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.

Necroblade: Cliffies are good! The relevance of the wedding? Uh, non other than the promise to LucyE I would put it in? I've seen a lot of Conner/Kira fics, I swear. It's not as uncommon as you think. I'll make sure to put a story/chapter up around then.

Juzblue: Oh, I updated, but you'll hate me! Though it's my friend Rosa you should really hate. I asked her to create that character's looks and bio. I'm still waiting on it and I can't continue that part of the story until I have it. Aren't I mean?

DizneeDol: I'll update as soon as I can without getting into trouble with my mom for spending the whole day behind the computer. :P Please, keep living for a while longer.

Ghostwriter: Cute! Yay!

Jenny: OH HELP! I love the review, just take that and be happy. I'm moving on to the next review. :-P

LucyE: That's okay. Okay, so Aurora is in a coma, few scratches and brushes, but she's fine. Mack on the other hand… Well, you'll find out in a future chapter, just keep in mind the truck hit the car on his side. Hope you liked Kira's dress. You've got Arwennicole to thank for that.

Arwennicole: Yay! Jenny, we did something right! I think you phrased it wrong. You don't like reading cliffies, no one does, but writing cliffies is a whole other story:P

TrueRomantic: Sorry, Lucy's not their kid. She's their goddaughter and the kid of Conner and Kira. Read the last chapter of Part 1 of the Zodiac Rangers, not counting the prologue. Nah, I don't live next to incinerator, I do live above a witch though. My downstairs neighbour is really weird. Her garden has turned into a jungle, she looks strange and she's a walking fashion-disaster! Oh and in all the time she lived her (1 and a half year) she never opened her curtains. Yay! You were bashing Jenny! You were defending me! YAY! HAHA Jenny, see people fear you behind the wheel more than they fear me. And with good reasons too I believe. :P JK

The-power-of-love: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, you hated it. You wrote one 'love it' to less. :-( Now I'll die.

Melissa: I can't say anything about that, just that Rosa and Gwyn are the same person, but Gwyn isn't really a name you hear a lot (not there anyway) and Rosa is and she's not supposed the give herself away (just yet :P) Wow, I actually succeeded in getting someone confused!

Phantom Rogue: Duh, but I couldn't really let her introduce herself as Gwyn, now could I? You know who she really is and so you should know why introducing her as Gwyn would be a very bad idea. AAAAAHHHHH, Demon might update! Run for the hills! Yeah, that was Conner and Kira getting married, got a problem with it? I just told Jenny something about that idea of yours, so I'll e-mail it to you if I don't see you online very soon. And please, please, if you got that e-mail with that new ranger team, create the white ranger! I NEED HIM!

It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 11

Ashley stared sadly down at the pale face of her eldest daughter. Only the soft moving of her chest in silent breaths gave any indication at all that she was alive. She desperately wanted to just hold onto her hand, but it was so cold… so cold, that she couldn't bear to keep grasp of it.

Andros had an arm wrapped around her, a small comfort to her; he too could only stare at Aurora. She looked so small and fragile between the white sheets of that hospital bed. Rangers were only human, as they knew very well, but it wasn't fair a mere car could do this much damage while a monster only left a few scratches and brushes.

Ray had retreated to a corner of the room, sitting on the ground and desperately trying not to look at his sister, but his eyes were drawn to her involuntarily. Next to him, baby Ciana lay asleep in her maxi cosi. Ray kept a close eye on her while trying to avoid looking at Aurora. If she were to wake up, he would have her out and in his arm only moments later knowing that even if she was to cry, his parents were too dazed to react.

A soft knock on the door caught their attention, it slowly opened and an unfamiliar man came in, slowly as if not wanting to intrude. Ray watched his mother's eyes widen and standing up.

"Jeff." She muttered, looking about ready to faint from shock.

The man reached out and soon held a crying Ashley, rubbing small circles on her back.

"Shhh." He whispered. "It'll be alright."

"How?" Ashley choked, trying hard to pull herself together.

"Michelle's a nurse here. When she entered this room to check up on her patient and recognized Aurora's hair, she immediately called me." Jeff explained gently, pulling back slightly. "Are you guys okay?"

Ashley nodded, tears still silently running down her face, but Andros shook his head.

"Not really. Do they know who the driver of that truck was?"

"I'm sorry, but from what Michelle could tell me, the police are in the dark. They found the truck at the bottom of Angel's Bluff, but no driver was inside and if he had been, he'd be dead."

"Serves him right." Andros growled, balling his hands into fists.

"I agree." Jeff sighed.

A rumbling noise made him look at the corner of the room where Ray and Ciana were. Ray was rubbing his stomach with an unreadable expression.

"Hungry?" Jeff asked.

"We were waiting for Aurora to come home order pizza when we got the call." Andros confessed, sighing. "We didn't eat before coming here."

Jeff looked thoughtful for a moment, before speaking tentatively.

"Look, you guys are probably tired… How about I ask Michelle to keep watch over Aurora for a while? You could get something to eat at my place and you're welcome to stay as long as you want. We've got a guest-room wit double bed - Jake shouldn't mind sharing his room too much, he has sleepovers with his friends all the time and I'm sure we have their crib stored in the attic. It would only need some dusting off. The mattress should be stored in a plastic bag, so no dust there and the rest just needs a visit to the washing machine, but then Ciana has a place to sleep too."

"You don't have to do that, Jeff." Ashley replied, touched by her brother's words.

"Yes, I do," Jeff pressed insistently. "I've got a lot to make up for, Ash. I'm even willing to take turn watching over Aurora. I know you two well enough to know you want someone to be with her 24 hours a day, but having just two people to do that takes too much out of you and you have Ciana and Ray to think of too."

Ashley sought eye contact with Andros for a moment and than slowly nodded.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll get Michelle." He said before leaving the room.

Suddenly something sprang to Ashley's mind and she closed her eyes.

"Clothes." She muttered, sounding dismayed and disappointed.

"We could get them tomorrow." Andros said, wrapping his arms around his wife. "It's too late to drive up and down to Crystal Springs."

"I can teleport." Ray spoke for the first time since entering the room. "But just myself. Chaitlin, Dakota and Kayla are the ones that can teleport more people, due to their magic, but…"

"But what?" Andros asked gently.

"We're not on really good terms with the team anymore." Ray confessed.

"Have you ever tried teleporting more people?" Andros sighed.

"No." Ray replied softly.

"We'll try later. If it doesn't work at least you can get an overnight bag for Ciana together with some extra diapers and get your own pyjama then I'll go get the rest tomorrow." Andros assured, sending his son a weak smile.

Ray returned it and scrambled to his feet as Jeff returned with a brown haired nurse with red highlights in her hair. Her green eyes held a sparkle in them as she held out her hand to Ashley.

"You must be Ashley. Jeff told me a lot about you. I'm Michelle," She greeted with a small smile. "And you must be Andros. Like Jeff said, you're welcome to stay at our house as long as necessary."

Andros and Ashley returned their greeting and made sure to thank Michelle for the hospitality. Michelle waved it away and turned to Ray.

Ciana started whimpering and Ray quickly took her in his arms, hugging her close as she almost immediately quieted. It did get the attention of Michelle.

"I'm guessing you're Ray." She said. "You look like a great big brother for your baby sister."

Ciana gurgled happily as if to agree, her tiny hands reaching for his necklace and Ray smiled softly down at her.

"I couldn't ask for two better sisters than Aurora and Ciana. I wouldn't want to trade them for the world." He replied, making his parents smile proudly.

"Don't you worry." Michelle smiled. "You won't lose Aurora."

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