DEADLY DREAMS


Disclaimer: You know the drill... I don't own 'em.

Author's Note: I considered writing this when I found out that Dannie and I had broken up. I thought I had told her that I was coming back late, but when I saw her story, I cried. So this is what I wrote to express myself. This is what happened to a part of me. Even though I caused the trouble, I still felt like a part of me died.


BOOK I
Blue Tears


Tori was walking home from the shops late one evening. The air was cool and comfortable as she breathed in the sweet aroma of people cooking their evening meals. As it grew darker, Tori got to the crossing on the highway and, seeing nothing coming, she began to cross. Suddenly, she saw a bright light and heard the screeching of brakes, and then darkness...

How will I start
Tomorrow without you here
Who's heart will guide me
When all the answers disappear

Is it too late
Are you too far gone to stay
This one's forever
Should never have to go away

What will I do
You know I'm only half without you
How will I make it through...

Tori awoke in the hospital, tubes and monitors hooked up to her. A tube inserted through her mouth and down her throat was supplying oxygen to her body. Her mind was still a bit foggy, but she did notice Shane, Dustin, Hunter, Blake and Cam sitting nearby. She tried to sit up, but she yelped as a sharp stabbing pain went through her abdomen. The yelp woke up Dustin, who woke the others. They all gathered around her.

"Hey, Tor," said Blake, grasping her hand. "How do you feel?" Tori tried to answer, but due to thetube down her throat, she couldn't. So, she rolled her eyes as if to say "How do you think I'm feeling?" Blake just laughed.

"I know, it's annoying, but the doctors say that you're going to be fine." But then, Tori felt a wave of pain sweep across her and knock her out. The monitors started buzzing like mad as doctors pushed the five rangers out of the way so they could get to the Blue Ranger. Blake started to cry as he saw the doctors close the curtain around her bed and the others huddled together, hoping for news about their friend.

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

I'd cry you an ocean
If you'd sail on home again
Wings of emotion
Will carry you, I know they can

Just light will guide you
And your heart will chart the course
Soon you'll be drifting
Into the arms of your true north

Look in my eyes
And you will see a million tears have gone by
And still they're not dry...

It was then that the doctors stopped what they were doing and a continuous beep was eminating from the heart monitor. As the head doctor came out, he looked at the rangers and shook his head sadly. Blake refused to accept it and he ran to tori's bedside and cried into her face, trying to get her to wake up. Once the others had gotten Blake away from her, he burst out crying on his brother's shoulder. Hunter just looked at Shane and Cam and Dustin and saw that they were silently crying also. Hunter knew he had to be strong, but even so, tears leaked from his eyes.

...If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

I hold you close
And shout the words I only whispered before
For one more chance, for one last dance
There's nothing that I would not give and more

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway...

A few days later, Blake got up to give the eulogy at Tori's funeral. It was held at the beach, the place she would've wanted it. As he spoke out words of her bravery, courage, wisdom and insight, he told the congregation about the love he and Tori shared and he, along with the other rangers, went through the memories of the blue ranger and her grace and majesty as not only a ranger, but as a friend and teammate. The five rangers cried for hours after the service and they stayed at Ninja Ops for several days.

A year later, Blake went to Tori's headstone and read what was ingraved on it:

"Victoria "Tori" Maree Hansen
1986 - 2005
The Spirit of Water flowed through her soul like a waterfall
May she find peace..."

After laying a rose on her grave he placed a letter, and as he walked away, the writing on the front of it shone in the sun...

"...If only my tears could bring you back...to me..."

He then stopped suddenly, remembering something he had found with her belongings. He turned out his pockets and when he found it, he placed it on her grave, then walked away.

It was a single pink ribbon...


Authors Note: Please read and review. You'll be glad to know that Dannie and I are still friends, but I needed to get this out. This is no offence to anybody, but it felt like my heart got run over and my soul killed.Tis ok though, I have worked it all out and I'm better now. (cries alone in a corner...)