Author's Note: I've had a lot of people ask me, so I'm going to announce it publicly. Yes, I do plan on writing a Megaforce Series, however, I'm going to wait a little before I get started. We don't yet know enough about the team for me to really start anything quite like the Samurai Series. So do look out for it, but it may still be a few weeks before anything is published. Until then, enjoy the Samurai Series!

Dinner had been fun, but Mike was excited to get to bed. He said goodbye to his guests, goodnight to Serena and James and climbed up the stairs. As soon as he walked into his room, Emily jumped in his arms and almost knocked him on his butt.

"I love you!"

"I love you too," Mike chuckled as he gave her a quick hug and kiss before he pulled away and started to search the room for his pyjamas, "You sound happy."

"Everyone's been great! I feel a million times better about thing one and thing two," Emily pointed to her stomach, "Jayden and Lauren offered me a job at the dojo, Mentor and Kate offered free babysitting… well, everyone else did too, our parents included. Mia's fine with the pregnancy, and she's actually really excited. I promised her to keep her updated on what's going on so she never misses a thing. We're going to be okay. I can really feel it now. We're going to be okay."

"I told you," Mike found his shirt in the laundry. He sniffed it, thought it smelled fine and pulled it over his head, "You just worry about yourself and the kids. Everything else is going to work out for us. By the way, your dad and I finished the rocking chair. It's one more thing to cross off the list."

"Already? That didn't take much time?"

"Not really. Your dad works pretty quickly, and I did have most of it done. Tomorrow I'm going to pain the crib. Any requests?"

"Just white," Emily smiled. She got changed into her pyjamas and then she and Mike crawled into bed. He lay down to sleep, but Emily cuddled into him so he wrapped one arm around her and put his hand on her stomach.

"I'm really happy you're feeling better about this. It's going to be fun."

Emily nodded her head and nestled in closer to her husband, "Want to hear what I've found out?"

"Sure."

"My morning sickness isn't as bad as it was. I didn't feel sick at all tonight. That's the longest I've gone since finding out. I think it was just nerves."

"Let's hope the morning sickness does settle down from now on. You're much easier to handle when you're happy."

"Easier to handle?"

"You know what I mean," Mike kissed the top of Emily's head, "Goodnight, you three. I love you."

-Samurai-

For once, Riley wished she could spend the day with her father instead of her mother. In the morning, while Kevin left for work, Riley was forced to eat her breakfast and get ready quickly. She was going dress shopping again with her mother and her aunts. And this time, the dress wasn't even going to be for her.

So Riley protested. She ate half her breakfast and instead of getting dressed in her clothes, she wore her pink Ranger costume. When she came down the stairs as the pink Ranger, mask, sword and all, Mia shook her head.

"Riley, that costume is for in the house only. Go get changed, we're going to be late."

"I want to wear this."

"Riley…"

"I don't want to go dress shopping. Uncle Jay Jay and Uncle Tonio can babysit me."

"Uncle Jay has classes and Uncle Antonio is working. I'm sorry, Riley, I know this isn't going to be fun, but we don't have a choice. Auntie Lauren and Auntie Emy are coming with us and they might make this interesting."

"No."

"You can bring your pink Ranger teddy with you, and if you're good we'll get ice-cream on the way home," Mia said, "but take off your costume, wear what I picked out for you, and meet me here in five minutes. Go!"

Riley groaned loudly but knew the battle had been lost. She stomped up the stairs angrily to get changed. Mia rubbed her forehead as she waited the five minutes for Riley to come downstairs. When her daughter was changed and ready to leave, Mia took her out to the car and strapped her into the car seat. Just as she was about to close the door, she heard Riley call for her.

"What happens to Pink Teddy if we get into a accident, mommy?"

So Mia strapped in the bear with the seat belt and then drove off to Serena and Emily's house. Emily was sitting on the front steps waiting when they arrived.

"You're late," she muttered as she got into the car. Mia looked into the rear-view mirror.

"Pink Ranger made us late."

"Auntie Emy, I don't want to go dress shopping," Riley said.

Emily looked over her shoulder and smiled, "It's going to be fun, I promise. Mommy's going to freak out."

"I am not."

"You are too," Emily turned to Mia and smirked, "Kevin texted me a list of things to do that'll calm you down before you have a wedding freak out. If things get too boring, I may just forget tip twenty-three, or tip sixteen, or even tip seventy-two."

"Seventy-two? How long is that list? I'm not that crazy."

"We'll see," Emily said and glanced at Riley for a moment to wink. Riley smiled and kicked her feet.

"Mommy's going to go crazy."

-Samurai-

The swimming lessons were picking up. More and more people were coming back or moving to Panorama city now that there hadn't been any strange monster attacks in months, and of those people, a great deal of them wanted to either learn to swim or improve their swimming skills. Kevin had three full classes and a couple more with some spaces yet, but they were all filling up quickly.

He loved his job. Not only did he get to spend the day in the water, but it felt great teaching other people skills that would possibly save their lives. He had spent his entire life protecting other people that now it was relaxing teaching them to protect themselves.

The process wasn't flawless, however. Many of his students, especially the younger ones, were still learning. Kevin had to make a few rescues at work either because kids didn't respect the no running around the pool rule, or they tried out quickly and no longer had the strength to keep their head above water. Fortunately, there had been no serious incident. Kevin made sure to keep all his students close.

Accidents did happen. As Kevin finished up his lesson for the younger students he heard a splash in the water. He had been hearing splashes all day so didn't make much of it. Some kids liked to throw toys in the pool on the way to the change rooms. Others tried to get one more jump in before the end of their lesson. One splash wasn't a big deal.

The splashing continued, and Kevin could tell they were desperate. He turned around and saw that someone had fallen into the pool and for whatever reason couldn't control her swimming. He wouldn't let anything happen on his watch so he swam over, wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to the swallow water. The young woman clung to him desperately as he lifted her and carried her up the ramp and out of the water. Then he set her down on a bench as one of her friends came over with a towel.

"Are you okay?" he knelt before her to check up on her. Her swimming instructor rushed over (fast walk, not run) to be sure his student was okay. When the young woman insisted she had just been freaked out after slipping suddenly, she was free to go to the change room with her friends.

The swim instructor turned to Kevin, "That's the fifth one this month, and they all happen on your watch."

"What does that mean?" Kevin asked. "You know I enforce safety just as much as the other instructors."

"I know, I know. It's just… she's my best swimmer. Just last week she won first place in her high school swim competition. I know these things happen, but this often?"

"Kids will be kids, right? That why we…"

"Five times isn't counting the kids. This month, you've had to pull those girls from the water five times."

"Really?" Kevin asked with a curious look, "That's a little strange, but I'm sure it's nothing. I'll see you after lunch, alright?"

He grabbed his back and his towel from the side of the pool and went to the instructor's change room. He had an hour for lunch and he was starving.