Hospital

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Dr. Thomas Oliver, sometimes referred to by Tommy, had been having dreams of Kimberly all night, so at about 3:00 AM, he got up and went over his lesson plans for his high school science class. He had a cup of coffee, and took out a picture of him and Kim. Why after all these years could he still not get her out of his head. Maybe it was just the fact that she was his first, his first love, but he still thought of her way too often in his life. He gave advice to his students, but he wasn't sure he could take his own advice. They had shared so much together.

Of course, Tommy had dated since Kim, started with her replacement Kat. Kat had replaced Kimberly as the pink ranger, but not in his heart. He couldn't count the times he had saw her in her pink ranger costume and called her Kim, or the times when he had snuck up behind her and called her by Kim's nickname before he realized she wasn't Kimberly but Kat. They had had so much in common from the way they had first become power rangers, but in the end he had unconciously blamed her for not being Kim. He remembered their last argument with startling clarity.

"I'm not Kimberly," she had said with her accent.

"I know, Kat," he had said patiently.

"No, I don't think you do, Tommy. You can't seem to get her out of your head, or out of your heart. I love you, Tommy, and I've waited. I understand that you loved her, and that you had something special, but I was there when you received that 'Dear John' letter. That was cold, even for Kim."

"Leave Kim out of this," he had replied.

"I will if you will. You keep calling me her name, even when we aren't morphed. You call me her name in bed, that's very demeaning, Tommy."

"All I can do is apolgize. What do you want from me, Kat?"

"I want a commitment. I want you to stop playing Rangers, and make a commitment. I want a family. I want a baby."

"I'm not ready for that. I still feel as if the Power Rangers need me. There is no Zordon, and I'm still needed."

"You know what I think? I think that you want to be needed by the Rangers, I think that you believe that it is your last link to Kim."

"That's ridiculous, Kat. Kimberly is in Florida, she's doing her gymnastics, training for the olympics, this has nothing to do with her."

"I'm sure you believe that. I'm leaving Tommy. Good Luck with your life. Maybe someone will make you forget about Kim. I just wish it had been me, and when you wake up and realize that I'm gone, I won't be here."

"Kat."

"So what's it going to be, the Rangers or me?"

"That's not fair, Kat."

"Life's not fair, good-bye."

Of course, Tommy had dated since then. He had eventually given up the Rangers to go back to school and get his doctorate, as he kept watch over the dino gems. Then, he had been assigned detention to several students and they had encounted the dino gems forcing him to take up the mantel of ranger once again. He kept in contact with most of the rangers, although some of them had drifted away. Once in awhile he heard about Kimberly from the other rangers, but she didn't talk to them much. He went to school later in the day, smiling and joking around with his students as he taught them about dinosaurs and about how the world was during the Jurastic period, when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

He became interested in dinosaurs during his Mighty Morphin Stage, when he commanded the dragonzord. He had been seventeen, he shook his head to clear it, he had been feeling off all day, sort of dazed and he kept slipping into daydreams during class. Kiera had drew his attention back to class at least three times, she was worried about him. He had a bad feeling that he just couldn't shake. During his break, he was in the teacher's lounge working on some lesson plans, and drinking coffee when his phone vibrating and he received the phone call from Adam. He nearly spilled his coffee on himself when he found out about Kimberly.

He headed to the principle's office. "I've got to leave right now. It's a family emergency."

"Dr. Oliver, I wasn't aware you have any family."

"My..." what was Kim, "sister has been in a car accident, she's being air-lifted to the hospital. I have to be there. You will have to get me a sub from now until."

"Until..."

"Just until. I don't know. I will know more when I see her," he didn't give her time to respond. He turned and left. He went into the men's stall and teleported to the hospital. He rushed out of the bathroom at the hospital and rushed to the front desk. "I'm Dr. Thomas Oliver, I'm here to see Kimberly Hart."

"Yes, Dr. Oliver, she's just got out of surgery." Tommy took a deep breathe and followed the nurse to her room. He looked in the room, and his heart sped up, and stopped when he saw her. He had rushed over here without thinking, now what would he say to her. Lots of emotions flashed through him, the anger, the love, the hope, the rage. He put away the negative emotions, Kimberly had just been in a car accident, and he was here. She didn't need incriminations. She needed him, at least he hoped. He wondered if there was anyone in her life, and then decided it didn't matter. He was on her emergency contact, that had surprised him. Why him? He held her hand and wondered how she would react when she awoke.

"It's alright, Kimberly, I'm here. Wake up, Crane. The Falcon is here," he whispered, knowing they were the only ones that would understand that. He made himself comfortable while he waited for her to awaken.