Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee
Story: Through Her Eyes
Disclaimer: I own no one.
Time Frame: During Impact
Summary: AJ's father was the greatest ranger ever….now she's taking on the mantle he gave up. Power Rangers SPD.
Author Notes: Bash and I had fun with the ends notes. Just a warning.
Dedication: The guy who made my clippie!
Commander Cruger: Jack has stowed away on the Swat Megazord. That stubborn fool.
Kat: sighs True, but are you really that surprised?
Commander Cruger: No. Sky would have done the same.
Kat: Those two are more alike than they care to admit.
Hey AJ?" JD called from the door. AJ looked up in horror.
"Hold on!" She called, pushing the half wrapped gift under her bed. "Come in!"
The door slid open to reveal her twin wearing a bemused expression. "I know that tone of voice. Where'd you hide it?" he asked with a grin. She scowled.
"I'm not telling. What do you need?" she asked. He sat on her chair, surveying the array of gifts surrounding her.
"I can't believe Christmas is almost here. I mean, it seams like it wasn't that long ago that we had our birthday." He commented. She smiled.
"A month and a half. Gotta love how time flies when you're blowing up and containing monsters." She quipped. He chuckled.
"Are we going home for the holidays?" he asked. She shook her head.
"I really wish we could but us, Boom, and B Squad have all been ordered to remain here. Now is not the time for us to be separated." She told him and he nodded.
"You're right. I just wish we could spend Christmas day with dad, ya know?" he asked wistfully. She smiled softly.
"Old times." She agreed. He nodded with a smile. He glanced at his watch and groaned.
"What?"
"I have a training session with Bridge, see you later." He stood and headed out leaving his sister with a very thoughtful look on her face and an idea brewing in her mind.
"I'll do it."
AJ froze as Sky and Jack stepped forward to volunteer for the seemingly suicide mission.
"Look, I'm the better pilot." Sky argued and Jack shook his head.
"I'm a better shot." Jack shot back. Cruger glanced at AJ and the lunar ranger paled. She knew that look.
"Sky, you will go destroy the meteor. Jack, you will remain behind to lead the team in the defeat of the Dragoul that showed up this morning." He ended the argument. Jack stormed out, Syd running to catch up with him. Sky was looking smug until he noticed AJ's expression and then his face fell and realization hit his eyes. He stepped forward.
"AJ…" he whispered to thin air as AJ ran from the command center.
"You have a visitor." AJ's computer announced before the door opened to reveal Sky. He was leaving in a few minutes for the meteor but had been convinced by Bridge to talk to AJ.
"Aimee." He called, stepping inside the door. He didn't see her but his morpher had indicated this was where she was. He frowned.
"Your acting very childish about this." He told the room and wasn't surprised when his girlfriend appeared out of thin air on the bed.
"Childish? My boyfriends going on a suicide mission and I'm acting childish!" She yelled. They locked eyes for a minute, Sky trying to convey his feelings. AJ deflated, tears falling freely from her eyes. Sky walked over and sat on the bed next to her. She buried her face in his chest.
"Why you?" she whispered as he wrapped his arms around her. He sighed.
"You know why." He reminded her. She sniffled. "This is who I am."
"Sky, I can't lose you." She whispered. She looked up at him. "I love you."
Sky swallowed heavily as his chest tightened and a burning sensation filled his stomach. He stared deep in her eyes and saw all the feelings she was had for him and he realized how selfish he had been in their relationship. She had given him everything she could; patience, understanding, compassion, love. And now he was going on a mission that he might not come back from, a mission he had volunteered for because of the rivalry he had with Jack. He mentally kicked himself.
"Aimee, I promise you, I will come back." He told her, not really knowing what he was doing. She huddled against his chest as his throat tightened. He gently lifted her face up to meet his and gently kissed her, a kiss that conveyed every single feeling he had for the petite woman in his arms. The kiss ended and he stared into her tear filled eyes. "I love you, Aimee."
Sky swallowed heavily when he and Jack both realized what had to be done. Thoughts of Aimee and the promise he had made to her flitted through his mind before he realized he had been detached from the SWAT megazord.
"Jack!" he yelled angrily. Jack appeared on his screen, his helmet hiding his expression but not the emotion in his voice.
"Sky, go home and help the others." The red ranger ordered. Sky scowled.
"Jack, we can do this together." He argued. Jack shook his head.
"I'm doing it Sky…" he fell silent for a moment. "Tell Syd that I love her, will you?"
Sky took a deep shuddering breath. "I won't have to, we'll do this and head home together." Jack pounded a fist on his consol.
"Sky, as red ranger, I order you to go back to earth." He yelled. More softly he added, "Go back to AJ."
Without another word, Jack cut the communications channel.
After the battle, Sky and Jack had decided to fly the SWAT megazord back to base by themselves. Neither said a word the entire trip but as Sky walked out of his zord, he saw Jack exiting his own. He was about to walk over to him when he saw a blur of pink slam into the red ranger. A second later, he was flat on his back as AJ, crying, clung to him for dear life. He immediately wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her neck.
As the two couples clung helplessly to each other, Z was crying softly into Bridge's chest. They'd thought they'd lost the red ranger and knowing how close they came to losing both…well, needless to say she was a wreck. Cruger and Kat stood off the side with Boom and JD. The science tech and JD were both grinning; the latter's eyes slightly misty as he watched his best friend cling to her boyfriend.
It took a few minutes but eventually the four rangers finally stood up. Syd and AJ stepped back, quickly made sure the red and blue rangers were okay, and then simultaneously punched them in the gut.
"OW!" they yelled, doubling over.
"You idiot! How could you…"
"…Do you have any idea how worried I was?"
"…you stupid, arrogant…"
"…don't you ever…"
"If you even think of doing that again…"
"I'll kill you!" the girls yelled at the same time, lunging forward and clinging to their respective boyfriends. The red and blue rangers glanced at each other in exasperation.
"Girls!" Jack mouthed and Sky had to stifle a chuckle. Syd looked up at the red ranger, her eyes blazing.
"What did you say!" she demanded. Jack didn't get a chance to reply as Z slammed into him. Sky looked over AJ's shoulder and saw Bridge and JD waiting patiently. AJ wasn't going anywhere anytime soon so he simply opened his arm out. Without a moment's hesitation, Bridge hurried into the hug. Looking down at his girlfriend and 'little brother's" heads, he smiled. He felt another arm snake around his back and locked eyes with his girlfriends brother.
"Welcome back." JD told him quietly. Sky nodded as Z and Syd dragged Jack into the knot of people. Boom sneaked a hand out and grabbed Boom's wrist, pulling him into the group. Cruger and Kat just stood by, proud and amused as the eight teens clung to each other.
End Notes: I'm very happy right now. Bash and I are on Orientation Crew and since last year's OC's kept losing stuff, BJ (the director of Student Life) organized a Clipboard Project. Everyone chose names out a hat and then decorated a clipboard for that person (I got Bash and Bash got BJ). Well, we exchanged them tonight and I got the shock of a lifetime. See, the guy who made mine is a friend but we're not particularly close. However, he is fairly good friends with Bash so she was able to get him info on me.
Bash: Just a little bit. (Smirks)
Anywho, the front of it has all twelve different incarnation logos of PR with pics of my favorite male and female ranger for each incarnation. These were small pictures but he did a lot of digging. On the back, is a bunch of other shows that I like, like CSI (yummy Nick and Greg photos!), Stargate, Smallville, The Tribe (which I had to explain to everyone but Bash; no one had ever heard of the show), and Buffy, a picture of Harry, Ron and Hermione, and the logo for (the one on the top of the page in the left had corner). What really got to me though was a large photoshop picture of Chris Violette as Sky and a picture of Anne Hathaway (the actress I chose to represent AJ) underneath it. Splashed across the bottom is "Through Her Eyes By Jadelyn Ja Lee." I know for a fact he got the banner from Bash because I made it and it's saved to our computer!
Bash: Yeah, when he showed the banner to the group, Jade took one look at it, made this funny little noise from the back of her throat, then turned to me and said "Bash!" Everyone started laughing because they all know we're roommates.
Yeah, and then the guy admitted he'd gotten a lot of help from Bash because I was a very elusive person and then he pointed out to a picture of Nancy Drew with her magnifying glass and said that represented the fact he could never find me because I was so busy.
(Sighs) It was fun.
Bash: Yes it was. BTW, I love the clippie you made me. Lotsa Tommy and Cam!
Do you have any idea how hard it was to hide that thing from you?
Bash: Um…hard?
We're roommates and we get into each others stuff all the time so yeah!
BTW, I borrowed your math notes again.
Bash: ……you're cleaning up the mess I left when I tore the room up trying to find those notes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, anywho, later ya'lls!
Bash: Bye! We need to do this more often Jade...