Author's Note: I apologize to everyone for the delay in updating, but whoever's reviewing as "luis martins", I have a real life. I had finals to prepare for and a nearly 40 hour work week the past two weeks. I am not doing this to make you guys happy. That is an added benefit. This story is for my own pleasure and sometimes I do have more important things to do. Passing my classes and keeping my job are two of those things. If I don't get a chapter up for a while it's because real life intervened.

Chapter Fifty – One: Reunions And A New Family Member
(RANGER BABY!)

Date: April 19, 2004 and April 20, 2004

It didn't take long for all of the Power Rangers to arrive in Angel Grove as they had all been expecting the call for days now. People did, however, keep arriving and arriving. As soon as Carter and Dana made it there from Mariner Bay, Dana rushed back to be with Kim. Even though Dana was a Pediatrician, Kimberly wanted Dana to be back there with her mostly because of Pink Ranger loyalties in addition to the fact that Dana was unofficially going to be all Ranger Babies doctor.

The boys were all anxious and the girls were all, well, hyper. They bounced around, chatting and giggling. Some were a little more sedate, like Taylor, but overall the section of the waiting room they had taken over was filled with happy and anxious people.

Eric was feeling particularly anxious, having yet to be introduced to Megan's parents. It probably didn't help that his brother was calling him every twenty minutes asking why he was at the hospital waiting for his girlfriend's cousin to be born.

Megan solved half of the problem by calling her parents over to him. "Mom, dad, this is Eric McKnight. He wasn't at the Earth Academy when Lothor attacked."

"Hi," Greg said, slightly confused. Laura, however, knew exactly what her daughter was about to tell her.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Wright," Eric said.

"Eric is my boyfriend," Megan said. "Well, he's more than that. He's my ninja mate."

"Say what?" Laura asked. She had not been anticipating the second half of that statement.

"Well, it's true," Megan said.

"I think you and I need to have a talk," Laura said, grabbing Eric's arm before her husband could. She walked away with him, Eric turning slightly to mouth, 'Help me!' at Megan.

As the hours passed, the girls slowly began to sit down and become more jittery than hyper while the boys became more and more anxious.

"How long do these things normally take with humans?" Cole asked.

"It depends," Laura said. "Mom was in labor with me for ten hours, and five for Kim. I was eight with Megan."

The teens were crowded over in one section of the larger "Ranger corner" of the waiting room chatting with one another.

"It's not fair that Justin has to be all the way in Massachusetts because of college," Megan said.

"Hey, are you going to Reefside next year?" Tori asked.

"I, uh, I guess that depends on Mom, Dad, Uncle Tommy, and Aunt Kimberly," Megan said.

Eric frowned but then perked up. "Are you graduating from the Wind Academy?" he asked.

"Do you honestly think I know the answer to that question?" Megan asked. "We've only just defeated the idiot man … Where are Marah and Kapri?"

"They're with Dad," Cam said. "Back at the school."

"I tried to bring Marah, but Kapri wouldn't let me," Dustin said. "Something about not exactly wanting to be near us at the moment. I think Marah's avoiding me."

"Will you explain what you said to Marah now?" Cam asked Megan.

"What did I say to Marah?" Megan asked in confusion, or feigned confusion anyways.

"About how Dustin doesn't hate her," Cam said pointedly.

"Well, he doesn't," Megan said matter of factly.

"And how you've been repeatedly telling her that," Cam continued.

"Uh, no. Not telling you anything. Can't make me," Megan said.

"Have you been meeting with the enemy?" Tori asked with a grin. "You're a devious one."

"Shut up, Tori," Megan said. "Zhane was trying to date the enemy. Let's change the subject. Please. I'll tell you later."

"All right," Cam said. "And you will tell me later."

"I meant Tori, but whatever," Megan said despondently.

It was much, much later when a doctor walked into the Maternity Waiting Room and found seven teens and many adults asleep. There were some that were still awake, notably Laura and Greg who had claimed earlier that being put in those stasis bubble things meant that you came out very awake.

Laura, Greg, and the others who were awake began shaking people to wake them up quickly.

"The family of Tommy and Kimberly Oliver?" the doctor called.

The Mighty Morphing, Zeo, Turbo, Astro, Lightspeed, Time (well, Eric and Wes anyways as everyone else was in the future), Wild Force, and Ninja Storm Power Rangers stood up in addition to Laura, her husband, mother, Tommy's brother David and his adopted father Sam all said, "Yes?" at the same time

The doctor looked momentarily stunned at the sheer number of people standing to receive his news about the first Power Ranger child of the "new time."

"Uh, yes. Mrs. Oliver had a healthy baby boy."

"Red! I call dibs on red!" Rocky said immediately.

"No way man," Jason said. "Green. It's totally going to be green."

"Shotgun white!" Megan grinned. "I so shotgun white."

"Can I claim a random color?" Zack asked. "Any color?"

"No! Wait! I so shotgun the kid becoming the first Pink! So totally going to happen!" Megan laughed.

The doctor looked at them in confusion, but continued on. "We don't have a name yet, but as soon as we have one we'll let you know."

"Why don't you have a name?" Laura asked.

Dana came into the Waiting Room and smiled. "Tommy fainted. As soon as he heard that he had a son, he keeled over."

There were precisely 32.4 seconds of silence before the laughter started. Zack and Rocky collapsed on each other and Jason leaned on Trini as he laughed.

"Oh that is too good," Laura said.

"My brother fainted?" David chuckled. "That's brilliant."

"When can we see her?" Mrs. Hart asked.

"After we've cleaned her and the baby up. Depending on when Tommy wakes up, that could be anywhere between twenty minutes and an hour," Dana said.

"What does Tommy have to do with anything?" Zack asked.

"Kimberly says the baby has to be named before anyone can see him," Dana grinned.

"Figures," Laura said. "All right, let's start with the betting. And no, Zack you can't call any random color that isn't in the standard repertoire."

"Why not?" Justin protested.

"Do you know how many random colors there are?" Aisha asked.

"Sort of," Zack said.

"I can still bet on Male Pink, right?" Megan asked.

"Whatever," Laura said.

"Why not Male Yellow?" Tanya asked.

"Because I was," Dustin said.

"And I voted for the first Male Pink," Megan said. "And how has nobody figured out what's going on yet? We don't even have a good code for this stuff."

"I have no idea," Cam sighed.

"Wait, what time is it?" Trini asked.

"2:15 AM," seven or so voices said at once.

"Meaning his birthday's April 20th and not the day we defeated Lothor," Megan said. "Not sure how I feel about that."

It actually only took about four minutes for Tommy to wake up and by the time Dana came back to the room Kimberly was in Tommy was up and whispering with Kimberly about names.

"Ah," Dana said. "They've already started betting."

"Jason, Rocky, Zack, and TJ, right?" Tommy asked.

"More like your sister-in-law," Dana said.

"Really?" Kimberly asked. "How many people are here?"

"Wes and Eric are the only ones from their team, and Leo, Kendrix, Kai, Damon, Maya, and Mike couldn't make it for obvious reasons, but everyone else is here."

Due to the sheer number of people who had arrived for the birth of the first Power Ranger child in memory, some people were chosen to go and see Kimberly and the baby while others remained in the Waiting Room.

Laura, Greg, Megan, David, and Sam took the first shift, which would be followed by Trini, Jason, Billy, and Zack. Next Rocky, Adam, Aisha, and Tanya would visit, followed by everyone else in shifts of four or five.

When Dana came to get them and to announce the name, Megan was practically vibrating. Eric watched her with a fond, almost dopey grin on his face and Megan's father watched him with narrowed eyes.

"They've decided on a name," Dana said, a small smile on her lips. "Daniel Zordon Oliver."

The Power Rangers were silent for a few seconds, and Trini squeezed Jason's hand. It was fitting that the first child of the Power Rangers honor the man who had created them, the man who had been like a second (or a first in some cases,) father to them.

"Come on, they want to show him off," Dana said quietly.

Megan nodded and off they went.

"Ooh, he's adorable," Laura said. "So Tommy, how's it feel to be a dad?"

"You stopped hyperventilating yet?" Greg asked.

"He was hyperventilating earlier?" David asked.

"Why did they tell you?" he asked in annoyance. "Jason's only going to make fun of me for the rest of my life."

"Only until he does it when Aunt Trini has the baby," Megan said as she peered at Daniel. "And I totally bet you that Uncle Andros does too."

"He does seem like the fainting type," Laura said. "Not the big and strong and muscular Tommy Oliver only the greatest and best of all time."

"That's what Dustin said, not what I said," Megan told her mother. "And Dustin has a severe case of hero worship no matter who it is."

"Oh My God he's so cute!" Megan squealed when they came back to the Waiting Room. "Aunt Trini, Aunt Ashley, please have cute babies."

"We'll try," Trini said.

"Actually, everybody needs to have cute babies. There will be no excuses for having not cute babies," Megan said firmly. "Especially seeing how pretty we all are."