Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.

Phantom Rogue: Of course he's sweet. He has to be, especially when Ashley's in pain.

Jessica01: Actually their sextuplets so they'll be even more sleep deprived.

Ch. 27 All in the Family

It was very late that night before Andros and Ashley were allowed to see their children, which gave them plenty of time to pick out names. They had chosen a couple of boy names and a couple of girl names but now that they were there the names just didn't seem to fit. They finally agreed that Andros could name the girls and that Ashley would name the boys. Ashley picked Aidan, Brytan, and Tyran and Andros picked Michelle, Zeri, and Holly. When they revealed the names to each other they were shocked to find that they hadn't chosen any of them to start out with.

"They're so little," Andros stated as he held Aidan carefully in his arms.

"What did you expect?" Ashley questioned, glancing down at Holly, who was sleeping peacefully in her arms. Tyran and Zeri were lying in hospital cribs sleeping like angels and Brytan and Michelle were in the NICU, until they were over their pneumonia.

"I don't know," he admitted, looking away. "It seems like I don't know anything anymore. All of this is new and I can't end up like my dad."

"Andros," Ashley interrupted before he could go on, wiping the tears from his eyes, "you'll never be anything like him. You're going to be a great daddy. It will take a lot of work but we'll make it. Besides we have five friends waiting out there that will be willing to help any time we'll let them."

"When will we get to see Brytan and Michelle?" he asked, wanting to change the subject.

"The nurses said the earliest would be in the morning but that's just a precaution to insure that they don't get any worse," Ashley assured him. She couldn't believe how scared he was. Here he was the Red Astro Ranger, out defeating monsters day in and day out, but when it came to holding his own children he was terrified. "Why don't you put Aidan in one of the others cribs and go get the others up here. I want them to see our kids." Andros simply nodded hurrying to fulfill her request.

"Hey, guys," he greeted as he entered the waiting room, "Ashley wants to see you guys."

"Are the babies in there?" Cassie asked, no wanting to wait another second before holding her nieces and nephews.

"All of them except Brytan and Michelle," he answered.

"When will you be able to see them?" Zhane questioned gently. He knew that his best friend was probably beating himself up because two of his children were sick but he wanted to show Andros that it wasn't his fault.

"The nurses say in the morning," he replied, "but there's also a possibility that since they have some Kerovian DNA that they will get better faster." He led the group back to Ashley's room surprised to see her holding their other two children. "They're better?"

"Yes," she whispered. "The nurses say that it must be because of your DNA but all I care about is that they're better and we can take them home in two days."

"Well," Cassie began approaching the bed, "I plan on holding one of these kids before we take them back to the Megaship." Ashley smiled at her best friend and handed Michelle to her.

"I guess that's why everyone else is here too?" Ashley asked and they all nodded. "Well, go ahead and grab one, they won't bite." T.J., Carlos, Zhane, and Karone quickly picked up the sleeping babies in the cribs and Andros approached the bed.

"Can I?" he asked glancing down at Brytan. Ashley handed Brytan to his father, knowing that Andros had been worried the most about him and Michelle.

"He has your hair you know," she stated, looking over at him.

"How can you tell?" he asked, staring hard at the light fuzz on their son's head.

"It's darker on the sides than in the middle," Ashley explained, pointing out the color difference and Andros' face lit up. "Michelle and Tyran have your hair too with my eyes and the other three have my hair and your eyes."

"So are we going to have anymore?" he asked quietly.

"I think we should wait and see what happens with these six first," Ashley answered. "I think they're going to be a hand full for a while." Andros couldn't help but agree as he hugged his son a little closer, watching him sleep peacefully, and promising that he would be the best father he could be.

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