Hi everyone! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

Here we are with a new chapter and we're back to Kyle and Autumn.

There's no real warnings for this chapter, so read on!

The Trailer

Kyle opened his eyes and attempted to stretch. A second later, he remembered that he was currently pinned down by his mate; the thought of it made him smile. She is mine- wholly and completely mine.

"You do know that goes both ways?" Autumn murmured softly as she opened her pretty eyes. She'd been awake for a few minutes, basking in the new feelings that came from finally completing their bond. "You belong to me now too."

Kyle smiled as she carefully sat up pulling the sheet with her and looked around their room. It was a huge mess. Their sheets were twisted and filthy and the plastic trash can by their bed was full of foil packets and used condoms.

That thought made him pause and he looked down at her as if making sure she was okay. They'd been completely lost…the contents of the trash can were a testament to that. He lifted up his head and saw his mate, without a stitch of clothing on examining herself in the full-length mirror of their small closet.

Damn, she was beautiful.

"Better keep those thoughts clean, Mi Amore." Autumn murmured as she turned back to him. "I love you, but I'd like to get some real food and if you keep going down that path, we'll end up going another round…I'm not ready to do that right now."

Kyle frowned and searched their link.

Autumn smiled and sat down on the edge. "I'm as happy as you are right now, but to be honest, we both smell like sex and so does this room…and I'm starving. I promise that this won't be the last time we make love, but I'd like to have a day to hang out with our friends and eat real food and definitely shower."

Kyle smiled at her and she caught his naughty thoughts.

"No, Kyle DeSantos." She said a little more firmly. "I'm going to shower alone and if I were you, I'd open some windows and start airing out this trailer."

Kyle grinned at her. "Yeah, you're probably right. Go ahead and have some lady time in the shower…if you need me to."

Autumn burst out laughing and threw one of the pillows that had fallen on the floor at him. "Yeah, it looks like you need some guy time too." She leaned down and kissed his lips. This time Kyle didn't try anything, though he did watch her walk into the small bathroom and lock the door.

After he'd settled himself down, he did as she asked. Pulling on his sleep pants and a tank top, he began opening all the windows of the trailer. Once that was done, he stripped the bed of the dirty sheets and threw them on the floor. Those were going straight to the laundry room. Next, he got a trash bag and began the daunting task of picking up all the discarded foil packets and the food wrappers.

He hadn't realized till now how much they'd destroyed their room.

"It was worth it." He said to himself. And then he finished the task and took the garbage out to the dumpster.

By the time Autumn emerged from the shower in her underclothes, the bed had been stripped down and the room was clear of garbage. She smiled and began to get dressed in some basic clothing. When Kyle got back, she was just throwing her hair up in a messy ponytail.

She wrinkled her nose at how stinky he was. Kyle snorted and kissed her cheek. "Give me a few minutes and we'll go to the house together. It won't take me nearly as long to get clean."

She immediately felt his amusement and let the teasing comment go. While he showered, she put new sheets on the bed and did the first domesticated thing ever. She laid out a set of his clothes including some very masculine boxer briefs. A year before she'd blushed at the thought of Kyle in his underwear…now it felt like such a normal thing to do.

Then she went to the kitchen and let hm dress in peace. As she opened the door, she felt his arms wrap around her as he pressed a kiss to the small bite on her shoulder. "You want to cover this up?" He half whispered to her.

She shook her head. "Why hide it? It's not like we're sneaking around. They knew what was going to happen."

He kissed the spot again. "Well then, I've got the mesh bag with our sheets, we might as well face the music."

Autumn turned and kissed him. "Yep, we may as well."

Together, hand in hand they walked towards the manor, as they did, all the dogs came up to them to greet them with wagging tails and happy barks. Even Tank, the refugee walked along with them.

When they walked in Autumn stopped short seeing that her mother was pretty preoccupied.

She had a strange infant in her arms…

"Mom? What's going on?"

Tanya turned slowly with the strange baby in her arms. "Hey sweetie, good morning!"

A moment later, her dad walked in the room. He gave her a slow look over and then switched his attention to the baby. Wordlessly, Tanya handed her husband the child and he took the baby in his strong arms and walked over to Autumn.

"This is Nova, he's your baby brother now."

Autumn looked closely at the baby, he looked just like any other newborn with soft brown fuzz on his head and pretty brown eyes. "Where'd he come from? Why didn't you let me know ahead of time?"

"Because this was a delicate operation." Andros said as he walked into the room with Ashley by his side. I can't give you many details but long story short, this baby is a refugee from my home planet. His mother was a little promiscuous and got pregnant without being married. I know on this planet, there are plenty of mothers like her, but on KO-35 we have a couple very conservative traditions. My ally in the senate is her father and for anyone to find out she committed such a faux pas, would have seriously impeded what we are trying to accomplish, so we had to get this baby off the planet."

"I know it sounds cold for me to speak of Nova like that, but that's the brutal truth." Andros finished with a sad look.

"Autumn, your dad and I have wanted a second baby, but we couldn't risk another pregnancy." Tanya said softly. "We did discuss adoption, but we were worried about the agency finding out what we do for our side jobs. Baby, this is the answer we were looking for."

Autumn nodded and then looked up at Andros. "So, this is all about politics?"

Andros grimaced. "It doesn't matter what planet you're from, political games are nasty and even more treacherous than being a ranger. I've seen it here on Earth and it's about the same on any other planet. I'm just an ambassador and even I have to keep my reputation as spotless as I can and that goes for my own family too."

"Coming back to Earth is a relief for all of us; for my kids, this is the first time in their lives that they aren't under scrutiny." Ashly added softly.

Autumn nodded and then smiled at her father. "So, do I get to hold my baby brother yet?"

Adam grinned at her and handed the little bundle over. "You're the best daughter ever."

Noon

"So, what are these?" Kyle asked as he opened the last two boxes.

"It's your tokens." Andros answered as he ate his sandwich. Each of you have one, but you were both occupied yesterday.

Kyle nodded and pulled one out; on the back in a decorative script was Autumn's name.

"My Lady Wyvern, This is yours." He said as he handed it over to his girlfriend.

"Wyvern." Andros confirmed.

"Yeah," Autumn nodded. "That's the name I chose for myself. It's a type of dragon."

Andros nodded and then looked at Kyle. "That just leaves you."

The teenager nodded. "Yeah." He turned his own pendant over and read it. "My name is Pyre. It's pretty much a burning heap. In a warrior's funeral, that's what the bodies burn upon."

"Very powerful names." Andros commented. "I wouldn't expect anything less from you guys."

"You don't go through the fire without something else coming out." Kyle said as he put his tag on.

"So, what's next for you guys?"

Kyle shrugged. "We go to school, like all the other teens out there, deal with the usual bullies, make good grades and he paused and smiled at Autumn, "learn to drive so I can take my lady on dates."

"Or I could drive us. Dad already got me a car."

Kyle looked up at her, ready to argue the point, wanting to be chivalrous. But felt the gentle challenge through the bond and decided now was not the time for a playful argument. Not with Andros in the room. He smiled at her. "Of course, my Lady Dragon. Whatever you say."

Andros chuckled and took a sip from his glass. The teen was learning fast.

Late Afternoon

They were once again sitting under the awning outside the trailer. By the time the rest of the Miscreants made it back to the Manor, Kyle and Autumn had put their home to rights and lit a few candles so that no one could tell what they'd been up to.

"So, any updates?" Kyle asked. "Anything exciting happen at school?"

"Well, Mr. Hatche is gone, he's got a restraining order against him and so does my old probation officer." Katsume said with a brief hint of a smile. "They won't be able to come near me without getting arrested."

"You know it's probably going to happen." Kyle said after a moment. "That asshole has such an ego that he'll see it as an invitation just to prove how powerful he is."

Leif nodded. "That's why I went before my queen today. Every goth from the coven has his picture on their phone. That's at least 20 extra eyes watching out for that bastard."

"Well, at least we have that." Kyle said simply as he took a sip from his cup. After a moment he looked at his friends and asked. "So, do we have any Miscreant business to discuss?"

They all gave him amused looks.

"What?" He defended. "We are an official crew now with dog tags and code names. May as well have fun with this."

Sapphire grinned at him. "Well then, Pyre. There is something that came up while you and your mate were…occupied."

"Go on." He prompted.

"Every year, Paws and Claws Rescue Center has a tent set up for their adoption event. This year, Bonnie wants to try something different in order to give the dogs and cats more attention."

Autumn nodded encouragingly. "And?"

"Well, she wants to try holding a fashion show: Halloween edition at the Fall fest and she's looking for volunteers. Leif and I have already decided to be a part of it, and we were wondering if you were willing to go along with us. We already put it to a vote, but we wanted to wait for you two before we make it unanimous."

"You said Halloween edition…are you talking about us dressing up in costumes that match the animals?" Kyle asked as he put his soda bottle on the table.

Leif nodded. "Yep. You don't have to have any special skill, since it's really about getting the animals forever homes. We're more like the handlers."

Kyle nodded and looked at them again. "So, how did you vote already?"

"All of us are up for it, but like you said, this is a crew now and everyone gets a vote." Rook answered.

Kyle looked at Wyvern. "And you, Corazon?"

"That sounds like a lot of fun. Why not? I vote yes."

Kyle shook his head with a wry smile. "Okay then. I vote yes too. We're in." He paused and then looked at his crew. "So, what's the first step?"

Later that night

Trent was in pretty good spirits as he approached the house. After taking off his shoes, he opened the door and immediately he could smell taco meat and guacamole coming from the kitchen and he smiled.

Walking into the kitchen, he smiled at the sight of the teens buzzing around the kitchen while the parents sat at the table relaxing. He stopped short as he saw Tanya holding a small bundle; when did she have a baby?

"Welcome back, Trent." Tommy said as he walked into the room with a giggling Kayla on his back. He gave his protégé a long look. "You look pretty happy. I'm guessing the meeting with your dad went well?"

At hearing that, Katsume looked up for the first time. He'd been the one making the guacamole. "You went to see your dad?"

Trent nodded. "Yep, and everything went great. There's something I want to talk to you about, but it can wait till after dinner."

"That sounds ominous." Katsume trailed off.

"It's not, I can promise you." Trent assured him. "We have time."

Katsume gave him a long look but then went back to his task.

Trent sat down at the table and exhaled softly. He accepted the soda that Tommy offered him and sat quietly for a few minutes. Then he looked at his Mentor. So, when did you all decide to take a family trip down here?"

"We're moving here!" Kayla chirped from her spot on her dad's lap.

Trent glanced at her in confusion and then looked up at Tommy for confirmation.

He smiled. "Now that is a long story, but yes, we are. Kim and I had only planned to stay in Reef Side long enough to finish my internship with your father. We stayed when we found out that my long lost nephews were living there and in trouble after their parents died. Mentoring you guys was another reason, but now, with all of you settled here in town, we had no reason to stay."

"Your father bought the dino cave from me and it'll be used in case of emergency. So these last couple of weeks, Jason, Trini and Kim have been working on closing up the house and bringing all the essentials here. After our mission, I went back to bring Kayla here, so she can be registered for school. She starts back next week, tomorrow, we do her back to school shopping.

"But Dad, you said that I could go back to school shopping with the girls."

Tommy gave her a look. "I said I would ask them, but nice try."

She immediately gave him puppy dog eyes and gave him a big smile. Instantly, Tommy sighed as his resolved crumbled. "You are so much like your mother."

"And that's a bad thing, Handsome?" Kim asked as she walked in.

Tommy smiled up at her. "Not at all, Beautiful. But our little Ninja inherited your ability to get her way. I guess we're going to let her go shopping with the girls."

Kimberly gave her daughter a look. "Kayla, what did I tell you about using your powers for personal gain?"

Kayla tried giving her the same look, but Kim was immune. "Don't even try, Miss Thing."

"Please Mommy? I'm gonna be in firs grade. Please?"

Katsume watched in amusement as Kayla negotiated with her mom. He'd met her before, but this was the first time seeing her work her parents over.

"Yeah, you gotta watch out for the little ninja." Kyle said in amusement. "Her powers are legendary. Also, keep your cell phone close to you. She likes to 'borrow them' without asking."

Katsume could only laugh as Kim rolled her eyes. "Duly noted."

In the end, Kayla got her way, and Autumn and Sapphire agreed to take her shopping.

It was yet another victory for The Little Ninja.

Later that evening

It was just Trent and Katsume, once again in the garden.

"You want to adopt me? Like to be your son?" The teenager said in shock. "For real?"

Trent nodded. "I know it's out of left field, but it feels right. That's the reason why I left for Reefside, to get my father's blessing. You don't have to say yes, but hear me out before you shoot me down."

Katsume nodded, feeling overwhelmed.

"The main reason for this, is for protection. It's no secret that I'm loaded, you know that. But Dad is a well known millionaire and with his name, he has influence. If you agree to this, we can change your name for real and complete the change you wanted to make at the bonfire. You'll also get a set of grandparents you've never had before. They'd like to meet you eventually, when things die down. We've also employed my dad's lawyer and she's a viper, the moment that idiot violates that restraining order, we're taking him to court and taking him for everything he has."

Katsume took a deep cleansing breath. "This is more than I thought would happen. After I got arrested, I figured that I was screwed for life. No person in their right mind would want to adopt someone with a record."

"I don't exactly have a clean record myself."

Katsume nodded still unsure of himself. "Are you sure you want me? With my violent past?"

Trent nodded. "Yeah, I read the file that your caseworker gave me. I'm aware of that fight you had and that's why I asked for a second opinion and asked Ms Viper to take a look at it; and she believes that it might have been a serious miscarriage of justice. If you wanted to, we could reopen the case and even get your record expunged."

They sat quietly for a few minutes. Each one thinking deeply.

"I never thought this would happen for me."

Trent nodded, "Good things do happen to people."

Katsume thought about it a moment more. "Ok, I accept. But do I have to call you Dad?"

Trent smiled, but shook his head. "Nah, you can just call me Trent."

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Next chapter, the action picks up again with a rescue and a race with the cops!

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