The Garden of Vacant Dreams

The Unexpected Visitor

AN: Saban/Disney owns the characters you know. I own the ones you don't.

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR

I wish I had said more. More to the woman I loved, more to the friends that cared, and more to the young girl I became a father to. But at this moment all I could do was wish for this.

I kept my mind occupied with the thought of getting another moment with the man who has had my back for years. Greatest guy I have ever known. With everything that has happened in my life since becoming a Ranger, I owe Jason so much. He's my brother at heart and the person that, no matter what, has led me through it all. It's the reason I chose him to be Jamie's Godfather.

Jamie... There are so many things I could have told her. My mind drifted off to memories of when I had first brought her home. Her already having an interest in karate was a definite plus for me. Becoming a father I could say at this point surpassed becoming a Ranger. I loved that girl more than anything now.

But I soon became wrapped up in the thought of seeing her again. The woman that still had my heart to this day. It's a shame that I was so nervous about seeing her at the reunion, when all I want now is to be there with her. After all of these years, I still loved Kimberly Hart.

But everything had changed now. I felt the pain come and go, as I mentally battled what my body couldn't fight. I knew my eyes were open, but the blurriness was overpowering. I could barely hear as it sounded like I was underwater. As I moved my head slowly to get a better look at my right arm, I couldn't help but let out a small cry. I immediately looked away, realizing fully now that I had lost a good amount of blood. Unconsciousness was about to take me once again.

A rattling sound caught my attention as I looked over to my left. There was a fight going on but I was trying to make out the blurry figures. I don't even think my glasses would have been of any help to me at this point.

And then I saw him. I knew for a fact that was a red figure fighting out there. I was pretty sure he was yelling for me but I couldn't make out the words. I just silently hoped at this point that the red Ranger making his way over to me would hurry.

"Alright, you ugly Dino thing... Give me that key!" The red Space Ranger said to the last standing Tyranodrone. The ones before it had each disappeared in green smoke the moment they had been knocked out.

Andros was pleased he had made an easy transition back into Rangering. He fought the Tryanodrone knowing he wouldn't stop until that key was in his possession. He pulled out his Astro Blaster and fired at the Dino mutant's claw knocking the key onto the other side of the room. As the Tyranodrone looked to see where it had fallen Andros took another shot at the creature's chest finishing him off for good.

"Hold on!" Andros yelled in Tommy's direction.

He ran over to the cell and unlocked it with ease. He walked inside and dropped to his knees, setting his bag of first aid supplies down on the floor next to him. Andros put an IV into Tommy's arm to get some fluids back into him. He then removed his helmet to get a better look at Tommy's face.

Tommy had stopped reacting to the pain he'd been feeling for days; he was too tired to fight it now. His skin was very pale and his eyes were bloodshot. Though the condition of his eyes was more likely to have been from lack of sleep. But Andros couldn't believe how banged up he looked. Dry blood could be seen on the side of his face from his hairline, to his ear, and down his neck. Andros's eyes narrowed as he examined Tommy's arm. He had been losing a fair amount of blood from the injury to his arm. Andros immediately began wrapping it up, acquiring his fallen comrade's blood on his white gloves in the process.