Chapter Twenty-One: Journey Two Part One
Note 1: I'll not make you do the math. Fire Squad's test took about three hours. I'm trying to get the math right for you.
Note 2: This story is getting little interest so I will hurry and end it for you. However I will write at the best of my ability so those who do read it will enjoy it. Yellow Power I know you've been busy lately but you and GrumpyK have been my two biggest supporters, thank you. Lavonne thank you to you, as well as Chan and Chelsea. To other reviewers, thank you as well.
Destany ran into Dulcea's quarters and ran to her father's side. Destany knew in her heart her father would be fine but she was still scared. After losing her mother every little thing her father did worried her. Perhaps after this he would consider retirement. Kim and Max walked over to her sides while Tommy put his hands gently on her shoulders. "D he'll be alright baby. He's been through worse, he'll make it." Max told her in a soft voice. "I know, but I'm still scared. After what happened to mommy…" Before she could finish she leaned over and began to cry into Max's White Ninjetti Gi. "Shhhh…shhh… it will be okay." He whispered to her and rocked her back and forth in his arms and rubbed circles on her back to try to relieve the tension as she cried. Tommy grabbed Kim's hand as the Oliver family and Hayley left the three alone. "They are so in love." Kim told Tommy as they walked outside. "I know, love at first sight, just like us." Tommy told her as he took her in his arms and led her to a secluded part of the cliffs away from the others. Little did any of them realize that during their attempts to consol Destany that the glow around the general had once again turned green.
Meanwhile Miranda and Dulcea were talking on some rocks. "Miranda I'm glad you're back. Not a day went by I didn't think of you and your father." Dulcea told her daughter. She couldn't help but notice she was looking into her own green eyes when she looked at Miranda. "Mommy I need to ask you something." Miranda told her looking down. Dulcea felt her heart sink as she pondered what questions she could ask. 'Why did she send her away?, Why didn't she come after them?, Why wasn't she there for her daughter all those years?' But the actual question was none of those. "Mommy I have a mate I want to go with us. We haven't had intercourse but he and I have a date for tonight I had to cancel. We have been intimate on some levels but with Syd and Sky having a child we decided B-Squad doesn't need anymore kids yet. Can he come?" Miranda had caught her mother off guard, but Dulcea put on a smile and answered her. "Yes dear. But what did you two do" Dulcea asked with a naughty smile. "You're no better than Aunt Kim or Aunt Aisha." Miranda's words made Dulcea chuckle. "I gave him oral mommy." She told her mother half embarrassed and half annoyed. "I guess you have supported a man." Dulcea chirped. "Mommy!" Miranda whined. Totally out of her character but she had a lot of bonding to make up for. "He can come Manda. You know this means you will be bonded for life don't you?" Dulcea asked in all seriousness. "Yes mommy I do. Besides I think we will need five for the zords Uncle Joe is giving us." Miranda said confidently. "Very well, I will have Ninjor go get him and I will let you help retrieve his spirit." The last comment caught Miranda off guard. "You will be fine. You will only be guiding him to his spirit. Since you have a spiritual connection you will not need any of that dribble Ninjor and I use either." This made them both laugh. Miranda was finding where her sense of humor came from. "I have one more question." Miranda told her mother when they stopped laughing. Dulcea knew she had gotten away too easily. "How do you feel for a dormant Ninjetti Spirit in a person?" Dulcea felt relieved but knew if Miranda was to help her 'boyfriend' she would need to know. "Concentrate on my spirit. Look deep inside of me." Dulcea told her calmly. Miranda closed her eyes and began doing so until she felt a spirit. "I feel it, it's the owl." Miranda told her mother smiling. "Quicker than expected. I'm impressed. Now go deeper. Farther than the spirit." Miranda followed her mother's instructions until she could see a little girl playing on the plateau. "Mommy I see a little girl on the plateau playing. She is…happy. "Yes Miranda, you were a happy child." Dulcea told her daughter. That broke Miranda's concentration. "M-Me." Miranda said quite surprised. "That was our last night together here. Before I sent you and your father away with Joe. It has always been deep in my soul. That is the region dormant spirits reside as well. You are a natural Miranda. You found yourself in there effortlessly. Do that when you feel the spirit of the parents and you will feel the dormant animal." Miranda looked at her mother as tears came from the young rangers eyes. She heard every word her mother said and took the advice to heart but it was the fact she had seen the moment her mother loved most of all that made the tear finally fall and for her to cling to her mother for dear life.
15 Hours Later
"Oh shit. Did anyone get the license plate of that destroyer?" Destany heard the words and noticed the glowing had stopped and her father was in green. He was still unconscious and communicating with his daughter mentally. "Daddy?" Destany communicated through their father/daughter link. "Destany listen. I helped the Titan defeat the Leviathan. I'll be damned if I ever let a foreign spirit invade my body. When SPD returns have them meet me on the plateau. We have a war to win" Titan told his daughter. "I will daddy." She responded with tears in her eyes. "Oh and Destany, make sure there is a couple IBProfen and a Schmirnoff Wild Grape when I wake up." He told her. "Of course daddy." Destany smiled glad her father was acting like his old self, mentally anyway.
Plateau, 4 hours later
"We seem to have a late arrival for our quest." Miranda said over the talking of the others. "Oh and who would that be." Sky retorted rather curiously. "Hi guys!" The voice was obvious to the SPD team. "Bridge!" The other SPD Rangers said at once as the young man in the blue clad Ninjetti Gi waved at them. "Yep. Something about the new zords needing at least five people to drive." Bridge told them as Sky walked over. "Whatever the reason it's glad to have you here buddy." Sky told him. "Thanks Sky." Bridge told him in his polite fashion.
The group talked for about ten minutes. After speaking with Bridge Miranda went to speak with a few others before she left. "Guys, it's time." Sky told his group. "Well then what are we waiting for? Let's move out!" Rocky yelled jumping up. "Rocky you are way too excited for someone who is going through this hell for a second time." Aisha told him. "And no movie references!" Kim added from where she was talking to Destany, Max, Miranda, Syd, and Tommy. The older rangers and their kids burst out laughing while everyone else including Syd just shrugged. "See you guys when you get back." Tommy said hugging his wife and daughter. "By Manda." Destany told her giving her a hug before letting Dulcea replace her. Dulcea wrapped Miranda in a huge hug. "Please come back safe baby." Dulcea told her daughter. Adam came over and gave Dulcea a quick hug and kiss before the group started down the plateau and into the Neola Jungle.
Note: There will be a sequel to this; it will be mixed in with the story "Reflections of A Red Ranger". However in that sub-story Tommy will be the battle-field leader. After this story is over I will continue my work in this Power Rangers AU with "Challenges and Confusion" (If and when my partner decides to update her chapter anyway) and "Reflections of A Red Ranger". But for the most part I will be doing a Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Story, a story on and a Terminator fic in the near future. Thank You.