DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the plot and the character of Meredith and any originals I forgot to mention.
We teleported back to Power Chamber and celebrated the defeat of the Machine Empire and the safety of Earth. We celebrated before leaving to enjoy a day at the beach.
Rocky, Tommy and I spotted Jason sitting under a tree in the park. The guys started walking toward him, but I held up my hand. "Let me talk to him," I said.
Tommy and Rocky agreed and went to the group playing Frisbee.
I sat down next to Jason. I nudged him with my shoulder, which caused him to smile.
"How are you doing," I asked.
"I've been better. I didn't think it was going to bother me this much. I mean, when I gave up my powers the first time, it wasn't like this," he said.
"You were going to the Peace Conference. You had something to look forward to then. Now you're afraid you won't have anything to look for because you don't have anything waiting. But listen, once a ranger, always a ranger, right? Besides, you help us so much in defeating the machine empire and now you can live a normal life again. You're always going to have me and Tommy as your friends. The rest of the rangers, too, so don't worry," I said.
I noticed Emily walking down the beach, alone. I kissed Jason's cheek and told him, "there's a girl down there that might like to spend some time with you, now that you're not rushing off to save the world. Go have a smoothie with her or something. Get out there and live. I love you, but you need to go on. We will always be there for you, no matter what," I said.
Jason gave me a hug and stood up. He took off toward Emily and they walked along the beach. I noticed Jason took her hand as they left and I smiled.
Rocky sat down next to me on the grass.
"He going to be OK," he asked.
"Yep. One thing about Jason Scott, he won't stay down long," I said, smiling at my boyfriend.
Rocky helped me up from the grass and we joined the others playing Frisbee.
We had saved the world, again. Too bad no one but those of us involved would ever know. I enjoyed this day with my friends and wondered if we would have more days like this. It was nice to not worry about attacks from Cogs, Tengas or Putties. It was nice to be teenagers again. I hoped it wasn't the calm before the storm.
Unfortunately, I was right in the middle of the eye of the hurricane. We all were.
***Hope you liked it. I'm going to write a third one that revolves around turbo so we can find out what happens to these guys in my universe. Gotta love it! *** -mereditholiver