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Summary: Mornie utúlie. Believe and you will find a way. Mornie alantie. A promise lives within you now. He went on a mission never to return again. Or so they said.
Necroblade: Glad you liked it. I know what being in a rush can do to you. Don't worry.
Juzblue: Ray's 10 almost 11. I can't say I'm the best sister in the world either, but I'm the sweetest sister my brother has (and the only :P).
Arwennicole: Not this one, the next, promise.
The real vampire: You're going to hate me so much more after reading this chapter.
The-power-of-love: What more can I say than this; :D.
Ashleigh: Volgende hoofdstuk, dat beloof ik. Na dit hoofdstuk kan ik er ook niet meer onderuit. Aurora is inderdaad lief, ik kan alleen niet hetzelfde over mij zeggen.
Jenny: Yes, I admitted that some time ago. I'll send the chapter earlier, I swear. It's almost finished and I wanted to finish it yesterday, but I needed to stay at school much longer than I planed, leaving me with no time to write. Oh, and I'm not going to ask about your age, I can already guess, if you didn't skip a class that is. :P
DizneeDol: Glad you like my writings. I do what I can to keep them good.
Ghostwriter: Yes, well, the bond between Ray and Aurora is important. You'll find out what I mean later.
Phantom Rogue: Yeah, Mack and Aurora are going to get together. That was pretty obvious from the start, wasn't it? He's not evil, sorry. Last thing I heard they were planning to yes. And I never said I'd get Ashley pregnant.
What Was Lost
Chapter 23
Hours had passed and Aurora and Ray were due to arrive any minute now. Ashley sighed and leaned against Andros. How would the others react when they saw her son? Would they feel even guiltier? Andros quickly wrapped his arms around her, catching on to her doubts.
"Don't worry so much, Ash. Everything will be fine, just relax."
"What would I do without you?" Ashley sighed.
Suddenly the alarm went off. They looked at each other in shock before running to the control room. They entered just in time the catch the last of Zhane's sentence.
"…monster in Angel Grove."
"We're on it." Chaitlin replied. "Ready?"
The others nodded.
"Zodiac power up!" They called in unison, before naming their own Zodiac signs.
Ashley and Andros watched the children morph and teleport out to the battlefield.
"What the hell is going on?" Ashley demanded.
"Oh, uh, I think we forgot to mention our children turned out to be rangers." Zhane said uncomfortably.
"Zodiac ranger?" Andros guessed.
"Yeah." TJ replied.
"That's where that guy that had me captured was after, their morphers. He said I had one for a while…" Andros said trailing off.
"Their morphers seem to consist of a ring and a necklace made with their birthstones." Saryn told him.
"And we believe Aurora is the Cancer ranger." Carlos reported.
"Aurora? But how?" Andros asked.
"Andros." Ashley said, paling slightly. "That necklace you gave Aurora for her sixth birthday. It had a heart shaped ruby as pendant… and now she has a ring with a ruby too."
"And the ruby is the birthstone of Cancer." Andros finished. "Great, I handed a little girl a morpher."
"Don't kill yourself over it. Non of us knew either until they showed up morphed." Karone comforted her brother.
"Andros…" Ashley said, her mental voice sounding scared.
"Yeah?"
"Ray, he was born under Libra…"
Andros' head shot in Ashley's direction.
"Does he have…?"
Ashley nodded, fear in her eyes.
"Great, my ten year old son is a power ranger."
"We have no idea who the Libra ranger is." Cassie said quietly, not wanting to intrude on the silent conversation that was obviously going on between Andros and Ashley.
Andros nodded and wrapped Ashley into his arms again. The others looked at them. All aware of the pain the two seemed to radiate into the room.
Somewhere else in the base
"Come on, Ray, the control room is this way." Aurora said, pulling on her brother's arm.
Everyone they passed seemed to stare at the two of them and she didn't like it one bit. She was glad when she finally saw the doors labelled 'control room'.
The doors opened silently when they entered the sensor range and they looked into the room. Aurora had trouble not to turn around and run. It might have been eleven years, but she still recognized the faces of her parents old friends, their teammates and significant others, the people who had turned their backs on her and her mother when her father had died.
Just before she could turn around, though, she spotted her mother, leaning against someone. She was about to open her mouth and tell the guy to get his filthy hands off her mother, when his appearance registered; jeans, red shirt and brown and blond streaked hair.
Her mind started to swirl. It couldn't be, could it? Before she noticed what she was doing, the word left her mouth, sounding oddly loud in the silent room.
"Daddy?"
A/N: I know, I know, I'm stalling. You gotta love me for it! Review.