"Kim! How are you doing?" Janie asked as she walked into the lab a few weeks later and she smiled. She felt better, but now the pregnancy was starting to pull on her injured muscles and it was causing pain again. Tommy had been paying extra attention to those areas lately, but it still hurt, a lot.
"I've been better. Is Tommy in the lab?" Kim asked as she placed her hand over her lower abdomen and she saw Janie smile. Most of the employees here were excited that there was another baby on the way, but Janie was more than most.
"I think so, he hasn't passed by this way in awhile," Janie said as Kim barely nodded and then just shook her head.
"All right, thank you," Kim said as she walked on into the lab and was not surprised that it was completely empty. She walked to the back wall and pressed her hand against the bookcase and it moved quickly and she disappeared.
"Hey," Billy said as Kim waddled down the stairs and sighed as she reached Tommy. "You're already showing?"
"Yeah, I don't know why, but Tommy's happy, he always is when I start showing," Kim said as she looked around the room for her husband and noticed that he was nowhere to be found.
"Can I?" Billy asked as he reached out and she barely nodded.
"You're not going to feel him though, I'm just starting to feel him myself," Kim said as Billy just smiled. Katherine and him had agreed to maybe one more child, he just hoped that she would be willing.
"I know, but it's always amazing to see the changes in a woman's body when she's pregnant," Billy said as he removed his hand and smiled as she sat down in a chair.
"Is Tommy down here?" Kim asked as he gave her a quick glance. Why did he always have to give her bad news?
"No, there was an attack in Reefside, he went with them to help," Billy said as Kim stared at him. Hadn't he been told to stay out of this by the monsters themselves?
"Why?" Kim asked as she turned around to face him and Billy sighed. This was what they got for not telling her everything, but Tommy had insisted upon it.
"Because the kids need help and they're about to take them down," Billy said as Kim's eyes closed and she then sighed. Why did her husband always get himself into these sorts of situations?
"You're serious?" Kim asked as Billy turned on the computer screen and she just shook her head. Of course her husband was going to do this.
"If you want to watch, you can, but because I have to attempt to keep your husband from killing me, I will tell you that you should leave if it starts to cause any stress to the baby," Billy said as Kim barely nodded and then turned towards the screen. There was no way in hell that she was going to not watch, especially with her husband in such great danger.
Tommy rolled through the monsters as he worked his way through the crowd. The kids were focusing on the main monster; he was just keeping them busy. He watched the kids mangle the leader and Tommy just stood there in shock. As each ranger blasted and rolled through the man he smiled. It was actually going to be over.
"You bastard," Morris said as he lashed the man and he fell to the ground gulping for air as the red ranger stared down at him. Tommy then placed a force field around the man and watched as he slowly faded.
"Is that it?" Claire asked as they looked over to their mentor and Tommy barely nodded. If it wasn't then he could not imagine what would happen.
"Yeah, it's time to go home," Tommy said as the kids just stared at him and then teleported away. He smiled as he watched the colors fade and he just shook his head. It was over.
"That seemed too easy," Kim murmured as Billy barely nodded, but he also knew that the headquarters was up in flames. It was a wonderful day in the ranger world.
"I think he's right though," Billy said as a white streak materialized into Tommy and he looked over at his wife.
"You're sure he's gone?" Kim asked as she looked up at him and he walked over to her and pulled her out of the chair before giving her a heartfelt hug.
"We destroyed his power source, he's gone Kim," Tommy whispered as she clutched to him. She then pulled back to examine the damage that had been done to him, but other than a small scratch on his forearm he looked fine.
"And we'll be safe," Kim stated as his hands steadied on her and he barely nodded.
"Nothing will happen to the two of you," Tommy said as he leaned down to kiss her stomach and she relaxed into his touch as Billy just shook his head. He knew that the two of them had been lacking in certain areas of their relationship lately, but that had been because of her injury.
"If you two want the rest of the day off to care of anything…" Billy started as Tommy laughed as he stood up and looked over at Billy. Kim's face had gone red, but that wouldn't stop him.
"Twenty minutes alone will work," Tommy stated as Billy shook his head and Kim just sighed.
"Tommy!" Kim yelled as she smacked him gently on the shoulder and he smiled. He really just wanted his wife, that was it.
"Take the afternoon off the two of you deserve it," Billy said as they looked over at him in confusion. Why would he give them time off?
"Thank you," Kim said as Billy barely nodded and then walked out of the room. He did not want to see anymore, just in case they couldn't make it home.
"I'll even take the kids for the night so that you and Kim can have a night alone. Tomorrow the rest of your life begins," Billy said as he stood at the door and they stood in shock. Why were things changing?
"What do you mean?" Kim asked as she looked back at Tommy. He looked just as shocked as she did to hear that omission.
"We're retiring you tomorrow, no more mentoring, a way to hide the powers, a life without being a Power Ranger, except for advice to the rest of us," Billy said as Kim just smiled at Tommy.
"How can you guarantee it?" Tommy asked as Billy just shook his head. Couldn't they just leave well enough alone?
"We've found ways, take the rest of the day off," Billy insisted as Tommy smiled at his wife and then nodded for Billy to leave.
Tommy watched as Billy left before he lifted Kim off her feet and carried her out of the room. Her hands remained behind his neck and she then pulled herself up to kiss him. He felt his resolve weaken and he gently pulled away.
"Not here, I want you in my bed," Tommy said as he watched her eyes and she sighed.
"Will we make it home?" Kim asked as she thought about the car and about how she felt his muscles tense. He wouldn't make it she knew that.
"You don't think that I have the will power to do that?" Tommy asked as she just looked at him and he took in a shaky breath.
"I know you don't, not after almost two months, but we can make it home a faster way," Kim said as she smiled at him and he laughed. She could not possibly be serious.
"Teleport?" Tommy asked, surprised that he would even say that.
"I have no problem with it, as long as it gets us home faster," Kim said as he just shook his head.
"Thank you," Tommy said as he kissed her and they disappeared and Billy just shook his head. At least they had finally put this behind them.
