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A/N: This is my first PR fic, so please be kind and enjoy. Deal with mature theme.

Whatever It Takes
The Accident

"You should all go home and get some rest," Sensei told the Rangers in front of him who looked exhausted. They had just fought a monster marathon where Lothor sent down monster after monster for the team to battle. They looked ready to collapse so they all nodded their heads and all but Cam headed out of the base. Cam simply went to his room and fell on his bed and promptly fell asleep.

When Shane, Dustin, Tori, Blake and Hunter were outside, they walked together back to the road to figure out how they were getting home. "So who do I need to drive home tonight?" Tori asked, stifling a yawn. The boys all sheepishly looked at each other then back to Tori. "You can't all need a drive home tonight," she said more to herself, knowing that it was up to her to get them all home, like normal. "Next time, I'm not driving anyone home, ok?" The blonde said, but the others knew it was an empty threat as she mothered them all, being the only girl.

After everyone was in the van, Tori started it up and pointed the van in the direction of the closest house, which happens to be Blake and Hunter's. She quickly dropped them off and after a round of goodbyes, she was back on the road towards Dustin's house. The blonde turned on the radio when she noticed that she was beginning to fall asleep at the wheel. The teen looked in the rearview mirror and noticed that Dustin was pretty much asleep in the back. Snoring could be heard from the seat beside her where Shane was sitting and she groaned. She hated being the only one who drove them all home, but she always knew that they got home safe whenever she did.

Tori pulled up to Dustin's house and roughly shook him awake to get him active enough to stumble out of her van and head up to his house. Tori was then back on the road heading to where Shane lived. She was fighting to keep her own eyes open and turned the radio up even louder, not caring if it would wake Shane or not. When she arrived at Shane's house, the blonde gave a small smile when she had the pleasure of waking him up with some not-so-gentle poking to his ribs. When he grunted and got out of her van, the teen pulled back out onto the road and headed off for home.

Tori was almost sleeping in the chair as she drove almost by heart the rest of the way to her house. The teen passed by a car in a ditch and thought 'stupid drunks' when she slowed and recognized the vehicle in the ditch. She instantly snapped awake and slammed on the brakes and pulled off to the side of the road. Tori jumped out of her vehicle as soon as it was in park and sprinted to the upturned car in the ditch. She noticed blood on the windows and held back her supper that was threatening to come up. The blonde pulled the side door open and saw a man in his late forties in the driver's seat, which was closer to her. He didn't appear to be breathing and there was blood caked to the side of his face. The man's seatbelt was still attached and she had to reach over his limp form to unbuckle it. She then gave a giant heave and got him out of the seat and onto the side of the road and laid him down, face up.

Tears were streaming down Tori's face when she returned to the car and found the woman barely breathing in the passenger seat. Blood was coming out of her mouth and her natural blonde hair was caked with blood. The woman's eyes were unfocused when Tori called out to her and she simply look ahead of her. The teen fought with the woman's seatbelt to try and get it undone, but it wouldn't budge. More tears fell down Tori's cheek when she heard the woman mumbling some words.

"Just want to see my baby, one more time," the woman said incoherently. Tori paused for a moment and then continued to struggle with the seatbelt. The blonde watched the woman's eyes slowly close and gave a small cry of panic.

"Stay awake, ok? You're going to be ok, you just have to keep your eyes open," Tori said, frantically trying to get the woman out of the car. The woman slowly opened her eyes again and looked over at the teen trying to help her.

"Tori," she said in a small whisper before one tear fell down the older woman's cheek and she closed her eyes for the last time. A shallow breath was heard passing through the older woman's lips and her body convulsed once at the lack of oxygen.

"No no no no no. Wake up, you have to wake up!" Tori screamed at the woman who had suddenly went limp into the seatbelt. "MOM!" Tori screamed at the top of her lungs before losing all composure and backing her way out of the car to sit stunned on the side of the road. She then remembered the man on the side of the road and moved over to where he was laying.

"Dad, come on Dad, wake up. I need you," she said, gently slapping her father's face but receiving no reaction from him. "Please Daddy, I love you. Wake up," she said, sobs escaping her mouth. The distraught teen pulled her father's head in her lap and began rocking back and forth. Her face was hidden by the tangles of hair as she bent down and kissed her father's brow. She then suddenly lifted her head and let out a mournful scream at the top of her lungs and held it until her voice died out. Tori sat there, unable to do anything but cry and hold her dead father's body.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Hope it was all up to par and I will hopefully be updating this by the weekend. Please Review and I will update faster! You are what inspires me to write!
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