The week continued much in the same fashion as the first day, with reporters waiting for him outside his home and at the school as well. Kim could brave leaving the house while he was a school but she rarely had a reason to do so, what with strict orders to stay off her feet and allow Tommy to do all of the shopping activities for the house. The day had come and gone for the final installations at the new dojo and both of them were thrilled at the prospect of actually being able to open it sometime soon. For the meantime, the karate side would only be used and then once Kimberly had the babies, they would open up the gymnastics side for use as well. All these plans, however, hung in a very thin balance, because until they knew if the cancer was back, they could not do anything concrete.
"Mr. Oliver, Kimberly, so nice to see you again," Karen said with a smile as they walked up to her. "How are the little ones doing?"
"Sleeping at the moment," Kim said as she smiled over at the older woman. The two of them had gotten stares on the way up, but Karen did not seem to care what the news had reported about them, just about Kimberly's health and well being.
"Do they like to kick you a lot?" Karen asked as Kim nodded her head yes and Karen smiled. "Active babies are good babies, they let you know that they are there and like to get upset with you when you don't pay attention."
"Tell me about it," Kim said as she looked back at Tommy, who had remained very solemn. He just wanted to find out what was going on so he would be able to deal with it. "I'll be fine Tommy."
"I'll believe it when I get the test results Kim," Tommy said as Karen looked over at the normally optimistic Tommy with a slight frown. He was rarely like this, he took everything in stride and was Kim's rock when things got tough, but right now her rock was crumbling.
"What is wrong with you?" Karen asked as he sighed. Why was it that Kim had to have a nurse that knew the both of them so well?
"The last week or so has been pretty hectic," Tommy answered as Karen nodded her head that she understood or at least that she had seen the media coverage that was playing day and night of his every move. It was rough to be thrust into the public spotlight, but they had done it to protect the others and that was the most important thing.
"Well, you did what you had to do and it may not have been pretty or wise or acceptable to most people, but you saved a lot of your friends from going down this same road sometime soon," Karen said as Tommy looked over at her. "I've known for years, it didn't bother me to hear that the two of you were rangers."
"Karen, we said no talking about the r word," Dr. Mendez said with a smile as he walked in and held up a copy of her test results. "How are both of you today?"
"Tired," Kim said as Tommy stifled a laugh. "What?"
"I think you forgot a couple of things, sweetie," Tommy said as she glared over at him and he could not help but laugh at her expression.
"Are you aching to sleep on the couch tonight?" Kim asked as he continued to laugh and Kim crossed her arms across her chest as she waited for him to calm down.
"You wouldn't kick me out of bed because you can't sleep without me there," Tommy pointed out as Kim nodded that that was true and then looked over at Dr. Mendez.
"Can we have the results?" Kim asked, knowing that Tommy was not going to ask for them.
"Yes, Kimberly it seems that the increase in your levels was caused by a medication that was given to you several weeks ago. The delay of the reaction was such that when you passed out, it had affected your levels as well. They are back within normal range, but I want to test you again as soon as you have delivered the twins. If everything is fine then, then we will go back to the six months schedule that we have had for the last couple of years," Dr. Mendez said as her eyes widened and he laughed. "What, you thought it was back?"
"Yeah," Kim muttered as she broke down in tears and Tommy just pulled her into him. He knew the relief that she was feeling, but for some reason it was getting to her much more than him.
"Tommy, how has it been?" Dr. Mendez asked. He felt bad that Cassidy had gotten the condemning information from him and he wanted to help them, somehow.
"The press won't leave me alone, but they've backed off her, so it'll be all right. Dr. Calloway called and said that she's on bed rest," Tommy said as Dr. Mendez smiled. "I can only guess that you had something to do with that."
"I do what I can, now there is a group of reporters outside the building waiting for you. What do you want me to do?" Dr. Mendez asked as Kim looked up at Tommy.
"Our car is in the parking garage, we should be fine but a distraction to get them to miss the car would be nice," Kim said as Karen and Dr. Mendez smiled, conspiratorially, they had a plan that was going to be more fun than anything else.
"If we act like we know more than we do?" Karen asked as Tommy nodded to go ahead. It couldn't hurt them any to put more information out there. "You two better get going, we'll take care of the reporters."
"Dr. Mendez, is it true that you treat Kimberly Oliver?"
"Yes, I do and you will be glad to hear that her condition is stable, but she needs to not be disturbed or bothered at the moment," Dr. Mendez said as he was pressed from all sides by the reporters.
"How has being a Power Ranger affected her ability to recover?"
"This has not affected her negatively, she has had more stress placed on her at times, but she has been dealing with that for years."
"Are they truly happy together?"
"They are a happily married couple and I even remember their wedding. He had long hair and hers had just started growing back from the chemo, not that that it important. They were the happiest couple I have ever seen and they still are, for the most part."
"Are you suggesting that they have marital issues?"
"No more than the usual couple does, they have a way of working things out without it becoming a huge problem."
"Were they rangers when you treated her?"
"At the time they both were retired from the ranger world, around the time they got married, I believe he became a ranger again. As far as I know, she has not been a ranger in years," Dr. Mendez said as Karen looked over at him and nodded that he could wrap this up whenever he wished. "One more question and then I must go back to my other patients."
"Do you treat any other Power Rangers?"
"I only know of those two and that is by the mere chance that she dropped her power coin one day several years ago. I put two and two together and figured out what they had been. I will tell you one thing, I've never been more thankful to a patient as I am to the two of them," Dr. Mendez said before hastily retreating inside with Karen right behind him. "How'd I do?"
"Good enough to buy them about ten to fifteen minutes of peace," Karen said as Dr. Mendez smiled. "She's gotten bigger in the last week."
"Yeah, but with two babies it makes sense," Dr. Mendez said as Karen nodded. "You know John didn't have a clue until about two weeks ago?"
"Has he ever missed a baby before?" Karen asked as Dr. Mendez shook his head no. "Did she not show that much early on?"
"No, but it seems that the son is protective of the daughter," Dr. Mendez said as Karen nodded.
"Story of their life," Karen muttered as he laughed.
"Yeah, you ain't lying," Dr. Mendez said as Karen just shook her head and stepped into the elevator. She knew she would laugh about this day years from now, but right now she knew that Kim and Tommy were suffering for a past that was much too hard to deal with.