A figure slowly approached the Ranger Base early in the morning. She crept up to the door and found it was locked.
"Shit," she muttered. She looked around for a way to open it. That's when she noticed the DNA scanner. Leave it to the doc to secure everything through DNA.
The figure pushed the button, allowing for the scanners to mark her down.
"Identity confirmed: Ranger Yellow."
"Close enough," the figure chuckled as the door opened. It was very loud, but the figure could only assume it would be, after all, it was a large garage door.
She stepped inside and looked around. The Ranger base was a total mess. It looked like a hurricane had passed through.
Taking a deep breath, she began to make her way to the girl's bedroom. She was suddenly stopped when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into him.
Dillon noticed Summer walking into the base and wondered what she was doing up so late. She didn't seem to notice him sitting by the kitchen, so he got up and pulled here in for a hug. She shifted in his arms, turning to face him, and Dillon went down for a small kiss.
"Ew, what the hell are you doing?" she asked, pulling away from his and punching him in the stomach. Dillon grabbed his stomach in pain and almost dropped to the ground.
"Ow, Summer, you could have said no."
"Sum... right!" the figure laughed nervously before leading Dillon over to the couch. When he was sitting down, she plopped down beside him. "I'm not Summer."
Dillon looked over at her and examined her thoroughly. She looked like Summer. She wore Summer's jacket. She apparently had Summer's DNA.
"I'm Samantha."
If anything could make Dillon feel stupid, it would be that. Of course she was Samantha!
"Well, how was I supposed to know?" Dillon frowned.
"I don't know," Samantha giggled, "But I'm guessing you're Dillon."
Dillon glared down at her as she laughed.
"How did you know?" he asked her sarcastically, rolling his eyes and turning away. He didn't like to be fooled, or made to look like he was stupid.
"Hey, be nice to me," Samantha said, hitting Dillon's arm playfully, but with slight force. "I'm your girlfriend's older sister! What do you think my dad is going to ask me as soon as I get home?"
"How was your trip?"
"What's he like?" Samantha answered. "Now, lemme go! I wanna surprise my sister!"
Dillon heard the boys' bedroom door opened as they all walked out and decided to maybe have a little fun.
"Um, before, how about I whip you up some cookies?" he suggested, pulling her to the kitchen.
"You bake?" Samantha asked.
"No..." Dillon looked at Samantha as if she had grown another head while he grabbed the cookie jar. "I get them from here."
"Note: can't bake," Samantha teased. "May also lead to not being able to provide food unless made by my Aunt Kaylee."
"Are you judging me?" Dillon asked. Samantha nodded, keeping a small smirk on her face as the boys walked in.
It was early morning and no one, not even Mike, was ready to assume that Samantha had come down for a surprise visit. All he knew what that the blonde wearing the RPM yellow jacket was sitting in his usual seat.
He walked over to her on his way to the fridge for a glass of milk and flicked the back of her head. Samantha didn't like that and grabbed his wrist before jerking it, and Mike, backwards. The D-Green Ranger landed with his back on the ground as Samantha glared down at him.
The other boys knew Summer and Mike never really got along, but Summer never really threw Mike down. She preferred to be a little more verbal.
Ziggy decided to approach this situation. Samantha could tell he was the funny man of the group with the way he approached her and told the others that he "got this".
"I've assumed wrong before, but I'm going to try again. Summer, we do realise that every few weeks or so, you and the other girls get a little more emotional than usual. Now, the Zigmister realises this is normal and would just like for you to know that I have got your back. I know this time of month is difficult, but we can get through it together."
Dillon had to hold back a laugh as he watched Samantha bite her lower lip. Ziggy saw this too and backed away.
"I don't know who you are," Samantha started, "But unless you're prepared the lose something of value, I suggest you turn around and run."
"I guessed wrong, didn't I?" Ziggy asked, backing away slowly. "You're not in that time of month, are you?"
Samantha shook her head slowly, keeping her glare on Ziggy ice cold.
Greg and Dani stepped out of the lab and Dani immediately recognised Samantha. She knew Greg was fine to stand on his own, and bolted across the garage to the kitchen, before jumping on Samantha's back.
"SAMMY!" she giggled.
The boys, with the exception of Dillon, were all in total shock. Ziggy felt like an idiot for not knowing this wasn't Summer.
Samantha spit the red hair out of her mouth from when Dani attacked her, and knew of only one cousin who was so fast and so red head.
"Hey, Dani," she giggled.
"I should have known," Mike smiled, but made no move to greet his cousin. He knew she had patched things up with Summer, but he had no idea where he stood with her.
Dani dropped off Samantha's back as the SPD yellow and the RPM D-Green exchanged nervous looks. Samantha suddenly opened her arms for a hug. Mike moved in and the two exchanged a friendly hug, until Samantha put her hands to Mike's pants and lifted his boxers, high.
"OH BOY!" Mike yelled as he was lifted off the ground for a moment. Samantha giggled as Mike walked away, trying desperately to rescue his boxers from his butt.
Summer and Hayden finally came out of the bedroom and were in utter shock when they saw Samantha standing there. The older twin heard the door opened and looked up.
Summer soared down the steps and nearly knocked her sister over in a hug. The two girls spun around, both in their jeans and RPM jackets.
Ziggy, Dillon, Scott and Flynn were now totally confused. Ziggy started to giggle as he nudged Dillon.
"Which one are you going to kiss now?" he asked. Dillon just glared down at the younger boy with a look of total disgust.
"I have no idea," Dillon admitted. "I don't like this identical twin thing."
Mike leaned over to whisper to the boys, "When they stand side by side, Samantha's got, like, a millimetre on Summer. When apart, Summer prefers to walk around with her hands in her front pockets and Samantha walks around with her arms crossed, giving others evil glares just for fun."
"Anything physically different about them?" Scott asked, "Aside from the height thing?"
"Summer's got a birthmark on the small of her back," Mike laughed, "but unless she takes off her shirt, you won't see it."
When Samantha and Summer finally broke from their long hug, Samantha's eyes caught Hayden. She waved over to her little cousin and hugged her.
"I can't stay mad at you," Samantha laughed.
Just as the hug was about to end, Samantha saw a blonde girl, a year older than her, walked into the room. She couldn't believe her eyes. She recognised her from the few Christmases and birthdays.
Sam threw Hayden onto the couch before nervously walking over to her Sr. She looked the older girl in the eyes, then crossed her arms and glared.
"You're supposed to be dead," she said.
"And you're supposed to... you're... supposed... you...." Samantha Sr couldn't find something against the younger girl, so she just stuck out her tongue.
Little Sam laughed, "So, are you still dead, or did you get your powers?"
"I got my powers. I'm back for good," Sammy smirked.
"Okay, not only do I have to worry about the identical twin thing, but I also have to worry about the Sam thing?" Ziggy asked.
More quick introductions were made and explanations were given (Dr. K didn't quite understand identical twins) and now everyone was sitting on the couches in a very awkward silence.
Dillon sat on the end of one couch, beside Summer. Samantha Jr sat beside her sister, poking her every once in a while just to piss her off. Kaylee was sitting between Sam and Hayden, occasionally poking Sam for poking Summer.
Hayden sat beside her mother, with Flynn on the ground at her feet. Samantha Sr was sitting on the other end of the couch, sometimes reaching over to poke Sam and have her blame Kaylee for it.
Mike was standing behind the couch, looking down at his family. Every few minutes he would reach over and hit Sam and Sum only to have them blame each other.
Scott, Ziggy, Dr. K, Gem, Gemma and Greg watched on, utterly confused. Dani was sitting on the ground in front of Greg and laughed at the scene.
"Stop it," Summer finally barked, catching her sister's finger. Sam tried to pull herself free, but Summer had a death grip, and the only thing she managed to do was back into her Aunt. Kaylee tried go get as far away as possible, but that only resulted into her squishing her two daughters and nearly kicking Flynn twice.
"Girls!" Kaylee yelled, but that didn't stop them. Sam grabbed her sister's hands and the two started pushing each other away until they both landed on the ground.
Mike grinned, hopping over the couch to take their spots.
Kaylee rubbed the bridge of her nose and took a deep breath. She knew the girls weren't going to stop, Mike was going to continue hitting them whenever he got the chance, and Hayden was going to join in soon, only to have her legs or arms broken by the devil twins.
"Should we break this up?" Scott asked as Hayden jumped off the couch and onto her cousins. Mike was too lazy to reach out and push, so he just started kicking. When the girls realised what he was doing, they caught his leg and pulled him into the group. Mike tried to hold onto the couch for dear life (he may have been the biggest, strongest and the man of the furious four, but he was no match for the three girls). As he came crashing down on the ground, he took two throw pillows and two cushions with him.
Kaylee crossed her arms and looked over at her oldest daughter, happy Sammy wasn't a part of that chaos.
Kaylee took a deep breath, wishing she had taken the yellow dino gem instead of green as she yelled out.
"GUYS!"
All she got in response was a stray cushion to the head, sending her over the couch.
Sammy hopped off her couch, seeing the danger she was in, and ran over to Scott for protection.
Flynn had to jump off the ground and seek shelter as well.
Dani was about to join in (not a part of the four, but when around, she is number five), but Dillon grabbed her shoulders and held her back, afraid the family reunion would escalade if she jumped in.
Kaylee popped up from the ground behind the couch and threw the cushion down. "Damn I wish Kira were here!" she yelled as she ran around the furniture to reach the group.
"Wait a minute," Kaylee smirked, realising Kira didn't need to be there to snap some sense into the furious four. The mother snickered as she ran behind where Summer was and used her nails to pinch Summer in the back of the neck.
The youngest twin screamed from the pain and the shock, letting one of her sonic screams rip through the air and possibly kill the hearing of the three others around her, not to mention everyone seeking shelter.
"Dammit, Summer!" Sam yelled, rubbing her ears to get them to stop ringing. Mike was punching his head to get the ringing away and Hayden had hit the ground with a pillow over her head to protect herself. "You've gotten louder!"
Summer rubbed the back of her neck and looked up at her aunt, "That hurt!"
"So did this," Kaylee frowned, picking up a cushion then whipping it into Summer's face. The yellow Ranger was knocked onto her back from the impact while Kaylee returned to her seat on the couch.
When the commotion was over, Dillon let go of Dani's shoulders and the girl fell forward, breaking the fall with her face. While still on the ground, she muttered something about robots making her miss all the fun.
"Okay," Kaylee called to the teens. "I know Sam's here and all, but you've all still got work to do..."
Kaylee groaned loudly as the alarm interrupted her again. The nine Rangers and two Sams all ran out for the battle.
Gem and Gemma came to Kaylee's side, one on each.
"When they get home...."
"... they'll be tired from the battle and..."
"... it'll be much easier to...'
"... talk peacefully."
Kaylee hated the stereo talk from the twins and pulled away.
-----RPM-----
Tenaya seven waited on the construction site for the Rangers to appear. She had apparently not been all that scared of Sammy's rant from their last encounter, because she was smirking madly as she saw eleven Rangers in the distance.
"Perfect," she said, before realising her count was up by two from the last time. Even if she added in the devil-Angel, there was still one too many.
All her questions were answered though when she saw the eleventh Ranger... a clone of the yellow one? Now she had more questions.
"Well, looks like Ranger yellow's got herself a clone!"
"We are not clones!" Sam and Summer both yelled.
Summer gazed over at her sister and crossed her arms, "You know, it really doesn't help the clone thing when you do that," she frowned.
"Then don't do it!" Sam smirked.
"I have to do it, this is my city. When I come to help your team I'll let you do the yelling!"
"But I want to yell, you know it's my second favourite hobby after putting bugs in your bed!"
"But it's my city!"
"I like yelling!"
"My city!"
"Yell!"
"Fine," Summer gave up and Samantha cheered. She turned to T7 and stuck her tongue out.
"We're going to kick your ass... um..."
Samantha leaned over, "What's her name?"
Summer grinned, pushing her sister aside as she stepped forward. "Whatever you're doing, Tenaya, you're not going to get away with it!"
"Tenaya!" Sam yelled, finishing her Hero yell from before. "We're going to kick your ass Tanyana!"
"Tenaya!" Summer corrected her sister. "T-E-N-A-Y-A!"
"Oh, but I like Tanyana better."
"Of course you do," Summer rolled her eyes.
"Um, if you clones don't mind, I have a city to destroy, so can I just..."
"Shh!" the twins hushed. Summer looked over at her sister. "Okay, say it right, Te-na-ya!"
"Tenaya!" Samantha smirked. "Got it?"
"You got it," Summer nodded.
"RANGER Yellow and Twin, there should be a battle going on!" Dr. K reminded the two.
"Yeah, we want to..."
"... see more boom action..."
"... and not more twinspeak!"
Scott decided it was time for battle and took his spot as leader. Before the morph call was heard, Dani grabbed Greg's arm, worry etched on her face.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked him. "It's still only been a few days since your back... and you still sleep in the hospital bed."
"Then I guess you'll have to watch my back," Greg smirked, quickly kissing Dani.
"Ready?" Scott yelled.
"READY!" the Rangers nodded. Sam joined in, while Sammy watched the light show, secretly powering up her fox spirit so she could kick T7's ass if she went near her baby sister.
"RPM, GET IN GEAR!" the RPM team yelled as their suits materialized on them.
SPD, EMERGENCY!" Sam called out, morphing into the yellow SPD ranger.
Hayden giggled slightly behind her helmet and poked her oldest girl cousin, "You morph call rhymes."
"Shut up."
-----RPM-----
"Not to self," Scott laughed as he walked back into the garage, with Sammy wrapped in his arms, "do not piss my girlfriend off or suffer the consequences."
"It's not my fault I can snap her in two," Sammy giggled. "But you should probably stay on my good side."
Dillon, Summer and Sam were walking together, with Summer looking up at Dillon every few seconds. Before Sammy had snapped Tenaya, he had faced her in battle, and had taken a pretty good beating, especially to the back. On the drive home, Summer had been forced to take the wheel when Dillon complained that his back was killing him. Now she was worried there was something more to it than he was letting on.
"Are you sure..."
"Summer," Dillon smiled, looking down at his girlfriend, "I'm positive it's just muscle pains. Don't worry about me; just have fun with your sister, okay? It's not every day you get to see her."
"Okay," Summer nodded, kissing Dillon quickly before running off with her sister. She looked back once at Dillon as Hayden and Flynn approached him.
"Uh, man, I saw a recent scan of your back and.... there were no more muscles left... the virus has everything from your chest down," Flynn frowned, "Well, except... you know..."
Hayden hit Flynn in the stomach, hard, and looked over at Dillon, "I know I don't want to know because I do know but... he's right. You're.... area, your upper chest, neck, head and right arm are the only things really left that are... yours."
"Why would you lie to Summer?" Flynn coughed, holding his stomach.
Dillon took a deep breath, "Because... like you said, my back isn't human... I shouldn't be able to feel pain from it... at least, not like this."
"You shouldn't lie to Summer, Pickles," Hayden frowned, tapping Dillon on the shoulder, "But, if you think it's best, I won't tell her."
"I won't either, man," Flynn said, "Just, be careful or you'll turn into a spider."
Dillon frowned as the two walked away. What did Flynn mean when he said he would turn into a spider.
"Don't spin a web of lies," Sammy smirked, poking Dillon on the nose as she walked by. Dillon put his hand to his nose, until he groaned in pain, moving his shoulders around to help with the pain in his back.
-----RPM-----
"You know, I think I like this place better than the command center at SPD HQ," Sam smirked, walking around the lab as K, Greg and the Boom-twins worked on the computers. "No real parents to worry about. You should see how mom reacts whenever I blow up!"
"Aunt Kaylee's not much better," Summer giggled. "Sometimes, I think she worries more about me and Mike than she does Hayden."
"That might be because Ranger... Hayden can't get hurt," Dr. K spoke up.
"That hasn't stopped Hayden from nearly dying," Greg pointed out. Dr. K shushed him and the two let the girls get back to bonding.
"So, how is mom doing with the whole mentoring thing? I never really pictured her as the "let's sit down and talk". I always thought she was a "let's sit down and talk about why I just kicked your ass you bone head" kinda person."
"She is," Sam laughed, nodding.
"I like Aunt K better than," Summer smirked.
Samantha put her hand to her stomach as it rumbled. She smirked, turning to her sister.
"Food break, I'll be right back," she smiled.
Summer nodded picking up one of the charts Greg and Gem left on the table while Sam stepped out into the garage. On her way to the kitchen, she passed by Dillon.
Dillon was still trying to get over the pain in his back when he saw the McKnight girl walk by. He turned to her with a smile on his face. He remembered Mike's advice on how to tell which twin in was.
Her hands in her front pocket and smiling happily. No "I'm going to kill you" glare. It was definitely Summer.
He approached her, hoping to undo his first lie, when the pain in his back grew. He could almost hear a voice in his head telling him to hurt her while she was alone.
Dillon suddenly felt something take over his body and lost it. He approached the McKnight girl sweetly.
"Hey babe."
Sam turned around, ready to nail Dillon in the groin this time, but as soon as she was facing him, he hand his hand around her throat. He lifted her off the ground and slammed her into the wall.
Samantha grabbed his hand with hers, trying to pull it free, but Dillon's enhanced strength aided him in keeping his grip. It also meant his grip was strong enough to keep Samantha from letting out even the smallest scream.
Samantha tried to kick, but Dillon's other hand balled into a fist and landed in her stomach. Samantha tried to cough, but her airway was completely blocked.
"DILLON!"
Dillon heard that voice and snapped back to reality, finally regaining control of himself once more He let go of Samantha and turned.
There, behind him, stood Summer, with her arms crossed over her chest as she pointed a death glare at Dillon. Because of her stance, Dillon mistook her for Sam.
"I... I'm sorry... I couldn't..."
Summer pushed past Dillon and ran to her sister as Sam rubbed her neck. Aside from the pain in her stomach and her throat, she was unharmed, but Summer was still fuming.
"What the hell!" she yelled, putting herself in front of her older sister. "What's wrong with you?"
"Look, S-"
"No, I don't want to hear your excuses, Dillon," Summer frowned, turning around to help her sister up. "C'mon Sam..."
"Sam?" Dillon frowned. He looked over at the two girls, catching Summer's eye. "Summer, I didn't mean to... I thought she was you!"
"Ooh!" Ziggy breathed, giving away his position from the top of the stairs, where he had been watching. "Not good, my friend."
Summer looked up at Ziggy, before turning back to Dillon. "Oh, so you thought she was me?"
Dillon knew there was no backing out now. Either he turn around and go back to knowingly attacking Sam, or he admit to attacking Sam, thinking she was his girlfriend. He had the third option of running away, but Dani and Ronny stepped into the room after hearing the commotion.
"Summer, I don't know what happened... I thought she was you and I felt this urge to..."
"Kill me?" Summer asked.
"No... well..."
"Well?" Summer pressed.
"Kind of..." Dillon rubbed the back of his neck, hoping something would come to mind to save his ass. He looked up at Ziggy. The L-Green Ranger shook his head furiously and pulled away.
"Don't drag me down with you, Dill Pickles," he said.
Kaylee stepped into the room with the phone in her hand, "Sam, your mother just called. She needs you home A.S.A.P for team training."
Sam nodded as Summer lead her out.
"I'll be back to deal with you, Dillon," Summer snapped.
Kaylee sensed the drama and tension in the room and looked around nervously. Dillon sat down on the couch, with his head in his hands, while the others looked at him, slightly confused.
"Backing away now," Kaylee said, stepping out with her nieces. "Sam, I'll drive you back to the tunnel."
"Shotgun...?" Sam called softly, hoping to cheer her sister up. She hated leaving on such a sour note, especially if she wasn't going to get an explanation as to why Dillon attacked her, but if her mom had to call a second time, Sam was going to have worry about extra training.
"Whatever," Summer said, getting into the backseat of the car.
Ziggy hopped down the stairs and ran up beside his friend.
"What happened, Pickles?" he asked.
Dillon shook his head. "I think I screwed up."
"Think?" Ziggy laughed. "You nearly kill your girlfriend's older sister, then as an excuse you tell her you thought it was her."
"I honestly don't know what happened!" Dillon frowned. "One minute, I was trying to stop my back from hurting, the next, I wanted to wipe out the..."
"The entire human race?" Hayden asked, popping up from behind the couch. The others jumped, turning to her, before returning their gaze to Dillon.
"Yeah!" Dillon nodded. "I don't know why?"
"Brooding bad boy finally snap?" Dani asked. Ronny frowned at her daughter, slapping her over the head for the insensitive comment.
"It wasn't me, okay!" Dillon yelled, jumping out of his seat to stand over Dani. She pressed two of her fingers into his chest, pushing him away.
"You proved you point," she frowned.
"I would never hurt any of you guys," Dillon said, looking at the entire team as they gathered into the room. His eyes fell on Ziggy as a smirk appeared on his face, "well, most of you."
Ziggy frowned, but caught Dillon's smirk. He knew the Black Ranger's way of proving his brotherly love to him was by watching him squirm.
"You guys believe me, right?" Dillon asked the team.
"I know I do," Hayden nodded. "When I was a Venjix drone, I felt the exact same way."
"Well, the pain started in your back, right?" Greg asked.
"Yeah," Dillon nodded.
"Your spine controls your nerves. If Venjix were smart, which he is, he would know that to full control a human, you would need to access the spine," Greg smirked.
Dr. K caught onto Greg's idea and ran to the lab to grab a scanner. She returned and quickly ran over Dillon's back with the machine.
"Greg was right," she smirked. "Dillon's entire back has given into the virus."
"Not to mention that on his last scan, Dillon was at 60%."
"And his last scan..."
"... was a few days ago. And if..."
"... the virus is constantly growing, that..."
"... would mean he's past the 60% mark and..."
"... Venjix now has enough hardware inside Dillon to..."
"... control him," Gem and Gemma said.
"So, Dillon would feel pain in his back, because Venjix is using his spine to control his actions?" Dani asked.
"Precisely," the four soup members nodded.
"Look," Hayden smiled, sitting beside Dillon. "Don't worry about Summer. I'll tell her you didn't attack her, or Sam or whoever..."
"No," Dillon got off the couch, "I'll tell her."
"You sure, man?" Flynn asked. "I mean, Summer's got a mean right hook when she's angry. And I don't know about you, but attacking her sister won't get you on her happy side."
Dillon turned to the boom-twins, who seemed completely distracted from life as they searched for playdoh.
"Where do you guys keep those happy pills?" he asked.
"What pills?"
"We don't have pills?"
Dillon turned away from the twins and moved forward. As he made his way to the girls' room to wait for Summer's return, he muttered, "I highly doubt that."
-----RPM-----
Summer and Sam stood face to face, tearing up slightly as they prepared to say their goodbyes. Conner and Kaylee were waiting by the cars.
"You know," Conner started, looking down at Kaylee, "this will make things so much easier for us at home. I was running out of pictures of Summer."
"Why?" Kaylee asked.
Conner reached into his wallet. He showed Kaylee the small pictures of his two girls. Samantha's was perfectly intact, but Summer's looked like it has been attacked by Porcupongo.
"I'm starting to wonder why I didn't just give Sam the RPM silver morpher," Kaylee frowned. Conner looked at her, slightly shocked there was an extra suit during the war between the girls.
"Kaylee, you knew there was... and you... I think you've been hit by more soccer balls than me!"
Kaylee just shrugged, making Conner laughed, pulling her into a one armed hug and noggying her head.
Over with the girls, Sam was looking down at her baby sister.
"You know, I really did miss you," Sam laughed.
"Yeah, mom told me," Summer smirked. "I didn't believe her."
"Sorry about that," Sam said. "I really shouldn't have let spandex get between us. You're my little sister, and should be ready to give up anything for you."
"And I'm sorry too," Summer smiled. "I know you loved the RPM suit, and I shouldn't have taken it when I knew how much it hurt you."
"Sum, I'm not going to ask you to give up the chance of a lifetime. If you had done that, and let me wear the suit, then I would be happy for... three seconds."
"Three?" Summer asked.
"The seconds it takes for you to give me the morpher. After that, I would have felt guilty."
Summer smiled, holding her hand up. Samantha nodded and laughed as the two did their special handshake. Conner and Kaylee watched it in awe. Both girls were perfectly synchronised, and after so long apart, they still knew the handshake perfectly.
"I hate twins," Conner frowned. Kaylee nodded, before looking up at him strangely.
"Um, what about you and... never mind," she frowned.
Conner laughed and waved the Samantha over. She hopped over to her father after giving Summer a huge hug. Both got into the car as Summer walked over to her Aunt.
"Well," Kaylee smiled, pulling her niece into a hug. "I'm glad you two are sisters again."
"Me too," Summer nodded.
"Now, let's go home. It's cookie time!" Kaylee giggled.
Summer nearly hesitated as she walked back to the car. Going home meant she had to face Dillon. At the moment, she was so mad at him for attacking her sister, and thinking it was her, she was afraid she was going to do something she would regret.
She was also scared he would so something else he would regret. He would want to talk about what just happened, and the thought of being alone with him after the attack kind of scared her.
"Hey, Aunt K," Summer called as Kaylee started the car. Kaylee glanced over at her for a moment and nodded.
"Yeah, kiddo."
"Mind if I join you for cookie time?" she asked. "I don't want to be alone right now."
Kaylee saw the slight look of fear in Summer's eyes and nodded. She didn't understand why Summer needed to make sure she was going to stick around, the garage never got lonely (and if it did, the stairs always had a great view for eavesdropping).
"I think I have enough cookies for a guest. But the milk is mine!" Kaylee giggled.