DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power Rangers. I do, however, own the characters of Mor, Adona, Zuna, Ronkay, and Toln.

Angel Grove

Rocky's POV

When we landed in Angel Grove, I noticed the shocked look on everyone's faces as they looked down at Aisha who was still out of it and in a wedding dress, nonetheless. I know that they had expected her to come back and be fully alive, but after what I had just seen, I am not surprised that she is like this as I carried her back to the medical bay. I didn't want her to wake up to the wondering eyes of the rangers and have to explain it all. Ronkay was an evil man and he was willing to do anything to try to keep peace from other countries, but he didn't know how to keep peace within his own tribe, that is where he fell down.

"Is she all right?" Kim asked, as Rocky powered down and nodded his head yes. At least he hoped she was or he would have to go back to Africa just to beat Ronkay's ass a little bit more.

"She will be. I think she just needs some rest and if you don't mind staying with her for a little bit Kim, I think I need to be filled in on the happenings around here," Rocky said as he placed Aisha down on a bed and then kissed her on the cheek. "I'll be back as soon as I can. Come get me if you need me."

"Okay," Kim said as she looked around the room and then pulled a chair over so she could sit down next to Aisha, in case she woke up while Rocky was gone. She had quite a few questions that she would like to know the answer to, but she realized that she didn't need to ask about it right now. Rocky had enough worries on his mind right now and she figured that he would be much worse once he found out about what had happened to Billy.

"Rocky!" Kat yelled as she ran over and gave him a mighty hug and he looked down at her in confusion. She had never hugged him like that before and he couldn't help but think that this was because of Billy being forced to go back to Aquitar. He still didn't know all the facts, but he was sure that Kat would tell him what was going on here. "You're done? Do you have her?"

"Yeah, I do, Kat, but we can talk about that later. What's been going on here?" Rocky asked as Kat looked down at the floor and then took a few steps away from him. She didn't want to talk or even think about it. She just wanted it all to go away and for Billy to come back to her as soon as possible. The last time he had been gone had been rough on all of them, but it was much worse for her this time. "What did I say?"

"Nothing, Rocky," Tommy said as he gave him a hug and then released him and walked him further away from Kat. "Kat's just not ready to talk about any of it yet. These last few days have been rough on her, Rocky."

"What really happened?" Rocky asked, as Tommy took in a deep breath and then slowly let it out.

He didn't like explaining what had happened, but he was the sanest one there right now and it seemed he had to explain it. He wished he could have cast it off on Adam's shoulders, but Adam was working on the Zords and he knew better than to take him away from that. They were going to be sorely neglected while Billy was gone and they were just trying to get them in the best condition possible.

"Billy had come into town a few days ago to pick up some supplies that he needed for the repairs around here and they just attacked him. There was really no reason for it, Billy has never fought against them. I had thought that if they were going to go after anyone it would be Kim because of her brief excursion as the Red Ranger. The only thing that we can figure is that the Machine Empire is becoming more desperate and that's why we're keeping Trini, Zack, and Kim here at all times. We can't risk them getting to those three as well. I don't know what would happen to all of us if that happened," Tommy said, simply as Rocky nodded and then walked over to give Kat another hug.

"He's going to get better. Aquitar has not failed us yet," Rocky said, as Kat nodded her head and then gave him a weak smile.

She knew that he was trying to be the nice guy and talk to her and comfort her, but she knew he needed to be with Aisha. The time that they had spent apart meant they had a lot of things to catch up on and the time might be very short for them to try to do that. The rangers were on full call now and they could have to go somewhere at any time.

"Go, Rocky. We all know that you would rather be spending this time with Aisha and once you think she's ready you can let us talk to her again," Kat said as Rocky smiled and then turned and ran off.

"I'm glad that they were able to find each other again," Adam said as Kat nodded, wondering where he had come from. None of them knew if they would have been able to deal with Rocky if he had come back empty handed or without an answer when he had gotten so close to it.

"Back so soon?" Kim asked, as Rocky slipped in the door and moved a chair up next to hers.

"They told me the short story, I think," Rocky said as Kim nodded her head and watched him reach out and grab Aisha's hand.

"I'm going to go back out there with them. If you need anything just yell, someone will come running," Kim said as Rocky nodded his head, half-hearing her and she then left them alone.

"I've missed you," Rocky whispered as he placed his head on her stomach and closed his eyes, just listening to her breathe. He didn't know what he would have done if he had gotten there too late and not been able to stop the wedding, but thankfully, he would never have to find out the answer to that question.

"Where am I?" Aisha croaked out as she slowly woke up and looked around the room. She felt someone was lying down on her stomach, but she didn't quite have the energy to try to sit up just yet.

"You're back in Angel Grove," Rocky said as Aisha looked over at him and then threw herself at him in a hungry hug. "Nice to see you, too, Ish."

"You're real," Aisha said as she released him and then placed a hand on each cheek and looked him in the eyes, which were brimming with happy tears. He had been afraid that she would not remember him once they got back here and he would hate to have to take her back to Africa when he had just gotten her back. "I'm not dreaming this time."

"No, you're not," Rocky said as he gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I'm here and I'm not going to let you run off to some foreign country ever again without me going with you."

"Okay, Rocky, but what happened? Why did I come straight here?" Aisha asked, as Rocky pulled her down into his lap and placed his head on her shoulder.

"Ronkay attacked you and it was the only way that the both of us could get out of there quickly," Rocky said as Aisha nodded and then gave him a kiss on the lips, which surprised him a great deal, not that he had any objections to the kiss. He had been waiting to kiss her for two years and he was glad that he did not have to initiate it now.

"I've waited so long to do that," Aisha whispered as she ended the kiss and he could only smile at her.

"Yeah," Rocky said as Aisha smiled and then laid her head down on Rocky's shoulder. "Ish, there is a lot going on here right now."

"I figured that much," Aisha said as she could feel him shudder as she snuggled closer to him. "What is happening here?"

"Billy was hurt and I have no clue how long it will be before he gets back and I think we're on full alert now. I'm sorry that I'm not going to have a lot of time to be with you right now," Rocky said as Aisha just laughed.

"Rocky, don't worry about that. I'm happy enough for the little time I'm going to get with you. Remember, we have been apart for the last two years, I'll settle for anything I can get right now," Aisha said as Rocky smiled and then the steel doors were opened.

"Rocky, we gotta go," Adam said as he noticed Aisha was awake and she walked over to give him a hug. "It's good to see you again."

"Same to you, Adam. Go on, Rocky, the monster is not going to get any smaller by you waiting around here," Aisha said as he looked at her and then ran after Adam, while she calmly walked towards the central chamber.

"Ish!" Kim yelled nearly bowling her over as she gave her a hug and the two of them laughed. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just want to get out of this dress," Aisha said as Kim nodded and Trini and Zack looked curiously over at her. "So, what's going on around here? I'm kinda behind on the ranger gossip."

"Billy has been taken back to Aquitar after being attacked a couple of days ago. That's why we are all here. They're afraid to let us out of their sight," Trini said as Aisha nodded.

"I'll be forced to stay here too, won't I?" Aisha asked as they nodded their heads that that was probably going to happen. "At least I'll be able to see Rocky again."

"How can you remember him? Tanya doesn't remember anything from Africa," Zack said, as they all plopped down on the floor, as they were tired of standing up.

"Love conquers all time," Aisha said simply as they looked at her and then Zack stood back up to look at the viewing globe.

"It's not pretty out there, today," Zack said as the rangers were being thrown around and he noticed that Kim was simply refusing to look at the viewing globe, unlike Trini and Aisha, who were enthralled in the action. "Kim, he's fine."

"I just have this horrible feeling right now," Kim said as she walked over to where Alpha was and sat down away from the others.

"Is there anything that we can really do help?" Aisha asked as Zack and Trini shook their heads no.

"They aren't allowing us to do much of anything. We can help around here, but other than that we just have to wait around," Zack said as he watched Kat go soaring through the air and looked over at Trini with a shake of his head. "She's been doing so much worse since he left."

"She's thinking too much," Trini said as Zack nodded. "You can't blame her for being upset about him going back to Aquitar. She didn't like when it happened last time."

"We can't take the powers away from her, though. It's the only thing that is keeping her going right now," Zack said as Trini and Aisha nodded, as they watched the monster grow and they knew that the zords were going to soon be called out of their peaceful retreat.

"Why is it so important that she keep her powers?" Aisha asked as Zack and Trini exchanged a glance.

"When you lose your powers you suffer from a type of depression. She's depressed enough and she doesn't need to go through anything else right now," Kim said as they watched the monster shatter into smithereens and saw the rangers teleport away from the battle.

"Oh," Kat sighed as she powered down and collapsed against one of the modules. "I don't know how much longer I can do this."

"Kat...it's going to be fine. Billy will be back in a few weeks," Tommy whispered as he pulled the pink ranger up and she fell back into his arms with a weak sob.

"I don't know about that Tommy. He was so bad when he left," Kat said as he turned her around and she just buried her face in his shirt.

"It's going to be fine, Kat...it's going to be fine," Tommy whispered as the others walked over and joined them.

"I want to go be with him," Kat said as Tommy nodded his head and looked over at Kim, rather expectantly.

"What are you looking at me for?" Kim asked as Katherine turned to look at her as well, now following Tommy's brain waves. "Hell no. I'm not doing that Tommy. I've been through withdrawal more times than I please."

"Just one more time, Kim," Tommy begged as Katherine pulled out her zeonizer and looked down at it then over at Kim.

"Kimberly, please. I can't stay here while he is there and you are already in enough danger that they won't notice you as a new ranger," Kat said as Kim took over at her and then took the zeonizer out of her hand.

"You owe me one," Kim said as Kat gave her a hug and then looked expectantly up at Zordon.

"They will be expecting you, Katherine. I wish you well," Zordon said as Alpha teleported her away and the others stared at where she had been. "Kimberly, dear, I am sorry that you are being put in this position again, but we are most grateful to you."

"Your welcome, Zordon," Kim said as she morphed once and then powered down. "Tommy, you are one lucky son of a bitch."

"I love you too," Tommy said as the others laughed and Kim popped him gently on the face.

"I've missed this way too much," Aisha said as Tommy picked Kim up and toted her out of the room.

"We've missed you too Aisha and once everyone is back we are going to have a welcome home party to rival all others," Adam said as Aisha squealed with delight and then gave him a hug.

"It's not fair that he has gotten more hugs than I have," Rocky said as Aisha walked over to him and gave him a kiss.

"I can promise he hasn't gotten any kisses, Rocky. Now, let's find some place where we can be alone," Aisha whispered as Rocky looked down at her in shock. He was so happy that she was home, even if the rest of the world couldn't know about it yet.

AN: All right, I know I have probably upset some people, but I will have a Billy/Katherine story coming out that will be a continuation of this story, so you will see a little bit more Aisha/ Rocky from me and I do have the welcome back party that I have promised, so I hope that you'll stick with me. Until next time, toodles!