I was having a case of writer's block and over the last week I have written this story in 3 different ways. This version is a little wordy. Also, I've never watched "Always a Chance" so timelines and the such mean less than nil to me, but I did look online but I didn't find much, so I just went my own way. I don't know of any school that actually shuts down for Halloween, the one here shuts down the bars because of riots but hey, as I said I just went my own way. Sorry.

Warmth

Rocky knocked on the Park's front door for almost five minutes before he had to rest his hand. He'd been outside for the last twenty minutes, trying to get an answer from inside. He hadn't brought any of the neighbors to their doors yet, but at 2 a.m. he was half-convinced that someone would call the cops if they woke up.

He had gotten a call from Tommy a few hours ago, saying that Adam had used the black power coin to help out the current Rangers, that it could have killed him and that the aftereffects would wear off in 24 hours. With Adam's parents out of town, Tommy on the East Coast, Kat in London, and Tanya located in Los Angeles, Rocky was the closest one to check up on him.

He had grabbed some essentials for a few days and had hit the road. He arrived earlier, but now he couldn't get into Adam's house.

He debated calling the police himself, but they wouldn't let him in a house that wasn't his and he couldn't say that Adam was sick because they wouldn't be able to explain his condition, whatever that might be.

He was worried sick and he wasn't sure what to do. He peered into the darkened living room windows and thought he saw movement on the couch so he knocked on the window. Nothing.

He yanked out his cell phone, wincing at the idea of calling Tommy. It was 5 a.m. where Tommy was, but he was the only person Rocky knew that could pick a lock. Hopefully, he could walk someone else through it or Rocky was going to break a window on the Park's house.

Tommy picked up on the first ring. "Hello?"

"It's me. Sorry to call so la…" he started.

"It's alright, Rocky. Is Adam okay?"

"I haven't made it inside yet. I wondered if you could walk me though picking a lock." He knocked on the door again while waiting for Tommy's answer.

"Yeah, we can try."

"I don't know what we're going to do if Adam is really bad off from this anyway. We can't take him to the hospital because what are we supposed to say? Yeah, he used a damaged Power Coin to morph and we don't know how his body is reacting to it." Rocky was getting close to hysterical.

"Calm down, Rocky." Tommy soothed. "Let's get you in the house first and see how Adam is before getting upset."

"Upset? I've been upset since you've told me. I have the speeding ticket to prove it. Why did he use the Black Powers when the Green Zeo is much safer?"

"Rocky, we're going to worry about this later. Let's get you inside first."

Rocky heard Adam fumbling at the door. "He's at the door. I'll call you back." He hung up on Tommy without another thought.

Adam pulled the door open and just leaned up against it without saying a word. He looked exhausted and Rocky stepped inside and wrapped his arm around Adam's waist. "Let's get you on the couch, okay? Walk with me."

Suddenly, Adam sagged down and Rocky fell off balance and they landed on the floor. Rocky rolled him over and checked his pulse, which was slow and steady. "Wonderful," he muttered. He shut the front door and then pulled Adam's unconscious body towards the couch. He was going to have a bad case of rug burn when he woke up. Rocky winced at the pull in his back but then got Adam up on the couch and he covered the other man with a blanket.

His phone rang and he pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the display. "Hey, Tommy. Adam's asleep again, but I guess he's okay."

"Good. I got a hold of T.J. again. He said that DECA ran a scan of Adam's body before he came home and that he mostly needs sleep. When he wakes up, make sure he drinks a lot of water and juices to keep him hydrated and that's about all we can do for him."

"Okay. I'll keep my eye on him."

"How are you doing, Rocky?"

"Better now that I can see him. I've known him a long time and I've never seen him this way before."

"You know, I can understand why Adam did what he did. Carlos had lost his confidence in himself and Adam helped him regain it."

"I know that, Tommy. It's just why the black powers?"

"It's the powers he had the closest access to, Rocky. Do you carry the red coin with you?"

"Yeah."

"I carry mine with me and you can bet that I would use it if someone needed help. We all would. He didn't care what it would do to himself; he acted when he needed to. Now, I've got to get some sleep because I do have classes today but call me if you need me."

"Thanks, Tommy, for everything." After hanging up, Rocky settled in the armchair next to the couch. He sat there for a while staring at Adam, worrying about him, before slipping into a dreamless sleep.

Rocky was sitting in the armchair, eating pizza and watching "Austin Powers" when Adam woke up. One minute, he was watching the movie and the next he had dropped the pizza and barely contained a scream when Adam just sat up without any warning.

"Shit, man, you scared me to death," Rocky exclaimed. "How are you feeling?"

Adam rubbed his eyes and stretched. "Okay." He stood up and tested all his muscles. "I hurt a little. I'm thirsty." His stomach rumbled. "And hungry. And I need a shower, just not necessarily in that order."

Rocky stood also. "Okay, I'll get you a drink but do you want to get cleaned up first or do you want to eat?"

"Cleaned up."

"Do you need any help up the stairs?"

He hesitated. "Yeah, might as well to be safe."

Rocky nodded. "Okay, let me get the drink and we'll go upstairs."

Adam watched him go, and then smiled softly. He wasn't going to feel badly about getting help up the stairs though he didn't need it. It had only been a few weeks since he had seen Rocky, but sometimes those absences seemed like forever.

Rocky came in and handed him a bottle of juice and then slowly walked up the stairs. Midway up, Adam became winded and he stopped. He took another sip of the juice before continuing on. Rocky wrapped his arm around Adam's waist and they climbed the rest of the way.

"Bedroom or bathroom?"

"Bedroom. I've got to get some clothes."

They turned toward his room and when they hit the door, Rocky dropped his arm. Adam sat on the bed to rest and Rocky stood there uncertainly.

"You want me to start the shower?"

He nodded and Rocky left the room. Adam got up and grabbed some clothes before heading to the door. Rocky was coming out when he got there. "If you need any help, call for me okay?" he said. Adam's body tensed at the comment. "We have some pizza in the kitchen when you're done."

Before Adam shut the door, he turned toward Rocky. "You're going to yell at me aren't you?" He shut the door before Rocky could respond.

Adam came downstairs feeling better than he had earlier. He walked into the kitchen and stopped because Rocky had fixed him a plate and had it sitting on the table for him. Rocky was nowhere to be seen so he sat down and ate slowly. He was hungry but his body wasn't ready for food yet, so he stopped.

Rocky came in from outside and smiled. "Mama called because she saw my car here and wanted to know why I'm not at school. I told her you were sick, and because your parents are gone, I came down to check on you. She wasn't happy at first, but it's Friday and I only had one class today. It must be nice going to a school that shuts down the week of Halloween, sometimes I wish mine did."

"Yeah, but I'm sure you can live without the riots, that's why mine does shut down."

"True." He eyed the plate. "Not very hungry?"

Adam shrugged. "Just taking my time with it."

"I'm not going to yell at you, Adam. If you want to talk about it I'm here, otherwise we're good."

He laughed. "I was expecting you to scream at me."

"I probably would have last night but I had time to think about it. I was upset because I was worried about you. You're okay, so I'm not going to waste our time yelling."

They got up and headed back towards the living room. "Thanks for coming down and taking care of me."

"Anytime."