Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee

Story: Inheritance

Pairings: Sky/OC (Aimee), Bridge/Z, Jack/Syd, Tommy/Kat Manx

Disclaimer: I own no one.

Summery: Sequel to Through Her Eyes. 20 years after Gruumm's defeat, a new generation rises to face the return of some old enemies…

Author Notes: This is the sequel to Through Her Eyes. Sorry it took me so long to get this started but school is kicking my a. I know I was going to post the Memories thingy and I will, but I had to cut a crap load of those ficlets up to make the following Prologue. I will get the ficlet thingy up but it may be a while. In the meantime, enjoy!

2027

"Hey, Daddy, hey Kat." Aimee greeted her father and step-mother after opening the door to the Tate apartment. She waddled back to the couch, her 8 and half month pregnant belly making it hard for her to walk.

"Hey, Tommy, Kat." Sky greeted his father and mother in law, not looking up from the data pad he was reading. Tommy glanced at it and quirked an eyebrow as Kat helped Aimee sit back down, despite the former lunar rangers arguments.

"'Good Parenting Skills in the Kerovian System?'" he asked, bemused. Sky finally looked up, a half smile on his face.

"Commander Dante sent it as a gag gift. It's…interesting." The B Squad Red ranger informed him. Tommy chuckled.

"I know. Andros sent it to me when Aimee and JD were born." He informed him. From her perch on the couch, Aimee snickered.

"Uncle Andros sends that to everyone when they're expecting. It's like, his, baby expecting gift signature." She laughed. Tommy chuckled.

"That reminds me, Ashley says to take lots of pictures of the baby because she has to get her baby kicks from someone." Kat told her step-daughter.

"Yeah, and then we could hear what sounded suspiciously like Andros falling off his chair." Tommy added. Sky and Aimee laughed.

2030

"What is going on in there!" Bridge exclaimed as another doctor rushed in through the doors holding Aimee and Sky. The other people in the waiting room shrugged. Tommy hugged Thomas Tate close to him, while his twin brother Troy was hiding in Kat's arms. Aimee had gone into labor twelve hours before, a month before she was due. Everyone was worried.

"Uh oh." Z murmured her face white. Next to her, Syd placed a hand on her own belly, grimacing. As one the two women turned to their husbands.

"Hospital. Now." Z muttered to Bridge. Bridge frowned at her, worry clearly evident in his expression.

"We're in the hospital sweetie, remember?" he reminded her. She glared at him.

"My water just broke." Syd whispered. Jack blinked.

"WHAT!" he bellowed. The nurse at the desk shot him a look.

"Sir, please be quiet—"

"What do you mean you're water just broke!" Jack demanded, ignoring the nurse. Syd looked up at him, eyes flashing.

"I mean, baby Landors wants out!" she snarled. Tommy's jaw dropped as Z nodded.

"So do these guys." She murmured. Bridge swallowed heavily a few times as Kat handed the now scared Troy to Tommy and hurried over to the two women with Isinia right behind her.

"Kat, what do we do?" Bridge babbled. Kat smiled at him and bent to help Z up.

"Help your wife, Bridge. Get her to the nurse. They'll get her ready. In a few hours you're going to be a daddy!" Isinia exclaimed happily. Bridge looked from Isinia, to Kat, to Z and then fainted.

"Nurse, my wife's pregnant!" Jack yelled, practically carrying Syd over to the desk. The nurse nodded slowly.

"Yes, sir, I can see that." She agreed. Jack glared at her.

"Well, then, do something!" he demanded. The woman, Peggy, looked at him askance.

"Sir, I'm sorry, but there's nothing to be done. You're going to be a father. How far along is she?" she asked. Jack gave her an 'are-you-stupid?' look.

"Now!" he yelled before jumping when Cruger placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Nurse, I'm afraid Sydney Landors and Z Carson have both gone into labor, more than likely because of the excitement of Aimee's labor." He explained patiently, motioning to the pink and yellow rangers. The nurse got a look of understanding and within minutes, two wheelchairs and nurses were wheeling the two rangers away.

2035

It was the sound of total silence that first alerted Sky to a problem. He looked up, worry creasing his face. Aimee was at the office, working on something or other while Sky watched the kids. Normally, the apartment was filled with the laughter, and more often than not, screams of his and Aimee's six kids. Silence usually meant some impending doom.

"Troy? Thomas? Kids, where are you?" Sky called, standing from his desk. Walking from the study, he looked into the living room and found three year old Luke and two year old Leila still napping. Now worried, Sky peeked into the dining room and saw no one. Just before leaving, however, he saw what looked like a handprint on the carpet. He bent down and rubbed part of it onto his finger. Sniffing it, he realized it was cake mix. He sighed and headed to the kitchen which had been turned into a disaster area.

Sky crossed his arms and looked down at the four kids sitting in what Sky knew was the cake mix Aimee had bought with the intention of baking a cake for Boom's birthday. Seven year old Troy and Thomas, five year old Piper and four year old Paige looked up at him innocently. He did a quick survey of the counters, seeing the eggs, mixer, water, milk and what looked suspiciously like cream cheese scattered everywhere. Two chairs told him how they had reached the counter in the first place. He looked back down at them, studying the powdered faces, the eggs on the girls heads, and the innocent expressions on all four faces. He held up a finger and walked away, causing the four kids to look at each other in confusion.

Sky bounded upstairs and grabbed the digital camera. Walking back to the kitchen, the red ranger made sure the batteries were still working. They were.

Back in the kitchen, the kids hadn't moved. Without waiting for the inevitable excuses, Sky quickly snapped several pictures before the kids realized he wasn't angry and tackled him.

2044

"I can't believe they're moving in tomorrow." Piper lamented as she, Alycia Landors, and Ella and Eli Carson walked into her kitchen. Ella smiled.

"I thought you couldn't wait for them to get out of your hair." She replied, opening the refrigerator and grabbing a couple bottles of peach ice tea. Piper blew air through her teeth.

"I lied, okay. You know me better than that. I mean, I'll never see them. Not unless they get homesick for mom's cooking which, you know, not going to happen anytime soon. A world class chef, mom aint." She commented. Ella, Alycia, and Eli snickered.

"I heard that." Aimee commented as she walked into the kitchen. Piper smirked.

"It's true though, you know. We' aren't going to see them a whole lot. No, wait, I won't see them whole lot. You will, of course, but no, not me. I'm not good enough for them to come home and see me, I'm just their little sister." She grumbled.

"You know, we haven't even left yet and she's already missing us." Troy grinned as he and Thomas walked in with two more boxes to add to the growing pile by the door. Piper sniffed and flounced from the room. Alycia and Ella rolled their eyes and followed their friend while Eli stayed behind.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. She's just not used to the idea of you being gone for so long." Eli told them. Thomas huffed.

"It's not like we're going to Austrailia or something. We're moving across town, for criminy sake." The elder Tate protest. Eli and Troy shrugged.

"Who can understand the female mind?"

2046

"This is going to be so much fun." Piper giggled as she carefully put the photo of her and Paige, Troy and Thomas when they tried making the cake for mom in a box. Aimee smiled.

"You do realize you're not going to be moving in for another three months, right?" she asked, placing the acceptance letter on the bed. Piper paused, looked around at the six boxes she'd bullied out of her grandfather, and grinned sheepishly.

"Oh, right. Yeah, okay." She mumbled, heaving the box into a corner. Aimee smiled wryly.

"Don't worry about it, I was the same way. And, according to your grandmother, your father had his entire room packed the week before he took the trials and was accepted." She told her daughter. Piper snickered and sat down next her mother. Aimee gently placed an arm around her shoulder.

"You did great at the trials. All three of you. Commander Cruger was very impressed. So were Sergeant Silverback and Fowl Face." Aimee told her, still unable to call the former Supreme Commander by his real name .

"Supreme Commander Cruger." She corrected the older woman. Aimee made a face.

"I don't think I'll ever get use to that," she sighed. "It seemed Cruger'd be there forever."

"Yeah, but I think Granddad will do awesome as commander." She pointed out. Aimee laughed.

"Yeah, Daddy'll never get rangering out of his system. It's part of him, whether he likes it or not." She snickered. Piper looked up at her mother.

"He got teased mercilessly by Uncle Jason, didn't he?"

"Jason kept muttering 'Orange Ranger.'" She reported. Piper giggled.

"It's going to be a lot of work, isn't it?" Piper asked suddenly. Aimee looked down, gently stroking the sixteen year old's brown hair.

"Yeah, but the rewards are totally worth it." She told her. Piper smiled.

"I'll save lives." She whispered reverently. Aimee nodded.

"It's your inheritance."