So here it is at last. I hope you all enjoy the epilogue. I wasn't sure how to end this little V-Day fic, so it took me a bit longer.

This chapter was inspired by Rascal Flat's 'Won't Let Go'.

Once again, I don't own Power Rangers, they are the property of Saban Brands. The only things I own are the plot and the OC's

Special thanks to Mertmidnightangel for once again, using her amazing red pen to clean up my errors.

See you all at the bottom!

May 2008

It was a nice cool morning. There were about 20 other vehicles besides the red Ford 4x4 in the parking lot of Angel Grove Elementary. It was about 10:00 in the morning and the kids were all hunched over in the bed of the truck eating their breakfast.

"Hey, there's Uncle Adam!" Rocky and Aisha's son Stryder exclaimed from his spot on the wheel well. He had mocha skin with dark brown eyes and shaggy black hair. He had just turned 12 the month before and the beginnings of a teenager's attitude were starting to show.

Rocky looked up from his breakfast croissant as Adam's black SUV pulled up next to him. He took a big swallow of his soda and then put the wrapper in the plastic bag they'd brought with them.

He and Aisha had been pleasantly surprised when they found out they were expecting. They'd only been back from their honeymoon for a month before Aisha had told him the news. Of course there had been some nervous moments, but just like at the wedding, Tommy and Kim were there to help them out.

It had been a long 9 months and they had spent the whole time debating on names. Once they found out they'd be having a son, they'd started pouring over the baby names book, but nothing sounded right.

Then one night, while watching one of their Lord Of The Rings DVDs, Rocky, in a playful mood, said, "We could always call him Strider...the ranger from the north." He'd turn to look at her, and found that Aisha was pondering it thoughtfully. "I was kidding 'Ish."

Aisha had smiled down at her swollen belly and grinned. "How do you like the name Strider?" The baby had kicked immediately against her hand and that had settled it.

The nurse had given them a strange look when they'd told her the baby's name. But the OBGYN had laughed softly. "That's a very unique name. I'm guessing that you're big fans of the movie?"

Rocky watched as Aisha nursed their son and grinned. "Yeah, you could say that. It's a very strong name. And our son's gonna be just as strong."

And their son had made them both very proud when he lived up to the name. When he was older and had found out what his name meant, he suddenly took to it with gusto, growing his hair out and wearing a lot more black. They'd hardly been surprised when a year later, he'd asked for sword fighting lessons. Thankfully, they hadn't had to look very far. Master Koda (whose daughters took a self defense class) had been a fight master for many years and was part of a Renaissance Troupe. He'd been thrilled to have an apprentice as his daughters had yet to show any real interest. That had been two years ago now and he was flourishing.

Rocky's trip down Memory Lane was interrupted by the low whine of a mini motor as Adam operated the wheelchair lift on the side of the modified vehicle. Adam and Tanya had been very worried when their son reached his first birthday and had yet to even attempt standing up on his own. That's not to say that they'd hadn't tried to coax it out of him by holding his hands when he was standing on his legs, but the moment they had let go, Tyler fell down. Finally, Adam and Tanya took him to a pediatrician friend to be examined.

After an x-ray and a CAT scan, it had been determined that, given the obvious drug habits of his birth mother, the muscles in his legs had never fully developed. They'd carried him around as long as they could, but then, around his 5th year of life, they'd broken down and bought him a wheelchair.

That was the first of many changes for the Park family.

They'd had to sell their house and live at the Oliver cabin where Tommy and Kim had first started out, and then they ended up having to buy a lot and build on it to make it fit their family. They now lived in a one story condo-style house with a very open floor plan.

That had been only the first change that had been made. Now, almost 7 years later, their children, all of them, were going on class trip to a sleep away camp for a week.

Aisha was fit to be tied at first. That little revelation had opened up old wounds, bringing up that incident so many years before to the forefront of her mind. That had led to their first obstacle in many years. Rocky had tried to make love to his wife to help her release her tension, but in the middle of it, she'd had a flashback. It had been very frustrating for both of them. After a week of Aisha avoiding his attempts to coax her back into their bed, he'd had enough.

It all came to a head soon after.

Aisha had been folding clothes in their bedroom when Rocky had come into the room, shut the door, and locked it. Just before that, he'd called Adam and asked him to watch Stryder. A sleepover had been arranged at the Park's house much to both boy's delight.

They were alone now.

Aisha looked up at him as she put the last of the folded t-shirts in the basket. She looked nervous as he approached, though she tried to cover it up with a smile. "Hey Ape-boy. What's up?"

Rocky took a deep breath. His wife looked so sexy right now. "I want us to drop everything and talk." When Aisha tried to avoid looking at him, he gently lifted her chin so that their eyes met. "Ish, we've gone more than a week now without any intimacy. It's been hell for both us. I know you're just as hungry for me as I am for you. Adam and I took down that bastard all those years ago, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna let him haunt our bedroom now."

Aisha looked at Rocky as tears started to trickle down her cheeks, Rocky wiping them away with the pad of his thumb, said, "I know the flashbacks scared you, but he's long gone and I'm never ever gonna leave you. I made that vow to be yours beyond my soul leaving the earth and I meant every word of it, Aisha De Santos.".

She'd sobbed brokenly in his arms then, and he held her for many minutes and let her cry everything out. When she'd fallen silent, he lifted her lips to his and kissed her breathless, pouring everything he had in him, once again murdering every memory of that bastard.

He'd made love to her very tenderly, slowly. And after she'd climaxed, something primal in her snapped and she'd all but devoured him.

He was very glad that the house was empty that day, because neither of them came out till dinnertime. Aisha's plans for making a chicken fried steak dinner had gone down the drain, and they'd only had left over pizza to eat. Rocky looked over at his wife who was sitting on the edge of the tailgate talking with Tanya.

They were all here now; Jason and Trini's twins Lily and Rose were just finishing up their breakfast. Terra and TJ were just starting to pick up the remnants of their own mini feast just as the two buses pulled into the parking lot.

That had been another battle in itself. The principal had shot down his request again and again to include a short bus so that Tyler could ride with his friends, saying that it would be a waste of the schools funds to spend money on an extra bus 'just for one student'. Adam had been relentless, saying that it was also so that the kids wouldn't be so quick to single out the 'cripple' boy like they had the year before. But the principal had refused. So Adam and the rest of them had pooled their money to rent a wheel-chair bus and found a bus driver that was looking to make some extra money. Thankfully, the principal had shut up after that.

Rocky scooted forward to sit next to Aisha as she talked to their son.

"Stryder, do you have the necklace your Uncle Billy gave you?"

"Mom!" Stryder protested, stuffing both of his hands into the little pouch on the front of his black hoodie. "It's not a necklace, it's a pendant! Necklaces are for girls!"

Rocky bit his lip trying to hide the smirk. The 'pendant' was a device much like their communicators in that pushing the button would link him to his dad immediately in case something bad should happen. Billy had constructed it just last week. That pendant, which looked like a dragon grasping a marble, was what had helped change Aisha's mind into letting her son go to camp with the others...that and extracting a serious oath that he would never ever take it off, not even to shower.

"Sorry, sorry, the pendant. Don't forget your promise...if I find out you took it off..." It was time to step in. "'Ish, he won't take it off, and the other kids have theirs on too. Nothing will happen to him that we won't know about. Right, son?"

Stryder looked relieved. "No dad, I won't take it off. I'll swim in it, sleep in it and even shower in it. Can I go now?"

Rocky looked up seeing that Tyler was already being lifted on to the bus by the ramp. The other ranger kids, except for TJ who was making his way over to them again, were already climbing onto the bus, trailing their colorful duffle bags behind them.

TJ was standing in front of them now, waiting respectfully for the conversation to end.

"Yeah, son, go have fun. Be safe and stick with your friends! "

Stryder turned to walk away but then turned back and kissed his mom's cheek and her swollen stomach, where his baby brother was already into his 6th month. "Bye, baby brother! I'll be back in a week!"

After fist bumping with his dad, Stryder and TJ walked over to the bus and climbed on. Two minutes later, it followed the bigger bus out of the parking lot.

Aisha sighed heavily when the buses were gone. Rocky was quick to fold her into his arms and kiss her again. "It's okay 'Ish. We've done everything we can to ensure their safety. Miss Toff assured us over and over that all of the employees and volunteers underwent background checks, drug screening and even psychiatric evaluations. They'll be fine."

His wife sighed against him and nodded. "Yeah, I know. Let's just get out of here. We've got a busy day ahead of us."

Rocky kissed her again as Zack walked up to them with his daughter Kiara holding onto him. She was spunky little 5 year old and had taken after him in many ways, dance high among them. Thankfully, her mom's bitch attitude wasn't part of the picture. The birth mom had been pissed that Zack had knocked her up, potentially destroying her hourglass figure. She'd been ready to go abort the baby herself, but Zack had acted quickly, knowing that his friends would back him up. The twit had been a first class drama queen and by the time his daughter was born all the girls had been ready to kick her ass. Lucky for her, she was gone not long after.

Zack had been heartbroken when the girl he thought he loved showed her true colors. But the sweet innocent angel soon filled his heart with so much joy that his pain was soon forgotten. Today was her first day in the kids class at Angel Grove Dojo. Though she'd been learning tumbling and beginning katas since she was three, this was her first official lesson and her sweet chocolate eyes were sparkling with excitement.

"Daddy, can we go yet!" She said around the straw in her juice box.

Zack grinned and looked at his watch. "Yep, it's about time to head over. Kat and that new teacher should be opening up for business pretty soon. What was her name again?"

"Skylar. Her parents were hippies, but she's a fantastic dancer and right up your alley," Kimberly said, hiding her smile in her baby's hair.

"Wait, hold on. Don't tell me you hired her just to-"

Tommy chuckled. "No, I'd never let my wife do that. She's just there to teach the toddlers tumbling and to help out in the office. The fact that she's a retired dancer is pure coincidence."

"Yeah, I'm sure." Zack knew what was happening. The girls were playing cupid with him, the only unmarried ranger. But he'd never cancel the lessons now. He was loyal to a fault, and his daughter was so excited to start her classes.

"Skylar's a pretty name!" Kiara said, having finished her juice. "Let's go already!"

Zack rolled his eyes and then headed back to his blue corvette while Aisha grinned at Kimberly in a conspiratorial manner. Zack didn't stand a chance!

The End