Summary: Five years after a broken engagement, Andros visits Tommy and his new team. What he finds there, he couldn't even imagine in his wildest dreams.
Phantom Rogue: Yeah, dedicated to you. No, Jenny will not be playing any guitars! She's 4 for heaven's sake! I don't say it's not possible, but I just think it's horribly wrong! Andros is sleeping on Zhane's couch when he's babysitting Zey. Yes, he DOES have his own house.
The real vampire: No Kira/Conner this time, Jenny begged.
Mandy: Glad you liked the flashback.
Juzblue: I wanna know who you think she is! And I'm not telling you what happened to Ashley, you'll just have to read the story.
Jenny: Don't cry! You're one of my bestest of friends! I don't know what I'd do without you! Okay, the rest of your review I answered over AIM, didn't I?
DV2: Glad you can.
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DizneeDol: Always.
Not Always The End
Chapter 3
Kira blinked at the brightness of the room. It was in shocking contrast to the dimly lit mini-hall. The walls were a gentle yellow and the furry carpet looked golden in the sunlight streaming in from the window. The sun catcher glittered, leaving sun-lit spots on the floor.
Against one wall an open cupboard was placed, a few stray toys littering the shelves. Boxes had been piled up before it. On the other side of the room stood a bed. The headboard stood against the wall next to the room's window. A red mosquito net hang down from the ceiling and surrounded the bed. One end of the opening was put over the headboard and the other end hang over the footboard, creating a tent-like idea. From the centre of the mosquito net dangled a colourful dreamcatcher.
A hoop covered in bright colours circled over a smaller circle exactly the same. Vibrant orange, cool turquoise, and majestic violet strands attached the two hoops together at their respective colours.
Hanging off from the large hoop were three long yarn woven strings with three miniature hoops exactly like the smaller of the two above hoops, one on each. An intricate web of blue was woven tightly in each, and the one above.
A thick web of feathers, strings, beads and hoops hung down and tinkled softly from the mosquito net.
The bed was littered with stuffed toys in all, kinds, shapes, sizes and colours, but mainly yellow and red. One red and yellow panda rested against the pillow of the neatly made bed.
A little girl was trying to pull open one of the drawers under the bed. She was wearing a yellow sundress and her long brown hair was pulled into a French braid. Her small feet were bare.
"Jenny!" Anna half said, half cursed.
The little girl immediately ceased her efforts to open the drawer and turned around to look at her mother innocently.
"I can't leave you alone for one second, can I?" Anna sighed. "There's nothing in that drawer yet. Why would you want to open it?"
"I wanted to fill it?" Jenny answered innocently.
"Not alone young lady." Her mother scowled playfully. "Now come over here and meet Kira. She'll be your new baby-sitter."
Jenny happily got to her feet and bounced over. The young girl hardly reached Kira's hip, but she looked up happily grinning at Kira.
"Hi!" She greeted happily. "Will you play with me?"
Kira looked over at Anna for a moment, not sure how to react.
"If you don't have anything else to do. I still have a lot to unpack and it would be nice if Jenny wasn't running around begging for attention…" Anna said, trailing off. "If you want to can even help Jenny unpack her toys and get them to fit in the cupboard."
"Please?" Jenny begged and Kira had to smile.
The girl was absolutely adorable and seemed to be the splitting image of her mother. Her brown eyes sparkled with mirth and her golden-brown hair glowed in the sunlight.
"Sure." Kira answered. "I finished my homework already, so I've got time."
"Thank you." Anna said, obviously relieved. "I'll be downstairs if you need me."
Kira nodded and Anna left the two alone.
Tommy's house
Andros leaned against the counter, grinning as he listened to the conversation between Tommy and Conner. Apparently Conner was trying to get Tommy to help him with his science homework and Tommy was flatly refusing to. A snigger escaped his lips as Conner resorted to begging.
Conner's begging suddenly stopped and Andros realised the kid must have heard it. He could hit himself, knowing the kid would probably drool all over him, or at least Tommy had made it sound like he did that whenever Jason came to visit.
The next thing Conner said was too soft for him to make out, but the next thing he heard were footsteps coming his way. Sighing he prepared himself for what was bound to come. Sure enough a second later Conner appeared in the door opening. Tommy stood behind him with an apologetic expression on his face and Andros shrugged, though it went unnoticed to Conner.
"Wow." Conner breathed, staring at Andros. "You're the red Astro Ranger."
"Yeah and you must be Conner." Andros replied lightly, obviously shocking the boy by knowing his name. "Tommy's told all of us a lot about you and the other rangers. He's been trying to keep us up to date, but almost always forgets to call."
Conner just gaped at him.
"Conner, move. You're blocking the way." Tommy complained, pushing him out of the away.
Then he entered the kitchen again and took another sip of his coffee after picking up the mug again.
"So, anything new happening?" Tommy inquired, trying to stop Conner from staring at Andros for a moment.
Conner seemed to snap out of his trance for a moment and turned to Tommy.
"Yeah, actually, Kira's found herself a baby-sitting job just down the road from here. Apparently some mother and her daughter moved into that cottage that was covered with all that poison ivy and those other plants. You hardly recognize it now it's been renovated." Conner replied, then turned back to staring at Andros. "Are you really an alien?"
"Conner!" Tommy hissed.
"Do I look alien to you?" Andros questioned coolly.
"No." Conner answered, stunned.
"Well, than that's your answer."
"Okay…" The answer seemed to satisfy Conner for now. "So what brings you here? Some kind of secret mission?"
"I'm hiding." Andros replied plainly.
"Wow, from who? Some new evil overlord? An old enemy?" Conner asked excitedly.
"A new evil overlord named Zey." The Kerovan man replied, actually managing to keep a straight face, even looking quite grave.
Tommy snickered when Conner's expression clearly showed he actually believed it. The Red Dino Ranger was a good kid, but easily believed anything he was told.
Later that night
Anna sighed as she watched her daughter sleep. Kira had stayed almost all afternoon and she had Jenny had become great friends. Placing a last kiss on her daughter's forehead she went downstairs to wash the dishes.
She was almost finished with drying off the dishes when a sudden noise startled her. Immediately she tensed. She had made the mistake of not being on her guard once and she had paid dearly. She wouldn't make that same mistake again.
"Whoa, girl. It's okay, it's just me." A voice said as a man stepped into the kitchen.
"Don't scare me like that." Anna complained, fear clear in her eyes.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to, but I can't exactly enter through the front door either. If Tommy ever saw me here there would be a lot of explaining to do and seeing you, no matter how much you've changed, it would be like putting two and two together. He might be dense, but he's not stupid." The man warned. "Now where's my niece?"
"She already asleep, stupid."
"Darn, did I really run that late? Oh well, I'll see her next time I visit." The man smiled.
"Just make sure you call beforehand. We can't have you run into anyone that might give this away like last time. I don't want to move again."
The man sighed and wrapped her into an awkward hug.
"You two will be safe here. I promise. I picked Reefside because of the new ranger team and because this house was empty, so close to their base. No one will be crazy enough to come after you and Jenny right under their noises."
"They don't exactly know who I cam, so I don't really have ranger protection!" Anna protested. "And even if I did, I don't want it. I told you this isn't they're business, don't get them involved."
"I know, I know. Don't worry. I kept my mouth shut and I will continue to do so or I'd lose your case and I'm not planning on doing that."
"You're a true friend. Thanks for being there for me and Jenny." Anna sighed, relaxing in his embrace a little.
"I'll always be here for you two." The man vowed gently. "Always."
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