Chapter 14: One Year Later

Taylor landed her jet and climbed out. "Way to go Yellow Eagle," her captain commented.

"Thank you sir," she answered.

She removed her helmet and put it under her arm. "Lieutenant, you have visitors," a soldier informed. Taylor nodded and followed him.

Taylor came into a room and saw Alyssa there with Tristen. "There she is," Alyssa announced. Tristen got off Alyssa's lap and ran over to Taylor.

"MOMMY!" He shouted.

Taylor set her helmet down and picked Tristen up from the ground. He sat on her hip and Taylor kissed his cheek. "Didn't expect you two here," she commented.

"Tristen wanted to surprise you," Alyssa answered.

"Did we surprise you mommy?" Tristen asked.

"You sure did, kid," Taylor replied.

She kissed his cheek with a smile. "Come on, kid, I want to show you something," she commented.

"Auntie Lyssa coming?" Tristen asked.

"Of course she is," Taylor replied.

"Yay!"

Taylor laughed and set Tristen on the ground. She held his hand as she led him to where the jets were. "Wow! Which one's yours, mommy?" Tristen asked. Taylor smiled and kneeled on one knee beside him and pointed to the jet.

"That one right there," She replied.

"Cool!" Tristen exclaimed.

Taylor smiled as Tristen ran over to her jet. "Be careful!" Taylor cautioned. She walked over to him with a smile. "Here, put this on," she commented. She took her helmet and placed it on his head. She and Alyssa laughed slightly to see that the helmet was too big. Tristen laughed. "There, you're wearing the gear, lets get you into the jet," she commented. She helped Tristen to sit in the cockpit. "Don't touch anything," she instructed.

"Okay," Tristen answered.

Alyssa smiled and held a camera up, taking a picture of the perfect moment. "Mommy, can we fly?" He asked. Taylor smiled and nodded her head slowly.

"Sure thing, kid," she replied.

She pulled on her helmet and she got a helmet onto his head. "Okay, kid, sit back here," she instructed. She got Tristen to sit in the seat behind her. She got him strapped down and she got into her jet. She then flew off into the air.

As they were flying, Taylor looked around and smiled to see the Eagle Zord. "Tristen, look outside," she instructed. Tristen looked outside and he saw the Eagle Zord.

"Cool!" The young boy exclaimed.

"Son, meet my Eagle Zord," Taylor informed.

Tristen smiled to see the legendary Eagle Zord for the first time in his life. Taylor smiled, knowing that she had made her son very happy.

(Myers's Home)

Taylor tucked Tristen into his bed and kissed his forehead. "You get some sleep," she told him. Tristen nodded his head slowly.

"Mommy," he called.

Taylor stopped and looked over at him. "Yeah?" She asked. Tristen held his stuffed eagle to him.

"Can you tell me more about daddy?" He asked.

Taylor sighed and sat on the edge of his bed. "I'll tell you more about your daddy, but then you have to promise to go right to sleep," she answered. Tristen nodded with a smile. Taylor touched her son's dark hair.

"Was daddy a Power Ranger too?" He asked.

"He sure was," Taylor replied.

"Can I hear a story about when daddy was a Ranger?"

Taylor kissed his forehead. "Sure you can," she replied. Taylor pulled the blankets up closer to him as she told him a story of one of Eric's adventures that Eric told her.

That night, Taylor was once again tossing and turning in her sleep.

(Taylor's Dream)

Taylor walked down a dark corridor when she heard Eric's groans and the sounds of punches. She walked over to the cell and looked inside. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw Eric on the ground, beaten pretty badly. "Tell me those plans," a voice hissed. Eric shook his head slowly and coughed up blood.

"I won't…I won't tell you…anything," Eric answered.

The creature kicked his side making Eric hit the ground hard. "You'll die a slow, painful death," he threatened. Eric looked at him with a glare.

"And when I find that wife of yours, she'll suffer the same fate," he sneered.

"Y--You leave my wife out of this. She has nothing to do with this."

"I believe she'll tell us."

"She doesn't know."

The creature looked at him and pressed his foot against Eric's throat. "She doesn't know?" He asked. Eric gagged and tried to get the creature away from him.

"My wife doesn't know…anything…I--I never told her," Eric answered.

"Well, keeping secrets from your wife. How perfect."

The creature looked over at the slaver driver. "You know what to do," he informed. The slave driver nodded. Taylor watched as the slaver driver walked over and beat Eric a bit more.

"NO!" Taylor shouted.

(End Dream)

"NO!" Taylor shouted. She shot up from bed and she was breathing heavily. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and pushed her hair out of her face.

"Mommy?" Tristen asked.

Taylor looked over at Tristen. "What is it, kiddo?" She asked. Tristen walked over and sat on her bed.

"I'm scared," he replied.

"What's wrong?"

Tristen curled up next to her. "Bad dream about daddy," he replied. Taylor wrapped her arm around him and kissed the top of his head.

"Just get some sleep, kiddo," she told him.

Tristen buried his head into her side and fell back to sleep. Taylor laid there in her bed holding Tristen to her and wondered if her son saw exactly what she saw in his dream.