Disclaimer: Yeah, me own the power rangers? Not in this lifetime.
A/N: The blues are getting a chapter a person because there are fourteen of them and Yellow Hearts (Healers and its sequals) is looking two be a three parter averaging 25 chapters a part and that's enough of an epic for me. Please remember that Alia of Javor was introduced in Red Fraternity. The story of how they met is on my list of cool stories to write.
Rocky would never forget the day he stopped being a Ranger, between the pain, which he had made sure to play up a bit to hide his higher than usual pain tolerance, and the sheer panic inspired by Justin's incredulous, "You guys are the Power Rangers?" Never once during that day, as he awaited word from Tommy, or Justin, or somebody about the threat Zordon had summoned the Rangers to deal with, did he think of Alia.
It wasn't until three days later; when Tommy and Adam staged an elaborate plan to get her into his hospital room did it really even sink in that he'd left the Rangers. The realization had struck him so swiftly that he had blurted a question that had been on the tip of his tongue for months, he asked Alia to marry him. When he realized that she didn't understand what marriage was, it sparked a long conversation about what the two of them saw for their future and what Rocky was really supposed to ask Alia.
Alia proved her love for Rocky by agreeing to participate in an Earth wedding ceremony for his Catholic family. The fact that she didn't understand half of the traditions and ceremonies amused Rocky, and the gaggle of off world Rangers who came to view the 'quaint' ceremony nearly sent him into constant panic attacks with the number of times they almost blew their cover.
Moving to Javor was nothing like Rocky had expected, it was enough like Earth to both comfort him and make his homesickness more acute; but the culture was so different as to keep him interested like nothing else seemed to. When he first visited Kantero, a bar and entertainment complex, he was struck by its potential. It was driven from him mind, however, when Alia came to him, three months after they had uttered their vows, and told him she was pregnant. With his focus on his impending fatherhood, Rocky almost forgot Kantero until Alia mentioned it. Having retired to have her children, she was eager for something to do.
Buying Kantero and renaming it El Dorado as well as forming the Ranger's Haven was a good distraction for them during the great battle. For Rocky, it was a reminder of why he'd chosen to be a Ranger in the first place, when he'd had to summon the Zeo Powers to protect his wife and unborn children. Helping to rebuild when it was over reminded him why he was happy to be retired. When he held Reagan for the first time, he knew he was ready to face his new future.
When El Dorado opened and the celebration that followed led to the birth of Maria, Rocky was surprised to find that he was content. Especially as the Rangers started coming to the Haven and he found himself connecting with them in a way he hadn't with anybody but Adam and Aisha. He had his doubts, and his regrets, especially the first time Tommy and Jason performed the strip Macarena for the other patrons; but Rocky knew at the end of the day that his life was exactly the way it should be.