So, here's the next chapter. And a special surprise there will be a suprise cameo apperance. I hope you guys all like it!

And of course i will one again skip over the legalities...you should all know them by heart now.

So...Back To Action!

"Good morning Beautiful."

These were the first words she heard the next morning as the nurse came in to give her an examination.

Dr. Evens wants you to have a final CAT scan to make sure everything's ok. And then if it comes back normal, then we can go ahead and release you."

Kim smiled at her. "Thank you."

When Tommy helped her into the wheel chair and she was rolled away, he sat back in the chair he had spent the night in he rolled up his sleeve and pressed the button. "Jason, you there?"

"I'm right here." answered a voice from behind him.

Tommy turned to see Jason and Trini standing in the door way.

"Oh hey."

"How's Kim?" asked Trini setting a duffle bag down.

"She's fine. The doctor ordered a final CAT scan. If it checks out she can come home."

Trini looked relieved. "That's great…It'll be nice to have the whole group together again."

Jason nodded absentmindedly. Tommy noticed the subtle change in his brother's demeanor.

"Is something up Jase?"

"Nope. We are all just anxious to get Kim home." He looked around the room. Must have been fun spending the night in a chair."

Tommy caught a gleam in his eye. Something was definitely up.

"Yeah, I might need an aspirin. I can feel a crick in my neck."

Jason looked relieved. "Nice to see you made up with Kim. Now things can get back to normal."

"It didn't take much. When she told me her side of the story, we didn't take much after that to make her understand what she did was a mistake. Now, I have 9 years of absence to make up to her."

This time he caught the slight flash in Jason's eyes as he said that. He knew something he said had triggered his friend. But at the pointed look Trini gave him he knew that what ever was going on would have to wait till they got to the condo.

Soon after the nurse returned with Kim who looked a little disoriented. Tommy helped her back into the bed and then sat on the side of the bed holding her hand.

Trini smiled at them, so happy to see them back to normal.

Minutes later, the doctor came in. He looked a little surprised.

"Is everything okay?" Kim asked curiously.

The doctor was a younger man in his late 20's with dirty blonde hair. He looked at his chart. "Yep, your scan came back normal. What I found strange was that the CAT scan I saw when you were first brought in and the ones taken a few minutes ago are not the same at all. I expected to see some sign of damage…but when I looked at them a few minutes ago, I saw a perfectly normal brain. It looked as if you were never hit in the head to begin with."

The Doctor closed the files and put them on the table. He walked over to the bed and took off his stethoscope and began to examine his patient.

After several minutes he stepped back. "Everything checks out. I'll never understand how you healed so fast."

Tommy snuck a glance at Kim and squeezed her hand. They both knew exactly what happened.

"There's no point in prolonging your stay here so I'll just have you sign these papers and you can be on your way."

"Thanks Doc." said Tommy as Kim signed the papers.

When the doctor left Jason and Trini excused themselves. "Here's your clothes. I'll leave you to your privacy. I need to call Andros."

"Thanks Handsome." she kissed him and then Tommy walked out with a big smile on his face.

He walked a short distance and pushed the button on the communicator. (it had been linked to the communicator that Andros wore)

"Andros, come in."

"Andros here."

"We are all going to the condo now, I'm sure the kids wanna see their mom now."

"We'll meet you there. Andros out."

When Kim had showered and dressed they left the hospital.


Kim walked into the door and was greeted warmly by all her friends.

"Mom's here!"

Kim sat down on the couch and grinned widely as her daughter rushed to her.

"Hey there. I'm so glad you are okay!" said Kim as she folded her daughter in to a hug.

She opened her eyes and saw her son hobbling towards her on his crutches. When her daughter stepped back she held out her arms to TJ who handed Terra his crutches.

"Hey Mom." He sat on the couch next to her and allowed her to hug him and even let her kiss him on the forehead.

She looked up at Andros. "Thank you for looking after my kids."

Andros shrugged. "Billy did most of the work. He's the one who saved them."

"Billy?" she asked not seeing him.

The rangers parted to let Billy walk through them.

"Hey Kim."

"Kim got up and walked to Billy with tears in her eyes." "Thank you Billy. Thank you for not listening to me."

Billy hugged her. "It's okay, just promise me that you'll never disappear again like that again."

Kim smiled at him. "I won't. I know now what a mistake it was. I should have asked for help when I knew I was in trouble."

"As long as you learned your lesson. That's all that matters." said Aisha. "You can leave the heroism to the rest of us."

Tommy had been watching Jason the whole time and saw the flash again. It was time to talk.

"Terra, TJ. How about you fill you mom in what's she's missed said Tommy. "The rest of you need to come into the kitchen."

Adam looked down at his son. "You better stay with them too."

Tyler shrugged and sat down in the recliner opposite of the couch.

"Mom this is our new friend Tyler."


Tommy walked into the kitchen with his fellow rangers. It was pretty crowded. Still Jason and Tommy stood at the head of the table.

Tommy took on his commanding air. "Jason, you've looked pissed the entire day, I suggest you spill."

Jason took a deep breath.

"We spent all of yesterday trying to come up with a plan to take down this Roberto creep."

"And what did you come up with?" asked Tommy looking at his second in command.

"Just the usual. But that's not important. The plan the girls came up with is what concerns me. Its insane and extremely risky. And I don't like it one bit."

Tommy looked at the girls.

"I'm open to suggestions."

Tanya squeezed Adam's hand and stepped forward. "It was my plan Tommy. It's simple. Kim's ordeal started with her going to a club. It's obvious that the bastard likes to prey on young women. So, we decided to give him what he wants."

Tommy began to look pale, but Tanya kept going.

"The plan was for some of us to act as bait. We go to some of the clubs where he know him to hang out. And we hope that he will go after one of us. Then when we strikes the rest of you who still have power can move in and take him out."

Tommy looked stone white But ever the leader type, he closed his eyes and took a deep breathe.

"Jason, I can see why this upsets you. And it is insane and I can't condone this plan. It's just too risky."

Then Aisha stepped forward. "Tommy, our whole lives have been full of risk the moment we accepted our morphers."

Everyone was quiet for a moment and then Trini spoke up.

"Tommy, you hardly have room to talk. I remember a certain green ranger on the verge of loosing his powers who took on Goldar unmorphed and unprotected. Goldar could have killed you. It would have only taken one swipe of his sword. And yet you are still here."

"Tommy," said Kat finally speaking up. "Our lives are full of danger. Every fight we have engaged in could have been our last."

Tommy hung his head. He knew that he was beaten.

He took several minutes to think everything through. Then he looked back at his comrades and sighed.

"I still don't like it. But I have to admit that it's a sound plan. Who's gonna be the bait?"

"Kat is out since the ninja's have probably told their boss all about her." said Trini. "That leaves myself, Tanya, Karone. Cassie, and Ashley."

Tommy nodded. "And how do you plan to get his attention?"

"Well, we need to make our selves known. You guys can do some surveillance. Once we know where he hangs out, we can show up. He likes his women. All we have to do is wait for him to single one of us out."

"And then?"

Tanya spoke up again. "We play it out…play hard to get. Then we draw him out. Then after that it's up to you guys."

"I still don't think it's a good plan." said Jason.

"I don't like it either." said Tommy. "It's extremely risky. That's why I want at least 4 of you to shadow them at all times. You'll have to be discreet as you can."

He looked at the girls. "Fair enough?"

Trini nodded. "Come on girls, we need to make a trip to the mall."

With the girls on the way out their way out the door with most of the guys trailing them, Tommy walked into the living room to rejoin his family.

"Hey, Beautiful. What did I miss?"

Kim smiled at him and kissed him gently. "The kids were asking questions about our days as Power Rangers."

Tommy settled back and gestured to Tyler who was still sitting in the chair."

"Come join us Tyler. This story is about your dad too."


Meanwhile at the Mall

Adam waited at the entrance to "Wet Seal." He was glad that he didn't have to go into the women's store. But another part hated being separated from Tanya.

Was this how Tommy felt with Kimberly?

Inside the store, Tanya held up one skimpy shirt after another. She really wished she didn't have to do this. She never liked having to show off her skin like this. But she also knew that this man had to be stopped. She did not want to be responsible for more women coming off worse than Kim. Other women did not have hidden powers. Other women may not be as lucky. Other women may die if she didn't put her neck on the line.

So, she continued to shop with the other girls.

Adam sighed looking at his watch. He hated having to wait like this.

Why did it have to be like this? Adam would have had no problem going in with powers blazing. He still hated the thought of that lowlife coming near Tanya or for that fact any of the girls.

Rocky seemed to notice the emotions flitting across his brother's face.

"I hate this too, Bro. The girls should not have to risk themselves like this. I wish there was another way."

Adam nodded. "The girls are right though, those bastards would be expecting a counter attack. This way is more subtle and those guys won't be expecting it." Adam sighed. "If Tommy knows what's good for him he better let me be the one to shadow Tanya."

Rocky chuckled softly. "Yeah, I noticed how cozy you guys looked last night. You two really did look sooo cute together."

Adam rolled his eyes, but said nothing more.

"Hey guys." said a familiar voice. "I never thought I'd see you guys within 20 feet of a women's store."

Rocky and Adam looked up to see Tommy's brother David walking toward them.

"Hey, what's up?" asked Rocky as he greeted Tommy's sibling.

"Nothing really, I came to angel grove to visit. But saw that Tommy wasn't there. When I asked Ernie where he was I was told that he had come here."

Adam cocked his head. "And did he say anything else?"

David shook his head. "No, he seemed a little bit sketchy on the details." he looked at Rocky and Adam. "Is there something I should know about?"

Rocky shook his head. "Nothing we can talk about in public."

This got David's attention. "Is everything ok?"

Adam shook his head. "No, We're shadowing the girls. We can't tell you anymore. We have no idea what kind of enemy we are dealing with. Tommy is at the base with the rest of the family."

David frowned at the cryptic message and then noticed all the other guys he recognized and then a few he didn't doing their best to blend in.

Something was definitely up for all the guys to be involved. The hairs on the back of his neck were starting to stand on in. Suddenly he was glad he had stopped by. If his brother needed help, he was in.

When the girls came out. They giggled at him as they walked by. David watched them pass. They looked so calm for people under such stress.

Then in what he noticed to be a somewhat staggered pattern they all left the mall.

And in no time they were heading back to the condo with David following them at a distance.


Back at the condo

"Adam's stayed far away from all monster movies ever since."

So let me get this strait. Dad won't let me watch monster movies because he had a nightmare?" Questioned Tyler scrunching his face up as he peered at his uncle..

Tommy nodded. "When Tanya, woke him up. He seemed so terrified."

"Wow." said Kim. "I had no idea."

"But let me assure you, your dad's no wimp. We've all had times when we were afraid. I remember a time when your dad and his friends were trapped in a cave. And to make matters worse, they were tied up and had to share the space with an evil snake. One bite from its fangs would have turned him evil…it would have poisoned him. But he didn't panic and neither did any of them."

Tyler's eyes widened. "And how did they escape?" Kim smiled. "Billy, Tommy and I rushed in and Billy grabbed the snake while we freed your dad and our friends."

"That was the day they found out who we were."

All the sudden Tommy's communicator went off.

"Tommy here. Everything ok?"

"Yes." came Jason's voice. "We are on our way back…with your brother."

Tommy furrowed his brow. "My brother. What's he doing here?"

"He's on vacation. He came into Angel Grove looking for you. When he couldn't find you he asked Ernie. And Ernie told him you were here. We ran into him at the mall."

Tommy was silent.

"He wants to help." added Trini.

The white ninja took a deep breath. "Well, we could always use an extra pair of eyes."

When they all walked into the house, Tommy was pleasantly surprised with how easily the kids warmed up to their new uncle. It had taken Kim a while to warm up to David but when she did they got on very well. It had been an afternoon of surprises that had lasted into the night.

The two of them now sat on the back porch swing and Tommy told him everything, from Kimberly's attack to what their plan was.

David whistled softly. "And here I thought that your days of being a Power Ranger were over."

Tommy grimaced. "I thought so too. I only wish that we were facing monsters this time too. They were always predictable, they attacks with some foot soldiers. We beat them once. They grow a good 60 stories, we call our zords, we beat them again. And they explode and that's it for them."

Tommy shook his head. "But this guy we're facing is a whole different kind of enemy. And it scares the crap out of me. We have no idea how many foot soldiers he has. For all we know he could have people watching us right now."

The brothers were quiet for a few minutes then David spoke again.

"So, everyone of those people in there are rangers."

Tommy nodded. "All of us in there are or have been rangers in the past. To tell you the truth I was surprised when Billy told me I still possessed my Ninjetti power. It explains a lot.

"That blow that Kim took to the head should have left some lasting damage at least left her blind with the way her head was snapped back. And then when Kat got sliced yesterday she should have passed out from all the blood she lost. But because of the Ninjetti power she retained, the wound was healed almost immediately leaving a barely noticeable scar.

And then we have all the space rangers who can still call their powers. The only ones who don't have power are Tanya, Trini, Zack, Jason and you. Tommy took a breath again. "As the girls said earlier, there are more of us then there are of them."

The brothers were quiet for a few minutes. Then David broke the silence.

"So, when is the next phase of the plan going down?"

Tommy gazed at the starry sky. "Tomorrow."

So, how do you like David showing up? I kinda like the idea of Tommy having a brother.

Next up the girls begin to unfold their plan.

Once again I want to thank you all for the reviews i've been getting! keep them comming!

See you next chapter!