One last Gift
By Dana Grayson
Disclaimer: I own nothing power rangers but Nick, he's all mine. The song's not mine either, it's "I'll Be There" by the escape Club.
Summary: After the destruction of the savage sword Cassie doesn't cope so well.
Cassie Chan sat alone in the quarters she shared with her best friend Ashley Hammond. They were once again aboard the astrodancer. It was the ship that NASADA had built them after the reconstruction of Angel Grove. She was not thinking of that though or of the last few days, the only thought was that she got everyone killed, first her brother Nick, then the Kendrix. It had been because of her that the p9ink galaxy ranger had pretty much incinerated by the savage sword. How come she never got anything right? Why was it the others never seemed to have any problems with anything? Andros and Ashley were engaged, Carlos was a famous soccer star and the others were back to normal, she was the only one who messed up. If she'd just signaled for the others sooner they'd have been there and probably would have been able to find another way to destroy the savage sword and the pink psycho ranger.
Over Mountains
Over Trees
Over Oceans
Over Seas
Across the desert
I'll be there
Nick Chan stood there watching the anguish on his little sister's face; he'd been watching her everyday since the car accident that had robbed him of his life. He'd watched her beat herself up over it all, watched as the family had fallen apart and her parents had sent her to stay with Uncle Roy and Aunt Patty. He'd been so relieved when he'd seen the meeting of his sister and the rangers, then very proud when she'd become one of the honored. True it had been dangerous, but he'd known his sister would rise to any challenge.
Now though she'd seen something that she might never recover from and there was not really anything he could do about it. Well, he could watch and offer his silent support.
In a whisper on the wind
On the smile of a new friend
Just think of me
And I'll be there
"How is she?" Andros asked his girlfriend and Ashley just shook her head.
"She just sits there staring into space." Ashley said gloomily and he shook his head.
"I tried talking to her and I thought I was making a difference but I guess I was wrong."
"Well, from what T.J. said this on top of the car accident must have compound." Ashley relayed quietly.
"Well, if there was ever at time when she needed Dar it's now." Zhane said joining them as they walked down the corridor.
"No change?" Ashley asked and he shook his head. Ashley asked the silver ranger.
"In that last battle he was so damaged I don't really even think he'll ever come around." Andros said adding. "It was ten times what Zhane received and I wasn't even sure he'd wake up remember?" Andros said miserably
"I know but there has to be something we can do for her, she'll shrivel up and die if nothing's done."
Don't be afraid, oh my love
I'll be watching you from above
And I'd give the entire world tonight,
To be with you
Because I'm on your side,
And I still care
I may have died,
But I've gone nowhere
From his spot in Cassie's room Nick heard this last and thought of the man his sister loved. It had been a bit of a shock to find out that she'd fallen for someone she didn't really even know but his sister had always been full of surprises. He remembered the time she'd spent all of her savings to by him a G.I. Joe figure for his birthday. Tears glistened in the specter's brown eyes and he thought back to what her friends had said. Maybe there was something he could do after all.
Just think of me,
And I'll be there
Dar was so tired but there was a single thought keeping the suspended figure going, he had to get back to her. Dar had been fighting in that last battle with that as his main thought. He'd realized he never should have left her on earth but his vow to his father had pulled him back into the fight.
Now though, he was not fighting villains not monsters, he was fighting for his very life, his future.
On the edge of a waking dream
Over Rivers
Over Streams
Through Wind and Rain
I'll be there
Nick hovered there in the hyper lock chamber looking at the black clad figure. He looked like hell, his face gaunt, and his eyes open but unseeing. Nick had come here with his sister many times in the last year and he felt so weird now as if he were not alone.
A quick glance at the monitor's said he was stable. Another look around the room showed a soft pink glow beginning in the corner. The boy watched as the beautiful blonde materialized into a nearly human body. He'd seen her earlier that week. She didn't see him right away though; she was fixated on the figure in the khrioatube.
Across the wide and open sky
thousands of miles I'd fly
to be with you
I'll be there
"She needs you." Kendrix Morgan whispered softly brushing a ghostly hand over the front of the chamber. "I'd be there for her but there's nothing more I can do for her." The blonde said sadly thinking of those she'd had to leave behind and the reason she was here. She'd saved the other pink rangers life but now she had to save the one person who could bring her back from the shadows of her mind.
"You think you have the strength to do it?" The voice had Kendrix turning and she saw the figure, he was in the same state as she, the girl noted. He was also worried about the girl, she'd seen him up in Cassie's quarters and in that moment when she'd returned to say goodbye.
"I don't know."
"Well, maybe we can do it together." She offered extending a hand to him.
Don't be afraid, oh my love
I'll be watching you from above
And I'd give all the world tonight,
to be with you
Because I'm on your side,
And I still care
I may have died,
but I've gone nowhere
The warmth washed over him and Dar felt an odd feeling of wholeness, a shivering of something other worldly. Was this what it was like to die? Was he finally loosing the hardest battle he'd ever fought?
Just think of me,
And I'll be there
Kendrix felt her powers, as Morphan and her life energy flowing from her, mixing with that of the young man across the tube from her. If his emerald glow was any indication then she was glowing her pink. Then there was a third energy joining theirs and Kendrix thought she could make out a blue figure in positioned in the front of the Khrioatube.
It seemed to take forever and then it was done the beep sounded and slowly the chamber's door released.
In the breath of a wind that sighs
oh, there's no need to cry
Cassie just stared at her hands, the same hands that had caused so much pain and wished once again she'd never been born. If she'd not then none of this would have happened. Nick would be alive and Kendrix would still be alive.
She never heard the swooshing of the door or the footsteps on the Samarian carpeting. Never saw anything until a pair of sleek black boots appeared before her. She still didn't look and that had Dar squatting before her.
"Cassidy Why are you just sitting here?" He asked and she faintly registered that familiar voice. Slowly her eyes rose and met his.
"Dar?" Her voice was slight and he gently reached out a hand to touch her cheek, letting her know he was real.
"But your in the tube, they said you'd probably never wake up." She breathed afraid to hope, with all she'd done to those around her this was probably just some nightmare, he'd turn into the pink psycho ranger.
"I'm here angel." He smiled and in one lithe motion he got to his feet, catching her beneath the arms so he could lift her as well. Then she was in his arms and the tears were at last breaking free.
Just think of me,
And I'll be there
"Be happy sis, you've earned it.' He whispered and as if hearing it Cassie's head lifted and she smiled to no one in particular. Her tears drying there on her cheeks.
that was the last thing he saw as Nick Chan faded away for the last time. Kendrix waited one moment hoping htat Leo wuld be j8ust as happy. Then she was fading out too.
The end
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