I am surprised by the amount of fallowers I have for this story but only one review. Come on people please tell me your thoughts, am I doing well, is it terrible, is there something you feel I should do. I am open to any idea and all criticism, but enough of that here is chapter 6. I do not own Power Rangers.

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Chapter 6

Zara's Pov

The sun was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes the next Moring, it hurt to look at it, so I rolled over and barred my face in something hard but warm. I was clearly a bit hung over from all the drinking I had done after Tobi had gone to bed which made my mind work slower at figuring out what or I should say who was in my bed. As I woke up some more, and the mother of all migraines hit me I realised that I had just put my face into the chest of one sleeping Tommy Oliver. I could see that he was still wearing a black shirt but I still checked and was relieved to see that both of us were fully clothed. I tried to remember what had happened last night when he came over, studying his face closely well I did.

Flashback

I saw the kind and caring look on Tommy's face after I had had said that I had something that would most likely change things in the glow from the fire. I didn't want things between us to change but he had the right to know about what I had almost done. "I imagine that you noticed that I took off in a hurry when I learned that Tobi and his class mates were all kidnapped." Tommy nodded before he indicated that I should continue. "You see when I was pregnant with Tobi I was kidnapped by a group of terrorists and held for ransom. Their price was the project that David's father was overseeing, a militarized version of the Power Ranger's Zords. I don't know much of the details save that the military has been trying for years to copy the ranger's tech so they don't have to rely on them to protect earth. After failed negotiations with the terrorists in the end I was rescued by the Light Speed Rescue Rangers. I was a nervous wreck after the incident and it was only after Tobi was born that I fully recovered. Because of that David and his closest teammates, who I got along with the best took it upon themselves to train me not only in basic hand to hand combat but to use a gun. When I got the call from the police today all of the fear and what had happened to me during that time came back to me. I went home not only for my long bow but my hand gun as well." I then proceed to tell him about my encounter with the Black Dino Thunder Ranger and that he had knocked me out. Tommy winced and I picked up a bit of shame from him, which confused me but by this time I was more than a little drunk. That of course made the next bit from my past a little easier to say,

"Tommy there is something else I need to tell you." I bit my lip nervously but before I could stop myself I let it all out. "Two years ago I had a bit of a drinking problem and I tried to kill myself, but my brother's girlfriend stopped me. She thankfully got me the help I needed with a councillor and into a support group."

Tommy's eyes by this point were big in shock. "Zara, why would you do such a thing?"

I shrugged as I refused to look at him. "I the love of my life was dead, my son was suffering from nightmares and my jerk of a father-in-law, whose name is Huston Rodgers by the way, had denied me the life insurance money and wanted custody for Tobi. He tried to take advantage of my depression and drinking to take my last piece of David. Thankfully Kat stopped me and made me live for Tobias, as he is my whole world."

I couldn't talk after that as I started to cry once again, letting go of the forgotten beer in my hands, I buried my face in them. Tommy didn't say anything, he hadn't said anything since his arrival, and I hadn't really given him a chance to. Now I didn't even dare look at him as I was sure all I would see would be disgust or horror. I was taken by surprise when I felt his arms wrap around me as he pulled me into his chest. I grabbed on to him and cried harder getting his black shirt wet with my tears well he held me tight.

Once my cries had subsided he finally spoke. "Zara I agree that today you made a bad choice that could have had terrible consequences, thankfully we'll never know. Yes you have some darkness in your pass but you have worked so hard to overcome it. You have focus on your loving and cute little boy that looks up to you and is the boy he is because of how you have raised him. I think David would be proud if how well you have looked after Tobi on your own and that you have tried to move forward. I'm also sure that he would be disappointed with his own father's actions as I am. If you're thinking that I should be disgusted or horrified by what you have told me, you're wrong. It just gives me all the more reason to respect and love you."

I was surprised to hear him say this, especially that he loved me. 'How can he say that when we haven't eve gone an official date yet?' I thought as I pulled back from his chest to blow my nose in a tissue I had in my pocket. "What have I done to deserve someone like you in my life?" I asked him quietly as I wiped my eyes on my sleeve.

"I don't know, I was wondering the same thing." Tommy said with a smile as he moved my hair out of my face which I had tried to blow out of my eyes. He must have caught the small of my alcohol breath as he then asked as a sour look crossed his face. "By the way is this all you've had to drink tonight?"

"Yeah, unfortunately I broke my record for days without a drink." I said disappointed in myself for giving into temptation.

"How long was it if you don't mind me asking?"

"A year."

He winced as he started to pick up all the bottles and put them out of the way well I stubble to my feet, picking up a bucket of sand. I poured it on the fire, followed by some water from the second bucket and stirred it till I was sure it was out. I was just stepping up on the deck when I lost my footing and stumbled forward right into Tommy. "Whoa careful there Zara, there's a step there." He said as he caught me.

"I think I might be a little drunk." I muttered as he helped me stand up straight.

"Yes I believe you are." He agreed with a small smile. "I'll help you inside to bed then I think I'll head home."

"Um actually I feel bad for asking you here so late, why don't you stay the night. That is if you don't want to make the drive, the choice is yours."

End of Flashback

Thinking back on it now I'm not a hundred percent sure if I had spoken clearly or slurred the whole thing as by that point I was almost unconscious. I only just remember him taking his shoes off before he climbed into bed next to me. Now as I looked at his sleeping face I had to smile at how at ease he looked and I realised I would like to wake to this every morning. Though I felt I was getting ahead of myself as we were still getting to know each other and I didn't know how he would feel about it. Just then Tommy started to wake as his arm around me tightened and he pulled me flush against him. I smiled at him as he opened his eyes and looked at me, and he smiled back at me, well his happy feelings hit me. "Morning, how's your head?"

"It hurts but I'll have make do as there is school today." I informed him I reached up and started to run my fingers though his hair, earning me a groan.

"After what happened yesterday I don't think anyone, save Randell, would blame you for staying home today, keeping Tobi close." Tommy said as he lazily rubbed my back.

"You're probably right but I'm still going to try." I said as my phone alarm went off, which I turned off, kissed Tommy and reluctantly climbed out of bed. "You want some coffee with breakfast or do you need to run home and get ready for the day?"

"Actually I always keep clean clothes in my jeep, though may I use your shower?" he sat up and stretched, popping his back.

"Sure go ahead, I'll make us all some breakfast." I said leaving the room and after putting the pot on I started making ham omelets for me and Tommy with left overs and a bowl of cereal for Tobi. Well I did this I heard Tommy step outside for a moment, come back and soon I heard the shower going. Not to long after Tobi got up and sat at the table, which I then put his bowl in front of him, at which point he then looked at me confused.

"Um mommy, if you're here then whose in the shower?" he asked me well picking his up spoon and dug into his fruit loops.

"Tommy came over to comfort mommy and he stayed the night. He is just having a shower before he joins us for breakfast." I explained as the man himself came into the kitchen, hair wet and dressed in a clean dress shirt and pants. Tobi was excited to see him as he gave him a hug well I put the food I had made on the table and we quickly dug in as we had to leave soon. Once I was done eating I showered quickly, got dressed, Tommy helped Tobi get dressed and after getting lunch made for Tobi, Tommy and myself we all headed out.

The day went by great as Tommy was able to join me after school for the test drive of what became my new car. He drove it well I took the van back to the rental lot, we picked up Tobi and then we stopped at Hayley's café for some shacks. Yes it was a good day that was suddenly ruined by the unexpected arrival of my father in law, Huston Rodgers.

He is a tall man with a straight, stick up my butt and proud of it posture that made the dress shirt and jacket had on filled out seamlessly. His greying black hair was kept up to military standers was short and bussed on the sides well his brown eyes scanned the café until he saw me glaring at him as I slowly got to my feet. Tommy noticed my change in demeanour and turned spotting the general as he approached our table. Tobi stared up at his grandfather with a bit of fear in his eyes that made me angrier at the man which Tommy noticed and stood, putting himself between Tobi and his grandfather. "Grandpa Rodgers?" Tobi muttered.

Huston smiled at Tobi. "Hey there buckaroo. I'm happy you're alright. I heard you had-"

"Do not talk to him Huston." I snapped at him cutting off as I walked around the table and stood next to Tommy. "Do not pretended for an instant to be the caring grandparent that you aren't. Why are you here?"

"I truly did come to see you if you were both doing alright. The recent attacks in Reefside have caught the attention of the military and myself. I saw Tobi's name on the list of children kidnapped the other day by those dinosaur monsters. They didn't hurt you did they?" Huston asked as he tried to come closer but Tobi grabbed Tommy's leg and buried his face in it.

"It seems he remembers what you said to me when we left and I don't blame him." I said as I glared at him. Huston put on a sad face but all I felt coming from his was discontent and a bit of resolve. This told me that he was hear for other reasons and I knew what. "Tommy can you stay here with Tobi well I have a talk with his grandfather?"

"Sure." Tommy said as he looked at me, concern all over his face. "Just don't say or do anything you can't take back later Zara."

I scoffed at that. "With him I'd be hard pressed." I said as I gave him what I hopped was a reassuring smile before I walked towards the door. "Outside now." I told Huston as I passed him on my way out the door.

As I walked outside I saw some familiar faces as they stood next to an SUV that were parked nearby and I couldn't help but smile at them as I walked over. "I'd say long time no see boys but it's only been a few months."

"Well you can't blame us for coming to see if you and little Tobi were alright when the General said he was coming to talk to you." Kirk Jones said as he pulled me in for a bear hug, picking up off my feet and popping parts of my back as he squished. He had been David closest friend and was the best man at our wedding. He was over 6 feet and was built like a brick house. His broad shoulders, thick muscular arms and legs made a lot of women's heads turn when he walked by, as he was also hansom. He could be very intimidating when he was pissed off but to those of us who knew him well he was just a bug teddy bear, especially to Tobi.

"Hey don't hog Star Shooter all to yourself Kirk." Max said as he smirked. I was put down and Max was quick to wrap me up in a hug as well. He was Kirk's younger cousin and was very much the opposite of him in every way. He was tall but leaner and built for speed, which I had seen him use many a time's he and the others were hanging around the house in their down time. "The old man maybe here to hound you but we're just all glade you and Tobi are ok." he whispered in my ear.

"Hey where is the little devil? I want to see him." Said the only other women besides myself who had earned a place among these men. Sarah Jones is my height and build but she had long red hair that she kept back in a braid at all times. She's married to Kirk and she has the job of being Max's back up on missions, or so I've been told.

"He's inside with a friend of mine if you want to go in and see him Sarah." I said as I smiled at her, which she returned before she grabbed a gift bag from the suv before she went into Cyberspace.

I finished greeting my old friends and turned to Huston who was giving me a sour but calculated face. "So what really brings you here? Tobi and I are happy here and making a decent life for our self's and far away from you." I told him as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Even after all that has been happening with these so called super heroes running around fighting monsters and their large robots? Angel Grove is still rebuilding, even though they haven't attacks for years during the time that original rangers were running around. You need to think of Tobi's safety Zara as well as your own." Huston said almost pleading voice.

"Cut the concern for our safety crap already. I know you're not really worried about us and I wouldn't be surprised if you only came here to see if you could capture one of their Zords. I know you would love to get your hands on their tech and use it for your own selfish gain." I said and as I saw him clench his jaw and look away I knew I had hit a nerve. "I was there the other day to rescue Tobi and his class mates and the Black Dino Thunder Ranger stopped me before I made a terrible mistake, which I am grateful to him for doing. It taught me that I need to leave the business of fighting monsters to the Power Rangers and so should all in the armed forces."

Huston humped as he finally dropped any act of caring. "I'm not surprised that you would feel that way, as you were saved by this team and back in the past. It just goes to show that I was right in thinking you have no loyalty to those who truly give their all for America safety from those who would do it harm. At least your boy wants to join up when he's old enough and serve like his father did. Which will mean something good came from my son's mistake when he married you."

I saw red.

Tommy's pov

The moment I saw Zara lose the happy look on her face and glared in the direction of the main door I quickly had my guard up. When I first laid eyes on her father-in-law I could see why she didn't like the man but the fear in Tobi's eyes was something else entirely. His presence in the café had caused everyone to stop what they were doing and watch the exchange between him and Zara. Huston did seem to care as he talked to Zara and Tobi but with how hard he was grabbing my leg I knew Tobi was afraid of his own grandfather. I was relieved when Zara took the talk outside as Tobi let go of my leg and the atmosphere and the café slowly went back to normal.

"Who was that?" Ethan asked as he, Hayley, Conner, Kira and Trent walked over to our table.

"General Huston Rodgers, Tobi's grandfather." I explained as I knelt and looked at Tobi. "You ok?" he shook his head no before he threw his little arms around my neck and held on tight.

"Grandpa Rodgers and mommy have never gotten along and he has never liked me." Tobi told me quietly as he held on with a vice grip. I rubbed his back as a smaller hand entered my field of vison before it started to rub Tobi's head.

"Hey there kido, you got a hug for me?" a red haired women I didn't know asked as she knelt next to us.

Tobi seemed to know her as his head shot up and he smiled at her. "Aunty Sarah!" he let go of me and tackled her.

Sarah smiled as she hugged him back. "Your uncles and I were a bit worried about you and your mom when we heard about all the monster attacks when we got back to base after our latest mission. It's good to see that you and she are doing alright." Tobi smiled up at her as he proceeded to tell Sarah about how he had meet the Dino rangers twice now, his promise to us and how Zara took on a Tryannadron on all by herself. Sarah listened intently her eyes never leaving the excited child until he saw the gift bag she was holding. "Oh this? Well as your uncles and I figured if we were coming for a visit we'd spoil you a bit with a gift."

"Thank you Aunty Sarah." Tobi said as he took the gift bag, taking it to the table and opened it there. It was then that Sarah turned to me.

"In case you hadn't figured it out yet I'm an old friend if Zara's. Sarah Jones." She said as she offered me her hand.

"Dr. Tommy Oliver, a new friend of Zara's." I didn't really like saying we were friends but we weren't official in any other way, so I went with it.

"Tommy works at the high school with mom as a science teacher, he knows all about dinosaurs and he's dating mom." Tobi added with a grin well I felt my face turning red well Sarah gave me a calculated look well grinning at Tobi.

"Is that so? Have they gone on any dates yet?" Sarah asked him but kept her eyes on me, seeming to take pleasure of Tobi's innocent answers well I just stood there embraced.

"No but it's not from a lack of trying I'll tell you." Ethan said with a chuckle which turned into a wince when Sarah's hard look turned on him.

"Ethan I think that's enough out of you." I said shooting him a look before I turned back to Sarah. "One of our students who likes to put his nose where it doesn't belong."

"It's alright, I am glade that Zara has found someone she can trust. I don't know how much she's told you about-"

"She told me everything."

"Really?" Sarah looked a bit surprised. "Well I would say that Zara must really trust you then as her own family don't know the whole truth and she has always liked it that way. I may have only seen her for a moment but can tell she's happy here."

"Not at the moment she's not." Kira said as she looked out the front window. Fallowing her gaze I watched as Zara and Huston talked when suddenly Zara lunged at him only to be held back by the two men that were standing next to her. Both Sarah and I ran out and I went straight over to Zara, taking her from the two men who seemed to be failing to reason with her.

"You sick son of a- how dare you say such things about your own son." She growled at Huston as she fought me.

"Zara calm down." I told her as I made her look at me. "Be the bigger person here, and let it go."

"Well it would seem you found a man with common-sense Zara and you would do well to listen to him." Huston said matter of fact as he walked over to the parked suv. "It's good that you have moved on from my son's death and since you and Tobi are alright I'll take me leave."

"Let me make myself very clear Huston, since it seemed I didn't the last time and you still can't get it through your think head. I never want to see you, hear from you or have any form of contact from you ever again." Zara growled in distain as she finally stopped fighting me to get at him. "Just stay away from Tobi and me."

Huston didn't show any sign that he cared about what she said as he got in the back of the black suv and slammed the door shut. "Well that went about as bad as expected." The taller of the two men said earning a glare from Zara, which he ignored as he gave her a hug. "You take care Star Shooter."

He let her go and Sarah took his place also saying good bye, and let the last man also say good bye. "Your request is in a wood box, hidden under a cardboard box next the door there. I hid it when the old man went in to talk to you. There the usual and some new high tech ones that will subdue not kill. There's a lot there but don't use them all at once as I don't think I'll be able to make you some more any time soon." He whispered to her but I could hear as I stood right next to her.

I was confused but Zara simply smiled as she hugged him harder. "Thank you Max, you can't know how much it means to me." She whispered back. He simply nodded and kissed her forehead before he let her go and joined the others in the vehicle. Once they had driven off Zara growled then went to place Max had indicated and uncovered a large wooden box. It was two feet by two feet, with a gloss finish and two rope handles on both side for easy carrying.

"What is that Zara?" I asked as she picked it up and carried it to her car, where she proceeded to put it in the trunk.

"You remember my collapsible bow right?" I nodded as I joined her well she undid the latch on the box and opened it. "Max was the one who designed and built it, along with the arrows. I put in a request to him if he could see about making me some more arrows, as those Tryannodrones keep popping up." Zara explained as she showed me the small arsenal of special arrows Max had made for her. They were put into groupings in little slots that were held closed by Plexiglass, each barring a label. I was a bit surprised by it as she closed the case and locked it but suddenly Zara was hugging me tightly distracting me. "Thank you Tommy for everything you do, but I am sorry that you saw that." She said.

I smiled as I returned her hug. "Your welcome Zara and forget what Huston said."

"Oh don't worry about that." She said as she let me go and closed her trunk. "I may have been upset by what he says but I will never let it affect me for very long. Though I think his unexpected visit did make me realise something. Let's go out tonight, just you and me."

I was a bit taken back by the abruptness of her asking me out but I couldn't help but smile. "Sure I would love to."

Zara nodded as she took my hand and lead the way back into Cyberspace and right back to the table where Tobi was still sitting. He was happily showing off his new Paw Patrol toys to Connor and Kira who were kindly listening to him. Zara kindly took Kira aside and asked if she could baby sit Tobi tonight, despite it being last minute. Kira smiled as she said she could and before I knew it Zara was dropping me of at my jeep which was still parked at the school. "Meet me at 505 on 15 Ave downtown at 6."

Confused I said sure and she left with Tobi in the back seat waving good bye with a big grin on his face.