Power Rangers – Dino Thunder: Jurassic Calling
Disclaimer: We don't own anything from Power Rangers Dino Thunder, and we're not making any money from this fic.
Summary: Sequel to Relationship Difficulties. When Tommy finds a strange stone on a dig, it causes more trouble and pain than neither Jason nor Tommy could have anticipated. When one of them is seriously hurt, will their marriage survive?
Authors: Cat/Kindred Isa
Pairing: Jason/Tommy
Warning(s): Spanking; spoilers, slash sexual play and lots of drama.
The sun beat down on the young palaeontologist as he dug in the dusty sand, determined to find something for all their hard work. Anton Mercer had been working on the other side while Tommy, just fresh out of university, dug on the other, soon finding a mysterious cave. His dark eyes lit up when he saw something sparkling at him. It was a steep fall if he fell, but it was drawing him to it like a siren lured its prey. He inched closer to the edge on his bottom and knew he could make it easily, but would need to be careful. He slowly made to inch down into the cavern, chewing his lower lip. He had to have whatever it was.
Jason had been helping in the dig, sweating under the hot sun. He glanced up from his work in time to see his husband begin to disappear into the cavern, and quickly hurried over to stop Tommy before he went inside. "Tommy, wait! That needs to be checked that it's safe to be entered first."
"But we could lose whatever is in there, Jase." Tommy looked up at his husband, determined to find whatever that glow was. "It could be an incredible find, Jase...We can't lose this opportunity." He inched down a little, knowing that the thing was calling to him; only to gasp when the rock his left foot was on crumbled under him. Tommy desperately grabbed at the cave walls only to tumble into the cave, hitting his side and head. He then cried out when the large rock that he had stood on tumbled down to land on his left leg, breaking it in several places. "Aghhh!" He coughed as the dust settled and struggled to reach the stone only to grasp it. It was beautiful and he wanted it, also finding other fossils that seemed to be beyond science.
"Tommy!" Jason had to pull back to keep from leaping down to help his husband. "We need paramedics!" he yelled – and someone immediately put in a call to 911, while a couple of others hurried over to see if they could help.
"Stay still down there," Jason ordered Tommy. "The paramedics are on their way." Worry overlaid the anger in his voice – but it was still there.
Tommy groaned and put the stone into his backpack and also managed to take photos, ever being the scientist, wanting to document all that he was seeing. He remained where he was, trapped, but the urge to move on and see what else was down there was rather strong. He could hear Jason's cries and orders, knowing that he was in deep trouble this time. He wouldn't be able to sit properly in a while, but the interesting gem and the fossils were worth it...they were, however, not worth his health or the pain he knew Jason was feeling. He had been confident that he could get in there safely without incident and back out. He was wrong, and now he was paying for it with the sharp agony in his hip, head and broken leg; but would also pay with his butt, too, he knew.
"I'm okay, Jase! Don't worry, honey...I'm fine!" He didn't want Jason to worry about him just as he heard the helicopter coming to rescue his doomed ass.
Jason shook his head slowly, and clenched his fists. When the paramedics arrived, he explained the situation to them in short, clipped tones, and then stood back to wait – impatiently and not feeling calm at all – as a stretcher and rope was lowered into the cave by the helicopter, along with a paramedic.
Tommy saw the paramedics coming down to help him, and actually cried out when they moved the large rock that had landed on his left leg. It was clearly broken in various places, with some of the bone showing. He struggled not to make a sound as he was assessed before being put on the stretcher. Tommy was in agony, and passed out when they lifted him from the cave floor. His dark eyes closed just as he saw Jason, losing consciousness, unable to express how sorry he was for scaring his husband.
More worried than angry now, Jason went in the helicopter to the hospital, sitting next to the stretcher that Tommy was lying on. He felt physically sick when he saw the damage his husband had managed to do to himself, and could only hope that the doctor would be able to help him.
The ride to the hospital was silent as Tommy lay on the stretcher, completely unconscious, while the medics worked to stabilize his broken leg even further, knowing that it was a bad break.
When the helicopter finally arrived at the hospital, Tommy was rushed to the emergency room to be checked and then taken to x-ray. They knew his leg was broken with the open wound fracture, but didn't know about his left hip nor his head from the fall. Determining that his head was fine, just banged up, and his hip was only slightly fractured, the doctors explained to Jason that he needed to be rushed to surgery to fix his leg, but could lose it. They had much to do, and had to clean out the wound of small bone and stone fragments. It would be a long, delicate procedure.
As much as he didn't want to just have to sit around and wait, this wasn't an enemy Jason could fight. All he could do was sit there in the waiting room and desperately wait to hear anything more about his husband's condition. He wanted to be by Tommy's side, but that wasn't possible either right now. But when it came to Tommy's safety, he wasn't very good at just waiting.
The surgery took many hours and the doctors worked hard to save Tommy's leg, cleaning it out, keeping the young man completely unconscious, considering how painful it would be otherwise if he were awake for it. Taking out small bone fragments and stones, the surgeons soon worked on putting the leg back together with some metal rods and screws. The wound was then closed up while they fixed his hip. It was late into the night when Tommy was wheeled to recovery and Jason was told of his condition, but also that he would need help to walk again once the bones had healed, including his hip.
Jason was relieved to hear that it seemed Tommy's leg would eventually be all right, but he was still worried. He decided to wait at the hospital until he could go in to see his husband.
Tommy woke up in pain, wanting to move, but was unable to with his leg well braced and a large cast on it. His head throbbed, and he had scratches on his back from the fall as well. The first thing that came to his mind when he first woke up again was Jason. The nurse came and gave him some morphine before going to let Jason in when Tommy kept asking for him.
Jason stepped into the hospital room, his concerned gaze immediately going to Tommy in the bed. He stepped over and sat down on the chair next to the bed, taking his husband's hand. "Hey," he said quietly.
Tommy gently squeezed that hand back and sighed. "Jase...God, I am so sorry, honey...I don't know what came over me. It was like the stone kept calling to me...don't know why I didn't wait...not sure really what happened till I was down on the ground. Can't remember much about it in between finding the thing in the cave and picking it up."
"Tommy... you scared me," Jason said quietly. "For a moment there, I thought I'd lost you. You've really done some damage to yourself, love. How are you feeling?"
"Sore, but feeling pretty stupid right now, and don't know what came over me. I could hear you telling me not to, but something else kept urging me. God, honey, I am so sorry...I feel so bad for hurting you and scaring you. All I remember is falling and then having the stone in my hand before the rescue."
Jason shook his head. "No matter what that stone is, it wasn't worth you hurting yourself over it. You could have lost your leg, and you're gonna need help to walk again. Not to mention hitting your head and fracturing your hip." He sighed. "Tommy... What am I going to do with you?"
Tommy felt the tears in his eyes and shook his head, only to groan as it throbbed. "I don't know...I can't believe I was so stupid. How could I have done something so reckless? Jase...I am so sorry and can't believe even I'd be this dumb." He sighed and wiped his dark eyes, before looking at his husband. "I really wrecked myself this time, and for what? A stupid rock and some weird fossils?" The young man looked towards his bag. "Jason, look at the pictures I took. The fossils were very strange and defy science...please tell me I didn't risk my life for nothing, at least? Tell me I didn't lose my mind down there?"
Jason squeezed Tommy's hand, before reaching over to pick up the bag. He opened it, and took out the camera to look at the pictures. After looking through the photos, he looked seriously at his husband. "You made a good find, but you shouldn't have done what you did. No matter how big a deal this is, you shouldn't have risked yourself like that. You didn't lose your mind... but you made a terrible decision, and got badly hurt."
Tommy looked at the photos as well and frowned. "What are those fossils? I still don't get why I would have gone in without a rope and pulley system. God, I know better than this; we both do. But this is a good find, Jase...I just wish I hadn't been so stupid to risk myself for it."
"Me too," Jason said seriously. "Do you have any idea how worried I was about you? And you promised me before that you wouldn't risk yourself, remember?" He shook his head, remembering how Tommy had broken his promise during a fight with one of Rita's monsters.
Tommy nodded and sighed. "Yeah, and I meant to keep it too, honey. I am so sorry, and I definitely am feeling the side effects of my stupidity. When I am able, I need you to punish me for this, and I definitely think I've learned my lesson on this one, Jase."
"I thought you'd learned your lesson before, Tommy," Jason said quietly. "Neither of us are Power Rangers anymore, love. We can't afford to take dangerous risks with our lives anymore. We don't have fast healing abilities anymore, either."
"I thought so too, Jase, but then I just let this happen. I was so damn well stupid." He actually started to cry, unable to hold back the guilt of what he'd done, even if he couldn't fathom why he'd done it. He'd risked his very life and nearly lost it and his leg in the process. For what? A stone and some strange fossils? He'd scared Jason and even himself when he fell to the cave floor, and now was not even able to get out of bed. "God, Jase...What was I thinking, and why did I do it? I can't even tell you that, much less myself...I'm scared...What if I never walk again?"
Jason took Tommy's hand again, and kissed it. "Don't say that, Tommy. You'll be able to walk again. It'll take time, but you're strong – and we both know how determined you are. As to what you were thinking... I can't answer that, love. But I promise you, I'll make sure you never do something like that again."
"I know you will, and I'll be feeling this one for a long time even after I'm healed." Tommy looked at his husband. "I really am sorry, and wish I had listened to you. I don't know how I could have been so stupid, but guess we'll figure that out in time and figure out what we found out there."
Jason nodded. "We'll find out what this is," he promised. "But you need to rest for now, and not worry about anything. I love you, Tommy. Even when you do stupid things and risk your life, I'll always love you."
"Love you too, and love you more that you can still love me after all the dumb things I tend to do. Well, guess this means what the good health and bad health vow was for. There hasn't been anything we couldn't weather...I hope this is one of those times."
"We'll get past this," Jason promised, kissing Tommy's hand again. "It'll be painful for you, but there isn't anything you could do that would make me stop loving you."
"What is pain except temporary, especially when it has to do with our love being forever? This is going to be one heck of a spanking, though, when I'm better."
Jason nodded slowly. "I think you know what you can expect to get, love. But I spank you because I love you, and I hope you know that."
Tommy nodded and winced again. "Ahhh...Y...Yeah I know, baby, and I know I really deserve it this time for being such an idiot. Really messed up this time, didn't I?"
"You did," Jason agreed. "But I love you anyway. And right now, I want nothing more than to be able to hold you in my arms and keep you safe. I wish I could take away the pain of your injuries..."
"Oh me too, honey, but for now have my morphine to help us out." Tommy tried to smile and reassure Jason that he'd be fine. "I promise you this, Jase. No matter what happens, I am not going to stop trying to walk and get better. I will be the Tommy you knew before this happened. I'll be whole again, even if it takes me to hell and back." This he vowed, and held Jason's hand before the pain killers and exhaustion took him.
Jason kissed Tommy's hand yet again, and then – at the nurse's direction – left the room. He was tired, but decided to stay in the waiting room and sleep there, rather than go home and risk not being there if his husband needed him.
Later that night, Tommy did indeed need the help waking up with the urge to pee. He groaned and panted a little searching the dark room. "J...Jase?" He began to sob when he didn't know if Jason was there, especially when his hip began to really throb, cursing his reckless behaviour and stubborn nature.
One of the night nurses who was on standby came into the room with a bedpan. After checking the painkiller levels, the nurse topped off the morphine, and then helped Tommy with the bedpan.
Tommy whimpered when he felt the sting when the nurse helped him with the bedpan so he could pee. He felt some shame that he needed her help to pee, but was soon grateful the woman was there. He thanked her, and was helped to get more comfortable. He soon was sleeping again, hoping this wasn't his life from now on, never wishing to be a burden to Jason.
In the morning, as soon as he was allowed in, Jason came into the hospital room. He hadn't slept well, worry over Tommy having kept him awake most of the night. But he sat down next to the bed and took Tommy's hand. "How did you sleep?"
"Well, the drugs helped until they wore off and I had to pee," Tommy admitted, obviously exhausted himself, but smiled a little. "I'll be okay, honey...just don't want to be a burden to you."
"You could never be a burden to me," Jason promised, running his fingertips over Tommy's hand. "I'll take care of you, love. It'll take a while, but I'm sure you'll get better."
"But what if I never can walk again, Jase? I may need you to help care for me." Tommy started to cry again, feeling so helpless right now and hating that he couldn't even go pee by himself. "I can't even pee by myself anymore."
"Tommy... Don't feel ashamed for needing help," Jason said. "And don't you dare give up on getting better. You hear me?" He gently wiped Tommy's tears away with his fingertips.
Tommy sniffled and nodded, trying to be brave for Jason. "I'll try...just scared, Jase...I don't know if I have the strength, but I'll try my best to get better. Love you too much to give up."
"I love you too, Tommy. More than anything in this world. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you." Jason wanted nothing more than to hug his husband as tightly as he could, but he knew that he'd only hurt Tommy if he did.
Tommy wanted to hold Jason, and whimpered when his husband couldn't hold him. He sighed and pouted, not able to wait till he was freed from this sterile prison. "I love you so much, and can't wait to go home."
Jason leaned over, and lightly kissed Tommy, careful of his injuries. "I want you home, too. But you need to stay here a little while longer."
Tommy returned the kiss and groaned, not happy to be stuck in the hospital. "But you're a better cook. This food is awful, and I want to be held."
"Don't you know, love? The food tastes awful in hospitals so that you hurry and get better." Jason smiled, but then turned serious. "I want to hold you too, Tommy, more than you can know. But it would only hurt you right now..."
Tommy felt the tears again, and tried not to cry and feel despair at his stupidity or the situation. "I just want to go home, Jason. I want to be in our bed if I am stuck lying around."
"You will be soon," Jason promised. "Don't feel bad, Tommy. You will heal eventually, and I'll help you every step of the way."
"Just getting frustrated. I can't do anything, and someone else will take my find. I want you to work on that cave for me, but keep the gem and it all secret for now."
Jason frowned at him. "Tommy, your health is more important than your find – no matter what strange things you found there. Besides, work on the dig will probably be stopped for now anyway, with you having fallen in. They'll need to run safety tests before they can start it up again."
"My find is important too, Jase. If I don't get to continue my work, then what has my suffering been for since this fall? I will have fallen and am suffering for nothing. Of course my health is important, honey, but if I have to be stuck in a bed for a while and in pain, I want it to matter for something."
"I think I should ground you from being on digs for a while after you heal." Jason shook his head, but clearly wasn't entirely serious. "I won't leave you alone, Tommy. But I'll see what I can do about making sure no one works on the cave you found once work is started again."
"Okay, thank you, Jase. I just want my falling and everything to be worth something, and it is my find. Don't want Anton to take my find and claim it as his own like when I was a Junior."
"I'll make sure he won't," Jason promised, squeezing Tommy's hand.
"I know you will...Man, I can't believe he did that the last time; but he'll try this time to, cause I can't defend it but for the photos. Well, guess I can; but I don't need him copying my work."
"Don't worry about it right now," Jason ordered. "You concentrate on getting better – and also how much trouble you're in," he added, a slight glimmer of mischief in his eyes indicating he wasn't serious about that part.
"I am in deep this time, I know, Jase. I really screwed up."
Jason sighed quietly, serious now. "I don't want to make you feel worse about it, love... but perhaps it's best to talk about it now. How many times does this make it, Tommy?"
Tommy licked his lower lip and groaned, trying to think on that and inwardly winced with his butt aching. "Um, well honestly? Um I think about more than five, Jase."
"I used my belt the last time you endangered yourself," Jason said quietly. "It didn't seem to do much good."
"No, Jase, it did the trick...the belt always gets to me."
"Tommy, you didn't even hesitate – not even when I warned you against going in. You completely ignored the danger."
"I know, honey...I think I know that, but a part of me told me not to...but that thing wouldn't let me stop till I had it in my hands. That is an excuse but it is how it happened."
"Whatever pull it had on you could have waited until you'd at least grabbed a rope and pulley set. After all, you were able to respond to me when I called out to you." Jason leaned forward slightly, looking seriously into his husband's eyes. "You tell me, Tommy... What do you think I should do? What do you think will work?"
Tommy looked away, not knowing what more Jason wanted him to say, his eyes blurring. "I don't know, okay? Am I not suffering enough, Jason?" He couldn't believe he had just snapped at his husband, but his voice was definitely moody at that moment.
"Tommy..." Jason held his hand tightly. "Look at me, love. I'm not trying to hurt you even more."
"Could have fooled me, Jason. I am going through enough, and all you keep doing is laying guilt trips on me."
Jason frowned at Tommy. "No, that isn't what I'm doing. I'm asking you to advise me. What would you do if it was the other way round?"
"I don't know, Jase...I don't know." Tommy was sobbing now and upset, not knowing how to advise his husband on this. He was frustrated and in pain, unable to even think, much less want to discuss it. Tommy had enough and clicked the pain killer button frantically. "I don't know. I don't even want to think about it right now."
"All right, all right." Jason squeezed Tommy's hand tightly. "Don't think about it. We won't talk about it. Just concentrate on getting better." He bit his lip, knowing that perhaps he shouldn't have brought it up – but had decided to when Tommy hadn't responded to his comment as not really being serious.
Tommy was still upset and in pain, clicking the button only to notice that the bag was empty so he had no relief. "It hurts, Jase...please make it stop!"
Noticing that the bag was empty, Jason quickly pressed the call button. When the nurse arrived, she realised that the morphine was finished, and topped the bag up again.
Tommy could only whimper silently, begging for the pain to go away, and soon he was given what he needed. He felt his eyes growing heavy again, fighting the need to rest. "Jase...I love you...so tired...want to go..." He soon closed his eyes and was sound asleep, with one word escaping his lips. "Home..."
"I love you too, Tommy," Jason whispered, even knowing that his husband was asleep and wouldn't be able to hear him. "We'll go home soon, I promise." He kissed Tommy's hand, and quietly left the hospital room.
The ride home seemed quiet, but Tommy was deep in thought as he watched the world flying past them both. He shifted a little and sighed. The young man still felt some pain, but he knew more was to come. Sadly, most was emotional; but his dark eyes shifted to his husband, determined to get better for him and never give up if he could help it. "I love you, Jase."
Jason glanced sideways at Tommy, and reached to take one of his hands. "I love you too, Tommy. Don't give up," he said quietly.
"Not planning on it, Beautiful...Not gonna give up. As long as you never give up on me, kay? In case I can't walk?" Tommy knew that Jason wouldn't, but he needed to hear him say it one last time. "Please remind me I'll never lose my beautiful?"
"Tommy, you'll never lose me," Jason said seriously. "You'll never get rid of me, love." He smiled, and squeezed Tommy's hand gently. "I'll always be here for you, whatever you need. I'll never give up on you."
Tommy smiled and kissed him. "Not losing me either, Jase...Love you far too much, even when I do stupid things."
Jason returned the kiss, but still kept most of his attention on his road. "I came close to losing you only a few days ago. Promise me you won't take those sorts of risks again, Tommy."
"Definitely not anymore...This is definitely a wake-up call, Jase. We aren't rangers anymore, and I was so scared that I was losing you too. I plan to be a heck of a lot more careful from now on."
"I'm glad to hear it," Jason replied. "Nothing is worth your life or your health."
"Nope, but something cool did come out it; and that stone I can study at home today. I really want to find out what it is and those other fossils."
"Just as long as you don't focus on that rather than resting." Jason grimaced, not really liking having to be the stern husband – but this was one issue he wasn't going to budge on.
"I won't and if I do, I know you'll spank my ass for it."
"On top of the spanking you already have coming," Jason agreed.
That definitely had Tommy's attention, knowing that he definitely had a major one coming. His brown eyes shifted back to the outside of the car as he sighed. "I know...This one will be a good one alright." When they finally reached home, Tommy grunted a little, shifting while Jason got his wheelchair out.
Jason brought the wheelchair round to the passenger side of the car, and then helped Tommy to get out and settled into the wheelchair, before gently kissing his cheek. "Comfortable?"
"Yeah, I'm as comfortable as I can be right now. Thank you, Beautiful...Will you help me work on that stuff today?"
Jason nodded. "Of course." He pushed the wheelchair into the house. "Do you need to take some more painkillers?"
"Yeah...My hip and leg are killing me." As they got into the house, Tommy couldn't help but smile seeing all their assorted fossils and work piled on the coffee table. All their lives and work piled or displayed all over the house gave him a sense of calm. He even smiled seeing a few wedding photos with their friends in the wedding party. "We really have done a lot, haven't we?"
"We have," Jason agreed, wheeling Tommy into the sitting room. "But we still have so much more to do together."
"That we do and I hope it is, if willing, for another eighty years because I will never lose you."
"You'll never lose me, love. From the first time I spanked you because I didn't know how else to help you, I've never wanted to let you go."
Tommy smiled at that and winced at the memory of it. "Oh yeah, felt the tingle alright in more than one spot that day. Never wanted you to let me go, but did hope you wouldn't have spanked me all day. But have to admit they do help somewhat." He moved to table and picked up the stone. "Dang, just wish I knew what this stuff was, you know? These are like nothing we've studied before." He looked at the stone and licked his lips nervously as he began to use a tiny tool to try and break some of the rock off it. His dark eyes widened in shock when he dropped the rock and it shattered open. "Oh no...I...I broke it...what do we do?"
Immediately, Jason knelt to pick up the pieces. "Maybe we can..." His fingers grazed a gem that had been residing inside the rock, and sparks flew. Jason snatched his hand back as if it had been burned, staring at the gem. "What...?"
Tommy's eyes widened also in shock and he gulped, looking at Jason. "W...What was that? Honey, are you okay? How did it shock you? Fossils and rocks can't do that."
"I'm fine – but I don't know how it happened." Jason pulled his sleeve down so that it covered his hand, and then gingerly picked up the gem to deposit it carefully onto the table. "This isn't normal, Tommy."
Tommy inched a bit closer, or rather as close as he could in a wheelchair and with his sore hip. He poked at the gem nervously, wondering if it would shock him too. He then picked it up when it didn't shock him. "It seems okay to me, Jase...It's not shocking me. The designs are amazing. I wonder what it is."
"We'll need to run some tests on it," Jason said. "I wonder if it might be something alien." He frowned.
"Alien? Like our morphers were in a way?"
Jason nodded. "Perhaps. We still don't know where those came from, or how they were made."
"Well, we both know how smart we both are; and heck, we could figure it out."
"I imagine we will... eventually." Jason straightened up, and kissed Tommy's head. "You need to take those painkillers, love."
Yeah, I definitely need them." Tommy reached for his pain killers and shivered when Jason's lips touched his cheek. "Mmm, that tingled."
Jason frowned at Tommy with some concern. "Tingled? In a bad way?"
"No...Just a weird ticklish tingle. Didn't hurt...felt pretty good, but definitely something new."
"Maybe I should hold off on kissing you until we've run those tests," Jason teased.
Tommy gave Jason a mock serious glare. "Don't you dare, Beautiful...Love it when my gorgeous husband kisses me."
Jason grinned at his husband. "Oh, well in that case..." He kissed Tommy on the lips.
"Oh, feeling better already, baby." Tommy returned the kiss and moaned a little, loving the way Jason kissed him. As those hands moved down his body, Tommy let out a cute squeak when Jason's fingers shocked his hips. "Oooohhh..."
Jason pulled back immediately. "Tommy? Are you all right?" He eyed him with concern.
"Y...Yeah you just shocked me, honey. It didn't hurt, but it tingled down my spine."
"I'm sorry," Jason said quietly.
"No, Jase, it is fine...My hip actually doesn't hurt right now, so I don't think there is any damage." Tommy urged as he moved Jason's hand to his hip again to prove that it didn't hurt him in the least.
Jason didn't fight Tommy moving his hand, but didn't look all that convinced. "I think we need to run those tests sooner rather than later. I don't want to risk you getting hurt."
"Okay; but see, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me, honey." Tommy knew that Jason was right on running tests, but they had not held each other properly since the fall, and he missed those hands on him. "Guess we should do that now to make sure all is good. You should pick up the stone again, cause I am not sure if it is good that I do."
"All right." This time, Jason didn't cover his hand – and when he picked up the gem, he let out a yelp and dropped it when it shocked him again – but left him feeling quite strange; like he had felt when he'd been morphed as a Power Ranger. "That's strange..."
Tommy gasped when the stone once again shocked his husband, feeling urged to help the best he could. He then looked up at Jason, confused. "What? What's strange?"
"Do you remember how it felt while we were morphed? I felt that just now – when it shocked me." Jason shook his head slowly.
Tommy blinked in surprise at that revelation. "What? Really? You felt like when were Power Rangers? How is that even possible?"
"I don't know, Tommy." Jason stared at the gem, rubbing his hand – though it didn't really hurt. "Man... I wish Zordon was still here."
"Me too...Man, I wish someone knew what this stone was." Tommy looked at the stone, then at his husband. "Are you sure you are alright?"
Jason nodded. "I'm fine. It just surprised me. But I think we should both avoid touching the stone with our bare hands – for the time being, at least."
"Yeah, I don't want you getting shocked again." The young man inched his wheelchair a little closer to Jason the best he could, staring at the stone. "So how do we start running the tests on this one? It's not like our usual specimens."
"We should probably see what might react to it," Jason said. "And if it's the same sort of technology found in our morphers, it might be possible to create new morphers."
"Really? New morphers? Are we really ready to be rangers again? I mean, if we are able to make new ones?"
Jason shrugged. "Well, so far, we've only found one of these stones. And right now, it only seems to be reacting with me."
"Right. And I'm in no condition if it were true to take on any fights right now, if ever." Tommy smiled sadly, remembering how much he'd loved fighting with Jason on the side of good in their youth. "But I am happy for you if we can make a morpher."
"Tommy..." Jason lightly slipped his arm around his husband's shoulders. "If we've found one, we'll probably find more. And I'm sure we'll find one that you'll be able to use."
"But first we need to find more and see if it possible; and I need to heal up, Jase. I just miss when we would morph and help others, you know?" Tommy smiled a little and sighed. "But are we ever going to be too old for this?"
Jason shrugged. "Evil never truly goes away. Even after I gave up my morpher to Rocky, and when I gave up the Gold Ranger powers, I knew there might come a time when I would have to take up the cause again. I'm not surprised by this."
"You're not, Jase? I am...I thought once we'd given up our powers and the rangers went into Space that our time had come to hang up our blasters for good."
"I wouldn't say that I've been looking to become a Power Ranger again – but I've prepared myself for the possibility that we might be called once more. I don't think this ever truly goes away, Tommy."
"But what if we can't do this anymore, Jase? I mean, we're not kids or even teenagers anymore; but if you think we may be called again, then you know I will take my morpher again." The man sighed a little and smiled. "Maybe that is why I felt drawn to that stone and compelled to get it...Maybe we are being called back into action."
"I think it's possible," Jason replied. "But even if you were called to it, Tommy, don't you ever do something so stupidly dangerous again. Okay?"
Tommy nodded. "I know...I doubt I ever will after this. Scared myself enough as it is and know my ass is toast anyway when I am healed enough."
Jason nodded, looking serious. "I think you can expect the belt. I won't watch you risk yourself again."
Tommy cringed at hearing he could expect a belting again, struggling not to tense up thinking about it. "You know I hate your belt," Tommy whispered, looking at the stone again seriously.
"I know – but I also know that you keep doing dangerous things. And the belt does get your attention." Jason reached out and took Tommy's hand in both of his. "I don't enjoy spanking you, love."
Tommy did pout again, as he usually did when hearing he was getting a spanking, much worse when it was the belt. "I know...Just really hurts when you use that thing."
"If it didn't hurt, it wouldn't be a proper punishment," Jason replied seriously. "And you know I don't use the belt for little things."
"No, that is true that you use the belt when I really screw up; but still hate the blasted thing."
"I know, love. But can you honestly tell me you don't deserve it?"
Tommy shook his head and looked up at his husband seriously. His voice was a whisper as he spoke, wanting to bolt at the thought of a belting. He remained in the chair, knowing he couldn't leave it; nor would leave, trusting Jason with his life. "You know I can't."
Jason kissed Tommy softly, and held him for a few moments. "I love you, Tommy. Even when I punish you."
"Love you too, even when you spank me; even if it really hurts." Tommy returned the kiss but still pouted a little, not knowing how cute he looked right then until Jason looked ready to pounce him. "Ahhh, honey, down boy...still in a wheelchair." Tommy teased.
"You shouldn't look so gorgeous, then, love." Jason kissed Tommy again. "I wish I could hold you properly," he said, frustration evident in his voice.
"I wish you could hold me the way we both want to." Tommy returned the kiss and smiled sadly. "I will walk someday, Jase."
Jason smiled. "And when you do, we'll do something really nice," he promised. "As a reward."
"After my, umm, punishment you mean?" Tommy had the feeling he wouldn't be sitting too well at that point. "Man, I made a mess this time. But can we get back to talking about the stone? My butt is aching thinking about it."
"Why don't we have something to eat, and we can talk about the stone over food?" Jason suggested, a glimmer of mischief in his eyes. "You did say you missed my cooking."
"Yeah, that is true. I did miss your cooking, and mostly missed you." Tommy smiled, kissing his husband again. "Love you."
"Love you too, Tommy. More than I could ever tell you." Jason returned the kiss. "What do you want to eat?"
"Um, well, is my husband on the menu tonight?" Tommy smirked, unable to help but ask that, considering he had not been able to be intimate since his fall.
Jason laughed softly, and kissed Tommy. "When you're better, you can have your husband."
Tommy pouted cutely at that and returned the kiss. "Okay, definitely an incentive for me to get better then, isn't it?"
Jason nodded. "We'll be able to be together once you're better, love. If it gets hard, just think about that."
"It is already hard." Tommy whimpered, looking at Jason seriously. "I don't think I can wait for too long, Jase...Kind of hurting."
Jason gently brushed his fingertips over Tommy's face. "I don't want to make your leg worse, love."
"I will be okay...It doesn't hurt all that much right now," Tommy promised, letting his eyes close at the feather light caresses. "You seem to make the pain go away without even trying."
Jason let his fingertips drift lower, moving over Tommy's chest and hips – though he was careful with the hurt hip. He then leaned forward and kissed Tommy's lips.
Tommy returned the affection, gently letting his hands roam over his husband's body as well. His lips tingled as Jason kissed him. "Mmm...I don't feel any pain in my hip, Jase."
"I think you must be focusing on other things instead," Jason whispered against Tommy's lips, his hands drifting lower.
As the fingers ghosted along his stomach and lower, Tommy's head titled back. He moaned when those hands definitely found something that he wanted them to find, with Jason's hands now clasping aching flesh he knew always responded to his husband. "Uhhh...Y...Yeah...Jase...Been too long..."
"Like that, do you?" Jason teased, taking a firm hold of Tommy's erection and starting to massage it, even as his lips moved over Tommy's face and neck.
"Oh yeeeesss...I love it when you do that to me. Love everything you do, Jase."
"I'm glad to hear it, love." Jason laughed softly, continuing to massage Tommy's erection.
"J...Jase...Baby...I can't hold anymo...ohhh...' That was the moment that Jason had obviously decided to take things further, wrapping his lips around his husband's flesh. Tommy soon was shivering and moaning, crying out as he suddenly flooded Jason's mouth, flushed and panting. He watched his husband swallow it with a wicked gleam in his dark eyes. "Oh...Y...You are so...evil Jase..."
"But you love that about me." Jason grinned as he straightened up and kissed Tommy deeply. "Feeling better now, love?"
"Mmm much better honey and yeah, love it when you are wicked."
"Are you hungry for food now, Tommy?" Jason kissed his husband's cheek and grinned.
"Famished, Jason...I love you so much and I swear you do spoil me."
"I love you too, Tommy. And you better believe I spoil you." Jason slipped an arm around his husband's shoulders. "What do you want to eat?"
Tommy smiled and thought for a moment. "Hmm, well we could have spaghetti and your meat sauce? We also have some of those chocolate covered strawberries left over in the freezer from last week."
"Sounds good to me, love. Do you want to stay here while I cook, or come into the kitchen with me?"
"Come with you. You know I love to watch you cook; and my hip doesn't ache, so I might be able to stand with the walker they gave me for a bit."
Jason frowned, eyeing Tommy worriedly. "Your leg's still broken, love. It might not be a good idea to stand right now."
"Okay...I'll sit in my chair, but still want to watch you cook."
"Glad to hear it." Jason wheeled Tommy's chair into the kitchen, and set about beginning to prepare the food.
As Tommy watched his husband cook for them, his mind travelled back to when they first were married, suddenly giggling. His mind flashed to when Jason tried to cook them an elaborate dinner for their wedding anniversary and he tried to cook lobsters. Tommy began to giggle even more, still in the memory of him grabbing a lobster, pinching Jason's ass playfully.
Jason looked over at Tommy, and smiled in response to his laughter. "What's so funny, love?" he asked.
"Oh remembering our anniversary...our first one when you tried to make lobsters and I pinched that hot ass with one." Tommy grinned mischievously.
"Oh, yes." Jason laughed at the memory. "You went over my knee for that, remember?" Although punishment spankings were a serious business, playful spankings were something else entirely.
"As I recall, that is why I did it. I knew you would spank me for it, and it is still funny even now."
Jason shook his head in mock disappointment. "I don't think you learned your lesson from that, Tommy, if you still think it's funny."
Tommy still giggled and shook his head. "I guess I didn't cause it is hilarious...you yelped and jumped like a girl." Tommy ended with hard laughter, caught in the memory, unable to help it. "Well worth the spanking."
Jason smiled at Tommy as he continued to prepare the food. "Sounds like you need another spanking for that."
Tommy was still giggling and then pretended to be serious. "But you can't – injured, remember?" He then lost the effort to try and be the victim as he laughed even harder, pinching his husband's butt, loving the way he would yelp a little. "You wouldn't spank me now, would you, Jase?" Tommy tried the best to look innocent, but it was hard with the wicked gleam in his chocolate eyes.
"Oh yes I would," Jason replied with pretend seriousness. "Believe me, I'm saving everything up for when your leg and hip are healed." He kissed Tommy's cheek, and then put the spaghetti and sauce on the burner.
Tommy grinned and then pretended to be scared. "Oooohhh no not that, Jase..." He loved the way his husband looked in those pants. "Hmm...You do tempt me to make sure that butt gets some attention when I'm better, you know."
"Well, I definitely look forward to that, love." Jason took Tommy's hand and kissed it softly.
Tommy smiled and blushed a little. "You are always such a charmer, Jase...You always sweep me off my feet, you know that?"
Jason smiled. "Nothing's too good for you, love. I won't ever get bored with making you happy and showing you how much I love you."
"Same here, Jase...I can remember a few times we would sneak away from the others to be together. You were my everything, and still are."
"You're the most important thing in my life, Tommy." Jason kissed him gently. "I'd do anything for you."
"I will do anything for you too, Jason, and have." Tommy returned the kiss and then got serious for a moment. "Baby, are you okay? Did the stone hurt you?"
"Tommy, I'm fine," Jason replied. "It shocked me a little, but I'm fine." He frowned worriedly at Tommy. "You're not still hurt by those shocks?"
"No, I'm fine...In fact, my hip feels wonderful; like I had never broken it."
Jason frowned, worried more than happy about that. "Really? Do you think the stone may have caused that? I'm a little concerned..."
"I don't know; but my hips feels great, Jase." Tommy frowned a little and then smiled. "It was after you touched the stone and then touched my hip."
"When we were Power Rangers, we had fast healing abilities," Jason remembered. "If that stone is the same sort of thing as our morphers, it could have some effect on healing."
"You think it could help heal me? I mean to help me get back to normal faster?"
"Maybe – but I don't really want to test it on you, in case it doesn't work; or does something bad."
"But how will we know if it works, then, if we don't try it on me?"
"We should wait a couple of days and see how your hip's doing before we do anything else," Jason said with some concern.
"Okay; but not too long, okay, honey? I really want to work on getting better, and if we can get there sooner, it will be even better."
"I want you to get better too, love," Jason said. "I don't want you to stay in pain, but I think we need to be careful."
"Okay, but I don't want to wait too long, okay? If this will help, then we should try it."
"I promise we'll try it soon." Jason kissed Tommy, and then went to check on the food.
"It's a deal, Beautiful." The younger man grinned and slapped Jason's butt when he turned to check on their dinner. "Hope you didn't burn dinner again like last week when you lost track of dinner," Tommy teased, though he knew that it was also his fault for distracting Jason and pulling him to bed. They had been making love, only to be alerted to smoking dinner by the smoke detector and the smoky kitchen.
Jason caught Tommy's hand, and kissed it gently. "If you hadn't distracted me, dinner wouldn't have been burnt." Noticing that the dinner was cooked, he shared it out onto two plates.
Tommy smiled. "But it was a very good distraction, wasn't it, Jase?" He then was helped to move the chair to the table, and was soon enjoying his dinner. ''Man, you are an amazing cook. I suck at cooking, but I do try."
"It's a good job I enjoy cooking, isn't it?" Jason began eating, smiling at the memory of last week. "Your distractions are always good, love."
"Mmm, well you do have some good ways of distracting me; such as the night you pulled me into a bubble bath in my clothes."
Jason laughed at the memory. "You were in a very bad mood that day, love. I think pulling you into the bath fully clothed was much better than some of the things I could have done."
"Well, I think I was a little needy; and my husband was very busy, so I got frustrated. I was a tad bit cranky."
"A tad?" Jason shook his head, reaching across the table to take Tommy's hand. "I don't think you would have liked my plan B, if soaking you hadn't worked."
"What was plan B anyway, Jase?"
Jason shrugged. "A stress reliever spanking? Or something. Doesn't matter; we didn't need to find out."
Tommy raised a brow at his husband. "I doubt a spanking would have been a good idea when I was that horny."
"Remind me to introduce you to erotic spankings after you're healed, love."
"Oooohhh there are erotic spankings?"
Jason laughed softly. "Yeah. And I'll give you one after you're healed – and we've got through your punishment. Though obviously not straight after that," he added.
Tommy groaned, remembering that he had one hell of a painful spanking coming when he was fully healed. "Ohhhh right...got the belt coming...man this sucks."
"You know how to avoid it, Tommy," Jason said seriously. "I worry about you, love. I don't like to see you hurt."
"I know and I'm sorry. Um, isn't this punishment enough though, Jase? I think I've definitely learned my lesson this time."
"Tommy, you clearly hadn't learned your lesson from the last times," Jason replied. "Do you really think this is enough punishment for letting me down? For breaking your promise to me yet again? For endangering yourself and our relationship?"
Tommy chewed his lower lip nervously when Jason said it that way. As much as he hated to admit it, he did indeed consider being hurt not enough of a penance for his husband. "N...No...It's not..."
Jason nodded in agreement. "I love you too much to see you hurt, Tommy. Every time you endanger yourself, I will have you across my lap."
"I love you too and always know I deserve it. I never do fight it...well, probably did once when I was evil; but I trust you know what is right for me."
"I'm glad you trust me, love," Jason said seriously. "I hate spanking you. I know how much it hurts. If I didn't think it was necessary, I wouldn't be doing it."
"Yeah, I know. And you definitely know how it feels, cause I do remember having spanked you a few times myself. Like the time you were the gold ranger and losing your powers, yet you barged into battle to save me."
Jason smiled slightly at the memory. "I knew it was a bad idea even at the time – but like you said to me, I couldn't just stand by and watch you get hurt. Even though I knew what the consequences would be."
"Yeah, that was major déjà vu there when that happened; and as I recall, you got the belt on the bare for it. It nearly killed you, and I was so upset seeing you lying on that med bed in the control room. You nearly died cause the gold powers were leaving you."
"I know I scared you then, Tommy," Jason said, squeezing his husband's hand. "I am sorry for that, and I deserved that spanking."
"I nearly lost my new husband then and there; and if we hadn't found Trey, you wouldn't even be here." Tommy felt tears falling again, but wiped them away. "I know how you feel now cause I felt it then, and I know I deserve this spanking."
Jason leaned across the table, and kissed Tommy. "I've loved you for such a long time," he said quietly. "I want us to be together forever."
Tommy returned the kiss, feeling his lips tingling with his own desire once again. "I do too, Jase...We were destined to be together forever."
Jason held Tommy tightly – as tightly as he could with his husband in the wheelchair. "I'm glad I got through to you that first time," he said quietly.
"Me too; but my butt definitely wasn't too happy about it if I recall."
Smiling, Jason gently kissed Tommy's cheek. "But you told me you needed the nightmares to go away; and that you needed my forgiveness. I would have given it to you without the punishment... but I think you needed that, too."
"Yeah, the nightmares were really bad; and took a while for them to fully disappear. I did need it alright, and it did help honey. My butt wasn't happy, though, about it."
"Well, it was a painful spanking," Jason agreed. "Especially with your stubbornness. You refused to let it get to you at first."
"Yeah, but you know I can be stubborn; but you can be stubborn too, as I recall."
"Must be why we fit so well together." Jason kissed his husband gently on the lips. "I do love you, Tommy. I never want to lose you."
"I love you too and you never will lose me, Jason Lee Scott." Tommy smiled and kissed his husband, grabbing at his ass. "You never will."
"Glad to hear it, love. But that means no more going into caves without rope and pulley systems, okay?" Jason looked seriously into Tommy's eyes. "No risking your life. Both of us need to be careful."
"I promise...No more climbing into caves without ropes and pulleys; and if you ever do what I did, I will spank you too, Jason."
"You should worry about your butt rather than mine right now," Jason teased.
"Well while I am in this chair, my cute butt is just fine for the moment; so nerner, Jason." Tommy grinned and stuck his tongue out at his husband, loving to tease him back.
Quickly, Jason leaned forward and captured Tommy's lips with his own, forcing his husband's tongue back into his mouth. "Your butt might be safe for now... but I make no promises for the rest of you," he said against Tommy's lips.
"Ooooohhh promises, promises, Jason." Tommy shivered in delight at the promise that the rest of him may not be so safe.
"Are you challenging me, Tommy?" Jason grinned as he began to kiss his husband's neck.
"Who, me? I'd never challenge the great and powerful Jason Lee Scott." Tommy grinned playfully, only to groan in delight with his sensitive neck being kissed.
"Better be careful, love. No Rita or Zedd to interrupt us now." Jason continued to trail kisses over Tommy's skin, knowing exactly where the most sensitive spots were.
Tommy soon was shivering and making noises that Jason knew all too well. Jason always knew how to leave his husband a limp, boneless mass. In fact, Tommy was sure Jason knew his body better than he even did.
Using his lips and his hands, Jason continued until Tommy was limp and helpless – and then returned to claim his husband's lips once more.
Tommy panted against Jason's warm lips, now helpless in his husband's arms. "You always know how to disarm me, Jase...Not that I'm complaining, but what will you ever do with your prisoner, Gold Ranger?"
Jason smirked, his arms tight around Tommy's body. "I was thinking about holding you in my arms and keeping you safe and loved forever and ever." He kissed him again.
Tommy pretended to shiver in fear and giggled. "Oh really? You plan to torture me with affection, Gold Ranger? Oh someone help...I'm a prisoner."
Jason gave a soft snort of laughter. "No one's gonna save you from me, love. I have you in my grasp."
Tommy pretended to be the helpless victim to the tee, and loved playing with his husband. "Oh no...I'm in trouble...unhand me, you evil ranger. Eep!" He suddenly burst into laughter, unable to pretend to be serious, kissing his husband playfully.
Jason returned the kiss passionately, and leaned his forehead against Tommy's. "Next time, you get to be the bad Ranger," he suggested, grinning.
"Okay and I will make sure you are screaming, baby, but in a good way of course. I am glad that I never helped Rita win and took you as my real prisoner. Really wanted to you know. But enough about that. I think it is bedtime, and then we can figure out what that jewel is."
"Mmm." Jason kissed his husband gently. "I love you, Tommy. Let's go to bed."