Chapter 3

Master Xandred's POV

After banging on the side of the ship, I yelled, "OCTAROO! GO TO THE HUMAN WORLD AND TEACH THAT TRAITOR ARTEMIS A LESSON!" The octopus I was referring to covered his ears before saying, "Ooh. Ooh. Yes, Master Xandred. I will also take about 20 or 30 moogers with me as well." I wave my hand to tell him that I didn't care what he did as long the results were good.

He disappeared. Dayu was strumming on her harmonium sadly. As always!

Riley/Artemis' POV

I walked back to the Shiba house while a flashback went through my brain. Rides, lights, and the screams of people riding the rides. "Let's go on the ferris wheel," the girl about 18 said to the boy beside her. He looks at her and asks, "What's a Ferris Wheel?" She laughs, "Just come on!" He just followed her to the huge carnival contraption without saying anything else. They made sure the operator saw the wristbands that allowed people to ride unlimited number of times on every ride. They were instructed to sit in the free seat. When they did, the operator put the protective bar in front of them. The boy put his arm around the girl and laid a kiss on her forehead as she moved closer to him. The ride had started and they were looking out over the many people that were below them. They stopped at the top, so another couple could get on. The girl asked, "Are you having fun?" The boy looked down at the girl that was snuggled to his side, "I'll always be having fun as long as I'm with you." *Flashback ended*

I snapped out of my thoughts when I realized I had walked into someone or something.

Definitely a something. About 20 Moogers were in front of me. I morphed after checking if anyone was around. Coast is clear. I fought about 10 of them off before an explosion happened that sent me flying backwards, making me hit my head on a wall. I blacked out.

I woke up in the human world surrounded by moogers and nighloks. I noticed that Deker was there among them in his nighlok form. I was sitting down though, I went to move and noticed that I was stuck; tied by ropes to a pole on the ground. Hearing a certain voice among the crowd made me look up. It was Octaroo, "This is for Master Xandred, Traitor!" I screamed because it was like trillions volts of electricity had run through my body. This had happened about 10 times before he stopped. Even though it had stopped, my body was still shaking. I looked away from Octaroo towards Deker. He wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Octaroo like he was going to do the same thing to Octaroo. Deker actually steps up and goes to untie me from the pole. Octaroo wasn't so happy about this, "OOH OOH! This traitor belongs to Master Xandred!" Deker shakes his head while untying the ropes, "She is not property to be owned. She is a person and is coming with me."

He finally got what seemed to be the hundredth rope, but was really only the third. He picks my still-shaking body up off the ground as if I weighed nothing. The moogers tried to attack us, but I heard the voice of Jayden, "Leave them alone!" Octaroo looked towards them and disappeared, leaving the moogers all alone to defeat the rangers. I blacked out from the pain.

Deker's POV

The rangers stopped them in no time, the moogers were defeated. The red ranger had put up an outstanding fight. I hear the hiss of Uramasa, my sword, as if she was telling me that we had found the ultimate opponent, but I was too caught up with getting Artemis out of there to care. I turn to my human form in the meantime. The rangers demorphed before looking at me. The red ranger asked, "Who are you?" I quickly replied, "My name is Deker." The purple one stepped up beside the red ranger, "Ok. Now that we got that settled, how about giving her back to us." I shook my head, "No! I must heal her in a safe place!" The green one then steps up; obviously frustrated, "You're a nighlok! Why do you care?" I think and look down at the unconcious Artemis in my arms before answering, " I don't know why I care about her, but I do." I disappear before anyone else could speak.