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: It's fun making Conner drool! Jenny is always adorable, most 4 year olds still are. Yeah, Anna is hiding something. :P
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Not Always The End
Chapter 4
The next day Conner bounded into Haley's café, eager to tell his friends about his encounter with THE most interesting Red Ranger around. He immediately spotted his friends in the corner. Kira was animatedly telling a story and even Hailey had come over to listen.
"Hey, guys. Guess what!" He greeted as he walked over.
"Oh, hey Conner. As I was saying, she's the cutest girl you've ever seen. Jenny is really, really sweet. I swear, you can't imagine a better child to baby-sit. She's great, just wait till you meet her." Kira continued, a warm smile on her face.
"It really must have been your lucky day, Kira." Trent grinned back.
"Yo, guess!" Conner said more loudly.
"I still don't think it's the smartest thing you could do, but at least the kid doesn't seem to bad. Good luck." Ethan told Kira.
"Don't mind him, Kira. If there's an attack, I'll keep an eye on her. We'll just have to find a solution to whom will be monitoring the fight." Hailey offered.
"Maybe Andros could come in handy there." Conner muttered.
Suddenly the eyes of his friends and Hailey were fixed on him.
"What did you say?" Hailey asked.
"I said Andros might come in handy there." Conner replied.
"Andros who?" Trent asked.
Conner quickly looked around if the coast was clear and grinned.
"Andros the red ranger from space?" Conner smirked.
"Wait, Andros is here?" Hailey asked.
"Yeah, he's hiding out at Dr. O's." Conner grinned smugly at knowing this piece of information before the others.
"Hiding? From who?" Ethan asked warily.
"A new evil overlord named Zey." Conner said with his nose in the air, obviously satisfied with himself.
The three other rangers looked shocked, but Haley laughed.
"Did I say something funny?" Conner asked, confused.
"Who told you that?" Haley asked through her giggles.
"Andros himself." Conner replied smugly. "Why?"
"Zey…" Hailey started, trying to control her laugh. "Zey is his two year old nephew."
Now the other three rangers started laughing too and Conner's face fell. Andros had lied to him. A fellow red ranger had actually lied to him.
"Oh, come on, Conner." Kira giggled. "You have to admit it's funny. A ranger saying his two year old nephew is the newest evil overlord."
Conner made a face at her and dropped down on an empty couch, sulking. His good mood had flown right out of the window. Hailey walked of and soon returned with Conner's favourite smoothie.
"It's on the house." She added as she before returning to behind the bar again.
Tommy's house
"Think Conner figured it out yet?" Andros smirked.
"If he's at Haley's then, yeah, she'll probably will have pointed it out to him." Tommy replied grinning. "He'll probably be disappointed, though."
"I didn't lie!" Andros protested jokingly. "Zey IS the next evil overlord. Zhane and Karone just haven't realised it yet."
Tommy laughed and shook his head.
"Don't let them hear it."
Andros shrugged and smiled innocently. His mind slowly but surely drifting back to a day about five and a half years ago.
Flashback
Ashley practically skipped over to him when she spotted him waiting for her. The horizon was swirling with orange and pink as the sun slowly set behind her, creating a glowing aura around her, making her even more breathtaking than she already was. The water of the lake was softly lapping against the sandy shore, the sound doing nothing to calm his raging nerves.
"Hey." She greeted happily as she flung herself into his arms.
"Hey." He replied, wrapping his arms around her waist as he placed a light kiss on her lips. "What's got you so happy?"
"We just got word from Adam." She replied. "Tanya just gave birth to a son. They named him Micheal."
He smiled and kissed her again.
"You did congratulate them from me?" He asked, holding onto her tightly.
"Of course I did." Ashley smiled back, then buried her face in the crock of his neck, enjoying the embrace.
A playful smile teased the edges of Andros' lips.
"So, that's three right?" He asked.
"Hmm?" Ashley made a questioning sound.
"Three ranger kids? Callie, Bryan and now Micheal. You can't help but wonder who's next."
"What do you mean?" Ashley asked, a little shocked as she pulled back.
Andros smiled at her mischievously and released her. He dug something out of his pocket and dropped down to one knee. He popped open a velvet box, revealing an elegant silver ring with three gems set in it. The middle one was fiery crimson and the other two were a bright gold; obviously the gems were the same as her necklace.
Ashley's eyes widened and she gasped.
"Ashley Hammond, I love you with all my heart and soul and I want to spent forever with you. Please… marry me?"
Her eyes began to shine with tears and a stray one slipped down her cheek. She tried to answer, but the words were strangled in her throat and all that came out was a choking sound, so she settled on nodding eagerly. Her knees gave way and she dropped down in the sand, her arms wrapping themselves around his neck, a dry sob escaping her lips.
Andros hugged her for a moment, before gently prying her arms from his neck. Holding her hands in one of his, he used the other to clumsily pull the ring from the box and slip it around her finger. His eyes caught hers as he did so, joy radiating from their smiles.
Once the ring was properly settled around her finger, he moved his hand to hold onto her hands too and he leaned over, placing a feather light kiss on her lips.
"I love you, Andros." Ashley whispered when he pulled back. "I love you so much."
End Flashback
"You okay?" Tommy asked, startling Andros out of his musings.
"Yeah, just thinking about old times." Andros sighed. "I'm going for a walk."
Standing up, he walked out of the door.
"I'll be back later."
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