Hey guys, sorry for holding off the chapter for so long. Got distracted with moving back home from PA and loads of other stuff, not to mention dealing with a little bit of writer's block.

Anyway, here it is, the final chapter. Hope you all have enjoyed reading the story as much as I have enjoyed writing it. There might be a sequel if there's enough interest for one and I'm able to come up with an idea...But I'm not making any promises at this very moment.

Mr. Hartford had given up on figuring out what exactly had happened to Tyzonn and decided it was just better to be glad that the newest member of the team was alive and well instead of wasting time wondering how the reversal of fortune had happened. However; the wound that went straight through Tyzonn's back and abdomen from where Benglo's weapon had struck the Mercury ranger wasn't completely healed, so Mr. Hartford ordered Tyzonn to complete and utter bed rest until the wound was fully healed. Mr. Hartford didn't know what miracle had happened to fix Tyzonn, and he wasn't about to risk the young man's life by letting him wander around—or even worse; fight—with an open wound.

Over the following few days; Mack, Will, Rose and Dax each spent some time with Tyzonn in his room so he wasn't completely bored as he sat alone in bed. Rose had tried to get Ronny to go see him as well, but a part of Ronny was scared. She was afraid that the second she stepped into the room, the surroundings would dissolve into her nightmare. It wasn't until nearly a week later that Ronny finally had the nerve to go see him.

The other rangers had gone out to the mall and had invited Ronny, to which she respectfully declined. Before they had left, Rose suggested that perhaps she should keep Tyzonn company while they were gone. Ronny had dismissed Rose's pushing to go see him and decided to just spend the afternoon in her room. She spent the first hour in restless solitude, pacing around her room and picking up things from her desk and dresser before putting them back down in their original place. Somehow, in her restless wanderings, she ended up outside Tyzonn's door. Ronny paused as she stood outside the room, staring at the white wood grain material. It's just a door, she told herself, a door with a room on the other side. A bed room just like all the other bed rooms in this house. She took a deep breath.

"You can do this, Ronny," she coached herself. "It's not that big of a deal," she added. "Tyzonn's your friend and you are just going to see how he's doing." She gave herself a small nod before taking a deep breath before slowly opening the door and walking in. The first thing she saw was Tyzonn lying in his bed, sleeping peacefully. At first she stopped, doubt creeping in her mind as to if he was just sleeping, but that doubt disappeared when he gave a small sound—a mixture of a hum and a sigh—before turning from his stomach to his side. She slowly closed the door behind her, careful to not make much noise, before walking deeper into the room. She stood by the bed and simply watched him sleep for a short while. She couldn't help smile as he made the sound again, turning from his side to his back, obviously showing that though he was asleep he couldn't seem to find a comfortable position. This movement caused the blanket that had been pulled up to his shoulders to slide down to his waist, revealing his naked chest and stomach. Ronny saw there was a fresh bandage on the wound on his abdomen.

Ronny's eyes then landed on Tyzonn's Mercurian outfit that was hanging on the back of one of the chairs in the room. She walked over to the chair and placed her hand on the clothing. She smiled, lost in her own thoughts as she enjoyed the feel of the smooth fabric under her hand. She traced her fingers on the soft stitching on the edges. Behind her, Tyzonn turned his head to the side as sleep slowly left him. He gave a small, silent yawn before slowly pulling himself into a sitting position, careful not to aggravate his wound. He blinked a few times when his eyes fell on Ronny standing with her back to him. He smiled at the sight of her, opting to just sit back and watch her instead of getting her attention. While he had been happy to have his friends spend time with him, the one person he had truly wished to see avoided him, so to see her now standing in his room made him happy. After he watched her for a while, he couldn't stop himself from grinning as he finally spoke.

"I was beginning to think you'd never come by," he said. Ronny jumped and gasped before spinning around and seeing Tyzonn watching her with an amused look on his face.

"Tyzonn!" Ronny exclaimed with a sort of admonishing tone. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Tyzonn laughed, causing Ronny to narrow her eyes and cross her arms over her chest. "It's not funny," she said. Tyzonn's laughter settled down into a chuckle before he sobered up and simply nodded, his lips cracking into a smile. Ronny rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry," he said, before looking like he changed his mind. "Well, think of it as punishment for waiting so long to pay me a visit," he kidded. Ronny pursed her lips together and looked down, feeling guilty.

"Right," she said. "I've just been…." She paused, unsure what to say. "Busy…..Mr. Hartford asked me to do some mechanical repairs on the zords," she lied. Tyzonn simply nodded. He sensed that that wasn't the truth, but decided not to push the issue.

"I see," he said. Ronny looked away, suddenly feeling awkward under his gaze.

"So….uh……how have you been?" She asked, mentally chastising herself at how lame she sounded.

"All right," Tyzonn replied. "Bored out of mind from just staying in bed," he added, "but it is better than…" he concluded, his voice trailed off. Ronny blinked and looked up at him as she heard the conversation was going towards what had happened.

"Right," she said. She gave him a smile. "It has to be better than just lying there……..uh…….you know…..dyin-" She stopped as the word caught in her throat. Tyzonn stared at her for a moment as his mind went back to that night. He remembered drifting out of life, dying as Ronny leaned over him. He hadn't told the others this for the simple fact that he lacked the desire to discuss what had happened, fielding multitudes of questions he didn't even think he could accurately answer. But Ronny had been there, Ronny knew what had really happened. He knew that the moment their reverie had been broken that morning.

"You can say it," he urged gently. "Dead. I was dead," he said. Ronny's eyes widened slightly at both the use of the word and the fact that he was admitting what had happened.

"I……" She began, ready to deny any knowledge of him dying before deciding to just be honest. "I didn't think you……..knew………I mean, you told the others you got better," she pointed out. Tyzonn nodded.

"Well, it seemed much easier to say I got better over night than to tell them the truth…that I died and came back to life," he admitted. Ronny nodded.

"That's what I told Rose," she said, and then noticed Tyzonn's confused look. "I told her……and she didn't understand why you didn't tell the others what really happened and I figured what you did tell them was easier than explaining what really happened," she paused, feeling like she was getting close to babbling. "So……you remember…..dying?" She asked. Tyzonn nodded.

"It was a strange feeling," he said.

"I can only imagine it would be," Ronny said. The two fell into a gentle silence, unsure what else to say. Ronny fidgeted awkwardly on her feet, shifting her weight onto her right leg for a moment before switching it to the left, and so on and so forth.

"You can sit," Tyzonn finally said, feeling as if Ronny was just standing there waiting for some sort of suggestion as to what to do next. Ronny gave him a simple smile before going over and sitting on the edge of the bed. She froze slightly as she suddenly was hit with a strong sense of deja-vu. This had been exactly where she had sat when she kissed him……..right before he died. Ronny looked down as she tried to banish the thought from her head. He's not dead, she told herself. He's sitting up in his bed, right next to you………Half naked……Ronny squeezed her eyes shut as her thoughts began to take a different turn and admonished herself for thinking such thoughts at a time like this. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt Tyzonn reach over and take her hand in his. She looked at him and was met with his gentle eyes staring back at her. "I'm glad you finally came to see me," he said. Ronny simply smiled again and nodded, not trusting herself to speak. Ronny nearly felt herself melt when she felt Tyzonn begin to rub his thumb along the back of her hand in small circles. She couldn't take her eyes off of his eyes as they began to have the same look they had had when she woke up that morning and thought she had been dreaming of being in his embrace. Tyzonn shifted slightly in his bed before bringing his other hand up and sweeping some of her loose hair back, tucking it behind her ear before letting his hand rest on the side of her neck. The feel of his hands on her was filling Ronny with a soft, pleasant sense of delirium, a feeling she didn't want to stop anytime soon. She simply sat there and watched as Tyzonn's eyes shifted from her eyes down to her lips, which she was currently nervously chewing on. The fingers on the side of her neck slowly began to message the soft flesh as he simply sat there, staring at her.

"Ty…" Ronny finally managed to say in a soft gasp; but whatever it was she was going to say, not that she had anything else to say, was cut off by Tyzonn leaning in and embracing her lips with his. Ronny's eyes drifted as she felt him softly kiss her, his lips gently suckling on her bottom lip. He let go of her hand and placed his now empty hand on her back and Ronny was more than happy to melt into his embrace as he pulled her closer to him. The two parted only for a nanosecond as Ronny wrapped her arms around his shoulders, placing her palms flat on the top of his back and kissing him back with all that she had inside of her. Tyzonn moved his hand from her neck and brought it up to her hair, scooping up the loose curls as he held her to him. Somehow, in the midst of their kissing, Ronny had ended up lying on the bed next to Tyzonn as he leaned over her, the two only stopping their kiss for mere seconds at a time to breathe. Ronny's hands left Tyzonn's back as they glided down his arms and down to his chest, until they finally found their resting spot on his waist, her hands lightly touching his bandage. She heard Tyzonn grunt gently and pull away from her. Ronny stared up at him as he bore a slight wincing expression as the two panted gently.

"What is it?" She said, her voice barely above a whisper. She swallowed gently as she tried to get her heart to stop jack hammering against her ribcage. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," he replied, shifting uncomfortably above her. "Just….a little sore," he said. Ronny blinked before understanding what he meant.

"Oh, oh man," she stammered worriedly as she sat up, making Tyzonn have to sit up. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" She said, her voice trailing off. She looked down at where his wound was and was relieved to see there was no new appearance of his blood on the white cotton material.

"It's all right," he assured her. He smiled as he put a finger under her chin, making her look up from his wound. "I'm all right. It was worth it," he replied. Ronny pursed her lips as her cheeks burned brighter than Mack's ranger uniform.

"Oh," she said, a smile breaking out on her lips. Tyzonn grinned and leaned in towards her, placing a soft kiss on her cheek, which only made her blush intensify. "I…..I should probably go and let you rest," she said as she went to get up from the bed. Tyzonn quickly caught her hand and pulled her back, making Ronny tumble back onto the bed and fall on top of him. He winced slightly at the strain it put on his though mostly healed, still not totally healed wound, but was careful to hide it from Ronny who gave a playful groan. "Ty, your wound," she protested.

"I don't care," he said, making Ronny look at him. "I want you to stay," he said. Ronny smiled before she nodded gently. She slowly shifted so she was now lying beside him on the bed instead of on top of him.

"Fine," she relented. "But behave yourself," she added playfully. "You don't need to aggravate your wounds anymore than you already have," she said. Tyzonn smiled and nodded. He wanted to go back to kissing her, but even he had to admit that what they had already done had taken some energy of out him. As long as Ronny was there beside him, he saw no cause for complain.

"Agreed," he said. He put an arm around her shoulders and tried to pull her closer to him. Ronny was hesitant at first, but gave in with a smile as she scooted closer to him and carefully laid her head on his chest. Tyzonn smiled. Oh yes, he could definitely settle for this, he thought to himself as he felt Ronny's loose curls tickle his chest. The two settled into a comfortable silence in their embrace, reveling in the moment.

"Ty?" Ronny said, finally breaking the silence.

"Hmm?" He replied, smiling as he felt her lay her free hand on his chest and trace small circles on his skin with her fingers.

"What was it like?" She asked. Tyzonn furrowed his brows in confusion.

"What was what like?" He asked.

"The other night………..When you….you know," she said, still feeling unsettled by the event itself to not be able to say the words.

"When I died?" He asked. The brief pause of the gentle caressing on his chest told him he had been right.

"Yeah," she said softly. Tyzonn looked up at the ceiling, relieved to see she had regained her comfort enough to resume her caressing.

"It was……….strange," he admitted. "When I was lying here, I could hear everything that was going on around me," he said. Ronny froze and lifted her head up, looking in his eyes.

"You heard everything?" She asked. She feared he had heard her saying she loved him. A part of her rationalized that given their recent activity, such a fear was unwarranted. But nevertheless, she still feared how he'd react. Besides, she figured, kissing doesn't necessarily mean he loved her back. Tyzonn could see the fear and worry etched on her face and gave her a warm smile, gently stroking her face with his free hand.

"Everything," he confirmed. "I heard what you said to Will, I heard you begging me to stay with you," he said. Ronny blushed as her own words were brought back to her. She quickly laid her head back down in an effort to hide her blush. "I felt…." Tyzonn continued. "I felt you kiss me," he said. Ronny's eyes widened slightly at that. She soon felt Tyzonn rub her back with the hand that was holding her close to him.

"And then?" Ronny asked, feeling there was more to the story. She felt Tyzonn's chest rise and fall as he sighed.

"And then……..I was home," he said.

"Home?" She asked.

"Well………what looked like my home," he amended. "I don't think I was transported back to my planet," he chuckled gently. "Everything was calm……..peaceful, and I saw my old friends," he said.

"Wow," Ronny said. "That sounds……nice." Was Tyzonn resentful of being torn away from his friends to come back to the world of the living, she wondered.

"It felt nice," Tyzonn said. "But," he began. Ronny tilted her head up to look at him.

"But?" She asked.

"As happy as I was to see them, and be with them again…………I knew this wasn't where I was supposed to be. I," he paused as he let his voice trail off, trying to find the right words to continue. "Hearing what you and the others had said…….Hearing you telling me to fight and feeling you kiss me……….I knew I had to fight…………….And," he paused again, looking down into Ronny's eyes. "My friends understood. They told me to go back…….go back to you," he said, the last coming out in a gentle whisper. Ronny felt tears collecting in her eyes as she heard him speak. "And then….the next thing I remembered was waking up next to you," he said.

"Ty, I-" Ronny stopped, her voice coming out in a squeak. Tyzonn tilted her face up a bit with his free hand and captured her lips in a gentle kiss. Once the kiss ended, he looked into her eyes.

"I love you too," he whispered against her lips. Ronny squeezed her eyes shut as her tears slid down her cheeks.

"Oh, Tyzonn," she sighed happily as she curled up closer to him, laying her head in the crook of his neck. Tyzonn held her to him, laying a small kiss on the side of her forehead. After her tears subsided, she slowly sat up, disentangling from his embrace. Tyzonn looked up at her as she gazed down at him lovingly. Tyzonn slowly sat up as well and cupped her face in his hand.

"I'd like to continue kissing you now," he said, smirking lightly. Ronny laughed as the two closed the distance between them and continued their heated kissing from before. After a few seconds, Tyzonn grunted and pulled away, cursing under his breath as he eyed his healing wound with enough venom, you'd think he was gazing upon one of the Fearcats.

"Is it your wound again?" Ronny asked. Tyzonn gave a sort of frustrated sigh and nodded. Ronny gently touched the hand that was lying on the bed, trying to show him that as long as he was there with her……alive……she didn't care.

"Mr. Hartford told me to stay in bed so I do not overexert myself…….How was I to know that sitting up would be considered as overexerting myself," he grumbled. Ronny giggled gently at his now somewhat pouting expression before dawning a wicked smile as an idea crossed her mind. Tyzonn caught this look in the corner of his eye and looked up, unsure if he should be unsettled by her smile. "What?" He asked. Ronny's smile slowly faded as she tilted her head innocently, putting a hand against her shoulder.

"Well, you can't overexert yourself," she began coyly. Tyzonn felt her pushing on his shoulder gently. "So, maybe you should lie back down and let me do all the work." Tyzonn wasn't exactly sure what she meant but was curious to find out. He let her push him back down on the bed and stared up at her from his prone position. Ronny tucked her hair behind her ear and shifted on the bed until she was kneeling right next to him. Tyzonn was a bit surprised as he watched her lift one of her legs and throw it across is thighs before pulling herself up until she was kneeling over him, her weight proportioned so some was resting on his thighs and some was resting on her knees that were firmly placed on the bed either side of him.

"This is……interesting," he said, his pleased yet surprised tone not being lost on Ronny. Ronny smiled as she slowly bent forward, placing her hands on the sides of his neck as her lips came closer and closer to his.

"Is this all right?" She asked, mere inches away from his. She was a little worried about putting pressure on his wound. Tyzonn grinned.

"This is perfect," he said. Ronny smiled again before embracing his lips with her own again. Tyzonn lifted his hands up and placed them on her waist as Ronny moved on top of him as the kiss became more and more heated and passionate with each passing second. The world around them seemed to disappear, leaving only the two of them losing themselves in one another.

"Hey, Tyzonn-……….Oh!" The surprised voice startled the pair as they quickly pulled apart to see Rose and Mack standing in the doorway. Tyzonn and Ronny stared at the two with wide eyes.

"Uh…..hey guys," Ronny said nervously as she slowly slid off of Tyzonn.

"Uh……wow……Ronny, this wasn't exactly what I had meant when I said you should uh……….keep Tyzonn's company…." Rose stammered, blushing madly at the scene before her and Mack. Ronny blushed furiously at that as Mack chuckled, the sound mirroring Rose's nervous discomfort.

"Uh……we………picked you up something at the mall," Mack said to Tyzonn. "But……..uh……..seeing as you're……….um……..busy, we'll just leave it here," he said, taking the bag out of Rose's hand and setting it down on the floor. "And uh……..leave you two alone to uh………." he nervously cleared his throat. "Right……uh, c'mon Rose," he mumbled quickly before grabbing the pink ranger's hand with one hand and the doorknob with his other. He pulled Rose out of the doorway and quickly shut the door.

"Oh my god," Ronny said, laughing gently as she ducked her head down, feeling utterly embarrassed.

"That was……..something else," Tyzonn chuckled. He looked over at Ronny. "Well, since they're gone," he said, letting the sentence hang. Ronny chuckled and shook her head good naturally at the blonde before resuming her position on top of him. Tyzonn grinned.

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Outside the room, Rose shook her head, feeling embarrassed about walking in on the two.

"I can't believe I said that," she said. Mack chuckled gently.

"Said what?" Came Dax's voice. The two looked up to see Dax and Will coming towards them.

"How's Tyzonn doing?" Will asked.

"Uh……..very well, I'd say," Mack said, scratching the back of his neck. "Ronny's in there with him," he said. Will and Dax took into account Rose's blushing face and were able to draw their own conclusions.

"Ohhhhhh," Dax said. "…….It's about time," the blue ranger chuckled.

"Come on," Will said. "Let's give the two lovebirds some privacy," he said as he ushered Dax away, expecting Rose and Mack to follow. Dax and Will disappeared around the corner of the hallway before Rose began to walk away as well. Mack quickly took her hand and stopped her mid-step. She turned to him and gave him a questioning look.

"Mack?" She asked.

"Come on," he said, leading her down the opposite end of the hallway. Rose, still confused as to what was going on, simply followed as Mack led her to his room. Mack came to a stop in front of the doorway to his room.

"What's going on?" She asked. Mack laughed gently.

"You know, for a genius you are pretty clueless," he said, looking down at her with warm eyes. Rose's eyes widened as she took a little offense to the remark.

"Hey-" her exclamation was cut short as Mack cupped her face in his hands and planted a small, chaste kiss on her lips. Rose stared up at him with a shocked expression. "Oh," was all she could say. Mack grinned.

"I guess you could say our friends gave me a little inspiration," he said. Rose smiled, nodding.

"Right," she said. Mack opened his door and let his pink companion enter first before he followed. As soon as he was close enough to her, he pulled her in her arms and kissed her, kicking the door shut with his foot. As the door slammed, on the other end of the hallway, Will leaned his head back around the corner, a smirk gracing the black ranger's features.

"It's about time," he said before walking away to join Dax in the rec room for a game of pool.

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