"We haven't been dealing with the head honcho the entire time?" Tommy asked as Kim threw a pillow at him and it hit him in the back of the head. She did not even want to hear him, she just wanted him to sit and be nice. "What?"
"Shut the door, Tommy!" Kim yelled as he stepped out into the hall and Jason just shook his head as he laughed. Tommy was definitely having a very rough week and he could not blame him for wanting to return to California as soon as humanly possible.
"She really that sick?" Jason asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. She was miserable right now and the fact that she had not been able to get more than twenty minutes of sleep without interruption was about to drive her crazy. "You can't get away?"
"O, I can, I think that I'll even get her down there with us, because I know her wrath will be worse than mine," Tommy said as Jason just stared at him. To be one that was for peace, Tommy seemed to be looking forward to the conflict that was certainly heading their way.
"You sure that you're okay?" Jason asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. "Tommy if this doesn't go right…"
"We all have to choose a time to make a stand…now is my time to do that…I can't keep putting her through this. Enough is enough, Jase. If you don't want to support me, that's fine, but I have to do this for my family, they don't deserve to keep having to go through this," Tommy said as Jason smiled. They had all seen it coming, but Jason had hoped that Tommy would hold it back for a little while longer.
"Okay bro," Jason said as Tommy nodded. "I'll let you get Kim."
"Thanks," Tommy said as he turned back around and went back inside. Jason had no wishes to help him with this problem. Kim was going to be hell to deal with in the next few minutes.
"Can you come down there? We've got the real head honcho coming in," Tommy said as Kim rolled out of bed and crawled over to her bag. There were some things that she could even manage to do, considering what this man had put her through, she thought that she should at least see him. If he was the asshole that she thought he was, then he was definitely going to get her two cents worth, if not more. She was in no mood to bull shit around the facts anymore. It was time that they said what had to be said and either took them in or let them go. Those were the only options that were left now.
"His ass will be mine," Kim said, pulling out various shirts and pants, looking for the most comfortable, but least ugly clothes that she had packed away. "Tommy, can you go buy a can of sprite?"
"Yeah, I can Kim," Tommy said as she crawled to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. He could not help but silently laugh, not because of the condition that she was in, but about the hell she was about to release.
"They insisted I come?" Colonel Barber questioned as he walked into the building with Special Agent Flowers. He had been telephoned a little over three hours ago that he was going to be placed on a private jet to New York, in order to meet with the Power Rangers. He had never thought that it would come down to this, but now that it had, he had to play hard ball with these people and just hope for the best.
"Yes, they insisted that you come and I know that there is a chance that you will be talking to Tommy," Special Agent Flowers said as Colonel Barber looked over at him. He knew that this agent was scared to death of the man, but he did not fear him. That was what 20 years in the army did to someone. Tommy Oliver would be just like the next man to him and he expected for Special Agent Flowers to feel the same way after seeing his work.
"Tommy is just another problem to deal with. He will be gone and locked away soon enough," Colonel Barber said as Special Agent Flowers just shook his head.
"Sir with all due respect they have done nothing wrong," Special Agent Flowers said as Colonel Barber looked over at him. "And you're just pissing them off by having them here."
"That's my job," Colonel Barber said as they walked into the room and he froze. The amount of rangers standing in front of him shocked him and the other thing was the sight of a man in black, holding a toddler and the utterly pissed woman standing in front of him. He had a feeling that they were the leaders of the veteran rangers and he could understand why. They looked more battle tested than anyone else here and they also looked more than ready to hand him the hardest opposition that he had ever seen.
"Colonel, these are your rangers," Special Agent Flowers said as he managed a nod and as the military came to attention upon hearing his rank.
"At fucking ease," Kim said as Tommy stared down at her with wide eyes and the Colonel stared at her as well. He had slightly underestimated exactly how mad that she was at this moment. "Your ass is mine."
"Kim…" Tommy warned as she nodded in acknowledgement, while never taking her eyes off the Colonel.
"Ma'am I by no means…" Colonel Barber began as Kim rolled her morpher around in her hands, he could not help but stop as he saw a few sparks fly. This little woman meant business and everyone in the room knew that.
"You by no means what? Go on, say it…you have the balls to screw around with the rangers…don't get scared of a little morpher…" Kim said as she glowed an eerie shade of pink and Tommy handed Chris off to Trini.
"Calm down," Tommy soothed as she swatted his hands away.
"You have no idea what you've done to us…I have barely been able to see my husband, he was born almost three months early and you think that this shit is appropriate? How many times has the weight of the world been on your shoulders and you had absolutely no one to turn to? Tell me Mr. 'I am in charge of the Power Rangers', tell me about one damn time you have felt that!" Kim yelled as Colonel Barber took one step towards her.
"How dare you tell a United States Army Colonel that he does not know what this is like?" Colonel Barber said as Kim just shook her head.
"What the hell do you know about us? What the hell do you know about watching your wife lose a child and then almost lose a second one all because you were a ranger? What the hell do you know about that?" Tommy asked as the Colonel looked at him.
"I know that you are a danger to society. Ever since you came into existence this earth has had more problems than it can rightfully handle, you are the problem here not me," Colonel Barber declared as Tommy looked back at the others and the newbies left. They knew that all hell was about to break loose and it would be best if they didn't witness it. That was the moment that Tommy let go of Kim and she slapped Colonel Barber. She would have done much more, but it was all that she had the energy for at the moment. "You have just…"
"Finish it, I dare you," Tommy said as the Colonel stared at him. He, for the first time, realized what Special Agent Flowers meant. This man put the fear of god into people and now he felt it as well.
"Oliver," Colonel Barber began as Tommy stared him down, he was not afraid of any sort of punishment. There were things that were much worse than that. "You'll go in her place?"
"Yeah, after I'm done explaining that she has been sick with morning sickness for the last few weeks or so and it just so happens we didn't know she was pregnant until we got here. So, you're dealing with someone who is on their last few nerves anyway, go ahead and take me away and see what you'll get out of them now," Tommy said with a smirk as Colonel Barber shook his head no. He saw that he was faced with a group much stronger than him.
"What information have they given up?" Colonel Barber asked as Special Agent Flowers looked over at Fred and he just smiled.
"Sir, they've only done what they were trained to do and that is protect us from all the creatures that the military cannot contend with," Fred said as Colonel Barber sat down.
"Will you finish your story?" Colonel Barber asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and then Kim carefully sat down.
"You gonna make it?" Tommy asked as Kim barely nodded her head yes. As long as she didn't have to tell the story, she would be just fine here. "Tell Madeline they can come back in."
"Let's start," Fred said as they all nodded in agreement.
"Two new rangers, how can you do that? How did they come into existence?" Halindon ranted as Brigom just shrugged his shoulders. He was not getting involved in this is he could help it.
"What are we going to do?" Brigom asked as Halindon let out a sigh.
"It is time to attack, we have no choice," Halindon said and Brigom shook his head.
"I think that's what they want," Brigom said as Halindon nodded.
"What if there's more? We're just going to have to risk it now," Halindon said as Brigom nodded.
"How the hell did you manage that?" Billy asked as Kim and Tommy pulled off their helmets.
"Andros, TJ, why don't you explain," Kim said with a smile as they looked over at her, she had just thrown them to the wolves.
"This was supposed to be impossible," Billy said as Andros looked over at TJ and he just shook his head. He could not see why they were all scared of just telling Billy the truth. "It is foolish to even attempt it."
"With inexperienced ranger it is extremely dangerous, but with an experienced ranger, it is safe. We know our power limits and how much our bodies can take," TJ said as Billy just stared at him.
"I never thought about that…I had always banked on inexperience, not us…well, at least you had the guts to try," Billy said as Andros and TJ just shook their heads.
"No, that was Ms. Kimmie over there. She had a little sit down with us a couple of weeks back and told us that under no uncertain terms, we were to figure out a way that we could get rid of Halindon and everything that might come after him," Andros said as Kim looked away from Billy and he couldn't help but laugh. Leave it to her to get people motivated enough to actually attempt the impossible.
"How much experience do you have between the eight of you?" Billy asked, as he did not want to try to complicate things by trying to count it out on his own.
"One for me," Trini said.
"Me too," Aisha said.
"Two, I think," Kim said as Tommy nodded. Dino Thunder had definitely counted for something.
"Two," Jason said with a smile.
"Two," T.J. said.
"Two," Rocky said.
"Two," Andros said as they all looked at Tommy.
"Four," Tommy said as he looked down at the floor.
"So, that's sixteen teams," Billy said as they all nodded.
"But that doesn't count all the one time 'put back on the uniform for a day' then retire it again," Tommy said as Billy groaned. He did not even wish to attempt that one, as it would be far too complicated to calculate.
"Well, now that you have the powers, you don't have to worry about that happening anymore," Billy said as Kim nodded. They had all known that was coming after everything that they had said.
"Halindon won't be able to ignore that little show of power, actually I don't think anyone will be able to," Conner said as Kim and Tommy both nodded their heads. Sadly enough that was what they had intended to happen when they got these powers.
"No one will be able to…" Madeline muttered as Kim and Tommy just shook their heads.
"We've got to try to keep it secret as long as we can," Kim said as the younger rangers looked at her. "We weren't supposed to get powers, we were supposed to let you take care of it all."
"So why did you get them?" Sam asked as Kim looked up at him.
"What other choice did we have? If we didn't get the powers, you'd still be stuck and not only that, but we want to have a real life again. We've been rangers or involved with rangers for close to fifteen years, it's time we go back to being normal people," Kim said as they stared at her.
"And with powers you'll be normal people?" Sam asked as Kim and Tommy exchanged a glance.
"We won't be messed with anymore, we're too powerful," Tommy said as they all stared at him. They had a very hard time believing that was true, but somehow it was.
"Obviously he must believe that too," Kira said as she nodded towards the screen where Halindon and his minions were attacking.
"We need you guys to go in first," Tommy said looking over at Madeline and she just shook her head.
"Okay, Tommy, but I don't think that this is going to go as good as you think," Madeline said as they morphed and then teleported in.
"Why are you sending them in?" Conner asked as they let out a collective sigh.
"Because they may be able to handle him today, right now we need to be careful," Tommy said as Kim smiled. Being careful was something that should be gone out of the window, but if they were caught with their hands in the cookie jar, everything could go to hell very quickly.
"But you'll have to eventually bring him down?" Kira asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. "So why wait?"
"Because if they look like they can handle it, then we don't need to jump in," Tommy said as Kira just shook her head and then they turned to the screens to watch the action.
"Halindon is handing them their asses," Billy said as Tommy nodded and then looked over at Kim.
"Go, if you must," Kim said as Tommy smiled down at her and then placed his helmet back on. "I'm going to be put through hell."
"Yeah, but that's just part of being married to one of the legends of the Power Rangers," Conner said as Kim looked over at him. She did not need that to be brought up right now.
"Yeah and Mr. Legend still has to come home and sleep next to me every night," Kim said as all the males just stared at her. They certainly did not want for Tommy to catch hell just for going out there to help their rangers.
"Hold on, you all knew it was against the contract that you signed to get your own powers," Colonel Barber said as they all nodded. "Yet you still took them?"
"What other choice did we have? If we didn't take the powers, we couldn't guarantee that the earth would be safe and then we'd wind up in the same hell that we were in, in about five years or so," Kim said as Colonel Barber barely nodded his head as Kim just looked over at him. "Something else stupid you want to say?"
"Yes, this may be rhetorical, but all of you still maintain these powers?" Colonel Barber asked as they nodded their heads yes. "And you can guarantee that the earth will not be attacked."
"You haven't heard what we did to him yet," Tommy said as Colonel Barber could only stare. What had they possibly done that had been so outstanding that no one was going to mess with the rangers again until these rangers died?