[Other Fanfic] The Silver Samurai

Summary
Tracy Burlew, the new girl in town, saves a bunch of children from a nighlok. Now the nighlok is out for revenge. Meanwhile at the Shiba house, the Rangers find a package outside the front gate who is it from and what is inside? (Takes place after The Master Returns)


Normal POV

The Rangers are doing their usual morning training session outside. Jayden and Kevin are sparring. Meanwhile, outside the front gate a man, around 5'8'' with almond-shaped brown eyes, medium-length silky, straight, brown hair and ruddy skin, walks up to the gate. He sets the package he was carrying for the past ten miles. He knocks on the front gate. Back on the other side of the gate with the Rangers, Kevin stops mid-swing. He turns to face Jayden.

"Hey Kevin, what's wrong?" Jayden asks.

"I heard a knock at the front gate." Kevin answers.

Jayden and Kevin leave to investigate. Back outside the gate, the man hears Jayden and Kevin walking up. He quickly dashes over to one of the trees far enough away so they couldn't see him. A few seconds later he sees the boys walk out.

"There is no one here just a package," Kevin says.

"I can't believe that someone played ding-dong ditch on us," Mike says as he walks up to them.

"Mike, the front gate doesn't have a doorbell," Kevin says.

"Let's bring the package inside," Jayden says.

The man smiles because he is happy that he has done what he was told to do. Another man, Fredrick, steps out of the shadows. He has eyes the color of milk chocolate, red hair, and light-colored skin.

"Well, done my friend," Fredrick says

"Thank you Fredrick, but should you have just sent this to your great granddaughter." The man asks.

"No, because she doesn't even know that she is the next silver ranger," Fredrick says.

The two men head back to the Tengen Gate. Inside the house, Jayden calls a meeting in the living room to discuss what they have found.

"Who sent it," Emily asks.

"I don't know there isn't a return address." Kevin answers.

Mike notices a note attached to the top right corner of the box. Mike takes it off and reads it to the Rangers.

Hello, young samurai,

Inside this box is my prized possession. I would like you to find my great granddaughter. She is the only person I can trust. I have my complete faith in you that you will find her. I know that she is brave in the face of danger and has the true spirit of a samurai.

Thank you again,

The aging samurai

"Okay Jayden, What do we do now?" Mia asks.

"First things first Mia let's open the package." Jayden answers.

Jayden opens package inside the box was a Samuarizer encased within a layer of ice, two power discs, a snow leopard folding zord, and an instruction manual.

"That zord doesn't look all that intimidating," Kevin says.

"Do not judge a book by its cover." Ji says.

"You're right Mentor. Jayden how to go about finding the seventh Samurai Ranger is?" Kevin asks.

Jayden says that he doesn't know. They know when he or she shows up. The Gap Sensor sounds. He tells the Rangers they have work to do.

Meanwhile, the park Tracy Burlew is walking through the park. She yawns and stretches her tired muscles again. She wishes that she was able to get a rest full sleep on the flight here. (She is 5''5' has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a pair of glasses that has star beads on the ear pieces.) She is wearing a silver tank top, a pair of jean shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes. She also is carrying her purse on her right shoulder, and a reasonably sized backpack that she was able to store in the overhead compartment. Tracy loves how peaceful it is here. She is too scared and ashamed to call her parents to tell them that the apartment complex that she was planning on staying in lost her application. Even though she sent them a paper copy and emailed them a copy as well. She is happy that all her funds had transferred over fine from her bank back home. Then a nighlok walks in (its dark green, and bear-sized. It also has incredibly long razor sharp claws on its hands) and children run away screaming seeing its terrifying appearance.

"Children's screams what a glorious sound." The nighlok says.

"Hey, what are you? What do you think you are doing?" Tracy asks.

"I am a Nighlok, my name is Green Grasper, and I'm doing my job raising the Sanzu River." Green Grasper answers.

"The Sanzu River is not going to raise another inch not while I am here." Tracy says.

"What are you planning on doing, little girl?" Green Grasper asks.

Tracy led all the children to safety before she runs back over to confront Green Grasper again.

"You may have saved the children, but you won't be able to save yourself moogers attack." Green Grasper says.

Tracy is doing well. Green Grasper calls for some more moogers to attack. They surround her. She notices a small gap between them. She leaps and does a summersault rolling to safety. She gets to her feet and turns around to see the moogers destroying each other.

"You're smarter than I thought you were." Green Grasper says.

"You've never heard the phrase big things come in small packages." Tracy says.

It wants to see how she fares against fighting against it. Green Grasper rush in and they do battle for a few minutes until he starts to dry out. Green Grasper slithers into a gap back to the netherworld.

"Come back, coward they are not finished yet." Tracy shouts.

Tracy looks down at her arm. She sees a deep cut where Green Grasper's attack hit.

I hate to admit it, but it was tougher than I thought. Tracy thinks.

Tracy leaves the park. She was in worse shape than she first thought. She feels dizzy with every step she takes. She knew she needed to find help. She stumbles up to a large gate in front of the Shiba house. She knocks on the gate as hard as she could. Inside the house, the Rangers are sitting in the living room resting from their latest battle with a different nighlok in the forest. Kevin hears a knock at the front gate for the second time today.

"Hey, did anyone hear that?" Kevin asks.

"Yes, Kevin, I heard it too." Jayden answers.

Tracy knocks at the gate again with the last ounce of strength she could muster up. Kevin hears it.

"Antonio and I will go a check it out. Everyone else will stay put." Jayden says.

The others nod. Jayden and Antonio walk up to the front gate. Antonio slowly opens it. Tracy falls forward, and he catches her in his arms. He rolls her over, looks down at Tracy's face, and sees her beautiful blue eyes for the first time.

"Wow, you have beautiful eyes." Antonio says.

"Thanks, you're pretty handsome yourself," Tracy says.

Antonio is about to continue this flirt feast. Jayden snaps him out of it by shouting at him to focus. Antonio looks back towards Jayden. He apologizes. Jayden bends down to get a look at Tracy too.

"What happened? And who are you?" He asks.

"First question a Nighlok attacked innocent children in the park, so I help them. Second question my name is..." Tracy answers.

Tracy faints. Antonio stands up slowly. They walk back into the house. Kevin hears the front door open. The group gets out of their chairs and go to greet them. The blue ranger is the first to notice the unconscious girl in Antonio's arms.

"Who is she, Jayden?" Kevin asks.

"I don't know, Kevin, She fainted before she got a chance to tell us her name." Jayden answers.

Antonio carries Tracy to the spare bedroom and lays her on the bed. Ji enters with the first aid kit and patches up the cut on her arm.

"She'll be all right, won't she?" Antonio asks.

"Relax Antonio; her injuries aren't life-threatening. She'll be fine after she gets a little rest." JI answers.

The two of them leave the room. So she can rest, but neither of them remembers to close the door. Antonio walks back into the living room.

"How is our guest doing?" Jayden asks.

"She'll be fine. JI said she just needs some rest." Antonio says.

"What happened to her, exactly?" Kevin asks.

"She said that there was a nighlok attack in the park." Jayden answers.

"Why didn't the gap sensor go off?" Mike asks.

"I don't know Mike." Jayden says.

"Does anyone else think that she fought the nighlok?" Emily asks.

"From that cut on her arm, I would say so." Antonio says.

"That girl's got guts." Mike says.

This girl defiantly has the spirit of a samurai. Jayden thinks.

"Do you guys think that this girl could be the great granddaughter of that aging samurai that gave us this package?" Mia asks.

"I don't know Mia, We'll have to wait and see," Jayden says.

An hour later the layer of ice around the Samuraizer shatters, and it flies across the room.

"Well, you don't see that every day." Antonio says.

"Since when can a Samuraizer fly?" Mike asks.

"How about we ask questions later, let's follow it," Jayden says.

They follow it to the spare room and watch it land on the end table next to the bed. Jayden concludes that Tracy is the great-granddaughter of the aging samurai and the seventh Samurai Ranger. They enter the room. Jayden hears a low moan. He looks down and watches Tracy slowly starts to wake up.

"Where am I? And who are you people?" She asks.

"You're at the Shiba house. I am Jayden that's Kevin, Mike, Emily, Mia, Antonio, and Ji. He is our mentor." Jayden answers.

"Nice to meet you, my best friend Ashley calls me T-Dawg. You guys can call me Tracy." She says.

"How did you get that nickname?" Kevin asks.

"My best friend Ashley gave it to me when we were kids. I don't know how she came up with it, though. Don't take this the wrong way, but I could see everyone better if I had my glasses." She answers.

Jayden hands Tracy her glasses off the end table.

"Thanks for all your help Jayden," Tracy says.

She gets out of the bed. She sees her backpack and purse sitting on the desk. She walks over to it, picks them up. She puts her purse on her right shoulder before putting her backpack on her back. She starts leaves the room.

"Wait, where are you going?" Antonio asks.

"To get out of your hair and try to find another apartment." Tracy says as she turns back around to face him.

"Find another apartment, how come?" Antonio asks.

"The one I was going to stay at called me an hour ago and said that they lost my application. I don't understand how since I emailed it to them three times and sent two copies of it in the mail too." Tracy explains.

"It sounds to me like you did everything that you could on your end. It was the post office's fault for losing it and sometimes when you send an email it can get lost somewhere in cyberspace." Antonio says.

"I know, but I'm still too ashamed to call my parents. I mean they already bought my plane ticket to fly out here. I can't ask them to do anything else for me. Besides, I'm supposed to be an adult. I just can't keep running back to them everything something goes wrong. I need to handle this on my own." Tracy says.

"You can't leave. The Samuraizer chose you to become the seventh Samurai Ranger." Kevin says changing the subject.

"What is a Samuraizer," Tracy asks.

Jayden walks over to her. He hands Tracy the Samuraizer.

"It's kind of like a cell phone. It will allow you to become Samurai Ranger." He explains.

"If you need another Ranger, It's not me. I'm just the new person in town. Trust me; this thing chose the wrong person. I'm not built to be a superhero." Tracy says.

"The Samuraizer chose you, and we need you." Kevin says.

"I don't care that this thing may have chosen me. I just can't accept it." Tracy shouts.

She tosses it back towards the bed like a Frisbee. It lands softly on it. Then she runs out of the room.

"Way to go Kevin." Mike says sarcastically.

"Hey, I didn't think that she would get so upset." Kevin says.

"You really can't blame her for the way she reacted. It was sudden." Jayden says.

Kevin tries to put himself in Tracy shoes. He knew Jayden had a good point. The gap sensor sounds again. The Rangers leave to fight the nighlok. Back in the park, Green Grasper is busy scaring everyone. It laughs as the people are running away in fear. The Rangers led the people to safety. They turn around to face it.

"Samurai Rangers, what are you doing here? I have no business fighting you. All I want to do is battle the girl found yesterday." Green Grasper says.

"What girl?" Jayden asks.

"The girl who saved all the children I was scared yesterday." Green Grasper answers.

"This must be the nighlok Tracy told us about." Antonio says.

"Sorry to disappoint you nighlok but you will have to battle us instead." Jayden says.

It calls for some moogers to battle the Rangers. The air filled with the sounds of the Rangers' spin swords clashing against the moogers blades. Meanwhile, back at the Shiba house, Ji finds Tracy outside sitting the bench. He sits down next to her. She looks over at him. She apologizes for running off earlier.

"Don't worry about it. It was all put on you very suddenly." Ji says.

"I don't know what I am supposed to do. My heart says to help, but my brain is saying it is somebody else." Tracy says.

"You should follow her heart." Ji says.

"Do you get all your advice from fortune cookies? You are right Ji. I'm going to help the others." Tracy says.

Ji gives Tracy her Samuraizer and the snow leopard zord. He tells her how to activate it. She has to say go, go, samurai.

"What is the name of the spin sword attack? What is the name of the weapon?" Tracy asks.

"The original owner couldn't think of a name. You'll have to make one up." Ji says.

Tracy races off to help the others. Meanwhile, the park Jayden uses his blazing strike to destroy the moogers he is fighting. Green Grasper aims its attack at Emily. Tracy makes a dramatic entrance and pushes Emily out the way saving her. The others run over to them. Mike helps Emily up, and Antonio helps Tracy.

"Nice entrance, chica." Antonio says.

"Gracias, Goldy," Tracy says.

Tracy takes out her Samuraizer. She says go, go, samurai and draws the ice kanji correctly. Green Grasper sees the silver samurai stand next to the others.

"What there are seven of you now?" he asks.

"I guess there are. Now we can finish what we started earlier, and this time, I won't lose." Tracy says confidently.

She launches her spin sword attack - frostbite. The Rangers watch as it heads towards Green Grasper. It dodges the spin sword attack.

"I guess you are stronger than you were before. It won't matter; I'll still defeat you." He says.

"Keep dreaming Green Grasper. Spin sword Leopard spear, Try to dodge this Leopard spear ice symbol, strike!" Tracy says.

Green Grasper falls over then explodes. He grows to the size of Dodger Stadium. Jayden the other Rangers go into megazord mode. They call for their zords. They form the Samurai megazord.

"All right, then it is my turn now Snow Leopard folding Zord. Megamode power." Tracy says.

Green Grasper laughs when he sees the new zord.

"Aw, the pretty little kitty going to try to hurt me, " He taunts.

"Leopard Zord, hail storm." Tracy says.

Kevin is impressed by how powerful the new zord is.

"Tracy, join us," Jayden says.

Tracy spins the disk in front of her. The snow leopard zord combines with the megazord. She puts her mega blade in the slot on the panel.

"Leopard Storm megazord armed for battle." Tracy says.

Antonio welcomes her to the cockpit.

"Is that new combination supposed to scare me?" Green Grasper asks.

Tracy decides to show Green Grasper what the megazord can do. She launches the blizzard attack. Green Grasper became an ice sculpture.

"Great job, Tracy now let's finish this." Jayden says.

The Rangers activate their Megablades and spins their disks.

"Leopard Storm megazord, frozen strike!" The rangers say.

Tracy watches as Green Grasper explodes. Tracy can hardly believe that this just happened.

"Jayden, I think that you should let Tracy says the five words you always says when we destroy a nighlok." Antonio suggests.

"It's ok, Antonio. I don't want to steal any of Jayden's thunder." Tracy says.

"It's ok Tracy." Jayden says.

Jayden walks over to her. He whispers the phrase into her ear.

"Samurai Rangers, Victory is ours." Tracy says.

The Rangers walk in the living room. Everyone sits down. Tracy stands in the hallway. Antonio pats the chair next to him. She smiles, walks over to him, and sits down.

"Tracy, you did a great job out there today." Kevin says.

"Thanks, Kevin, I think that it was beginners luck and nothing more." Tracy says.

"You really shouldn't talk about yourself that way. You do have the true spirit of a samurai." Jayden says.

"Thanks, Jayden. I think that you and the others would be a lot better off without me." Tracy says.

"Tracy, we have plenty of room here. You're welcome to stay." Antonio says.

Tracy didn't want to trouble them. She didn't want to admit it, but the Shiba house is a lot nicer than the apartment she would have gotten.

"I could stay for a while." Tracy says.

The Rangers stand up and put their hand together in a circle. Antonio's hand is on top of everyone else's.

"What is going on," Tracy asks.

"It's another thing we occasionally do after a battle." Antonio says.

Tracy stands up and puts her hand on top of Antonio's. She looks down to realize that she put her hand the wrong direction their finger lined up so perfectly like they were meant to be.

"Rangers together, Samurai forever!" The rangers say

The Rangers raise their hand towards the ceiling. A few seconds later Antonio's hand brush against hers and her heart skip a beat. Tracy puts her hand back down by her side. Antonio looks over at her. He watches her cheeks start to turn a light shade of pink.

"So, Tracy, I could show you around." Antonio offers.

"That sounds like a good plan to me. I've wanted to see the rest of the city anyway." Tracy says.

"Great, let's get going then." Antonio says eagerly.

He takes a hold of her wrist. The others and Ji chuckle as they watch Antonio gently pull Tracy towards the door.

Tracy spent the night dreaming about Antonio. She didn't know why. She wants to Skype her aunt to talk about what happened yesterday, but she didn't have time to do it right now. She changes into the training outfit and leaves the room. She walks into the kitchen. Jayden is standing next to the sink, putting his bowl away.

"Good morning, Tracy. How did you sleep?" He asks.

"Much better than I did on the flight here." She answers.

"We are about to start our morning training session. You are coming, right?" He says.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a few minutes." She replies.

Jayden leaves the room. After she finishes her breakfast, Tracy walks outside to meet up with the others.

"Hey Tracy, glad you could join us," Kevin says.

"Was that sarcasm, I hear Kevin," Tracy asks him.

"No," Kevin answers quickly.

"Tracy, why don't you train with Antonio?" Jayden suggests.

Oh sure have me train with the ranger whose attacks are lighting fast. No pressure or anything.

"Are you sure about this Jay?" Antonio asks hesitantly.

"Yeah, I don't think that it's such a good idea. I've never even done this before. Can't I have some time to practice? I don't know- by myself." Tracy adds.

"I'm sure. Tracy, you need to relax, I know that you'll do just fine." Jayden answers.

Antonio and Tracy grab a bamboo sword. They walk over to the platform. They begin to spar, and Tracy can tell that Antonio is holding back. Since his swings were much slower than they usually are, so she stops mid-swing.

"Why did you stop?" Antonio asks.

"I know that you are holding back. I'm not going to get any stronger if you continue to do what you are doing." Tracy answers.


Antonio knows that she made a valid point. They resume, and Tracy was so focused on what she is doing. When Antonio swings his sword at her feet, and she jumps over it. She lands her right ankle, it rolls and winces in pain.

"Tracy, are you okay?" Antonio asks.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Tracy replies.

Tracy stands up straight, but she feels her ankle give out. She uses her sword to catch herself.

"Are you sure that you're alright?" Antonio asks.

"Yes, my ankle is a little weak." She says

Tracy stands ready to restart the match.

"Tracy, I applaud your commitment, but you really should get off that ankle," Jayden says.

"Yeah, Jayden is right. Your ankle is starting to swell." Mike adds.

Tracy looks down at her ankle. She sees that Mike is right. Tracy whispers a few colorful words in Spanish under her breath. She concludes that she wasn't going to do any more training today. She starts to head back inside the house. She gets ten steps before her ankle gives out again. She begins to fall backward. Antonio runs over her and catches her in his arms.

"Thanks, Antonio, nice catch," Tracy says, trying not to blush.

"No, prob. So why don't I give you a hand." Antonio suggests.

Tracy is still trying not to blush. She puts her left arm around his neck. They head back inside the house. He helps her into the living room over to one of the chairs in front of the coffee table. Tracy puts her arm back at her side and sits down. Antonio goes over to the stack of pillows JI set up. He takes one off the top and walks back over to Tracy. He hands it to her.

"Thanks," Tracy says.

She sets the pillow on the table. She reaches down to untie her shoe. She carefully takes it off, but her ankle hurts when she moves it. She takes off her sock and puts her foot on the pillow. She looks down at it. Her ankle was black and blue. Now it swelled up to the size a tennis ball. Tracy tries to keep calm and not faint. She looks back up at Antonio.

"I take it that you have a weak stomach when you see bruises or other injuries?" Antonio asks.

"Yeah, and the strange thing is that my dad still wants me to become a doctor. I want to be a veterinarian." She says.

"How come you haven't told him how you feel?" He asks.

"I don't want to disappoint him because he was so proud of me when I went to future doctor camp a few summers ago," Tracy says honestly.

"I'll get the first-aid kit and an ice pack." he says.

"You don't have to get an ice pack, but you can get the first aid kit, though." she says.

"What do you mean?" Antonio asks in a curious tone.

"I'll do you one better and show you." She answers.

Tracy takes out her samuraizer and draws a symbol in the air. She activates it, and an ice pack appears.

"When did you learn that that symbol?" He asks.

"I learned it last night," Tracy answers.

"Did you train all night?" Antonio asks.

"Sorry to disappoint you, I only trained for a few hours." She answers.

"Works for me, I'll be back in a flash." He says.

Antonio heads to the kitchen. He comes back with the first aid kit, and Ji comes in the room with him. The other ranges enter the room too.

"Tracy, what happened to your ankle?" Ji asks.

"I landed on my ankle wrong while I was sparring with Antonio," Tracy answers.

"You need to work on your landings when you dodge an attack," Kevin says.

"Gee, thanks for your helpful advice Kevin," Tracy says in a sarcastic tone.

"Did you twist your ankle?" Emily asks.

"No, Emily it rolled actually." she replies.

The Gap Sensor sounds. Ji unrolls the map JI tells them that the attack is in the forest outside the city.

"Let's go, team," Jayden says.

"I'm coming with you," Tracy says confidently, as she takes her foot off the pillow.

Jayden sees Traci wince slightly when her right foot hits the floor. She walks to the door and limps the whole way. She is about to open the front door when her ankle gives out. Antonio dashes over to her and catches her in his arms for the second time.

"Are you going to make a habit of having me catch you when you fall?" Antonio asks.

"No, and you don't have to be the one who catches me. You can let one of the others do it, you know?" Tracy answers.

Antonio chuckles. He helps her back over to the chair.

"Tracy, you're in no shape to fight, you just stay here and rest. We can handle this." Jayden informs her.

Tracy knows that Jayden is right, but she wants to help the team. She sits back down, sighing in defeat. The Rangers run off to battle the nighlok. Meanwhile, in the forest, the nighlok is terrorizing the poor creatures that lived there and the people who were trying to enjoy the peaceful serenity of nature. The team leads the people to safety.

"Only six Rangers, I guess the seventh Ranger is too afraid to fight." The nighlok says.

"It's already six on one. Do you want to make it even more lopsided?" Antonio says.

"The more rangers I take down at once, the better." the nighlok says confidently.

They morph, and the nighlok summons up some moogers to attack them. They enter through the gaps and charge towards the Rangers. The Rangers use their spin sword attacks to defeat the moogers.

"You are next, nighlok," Jayden shouts.

The Rangers use the quintuple slash and aim it towards the nighlok.

"Nice try, Rangers, not even a scratch." The nighlok chuckles evilly.

"What now Jayden," Mia asks.

Jayden tells the team to keep fighting. The battle continues for a few more minutes the nighlok dries out and slips back through a gap to the Sanzu River. The Rangers walk into the living room. Mike comments on how strong that the nighlok was. Emily adds that their symbol power didn't do a thing. Jayden looks over at Kevin, and he appears a little distracted.

"What's wrong Kevin?" Jayden asks.

"I thought I heard something coming from the dojo." Kevin answers.

"I didn't hear anything," Mike says.

Jayden put up his hand to signal them to be silent because he could hear the faint sound of Tracy training in the dojo. The Rangers walk to the dojo and as soon as they enter the room. Jayden sees Tracy leaning against the far wall fast asleep with a sword in her right hand.

"What now Jayden," Emily asks.

"Let her sleep and that I'll come back to check on her in a bit. We should focus on figuring out a new plan to defeat the nighlok." Jayden says.

The other rangers leave except for him and Antonio.

"You are not going to wait till she wakes up and start to train again, and then sneak in on her right Jay?" Antonio asks his best friend.

"Man, Antonio you know me too well," Jayden says.

"Yup, we are best friends after all," Antonio says.


Back in the Dojo Tracy slowly wakes up and uses the sword to push herself back to her feet. She limps back to the middle of the room, but her bad ankle refuses to let her put a lot of pressure on it. She ignores it then goes back to work.

"I'm getting faster, but I'll never be as fast as Antonio." She says out loud.

"You might become even faster than me if you just keep at it," Antonio says.

Tracy jumps and lands on her bad ankle. She falls to her knees and looks up at the boys.

"Man Antonio, warn a girl when you are going to do that next time huh." She snaps.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you." Antonio apologizes.

Antonio walks over to her and offers Tracy his hand. Then he helps her back to her feet. She thanks him. Jayden looks over towards the far wall and sees three used ice packs lying on the floor.

"Where did all the ice packs come from?" Jayden asks.

"I made them with my symbol power." Tracy answers.

She looks down and sees that old ice pack on her ankle had melted. She took out her samuraizer and drew the ice pack symbol. Then activates it and a new ice pack appears.

"Tracy, using symbol power is incredibility draining," Jayden says.

"That would explain the dizzy spells," Tracy says.

Tracy begins to feel dizzy and starts to lose her balance again. She starts to fall backward, and Antonio catches her before she hits the floor. He helps her back to her feet for the second time.

"Don't you think that you are overdoing it just a little?"Antonio asks.

"No, not really," Tracy says confidently.

She bends back down to put the new ice pack on her ankle. As soon as she unwraps the old ice pack and puts the new ice pack on, she gets back to her feet. A few seconds later she drifts back into a deep sleep. Her samuraizer starts to fall out of her left hand. Jayden catches it before it hits the floor and Antonio catches her for the third time. Antonio looks down at her and sees her sleeping like a baby.

"We should take her back to her bedroom," Jayden suggests.

Antonio nods. Jayden slowly takes the sword from Tracy's right hand and puts it away. He takes Tracy out of Antonio's arm and cradles her in his. He puts her on Antonio's back, and the two of them walk out of the dojo. They walk into her room Jayden put Tracy's samuraizer on the end table next to the bed and grabbed a few extra pillows to prop her ankle up. He set the pillow at the end of the bed and takes Tracy off Antonio's back. He gently lays her on the bed. Antonio picks the extra blanket from the end of the bed. He drapes it over her body. They leave the room quietly, and Antonio closes the door slowly.

"Tracy's determination got the best of her, huh Jay?" Antonio asks his friend.

Jayden nods. They go to the living room and sit down in the extra chairs, and a few seconds later the gap sensor goes off again. The rest of the team dashed into the room. Ji informs the team that the nighlok is at the Highville construction site. The Rangers run off to battle again At the construction site people were screaming and running away from the nighlok.

"That's it run away pesky humans. The Rangers I'm going to defeat should be here any minute." The nighlok says.

Jayden uses his spin sword attack to make a dramatic entrance. The nighlok few back a few feet and got back to his feet.

"Nice entrance rangers. Too bad that this battle will end the same way our last battle did." The nighlok says confidently.

"I don't think so nighlok because this time we've got your number." Mike yells.


The Rangers battle the nighlok, and it seems to have the upper hand again.

"Give up Rangers," The nighlok says

"A true samurai never gives up," Kevin says.

Antonio charged towards the nighlok. He got within range the nighlok grabbed him mid-attack. Then it threw him towards at steel beam. Antonio slams into the beam.

"Antonio!" Emily shouts.

"Don't worry, Em, I'm fine," Antonio says.

He gets back to his feet. The nighlok fires his laser attack at Antonio.

"Antonio, look out," Jayden yells.

Antonio gets to his feet and draws his blade. The attack came in so fast that even he couldn't deflect it in time. As the attack came in range, a folding zord flies in and deflects it saving him.

"Jayden, didn't that look like Tracy's Zord?" Emily asks.

"It didn't look like Tracy's zord it was her zord." Jayden replies.

"Hey nighlok, anyone who hurts my friends has to answer to me." Tracy yells.

"Just the ranger I wanted to see. Now I can defeat all seven Samurai Rangers at once." the nighlok says.

Tracy morphs and aims her spin sword attack at the nighlok. The nighlok dodges the attack. Tracy took out her samuraizer and drew a new symbol into the air.

"Try to dodge this nighlok. Symbol power Blizzard!" Tracy yells.

The attack speeds in towards the nighlok. When the attack hits nothing happens. Tracy is in shock considering she put everything into that last attack.

"I thought that the attack would have more strength behind it, Ranger," the nighlok says

Tracy demorphs and falls to her knees. She looks up to see another laser blast coming towards her.

"Tracy, look out!" Antonio shouts.

Deker jumps out of the shadows and draws out a sword. He uses it to deflect the attack.

"Deker, You're back, I thought the red ranger destroyed you." The nighlok says in shock.

Tracy gets back to her feet and limps over to Deker.

"Why did you save me?" She asks him.

"You'll find out soon enough silver ranger." He says

"Ok, can someone please explain to me? What the heck is going on here?" She snaps.

Tracy starts to feel weak and dizzy. A few seconds later she feels herself falling forward. Deker catches her in his arms.

"You should stay off your ankle," Deker says.

"I appreciate your concern, I guess, but I don't need your help Deker. I can handle this on my own." She says.

Tracy pushes him away quickly. Tracy knew that she did need his help. She wasn't going to accept help from a bad guy that supposedly turned good. She knew that it was a trap. The only problem was that her brain knew that it was a bad idea. On the other hand, her body has other plans, and she faints. Deker catches her in his arms again.

"I'll take care of the silver ranger from here." He says.

Deker leaves carrying Tracy in his arms.

"Come back with my friend," Antonio calls to Deker.

"Deker is acting differently than the last time they saw him," Emily says

"Your right Emily he was acting differently that was strange. We can't worry about that now. We have to defeat this nighlok." Jayden answers.

Antonio knew that Jayden was right. The Rangers use the 5-disic beetle cannon and the barracuda bite combo to defeat the nighlok. Mike cheers about their latest victory. The nighlok grow to the size a Yankee Stadium. The Rangers called for the zords and went into megamode. Then they formed the Octo Spear Megazord.

"Rangers you are finished. Just run away while you still can." The nighlok taunts.

"A true samurai never runs from a battle," Jayden yells from inside the megazord cockpit.

The Rangers fought valiantly and defeated the nighlok.

"Good work, guys. Samurai Rangers, Victory, is ours. Jayden says congratulating the team on a job well done.

"Guys, we still need to find Tracy," Antonio says.

Meanwhile, in a cave somewhere outside the city, Tracy hears the sound of the soft crackling of a campfire and feels the gentle heat radiating from it warm her body. The final sound she hears is the sounds of footsteps coming closer and also feels cool water hit her skin. She slowly wakes up and sees Deker's face. She backs away quickly.

"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you," Deker says in a calm tone.

"Yeah, right, I'm not going to fall for that." Tracy snaps.

"I'm serious." He argues.

"Well, Deker thanks for your help but I need to get going," Tracy says.

She slowly got to her feet and started to leave. A few seconds later she begins to feel dizzy again and starts to fall towards the cave floor. Deker runs over to her and catches her in his arms before she hit the floor.

"That's why. You are clearly exhausted you need to rest." He tells her.

"I can't, there may be another nighlok attack. My friends need my help." She argues.

"If that did happen, you would just slow them down." He argues back.

"Hey, whose side are you on?" She snaps.

"I'm on no one's side." He replies.

"Whatever," She whispers under her breath.

Tracy pushes him away and heads for the exit again. She gets about five more steps before her ankle gives out again and her body limp. The cave starts to spin around her. She begins to fall towards the floor again. Deker runs over to her and catches her in his arms for the second time. He carries her to the bed made from twigs and leaves. He lays her down gently. She looks back up at him.

"I'm all right," Tracy says.

Deker places his hand on her forehead.

"Nice try, that's just the fever talking. You need to rest." He tells her.

A few seconds later she drifts back to sleep. Deker places another rag on her forehead to cool her fever down. He leaves to get some more water from the lake.


Meanwhile, at the Shiba house, the Rangers were sitting in the living room. Antonio is pushing random buttons on his morpher trying to locate the signal from Tracy's samuraizer.

"Antonio, have you found Tracy yet?" Jayden asks.

"Not yet, Jay," Antonio replies.

Emily is really worried about her new friend and fellow ranger. She keeps pacing the floor.

"Don't worry, Em. Tracy is tough too remember." Mike says.

"She shouldn't have even been out there in the first place. She was in no condition to fight." Kevin interjects.

"That's true, Kevin, but if she did show up when she did. Antonio could have been hurt right now." Jayden tells him.

Then the gap sensor sounds again. Jayden activated the map. The attack is at Spring Valley. Jayden looks over at Antonio. He sees him pump his fist in the air happily.

"Guys, I found her," Antonio says.

Jayden tells Antonio to help Tracy and that everyone else will go fight the nighlok. Antonio leaves to help Tracy and the others run off to battle the nighlok.


Meanwhile, at Spring Valley, Deker reaches the shoreline and bends down. He places the bowl into the water. Once it is filled to the top, he slowly takes it out of the water. He gets to his feet and turns around to head back to the cave.

"Hello Deker," The nighlok says.

"What are you doing here nighlok? "Deker asks.

"I'm here to destroy those pesky samurai rangers," The nighlok says.

"Good luck with that." He says in a sarcastic tone.

Deker turns around to head back to the cave. Back at the cave Tracy hears the sound of approaching footsteps again. She slowly wakes up to see Antonio's face slowly come into focus.

"Oye Antonio usted tomó su tiempo." She says.

"Hey, I didn't know that you could speak Spanish," Antonio says.

He is surprised by how well she pronounces every word as if she has spoken it for years. Antonio starts to talk in Spanish as well because he thinks it would make things go a little faster.

"Supongo que yo hablo a español cuando estoy realmente cansado." She says.

"No hay problema por qué no hacen nos dirigimos a casa," He says.

"Trabajos para mí y Antonio usted no tiene que hablar en el español también usted sabe." She replies.

"Sé que sólo pensé que sería más fácil Está aquí." Antonio says.

Tracy laughs a little, and she begins to get up. As soon as she takes a few steps, everything starts to spin around her. Tracy starts to fall towards the cave floor, but Antonio catches her in his arms.

"No te preocupes Antonio estoy bien." She tells him.

Antonio looks down at Tracy and notices that her face is red. He places his hand on her forehead.

"Intento agradable, esto es sólo la conversación de fiebre usted tiene que descansar."Antonio tells her.

"No puedo descansar ahora y si los demás necesiten nuestra ayuda." She argues.

Deker walks in. Antonio asks speaks English again once he sees him.

"Hello again, fisherman," Deker greets, as he walks into the cave.

"What are you doing here Deker?" He asks.

"Relax, fisherman, I'm only here to help," Deker says

. Antonio rolls his eyes in disbelief. Deker decides to show him. He sets the bowl down on the cave floor, walks over to them, takes Tracy out of Antonio's arm, and puts her on his back. Then he takes out a clean rag and walks over to the bowl of water. He dips the cloth in it and wrings it out. He walks back over to Antonio and ties the cloth around her forehead like a sweatband.

"See, I told you." He says.

Antonio thanks him and starts to leave the cave. He couldn't put his finger on what is up with Deker, so he ignored it. Back at the Shiba house, Ji is waiting for Antonio to return. A few minutes later he hears Antonio come in the front gate, so he walks out the front door to meet up with him.

"Antonio, I'll take care of Tracy. The other need your help at Spring Valley." Ji informs the gold ranger.

Antonio nods as Ji takes Tracy off of Antonio's back and carries her into the house. Antonio goes off to help his friends.

==The Silver Samurai==

Meanwhile, at Spring Valley, the team is trying to get back to their feet. The nighlok knocks them to the ground with his last attack.

"Well, Rangers, it looks like you are finished." The nighlok chuckles.

"We'll see about that nighlok. Lightzord Battle Disk Shatter shot." Antonio shouts.

Several disks fly out of the lightzord and finds the nighlok's weak spot. The nighlok is unimpressed when the gold ranger appears

"One more Ranger is not going to make a difference." The nighlok says confidently.

"All right Rangers, it's about time that we finish this." Jayden tells his team.

The Rangers use the quintuple slash to defeat the nighlok. A few seconds later the mega monster appears. The Rangers call for the Megazord to battle the mega monster. The fight doesn't last too long, and they defeat the mega monster.

"Good work, everyone. Samurai Rangers, Victory, is ours." Jayden says.


Back at the Shiba House, the Rangers walk into Tracy's bedroom. They see Ji place a damp rag onto Tracy's forehead. Antonio sees that Tracy is resting peacefully.

"How is she?" Jayden whispers.

"Her fever is down. She still needs to rest." He tells him.

Tracy slowly wakes up and sits up in the bed. She looks over at the others. She says another phrase in Spanish

"What did she just say? Since when does Tracy speak Spanish?" Mike asks very confusedly.

"Sorry guys, I was going to tell you about that. Don't worry when her fever breaks; she'll be speaking English again." Antonio replies.

"This is just the fever talking," Kevin says.

"Right time for me to go to work. She says"you know it is hard to sleep when you guys are talking." Antonio translates.

Everyone chuckles as he finishes the translation. Antonio looks over at her. He can see a look of sadness in her eyes.

"Cada uno Perdón que le defraudé en la batalla campo antes. Adivino que no soy un guardabosques de samurai muy bueno después de todo," Tracy says.

"Antonio, please translate," Mike complains.

"I'm on it, Mike. Tracy says that she is sorry that she let us down earlier." Antonio translates.

"Tracy, you didn't let the team down." Jayden says.

"Realmente?" she asks.

"Yes, if you didn't show up when you did. I could have been seriously hurt." Antonio tells her.

"Gracias para lo que usted dijo a Antonio, pero que era sólo una platija." She says.

"Tracy it wasn't a fluke you need to have more confidence in yourself, ok?" He tells her.

Tracy nods and a few seconds later she falls back to sleep. Ji lays her back down and fixes the covers.

"Come on guys; it's been a long day we could all use some rest." Jayden tells the team.

They nod and leave the room quietly. Antonio stays behind to help Ji look after Tracy.

Translations
Oye Antonio usted tomó su tiempo- Hey Antonio you took your time

Supongo que yo hablo a español cuando estoy realmente cansado- I guess I speak Spanish when I'm really tired

No hay problema por qué no hacen nos dirigimos a casa -No problem, why don't we go home

No te preocupes Antonio estoy bien- don't worry Antonio I'm Fine

intento agradable esto es sólo la conversación de fiebre usted tiene que descansar- nice try that's just the fever talking you need to rest

No puedo descansar ahora y si los demás necesiten nuestra ayuda.- I can't rest now, and the other may need our help

Tracy slowly wakes up. She looks to her left and sees Antonio fast asleep in the chair next to her bed.

Aw, he looks so cute when he sleeps. Tracy thinks.

A few seconds later she feels her heart start to beat fast. She lays back down in bed to calm herself down. She stays like that for a few minutes and looks at the alarm clock. It read 3:30 am before she finally falls back to sleep again. A few hours later she feels the morning sun touch her skin as it comes in the window. She wakes up and gets out of bed and walks over to Antonio. She taps him on the shoulder to wake him up.

"Antonio rise and shine," Tracy says sweetly.

"Five more minutes," Antonio says in a sleepy tone.

Tracy sees a glass of ice water on the end table. She takes an ice-cube out of the glass and pulls back the collar of his shirt. She watches the ice cube slowly slides down his back and waits for his reaction. A few seconds later his eyes flew open. He starts to dance around the room. Tracy tries hard not to laugh, but couldn't hold it in any longer. A few seconds later she burst out laughing.

"Tracy, did you have to do that?" Antonio asks.

"I'm sorry Antonio I couldn't resist," Tracy admits still laughing.

Wow, she has such a cute laugh. Antonio thinks.

"Are you done laughing yet?" Antonio asks in a whiny tone.

"Give me a second." Tracy giggles.

A few seconds later the ice cube drops onto the floor. She finally stops laughing and regains her composure.

"I'm glad that you're feeling better, but there is one thing that I'll miss," Antonio says.

"What's that Antonio?" Tracy asks.

"You were speaking Spanish," Antonio answers.

"Don't worry about that. I tend to speak Spanish when I get upset." Tracy says.

"You forgot to mention when you have a high fever. It was excellent by the way. Do you have anyone in your family that speak Spanish?" Antonio says.

"Yes, I have family in Mexico," Tracy says as she starts to blush a little.

"So, how is your ankle feeling today?" Antonio asks.

"Much better, thanks for asking." She replies.

Tracy starts to leave the room and head for the kitchen. She gets about five steps, and her ankle gives out again. She begins to fall backward. Antonio dashes over to her. He catches her in his arms.

"I guess it's not as strong as I thought." She admits.

"You might have to stay off it for a few more days," Antonio says.

Tracy knew he was right. She didn't say a thing as Antonio helps her back to bed.

"I'll be back with breakfast. Don't move," Antonio says, hearing Tracy's stomach growled loudly.

"I guess that I could eat." Tracy jokes.

Antonio chuckles and leaves the room. He has a smile on his face.

Why am I flirting with him? We're teammates, dating a team member isn't a good idea. Why is he so darn cute? Tracy thinks.

Antonio is in the kitchen fixing a tray of food. Jayden is helping him.

"How is Tracy doing this morning?" Jayden asks.

"A lot better, well, except for her ankle," Antonio answers.

"Why did I hear laughing coming from the room?" He asks.

"Tracy gave me a cold wake-up call that all," Antonio says.

"Let me guess, she put an ice cube down your back didn't she?" Jayden asks with a smirk on his face.

Antonio nods. Even though Jayden had only just met Tracy a few days ago, he was kind of shocked that she did that.

"That doesn't sound like something that Tracy would do." he says.

"It's ok, she was just having a little fun nothing more," Antonio says.

"Ok, buddy, whatever you say," Jayden says shaking his head.

The boys walk out of the kitchen. Antonio has the tray of food in his hands. Meanwhile, in Tracy's bedroom, she is sitting up on the bed. Tracy is trying to figure out why she couldn't stop thinking about Antonio and her being more than just friends. Then she hears a knock on the door.

"Come in," Tracy says.

"Hey, Jayden," Tracy says.

"You look a lot better than you did last night," Jayden says.

"I hope you meant that in a good way," Tracy says in a sarcastic tone.

Jayden nods. Antonio sets the tray down on the end table next to the bed. She reaches for the bowl of oatmeal, and the notepad that was on her chest falls to the floor. Jayden picks the pad off the floor

"Hey, what is this?" He asks.

"Oh, it's nothing, just a little sketch book that's all," Tracy answers quickly.

Jayden sees a drawing she did of her and Antonio holding hands and a rainbow of hearts over their heads.

Great, now Jayden knows, and he is going to tell everyone I just know it. Tracy thinks.

"Antonio, can I talk to Tracy alone?" Jayden asks.

Antonio has no idea why he wants to talk with Tracy alone all of a sudden. He doesn't say a thing and turns around to leave the room. He waits until Antonio is completely out of the room.

"How long were you going to keep the secret that you are crushing on Antonio from us?" Jayden asks.

"Come on, Jayden I don't know what you are talking about?" Tracy scoffs.

"Come on, Tracy, I saw the way you look at him," Jayden says.

"Antonio and I are just friends nothing more," Tracy argues.

"Tracy, I can tell you're lying," Jayden says with a small smirk on his face.

"Fine, Jayden you win. I like Antonio." Tracy whispers.

"What was that I couldn't hear you?" he jokes.

"I like Antonio." she repeats louder.

"Calm down, I was joking, I heard you the first time. When are you going to tell Antonio that?" he asks.

"I don't know, maybe after we save the planet." She replies cracking a joke.

"Antonio was right, you are funny." He says, laughing at her joke.

"Wait. He said that? Did he say anything else not that I care or anything." She says.

"He told me that he thinks that you're cute, and he likes your laugh." He says.

Wow, Antonio thinks I'm cute. Tracy thinks.

A few seconds later a goofy smile comes to her face. Jayden waves his hand in front of her face. Tracy comes back to reality quickly.

"Sorry about that Jayden, so you and Antonio are best friends, right?" She asks.

Jayden nods. Jayden and Tracy talk for a while. Then she finishes her breakfast. Jayden takes the tray back to the kitchen. As he is walking to the kitchen, he sees his best friend. He was standing outside the door and smiling from ear to ear. Jayden figures he heard everything that was said. He stops and waves his hand in front of Antonio's face to bring him back to reality. Antonio quickly comes back to earth.

"Antonio, you in there buddy?" he asks.

"Yeah," Antonio replies quickly.

"Well, Antonio I hate to say this. If Tracy were a fish she would have just jumped straight into the net for you." He says.

"You think so Jay?" Antonio asks.

Jayden just nods. He could see his best friend going back into crush mode. He tries to bring him back to reality, but couldn't. Antonio just leans up against the wall smiling like a fool. Jayden secretly likes seeing his friend act all goofy. He is happy that Antonio found someone who makes him feel that way.

The team is in the middle of their morning training session. Tracy sits on the sidelines with her ankle propped up on a pillow watching the others train. The only problem is that her complete focus was on Antonio. She kept a close eye on his technique so she could one day master it herself. Jayden asks Antonio spar with Kevin. Jayden looks over at Tracy. He sees her watching them fight and tries to make it look like she was looking at both Kevin and Antonio. He knew that she was just watching Antonio. He shakes his head with a small smile on his face. An hour or so later they finished practice. They head back inside to the living room to cool down.

"So, Tracy how did we look today?" Kevin asks.

"Technically Kev the question should be how did Antonio look because it seemed like she was more interested in his technique," Mike says.

"What do you mean Mike?" Emily asks.

"It's simple Em, Tracy..." Mike statement was cut short because of the tiny snowballs that flew into his mouth.

That was close at lease my secret is safe. Tracy thinks.

A few seconds later, Mike swallows the melted snow in his mouth.

"Tracy what was that for," Mike asks.

"To tell you to zip your lip because if you try that again, I'll turn you into Mike Frost if you catch my drift," Tracy answers.

"So, Tracy when did you learn that symbol?" Kevin asks.

"Let me guess last night," Antonio answers.

"No, when you guys left to fight that first nighlok yesterday," Tracy answers.

"Tracy, you know that wasn't a good idea," Jayden tells her.

"I know, but if I didn't do something I was going to die from boredom," Tracy says.

"Are you always going to be this dramatic about everything?" Kevin asks.

"No, I'm not going to this dramatic about everything, just about this," Tracy answers.

"Tracy, can I ask you something? Why exactly did you move out here?" Antonio asks.

"I was trying to escape the cold; I guess," Tracy answers.

"Where did you live before?" Jayden asks.

"Michigan," Tracy answers.

"So you move out here hoping it would be a tad warmer than you lived before," Antonio adds.

"That's it, in a nutshell, but convincing my dad to let me move out here that's another story," Tracy says.

"I guess that you were daddy's little girl?" Mike asks.

"Mike, if you ever call me that again. I'll freeze your lips shut." Tracy answers.

"Hey, don't bite my head off I was just asking," Mike says.

"I know Mike. I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mike; I'm just the baby of the family."Tracy answers.

"Do you have an older sister or brother?" Kevin asks.

"Brother," Tracy answers.

Kevin is about to ask Tracy what her brother was like, but the gap sensor goes off. Then the Rangers rush off to battle the nighlok. The Rangers are walking home after the fight.

"Tracy acted kind of strange after training today. I wonder what's wrong." Kevin asks.

"Come on Kev; it's simple. Tracy is crushing on Antonio." Mia says.

"Why won't she admit it, then?" Kevin asks.

"She told me. I was just wondering how long it would take the rest of you to catch on." Jayden says.

"Antonio, what are you going to do?" Mia asks.

"I'm not going to force her to tell me anything. I'm willing to wait till she is ready." Antonio answers.

Meanwhile, at the house, Tracy is sitting in the living room, waiting for everyone to get back from their latest battle. On one of the chairs with her ankle propped up on the table with an ice pack wrapped around it. Ten minutes later she heard the front door open.

"Hey, guys, how did it go?" she asks.

"Ok, if would have gone a little faster if you were there to turn the moogers or even the nighlok into an ice sculpture," Antonio answers.

The team watches her as she starts to play with her hair. They see her cheeks begin to turn red as well. Mike, Mia, and Emily leave the room. They walk into the Dojo.

"I knew it. We should try to get them together." Mia says.

"How are we going to do that?" Emily says.

Mike tells them that he has a plan. They get into a huddle. He whispers the plan to them. They head back into the living room.

"So, what do you guys think of renting a DVD and having a movie night tomorrow?" Mike asks the group.

"That's an excellent idea," Emily answers.

"Yeah, it could be fun. We do need to wind down from that tough battle." Mia adds.

Jayden and the others agree that it sounded like a good idea. Tracy knew there was some other motive behind this movie night. She ignores her instincts this one time. A movie night did sound like it could be fun.

"I'm in too," Tracy says.

"Good, so it's settled. I'll rent some DVDs," Mike says.

Mike was happy that movie night is here. The team is in the kitchen, and Mike spreads the DVDs he rented on the table. Jayden reads the movie titles are 'The thing that ate New York,' Scream, The Night of The Living Dead, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

"Seriously, Mike, why did you pick mostly horror movies?" Emily complains.

"Relax. Em, it's all part of my plan to get Tracy to tell Antonio how she feels about him." Mike says.

"Mike, I already told you I don't want to force her to tell me," Antonio says.

"Calm down man, all you have to do is protect her from the monsters in the movie. It will come out naturally. I promise." Mike says.

Ten minutes later everyone is sitting on the floor in the living room in front of the screen hanging on the wall. Mike and Emily are sitting next to each other. Kevin and Mia are doing the same. Jayden sits down in the middle of the group Indian style on the floor. Tracy is sitting by herself with her ankle on a pillow for a few minutes. After Antonio sets up his laptop and connects it to the projector. He presses play. He walks over to Tracy and sits down next to her. They sit an arm's length apart from each other.

"What movie are we watching?" Tracy asks.

"The thing that ate New York," Mike answers.

"Did you have to pick a scary movie?" Tracy whines.

"This movie isn't that scary. I promise." Mike assures her.

JI came in a few minutes later with a bowl of air-popped popcorn. Jayden gets up from his spot and walks over to him. JI hands the bowl of air popped popcorn to Jayden.

"How's everything going? Ji asks.

"Ok, I guess." He answers.

"Hey, Jayden you are missing the best part." Mike shouts across the room.

Jayden looks back towards the group. He sees Tracy has her hands in front of her eyes. She peeks through her fingers every few seconds.

"Mike is lying; you're only missing the monster eating some poor guy's brain!" Tracy whined in terror.

Jayden laughs a walks back to the group and sits back down on the floor. He asks the group if anyone wants some popcorn. Mike's hand pops up, so Jayden passes the bowl to him. He goes back to watching the movie. Meanwhile, on the side of the room with Tracy and Antonio, Antonio tries to get Tracy to relax.

"Tracy, you know it's not real right?"Antonio reminds her.

"Yeah, I know, but it's still creepy." she argues.

Tracy found the courage to take her hands away from her eyes. She set her left hand on the floor, with her right hand on her lap. Antonio slowly places his right hand on top of Tracy's left one. Tracy looks down towards the floor and sees the Antonio's hand on top of hers. Then a small smile came to her face as she looked back over at Antonio. Antonio looks over at her. Their eyes met for the first time (in a romantic kind of way).

"You have a great smile." Antonio compliments in a flirting tone.

Tracy tries her best not to blush. She looks away quickly. Antonio made his move and entwined his fingers between Tracy's. Tracy feels her heart skip a beat and the butterflies in her stomach flutter like crazy. She looks over towards her left side again. She notices that Antonio was holding her hand.

. Tracy thinks.

Tracy decides that this was her opportunity to tell him that she like him. Tracy takes a deep breath.

"I like you too." She says.

Antonio didn't say a word.

Tracy thinks.

"Antonio, are you okay?" She asks.

"Yes, I like you too." Antonio answers.

Tracy scoots closer to him. She places her head on his right shoulder. He looked down at her face. She looked up at him and couldn't stop smiling.

"I forgot to tell you one more thing. That your eyes light up when you smile. It makes you look even more beautiful." He says.

Tracy was surprised by what Antonio just told her because no boy had told her that before.

"Are you done complimenting me?" She asks.

"For now," Antonio says.

They go back to watching the movie. Ten minutes later Antonio didn't hear Tracy's screams of terror or her asking him if it was safe to open her eye. He looks down at his shoulder to see that she was fast asleep. He wasn't all that surprised because he knew that her body was still stuck in recovery mode. He gently slides her glasses off her face so she could sleep more comfortably. He put her glasses in the pocket of his hoodie and starts to watch the movie again. The movie finally ended fifteen minutes later. Jayden and the others walk over towards him. Mike was the first of the group to notice Tracy fast asleep.

"How can anyone fall asleep during a monster movie?" Mike asks whispering.

"Come on Mike be nice." Emily whispers.

"Yeah, you have to give her credit for staying up as long as she did." Jayden whispers.

Kevin and the others go back to their rooms to catch some z's. Jayden walks over to Antonio's laptop to take the DVD out to put it back inside the case. Antonio slowly gets to his feet. Tracy starts to fall sideways towards the floor. Antonio bends down quickly to catch her in his arms. After he caught her, he gets to his feet again. He cradles her in his arms. Jayden walked back over to his best friend.

"So, did she tell you that she likes you?" Jayden asks whispering.

"Yes," Antonio whispers.

"Well, I'm happy for you buddy." Jayden says whispering.

Jayden sets the DVD on the table. Antonio and Jayden walk to Tracy's bedroom. Jayden opens the door for Antonio. After Jayden did that, he tells his friend that he was heading to bed. Antonio enters Tracy's room and goes over to her bed. He gently places her onto it. He unfolds the spare blanket at the end of the bed and drapes it over her. He bends down and kissed her on the forehead.

"Sweet dreams Tracy." Antonio whispers to his new girlfriend.

He walks over to her desk. He takes her glasses out of his pocket and places them on the desk. Then he slowly exits the room feeling like he was the luckiest guy ever.

Tracy is sitting in the living room. She's happy that her ankle was finally strong enough to walk on it again. She has her little sketchbook in her hand and is looking at the picture she drew of Antonio and herself. Mike walks over to her and taps her on the shoulder. Tracy jumps and drops her sketch book.

"Dang it Mike, Did you have to do that?" She snaps.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you." Mike apologizes as he helps Tracy back to her feet.

"Nice picture," Mike says noticing the drawing on the floor.

"Mike, would you keep it down, do you want the whole house to hear you." She says.

Mike picks the drawing off the floor. He starts to dangle it above her head. She jumps as high as she can to try to get it back.

"Come on Mike, give it back," Tracy whines.

"Sorry Tracy no can do." Mike jokes.

Mike plays keep away for about ten more minutes. Then the rest of the team comes in. They see Tracy jumping like a jackrabbit trying to get the drawing back from Mike.

"Mike just took my sketchbook, and he won't give it back," Tracy says.

Kevin walks over to Mike. He takes the sketchbook from his hand. Then he gives it back to Tracy. She thanks him for getting it back.

"I didn't know that you could draw Tracy," Kevin says.

"I'm not that good, so I just do it for fun," Tracy says, as she quickly closes the sketchbook.

She didn't want anyone else to see the picture if she dropped the pad again. Mike was going to tell everyone what it was. She starts to draw the blizzard symbol. Mike was about to tell everyone. Tracy is ready to activate the symbol.

"Mike don't you dare say what that drawing was unless you want winter time to come early to the forest. I'm warning you. Don't say another word." Tracy says.

"They should see it. All it is just a picture of you and Antonio holding hands under a heart Rainbow." Mike says with a sly smirk.

"Mike! I warned you." Tracy says.

She activates the symbol. Then a bunch of snow starts to fly around the room. Tracy used the snow as a cover to get out of the room as fast as possible. When the snow stops flying around the room, Mia is the first to notice that Tracy was gone.

"I didn't think that she would get that upset," Mike says.

"Mike, Antonio and I will find her," Jayden says.

'Got it, you three can meet up with us at Rainbow's End once after you found her." Mike says.

Jayden nods. The others leave the room to head off the amusement park. Jayden and Antonio walk into the kitchen and find Tracy sitting on the floor in front of the sink.

"Are you okay?" Jayden asks.

She nods. Antonio walks over and sits down next to her. Jayden leaves the room to give them some privacy. They sit in silence for a few minutes. Antonio decides to break the awkward silence filling the room.

"So," Antonio says.

"Yup," Tracy replies.

The one-word conversation went on for a few minutes.

"Antonio, I just thought of something," Tracy says.

"What is it?" Antonio asks.

"This spot in the kitchen is pretty small, right? I guess we know how sardines feel inside the can now, huh?" Tracy jokes.

Antonio laughs at Tracy's joke.

"Are you always this funny?" Antonio asks in a flirting tone.

"Only when I'm nervous," She says honestly.

"Ji gave us the day off. The others decided to go to Rainbow's End."

"Great, another amusement park," Tracy says in a sarcastic tone.

"You don't like amusement parks?"

"I do. It is just I have been to so many growing up that I'm kind of..." Tracy replies.

"Amusement parked out," Antonio says completing her statement.

"Yes," Tracy answers along with a quick nod.

"How does a walk in the park sound?" Antonio asks.

"That depends on, would you consider it a date?" She replies.

"Only if you think it is." He says.

Tracy looks over at him and smile.

"So it's a date?" Antonio asks.

Tracy nods. They get to their feet.

"Antonio there is something else that I want to ask you." She says.

"What is it?" Antonio asks.

"Did you mean it when you said you liked me?" she asks reluctantly.

"Yes I did, why?" Antonio replies.

"The last time a boy told me that he didn't mean it." she answers.

Antonio put his arm around Tracy, for the first time, and pulls her close. Tracy puts her head on his shoulder. He looks down at her and tells her that boy was an idiot. She agrees with his last statement wholeheartedly and cracks a small smile.

"No one should ever treat a girl as beautiful as you like he did. I wish people would treat other with respect instead of treating others like they don't have feelings, and that is okay to lie." Antonio says.

A few tears begin to roll down Tracy's cheeks. Antonio unties his scarf and uses it to dry the tears from Tracy's eyes. For no reason at all Tracy starts to tell Antonio about her high school romance, or according to her, it was more like a high school heartbreak. After she finishes telling her story, she apologizes to Antonio for dumping all that on him. She knew that he didn't want to hear any of that.

He kisses her on the forehead. They walk back out to the living room. Meanwhile, in the living room, Jayden is sitting on a chair. A few minutes later Antonio and Tracy came in the room. She notices the lack of people in the room.

"Where did the rest of the team go?" Tracy asks.

"They left for Rainbow's End a few minutes ago," Jayden says.

"Are you going to join them?" Tracy asks.

"Yes, what about you two do you have any other plans?" Jayden replies.

Tracy tells him that they are going to the park. He tells them to have fun and that he will see them later on. Tracy and Antonio wave goodbye. Antonio asks Tracy if he could see the picture she drew. She just shrugs and picks the sketch pad off the table. Then she gives it to him. He opens it up and sees the picture.

"Wow, this is amazing," Antonio says.

"Thanks, you can keep it," Tracy says.

Antonio nods and tears the page out. Then folds it up and put it in his pocket.

"Are you ready to go?" He asks.

Tracy nods. He entwines his fingers in hers. They leave the Shiba house holding each other's hand.

Antonio and Tracy enter the park still holding hands. He notices that she is a little tense and silent. Antonio asks Tracy if everything was alright.

"Yes, it's nothing," Tracy replies.

"Tracy, you're awful at trying to make it look like nothing's wrong when there was something wrong," Antonio tells her.

"I know," She says.

"You already knows that I'm a good listener." He reminds her.

Tracy takes a deep breath before she says anything.

"I'm just worried that something bad is going to happen; that's all." She says.

"Will you relax? Nothing bad is going to happen." Antonio says in a reassuring tone.

Tracy smiles back at him. Antonio pulls Tracy closer, and their eyes meet.

"Have I told you that you have beautiful eyes?" He asks.

"Yes, you told me that at the movie night." She reminds him.

A sudden light breeze blows through their hair. When the breeze subsides, Tracy's hair has blown into her face. He uses his right hand to fix her hair.

"There are those blue sapphires again." He says sweetly.

"Antonio, do you always have to act so cute?" she asks him.

"Sorry, I don't know any other way to act when I'm with you." he replies.

Tracy never felt this way about anyone before. Antonio made her smile, gave butterflies in her stomach, and made her knees weak. She knew that she didn't just really like him - she loved him. She finally just let her heart take the lead. She leaned in closer to kiss him on the cheek, but as she moved closer, she felt his lips press against hers. A few seconds later the kiss ended. He says that she hopes that he's not moving too fast. She tells him that he wasn't moving too fast at all. She leans in to whisper something in his ear.

"I love you Antonio, my golden knight." She whispers.

She backs away and starts to run away, hoping that he would chase after her. He yells back to her did you just say that you love me. She yells back yes and that she meant it. He starts to chase after her. They play case for a few minutes before he finally caught her. They sit under a big tree holding hands and trying to catch their breath.

"Well that was fun." he says with a smile.

"Yeah. I thought you were faster than that," she says.

"Hey, you had a head start." He whines.

"I know. but I thought that it would make a big difference." She admits.

They sit under the tree for a few minutes. Tracy looks down at her left arm and sees a spider about six inches around crawling up it. She tries not to sound scared when she asks him for some help.

"Why?" Antonio asks.

"A huge spider is crawling up my arm." she replies still trying to stay calm.

"Come on it can't be that big." he says thinking that she was just bluffing.

"Oh really, look for yourself." she snaps.

Antonio turns his head and sees the spider that was now a few inches from her face.

"You weren't kidding. It is big," he jokes.

"Can you stop admiring it and just get it off me please." she says officially hitting the panic button.

Antonio uses his left hand to grab the spider and tries not to laugh as releases it back into the grass.

"I can't believe you are afraid of spiders." he says.

"I'm not scared of them I just don't like it when they randomly land on me or use me as a bridge that's all." she says defending herself.

"Ok my little angelfish, whatever you say." he says.

Aw, he gave me a pet name.Tracy thinks.

Tracy takes hold of Antonio's right hand to look at his watch. She notices it was lunch time. She suggests that they head back home to grab some chow. They get up and start to head back to the Shiba house. They arrive at the Shiba house ten minutes later. As they enter the living room, they see JI walking up to them. He was carrying several big planks of wood in his arms.

"What's with the wood mentor?" Tracy asks.

"A typhoon is about to hit our area in an hour or so," Ji answers.

"Typhoon!" Antonio and Tracy state together in shock.

Antonio and Mentor are working hard boarding up the house. Tracy is in the living room pacing the floor worried about the others as they now were stuck at Rainbows End until the storm passed. Ten minutes later Antonio and Mentor walk into the room.

"Tracy, are you ok?" Antonio asks.

"Yes, Antonio I'm all right why do you ask?" she replies.

"You are going to wear a path on the floor if you keep that up." he jokes.

"Was that supposed to be a joke?" she asks.

He nods, walks over to her, and places his hands on her shoulders to get her to stop pacing.

"Tracy, I know you're lying." he says.

"Fine. Maybe I'm a little worried about the others," she admits.

"Relax, they'll be okay," Antonio says.

"Come on you two, we should find a safe place to ride out the storm," Ji says

They head to the most interior room of the house -the hall closet. (Antonio grabs the lightzord from his room. He wanted to be prepared just in case the storm knocked out the power while they're stuck.) He and Tracy are on one side, and Ji is on the other. He hears the storm start to roll in. The wind howled, the thunder rumbled, lightning crackled, and the rain came down in buckets, and the hail thumped as it hit the roof. He looks down at Tracy. He sees she is beginning to freak out slightly.

"Are you afraid of storms?" Antonio asks.

"No, I'm not fond of loud noise" she answers.

"Is there any particular reason for this dislike of loud noises?" he asks.

"I guess this is a good time to tell my life story. My mom had me at 26 weeks, so I spent the first four months of my life in a dark and soundless room." Tracy says

"That makes sense to me," Antonio says.

She looks down at the floor. He could tell that Tracy is ashamed that she hadn't conquered her fear.

"You have nothing to be ashamed of, honey, everyone is afraid of something." He tells her.

She looks back up at him.

"Thanks for trying to make me feel better Antonio," she says.

Then another loud rumble of thunder rang outside the door, along with more hail stones thumping on the roof. After she heard that she nearly jumped out of her skin. He pulls her closer to him and wrap his arms around her.

"Hey, calm down, angel. I'm right here for you. Is there anything else I can to help?" he asks.

"When I was little, I used some other sound to drown everything else out." she answers.

He places her head on his chest.

"What can she hear now?" he asks with a smile.

"Your heart," she answers.

"Will this help?" he asks.

She nods. They stay like that for the duration of the storm. A few minutes later Antonio looks down and sees her fast asleep in his arms. A huge smile came on his face as he gently ran his fingers through her hair.

"Sweet dreams, Angel." he whispers.

A few hours later, Antonio can hear the sound of birds chirping outside. He gently shakes Tracy to wake her up. I tell her it's time to get up.

"No quiero ir a la escuela hoy cinco minutos más por favor." she mumbles in her sleep.

"Aceptar angel usted duerme todo lo que quieras," he told her.

"¡gracias! Mi caballero Dorado" she mumbled again.

Antonio looked down at his watch and noticed how late it was. He gets up slowly and cradle Tracy in his arms. Mentor opens the closet door, and they walk out. An hour later the others get home, and they are sitting the living room.

"Tracy, what exactly happen at the park?" Mia asks.

"Nothing," Tracy answers.

Antonio knew she was lying, but he knew she didn't want anyone to know what happened.

"How did you guys coped with being crammed in the emergency shelter at the amusement park?" Tracy asks.

"We just talked about our childhood," Mike says.

Ji calls them for dinner. Mike is the first one to get up from his chair. He dashes towards the kitchen. Everyone else gets up casually and walks towards the kitchen.

After dinner, everyone does their usual evening rituals. Antonio didn't see Tracy in the living room or the dojo. He walks out to the front yard. He sees Tracy lying on her back looking up at the star-filled sky. He goes over to her. Tracy hears his approaching footsteps and looks over at him.

"Hey Angel, what are you doing?" Antonio asks.

"Hey my golden knight, I just trying to find my kanji in the stars," Tracy answers.

"Found it yet?" he asks.

"Not yet but I found yours," Tracy answers.

"Really where is it?" he asks.

"You'll have to join me down here, so I can show you where it is," Tracy answers.

Antonio slowly lays down next to her and look up into the sky. She takes a hold of his left hand and uses his index finger to connect the dots with the stars. Then she drew his kanji in the night sky.

"Now do you see it?" she asks.

"Yes I do, but where is yours?" he says.

"I'll find it eventually until then I have found everyone else kanji, though." she answers.

She guides his hand and draws their friends kanji into the sky.

"Why didn't tell you the other about what happened in the park?" he asks.

"I don't know I just wanted to keep the 'you know' a secret." she answers.

"The kiss," he says.

"Yeah that," Tracy says.

"You act like the fact that I kissed you was a bad thing." he says.

"I didn't mean it like that it's just when you kissed me I felt something." She says.

"What exactly did you feel?" he asks her.

"Like I was floating on air, and I didn't want it to end." she says.

"I felt the same way." he says.

They turn our heads to look at each other.

"Really?" she asks.

"Yes," he answers.

"So what exactly does that mean?" she asks.

"My mom told me that means I found my soul mate." he says.

Tracy was in shock when she heard me say that.

"I promise we'll take thing one day at a time," Antonio says.

"That sounds like a good plan," she says

A few minutes later Tracy gets to her feet. He gets up too and step closer to her, and sees her shaking her arms in an attempt to wake them up.

"That's what you get for laying on them for as long as you did." he says.

"Gee thanks, mom," She jokes.

He laughs at her joke. They stay outside for a little while longer.

"Why were you playing connect the dot with the stars?" Antonio asks.

"Because it's fun, and it helps remind me of my late Aunt Mary," Tracy says.

"I'm sorry for your loss," Antonio says.

"Thanks," Tracy says.

"How much longer are you going to stay out here? Your arms are starting to get covered with goose bumps. I thought you didn't like the cold." he says.

"Your right I don't, but you could always keep me warm." she says flirtingly.

He wraps his arms around her waist and pull her in close. They stayed outside for a few more minutes before we head back in the house. They go her room and stand in front of the door.

"Antonio I just want to thank for what you did earlier during the storm. I appreciate it." Tracy says.

"You're welcome." he says.

Antonio kisses her good night, and she walks into her room. He turned around and went to his room to get some rest too.

Translations

No quiero ir a la escuela hoy cinco minutos más por favor - I do not want to go to the school today five minutes more, please.

Aceptar angel usted duerme todo lo que quieras – ok angel you sleep as long as you want to

¡gracias! Mi caballero Dorado – thanks my golden knight

Antonio is walking back from the store because Ji wasn't in the mood to go shopping. He cuts through the park. Then a boy around 5''4' came up to him.

"Hi I'm Adolph, Do you know Tracy?" he says introducing himself.

"Hi, Adolph I'm Antonio. Yes, I do." Antonio says.

"It's nice to meet you, Antonio. Do you know where I can find her?" he asks.

"Yes, I can take you to her. Are you an old friend?" Antonio asks.

Adolph nods. They walk to the Shiba House. Meanwhile, in the living room at the house, Tracy patiently waits for Antonio to get back from the store. She wanted to show him the new symbol power she just mastered. A few minutes later Antonio comes in the house with someone that she never wanted to see again.

"Hello, Tracy," Adolph says with a sweet smile.

"Hello Adolph." she replies in an angry tone.

"Tracy who is he?" Antonio asks.

"He is my ex-boyfriend from high school." she answers.

Adolph tries to get her to forgive him. She just rolls her eyes at him.

"How can you still be mad at me I apologized like twenty times." He reminds me.

"Yes, you did apologize but every time you did, I could tell that you didn't mean it." she snaps.

"Please can you give me another chance." he begs.

"No, I can't Adolph your name may mean noble wolf. I'm shocked that you could look me straight in the eye. Then lie to me." she tells him.

"Come on; I never lied to you." He says to defend himself.

"Yeah right, remember the day you came back from the internship with the Science Lab the summer of junior year." she states.

He stands in silence.

"If you can't remember, I'll jog your memory. You came back with a girl on your arm. You looked straight me in the eye. Then you told me that you were just friends." I say.

"Yes, I remember that day. I was telling you the truth I swear." He snaps.

"Yeah, right. If you two were just friends, why did you smile at each other like lovesick baboons, huh?" she says trying not to cry.

"Well." He says.

"I made the right choice when I broke up with you. You couldn't even keep the promise you made to me the day you left," she says.

"I did keep my promise." He argues.

"No, you didn't, you stood right in front of me and kissed her. You kissed her Adolph!" she snaps as the tears start to roll down her cheeks.

Antonio leaves for a minute and walks into the kitchen and gives the groceries to Ji.

"What's going on out there?" Ji asks.

"I accidentally brought Tracy's old boyfriend here. Now he is trying to get her to take him back," he answer.

"It sounds like she doesn't want him anywhere near her," Ji says.

"I know JI. I can't listen to this anymore. I have to do something." he says.

Antonio leaves the kitchen to go comfort his girlfriend. He walks back into the living room.

"Adolph just go away! I don't want to see you ever again!" Tracy yells.

Adolph walks closer to her. Then he takes her left hand. She quickly rips her hand away.

"Don't touch me!" she yells.

"Come on Tracy; please give me the chance to show you that I have changed," Adolph says sweetly.

"No!" she yells.

"Please, Tracy." He begs.

"No, there is no way I could even be friends with a lying, insensitive, and pig-headed jerk like you." She says.

Antonio sees a few tears began to roll down her face. He walks over to her. She turns around slowly and buries her face into his chest.

"Listen, Adolph, just leave Tracy alone," Antonio tells him.

"Are you her new boyfriend?" he asks.

"Yes, unlike you, I treat her with respect," Antonio says.

"Whatever, I'm out of here." He says.

Antonio wraps his arms around her to give her a much-needed hug. He apologizes to her for bringing him here.

"It's ok I didn't know," Tracy says through the tears.

She continues to cry. Antonio runs his fingers through her hair to calm her down. She tries her best to talk. He can't make anything out through all the tears. He kisses the top of her head. Then he set his head on top of hers.

How could anyone be so cruel to someone like Tracy? Antonio thinks.

Adolph stomps out of the room. Jayden and the others are walking through the front gate. They see Adolph walking up, and he looks mad. They let him go by and walk out the front gate. They head into the house. They walk into the living room to see Tracy crying her eyes out into Antonio's chest.

"Hey, who was that?" Mike asks.

"Tracy's ex-boyfriend." Antonio mouths.

Mike was about to say something that without a doubt would just make things worse. Emily quickly places her hand over his mouth to prevent him from speaking. Mike swallows his breath as Emily removes her hand.

"Is Tracy all right?" Emily asks.

"Yes, she'll be fine in a bit," Antonio tells them.

They take that as their cue to leave. The team leaves and walks to the kitchen. They enter the kitchen and help Ji put the groceries away. Meanwhile, in the living room Antonio takes his head off Tracy's. Tracy takes her face out of Antonio's chest. As the crying stops, Antonio uses the back of his hand to dry the tears from Tracy's eyes.

"Sorry about the water works Tony." Tracy apologizes.

"It's ok angel," Antonio says.

She cracks a joke that he can create a clone of her from all the DNA that was on his shirt. Antonio laughs at her joke. He could tell that Tracy was still shaken up about what happened earlier.

"Don't worry angel everything is ok. I promise," he reassures her.

Tracy knows that Antonio would never lie to her and always keep his promises. Later that night they decide to have a bonfire. Tracy walks over to the fire with a bunch of old pictures of her and Adolph in her hand. When she gets close enough to the flames, she tosses the images into the fire. She turns around and sits down next to Antonio. She watches as the flames quickly incinerate them and the sparks they create light up the sky. She feels the pain Adolph caused her disappear as the last picture turns to ashes.

"Tracy, what did you just throw into the fire?" Jayden asks.

"Just some old memories of my Ex," she answers.

Jayden doesn't know how to respond so he doesn't say a word. He just sits in silence and watches the flames swirl and the sparks fly into the sky. Antonio brought his acoustic guitar outside. He tucked behind his chair. Tracy notices it and asks him if she can borrow it. He nods and gives it to her.

"Tracy, why did you tell us that you could play the guitar?" Mike asks.

"First of all you never asked. Second I only know one song." she replies.

"What's the song?" he asks.

"It's the song my Uncle Jose and Aunt Elaine used to sing to me when they would come to visit. They lived in Mexico, so the lyrics are in Spanish." she replies.

"Well, I could always just translate it while you sing it." Antonio offers.

"I guess that could work but I don't think that you guys really want to hear me sing." she says modestly.

The others really want to hear Tracy sing and they try their best to convince her to sing the song. Tracy gives in after a few minutes of hearing her friends tell her that they are her friends. She starts to strum the first chords of the song, and starts to sing a few seconds later. Antonio begins to sing the translation after she sings the first line. After the song ends she gives the guitar back to Antonio.

"That was a really beautiful song." Mia says.

"Yeah I know. The song sounds even better when my aunt and uncle sing it." she says.

"Tracy, I guess you learn Spanish from your aunt and uncle?" Mike asks.

"Just a few words. The rest I learned in my high school Spanish class." she answers.

"I bet having family who speaks the language makes it a little easier to learn." Mike says.

"A little bit." she states.

They stay outside until the fire fizzled down to nothing. They decide to head back inside the house and head to bed. Antonio and Tracy are the last ones to go inside the house. They are holding each others hand. Antonio is carrying his guitar on his back.

"You know I could teach you some other songs for the guitar." he says.

"I would like that." she tells him.

They walk to Tracy's room. He wishes her good night. Tracy kisses him on the cheek, then whispers something in his ear.

"Sleep well my golden knight." she whispers.

Antonio turns around and walks back to his room. Tracy and Antonio both go to bed with a big smile on their faces.

The days passed and thanks to Antonio Tracy had new good memories to help erase all the sad memories of Adolph. They finished their latest battle. During the battle, Tracy landed hard on her left knee cap and it hurt like crazy. She didn't want everyone to make a fuss over her. She doing her best to make it look like everything- was fine.

"Tracy, you sure you're all right?" Jayden asks.

"Yeah I'm fine really." she answers.

She knew that Antonio could tell that she was lying. He could tell that she was in pain with every step she took.

"Antonio that he was you were right. Tracy is a really bad liar." Mike says.

"Ok, you caught me. My knee is a little weak that all. I can still stand on it see." she admits.

She slowly straightens her left leg. As soon as she did, a sudden rush of intense pain flowed through her leg. Then everything started to spin around her. She began to fall backward. Antonio caught her before she hit the ground.

"Tracy, are you sure that you are going to be able to make it back to the house on your own?" Jayden asks.

"Si mi rodilla no herir ese mal que sé que puedo hacerlo." she answers.

"Antonio translation please," Mike says.

"She said yes her knee doesn't hurt that bad, and she knows that she can make it." Antonio translates.

"It doesn't hurt that bad right," Kevin said with a goofy smile on his face.

"Aceptar quizás fina dosis un poco dolido pero sólo cuando tratan de caminar en ella." she admits.

"She said it only hurts a little when she tries to walk on it." Antonio translates.

"Maybe you should just let someone carry you back," Jayden suggests.

"No tengo todavía una rodilla buena y quiero usarlo." she protests.

Antonio began to translate before Mike even asked.

"You may have one good knee. You're just going to wear yourself out if you try to walk all the way back." Antonio says.

She knew that he was right. She wanted to go back on her own accord. She made Antonio a deal he could help her back, but not by carrying her. He had to let her use him as a crutch so she can walk back home using her good knee. He agreed, and they slowly walked back to the house

They get back to the house. Antonio could tell that Tracy was getting tired as they walked inside the house. They heard mentor talking with a woman who was a little taller than Tracy. Everyone is happy that Tracy was speaking English again.

"Hey, Tracy, who is that talking with mentor?" Antonio asks.

"My mom, Ballade." She answers.

"You didn't tell us that your mom was coming," Kevin says.

"I didn't even know that she was coming." She admits.

Tracy has a strange feeling that her mom didn't just come here to check up on her. She and mentor walked up to them.

"Hi, sweetheart," Ballade says

"Mom, why didn't you call me to let me know that you were coming?" Tracy asks.

"I wanted to surprise you," Ballade answers.

"Well, you sure did," Tracy says.

"We can catch up later. Let me have a look at your knee." Ballade says in her motherly tone.

Tracy tells her mom that She is fine. Ballade gives her daughter the look. Tracy really hates it when she uses it. Antonio helps Tracy over to the chair closest to them. Tracy slowly props her left leg up on the coffee table and tried not to wince in pain. Ballade slowly rolled up the pant leg. She sees that her daughter's knee is swollen and misshapen. She asks someone to get an ice pack. Jayden leaves and comes back with the ice pack. He hands it to her. She gently placed it on Tracy's knee.

"Tracy is your mom a nurse?" Jayden asks.

"Yup, she works in the ER along with my father." she answers.

"So I know what a fractured patella look likes," Ballade says confidently.

"I never broke a bone in my body before," Tracy says.

"Well sweetie, you won't be able to say that anymore," Ballade says with a smile.

"Now, what mom?" Tracy asks.

"We are going to the ER to have it look by an actual doctor," Ballade answers.

Tracy didn't bother to argue with her mom. She knew that was one battle she could never win. Antonio helped her to the car, and they head to the ER.

They came back from the ER 15 minutes later, and Tracy had a brace on her knee. She is sitting on a chair with her knee propped up on a few pillows. Antonio walked over to her and sat down next to her. He knew she was scared about the surgery on Sunday. Every time he asks her a question. She answers it in Spanish.

"How are you feeling?" Antonio asks.

"Tracy I know you're scared about the surgery. The doctor said it was a minor surgery, and you would be back on your feet in a few days." I tell her.

"Explícame cómo abrir la piel en mis rodillas y poniendo los huesos rotos volver junto con metal cables de una cirugía menor!" she snaps.

"Tracy would you, please calm down everything is going to be fine I promise." he says.

"¿Cómo sabes que?" She asks.

"Your mom would never have agreed to have the surgery done if it was going to do you more harm than good right." he says.

"Eso es cierto, pero qué pasa si algo va mal y yo no podemos ser un samurai ya." she says.

"Nothing bad is going to happen. The only thing master Xandred will have to worry about is how much stronger you'll be when you get back out there," he says.

He kisses her on the forehead. Then he sees a small smile come to her face. Tracy sets her head on my shoulder. He looks down at her.

"There is that beautiful smile of yours." he says.

"Antonio, thank you for helping me get through this I appreciate it," Tracy says.

"You're welcome I'm just doing what a good friend is supposed to do." he says.

"Wait I thought we were a couple?" Tracy asks.

"We are, but we are close friends too." he answers.

"I knew that my golden knight I just have one more question," Tracy says.

"What is that angel?" he asks.

"If I bit my lip would you kiss it to make it better?" she asks sweetly.

Antonio chuckled at her joke and lean in. She moves closer to help me out a little bit. Their lips brushed together. A few seconds into the kiss Tracy starts to run her fingers through his hair. He pulls her closer to him gently so he wouldn't aggravate her bad knee. The kiss deepened they can feel their hearts beat as one. Antonio knew that she didn't want this moment to end, but he knew they needed to breathe at some point. The kiss lasts a few more minutes before he backs away.

"You didn't have to stop you know," Tracy says.

"I know, but I thought I would be nice and let you breathe again." he says.

"Thanks for being so thoughtful." she says

Antonio notices a look in her eyes that asking him to kiss her again. He is about to when Ballade calls everyone in for dinner.

"Darn, I guess I'll have to wait." She says.

He nods and helps her up. Tracy picks up her crutches and we head to the kitchen. Tracy looks over at me again.

"I think you should get rid of the evidence." she says.

Antonio uses the back of his hand to wipe Tracy's lip gloss off his lips. They walk into the kitchen and Tracy sees that her mom made chicken tacos.

"Mom you haven't made this in a while," Tracy says.

"I know sweetie I just wanted to see your face when you saw it." Ballade says.

Antonio and Tracy sit down at the table. After Ballade passed out the food she sat down herself. Then everyone started to eat dinner. Tracy notices Mike is scarfing down his food.

"Dong it Mike, the food is going anywhere." Tracy says.

Mike swallows what was in his mouth before he talks.

"I know that, but this is excellent," Mike says.

"Thanks for the compliment Mike." Ballade says.

"You're welcome," Mike says.

Then he started eating his food again. Tracy just shakes her head at him and start to eat her dinner. After everyone finished eating she offers to help clean up.

"I can handle it sweetie, but thanks for offering," Ballade says,

"You don't want me to help because I'm hurt," Tracy says.

"Tracy that's not it. I think it best if you don't try to do anything to strenuous that all." Ballade says.

"How is doing the dishes strenuous? I'll be standing on my good one." Tracy says.

"That's a bad idea because I'll just end up fainting from putting all my weight on my good knee," Ballade says.

"How come all of sudden you're treating like I'm a kid again." she argues.

"Tracy I'm not. I'm just doing what the doctor said." Ballade says.

Tracy makes her puppy dog eyes.

"That's not going to work sweetie," Ballade says.

Tracy removed the look from her face. She picks up her crutches and walk out the room in defeat. Antonio gets up from his chair and follows close behind her.

Later that night in Tracy's room, Tracy are snuggled up watching The Vow on the portable DVD player that was on the bed. Half way through the movie he pressed pause.

"Hey, why did you that. That was the best part?" Tracy asks.

"I thought you would like this even more." Antonio answers.

Tracy turns around. He cupped her cheeks with his hands. He leans in closer and gives her a French kiss. This was the first time he kissed her like this. After he backs away he sees a surprised look on her face.

"What wrong angel?" he asks.

"Nothing it's just I never knew you could kiss like that." she answers.

"So, I guess you liked it then?" he asks.

She pulls him back in towards her and kissed him back the same time the kisses slowly become more passionate and it turned into a make out session. After things calmed down they went back to watching the movie. Ten minutes the movie ended and Tracy had fallen asleep a few seconds after the credits started to roll across the scene. Antonio got up slowly. He picked the DVD player off the bed and set it on the ends table. He placed a few pillows under Tracy's bad knee and draped a blanket over her. Then he kissed her on the forehead and slowly exited the room.

Translations

bien mi rodilla está palpitando como loco que estoy bien- well my knee is throbbing like crazy other than that I'm fine

Explícame cómo abrir la piel en mis rodillas y poniendo los huesos rotos volver junto con metal cables de una cirugía menor.- explain to me how opening the skin on my knee and putting the broken bones back together with metal wires a minor surgery!

eso es cierto, pero qué pasa si algo va mal y yo no podemos ser un samurai ya- that's true, but what if something does go wrong and I can't be a samurai anymore

Antonio walks into Tracy's hospital room with a balloon bouquet. Tracy was playing with the remote that controlled her hospital knew she was still scared because she was still speaking Spanish.

"Hola a mi caballero de oro. Bueno definitivamente no tengo miedo de la cirugía." she says.

"Tracy it is completely nature to be afraid. I told you before everything is going to be fine," he says with a reassuring smile.

"Sé a Antonio pero estás seguro de que no hay un poder de símbolo que me podía curar." she says.

"Sorry Angel I looked in the archives but didn't have any luck." he says.

"Gracias por probarlo agradezco." she says with a smile.

The nurse came in to take her in for surgery. The nurse has round chocolate-colored eyes and luxurious, straight, black hair.

"No, no quiere ir por favor no llevarme" she screams in terror.

Antonio asks the nurse to wait a minute. He takes a washable marker out of his pocket. He takes her right hand; he wrote no te preocupes ser feliz on her hand and puts it away. She read what he wrote. He saw a smile appear on her face, and a look of fear was in her eyes disappear. The nurse wheels her away for surgery.

Tracy wakes up in the recovery room two hours later. The surgery wasn't as bad as Tracy thought it would be. She looks to her left and sees Antonio.

"Hey, my golden knight, Why did you write don't worry be happy on my hand?" she asks.

"I thought it would make you smile." He answers.

"Well it worked thanks." she says.

"No problem what are friends for right." He says.

"I thought you were my boyfriend?" she asks.

"I am" he answers quickly in a confused tone.

"Antonio I knew that. I was just making sure that you still remember" she says.

Antonio sees a huge smile on her face. He kissed her on the forehead. Tracy is about to kiss him back on the lips. She hears Ballade clearing her throat.

"Hi mom," she says.

"Hi, sweetheart, when were you going to tell me that you had a new boyfriend?" Ballade asks.

"Well I…" she stammers.

"Relax Sweetie; I know why you did tell us," Ballade says in a calm tone.

"You do?" she asks.

"You were scared about how your father is going to react right?" Ballade replies.

Tracy nods.

"Relax sweetie; your dad will be ok with this. Once he can see how happy you are now that you found Antonio. He'll be happy too." Ballade reassures her.

"Really?" Tracy asks.

"Yes honey, the only thing any parent wants for their children is for them to be happy." She answers.

"I can be released soon right, mom?" Tracy asks changing the subject.

"Yes, when we get home I'll make you breakfast," Ballade says.

"Can I have chocolate chip pancakes?" she asks.

"Sure," Ballade says.

"Score!" Tracy says with a big smile on her face.

A few minutes later Ballade signed the release forms, and Tracy was free to go. The doctor tells Tracy not to stay off her knee for the next three months.

Translations

Hola a mi caballero de oro. Bueno definitivamente no tengo miedo de la cirugía- Hello my golden knight. Well, I'm definitely not afraid about the surgery.

stás seguro de que no hay un poder de símbolo que me podía curar- I know Antonio, but you're sure that there is a symbol power that I could cure me

Gracias por probarlo agradezco- thanks for trying I appreciate it no no quiere ir por favor no llevarme-I don't want to go, please do not take me

no te preocupes ser feliz- Don't worry be happy

Antonio invited Tracy to come along on one of his fishing just got to the stream. Antonio took out a fishing rod, baited the hook, and cast the line into the water.

"Nice day isn't it," Antonio says.

"Yup," Tracy says.

"So, when was the last time you have been fishing?" he asks.

"I was six." she answers.

"That long huh." he jokes.

"Very funny, Antonio," Tracy says as she tried to push him into the stream.

"Hey, you're going to scare the fish away." he whines.

"Don't worry the fish will come back." she reminds him.

Tracy finally manages to push him into the water. He splashes around for a few minutes. She decides to help him out of the water.

"So, how's the water Antonio?" she asks.

"Maybe you should join me and see for yourself." he answers, as he pulls her in as well.

"Antonio, you are so going to get it." Tracy says, as she splashes some water in his face.

They have a water fight for a few minutes.

"Hey, what about fishing?" she asks.

"I can fish anytime, but this is more fun." He answers with a smile as he splashes her again.

"I couldn't agree more." she says.

The water battle goes on for a few more minutes. Antonio gets out of the water first and grabs a hand towel to dry his hands off, so he can get a better grip to help Tracy out.

"Well I guess we should head back home, huh?" she asks

"Not if I can help it rangers" rings an evil voice.

"So much for the nice day" Antonio mumbles under his breath.

"What do you want nighlok?" Tracy asks.

"To destroy you pesky samurai rangers." the nighlok answers .

"I don't think so nighlok, Go, Go, Samurai!" Tracy yells.

"Samurai morpher, Gold Power." Antonio yells as he pulls out his morpher.

They stand ready to battle. The nighlok is as tough as any other we have battled until it launches a silk like substance from its hands trying Tracy against a tree.

"That's one ranger down and one more to go." The nighlok says evilly.

"Don't bet on it nighlok" Antonio yells as he charges in towards the nighlok.

Tracy struggles to get free, but the more she does the strand just gets tighter and tighter. was forced to watch Antonio fight for her and she can tell he was starting to get tried.

"Antonio, don't give up! I know you can beat this freak." she yells.

"I don't think so, Silver Ranger your gold friend is about to meet his end." the nighlok says.

The nighlok charges in fast and slashes Antonio across the chest with his claw and he flies backwards. The he hits a tree hard. He lays on the ground, demorphed.

"Antonio!" Tracy yells.

"Sorry ranger. You friend is defeated." The nighlok says as it laughs manically.

"No you're wrong! Antonio, please get up Antonio!" Tracy yells.

Tracy wakes up screaming, drenched in cold sweat, and her heart is beating like a drum.

"Man why do good dreams turn into bad dreams so fast," Tracy says.

She wipes the sweat off her forehead. She look over at the alarm clock it reads three am. She slowly get out of bed and head to the kitchen. She gets a glass down from the cupboard.

"Hey, angel," Antonio says.

Tracy jumps and drop the glass, but catch it in her right hand before it hits the floor. She sets it back on the counter. She turns around and see Antonio standing in the doorway.

"Dang it Antonio, you have got to stop doing that." Tracy snaps.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." he apologizes.

"Don't worry about it. What are you doing up anyway?" she asks.

"I heard you scream I just want to make sure you're ok." he answers.

"No te preocupes mi Caballero dorado estoy bien sólo tuvo un mal sueño que es todo." she says.

Tracy tries to make it sound like it wasn't a big deal but the nightmare was starting to get to her because she was speaking Spanish. She knew that Antonio could tell that something was wrong. He walks over to her and pulls her into a hug. She looks up at him.

"You want to talk about it? " he asks.

"¿que usted realmente desea escucharlo?" she asks.

"Yes. Not that I don't like to hear you speak Spanish angel. Could you please tell me in English." he says.

Tracy smiles and tell him about her nightmare.

"I hate nightmares that start off like that." he says with smile.

"Me too, do you think that anything in the nightmare could come true in real life?" she asks.

"I hope so" he replies.

"Antonio!" she snaps.

"Relax angel, you didn't let me finish. I hope the first part of it does come true because it sounds like we had a lot of fun." He says with a smile.

"Yeah, me too considering we never had a date yet." she says.

"Wait, what about the walk in the park?" he asks.

"Oh yeah I forgot." she says.

Antonio chuckled then kisses her on the forehead. They walk outside to look up at the stars.

"Wow I can't get over how beautiful the stars look tonight." she says.

"Don't you mean this morning?" he says correcting her.

"Right I knew that," she says.

"Tracy can I tell you something?" he asks.

"Sure, what is it Antonio?" she answers very concernedly.

"I had the exact same nightmare a few nights ago. The only difference was I was the one tied up and you got hurt trying to protect me." he says.

"Wow, that's kinda weird." She says in shock.

"I hope something like that never happens." he says, trying not to sound like a scared child.

"Why?" she asks.

"Because I would never be able to forgive myself if you ever got hurt trying to help me." he answers.

"Antonio that's one of the risks that comes with being a samurai." She says kinda sounding like Jayden.

"I know, but I just really care about you." he reminds her.

"I know that Tony." she says with a smile.

Tracy pulls Antonio in close and kisses him on the lips. They push away from each other and Antonio's see that sparkle in her eyes that always reminds him how beautiful she is.

"You are the best boyfriend I ever had." she says sweetly.

They stay outside for a few more minutes before heading back inside. They walk into the kitchen and the room is filled with the smell of chocolate chip pancakes.

This is the third morning in a row. Ok, something is wrong, I just know it. Tracy thinks.

"Sweet more chocolate chip pancakes coming though." Mike says sounding like a child on Christmas morning.

"Hold up Mike, there is something wrong with this picture. Ok mom what up?" Tracy asks.

"There is something I wanted to tell you. I thought it would be easier if everyone knew the truth." Ballade says in an ashamed tone.

"What do you mean mom?" Tracy asks not liking the way Ballade said her last statement.

"I'll tell you after breakfast." She answers.

They finish eating breakfast a few minutes later. Everyone puts their plates away. Tracy sits back down at the table. Ballade hands her daughter an old black and white picture. Tracy see a man with the snow leopard zord in his hand.

"Who is that man mom?" Tracy asks.

"That is your great grandfather Frederick" Ballade answers.

"What does this have to do with me?" she asks.

"Sweetheart, you becoming a samurai ranger wasn't a fluke." Ballade answers.

"Wait you are saying that I was always meant to become the sliver samurai?" she says in shock.

"Yes, sweetheart." Ballade says.

"Why didn't you tell me this before?" she asks.

"Believe me sweetheart, your dad and I meant to tell you this earlier. We didn't know how to tell you." Ballade answers.

"You guys kept this a secret form me my whole life. You and dad have always taught me to be honest with others. All the times I asked about the family tree, everything you told me wasn't true." she says trying to keep her composure.

"Tracy, everything we told you about the family was true. You have every right to be upset with us, but you have to understand we didn't want to put you through all the difficult samurai training as a child, we just wanted you to have a good childhood." Ballade explains.

"I never had that mom, and you know it. Not having many friends, getting teased a lot by the older kids in the neighborhood and at school, and never making a sports team at school just because I was smaller than everyone else, having to hear you and dad brag about your son all the time, and not to mention all the funerals I had to go to. So thanks for the good childhood mom." she says with tears in her eyes.

Tracy gets up from her seat and run out of the room.

"Tracy, come back" Antonio shouts.

"Antonio, let her go. She just needs a little time to cool down." Ballade tells him.

They leave the room to start their morning training session.

I hope that Tracy doesn't stay mad at me forever. Ballade thinks.

Translations

Caballero dorado estoy bien sólo tuvo un mal sueño que es todo- don't worry my golden knight I'm fine just had a bad dream that's all

¿que usted realmente desea escucharlo? - You sure you really want to hear it?

A few months later Mia gets a letter from Terry. He wrote that he would be going to put on another benefit concert for the children's hospital and that he would be here tomorrow. She walks out of her room and head to the kitchen.

"Hey everyone Terry is coming back." she announces.

"That's great, Mia," Kevin says.

"Who is Terry?" Tracy asks.

"He is my little brother," Mia answers.

"That's cool I wish I had a little brother growing up, but I got stuck with an older one." She says.

"Why didn't you tell us you had an older brother?" Mia asks.

"I tried, but I was interrupted by a nighlok attack. Anyway, I don't see him all that much he moved to Indiana to go to college two years ago." She answers.

"Did he get a scholarship or something?" Kevin asks.

"Full ride for all four years." she says with very little enthusiasm.

"Wow, he must be really smart." Mike rings in.

"Yeah he got the brains and I didn't." She says selling herself short.

"Come on don't talk that way- you are smart too," Antonio says trying to make her feel better.

"Thanks, Antonio, but I'll never be as smart as he is. He graduated high school with a 4.0 and I graduated with a 3.2." she says.

"Hey a 3.2 GPA is good too," Mia says.

"Your friend is right Tracy and I'm proud of my little sis," Chris says.

Tracy turns around and a huge smile appears on her face. She runs over to him and give him a bear hug.

"So I guess that means you missed me while I was away at college?" he asks.

"Maybe a little." She says.

"Only a little I guess I'll have to change that." He says, as he starts to give me a noogie.

"Come on Chris, do we really have to go to noogietown again?" she asks.

"Yes, we do sis." he says.

He continues to mess up my hair with his fist. The trip to noogietown last a few more minutes until he finally stops.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were coming?" she asks.

"I wanted it to be a surprise." he answers.

"Gotcha bro, but I thought your classes at Franklin College were brutal?" she asks.

"They are, but the semester just ended. I wanted to see how my little sis was doing." He answers.

"I'm fine." she says.

"Except for fracturing your knee cap." He says with a devilish smile on his face.

"Mom called you, didn't she? " she says.

"Yup and she told me about you being a power ranger." He says.

"Really?" she asks.

"Yup. and I'm kinda jealous because great grandpa said that you were the one to become the silver ranger and not me." He admits

"Wow, I never knew you felt that way. You should have said something sooner," she says.

"What was I supposed to say, Tracy? Don't follow your destiny I wouldn't have been a good big brother if I said that now would I." he says.

"No, I guess not" she jokes.

"She also told me about your new boyfriend. Are you going to introduce me to your new friends or not?" he asks.

Tracy nods and introduces him to the other rangers. Then the gap sensor went off.

"Sorry big brother duty calls." she says.

"No prob little sis. Now go kick some butt." He says with a brotherly smile.

She smiles and leaves with the other rangers to go battle the nighlok. Mia thought Tracy would want to catch up with her brother after the battle, but she went to the back garden with her portable speaker system and her IPod.

"I wonder what she is up to," Mia says.

Then there was a knock at the door Mia went to answer it. She opens it and sees Terry.

"Terry I thought you were coming tomorrow?" She asks him giving him a hug.

"I took an earlier flight." He answers.

"Well come in." she says.

They walk back in the living room.

"Who is your new boyfriend?" he asks.

"No this is Chris. He's Tracy older brother," she says.

"It's nice to meet you," Terry says as he offers Chris a friendly handshake.

"Nice to meet you too Terry," Chris says accepting the handshake.

"I'll let you two talk. I'm going to check on Tracy," she says.

"Ok see you later, Mia," the two of them say together.

Tracy walks into the back garden and sits down on the beach and put her Ihome on the ground. She turns sit on and put her IPod on shuffle mode. Then 'Temporary Home' begins to play and she starts to sing along.

Everyone walks out to the back garden and hear Tracy singing beautifully. ( They heard her sing in Spanish and her voice sounds just as beautiful in English.) They stand in silence and listen to her sing.

"Wow, she has the voice of an angel, no matter what language the lyrics are in," Antonio says as a big smile comes to his face.

"The song is done yet." Emily snap.

Tracy finishes singing 'Temporary Home' and pressed pause on her IPod and turns around. She sees her friends standing behind her.

"How long have you two been standing there?" She asks.

"Long enough to hear your angelic voice again," Antonio answers.

"Thanks, Tony. Has my brother told you anything else about me that you guys didn't already know?" She asks.

"No, I don't think so" Mia answers

"Good." she says.

"Why are you singing out here anyway?" Antonio asks.

"I don't know" she answers.

"Can I suggest something? Would you have any argument if we sang together?" he asks.

"I guess not considering you have an amazing voice too." she says.

"Thanks, angel, so what are we going to sing?" he asks.

"I have a high school musical song on my IPod that might work." she answer,

"Cool let's do this." he says confidently.

She searches through her song list. She selects "Breaking Free" and it begins to play through the speakers. When they finished the song,

"Wow, that was amazing." Mike compliments.

"Thanks, Mike." she says.

"So Tracy do you think that you might sing in the benefits concert that Terry is putting on in a few weeks?" Mia asks.

"I'm sorry after what happened the last time I sang in front of a huge crowd. You should just find someone else." Tracy answers.

"What happened? " Mike asks.

"Nothing much, except the Jefferson High student body laughed at her," Chris answers as he walks up to the group.

"Gracias, por mantener la boca cerrada hermano," Tracy growls through her teeth.

"You are telling me that you still haven't gotten over that yet. Come on it was three years ago," he reminds her.

"Sé que, pero es vergonzoso que no obtiene." she responds.

"Yes I do, listen everyone gets embarrassed now and then, but the longer you put this off the harder it's going to get." Chris says.

"Lo siento gran hermano" she says with tears in her eyes.

She pushes her way through the group and runs into the house.

"I guess I messed that one up didn't I?" Chris asks.

"Yeah, maybe a bit." Mike says.

"Mike" Emily snaps as she slaps him in the gut.

"It's all right Emily. Mom was right I should learn to think though more before I speak." He says.

"You are going to apologize to her aren't you?" Jayden asks.

"Yes, but I'll let her calm down first." He answers.

Antonio picks up her things and take them back into the house. He sets them on the kitchen counter and went to check up on her. Tracy can't believe how her brother acted earlier. She is still crying into my pillow when she hears a knock at her door.

"Tracy can we talk for a minute." Antonio's voice rings form the other side.

"No puede usted sólo me dejan en paz por favor." she yells.

"I know you're upset. Chris was just trying to help." He says

"Sí, derecho." she yells back.

"Please let me in. I'm not going to leave until you do." he says.

Antonio tries a few more time until Tracy finally lets him in. He enters the room and walks over to the bed. He sees Tracy with her face down in her pillow crying.

"Come on, Angel please stop crying. Your eyes are too beautiful to be filled with tears." he says.

She slowly lifts her head off the pillow. He notice a small smile came to her face.

"AW, eres tan lindo cuando dices cosas como ese." she says.

"I know "I say with a smile.

She pushes herself up off her stomach and rolls onto her back to sit up in the bed. He knew she had cooled down because she was speaking English again.

"Antonio, I'm sorry about before I shouldn't have done that." She says.

"You don't have to apologize for the way you acted. Chris feels really bad too." he says.

"I won't believe it until he apologizes for being a bad brother." She replies.

"Hey, slow down there angel, I know your upset about what he did. That doesn't give you the right to call him that." he reminds her.

"You're right, Antonio" she says.

"Listen; don't worry about the concert you don't have to sing of you don't want to. If you choose to do it I'll sing with you and everyone else will be there cheering for us." he tells her.

"Can I at least think about it?" she asks.

"Sure. You don't have to decide right away." he says.

"Thanks" she says.

"I was going out to do a little fishing. Do you want to come?" he asks.

"Sure but FYI I'm not very good at fishing." She admits.

"No worries, I'll do the fishing. You can use your animal magnetism to attract the fish to me." he says hoping that would make her laugh.

She lets out a soft giggle.

"Very funny, my golden knight and it sounds like a good plan to me." She says.

She gets out of bed and we walk out of her room. Antonio grabs his fishing gear and they leave the Shiba house. Antonio leads her to the new secret fishing spot he found a few days ago.

Translations

Gracias por mantener la boca cerrada hermano- thanks for keeping your mouth shut brother

Sé que, pero es vergonzoso que no obtiene -I know that but it was embarrassing don't you get that

Lo siento gran hermano- sorry big brother

no puede usted sólo me dejan en paz por favor – No can you just leave me alone please

sí derecho-yeah right

AW eres tan lindo cuando dices cosas como ese- aw you're so cute when you say things like that

The night of the concert has arrived. Tracy and Antonio have been practicing hard. He couldn't believe how much of a command of the stage Tracy has. She obviously loves to perform. He can tell that she feels at home on the stage as well. They have two songs that they wanted to sing but can't choose the one they like the best, so they picked both.

"You ready to rock the house tonight?" Antonio asks.

"I guess so," she answers.

Antonio peeks out from behind the curtain and sees that all their friends are sitting in the front row to cheer for them. He turns back around and sees Tracy pacing back and forth.

"Don't worry; you'll do fine." He says.

"Tell that to the butterflies in my stomach." She says

A few minutes later they are called to the stage. They walk out the crowd cheers loudly. Antonio signals to the sound booth operator to start to play "I See the Light." Tracy takes one look at the crowd and freezes like the deer in the headlights. Antonio walks over to her. She turns around and is about to run backstage. He takes a hold of her right wrist to stop her. She turns back around and look up at him.

"Antonio I can't do this." she says.

"Tracy, yes you can. Think back to the first time we sang together. There is no one here but us, alright." he says.

She nods and the song restarts. Backstage after the concert Tracy has a huge smile on her face.

"Tracy you were amazing out there." Antonio compliments.

"Thanks, Antonio, but if you weren't on stage with me, I would have just made a fool of myself again." She says.

Then the others came backstage.

"Hey, you two were incredible tonight," Mike says.

"Thanks, Mike," Tracy says.

"How about we get some ice cream to celebrate" Mike suggest.

"Sounds good to me what are we standing around here for, let's Go. " Tracy says excitedly.

Everyone leaves to get some ice cream. The group walks into the Ice Cream shop. Antonio sees a poster of the chocolate eruption sundae. It is made with chocolate ice cream, brownie bits, Oreo cookies pieces, hot fudge, and chocolate chunks. Antonio looks over at Tracy and sees her eyes light up brighter than a child's eyes on Christmas morning.

"I guess I know what you are going to order." he jokes.

"Yup," Tracy says with a smile.

The group orders their ice cream after the worker hands Mike a to-go carrier with the sundaes. They head outside and sit down at the picnic table to enjoy the crisp night air. After Tracy takes a few bites of her sundae, she feels herself starting to have an allergic reaction. She is trying to stay as calm as possible

"Tracy, you ok?" Antonio asks very concerned.

"Yes, Antonio I'm all right." She says.

She knew there weren't any cherries in or on her sundae. She has no idea what is going on. She just keeps on eating her sundae, knowing full well that isn't the best idea. After a few more bites, her throat is starting to fell funny.

"Tracy. your sure everything is all right?" Antonio asks trying not to overreact.

"Yeah I'm fine," Tracy answers.

She looks at her sundae and see cherry juice on it. Mike was the only one who ordered a cherry sundae. Tracy knew that she shouldn't be mad at him because he didn't know about her allergy. She looks at her watch and notice that it's getting late.

"Hey guys, don't you think we should be heading home." she says.

Jayden peeks at his watch.

"Tracy's right guys we should get going," Jayden says.

They get up and throw away their trash and head home. They walk inside the house. Jayden notices that Tracy is acting kind of strange. Ballade greets them as they enter the room.

"Hey everyone how was the concert?" she asks.

"Great mom," Tracy answers as she gasps for air.

A few seconds later Tracy faints. Antonio catches her before she hits the floor.

"What's wrong with her?" Antonio asks trying not to panic.

"She is having an Anaphylactic reaction. Did she eat any cherries tonight?" Ballade asks

"Not to my knowledge," Jayden says.

"She did, Jayden, and it's my fault," Mike says.

"What do you mean Mike?" Jayden asks.

"I think some the cherry juice from my sundae splashed onto hers," Mike explains.

"Mike, this wasn't your fault, you did know about her allergy." Ballade says.

Tracy's mom takes an Epipen out of her pocket and sticks it into Tracy's thigh. She takes it out and rubs the area.

"Is she going to be ok?" Antonio asks again, still trying not to panic.

"Yes, but we have to get her to the hospital right away," Ballade answers.

She asks Jayden to call 911 and five minutes later the ambulance arrives. The paramedics say that two of them can ride in the back with Tracy. Ballade and Antonio climb into the back of the ambulance, and the paramedics close the door. They watch as it drives off with the siren blaring.

The others arrive at the hospital and walk into the waiting room. The first thing Jayden sees is Antonio pacing the floor.

"Hey Jayden." he greets back.

"Antonio relax, I'm sure that Tracy is going to be fine," Jayden says hoping that will get him to stop pacing the floor.

"I know that Jay, but I'm still worried." he says.

The doctor comes in. He has green eyes that are like two emeralds and thick, curly, medium-length black hair. Antonio runs up and starts to badger him.

"Antonio stop badgering the doctor" Let him speak," Jayden says.

"Its fine I'm used to people doing that. Tracy is going to be just fine. She just woke up. We're going to have to keep her overnight." The doctor informs us.

"You said she was fine." Antonio snaps.

"She is, but this is standard procedure for anyone we treat for anaphylactic shock." the doctor says.

"I understand. Can we see her?" Antonio asks.

"Yes, but not too long. She still needs her rest," the doctor answers.

Antonio slowly walks into Tracy's hospital room.

"Hey, handsome," Tracy says with a smile.

"Hey Angel, how do you feel?" he asks.

"I'm Fine Tony." She answers.

"You scared me." he says trying not to sound mad.

"I'm sorry Tony; I didn't mean to scare anyone I swear." She says.

Antonio walks over to the bed and kisses her on the forehead.

"I know angel I'm just so glad that you're all right." he says with a smile.

Then the others enter the room. Tracy cracks a small joke. The room fills with laughter.

"Well, at least, she hasn't lost her sense of humor," Jayden says.

"Tracy I'm sorry. It's because of me that you're here." Mike says in a guilty tone.

"Mike listen, you didn't know about my allergy. It was an accident, so please stop beating yourself up over this, ok" she says.

"You got it," Mike says.

"Good." she says through a yawn.

Antonio takes that as a hint that they should leave to give her a chance to rest and recover. He nods to everyone, and they begin to exit the room. Antonio is the last to leave.

Why she didn't tell anyone about her allergy. Antonio thinks.

The next day Ballade has Antonio come with her to pick Tracy up from the hospital. When they got into the car, Antonio and Tracy sat in the back seat. The whole ride back to the house Ballade is deep in thought about how she is going to tell her daughter that she was going to have triplets.

"Mom, is everything ok?" Tracy asks.

"Yes, sweetie everything is fine," Ballade answers.

Ballade notices Tracy trying to stretch out her stiff muscles from the night in the hospital bed.

"Sweetheart, what about you, is everything ok?" she asks.

"Yes mom, I guess I'm a little stiff," Tracy replies.

"The bed wasn't that hard was it?" she asks.

"I guess all the beds that were soft as clouds were taken, so I had to sleep on bedrock." Tracy jokes.

Ballade didn't get the joke, but Antonio did so he chuckles.

"I can help you, angel," Antonio says sweetly.

"How?" she asks.

"I'll show you," he says with his sweet smile.

He begins to rub her shoulders. Ballade can tell that she is starting to relax.

"Careful Antonio. If you rub her shoulder too much longer she'll fall asleep on you," she says with a devilish grin.

"Mom!" Tracy shouts as her cheeks turn red from embarrassment.

"Sorry sweetie, but that is the same trick we used when you were a baby and couldn't fall asleep." she reminds her.

"Thanks for the trip down embarrassment lane mom." Tracy snaps.

"Sorry sweetie, I'm just doing my job," she says.

"I know" Tracy mumbled through her teeth.

"I know you don't want to hear this now, but you two are so going to tie the knot someday," Ballade says, giving her the "you know I'm right" look.

"Come on mom; I know you want grandkids but how can you be so sure that we're going to get married? I mean we haven't even been going out that long." Tracy says in shock.

"I know sweetie, but you two can't deny it how you feel about each other. You have felt it haven't you," she says.

"Well yeah but..." Tracy stammers.

"Tell me the truth Tracy. Have you ever dreamed about the wedding between you and Antonio?" she asks.

"Well yeah, but I didn't think it meant anything," Tracy replies.

"It does sweetie," she says with a smile.

"Now what?" Tracy asks with curiosity.

"Right now nothing, you two should just keep on fighting the good fight and save the world." she says proudly.

"You got it," the two of them say together.

Tracy looks over at Antonio and sees that he seems to be a little tired himself.

"Are you ok, my golden knight, you look kind of tired," Tracy says.

"Yes, my little angelfish, I'm fine," Antonio says.

Antonio finishes the shoulder massage and Tracy set her head on his shoulder.

"Thanks, Antonio, "she says.

"You're welcome," he says.

A few minutes later Ballade looks into the rearview mirror and sees the two of them fast asleep.

I knew I was right. Those two are meant to be together forever. Sweet dream you two. Ballade thought.

Chris hates when his little sister is mad at him. Now she can give him the cold shoulder by freezing it with her symbol power. He knows a brother and sister usually have disagreements. He wants things to be different when the new arrivals are coming in a few months. Ballade told him about the triplets a few weeks ago. She wanted to wait to tell Tracy when the time was right. He knew that he should apologize for how he had been acting lately. He walks to the dojo and sees her training with Antonio.

"Tracy, I can see that you're busy, but can I talk to you?" Chris asks.

"Can't talk right now but I'll listen." She replies.

"This is important." he says in a serious tone.

Tracy and Antonio put their swords away. Antonio leaves the room. They stand there in silence for a few seconds.

"Ok, Chris, what up?" she asks.

"I just want to apologize," Chris says.

"For what exactly?" she asks in a confused tone.

"I'm sorry for how I've been acting lately and for been a rotten big brother to you when we were kids." he admits.

"I guess I wasn't a good little sister when we were little either." She says.

Chris walk over to her a place his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't talk like that. You were a great little sis. I should have done a better job as your big brother. I never helped you when the big kids were picking on you, or I've never been there for you when you were scared." he says.

"That's true." she says.

"You don't have to agree with me." he snaps.

"I know, but there is one thing I still don't get? Did you even want me around when we were kids?" she asks.

"Of course, I did I just never wanted to admit it to any of my friends." he answers.

"Why?" she asks.

"Well, you were the cute one growing up," I reply.

"Sorry bro that was just the way I am," she says with a smile.

"I know, and you still are." he jokes.

"Sorry bro," she jokes back.

"I'll just have to change that," he says smiling.

Chris starts tickling his sister. She begins to squirm.

"Chris stop; Aren't we a little too old for this?" She says through the laughter.

She tries to tickle him back. Chris likes being taller and not being ticklish helps too. Five minutes later he stops to let Tracy catch her breath.

"You know I think this is the nicest conversation we've ever had." She points out.

"Yeah and if anyone brings it up I'll just deny it." he says.

"What conversation?" she asks.

"That's my little sis," he says.

Ballade walks in the room.

"It's about time you two worked things out," Ballade says with a smile.

Ballade gives that look that says to finish this Hallmark moment with a hug.

"Mom, do we have to." They whine.

"Yes," Ballade says.

They hug and see their mom smile. Later that day Chris is talking with Kevin.

"I've always wanted a younger brother or sister. What is it like to have a younger sibling anyway?" Kevin asks.

"Trust me Kevin you don't want a young sibling they always get in your way. Being an only child would be way better." Chris answers.

"Come, Chris, you don't mean that do you?" Kevin asks.

"Yes, I do," Chris replies.

Tracy walks into the room.

"Chris if you don't want a sister, then I don't want a brother so where even," Tracy says.

She turns back around and runs out of the room. She goes out the back entrance and runs out towards the forest.

I knew he didn't mean what he said earlier. Tracy thinks.

Antonio, Jayden, and Mia return from the store and they notice Tracy running off into the forest behind the house.

"Where is she going?" Mia asks.

"Don't know," Jayden answers.

They head back into the house to put the groceries away.

"Chris, why did we just see Tracy running off into the forest like a madman?" Jayden asks.

"I was talking with Kevin, and she overheard something. Then she overreacted to what she heard." Chris answers.

"What did you say?" Jayden asks.

"I said that I wished that I was an only child," Chris answers.

"Did you mean that?" Mia asks.

"Of course not," Chris answers.

"One more question- when was the last time you told Tracy that you love her?" Mia asks.

"Come on, Mia; she's my sister she must know," Chris answers.

"I'm sure that she knows that, but it still would be a good idea to find her and tell her that," Antonio adds.

"You're right, but I don't know where she went," Chris says.

"Then I guess we have to look for her," Jayden says.

After they put the groceries away, everyone heads back outside. Everyone draws the horse symbol, and several horses appear. They all mount their horses and search for Tracy. They ride through the forest calling Tracy's name. They come up to a little bridge. Chris gets off his horse and walks over to the bridge.

"Tracy I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it - honest. I love you." Chris yells towards the bridge.

Chris hears the sounds of running footfalls as Tracy runs up to him. Then she gives him a hug. Chris hugs his sister back.

"I love you too bro," Tracy says.

"I know sis, but you can let go now," Chris says.

"I'm not done yet." Tracy jokes.

Chris chuckles at his sister's joke. A minute later she finally lets her brother go. Then they walk back over to the group. Everyone heads back to the house happy that the sibling problem is averted.

Chris bought tickets for the Rascal Flatts concert tomorrow night. He knew that Tracy has wanted to see them in concert since they released their first album. He gave her the tickets. She left to find Antonio. She walks into the kitchen and bumps into Jayden. They fell to the floor. She apologizes to him for not watching where she was going. He helps her back to her feet.

"So, what's the rush?" he asks.

"I was looking for Antonio have you seen him around?" Tracy answers.

"You just missed him. He took the back exit," he answers.

"Gotcha, so I guess he was heading to the pier." she says.

"Yup, I guess you were going to ask Antonio to go to the concert with you?" he asked seeing the tickets in her hand.

"Yeah" she answers shyly.

"If this makes you feel better. Antonio told me that he secretly loves country music," he says with a big sly smile on his face.

"Really?" she asks surprised.

"Yes but, don't tell him that I told you." he says feeling guilty that he told his best friend's secret.

"Sure thing." she tells him.

"You know, if you hurry you still might be able to catch him." he tells me.

Tracy nods. She puts the tickets on the counter and rushes out to the back exit. Antonio is just about to open the gate when he sees Tracy running up.

"Hey darling, what up?" he asks.

"Nothing really, I just wanted to ask you something." she replies as she was trying to catch her breath.

"Before you do, catch your breath." he tells her.

She waits for a few second and catches her breath.

"Would you like to go to the Rascal Flatts concert tomorrow night?" she asks.

"I would love to." he answers.

"Great. So going fishing?" she says.

"Not today, actually there having a mini cranial at the pier day." he says.

"That sounds fun. Mind if I tag along?" she asks.

"I was just about to ask you if you would like to come." he answers.

"I beat you to the punch didn't I.," she says.

"Yup," he says.

Antonio pulls her close and presses their foreheads together. A few second later their lips meet each others. When they push away from each other.

"So, are we going to the pier or not?" she whines.

"You bet let's go." he says.

They leave for the pier holding hands and smiling all the way.

Antonio and Tracy get to the pier, and the first thing they see is a Ferris wheel.

"How do you fell for a ride on the Ferris wheel?" Antonio asks

."Not right now. Maybe later, let's play a few games first." Tracy suggests.

"Whatever you want darling." Antonio says.

Tracy heads straight for the basketball game and Antonio runs to catch up with her.

"Hey sweetie you want to give it a whirl," says the man running the booth.

"Yup," Tracy says giving the man two dollars.

He hands her three basketballs and explains the rules. When he finishes, Tracy takes her first shot, and it is nothing but net. She shoots the next ball, and it dropped straight into the net.

"Are you a professional?" the man asks.

"No, I guess I'm just lucky today." Tracy answers as she shoots the last ball.

The ball rolled around the rim a few times but didn't go in.

"So close darling maybe next time." the man says.

Tracy is sad that she lost, but she had fun trying. She still wished that she won the cute little stuffed bunny with silver ribbons tied around its ears. Antonio looks over at her and sees the sad expression on Tracy's face. He gives the man another two dollars.

"Can I have a go?" he asks.

"Sure thing bud," the man says.

He gives Antonio the basketballs. Antonio shoots the first two balls, and they drop straight in. He shoots the third and final ball it rolls around the rim just like mine did - except it went in. The man hands Antonio the bunny, and he gives it to Tracy.

"Thanks, Antonio," she says.

"You're welcome, I just wanted to see that smile on your face." he says.

The couple walks around the carnival for a while and starts to get hungry. They head to a food chart that serves funnel cakes drenched in chocolate sauce. Antonio buys the biggest one they sell, and they sat down at the picnic table to chow down. Antonio is happy that Tracy had a good time today.

"Tracy, my little angelfish, you a little chocolate on your face," Antonio says, as he hands her a napkin.

"Sorry, Antonio chocolate brings out the kid in me," she says as she takes the napkin.

"No prob sweetheart everyone is young at heart," he says with a smile.

A few minutes later they finish eating and throw away their trash. They head back to the ferris wheel. Tracy looks up at it, and he sees a look of fear come to her face.

"Have you been on a ferris wheel before?" he asks.

"No first time and I'm going to be honest, I'm little scared." she replies.

"Don't be. It's safe. Nothing bad will happen to you trust me." he says reassuringly.

"Ok, Antonio I believe you. Are we going to get in line?" she asks with a smile

.Antonio nods and they get in the long line. While they are waiting, he can tell that Tracy is still a little tense. He wraps his arm around her waist and pull in close.

"Relax darling everything is going to be fine." he whispers in her ear

The line starts to move slowly and about five minutes later they finally go onto the ride. When the bar goes down, Tracy moves closer to him. He held her hand, and she looks up at him.

"Don't worry darling I gotcha," he says.

The ride starts, and as it goes around the first time, he sees a smile appear on her face.

" So, how are you doing?" he asks.

"Good. It's not as bad I thought it would be," she replies.

"That's good." he says.

When the ride stops we get off, and Antonio looks down at his watch and notices that it is getting late.

"Tracy it's late I think we should be heading home." he says.

"Ok, but first why don't we watch the sun set." she says.

They walk down to the beach and sit down on the shore. Antonio puts his arm around her, and they watch the sun go down behind the horizon. The sky starts to turn shades of red-orange and even gold before it finally disappears and the moon comes into view.

"Tracy did you have fun today?" he asks.

"It was the best day ever. I could think of one way to make it perfect," she says.

She looks over at him. She wraps her hands around his neck and pulls him in. When her lips press against his Antonio feels like he is on top of the world. Tracy backs away quickly.

"Sorry Antonio I don't know what got into me." she apologizes.

"There is no need to be sorry I like it.'' he says.

"That's good. I like it too," she says blushing.

Antonio helps her back to her feet, and she falls into his chest.

"I guess my legs are tired from all the walking." she says.

"How about a piggy back ride back home?" he offers.

"I'd like that a lot," she says.

Antonio turns around, and she climbs onto his back. He slowly gets to his feet and start for home. She is holding the bunny he won for her tightly in her left hand. She lays her head on his shoulder, and he looks down at her.

"Te amo Antonio," she whispers before she falls asleep.

"I love you too, angel," he whispers back.

He sees a sweet smile on her face. He slowly walks back home.

This was the best day of my life. Antonio thought.

Antonio walks to Tracy's room and knocks on the door. He doesn't hear a response, so he slowly opens it. He sees Tracy sleeping peacefully. He walks over to the bed. He shakes her gently to wake her up.

"Tracy rise and shine." he whispers into her ear.

"The number you have dialed can't be reached at this time. Please hang up and try your call again later," she mumbles as she pulls the sheets over her head.

"Very funny, darling, wake up," Antonio says as he pulls the sheets back down.

"Ok, I'm up. Why didn't mom wake me up this morning? Not that I don't like seeing your handsome mug when I wake up." she says, wiping the sleep from her eyes.

"Your mom said she has some important news that she wants to tell you." he answers.

"What kind of important news?" she asks.

"She didn't say." he answers.

They walk out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen. Antonio and Tracy enter the kitchen. Ballade is making ham and cheese omelets.

"Good morning love birds." she says with a smile.

"Good morning," the couple says.

"So, Tracy did you two have fun at the carnival yesterday?" she asks.

"We did," Tracy answers.

"Tracy there is something I've meant to tell you," Ballade says looking down into the pan.

"What is it, mom?" Tracy asks.

"I'll tell you in a minute." she answers as she finished making the omelet.

"Please tell me that this is good news," Tracy says.

"Don't worry sweetheart it is." she says in a motherly tone.

Tracy lets out a sigh of relief. Antonio and Tracy sit down at the table. Ballade brings them their omelets. They thank her and start eating.

"What's the good news?" Tracy asks with a mouth full of omelet.

"Tracy what did your father and I tell you about talking with your mouth full." she scolds.

Tracy swallows what is in my mouth, apologizes, and take another bite of her omelet.

"Tracy you are going to be a big sister," Ballade announces.

Tracy starts to choke on what she was eating. Antonio pats her on the back to help it go down the rest of the way.

"You're having another kid. That's great." Tracy says with a smile.

"Kids," Ballade says correcting her.

"How many?" Tracy asks.

"Three"

"TR... Tr. Triplets" Tracy stammers.

Yes, sweetheart."

"When are you due?" Tracy asks.

"Not until September".

"When in September? " Tracy asks

"Your birthday."

"What! You're joking, right?" Tracy says.

"Sorry Tracy that's just how this thing works."

"I know but couldn't they come early like maybe the day before my birthday," Tracy says.

"That could be one possibility sweetheart, but we'll just have to wait and see."

"Ok I guess I can wait, but am I going to have three sisters, three brothers, or two brothers and a sister, or two sisters and a brother?" Tracy asks.

"Sorry, Tracy your dad wants it to be a surprise."

"How are you supposed to pick out names If you don't know what they're going to be and how many of each you're going to have?" Tracy asks.

"We could always start picking out names now. So when they do come your dad and I will have plenty to choose from."

"I guess that makes sense," Antonio says.

Antonio looks over at her and sees the look of joy disappear from his girlfriend's face. She starts to play with my food a few seconds later.

What if we haven't defeated Master Xandred before they are born? Why does the life of a samurai have to be so hard? Tracy thought

Tracy excuses herself from the table and goes to the back garden. Antonio follows behind her. He walk to the back garden and see Tracy sitting on the bench deep in thought. He goes over to her and place his hand on her shoulder. She turns her head around to look up at him.

" I just wanted to make sure that you are ok. What's wrong?" he says.

"I'm fine Antonio it's just..." she says.

Antonio can tell that she is about to break down. He takes his hand away. He walks around the bench to sit down next to her. She looks over at him. He sees tears start to roll down her cheeks. He gives her a hug, and she buries her head in his chest. He gently runs his fingers through her hair to calm her down.

"Why are you crying? Aren't you happy about the new arrivals?" he asks.

"I am happy it's just that I already had to teach myself how to be a samurai. Now I have to figure out how to be a good big sister," she says through the tears.

"Don't worry you are going to be a great big sister." he says.

"How do you know that?" she asks.

"Just trust me ok." he says.

She looks up at him. He uses his right hand to wipe the tears from her eyes.

"Feel better?" he asks.

"Yeah and thanks for being there for me." she says.

"That's what a boyfriend is supposed to do right?" he asks.

She nods then kisses him on the cheek.

"What was that for?" he asks.

"For just being you I guess." she says.

Tracy gets up from the starts to run around the garden. He runs after her. Five minutes later Antonio finally catches her.

"Well it looks like I caught you." he says.

"Yup," she says giggling.

Tracy turns around, and they look into each other's eyes. She runs her fingers through my hair. Then she wraps her arm around his neck. Antonio feels his heart beating a mile a minute. He knows that Tracy feels the same way. He places his right arm around her waist and pull her in closer. Their lips brush against the others. It's like time stood still for that one moment. Neither of them wants this kiss to end. The couple pushes away from each other all they could do is smile. They failed to realize that Ballade watched the whole thing go down. They look in her direction. She has an even bigger smile on her face than they did.

Tracy is in her room getting ready for the concert tonight. She changed into a one-shoulder gold dress and a pair of two-inch silver high heels. She pulls her hair into a ponytail. She is trying to French braid it, but it wasn't cooperating. She yells for Emily and a few seconds later she comes into my room.

"Let me guess. Your hair is cooperating." She says.

"Yes. Can you give me a hand, please?" Tracy asks.

"Sure hand me the brush." She replies.

Tracy hands her the brush and as it glides through her hair.

I hope that I'm not to dressed up. Tracy thought.

A few minutes later Emily finishes braiding her hair. She drapes it over her right shoulder.

"Tracy I love that dress it's so pretty." she compliments.

"Thanks, Em." she says.

They leave the room and walk to the living room Antonio is sitting on a chair shaking like crazy.

"Hey, bud relax, everything is going to be fine." Jayden reminds me.

"I'm trying to Jay, but this is my first time going to a Rascal Flatts concert," Antonio says.

"If this helps I think this is Tracy's first concert too." He says with a smirk.

"Thanks, Jay that just made things worse." Antonio snaps.

Antonio puts a necklace he bought for her in my jacket pocket inside a cute little box-shaped like a butterfly. He hears the sound of shoes clicking on the floor and gets up from the chair. He turns around to see Tracy in a beautiful dress.

"Don't just stand there, Bud, go over to her," Jayden says giving the gold ranger a friendly shove.

Antonio stumbles over to her and catches herself before he falls to the floor.

"You ok, Antonio" Tracy asks.

"Yes, I'm fine. Wow, you look amazing," he says.

"Thanks, this isn't too much is it?" she asks.

"No it's great, but I have something that will make it look even better." he says.

"What is it?" she asks.

Antonio takes the butterfly shaped box out of his coat pocket and gives it to her. She opens the box and inside is a beautiful necklace with a pendant in the shape of a heart that look like an ice crystal and etched into is Antonio's symbol.

"So what do you think?" he asks.

"I love it." she says, giving him a bear hug.

Tracy takes it out of the box. She tries to put it on, but her fingernails were too short. She can't open the clasp. Antonio walks around and stands behind her. He drapes it around my neck. The necklace lays perfectly against her chest as he hooks it. He walks around and stands in front of her.

"Shall we?" she asks.

"We shall," he answers offering her his right arm.

They leave the house to go to the car.

They are standing in line outside the concert hall waiting to get inside. Antonio notices Tracy shaking like a leaf. He places his hand on her left shoulder. She winces a little like she is in pain as his fingers touch it.

"You ok my little angelfish?" he asks.

"Yeah I'm fine." she replies.

Antonio knew that she was lying. He figures that she would tell him when she is ready. He ignores it as the line begins to move slowly. They get to the door, hand the man working the front door our tickets, and he scans them.

"Enjoy the show," he says.

"We will," they tell him together.

They head to their seats and wait for the show to begin.

"You sure you're all right?" he asks again.

"Yes, Antonio I'm fine." she answers.

She kisses me on the cheek. Ten minutes later after the opening act finished. Rascal Flatts came on stage. The room fills with screams from all the fans. Tracy quickly covers her ears to muffle the sound. Antonio is glad he remembered to bring earplugs. He slowly takes a hold of her right wrist to remove her hands from her ear.

"I think we may need to use these tonight." he says.

He hands her the ear plugs. She takes the ear plugs out of the package and places them in her ears. He does the same with the other package. The band begins to play their first song, and he hears her sing along.

Antonio and Tracy are having a great time. Tracy starts to get the chills from the AC. Antonio wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her in close. Antonio's body heat helps the goose bumps disappear in a few minutes. Then they start to play "I won't let go". They sway back and forth to the song. A few minutes later they move out to the lobby.

"You want to dance?" he asks.

"Right now?" she answers nervously.

"Hold on, you've never slow danced before have you?" he asks.

Tracy shakes her head no.

"It's easy. All you have to do is follow my lead. I'll show you." he says.

He holds out his right hand. Tracy slowly reaches out and takes his hand. He shows Tracy where to place her hands and start to slow dance to the music. Tracy can't believe that she is dancing with Antonio for the first time.

"Wow you are graceful on your feet." he compliments.

"Thanks, you are not too bad yourself." she says with a smile.

They dance during the song and their eyes meet. He leans close, and their lips are about to touch. Tracy quickly backs away.

"What's wrong my little angelfish?" he asks.

"Nothing I just need to use the bathroom I'll be right back." she says.

Tracy walks into the bathroom and stands in front of the mirror. She removes the shoulder strap and see the small cut on her shoulder. It's red and looks nasty. She starts to feel dizzy. She shakes it off. She readjust the strap and leaves the bathroom. Antonio is sitting on a bench in the lobby.

"You ok darling?" he asks.

"Well, not really." she admits.

"Why, what's wrong?" he asks.

"I have a small cut on my left shoulder." she answers.

"How did it happen?" He asks.

"I was working with my new power disk. It got out of control," she says.

"It's not infected is it?" he asks.

"No" she answers.

Tracy hated lying to him. She didn't want this night to end. It was the best night of her life. She hears the band start to play "My Wish".

"You still want to finish that dance?" he asks.

Tracy nods. He gets up from the bench. They resume their dance from where they left off. A few fans left to get something to eat.

"Antonio, people are watching." she whispers.

"Just ignore them " he whispers back.

"Wow they are such great dancers." one fan says.

"Yeah I know. They are such a cute couple too." the other fan says.

The two fans take the long way around to get their sodas and soft pretzels.

"Antonio I'm getting a little hungry." she says.

"Me too. How about a soft pretzel?" he offers.

"Sure, but can we get some extra cheese?" she asks.

"It tastes better that way right." He says with a smile.

Tracy just smiles, and they head off to get a soft pretzel. He buys the biggest pretzel with a ton of extra cheese and a medium drink for them to share. They go back to their seats to eat. He breaks off a piece of the pretzel and drowns it in the cheese. After he eats it, he has a cheese mustache. They spend the next few minutes consuming the pretzel. Both of them grab the drink and their fingers touch. Tracy's heart starts to beat so fast like she is running a marathon. They look up at each other.

"Antonio you can let go now," Tracy says blushing.

"I don't think I can." he says blushing back.

Tracy can tell that Antonio feels the same way she does. They set the drink back down on the arm of the chair. He puts his arms around her waist, and she moves closer to him. Then she feels his lips brush against the back of her didn't fight it. She let the moment play out like it was meant to.

I never thought the most romantic night of my life would be at a Rascal Flatts concert. Tracy thought.

"If you want me to stop just tell me." he whispers into my ear.

He continues to kiss the back of her neck. Tracy didn't say a word because she is caught up in the moment. She turns around and looks into his hazel eyes. Then his lips press gently against his. The fireworks seem to go off inside her head. They push away. Tracy has no words to express how she feels.

"Tracy you still with me Tracy?" he asks.

"Yeah" she replies.

The band plays the last song, and the couple stands there not saying a word listen to them as they play "Unstoppable." When the song ends the crowd screams "encore", and the band starts to play "Bless the Broken Road". Tracy smiles and starts to sing along.

"Favorite song right?" he asks.

Tracy nods and continues to sing along.

Antonio and Tracy decide to leave before the second encore to beat the concert traffic on the way back home. They walk out to the car, and Antonio opens the passenger side door. Tracy climbs in and buckles up as he closes the door after she is completely in the vehicle. Antonio walks around to the driver's side and gets in.

"Tracy did you have fun tonight?" he asks his girlfriend.

He doesn't hear an answer. Antonio looks over towards the passenger seat. He sees his girlfriend fast asleep with a huge smile on her face.

"I'll take that as a yes." He says smiling.

Antonio takes off his jacket and wraps it around her. He kisses her gently on the forehead, buckles himself in, and starts the car.

This was the best night of my life. Antonio thought.

Antonio made breakfast for Tracy this morning. He figured that she would want to sleep late. Plus what girl doesn't like being served breakfast in bed? He made her blueberry muffins and scrambled eggs (He drowned them in cheese because Tracy is such a cheese hound). He also made some freshly squeezed orange juice and poured it into a small glass. He put everything on a small tray and walked out of the kitchen to her room.

When Antonio gets to her room, he balances the tray on one hand to knock on the door. He doesn't get a response, so he slowly opens the door. Now carrying the tray with both hands again, walks into the room and sees Tracy sleeping peacefully with a smile on her face.

He figured that she was dreaming about last night. He sets the tray on the nightstand and gently runs his fingers through her hair.

She looks so cute when she is sleeping. Antonio thought

The next thing Antonio knew he was smiling too. She opens her eyes. He notices that they don't sparkle the same way they usually do.

"Morning guapo who made breakfast?" she asks as she got a sniff of the food sitting next to her bed.

"I did" he answers.

"Aw you're so sweet you didn't have to do that you know." She says

"I know, but I wanted too." he says.

She sits up in the bed and gestures for him to move closer. He leans in closer and kisses him on the cheek.

"You are the sweetest guy in the world you know that." she says.

"I know you have told me that like a million times." he says.

"Really that many?" she inquires.

"OK more like ten times but who's counting?" he jokes.

"You" she jokes back.

"Tracy I don't mean to ruin this romantic moment but are you feeling all right this morning?" he asks.

"I feel great." she replies.

Antonio can tell she is lying. She reaches for the orange juice, but it is like she is having more difficulty seeing (he knew she could see to a certain extent without her glasses) It was like she was blind. He hands her the glass. She takes a few sips and hands it back to him and sets the glass back on the tray. He places his left hand on her forehead.

"Tracy, you're a little warm. I'll be right back." Antonio tells her as he leaves the room.

Tracy figured that the small cut on her shoulder is infected, but she didn't want to tell Ballade because she needs to get all the rest she can before the triplets arrive. She didn't want to be rude to Antonio because he went to a lot of troubles to make breakfast for her this morning. She sees a blueberry muffin on the tray, and it looked delicious. She takes it. She starts to eat it, and it still has the warm right-out-of-the-oven taste to it. Every bite is like she died and went to be with the Lord above. Tracy ate as much as she can stomach then put it back on the tray. She picks up the glass of orange juice and drinks the rest of it. She puts it back where it was before. A few seconds later Antonio comes back in the room. He looks over at the tray to see that she had eaten a little bit of what he made for her.

"So how was the muffin?" he asks.

"Good," she answers.

She sees the thermometer in his hand.

"Tracy, the cut on your shoulder is infected isn't it?" he inquires.

Tracy nods and he asks if he can look at it.

"You're not going to touch it are you?" she asks.

He nods and walks over to the bed. He sets the thermometer on the tray and gently rolls up her right sleeve. Tracy tries not to wince in pain, but it's very sensitive. She looks down at it. The skin around it is swollen and red. There is a little puss leaking out. Antonio touches it with the tip of his finger, and it feels warm.

"Tracy, you have to tell your mom so she can help you." he says very concernedly.

"I can't. She has more important things to do than to take care of me," she argues

"Ok, now that has to be the fever talking. A parent's job is to take care of their children," he points out.

"Yes, when they're little. I'm not a little kid anymore. I can take care of myself just fine." she says standing my ground.

Ballade walks in carrying the first aid kit and the bottle of medicine that Tracy can't stand.

"Hi, mom what brings you to my room this morning?" Tracy asks trying to crack a joke.

"You know why I'm here sweetheart," Ballade says with her motherly smile.

"Wait, you already know?" she asks surprised.

"Of course Tracy, I'm your mom you can't fool me," Ballade says with that same motherly smile on her face.

"You can't blame me for trying, right?" she says,

Ballade nods. She goes over to her daughter. She sets the tray near the edge of the bed. She hands Antonio the medicine. She opens the first aid kit and starts to clean the cut. She puts some peroxide on a cotton ball and dabs it on the cut.

"It will go faster if you stop squirming," Ballade says.

"I can't help it, mom; it stings," Tracy whines.

She wipes the peroxide off the cut and follows by putting some triple antibiotic cream on it. Then she puts a bandage on it and closes the first aid kit. She picks up the thermometer. She puts it under Tracy's tongue and when it beeps it reads 101. She asks Antonio to hand the medicine to her. She opens it, then pours some onto a teaspoon. She knows that there is no way Tracy is going to take the medicine because when she was five, it was an old family remedy to help bring down my fever and now it was an ancient remedy. She quickly puts the spoon in her mouth and removes it just as fast as she puts it in.

"Don't even think about spitting it out now swallow." Ballade orders.

Antonio watches as Tracy slowly swallows the medicine and see her face fold in half. He does his best not to burst out laughing.

"I didn't think that was possible. It tastes worse than it did when I was five." Tracy whines.

"Very funny, sweetheart, now I think it's time for you to get some rest," Ballade says.

She leaves the medicine and thermometer on the end table. She takes the tray with her as she leaves the room. Tracy looks over at him and looks sad (at least that's what Antonio thought. It was hard to tell because her face had a feverish appearance).

"Antonio, I'm sorry" she apologizes.

"Sorry for what angel?" he asks.

"You went to all that trouble to make me breakfast this morning, and now it's going to waste." She answers.

"It's all right really. I can always try again when you're feeling better." he says hoping it would make her smile.

A small smile comes to her face as she lays back down. Antonio fixes the sheets, and a few seconds later he watches as she slowly drifts off to sleep. He knew she is going to be okay, but for some reason, he didn't want to leave her side. He pulls the chair that was along the wall next to the bed and sit down.

A four hours pass so Ballade goes back to check on Tracy. She walks to her room and sees Antonio has been looking after her daughter. He has gone to get some cool water and rags to help bring her fever down. She walks over to him and taps him on the shoulder. He jumps a little but recovers quickly.

"How is she doing?" Ballade asks.

"She a little better I think but I'm no nurse." he replies.

"I hate to wake her up, but I need to take her temperature again." Ballade says.

Ballade shakes her daughter gently, and she wakes up slowly.

"What's wrong mom?" she asks half asleep.

"Sorry sweetheart but I need to take your temperature again." Ballade answers.

She takes the thermometer off the end table and put it under her tongue again. When it beeps again, she takes it out from under her tongue. It reads 102.

"It's time for some more medicine." Ballade tells her.

"Why?" she asks/whines.

"Your fever has gone up. Every four hours or so the medicine wears off which means you have to take another teaspoon." Ballade says.

Ballade knew Tracy would fight with her. She pours another dose of medicine and gives the spoon to Antonio. Tracy takes it effortlessly.

"Antonio, I'll leave Tracy in you hands and to make sure every four hours that she gets another dose Remember to change the dressing as well." Ballade says

"You can count on me." he says.

Then she leaves the room. A few days later Tracy wakes up and sees Antonio fast asleep with his head on the edge of the bed. She runs her fingers through his hair and smiles. She is glad that her fever broke and that she feels back to 100 percent. She gets out of the left side of the bed and walks over to Antonio.

"Despierta handsome." she whispers in his ear.

Antonio rolls his head to his left and smiles.

"Well good morning to you too angel." he says, half awake.

"How does breakfast sound to you?" she asks.

"Good. But who is going to make it?" he replies.

"Why don't we make it together," she suggests.

He nods and pulls his head up. He kisses her on the forehead. Tracy could tell he was glad that she is back on her feet again. She kisses him back on the lips. It catches him by surprise, but he recovers fast. The kiss lasts for a few seconds but to him it feels like a few minutes. When they back away, Tracy can see the same smile on his face he had the very first time they kissed. They leave her room and walk to the kitchen to make breakfast.

"Thanks for being my golden nurse." she tells him.

"You're welcome and remember I'll always be there when you need me." he says.

The good thing about summer is that it's too hot for the nighloks to leave the Sanzu River. Mentor gives us the day off. Everyone decides that we should so spend the day at the same beach where Kevin caught the swordfish zord. My Aunt Melody, Uncle Hadley, and Tracy's three little cousins four-year-old Savannah, six-year-old April, and eight-year-old Jeremiah came to visit. Tracy's aunt and uncle are busy helping Ballade. They ask Tracy to watch her cousins. Tracy is glad to do it because she hasn't seen them in a long time.

Tracy changes into her sky blue bikini. She is sitting on the couch in the living room wrapped in her beach towel. The truth is she is insecure about how her body looks in a bikini (the last time she went to the beach in this bikini, some girls told Tracy that the bikini looked horrible on her). Antonio walks in wearing a pair of gold board shorts, a white t-shirt, and a pair of sandals he sprays painted gold with a silver strip down the side.

"You ready to go?" he asks.

"Yeah," she answers.

"Why are you all wrapped up. It's not that cool in here," he says.

"I know Tony. The last time I wore this bikini I was told I looked horrible in it," she admits.

"Come on I bet you look incredible. Can I see it? " he says trying to make me smile.

Tracy takes a deep breath and slowly remove the towel. She wraps it around her shoulders. She quickly looks down at her feet. Antonio walks over to her. He uses his right index finger to tilt her chin up.

"I was wrong. You look incredibly beautiful," he says.

"Really?" she asks.

"Yes," he answers with his sweet smile.

He is about to kiss her. They hear the sound of Tracy's little cousins eavesdropping from the other room.

"Ew, they're going to kiss," Jeremiah whispers.

"I think it's cute," Savannah adds.

"Me too," April says.

"Ok, you three come on out," Tracy tells them.

They come out in their bathing suits. Savannah is carrying some beach toys in her hands.

"How did you know we were listening?" Jeremiah asks.

"My samurai instincts" Tracy answers.

"Really?" Savannah asks.

"I'm just playing with you. I heard you whispering. What did your mom and dad tell you about eavesdropping?" she scolds.

"That it's wrong and disrespectful. We are sorry, but can we go to the beach with you and your friends?" they ask.

"I don't know guys," Tracy answers.

They look at Tracy with their puppy dog eyes. She does her best not to give in.

I wish that they had never learned that look. Tracy thought.

"Ask your mom and dad first," Tracy says giving in.

They yell across the house and Tracy frowns at them.

"You meant to go and ask them didn't you?" Savannah asks.

"Yes," Tracy answers.

Tracy's Aunt Melody and Uncle Hadley come in the room.

"Can we go to the beach with Tracy and her friends?" Savannah asks.

"It okay with me," Aunt Melody answers.

"I'm fine with that too," Uncle Hadley says.

"Yeah," the kids cheer.

Everyone heads for the beach. Kevin parks the car a few miles away from the beach because it's a pleasant summer day to walk the rest of the way. About a mile away from the beach

"Tracy, can ride on Antonio's shoulders the rest of the way?" Savannah asks.

"Sure, as long as Antonio doesn't you," Tracy answers.

"Relax Tracy. I'll be careful." Antonio says.

Savannah cheers. Tracy puts Savannah onto Antonio's shoulders. A few minutes later April gets tired of walking too.

"Tracy, can I ride on Mike's shoulders?" April asks.

"It's ok with me. What about you Mike?" Tracy answers.

Mike agrees wholeheartedly, and he puts April on his shoulders.

"Jeremiah, how are you holding up buddy?" Tracy asks her cousin.

"I'm fine," He answers.

About ten minutes later we arrive at the beach April and Savannah head straight for the water as soon as Antonio and Mike set their little feet on the sand.

"Freeze you two. What is the rule before you go into the water?" Tracy asks.

"We have to wait for an adult to put on our water wings." they answer.

"Right," Tracy says.

Tracy takes out three pairs of water wings from the beach bag. Kevin helps her blow them up. Then Savannah and April put their water wings on.

"Kevin, could you watch these two while there in the water?" Tracy asks.

"Sure, no problem," Kevin says.

"Thanks, Kevin, you two listen to him ok?" she tells them.

"We will, we promise," April and Savannah say.

The three dash for the water and start splashing around. Jeremiah isn't in the mood to go swimming.

"Do you want to build a sand castle, Jeremiah?" Tracy says.

The eight-year-old nods quickly. Tracy knew she wasn't very good a building sand castles, but she still had fun helping to dig the moat.

"Ok bud lets find a good spot," Tracy says.

They walk over to the perfect spot. Tracy finds a stick. She begins to draw an outline of where they are going to build the sand castle. Jeremiah takes his red pail and goes to the ocean to get some water. They work on the castle for a few minutes. April and Savannah came over.

"Can we help too?" they ask.

"Sure," Jeremiah answers.

The three of them get to work building walls and three tall towers. When they finish building that, Tracy helps the kids by carving the windows into the towers and making the little door in the front of the castle.

"This is the best sandcastle ever," Jeremiah exclaims.

"Yeah it could be better," April says.

She puts a small flag on top of one of the towers.

"Stay here, I'll get the camera," Tracy says.

She returns and the kids stand around the castle. Tracy takes a picture. Afterward, they leave to meet up with the others. Tracy is glad that my cousins had a great time today. She wished that Antonio, and she had a little time to themselves. She takes her samuraizer out of the bag and notice it's getting late.

"I'm sorry guys, but I think we should be heading home," Tracy says.

"Aw, do we have to," April, Savannah, and Jeremiah whine.

"It's not that late. Why don't we have a bonfire?" Mike suggests.

"I don't know Mike," Tracy says.

"Come on I can't think of a better way to end a great day at the beach then an old fashion bonfire." Mike says.

Tracy's cousins make the puppy dog look- again.

A bonfire could be fun. Tracy thought

"Okay will stay a little longer," Tracy says.

Tracy's cousins cheer loudly after they stop making their puppy dog eyes. Jayden and Mike took out their samuraizers and drew a few power symbols. They activate them, and the bonfire is ready.

"Tracy, can you sing a song please?" Savannah asks.

"I guess I could," Tracy answers.

Antonio goes back to the car and comes back with his guitar. He begins to play "This is Our Song" from Camp Rock two.

"Can you sing one more song please?" Savannah asks.

"Sure, how does a S'mores sound?" Tracy asks.

"Sounds great" the kids and Mike exclaim.

Tracy takes a box of graham crackers, a big bag of marshmallows, and a huge, Hershey's chocolate bar out of the beach bag. Kevin leaves and comes back with a pile of sticks. Tracy opens the bag of marshmallows and hands them out. Everyone puts the marshmallow on the end and puts their stick into the fire. After everyone has an S'more, Savannah looks over at Tracy.

"What song would you like to hear next Savannah?" Tracy asks.

"Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift." she answers.

"You got it," Tracy says.

Antonio starts to play his guitar again, and Tracy begins to sing again. After she finished the song and looked down towards her little cousins and sees that they have fallen asleep.

Well, I guess the concert is over. Tracy thinks.

Kevin grabs one of the small pails and goes to the ocean get some water to extinguish the fire. He returns with the pail and pours it onto the fire. He hands it back to Tracy. She packs everything up so they can head home. Mike picks up April to carry her back to the car. Antonio picks up Savannah and Tracy picks up Jeremiah. They head back to the car after a fun day.

The past few months have seemed fly by so fast. Chris went back to college to finish up his second to last semester before he graduates with a degree in Accounting. Tracy's dad, Fiacre, flew in last month to help out, which was good for Ballade. On the other hand, for Tracy, it was bad because it meant he had to meet Antonio. Tracy never liked the whole dad meeting my boyfriend ordeal. This time, it went smoother than she thought it would. Tracy is fast asleep having the best dream ever when she hears Antonio's voice.

"Hey, Tracy wake up." he says.

"Antonio, it's 3 a.m. Can't this wait till later in the morning?" Tracy says as she bats away his hand.

"Sorry sweetheart, I don't think the triplets can wait that long." he says.

"Wait they're coming?" she asks.

"Yes, your mom's water broke a few minutes ago." he answers.

Tracy's eyes fly open, and she roll out of bed. She rolls a bit too far and start to fall towards the floor. Antonio catches her in his arms before she hits the floor. He helps her to her feet. They leave the room to head out to the car.

Antonio and Tracy are in the waiting room. Antonio watches Tracy pacing the floor nervous and excited at the same time. It's like time is going at a snail's pace. Antonio gets up from his chair. He puts his hands on Tracy's shoulders to get her to relax.

"I know you're nervous, but you need to calm down." he says.

Tracy takes a few deep breaths to calm down. They walk over to a couple of chairs and sit down to wait till they see the doctor come out. After ten minutes, she grabs Antonio's wrist to check the time again on his watch. It read 3:25 am.

"Are you sure that your watch is working right, honey?" Tracy says.

"Yes, my little angelfish," Antonio says.

She releases his wrist from her nervous grasp. Another fifteen minutes pass and the doctor finally comes out. He has large eyes the color of coffee with cream, luxurious, straight, sand-colored hair, and light-colored skin.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Max. You must be the big sister?" Dr. Max asks.

"Yes, how's my mom doing?" Tracy asks.

"She is a little sore, but that is normal for the fact that she just gave birth to triplets. Would you like to see her now?" Dr. Max says.

Tracy nods. Dr. Max shows them to Ballade's room. They stand in the doorway. Tracy sees the babies in her mom's arms. She sees two of the babies wrapped up in pink blankets, and the last baby wrapped up in a blue blanket.

"HI Mom," Tracy says.

"Hey sweetheart, well don't just stand there. Come in and say hi to your baby sisters and little brother." She says.

Tracy walks over to her. Fiacre puts one of the little girls in Tracy's arms. He motions over towards Antonio. He comes over to the bed too. Fiacre puts the little boy in his arms. The little boy smiles at him.

"Well, Antonio, it looks like my little brother likes you," Tracy says.

"You're right Angel, so what's his name?' Antonio asks.

"We haven't decided yet," Ballade answers.

"What about Aaron James, mom?" Tracy asks.

"Sounds good sweetheart." she says with a smile.

"I have always liked the name, Angela Ray," Antonio says.

"That's a great name, Antonio," Tracy says.

"The little girl you're holding Tracy will be Angela Ray.?" Ballade says.

They still need a name for the little girl that Ballade is holding. Jayden and the others walk in.

"Sorry, we're late," Jayden says.

"It's okay, so do any of you have any ideas?" Ballade asks them.

"What about Amelia May?" Mike says.

"Mike, where did that name came from?" Emily asks him.

"It was the first thing that popped into my head," Mike answers.

"Well, it's a beautiful name, Mike," Ballade says still smiling.

Tracy gives Angela back to Fiacre. She reaches into her jacket pocket to take out her samuraizer. She gives it to Mike.

"Hey Mike, could you take a picture for me?" Tracy asks.

"I would be happy to," Mike says.

Antonio put Tracy's little brother in her arms. She walks over to her parents to gets in position for the picture. Mike takes the picture. She puts Antonio James on Ballade's chest. She walks over to Mike. He gives Tracy back her samuraizer. She takes another picture.

Wow, this is a perfect family photo. I'm going to make sure that Master Xandred doesn't ruin the world for them. Tracy thought.

Ballade thought it would be a good idea if the triplets stayed at the Shiba house. Until they were five months old, they would fly back to Michigan. Ji was happy to help her out. He converted an empty room into a nursery. The triplets seem to like it here. They didn't even wake up when the gap sensor went off. Everyone knew when they were awake because the house filled up with the sound of crying around 2 a.m.

"Tracy, your siblings, are awake," Mike yells.

"I'm on it, Mike," Tracy yells back.

Tracy opens the door to the nursery. She notices that Antonio has the lightzord set up as a nightlight. She walks into the nursery to see the girls fast asleep. Aaron is the only one awake crying.

Try sibling. Tracy thinks.

Tracy walks over to his crib and picks up her little brother.

"Hey, big guy you make a lot of noise for one baby." she says.

She walk over to the rocking chair and sit down. She sets her little brother's head on her chest so that he can hear the soothing beat of her heart. A few seconds later he stopped crying and cooed softly.

"Now I know what you were planning." she says.

Then he looks up at her.

I can't stay mad at you. You're too cute. Tracy thinks.

She starts to rock the chair back and forth a few times to see if that will help him fall back to sleep. It doesn't work so she hums a lullaby to him. The lullaby doesn't just help him fall asleep; It works on her as well because she felt herself drift to sleep also a few minutes later.

Jayden and the team are walking to the kitchen. Antonio stops to peek into the nursery. He sees his girlfriend fast asleep in the rocking chair with her baby brother sleeping on her chest. He has his little left hand wrapped around Tracy's index finger.

"Hey, guys, you have to see this," Antonio whispers to his friends.

"What is it, Antonio?" Jayden asks.

He and the team walk over to the doorway. The team peeks into the room and sees the perfect Kodak moment.

"Aw, that is too cute," Mia whispers.

"Yeah, I know." Emily whispers.

Jayden tells them to let Tracy rest. She would wake soon to join them for practice. Antonio slowly closes the door, and they all continue to the kitchen. A few hours later, Tracy wakes up. She puts her little brother back in his crib and leaves the room. She goes her room and changes into her training outfit. She leaves to meet the others for practice.

Tracy walks outside with a bamboo sword in her hand.

"Sorry, I'm late guys," She says.

"It's all right, why don't you let your parents take care of them?" Jayden asks.

"I don't know. I guess I want them to get all the rest they can before they have to fly home," She answers.

"I know you want to be a good big sister to the triplets. Don't forget about your samurai training." Jayden reminds her.

She gives him a reassuring nod, telling him that she was going to be fully committed to her training like she always has. The team gets to work. Tracy is practicing with Kevin. Kevin launches his next attack. Tracy is barely able to deflect it. Antonio can tell that Tracy's reaction time is off. Kevin swings the sword at her feet. Tracy doesn't react fast enough and gets knocked to the ground.

"Tracy, you ok?" Antonio asks.

"Don't worry Antonio I'm all right," She says.

She gets back to her feet. Antonio wants to get her to stop because he doesn't want to see her get hurt. Kevin and Tracy continue their training. Kevin launches his next attack. Tracy thinks she dodged it, but she didn't get out of the way completely. Kevin's sword hits her right shoulder. Tracy drops her sword instantly. Jayden tells Kevin to stop. The team runs over to her.

"Tracy, you okay?" Antonio asks again.

She nods and reaches down to pick up her sword. Tracy feels a sudden rush of pain flow through her shoulder. She tries not to wince in pain and slowly brings the sword to her chest. Antonio can tell that she is in pain. He also knows that she doesn't want to let everyone down.

"Tracy, please come inside," Ballade calls

"Mom, I m okay," She argues.

"Tracy, come back inside now! Don't make me use your full name, young lady." Ballade says.

"Ok, you win. Man, I hate it when you use the full name card on me." Tracy whines.

She walks back into the house in defeat. Tracy is sitting in a chair in the living room. Ballade starts to roll up the right shoulder of her daughter's shirt. Tracy jumps a little as Ballade's finger touch the backside of her shoulder. She sees a massive bruise starting to form on her daughter's shoulder.

"Does it hurt?" she asks.

"Only when you touch it." Tracy answers.

Then the team comes into the room. Kevin apologizes for what happened. Tracy accepts Kevin apology.

"Tracy, did you stay up all night taking care the triplets?" She asks.

"Yes," Tracy admits.

"Listen, darling, I know you want your father and Me to be well rested, but it's our job to take care of ourselves, not the other way around," She says.

"I know. I just didn't want you guys to think that I was a rotten older sibling to the triplets." Tracy admits.

"You are not a rotten big sister. You are doing the exact opposite. You are a great big sister." She tells her daughter.

"Really?" Tracy asks.

"Yes, you are making sure that the world will be a safe place for them to grow up and play in. You stay focused on defeating Master Xandred and your father, and I will take care of the triplets." Ballade says.

"You got it, Mom," Tracy says.

Tracy's family flew back home a few day ago. They're walking back to the Shiba house from their last battle. Antonio notices that Tracy is quieter than usual after they won.

"Hey Tracy, everything okay?" Antonio asks.

Tracy is so deep in thought that she didn't even hear his question or was paying attention to where she was walking. She doesn't see the deep crack in the sidewalk until her foot gets caught and starts to fall towards the cement. Antonio runs over to her and catches her before she hits the cement.

"You should watch where you're going." he reminds her.

"I guess I should thanks." She says as she looks up at him.

"Hey, Antonio we're going on ahead. You two just meet us back home." Jayden calls.

"Got it Jay." he calls back.

Jayden and the others continue home. He helps Tracy back to her feet.

"So can I ask you what you are so deep in thought about?" he asks.

"It is nothing, Antonio really." she replies.

"I know that look Tracy." he says.

"What look would that be Antonio?" she asks.

"The look on your face that tells me you're lying." he answers.

"You know me too well Tony. I just don't fell like talking about what's bugging me right now ok," she says.

Antonio wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her closer.

"Ok angel, just remember that I'm a good listener and always here for you." he says.

"I know Tony." she says.

Antonio sees a small smile came to her face. She turns around and gives him a quick peck on the cheek. She breaks away from his grasp and gives him her devilish grin. She begins to back up slowly and starts to jog backward.

"What are you doing angel?" he asks.

"Just trying to be cute I guess." she answers.

She starts to jog faster. Antonio knows what she is up to, and starts to play along. As soon as she sees him start to chase after her she turns back around and jogs forwards. Antonio tries to catch her, but she keeps evading him every time his a few inches from her.

"Are you going to let me win this game of chase?" he asks.

"Maybe, but I just want to make it more difficult than our last game." she answers.

A few more minutes pass before she lets him win. After they catch our breath, they walk back, holding hands in silence. They get about half way, and the silence is getting to Tracy. She takes her IPod out of her pocket and starts to rock out (she has one ear bud in so she still can hear what was going on around her). When the song ends, she wraps the headphones around the IPod and puts it back in her pocket. Antonio didn't notice that they were home, so Tracy has to remind as they walk through the front gate.

They walk into the living room. Ji is standing in the middle of the room with an envelope in his right hand. They go over to him. Ji turns around with a serious look on his face.

"Tracy, an elder from the Tengen Gate just delivered this for you a few minutes ago," Ji informs them.

He hands Tracy the envelope. She accepts it nervously.

"Aren't you going to open it?" Antonio asks.

"I don't think I want to." she answers honestly.

Antonio places his hand on her shoulder and nods. She takes a deep breath and breaks the seal on the envelope. She unfolds the paper and starts to read the letter.

Dear Great Granddaughter,

It's your great grandpa Frederick here. If you thought I left the planet, I didn't. The real reason I'm writing you this letter is to tell you that I would like you to come to the Tengen Gate to discuss something very important. Just to let you know, I have seen your past few battles, and I'm very proud of you. I knew you would be a great samurai ranger. So I'll end the letter here and good luck with the gold ranger. He is the one for you.

Love you Great Grandpa,

Frederick.

Tracy folds the letter back up and sets in on the table.

"Tracy, so who wrote the letter?" Antonio asks.

"The letter is from my great grandpa Frederick." Tracy answers.

"So what did the letter say?" Antonio asks.

"That he wants me to come to the Tengen Gate to talk about something." she says.

"Talk about what exactly?" Antonio says.

She gives him the 'I have no clue' shrug.

"Antonio will take you to the Tengen Gate tomorrow. You two will leave early in the morning." JI says.

Tracy is lying on her bed staring at the ceiling unable to fall asleep. She is nervous about what is going to happen tomorrow. She turns her head and looks over at the alarm clock it reads midnight. She figures everyone should be in bed by now. She rolls out of bed, and her bare feet feel the coolness of the hardwood floor. She doesn't even skip around once. She slowly puts on her slippers and walks out the back garden.

Antonio wakes up from a nightmare. He is on his way to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He notices Tracy heading outside to the back garden. He knew that she was nervous about going to the Tengen Gate. He change his destination and quietly tiptoe behind her to be there for his girlfriend.

Tracy is sitting on the bench hoping that the cold, crisp night air will help to clear her mind of all the nervous thoughts, but it didn't help one bit. The only thing it did was cause goose bumps to appear on her arms. She rubs them with her hands to get rid of them, but they reappear a few seconds after she stopped. She admits defeat and just sit listening to the cricket chirping and the other sounds of the night. A few seconds later she feels someone wrap a blanket around her. She turns around and sees Antonio standing behind her.

"Hey, Tony, what are you doing up?" Tracy ask.

"I just had a nightmare. I was on the way to the kitchen and saw you heading outside. I thought you might like some company." he replies.

Then a small smile comes to her face. She turns back around, pat the bench, and tell him that there was plenty of room for one more. He walks around to the front of the bench and sits down next to her. Antonio takes a corner of the blanket and wraps it around his shoulders. She shares more of the blanket, so he moves closer to her. She sets her head on his left shoulder. He looks down at her with his sweet smile.

"Let me guess, too nervous to fall asleep?" he asks.

Tracy nods and the smile disappears. He kisses her on the forehead then runs his fingers through my hair.

"What was that for?" she asks.

"Just to get you to relax angel that's all." he answers.

"Thanks," she says.

She kisses him back on the cheek. They sit for a while. Tracy is so happy to have Antonio by her side. He always seems to know the right thing to do to get her to smile or to relax. They get up from the bench to look at the stars.

Ten minutes later they walk back inside the house to the living room. They sit down on the floor with our backs against one of the chairs.

"Angel, can I ask you something? Why don't you have your glasses on right now?" he asks.

"I've gotten used to the layout of the house, so I can walk around without bumping into anything," Tracy answers.

Tracy sets her head on his shoulder again then let out a big yawn. A few seconds later she falls asleep. Later that same morning Ji walks in the living room to see Antonio and Tracy fast asleep, Tracy's head on his shoulder and Antonio's head is resting on top of hers. Ji didn't want to wake them up and ruin this perfect opportunity for a cute photo of them together. He ignores it and walks over to wake them up.

"Hey, Antonio time to get up," Ji says as he gently shakes the gold ranger.

Antonio's eye opens slowly, and he wipes the sleep from them. Then he gently nudges Tracy to wake her up. Tracy mumbles something in Spanish telling him to let her sleep longer. He refuses to give up and nudges her again - this time it works. Tracy's eyes flutter and open a few seconds later, and they get up, stretch, and head to the kitchen for breakfast.

After they eat breakfast and change out of the PJs the two left for the Tengen Gate, the trip seems to take a lot longer than Tracy's initially thought. She is a very patient person, but it's starting to wear really thin. Antonio looks over at Tracy and notices that she still is very nervous about what is going to happen.

"Don't worry. Everything is going to fine, I promise," he says in a reassuring tone.

"I know Antonio but I'm still nervous." she says.

Antonio decides to take a short break. They are about two miles away from the Tengen Gate, and they've been walking for a while. He walks behind her and places his arms around her waist. He pulls her closer to him and notices how tense his girlfriend is. She stands stiff as a board, so he tries to get her to relax. He leans in to whisper something into her ear and gets a small whiff of her perfume. It smells like a combination of fresh peaches and apple blossoms. A smile comes to his face, and he whispers something different from what he initially wanted to say.

"I like your new perfume." he whispers.

"It's not new I've had it for a while. I just never wore it," she whispers back.

"Well, you should use it more often it's a perfect scent for you." He compliments.

Tracy turns around and ran her fingers through Antonio's hair. Then moves closer and kisses him on the lips. As she back away he licks his lips and tastes her chocolate lip gloss.

"What, you never had a Hershey kiss before?" she jokes.

Antonio laughs at her joke and pulls her back towards him again to kiss her again. When their second kiss ends the two let themselves calm down from the love rush. Five minutes later the two continue their trip to the Tengen Gate. The last two miles seem to fly by, and they arrive at the entrance to the Tengen Gate. They bow before they walk through it.

Daisuke introduces himself and leads the samurai rangers to the room where Tracy's great grandpa was. The three of them enter the room. Tracy sees her great grandpa for the first time - in person.

"Hello Tracy," Frederick says.

"Hi grandpa," Tracy says.

"Great Grandpa," Frederick says correcting his great-granddaughter.

"Does adding the great in front of grandpa make a difference." She says.

"I'm not too sure Tracy. Why don't we get down to the real reason I called you here." He says very seriously.

They take their seats on the floor. Antonio and Tracy sit Indian style on the pillows while Frederick sits in a half lotus on his.

"Tracy I'm sure you noticed the missing page in the book with the symbols you needed to master." Frederick says.

"Yes I did so what is on that missing page?" she asks.

"It's the sealing symbol that has been passed down in our Shiba family from generation to generation." He answers.

"Wait, I thought only the red ranger's Shiba family was the only family who had a sealing symbol?" she asks still in shock.

"That is true. The Red Rangers' symbol can seal away Master Xandred, but our symbol is just as important." He says.

"What does our family's symbol do?" she asks.

"If done correctly, it can seal up all the gaps in the whole city." He answers.

"Won't that require an incredible amount of symbol power to make it permit?" Antonio asks finally saying something.

"Yes Antonio but I believe that my granddaughter can do it." he says with a smile.

"Ok great grandpa if you believe in me. I know I can master this to help my friends take down Master Xandred." She says confidently.

"That's my great granddaughter." Frederick says.

He hands her the missing page with the sealing symbol on it. Tracy folds up the page and puts in it her jacket pocket. After a short tea break, and hearing a few old stories of when Frederick was a Ranger, Antonio and Tracy leave the Tengen Gate to head back home. They can tell the team what they just learned today from Tracy's great grandpa.

The Rangers are in the middle of battling the third nighlok attack for the day. The Rangers are doing well expect the silver ranger. Tracy begins to get tired, and her symbol power is weakening too. The moogers keep coming in droves. She has no choice but to break out the penguin disk. She puts it on her spin sword then spins the disk. Her sword turns into two small weapons, but they are just as powerful as the leopard spear. She defeats some of the moogers, but it isn't enough.

"This isn't cutting it. Time to show these moogers my new move. Leopard sabers icicle barrage." Tracy says.

The icicles swirl around her a few times before they fly straight as arrows towards the moogers. The moogers are defeated as soon as the icicles hit them. The other Rangers rush over to their teammate

"Tracy when did you master that disk?" Kevin asks.

"I'll tell you later," Tracy answers.

"Well, silver samurai you just got lucky." The nighlok says.

"Why don't you just give up nighlok? There are seven of us and only one of you." Mike says.

"Mike don't jinx us again. Remember what happened the last time you said that." Tracy tells him.

"Oh right sorry" Mike apologizes.

"So is the silver shrimp going to hurt me with little icicles? I'm so scared." The nighlok taunts.

Antonio looks over at Tracy and sees her tighten her grasp on her weapons. She is starting to get upset about what the nighlok just said.

"I'll show you how strong the shrimp is, nighlok," Tracy says.

"Tracy calm down. That's it wants you to do." Antonio warns her.

She readies her icicle barrage again. It is too late. She already launched her attack. The icicles are about to hit the nighlok, but the nighlok unleashes its special attack. It sends the icicles back towards Tracy with even more power.

"Tracy, look out" Antonio shouts.

He runs over and pushes her out of the way to take the full force of the attack. A few seconds later Antonio falls to the ground demorphed. Tracy, demorphed, runs over to Antonio and tries to wake him up. "Antonio can you hear me?" she asks. Antonio didn't make a sound. Tracy's heart sank.

"Good job, silver ranger, you just injured your fellow Ranger." the nighlok says as it laughs evilly.

"Tracy, you look after Antonio. We'll handle the nighlok." Jayden says.

She nods and sits next to Antonio. She sets his head on her lap and does her best not to cry her eyes out. The nighlok dries out a few minutes later, and the other demorph then run back over to Tracy and Antonio.

Jayden wanted to ask Tracy how his best friend is doing. He sees the tears rolling down her cheeks and splashing down onto Antonio's face. He bends down and places his hand on her shoulder. She looks over at him.

"Don't worry Tracy Antonio is going to be just fine." He tells her.

"How do you know that Jayden?" she asks.

"Just trust me on this one, ok?" He answers.

She nods and wipes the tears from her eyes. Kevin and Mike bend down to put Antonio's arms on their shoulders. They slowly get to their feet and begin to head back home.

Ji watches the team walk through the front gate. He tells Kevin and Mike to take Antonio to his room. Emily, Mia, JI, and Jayden follow them. Kevin and Mike place Antonio in his bed.

"How bad are his injuries JI?" Jayden asks.

"There not too serious. He should be back on his feet in a few days." Ji replies.

"That's good," Kevin say.

"How did this happen?" JI asks.

"Tracy launched her symbol power at the nighlok, and it reversed her attack back towards her. Antonio pushed her out of the way to take the hit for her." Jayden answers.

Tracy is standing in the door and is refusing to come in the room. Ji asks Tracy to get the first aid kit. She turns around, and Mia follows behind her to get some water so JI can clean the wounds. Mia returns with a bowl of water, a damp washcloth, and the first aid kit.

"Where is Tracy?" Kevin asks.

"Tracy said that she was just going to the back garden." she replies.

"Tracy must think what happen to Antonio was all her fault," Emily says.

"Yes Emily, it looks that way," Jayden says.

"So what do we do Jayden?" Mike asks.

"I don't know Mike," Jayden answers.

Ji starts to patch up Antonio's wounds. Once JI finishes he leaves the room to talk to Tracy.

Ji walks to the back garden and finds Tracy sitting on the bench holding the penguin disk in her left hand. He goes up to her and place his hand on her shoulder. Tracy looks up at him.

"So you have mastered the penguin disk?" He asks.

"Yes but now I wish I hadn't." she replies.

She tosses the disk into the bushes. Ji walks over to the bushes and removes the disk. After he dusts it off, then walk back over to Tracy and places the disk back in her hand.

"You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened to Antonio. It wasn't your fault." He tells her.

"Yes, it was Ji. If I hadn't let my emotions get the best of me Antonio wouldn't be hurt right now." Tracy says.

She gets to her feet quickly. Ji tries to get her to forgive herself for what happened, but all his attempts fail. She just walks back into the house to find a small box for the disk, slowly opens the box and places it inside. She closes the box, hands it to him, runs to her bedroom, and slams the door shut.

Three days go by, and Antonio is strong enough to get out of bed. He walks out of his room and down the hall to the living room.

"Hey, Antonio, it's good to see you back on your feet again," Jayden says.

He notices that his girlfriend isn't in the room. "Where's Tracy?"

"She's still held up in her room. We've tried to get her to come out, but no luck. She won't even let anyone come in either." Jayden answers.

"Yeah on top of that she hasn't eaten anything in the past few days," Emily adds.

"I think she is acting like a big baby." Kevin rings in.

"Come on Kev; she's just upset about what happened. Try to cut her some slack. I mean she worked so hard to master that disk. Then, the first time she used it on the field her one of her best friends gets hurt." Mia says.

"That's true, but that still doesn't mean she has to beat herself up for it." Kevin says.

"Well, I think she believes it was all her fault that I got hurt. If she only listened to me, I won't even had gotten hurt in the first place." Antonio says.

"Antonio, how did you know that?" Jayden asks.

"He is her boyfriend after all." Mike answers.

"Yes Mike I am her boyfriend, but I'm still her friend too." Antonio reminds him.

"Then why don't you try to get her to come out of her room." Mike suggests.

Antonio nods and leaves the room to head towards Tracy's bedroom. JI follows him with a tray of food.

Tracy is sitting in the far corner of her room. She leaves the door open a crack to let some of the cool air out. A few seconds later she hears a knock on it.

"Tracy, can Mentor, and I come in?" Antonio asks.

"Yes," Tracy answers.

Antonio and Mentor slowly enter the room. Ji sets the tray of food on the desk and leaves so we can have some privacy. Antonio walks over and sits down next to me on the floor.

"Tracy, the others told me that you haven't eaten anything in the past few days. Why would you do something so dangerous? You know that you can't survive long without food." Antonio reminds her.

"I know Tony, I wasn't hungry, that's all," Tracy says.

"I'm not going to fall for that excuse angel. The real reason you haven't eaten is you felt guilty about what happened to me." Antonio says.

"Right as usual Tony, I wouldn't be upset if you hated me or never wanted to speak to me again." she says.

"I would never do that to you. Before you pass out, can you please eat something?" Antonio asks.

She nods. He gets up and walks over to the desk. He sits back down again and sets the tray next to him. He hands the sandwich off the tray. She takes the sandwich from his hand and take a huge bite out of it. A few minutes later she finishes everything on the tray.

"Can you do me one more favor?" Antonio asks.

"Sure, Tony," I say.

"Could you come out of your room so that the others can see that you're all right." Antonio says.

I nod and start to get to my feet. Then we walk to the living room.

Mike jokes that it Looks like Antonio worked his magic as he sees Antonio and Tracy enter the room. They walk over to a chair, and they sit down. Tracy sits down in Antonio's lap.

"Tracy if you mind me asking, why did you get so upset when that nighlok called you a shrimp?" Jayden asks.

"Because that's what all the bigger kids would call me when I was a kid." Tracy answers.

"Did you get picked on a lot as a kid?" Jayden asks. She just nods.

"To add insult to injury, I couldn't be who I wanted to be either." she says.

"What do you mean?" Emily asks.

"The teachers were always comparing me to my brother. The coach for the school softball team would never pick me just because I was smaller than the other girls." she replies.

"So, you have never been on a team before?" Kevin asks.

"I was on the swim team up till my junior of high school." She answers.

"Why didn't you tell us before?" Kevin asks.

"Well, you never asked." she answers.

"Were you a good swimmer?" Kevin asks.

"My last year on the team the coach said we wouldn't have made it to the regional meet if it wasn't for me." she answers.

Kevin asks how did the team do. Tracy says that the team would have one first place, but they lost by a quarter of a second. Kevin tells her that second place is good too especially at the regional meet.

"Why did you quit?" Jayden asks.

"I had to choose my senior year is was between the swim team or working a paid internship at the veterinary clinic in town." she answers.

"I'm guessing that you choose the internship?" Mike asks.

"I did both but half way through the season I had to pick one." she answers.

"So you pick the internship." Kevin says.

She nods. They get back on track a few minutes later, and the other rangers tell her that she has done a great job as a ranger. She thanks them for everything they said on her behalf.