It had been a few weeks since the vampire incident. Raven was basically living with Bulk and Skull. Piper was staying in Jack's room, as his roommate moved. They had grown close, with Jack liking Piper. Piper was starting to like Jack as well, but until Lucifer was defeated, she feared being too attached to someone. Elle and Aiden still had their own rooms but spent much of their time together.
Surprisingly, they all got decent grades the past semester, and new classes had begun. Piper enrolled in school and started as a psychology major, which gave her the chance to have her own room. She got one, but still stayed with Jack many nights.
One day, they were in all in classes, minus Bulk who was safe at work, when an alert popped up. Something was attacking campus. Buildings all went into lock down, but the rangers managed to slip out.
They found him, Lucifer, 10 foot tall, three giant heads, bracing to attack the students at the fountain. There was a fountain in the middle of campus where many students spent their time studying and hanging out.
"I know we've seen him before, but I don't remember him being this big!" Aiden yelled as they ran up to the scene. The other students had run off to safety, so the group all morphed together, prepared to take him down.
"You're a disappointment Piper, fighting with these rangers. You were so much better than them," Lucifer tried to get Piper back on his side.
"I'll never fight for you, Lucifer. I've come to terms with what happened, and I've realized what I need to do. I need to take evil like you out of this world," she screamed, prepping for attack.
The group attacked, one by one, all getting knocked back down.
Raven hit the ground hard, closing her eyes in pain. Suddenly she saw a figure, 'Tommy?' she thought.
"Use the other button now, on your rings. Save the world," he told her.
She opened her eyes and came back to the fight.
"Use the other button on the rings!" She yelled to the team. They all fell back and pressed the buttons at once. A shield appeared at the front of their uniforms, along with wings from the back. Their sabers warped and became sleeker, making them lighter to hold. Raven felt another weapon appear on her side. She pulled it out, revealing a green dagger with a dragon symbol on it. 'Use it well,' she heard Tommy speak in her mind. It was his original ranger weapon, the dragon dagger.
They continued to fight, knocking him down more and more. Finally, he collapsed on the ground.
"I would say that we shouldn't kill you, we'd be sinking to your level. But I can't risk you coming back," Piper told the three headed beast.
"Let's do it together," Raven came up to her. Piper nodded in response.
Raven took the dragon dagger, and Piper took her saber and they dealt the finishing strike, making Lucifer's energy break up, disappearing into thin air.
The group looked around, smiling in their helmets.
"We did it!" Aiden laughed.
"Trashed the fountain though," Elle noticed the mess around them.
"A trashed area is worth it compared to us being under evils control forever," Jack responded, taking his helmet off.
Raven wondered about her seeing Tommy. Was that real? Was it a vision?
"Hey Piper?" She pulled her to the side, "did you give me a vision?"
"No, I didn't do anything like that; I was too focused on Lucifer," she admitted, "Why?"
"It's nothing, just thought I saw something," she went on to check the rest of the group.
"Are you all ok?" She said tired.
They nodded.
"Let's get cleaned up," Skull invited them over to his house.
They walked; some limped, down to Bulk and Skulls house. Bulk had come home when he heard the news so he was home already.
"You guys look like you deserve a good meal," he said welcoming them in.
"We did it," Skull greeted Bulk looking tired.
After they got cleaned up and wounds bandaged, they all sat down around the table.
"Where do we go from here?" Piper asked the group.
Skull responded, "It's always hard to get back to life after being a ranger. We saved the world, we did so many things, but no one knows except us. Everyone handles things differently, but we try to get back to daily life. You could always be like me, and watch for trouble, jumping at the chance to help more people, or you could go on, finish school, and get an awesome dream job, like so many others have done. It's up to you, it's your future. We'll always be a team though, and can call on each other when needed."
"I'm going to try to find a real life, and hopefully get past everything that has happened," Piper declared.
"I'm going to keep at my math classes," Jack realized.
"I'm going to keep going to be a teacher," Elle mentioned.
"I'm sticking with her," Aiden laughed, hugging Elle.
"I think I'll keep doing classes too, but I will keep my eye open, in case anyone else needs the world saved," Raven smiled.
"I'm getting back to how life was before, though, I'll have a few more friends to keep me busy," Skull smiled.
"Who will I cook for now?" Bulk joked.
The group enjoyed their dinner, but the night came to a close.
Piper and Jack were dating by the end of the semester. They both stayed on campus for summer classes. Elle and Aiden went back home for the summer, and Raven, who didn't have summer classes, permanently moved into Bulk and Skulls. She fell right into their lives, joking around with Bulk, having fun with Skull. They had many of the same interests as well, which helped them connect even more.
"Are you going to finally ask her out?" Bulk asked his friend. Raven had taken over the guest room, but some nights she would still end up in his room from nightmares.
"I'm just nervous, ok?" Skull replied.
"So you can save the world, twice, might I add, but you can't ask a girl out?" Bulk quipped.
"I just want it to be right," Skull confessed.
It was the grand opening of the newly built fountain, "Come on," Skull lead Raven to the fountain.
After listening to the university president talk about how the rangers saved the day, and that the new fountain would be dedicated to them, the crowd started to disperse.
Skull and Raven stayed behind talking about all of the changes they made. The fountain used to be flat with the ground but now had a step up. People could still walk through it if they liked. Students really liked that on hot days.
When all of the people had gone, Skull stood up and stepped up on the edge of the fountain, which was dry.
"Raven, we've been through a lot the past year. Even when you were hurt, with your arm in pain, sleeping there on the bed, I thought you were beautiful," Skull started out wonderfully, "Raven, will you officially be my girlfriend?" He took a step back in his nervousness, and tripped right into the center of the fountain.
Raven laughed, thinking she wouldn't want him any other way, "Only if you don't drown in the fountain!" She laughed reaching to help him stand up.
He smiled, reached for her hand, and pulled her right in with him.
"I love you," he admitted, placing his lips on hers as the water fell around them.
"All I did was get attacked," she responded.
"You did so much more than that," he smiled.
"I love you too," Raven admitted smiling before she splashed water at him. 'This is going to be a fun relationship,' she thought to herself knowing he thought so too.