Dean held the door open for Dawn as they stepped inside a fancy restaurant. The host recognized Dean immediately and led the couple to Dean's usual table.

Dean took Dawn's coat and pulled out her chair for her. Dawn blushed, taking her seat. She wasn't used to being treated so kindly by anyone. Dean hung up her jacket before sitting down. He went to order his usual wine when Dawn put up her hand.

"I'm only nineteen," she told the host. He nodded.

"I'll prepare something special for the lady," he said, "Virgin, of course."

As he left, Dean smiled to Dawn, "So, how do you like it?"

Dawn looked around in awe, "I would have been fine with McDonald's," she whispered, "This is over the top..."

"It's my favourite place to come when Emily's at her grandparent's house," Dean nodded, "The staff is a little stuck up sometimes, but when you come here as often as I do they loosen up."

Dean grabbed his menu. He already knew what he was going to order, but he found it necessary for the date. As he scanned over the foods he spoke.

"So, how are things going with the family?" he asked, "Last I heard there was a crisis."

"Crisis averted," Dawn laughed, "Apparently it was all a misunderstanding."

"Good to know," Dean smiled, "Can I ask what it was about?"

"Porn," Dawn nodded, and a few heads turned towards her. She glared at the others listening to her conversation before she turned back to Dean, "Like I said, it was all a misunderstanding."

Dean smiled, leaning back in his chair. He set his menu down as the waiter came over with the drinks. When he left, Dawn looked up.

"What about your family?" she asked, "I only know Emily."

"Well, my parents survived the evacuations," Dean started, "They live a few streets down and drop by all the time to help with Emily. It was great when she was little, but she's going to hit that age soon where family's the last thing on her mind."

"They grow up way too fast," Dawn nodded, remembering her conversation with Elena about whores, "One minute they're singing the alphabet and getting it all wrong, the next their giving you a lesson in S-E-X."

Dean frowned, "I don't want to know."

"Any other family members I should know about?" Dawn asked, taking a sip of her drink. She didn't know what it was, but it was definitely fruity. She made a mental note to ask Flynn if he could recreate it.

"I am a twin," Dean smiled, "But he's dead..."

"Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked, interrupting the conversation. Dean smiled at Dawn as she placed her menu down. She nodded to him and they placed their order.

-----Afterlife-----

Hayden huffed as she sat down in the garage, glaring at Daniela. The red head was back to working on cars and engines instead of in the kitchen, while Flynn sorted through the paperwork.

Flynn put his papers down and smiled at his wife, "What's wrong?"

"They cancelled," Hayden muttered, "Dawn's already cancelled, and now Dani and Greg have cancelled."

"Cancelled what?" Flynn asked. Hayden growled.

"You forgot, didn't you?"

"No," Flynn said. Hayden crossed her arms over her chest, turning her glare to Flynn. He gulped, "What is it I didn't forget?"

"My birthday," Hayden stated. "Now it's just going to be you, me, Sam and Scott!"

"We could invite your parents and my dad," Flynn shrugged. Hayden shook her head.

"No, last time my mom and your dad met up, there was a war on accents," she said.

"Apparently your mother can do a mean Irish accent."

"My mom has many talents," Hayden nodded.

"AH!" Dani shouted, rolling out from under the car. She jumped up to her feet and ran to a corner to hide. Hayden and Flynn glanced over at her.

Dani pointed to the car, "It has eyes."

Flynn sighed heavily, shaking his head as he approached the car, "It doesn't have eyes, Dani. You're seeing things."

"The perfume must have gone to your head," Hayden added, "I warned you about that shit, remember?"

"KILL IT!" Dani screamed.

Flynn rolled under the car, expecting to find nothing. However, when he looked up, he saw two eyes glaring back at him. He laughed nervously, reaching out.

"Karly, that's not funny..."

"Karly's at my parent's place," Hayden called.

Flynn gulped, "Braveheart?"

Daniela shook her head, "He's at the groomers, remember?"

Flynn rolled out slowly. His face was white as a sheet. He went to the corner Daniela was hiding in, and curled up in a ball.

Suddenly, a paw reached out from under the car and claws sprung out of it, grabbing the floor. Another paw jumped out, doing the same, before a body was pulled out.

It was one of the most horrific things the mechanics had ever seen. It looked like an overgrown naked rat. Its skin was a terrible mix between green and orange while various blue patches of fur spouted on its back and around its neck. The tail came out slowly, measuring close to three feet by the time anyone could see the tip.

The large rat opened its eyes and one fell out of its socket, rolling over to Dani. She screamed, jumping into Flynn's arms. The rat looked around before opening its mouth, exposing its cracked front teeth.

It was big enough to be a cat, and definitely not in the mood for socialising with the humans around it.

Hayden couldn't see the creature from where she stood. She rolled her eyes at her fearful husband and cousin as she walked around the counter. Flynn dropped Dani, holding up a hand.

"Hayden, stay back."

Hayden frowned, "C'mon, how bad can it be?"

She moved in closer before the tail whipped around the side of the car. She caught a quick glance at it and her smile dropped.

"What the hell is it?"

"Hideous!" Dani shouted, picking herself up and running to the counter. In a single leap she made it up. Hayden did the same, hoping the creature didn't know how to climb.

Flynn grabbed a wrench, keeping himself armed as he moved closer to the rat.

"I don't want to hurt you..." he started, "I just want to..."

He slammed the wrench down on the rat's head. The rat cowered back under the car for a moment before jumping back out and hissing loudly. Flynn dropped the wrench and joined the girls on the table.

There was very little room, and any sudden movements would cause someone to fall. Because they were all shaking in fear, Hayden knew someone was going to fall soon, and she didn't want it to be her.

"You cancelled on my birthday for Dawn, you and Greg," she shouted, shoving Dani off the counter and feeding her to the rat, giving herself and Flynn enough time to take off, "You die first!"

Dani landed on her back as the rat hobbled over to her. Her eyes were wide in horror as she waited for it to begin eating her.

Hayden and Flynn watched from the front door, waiting to see if anything would happen to Dani. The rat sniffed her before opening his mouth.

Dani bolted up, taking off out the door before Flynn and Hayden. The exchanged looks before doing the same.

To be sure the rat was trapped inside, Flynn looked up the garage.

"You little traitors!" Dani shouted from up a tree when Hayden and Flynn ran under it. They stopped and looked up at her.

"It was you, me, or my husband," Hayden shrugged as Dani jumped down.

"You can't die!"

"Oh, yeah," Hayden chuckled, "Sorry."

-----Afterlife-----

"... So then, Shawn grabbed my boxers and waved them around the bar," Dean smiled, recounting his life to Dawn. He didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but around her he felt at ease. The only other time he felt comfortable around someone so quickly was when he first started dating his late wife. "I turned so red when he called the dirt stain a skid mark."

Dawn swallowed her drink, trying not to spit it out. Already the other customers were finding their conversation rude (Dawn thought it was rude that they were listening), she didn't need them glaring at her for poor table manners as well.

"What did you do?"

"I bought him a beer," Dean shrugged. Dawn rolled her eyes; she should have seen that coming.

"Naturally," she laughed, "A friend publicly embarrasses you when he's supposed to be a wingman, and you buy him his next round of beers."

"Of course," Dean nodded, finishing off his drink. "So what about you? Any funny stories from your past?"

"Aside from stories involving hippos, spit-balls, an angry red head and my younger cousin, not really."

"Oh, come on, everyone has a funny story to tell," Dean insisted as the waiter returned with his card. He stuffed it back in his wallet and got up. Dawn followed when suddenly Dean placed the jacket over her shoulders. She shook her head.

"My past is more, I hate you, you hate me," she said. "As you can probably tell, I'm not really a people person."

Dean shrugged, "You were fine today, and if you can stand your ground around these snobs, you can deal with people. What's the worst thing you've done?"

Dawn had to hold back her laughter. There was a long list of 'worst things' she could tell him. Hell, she could go over to Corinth High and teach kids about her history for a semester, and she still wouldn't have covered it.

Dean noticed her hesitation to answer and decided to play fair. He went first.

"I yelled at Emily once because she dropped a bucket of water and spilled it all over our new carpet," he said. "This was after the evacuations, and she was still getting used to life with one arm. I asked her to get a bucket of fresh water so I could do some cleaning. I was stressed out because of the Venjix and losing my wife and Emily's injury... I took it out on her."

Dawn looked up at him in horror. He just sighed sadly.

"I'll never forget the look she gave me while I was yelling. I still haven't forgiven myself for doing it."

"We all make mistakes," Dawn assured him, "You can't be understanding and perfect 24/7."

"I'm her father though," Dean said, "I should have had more patience than that. She was just a child, trying to cope with a lot more problems than she ever should have faced."

Dawn took his hand gently and squeezed it, "You've learned from it. She's moved on."

"I don't think she has," Dean sighed, "Every time she can't do something because of her handicap, she gives up. She never asks me for help anymore. When she spills the milk or breaks the cup, she tries to clean it up before I see it. And she gets frustrated..."

"That's why I'm here," Dawn smiled, "I'll help you and her figure this out."

"I just wish there was something I could do," Dean sighed, "Or that there was a way to give her back what she's lost."

Dean quickly turned to Dawn, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm not just out in the dating world to find her a mommy and that's it... I really do like you... it's just... you know."

Dawn nodded, "I do. And I think I've got her solution."

Dean furrowed his brow, "You... you do?"

"Yep, c'mon, I know a guy who can make anything."

Dawn was about to take off when Dean grabbed her. He pulled her back.

"Slow down," he said, "Why don't you tell us at our appointment tomorrow? Think you can fit us in for a half hour visit?"

Dawn frowned, "I don't know. I've been pretty booked up lately. Between Elena coming over to visit and Dani zooming through..."

Dean rolled his eyes. Dawn looked up and laughed, "I'll be waiting. Four o'clock?"

"Perfect," Dean nodded. He held Dawn close as they continued their walk back home, "So, Dawn, what the worst thing you've ever done."

"Does fooling my best friend's boyfriend to sleeping with me and purposely trying to break them up count as one of the worsts?" Dawn said, biting her lower lip.

"Well, it's not good," Dean frowned, "Really? You did that?"

"I told you, I'm not a people person," Dawn laughed, "There's only three things I like in this world, my mother, my uncle and my bed. I just deal with the rest."

Dean shook his head, "You really are unique, aren't you?"

"At least I'm human," Dawn whispered so Dean couldn't hear her.

-----Afterlife-----

"You don't get it. It was huge, it was colourful, and it was going to eat my head!" Dani shouted to Colonel Truman and Kaylee. The three of them, as well as Hayden, Flynn and Vasquez were in the new Command Center. After their encounter with the rat, the three former Rangers knew they needed to report it to the authorities.

Colonel Truman glanced at Kaylee, "She's your niece. I don't know what to do."

Kaylee rubbed her temples, "I'm going to ask you again; are you sure you turned off the engine?"

"I didn't breathe in toxic fumes again!" Dani frowned, "If I did, I wouldn't be seeing ugly! I would be in the hospital!"

"And I wouldn't have seen it as well," Hayden nodded, "It was definitely real."

"Aren't you guys former Rangers?" Vasquez asked, "You're trying to tell us the Power Rangers are running away from a rat?"

"It was a scary rat," Flynn added.

"I could understand a fear of rats," Kaylee said remembering her days back at JKP when she met Maurice, "but a rat the size of a cat, with all the colours of the rainbow?"

Colonel and Vasquez glanced over to Kaylee when the three Rangers didn't back down from their statement and gave her a nod. She groaned loudly.

"C'mon, I'll go check out this big scary monster," she said, leading the way back to the garage.

"We're going back?" Dani whimpered. Flynn and Hayden grabbed her arms and pulled her along.

"Even after you kids move out, you still need me to chase away the boogeyman," Kaylee sighed.