Disclaimer: I do not own the songs Mexico (Mrs. MacIntire) or King of Oblivion. That would be Seven Nations. Still don't own Power Rangers.
After several weeks, Dr. Lang clears Mia to go home. She leaves the inpatient rehab able to bathe, get dressed, use the toilet, and maneuver her chair in an ideal setting. However, Mia does not have an ideal setting at home back in Angel Grove. Because of this, Ji offered to allow Mia to stay in the Shiba house at least until her and her family can make her home more accessible or until she can find a place of her own that works. On her way home, Mia gazes out the window at the people passing by. Unable to sit in silence, Terry puts on some acoustics and holds her hand. Mia can't help but smile at his gesture, but suddenly, her smile fades.
"Terry, how am I going to get around the Shiba house? They have stairs everywhere!" she exclaims.
"Mia, it's a one floor building," he nonchalantly replies.
"Yeah, but they have two steps separating this room from that! To get to the dojo from the living room, you go down two steps. To get to the living room from the training yard, you go up two steps. It basically compensates for the lack of doors!" she explains.
"I'm sure you'll be fine," he says. She nervously fiddles with the new wheelchair gloves. They feel bulky and weird on her hands and are a constant reminder of her situation. As they drive along, Terry starts singing along with an upbeat tune playing on radio. "Where are you going Mrs. MacIntire? Where are you going on this fine day? Where are you going Mrs. MacIntire, and are you coming back again this way?"
Mia laughs, "Hey, isn't that Sammy's mom's name?"
"Yup!" he chirps, "It's a long, long road to the banks of la la la, and somthin' somthin' he needs to annunciate!" She rolls her eyes at her brother's joke. He sees this and asks, "What? You should hear their other song, "King of Oblivion"! I think I can make out two words the entire song! The rest of it sounds like, I hermaritztichiler, I herm atories to the pie!"
"Prove it!" Mia jokes. With that Terry pulls out a CD and plays it. Once it starts Mia's eyes get wide at a familiar sound. "Wait," she exclaims, "Is that bagpipes?" When her brother nods yes she mumbles, "You are so weird!" They spend the rest of the car ride mimicking what they think that the lead singer is saying. All of Mia's fears seem to creep away as they goof around, only to return when they roll into the driveway. Out the window she sees several of the rangers training. Her stomach turns and she looks over at her little brother. She pleads, "I don't think I can…"
"Don't even try, Mia," Terry interrupts. With that he puts the car in park and hops out. He unloads the chair, and helps his sister down into it. She sits there for a moment, hands hovering over the wheels, trying to decide what to do. Terry sees this and reaches into the back seat of the car and pulls out Mia's bear and places it on her lap. "There, Pinkey will help you through this," he smiles. She looks up at him and places her hands down onto the wheels and pushes. She wheels herself around the car, but before she can get much farther two arms wrap themselves around her, clamping her to the chair. She looks up to find a certain blonde girl grinning down at her.
"Hi, Em!" Mia says. Emily walks around to the front of the chair and kneels down.
"I'm so glad you're home!" she exclaims, holding Mia's hands in hers.
Mia agrees, "Me too!" By now all of the other rangers noticed the arrival and rush over to greet her. Despite their attempts to bend down or kneel, Mia can't help but feel small.
"Hey, Mia," Jayden says, "we have a little surprise for you." They lead her to the house, where Mia sees a small ramp wide enough for her chair on the steps. Seeing her smile, and sigh of relief, he continues, "We figured it would be best to make this place a little more accessible."
"Thank you," she says.
Mike chimes in, "Yeah, and after all of that work, I'm starved! So, Antonio, what's for dinner?"
"Amigo, we finished this yesterday, and we just had lunch!" Antonio laughs.
Ji walks out of the house and says, "Let's give Mia a little time to relax, then I figured we could go out for pizza. If I were stuck in the hospital for that long, I wouldn't want to stay inside for much time." He looks over at the blue ranger, who cringed at the very mention of pizza, and adds, "Kevin, we will walk there. Don't worry about your diet."
"Uh, Ji?" Mike asks, "How are you planning to have Mia walk there?"
Ji sighs, "You know what I mean!" They all laugh and head inside.
Terry walks up behind Mia and whispers into her ear, "I told you you'd be fine." She rolls her eyes and with Pinkey in tow, confidently follows her friends into the house.
A/N: I hope you liked it! As I said before, the songs are called Mexico and King of Oblivion. They are sung by my favorite band, Seven Nations. Yes, I like bagpipes. I actually know the lead singer, Kirk. I'll see you next time! Please review!