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A/N: Hope you like the new chapter.
Ch.17 Sweet Home
Scott and Dana began walking and didn't say anything.
"So what's up?" Scott finally asked once they were a good distance from the garage.
"I talked to your dad." Dana said simply, and Scott nodded understanding.
"He told you about Marcus didn't he?" Scott said.
"Yeah…What happened Scotty?" Dana asked using the old nickname his brother had given him. Scott couldn't help but smile a little, there were only three people who ever called him that, his mom, his brother, and her. Two of those people were gone and it was nice to hear someone calling him that after so long.
"You know dad had made him head of the Eagle Squadron right?" Scott asked and Dana nodded. "Wlell when Venjix attacked he sent out the Eagle Squadron to try and get a hold of things, which included me. We fought hard but there was just too many of them we outnumbered. Marcus got hit and he didn't hace time to eject, his jet went down right before I was hit. If it weren't for Summer finding me and bringing me back here I'd probably would be dead too." Scott explained.
"Scotty I'm so sorry, your brother was a great guy, I'm really going to miss him." Dana told Scott taking his hand. They had sat down and now both were lost in their own thoughts. Scott had come to terms with his brother's death, sure it hurt every time he thought about but he knew that for Dana it was fresh, and hearing it for the first time must have been hard. He had always wondered why his brother and she had never worked out, and had always meant to ask his brother but had never had the chance; now it was too late.
"Scotty, Marc would have been really proud of you and the work that you're doing with the rangers." Dana told him with a small smile.
"Thank Dana." Scott said returning the gesture. "Do you think he'd be angry at me for working with the woman responsible for all this?"
Dana thought about it for a moment before answering.
"No. No Scotty I don't think he would be mad. Marc always was able to see thing is a different way, one of the reasons we fought so much." Dana smile thinking back and then continued. "I blew up when I found out who she was, Marc would have listened and then would have found some redeemable quality in her and worked very hard to make sure that everyone saw it too."
"You're really angry at her aren't you?" Scott asked.
"It's complicated Scott." Dana answered.
"She's not as horrible as she seems, she's just a bit rough around the edges." Scott said with a smile.
"You are more like your father than Marc ever was." Dana said smiling back at him. Dana's words surprised him. He had never thought that he was anything like his father, but leave to Dana to shed some light on something he thought he knew so well.
"We should probably get back you must be busy." Dana said.
"Is it true are there really other rangers." Scott asked before getting up. He had found it hard to believe there were other rangers even after he had seen Ryan and Joel morphed.
"Yes, there are many of us." Dana said simply.
"How come no one ever knew about them?" Scott asked confused.
"Because all of the ranger teams before mine and some after kept their identities a secret. If you ever tried looking for us online, well before all this happened, and you would never have found us; we made sure of that. Only the people who were around us knew anything that about us. The rangers were created to fight against anything that posed a threat to innocent people." Dana explained.
"Then where are they know, I'd say that they're pretty needed right now." Scott said a little annoyed.
"Gone. When there leaders and mentors saw that things were getting bad here they took them back to headquarters." Dana told him.
"What? Why? Why would they leave, why not stay and fight." Scott asked a little unnerved.
"Think about it Scott, if every ranger had stayed and fight and then come here to the dome. Then every ranger that has ever been would be here under one dome. We'd be an easy target, besides the rangers are our only hope of survival if Venjix manages to take this dome down. Believe me Scott the rangers that are having to sit this one out are not happy about it, but we have rules and orders that must be followed." Dana explained patiently.
"It makes no senses if they had all fought then we wouldn't be at war." Scott said thinking hard.
"I don't think so Scott, the attack was too soon, too fast, and we were completely unprepared. If they had stayed there were would be a lot more rangers dead and missing." Dana told him. Scott said nothing more simply thinking about what he had said. Dana got up taking Scott out of his thoughts. "We should get back it's getting late and you need to rest." Scott simply nodded and got up and followed her.
When they got back they found only Dillon working on his car.
"Bye Scotty I'll see you soon." Dana said and hugged her friend. "Dillon" she said with a smile and left.
"See ya." Dillon said as he saw her leave.
"Sorry I took so long Corporal." Dana said as she got in the car.
"Don't worry about it." He told her with a smile.
"My name is Andrew, if that's ok with you." He added, unsure if he was overstepping his boundaries with the blonde.
"Andrew I like it." She said with a smile, and with that the two headed back to headquarters.
"Thanks Andrew I'll see you around." Dana said when they got off.
"My pleasure Dana." He said as Dana left. She found her brother and gave him a hug.
"Hey." She said with a sigh.
"You ok?" He asked seeing her expression, she simply shrugged.
"C'mon let's go home, Joel's getting the car." Ryan said putting his arm around her shoulder. The three drove home and then headed up to the tenth floor.
"Home sweet home." Joel said unlocking the door and going inside. Dana could tell that Angela had decorated the place, it was nice and orderly.
"It's a good thing she got a three bedroom." Joel said throwing the keys on the table and taking off his jacket.
"I can't believe you guys are really here." Dana said with a smile as she saw the normalcy that Ryan and Joel had in this cozy apartment.
"Here." Joel said giving her a bottle of water.
"Thanks." Dana said and followed the two to the living room. "So are you two going to answer my question?"
"What question?" Ryan asked innocently.
"You know exactly what question." Dana said very seriously changing the mood in the room instantly.
"Dana…" Joel began trying to dissuade her.
"No. Where is our team?" She asked once more.
E/N: Any ideas as to where the rest of the team is? Let me know what you think. Thanks for reading. :)
