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.

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It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 15

Gwyn groaned when she heard the beeping noise coming from her backpack. Sighing she got the communication devise out of her bag after checking if the coast was clear, and answered it.

"Gwyn, how's it going? Why aren't you back yet?"

"Well, hello to you too, Hean. I'm well, thank you for asking. What about you and the others? How are you holding up without me? Is Lejach behaving a bit?"

"GWYN!" Hean's voice warned in a dangerous rumble.

Knowing she would have trouble if she didn't answer his questions, she sighed again.

"Mission is going fine. I've decided to stay a bit longer to make sure things turn out okay now." She reported, brushing away a nag of guilt.

"That's only half of it." Hean guessed, sounding dismayed. "Damn it, Gwyn; you're emotionally involved! I knew we should've sent Jarreth or Jayane!"

"HEAN!" Gwyn argued. "That wouldn't have been safe. They would notice it if the same person would be showing up everywhere! You know I was the only choice we had, emotional involvement or not."

"Okay… but be careful. The moment something goes wrong, pull back or report and I'll sent Kirl to help out."

"Fine." Gwyn reluctantly agreed, but silently cursed him.

Angel Grove Memorial

Ashley looked up when someone squeezed her shoulder. Andros shot her an empty smile and ran his hand through her hair as he sat down.

Last night Ray hadn't managed to teleport Andros with him to get some overnight stuff, so Andros had set off early this morning to get some clothes so they could stay at Jeff's for at least another week. He had only just walked through the front door when the phone rang. Zhane was calling about the early morning news and some crazy story, which concluded in him asking if Aurora happened to have had a car crash the evening before. Andros had sadly confirmed the story and told theirs. Zhane had offered to inform the others and him and Karone offered to follow him to Angel Grove, wanting to help out in any way possible.

Since Jeff and Michelle both had to work this Saturday, Karone offered to watch the kids so both Andros and Ashley could go to Aurora. Zhane was currently with Karone and would take the watch over Aurora to night.

"I just got of the phone with Zhane." Andros whispered, still smoothing out her hair.

"And? How did the ranger meeting of the kids go?"

"It resulted in Chaitlin and the twin quitting the team, breaking it up even more so."

"They're just caught in the middle of this disagreement and obviously don't want to take sides." Ashley sighed, leaning against his as best as she could.

"I just hope things turn out okay." Andros admitted.

"You weren't very nice to us either, and I can remember many disagreements, but we turned out just fine, didn't we?"

"Let's hope history will repeat itself in that department considering the team."

They sat in silence for a while, drawing strength from each other. After a long silence, a knock on the door caught their attention and a woman entered tentatively.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, I presume?" She asked softly.

Andros and Ashley nodded, not sure what the woman wanted.

"My name is Rachel, Rachel Castana, Mack's mother."

Immediately, Ashley shot up out of her chair.

"I'm Ashley and this is my husband Andros… Er, how's Mack doing?"

"Still fighting for his life." Rachel sighed. "The IC was getting to me, so I decided to take a walk and remembered your daughter. She's beautiful, on both in and outside. You must be so proud of her."

"We are." Andros replied, standing up too. "But Mack's a great person too. I'm sure many parents envy you for your son."

"Thank you. We're glad to have him" Rachel smiled a little. "Would you… Would you mind if I stay for a while?"

"No, of course not." Ashley answered.

Rachel smiled gratefully and took the chair Andros offered.

"So where are your other two children? You had a son named Ray and a month old daughter, right?"

"Yeah." Ashley replied, almost wishfully. "Ciana. They're at my brother's house were we're staying. My brother and sister-in-law are watching them since my brother and his wife both had to work today."

"It must be great to have such a helpful family."

"It is." Andros agreed.

They sat there talking for a while. Remembering the good memories they had of each other's children and just getting to know each other. Had they been looking at Aurora, they would have been the brief glowing of her necklace.

A/N: Nana, I'm not going to tell you what that's all about until Phantom helps me out with this certain character. So if you really want to know, you know where you need to be. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review.