Epilogue
Sky was happy.
It didn't happen too often and when it did he rarely showed anyone, but he was happy.
He finally had everything he wanted.
Really this time.
He and Sydney were together now as husband and wife, their anniversary approaching two years.
They lived in their own house on the outskirts of New Tech.
Sky still worked at SPD, not as red ranger but as a teacher. He taught the new generations of cadets the art of piloting.
Cruger was obviously not happy when he found out two of his best cadets had broken a class one offence of the SPD handbook but after a stern talking too to both Sky and Sydney, he agreed that their past records showed outstanding behavior in the past and he would let the offence slide with only minor punishment.
Sky was demoted but easily gained back his rank within the year.
Sydney was once again offered a position within SPD and this time, after much consideration, she agreed.
She now teaches part time as an instructor in the art of stealth and surveillance.
The rest of her time is spent as a mother, to her and Sky's beautiful daughter, Gabriella Renée Tate.
Ella for short.
Ella was her mother in every way. She had her luscious blond curls, an oval face and bright blue pools of blue eyes.
But even with her mothers looks, Syd never forgot to remind Sky that Ella had all his mannerisms.
She liked things to be in order, even at the age of three.
Her room was always spotless, and Sydney had even caught her organizing their DVD collection a few times.
She had Sky's pout as well.
When ever something doesn't go as she plans, she scrunches up her nose just so that Sydney swears she's an exact replica of Sky.
Ella had a certain weakness, however, that she definitely attained from her mother.
She had her mother's love of all things having to do with fashion, including makeup.
At the age of three Ella never left the house without a shade of lipgloss on.
Her preschool teachers even expressed concerns at how much she reapplied during storytime.
Sky and Sydney didn't let her wear any other kinds of makeup at such a young age but on certain occasions Ella could convince her mother to give her a makeover before bedtime (it didn't take a lot of arm twisting as you can probably imagine.)
And that's how Sky found them after coming home from a long day at SPD.
They were in Syd and Sky's room with Ella sitting on the stool of Syd's vanity table.
Syd was very carefully applying some colorful shade to his daughter's eyes.
He personally didn't approve of letting his daughter wear makeup at such a young age. He thought it would teach her that the entire world was all about material things and how you looked.
But then he saw Ella's face and how it lit up at seeing herself in the mirror and all past thoughts went out the window.
Syd turned out just fine, didn't she?
Ella was sitting perfectly still as Sydney put on the finishing touches on her eyes.
When Syd had finshed Ella turned around and smiled the same smile that Syd had used that had first attracted Sky to her.
It was then that Ella realized that her father was standing in the doorway.
"Daddy!" She quickly raced over to him and was swept into his open arms. "Daddy, daddy, don't I look pretty?"
"Ella, I think you're the prettiest little girl I've ever seen."
She giggled and he set her down.
"Now go get yourself ready for bed and I'll come in and tuck you in."
"Okay, night mommy!"
Sky and Sydney both chuckled as their child scampered off to her room.
Sky stared at his wife from across the room. He slowly walked over to her and then wrapped his arms around her slim waist.
"I love coming home to this."
Sydney smiled.
"I love that you can come home to me."
It was then that Sky kissed her.
He still believed that happy endings were only in fairytales. But his ending was as close as you could get.
The End
And the saga comes to an end. I would like to thank all my reviewers but most especially CathyD and Yellow Power, thanks so much for sticking with me! You all are amazing! Until next time…