Jayden rolled over and over in his bed. There was something wrong.

"Daddy, are you going to come back?" A five-year-old Jayden was in front his dad. His father put his hand on his shoulder and stared at him.

"Promise me, Jayden. You're going to protect this world. You're going to do everything they tell you and you'll be a good boy"

Jayden nodded his head and watched his father leave for other battle.

"Jayden…Jayden…. wake up"

In his bed, Jayden lay flat in his back, breathing as though he had been running. He opened his eyes and could see a shadow standing aside of his bed. Jayden sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Was that a nightmare?" Lauren asked as she hugged her little brother.

Jayden tried to lie, saying it was just a weird dream but Lauren was smartest than that. She took a seat on his brother's bed.

"Jayden…don't lie. I heard you were saying our parent's name. What was it, jay?"

"Nothing" The red ranger shook his head. Lauren sighed but didn't do anything. Jayden who was now off of sleep, realized her sister was with him…but why? He turned to look at Lauren and asked her with a calm voice. "Lauren, what are you doing here?"

She shrugged her shoulders and hugged her knees to her chest "I couldn't sleep."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Recently all this stuff have kept me awake most of the nights"

Jayden breathed and wrapped one arm around her sister. He understood how she must be feeling because he bet both were feeling the same.

He also could not sleep at night and not just by the nightmares he had about his father, but also, because their lives, literally, were stagnant.

Since the battle was over they had not advanced or a minimum of comparison of his friends. He could not say he wasn't jealous, because he was. His friends began to make their lives, some others family, and the fun was in their eyes. They had already progressed but not Lauren and Jayden.

The siblings were still in the same spot where they had been, and saw no way out of that. They were making a plan to get out of the Shiba house and could go to the city without any concern, but ... why?

They did not know anyone beyond the Shiba house; they had no friends or parents that were supporting them.
Their lives were and would be the same as always and he doubted that at some time they would progress in something. They knew nothing either. The only thing they had done all their life was to train for the world for that someday it was free and happy. His father had made this plan, so that the whole world was good, but it seemed to forget the most important thing: his children.

Or maybe that was the plan. Sacrifice Lauren and Jayden in exchange for the happiness of the others, because if that was the plan then was working to perfection, because neither Lauren nor Jayden were enjoying their life at all.

"Lauren, Lauren?" Little Jayden was pulling his sister's hand fervently. "Lauren, what's happening? Why mommy there? Why she in that box?"

Lauren freed her hand from his brother and slapped him in the head. "Shut up Jayden"

Jayden massaged his head and turned to see Lauren again "Lauren... What's happening? Why mommy there?"

She slapped again his brother and walked away with him.

His mother. Jayden remembered perfectly his mother. The only person who always was with him and knew what do to. The day she died was the most confused for Jayden because he was a little boy who couldn't get any answer from anyone and couldn't understand what was happening. His father turned to a loving father but it wasn't the same without his mother. She always was telling him the manners, the right ways, the right words but when she passed out, it was a memory. Jayden remembered the day she was arguing with his father about a possible plan, but she wasn't agreeing; she was angry. But Jayden didn't understand until when he was left with Ji.
That day he understood why his mother was mad at his father. She knew Jayden would turn into a different kid when the fate of the world was left in his shoulders and his mother was right. He turned into a different boy. When his father gave him his zord, Jayden accepted it not because he did understand what his father was saying but because he had promised his mother he would do whatever he was told.

Jayden rubbed his face with his hands and looked up. He came out of his thoughts when he noticed Lauren in his bed. It must pass some minutes because for some reason he was back lying in his back with Lauren in his side.

"What am I thinking?" Jayden chuckled. He gave his sister a kiss on the cheek and rolled over to sleep.

The next day Mia and her mother were walking around.

Recently in the house barely was oxygen to breath and space to stay. If the rangers didn't have enough with themselves, now with their parents was suffocating. Though they loved them very much and had missed them so much, their days as a house with a dozen people was getting hard. If with eight people living around was tedious, the dozen was insupportable.

And over all, mother and daughter hadn't gotten a properly talk since Mia had arrived to her house. Almost as soon as she arrived, she had to leave to deal with Emily's life, and then she had dropped her samuraizer making her to runaway off the city. So when Mia said she missed her family meant she missed her family.

And silent and the open space in the forest made everything easier.

Her mother was asking her so many questions about what was happening with Mia. Like how was she feeling? Is she was fine? Is she was sad? What she needed? What did she do? How good was with her friends? And the most ridiculous question Mia was confused to answer. But every time her mother talked she felt good. It was awhile since Mia never spoke so deep with someone. Though she had all her friends at home who would listened to her any time she needed, it was not time to worry more people. They had enough.

Her mother, though, was just listening to Mia. All her thoughts and her complains, her likes and dislikes during her stay in the Shiba House and the problems everyone had gotten into through. She was just being Mia's mom.

The pink ranger stopped talking and there was silence for few seconds until her mother broke it.

"And…. how about with Kevin? You finally found your prince charming?"

Mia blushed and nodded her head "Absolutely"

"I'm glad you're happy, baby"

"Thanks mom. Kevin just finds a way to makes me smile. Always. He's just been so amazing and respectful, loving, adorable, attentive, kind…"

"Mia, I get it" Her mother chuckled. "You love him"

"So much"

Her mother kissed her daughter's cheek and said "Just don't mention that in front of your father"

"Why?" Mia frowned

"Well…"

"That's why Kevin has been acting…weird?"

"What do you mean?"

"Kevin has been acting …different…since you all arrived. Did dad say something to him?"

"He's just jealous, Mia. Understand him. You're his little princess and he only wants to protect you. You and your brother are the most important things we have and we don't want anyone to hurt you. If it was for your father, he would get you in a protective bubble and wouldn't anything to hurt you"

Mia reflected her mother's words and sighed; thinking in the overprotective father she had. It wasn't like she was complaining but she wished her father wasn't that overprotective with her.

Her mother saw her daughter sighed and smiled at her "Don't worry, Mia… Even with all this, your father does like Kevin"

"Really?"

"Yes" Her mother assured her "He told me that right away when I talked to him about you and Kevin. But he only doesn't want to admit it "

Mia smiled. " Then… I think I need to give him time?"

"Little" Her mother shook her head "Don't worry princess, I'll keep an eye on him"

"Thanks mom"

"You're welcome" Her mother looked round and frowned "Why don't we come back? I'm hungry, and you?"

"Me too"

"Then let's come back"