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.

Phantom Rogue: Yeah, I remembered and I did this time too! Secret powers are fun, cause you don't have to share them with anyone. Secrets in general are fun!

Arwennicole: Glad you liked it. Have fun with this chapter.

Necroblade: The bad guys will make their move in the next of the series.

Jenny: You still didn't write those failed attempts! Though I still love SS. :P

DizneeDol: Sorry it took a few days.

Melissa: This should give you a break so you can read it all.

Demon Child From Hell: Have you been taking reviewing lessons from Jenny too?

The-power-of-love: So… you hate it?

It Was Just The Beginning

Epilogue

It was night in Crystal Springs and everyone in the Hammond household was asleep… Well, not everyone. Gwyn and Ciana were both wide-awake. The former was standing in front of the window in the nursery, next to her 'old' crib. Outside a thunderstorm was raging, but she did nothing to make it disappear. She loved the thunder, always had, ever since zapping Uncle Zhane...

Rain was pouring down as heavily as if a lake had completely dried out and was now trying to refill itself over night – a very big lake. Somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that if it woke up Aurora and her sister noticed she wasn't laying on the cot that had been set up in Aurora's room, her big sis would come looking for her. But right now, that was the least of her worries.

Blaecleah had managed to slowly drift the Zodiac team apart. That's why she had gone back in time. She hoped she would be able to get the team back together. They needed each other. Another big mistake the team she knew had made was keeping their identities a secret, like the tradition had been on Earth. Some of the rangers had had so much trouble getting out of class they arrived just as the monster decided to become Godzilla the II – A.K.A the Zord fight, for the Zodiac did have Zords, they just didn't know it yet.

A giggle escaped her lips as she thought of a particular phone call Aurora had told her about. One that had to do with Ray, school, rangering and bathroom breaks.

Gwyn sighed. There was so much the rangers still didn't know about their powers and she was fully intent on telling them everything. As she stared down at herself for a while. Baby Ciana was gurgling happily and reached her chubby little hands up as if she was trying to catch something.

Smiling, Gwyn reached down and picked the baby girl up, softly rocking her and muttering the lullaby she remembered her mother singing to her. Ciana yawned a little, her eyes drooping and her small fists rising up to protect her face from the non-existing invading light.

"Go to sleep sweety." Gwyn murmured. "I promise you, you'll never have to face the hardship I had. You'll never have to hear Aurora cry over Mack and what could have been. You'll never have to watch Ray be all dark and depressed all the time and you are going to grow up and lead a happy life. You will follow in the footsteps of the people most important to you and become a powerful ranger together with five great friends… And you'll know of only one weakness that seems to be genetically programmed in every Hammond. You, little girl, will save the world more times than you can count."

During her little speech, Ciana had closed her eyes and her breathing had evened out into little baby snores. Gwyn smiled again and placed Ciana back in her crib, drawing the blanket back over the little girl, keeping the cold December air from reaching the precious bundle. A gift her family would forever cherish.

Then she crept out of the room and back up the stars to Aurora's. She watched her sister shift in her sleep and sighed.

"The battle has only just begun, Rora. Many tests will cross your path and that of the other rangers, but I swear, I'll make sure you are prepared this time and the emotional scars the rangers I know suffered will never exist."

With that Gwyn lay back down on the cot under the blankets and slowly drifted off to sleep, the thunder singing her a lullaby.

A/N: Sorry for the abrupt end, but I really wanted to work on this other story and I couldn't with this one running. But no fear, ending it now has secured the birth of The Zodiac Rangers Part 3: As The Battle Rages. Hope you enjoyed the story and will read my new one: Not Always The End. Please, I beg you to review.

Oh, I almost forgot. Go to Jenny's site (the link is on my site and else it's on her ID: Starlefaith, she might be so sweet as to put up the phone call Gwyn was 'talking' about.