Ava was walking towards the Ranger Lab with Summer. As they were walking, they heard beautiful violin music coming from the other side. They opened the door and saw Dr. K playing the violin. Ava smiled and closed her eyes to listen to the music. Unfortunately, Summer interrupted Dr. K.
"Dr. K." Summer called out. Just after that, the strings on the violin broke. Ava opened her eyes and frowned. She saw the pure and utter sadness in Dr. K's eyes as she stared at her violin.
"We're ready in the garage whenever you are." Summer said. Ava felt a bit disappointed at Summer. It was like Summer didn't notice how heartbroken Dr. K was right now. Ava swore she saw a tear fall from Dr. K's eye. Dr. K looked up, but not looking at Ava or Summer.
"Thank you, Ranger Series Yellow and Purple. I'll be right there." Dr. K said. She turned around so her back was facing Ava and Summer. Summer left, but Ava stayed. Ava walked towards Dr. K and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Dr. K looked at Ava and confirmed that a tear did fall.
"I'm sorry. That violin must've meant a lot more to you than just another instrument." Ava said. Dr. K simply nodded.
"I'll help you fix it, how about that?" Ava asked. Again, Dr. K nodded, but this time, she had a faint smile. Faint, but still a smile. They walked out of the Lab and to the computers Dr. K has on the wall. The team was already there waiting for her. On one of the screens was Colonel Truman and Corporal Hicks. Dr. K went to the computer keyboard and typed up data she's been researching. Dillon pulled Ava into a side hug. His hand rested on the bottom of her RPM jacket.
"Hey." Dillon whispered. Ava smiled. Ava was wearing a purple cropped shirt that has an anime symbol in front, skinny light grey jeans, and dark grey converse shoes. And obviously, her RPM jacket. The anime symbol was from Fairy Tail, her second favorite anime. Her first being Inuyasha.
"Hey." Ava whispered back. Now that the team knows about their relationship, things between have been easier.
"What we're looking at is a dramatic spike in the current levels of Venjix technology into the areas of theoretical molecular manipulation, inverse physics, and exponential energy transfer." Dr. K explained the data, but no one understood her.
"Excuse me, Dr. K, but, uh, what are you trying to say, exactly?" Colonel Truman asked
"What I'm trying to say is that Venjix technology has surpassed our own Ranger Biotech hardware capabilities." Dr. K said. Now that, everyone understood. But, of course, no one liked it. Dr. K ended the communication link with Colonel Truman and started walking her way to the Ranger Lab.
"Hold on. No, wait a second." Ziggy said. Everyone followed Dr. K into the Lab.
"Their stuff can't be better than our stuff, can it? I mean, we're the good guys, right?" Ziggy asked
"Just because we're the good guys doesn't mean Venjix won't stop finding ways to get stronger." Ava said
"Ranger Series Purple is correct. Venjix just keeps getting stronger. Our Ranger firepower has plateaued since the introduction of the Croc Carrier." Dr. K said
"No, but wait, Doctor. What about the new Megazord configuration? You said that if we merged all of the zords, then it--" Scott trailed off
"I can't get it to work. The energy required to make the Multizord dispersal viable will require an additional flux overthruster." Dr. K said. She walked towards her desk with her computers.
"Wait, another one? Where are we supposed to get another one of those things?" Dillon asked
"We're not." Dr. K said
"We cannot build one of those?" Flynn asked
"We aren't." Dr. K said
"So, are you telling us to just give up, Doctor?" Summer asked
"I'm telling you I don't have all the answers." Dr. K said. Suddenly, everyone was hammering Dr. K with questions all at once. Except for Ava and Ziggy.
"We have to stop them. Dr. K is a human being like us. She just needs time." Ava said to Ziggy
"I know. I got it." Ziggy said. Ziggy looked at the team.
"Hold it! Hold it! Hold everything, people." Ziggy said. Everyone stopped and looked at Ziggy.
"In times like this, there is one question that needs to be answered." Ziggy spoke as he made his way to Dr. K and looked her straight in the face.
"Are we or are we not the good guys?" Ziggy asked. Ava knew Ziggy was trying to get a point across, but Dr. K might not think it that way. Ava saw the look on everyone's faces and it said 'what is he saying?' There was a short moment of silence before Dr. K broke it.
"Tell me. What's it like?" Dr. K asked
"What's what like?" Ziggy asked. Everyone was confused.
"Being stupid your whole life. Is it as wonderful as it seems?" Dr. K asked. Another moment of silence came, but it was long. Everyone was very confused at what Dr. K asked. Except Ava. She didn't exactly knew how Dr. K felt, but she could try to imagine it. Ava gave her an answer.
"Yes." Ava said. Everyone stared at her now. Dr. K and the others knew Ava wasn't stupid, but in some points in her life before Venjix, she must've made a few dumb decisions as a kid. Everyone has.
"You make mistakes, and you learn from them. And it's a wonderful experience." Ava said. Before anyone could say anything else, the alarm blared, indicating that an Attack Bot entered the dome. The team went to a screen to see the location of the Attack Bot.
"Looks like it's passing the viaduct, heading south." Summer said
"Ok, Doc, time to find out how much stronger Venjix really is." Scott said. They all left the garage and immediately morphed. They looked up and saw the Attack Bot already megasized. They summoned their zords and began driving towards the Attack Bot.
"We have a visual on that new Venjix Attack Bot." Scott said
"Rangers, prep for Megazord sequencing." Dr. K said. And just like that, Scott, Summer, and Flynn combined their zords to make the High Octane Megazord and brought out the Super Saber. Ava, Dillon, and Ziggy, combined their zords to make their ValveMax Megazord.
"Hey, Doc, I don't see anything special about this tin can." Dillon said
"Looks can be deceiving, Dillon." Ava said
"Rangers, my sensors are indicating that the Attack Bot is equipped with a molecular-mirroring system." Dr. K said
"Whatever this thing's equipped with, kiss it all bye-bye." Dillon said. The ValveMax Megazord aimed its Dillon's zord, used as a blaster, at the Attack Bot.
"Rangers, beware. The mirror allows the Attack Bot to materially reproduce any solid object captured in its optics." Dr. K said. Then the Attack Bot opened up two doors on its chest. Inside looked like a plain regular mirror.
"What's it doing?" Ava asked. But no one answered. Then the Attack Bot closed its doors and an identical blaster appeared on the Attack Bot's right arm.
"Oh, right, I, uh-- I guess that explains why we have our own blaster pointed at us right now." Ziggy said. The Attack Bot aimed at the ValveMax Megazord and used their own blaster against them. Ava, Dillon, and Ziggy got hit and the Megazord was shaking. The Attack Bot's left arm now has Ziggy's zord.
"Ziggy, it has your zord now." Ava said. Then the Attack Bot used Ziggy's zord against them, slashing them with the tail. Ava felt the Megazord shaking way more than it was a few minutes ago.
"Guys! We're breaking up!" Ava yelled over the noise. Just then, the ValveMax Megazord disassembled. Ava, Dillon, and Ziggy were thrown to the ground.
"Looks like Dr. K was right." Ziggy said
"Yeah, we're in trouble." Dillon said. They all got up from the ground.
"We have to find a way to get back up there." Ava said. The Attack Bot opened its doors again and cloned the High Octane Megazord's Super Saber.
"Oh no." Ava said. The Attack Bot started slashing the High Octane Megazord with the Super Saber. Just like the ValveMax Megazord, the High Octane Megazord disassembled and the rest of the team was thrown to the ground in front of Ava, Dillon, and Ziggy. They got up quick and Scott took out his phone communicator.
"Doc, energy levels are low." Scott said. Summer took out her phone communicator.
"We've lost the Megazord." Summer said. They looked up at the megasized Attack Bot and it aimed the Super Saber directly at them. Everyone braced themselves. The Attack Bot lifted the Super Saber above its head... and stopped?
"Hey, what's happening?" Scott asked
"Stand by." Dr. K said
"It looks like it's malfunctioning." Ava said
"The Venjix Attack Bot is experiencing catastrophic system failure. It's completely shutting down." Dr. K said. Blue flashes of light shone and the Attack Bot shrunk down to normal size.
"Well, that's weird." Flynn said
"Gives us an easier chance to destroy it." Ava said
"No, Ranger Series Purple. We need to bring it to the lab intact so I can do some experiments on it. I'm already sending Colonel Truman to bring it back." Dr. K said
"Dr. K, are you sure?" Ava asked
"Positive. Now, return, Rangers." Dr. K said
"I have a bad feeling about this." Ava kept her thoughts to herself. Just in case anything went wrong, she was ready.
TimeSkip
Two people came inside the Garage with the Attack Bot on a dolly with metal straps. Corporal Hicks and Colonel Truman were right behind them. The rangers didn't follow, but Ava wanted to.
"I'm gonna go with them, just in case. I can't explain it." Ava said
"It's ok. I'll be here." Dillon said. He gave her a quick kiss on the forehead and Ava followed them into the Ranger Lab. Ava stayed quiet and only observed.
"Dr. K, wouldn't it be wise to just destroy this thing?" Colonel Truman asked
"Not yet. We have to take advantage of the opportunity to study relatively undamaged Venjix technology." Dr. K said. Then Hicks knocked over a piece of technology.
"Corporal Hicks, please don't touch any that." Dr. K said
"Sorry, Doctor. Sir, it's just... amazing. How did you ever create all this ranger stuff?" Hicks asked
"I had help." Dr. K said. And that was it. Dr. K said nothing else. It was like she was reliving a memory, but good or bad, Ava didn't know. Colonel Truman, Hicks, and the other two men left already. Five minutes later, Flynn's voice sounded on the comm link.
"Airborne Venjix drones are incoming." Flynn said
"I gotta go." Ava said. She was right under the doorway of the Lab when the doors began to close by themselves. In instinct, Ava quickly moved back before the doors crushed her.
"Uh, Dr. K? You did this?" Ava asked
"No. I don't know what did that." Dr. K said
"Ok, well, doesn't matter. Just help the rest of the team now with information and then we'll work on the door." Ava said. Dr. K nodded.
"That reflects Bot mirror must have duplicated shield breaches. I'm picking up Venjix drones heading towards Quadrant E-3." Dr. K said on the comm link. Ava walked to Dr. K and stood behind her, looking at the data on the computers.
"We're on it." Summer said
"We have Venjix bandits dead ahead." Scott said
"Downloading standard Megazord replacement." Dr. K said. She was typing thing up until the computers sparked. Sparks flew and Ava and Dr. K shielded themselves with their arms.
"What's going on?" Ava thought. First the door, now the computers. Then something freed the Attack Bot from its metal straps. Someone showed up from behind the Attack Bot. Someone they didn't wish to see.
"Oh, no, you're not." That someone said
"Tenaya." Ava said. Tenaya looked at Ava.
"You're still here? No matter. I'll get rid of you quick." Tenaya said. She looked at Dr. K.
"The Reflects Bot malfunction was all just a part of the plan. I knew someone like you could never resist a peek at Venjix's latest technology." Tenaya said. She began to walk towards the two girls. Ava quickly walked in front of the computers and held her arms up. She curled her hands into fists and got into her fighting stance. Tenaya mockingly laughed.
"You don't stand a chance." Tenaya said
"Wanna bet?" Ava asked
"Ranger Purple, get down." Dr. K said. Ava turned around and saw the same two big guns lower from the ceiling. Ava ducked and Dr. K fired the guns at Tenaya. Unfortunately, Tenaya was quick and dodged the blasts. She used her own finger blaster and shot at the guns. The guns weren't destroyed, but they were damaged. Tenaya aimed her blaster at Dr. K. Ava got up from the floor, blocking Tenaya's shot at Dr. K.
"You want her, you gotta go through me." Ava said
"Easy peasy." Tenaya started blasting laser shots at Ava. Ava dodged at many as she could and moved forward. Ava pulled all types of punches and kicks she knew from Karate classes, Tae Kwon Doe. classes, Aikido classes, etc. Tenaya fought back with her own type of fighting skills, but she felt like she was getting beat. Tenaya couldn't have that.
"Enough is enough." Tenaya was getting angry. She pulled out her finger blaster and shot at Ava.
"AHH!" Ava yelled in pain. Since she was too close to Tenaya, the blasts felt more painful. Ava was hit once on her right shoulder, twice on her stomach, and once on her left leg. Ava dropped to the ground and gripped her right shoulder with her left hand.
"Aah!" Ava felt extreme pain.
"Ranger Purple!" Dr. K was worried for her and stood up from her chair to help Ava.
"Stay there!" Tenaya pointed the blaster at Dr. K. Sadly, Dr. K held both her hands up in sign of defeat and sat back down.
"We need something, Doc!" Scott was on the comm link, obviously in trouble, along with the rest of the team.
"Ziggy, hard left!" That was Dillon's voice. Tenaya walked towards Dr. K and typed some things on the computer.
"Greetings, Rangers. You are now traveling with Tenaya 7. Enjoy the rest of your trip." Tenaya said. She finished what she was doing and left the communication link on on purpose.
"Aah! I can't control my zord!" Scott shouted. Ava heard tires screeching and blasts from the comm link.
"You won't get away with this." Ava said, her voice sounded strained. Tenaya aimed her blaster at Ava and shot at the floor really close to her. Ava felt small sparks from the blast hit her side.
"Ugh!" Ava dropped to the ground again. Dr. K couldn't handle watching this. Just as Tenaya was typing again to make something else lose control. Dr. K gained the courage to push Tenaya away from the computers. She pushed a button on her keyboard and a long cylinder tube came down on top of Tenaya, trapping her. Ava smiled at the fact that Tenaya was trapped and banging against the wall.
"Ranger Series Purple, are you ok?" Dr. K asked, her voice sounded extremely worried. That was a stupid question, but Ava gave a stupid answer.
"I'm fine. Just go help the others." Ava said. Dr. K nodded and went back to her computers to fix the damage Tenaya caused. Dr. K knew Ava was lying, but she was staying strong for her team.
"Reconfiguring your zords. This could take a while." Dr. K said
"I don't think my zord can wait a while, Doc." Dillon said
"Dillon! Just hang on. Dr. K is fixing everything. Aah!" Ava let go of her shoulder and clutched the side that was injured due to the blaster sparks. Ava rolled to her side and lied down in her back.
"Ava? We need you here. What's going on? Are you ok?" Dillon asked. He must've heard the amount of pain Ava felt in her voice.
"Aah! I can't control it!" That was Ziggy.
"Hold on, guys." Summer
"I'm trying." And that was Flynn.
"If you think this is gonna hold me, little girl, think again. I'm getting out of here. Do you hear me?" Tenaya kept banging on the wall angrily. Ava noticed Dr. K staring at nothing. Another memory maybe, but now's not the time.
"Dr. K, focus, please." Ava said. Dr. K looked at Ava and nodded.
"Right." Dr. K continued her work.
"Do you hear me? I'm getting out of here." Tenaya kept repeating.
"Megazord download at 70 percent." Dr. K kept updating the team on the data.
"Shut up. We hear you, and we don't care." Ava said
"Big talk for the one whose on the floor, injured and bleeding." Tenaya said. Dr. K looked up, frightful. Ava was confused.
"Bleeding?" Ava didn't feel anything. She felt around her body with her hand until it touched a sticky liquid substance. Ava didn't need to see it to know that it was blood. Tenaya was right. Ava was bleeding. The blood came from Ava's stomach. It wasn't life threatening, but once Ava touched her wound, it started hurting like hell.
"AAAHH!" Ava shouted at the sudden pain. Then the tube trapping Tenaya rose up, releasing her from her imprisonment.
"No!" Dr. K exclaimed, both at Ava's injury and Tenaya's escape. Apparently, Tenaya's detachable hand wasn't trapped inside the tube with Tenaya, so Tenaya controlled her hand and used it to free herself. She grabbed her hand and turned on the comm link on her wrist to contact Venjix.
"Venjix, release second Reflects Bot to destroy them." Tenaya said. Tenaya was about to sprint her way towards Dr. K, but Ava didn't let her.
"Aw hell no!" Ava wasn't gonna let her pain get the best of her. Just as Tenaya was about to get Dr. K, Ava grabbed her ankles, making her fall face first down.
"You little..!" Tenaya got really pissed. Ava didn't care one bit.
"You.. won't hurt... my friends... anymore!" Ava said with every breath. The wound was slowly getting bigger, but Ava ignores it. She got up as fast as she could, never letting go of Tenaya's ankles. Ava dragged Tenaya across the floor and threw her against the wall.
"Ranger Series Purple, you're injured. I can handle Tenaya with my weapon. You should help yourself." Dr. K said
"Dr. K, I can handle this. I know you can too, but the others need your help more than ever." Ava said
"And yours. Without your zord, the ValveMax Megazord cannot be combined." Dr. K said
"I guess the High Octane Megazord will have to do." Ava said. Dr. K hesitated before pushing a button.
"Rangers, downloading original Megazord configuration." Dr. K said. The room grew quiet until Tenaya started to whistle her tune, Farmer in the Dell. Ava and Dr. K looked around frantically for Tenaya, but she was hidden. Dr. K grabbed her sound cannon for defense and Ava got ready for any surprise attacks.
"You pride yourself on how smart you are, don't you? But you still royally mess up, didn't you?" Tenaya's voice echoed throughout the Lab. Ava looked over at Dr. K to see how she was handling the situation. Dr. K looked furious, irritated, and enraged. Dr. K started firing her sound cannon everywhere, not caring what it hit. Ava flung her arms over her head and bent over to protect herself.
"Dr. K, calm down!" Ava said. She then heard no more shots being fired. Ava looked up and saw that Dr. K stopped. Ava stood up straight again with her arms by her sides. Now Dr. K looked melancholic.
"Another memory, and I'm sure it wasn't a good one." Ava thought
"Thanks, I've really been wanting one of your sound cannons." Tenaya said as she came out of hiding. Dr. K and Ava cautiously walked sideways in front of the flux overthruster. Tenaya then opened the doors to the Reflects Bot to clone the sound cannon. Unfortunately for Tenaya, Dr. K and Ava moves out of the way so that the Reflects Bot can clone the flux overthruster. A second flux overthruster appeared right in the middle of the three people.
"And I've really been wanting one of these." Dr. K said. Ava went to get it. Tenaya lunged herself to the flux overthruster so that Ava couldn't get it, but Ava was faster and smarter. She pushed Tenaya away and grabbed the flux overthruster. She handed it to Dr. K
"Now I really gotta go. Be careful." Ava said. Dr. K nodded and Ava ran out of there. Once she got out, she quickly morphed into her power suit and summoned her zord.
"Rangers, you are go for the new Zenith Megazord configuration. Repeat, go for new Megazord." Dr. K said
"But we can't do it without Ava." Dillon said. Ava drove her fox ride next to Dillon's wolf cruiser.
"Then that shouldn't be a problem." Ava said, surprising everyone.
"Ava!" The whole team shouted in excitement that their teammate was back by their side.
"I know I've got a lot of explaining to do, but later. We've gotta destroy this Bot." Ava said
"Nice. Now that's what I like to hear." Ziggy said. He drove his zord on top of the Croc Carrier.
"Right behind you." Dillon said. He drove behind Ziggy. Ava drove behind Dillon.
"And I'm behind you." Ava said. She was so glad to be back in the action with the team. Not that she didn't have enough action inside the lab with Dr. K and Tenaya. She still had to get her wound checked out, but Ava could handle it. What Ava didn't feel was the wound getting a little bit bigger by the minute.
"Ready, guys? Initiate transformation." Scott said. All the zords started to dismantle themselves to create the new Megazord.
"Zenith Megazord!" The team said in unison.
"Let's go for a ride." Flynn said. Ava pushed a blue button and the seat she was in started to move her somewhere. Ava then found herself in a big cockpit, along with the rest of the team. She sat between Dillon and Ziggy.
"Ava." Dillon said. Ava looked next to her. She couldn't see Dillon's face, but she knew he was smiling.
"Hey, Dillon." Ava said. She held her hand out and Dillon took it. Giving each other a tight grip to let the other know everything is alright.
"Man, aren't we glad you're back." Summer said
"You seriously have a lot of explaining to do." Scott said
"I know." Ava said. Dillon and Ava let each other go and grabbed their steering wheels. The Reflects Bot's left arm changes to some sort of spike ball with chain, but the spikes looked rounded instead of sharp points.
"Not today." Ava said. She moved her steering wheel and pushed a button. The arms of the Megazord moved to the front and destroyed the spike ball.
"Awesome job, Ava!" Ziggy said
"Thanks, but it's not over yet." Ava said. The Reflects Bot opened its doors to show the reflection of the Zenith Megazord. It was about to clone the Megazord.
"Quick, let's drop kick this wannabe Attack Bot." Ava said. The rangers did as Ava said and drop kicked the Reflects Bot. They destroyed the mirror and the Bot's ability to clone.
"Rangers, energy levels are go for wheel blaster." Dr. K said. Sounds like she's still safe.
"Alright, let's do this!" Scott said. He pulled back a lever and the Zenith Megazord started powering up.
"Locking in!" Scott said as he pulled out his steering wheel and pulled out a blaster attached underneath. Everyone did the same.
"Engine cell activate!" Flynn said. Everyone took out their engine cell and inserted it inside the wheel.
"Wheel Blaster ready!" Everyone aimed their blaster at the Reflects Bot.
"Target locked! Fire!" Everyone fired at the Reflects Bot and it got destroyed. The giant explosion proved it.
"Alright! Nice job, everyone." Scott said
"Come on, we gotta go back to the Lab, quick." Ava said
"Why?" Summer asked
"Last I checked, I left Dr. K alone to defend herself against Tenaya." Ava said
"What?" Everyone was surprised and shocked at this. Once the information sunk in, they got worried.
"Let's go." Ava said
TimeSkip
The Rangers ran into the Ranger Lab. They already disassembled their Megazord and demorphed. Ava ran in front of the group. One was because she was the most worried about leaving Dr. K, just a young girl, with Tenaya, an adult fighting machine, literally. Two was because Ava didn't want anyone to see her wound. It was still bleeding and opening slowly.
They saw Dr. K sitting on her chair behind the computers. The rangers went to Dr. K, asking her if she was ok. Ava's vision was getting dizzy. She gripped tight against the doorframe. Her knees felt weak. Ava must've lost a lot of blood. The other places Tenaya hit felt like burns.
"Ranger Series Purple." Ava knew that was Dr. K's voice, but her vision was too blurry to see. She heard footsteps getting closer to her. Ava also heard a couple of gasps.
"We must get you fixed." Dr. K said. At that moment, Ava couldn't stand up anymore. She let go of the doorframe.
"Ava!" Someone yelled. Now, Ava's hearing was muffling the sounds. Ava shut her eyes, waiting to hit the ground. But it never came. Instead, Ava fell into the arms of a man. Felt like a man with his strong comforting arms.
"Ava! Wake up! Please, Ava!" Even though the voices were muffled, Ava knew that was Dillon's voice. He was the one who held her. How could she forget his voice and his touch? Dillon wasn't the only one shouting her name. Sounded like multiple voices. It was the others.
When Ava fell and Dillon grabbed her, Ava's burns hurt as well. Ava hissed in pain. She didn't acknowledge the pain from her shoulder, leg, and side because it was only a few burns, but the more pressure put on them, the more they hurt.
"Help." Ava whispered. The world started to fade black. Ava felt herself get lifted up and taken somewhere. Then...
Darkness.
TimeSkip
It's been more than half an hour. Ava was still asleep. Dillon was the one who mostly healed her. The others and Dr. K helped obtain first aid materials like bandages, alcohol, towels, etc. Now that everything was fine, Dillon sat on a chair in front of Ava's bed, where she was resting. He never moved from that place once he finished wrapping her wounds. Ava has bandages wrapped around her shoulder, leg, and stomach.
No matter how much the others told him to do something else to Alex his mind off her, he didn't budge. Dr. K told them how Ava got into this situation.
"You help us so much. Why can't you worry about yourself for once?" Dillon asked. No response. He took his eyes off her and hung his head. Ava was defending Dr. K from Tenaya and in the process, Ava got injured, but kept pushing herself until she hit her limit.
"You've done so much more for us than the rest of the team combined. Why don't you worry more about yourself than others for once?" Dillon asked, but he didn't expect an answer.
"Because it's who I am." Dillon's head shot up. Ava's eyes were slowly opening. Dillon's eyes widened. Once Ava's eyes opened, she gave him a smile.
"Ava." Dillon wasn't prepared for her awakening.
"Dillon." Ava showed him her pearly white smile. Once he snapped out of it, he got up and kneeled down on one knee next to her.
"H-How are you feeling?" Dillon asked
"Better now." Ava said. Dillon places his hand on her cheek and caressed it softly. Dillon felt like crying tears of joy, but he held it in.
"Why?" Dillon asked, even though Ava already told him an answer. He just wanted to reassure himself.
"Because it's who I am. Not because I'm a Power Ranger, but because it's who I've been all my life. And I'm not changing anytime soon." Ava said. Dillon smiled at Ava's stubbornness.
"I'm just so relieved you're ok." Dillon said
"Knowing you and the others have my back, how can I not be ok?" Ava asked. Dillon sighed. He leaned in to kiss Ava. Every time they kissed felt like magic. Unbelievable. Ava felt like she was walking on air. Her body was filled with warmth. Dillon was kissing her faster, afraid that one kiss might be his last. During one of the kisses, Ava accidentally let out a moan. It was actually trying to catch her breath, but when she tried to exhale, Dillon kissed her and out came a moan. Dillon leaned back and looked straight at Ava.
"What was that?" Dillon asked
"I was trying to catch my breath." Ava said. It was true, and Dillon believed her, but he wanted to think otherwise.
"Sure." Dillon said sarcastically
"It's true." Ava said. Dillon smirked.
"Sure." Dillon said with the same tone of sarcasm. Ava pouted.
"Bully." Ava teased. Dillon laughed.
"Never change, Ava." Dillon said
"I don't plan to." Ava said. Dillon leaned in and kissed her again. It was only the two of them. Nothing else mattered. Dillon was that half that made Ava feel whole. And Ava was that half that made Dillon feel whole. Without each other, who knows where they would be? But that didn't matter. Where they would've been didn't matter because they did have each other. And nothing would change that.