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

Star Fata: SU is Secrets Untold, I tend to shorten the names of my stories when I talk about them. You'll love this chapter.

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As The Battle Rages

Chapter 33

"OUCH!" Dakota hollered, glaring pointedly at Reese while holding his nose. "That's IT! I quit! I'm not getting hurt anymore because of this stupid illusion."

To prove his point, he dropped down to the ground and sat there with both his legs and arms crossed. The fight kept going all around him, but he didn't flinch. It didn't take long before Ray dropped down next to him, one of his eyes already turning a rather interesting shade of blue.

"Had enough of it too?"

"Hell yeah, it's like I'm the punching bag out there and not my evil counter part." Ray complained.

"Let's just get out of here completely." Kayla cut in, doing a flip to avoid having her legs swept out from under her and walking over to them. "Maybe you boys like kicks, people and punches flying all around you, but I don't."

Dakota lazily got up and blocked a kick from Kagan. The three of them walked out of the battle as if taking a leisure stroll through the park all the while blocking kicks and punches.

"Hey, Chaitlin, are you planning to snap out of this already? Getting mistaken for our evil counterparts is getting really old now." Dakota called as they walked over to the two girls not fighting.

Chaitlin didn't react and Aurora looked rather helpless.

"She won't listen." She informed as the other three crouched down to form a half circle around Chaitlin.

"Come on Chait." Kayla begged. "Look, we're fine and not attacking anyone." She paused for a moment before adding darkly, "Although Anlon might have a little answering to do," while rubbing her bruised cheek.

Chaitlin's eyes refocused a little, but she kept staring out in front of her, a slightly hopeless look in her eyes.

"You do know that even if evil tried they wouldn't get us on their side no matter what. Me and Kayla and Aurora… and Ray, we're too close for the effects not to be shrugged off by the other." Dakota pointed out.

"And we would never allow ourselves to hurt anyone." Ray put in.

"Especially not family." Aurora agreed, wanting desperately for her closest cousin to wake up.

Chaitlin took a moment to look at all of them and then her face brightened as she nodded, the other four catching her in one giant bear hug. The room around them brightened and soon they had invaded Eshla's illusion again.

Chaitlin quickly walked over to the girl and let her powers cure her.

"I'm sorry, Aurora." Eshla whispered as Chaitlin helped her up.

Aurora shrugged and indicated to the rangers around her.

"Care to join our little team again?"

Eshla nodded happily and the world brightened one last time, the others complaining bitterly about their "poor eyes".

"Okay… so we're all awake and we're still trapped here?" Dakota groaned.

"I've got an idea." Aurora mused. "Dymphna, can you locate our parents?"

"Yeah, they're all assembled at NASADA." Dymphna replied after closing her eyes briefly.

"Ray, can you channel that to either Chaitlin, Kota or Kayla?"

Ray nodded and took a hold of Kayla's and Dymphna's hands.

"Kayla, teleport at will." Aurora smiled and purple sparkles surrounded them.

When the sparkles faded the rangers found themselves in one of the control rooms at NASADA, surrounded by their parents. They immediately launched themselves into the arms of their slightly dazed parents.

"We have got to stop meeting like this." Zhane grinned as he wrapped his arms around his daughters.

Andros held Aurora tightly with one arm as he tried to balance Ciana on the other. Ray quickly relieved him of that after managing to escape his mother's arms.

"Hey Tempest." Ray grinned, stealing his baby sister from his father's arms.

In reply Ciana grinned her big, still toothless, grin at him before blowing spit bubbles, gurgling happily. Ray laughed and tickled her stomach in reply, her giggles filling the room.

"Well, I'm glad you're back." Cassie sighed, hugging Abby close. "All of you."

"We couldn't have done it without Ray." Murtagh declared. "He was the one invading the fear illusions that kept us unconscious.

"AND the only one to beat his fear on his own." Dakota added.

"And without Aurora's quick thinking we wouldn't be here, but still stuck in whatever place or dimension whoever put us in." Eshla reminded.

Aurora smiled and pulled away from Andros, walking into the middle of the room and holding out her hand. Ray handed Ciana back to Andros and joined Aurora, laying his hand on hers, moments later covered by Dakota, Kayla and Chaitlin's hands. One by one the other rangers joined in until 13 hands were pilled within a tight circle of multicoloured teens.

No one counted down, but they still moved all together, their hands flying into the air as they jumped.

"Zodiac Rangers!" They cried together, laughing jubilantly.

"Now let's get that bastard who dared to play on our fears." Aurora grinned, met by a course of loud and eager agreements.

The true Zodiac team was born.

A/N: No… this is not the end just yet… poor me. I decided… one last chapter… maybe two. Hope you liked it. Review.