"And this was taken the day before we defeated master Org," Taylor said as she showed Z the few pictures she always carried with her.

For the past hour or so, she had told her everything she knew about Danny to his daughter. They had moved to Z and Syd's room and Z was comfortably sitting on her bed, memorizing everything about her father.

"I have his eyes," she said softly. "And his nose."

"And his heart," Taylor added. Z smiled and handed the picture back to her. She reached behind her pillow and retrieved something Taylor hadn't seen in years…

"My mom said this bear was his," she said as she held up the obviously worn out teddy bear. Taylor saw the toy and smiled.

"He never slept without it… I remember giving him so much flack about it, but he said it just made him feel good having it around."

Z cradled the bear to herself. "Thank you… for everything," she said softly.

"You'll have to meet the others soon. I know Max would like to know his best friend's daughter… he could probably tell you more than I did."

"I'd like that," Z said.

Moments later Jack walked into Z's room and promptly stood at attention when he saw Taylor rising to leave.

"At ease Cadet," she told Jack. "I was just leaving."

Taylor exited and the door closed behind her.

Z took in the look of her partner in crime and knew something was up. In the same, Jack saw that Z had been crying and she NEVER cried.

"What happened?" they both asked at once.

Jack sat with her and pulled her into his arms. "You're crying," he said.

Z pulled back and showed him one of the pictures Taylor had given her… it was of a tall, muscular Hispanic man with his arm wrapped around Taylor and a smaller woman she knew to be Alyssa Evans.

Jack looked at the picture puzzled.

"That's my father," she said softly. "Lieutenant Meyers told me all about him Jack," she said as more tears gathered.

"You look like him," he said softly. Z smiled and wiped her eyes.

"Yeah… so what's wrong with you? Did you talk to Cruger?"

"Oh yeah- I talked to him alright," he said with disgust. He then told Z about his parents and she was in a bit of shock. "And then I went out by the pond and ran into AJ, or Ani, or whatever the hell she wants to be called today, and-" he stopped short before he revealed too much.

Z smirked. "Oh, what Jack? Are you in love with her or something?" she asked jokingly.

Jack took a deep breath and clearly wanted to avoid that question.

Z was shocked. "Wow… I was just kidding Jack," she said, clearly trying to hold in her laughter. She couldn't take it though and burst out.

"It's not funny Z," he said seriously.

"Sky's going to murder you!" she said between laughs.

On the roof…

"Damn it! I have to get down there!" Sky cried in frustration.

"Why?" Syd asked as she calmly walked over to him.

"So I can kill Jack," he said as he attempted to fire a shield at the door. The blue light bounced off the door, sending both he and Syd to the ground.

"Why would you kill Jack?" Syd asked as she stood. "It didn't look like she was fighting it!"

"It doesn't matter! She's my sister!"

"So? Seriously Sky, take it easy."

Sky was ready to flip out, but the moment he looked at her pleading eyes he knew he couldn't do it. She was right… no matter how much he hated to admit it… he would still talk to Jack and Ani about this…

"Now if you promise NOT to kill, maim, or even put a scratch on Jack, I'll open the door," she said. "But you have to promise me Sky."

"I promise," he said without hesitation. His mother was leaving in the morning… the last thing he wanted to do now was cause a scene, but it would be taken care of…

Syd took a small metal piece off her belt and placed it in her hand, turning it to iron. She walked over to the door and punched where the knob had been. The door opened instantly and Syd released the metal bar.

Sky walked over and kissed her cheek. "Thanks," he said before turning to the stairs. Syd blew out a deep breath and called maintenance to fix the door, praying that Sky would keep his word. The last thing they needed right now was to start issues with each other again…

Ani sat in her room, looking at the pictures around. There were several of her brothers and her, as well as a few of Katie and Alec Collins, Melanie Evans, and or course, her mother and father.

They were all so precious to her and she knew she'd be lost without them… Jack probably didn't have anything like this… her thoughts wandered back to the events that happened.

He kissed her… really, truly kissed her. She couldn't remember the last time she had been kissed like that. Her hand went to her lips and she smiled slightly.

"I had that same look the first time your father kissed me," Taylor said as she entered.

"Mum," Ani said as nervously. "What look?"

Taylor sat down and pulled her daughter to her. "Like you're flying," she said as she released her. "Should I be concerned?"

Ani shook her head a little and laughed. "I don't think so… it was more of an impulse thing I think. We were fighting and he just… kissed me."

Taylor smiled and started laughing softly. "That sounds like me and your father… he used to say it was the only way to shut me up."

They both laughed then and Taylor kissed her daughter's forehead.

"Get some sleep. I'm leaving first thing."

"I will… thanks mama," she said softly as Taylor reached the door.

"You're welcome Animaria." She pressed the door and it slid shut.

Ani collapsed onto her bed and lay there for several minutes. "What am I doing?" she questioned herself. Jack was a jerk… he clearly thought too much of himself… but then the others followed him, and he seemed to be a good leader…

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Ani turned her head as she heard Jack's voice coming through the door.

"I saw you!"

'Oh shit,' Ani thought as she bolted out of bed. As soon as the door was open, she saw the others a little way down the hall. Syd was clearly holding onto her brother as Z and Bridge were standing with Jack.

"I don't know what the hell you thin happened but it's not what you think," Jack said.

"Just stay away from her!" Sky cried back.

"What the hell is going on here?" Ani shouted, making herself known. She walked over to them with her arms crossed.

"Well, Sky claims that he saw you and Jack-" Bridge began.

"I don't give a shit as to what you think you saw," Ani said staring at Sky. "But whatever it is can wait. It's late and the last thing we need is for the entire academy to wake up over this."

'I can't believe he did that to you!' Sky shouted to her in his head.

'Whatever happened is between me and Jack,' she replied.

'Animaria Jean Meyers so help me,' Sky began. 'I know him! He's trouble!'

The others watched the glaring contest the twins were having, unaware of the argument between them.

'Return to your quarters Cadet.'

Sky's eyes widened in shock. "Are you pulling rank on me?" he asked aloud, causing everyone to become more confused.

"I don't know," Ani said sarcastically. "Do I have to?"

Sky roughly pulled away from Syd and saluted his sister, a look of hurt and betrayal in his eyes.

He turned and stalked back to his room, leaving the others in a bit of shock. Ani sighed and ran her hand through her hair, thankful that her mother hadn't heard that…

"Would someone like to explain what just happened?" Z asked. She and Jack had been walking down the hall when they ran into Bridge. Coincidently, they ran into Sky and Syd and everything just blew up from there.

"We were talking telepathically… we've always been able to," Ani said quickly.

Jack approached her but she backed away a bit, holding her hand up. "Not now," she said. "Everyone return to your quarters and we'll discuss this civilly tomorrow."

Jack look hurt and Ani did too, but they others didn't say anything… they followed orders and went back to their rooms.