"Daddy!" Austin yelled as he ran down the driveway to meet them and Tommy picked him up and swung him around. They had enjoyed their honeymoon, however short it had been, but they both knew they couldn't put off looking at the information much longer. If Mercer were to unleash whatever he had in the near future, they needed to be as ready as they could be, especially with the kids. They both agreed that they could not risk them, no matter what. "Come see what I made!"

"I will, where's Jess?" Tommy asked as Austin shrugged his shoulders as Tommy carried him back towards Jason and Trini's house.

"Isn't Mama coming inside?" Austin asked as Tommy shook his head no. "Why not?"

"She's tired," Tommy said as Austin nodded. It was much more than that from what Tommy could tell, but he knew that Austin would not understand, he barely understood it himself.

"Hey Tommy," Trini said as she walked over to him and gave him a one armed hug as she was holding six month old Jacob in her other arm. "Kim not coming in?"

"Tired," Tommy said as Trini gave him a suspicious look and he just shook his head. He knew nothing more than what she told him and he was not going to dig into it. He did not want to fight with her right now if he could help it. "Where's Jess?"

"In back with Blake and Kelli," Trini said as she headed out the front door. She was still going to visit with Kim, even if she didn't really want her to.

"Daddy, come on," Austin said as he grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the table where he had been sitting, waiting for them to get there. He then picked up a picture and showed it to Tommy. He smiled as he saw the portrayal of Austin's favorite ranger and then there was another picture off to the side of what looked like their family, except there were five people.

"Who's that?" Tommy asked as Austin looked up at him as if he was stupid.

"It's us, you, me, Mama, Jessie, and the baby," Austin said as Tommy looked down at him. From what he knew Kim was not pregnant, unless she had been keeping it a secret from him and he honestly hoped that she had not been. After the news that they had just been forced to deal with, he was not sure if he could take that as well.

"The baby?" Tommy asked as Austin just nodded his head as if it was the most natural thing and then pulled Tommy into the back room, where Blake, Kelli, and Jessie were watching Finding Nemo.

"Hey," Jason said as he looked back at Tommy and patted a seat next to him and Tommy just shook his head that he couldn't. He really was in a hurry to leave today, or at least that was the impression that he was getting from Kimberly. "Why not?"

"Kim is in a hurry to get home," Tommy said as Jason gave him a look. He had never known Kim to give up an opportunity for her and Trini to have an afternoon where the two of them could watch after the older kids. "I'll explain it all later, but right now I gotta get them out of here."

"But Daddy, there's only a little bit left," Jessie whined as Tommy gave her a rather harsh look and she then stood up and went upstairs to gather her things as Austin did the same thing. They could both tell that Tommy was in no mood to deal with their whining today.

"You already have the glare down," Jason said, impressed as Tommy just shook his head. He had basically been their father for the last year and had learned that sometimes he only had to give them a look and nothing more. "When will the adoption go through?"

"In the next two months or so," Tommy said as Jason nodded and Tommy sat down next to him for a moment. "I need to talk to you about something."

"What?" Jason asked as Tommy just shook his head. "That can't be good."

"It's not, we got a request for a special job this weekend," Tommy said as Jason's mouth dropped open, he could not believe the words that had just come out of Tommy's mouth. He had thought that this life had abandoned Tommy years ago. Except for the occasional mission that all former reds were called on, Tommy had led a pretty quiet life, avoiding all the battles when he could manage it. "Yeah, so can you guys come up next weekend?"

"Sure, I don't think we have anything going on, but I'll have to check with Tri just to make sure," Jason said as Tommy nodded as Austin and Jessie stumbled down the stairs with their bags packed and ready to go.

"I'll see you then," Tommy said as he took their bags and they waved good-bye to Kelli and Blake as they ran out ahead of Tommy.

"I'm so sorry," Trini said as Kim finished telling her what had happened on Saturday afternoon. She was dumbstruck that anyone could know about them and it suddenly made her feel less secure about her and Jason's identities as well. There was an obvious reason why Kim and Tommy had been picked, but if they could not do the job, who was to say that others would not be asked next?

"I haven't really thought about it until now, but me and Tommy have to do some serious planning in the next few weeks," Kim said as the kids jumped into the back seat and Trini just gave her a sympathetic look as Tommy put the bags in the trunk before giving Trini a hug. "I guess I'll see you soon."
"Yeah, be careful Kim," Trini said as Kim nodded and Trini took a step back from the car as Tommy backed out and was soon speeding down the road towards Reefside.

"She told you too?" Jason asked walking up behind Trini and she could not help but jump. "I take that as a yes."

"I just don't understand how it could happen," Trini said as Jason shrugged. He didn't understand it either, but he knew that they were going to have to help them out. It wasn't right for the two of them to feel the weight of all of this when there were many more rangers out there that could easily help with this.