Weeks later, Jack stepped off a bus into New Tech City. It had been nearly six months since he had left, and he thought that he now had a plan in his head as to what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

In his travels throughout the various costal cities, he had seen several shelters, food kitchens, and missions. All of them with the same purpose; helping the less fortunate. There was no reason why he couldn't start one of his own in New Tech while Ani still worked for SPD. They could get a house and hopefully raise a family…

Now all he had to do was find his wife and beg forgiveness for the way he walked out. He knew that things would be rough at first, but he was bound determined to make things right.

He walked down the streets towards Piggy's in hopes of finding what had been happening since he left, secretly trying to find out how Ani had been…

As he approached, he saw the customers sitting at the various tables, but no Piggy. He stood by the door, and was surprised when he was roughly pulled inside. As he landed on the ground, Piggy slammed the door shut.

"Good to see you too," Jack said as he stood. "What's wrong with you?"

Piggy crossed his arms. "Where the heck have you been?" the alien asked. "Almost everyday since you took off, SPD has been here asking about you, driving away all my business! What did you do?"

Jack sighed. "I needed to get away for a little bit, get some things settled," he said. "They've really been looking for me?"

"At least once a day I get Z or the Princess in here badgering me and anyone that's left about you. You should have seen them, waddling around. I wanted to laugh, but I knew Z would have killed me!"

Jack grinned a little. "I take it they had their babies then?"

Piggy grinned. "Oh yeah… it was all the buzz around the city for a little while."

"What did they have?"

"Z had a boy and girl and-"

"Wait- Z had twins!" Jack asked excitedly.

"Yeah… you didn't know? Oh, right you were gone," he said after a moment. "Anyway, she had a boy and girl and Sydney had a little girl."

Jack smiled. "Sky and Bridge but be happy."

"Oh they are… they both got promoted too… Sky's finally Red Ranger and Bridge is Blue."

"I figured that would happen eventually," he said sadly. "Anything else I should know? Have you seen or spoke to Animaria?"

Piggy sighed. "No… she started coming here a few weeks after you left, but after that she stopped coming." He sidled up to Jack. "Word has it on the streets that she hasn't left the academy in a couple of months."

Jack knew that that much was true. Ani was working… too much in his opinion. "I need to get over there, but I'm not sure how I'll be received."

"Good idea," Piggy said as he looked out the window. "But if I were you, I'd get over there soon… there's talk of some big secret the rangers are hiding…"

"Secret? Like what?"

"Not sure really… but you could find out by using your… unique ability."

Jack knew what he was getting at, and while he hadn't used his powers in a long time to sneak around, he knew he had to. It had taken time, just as Ani had said, but his powers did come back fully.

He thanked Piggy for everything and checked in to a hotel near the academy, waiting for night to fall so he could get into the academy without causing too much of a scene.

Meanwhile…

Ani was sitting in Syd and Sky's apartment holding her niece and rocking her gently.

"You're going to be such a good mom Ani," Syd said as her sister in law smiled. After Mia had been born, Ani had told her teammates and family that she was expecting and they all respected her in wanting to keep everything low key.

"Thanks Syd… I just wish Jack would come home… I miss him so much," she said sadly. The baby in her arms squirmed a little and Ani rocked her. "It's alright Mia," she cooed. The baby fell asleep and Ani felt her child move inside of her.

"He'll come back," Syd said as she took her sleeping child. "I know he will… hopefully before you leave."

Ani sighed. She was leaving for Silver Hills for the duration of her pregnancy, wanting to be with her family in case something should happen. Of course the others at the academy would be there for her, but Syd and Sky, as well as Bridge and Z were moving out of the academy walls and into houses they had found months earlier.

"Me too," she said softly as she rose. "I'm on patrol tonight… I have to head out." Even though Ani was now the head of the Science Division, she was still on active Ranger status, as were the rest of the B-Squad.

"They put you on patrol? You're six months pregnant!" Syd said laughing a little.

"It's better to walk than to sit on my ass and gain more weight." Syd laughed.

"I hear that! Just don't over do it." Ani hugged Syd and kissed Mia before she walked out into the hall…

Hours later, Ani found herself in the vehicle bay; her last stop before her patrol was over.

As she entered the darkened room, she turned on the lights and emotions swept through her… This was where she and Jack had first met… where she had literally flipped his world upside down and fallen for him.

She felt a small kick and placed her hands on her swollen stomach. "This is where I first saw your daddy," she said softly. The baby moved again and she sighed. "He'll come home soon… I know he will."

She smiled a bit before turning the lights down. As she turned to leave, she heard a noise and instantly turned back.

Using her powers, the lights were on again and she nearly fainted when she saw the intruder…