A/N: HEY EVERYONE! I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE WONDERFUL REVIEWS! BECAUSE OF YOUR KIND WORDS AND COMMENTS, I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED

At Guardians of Earth Awards for

Best Sequel for Broken Road Pt 3

and

Best OC & Ranger Couple In A Story for Ani & Jack!

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HERE WE GO!

Jack ignored the searing pain coursing through his body as he raced over to Ani, kneeling next to her searching for signs of life. His heart was racing and his mind was a jumble as he saw that there was a small dark spot coming from her uniform… blood.

It appeared to be coming from her lower region, but he couldn't pinpoint where. He placed his hand on her face and tried to calm the panic that was threatening to rise.

"Ani?" he called urgently. "Come on, open those beautiful eyes for me," he pleaded.

Ani felt her senses returning to her and heard Jack calling for her. She felt some cramping in her abdomen, but nothing that wasn't unusual for her monthly period…

Jack sighed with relief as he felt her responding. He knew she was in pain, but she was alive.

"Where are you hurt?" he asked nervously as he saw her eyes open, flooded with tears.

Ani opened her eyes slowly and felt pain in her side. She saw that Jack was cut a little on his shoulder, and she couldn't help but see the large stain of blood on his arm.

"My ribs," she got out as she struggled to breath a little. She knew it wasn't anything broken, just bruised.

Jack took her into his arms and held her against his chest. "It's ok," he soothed as he looked around frantically for a place to shelter, and treat her. "We're going to be ok."

It was then that he saw that they clearly were not on Earth. The plant life around them was like nothing he had ever seen before. They were in a heavily wooded area, and thought he saw a small cave-like overhang just a few hundred feet away.

Ani gasped for breath as she felt the pain in her side increase suddenly. She knew she needed to get herself and Jack cleaned up, hopefully finding fresh water as well.

"Hold on," he said as he kissed her head.

He winced as he phased his hands through her, settling behind her shoulders and under her legs. He stood and picked her up in his arms. Ani could feel herself slipping into unconsciousness again; she must have had a head injury.

His mind was racing as he just about ran to the overhang…

Hours seemed to pass before Ani woke up. Her eyes fluttered open and she felt warmth on her skin. When she focused, she saw a small fire nearby as well as a makeshift clothesline where she saw her uniform pants drying.

She looked at herself and saw she had on Jack's boxer shorts, her jacket draped over her legs, his jacket thrown over her as a blanket. Slowly, she sat up and held her stomach. There was no mistaking the fact that she had finally started her period. She gave a heavy sigh of relief.

A figure sat with his back to her slightly, and she felt tears gather again.

"Jack?" she asked hoarsely, her voice raw. Jack immediately was at her side, holding her to his chest. He produced a small water canteen and helped her to drink. She drank a little and felt Jack pull her closer.

"I thought I lost you," he whispered as he kissed her head. Unsure of what to say next, he just held her as he felt her body shaking.

"Jack," she said softly.

Jack pulled her closer and kissed her gently. "You were bleeding…" he stammered as he tried to come up with some way to explain himself. He knew she was late, but wasn't sure what to say.

Ani saw his face and she sighed as sat up fully.

"You were late?" he asked. He knew he and Ani could have been more careful, but never in his wildest dreams did he think…

"I was," she said softly. "I just realized it today and was going to tell you… but as you can see, we don't have to worry about that."

Jack rubbed her back and kissed her forehead.

Jack had done what little he could. He had cleaned her up as best he could, changed her clothes, washed her old ones, started the fire, and found fresh water nearby.

"Jack?" she asked softly. "Did you… did you want a baby?"

Jack sighed. "Eventually," he said at long last.

"But not right now," she said sadly. Part of her had wished she was carrying Jack's child, but she knew in her head that it wasn't the right time for either of them to be parents.

Jack saw her face fall a little and pulled her into his lap, holding her gently against him. His ran his hand down her back and kissed her forehead.

"It'll happen for us… when we're ready," he said gently. Ani nodded against him, still feeling drained and sore. "We need to find out where we are and how to get back first.

Ani nodded and got a good look at where they were located.

It was just as any other forest on Earth, with the exception of thousands of star shaped plants…

"Wait," she said as she stood slowly, Jack following her to help her stand. "I… I know these plants." Jack could see her mind trying to work, and knew better than to interrupt her. "Star shaped flowers… Elysia," she muttered. "Jack, I think we're on Elysia."

Jack held her to his side. "Where exactly is that?"

Ani sighed. "It's in the Phyca Galaxy… even with the Megaship, it could take weeks to get back to Earth…" she trailed off.

"How can you be sure?" he questioned gently.

Ani reached down and picked up a flower. "We studied them at the Kerova Academy. They can be used in a salve for injuries if we need them."

"But why would we be put here?" he questioned. A thought popped into his head as soon as the words left this mouth. "He's splitting us up… technically between all of us, you and I are the strongest as far as weaponry and skills go."

"He saw us as a threat, meaning…" her eyes widened when she realized Grumm was going to attack the others himself…

On Earth, Sky was frantically running every search code he knew. Bridge and Z had returned to the site of the portal in hopes of Bridge getting some sort of reading. Syd was silently at her station, searching for any kind of energy reading.

The doors slid open and Sky's face paled slightly as his mother and father entered running.

"What happened?" Taylor asked sternly. "Kat said Ani's missing?"

Syd saw how nervous Sky was and took a hold of his arm. "Ani and Jack disappeared through a space portal," she said sadly. "We're doing everything we can."

Taylor looked at Eric who held her close. He was not going to let this happen… not again.

"I'm calling Andros," he said after a moment, nearly knocking over a cadet. Taylor looked at her son and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Schuyler, this is not your fault," she said seriously. Sky was about to protest, but she stopped him. "It's not." With that, she followed her husband to the communications room.

Sky collapsed into a chair and Syd sat on his lap, his arms instantly wrapped around her.

"What are we going to tell them?" he asked to no one in particular.

"We're going to wait until they get back and see if things are alright," Syd said as she kissed his forehead.

"But I know they're not Syd. I felt it…"