Weight of the World-p.r.s

12-silver, red, and gold

Bouncing on the balls of her feet, the silver ranger ignored the soreness of her muscles as she picked up her samuraizer. Leveling a glare at the cage symbol from where it was drawn in the archives, she rooted her sneakered feet to the ground and started to draw the cage symbol. Well, a part of the cage symbol, as it was actually a string of kanji, consisting of 絶望の檻- which translated to despair, strength, and cage. Each symbol had to be mastered on their own before being used together, and Brooke had started with what she thought was the easiest one- cage.

However, it wasn't easy. Still, Brooke knew she had to keep trying, gritting her teeth when she activated the symbol. It had done the same thing as it did before, which self-destructed in a flash of silver that sent the her to the floor. Luckily, the room Ji had offered for her to use was rather large, so she hit the ground instead of the wall, but still.

She would've liked it more if she wasn't hitting the ground at all. Staggering to her feet, she picked up her samuraizer in a clawed hand. Eyes flashing gold with determination, Brooke let out a deep breath and slowly drew the symbol again. She wouldn't let the team down. Not like her mom did- Brooke was planning to see this war to the end, and finally stop Xandred's rain of torment for good. And if that meant that she had to hit the ground over and over again, so be it.

"Cage!" Brooke yelled, activating the symbol and bracing herself for the impending kickback. It did happen, and the she was sent to the floor, despite her being prepared for the symbol's self-destruction.

Brooke's samuraizer fell out of her hand and skidded on the floor, it's owner looking at the device with an expression of annoyance. Brooke sat on her knees, shaking her hair free of its ponytail- which wasn't even a ponytail anymore, her hair was falling out of it. She tied up her sweaty black hair again, rising to her feet and somewhat stumbling over to her samuraizer, picking the device up and walking back to the center of the room.

The cage symbol seemed to mock her from the archives, and Brooke silently cursed it with every word she could come up with. Still, it needed to get done. Shaking away her annoyance, she let out a heavy sigh and started drawing the symbol again. She wouldn't let the team down- she couldn't. The silver kanji hung in the air, and Brooke didn't even bother with calling out the symbol as she activated it.

When the five other rangers heard the fifth thud in a span of a couple of minutes, they all shared concerned glances with each other. It didn't seem to be going well, as the thuds became more frequent as time went on.

Jayden lowered his training sword and stepped away from the dummy, as his usual training partner was tasked with hitting the ground, it seemed. Blue eyes were full of concern as he looked at Ji- worry etched on the red ranger's face. When Brooke had explained the cage symbol to the team, her body had held underlying stress and tension that Jayden didn't blame her for. Still, he tried talking to her, and the silver ranger just put on one of her usual grins and said that she was fine. This obviously wasn't the case, but he didn't know how to press the silver ranger for answers like she did to him. So, he could only watch- well, hear, as Brooke hit the ground again.

Emily made a move to go check up on Brooke, the yellow ranger walking towards the Shiba House. However, Ji raised a hand, stopping Emily in her tracks.

"Leave her be, it's a part of the process," Ji urged, and Jayden shot an exasperated look at his mentor, who responded with raised eyebrows. "It's what Brooke needs to do- it is the silver rangers' job. It's what they were destined to do." He added, watching as Jayden let out a sigh.

"She's practicing the cage symbol, right?" Mia asked, stepping back from where she was sparring with Kevin. "I remember her telling us about it."

The team all cringed when they heard a thud, Mike looking at the Shiba House in concern as the five rangers heard Brooke's scream of frustration. "I feel bad, she's gettin' beat." The green ranger muttered.