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.

Arwennicole: Oh yes they can. :P Aurora will be just fine, I promise. She's just going to be out for a while. It's going to be of grave importance in the story. You'll find out what I mean in a while. Oh and about the no new chapter thingy, I think I'll be able to keep myself alive by writing. :P

Necroblade: Glad you like the Jeff/Ash reunion. And why are you complaining about cliffies? You can just read on and don't be bothered by them! Indeed not much happening in Chapter 12, but it'll be important in the future, though I won't say how. Hope you like this chapter too.

The-power-of-love: You trying to clog my mailbox? Another review of 22 Kb. You must really, really love this story.

Jenny: Yay, I got a rambling review again! Well, I answered most of your questions when you were online, so… LET'S RAMBLE BACK! Oh yeah, I'll probably sent Phantom the story first and only after she reads it I'll post it on fanfiction, cause I'm going to post! People have a right to know what I'm writing! And to tell me they love it! And to get Happy Birthday's for Phantom! You don't wanna play miss.bingo either? Those people must be crying now. Oh well, they shouldn't have asked us in the first place! WHOOP WHOOP! You didn't talk about weddings (except the mention you didn't talk about them, but we'll let it slide, won't we?). Subconsious? I've got three words for you and you can guess. :P

DizneeDol: The more buddies the merrier I'll be! And this chapter holds the reaction of the others, sorta.

TrueRomantic: Sweet? I hurt Chaitlin and you think it's sweet? Cool! Maybe I should hurt more of my characters. Let's start with… Eshla! Sure you can post my stories on your site, Jenny did, so why should you, my bashing-Jenny-happy friend? Tell me when your site is out and I'll put it on the link page too. And I really LOVE your idea of reading our stories to those campers.

It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 14

"I quit!" Chaitlin declared, fire burning in her eyes.

"You can't quit being a ranger!" Eshla shot back, her voice slowly rising.

"I'm not quitting the rangers." Chaitlin snapped. "I QUIT THE TEAM!"

With that she turned on her heels and stormed out of the room.

"Three rangers down, well, we still got ten left. What are we going to do now?" Dymphna sighed.

Dakota and Kayla locked eyes for a moment, dread written all over their faces. They hated to do this, but they knew there was no other way.

"Eight rangers." Kayla spoke in an unusually soft voice, even for her.

"Eight?" Anlon asked, looking at them with horror.

"Sorry mate." Dakota sighed. "But our family is more important than our team."

With that they followed Chaitlin at a slower pace. What had happened to Aurora had shocked them all, but it hadn't changed Eshla's mind.

The moment the door had slammed shut behind her, she had teleported out of the NASADA-base. Now she was walking along some beach in a place who knows where.

"Chaitlin?" Kayla's metal voice asked tentatively. "Where are you?"

"I don't know and I don't care." Chaitlin replied curtly, tempted to put up her blocks.

"Can we come?" Dakota's voice asked.

"Do whatever you like, I'm not about to tell you where to go and where not."

Dakota eyed Kayla suspiciously knowing she had heard it too. It was so un-Chaitlin-like to be so… so… not caring. Kayla shrugged and closed her eyes, concentrating on her older sister. It would take a bit more concentration and energy, but it was possible to teleport blindly, concentrating on a person only. As when they had found Andros on Cratus, she let her magic expand her teleporting abilities again knowing Dakota wasn't patient enough to teleport this way himself.

As the light of teleportation cleared, they found themselves on a deserted beach. Kayla shivered as the cold breeze brushed against her bare arms. Wordlessly, Dakota offered held out his jacket. Gratefully she pulled it around her shoulders and stuck her arms in the sleeves. The tips of her figures just barely stuck out on the other end, putting a smile on her face. When she looked up, she saw Chaitlin look at them, tears once again running down her cheeks and her lips were slowly starting to turn blue.

Kayla quickly rushed forward and wrapped her older sister into a hug. Soon she felt Dakota's arms wrap around the both of them.

"You'll always have us Chaitlin." Kayla whispered. "We don't agree with the team either. Aurora had done nothing wrong…"

"You heard what Dad said." Dakota continued. "Uncle Andros said the doctors are saying she'll be fine."

"They also say she might not be the old Aurora anymore when she wakes up due to the fact her oxygen was cut of for a while." Chaitlin half hardly snapped, the effect being lost as she sobbed slightly.

"That goes for any other human being, but you know the power not only protects rangers when they're morphed, but also unmorphed and helps heal. The power will assure Aurora will be the Aurora we know and love." Kayla argued. "And as long as the team can't see Aurora couldn't be mad at a stone even if she tried to, they'll just have to manage their battles with a team of 8 cooperating rangers. We can never truly leave the team as long as we call upon the same powers as they do."

Chaitlin nodded weakly, glad to have her siblings on her side to assure her.

"Come on, let's get home. The winters might be warmer here than on KO-35. I'm getting cold!" Dakota complained, causing both his sisters to laugh.

Only now did Chaitlin feel the shivers running up her spine. She was cold - and probably caught a cold by now too. Before she could concentrate on teleporting, a pink/purple swirl of light surrounded her. When the light faded they were standing in their living room back in Crystal Springs.

"I'll make some hot chocolate to warm us up." Kayla offered, shrugging Dakota's jacket off her shoulders and walked to the kitchen.

Chaitlin dropped down on the couch and stared at the TV. When Kayla pressed the cup of hot chocolate into her hands, she snapped out of her daze.

"You okay, Chait?" Kayla asked.

"Yeah, just thinking." Her sister replied.

"About?"

"Something seems to be up. Something strange. I just got this feeling, you know?"

"Yeah, I do, like something is there, just out of reach and no matter how hard you try you can't grab hold of it." Kayla agreed.

"Does this have to do with a strange telepathic presence that seems to have appeared about two days ago, but doesn't seem to be strong enough to identify or locate?" Dakota cut in.

"Yeah, but somehow I have a feeling it's someone we know." Chaitlin replied. "Somehow that someone seems to be here twice…"

A/N: Haha, I really do love writing cliffies. Hope you still liked it. REVIEW! And check out the new songfics on my site!