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Chapter 2

A/N: I happen to be so so Bad at writing Izzy's anger bursts T-T. Forgive me for that.

"It's a symbol of eternal love and friendship." Ollie looked particularly pleased with himself, while Javi eyed the little garland of leaves around his neck and shoulders questioningly.

"Ollie, bro, I really appreciate thi—" he couldn't complete his sentence, when suddenly Aiyon burst into the room, took Ollie by the hand, and dragged him out, with a quick "i need to borrow him a sec" apology, making Javi grin, shaking his head, at the sheer chaos that surrounding all of them, concerning his wedding.

Once out of Javi's earshot, Aiyon turned to Ollie, looking concerned, "Ollie. We got a problem dude."

"What's up?"

"I think Amelia's... gone " Zayto said, appearing from behind, "like. She's not in the hotel. We've searched everywhere... and we found this"

He handed Ollie a little note, which read ' He should take that job. It could be his big break'.

"What?!" Ollie was a little too loud, and Aiyon put his hand on his mouth, "not so loud! We can't tell Javi! He'd freak out!"

"No, but— maybe we misunderstood? Maybe it's something else completely??" Ollie stuttered, this realisation that Amelia might have run away from her wedding, sinking in, and making his heart heavier.

"Right right Right" Ollie's tone turned into one of emergency, understanding the weight of the situation, "are you sure she's not in some room, procrastinating and watching reels?"

Aiyon rolled his eyes, "do you really think we haven't searched every room in the hotel?? Except if she's in there with Javi, which I doubt!"

"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!" Ollie was about to shout again, but Aiyon clamped a hand on his mouth, the same way Amelia did to Javi when he was yelling about stuff, "Okay, okay, honey, calm down" he placed a hand on his shoulder, and Ollie gave him a stink eye.

"We'll find her, we'll find her, we'll talk some sense into her and drag her back, just... we can't have Javi find out till then—"

Ollie took a moment to look at his husband and Zayto, in their traditional Rafkonian wedding wear, Aiyon's was a creamish yellow, with embroidery of golden colored threads, and a lot of pretty stars and things that Ollie was sure must be pricking the skin underneath, it reached till about the knees, and had a slit down both sides, moving down from the waists. Underneath it, were maroon colored bottoms, that looked like jeans, but were of softer cloth. Zayto's was the same design and embroidery, only red in color, and he had a scarf kinda thing around his neck. Solon had worked really hard on the both of them, it seemed.

Speaking of which, "maybe Amelia's at the base! Or Buzzblast?"

"I think we can have two search parties of two each, to go look for her" Zayto suggested, "I called up Izzy and Fern. Fern's gonna distract Javi, Izzy is coming with us"

Ollie looked bewildered, "how the hell is Fern gonna distract Javi—"

"No time for that" Izzy and Fern came running from the other end of the hallway, and Izzy shoved Fern into Javi's room, with a "you know what to do" glance, and turned to the others.

"So? Any plans?" She looked like she was about ready to burst in anger, "we need to find my brother's fiancé" any soft spot she had developed for Amelia in the days she started dating Javi, after breaking up with Ollie, seemed history now, she was all business.

"Yeah, we're splitting up" Ollie said, "Zayto and I go to Buzzblast, you and Aiyon can go to the base. If you don't find, check Aiyon's cafe, and we'll check her place. If we still can't find her, we split up more, and look for her in any other plausible place. Teleport to save time, but make sure no one sees. Got it?"

"But if you guys don't find her, and don't bring her back, I'm gonna hunt you down, and kick your ass" Izzy growled, "let alone what I'd do to that shit"

"We'll find her, Iz" Ollie took a deep breath, "ready?"

"Yeah" all of them nodded, and quickly teleported out of the empty hallway outside Javi's hotel room.

XXX

Amelia wasn't at the base. Aiyon and Izzy had looked everywhere they possibly could, every little nook and cranny, but they didn't find her.

Izzy was looking like she could strangle the pink ranger if she'd get her hands on her; her hair, so beautifully done by her mother, were all open now, and she looked like a goddess in anger, and Aiyon could see ranger energy swivelling in and around her, and continued trying to pacify her, "maybe she had a valid reason? Maybe she went out to buy something?" He kept offering random explanations, "maybe she had an accident or something?"

"I always knew she was the flimsy kind" Izzy roared, "leading my brother on, deserting him! I KNEW SHE WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR HIM!"

"Amelia isn't like that!! Calm down Iz—"

"CALM DOWN?" She turned her anger to Aiyon, who was quick to back down, realising he had poked a tigress, "sorry, sorry... what do you think happened?"

"She got cold feet, I guess"

"Does that mean she went off to buy socks, then?" Aiyon questioned, innocently.

XXX

"Ollie had to go do some weird kiss stuff with Aiyon, so I'm here to replace him" Fern beamed at her girlfriend's brother, who looked absolutely perplexed at her presence in his hotel room.

"Uhm... hi?" He tilted his head.

"You don't have to wear the leaf garland anymore, Ollie's not here" she winked at him, and Javi let out a relieved chuckle, "alright" he pulled it off, and placed it on his bedside, "thank god, I think I was starting to smell like seaweed"

"It isn't seaweed" Fern frowned, as a botany major, but shook her head, and was about to say 'never mind', when she realised she was here to stall Javi, and waste his time, "it's actually made of Ti leaves."

"What?" Javi looked up from where he was about to pick up his bowtie, "what leaves?"

"That thing you just tossed? It's a Hawaiian wedding tradition. Technically the bride and groom present it to each other?" Fern rambled away, like a little nerd, "considering which, maybe Ollie married you to him by doing that" she grinned broadly.

"What?" Javi repeated, confused.

"Ti leaf or Cordyline sp., locally called Kī is an important agricultural crop to Hawaii" Fern ranted off, like a wikipedia page, "It's mostly an ornamental crop, commonly used for hula skirts, leis— like that one you just chucked away, garlands, or pū΄olo used to make an offering to the gods"

"What?" Javi asked again, his voice really really high, "are you Hawaiian and did I accidentally offend you by doing that?"

"I'm not Hawaiian, Ollie is Hawaiian, I was born in California" Fern cackled, "I'm a botany major, who is a little too interested in local customs and traditions— and I was with Ollie when this little thing arrived"

Javi heaved a sigh of relief, "you almost gave me a heart attack. Now please Fern, could you give me a moment, I have to get ready! IT'S MY WEDDING DAY" the excitement in his voice was basically exploding.

"Do you know how to do your bowtie?" Fern shot back, a s mug expression on her face, she knew Javi had no idea how to do his bowtie, because it was always Amelia who did it, or his mom, and she was privy to this information owing to the face that she was dating his sister.

"Damnit" he groaned, and eyed the little contraption in his hands, "can you help?"

"That's what I'm here for" she grinned, and took the bowtie away from him, and was about to help him, when another idea struck her, "wait. Before I do so, how does my dress look?"

"Excuse me?"

"My dress? Amelia said I looked elegant. I want compliments from the groom too"

"Fern you're being exceptionally impossible today— don't tell me Izzy's ghost got into you"

Fern chuckled, "not particularly, but you've still not complimented my dress. Is that how you plan to sway Amelia off her feet? She's gonna dress in her most beautiful dress ever— if you can't even compliment me on a little purple gown HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PLEASE YOUR WIFE!"

Javi almost wheezed at the thought of that, "you're kidding, right?"

"Do I look like I'm kidding?"

"Well... when I look at Amelia, I just... lose myself. I don't know what comes out of my mouth, but I know it's the truth. Whether I say she looks radiant, or like the sun, or the moon, or whatever the hell it is... it's pure truth"

"So what you're trying to say is that I DO NOT LOOK BEAUTIFUL?" Fern huffed, and Javi realised he'd put his foot in his mouth, "No, no, I didn't mean that—" Damn women were hard work.

XXX

"HOW'D YOU GUYS FIND ME?" Amelia looked more perplexed about that, than the fact that she had run away from her wedding.

"This is your workplace, it wasn't that hard to crack" Ollie rolled his eyes, and Amelia groaned in frustration, "I knew I should've hid at the haunted house!"

"What the hell are you even doing here?" Ollie looked around, realising most of Buzzblast was deserted, because Jane had sanctioned leave for the employees.

"Panicking" she shrugged, and then looked over at her laptop, and added, "and trying to find stuff online so I can prove I'm related to Javi.." She said, in a small voice, causing Ollie to roll his eyes even more.

"Amelia Ashley Jones you can't just ditch your wedding and 'panic'!!" Ollie exclaimed, bringing his hands down on the desk in between them, with force, and staring at her with distaste.

"How's Javi?" She seemed unaffected by Ollie's outburst, and more concerned about her fiancé, "how's he taking it?"

"We haven't told him yet" Zayto explained, "and we don't have to. We're taking you back"

"No!" She exclaimed, turning her chair around on its wheels, and away from the two boys.

"Amelia—" Ollie groaned, frustrated, and ran to face her again, "do you even realise how badly you could hurt Javi with this?"

"I..." she sighed, and he looked at her pleadingly, "don't you love him?"

"I do... I love him more than anything in the world. I love him so much" she said, her eyes glassy, "and that's precisely why I can't ruin his life"

"Ruin his life? What are you talking about, Amelia?" Zayto asked, pulling a chair to sit in front of her, Ollie towering behind him.

"Javi might've had the biggest break of his singing career... there's this show. His agent has been trying to contact him and he's been avoiding, for our wedding... I think he should go for it. If I disappear, there wouldn't be a wedding— I can always come back, and we can get married later. A break like this, it wouldn't happen again and again." She explained, "please guys? Pretty please?"

Ollie sighed, "that's why I told him to block the number"

"Wait, you knew ?" She asked, surprised, and Ollie and Zayto nodded.

"Javi told us. Amelia, you don't even know how badly something like this would hurt Javi. Haven't you seen how excited he is for the wedding?"

"Isn't his career more important?"

"It is, but like he'd said, it's not more important than you. He told all of us about his decision. He didn't want to tell you, because he knew what you'd do, you'd postpone the wedding"

"B—but—" she didn't know what to say, "why does he want to marry me? Why that badly? I'm not going anywhere! I'd still be in love with him after the tour! This... this isn't right..."

Ollie snapped at that, "it's his decision to take. And I'm sure he took it on some basis, some reason, he had some thought process. He's an adult, for god's sake, Amelia, everything he does is by his own wish."

Amelia nodded, "I still don't want this for him, though"

"He only wants you, babygirl" Zayto said, placing a hand on her shoulder, and she almost burst into tears, then and there.

"But it's wrong!"

"Like Ollie said, it's his decision. You'd only be hurting him, if you miss the wedding. He'd be losing on both sides then..."

Suddenly, there was some noise, and the three turned around just in time to see Izzy and Aiyon teleporting into Buzzblast, and watched Izzy's eyes widen at seeing Amelia there, and she ran at top speed, and pulled Amelia up by her collar, "You— you—" continuing into a string of curses that no twenty one year old should know, followed by a punch that threw Amelia onto the floor with a bloody lip, and was about to pick her up and throw some more punches, when the three boys had to collectively struggle to pull her back as she continued shouting, "NOBODY RUNS OUT ON MY BROTHER AND GET TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY—"

"Izzy no" Zayto scolded, "no, no, Izzy, calm down, Izzy—" Ollie and Aiyon also trying to pacify her, "she's coming back, we're taking her back"

"WHY DID SHE RUN OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE— CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE HOW BROKEN JAVI WOULD BE IF HE FINDS OUT?" She was still screaming, "HE LOVED YOU AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO TO HIM? DESERT HIM? LISTEN LADY, I AM NOT GONNA LET YOU DITCH HIM. EVEN IF IT MEANS WHEELING YOU TO THE ALTAR IN A WHEELCHAIR"

"Izzy!" Zayto said, in a demanding tone, and she looked up at the older Rafkonian, and calmed down a little more, "what?"

"Too far, Izzy, too far" Zayto shook his head, "she didn't get cold feet."

"Then what?" Izzy growled, glaring at Amelia in anger, and Ollie explained, "she got worried that Javi might be abandoning his singing career to be with her. She did what she thought would be in the best interest of Javi"

"What?" Izzy asked, calming down a little more, her voice hoarse from all the screaming.

"I love Javi more than anyone else in the world" Amelia sighed, "I mean... I can't see him upset. I can't imagine him staking his career because of our wedding. I don't want to start a life with him by ruining his chances at actually having a proper career..."

The others stared at her, feeling the sadness in her voice, as she continued, "if I break his heart once, it's possible he might never ever forgive me for it, and that's okay, if he can really get somewhere in life, it's okay if I don't get him..." she sighed, "I love him, and I don't want him to miss anything like this."

"You're an idiot" Amelia stared at Aiyon, who looked enraged, now.

"Do you even know Javi?"

"What?"

"You're so career oriented, Amelia, that you think Javi is like that too. To him, the biggest thing would be marrying you. He doesn't want anything else. He's happy where he is, with his music."

"And like I said" Ollie chipped in, "he probably had his own reason for doing this. Maybe he wanted you by his side, whenever he progressed... do you trust him?"

"I... I do... but—"

"No more buts. Amelia I'm TIRED. Would you just please come back? I'm not sure how much longer Fern can keep Javi occupied."

"Fern is keeping Javi occupied?" Amelia laughed, "oh no... we need to get back"

"Finally!" Ollie rolled his eyes, "Izzy, You're in charge of her security. And by that, I mean keeping her secure. Don't let her run away again"

Izzy looked at the pink ranger evilly, and cracked her knuckles, "you betcha~"

Amelia groaned, with a "I'm not running away, but I need confirmation from Javi. I still don't want to do this wedding if it means he's losing something out of it"

"Alright, alright. That's still progress" Zayto said, placing an arm around the pink ranger, "come on, let's get you home to Javi"

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