Working for the Dino Bite Cafe meant it was easy to organize impromptu welcome home parties. It also meant that once the party was over and the cafe needed to be cleaned up, that someone was him.

Jeremy couldn't blame Tyler and James for going home without cleaning. They had plenty to catch up on. Chase was gone because Kendall had called him down for an errand, and he and Koda later left with a Dino Charger in their hand. They were driving out to Panorama City on Ranger duty; which was a little more important than a clean cafe.

That left Jeremy, Riley, Ivan and Prince Phillip to clean up the mess, which wouldn't have been too bad, except it seemed Ranger parties were especially messy.

"We're going to be here all night, aren't we?" the prince grumbled and picked up a dirty napkin with the tip of his finger and thumb. "Are you sure there isn't a maid or something we can hire to do this work?"

"Sorry, your highness," Riley shook his head. "It turns out, we're the hired help."

"I find this cleaning kind of relaxes me," Ivan stated, earning a few questionable looks from his friends. "What? I find it fascinating explore how the other classes lived."

"You've been exploring it for about a year now," Riley chuckled. "It doesn't get old?"

"Perhaps at times," Ivan agreed. Moments later, the Rangers could hear a pounding at the front doors of the museums. With a heavy sigh, Jeremy volunteered to answer it, thinking it was only some misguided museum guests hoping to be let in after hours. However, as he approached the front of the museum, he had to double take. Standing on the other side of the door was his wife and daughter.

His first instinct, after not seeing them for a few months, was to take them into his arms and never let go. Before he reached the door though, it crossed his mind that this could be a trap. He decided it was worth the risk, and raced to the doors to open it.

"Daddy!" Anna shouted and jumped into his arms. She wrapped her arms and legs around him tight and squeezed like she never wanted to let him go. Jeremy put one arm around her, kissed the side of her head and wrapped the other arm around Tracey.

"What are you...? How did you...? You're kidding me right now."

"It's no joke," Tracey smiled and kissed her husband. "Anna and I missed you so much, we just... we had to make the trip down."

"I'm glad you did," Jeremy said, "But it's still dangerous and..."

"We don't care," Tracey shook her head and looked to Anna, who was beaming from ear to ear. She knew she had made the right call. She just hoped it wouldn't be a Catch 22. "We weren't happy being so far away from you."

"It was scary," Anna admitted. Jeremy looked to his daughter and gave a little nod.

"I know. But you were so brave, sweetie."

"I missed you, daddy."

"I missed you too," Jeremy kissed her cheek and took Tracey's hand, leading her into the cafe, "Tracey, Anna, you remember Riley and Ivan."

"It's a pleasure," Ivan said with a smile.

"And this is Prince Phillip," Jeremy pointed to the graphite Ranger and almost instantly felt his daughter's breath in his ear.

"Is he a real Prince?"

"As real as they get," Jeremy nodded. Prince Phillip made his way over and greeted Tracey with a shake of the hand. Then he offered his hand to Anna, who shied away, hiding her face in her father's shoulder, peeking one eye out just to look. Jeremy held his daughter close as he chuckled, "Sorry. She's really into princesses so this is a bit of a dream come true for her."

"Understandable," Phillip smiled and leaned in a little closer to Anna, "You know, since you're a huge fan, I think maybe one day I can arrange for you to tour my family's castle."

"A real castle?" Anna asked.

"As real as they get," Phillip nodded. "Of course, a Zandarian castle is much smaller than the ones in your fantasy books. I do admit that. However, it is still a spectacular sight. And I am positive I can arrange for you to leave with your own crown.

"Really?" Anna's eyes widened, as did Tracey and Jeremy's. They both looked to the prince in disbelief. He smiled.

"We have plenty of replicas at the palace," he nodded. "They're worth no more than your... I believe you call them baseball caps?"

"So where is everyone else?" Tracey asked and looked around. She knew there were more Rangers than those who were in the cafe. In fact, her husband was the tenth, which meant they were about six short. Last she heard, all of the Rangers were still alive, but it had been a long day of packing, getting to the airport, flying down to Amber Beach and finally getting to the museum. Anything could have happened. Her stomach lurched just thinking about it.

"Chase and Koda are on an errand," Jeremy explained. "Tyler and his father went home for the night and Kendall and Shelby are downstairs."

"Can we go see them?" Anna asked and started to squirm in her father's arms. He set her down and took her hand while she pulled him towards the kitchen. Jeremy looked to the other three Rangers apologetically.

"You don't mind finishing up, do you?" his tone made it sound like a question, but the way he simply walked off left the prince, Ivan and Riley with no choice but to be okay with being left with Jeremy's share as well.

-Dino-Charge-

"Verdict?" Shelby asked, watching as the scanner reported that the life signs from Archanon and Singe were non-existent, proving their death at the hands of Sledge. Snide seemed to scrape by and given he seemed to be leaving the battlefield with Sledge and his army, Shelby could only assume and alliance had been formed. "Is this good or bad?" she looked to Kendall, who shrugged her shoulders.

"Archanon was a mystery," Kendall stated. "At the very least, with Sledge in control now, we know better what to expect from him. And this battle proves the one in possession of the dark energem isn't invincible."

"So we're happy with how it turned out?" Shelby asked. Kendall shook her head.

"Sledge has also proven he can survive being abandoned on an isolated planet and come back strong enough to destroy Archanon with the power of the dark energem," Kendall said. "That doesn't exactly slide things into our favour."

"Aunt Kendall!"

"It's Ms..." Kendall started, but paused when she realized no one, ever, called her Aunt Kendall. To her employees, she was Ms. Morgan. To her family, she was Kendall. The only person who would even want to call her Aunt Kendall would be her nieces or nephews, but as far as she was concerned, Anna was out of State.

At least, Kendall believed that until a small body rammed into her from behind and wrapped its two little arms around her. Kendall turned around and looked down, seeing Anna was holding her tight. She put her hand on Anna's head, then looked up to see Jeremy and Tracey walking into the lab.

"What is this?" she asked.

"Your niece," Jeremy teased his sister. "She's the same kind of human as Cammy."

"I know she's my niece," Kendall said. "I meant... what are they doing here?"

"Nice to see you too, Kendall," Tracey chuckled and hugged her sister in-law, while at the same time noticing the cast on Kendall's arm. "Is this from Heckyl?"

"It's almost healed," Kendall assured her. "You decided to visit?"

"I've decided to stay."

"Stay?" Kendall said and turned to Jeremy, wanting to see the look on his face. He had sent Tracey and Anna away for their protection. She doubted he would be thrilled to see they went against his wishes.

"Tracey..." he sighed and Kendall couldn't hear the rest of their argument because Anna had taken her hand and pulled her over to the center console.

"What's all this?" she asked. "Did you make this? It's so cool looking!"

"I did," Kendall answered as she glanced to Jeremy and Tracey. She saw their conversation was starting to get a little heated. Jeremy didn't seem happy at all to hear that Tracey had brought his daughter into a city that was under attack. Knowing Anna wouldn't like to see her parents fighting, Kendall had to keep her busy. She started to explain how the console worked, since Anna had already shown some interest in it, but when she was met with a blank stare from her niece and Shelby, she knew she needed to do something else.

Only she wasn't good with kids. Cammy was the exception, and she wasn't here to be a buffer. Even worse, she barely knew her niece. She didn't know what would keep the eight year old's attention long enough for her parents to sort out their disagreement. So she went to her default – the only thing that worked for her during Fossil Fun Day when a kid was hurt or angry. She hoped it would work on Anna now too.

"Ice-cream?" she suggested. Anna's eyes lit up and she nodded her head.

"Yeah!" she took her aunt by the hand and dragged her all the way upstairs. Shelby followed. She too had noticed that Tracey and Jeremy were in the middle of a conversation and didn't want to be left alone with them.