Bless the broken road

Chapter 5: The Positive News

Later, that night...

It had been a long day of shopping; it was just after seven before they finally walked through the doors of the Oliver house. To Conner's surprise, the house smelled amazing.

He walked in the house after Kira and his eyebrows went up in to his hairline when he saw all the activity going on.

The guys were still there as if they'd never really left, and were currently working on making food for dinner. Trent and Ethan had joined them and were both pouring over the high end laptop that sat on the table.

They looked up as the intrepid shoppers walked into the kitchen. "Hey guys, I haven't seen you in a while."

Trent looked up at the both of them. "Yep, but from what I've heard, you've been busier than me. Jason called me over here to chip in. You know, if you're not careful while working those two jobs, you'll collapse one day. You may be the red ranger, but you're not Captain America."

Kira looked up in surprise at her boyfriend. "Two jobs? I thought you were only working at the Dojo."

Conner grimaced and glared at Trent before looking back at Kira. "I told you, Rock Star. I was going to do everything to get you away from that hell hole you were living rental price for apartments, even efficiency apartments are sky high these days."

Trent nodded. "Yeah, they are. You sure couldn't get one working at a fast food joint." He paused and looked down at his screen. "However, in this case, you're not going to have to work two jobs anymore."

Conner narrowed his eyes, "Trent, what did you do?"

Trent shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Nothing huge, like you're thinking. We're still a team, powers or no powers. I'm just doing my part for this plan to get Kira away from a bad environment. The place has never been lived in, and it still has that fresh coat of paint smell. If you'll agree to this, the rent would only be about three hundred bucks a month and the house is yours."

Kira's eyes widened and she looked up at Conner who was already nodding. Conner felt her eyes on him and he stopped himself. "Sorry Rock Star, we should probably discuss this as a couple first."

Behind him, Tommy let out a sigh of relief and Kimberly chuckled at her husband, remembering back to the famous incident where he decided to take off for NASADA without at least discussing the mission with her. He'd learned a very important lesson during those two very cold and lonely nights he'd spent on the couch. Dylan had been the only one who'd had any kind of idea that there was any kind of issue going on with their new parents.

Trent only nodded and then things picked up again when Kimberly quietly motioned for Kira to follow her.

When the women were gone, Conner walked towards the counter and sat down across from his teammates.

Jason chose that moment to join the conversation. "Hey Conner? I admire your determination to rescue your girl, you also need to understand the concept of Gung-ho. No man is an island, and as tough as we Red Rangers are, we still need help once in a while, especially for something like this. That's why I was willing to step aside and let Ethan and Trent help out. They can get things done faster than I can...not to mention the fact that they are your team mates."

Conner nodded. "That's fine with me. Kira is all that matters to me right now." Conner paused a moment and then looked at his friends. "If you're up to it, there is something more you can do for Kira."

Ethan looked up. "Like what?"

Conner told them what had happened at the Ford house that day. By the end of it, Ethan was seething and Trent had the look of a cool predatory hunter in his eyes.