Summary: As the fight continues, the rangers try to keep their lives as normal as possible while learning about their full powers.

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As The Battle Rages

Chapter 19

"Take care and hurry back." Karone said, hugging Ashley before turning to her parents. "And you two better come visit again soon."

"With two grandchildren on the way?" Evina retorted, while hugging Zhane. "And you better take good care of my daughter and that baby." She told Zhane, wagging a finger at him.

"I've got two daughters more than willing to help me with that." Zhane grinned, winking at Chaitlin and Kayla.

The two girls grinned back and turned to their cousins.

"Keep the Earth safe." Aurora whispered, hugging them both. "If something goes wrong, just call us."

"Don't worry." Chaitlin laughed. "Just enjoy your stay and leave rangering to us for the next week."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Aurora joked. "There better be an Earth for us to get back to."

Everyone had to laugh at that. After one more round of goodbyes, they got into the shuttle, waving to Zhane, Karone and their kids.

Karone sighed and leaned slightly against Zhane as he had one arm firmly wrapped around her waist.

"Homesick?" He asked her softly.

"Yeah." Karone sighed again. "But for now, you and the kids are needed here. We can always decide if we want to stay here or move back when all this is over and you are finished with that job here."

"We can talk about this later." Zhane assured her. "It can take a long time before we can truly move back. I'm certain this baby will be born here on Earth, that's for sure."

Karone smiled and placed a hand on her still flat stomach.

"I still can't believe we're having another child for real."

"Better start believing it." Zhane grinned, pressing a kiss to her temple as he watched their other three children bicker jokingly on their way back to the car.

In a few years they'd be moving out and he had been dreading the day the house would be void of their noise. Now he'd be having a lot of years more to adjust to the idea of it being just him and Karone again.

An hour later

Chaitlin carefully pushed open the door, not sure what she would find inside. She shuddered even though it was not at all cold in the room. She hadn't seen Mack since before the accident and it shocked her to see how much he had changed even as she had been steeling herself for the sight. His skin was so pale you could barely tell where the sheets came into play on the bed.

His hand was gripped around a small yellow bear with a red ribbon tied around its neck. Chaitlin smiled, guessing it must have been a gift by Aurora. Remembering Aurora reminded her of her promise and the reason why she was here. With a sigh she took a deep breath and started talking, her voice wavering a little.

"Hey Mack. Remember me? It's Chaitlin… um… You're probably wondering why I'm here. Well… um… Aurora is visiting KO-35 with her family and I promised to visit you while she's there. The twins too, but I thought I'd go alone today, just so I could tell you we'd be visiting the coming week instead of Aurora. I know for a fact she's regretting going along already. She was really torn between going and staying with you, but she hasn't been there since Uncle Andros went MIA, so… yeah, she went." Chaitlin swallowed; this was hard – and she tended to prattle under conditions like this. "Oh, and did she tell you? She's having another sibling. I think Kayla knows what it's going to be, but Aunt Ashley and Uncle Andros don't want to know. My mom's pregnant too. Kayla and I are ecstatic, but Dakota isn't so sure if he wants another sibling. I think he's scared it'll be another girl. I'm hoping for a boy though – it's only fair to Kota."

As time wore on Chaitlin continued to babble, finding it easier with ever passing minute. She watched Mack's hands shift while she talked and his eyes were moving behind closed eyelids. Finding it nice to be able to tell someone everything (even if they couldn't' really respond at all), she began to divulge the more personal parts of life as it was until she felt like she knew him as more than just Aurora's boyfriend – more like just a friend.

"Well… um… it's getting late, I should be getting back home. I'll come back tomorrow with Kota and Kayla." Recalling her words to Aurora, she added, "And don't you dare to wake up while Aurora is on KO-35, got it?"

Chaitlin was shocked as she thought she just saw the ghost of a smile flash over Mack's lips.

"Oh and don't go anywhere, I expect to find you right here when I come back tomorrow." She grinned at him.

Watching him just a moment longer, she finally moved out of the room and soon left the hospital behind, looking for a secure place to teleport back home. Her thoughts briefly wondered how it would be if they wouldn't keep their identities a secret. Aurora had already openly used her powers twice, maybe it would be smart to just forget about secret identities, but they'd need to discuss it with the whole team, which was now broken and not talking to each other.

Just before she teleported she pushed all those thoughts back. She would deal with them when the team got fixed. That is, if it ever would be…

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