The Adventure Continues

End of Extinction

"Adelaide, wait, stop!"

Adelaide pulled herself free of Jessie's grip and slowed to a stop as her brother stepped in front of her. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Sasha and Keeper are in trouble!"

"And we'll help them," Jessie said, grabbing both her wrists. "But running in there like this is going to do nothing but get your hurt. Fury knows the lengths you're willing to go to protect Sasha, that's why he targeted her before."

"Exactly! He's already tried to hurt her twice," Adelaide argued. "Mom and Dad always used to say third time's a charm. What if he actually succeeds this time?"

"Sasha's a former air force pilot. She knows how to protect herself," Jessie said, reassuringly.

Adelaide didn't look convinced.

"What do you suggest?" Chase asked. He and the others had finally caught up with the siblings and had caught the end of their conversation.

"My guess is they've got the museum surrounded," Jessie said. "Fury is inside, but the rest if his army is outside. Their orders will be to take no prisoners. They'll destroy you on sight."

"It's probably just a couple of spikeballs and vivxs," Tyler said, shrugging halfheartedly. "No biggie. We've faced worse."

"I know," Jessie agreed. "But this time they have something that we want, which gives them the upper hand. If we go in there with our judgement clouded then Sasha and Keeper are as good as dead."

Kendall looked mildly impressed. "They teach you this in the Military?" she asked.

"Among other things," Jessie nodded. He back at Adelaide. "We need a plan."

"We don't have time for a plan," Adelaide argued. "And besides, none of our plans actually ever work."

"She's got a point," Tyler agreed.

"This one will," Jessie said. "There is one thing that Fury wants more than Sasha and Keeper, right now, and that's the Dark Energem."

"We can't give it to him," James protested.

"We won't," Jessie assured him. "Trust me. I have no intentions of handing the Dark Energem over to Fury, just like I have no intentions of getting my sisters hurt."

"Then what are we going to do?" Adelaide asked.

Jessie smiled, knowingly. "Here's my plan..."

~X~

Fury snarled as he paced around the base. Keeper and the scarlet Ranger's sister were huddled together near a destroyed computer desk. The pesky alien guardian was injured severely and the human had a couple of cuts and bruises on her face and arms.

"Looks like you're not as important as expected," Fury said, turning on Sasha. "Maybe your sister doesn't care about you."

Sasha glared heavily up at the demon. "You don't know Ade," she said. "She may be a pain and a thorn in your side, but she's no coward. She'll be here."

Fury laughed. "Your faith is laughable," he said. "Your sister, nor your Knight, are coming for you."

Sasha ignored the dig at Ivan and looked away from Fury. She believed in her team. They were coming for her and Keeper, they had never let them down before, and they weren't about to start now.

"Once I get what I want," Fury continued. "I'll gut both of you in front of your team. Let's see them win when their when their spirits are broken."

"I'd like to see you keep that promise, Fury!"

Fury whirled around at the voice. A snarl erupted from the back of his throat as he laid his eyes on six out of twelve rangers.