Now we are at Chapter 11 oh by the way soon you will meet the girl whom Mia refer to as Mom. She will definitely turn the tables on, especially on Tommy's life. Will she be able to help or will just make things worse.
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Chapter 11
Tommy reached the Headquarter command room within a minute. There, he saw a very surprised Billy and Ashley.
Ashley looked at who Tommy was holding; her mind suddenly came to a stop.
"Mia is covered with blood, Mia's blood." She thought
Billy is now checking on Mia.
"She's losing too much blood, and her breathing is weak." Billy said and immediately presses a button. "Prepare the infirmary, Mia is in bad shape."
After that he looked at Tommy. "Hurry, Teleport to the infirmary, now." Tommy immediately transported there as Billy run to the door. He looked at Ashley, he stopped.
"Ashley." He tried to call her out of her little world as tears slowly run down her cheeks as she fall to her knees.
Billy walked to her and tried to comfort her.
"My baby, my poor baby, She's not going to die right?" She asked to no one in particular.
Billy embraced her.
"Of course not, Ash, of course not. Mia is a very, very strong girl. She won't leave us all behind hanging.'' Billy give Ashley a gentle smile. "Trust me."
Ashley nodded.
"Mia needs us to be strong right now, Ash." Billy stood up and offered his hand. "Let's go to Mia."
Ashley accepted his hands and they run going to the infirmary.
After the Aquitarian doctors, who volunteered to come to earth and aid the rangers in fighting Mechedek's force, took Mia from Tommy and brought her to the treatment room, Tommy started punch the wall in frustration.
"How stupid could you be, Tommy? You keep on letting her down." He told himself.
He keeps on punching the wall until a hand taps his shoulder. He looked at who it was.
"I know how difficult the situation is, but punching the wall won't do anything but to give your hand nothing more but agony."
"Rocky." He faced the wall. "She was there right now because I was so careless. I was so confident that we are going to win, that we are winning. I shouldn't have let my guard down."
"Tommy, you are in the battle field fighting, there is a higher possibility that this will happen." Rocky stated.
"No, I should be the one to be blame that time, especially when it comes to Mia." Tommy stated obviously frustrated. "I couldn't protect her."
"Mia would understand the situation and she will never blame you for what happened."
Tommy doesn't care anymore, all he keeps on doing was punch the wall until Billy and Ashley came in.
Billy sighed as he looks at Tommy. The truth is, he too is worried, but giving in to his emotion would make things worse than ever. As of now, Ashley and Tommy totally snap out of it, having their own emotions rule over than their brains, joining them would be a lot of trouble. And as he analyze the scene, even Rocky is in the verge of giving in to his own emotion.
Billy stopped Tommy in punching the wall.
"Tommy. stop it. Hurting your hand won't help in the situation we are into." Billy calmly said. "We need to calm down. All of us, we cannot help Mia if all of us gives in to our emotion."
Tommy stops and slowly falls down to the floor.
"I'm a failure aren't I?" Tommy whispered.
Billy sighed and went to Tommy's level.
"You aren't a failure, Tommy. of course not." Billy stood up and seated in the waiting area.
An hour later, Jason and the others came in. Jason sat beside Tommy who at the moment is in his own little world. Billy nodded to Jason when the later looked at his way.
Andros sat to a crying Ashley, he took her to his arms as he too is crying.
Conner and Cole join Billy and Rocky who are sitting down on the chairs beside the Operating room door.
"How is she?" Conner asked. Billy shook his head.
"They are still in the theater treating her."
"Oh, My God." Conner stated. "She is really badly wounded."
Billy smiled as he touches his shoulder.
Three hours passed, everyone is now losing their patience and wanted to storm inside the operating room and check what is taking them so long on treating Mia. But each one has their own thoughts, the reason why they aren't doing anything.
Billy had the urge to use his communicator and check out on Mia, but then his thought went to Tommy, everyone has no relation to Mia but they have this kind of feeling of sadness and loneliness and fear of losing someone important, what more to a father who wanted to be recognize by the one currently treated inside the operating room.
Jason was thinking the same; he too couldn't imagine what Tommy was thinking. On how hurt he could be. He remember the day when Tommy called and told him that Kim broke up with him, he was so hurt, but when he reminded him of his daughter he doesn't seem to be that much hurt anymore, but now that the only one giving him strength, the one that is making him happy is presently fighting to stay alive.
Andros was now clenching his fist, the girl he considered his daughter, is losing her life inside and he couldn't do anything but to just sit around and wait while the doctors are treating her. He wanted to look for Dai Shi and destroy him but he want to be there to know the condition of Mia. "Be strong, my princess. Don't leave us.''
Ashley has the same thoughts as Andros; she is tightly holding Andros hand as if to draw strength from him. She couldn't stand the thought that she's going to loss Mia. She suddenly remembered the first time Mia called her mother. It was the day she felt complete, filling the emptiness she felt before. But now she felt like any moment her heart is going to break inside her.
Leo, who is standing beside the door and can see how pathetic everyone looks, felt like he wanted to go berserk. This happens 2 years ago, when she just disappeared without a trail. Not even a word to her brother or worst to him. It was the same feeling, but this one is not the feeling of rejection and loss but of sadness and fear to loss something.
The others were quite, at this state they don't have anything to say or even they don't have the strength to even speak to anyone. All are at loss, no more bantering heard between the Red rangers.
Tommy was the most quite one. After he repeatedly punches the wall and cried out he immediately went to his own little world and didn't even try to look at the other reds.
"My princess is in grave danger and I couldn't do anything but to just stand aside and watch her. I should have done something to help her, to ease her pains." Tears slowly start to run down his cheeks again.
"She needs me as her father but I wasn't there. I was so scared that she might hate me and will not accept me or it will hinder in the mission that is why I couldn't tell her. But now, did I really did the good thing."
He looked at the Operating room door in time that the door opens. He immediately stands up and asked.
"How is she?"
The doctor looked at Tommy and sighed.
"Her wounds aren't that serious. She didn't loss that much blood."
Everyone sighed with relief as they are starting to smile at one another. Tommy knew something is wrong as he looked at the doctor.
"But she is in coma right now."
Everyone were shocked with the news, no one could react or even talked.
"How could that be, you said that her wound isn't that serious." Billy asked.
"Her heart stopped beating the moment we started the treatment on her wounds. Her breathing is very weak, we did CPR. It took us a lot longer in reviving her." the doctor sighed.
Noone spoke, Ashley hold Andros hands tightly, as she started to sobs.
Within a few minutes, they heard something coming out from the operating room. When they looked at what it is, it was a stretcher pushed by a personnel accompanied by other personnel pushing some medical equipment that are connected to Mia's body, through a tube, who is now laying down on the stretcher bringing her to her room.
Jason stood beside Tommy as they followed them to where Mia will be staying.
In the room the personnel started to connect the tubes to the machines installed inside the room. After few minutes, the personnel went out leaving behind the doctor, Tommy and the others.
The doctor looked at everyone.
"She only has 72 hours before we declare brain dead. She has to give us signs that she is okay. I suggest that you talk to her, and motivate her to wake up." The doctor advised and then touches Tommy's shoulder and left.
Ashley sat on the chair beside the bed and hold Mia's hand.
"My baby... Do not worry we are here right beside you. So please... Please..." Ashley started to sob all over again.
Billy couldn't handle it anymore so he turned away and look at everyone.
"Let us take turns to stay with her. All of us need to rest, just in case the enemy attacks."
Everyone nodded and started to leave the room, Jason pulled Tommy out of the room leaving behind the former yellow Space ranger.
"Mia, remember the day you were introduce to me by Andros, I really, really liked you that moment." She chuckled. "Remember what I told you before, why Andros and I can't have a child, it was because something is wrong with me but still Andros loves me so much but still it feels sad not to have someone to call me, mom." Once again she smiled. "And then you asked me if you can call me mother. I am so happy when you asked that. It's like the emptiness that keeps on building in my heart just disappear. You made it complete."
Ashley kissed Mia's hands as she started to sob again. "Do you remember the 'NO Andros' day, we made up. The day we had a big fight, we ditched him for shopping and had been gone for over a day. And when we came home we ignored him and went straight to bed. And then the next day he was so mad, but he couldn't get mad at you because you were our daughter, our princess. We are a family right? So please... Please... Wake up."
She looked around, when she felt that a cold breeze passed, as the door open. Andros looked at Ashley confusedly.
"Is something wrong?" Ashley shook her head.
"I guess it's just my imagination." Andros holds her shoulder.
"You better go to rest. It's my turn to stay with her." Andros stated, Ashley was about to say something but Andros immediately dismiss it and signal her to go. She just sighed and stand up she looked at Mia.
"I'll be back." She kissed Mia on her forehead and went straight to the door.
As the door closed Andros sat down on the chair where Ashley had been sitting and stared at Mia.
"Hey Princess! How long will you sleep there. You promised to have dinner with me here on earth. Let's do it once you wake up, all of us here as a family. And then we go to the sea side and have a picnic there, we will have fun and then I could teach you how to swim." Andros is now sobbing.
"So you have to wake up. Don't leave us. Okay." He cried and cried. He holds her hand as if willing her to wake up. After how many minutes he felt a soft gentle wind pass through him. He checks where it came from and concluded that it was just his imagination.
After an hour of telling his adventure as Ranger, the door opened and Jason came in. Andros acknowledges him and stood up, Jason touch his shoulder and Andros shook his head and sighed.
Jason sat down and looked at Mia.
"Are you just going to sleep there?" He said sadly. "Won't you fight your way back to us? Will you just give up shopping? You love that, right?" Jason sighed. "Don't be like her, Mia. Leaving us just like that, leaving your friends behind. Are you happy throwing away your life without a fight?" Jason is starting to cry.
When he calmed down he touched Mia's Hands. "I'm sorry, I promised that I won't cry to give you strength but I couldn't, I can't hide my emotion right now because you have become an important person in my life, Mia. Just thinking that you are going to die kills me as if I'm losing my own niece. So Please... You have to fight and then wake up."
The door suddenly opened and Tommy just came in.
"Tommy?" Jason surprisingly said.
"I'm sorry; I just want to stay here beside her."
Jason just nodded and went outside. Upon closing the door, he saw Billy coming towards him.
"Jase, Mia's mom is coming, what we should do?" he immediately stated.
"What?"
"And there's more." Billy added.
Jason stopped him and looked around. "We will talk about this in a more private place."
Billy nodded as he gestures Jason to follow him.
Billy decided to bring Jason to his room, and sat on the sofa as Jason look at him.
"What is it about Mia's Mom?" Jason asked
"She's coming today. She just called me a while ago asking about her; I didn't expect it to be her." Billy said as he holds his head in confusion and frustration.
"What did you tell her?"
Billy sighed and looked at Jason.
"Everything, the truth."
"What? Why?" Jason's eyes widens with shock and disbelief.
"I already told you it is inevitable not to tell her the truth, especially since she knew about us as power rangers."
"What? Did Mia tell her?" Billy shook his head.
"She already knew about it."
Jason's brow furrowed.
"We better go to my office. She's going to meet me there." Billy stated. Jason sighed and nodded.
Tommy had been staying in Mia's room for about 2 hours now but he never uttered any single word to her. He just stared at her. He took her pale hand to his as tears started to fall down his cheeks.
"All I keep on doing is to stare at you like this. Before, I love watching you working when you were still in the lab. I get to concerned whenever you are hurt that Jason just shook his head after. Saying that I am over reacting, maybe it's just that I am too worried on you. When you went to Aquitar, I felt down; I wished I could go to. You don't know how jealous I am of Andros because both of you got closer than us to the point that you are calling him father. It hurts but I couldn't do anything. But when you came back and hug me saying that you miss me, every hurt feeling that I felt is gone." He smiled and slightly stood up and kissed Mia's forehead.
Suddenly the door opened and revealed the one person he never expected to be here. His eyes wide opened. Disbelief, sadness and other emotions are now mixing up in his heart.
"What are you doing here?" The only sentence that his brain was able to process.
To be Continued...