In which I take a break from my SPD fics before I go slightly nuts. You know, more than usual. :)
Triumph
(Lionheart)
He was back. The Master was back. After three thousand years Master Org had finally returned, and that meant that she and Jindrax no longer had to hide, masquerading as the very humans they despised while they waited for time of the Orgs to return. No more chasing stray animals and locking them up, no, not for them. Now they could go back to causing destruction on the kind of scale they were more used to. And this time there were no Wild Force warriors to get in their way. They would find Master Org and the destruction of the human race could begin once again.
Lost
(The Master’s Herald, Pts 1 & 2)
He didn’t know what to do now. Toxica was gone and it felt like part of him was missing, ripped away leaving gaping wounds behind. They’d been friends for centuries and now that part of him was just gone. There’d been nothing he could do to save Toxica, not when she’d been betrayed by one of their own, something beyond his understanding.
When Master Org returned though, he understood, enough to understand just how deeply the two of them had been betrayed. If he’d felt lost before it was worse now. There was nothing left he could believe in.
Green-Eyed Monster
(Sealing the Nexus)
What was going on? Toxica fumed, her eyes narrowed as goody-goody Princess Shayla kissed Jendrix on the cheek. Why was she kissing him? And Jindrax was blushing. Blushing. And that ‘milady’ he’d tossed out. She’d thought it was just Jindrax being Jindrax but now she wasn’t so sure. What had she missed during her time in the spirit world? Maybe she shouldn’t have come up with this idea, should just let the blasted Princess rot. There were other ways to keep herself and Jindrax safe from Master Org.
She turned away as the tremors continued to shake, bringing down parts of the ceiling. Whether there were other ways or not didn’t matter anymore. This was the path they’d chosen and she couldn’t change that. She ignored the Princess as the three of them made their way out of the Nexus, she didn’t have time to deal with this now.
Pride
(Sealing the Nexus)
He and Toxica watched as the rangers clustered around Princess Shayla, no doubt celebrating her return as well as the destruction of Master Org. As far as they were concerned the war was over. Well, that was all well and good, but he and Toxica were still around and despite their constant losses against the humans in front of them, they were still powerful. They could continue the war if they wanted to.
“Hey, we’re the two most powerful Orgs in the world and we didn’t say it’s over.”
“That’s right,” Toxica agreed. “It’s over when we say it’s over.” They had their pride after all, they weren’t just going to let the rangers take this decision by themselves. It was a little galling though, that the rangers didn’t seem worried, more amused than anything.
“Well then?” the blue ranger asked pointedly. “Is it over?”
He and Toxica shared a look. “It’s over,” they said in unison. Master Org was gone, they no longer had to live their lives under his control. They could finally do what they wanted. Even if Toxica had some strange ideas about finding themselves.
Reaction
(Sealing the Nexus)
It was really over, Toxica thought wonderingly. Now that Master Org was gone she and Jindrax could go back to their lives. She ignored the blatant sarcastic edge to some of the rangers’ best wishes, even if the black ranger did seem pretty sincere. It didn’t concern her overly much though, neither of them would have to worry about the rangers or the Princess ever again. And as for that ‘Anything for you, Princess,’ that Jindrax had come out with, well, she could easily get a little payback in for that at some point. Smacking him in the shoulder hadn’t quite covered the outrage of that statement, reflexive as the action had been.
She really had missed a lot while she’d been… away. It just went to show, you took your eyes off them for a little while and everything changed. Typical.