Revealing Part 1…

Connor was on the phone when he bumped into someone.

'Oh sorry dude!' he said and looked up to see one of his best friends. 'Ethan?'

'Connor?' the man in blue asked shocked.

'Dude, come here!' Connor said and Ethan went to give him a one- arm hug. The two smiled when they came apart and Connor couldn't believe his eyes. 'Dude have you gone taller?!' the red ranger asked and Ethan looked at him with narrowed eyes.

'Are you kidding me? I haven't seen you in years and all you have to say is "dude have you gotten taller"!' Ethan yelled at his best friend. 'What's up dude?' he said then asked the next question before Connor could answer, 'Wait, when did you get here?'

'Dude, calm down and I got here a couple of days ago,' Connor said.

'Your serious! You've been here for a couple of days and yet you haven't come to see me. Dude I thought we were close!' Ethan said and gave Connor a hurt look.

'Look I'm sorry I just wanted to get used to home till I came to see you,' Connor began and looked at the watch on his hand. 'Look I've gotta go meet someone but I'll call you after and we can talk alright?' he asked and Ethan nodded. 'Alright cool,' the red ranger said before giving another hug to his friend.

'Who you meeting up anyway?' Ethan asked.

'Oh this kid I met – I'm teaching him some soccer skills, you know?' Connor said sounding smug.

'You?' Ethan asked and received a look from Connor. 'Joking man! I'll see you later!' he said after.

'Yeah you better be joking,' he said smiling. 'See you later,' he finally said and walked away. Ethan stood and hadn't felt this happy in a long time. He had his best friend back and it was going to be awesome. He was about to go to home when he remembered he had to meet Kim at the café.

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Kimberley was getting tired of waiting when the blue ranger walked in.

'Sorry dude,' he said and Kim rolled his eyes.

'Where you been?' the former pink ranger asked.

'I bumped into someone,' Ethan said simply. 'What did you want to talk to me so bad anyway?' he then asked.

'Connor's back in town!' Kimberley said.

'Yeah I know, that's who I bumped in to,' Ethan said.

'Well then where is he?' Kim then asked.

'He went to see some kid. Says he's teaching him soccer or something,' Ethan answered and didn't miss the shocked look on Kim's face. 'What?' he asked.

'That's what I wanted to talk about – the kid,' she said and Ethan interrupted her,

'What about the kid?'

'Well if you let me finish I'll get there,' she said and Ethan sat straight listening to the blonde woman in front of him. 'The kid is Aden. Connor is meeting up with Aden,' she said and Ethan's grew wide in horror. This couldn't be happening. They both knew that Kira hadn't told Aden anything about Connor and didn't want him to find out through other people. They both knew they needed to talk to Kira but Kim knew the one problem.

'Kira moved back with Trent,' she blurted and Ethan's face was full of anger.

'She did what?!' Ethan screamed. 'What is wrong with her? After what he did to Aden! I don't believe her!' he let out and Kim put a hand on his shoulder.

'Listen Ethan I think Trent is doing something to her but she doesn't want to say anything,' Kim said honestly.

'But Kira is one of the smartest girls I know! How can she do this?' Ethan asked confused.

'Aden. I know she's doing this for her son because if I were Kira I would've done anything for that boy,' Kim said and Ethan began to calm down.

'Why wouldn't she tell me or you then we could've helped her,' Ethan asked.

'Because she can't risk him getting hurt,' Kim said.

'So what are we supposed to do?' Ethan asked.

'We'll tell Kira about Connor when we're sure Trent isn't home OK?' Kim said and Ethan nodded. 'Good.'

'How are we going to know if Trent isn't home?' Ethan asked.

'That's where you come in,' Kim said and looked at Ethan with a Look he knew too well.

'Kim… no…no…' Ethan began but once he saw Kim's smile he said, 'Urgh fine!'

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Aden was walking to the park and felt like almost every limb of his body was hurting. He could hardly walk and move his arms and wondered how he was going to run and kick the ball. How was he supposed to explain all his pain to Connor? How many days of PE lessons was he supposed to miss? He wondered if people had already gotten suspicious. Ryan knew and was covering for him but how long will Ryan have to lie? How long till he stops lying? Aden was walking to the park and saw Connor sitting on the bench again. The same bench he sat on yesterday. The same bench that made a strong and fun man cry. Aden shook his head as he walked towards the man in red.

'You really liked her huh?' the young man asked and Connor nodded. 'Is she still living here?' he then asked.

'I don't know, I haven't talked to her in 9 years,' Connor said and Aden saw the tears that were about to come.

'What's her name? Maybe I've heard of her,' Aden said and Connor was about to answer when Ryan ran to them. 'Ryan? What are you doing here?' Aden asked his best friend.

'Aden you need to get home right now. My mum and dad are going to your house to talk to your dad. They looked really serious,' Ryan said and Aden knew this wasn't going to be good.

'They can't. They'll only make it worse' Aden said beginning to panic.

'Aden, there already halfway there,' Ryan said and Aden felt tears come to his eyes.

'Aden dude, look at me,' Connor said and got up from the bench. 'If someone is willing to talk to your dad about whatever his doing shouldn't you be happy?' Connor then asked.

'No, it will make it worse,' Aden began to shout and panic even more than before. Connor noticed this and put a hand on the boys back to calm him but instead the boy winced,

'What? Are you hurt?' Connor asked and Aden nodded no. 'Aden?' Connor questioned. Aden looked at the man straight in the eye and saw he wasn't going to let this go. Aden couldn't. He wouldn't. He couldn't tell Connor for his own good.

'Just tell him,' Ryan said and Aden looked at his best friend giving him a look to Shut Up.

'Tell me what?' Connor asked and this time looked at Ryan. Connor noticed how Ryan looked at Aden's back, then looked at Aden in the eye, then back again. 'Aden?' Connor asked again and when the boy didn't answer Connor pulled his t-shirt up and gasped. Aden's whole body was blue, purple and red. The bruise went from his back, to some on his hand and went down to his legs. Connor kneeled and pulled his trouser and saw a bruise that had made a dent on the young boy's leg. 'Aden who did this to you?' he said as calmly as he could.

'I… I can't… I wont…' Aden stammered.

'Aden!! Who did this to you?!' Connor said angrily. 'Aden please… who did this to you?' he asked again.

'My…' he began.


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