"Have we figured out why they're going after Tommy?" Rocky asked as the veteran rangers sat in a hotel room not far from the hospital. They had had to turn in for the night, but that didn't mean that they were done working.
"Maybe we're looking at this all wrong, maybe it's not Tommy and Kimberly that they are after, maybe it really is the kids," Kat said as they looked over at her in shock. Why would they go after a 3 month old and a 3 year old? "They're the most powerful rangers we've ever had, their powers have become a part of them. What if, by chance, someone has figured out that they have the powers? That they can't really be killed."
"They would have been attacked before now if that was the case," Billy commented as he looked over at his wife. "But that is a good lead, now that you mention it, they were asking me if there were ways to transfer powers. I didn't answer them, but if they were able to figure out a way…"
"Kimberly and Tommy's powers, if they were transferred…" Aisha trailed off as their mouths dropped open.
"It is the kids," Billy said as they looked over at him. "Kim and Tommy can protect themselves with the powers that they have. The residual effect that it had on them could have very well passed onto their children since they are the parents. It's stronger in Kimberly and Tommy because they know how to control it, they've had powers before. The kids, they just have it laying in wait."
"That sounds ludicrous," Trini stated as Billy looked over at her.
"Any better idea as to why our two best rangers have nearly been killed in the last two weeks? They stabbed Kimberly in the stomach, why would they do that? If they wanted to kill her, the heart would have been better," Billy said as the rangers nodded and then looked back at the sleeping children. "They're not going to like this."
"But we don't even know if this is what it is," Kat said, softly as she looked over at him. "Do you really want to worry them with this now?"
"If one of the children is captured, we won't have a choice but to voice our suspicions. We should tell them before anything else happens," Jason said as the girls just shook their head. "At least we should tell Tommy."
"I don't think he could possibly handle it any better than she could," Aisha said as they looked over at her.
"I'm pretty sure he could, he's more level headed, most of the time," Adam said as the males nodded and the females gave them concerned looks.
"He is, but that doesn't mean he deserves to know more than Kimberly does, they're her kids as well," Tanya said as Billy sighed.
"Kim has enough on her with this demented person coming after the kids, being stabbed, and worrying if the baby is going to make it," Billy said as Kat looked over at him.
"And Tommy has more than enough on him with this demented person coming after the kids, Kimberly being stabbed, worrying if they're going to lose the baby, worrying about the new ranger team, and worrying if this is only the beginning of the attacks," Kat said as Billy let out a sigh. His wife was right, the both of them had too much on them, but it was a matter of which one would take it better now.
"So who can have more added to their plate without a mental breakdown?" Tanya asked as they all sighed. Every one of them knew the answer, but none of them wanted to admit it.
"Okay, if we tell Tommy, how can we know he'll keep it from Kim?" Aisha asked as Billy looked over at her.
"She'll know eventually, but knowing now might not be the best thing for her, especially after the last week," Billy said, flatly as the women cringed. He had a point, a very valid point.
"Tommy has always been able to keep things from her if necessary. We should let him decide if all of this is unfounded first and then let him think about telling Kimberly," Jason said as the other nodded. "Now, I'd like to get some sleep tonight. Wyatt and Chloe can stay with us."
"Okay," Katherine said as she watched Jason and Trini take care of the small children before they climbed in bed as well. Tommy was not going to like this news, but he'd appreciate the fact that this might be a real lead as to what was happening.
Tommy awoke the following morning with a crick in his back and he slowly sat up. Sleeping against his wife's chest had never been this uncomfortable in the past, but it had also been years since sleeping like this had been necessary. He stretched in silence as he watched her chest rise and fall. At least she had made it through the night.
He was more worried than he had ever been in the past. It had been one thing when they had no children, but now Chloe and Wyatt were clearly in danger as well as the baby that was clinging to life in Kim's womb. He was hoping just for Kim to live, if this baby made it, he was leaving the ranger game forever. There was far too much in their lives to risk now.
"Tommy, good morning," Dr. Pershing said as he entered the room. "I take it you didn't get much sleep last night."
"Enough to get by," Tommy said as he heard Wyatt's laughter in the hallway and he smiled. "I'll be back in a moment."
"Okay," Dr. Pershing said as he walked over to Kim and checked all her vitals. He then looked at the morphine bag and smiled. Kim had barely used morphine, although the heavy sedation had prevented it for the most part. It was only a matter of figuring out how to prevent her departure.
"Daddy!" Wyatt yelled as he sprinted down the hall and Tommy squatted to pick him up.
"Hey buddy," Tommy said as he picked him up and looked over at Jason. "You're here early."
"We need to talk," Jason said as Tommy nodded and then looked back into Kim's room. "If she's still passed out, that's fine."
"Okay," Tommy said as the doctor stepped away from Kim and walked out without a word. Something odd was going on right now.
"You might want to sit down," Jason said as Tommy looked over at him and then settled down in the chair next to Kim. "We have a theory as to why they are coming after you."
"I'm not going to like this," Tommy muttered as Wyatt sat in his lap and babbled on about something that he hadn't quite caught.
"What if, they really wanted to come after the kids? Getting you and Kimberly out of the way would leave them defenseless. They would be able to pull away their hereditary powers," Jason said as Tommy took in a shaky breath and his hands tightened around Wyatt as he cuddled closer to him.
"It could be possible, but we don't know how to transfer these powers," Tommy said as Jason looked over at him.
"Billy's working on that. He's examining Chloe to get an idea of where she's at in this process. No one has come after Wyatt until now, we might have a little bit of time to figure this out," Jason said as Tommy sighed.
"We know this for sure?" he asked as Jason just shook his head.
"We're running on theories right now. We've got to check anything that we think might be a possibility," Jason said as Tommy nodded. He completely agreed with them on that point, he would have done the same thing.
"I don't know how to tell Kim," Tommy said as he looked over at his wife. He knew that this was only a medication induced sleep, so it was not peaceful, at all. "She's not going to like it."
"That's another thing you might want to hold off on that. The only reason I'm telling you is because we thought you could handle the news. Kim has a lot on her at the moment, so you might…" Jason trailed off as Tommy barely nodded. Kim wouldn't like it when she found out, but right now this was definitely best.
"So it's Wyatt and Chloe?" Tommy asked, hoping that he had heard him wrong.
"We'll figure it out for you. You just take care of them, that's all you have to do right now," Jason said as he stood up and Tommy placed his head in his hands. This was not good, at all.
"I'll try," Tommy said as he watched Jason walk out of the room and Wyatt started laughing again. Tommy took in the news and let out a sigh. Griffin was going to pay once all of this was over.