Discalimer: I used "The Letter" in this chapter. I just want everyone to know that it is not mine. I am not taking credit for it. It belongs to Saban\Disney and the writers that created the episode "No Business Like Snow Business". Please be well aware of that. It is not mine. It belongs to the show.P.S. Everything in this chapter that is a letter is in bold so that there is no confusion.
Chapter Eleven
"Good luck," Hayley said and slapped Billy lightly on the shoulder as he prepared to take a long journey through a swirling portal in Tommy's basement.
"Thanks," Billy said, "Be back soon." Hayley nodded and Billy took a step forward and disappeared into a blue sea and then the portal closed with a flash.
"Get your ass back here soon," Hayley mumbled after he was gone.
"How's everything going down here," Jason asked from the stairs. It was his turn to take over caring for Kimberly, who could no longer hold down food and was becoming delirious.
"Billy is on his way to Aquitar. Hopefully he'll get back as quickly as possible," Hayley answered, "When is Tommy coming back?"
"I'm not sure," Jason replied, "As soon as he can is all he said." Hayley nodded and walked over to change Kimberly's IV. Jason sent Tanya, who had been watching Kimberly the lat two hours, upstairs.
"Hey Kim, how are you doing," Jason said softly, wiping her forehead. She raised her eyelids and looked a him. She had no strength to speak and her breathing was very shallow.
"Hey Hayley," Jason said, "Do we have a respirator here. She's not breathing to well on her own."
"Yeah, I think so," Hayley answered.
Tommy sat on the bed and pulled the envelope with his name on it off of the box. He flipped it open and pulled out the next letter in the series of Kimberly letters. He took a deep breath and let it out and then unfolded the thrice folded piece of notebook paper.
Dear Tommy,
Hello again my darling. The only way you are reading this is if the world is coming to an end and I'm either dead or dying, so let's just get right to the point. Take out the letter that I sent you that broke both of our hearts and reread it.
Tommy did as the letter instructed and took out the first letter of his heartbreaking past. He reread it as instructed hoping that he could put the pieces together.
Dear Tommy,
Everything is going great here in Florida. Coach Schmidt has me as ready as I'll ever be or the competition. Tommy, this is the hardest letter I have ever had to write. You've always been my best friend and in some ways like a brother, but something has happened here that I can't explain. Its both been wonderful and painful at the same time. Tommy you know I'd never do anything to hurt you, but I feel like I found the person I belong with. He's wonderful, kind, and caring. You'd really like him. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for her hurting you. But I have to follow my heart. I will always care about you Tommy. Please forgive me.
Kimberly
Tommy set that letter on the bed in front of him and went back to the one on the box. He was horribly confused and hoped this would get cleared up fast so that he could get home to be with her before he lost her for good.
It was supposed to do what it did and make you not want to talk to me for a long time, but flip it over and compare the back of that letter to the one that I'm sure I wrote to you before you got here. Do you see how there are imprints from my writing on the back of the more recent one? I bet there aren't any on the back of the one you got that day in the Juice Bar.
And sure enough, as Tommy compared the two, the letter he received that day had no imprinting on the back of it. It was as if the letter had come off of a printer. Or been zapped on the paper by a certain floating head he was very fond of.
Zordon fabricated the letter to keep all of you in the dark and keep me safe. Which leads me to the reason you are here. The letter was fabricated because after Christmas, our last Christmas together and I had to get a physical before I could start training for the competition. I hadn't done it before Christmas because Coach wanted me to get settled in first. And everything was great until the doctor came in and told me that I was five and half weeks pregnant. I panicked and didn't tell anybody for a while. Not until I started experiencing some strange things. Like teleporting to nowhere. I'd see the glow and it surrounded me like normal, but I wouldn't go anywhere. I was throwing up in different colors every morning and the worst part was the dreams I had. I finally contacted Zordon in the middle of the night and he teleported me to the Command Center. He was able to bind the baby's powers until after it was born to save me from the agony. Well he also said that I had to be as far away from all of you as possible and that when the baby was born to make sure it was safe and protected. We have a son, Tommy. And he is beautiful. He is the other guy in my life that I said you'd really like in that letter. I told Zordon what I would say to you if I had to leave you to protect our baby and he used it. He just changed it a little. I never wanted to leave you Handsome, but it was the only way to keep him safe until he was big enough to fend for himself. He'll be twelve this year. His name is Castiel Mitchell Oliver. This box has all of the information in it that you need to locate him. Pictures and everything. He lives with my mother and they travel an awful lot. It keeps him out of harms way. Makes him harder to track for anybody looking. He knows about you and he knows about me. I see him as much as possible, but not enough. Keeping him safe is the priority and if I see him to much, it might alert some one or something of Ranger dealings and we don't want that. You need to find him and keep him safe. As long as he is with you, during whatever is going on now, I know that he will be okay. Be careful. I love you.
All My Love,
Kimberly
P.S. There is a letter in here for Cas, please give it to him when you find him.
Tommy sat on the bed feeling betrayed and angry. He was angry at both Zordon and Kimberly for cutting him and everybody else out on this. He understood the reasons and would have done the same thing if it had been him in the situation. That did not change the fact that he and all of the others were betrayed and lied to. He opened the box and the first thing he pulled out was a picture, face down, with "Castiel age 11" written on the back. He turned it over and took his first look at the son he never knew.
