In Silence
By Didi

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters involved and probably never will so please do not sue me. I am merely borrowing their likeness for my own enjoyment.

Summary: Reflections on destiny.

Acknowledgment: To the Girl in the Red Jacket, for inspiring me. Thank you for your wonderful writings and have me striving to write better.

Little Steps
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I use to hate the night; it robbed me of the time I could be spending with my friends and music. But now, I welcome it like an old friend that is there to comfort me at the end of the day. With the silence of the night, I can drop all pretenses, all masks that we wear in the harsh light of day, and just simply be me.

Jason once said that I hide behind my gay smiles; he was right. It is my only defense against all the ugliness that we see as both teens and as Rangers. If I didn't smile and move on, I would simply break down and die. I need my happy mask to keep my sanity, to know that I am still me. That everything that I see in my life cannot destroy my sense of being.

I laugh, smile, dance my way through the tough times. We all joke about Rita and her monsters, but it is our only defense against the fears. Our fears. We're all scared but know that this is part of who we are. We're Rangers, we have to face this. Fear is not an option.

It amazes me how some of the others deal with their nightmares. Billy, he works. Jason meditates, Trini smiles and buries it, Kimberly cries and talks to Trini, and me? Me, I dance my way through it all. We all have our ways of dealing with it. We have each other and Zordon. But then, our big head doesn't really know what's like to be a teenager and a Ranger at the same time. It's not the same for him as it is for us.

We all have our motives for doing what we do. Zordon does it cause it is what he's been trained to do. But us? We do it cause this is our world, our fight. We do this for our family, friends and human kind. I can't imagine anyone on this planet that won't do it for that reason. Earth may be small and puny in comparison to come of the other galaxies of planets that is out there in the big bad universe, but it is all we've got and we're going to do whatever it takes to keep it safe from monsters like Rita and Goldar.

Deep breath, Zack! Take a deep breath and don't think of all the others that we couldn't save. It will drive me crazy if I keep thinking of those that died. One day at a time, one step at a time, one life at a time.

The battles, they take a toll on us all. But we're taking little steps to win back what is rightfully ours. A sense of peace and safety in our homes, with our families, and on our planet. Rita Repulsa, look out! The Zack man is going to dance his way across your grave when we've defeated you!