"You're…" Her eyes widened as she stared up at Chase, in somewhat of a new light. She couldn't believe it, she was in shock. Never in her whole life would she ever have thought of something like this. It just didn't seem possible, so many questions were going off in her head, questions she was sure Chase would not be able to answer.

"Adopted," Chase finished for her, seeing how that could come to a shock to her, but he really didn't think it was that much of a big deal. "It's not really that big of a deal." recalling back to the first day they had met when he had told her that there was nothing wrong with being adopted, after she had told him that her parents had become Sky's guardians after his grandfather had passed away.

"No… I mean….." She didn't know where to start, with so many questions running through her mind. She didn't even know where to begin.

Sam couldn't stop laughing his guts out. He found the whole thing hilarious, finally after all the times Megan has gotten him into trouble he had something to get back at her every time. "I still can't believe it. And to think that you-"

"Shut-up, Sam." Megan elbowed him in the gut, not finding it very amusing. Not at all.

"Okay." Chase stared at the two with a blank look, not seeing where this was going. "You two lost me. If you're not shocked that I'm adopted then what is it?"

"You going to tell him?" asked Sam, staring at Megan who was still clutching tightly to the sheet of paper.

"Tell me what?" Chase turned to Megan, his face very serious. "What is it, Megan?" He was almost frightened now. What could possibly be on that piece of paper that Megan was having a difficult time trying to tell him?

Megan took a deep breath and licked her lips and she handed him the piece of paper. "I think…..I think that you may be…..' she stared up at him having a difficult time getting the words to come out. "My brother….."

"Brother….." Chase stared at her in shock, not being able to believe it. He quickly took the piece of paper from her and read it over, and as far as he could tell Megan had good reason to believe the two of them might be brother and sister. It listed a Hayley Walker as the birth mother, and then he saw his adoptive parents' names, Paul and Carrie Ryder, and near the bottom was Rose White's signature. The only space that was blank was biological father, which was listed as unknown. "Do you know for sure?" he asked, looking back at Megan. "I mean, it could be a hundred other Hayley Walkers." It just didn't seem possible. What were the chances that moment he arrived on earth that he would come face to face to one of the very people who had a connection to him, that he had come to find the very day he arrived. Stuff like that just doesn't happen.

"No." She shook her head, shrugging her shoulders, having no idea what to think. "This is the first time I have ever heard about this. If you are my brother, my mom has never mentioned you before." If this was true and Chase was her brother, why hadn't her mother ever said anything about it? When she had Sam had decided to tag along with Chase in search of his past, this had been the furthest thing from her mind of what they would find. She would never in a million years have suspected that Chase might be her brother. As far as she had known for the last fourteen years she was her mother's first born, the oldest. "…..There's one way to know for sure." She paused for a moment, knowing that all of this must be even more shocking to Chase. "We can go ask my grandparents…"

Ever since he had learned the truth the night his mother had died, telling him that he had been adopted, he had dreamed of this moment of being reunited with his birth family. Now that he was this close, he wasn't so sure any more. What if they were wrong and it wasn't Megan's mother, what if it was someone else, but the thing that scared him more than anything, was what if they were right? And this whole time, what he had been looking for ever since he had arrived on Earth, had been under his nose this whole time. It seemed almost too easy, too good to be true.

"Chase?" Megan searched his face, trying to gain back his attention. "Do you want to go ask them?"

He turned to meet her. He had often wondered why the two of them had always seemed to have a connection with each other, the way he felt drawn to her, how easy it seemed to talk to her. And now he might know the reason why. "Yeah. Let's go talk to them."

Eric was working in the office at Bio-lab, going over some paperwork of new developments and making sure everything was in order. Though he missed being in the action, he felt proud of the work he had done here. Both he and Mike Zaskin had done a lot of good work here since taking over the company, and he was sure Hayley was happy for that, especially after his little relapse all those months ago when he had become the Quantum Ranger once again.

"Mr. Myers, Commander Cruger of the SPD Academy is here to see you, is it all right if I send him in…..?"

Eric slowly reached his finger to the intercom, not knowing what to think. It wasn't like Cruger to make house calls unannounced. And though the two had settled their differences, they weren't buddy-buddy enough for him to just drop on by to say hi. "You may send him in, Maggie, thank you."

A few seconds later Cruger entered the room. Eric was about to get up when Cruger waved for him to sit back down. "Please, no need to get up."

Eric nodded his head and sat back down, motioning for Cruger to take a seat in one of the chairs across from the desk. "So, to what do I owe this visit?" Knowing very well there had to be a reason and he wasn't one to just beat around the bush, he was going to cut straight to the chase.

"Kat was going to call you about this, but….." After his talk with Kat and then again later that night with his wife, who had convinced him that it was time to bring Eric into the situation, seeing as how he had been unable to resolve anything. "I thought it would be best if I came in person."

"Okay…." Eric leaned back against his chair. "I'm not going to like what you have to tell me, am I?" He could already tell by the tone in his former bosses voice that it wasn't good news.

"No, I'm afraid not. I'm afraid things took a turn for the worse and maybe you can enlighten me as to why."

Eric crossed his hands together, sighing heavily, knowing very well this had to do with Sky. Sky was the only connection the two shared with each other. "What'd he do this time?"

"Enough for me to have to suspend him."

"What?" Eric couldn't believe what he was hearing. The last thing he would ever expect from Sky was for him to get himself in enough trouble that he would have to be suspended. "You can't be serious."

"I'm dead serious. That boy is out of control." Cruger was being very firm about this, needing Eric to take this very seriously.

Boy! Eric narrowed his eyes, not liking that comment."He's not a child! He's twenty-one, that's hardly a child."

"He's acting like a child!" Cruger had expected for Eric to overreact. He knew how defensive Eric was of Sky, which is why he knew that it was better to come and do this in person. "A grown man does not disrupt and start fights with his newest team member while teaching a class of future Rangers and officers."

"What…." That just didn't sound like Sky, sure he had a temper, but disrupting his class, that just didn't sound like him. "Sky wouldn't do that; maybe it was a misunderstanding."

"No! I saw it happen with my own two eyes, along with several cadets and the other Rangers." Cruger sighed heavily, knowing that it was difficult for Eric to believe that Sky would do such a thing. Sky was like a son to him, he felt responsible for him. "Look I understand this isn't easy for you, but I saw Sky punch Chase. The two had been at each others throats, and on top of that Sky's behavior has been unbearable as of late."

"His behavior has always been like that, why such a problem with it now?" It was no secret that Sky had had some behavior issues and a quick temper in the past, but Eric wasn't liking Cruger's quick jumping accusations that Sky was out of control.

"Because he is the leader and I expect my leaders to have respect for me and their teammates." Cruger took a moment to calm his voice down, knowing that if it rose, he and Eric would only end up arguing even more. "And as of lately, his moods are worse than normal. Before I could tolerate it, but now I can't. Not when it could jeopardize the team." He looked Eric hard in the eyes and leaned closer. "Now you can either tell me what you know, or….."

"Or what?" he demanded, as he stared him down. If there was one thing that he hated it was to be threatened, especially if that person was Cruger. Though he always respected Wes, he to this day could not understand the blind faith Wes had in Cruger.

"I did not come here to start an argument with you Eric. You are just as paranoid and stubborn-assed as he is." He had come here out of concern for Sky and knew that the only person that might have a chance at getting through to him was the man who was sitting across from. "Sky is in trouble, Eric, and I fear if something isn't done soon that it will be the end of him. I am scared for him…" He cleared his throat hoping to break through to Eric that he hadn't come here to complain about Sky's behavior. He had come here out of concern for Sky's very life. "And if you can get that past your thick arrogant skull and listen to me, you will know I am right about this. He is headed down a dangerous path and if something is not done soon, we will lose him."

Eric's heart skipped a beat and he was sure his face turned white as a ghost. Cruger had never been the type to show concern like this and that scared Eric, because if Cruger was scared for Sky's life, then this was something big. He sighed heavily, as he leaned back against his chair, sliding down a little. ….He had been afraid this would happen…

"You know what's been goink on him, don't you?"

Eric didn't answer; this wasn't the time or the place for him to be having this conversation with Cruger. He ran his hand over his face, trying to avoid Cruger just a bit longer.

Megan's grandparents stared at the three, not sure what to say, but they needed to say something. The silence was more than enough to prove what they had learned was indeed true. Her mother had had a baby years before she was born and had given him up for adoption.

"So, it's true then…. I'm him…." Chase licked his lips, looking into 'his' grandparent's eyes, wanting to at least hear it with his own ears just once.

"Yes. I believe so," answered Kenneth Walker, as he stared into his eldest grandson's eyes, the last time being when he took him out of his daughter's arms and handed him over to Rose White. It was a moment to this day he hadn't forgotten. "Rose White was the woman who helped us with the adoption process. She had told us she found a good family for you."

"She did. They were very good to me." He wanted to make sure they knew that. He didn't want them or Hayley to feel guilty about giving him up, deep down he knew it had to be the hardest thing they ever had to do. "So please don't feel bad, you did the right thing by me and your daughter."

It made both Donna and Kenneth happy and warm hearted to hear that, because for the last twenty-two years they had always wondered if they had made the right decision. There was always talk about them adopting him, but fearing that at some point it might put a strain on their relationship with their daughter, they had all thought it would be best to place Chase with another family. "Thank you. I've needed to hear that for a long, long time," cried Donna as she hugged him.

Chase wrapped his arms tightly around his grandmother and though he knew it would be a long road ahead of him no matter what happened, he was glad he finally knew who his birth family was. He felt like he had been given a second chance at having a family. The two slowly pulled away and Chase looked into her eyes, with only one more question lingering in his mind. "There's just one thing I have to ask…"

"What is it, sweetie…"

"And it's okay if you don't know, but…." He needed to know, there was still one missing piece that he needed an answer to. "Do you know who my father was?"

Both Donna and Kenneth shared a glance with each other, neither one sure how to go about answering that question, especially with the presence of Megan and Sam in the room. This had not been the way either one of them wanted Megan to find out about her mother's past.

Megan had been standing next to Sam taking all of this in. Her eyes suddenly widened and a look of shock came over her face. Why she hadn't thought about it before, she didn't know. She stepped forward to face her grandparents. "….It's Uncle Tommy, isn't it? He and Mom have always been so close…."

There would be no fooling Megan; they couldn't deny anything to her. She was smart like her mother and as stubborn as her father that she wouldn't back down, not even for a second. The two had no choice but to reveal what Megan already knew. "Yes, Megan. Tommy is Chase's father," announced her grandfather. For a long time the two had resented Tommy, feeling that he had abandoned their daughter in a time of need, but over the years the two had slowly started to like him and could see that he was a good guy. He had always been so caring with their grandchildren, and if it hadn't been for him, his daughter's marriage may not have lasted.

That had been the one thing that Chase never in a million trillion years would have ever thought. He knew very well that Megan's Uncle Tommy was no ordinary Uncle Tommy. He was Tommy Oliver, a name he had heard before, back at both academies he had attended. He was a legend and now he was much more than a legend…. "Tommy Oliver is my father….."

Cruger had had enough of Eric silence and determination to keep silent about Sky's problems. "What is it? What is wrong with him? He was fine when he left to go home with you, but when he came back, that's when everything started to change."

Eric bit his lip. "It's complicated."

"Complicated? What could be so complicated that…." Then Cruger's eyes widened; only one thing about Sky could be that complicated. After all these years, he had almost forgotten the little bit of information Andros had told him so long ago. "You told him, didn't you, the truth about everything?"

"How the hell-"

"Andros informed me of Sky's situation, years ago when Sky was just a boy."

Eric rubbed the back of his neck, remembering that both he and Wes had in fact told Andros how Sky had just shown up. It wasn't like they could have made up some story for him, as they had with the rest of the world. "I should have known he would have said something."

"You should know, that was as far as it went. I never spoke of it again." Cruger crossed his hands together. "But I should have been informed of this. You should have brought it to my attention that Sky now knows the truth about himself and where he came from."

"It didn't concern you," Eric remarked sharply as far as he was concerned it had been a family manner.

"Didn't concern me?" Cruger questioned him. "I would have you know that anything that has to do with Sky concerns me greatly."

Eric raised his head, not liking where this was going. He and Cruger might have settle their differences, but that did not mean that he agreed with everything the old dog had to say. He would not let Cruger think that Sky was just some kind of pawn, for him to bark orders at and do with as he wished. Sky was not some tool. "Look, first off I didn't even know that Andros told you. Second, not everything about Sky's life has to be known by you. He may be one of your Rangers and officers, but that is where the line is drawn."

"Perhaps, but when his problems outside the academy disrupt his performance and rank here," he looked Eric hard in the eyes and firmly continued, "That does concern me."

Eric clenched his fists together, even still today the two clashed and it wasn't on a subject that Eric was comfortable discussing. He was too emotionally involved when it came to Sky. "….Was there anything else you needed or was this it?"

"You need to get in touch with Kat for the rest. She'll fill you in." Cruger could see there would be no getting further with Eric, not with Eric too quick to jump to Sky's defense. "I'll see myself out."

"Good. Don't let the door hit you on your way out." Eric watched as Cruger left the room, shutting the door behind him. He slammed his fist against his desk, nearly knocking over a stack of files. "Damnit!" He was at a loss of what to do, as much as he hated to admit it. He knew Cruger was right, Sky was in trouble, had been for months. The signs were all there, he hadn't been returning his phone calls, and then Megan was trying to leave little hints that something wasn't right with Sky. He just didn't know what to do or say. What was there he could say?

He rubbed his temple, trying to relieve some of the stress and frustration when his cellphone began to ring. "Hello…" he answered dryly into it. "Megan? ….Honey, slow down." Her voice was sounding so rushed and upset that he had to bring it away from his ear and put it on speaker phone. "Okay, can you say that again, what about your mom and Tommy?"

"Did you know they had a kid together...?"

Eric's eyes widened and his heart nearly skipped a beat. "Wh-where'd you hear that from? Did your grandparents tell you that?"

"They didn't tell me exactly…. But you did know…."

"Only fairly recently, your mom came out and told me. We were planning on telling you and your brother and sister when the time was right." It was the type of thing that needed to be explained carefully, especially with little Wesley, who might be a little young to understand. "….Wait a minute, you said they didn't tell you exactly, what does that mean?"

"Don't get mad, but I sort of found out on my own, with Sam…."

Eric rolled his eyes, knowing very well that whenever anyone starts a sentence with 'don't get mad', it wasn't a good thing. "How do you sort of find out about something like this, or don't I want to know, because it could involve a potential criminal record?"

"Well, no one saw us if that makes you happy. Chase was there, but he had nothing to do with this, well he sort of does, but not with what Sam and I were doing, but then it kind of…."

Too much information was coming out of her mouth for him to register and his head was already pumped full of stuff about Sky's situation. He had about all he could take. "Megan, my head is really spinning here and I'm on the verge of a major headache, so if you could just cut to the chase…."

"Chase….Dad, Chase is Mom's and Tommy's son."

"What?" That he wasn't expecting to hear, on top of everything else that had happened today. "Chase, as in Chase Ryder, blue Ranger, Sky's roommate Chase?"

"Yes…What other Chase would it be?"

Great. Just great. It just had to be Chase, didn't it…. Eric rubbed his head, feeling as his headache started to come on. "Megan honey, you wouldn't happen to know if Sky and Chase might have gotten into a little fight recently, by any chance now, would you?"

"…..Ah…fight…I… I got to go, Dad, bye."

Megan's quick hang-up made it clear to Eric that it must have been more than just a little fight that had happened between Sky and Chase. And now the revelation that Chase was Hayley's son would make things with Sky even more difficult than before. "Now I know why they stop at one." Eric half looked up. "Anything else you like to throw at me today?"

"I miss you already," smiled Z, as she hugged Jack goodbye. "Be sure to tell Ally hi, and that I can't wait for all of us to be together."

"I will be sure to pass that along." Jack kissed her on the cheek and then went about to say goodbye to the rest of his former teammates.

The gang had all gone out that night, one last time, because Jack was catching a plane that night and meeting up with Ally to help distribute clothes and food to those less fortunate. "I'll call you when I land." Jack stepped away from Z and faced Bridge; he grabbed a hold of Bridge's shoulder, gripping it. "And you, my friend, heal that leg up quick, because I know these guys could sure use your help."

"Oh, I'm fairly sure I'll be healed up pretty soon," Bridge answered with a smile. Working at the SPD Academy did have its advantages, being tight-knit with the medical developments. "And thanks for staying at the dorm with me, it was like old times."

"Well, it was a blast. It was kind of nice to be back in the old place again." Jack patted Bridge on the back and made his way over to Syd, who was looking prettier than ever, all dressed up, probably trying to get all nice for Sky. "You know Syd, if I wasn't in a happily committed relationship..." He grinned, jokingly checking her out. "…Because you are looking fine tonight." He glanced over at Sky, to see his reaction, but of course Sky was just being typical Sky and not showing much of a reaction other than a hard stone cold glance.

"Well, thank you Jack, but I'm afraid I've only got eyes for one." Syd took hold of Sky's hand and squeezed it gently.

"Yeah. I thought so." Jack smiled and leaned in to hug her. He whispered into her ear, "Just promise me you'll loosen him up a little."

Syd wrapped her arms around Jack. She really had missed him, he was always the fun loving guy that she would every so often flirt around with, but nothing serious. "Take care of yourself, Jack."

"Always do." Jack smiled and then turned to Sky, who had been standing all reserved and laid back. Out of the four, Jack knew Sky was the one who hated goodbyes, but would never let on to that fact. "So I guess this is it, for now anyways…."

"Appears so."

"Try to think about what I said, about working things out with Chase. Because we both know from experience that the whole fighting thing doesn't do so well." Sky didn't answer back, not really wanted to comment on anything dealing with Chase just yet. Jack bit his lip and glanced over at Syd and the others, who were standing only a few feet away. "Just promise me that you'll take care of the team, no matter what."

"That I can do."

And Jack knew that Sky would; even back when they had been having their problems Sky always cared about the team. "And one more thing." He looked Sky hard in the eyes. "Be good to Syd, because she really, and I mean really, loves you." While he was sure of Syd's love for Sky, he was unsure about Sky, who was very difficult to read.

"….I will," answered Sky. With that said the two hugged goodbye, before Jack hopped into the taxi to head to the airport. The four watched as their former leader rode off into the night. Syd wrapped her arms around Sky and kissed him gently on the cheek.

"Stay at your place tonight?"

Sky moved her into his arms and smiled, as he leaned in to ghost a kiss on her lips. "Yeah. That sounds nice."

"Chase?" Hayley looked at Eric, not so sure if she was ready to believe it herself, as if she were afraid to get her hopes up. "Are you sure?" Eric had gotten home late and had found both her and Tommy sitting out on the back deck with their dog Rex sleeping at their feet.

"Yeah." Eric licked his lips, as he stared the two in the eyes, knowing that while this was good news for them, it was a lot to take in. And he hadn't even told them the half of it. The part that dealt with Sky would have to be discussed another time; for now he would let his wife and friend settle in on the news of the discovery of their son. "Your parents confirmed it."

"Does explain why you weren't able to find him," exclaimed Tommy as he turned to Hayley, knowing this had to come to a shock to her, especially since months before she had met Chase, not even knowing that he was her son. "He had been living on Mirinoi all that time." Even he himself was having some difficulty taking it all in, years ago he had worked with Leo, even took him back to Mirinoi after they had defeated the remaining rebels of the Machine Empire. Back then Chase would have been around three. He even remembered that day when they brought Leo back, that a whole crowd of people had been there cheering them on for their victory, several of them had been children and now he came to find out that one of them had been his son.

"Hayley." Eric sat down next to her, wrapping his arm around her. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah." She smiled, as a few tears fell from her eyes. "I know who my son is." She turned to Tommy and smiled. "Our son."

It was difficult for Eric to watch, for two very good reasons: one, who couldn't help but feel a bit jealous and maybe even envious; and then he knew sooner or later he would have to tell Hayley what was going on with Sky and how Chase fit in somewhere with Sky's issues, but for now he wouldn't take away her happiness at being able to get a second chance with the child she had given up many years ago.