Power Rangers Dino Super Charge- Betrayed

Chapter 40- Starting Over

More excitement than ever followed that night at first. Mei had returned from the hospital, still limping a bit, but otherwise okay. Shelby had come back later though, not seeming too right with herself, and Tyler had immediately gone back to her house with her. The rest of them were celebrating Mei's return, but the Talon Ranger herself was feeling very uncomfortable. She knew how rough the two of them had it and she didn't want to be the center of attention at that point. She confessed that to Ivan and he said he'd go over to make sure they were okay.

But as he walked the distance to the house, he had a chilling suspicion that Shelby hadn't entirely let her mind heal from the incident with Michaela. If she wasn't right in the head, she could be dangerous. However, everything seemed to be alright when he got there and they went back to the Dino Lab with him.

Then they got back... and Mei and Kendall were gone.

"They here when I left!" Ivan snapped at Shelby when she began to accuse him of causing her disappearance. "I don't understand what would have happened..." They turned to the other Rangers, who were looking nervous. "Do you guys know something?"

Riley took a step forward, taking a breath. "Ivan, they went to the restroom a while ago and hasn't come back yet."

"And you didn't think to go check on her to see if something was wrong?" Tyler growled.

"Tyler..."

"Forget it, let's just go get her."

Only Shelby was able to go in there alone, since she had no idea where Kendall was, so that's what she did. Inching forward tentatively, she suddenly gasped, motioning her friends in that direction.

The window of the bathroom had been smashed and glass was scattered on the floor... as well as a puddle of blood. And that blood... was coming from Kendall's body. Mei was leaning over her, frantically covering up the large cut that had been slashed and reopened along her stomach. She drew back when she noticed the Pink Ranger there, her eyes narrowing. A particularly huge shard of glass lay right next to them.

"What happened here?" Chase gasped as he burst in. "Mei, how did this happen?"

The Talon Ranger stared at them until her face suddenly changed to guilt. "I didn't mean for this to happen," she whispered. "We were attacked by one of the last of Michaela's family. Someone came in through the window... and the glass shattered. I used a shard to protect us. But I didn't."

"And they hurt you?" Tyler questioned.

"No!" Mei yelled, swiping a hand across her tearstained face, smearing blood across it. "I wasn't thinking straight. We were attacking her from opposite sides, but just when I was about to hit her, she jumped out the window and killed herself. Instead... I hit Kendall."

"Get Heckyl in here now!" James yelled out to the rest of them. Cameron started forward, but he held her back. "Don't even think about it. You've been doing too much lately."

Six hours later...

Kendall took in a sharp breath as she lay down on her bed. The gash on her stomach has been quickly dealt with, but she was still nervous about what had happened.

"Hello?"

The Purple Ranger looked up as Shelby and Mei tiptoed into her room in the lab. "What are you two doing here?"

"I came to apologize," Mei sighed. "For hurting you earlier."

Blinking, Kendall sat up. "Look, there was no harm done. I'm fine now and I just need to go to bed."

"A-are you sure?"

"Mei, I told you this is what she would say," Shelby breathed. "She doesn't blame you."