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Dreams of a Cat and a Wolf

Dreams3: Power Rangers Forever

Chapter 43: Walk On

Months continued to pass and Toran's first birthday was approaching. Kat was determined to throw her son the best birthday even though he didn't understand yet. He had grown so much in the past few months. He was already trying to walk, though Kat thought he was a little young yet. But Billy reminded her that he was not a normal child. She knew her son would grow up to be a great warrior for the forces of good, though she wasn't sure she liked the idea of her baby fighting. But she knew that his desire to protect the good and innocent would mirror his father's.

Kat finished feeding Toran his breakfast when Kara came into the kitchen.

"How's my grandson this morning," Kara said, as she kissed the top of his head and ruffed the light blond fuzz on the boy's head. Toran babbled incoherently at his grandma and looked at her with his beautiful sapphire eyes. Toran was beginning to form words, but so far the only two words anyone could make out were 'mama' and 'da'. Kat bathed and dressed Toran. Billy was at Ernie's helping him set up for the party. They knew a party like this might draw attention, but Billy and Kat weren't not going to shelter their son and deprive him of things that they both had when they were children. Besides, all the rangers would be there if a threat arose.

~*~

Billy felt his heart melt at the site of his wife coming into the youth center with their son. Kat held his hand tightly, as he slowly trotted beside her. She picked him up, not wanting to tire out his little legs too soon.

"Hey," Billy said, as he kissed her and Toran.

"Hi," Kat said.

"Da!" Toran said, as he saw his father.

"Hey there big guy," Billy replied. Soon, all the guests arrived and the party began. After cake and ice cream, Billy and Kat helped Toran open his presents. He didn't know what was going on and the event was proving to be more fun for the parents.

"It's really nice, should we go out to the beach?" Aisha suggested.

"That sounds nice," Kat replied.

~*~

The girls sat with Toran and watched the boys have fun playing volleyball.

Suddenly, five rangers appeared before them. This caught everyone's attention and Billy quickly rushed to Kat's side.

"We're looking for someone, do you think you could help us?" the red ranger asked.

"Who are you looking for?" Tommy replied.

"We were sent on a mission to destroy a dangerous Ninjetti by the name of Toran Cranston," the pink ranger replied. This made everyone gasp.

"Do you know where this guy is?" the green ranger asked.

"Who sent you?" Billy asked.

"We cannot say," the yellow ranger replied.

"Was his name Veridian by chance?" Adam asked. This made the rangers gasp.

"How do you know of the leader of the United Alliance of Good?" the blue ranger demanded.

"Because we are the Ninjetti rangers," Rocky announced.

"We were told this Toran guy is dangerous, so we must complete our mission in destroying him," the red ranger replied.

"Did Veridian happen to mention that Toran is a one-year-old child," Tanya replied. The foreign rangers' eyes fixed on the child in Kat's arms.

"That's Toran Cranston? The dangerous Wolf Ninjetti?" the pink ranger asked confused.

"Yes, Veridian wishes to kill our child," Kat said, as she held him tightly.

"But why would Master Veridian wish to kill a child?" the yellow ranger wondered.

"Toran is my son. My wife and I are both Wolf Ninjetti and the UAG is against two Ninjettis of the same master having children," Billy said.

"If you really want to try and take him, you'll be in for one hell of a fight," Tommy warned.

"Yeah, and from the looks of you guys, this is one of your first missions. You'll be going up against a ranger team that has a quite a few years experience on you guys," Rocky replied.

"You won't win. Rangers are supposed to fight for all that is good. You became rangers to protect mariner bay, not become mercenaries for Veridian," Adam said.

"He may be the leader of the UAG, but he is an evil man," Tanya finished.

"Carter, we can't kill a baby!" the pink ranger said.

"I know Dana and we won't. That would be wrong no matter what the circumstances," Carter replied. The rangers demorphed.

"We're the Lightspeed Rangers of Mariner Bay. I am Carter Grayson," the red ranger introduced.

"I'm Dana Mitchell," the pink ranger said.

"Kelsey Winslow," the yellow ranger said.

"Chad Lee," the blue ranger said.

"Joel Rawlings," the green ranger said.

"It's great to meet you and I'm glad that you see things our way," Billy said, as they shook hands.

"Could I hold him?" Dana asked.

"Sure," Kat replied.

"Hi there little guy. How could anyone want to hurt something so precious," she cooed at Toran.

"Wow, so you guys are the Ninjetti rangers? We've only heard stories about you guys," Carter said to Tommy.

"That's us. We're supposed to be retired, but we all learned a long time ago, that a ranger never retires," Tommy replied.

"Yeah, especially when your powers are permanent," Rocky added.

"We should be getting back to Mariner Bay soon in case Diobolico decides to launch an attack while we're gone," Carter said, as he and the other Lightspeed rangers morphed again and teleported away.

The rangers helped Ernie clean up and then left for their respective homes.

Billy drove his family home and the two young parents put their very tired baby to bed. They held each other and watched their sleeping son for a while before retiring to bed themselves that night.

~*~*~*~*

"Damn, those Lightspeed rangers!" Veridian cursed.

"I don't think that's it's likely for us to get any rangers to help us destroy the child," Dolphina said.

"Do not worry, I have a new plan of attack. But this will take some time to produce any results. This time we will not fail," Veridian assured the council.

~*~*~*~*~*

And love
It's not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

During the next few years, Veridian pulled out all the stops in trying to claim Toran's life. After the Lightspeed rangers refused to help him, Veridian made an alliance with a powerful mutant from the future. This mutant, Ransik, was bent on destroying the peaceful world that the Time Force rangers had created in the future. He journeyed back in time to destroy the Earth in the past so that the future would change in his interests. He soon was approached by Veridian and agreed to help him claim the boy. And they had been successful in kidnapping Toran while fighting the Time Force and Ninjetti rangers, who had teamed up. But during this time, Nadira, the daughter of Ransik was questioning her father's motives for destroying life. She didn't understand why he wished to destroy humans anymore, especially since children had never done anything to wrong him.

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
Before the second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

She took an instant liking to Toran and saw how much his parents were hurting without him. So, she took the two-year-old to the rangers. She happily watched as the child toddled excitedly to his parents. She had officially switched sides and in the end her father did too. He was still taken into Time Force custody, but she was rewarded by the Ninjetti rangers. She was allowed to go back to the future where she was placed in a care center for children. Nadira loved her job and loved children. She visited her father often and also found herself in company of Lucas, the blue Time Force ranger often.

Walk on
Walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it

Walk on
Walk on
Stay safe tonight

~*~*~*

But Veridian was not done there. Dolphina, Dimitria, Trilo, and Kalmec, however, wanted no part in Veridian obviously evil intentions. Thus, the United Alliance of Good crumbled. The four council members returned to their respective planets, while Veridian continued to rule Eltar under his evil.

The threat from Ransik had been extinguished, but a new evil came to be. This time Turtle Cove California was its target. Again, five heroes were chosen for its defense. They were known as the Power Rangers Wild Force, calling upon the ancient powers of mystical animals. Not much was heard from Veridian during this year, which was both relief and stress for the Ninjetti rangers. Billy knew that Veridian was plotting something big against them and the other rangers feared the same. They knew the battle would soon come to a head and the result of the battle would ensure their safety or their destruction.

You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen

You could have flown away
A singing bird
In an open cage
Who will only fly
Only fly for freedom

The Wild Force rangers defeated Master Org and freed Turtle Cove, but not long after that, a new threat came to Blue Bay Harbor. Billy and Kat quickly went to help once they learned that Tori, Kat's cousin, was chosen to be the blue ninja ranger of water. She and her friends became the Power Rangers Ninja Storm and fought against Lothor. Soon, the rangers learned that Lothor was indeed allied with Veridian, so everyone thought it best for Kat, Billy, and Toran to stay at Ninja Opts for protection. Billy often assisted Cam with the technical aspects in the beginning and especially after Blake and Hunter joined. Then of course, Cam himself gained the power of the Green Samurai ranger. Both Billy and Kat were a great help on the battlefield. Toran was now four years old and very bright. He had a blonde mop of hair in his mother's color and texture and his father's deep emerald eyes. He had grown up around rangers and understood when his parents went out to fight. He was very powerful for a child and was already training in martial arts. When they weren't battling Lothor, Billy and Kat attempted to give their son a childhood that resembled normalness, though it would never be normal. Toran loved spending time with his aunt Tori, Dustin, Shane, Cam, Blake and Hunter. He also loved when all of his God parents came to visit him. Kat could already tell that he had a desire to fight evil, which was something she knew would never set well with her.

Walk on
Walk on
What you got
You can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on
Walk on
You stay safe tonight

Already at four, he was quite witty and had already stood up and talked back to some of the most ferocious villains. He never seemed fazed by their idle threats and Kat could see so much of his father in him. Most children would be scared that they were evil's number one target, but Toran William Cranston was in a far different league than most children. And Kat knew that someday, her baby boy would become the ultimate warrior against evil, whether she liked the idea or

not.

And I know it aches

How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much

Walk on
Walk on

Home
Hard to know what it is
If you never had one

Home
I can't say where it is
But I know I'm going

Home
That's where the heart is

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind

All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break

All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind

All that you reason
All that you care

It's only time
And I'll never fill up all my mind(???)

All that you sense
All that you scheme
All you dress up
And all that you see

All you create
All that you wreck
All that you hate

~*~*~*

"Things are proceeding just as you have instructed," Lothor reported.

"Good work Lothor, this time I will not fail. But for our plans to work, we must capture the green samurai amulet," Veridian replied.

"Do not worry, I will handle my nephew Cam. Once we possess his powers, all the evils from the past shall rise once again. Together we will dominate the universe, starting with Earth," Lothor said.

"Continue with our plans and keep me informed," Veridian replied.

AN: Hope you liked it! This fic is finally winding down and will end in two chapters. I was going to drag it out longer, but I decided to do it this way, because to be honest, I am loosing inspiration for this fic after 43 chapters. I think that it's time to wrap things up, but that doesn't mean that this fic won't go out with one hell of a bang! Chapters 44 and 45 will be the ultimate ranger battle. Lothor will succeed in bringing back every evil possible(yes, that means Vile). It will be a battle in which every ranger team in existence will have to work together to combat this. The Ninjetti rangers formulate a plan and decide that the best way to combat this evil is to split up into teams. The red ranger team, the black/green ranger team, the pink/white ranger team, the yellow ranger team, and the blue ranger team. It will be the ultimate battle royale and it's coming soon!

Thanks for reading this chapter and please leave me lots of reviews! (since I kind of want to make 200 reviews with this one).

I will have the finale chapters out soon, since my goal is to have this fic finished by my 21st b-day(Feb.18)

Later for now!

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