Shane was a wreck. Kelly had gone into labor a few hours ago and all he could do was pace in the hallway.
"Mum kicked you out again didn't she?" Sky asked as she handed him a cup of coffee. Shane smiled and took it from her.
"Yeah… she said a few choice words before yelling at me."
"Are you ready to be a dad again?"
"Are you ready to be a big sister?"
Both father and daughter let out the same smile and laughed. "Tori and Blake are in the waiting room with Jake, and Marah's out there with Charlie."
"Did you call Hunter and Sarah and the rest?"
Sky patted her dad's shoulder. "Yes dad. I called Eric and Taylor, Wes and Jen, and Cole and Alyssa. They said they'd let Shayla and Merrick know too." Shane smiled genuinely at his daughter. "And Dustin's covering classes."
His mind wandered back to the events that happened almost eight months ago. After Master Org was finally defeated everyone went back to some type of normal life.
The ninja's returned to school, and the others returned to their jobs in Silver Hills and Turtle Cove.
After a near hour standoff with his daughter and his 'nephew' Eric was forced to accept the fact hat his daughter had fallen in love with the one person he had forbid her to be with… but in actuality, Eric was relieved.
He later apologized for his stubbornness and gave the couple his approval. If there was one person he knew that would protect her and love her more than him, it was Xander.
Nicky returned to Blue Bay Harbor, but stayed in constant contact with Brady. Andy and Kanoi, it seemed, had some sort of inner connection that constantly kept them in tune with one another. Leo and Lindy were happier than they had ever been.
Shortly after the ordeal with Mast Org, Leo had asked Lindy to marry him and she had accepted happily. The wedding was in a few more months and everyone was anxiously waiting for that day.
Owen and Charlie's relationship was very sweet and pure. They were joined at the hip most of the time and it pleased everyone to see them happy.
Sam, Cody, and Jake returned to the Thunder academy, where they began teaching, while Ethan and Kyle stayed at the Wind academy where they too were beginning their training for teaching positions.
And as far as Jake and Sky went… Shane was pretty sure he'd have a future son in law sooner than later in their case. From the time they were toddlers he had seen the happiness they brought to each other.
"Mr. Clarke? Your wife's asking for you," a nurse said as she poked her head out. Shane gave Sky a worried look.
"Go ahead dad. Tell mum I said good luck." She kissed his cheek and returned to the waiting area.
Jake stood. "Anything yet?"
"No, but I think it'll happen shortly," she replied as she sat next to Tori.
Tori put an arm around her and rubbed her arm. "Don't worry Sky… you're mom's going to be fine."
Sky looked at her. "How did you know what I was thinking?"
Tori just grinned. "I went through this five times… I'd recognize that look anywhere." Sky smiled and leaned into her.
After another half an hour Shane came out holding a small bundle in a blue blanket. Sky was the first to go to him.
"Skylar, I'd like you to meet you little brother." Sky had tears in her eyes as she took her brother from her father.
"He looks like you," Blake commented as he put and arm around Tori.
"What's his name?" Jake asked.
Shane grinned and turned to Blake and Tori. "Well, we decided to name him Bradley." Tears sprung to Tori's eyes now. "Without Andy and Kyle, who knows if this little guy would be here at all…"
Sky felt Jake's presence behind her and smiled. "Welcome to the family Brad…"
Six months later found Melinda Meyers nervously standing in her changing room. Time had flown by far too quickly, but she was ecstatic. Everything had gone so perfectly in preparation.
"Lindy? Can we come in?" Andy's voice said through the door.
"It's open," she answered. One by one her six bridesmaids entered the room and were taken aback by the beautiful bride in front of them.
Lindy's dress was very plain, but had small pink accents in just the right places. The girls were all in assorted colors to match their ranger colors.
Evie, as maid of honor, wore a pale gold strapless gown, while Charlie and Nicky had on matching pastel yellow ones. Andy and Sam had very muted blues on and Sky stood out in a very pale pink dress. When they all lined up it looked like a very tasteful pallet.
"This is it Lin," Evie said as she began to tear up. Lindy wiped her tears away and they embraced.
"Ladies," a new voice said from the doorway. "It's time." They all turned and saw Eric enter the room in a tux that was simply black and white like the others. All the girls filed out one by one as Eric offered his arm to his daughter. "Shall we?" Lindy smiled at him and they walked into the church…
The ceremony was lovely and the reception was the perfect ending to a perfect day. Taylor stood next to her sister as they watched their assorted family and friends dance and laugh.
"Well little one, it looks like we got our happy ending afterall," Taylor said. Tori just grinned as she raised her glass.
"About damn time too," she said she they toasted. Taylor placed her glass down. They stood and watched the various people when a slow song began to play
Alyssa and Cole were dancing happily next to their son and new daughter. Dustin playfully dipped Marah and she slapped his arm lightly. Shayla and Merrick were holding each other gently and smiling. Hunter and Sarah were laughing as they moved around the floor, while Laura had her head on Cam's shoulder. Jen and Wes were so close together that they looked as if they were one.
Tori looked over to Shane and Kelly and smiled as she saw them slowly sway to the music. Brad was turning into a little mini-Shane and everyone was glad to have him in the world.
Sky and Jake were together, as were Andy and Kanoi, Brady and Nicky, Owen and Charlie… but something troubled Taylor as she saw her other daughter sitting alone at a table away from Ethan, Jake, Cody, Sam, and Kyle.
"That's weird," Taylor said out loud. "Where's Xander?"
Tori looked around. "I dunno." Tori felt a hand wrap around her waist and a kiss on her neck.
"Dance with me?" Blake asked softly. Tori smiled as she remembered the last time he had asked her in that way… back when they were in Hawaii.
"Of course," she answered as she left her sister.
Taylor watched as Tori and Blake took to the floor and smiled at them.
"Hey," Eric said as he came up next to her.
"Where were you?" she asked as she saw the look on his face… almost like nervousness and a bit of happiness all at once. "Eric? What's wrong?"
Eric took her hand and pointed to where Evie was sitting.
Xander slowly walked over to her and took her hand.
"Evie… I need to ask you something," he said nervously.
"Xander? What's wrong with you? You're all sweaty and stuff," she said.
Xander dropped to his knee and took a small box out of his pocket. Evie's hand went over her mouth.
"Evelina… will you marry me?" He took the ring out of the box and placed it on the tip of her left ring finger.
For the first time in her life Evie was speechless. Xander grew nervous and held his breath. After a moment of shock Evie snapped out of it.
"Yes," she said as she felt the ring go on. The two embraced and kissed. They were broken up by the crowd behind them erupting in cheers.
Eric looked to his wife. "Xander was asking me for my permission a few minutes ago," he said. Taylor smiled at him. "I told him no, but the stubborn kid did it anyway."
"He gets that from his mother," Wes said as he and Jen joined their friends… soon to be family. They all exchanged hugs and smiled at the fact that they were going to officially going to be family.
The two couples stood as they watched their children happy at last. Soon after, Tori, Blake, Shane, Dustin, Hunter, Cam, Kelly, Marah, Sarah, Laura, Alyssa, and Cole joined them. The assorted veteran rangers felt a great pride when they saw all their children gather together around Evie and Xander.
"A toast!" Leo said to his friends as they all grabbed a glass. "To Evie and Xander."
"To Lindy and Leo," Evie said.
"To the Rangers," Shayla said as she joined them. They all turned to their mentor with a wistful look.
Andy and Kyle raised their glasses and looked to their family and friends. "To the Rangers," they said.
The rangers all smiled and, too, raised their glasses. They looked across the way and saw their parents raising their glasses to them.
Smiles filled the room as the rangers, past and present, enjoyed the peace and happiness that they had protected…
THE END
A/N: WELLL THAT'S IT! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THS! I WILL HAVE ANOTHER STORY UP SOON… MAINLY A TORI/BLAKE WITH TRENT/KIRA THRONE IN THERE TOO. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!