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They didn't bother making their arrival quiet, and almost immediately, Elsa employed a team of Tyrannodrones to go after them. They swarmed around the four, but the Rangers were managing to keep them at bay. "I'm going after Elsa," Conner announced when he had cleared a way for him out of the circle.

Dr. O. ducked as a drone went for his head. "You're not going in alone."

"She's gonna get the egg, Dr. O.! Besides, I've gone against her and Zeltrax by myself before. I'll be fine. You guys can handle the drones."

"Conner--" Dr. O. started, but the younger man was already running off. Rangers Black, Blue, and Yellow were under siege by a throng of drones. "Kira, go after him!" Dr. O. said, getting out his Brachio Staff and clonking it against a drone's head. "Ethan and I will be fine."

Kira had her reservations about this arrangement, but she wasn't about to argue with the man. She ran off after Conner, who racing Elsa for the egg down a wide alley. The prize was located between two dumpsters, glowing. Elsa had the head start, and Kira reached for her blaster before remembering that Dr. O. had modified her morpher so that it wasn't there anymore. Conner was well ahead of her though, and was already aiming when Elsa scooped up the egg.

He fired immediately, and the blast hit her in the side, sending her and the egg flying in opposite directions. Conner dove for the egg, but the blaster fell from his hands. "Conner!" Kira yelled, but he didn't hear. This was all happening instantaneously, only a few seconds had passed since Kira had first ran to the mouth of the alley. The blaster was in Elsa's line of sight, only a few feet away from the villainess. She was getting to her feet, she was reaching for it...

"Oh, I do not think so," Kira said. "Ptera Grips!" Weapons in hand, she charged, all flurried fury as she sliced into Elsa's arm.

"You little witch," Elsa snarled, grabbing her wound with her good hand, and then delivering a high kick to Kira's chest which caught the Yellow Ranger by surprise and knocked her down.

Kira was crumpled on the pavement, the wind knocked out of her. The first blast made her look up sharply, and saw the smoldering remains of the egg in Conner's hand. It had been incinerated; apparently if Elsa couldn't have it, no one could. Conner was trapped between the dumpsters, nowhere to go, and Elsa advanced, firing once, twice. Conner went down, and she fired again as he tumbled to the ground, the third blast enough to weaken him to a state that he lost his morph. Elsa winced, she was firing with her injured arm, and it was too painful for her to take one last shot. But the Red Ranger seemed to be down for the count, unmoving. With the slightest of congratulatory smirks, Elsa discarded the blaster, and portaled her way back to Mesogog's fortress. She'd lost the egg, but the Rangers had lost one of their own, and that seemed a fair exchange.

Kira powered down and was at Conner's side in an instant. She pressed her fingers to his wrist and then to his neck, and felt the throb of his pulse. "Conner, no, please, Conner, wake up," she murmured, more to herself than to him. She had a feeling that it was too late...

No.

"Conner, wake up. Now. This isn't how it ends. Conner," she said, pushing at his shoulder.

His eyelids fluttered, then opened. "Did anyone get that license plate number?" he said. "God. What happened?"

"Elsa happened," she said, helping him to a sitting position.

"Yeah, yeah, I remember now," he said. "Dude, she shot me." He patted at his torso, checking to see if everything was in order, and apparently decided that it was. "Did we save the egg?"

"Nope. It's gone."

"That sucks," he said.

"Only a little," she said. "I'm glad you're okay." She smiled at him, but he was frowning.

"Kira. This was the dream, wasn't it?"

"It was," she admitted. All too surprisingly accurate, except for this time, Kira had stepped in. She had wounded Elsa, preventing her from taking the final shot. She'd saved Conner's life. "But it's over now. It's really, really over. And everything turned out fine."

They stared at each other for a moment, before they slowly met in a kiss.

"How are you guys do--I've really got to stop doing that," they heard the defeated tone of Dr. O. behind them.

"What did I say about doing that?" Ethan said, as he and the teacher powered down and joined them in the alley. "I said no making with the smooches in my presence."

"What happened?" Dr. O. asked, grabbing Conner's hand and pulling him to his feet. Kira stood up and brushed off her knees. "Elsa got away," she said.

"Shot me all to hell," Conner said.

"Destroyed the egg," Kira contributed.

"But Kira saved my life," Conner added. "She changed the dream."

"So it was prophetic," Ethan marveled. "I thought for sure it was psychological."

"I think it was a little bit of both."

"And you two are like..." Dr. O. said, nodding in place of actually saying it.

"Maybe," Kira said, flashing Conner a tiny smile.

"I'm going to let you two do your thing then," Dr. O. said. "And Ethan's coming with me." As he dragged the gamer off, Conner and Kira could hear their teacher saying, "I thought they hated each other."

"I thought we hated each other too," Kira muttered, turning to face Conner. She found herself suddenly being shy around him.

"Hey, thanks."

"For..?"

"Saving my life, duh," he said with a grin. "I'm supposed to be the idiot one, remember? Not you."

She slapped his arm. "Who are you calling an idiot?"

"Both of us, actually." His grin faded into a serious look. "But really, though, thanks."

Kira blushed, warmth flooding her cheeks, and the mere fact that she was blushing made her want to blush more, swamped in embarrassment. "Yeah. Well."

He stared at her. "So, are you going to kiss me again..?" he asked jokingly.

"I'm just waiting for Dr. O. to show up," she deadpanned.

He laughed. "I think he's long gone. So..." Conner shrugged, wearing a cute half-smile.

"You're, like, one of the most popular guys in school or something, and you have to beg for a girl to kiss you? How lame is that?"

"Well, a girl like you, I pretty much have to beg. You wouldn't look twice at me either way otherwise."

"Not true."

"I forget...you get jealous over soccer groupies now."

"You keep teasing me, and not only am I not going to kiss you, but I'm going to make sure there's nothing there to kiss."

Conner laughed hard, harder than she thought was necessary. "Looks like you're back to your old self. And that's just the way I like you--evil and mean."

"Hey, watch how you use the term 'evil,'" she said seriously. "After everything."

"Right, right," he said. "Hey, have I thanked you for that yet?"

"Only a couple of times."

"Okay. How about one more." And he kissed her, she kissed him back, uninterrupted by Dr. O. at last. It was awhile before they broke apart, and they were both grinning like idiots. Kira didn't feel like her normal self, but this time it was a welcome change. She tightened her arms, wrapped around his neck. Even though she was the one that had saved Conner's life, she felt safe around him. Whole.

"C'mon, we better get back to the lab before Elsa decides to come back and finish what she started," Conner said.

"I think she's pretty much done for the day," Kira said. "I kind of kicked her butt."

"Well, she might send Zeltrax, so we should go anyway." He took her hand and squeezed it tightly, leading her out of the alley and into the bright sunshine, into a bright new chapter of her life.

There you go, kiddies! The last chapter, and my girl gets her happy ending. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I thoroughly enjoyed writing it (especially chapter 6!!!). See you next time around!

-Karasuma Firestorm