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Jen's alive! What will her team's reaction be to seeing her being here? What does Time Force want with her?

Here it is! The long awaited reaction to Jen being alive! I know it took me like a week to post, not my normal 3-4 day interval, the Cadet Core for my town's First Aid Squad has eaten my time away!

For those of you who were wondering about your cookies, here they are! gives cookies out I forgot the save the version I was going to post, so your treats weren't in the last chapter. Sorry!

TheDreamerLady—Don't worry, I know how you feel, a few years back I found out my boyfriend was cheating on me…so don't worry if your review was bitter…and, I never said that this was going to be a happy ending…

Chapter six up! Enjoy!

Here Without You

His eyes filled with tears, as his heart filled with joy and anger at the same time.

"Jennifer?" he asked. His voice was weak. "You're…alive? How could you not tell me?"

"Wes," Jen said firmly. "This is not the time nor the place to be talking about this." She quickly stepped past him and towards the door.

Wes quickly grabbed her arm and stared into her eyes. "Talk to me, Jen."

"Like I said," her voice became firmer. "this is not the time to be—"

An explosion was heard from downtown. Jen bolted out the door with Wes following her.

Downtown

Jen finally came to the scene. Devastation was all around her as people ran from a near-by building.

A man with a green flame around him gasped as he walked out of the burning building. "Wait! I didn't mean for that to happen!"

Jen pulled her blaster from its holster. "Hold it right there, Devin!"

Wes followed her by drawing his own weapon.

But Devin didn't stop. "Time Force!" he yelled. "No! You won't take me again!" He flung his fists at the Rangers.

"Look out!" She called as she pushed Wes out of the way of a green fireball. Both rolled to opposite sides of the street. "Devin, just relax. I'm not going to take you in, Time Force wants to help you!"

Wes gave her a look, not liking the way she said 'I'm.'

"Bullshit!" he flung his fists at her again. "All Time Force wants to do is experiment on me!" Jen dodged yet another fireball from him.

She caught her breath while she sat behind a car. "That's not true. What Doctor Saunders meant by that was help you, Devin."

Devin saw Wes coming up behind him, his eyes full of panic. "No! I won't go!" He disappeared into a green flame.

Jen got out from behind the car. "Shit!" she kicked a pipe that almost hit Wes.

"Hey! Easy, Jen!" he ducked the pipe.

The sound of three vector cycles reached Wes's ears as Trip, Katie and Lucas dismounted. "Wes!" Trip called.

"Well, look who decided to show up." Jen said as she crossed her arms.

Katie saw her standing there, as well as Trip and Lucas. "Jen?" the rangers said.

Jen nodded. Katie stood there for a moment, then burst forward. "Jen!" she hugged her friend happily. "Jen, oh my god! We thought you were dead!" Tears shined from Katie's eyes as Jen hugged Trip and Lucas as well.

"I'm very much alive, I assure you." Jen chuckled.

"What happened to you, Jen?" Lucas asked. "Two years is quite long to be away from here."

Sirens were heard in the distance. "Let's go somewhere else to talk about this."

"The clock tower." Trip said.

Jen shivered. "Then lets get going."

1 hour later

Wes listened intensely as Jen spoke of how she survived the blow to the back and the wounds.

"There was a group of Philippians who took me in and nursed me back to health, or at least to the point where I could move again." She said.

"So that's why we didn't find a body!" Katie blurted out. Lucas nudged her.

"No, we did, but apparently it wasn't Jen's." Lucas said. "Whose was it anyway?" he asked the Pink Ranger.

"I traded clothes with a woman I found dead in the wetlands. There were some rogue army guys after me. I found her lying in the swamp and traded clothes. But I was badly injured after that. Like I said before, a bunch of villagers found me and helped me. I was there for what seemed like months. I was finally able to get in touch with Time Force and told them of my position."

"So, then we retrieved you, but your funeral had all ready gone on." Trip added.

"Go on," Jen urged, knowing where the Green Ranger was going.

"But that was also when Devin escaped and came here. Time Force sent you on this mission to capture him, so you could have time to get your paperwork back in line and announce that you were alive." Trip said. Jen nodded.

Wes sat on the couch, staring at the ground. "How long have you been here?" he asked quietly.

She had been trying to avoid that question. "Little less then two months."

"So then why didn't you contact Eric and me?"

"I didn't want to interfere with your plans, and I didn't want you to interfere with mine."

Wes laughed. "So you were the one sending us those notes."

Jen nodded. "Yes, that was me."

Wes leaned forward and put his elbows on his knees. "Then why so secretive?" he asked.

Jen didn't answer, only stared at him. "Umm, Lucas, Trip, I believe we have some things to do, down in the shop." She pulled the Blue and Green rangers out of the room, leaving Jen and Wes alone.

Neither said a word to each other for minutes straight, the tension between them grew. Jen finally got up and headed towards the window.

Wes watched her. He knew something was wrong, no doubt about it. He slowly got up walked over towards her. "Jen," he said. "Why didn't you contact me?"

But Jen didn't respond. "I didn't know how long I was going to be here. If it was only for a day, I didn't want to start up anything."

"But Jen…I was so worried about you." He said quietly. He gazed into her eyes as he moved a piece of hair away from her face. "I cried every night because I thought you were gone, Jen. I didn't know how I could live without you."

"Wes," she began. Jen felt a hard lump rise into her throat.

But Wes shushed her. "Don't say anything. There's something I want to do before we start arguing, like I know we will do."

Jen felt him arm go around her waist and puller her close. His other hand caressed her cheek lovingly as he kissed her for the first time. Instead of returning his kiss, Wes felt her tense up tremendously in his arm, her lips went cold. He stopped and saw tears develop behind her eyes.

"Jen?" He asked. "Is everything okay?"

Jen's eyes went hard. "Never again, Wes. Never again." Her voice trembled as she left his arms. She walked away, head held high.

But her heart cried.

Wes stood there, left in shock by her reaction to his kiss. He watched her walk towards the end of the room and disappear into a room. Music was heard a few moments later as Jen began to punch a heavy bag that was there.

The Red Rangers stood at the window and watched the sun set, his heart hurt from Jen's rejection.

"What if she's back with Alex?" he asked himself. "What if they're married?"

"She's not, Wes." Trip stood next to Wes. Wes looked at the Green Ranger.

"Then why did she do that? I thought she loved me." He sighed.

Trip shrugged. "She still does, Wes. She's been through a lit within the last few months. Everyone back in our time thought she was dead. Now, she's alive and well." Trip buzzed his lips together. "You know Jen. She doesn't show her emotions so easily."

Wes chuckled. "Tell me something I don't know."

"Just give her some time, Wes. That's all she needs." Trip slapped Wes's shoulder.

"Thanks, Trip." Wes nodded.

Trip smiled. "Any time, Wes." The Green Ranger began to walk away from his friend. Something dawned on Wes's mind as he looked at a nearby billboard.

"Hey Trip," he called. "Does Jen like musicals?"

Trip laughed. "She loves them, why?"

Wes looked at the billboard again; a smile came to his face. "I just thought of an idea to calm her down a bit."

The Green Ranger laughed. "Have fun."

Wes grabbed his cell phone and dialed the number for two tickets.

The next day

Jen was sitting at the counter doing some paperwork, light music was on in the background.

The CD changer switched to the next CD. Jen closed her eyes and listened to the melody of 3 Doors Down's song Here Without You.

Jen caught some of the words and began to sing along. "I'm here without you baby. But you're still on my lonely mind. I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time. I'm here without you baby, but you're still with me in my dreams. And tonight, there's only you and me."

"You should have gone into a singing career, Jen." Wes rounded the corner as she stopped.

Jen chuckled. "I'm not that good." She sighed. Wes tried to speak, but found the words difficult. "Is there something you need, Wes?"

"Actually," Wes began. "I was wondering if you were doing anything next Friday night."

Jen gave him a lopsided look. "Why?"

Wes took the envelope from behind his back. "Because I got us five tickets to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway."

The Pink Ranger jumped. "You're kidding?" she asked excitedly.

He took out the five tickets. "Nope. Friday, the five of us are going out to see it."

Jen smiled at him for once. "Can't wait." She left him standing there as she went back upstairs.

Wes let out a breath. "That went better then planned."

He walked outside to see a dark billow of clouds gathering over the clock tower.

Friday evening

Jen and Wes stood up in the loft. "Come on! You guys are so fricken' slow!" Jen called. Her and Wes were ready for at least a half hour. Finally footsteps were heard as Trip, Katie and Lucas were seen coming downstairs, dressed in regular clothes.

Jen nearly blew a gasket. "Why aren't you three ready?" she screamed.

"We can't go…uh…we have a last minute job that needs to get done. Besides, we sold our tickets all ready." Katie said. Lucas and Trip pushed Jen and Wes out the door.

"Enjoy yourself! Don't worry about us!" Lucas called. Once they were out Trip turned to his fellow rangers.

"Is everything set?" He asked.

Katie nodded. "Yup. Now, let's go do that job!"

Meanwhile

"I can't believe that they ditched like that!" Jen complained as her and Wes walked down the sidewalk. "They're going to miss a great play."

Wes had been quiet for the last few minutes. "Jen, I…um…I wanted to apologize for…" he shrugged. "You know."

"Don't worry about it, Wes. We all have urges that take over, and sometimes its hard to control them." Jen said. Her voice dropped. "I guess I kind of overreacted a bit."

Wes gave her a look. "So, what was it like working at a diner?"

"Wes!" Jen protested. He laughed. "It was something I wouldn't like to experience again. Dirty, disgusting people eat there." She shivered. "Just thinking about it makes me sick."

"So how exactly did you tell them you were leaving without them finding you weren't why they thought you were?" Wes thought this sentence over for a second and shook his head.

"Simple. I just told them that I was moving to Florida and tada. I was out of there." Jen said. They walked in silence for a few more moments. "I missed this place."

"Oh, really. What did you miss?" Wes asked curiously. Jen chuckled.

"Everything. The city, the people, everything." Jen looked off as more couples stood in the park. Her eyes didn't make contact with Wes.

They walked in silence for a few more minutes until they came to the theatre. Wes took out the tickets as they entered.

The theatre warmed the Rangers up quickly as they took their seats. The lights dimmed as the play began.

Wes periodically looked over at Jen, who was deeply absorbed in it, enjoying every moment. He really didn't consider it a date, but he wanted it to be. He thought of why she had reacted the way he did. Why did she seem so scared to start off at where they left off?

Three hours later, and they were on their way back home.

"Thanks, Wes. That was wonderful." Jen said. He smiled.

"Anytime, Jen." Wes said.

A cold wisp of winter air blew by them as a heavy snow began to fall.

It hadn't taken not ten minutes for a slight accumulation of about five inches to fall.

Suddenly, Jen fell. She hit her shoulder hard on the concrete and screamed in pain.

"Jen!" Wes grabbed her, instantly slipping and falling besides her. "Jen, are you okay?" But instead of yelling, Jen was laughing. "What's so funny?"

"This." Jen grabbed a handful of snow and smashed it into Wes's face.

"What's the big deal?" He shouted. "Shit! That'd cold!"

Jen stood up and grabbed yet another handful of snow. "What's the matter, Wes? Can't take a little bit of snow?"

Wes gave her a look. "I'll tell you what I can't take." He grabbed a handful and chucked a snowball at her.

Wes and Jen stood outside the clock tower as they chucked snowballs back and forth at each other, wide smiles of enjoyment on their faces.

"Truce!" Wes waved his hand.

Jen waved hers in agreement. "Truce."

Both were soaked to the bone and cold. With what little energy they had left, they helped each other up the stairs and up to the loft.

Neither noticed that Katie, Trip and Lucas were nowhere in sight…

ch 7 up soon…