him as she continued, panting heavily. "L- let me go... c- can't breathe... but... I can't leave you..."

"Kendall, I know you'll be okay," Tyler encouraged. Shelby shot him a slight glare, but it soon gave way to a frightened stare.

"No, I won't..." she whispered, trying and mostly failing to raise her voice. "Can everyone please listen to me?" Chase motioned the other Rangers toward her.

"Listen, guys, I don't think I'm going to make it from here. If someone manages to save me, it may be a while before I will wake up from it again, but I highly doubt that it will happen. My time is short. I will take great comfort in knowing that my pain will be over soon, since I may suffer a lot until I leave."

"No!" Everyone looked up as another blurred form came flying into the ravine, landing perfectly beside Chase, Kendall, and James.

"Heckyl, thank God you're here," Shelby breathed. "Can you... can you help her?"

"I can try," he replied, positioning himself beside her weakened body. "But there's no guarantee that she'll be restored to full strength again afterward. In fact, it's definitely not going to happen based on her current condition. But she won't be dying tonight."

Shelby exhaled in relief. Chase moved back to give the two some space. Despite the fact that he was still a little on edge for what Heckyl had done to her beforehand, he trusted that he knew what he was doing.

The rest of them turned away, trying not to look and risk killing her. A blinding blue light surrounded both Heckyl and Kendall and the only sound that could be heard were the fresh sobs from Shelby. A cloud of uncertainty settled over them as the two were obscured and Chase fought the urge to look back.

"Heckyl... be careful with her..." Shelby cried gently. "After what you did before..."

"Shelby, I don't think he can hear you." Tyler lifted her into his arms and she buried her face in his neck.

Fear was still racing through everyone as they regrouped. Shelby was seemingly the most scared and Tyler and his dad were trying to comfort her. Zenowing leaned against the wall of the ravine, unwilling to join the others. Riley, Koda, Ivan, and Prince Phillip were standing with solemn expressions as they circled around Chase.

"Heckyl made a mistake before, but he's going to rescue her," Riley promised. "I can feel it."

How right the Green Ranger was. In the space of about an hour, while the Rangers waited, shivering as cold weather descended upon the city, the light around Heckyl and Kendall began to fade. Chase cautiously stepped out of the circle toward them, his panic growing. Had he managed to save her before time ran out?

Heckyl began to stand up as the light continued to fade, carrying Kendall back toward the Black Ranger. As he laid her body in his arms, the light around him disappeared, though Kendall was still glowing slightly. When the brightness cleared entirely, Chase's heart leaped. She was okay!

"Oh... Kendall..." he sighed in contentment, adjusting his grip on her. "You're... you're okay!"

Kendall was struggling to open her eyes, but other than that, she didn't move. Unlike when Heckyl had saved Shelby, because of so many previous injuries, her energy and strength were gone and it would probably be a while before it would return completely.

"Chase..." she whispered. "I- I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. We destroyed Arcanon, Heckyl saved you, and there's nothing else we have to worry about."

"No... please just bring me back to your house." Her eyes shot open and worry flashed through her gaze. "There's something I need to show you."

Each of the Rangers, along with Heckyl, exited the ravine until only Shelby and Tyler remained, the two of them staying frozen in the gorge until night finally fell upon them.

But they didn't go back to Chase's house. Instead, Shelby began running through the city, with her boyfriend in pursuit. He knew that whatever Kendall had to show Chase, it concerned her and something that no one could ever have guessed that had happened before.