Time Force Delta Squad: Trapped (S2 Game)

With Rolo not looking, Alluka moves behind Thawclipse and launches her claw straight into the monster's chest in order to end him right here. "Say goodbye." Under Flare, Alluka only speaks in her native language. When she does speak English, the words come off as a few words.
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Cody lands awkwardly to the back, the breath knocked out of him. Dimly he sees Soujiro firing the shot at Crimson, hoping for a good result. The Blue Ranger manages to stand again with his weapon, his adrenaline reaching high. He rolls to his stomach and pants, his breathing becomes worse. He attempts to get up on his knee but to no avail. "G...Go." He wheezes.

As Alluka stabbed Thawclipse, Crimson Bolt hit the lightning barrier, the speeding demon yelling as he got electrocuted. With Thawclipse's body crumbling around Alluka's claws, the barrier faded away, leaving Bolt to crash to the ground. "MOtherfucker!" the demon snarled, getting to his feet. He turned to see Alluka flying in the air, the ashes of the monster falling around her. "This isn't over, Rangers!" He disappeared in a burst of red lightning, leaving the team to finally reunite.

"We'll be waiting, asshole," Tanjiro said. he turned, looking up and seeing the Black Ranger. "Alluka!"

"LUKA!" Kari said rushing over to the black ranger. "Oh god, Rolo." She said shaking her head glad to see both of them were okay. "I'm so glad that all of that is over. "You two sure you're okay?" She asked genuinely concerned.

"Circuit," Tanjiro said.

"Already on my way. I'll land near the pier so nobody has to expend much energy climbnig," the bird said, the sound of teh Waverunner starting to fill the air.

M'yrnn sighed softly, clenching his hands. "Alluka, while we were fighting Crimson Bolt, he said something interesting."

"It's more what I read in his mind," M'yrnn said. He sighed, looking at the Rangers. "It seems, through her own actions, K'hysh has managed to wrestle control away from wahtever programing was making her be controlled. From what I read in Bolt's mind, K'hysh is locked away on their ship, and the true master of the Battalion is actually the Warlord Stolkan."

Tanjiro looked at M'yrnn. "You read his mind? When?"

"When I had Bolt restrained so that Cody and Sojiro could deliver their blow to send him into the electric barrier. I took the chance in case there was information we could use later," M'yrnn said. "Doing so is normally a crime with my people, but given our circumstances, I'm positive it would be overlooked."

Tanjiro nodded softly. "So what do we do? Do we go after the Battalion and rush the ship to get K'hysh back?"

"That can be a topic for tomorrow," M'yrnn said, looking over as the Waverunner came to a stop near the pier. "For when all injuries are healed and we can think with clear heads."

"Alright," Tanjiro said. "Kari, take Alluka, Cody, and Rolo to medical. I'll fill out reports and make logs look good. Then, tomorrow morning at 9 on the dot, I want the six of us Rangers in the mess on the Waverunner to discuss options for getting to K'hysh."

Sojiro squatted to the ground, demorphing after. "Man, that was tiring. I really need to start training my powers more. That attack drained me greatly," he said and then turned to Alluka and Rolo, "But I'm glad you guys are in one piece."

"Got it Tan." Kari said giving him a nod and a smile under her helmet as he really seemed to be stepping into the reds shoes more and more everyday. "Ready guys?" She asked looking to the others, her heart warm and full taking her friends in. They would get K'hysh back and they would together.

While Cody answers Kari's question with a smile, Alluka does the same with her own. As Cody walks forward, Alluka follows, tucking Rolo under her arm.

“You alright, Rolo?” She asks.

“Yeah. Yeah, I am.” Rolo answers. “The lessons of watching Kids Next Door and the Owl House pays off.”

“I do not know how I am going to tell your uncle,” Alluka admits. “You know, I take you out one time, and, well, look what happens.”

“You saved me,” Rolo points out matter-of-factly. "And you saved them."

Alluka feels a little bit branded by the words. You saved me. If the culmination of her life is to be there to save Rolo Thoumeaux in the event of a monster attack, then she supposes all of the mess until now has been worth it. She looks at the eight or so other people helping one another from a distance. Yeah. She did do that, didn’t she?

She swallows down a little warm seed of pride. This is what she wants, isn’t it? To be out in the thick of it again, helping people.

“No, we did that together. Me and you make a great team.” Alluka corrects. And it’s the truth. Without Rolo, she'll still be trapped with no solution out there against Thawclipse. The Umekian raises a hand. “Give me a high-five. I am proud of you, really.”

Rolo slaps her hand once, twice, then wraps his arm around Alluka’s hip. Alluka squeezes him, another hug that tries to convey everything she can’t say.

“Thank you, Alluka,” Rolo whispers. Maybe he gets the message.

“Thank you.”