A Sirens Call {A Tommy Oliver/Power Rangers FanFic}

Chapter 20 - The End

"The one known as Rita Repulsa is taking over Angel Grove, along with a woman who is now calling herself, Total Destroyer."

My eyes widened in utter horror from the mere sound of the broadcast at the juice bar while Tommy and I were sparring. We immediately stopped, noting Kim, Zach, Trini, Billy, and Jason were all looking to us in panic. We knew what this meant. This was the final showdown. This was...... the end. One way or another, this what we had been training for.

"It'll be okay Ari. I promise you it will be." Tommy suddenly hugged me to him, before placing the most gentlest of kisses upon my lips, easing me back down the earth for the first time since I heard those words leave the tv from a very panicked reporter. We immediately sprang into action, running to a secluded area where we knew we could morph.

"It's Morphin Time!!" We all yelled together, changing into our respective color of Ranger. Astral hummed from the mere sensation of it, taking over the suit fully to help me out. I couldn't wait any longer. Running and running until I couldn't anymore, seeing her in the middle of the horror she was causing. My mother. But not just her. She had...... Aunt Aurora?!

"LET HER GO!!!" She cackled like the which she is, having my friends distracted with Rita and her usual monsters while I dealt with her alone.

"Gladly." She practically beamed in joy, before striking Aurora with a weapon full of the other half of Astral's power, going directly through her side. I screamed in absolute pain from watching the scene unfold, running to her aid to catch her before she slumped to the ground. I drug her away from the scene, hiding her in an alley way to protect her from anymore harm.

"I'm okay honey..... I'm...... okay." She could barley say through the pain. I was..... furious. My suit started to glow a bright purple, feeling the shift in energy from Astral as well. My eyes started to glow for the first time in a while, Astral completely taking me over. I was on the warpath. And I wouldn't stop until she was gone.

"YOU ARE DONE MOTHER!!" I flung my helmet off in complete rage, running at her with fuming anger fueling my actions as we slung our weapons at one another, her menacing laughter filling my ears.

"Watch as your friends die! Watch, as your whole world crumbles....." Angel Grove was being destroyed, my friends were being flung here there and everywhere. Tommy..... Tommy was struggling. But with our connection, I could help him. My friends.

"That won't HAPPEN!!" Something shifted in me. Something I'd held back for so long. I simply exploded, sending her flying across the street and into a building, glass shattering amongst her as she fell flat on her armored back.

"You will NEVER, reign. You will NEVER, win. You're done!" I yanked the necklace from around her neck, finally able to fuse the other half of Astral's power with the rest around my neck, the back of it fitting perfectly into the necklace that carried her. Astral glowed once more with her newly found surge of energy. And along with it, I took the remaining power my mother once held, rendering her defenseless. Draining her.

"No...... no!!" Was all she could muster, noting she was slowly slipping away.

"You.... You truly are my daughter." Was the last words she would speak to me. I may be by blood. But in my mind, I never would be her daughter.

"Tommy!" I yelled for him through the ruble, noting they had defeated Rita and her monsters with the help of the Megazord. He wasn't tainted like they had tried to do. The entire battle, they had tried to taint him once more. But since we're connected, I was able to extend my power to him to protect him from them.

"Ari! Oh my gosh you're okay!" He kissed me, with every fiber of his being once we had found each other, his arms wrapping firmly around my waist. Astral was content. Fully content. I was..... actually okay. I felt..... different.
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(One Year Later)
"Have a good day sweetie!" I kissed Aunt Aurora's cheek with a smile before being greeting by Tommy outside my house, leaning up to kiss him with my smile never wavering. Angel Grove had finally recovered after what happened with Rita and my mother. Aunt Aurora healed rather quickly, and my friends and I had continued our ranger duties.

"So I see the newly found White Ranger is happy today!" I said to Tommy with a grin. I was so proud of him. He had truly come into being a Ranger. He was the best one I knew. And he was now the white ranger after going through so much to get there.

"How could I not be? My girlfriend is safe. Our friends are safe. Angel Grove is back to normal. And we have the whole summer to enjoy ourselves!" I stopped him before we reached the lake we would be spending the day at on our weekly date, just staring up at him with tears breaking through the surface. I love Tommy. With every fiber of my being, I love him. He is my entire world. Without him, he would never have gotten through any of what we have.

"Tommy? I hope you know how much you mean to me. I love you." He softly placed our picnic basket down near the water once we did start walking again, his arms coming to rest around my waist as mine looped around his neck.

"I love you too Ari. I always will." Just looking at him reminded me of the dream I had last night. We were married, with a son and daughter, living the most amazing life together. We had it all. We had each other. And that's all I could ever ask for.
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