Over. That was all Kira could call it. Over. The battle was ended, the creatures dead in the street, the crowds still trying to make it to somewhere safe. She'd been shocked to see the enemy fall dead in the middle of the fight when the former Rangers had been making their way to Scorpina, not upset but definitely shocked. Calls had come across the communicators in the Lair to let them know that it had ended everywhere. Just as quickly as it had begun, it ended. Those that had stayed out of the fight, still on the ship had surrendered, merely asking for permission to leave Earth. The fight itself was over.

Yet, the word "over" didn't mean that there was nothing left to do. Overworked ambulances, police that didn't lay dead in the streets, firefighters were all out trying to deal with the damage left in the wake. Seth had let them know that the battle was over for them as well before hanging up. She didn't know everything, but pieces of some of their Zords were scattered throughout the city. She'd tried to make her way to them, but the police had blocked it off to normal citizens to keep the Power Rangers from getting swarmed. Unless she wanted to give away her identity, she wasn't able to check in on them physically.

The raptors had made their way to their partners during the fight, helping them to fight off the Tarantumen. She knew they'd be dead without the help. Yellow had a limp as he scuffled behind her and Blue had stayed behind with Black who wasn't getting up at the minute. Hayley could fix him, but there was little she could do at the moment. Yellow chirped and looked upward. She paused and glanced up as well, seeing something shine up there.

"Oh God." She jumped at the voice and Ethan looked embarrassed, but pointed over to a bloody corpse beside him. Through the golden armor, she recognized their now former enemy. Her sword was laying beside her, covered in blood along with the rest of her. There wasn't much else to link the corpse to the warrior. Her bones were smashed and Kira was guessing if they turned her over, various organs would hang out. Kira's heart seemed to stop. She looked around for Conner and then looked at Ethan. Both of them headed up the stairs quickly. They could hear their mentors on their heels.

She reached the top of the stairs and saw the rest. She was pretty sure that Conner wouldn't be able to sit that way if he was dead not to mention he was leaning into Red which came as a relief. The raptor was just quiet, not moving, leaving his head on top of Conner's.

The raptors tore into their prey, diving and kicking them back. Red's tail hit one of them so hard that it left a crack in the brick wall it landed against. Yellow and Blue worked together perfectly, allowing for both of their strengths to kick in. Black tore into the back of another. Kira started to use the opportunity to get to Conner, but another got in her way. "There's too many, Doctor O! We won't get to him!"

She never heard her teacher's answer. She did, however, see Red lift his head and look around. After a minute, he chirped loudly and took off in a different direction as fast as he could. They were left with the others to fight.

She'd been furious with him at the time, but now she understood. She headed over, petting Red as she did so and sitting across from her boyfriend. He didn't look up. She reached over and pulled him into a hug, not sure what else to do. He didn't push away, but he did little else. After a minute, he pulled her back to him. They stayed there for a minute or two before Ethan came over. "What happened?"

It was said gently, though it sounded so loud in spite of everything. Conner looked at him. "It's over."

"I know," Ethan assured him. "How?"

"I shoved her sword through her," he answered. The implications were unspoken. They all knew what he'd done. After a minute, Ethan nodded.

"Sounds good."

"Kat?" The pink Ranger moaned as the voice spoke, her head reeling. She glanced up through her good eye, the other being swollen shut, to see Adam looking at her. She reached up, taking his hand as he helped her up. He didn't look much better than her, though she was nearly certain that his back wasn't as scratched up as hers. "How is she?"

"If we can get her to a doctor, she'll live," Kat said honestly, looking down at Aisha. "I think."

Adam nodded, knowing they were going off the knowledge they'd gotten from years of Rangering rather than an actual medical background. "Rocky lost his arm."

Kat's head whipped around look at Adam. "I need to go check on him. Keep an eye on Aisha?"

Adam gave a quick nod, taking the girl from Kat. "I've got her," he promised, looking down at his old friend. When he thought Kat was gone, he leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Let's get you to a doctor. I promise, Aisha. We'll do this together."

Kat rushed over to Rocky who had managed to stop the bleeding. If Kat wanted to be honest, the Power had probably stopped the bleeding. He looked up at her, offering a weak smile. Tanya was sitting next to him, trying to keep him comfortable. "Hey Kat," he said. "I think we're done."

"You're definitely done," she answered. "How are you?"

"I'm not going to go into shock, if that's what you're worried about," he assured her. "It's just an arm. I have another."

She felt like yelling at him. She, instead, nearly collapsed to the ground and gave him the biggest hug she could manage. He reached up, giving her a half hug with his other arm. Neither said a word, nor did Tanya even when they pulled her into their hug a little roughly. They'd call in soon, after dropping Aisha and Rocky off at a hospital, but for now they just took the moment to rest and enjoy the fact they were still alive.

Andros glanced over his own team. He's have to worry about Kat's later. TJ was clutching Cassie, who may have still been conscious but was covered in streaks of blood. She's lost her morph in the middle of being thrown against some rubble. "Cassie?"

Cassie forced herself to look up and offered a strong, but tired smile in his direction. "I'll live."

Carlos held his arm and helped Ashley over to the others. Karone joined her brother from the other side, having chosen to be with her brother this time. She reached out to Cassie, checking her over while Zhane started ripping his own clothing for bandages. He gave a quick nod to Karone and the two worked together to bandage Cassie up. "They're deep," he whispered to Andros when he finished. "She's going to scar."

"At least she's alive," Karone hissed.

Andros didn't bother to get involved with the debate. He walked over to where TJ held her and looked her in the eye. "You're going to live, Cassie," he began and she nodded. He motioned to one of the more prominent cuts. "But…"

"The power might help me," she answered. Andros nodded.

"It might not," he warned her. She shrugged.

"Phantom won't care," she answered. "You won't care. And I don't give a damn what anyone else thinks."

Andros knew a lot of it was bluster, but that was how Cassie handled things. For now, he just nodded and pulled away, glancing over his other teammates to see how they were. "Hayley, Andros. We all survived, but Cassie is wounded. We lost contact with Kat's team a while ago…"

A horrified scream brought Carter and Leo out of their quiet conversation. They had already found Kendrix and Maya unconscious and concussed from a nearby explosion. They needed medical assistance, but Carter was certain they'd be alright. Mike, Kai, Kelsey, and Damon were staying with them. "Carter!"

Chad's voice forced Carter to rush quicker than he would have liked, having hurt his leg in the battle. It was healing, but he knew he shouldn't be pushing it. That said, the sobbing he heard forced him to ignore that as Ryan was holding Dana back, her hands slamming against his chest. Chad had his arms folded and looked helplessly at them. "Oh no," Carter whispered as he glanced at Captain Mitchell's bloodied corpse lying on the ground.

"A little help, Carter?" Ryan begged as he simultaneously tried to stop Dana from attacking him and tried to keep her away from her dead father. Carter rushed over and took Dana from him as Ryan held her from behind. The two of them managed to hold her as she sobbed, helping her to the ground when she finally ran out of adrenaline.

Leo glanced over at Chad. "Make sure they get to a hospital," he said softly. "I'll call in."

"Ryan says we'll have a memorial as soon as we can," Chad informed him, leaving Leo to make the call as he headed over to help his teammates. Carter gave him a quick nod. "Carter, we need to get to a hospital."

"There isn't…" he started before his leg reminded him that Chad wasn't meaning that for Captain Mitchell. He meant it for the rest of them. "Right. Dana, we need to go."

"We can't just…" she started. Ryan gently kissed the top of her head.

"I'll carry him," he promised. "We won't leave him here."

Carter started to help her when he heard a broken sob from behind him. He glanced back realized that with his sister taken care of, Ryan had broke as well. He headed back, still holding Dana and set an arm around the other man, staying near both siblings. He glanced back at Chad. "We'll be there as soon as we can," he told him. Chad nodded, turning to leave as Carter stayed with the siblings.

"Eric, if you don't stay down, I'm going to sic Taylor on you," Wes warned. He gently, but firmly used the arm that didn't ache to keep his partner down.

"She's busy with Cole," Eric reminded him. "She'll tell you to stop bothering her."

"Cole can't keep her attention forever," Wes said. "So stay down!"

"I'm fine," Eric grumbled, but finally did as Wes ordered. "How is he?"

"He's not bleeding anymore," Wes answered. "But there's nothing there. Just a socket."

"Did they find the eye?" Eric asked and Wes shook his head.

"We don't think it's in one piece anymore," he answered. "It's not bothering Cole. He's over there cheering that we won."

"Figures." Eric pushed himself up and looked at Wes. "You want your dad or Tommy?"

"Dad," Wes answered, moving a bit away for an easier call. Eric sighed, but did the same.

"How is he, Tori?" Cam asked as he looked over at Dustin. The younger man was clinging to the Blue Wind Ranger and breathing heavily. Shane was next to him, forcing air into his friend's lungs.

"He'll be okay, Cam. Is it dead?" She asked.

"I killed it before they all just died, Tori," he assured her. There was a slight darkness in his tone that Tori caught, but didn't mention it. They hadn't escaladed anything, but that had certainly been more in revenge than in survival.

"Good," she answered. "How are the students?"

"What students?" Cam asked, sounding far older and more tired than he had before. At her look, he shook his head. "We lost most of them, Tori. They were still learning. Hunter and Blake are checking for survivors."

Tori nodded. "Got it."

"I need to call Hayley," he said after a minute.

"We'll be here," she promised. "I've got it. Go."

"Thank you," he whispered and headed back toward his computer to call.

"Elsa?" Mercer's voice carried over the rubble to where she was lying. She moaned a bit as she tried to move. Fortunately, nothing felt broken. She heard a bit of movement near her as Sander came toward her, helping her to her feet.

"I'm fine," she assured him. "Nothing big landed on me."

"Good," he answered, sounding more than a little relieved. "Sander?"

"I'm fine, sir. As is Maribeth and Vince," he answered. "However, when you rebuild the house, you will require new kitchen utensils, sir."

"Thank you, Sander," he answered. "Elsa, can you call Hayley?"

"Of course," she answered. "Where's your communicator?"

"Under three feet of debris," he answered. "I'd prefer to get it later."

He needed to start asking Conner for more information. That was all that came to Trent's mind at first. He'd gotten several people clapping him on the shoulder and the term hero had been stated, but he didn't feel much like it right now. He felt horrified by those who hadn't made it. He wondered if his father and step-mother were okay. He wondered if Conner, Kira, and Ethan were alive. For the first time, in a long time, Trent looked at his communicator without it going off at him.

He pressed a couple of buttons and took a breath. "Hayley?"

"Trent?" Hayley's voice pierced through any more resistance that he had.

"Yeah, uh, is everyone…?" He started.

"We don't know," she answered. "We're still getting in reports."

"Oh, yeah. Okay," he answered. He paused for a minute before he said anything else. "Hayley? When you have a minute, can you bring me home?"

There was a slight pause on her end before she answered. "The moment we can, I'll transport you."

"Thanks, Hayley," he whispered and let his feels for the day catch up with him. He stayed where he was and waited.

After fifteen minutes of trying to convince Conner to go to the hospital to get a psychological evaluation, Tommy finally gave up and led the group back home. The raptors had managed to get Black onto the twins backs to get him home. Kira and Ethan were staying near their friend who was extremely quiet. Kim glanced over at her husband who gave a slight shrug in response.

"How bad is it?" Tommy asked as he headed into the semi-destroyed Lair. The computers were fortunately still at work and Hayley turned to him.

"Bad," she answered. "For the most part, it's just cuts and bruises, a few broken bones. Everyone is going to need bed rest. Eric broke five ribs and his leg, the other ankle is sprained. Cole lost his eye at some point, but he just seems happy enough that we won, so no one is bringing it up other than for medical attention. How he grew up might all have something to do with that. Trent is alive. He's coming home soon. Elsa and Mercer were fortunate enough to stay out of the battle until the very end. He'll have to rebuild the house, but they're fine. Ninja Storm nearly lost Dustin when one of the Tarantumen turned out to be more of a trap-door spider. He was moving underground and landed in the trap, fought, and then tried to move through the earth while injured. He nearly suffocated."

"Is he alright?" Kim asked and Hayley nodded.

"Tori and Shane were able to get it out," she answered. "Blake and Hunter were able to restart his heart. Along with Shane helping him breathe, he'll be fine. Over half their students are dead though," she said and paused. "Cassie was full-on attacked. Andros says that she's going to make it, but she was badly torn up. The Power concentrated on helping her live but she's going to be scarred. Kendrix and Maya were taken to a hospital soon after. They're still unconscious. Leo promised to call with any other details. He also wanted to let you know that Captain Mitchell is dead."

Kim and Tommy were both quiet for a minute after that. Kim finally looked at Hayley. "Dana, Ryan?"

"Dana especially was crying in the background," Hayley answered. "Ryan mentioned that they'd host a memorial service soon."

"Tell them we'll be there," Tommy said and Hayley nodded. He wasn't stupid. They were missing three more teams: Zack's, Kat's, and Seth's. "Do we…?"

"No word," she answered. "Andros mentioned that they weren't dead from what he knew, but they were separated in the fight. Considering that they have their own team's problems…"

"Got it," Tommy answered, trying not to be short about it.

"You sound worried." Tommy and Kim turned to look at Zack as he limped in with Dr. Manx on one side and Justin on the other. "Wes and Eric are going to have to have a recruitment party, but there are some of the Silver Guardians left and Mr. Collins' is still in business."

"Zack!" Kim said and rushed over, helping him to a seat. "Have you ever heard of calling?"

"Conner never does. Tommy never does," Zack answered with a slight smile. Kim shook her head at her childhood friend.

"That doesn't make it right! Conner's usually unconscious and Tommy's a Red," she answered. "You're a Black."

"Tommy was Black," Zack teased her. "And White and Green."

"Zack…" Kim answered, but she was still smiling. She turned to see Tommy checking over Justin while Hayley and Dr. Manx were quietly talking by the computer. "You're bringing home scientists now?"

Zack scowled. "Not by choice," he muttered. "But it stopped her from calling me a stubborn, idiotic… So I let her help me."

Justin grinned cheekily. "After a five minute argument!" He added. Zack gave him a look.

"Who asked you?" He demanded, looking put out. Tommy grinned over at him.

"Payback," Tommy informed him.

"Yeah, yeah."

Kim rolled her eyes at them both. Billy headed back down the stairs quietly, sitting down. "How are the kids, Billy?"

"Neen and Dante are quietly watching a movie. Kira, Ethan, and Conner are asleep in the spare bedroom. The raptors are stretched out across the room, other than Black," he answered, motioning to the offline raptor near the secret entrance. He left the answer there, knowing that Kim knew the rest of the answer. "I see Zack and Justin made it back."

"Yep. Zack's even making new friends," Kim answered.

"Drop it, Kim," Zack muttered. Kim just grinned and winked at Billy who coughed to hide his own chuckles. The mood shifted as the communicator turned on. Kat was heading it. Adam was looking over her shoulder with a slight nod.

"Kat, Adam!" Kim said happily before taking in the sight. "Who…?"

"Rocky and Aisha," Kat answered. At the start of Kim's tears, Kat quickly continued. "They're not dead. They just needed medical attention."

"Rocky lost his arm," Adam said seriously. "We're still not sure how it happened, but it's missing. The power managed to cauterize it."

Kim nodded, not sure what else to say. After a minute, she finally managed to squeak out: "Aisha?"

"She was thrown around badly, Kim," Kat answered. "We tried to fight them off of her, but it damaged her spinal cord. They don't know how badly yet, but…"

Kat's voice broke a bit and while Adam's started to shake, he finished it for her. "She's paralyzed."

"Oh God," Kim muttered and Tommy put an arm around her. She looked back up at Adam. "But they'll…"

"They'll live," Adam assured her. "And the rest of us are fine. We'll be home as soon as we can."

"Thanks, guys," Tommy said and, with a nod, they exited out. It was silent after that until Tommy tried to reach Seth and the others again to no avail. He shook his head to Kim and looked at Billy who looked as tired at he felt. They sat down, working together to try to find them.

The teens had woken up, quietly helping the adults with the search. Unfortunately, either they couldn't be found or were actively hiding. Both were possibilities. Thus, they weren't expecting it when a red helmet crashed against the wall, causing everyone to look over quickly. Seth limped back into the room, holding his leg and being supported by Jera. His wrist was pulsing, the sphere a bright red, but the communication part of it was obviously broken. A quick glance to Jera's showed the same.

Kira rushed over to help Jera while Ethan headed toward Seth, who pushed him away. He glared at them both, then at Conner and finally at Tommy and Kim as he walked over and took off his morpher. "It's over."

Tommy was ready to ask him about it when he heard Kim gasp. Tears were running down Ben's face as he carried Tara's limp and very broken body down the stairs. They all moved out of the way as he headed over to Tommy, gently setting the shattered remains of Tara's sphere into his hand. The elder man's hand clenched around it and he turned away from the others.

"It's not your fault," Ben offered softly. Everyone turned to look at him. Seth looked ready to protest, but Jera shot him a quick look. Ben continued. "She loved being a Ranger. Nothing made her happier or prouder."

"She was a damn good one," Tommy whispered.

Author's Note: Sorry it took me a little while. This was a hard chapter to write. I knew what I wanted to have happen, but it was still hard. The next chapter will be the end of this story. So, I hope you enjoy! Also, the two poems from the last story were The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson and "The St. Crispen's Day Speech" from Shakespeare's Henry V. I forgot to give credit last time and I apologize.