Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Megaforce. This story is fan-made.

Author's Note: This is not where the Megaforce series starts. If you want to read the series without getting lost, I suggest you read my stories in the order they appear:

No To Date Nights - The Party Night - Project Partners - Megaforce: Lives Behind The Masks - Prom Night - A Trip To Remember - First Meetings - Something She Loves – Protective Morans – Samurai In Harwood County – Rainy Days – Luck Had Nothing To Do With It – Ranger Support – Parents and Children – Hero Without The Spandex – Emma's Night – Emma's Mother – Bait And Switch – After Death – A Stormy Day – A Date For Tensou – A Mother's Advice – Mending Fences – Executioner Named Revenge –Those Three Words – On The Fourth Day – Babysitting – Tiger- A Fresh Start – On the Mountains – Looking Ahead – The Rangers' Recovery – Daughter's Nightmare – Megaforce: With Great Power –Cookies – The Babysitters: Jake and Gia – Better Off With The Burrows – A Hard Journey – The Messenger – Megaforce: The Invasion Arrives

Rebecca grumbled and groaned as she tried to find her way in the dark. She was always in the dark, but she knew it was night and that meant she was alone getting back to bed.

It had been several weeks now since she had been a prisoner of Vrak's and since he had cruelly taken her sight away. Gia had gotten her, Noah, and Ryan to safety and her friends had been looking after her since, supporting her decision to live the rest of her life blind. Though Tensou had offered her a solution that would return her eye sight, the procedure itself was tricky and dangerous. She would have to borrow Orion's Silver Ranger suit and Tensou would have to remove her eyes in an operation he had described as unavoidably painful and uncomfortable, and with no guarantee the procedure would work the first, second, or even third time around, Rebecca had decided against it. It was a decision she regretted at some times, like right now, but overall she was figuring out she didn't need her sight to enjoy life. All her other senses felt heightened and it was like stepping into an amazing new world. Rebecca could learn to be blind. She didn't want to risk a tricky operation.

She felt her way back from the bathroom. The floor was hard on her feet, something she had never noticed before she lost her sight. It was made of wood and while there were no splinters, it was still a rough and tough surface on her sore morning feet. The walls were just as rough, but Rebecca needed to touch them to find her way back. Inside her bedroom, they were her best guide.

She could hear some snoring. That, she didn't need to lose her eyesight to notice. In the weeks since she had lost her sight, Tiger had gotten bigger. Whenever Rebecca let her jump up on her lap she felt the tiger get a little bit heavier. And as the tiger grew, her snoring grew louder. Rebecca tried to use the sounds to avoid stepping on the cub but Tiger seemed to have spread herself out on the floor. Rebecca wasn't able to avoid accidently stepping on the cub's tail. It woke Tiger up with a roar and a jump.

"Sorry! I'm sorry!"

Unlike Rebecca, Tiger had excellent night vision. As she pulled her tail closer into her body to protect it she turned to Rebecca. She would have let out a loud growl but she knew it was only Rebecca. While she wasn't able to understand Rebecca couldn't see, she had learned that there was something different about this human from the others. She had already been helpful in guiding Rebecca from the bedrooms to the kitchen as well as steering Rebecca off a path if she was going to run into or step on something that would cause her pain. She knew Rebecca had only accidentally stepped on her tail and so let it go. She curled back up on the floor and went back to sleep.

Rebecca, meanwhile, still needed to find her bed. She knew she was close. Her bed was close to Gia and Emma's, and Tiger always slept as close as possible to Gia. She reached her hand out, felt the soft covers of a bed and started to crawl in. Just before she was under the blankets she felt someone stir beside her. Rebecca sighed.

"I missed?"

"Do you just want to sleep here?" Gia asked her. Rebecca shook her head.

"I'll get it right one day."

"Honestly, we don't mind. Right Em? See, she's asleep."

Rebecca sighed and decided to just give up for the night. She got under the blankets and nestled into the soft, warm mattress. She felt Gia put an arm around her. Rebecca didn't know why, but suddenly all she wanted to do was cry. She moved in closer to Gia who didn't hesitate to hold her.

"You're so brave," she whispered. Rebecca shook her head again.

"I'm too chicken for the operation," she said. "If I just get it over with, I can see again and..."

"Anyone can endure physical pain," Gia told her. "It takes real courage to take the hard road."

"What's the point of being blind, Gia?" Rebecca asked. "Why am I torturing myself? What do I have to gain?"

"I can always take you to Master Swoop," Gia said. "I'm sure Casey knows where we can find him."

"I don't want some stupid bat master to tell me I'm special. I don't feel special. I don't feel like I have anything to gain from this. I'm bumping into stuff, I'm stepping on Tiger's tail, I can't read Ryan her bedtime stories..."

"You've got them memorized."

"But I can't read new ones! And this morning when I tried to take her out of her crib, I poked her eye!"

"She knows you didn't mean it."

"But it's going to happen again!"

"It's called an accident. Everyone has accidents. Emma was riding her bike down the street once and I was playing with a tennis ball. It got away from me and rolled right under her wheel. She wiped out pretty hard and hated me for the rest of the day."

"So?"

"She got over it," Gia said. "Ryan will too. And the older she gets, the more she'll understand."

"I just... I wish this never happened."

"Some things you can't take back," Gia said and kissed Rebecca's forehead. "There's a lot in my life I wish never happened. A lot I want to be able to take back. I've learned I can't, and there's no point dwelling on it."

"Cliff?"

"Among other things," Gia nodded. She squeezed Rebecca softly. "What you've got to do is figure out how to go on from here. How to live with the past while taking your future in your hands. You'll find the good in this Rebecca. I promise."

"Do you think I'd be a coward if I changed my mind? This is frustrating, Gia. I... I don't think I like this. I want to be able to see again. I want... I want my life back."

"It takes time."

"It's been weeks!"

"Give it a little more," Gia said. "Your training is going well; you're getting the hang of looking after yourself."

"I can't even make it back to bed from the bathroom."

"Can I tell you a secret?"

"What?"

"Neither can I," Gia chuckled. She pulled down the blankets and lifted her leg. She put Rebecca's hand down on what felt like a long cut. "I stepped on Tiger's tail a couple nights ago. She wasn't too happy about it. The last night, Emma stubbed her toe on the doorframe as she tried to go into the bathroom."

"She did?"

"You were out like a log," Gia said. "You're going to get the hang of it. You just have to remember you screwed up even when you could see. But, if in a few days you still feel this way, we can talk to Tensou. We'll revisit the idea of removing your eyes."

Rebecca shuttered at the thought. She hated the idea of anything touching her eyes. Gia chuckled, kissed her forehead once more and then settled down to sleep. Rebecca sighed loudly, closed her eyes and tried to get a little more sleep.