I am distraught. I have discovered that one of my favourite authors has just died :( Robert Jordan was a genius especially his series entitled 'The Wheel of Time' which rivalled the world JR Tolkien which is pretty damn hard! I am upset because I've been waiting for the final twelfth book only discover that he has died without completing it...my world is currently collapsing around me! I am told that all is not lost as he has left notes for the rest of the book in case of his death which was caused by amyloidosis; when he was diagnosed they gave him four years apparently so I guess the extra 30 he had weren't bad going! Everyone, go out and read his stuff it really is brilliant and pray with me that his wife and publisher finish the last book for him. x

Jason and Kat are starting to give up…can Zordon persuade them that all they have to do is listen to their hearts..?

Cheesy but cute I guess!

4 My heart tells me…

Jason stretched in an attempt to get the kinks out of his shoulders; it wasn't the first time he had fallen asleep in the Command Centre and ended up propped against one of the many scanners. A thoughtful Alpha had placed one of the med bay's blankets over his shoulders.

He glanced over at the tube that dominated the chamber to see that it stood empty; no doubt Zordon was in a different dimension either resting or continuing his own search for Tommy. Jason had felt angry at one point, he had blamed Zordon for the disappearance of his best friend and brother but Kat had pleaded with him to remain calm until he had heard his one time leader out. It was true that Zordon had been greatly distressed at the disappearance of his charge and having explained that it was a routine mission had somewhat calmed Jason's temper, that and the fact he knew Zordon would never knowingly endanger any of his Rangers.

What was done was done after all. No one could have known what would happen.

"Jason?" The soft voice brought him back into the room again. He turned to see Kat stood in the doorway a small smile on her face, he smiled back.

"I thought you'd be here." She said walking over to him. "So I brought you something to wake up with." She handed him a thermos from which the enticing smell of coffee emanated.

His sigh of gratitude was thanks enough. "Did you fall asleep at the scanner again?" She asked with a reproachful smile.

Jason shrugged. "I thought I may as well stay, you know see the scan through."

Kat's face tightened but she didn't ask the results; if they had been good Jason wouldn't still have been sat in his chair and sipping coffee. She turned away and walked aimlessly over to Zordon's empty tube, she kept her back to him. "His homing beacon's been disabled hasn't it?" She didn't really know why she was asking, she was sure she knew the answer.

Jason felt a small stab in the region of his heart. "Kat…"

"No Jase, please don't feel you have to lie; I know it already, I just have to…hear it from you."

Jason sighed, but he understood what she meant; everything seemed more real when they said it out loud. "Yes." What else was there left to say?

Kat took a deep breath but didn't turn back around. "Do you think he's still alive?"

The question hung in the quiet air and Jason felt his breath catch in his throat. One half of him couldn't believe that she was even contemplating it; it was like she was giving up. The other half of him however, knew it was a logical step, a question that often flitted through everyone's head but was never spoken because that seemed impossible. But did they really need to consider it?

"Yes." Jason strode over to her and turned her stiff form to face him. "Yes Kat I do think he's still alive and so do you, you're not giving up. I know you and I know him, he's alive I can feel it."

Tears formed in her eyes. "I don't want to give up it's just that I feel so…" She choked on the words and Jason drew her into his arms.

"I know, I know Kat. Tommy's out there waiting for us, waiting for us to bring him home and I promise you no matter what I will bring him back."

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Jason watched as Kat sat with Alpha a tired smile on her face as the robot tried to cheer her up

"She's getting too tired for this." He said with a sigh, he looked up at his mentor.

'WE ALL FEEL DOUBT JASON THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT."

"I know but I feel like I'm betraying Tommy and failing her, and I promised myself I wouldn't do that."

'IN THIS INSTANCE YOUR INTENTIONS ARE WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, YOU ARE NOT FAILING EITHER OF THEM THERE ARE SIMPLY LIMITS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO.'

'DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT TOMMY IS ALIVE?'

Jason pushed a hand through his short hair with another sigh. "I don't know any more Zordon, I feel cut in two; one half of me says to look at the overwhelming evidence that he is gone forever and tells me to stop trying to fool myself and stop trying to make myself happy by believing something that looks so impossible. But the other half of me knows Tommy is a fighter that he can get through anything and…and I can't believe he's dead. But couldn't that be me just wanting him not to be dead?"

Zordon gave a small smile. 'A MATTER OF THE HEART AND THE HEAD I SEE. THEY ARE ALWAYS INEXTRICABLY LINKED AND YET NEARLY ALWAYS ARE IN CONFLICT. YOUR HEAD IS CLINICAL JASON; IT UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF YOUR MEMORIES AND YOUR FEELINGS FOR TOMMY OR WHY YOU FIGHT TO BELIEVE IN HIM, AND IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR LOVE.' He smiled again. 'WHAT DOES YOUR HEART BELIEVE JASON?'

Jason remembered the time Tommy had been thrown from a cliff during a fight; they had all been forced to choose whether to help Tommy or continue fighting and save the city from further destruction. They had done as Tommy would have; duty first and friendship second but it had caused them all pain; he remembered thinking of his friend constantly during the battle, being so afraid that he was dead. But Tommy had survived, had been just the same as ever and come back even stronger after losing the green powers.

It wasn't just that he wanted Tommy to be alive it was just impossible to believe that he was dead, to see that life gone and to be that much emptier without it. He looked back up at Zordon who waited patiently for his answer. "He's still out there; he's still alive."

It was like a cue, like some higher power had been listening and waiting for a signal from him… The beep of an incoming message echoed in the room, it made Kat look up and freeze and Jason felt an air of expectancy in the room like the message had been waiting, like everything was now waiting…

A/N waiting…waiting for the next update I guess! Which hopefully won't be too long in coming but please bear with me as I am currently preparing for Uni. Please read and review people it makes me very, very happy! X