Summary: Aurora is in college, spending only her weekends and vacations in Crystal Springs. After since Andros' reunion with his children, Blaecleah kept quiet, but peace never lasts for long.
Juzblue: Glad you like the start.
Necroblade: Don't worry. I think this fic will move fast.
Arwennicole: Glad you like it. I totally agree with you thing are now as they should be, Andros even has a change to see at least one kid grow up from baby to teen.
The real vampire: Some one else to come along to catch Aurora's interest? Competition for Mack? I like the idea. I'll go squeeze my brain out for another guy.
Jenny: Another review of 3 kB, please, do continue. It's fun. What you said about Mirror Mirror: I WAS NICE TO ANDROS THIS TIME, I only gave him three kids, I used to give him FOUR and THREE of them were boys. Still, I think he would faint if he found out, especially since Ashley's their mother. Oh, and you're not crazy, I am, but then again, who cares? I know I don't. I'm happy. See me smile? CHEESE! Oh, and about your e-mail. As much as I want to say do the sequel, you should go with the new story you're already writing, just to bug me. :P
AbareKiller: Glad you like the nightmare thingy. I figured those eleven years of being a slave can't not leave him without emotional scares. (Of course Ashley will heal them. Hint, hint.)
The-power-of-love: No prob.
Phantom Rogue: See, told you I'd update. Now it's your turn again. :P
DizneeDol: I'm obsessed too, so I'd have to be suing myself first. Glad you like it.
TrueRomantic: Wait, you mean you read the whole thing without a break or something? Wow, now that's something writers want to hear, their stories being addictive. :P Hope to see more of your reviews in the future.
GreenDayfan1: Taking reviewing lessons from Jenny? You're at the 3 kB too. It was fun reading it, put a smile on my face. I'm glad you like my birthday present to you, even though you already knew it was coming. I think we all have a right to be hyper on our birthdays. A whole page full of 'thank you's, sounds like fun. Hope you had a happy birthday.
Ghostwriter: Glad you like it. Catch you on the flip side.
It Was Just The Beginning
Chapter 1
Chaitlin sighed as she looked out of the control-room's window into the Simuroom at NASADA. Across the room Aurora sat cross-legged on the ground, her brand new laptop placed on her lap, a cable connecting it to the Simuroom's control panel next to her.
A small distance away Ray was fighting a group consisting of all evil minions the Power Rangers ever had to face, plus some Craterites. Even without a morph he was holding out perfectly fine, even beating them.
It was painfully clear that both him and Aurora were strong fighters, the age difference doing nothing to keep them from being almost equally excellent fighters, even without them morphing.
In all honesty, nobody had seen his or her morphs yet. Blaecleah hadn't attacked since before she had been reunited with her cousin and it worried her, but what worried her more was that Aurora and Ray still kept a distance between them and the team.
Everyone was present at the NASADA-base at the moment. It had become their unofficial Command Centre - getting there wasn't hard, since their powers allowed them to teleport wherever they wanted – and nobody seemed to be protesting. Still, Aurora had asked Ray to come try out her new training-program, no one else.
"Hey."
She looked up and saw her father standing in the doorway.
"Hey." She replied with a small smile.
"What are you doing here? The other's are outside enjoying the sun."
"I don't know." Chaitlin sighed.
Zhane looked through the window at his nephew and niece and put an arm around his daughter.
"Does them being together bother you so much?"
"No… but uncle Andros has been back almost nine months now and they still prefer each other's company over ours."
"Can you blame them? What's nine months compared to eleven years, Chaitlin? Just give them some time, they'll come round."
"But dad…"
"No buts. If they're anything like their parents, they'll pull through when you need them. They just don't know if they can trust you."
"Of course they can!" Chaitlin protested.
"Tell me how they could possibly know that, Chaitlin."
"I… I don't know."
"Right, there hasn't been a fight or anything in which you could all prove yourselves. Ray and Aurora know each other. I've seen them fighting together. They know how the other fights and that makes them able to fight together flawlessly. They don't have that with you guys… yet."
"You really believe we'll have that too?"
"That's what being a team is about. When Carlos, Cassie, TJ and Ashley met Andros, they knew nothing about him, no how he fought, nothing and they ended up fighting together like a great team."
"Aunt Ashley even married him," Chaitlin pointed out, beginning to grin, and Zhane let out a laugh.
"I don't think anyone knows him as well as Ashley."
"Nor would they want to," Chaitlin added innocently, a mischievous smile still creeping it's way onto her face.
"Watch it." Zhane laughed. "Someone just might take it the wrong way."
"I will." She said and hugged her father. "Thanks dad, you're the best."
Zhane smiled and hugged Chaitlin back.
"Glad I could help."
In the Simuroom, Aurora looked up at the control-room and spotted Chaitlin and her uncle. Ray had just finished testing the simulation and an idea popped into her head.
"Hey Chaitlin?"
"Yeah?" In the control-room Chaitlin turned to look at her.
"Wanna try out my new training simulation?"
"Sure."
"I'm not sure how strong you are, so we'll start out on a low level. Just let me know if it's too easy and I'll put it on a higher level, okay?"
"Sounds great."
Even from this distance she could see her cousin beam and she smiled. This might just be the way to get to know the other rangers.
A/N: Sorry I took me so long to write this. I needed a small break from writing, just so I could get what I want to do with this story into my head. I figure most of it out, but I think the updating will be slow, but we won't know until we find out, will we?
Anyway, hoped you liked it. Please, I'm begging you to review.