Title: Family Ties

Part Twenty-Two: The End

Author: Kryptonite

Disclaimer: I own Danni, Elizabeth, Mrs. Kelly, Andrew, Kevin, Officer (Jared) O'Brien and Bobby. I think that's currently everybody.

Spoilers: Very, very, very few.

Summary: The Rangers find out where Kapri is.

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"So what are we going to do?" The rangers were seated around the table at Ninja Ops. They'd left Kevin in charge of the birthday party, apologized to Elizabeth who didn't mind at all, and left to discuss Kapri.

"We have to find her." Danni pointed out. "We don't know if she's a threat or not until we know where she is. For all we know her being gone means Lothor is back. Or that someone worse is out there." Cam wrapped his arm around Danni's shoulders, pulling her closer to him.

Marah sat with her head in her hands. She blamed herself for the situation they were now in. If she had told the rangers about Kapri earlier they might have been able to design a tracker or something to put on her. A hand came to rest on top of her head. She looked to the side, between her fingers, and saw Zurgane smile reassuringly at her.

"It's not your fault." He whispered.

"Wanna bet?" Marah turned her face back towards the table, her palms pressed into her eyes.

"Marah, Zurgane's right. It's not your fault." Blake said, having heard the exchange. "Kapri… Kapri would have found a way to disappear.

"Marah? Do you have any hair of Kapri's? Like from a hairbrush or something?" Cam questioned during the lengthening lull. Everyone but Danni looked at him like he was from another planet.

"We could… design a program to track Kapri…" Danni trailed off as her mind instantly tried to work through the idea. She and Cam turned to the computer banks and started arguing quietly, forgetting everyone else was there.

Marah shrugged and Zurgane teleported back to the apartment they shared, coming back with a comb that Kapri used regularly. Danni took the proffered brush and then went back to arguing with Cam.

"Guess we should just let them work." Hunter commented. Dustin nodded, knowing better than to interrupt his sister when she was working on something.

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"Hey guys, we found her!" Cam's ecstatic voice came over the rangers' comm. systems almost six hours later. Everyone else had returned to Elizabeth's birthday party and let the two work in peace.

"Where is she?" Marah spat the words out first and loudest, heard over everyone's babbling.

"Strewn in about six different places around the world." Cam answered.

"She attempted a transport. It… ripped her to pieces."

Everyone was silent as they contemplated the new information. It was harder for Marah to process than anyone else, for obvious reasons, and she started crying in Zurgane's shoulder.

"Well… I guess we don't have to worry about that." Blake commented. Tori hit him lightly and off-handedly in the shoulder.

The rangers lived happily and peacefully ever after… or as peacefully as you can live when you share a house with your brother, his boyfriend and your husband. Yeah, that's right, Dustin's still threatening Cam with bodily harm.

Be well.

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Doyles-always- No this is the last chapter. I appreciate that you think it's the end of an era, that makes me feel real good. Anyway I have other stories you can read (hint, hint)

CamFan- Thanks for always reviewing.

I know this ending really sucks. I just couldn't keep dragging this out though. I have no motivation and my muse is absolutely refusing to help. Maybe one day I'll go back and correct all of the many and obvious mistakes I made when writing this and give it a better ending.

Character Updates (In Chapter):

Kapri is scattered to the winds due to a faulty transportation attempt.

Danni and Cam are married

Hunter and Dustin live with Danni and Cam (in Dustin and Danni's parent's house)

Bye all, have a good life.