A/N DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! THANKS TO MY AWESOME BETA MAE-E! Here is the next chapter I hope you all enjoy!
That weekend Tommy and Kim made their way back to the Island. They hoped the trip there would be long and slow, but it wasn't. Sooner than either of them would have liked they arrived on the Island, but neither of them made any move to get out of the boat.
Kimberly inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. "It wasn't far from here. They already had a boat waiting," Kimberly said softly.
"We can stay here as long as you want," he said softly in her ear, as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder to comfort her.
"I'd rather turn around and go back home," she countered with a just a small fearful tremble in her voice.
"Me too, but we have to do this," he replied in a kind but firm manner.
"Why? Why not just make a new rule that nobody is allowed to pull me away from your arms," she asked as her eyes pleaded with him.
"That will work for a few years, but what about Caroline? What if one day we are cuddling and she wants her Mommy's attention, and she tries to pull you away from me?" he asks her in response.
Kimberly sighed, "You're right, that would scare her."
"If we don't do this for ourselves Kim we have to at least do it for our daughter," he stated.
Kimberly nodded and inhaled and exhaled a deep breath again. She slowly stood up and out from under his arm, then stepped out of the boat, remarking as she did so, "I think I'd rather be on Rita's Island of Illusions than here."
Tommy chuckled. "Pretend we are, it might make this a little easier." He got out of the boat and stepped behind her wrapping his arms around her waist. He kissed the back of her head then said, "We can do this."
Kimberly nodded and slowly started to walk toward the house.
Suddenly she stopped and gasped. She looked down to the sand where a towel was laying. She knew this was the last spot she and Tommy had been before they were attacked. They had just made love for the second time.
She felt Tommy tighter his arms around her, and she could feel his fear and knew he could feel hers as well. She wrapped her arms around his.
They both slowly walked over to the towel, neither willing to leave the comfort of each others arms.
"We were right here. We had just made love….then the pain hit," she commented.
Tommy nodded, then said, "I never knew it was possible to feel anything worse than the burning I felt when I was changed, but I was wrong. The worst part wasn't the pain..."
Kimberly nodded, as he continued, "It was the weakness that came with it. The weakness that made it impossible to hold on to you."
Tommy shook his head trying to stop the flashbacks from coming. "I tried so hard to hold on to you. I did my best to hold you as tight as I could, to stop them from taking you away…I…I wasn't strong enough." His voice cracked as he spoke, and Kimberly turned to face him.
She didn't need to see tears to know he was crying.
"Tommy you did the best you could. You were strong enough. If it wasn't for Jane's stupid power, I know you would have kicked their butts."
"It's all my fault you were taken Kim, if I had only been stronger or maybe fought harder…I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry!"
Kimberly shook her head. "It's not your fault Tommy! It was never your fault. You did everything you possibly could to protect me. Just like you always do."
Tommy sniffed. "But Kim if I had just…"
"No, don't you remember when Rita had taken my power coin and kidnapped me. You did everything in your power to save me. Tommy, do you even remember life before you were turned? Before Rosalie and I became friends? You were human, and she could snap you like a twig in seconds and yet…Tommy, you defend me and protect me from her every chance you got. It didn't matter she was a vampire, and you were human, you were strong and brave and risked your life to defend me. You are the strongest, bravest, best husband I've ever had."
"I'm the only husband you've ever had," Tommy sniffed softly, as a spark of amusement briefly flickered in his eyes.
Kimberly smiled. "You get my point. Tommy this wasn't your fault. You were perfect, strong, and brave. As horrible as it was being ripped from your arms I never for one second blamed you."
"Did they?" he asked.
Kimberly didn't answer.
"Please Kim, tell me the truth."
Kimberly turned away from him and stepped out of his embrace. "They never blamed you, no."
"What's up, Beautiful?"
"They never blamed you. It was all my fault."
"They blamed you?" he asked.
Kimberly nodded. "They told me Jane wasn't even using her powers on you, but because of our connection you were effected. So it was my fault."
"That's a lie! I felt the pain first remember," he insisted.
Kimberly quickly shook her head. "Stop I don't want to," she pleaded in a scared tone.
"Baby, Please we have to….we both have to."
Kimberly's eyes looked down at the cell phone laying next to the towel. "We should have just answered Alice's call the first time. We would have had time to get away," Her voice cracked as she spoke.
"Baby, we aren't here to discuss what ifs or talk about what we should have done. It's too late for that, and we can't go back in time."
"So then let's go home," she begged him.
Tommy shook his head. "Baby, let's remember together. Let's remember what happened before it went bad. Let's remember the good parts first."
"I don't know if I can Tommy."
"I'll help you, you help me. We played around in the water do you remember that?"
Kimberly nodded, and they both turned to face the water. "You threw me in and ruined Alice's cover up," she remarked.
Tommy chuckled. "Then we started making out, right?"
Kimberly giggled and nodded. "We moved to the beach, onto the sand and made love."
They turned and faced the towel. "We talked for a bit, about pleasing each other and stuff," Kimberly said softly.
"What happen after that? Do you remember?" he asked.
"I teased you and said you kissed like an old man."
Tommy nodded hen smiled. "Then I tickled you."
"In my two weakest spots too," Kimberly pouted.
Tommy chuckled then sighed, as the smile slipped from his face. "My cell phone rang. It was Alice."
Kimberly nodded. "We ignored her and you kept tickling me. Then she called me."
"But it was too late," he added.
"Before we could find out what was going on…."she trailed off.
Kimberly squeezed her eyes shut as the flashbacks became overwhelming. "The pain," She whimpered.
Tommy nodded and squeezed his eyes shut too. "It was unbearable."
He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and she gripped his arms and they held each other tightly, as tight as vampires possibly could without hurting each other.
"I didn't even know who they were at first," Tommy choked out.
"Me neither, I had heard about them but never met them. They grabbed me and pulled me away from you... They literally dragged me out of your arms and away from you; Jane kept her powers going to keep me weak and not fight back," Kimberly started to cry as she spoke.
"Oh gosh Tommy, I was so scared! I had no idea where I was being taken or what would happen to me! I'm so weak! I should have fought back! I should have done something more than just scream and cry. I've been grabbed from behind by putties, and I got away no problem! Why was I so weak then! What's wrong with me!" Kimberly screamed.
Tommy quickly turned her around to face him. "Kimberly Oliver you are NOT weak! Jane's power was stronger than anything in the world; it paralyzed you! You couldn't have fought back. If Jane wasn't using her powers, you'd have fought back and kicked their butts. Think about all the times you've saved the Rangers from a crazy monster, or remember when you had a one-sided sparing match with Rosalie and won? Kimberly you are so brave and so strong. You always have been, and you always will be," he exclaimed whole heartily.
Kimberly sniffed and nodded. She inhaled and exhaled a deep breath as the memories started to fade, as she felt how strongly he believed in her through their connection.
"Are you ok?" Tommy asked.
Kimberly nodded. "You?"
"Better than I've felt in a long time."
"Me too. Thank you."
"I love you, Beautiful. Thank you."
"I love you too, Handsome."
They kissed passionately and laid down on the towel.
Tommy pulled away, and Kimberly whimpered.
"Is it safe for us to do this?" Tommy asked. "I mean…I won't hurt you?"
Kimberly shook her head. "I'm still a full hybrid vampire. I even checked in with Carlisle and Zordon. They both say I'm in the clear. What happen before was a one time thing. Now that my vampire abilities have adapted to my ranger powers it won't ever happen again, they are both sure."
"But you were morphed for a long time," Tommy said.
"I know, and that's why I had Carlisle look at me, I promise Tommy I'm full hybrid vampire and nothing you do will hurt me. Now, please…I need you," Kimberly begged, as her eyes burned with desire for him.
Tommy went back to kissing her passionately, giving in to the burning desire they both felt. Now that he knew that he couldn't harm her.
From there….it was pure magic!
Eventually the magic slowly came to an end, and it left both of them in a good mood. They laid cuddled together just watching the water and enjoying the sounds of nature. Kimberly was wearing his shirt and Tommy was just in his boxers. The rest of their clothes were scattered on the sand around them. Tommy could tell Kimberly was thinking really hard about something, but she was blocking him from her thoughts.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked.
"Don't tickle me ok?" she said softly.
Tommy chuckled. "Kim, that's an open invitation." He teased and pinched her side.
She squealed and sat up, pulling away from him. "No, Tommy I'm serious. Don't you remember what happen last time?"
Tommy sighed and sat up. "Beautiful, the Volturi didn't come because I tickled you. Besides you have to remember we destroyed them, they can't hurt us anymore."
"I don't want them to come back if you tickle me it will be like last time."
"Kim, this trip is different remember? The Volturi are gone; they can't hurt us anymore."
Kimberly sniffed softly. "But it's just like last time, only we didn't fool around in the water first. The last time we made love on this beach, then you tickled me, and then The Volturi came."
"You're right, but this time we will have a different outcome, I promise. We will have the Honeymoon we never got to have."
"I don't know Tommy; I thought if we came back here and remembered the times we were strong it would help, but it didn't I'm still scared," she explained as she meet his gaze with fear still shining in her eyes.
"That just means we need to have more fun so we can create new happy memories about this place," Tommy smirked as an idea formed in his head. "The best way to do that, is to overcome your fear of the Volturi coming back."
"I guess, but how?" she asked.
Tommy smirked and gently knocked her down onto her back. He opened his buttoned shirt just a few buttons and then blew a raspberry on her belly.
Kimberly screamed in giggles. She tried to push his head away, but he just pinned both her wrists down on her right side with one hand. "Tommy don't! The Volturi will come back."
Tommy looked to Kim and smirked.
Then he leaned down and blew a raspberry on her stomach, as he used the fingers of his free hand to tickle her stomach. She screamed and giggled instantly trying to pull her arms free.
He'd blow raspberry after raspberry never stopping
Kimberly continued to laugh and squirm as she tried to pull her hands free. "Tommy stop!" she choked out almost soundlessly.
Tommy smiled and stopped. "You're so cute. I love how ticklish your stomach is, but not as much as I love…" He lifted her arms up above her head. "You ticklish armpits."
"No!" Kimberly giggled. "No!"
"Ready?"
"Ahhh! No!" Kimberly squealed.
"I haven't even done anything yet." He laughed.
This was one of his favorite things about tickling her; you didn't have to touch her to get her giggling and squirming. He could tell she was no longer worried about the Volturi.
"It's going to tickle!" she squealed.
"That's the point," he smirked, as he took his pointer finger and tickled her underarm just lightly and gently scratching it up and down. Kimberly burst into giggles and struggled to pull her arms down.
"Tommy stop! Stop!" she begged in a fit of giggles.
Tommy stopped and unbuttoned a few more buttons on his shirt. "Hey let's count your ribs."
"No!" Kimberly squealed.
Tommy laughed. He poked in between her ribs as he counted. "1…2…3…"
Kimberly was a ball of giggles as she struggled to pull her arms down.
"3….4….5…."
"Stop it! That tickles! Stop it!" she giggled.
"Kim, you made me lose count. Now I have to start all over."
"No, you don't. No, you don…." Kimberly trailed off into giggles when out of nowhere he started rubbing his beard on her ribs. He was glad he hadn't shaved before his "death". Now he'd have a forever beard. If he ever decided to shave it though, it would be gone forever.
"This is a much better way to count them," He teased.
Kimberly laughed harder as the breath from speaking made the tickling worse.
"Stop! Stop!" she choked out in giggles.
He stopped and let her catch her breath not that she needed it.
"You ok?"
She nodded. "Your beard tickles so much."
"Good." He smirked. He leaned down and kissed he lips. "Look around you Beautiful, I tickled you, more than I did before, and there is no sign of the Volturi, and neither of our phones are ringing."
He let her sit up, and she looked around. He was right. She smiled widely. "They really are gone, aren't they?"
"Yes, they really are."
You know something, Tommy….I'm not scared anymore."
"Good girl." Tommy smiled, and they shared another kiss. "Let's celebrate this Honeymoon the way we should have the first time."
"Let's do it!" he agreed enthusiastically.
She quickly stood up and took off in a run. "Catch me, if you can!" She called at to him.
Tommy laughed and stood up, he raced after her. Both of them laughing and being care free, no fears or worries. Just as a honeymoon was meant to be, and he knew that in the days to come they would build some great memories.
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