Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee

Story: Through Her Eyes

Disclaimer: I own no one.

Time Frame: During Reflections, Part One and Two

Summary: AJ's father was the greatest ranger ever….now she's taking on the mantle he gave up. Power Rangers SPD.

Author Notes: Um…some things are changed in this chapter. But only some minor things!And some of the changes were dialogue because I couldn't remember the real dialogue. Sorry!

Dedication: This is dedicated to the real vampire who has been really looking forward to this chapter/ep!

2nd Author Notes: I'm so very happy that I went and decided to upload this chapter today instead of Friday. See the end notes for the reason why!

(seeing Jack in his battlizer)Morgana:Boys and their toys.

Z:Keep your eyes peeled for anything weird, okay?
(sees Mirloc's reflection in the mirror)
Bridge:Like that?
"Si-yah!" AJ yelled as her zord swat at the blue delta runner which was currently buzzing around her head. The two of them were working on getting AJ comfortable in her new zord while JD was investigating a disturbance in the Strata quadrant with his. The lunar ranger grinned when she heard Sky chuckle.

"You sound like the vids of your dad in battle." He commented as he flew around her in circles. Debating in her head whether or not that was a compliment, she didn't notice as the zord's arm suddenly came to life and held up a hand in front of the blue delta runner.

"Woah!" Sky yelled as he swerved to miss her. "Okay, I get it, no more making you dizzy!"

AJ frowned. "I didn't do that!" she replied, examining her computer board. The commands were in but she wasn't the one who had put them in.

"No you didn't. I did. He may not have been making you dizzy but he sure as Hades was making me dizzy!" A voice exclaimed from behind her. AJ froze and slowly turned around. Leaning against the bulkhead was a woman in a long flowing silver gown, black hair, and hazel eyes. She gasped.

"Oh my god…" she whispered, bedazzled. The woman smirked.

"Actually, it's Salene…Sometimes." The woman added after some thought. AJ swallowed.

"This is what Uncle Billy meant when he told me the powers were a bit different than anything I've ever encountered before, isn't it?" she asked in a whisper. Salene smiled with amusement.

"Ah yes…William. So very good at the understatement. And so very clueless when it comes to feelings." She commented. AJ blinked.

"You know my uncle Billy?" she asked incredulously. Salene nodded.

"William was chosen as Guardian of the Talismans." She explained. AJ frowned.

"He said something to that effect but he failed to mention you." She commented, ignoring Sky who was buzzing around worriedly.

"I told him not to. I didn't want you to have any preconceived notions about me before we met." She told the SPD lieutenant haughtily. "It's terribly frustrating when people think they know me and they're wrong."

AJ snickered. "Oh, don't I know it!" Salene grinned.

"I know you do. This is why I allowed the Talismans to be attached to the SPD technology. Once I discovered you were the candidate for my talisman, I allowed the process to go through." She commented, examining her nails. AJ frowned.

"You're the reason I couldn't get the talisman to work with the SPD technology? That was driving me nuts!" She accused. Salene shrugged.

"I had to be certain the powers would go to a worthy candidate." She told her, frowning at a chipped nail. With a raised eyebrow, the nail was made whole again. AJ ignored the display of power in favor of the worthiness comment.

"How did you know I was worthy?" she asked suspiciously. Salene smiled mischievously at her.

"Remember when you were a little girl and William would start talking to thin air?" she asked. AJ nodded, frowning. She'd thought her uncle Billy had gone crazy whenever he did that. Salene laughed.

"Well, he wasn't crazy. He was talking to me. Only those I choose to see me can. And I've chosen both him and you." She informed her. AJ's draw dropped.

"You've been keeping tabs—wait a minute! The fairy I thought I'd made up! That was you, wasn't it! Uncle Billy was the only one who believed me about that!" she exclaimed. Salene smiled.

"Indeed. That was me." She acknowledged. "I was keeping an eye on you because I could sense your potential the moment you were born and will you shut up!" Salene suddenly yelled at to her right. AJ leaned back, bemused. If she remembered her mythology right, she had a pretty good idea who had popped in and was currently invisible to the lunar ranger.

"No, she's my chosen, why do you think I'm talking to her?" the goddess asked in exasperation. Salene suddenly glared.

"You, my dear brother, are an imbecile! You should be talking to Jason by now, not complaining that you can't get a word in edgewise when I get it into my head to speak to a chosen one!" she exclaimed. AJ smirked when Salene rolled her eyes and turned back to the SPD lieutenant.

"Let me guess, Helios?" she asked knowingly. Salene grinned.

"I knew there was a reason I liked you."

"AJ what is going on? Are you okay?" AJ looked down at the computer consol sheepishly. She glanced at Salene.

"Do you know how long he's been doing that?" she asked hesitantly. The moon-goddess incarnate shrugged.

"A few minutes." She replied. AJ made a face and turned back to the communication consol.

"I'm fine Sky, just…immersing myself in my new powers." She explained, wincing at how it came out. Salene cackled as she slowly faded from sight.

"That's one way of putting it."

"Are you sure you're okay? Sky said you stopped playing for a good five minutes." Kat commented later that day. AJ sighed. After her seeming blackout, Sky had insisted they stop because he was worried about her mental state with all the new responsibility.

"I'm fine, Kat." She told the feline. Kat frowned.

"Are you going to tell me what exactly you were doing?" she asked. AJ was about to open her mouth when Salene appeared. Kat didn't notice even though the goddess was standing right next to her.

"You can tell her. William explained about me and Helios and that we'd eventually show ourselves to you two." She told her, examining her gown. AJ raised an eyebrow as the gown turned a deep red.

"The silver was better." She commented and giggled at Kat's baffled look.

"What about this?" Salene asked and the dressed turned a deep midnight blue with silver lining. AJ nodded approvingly.

"It's nice but I still prefer the silver and gold one." She replied. Salene tilted her head and her dress returned to its original color.

"You're right. It suits me much better than the others." The moon goddess commented as she experimented with the design of the dress. Kat was staring at her left with understanding.

"Salene's right next to me, isn't she?" Kat asked wearily. AJ nodded with a smile. Kat sighed.

"She popped up when you were training with Sky, I take it?" AJ nodded again. With a shake of her head, the feline went back to work on her computer. AJ and Salene continued debating the goddess' dress as Kat and Boom worked on RIC and Cruger came in. Hearing his science lieutenant talking to herself, he turned to Kat.

"Salene?" he asked curiously. Kat simply nodded, not willing to go there.

Some time later, the rangers rushed in with the news of the criminals escape. AJ frowned and pulled up the containment cards cataloged.

"They're still contained. According to our records anyway and I'd have known if they'd been changed. No one but Boom, Kat, and I can get passed the security programs on those." AJ called out. The rangers frowned. Kat turned to the red ranger.

"Jack, I need your morpher for an upgrade we're doing." She told him. Jack nodded and handed the red-lined morpher to the feline. Sky stepped forward and AJ winced. Oh boy…

"I'd like to go next, Kat." He requested and frowned at Kat's apologetic look.

"I'm sorry Sky, the upgrades only for the red ranger." She told him. Sky didn't say anything and a beat later he walked out of the command center. AJ stood to go after him but Syd stopped her.

"Don't. Jack and Sky need to work this out." The pink ranger whispered. Behind her, Salene, her dress now a dark green, nodded.

"She's right. Let the little red ranger go after your boy-toy." The goddess advised. AJ twirled.

"Don't call him that!" she exclaimed. Syd stepped back in alarm as everyone turned to AJ in surprise. The lunar ranger blushed as Salene snickered. Kat stepped forward.

"Part of AJ's powers enables her to have a...connection of sorts with the power of her talisman. The power manifests into the form of the moon goddess Salene. Only AJ can see her." The feline explained. Bridge tilted his head and took off his glove. He waved it in the general vicinity of his new teammate and smiled. The moon goddess showed up as a very faint yellow.

"Nice to meet you." He spoke aloud, directly to the place where he had seen the aura. AJ sighed.

"She's behind you, Bridge." She commented, watching the goddess bemusedly. She was looking at the fading green mist that was Bridge's power.

"What's the yellow mean?" she asked curiously. AJ shrugged and turned to the green ranger, aware Z and Syd were watching them curiously.

"She want's to know what the yellow means." Bridge grinned.

"It means she's amused." He explained. Salene nodded and her dress became the exact shade of the aura. AJ rolled her eyes.

"You look horrible. Yellow is not your color." She told the goddess bluntly. Salene scowled but her dress changed back to its original silver.

"…I know." Cruger was saying when Salene finally left later that day. The rangers had had to report to target training but AJ had work to do in the Command Center. Unfortunately, Salene was a very curious goddess and wanted to know everything there was to know about the computers and the programs AJ was working on and with. AJ frowned as she eavesdropped.

"Does Sky know?" Kat asked worriedly. Cruger shook his head.

"He doesn't and now is not the time to tell him." The canine told the scientist. AJ frowned, remembering that Sky had been sent to interrogate Mirloc. She waited until the two were busy with their duties before bringing up Mirloc's file. Half way through, her blood stopped cold.

Mirloc is responsible for the deaths of many people but is best known for the murder of the late red ranger, Troy Tate.

AJ had been feeling increasingly guilty as the day wore on. Knowing that her quasi-boyfriend had unknowingly interrogated his father's murderer was straining her sense of honor. She felt compelled to tell him but couldn't bring herself to actually do it. After the battle with Slate (who AJ didn't fight because Cruger wanted to test the battlizer), AJ had decided to accompany Sky when he went back to give Mirloc his wish.

Invisibly, of course.

As Sky reluctantly recounted his memory of his father's death, AJ cried outside. She'd never heard Sky sound so sorrowful and she vowed that she'd never have to again.

"Damnit!" Sky cursed when he stormed out. He passed AJ, seething, and didn't seem to notice that he'd nearly tripped over her. AJ shakily stood up and watched him walk away.

AJ was lost in thoughts of Sky when the man himself stalked in to confront the commander. AJ stood on sidelines, moving only when JD slunk over to her side.

"We should split up." Sky suggested, collecting himself. The twins exchanged looks.

"We'll help." They announced at the same time, stepping forward. Jack nodded.

"Okay, Sky, AJ you two take the east side; Bridge, Z take the jeep downtown. Syd, you're with me, we'll take west side. JD, stay behind in case something happens." Jack ordered. The rangers nodded and headed out, not even bothering to check with the commander. JD smiled when Cruger just sighed.

"Sky, are you and AJ okay? We've just lost Bridge and Z." Kat called through the communicators. The couple exchanged worried looks.

"We're okay." The blue ranger replied.

"No you're not!" Mirloc argued as he appeared in front of them. AJ and Sky went into fighting stances and the alien just laughed.

"You think you two can defeat me? You're pathetic!" he cried, throwing a beam of light at them. AJ throw up her hands in an effort to protect herself. It didn't work.

"Come on, JD! Can a stupid monster really beat the son of the greatest ranger ever!" AJ yelled as her brother landed on his ass again. At the others looks, she shrugged.

"What?"

"She's right. Don't embarrass me!" AJ heard an unfamiliar voice call out. She smirked when she saw what could only be Helios standing a few feet away from the prison. Salene appeared next to him.

"Honestly, can you be anymore conceited?" she demanded. AJ chuckled as she watched her brother charge Mirloc again, this time smashing the mirror on his chest. The lunar ranger yelped as she fell to the ground. Ignoring the pain in her leg, she scrambled to her feet along with the others. When he saw them, Mirloc just laughed.

"You are going to be my downfall? I don't think so! You're father couldn't contain me and neither can you! You're a pathetic, cowardly, ugly little man who'll die at my hand, just like your father!" Mirloc taunted. AJ growled.

"Alright, that's it! You are going down mister! No one calls my boyfriend ugly!" she yelled.

"Yeah!" Bridge yelled. He stopped, puzzled, as the others looked at him oddly. "Wait a minute…"

"Here." Jack suddenly said, unstrapping his morpher. Sky looked at him in confusion.

"What?" he asked as Jack put the morpher in the blue ranger's hand.

"Do it for your dad." Jack told him, stepped back. Sky looked down at the morpher and unclipped his. He handed it to Jack before stepping forward.

"SPD, Emergency!"

AJ felt tears come to her eyes as she watched her semi-boyfriend battle the man who took his fathers life. It didn't take long for Mirloc to blow up and be contained. AJ held herself back until Sky powered down and then threw herself at him. He wrapped her in his arms and buried his face in her shoulder, smiling as Bridge, Z, Syd, and Jack patted him on the back.

Later that day, AJ stood close to Sky's side as they watched Mirloc be transferred to a prison on a planet without sunlight. JD stood on her other side and she knew Salene and Helios were enjoying the monster's imprisonment as well; she could see them on the screen, gleefully tripping Mirloc as he was led to his new "home."

Without warning, AJ felt Sky slip his hand in hers. She looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back.

"Tonight?" he whispered. She nodded. So absorbed by Sky's smile, she didn't notice Salene and Helios cheering and cat-calling on the screen. JD did though and, glancing at his sister and her new boyfriend, shook his head. Just then, Cruger walked in. The rangers and Kat stepped out of the way as Cruger moved to stand in front of Sky.

"I'm sorry for not giving you all the details, cadet." He apologized gruffly. "You're a fine ranger and tribute to your father. I won't forget that again."

"I gave Jack his morpher back." Sky told AJ later that night. They were walking through the park after a very good meal at Hunan's. AJ smiled up at him, entwining her hand through his.

"You didn't want to keep it?" she teased gently. He chuckled softly.

"Heroes come in all colors. Your fathers living proof of that." He teased back. She giggled before becoming serious again.

"How did it feel to be red?" she asked, curiously. He stared off into the distance.

"I felt like my father was there, in the suit with me. Like he was part of the morpher. He was…he was cheering me on. He was proud." He whispered. AJ felt tears come to her eyes.

"Your father isn't in the morpher, Sky." She told him, stopping to look him in the eye.

"He's in you."

End Notes: Hope you all liked it. I actually had a hard time writing this because like most of you, Reflection was one of my favorite episodes and I really didn't want to change it!

(Squeals) I got nominated for more awards at What a Character Power Ranger Fan Fiction Awards! I've been nominated for Best Portrayal of a Power Ranger (for Tommy) and Best Power Ranger/Original Character Romance! I've also been nominated for Best Incomplete Story and Best Original Character (for AJ, obviously). Wow! Thanks so much you guys! Nominations are now closed and voting is up and will continue to June 3rd so if you think I deserve the award(s), go vote! For the record, here's the nominee's in what I'm up for:

Best Incomplete Story: 1880 by Gear's Girl, If Camelot Fell by Panache, Destiny by MoonChild7, and Through Her Eyes

Best Original Character:Living In Your Shadow (Shadow) by Curlysara26, If CamelotFell (Beltane) by Panache, Destiny (Ambrianna) by MoonChild7, and Through Her Eyes (AJ)

Best Portrayel of a Power Ranger: Living in Your Shadow (Sky) by Curlysara26, Conversations at 3 A.M. (Kat) by Panache, Living in Potter's Field (Rocky) by Panache, and Through Her Eyes (Tommy)

Best Power Ranger/Original Character Romance: Living in Your Shadow (Sky/Shadow) by Curlysara26, Destiny (Ryan/Lene) by MoonChild7, Ninja and Heroes (Shane/Molly) by Dany, and Through Her Eyes (Sky/AJ)

Thank you so much!

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