Dino Thunder: Abby Strikes Back

2.The Missing Ranger

"It's happened again, hasn't it?" Kelly asked, as she looked at the clock on the wall to see it was only 8:00AM. It wasn't early for her to be awake, God no, She had a shop to run and it was opening half an hour earlier today because of new stock were being delivered and she was training a new employee, since the destruction of Lothor, all her employees had practically quit on her because they has jobs to take care of. Abby still worked part time at the store but even she now was going to be busy...but then again, Abby wasn't even going to be in the city for much after today. When the young Snow Ninja didn't answer, Kelly looked up to see her sister closing the bathroom door, when it clicked the red head sighed, shook her head, and got to her feet. touching the door as she approached "This can't keeping happening Abs" she called trough the wood "You have to let go!"

There was silence from the other side but she knew that Abby was listening, she just refused to believe that it was easy to walk away from something that was causing her pain. Kelly wasn't saying that it was exactly an easy task, because it wasn't. But they had tasted pain...real pain before, so it wasn't like it was a strange to the two sisters. Abby should have been able to take it with a pinch of sugar and know that although the pain wouldn't truly go away...it would get easier with time.

"I know" came a muffled voice "but it still hurts!"

The door opened and a red eyed 19-year-old Abby Holloway appeared in the doorway, Kelly frowned sadly, opening her arms and pulling the teen into a hug "Its gonna be okay" she whispered, hugging her younger sister who enveloped herself into the hug and wrapped her arms up over her sister back and shoulders.

"How can it hurt so much?" Abby asked "When Takara was basically a stranger to me? She may have been my biological mother and she raised me for five years, but those five years I pushed out of my mind because they were too painful for me to remember. But now...I feel that losing her is the hardest thing in the world. Its like when Mom died...its like losing mom all over again, and..." she trailed "...I don't have the strength to leave her go."

Kelly frowned as she pulled back from the hug and looked into her sisters face, surprised to find tears rolling down her face "Hey" she murmured "You didn't leave mom go, you just understood that she was in a matter place, she will never really be gone. And the same goes for Takara..." she brushed away the tears "...those we love" she shook her head "never really truly leave us! They are with us, in here" she pointed to Abby's chest where her heart lay "and here" she pointed to her head "and in our dreams"

Abby smiled a sad, teary smile "Thanks Kel" she nodded

"Its okay" Kelly responded "I just hate seeing you so upset, yes, you have grown up and matured a lot in the past year, but im staring to miss the hyperactive whirlwind that tore through here searching for her class schedule on her first day of active duty at the Snow Academy"

Abby blushed bashfully "Yeah..." she nodded "Lets no go there!" and she turned, re-entered the bathroom to finish her morning routine. Her morning was pretty much booked solid, meet the new employee of the store, go riding with Buddy, then that afternoon she and Kelly were locking up earlier, gathering her bags and heading up to Reefside where they were meeting Leanne and Hunter: who were the welcoming committee for Abby when she moved into the Thunder Academy to finish her training. But amongst all this she was going to meet up with one Tommy Oliver to discuss training times for her classes with his three students. The Dino Rangers.

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"Just set it down..." Abby looked around, before pointing towards the front of the store beside the cash register "there!" she told the two men over her shoulder. They nodded and did as instructed looking thankful for putting down the second to last of the new stock "Thanks guy!" she smiled at them