Legacy Rangers (Book Two of the Chosen Universe)

Chapter Nineteen

SAGE

Now that Caleb was awake and recovered, Sage was devoting all of her time to helping Jason's boys learn magic. She brought Troy with her, too. Although he had never been trained, Troy had apparently taken his Shaman journey at the age of twelve. He'd admitted to Sage that his foster father had beaten him literally within an inch of his life. He'd spent three weeks in a coma before finally fighting his way back, and ever since, he'd had gifts. He had visions, including a vision of fighting alongside every previous generation of Power Rangers before he ever became one himself.

It broke something in Sage to know what her son had been through. She hadn't wanted to lose him at all, but knowing he'd been abused made it so much worse. She couldn't be with him then, but she was determined to be there for him now.

Ollie was a surprisingly quick learner. Now that he knew what he could do, he was eager to learn to control it. Being Jason's son, he had his father's discipline when he chose to, and he excelled at any task he attempted to complete. Luke was even more disciplined than his older brother, and he had mastered meditation as a toddler, so it was easy for Sage to open his mind up to magic. Vinny was quiet and respectful. He tried to cooperate as much as he could, although he didn't have an active ability yet. Sage was able to teach him some basic magic, which seemed to excite him. He had thought magic only existed in books. Robby was more hyperactive than anyone she knew aside from Zeke, but Luke could usually get him to focus even if no one else could. As such a young kid, Robby was completely open to learning, and it was easy to teach him, too.

Sage might be upset with Jason, but she adored his boys. The more time she spent with them, the more attached she became. As Vinny managed to make a stone vanish in his hand and reappear a moment later, Sage felt extremely proud of him. Vinny gasped in surprise. "How did I do that?" He asked.

"You're a quick learner," Sage said with a smile.

"But it disappeared! How is that even possible? Matter does not just vanish!"

Sage laughed. Sometimes, Vinny really reminded her of Josh at his age. "It's amazing that, even with your scientific, logic-based mind, you can do magic so easily. You have it inside of you, Vinny."

"Where does it come from, though?"

"Believe it or not, your father. I'm still looking into things, but your father's family once had great magic in it. I'm not sure why they stopped practicing, but apparently, the gifts that went dormant in previous generations have woken up in you and your brothers."

"So it's genetic? Like a recessive gene that suddenly became dominant?"

"Exactly." She smiled. She'd learned how to break things down scientifically years ago because of Josh. Sometimes, science was the only thing that made sense to him.

"Sage! Sage, look!" Robby called excitedly. He closed his eyes and started levitating into the air. Sage was stunned. So far, Robby had not shown an individual gift, but this was new. "If I wanna fly, I just start to do it!"

"Okay, Spaceman, time to come back down to Earth," Sage said. She took his hand and guided him back to the ground. Robby was hard enough to keep up with on the ground. Levitating away might be an issue and Sage knew she had to stop him before he floated away to God only knew where.

Ollie reappeared suddenly. Sage handed Robby off to Troy, saying, "Keep his feet on the ground." Then she ran to Ollie, who was gasping for breath. "Ollie? Are you okay?"

Ollie collapsed at her feet in response. Sage examined him for injuries, hoping Troy could keep the younger three boys distracted. She found the issue fairly quickly. Ollie had been stabbed in his side. She set to work on healing him, and finally, Ollie opened his eyes.