A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update. Fortunately, one of the readers gave me a gentle reminder that I haven't updated in a while. Thanks, GinaStar! Anyway, part of the problem is that I have a few parts that I'm not sure if I should post or not. There is one entire section that I think Tommy fans might be ticked off about. If you all wouldn't mind, give me your thoughts on the matter. Several chapters will be long ones - otherwise part two will be longer than part one!

A couple hours later, Jenny woke up shivering. She knew that she had a fever and grabbed the spare blanket from the end of the bed. She wrapped the blanket around her shoulders and curled up. She had just found a comfortable position and closed her eyes when they snapped open once more. She groaned as she felt her stomach churn. Swiftly, she got up and went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, she raised her head and moaned out, "God, somebody help me."

Tommy punched his pillow and tried to get comfortable. He couldn't sleep and he knew why. He wanted to be with Jenny. He turned over and stared as a glow appeared on his floor. It took the shape of Jenny half sitting, half lying on the floor. Swiftly, he sat up and turned on the light. The figure solidified and had a bloody nose. "Jenny?"

She raised her eyes to him. "Help me, please." The figure disappeared before Tommy's feet hit the floor. He all but flew down the stairs and was headed for her room when he heard a noise. He spun toward the source of the sound and saw the light on under the bathroom door. He quickly crossed over to it and listened. He heard a soft sound like a sob and opened the door. Jenny half lay half sat on the floor, her head resting on the seat. Quickly, he grabbed a washcloth and wet it under the tap as she began heaving once more.

Tommy shifted her braid and placed the damp cloth on the back of her neck and wet another one. When she was done, she reached up and flushed with a shaky hand. Tommy crouched next to her and gently wiped her face. He saw that she did indeed have a bloody nose. Quietly, he spoke. "What can I do?"

"In my room, there's a glass on my nightstand. Would you get it for me?" With a nod, Tommy stood and left the room to retrieve the glass. Jenny grabbed a Kleenex and pressed it to her nose. He returned a moment later and handed her the glass. She took a few sips from it and handed it back. He set it on the sink. Jenny reached for the blanket and Tommy helped her wrap up in it. Jenny's teeth were chattering. Tommy promptly sat down on the floor, gathered her in his arms and held her.

Finally, Jenny said, "You don't have to stay. You can go back to bed."

"Shh. It's okay. I'm fine. I wasn't sleeping anyway."

Jenny frowned. "Were you checking on me? Is that how you found me?"

"No. I had turned over in bed and a glow appeared in my room and I saw you on the floor and you asked me to help you so I came looking."

"I what?" Jenny frowned again. She was about to say something when her stomach lurched again. She scrambled over to the toilet. A few minutes later, she was done and resettled against Tommy. She sighed tiredly. "Promise me something?"

"What?"

"No matter what happens, you won't take me to the hospital - and you won't let anyone else either."

Tommy was quiet for a moment. "I'll promise if you'll tell me why you think it would be necessary."

"Trust me; it'll get worse before it gets better."

Tommy hesitated for a minute and then promised. Tommy shifted himself into a more comfortable position and held her until the next round.

Ten A.M.

Tommy groaned as his communicator went off. Praying that the monster hadn't returned, he spoke into the device. "Go ahead."

"Morning Dr. O. Is it okay to come visit?" Kira's voice seemed ridiculously loud and cheerful.

Tommy answered tiredly. "How about a little later, Kira? We've been up all night and we could both use a little sleep."

"I know that Hayley's planning to come by about one. Can I come then?"

"That's fine."

"See you then. Kira out."

Tommy sighed tiredly and slid out from under Jenny's sleeping form. He stretched, picked her up, carried her to her bed and tucked her in. He grabbed a spare blanket and pillow from the hall closet and settled on the couch for a nap.

Later that day

Hayley and Kira arrived at the same time. The two women greeted each other and headed for the door together. Kira knocked as Hayley searched her purse for her key. A minute later, Tommy opened the door and the two women stared. He looked wiped out and both women walked in past him. Kira said, "I'll make coffee."

The girl headed for the kitchen but kept her ears tuned to the conversation in the other room. Hayley asked, "How bad is she?"

Tommy yawned and answered, "She can't keep anything down for long and her fever has spiked a few times."

"What have you tried to give her?"

"Soup, broth, Sprite, water - you name it, we tried it. There have been times that the vomiting is so violent that she ends up with a nosebleed."

In the kitchen, Kira bit her lip. She had been that sick once when she was younger. She remembered something her mother had done and it had helped. Quietly, she searched the cupboards and was pleased to find what she needed. She mixed up a drink and peeked into the other room. Tommy was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands and Hayley was sitting next to him as he said, "I don't know what to do for her."

Kira slipped out of the kitchen and down the hall as Hayley replied, "Maybe it's time to take her to the hospital. If she gets dehydrated, it'll make things worse."

"I can't - I promised her I wouldn't." Kira eased Jenny's door open further and looked in. Jenny seemed to be sleeping, but as Kira came in the room, she opened her eyes.

Jenny smiled weakly at the girl. "Hi."

"Hi. Are you feeling any better?"

"Not really. I can't keep anything down and I can't get comfortable." Kira eyed the bed critically.

"Jen, a rat couldn't get comfortable in that bed. Come on; let's get you in the chair."

With Kira's help, Jenny moved to the chair. Once she was settled, Kira handed her a glass. "Drink this. I can't promise it will stay down, but if you can drink it and hold it down for a while, I promise you'll feel better."

Jenny sniffed it and gave the girl a questioning look. "Trust in Momma Ford's recipe. Now, you drink all of that while I deal with the bed."

In the other room, Tommy raised his head and sniffed the air. "Good, the coffee's done." He stood up and headed for the kitchen. As he stepped into the room, he said, "Thanks, Kira." He stopped short as he realized she wasn't in the kitchen.

Hayley frowned. "You don't suppose she slipped past us to go see Jenny, do you?"

Tommy sighed tiredly. "Probably. Let's go see." The two walked down the hall and saw that Jenny's door was open slightly. He knew that he hadn't left it open that much so he eased up to the door and listened. He could hear the sheets rustling.

"You can make a bed faster than I can" commented Jenny.

Kira's voice was cheerful. "I hate making beds, so I learned to do it quickly so I could get it over with." Tommy and Hayley could hear the sound of pillows being fluffed and tossed into place. Kira continued, "There, that's done. Are you finished?"

"Yes, Momma" Jenny answered tiredly.

"Good. Then let's get you tucked back into bed and you can get some sleep. If I'm here when you wake up, I'll fix you something else." Tommy eased the door open a little farther so they could see in the room. Kira was helping Jenny back into the bed.

"By the way, what the hell was that you gave me? It tasted familiar, but I can't place it."

Kira grinned as she pulled the covers up. "Jell-o water. Once when I was younger, I was very sick and couldn't keep anything down. My mother gave me that and it settled my stomach. My mom says that it works for just about everything except morning sickness."

"I hope she's right." Just then, Jenny saw Tommy and Hayley in the doorway. "We've got company."

Kira reddened as Jenny greeted the others. "Hi."

"Feeling any better?" he asked.

Jenny considered the question. "I think so. Hopefully, the drink Kira made me will help."

"Get some rest" Hayley said. "Kira and I will hang around for a bit."

Jenny snuggled down in the bed and yawned. "Make Tommy get some rest, too. He was up all night with me."

Hayley fixed Tommy with a look. "Oh, I will."

They left the room. Hayley turned to Tommy. "It's after one now. Go lie down - on the couch, in your room, wherever - and rest. You never know when the monster will come back and we don't need to be down a Ranger."

"But -"

Kira jumped in. "Dr. O, we'll get you if anyone needs you."

Tommy hesitated. "Before I do, I want to give you something to think about." Briefly, he told them about what had happened the night before when Jenny had seemed to appear in his room. "I think it might be her Dino Gem power, but I'm not sure what it is."

Hayley nodded. "Kira and I will work on it. Now go get some sleep!"

Tommy laughed and went to lie down on the couch. Kira and Hayley headed for the kitchen and began brainstorming. Kira grabbed a pad of paper and a pen from by the phone. "Okay, she starts out in the downstairs bathroom, appears in Dr. O's room and returns to the bathroom all in the space of a few seconds. How?"

"Teleportation?" suggested Hayley. Kira wrote it down. "Astral projection, possibly."

"Dream travel?" asked Kira.

Hayley bit her lip as she thought. "It's possible, but unlikely. Telepathy?"

Kira wrote them all down. An idea struck her. "You know, maybe we need to ask Dr. O what happened in the other world. That might give us a clue."

"How?"

Kira shrugged. "I don't know, but it can't hurt to ask."

"Here's another idea. Tommy's a Native American by birth. Maybe his bloodline has something to do with it."

Kira was startled. "You're saying that maybe it has nothing to do with Jenny at all, but Dr. O? Is that possible?"

Hayley shrugged. "If I remember correctly, his grandfather is a seer for the tribe."

Kira flipped the page and wrote this idea down on a fresh sheet. She jotted down another idea before she voiced it to Hayley. "Maybe being in the other world affected him somehow."

Hayley nodded. The two tossed ideas back and forth along with ways to test them. Just before five o'clock, Tommy wandered into the kitchen, yawning. He flopped into the nearest chair and nodded when Hayley offered him a cup of coffee. A minute later, she handed him a mug of the steaming brew. Tommy thanked her and took a few swallows. The girls planned to tell him what their brainstorming had come to once he woke up enough.

Tommy was finally awake enough to talk to when he cocked his head and listened. Then the women heard it too. A slow shuffling step headed for the kitchen. Jenny appeared in the doorway and Tommy frowned. Her face was bright red and her eyes were fever bright, but they didn't seem to be focused on anything.

Hayley exchanged looks with Tommy and Kira and then addressed Jenny. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but it's cold in here, Mommy." They were startled by the little girl sound of her voice.

Hayley grimaced. "Tommy, do you have the thermometer I told you to get?"

Tommy nodded and pointed to the bag on the counter. Hayley grabbed it and skimmed the directions. She remarked, "You said that her fever spiked a few times. Why didn't you check it?"

"I didn't want to know how high it was - especially since I promised that I wouldn't take her to the hospital."

Hayley took her temperature. When she saw the reading, she gasped. Tommy stood, went to the sink and wet a dish towel. He wiped Jenny's face, neck and arms. He knew that she was hotter than she had been any time before. This, combined with Hayley's reaction, could not be good. He spoke quietly to Jenny. "Jen, try to focus for me. When you were sick the last time you came back, how did you handle the fevers?"

Slowly, Jenny blinked at him. She took the cloth from him and pressed it to her eyes. When she pulled the cloth down, he asked her again. This time she seemed to process the question. "Bath."

Kira jumped up and hurried to fill the tub. Hayley's voice followed her, reminding her not to make it too cold. Several minutes later, Tommy led her into the bathroom and Jenny stepped into the water, still dressed. She made a face. "Too hot."

As Tommy adjusted the temperature, Kira left the room. She looked at Hayley who stood nearby. "Did I see the thermometer right?"

Hayley just nodded. Kira frowned. The thermometer had read a hundred and nine degrees. She vaguely remembered hearing somewhere that above a hundred and five could mean brain damage. "What do we do?"

"I don't know, Kira. If she was anyone else, I'd have taken her to the hospital already. Tommy promised her that she wouldn't be taken to the hospital so we can't. Unfortunately, she's right. We can't take her to a hospital. With a fever that high, she's hallucinating plus the doctors would want to do blood work and that could compromise the Rangers' secret."

Jenny sat in the tub and stared at Tommy as he dunked a cloth, ran it over her arms, face and neck and then repeated the process. Finally, he noticed her watching him. "What?" he asked.

"You're cute" she answered.

He wasn't sure how to answer that. "Um, thanks."

Jenny sighed. "I wish you were my boyfriend."

Tommy was startled. "Whose boyfriend do you think I am?" he asked curiously.

She frowned. "Dunno. But somebody as cute as you can't possibly be single - unless you like it that way."

Tommy returned to what he had been doing. "I used to think I did, but that was before a special woman came back into my life."

"It's nice to have someone to care for and care for you back. Does she know you're taking care of me?"

"Oh, yes. She asked me to."

"That's nice."

Tommy stopped once more and looked at her. "Um, do you know who I am?"

"Not a clue. You seem vaguely familiar, but I don't know you, do I?"

Tommy frowned as he adjusted the water temperature once more, increasing the cold. "Yes, you do."

As the water cooled, Jenny began to shiver. "It's too cold."

"No, your fever is just that high. I want you to take a deep breath and dunk under the water and stay there as long as you can."

Jenny shrugged and did as she was told. Tommy had her do it over and over as the water cooled even more. Finally, Jenny popped up, gasped for air and said, "Jeez, Tommy, polar bears swim in warmer water than this!"

Tommy breathed a sigh of relief. He called Hayley and asked her to check Jenny's temperature. Hayley came quickly, found that it had dropped to one hundred and sighed in relief as well. She said, "Let's get you out of these wet things and into some dry ones. Kira and I will make you something to eat."