It had been two weeks. Two weeks since his life changed forever, learning about his son. Two weeks since he learned about Jen's death. Two weeks since he'd last seen and heard from Alex. Two weeks since the dreams about Jen had stopped, and he was finding himself now wishing for them to return. So he could just see her one last time, hold her, kiss her gentle lips and tell her how much he loved her.

A lot had happened in those two weeks. Getting Sky situated at home, setting up his room, buying clothes and toys, everything a young boy needs. The past two weeks Wes had spent every waking moment with his son, getting to know him and doing his best at being the best father he could be, which wasn't too hard. The boy seemed to idolize him.

The hard part was explaining to the public that he had a son, but certain things had to be left out. No one could ever know the real truth about where Sky came from; to the public Sky would have been born back in 2000, only Wes, his family, close friends, and a few others would know the truth - that Sky had been conceived a year ago, and later born in the future.

Outside of that, a branch of the Silver Guardians officially had become known as Space Patrol Delta and construction had already begun to take place in NewTech City. If Bio-Lab pushed hard enough it would be finished within a year. For now the main base on Earth would remain in Silver Hills, but applications were already being sent out searching for new recruits to join SPD; leaving unknown to the public that five little children already held spots to join the military school that was also in development.

Wes, Eric and a group of SPD officers stood around posing for pictures for the newspaper. Wes and Eric were both in their ranger suites each had a SPD badge and both of them held their helmets in their hands.

"Did I ever tell you how much I hate having my picture taken?" mumbled Eric just wanting to get this over with. He'd rather be having teeth pulled then have his picture taken.

"Only about a hundred times today," Wes laughed. "Come on, it's for a good cause, and besides don't you think we look good with these nice new badges on our ranger uniforms?"

"Yeah. I guess they're okay." Eric looked over towards the sidewalk where a bunch of camera crew people and workers were standing around, but his eyes fell onto the young boy sitting there looking bored and slightly depressed. "How's he doing?"

"Okay. I mean other than missing Jen, he's all right." Although Wes and his son had been getting along and moving forward very well in their relationship, something was missing, a void Wes couldn't fill. At times Sky would become withdrawn and sometimes even turn away from him and go off on his own, either to his room or out back behind the house, wanting to be alone.

"He remembers her? I thought that Alex had to change his memories to fit into this time period."

"He did. But Sky remembers little things, I think." Wes shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not real sure. I tell him what I can, but sometimes I feel it's not enough, you know." Wes sighed. "He wants to know more."

Eric nodded his head. Wes was in a hard place: he was raising his son and protecting him from a past he could never know about. It was a huge burden. Eric couldn't even imagine how hard that would be, having to keep a secret from your own child, especially a secret that defined everything about hem. "He'll come around; besides, the kid's nuts about you." Eric patted Wes on the shoulder.

"Thanks." Wes was grateful for Eric's support and friendship.

"Okay, I want to get photos of the two Commanders alone. Commander Myers, you're up," announced the photographer.

"Great," Eric muttered. "Just what I want. My picture plastered all over town."

Once Eric was finished, Wes was up next. After his photo was taken, Wes took a quick glance over at his son. And then he realized something, he didn't have any pictures of Sky at home, not even one of them together. "Hey, could you take one of my son and me together?"

"Sure."

"Sky!" Wes waved his son over. "We're going to have our picture taken together, is that okay with you?"

"Can I hold your helmet?" he asked his dad eagerly.

Wes smiled. "Sure." Wes handed his son his helmet and the two posed for the picture. Once the photo was taken, the camera crew gathered up their equipment and went on their way.

"Dad?"

"Yes, Sky?" asked Wes as he powered down and revealed his new SPD uniform with the SPD emblem.

"Do you think that you could maybe teach me to fight like you, so that I can be a power ranger, like you?"

Five years old and the kid wanted to be just like him - although most little kids want to be just like their parents. Even he at one time wanted to be just like his own father. "You wanna be a power ranger?"

"Yeah. I want to help people, just like you." Sky looked up at his father, admiring him. He admired his father more than anything and he would do anything to be just like him. "Can you teach me, please? I promise to work real hard."

How can I say no to that? Wes picked up his son, holding him on his shoulder. "You bet, we'll start first thing tomorrow."

"Yeah!" Sky cheered. He then saw Eric walking up to them. "Hey Uncle Eric, Dad's going to teach me to be a power ranger. Isn't that great?"

"First it was teenaged power rangers, now junior power rangers. Next thing you know, there'll be baby rangers."

"Hey, you're looking at one of the next generation of power rangers," grinned Wes.

"Yeah. But don't you think we should get him through kindergarten first?" Eric was only half joking; he knew that one day when Sky and the others were old enough and ready they would use their special powers and become power rangers and probably would end up doing great things, which Eric suspected was one of the reasons Alex brought Sky to this time period.

"But if I start now, then I can be ahead of everyone," announced Sky firmly.

Wes had to laugh; his son wasn't like most five year old boys. He was very focused, determined, knew what he wanted and didn't care how hard it would be. "See Eric, my boy knows what he wants."

"He's definitely his mother's child." And Eric felt that there was probably a little of Alex in Sky too. But at times he could see flashes of Wes in Sky, although Eric knew that Wes was probably thankful that his son was so much like Jen. He could see Wes's eyes light up every time he was around Sky, Sky had been the missing void in Wes's life that was now filled, but Eric knew that Wes would do anything to have Jen back for both him and Sky.

Andros sat at his desk in front of a computer. He pressed in a few keys to make contact with planet Sirius, to speak with Commander Cruger. It had just been a few days since Andros had gotten the call from Mr. Collins and learned about Wes's son Sky and that the boy's DNA, just like the others, was different. There was now five.

"Andros, how good to see you, my friend. How are you?" Crugers face appeared on the screen.

"It's good to see you too, sir. And I'm doing well."

"Good. And your wife, how is she?"

"She's doing great. It's been almost two months now and everything's going fine."

"That's wonderful. And how goes-"

Andros interrupted. "Sorry sir, I don't mean to interrupt you, but I have some urgent news you should know."

"Okay." Cruger became very alert, although for the sound of Andros voice it didn't sound life treating, but theses days he could never be too sure. Several attacks had been made on his planet and though they have won every time, there was always that hidden fear that one day they might not be so lucky. That their luck would run out. "Go ahead Andros,"

"Sorry if I made it sound like a life and death situation, that was not my intentions," Andros had seen the alert cross Crugers face right away. He had forgotten that the old dog had been pretty jumpy lately with the recent attacks on his home world. I need to be a little more careful around him. "It has just been brought to my attention that Wesley Collins does in fact have a child, a five year old boy. His DNA power enables him to create force fields."

"Five years old? How is that possible? The accident happened in 2001. The boy would have been born a year before the accident occurred." How was it possible the child had developed powers like the others if he had been born before the accident happened?

Andros licked his lips. "Well, actually he would have been born in this year of 2005, if his mother hadn't returned to her time period a little more than a year ago." Andros then began explaining what had happened and how Sky had come to be with Wes.

"I would take it that this conversation doesn't go any further then you and I," announced Cruger understanding how damaging this information could be if it were to fall into the wrong hands.

"You would be correct in saying that, sir."

"What is his name?"

"Schuyler Colin Tate."

"Very good then. I will be looking forward to one day working with Schuyler and the others."

"I'll be in touch with you, Commander, keep you updated."

"Yes. Very good." The communication then ended and the screen became blank.

"How'd it go?" asked Ashley, walking up behind Andros and wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing him gently on the cheek.

"Fine." Andros smiled as he pulled her into his lap.

"That's good." Ashley sighed. "I just feel bad for Wes; this year hasn't been easy for him. All the changes at Bio-Lab, the Silver Guardians, Jen's death, his son."

"No it hasn't, but Wes will pull through." Andros had seen a lot in his day, as both a ranger and just growing up. It seemed to him it was like that for a lot of rangers, but life does have its rewards. He looked into Ashley's eyes and smiled, he was happily married and a soon to be father. "You feeling okay?"

She smiled. "Yes."

"And the baby?"

"She's doing just fine."

"She? How do you know it's a she?"

"Motherly instinct." She grinned and kissed him gently on the lips. "I can just feel it, Andros, she's going to be very special."

"Well then, I'll take your word for it." Andros stood up, carrying Ashley in his arms. "Let's go to bed, I'm beat."

He had left Silver Hills not even sure of where he was going, but found himself at Tommy Oliver's cabin; he even stayed a few nights with him and then went on his way, leaving a few items for Tommy to give to Wes. Things that he had meant to give to Wes humself, but with the whole Sky situation he had forgotten. The two things included Jen's ashes and the ring Wes had given to her when he asked her to marry him.

Alex didn't tell Tommy where he was going or even if he would come back and visit. The truth was Alex wasn't sure himself. He wasn't even sure if he would stay in this time period or even remain on Earth. He had half thought about returning back to his time period and leaving Earth, but for some strange reason he couldn't let himself return to his own time, not yet anyway. Perhaps that had a lot to do with the last conversation he had with Tommy, or even more so what he knew the future held…

"You sure it's not a problem?" asked Alex, handing him the box with Wes's name on it.

"No problem at all." Tommy smiled. "I'll be happy to do it. It gives me a reason to go say hi to Wes, Eric and Hayley and meet Wes's son, Sky."

"Thanks. I appreciate it." Alex sighed. "Well, I should be going. Thank you for letting me stay here for a few days."

"It was no trouble. You're always welcome here."

"Thanks." Alex smiled faintly. "Goodbye, Tommy." Alex started on his way, walking down the dirt road.

Tommy then began getting the feeling that something was wrong. He felt like Alex was hiding something, but he didn't know what. "Alex, is everything okay?"

Alex stopped and turned briefly. "For now it is."

What was that supposed to mean? Tommy could never be quite sure what Alex meant by the things he said, but one thing was for sure; Tommy knew that Alex always had a reason for everything he said and did. "Anything you need me to tell Wes?"

Alex bit his lip and sighed. "Just that he should be careful out there."

"Out where?" But Alex never responded, whether because he was too far down the road to hear or he choose not to answer, Tommy didn't know.

Alex wasn't even sure where he was headed now. He had left Reefside hours ago, taking with him only a bag of clothes, a little bit of food and some cash that Tommy had given him. He was a wanderer now, alone, nowhere to go, no place to call home.

He thought back to the last conversation he had had with Landon, a distant relative, talking of family; back then Alex didn't understand it. He couldn't see past the fact that Landon had broken the law, broken every rule in the book… but now... Now he knew all too well just what family meant to Landon. But now his family was gone, Jen was dead and Sky was in his rightful place with his real father.

Although looking back now, the word 'family' had never crossed Alex's mind when he had jumped in to help Jen, protect her from Time Force, and protect her son. A son he had come to call his own. He knew if he could go back he wouldn't change a thing, even with all the hurt and heartache he had gone through. He still would do everything the same, well, perhaps there were a few things he would change, but none of those things were in his control.

No matter how hard he had tried, he couldn't find a way to make Jen better, he couldn't heal her and he couldn't get her back to Wes in time. The only thing he had been able to do was to bring Sky to Wes, even if….

"Sir?"

Alex snapped out of his thoughts. "Huh? Sorry."

"Are you boarding the train, sir?"

Alex looked back, almost as if he was changing his mind, but he picked up his bag and turned to the man. "Yeah."

"Okay sir, it's this way." Alex followed the man onto the train and began to let the future take its course, hoping that his next destination would lead him to wherever he was supposed to be.