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Jay, Trev and Jeanie were doing some sort of weird thing with their hands just a couple of feet away. David looked at them suspiciously, especially when Jay tried to look innocent. Jay never tried to look innocent unless he was guilty. "Were you eavesdropping on us?" He demanded.
A flash of guilt raced of Jay's face, Trev flushed and looked down. Only Jeanie looked cool and steady. "Yeah." She said.
"Damnit. Can't I ever get any privacy?"
Jeanie tilted her head as if considering. "With us as your cousins? Never." Then she stepped forward and, in a move that surprised the hell out of him, grabbed him, hugged him close. "Damnit David. Don't you ever keep anything like that in you ever again. Got that?"
"Kinda." Half stunned, he reached up, slid a hand over her hair. "Yeah. Kinda." He buried his nose in her hair, held out just as tight. "Sorry Jeanie."
"It's no big. This time." She pulled back with a barely stifled sniff, narrowed her eyes at him. "You don't say anything next time, I'm kicking your ass. Got that?"
He smiled. "I love you Jeanie."
Her eyes filled. "Damnit David. You know I hate it when you pull stunts like that." She dragged him in for another hug. "I love you too."
"Wow." Jay cleared his throat, actually had to blink a couple of times to clear his eyes. "Wow. This is…" he waved a hand aimlessly and, to lighten the mood, grinned carelessly at Jeanie when she and David parted. "Aren't you gonna tell me you love me too?"
She sniffed again and lifted her chin. "Why would I tell a baboon I love him?"
Trev, Eva and David laughed while Jay pretended to be hurt. Then he just leaned in and kissed her on her brow. "Love you too you chipmunk."
Jeanie burst out laughing, clearing any vestiges of tears left. "Idiot. Idiot." And she bopped him on the head and grinned back at him.
"What 'bout me?" Trev piped up with his own wicked smile, getting into the spirit of things. "Don't I get a hug and an 'I love you' too?"
"Okay." Jay turned, reached for him. "I love you."
When Trev sprang back, David nearly went weak with laughter. He leant on Eva as he laughed, one hand pressed to his belly. She looked to the side and up. "See?" She said. "Told you you could lean on me."
He grinned and squeezed her hand. "Yeah, you did."
Jay's eyes dropped to their joined hands. "Hey look. They're holding hands. Does this mean you're going steady?"
David's eyes went hot and he dropped Eva's hand, taking a step forward when a sudden thought occurred to the brunette girl. "Shit. Shit guys. Where's Ris?"
Four pairs of eyes turned, collided with hers. As one five rangers turned, ran. All calling one name.
"Ris!"
She was kneeling at Dayton's head, cheeks were with tears, eyes puffy from crying, hands pressed to his cold cheeks. And a yellow light was pulsing steadily from her, like a heart beat.
"Ris! No, damnit no!"
Even as David raced forward, one hand reaching out to grab her, shove her from the body, she closed her eyes. And that glowing pulsing yellow gold light seemed to explode with the light, sound and force of one of Pleance's attacks.
The explosion rocked them off their feet, sent them flying back and slamming into the unforgiving ground. They rolled, groaned, managed to get to their knees and, in David's case, feet. Someone coughed but the sound was distant. Their eyes adjusted from that flash of too bright light, focused once more.
And stared in horror at the sight of two still bodies.
A/N: I know it's on a cliff hanger. I usually hate leaving things at cliff hangers but if wrote the whole story, it'll be too long for just one episode. Again, I apologize for the late update and I hope those of you who actually follow the series (please, god, let there people who read my series!!) like this.